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Workload of Motte, Boggs a concern for Matheny
Manager Mike Matheny wouldn't label Mitchell Boggs or Jason Motte unavailable on Friday, but he did admit that he would show substantial hesitation in using either, even in a close game. Motte has pitched in five straight games, with one team off-day the only interruption in that stretch. Boggs pitched in all three games of the Cards' last series after being sidelined just before with lower back tightness.
Both Boggs and Motte insist -- publicly, at least -- that they are feeling nothing more than typical late-season fatigue. But there is concern about pushing them any further right now.
"I'm concerned about [Motte] and Boggs, both," Matheny said of his closer and setup man. "We're going to have to see how they feel today, and [how] the game situation plays out. You just feel your way through."
Even seventh-inning reliever Edward Mujica has shouldered a substantial workload as of late, putting his availability into question, too.
Salas, on the other hand, is relatively fresh, having pitched just four times since Sept. 8. He has been scored upon in just two of his last 20 appearances and has plenty of past experience pitching late in ballgames. Salas saved 24 games in 2011.
The right-hander's last two appearances have been among his biggest of the season. With the Cardinals threatening to fall behind Los Angeles in the National League Wild Card race last Sunday, Salas recorded two outs with the potential winning run standing at third in the 10th. He then preserved a one-run lead on Thursday by striking out two with the bases loaded.
"He's making his pitches. He's hitting his spots," Matheny said of Salas. "There's a little more life on the ball. Why? I don't know. We went through some health things early and tried to fight through it. He just wasn't himself. But he does look more like the Fernando Salas we've seen in the past."


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Businesses and individuals have been advised to use professionals whenever they want to engage service providers, especially when one is filing for compensation.
Alphonse Mukama, the managing director of Afrika Risk, a local insurance brokerage firm, said most claimants do not know how to make a claim in case an insured item or property is destroyed.
He explained that some claimants are far from the insurer's branch or are too busy to follow up their cases.
"People lodge claims but give up because they are too occupied with other things. Others lack the money to facilitate them in the process, especially if they have to travel regularly to the insurance company headquarters," he said.
An insurance broker is an autonomous advisor who collaborates with several insurance companies on behalf of clients to ensure the two parties manage their interests while saving time.
Mukama said if, say, a client from Nyamasheke district hired an insurance broker, they could give all the necessary documents to the broker to handle the claim until they are paid.
Mark Rugenera, director general of SORAS insurance company, said apart from handling clients' claims, insurance brokers help customers to understand the different insurance products, and also advise insurers on clients' needs.
"It is easy to deal with an insurance broker because they know how to articulate claims compared to clients. Since we are dealing with a professional, it does not take long to understand and pay the claim," said Rugenera argued.
Ordinarily, the concerned insurance company pays the broker but not the client as many people think.
"Even if insurance companies pay for the services offered by brokers, this outweighs the losses in terms wasted time and other things when we deal directly with clients, especially when paying compensation for accidents and fires," said Joseph Bahenda, the CORAR insurance company boss.
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Two US troops killed in Iraq; Bremer: General elections may take place by mid-2004
An American soldier was killed and two were injured by small-arms fire at their base in northern Iraq, it was reported Thursday.
The U.S. Central Command said the troops came under fire at a forward position 80 kilometers northeast of Baghdad at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. The wounded servicemen were taken to a military hospital for treatment, Centcom said in its statement.
Elsewhere, another American soldier was killed, when his armored personnel carrier hit a land mine on the road from central Baghdad to the city's airport.
In all, 166 Americans have been killed in combat in Iraq, 19 more than died in the 1991 Gulf War.
Meanwhile, Iraq's U.S.-backed governing council could be replaced by an elected government after general elections in less than a year, Iraq's U.S. administrator said.
L. Paul Bremer said he believed a new constitution could be written and accepted by the Iraqi people in a referendum, followed by general elections by the middle of next year.
"It is certainly not unrealistic to think that we could have elections by mid-year 2004," Bremer said while touring the partially refurbished Iraqi Foreign Ministry with members of the interim government he appointed on July 13.
"And when a sovereign government is installed, the coalition authority will cede authority to the government and my job here will be over." (Albawaba.com)
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- Iraqi politician: Bush wants to withdraw forces from Iraq prior to upcoming US presidential election
- Five Iraqis shot dead West of Baghdad; Bremer: Forces to stay until free elections held
- Bremer updates members of Iraq's Governing Council regarding Washington plans as two US soldiers die
- Two US troops, Iraqi killed as Annan backs US stance, rules out early elections in Iraq
- Two US soldiers, two Iraqis killed in blasts as Iraqi Shiites sketch out ''compromise'' plans over elections


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An effort to repeal Virginia's marriage equality ban in the state's House of Delegates failed after Republicans quashed it.
Democrat Scott Surovell, who introduced the repeal legislation, said times have changed since Virginia voters passed a referendum against same-sex marriage in 2006. He also warned that the ban was making the state less desirable for businesses who value equality.
Surovell's measure was defeated in a voice vote in a Republican-controlled subcommittee. Read more here.


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Before looking back on his 18 years at Highland Park United Methodist Church, the Rev. Mark Craig explained why he was holding a pair of white gym socks at the pulpit.
Addressing a sanctuary packed with churchgoers including his longtime congregation members, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, Craig said Sunday that he brought the socks to his final sermons for good reason — he doesn't own a handkerchief.
"Clearly, the elephant in the room is that this is about it for me," Craig said, to raucous laughter from the congregation. "I realized that at the end I'd be making a statement, and I would cry... So, I got a pair of workout socks."
Soon, Craig will retire after more than 40 years as a minister, but not before he leads a prayer Thursday at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are expected to attend, along with other living former presidents and their spouses.
History runs deep between Craig and the Bush family. In 1999, Craig helped lead a prayer service before Bush's second inauguration as governor of Texas. It was Craig's sermon that Bush credited with pushing him to run for president.
In 2005, Craig was asked to preside over the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral after Bush's second presidential inauguration. Craig was nervous about it, he said Sunday.
After hearing that Laura Bush said she wanted a "Highland Park sermon," Craig asked his assistant to call back for clarification.
"She said, 'Mrs. Bush says you will know,'" Craig said. "I felt like Luke Skywalker had been told by Yoda, 'You will know.'"
David Adams, a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church since 1979, said Craig carries that comedic storytelling style through all of his sermons.
"That's a trademark of his," Adams said. "He tells a story. That's a biblical way of preaching to people. It pretty much epitomizes how Jesus spoke to people."
On Sunday, Craig touched on other milestones in his ministerial work, including the church's outreach efforts in the Dallas community and in the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"We made a difference," he said.
That line of thinking has helped the church make its biggest impact, said Penny Cook, a member of the church for roughly 30 years. In another part of the church, she stood waiting to donate blood at a drive Craig said was ever more important in light of injuries resulting from the Boston Marathon bombing and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
Cook also said Craig visited her ailing mother in the hospital when he first came to the church.
"I just think he's had a great impact on a lot of people," Cook said. "He's made the church feel accessible to everyone."
In recognition of his work in the community, Craig will receive the Methodist Health System Foundation's Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Sept. 24 at the Hilton Anatole. It's an award Laura Bush once won herself in 2008.
As Craig finished his sermon, he thanked his congregation. His voice shaking, he put a sock over his right hand and dabbed the corners of his eyes.
"I don't have stylish words to say," Craig said. "It's just been a great experience."
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Markets for the feature race at Sandown Racecourse this Saturday are now out at bookies around the country with the Darren Weir-trained Prince Of Penzance opening the top fancy to win the 2014 Zipping Classic.
The Pentire gelding sits top of the Ladbrokes.com.au odds for this year's $350,000 Group 2 Deadly Design Zipping Classic (2400m) paying $3.50 to win his second Group 2 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival showdown in three starts.
Back on Cox Plate Day the five-year-old won his first big feature with a one and a quarter length victory over Le Roi in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m).
Runner-up in the Cup turned the tables on Prince Of Penzance next start however with Le Roi beating him by one position and half a length in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington last Saturday, the second place getter there now on the short seven day back-up.
The bookies still rate Prince Of Penzance as the main danger however after he drew well in barrier four with his Moonee Valley Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne jumping back in the saddle after Hugh Bowman rode him in the Queen Elizabeth.
In a relatively tight Zipping Classic betting market there are then three other single figure hopes with:
- #6 Spillway ($4) – One of two in the race for co-trainers David Hayes & Tom Dabernig this Rail Link stallion comes off a fourth behind Happy Trails in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) but is a little suspect over the mile and a half having had four runs over the distance for just the one third. Also unsure of barrier one where could get caught up but bookies are taking no chances.
- #1 Green Moon ($5) – Early market mover from the stables of six-time winning owner Lloyd Williams whose latest victory was with Tanby (2012) two years ago. Backed in from an opening quote of $6 to win his first race since the 2012 Melbourne Cup, this Montjeu seven-year-old has been out of form this season and was last seen running ninth to the ill-fated Admire Rakti in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (240m) on October 18. Saturday an easier assignment but he goes up from 57kg to 59kg under the WFA conditions.
- #5 Au Revoir ($5.50) – Australian-owned (OTI), French-trained (Andre Fabre) Singspiel stallion has run twice down under this season when third to Prince Of Penzance in the MV Cup then eighth last time out behind German raider Protectionist in the iconic Melbourne Cup over the two miles on November 4. Getting back to the 2400m should suit as he's won three from seven starts over the distance and will be better for the two mile test.
Outside of the top four in Zipping Classic betting are then a host of other livewire chances with Michael Kent's honest seven-year-old Pins mare Epingle ($11) the next best in betting.
She's run fourth in all three of her runs this season on the back of a Sydney Cup fifth over the two miles during the autumn, including her latest effort when fourth to this weekend's favourite in the Moonee Valley Cup.
All but $101 outsider Riayla from the Mornington stables of Matt Laurie are then under $20 to win including the Mick Price-trained Count Of Limonade ($13).
Duke Of Marmalade five-year-old Count Of Limonade won over 2050m at Moe two back before a credible last start effort running fifth behind Bring Something in the Listed Bendigo Cup (2400m) on October 29.
The latest Zipping Classic 2014 betting odds are listed in the table below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au where you can enjoy up to $500 in bonus bets to split four times this spring!


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Editor: This letter is in response to an article concerning historic, scenic designation for County Road 13, which appeared in The St. Augustine Record. As so stated at that time, a reader might get the impression that all of the residents of C.R. 13 were opposed to this designation and that D.W. Parker was the spokesperson for all those residents. Such is definitely not the case.
The facts are that several meetings were held jointly with the State Road 13 group, and work was progressing on making the proposal agreeable to both sides. A vote was taken and signatures given with only five voting against acceptance. Then Mr. Parker took it upon himself to go door to door getting misinformed people to sign his petition against further participation. The majority of those folks had not attended the meetings, not one, even though they had notification through the paper the same as we did. Therefore, they had only Mr. Parker's comments to base their opinion. When later some did come, they were rude and crude toward Donna Godfrey and the others guiding the process.
It would seem to any logical person that a procedure had been set up to make any changes to the proposal that would make all parties pleased; however, rudeness and roughshod tactics took over and thus caused all of us to lose the opportunity to save the history and the beauty of our highway and still live the rustic, rural life we all love. It is a pity that some people have so little trust in their fellow man as to pull us all down.
Our family has lived in the Riverdale area for 75 years and seen many changes; however, we still don't have a "stop and shop" mart on every corner, nor do we want any. The Kennedys will still try to keep our area of beauty for all to enjoy but not commercialize. We are proud to say that we were taught to be law abiding, respectful people even to those who do not agree with us.
We were also taught to think for ourselves after reviewing both sides of an issue. We are also proud to say that D.W. Parker does not represent us in this matter!
The Kennedy Women of Riverdale:
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Grace Kennedy Lewis,
Delores K. Rowley
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Eve Takes Fans on Journey Through Song Catalog at New York's Gramercy Theatre [PHOTOS]
Whether she's gracing the stage or the screen, Eve is one of the few female hip-hop artists who has been able to crossover from rapper to bona fide superstar. With four albums, her own TV show and even a Grammy under her belt, whatever she touches turns to gold. But no matter what she's done, longtime fans still see her for the hits she's turned out with the Ruff Ryders and on her own. And for the ones who came to New York's Gramercy Theater on Thursday night (Sept. 12), they were able to relive why she is hip-hop royalty.
"I'm gonna take you on a journey," Eve told the crowd. "I'm taking you into the past then the present. It'll be fun."
And she delivered on her promise. From 'Gangsta Lovin" and 'Who's That Girl?' to 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind' and 'Love Is Blind,' she really made sure to let fans relive every throwback E-V-E moment. Although the night was clearly a party, she did take things down a notch when she performed 'Love Is Blind,' which she apologized for throwing into the mix but said she needed to do it.
"I hate to bring it down," she explained. "But this record is so important in my career. It's called 'Love Is Blind.' So if you know it, sing it!"
She continued, "Love is blind is about domestic violence, which is wrong."
Of course, she had to plug her latest LP, 'Lip Lock,' and performed 'Make It Out This Town,' 'She Bad Bad' and 'Keep Me From You,' which brought Dawn Richard, who's featured on the track, out onto the stage. The two performed that pop-friendly track, and Eve let Dawn have the stage to herself for a bit to sing her own tune 'Bombs.'
The party played on during the 90-minute set and got interactive when Eve invited male fans onstage during her reggae portion of the show. She then brought the ladies onto the stage for 'Tambourine' — the last song of the night.
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With England's dearth of left-footed players Barry could be a vital asset this summer.
He possesses no end of skill and distributes the ball with excellent composure.
His career has developed at an exceptional pace having already skippered the England U-18 team.
Moved from Brighton in controversial circumstances to Villa and after making his Premiership debut in 1998, coming on as a substitute against Sheffield Wednesday, he has not looked back.
He appeared for the Under-21s when he was only 17, making his debut against the Czech Republic.
A fine display against Ukraine will be very encouraging for those who still believe England do not have any quality left-footed players.
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I'm really new to parsing XML so forgive me if my terminology is a bit off.
I have a script that was written by some else and I have been working on updating it's abilities to display the outputs. Basically what this script does is parses an xml page, gathers the info and outputs it in a .png image.
I have run into a problem when parsing a line from the xml page that contains line breaks and a link with some other info.
The line in the xml I want to show looks like this:
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What ends up happening is the output looks like this with everything all smashed together:
In-GameDay of Defeat: Source - Join
What I would like to do is have a space in between the In-Game and the Name of the game and remove the - Join
I know this can be done because I have seen similar php code do it but I can not figure out what I need to change or add to make mine work this way.
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Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.
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September 1643
[6 September, 1643.]
Whereas the Committee of Lords and Commons for the safety of the Kingdome have appointed Lievtenant Collonel Owen Rowe to contract with severall Gun-makers and others for such a quantity of Armes as will amount to the sum of five thousand pounds, which said Arms are to be delivered into the Magazine for store now in the custody of the said Livetenant Collonel, and thence to be Issued forth by warrant either from the said Committee for safety, or his Excellency the Earle of Essex.
Lieut.-Col. Owen Rowe to contract for Arms.
It is therefore Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, That the said Livetenant Collonel Owen Rowe shall be hereby authorised and appointed to contract and agree with the said Gun-makers and others at reasonable rates, and prizes for the said Armes.
£5000 to be paid to him out of assessments, for payment for said Arms.
It is also Ordered and Ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said Livetenant Collonel Owen Rowe, shall be fully satisfied and paid the said five thousand pounds out of all Taxations, assessements, and summes of money, as are already in Arreares, and to be Leavyed, Collected, and paid in, upon and out of the severall Counties of Essex, Kent, Norfolke, and Sussex, by virtue of the last Ordinance of Parliament made and Ordained for the weekely assessements thereof for three months now ended and expired upon the several Counties aforesaid, and the same to be forthwith paid unto the said Lievtenant Collonel Owen Rowe, by the Treasurer at Warres, assoone as it shall be by him received from the severall Collectors or Receivers of the Counties aforesaid. And the said Lievtenant Collonel Rowe, having received the said summe of five thousand pounds is to satisfy and pay the said Gun-makers, and others for the said Armes so contracted and delivered as aforesaid; And the said Treasurer at Warres is hereby required and authorised to make payment thereof accordingly to the said Livetenant Collonel Owen Rowe to the use of the State.
Col. Rowe to give account of money received and Arms bought.
Provided alwayes and it is Ordered and Ordained by the authority aforesaid, that no part of the moneyes to be paid by the said Counties as aforesaid, shall be converted to any other use, untill the said summe of five thousand pounds be first paid unto the said Lievtenant Collonel Rowe, who hath undertaken to provide the Armes aforesaid; And that the said Livetenant Collonel Owen Rowe, shall make perfect certificates of all such contracts and bargaines as shall by him be made according to this Ordinance, That so such summes as shall be received by him thereupon, as likewise the severall Armes by him bought may be brought to accompt.
Ord. of 5 Sept. void.
Provided that an Ordinance past the fifth of this present month of September concerning the same moneyes, is hereby made voyd and of none effect.


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The recently signed economic stimulus package contains nearly $3 billion for Native American tribes. A big portion of the money is likely to go to the Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the country. Its leaders hope funds will help create much needed jobs and build basic infrastructure.
Daniel Kraker reports for Arizona Public Radio.
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Photographer's Note
Rangpur The northern most district of the country, offers a number of attractions to the visitors. The Vinnozagat. lake with rest-houses is a good picnic spot having facilities for fishing and rowing in a serene and quiet green countryside atmosphere. Kantanagar temple, the most ornate among the late medieval temples of Bangladesh is situated near Dinajpur town. It was built by Maharaja Pran Nath in 1752 A.D. Every inch of the temple surface is beautifully embellished with exquisite terracotta plaques, representing flora, fauna, geometric motifs, mythological scenes and an astonishing array of contemporary social scenes and favourite past times.
I took this picture in vinnozagat,rangpur.hope u like it.
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angela926 (1884) 2007-12-03 18:26 [Comment]
lovely colors.
rmkrshnn (46) 2007-12-03 19:17
well captured shot with good reflections.
well done.
Graal (103038) 2007-12-03 23:14
Hi Nadir,
nice colours and reflections, pleasant composition. Interesting note and view. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander
AiresSantos (56155) 2007-12-04 0:56
Hi Nadir,
Nice colourful composition with this lonely yellow boat.
Amazing reflections, good details. Interesting note
TFS and all the best
PS - Thanks for your visit and comments
Smiles later
Franco_Levita (0) 2007-12-04 4:33
Hello Hossain, very beautiful colors in the boat and green of landscape. I love the reflections in the water! Well done!. Regards.
greek (7594) 2007-12-04 7:12
nice colours and scene, nice place and nice green, galantis
siamesa (28129) 2007-12-04 9:26
Hi Nadir,
I like the colors. Very beautiful image.
Uhu (8609) 2007-12-04 12:54
Yes I like it, good note and great colors in your photo!
lancehannah (1307) 2007-12-04 13:11
Hi hossain
Nice expression of colours,the reflection on the water makes a great deal of this picture as well.Pity, you cropped the top of the picture a bit too tight.Nevertheless,its a nice colourful picture
Regards from Spain,Lance
crckt (7222) 2007-12-04 14:28
Hi Hossain,
Looking at your pictures makes me want to visit Bangladesh. Actually, my father was born there, although I've never been there. Good colors here, and nice reflection too!
jagroop_singh (22) 2007-12-05 1:57
Hi Nadir
brilliant colors, good reflections
well done
jagroop singh
nisko (2642) 2007-12-05 3:07
hello hossain,
very beautiful composition full of vivid colours nice light a nd a wonderful reflection of the boat!
kind regards
ChrisJ (126767) 2007-12-05 3:19
Hi Hossain
Wonderful fg reflections, with superb colour contrasts, between the green grass, & orange of the boat. Good sharpness & contrast. Tfs!
clio (27961) 2007-12-05 5:29
Bonjour Nadir,
Magnificent colors. The number of nuances of green is fascinating and so well emphasized by the orange and the blue.
Bravo, it is a very beautiful image.!
jlbrthnn (76039) 2007-12-05 11:20
Good evening Hossain,
Very good note and very beautiful image. This photograph is an invitation with the ballade on the lake. Beautiful colors and reflections. Cheer.
Have a good evening
jhm (167788) 2007-12-07 4:23
Hello Hossain,
Not it Bangladesh that we every week see on TV, but exactly a green area.
Nice colours and reflections, well captured shot with good colour distribution, pleasant composition.
Interesting note and view.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a nice week,
starky (1616) 2007-12-08 7:26
Hi Hosain.Nice picture and wonderful colours.
Best regards, Bosko.
Cretense (68703) 2007-12-08 8:41
Hi Hossain!
Excellent, perfectly balanced composition, fantastic reflections and blinding colours! Congratulations!
Best regards,
pasternak (15185) 2007-12-10 3:18
I like the idea with colourful reflection here, maybe the colours are a bit too much saturated, I also maybe would choose a different PoV to show more of the perspective, if it is possible of course. But all in all - nice attempt!
ayilmaz (279) 2007-12-11 6:19
Nice colors and reflection. Thanks for sharing.
besnard (57901) 2007-12-17 8:59
Bonsoir Hossain
J'ai fait un tour dans ta galerie et cette photo a particulièrement attiré mon attention. les couleurs du bâteau sont attractives et les reflets bien saisis.
C'est du beau travail. Je te souhaite une bonne soirée.
marietom (34609) 2008-01-03 7:50
Hi Nadir,
Jolis reflets. J'aurais sans doute décentré le bateau, pour que l'image gagne en force. Belle lumière aussi.
cfreire (11741) 2008-01-13 5:39
Hi Hossain,
Nice capture well composed with beautiful colors, contrasts and reflections. Best Regards, Consuelo
Cutajar (285) 2008-01-30 10:56
Fantastic photo, Great example of reflaction.
Regards James.c
vasariste (981) 2008-02-19 12:00
Good photo! Very nice colors and reflection.
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ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi's community colleges are seeing record-breaking enrollment for the fall of 2009.
Preliminary headcount enrollment at Mississippi's community and junior colleges for the fall semester is up by more than 14,500 students compared to a year ago. To put the current enrollment increase in perspective, the total of the five smallest community colleges' enrollment is approximately the same as the enrollment growth seen in these preliminary numbers.
In an attempt to gather information earlier, the community and junior colleges submitted their preliminary enrollment numbers Sept. 2, the second week at most colleges. By law, final enrollment figures at community and junior colleges are captured on the last day of the sixth week of each semester. The numbers that have been provided by the colleges have not been audited by the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.
The State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (SBCJC) said as it approaches the statutorily required date for capturing final enrollment, we expect the 14,500 figure to decrease. However, when each colleges' enrollment has been finalized, SBCJC said it expected a substantial overall enrollment increase for Mississippi's community colleges.


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FALMOUTH, Maine — Maine Audubon reported today that several piping plover nesting pairs have returned to Southern Maine beaches. All beachgoers and beachfront landowners along the coast should be aware of nesting plovers, but particular caution is required at beaches where pairs are currently active, including Fortunes Rock Beach (Biddeford), Goose Rocks Beach (Kennebunkport), Ogunquit Beach, Wells Beach and beaches in Kennebunk.
Piping plovers are listed as an endangered species in Maine and are threatened under federal law. The Piping Plover Recovery Project, a collaboration between Maine Audubon, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, and municipalities, works to educate the public about plover nesting areas to ensure their protection and increase their population.
Historically, Maine has had more than 30 miles of suitable nesting beaches that may have supported more than 200 pairs of piping plovers. Today, because of encroaching development, the available shoreline habitat for nesting plovers has been reduced by 75 percent. Last year, there were only 42 nesting pairs in the state, from Ogunquit to Georgetown. Plovers nest in front of sand dunes on the upper beach and are vulnerable to natural predators, roaming pets, storms and human disturbance. Maine Audubon encourages beachgoers and landowners to reduce human-caused mortality of plovers by leaving y our pets at home when you go to the beach, staying away from roped off plover areas and to watch where you are walking on the beach, to avoid stepping on nests.
If you find a plover nest, or would like to volunteer for the Piping Plover Project, please contact Laura Minich Zitske at email@example.com or (207) 781-2330, ext. 226.


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The holidays aren't easy on a lot of things—including waistlines. On average, most people gain at least one pound each holiday season, and while it may not seem like much, it adds up. And people who are already overweight tend to gain more.
That's a trend Kaiser Permanente is trying to prevent. The health care giant has launched a campaign called Maintain Don't Gain that provides employers and their employees tips for staying healthy during the holiday season. The campaign really comes down to promoting the message of prevention and healthy lifestyles to employers, explains Jennifer Christian-Herman, executive director, Healthworks product management and innovation.
"Health and lifestyle and wellness factors really play in to the productivity and happiness of your work force," Christian-Herman says. These wellness factors are especially important to curb and manage health costs.
"Lifestyle factors account for so much of the direct cost. In the long term, they turn into more serious problems like heart attacks and diabetes, but recently there's been so many lifestyle risks taking its toll on productivity at work," she says. "And if someone's kids are overweight then that impacts the parents' productivity at work and their absenteeism. As employers have seen this and come to understand this, they've been looking for ways for people to engage in behavior change."
Kaiser's campaign is mostly e-mail driven, as the company sends tips each week to employers who sign up. This starts around Halloween and ends after New Year's.
"Often things launched in our marketplace are high tech and online and snazzy and this is really back to basics," Christian-Herman says. "It's a straight-forward tool and people really like that."
The program was first tested out by Kaiser employees in Colorado who "embraced" the program, and this year expanded to employers around the country. It's not asking too much—a good incentive to sign up, explains Program Product Manager Winnie Wambugu, because it's not a weight loss program. "There's no pressure to lose weight. All we are trying to do is get through the season without putting on any more weight," she says. "Ultimately they'll learn some key lessons they'll take with them in the new year."
Some tips from Maintain Don't Gain program:
- Manage the real estate on your plate. Think less starches, more fruits and vegetables.
- If it's not good for you, don't keep it near you (ie: leftover Halloween candy).
- Stock up on fresh fruit. They make healthier—and more satisfying—snacks.
- Move more. Park your car a little further away so you walk more. Walk around your neighborhood. Take just 15 minutes in your day to move around. You don't have to spend all your time at the gym.
- Avoid the temptation of the baked goods coworkers bring into the office around the holidays. Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to eat it.


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Baby Boomers, Back to Campus
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG THEY WENT to college campuses in droves. They are the baby boomers-the generation born between 1946 and 1964-and they total 82.8 million, according to U.S. Census data. This is the most educated generation in American history, the generation for which higher education was the ticket out of the blue collar and industrial lass and into better jobs and bigger homes. In fact, they were often the first in their families to get a college education.
Real estate developers and higher ed administrators now are banking on the hope that this age group, now ages 43 to 61, wants to come back to campus-only this time they won't be rushing fraternities or leading protest marches.
They will have plenty of comfortable living space, great rooms for entertaining, special studios onsite for art and writing projects, conference rooms for taking classes, and field trips to nearby museums. Special on-campus communities designed just for them will make this easy.
This is not going to be your father's retirement lifestyle.
There already are significant changes taking shape in the senior housing and assisted living markets that will help spur the campus and senior adult connection, observes Andrew Carle, director of a program on these subjects at George Mason University (Va.). "I've conducted interviews with boomers. When they retire they don't want to go to a golf course or some place on the side of a mountain. They want a place that is active, intellectually stimulating, and intergenerational. Think about it. I just described a college campus."
This generation tends to be more urban than rural, he adds. Boomers have what are described as "hungry minds," and they plan to read, debate, and do creative projects for years to come.
Administrators at a growing number of higher ed institutions are hip to the aging demographic trends and are planning accordingly.
There already are an estimated 22 such retirement communities linked to colleges and universities that have opened either right on campuses or near to them. Some of these communities, such as Lasell Village at Lasell College (Mass.), opened in 2000, and Capstone Village, affiliated with the University of Alabama and opened in 2005, are home to people even older than the boomers, who may need assisted living and health care services.
Others, like the planned Veridian Village at Hampshire College in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, or University Commons, located in Ann Arbor near the University of Michigan, are for younger, independent 50-somethings.
The trend to build adult communities on college campuses is seen as a win-win for older alumni and supporters of higher education and universities and colleges, says Gerard Badler, managing director of Campus Continuum, a company that helps develop and market university-branded adult communities.
"From the university's perspective, many are looking to attract seniors who want to use facilities and attend classes," he notes.
The stream of adults and even older retirees coming to campus may help solve other problems looming on the horizon for higher education. As the millennial, or echo-boom, generation graduates and leaves campus, the group will not be followed by a population of equal size. Currently the millennial generation is the second largest segment of the American population, second only to the baby boomers, who by 2011 will be the fastest growing segment of the population in all 50 states, according to futurist and author Andrew Zolli.
Bringing baby boomers back to campus makes perfect sense for keeping a community vital. This is part of the draw for Hampshire College, whose Veridian Village should be completed in 2010, according to the marketing materials. "Hampshire is a young college," explains President Ralph Hexter. The college's first students enrolled in 1965, becoming part of the area's Five College group that also includes Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Amherst College. "We do not have as big an endowment as our neighbors," Hexter adds. Nor is Hampshire's alumni pool as large, given its relative youth compared to the older institutions that surround it.
'When [boomers] retire they don't want to go to a golf course or some place on the side of a mountain. They want a place that is active, intellectually stimulating, and intergenerational.'-Andrew Carle, George Mason University
But what Hampshire does have is land-850 acres. It will lease a portion of this land to Beacon Communities, the developer of Veridian Village, to generate annual income.
Veridian Village, which is costing $65 million to build, will use 18 acres for the housing and related buildings. Another 32 acres will be put under a conservation restriction. Because Hampshire is a progressive, liberal arts college, and the market targeted for Veridian Village is socially conscious boomers, the new facility and its environs will be green and sustainable. Many of the construction materials are made from recycled products; windows and appliances will carry the Energy Star endorsement; all buildings will be constructed to be energy efficient; there will be onsite farming to provide food and reduce waste; and a greenhouse will be built, in part so that residents interested in the environment can participate in related continuing education.
If it all sounds idyllic, it is meant to.
But eager campus developers beware: There is much that can go wrong in planning a campus retirement community. It pays to learn from the case studies already on the books, warns Carle.
Troubles in Paradise
Today Carle holds Lasell College up as a positive model in this area, but he notes that the college had some rocky beginnings with its adult community. "Through hard work and sweat they saved themselves," he adds. Early on, Lasell teamed with a developer that was struggling financially, says Carle. Administrators didn't know this.
The college ended up holding the bag when the developer went bankrupt. The institution managed to extricate itself from the original financial agreement and took over the management of the adult community.
Zoning issues proved to be another stumbling block. In the 1980s, Lasell administrators targeted a parcel of 13 acres to be used for something related, such as private housing. "We were interested in older adult housing; we thought this would be the best use," says Paula Panchuck, dean of Lasell Village. The city of Newton initially denied approval.
Lasell executives regrouped and based a new pitch on the Dover Amendment, a part of general Massachusetts law that exempts religious and educational institutions from certain aspects of zoning law if what they are doing is part of an overall mission. In Lasell's case, administrators argued that Lasell Village would be an extension of the college's academic mission.
Eventually the college took over the Lasell Village project and opened with 162 housing units. Additions in 2003 and 2006 brought the total to 188 units. "It was clear we had happened upon something that is in demand. The typical benchmark is 10 years for an adult community to be completely full," Panchuck says. Residents pay for their units-a price that can range from $250,000 to $750,000. In addition, they pay $3,000 to $5,000 monthly, depending on how large their unit is, to cover housekeeping, maintenance, service calls, and educational materials such as books, art supplies, and studio use.
Lasell Village generates about $500,000 in profit annually for the college, according to Panchuck. Those profits are used to improve facilities care at Lasell Village, for information technology, and to cover other costs. The college and the housing community also enjoy cost sharing and savings on some utility rates, says Panchuck.
While Lasell's story has a happy ending, Carle also holds up Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., as an example of what can go wrong. In 2001, the college structured an agreement with a land developer that made the college responsible for certain costs. When the developer ran into financial trouble, Eckerd ended up spending $21 million out of a $30 million endowment, according to Carle.
"Everyone thinks they can do what Lasell did. Most would end up like Eckerd," says Carle, casting doubt on the idea that a college can outright own and manage an adult community. He encourages outsourcing instead of outright ownership.
Building an adult community, especially one that might offer health care services, is complex. "I had one facilities executive say to me, 'We built dorms; this is the same thing,'" says Carle. Ironically, that same executive believes in outsourcing food service.
If food service is better in the hands of an expert, so might be an adult community, Carle argues. "This is not like running a country club for retired faculty and staff," warns Carle. It is related to health care and aging issues and services, which bring their own legal liability and responsibility. It is best to share that liability with other companies.
He notes that after 12 years of managing an adult community, Stanford University has outsourced to Classic Residence by Hyatt, a division of the hotel and facilities company, to run what is promoted as a luxury community but which also includes continuing health care services.
Basic Models
Adult communities built on or near higher ed campuses fall into one of two categories, explains Badler, who is currently helping to develop Campus Continuum at Juniata College (Pa.).
There is the continuing care retirement community (CCRC), which includes some type of health care service-perhaps an Alzheimer's unit, assisted living, and other services. The average age for residents is 84, adds Badler. Most adults enter these facilities at 78, after having retired "in place" for some years in their own homes. Units are usually sold to residents via an entrance fee. Residents receive a portion of the fee when they move out, or their beneficiaries receive it when they die.
For example, a retired couple might pay a $295,000 entrance fee to live in a townhouse in an adult community, then receive 90 percent, or $265,500, of that when they leave. The managing company retains the other 10 percent. The residents do not legally own their unit, similar to the setup with cooperatives. On top of this, the couple would probably pay a monthly fee of several thousand dollars for other amenities, such as housecleaning and personal care. In the case of a community built on the grounds of a college, this might include some tuition costs to attend classes either on campus or right at the adult facilities, or to participate in on-campus cultural events.
Eager campus developers beware: There is much that can go wrong in planning a campus retirement community.
The CCRC model is an expensive one to operate, given the costs of providing health care to the aging population. "It also is more difficult to fund," says Badler. "You usually have to have two-thirds of units sold before you can get other financing." Developers usually turn to investment bankers to structure these financing deals.
Lasell Village is the only known example of a CCRC run directly by a higher ed institution, notes Badler. Other IHEs have helped build communities on this model, including Dartmouth College, which has the Kendal at Hanover community; The Pennsylvania State University, which has The Village at Penn State; and the University of Notre Dame (Ind.), with Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame.
Fifty-five-plus is the other common model and the one that Badler predicts will be more prevalent on campuses in the future. It is also easier to fund, requiring usually one-third of units be sold before drawing in other funding. The target group here is much younger-ages 55 to 70-and there are no health care components. These are independent adults in good health who may still be working or launching encore careers. If they require health care services, they will pay for them, or move to another location. They are probably doing all they can to remain young in spirit, which is why developers would be wise to eschew phrases like "senior citizens" and "retirement" when marketing these communities.
"Boomers have never met a stage of life they didn't want to remake in their own image," writes Andrew Zolli, futurist and author. "Their golden years will be no exception. Watch grandma windsurf! Pole vault! Pole dance!"
Fifty-five-plus residents buy their units outright and resell if they want to. Hampshire's Veridian Village will be set up on this model, with residents being allowed to attend classes and being encouraged to attend and even volunteer at Hampshire's National Yiddish Book Center and the Museum of Picture Book Art.
Veridian's model fits into Carle's other secret for success. He encourages IHEs who go into the adult community business to develop "two-directional programming." Bring adults into the campus community and bring young students into the adult village. No older adult wants to be the "stranger on campus"-aimless with no real human connection. The goal is to be vital, flexible, ever young at heart-just like those baby boomers who will soon be driving through the campus gates.
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With the exception of trying out for school plays, 17-year-old Robin De Jesus, a native of Norwalk, Conn., had never been on a full-fledged audition before he went to an open call for Camp, a low-budget independent film that opens in theatres this week and tells the refreshingly sweet story of a kids' theatre camp where talented young actors, dancers, and singers convene each summer to do what they love most. At the time of the Camp audition, De Jesus had recently graduated high school and was planning to pursue a career as an opera singer.
"I was actually working at a theatre camp with children in Greenwich, and one of the parents was on Broadway in Aida and heard about this audition and told the director of the camp, and he gave her a breakdown of the characters," shared De Jesus, who is now 19 and pursuing acting opportunities in New York City. "She sent two of us that fit the breakdown to this open call. It was almost like American Idol in some weird way. I remember seeing really tall, skinny girls in pigtails trying to look younger. Five callbacks later I got it."
De Jesus wound up with a lead role as Michael, a gay teenager who finds acceptance in the world of Camp Ovation, a haven for otherwise misunderstood kids with a passion for performing. Camp's writer/director Todd Graff based his movie's setting on Stagedoor Manor, a real theatre camp in upstate New York that Graff attended as a teenager, both as a camper and later as a counselor to a then 8-year-old Robert Downey Jr. Other famous alumni of Stagedoor include Jennifer Jason Leigh, with whom Graff went to camp, Natalie Portman, Jon Cryer, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Helen Slater. As Graff pointed out, Stagedoor is a great place to start networking—no joke.
"Beyond the fact that it transforms you in terms of your growth as a kid who is into theatre, the networking that goes on there is insane. So many people who go there go on to have all these careers in [show business]. In a substantial way, it gets your foot in the door," said Graff, who is best known as an actor in Broadway's Baby and in films like The Abyss, Five Corners, Dominick & Eugene, Strange Days, and Death to Smoochy. He has also worked as a screenwriter on Used People, Angie, The Preacher's Wife, Coyote Ugly, and Dangerous Minds, among other films.
Natural Beauty
While not as green as De Jesus, 16-year-old Baltimore, Md., resident Joanna Chilcoat had also never auditioned for a feature film before landing a principal role in Camp as Ellen, an ugly ducking at home but a swan at Camp Ovation. Chilcoat, who has worked in Baltimore theatre since age 9, heard about an open call for Camp from a Baltimore dance instructor who happened to be a good friend of Graff's. Since the film's debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Chilcoat and De Jesus have found representation with Nancy Carson of the Carson/Adler Agency in New York. Both are pursuing acting, though Chilcoat, now 17, is planning to start college this fall.
It's certainly rare for an unknown to land a lead role in a movie. Still, there have been quite a few cases in recent years: Michelle Rodriguez in Girlfight, Real Women Have Curves' America Ferrera, Derek Luke in Antwone Fisher, Victor Rasuk and Judy Marte of Raising Victor Vargas, Whale Rider's Keisha Castle-Hughes, and Nikki Reed, who's about to debut in Thirteen.
Graff, a first-time director based in New York, knew he wanted all unknowns for his cast—save for a precious cameo by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who generously granted Graff permission to use three of his songs in Camp. Sondheim's participation and stamp of approval also helped Graff convince other famous composers and lyricists, such as Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls), and Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Promises, Promises), to donate music. Even the Rolling Stones pitched in, permitting Graff to use "Wild Horses."
While getting the music was essential to the success of Camp, the film would be nothing without its talented young actors. As Graff explained about his approach to casting, he didn't want young professionals who were slick and polished. Like the characters he wrote, he wanted raw talent and real kids.
"It wasn't necessarily important to me that they had never done film work; it just kind of worked out that way," said the writer/director. "I had 22 days to make the movie, and there was going to be no time for the kids to unlearn 2,000 bad habits they got from every manager and agent and Annie road company that they might have done if they were professional showbiz kids. It seemed key to the success of the piece that I buy the naturalness of the kids."
Graff sought the help of New York-based casting directors Bernie Telsey and Victoria Pettibone, who have a stellar reputation for finding diamonds in the rough. In addition to casting the current hit Broadway musicals Hairspray, Aida, and Saturday Night Fever, Telsey and Pettibone cast Rent, which, like Camp, featured a number of unknowns. The casting company also worked on the Gus Van Sant film Finding Forrester, for which Pettibone tapped Rob Brown, then a high school student with no acting experience, to play the lead opposite Sean Connery.
Double Casting
Camp was cast twice, first by Telsey as a workshop production, which Danny De Vito's Jersey Films hoped to turn into a feature film. However, like many film projects in development, the initial financing for Camp never materialized, and it wasn't until four years later that the project gained a second wind, thanks to Jersey Films partnering with Killer Films, the company that produced such notable pictures as Boys Don't Cry, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Far From Heaven. Killer Films convinced IFC Films, which had released the hits Y Tu Mama Tambien and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, to finance and distribute Camp. By the time the film finally went into pre-production, many of the young actors who had been a part of the original workshop production of Camp were too old for the parts. Telsey, who was now working with Pettibone (she had joined Telsey's company immediately before Telsey was casting the workshop of Camp and was not heavily involved in that), had to pretty much start from scratch.
As Pettibone told Back Stage West, "Four years later when it really was happening, Todd came to us again. It all happened very, very fast. We got the call in May, and we needed to be fully cast by early July, which basically gave us a month to do it, which is not a lot of time and especially not a lot of time to look for kids who are not members of SAG, as this was a non-SAG movie. So that was particularly challenging, but we just went for it. We really believed in the project.
"I think what excited us, first of all, was just knowing how passionate Todd was about the project," continued Pettibone. "I think the best things we ever work on are when the creators are enthusiastic and passionate about what they are doing. And it was a really exciting challenge to find these kids. I do the casting for a lot of less traditional projects in the office that deal with things like finding young kids or working with new, raw talent, and that is what really what excites me about casting."
Likewise, Graff based his casting choices on the potential of an actor, not on the immediate result.
"I've never directed a film before, so I didn't really know the way you're supposed to do it," admitted Graff, who held long, involved "Chorus Line-y" auditions to see how they could respond to pressure, instruction, and direction. He needed to know that they could be triple-threats, and he needed to connect with them. "I could only follow my gut, and I knew that I needed to fall in love with the kids and they needed to be able to sing, dance, and act. I needed to fall in love with their vulnerability. I needed to buy them as these kids who are somewhat at risk in their lives and who are just happy as pigs in shit at the camp.
"Robin De Jesus, for example, had never been on an audition in his life," Graff continued. "He came in and sang R. Kelly's 'I Believe I Can Fly,' a cappella—not the greatest choice of an audition song, particularly a cappella, when you don't know what you're doing and you're singing it in G and you probably want to sing it in E flat. But there was something about him that made my heart melt seeing him go for it. You knew that he could sing; he just made a crazy choice. So you put the song back down in E flat and you say, 'Let's try it with the piano,' and suddenly he's kind of in the ballpark."
Outside the Box
In addition to having to cast outside the usual breakdowns that are distributed to agencies, Telsey and Pettibone faced the problem that most schools had closed for summer vacation.
Said Pettibone, "We didn't have access to the schools, which is usually a great way to get through to kids. So I had interns taking fliers and going to summer camps and swimming pools and dance competitions that happen in the summertime, and we started getting kids that way. I contacted a lot of summer camps, but unfortunately that was difficult because a lot of camps can't send their kids away from camp to go on an audition, although some of the performing arts programs that happen in the summer were very helpful. A lot of it was word of mouth."
Added Graff, "Bernie and Victoria thought outside the box. They couldn't do the usual thing where they put out a breakdown and agents could read the breakdown and submit clients. They couldn't go through agents. So they had to do things like plaster New York City with fliers on lampposts announcing open calls. They went to a radio station in New York and traded premiere tickets to a different IFC film in return for that radio station announcing our open call on the radio. The next morning there were 200 kids. We didn't happen to use any of those kids, but we did cast two kids, Julie Kleiner and Caitlan Van Zandt, from Stagedoor.
Pettibone and Telsey also were able to pull headshots they had collected from many of the previous open calls they had held for Rent, Aida, or Hairspray, and called actors who they thought might be appropriate for Camp's campers.
"I was able to go through our files and cast a number of people who ended up on the pile of 'too young for Hairspray' or 'too young for Rent, but really good,'" said Pettibone. "We really look out for talent all the time, and we are always thinking of the larger picture, because if somebody isn't right for the project that we are looking for at the moment, they may be very valuable to something we are working on in the future. That is why our office works so well, because we pool our resources. So even though Hairspray is not my project—although I am involved in what is going on in Hairspray and have a hand in that—I'm able to go to those resources or any of the other shows that we see very young but very talented people for."
That's how Pettibone cast Camp's Alana Allen, who plays Jill, a blonde bombshell often cast as the lead in Camp Ovation's productions who's not well-liked by many her fellow campers. Shared Pettibone, "Alana came in for Rent, auditioned a couple of years ago, and I wrote next to her notes, 'See again in number of years.'"
Daniel Letterle, who plays one of Camp's leads, Vlad, the sole heterosexual male camper in Ovation's bunch, had auditioned for a remake of the movie Fame, which ended up not getting made but which Pettibone worked on. Soon after Fame got scrapped, Pettibone started work on Camp.
Said the casting director, "I had been seeing a lot of young kids for Fame who were SAG or non-SAG. It didn't matter at the time. Daniel was one of the people who came in for that project and who I really liked, and when I went back to my notes, I found him and he was not a member of SAG, which was critical [to Camp's casting]. So I brought him in again, and he was just perfect."
For Letterle, it was the lucky break he had been wishing for. "I was pounding the pavement for a long time. I had been in New York for six years, and I traveled through Europe as a dancer and a singer," said Letterle, now 24. Since making Camp, he's signed with Endeavor and is being repped by agents Stephanie Ritz in New York and Joe Brandon in Los Angeles.
Open to Open Calls
A few actors, including Sasha Allen and Anna Kendrick, were a part of Camp's original workshop production and made it into the film. However, Allen almost didn't get cast because Pettibone had outdated contact information for her. Pettibone recommends that actors put as many contact numbers as possible on their resumés so that they don't lose out on a future role. As it turned out Allen happened to walk into an agent's office who knew about the casting for Camp and who formerly worked at Bernard Telsey Casting.
Noted the casting director, "I can't tell you how many times I've gone through my files and I call somebody, and the one number they left on their resumé is out of service. Leave your parents' permanent home number or something that's not going to change, or an e-mail even. I used to never do e-mail, but now I track down people that way. At the very least have yourself listed in the phone book."
Pettibone does not recommend that actors send general submissions to her company's office. She feels it's a waste of the actor's time and money. Instead, she tells actors to be on the lookout for the many open calls her office holds for specific productions they're casting. Those calls are frequently listed in Back Stage and Back Stage West (and on BackStage.com). Pettibone said she usually comes out to Los Angeles once or twice a year, depending on what projects she's working on. In the case of Camp, she was not able to hold an open call in L.A., although Jersey Films held some L.A. auditions, during which actor Vince Rimoldi was called back and wound up with a substantial role in the film.
Above all, Pettibone urges actors to not dismiss open calls. As demonstrated by Camp, Bernard Telsey Casting remembers potential talent for future projects. Currently the company is casting Broadway productions of The Little Shop of Horrors and Wicked, as well as pre-Broadway theatrical projects such as Taboo ("the Boy George musical," said Pettibone) and Never Gonna Dance. Her office is also working on the Universal film The Rucker, directed by Malcolm Lee, and the upcoming NBC series Whoopi, starring Whoopi Goldberg. Bernard Telsey Casting also cast the show's pilot. Pettibone said her office is also holding ongoing auditions for productions of Hairspray, Rent, and Aida, and also casts commercials.
"Go to open calls," emphasized Pettibone. "It may feel like it's a waste of time, because you go to a lot of them before you get one, but that's OK. You never know what somebody's going to remember you for in the future."
As for Graff, he said he's retired from acting—save for the occasional "goof," in which he'll get asked to play a small role as a favor for a friend. He's concentrating on his screenwriting and directing. He recently wrote a script about Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, for which Jude Law is currently attached. BSW


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NCP eyeing Council chairman post, to move no-confidence motion
Mumbai: NCP, the largest party in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, is gearing up for a no- confidence motion against chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh, likely to be filed tomorrow.
"We are trying to garner majority to oust him. If he resigns on his own, well and good. If he doesn't, we will bring (a) no confidence motion," state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare told reporters today.
Deshmuk belongs to Congress. The deputy chairman and the leader of opposition in the Council are from NCP.
When asked if there could be an understanding with Congress whereby Deshmukh offers to resign and Congress gets the post of deputy chairman, Tatkare said, "It is out of question...this can never happen."
When pointed out that his party has 28 members in the Council while 41 members are required to pass the motion, Tatkare said permutations and combinations were being worked out.
However, NCP was not contemplating any deal with the ruling BJP, such as offering it the deputy chairman's post for its support, he said.
Meanwhile, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said Deshmukh will not resign. "We will face the no confidence motion when it comes. But the chairman will not resign at any cost," he said.


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CLEVELAND, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Deron Williams poured in five 3-pointers among his 27 points Friday and sent the New Jersey Nets to a 99-96 victory over Cleveland.
The Nets have captured three out of four and have won back-to-back games for the first time this season, both on the road. They defeated Philadelphia Wednesday, with Williams scoring 34 points.
New Jersey took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter and held on in part due to a big night from 3-point range. The Nets hit 10 from beyond the arc and Williams was 5-of-9.
Anthony Morrow added 22 for the Nets and Kris Humphries had 18.
New Jersey overcame the most productive night as a professional to date for Cleveland rookie Kyrie Irving.
Irving made 10-of-20 shots from the field and scored 31 points, the last of them coming on a 3-pointer at the buzzer that brought the Cavaliers as close to the Nets as they had been since late in the first half. Irving's previous career high had been 26 points scored against Phoenix Jan. 12.
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VANCOUVER -- Education Minister Peter Fassbender said Thursday the case of a teenaged girl getting government money to study Finland's education system was in keeping with relevant policy.
Fassbender ordered a review after it was discovered that in 2012 and 2013 Anjali Vyas was given two government contracts worth $16,000 to research the education system in Finland.
This was an unusual set of circumstances and the ministry's intent was to support an existing research project that had been initiated by a talented and motivated young person, Fassbender said in a release. Teacher training is an important matter that does bear greater scrutiny and it is imperative that the ministry continue to seek out the perspectives of students and young people on how to improve our education system.
Fassbender apologized to Vyas for the public attention shes received in wake of news reports about the trip.
Vyas told the Vancouver Sun last year that she met B.C. Superintendent of Achievement Rick Davis, who helped arrange the funding, at a wedding.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Review @ Twenty Sided
We don't do full S.T.A.L.K.E.R. coverage but this review at blog Twenty Sided takes a bit of an RPG-related view, so I thought we'd take a look:
The RPG comparison is understandable. The game begins with a dialog with an NPC, who gives you some inventory items. These are things that normally only happen inside of a roleplaying game. The gritty world of decay and radioactive ruins looks and feels like the classic Fallout, which I still cherish as a brilliant example of what a good RPG should be. It looks like an RPG, it feels a bit like an RPG, and for the first few hours of the game I kept wondering why it didn't play like an RPG.
Here is how it happened with me: STALKER put on a sexy little outfit and suggested we should go out and have some fun. I doused myself in cologne and made sure I was wearing my "I roll twenties" boxer shorts. Then halfway through dinner STALKER starts talking about how we're just friends and that I shouldn't be getting any funny ideas. Excuse me? Okay, I admit that STALKER never explicitly promised roleplaying, and maybe I was just a little overeager. But still, I think STALKER owes me an apology for sending out some seriously mixed signals here.
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My wife has a Nokia phone and has a better signal than the 5210, but it has never caused me that many probs.
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I don't know what troubles me MOST about this ^ Post (rbwinn)... Your 'feigned' supposed-interest
and pseudo-knowledge of the Aztec Civilization as to it's Ritualistic Sacrificial Ceremonies OR - Your somewhat Convoluted Connecting of this Glorious Culture to a 21st Century-Homophobic
SLUR...I SUGGEST You Attempt to Dissect the 'mystery' of 'Closeted' Clergy here in America---the likes of Ted Haggard, Eddie Long and a host laundry-list of self-hating / schizophrenic Dual-Life degenerates...Don't leave out the Mormons!
WATER is a Precious Resource of which there is Little of...Let These IDIOTS Continue in Their Pursuits...THEY Won't be Allowed to COMPLAIN
When they HAVE TO DRINK their own Filtered EXCREMENT!
Estimado Ser. ..Save the Tequila for later
Thank You for your continued Enlightenment Mr. Arellano...I am often Amused BUT Most Certainly
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To - 'my best friend is half Mexican'...Is that comment the same as 'I have (some) Black friends'??? What a Pendejo...First of All STOP With the Steve King pre-suppositions And MYTHS
AND My Question to this Token-lover...Which Half of Your Mexican-friend Appeals MOST to You???
Who has AGAIN re-Surfaced - You know the 'one' the flaxen/flaccid-Haired Molehill of Insipid-Exasperation...the DRONE of Manhatten himself-
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Attorneys for a group of gay couples are asking the state's highest court to dismiss a bid to suspend a judge's decision striking down all measures preventing same-sex couples from marrying.
Attorneys for the couples asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday to reject a bid by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and four counties to stay Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban. Piazza struck down the ban last week, and expanded his ruling to include all state laws preventing gay couples from marrying.
The state Supreme Court had given the attorneys until Friday afternoon to respond to the request for a stay.
More than 450 same-sex couples have been issued marriage licenses since Piazza's ruling last week.
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Interesting tweet from the Guardian's Julian Glover during the night:
Nukes for Norfolk anyone? Apparently DCLG officials were told to check new localism bill wouldn't give councils power to buy atomic weapons
Of course, I'm tempted to regard this as a ridiculous claim, possibly created by someone in DCLG as proof of just how much power they're giving to local councils – though one would expect that in a department run by Eric Pickles that 'buy atomic weapons' would be replaced by 'collect domestic waste and recycling however they feel appropriate'.
However, it may just suggest that someone within DCLG is a fan of Ken MacLeod's novels, particularly The Stone Canal which features a radically balkanized future Britain where most power resides within some rather hyper-local governments. Thanks to a former Soviet republic's decision to offer what's effectively fractional reserve deterrence, it's remarkably easy for North London to become a nuclear power. I suspect this wasn't on Eric Pickles' reading list at any point but who knows? Maybe he is a part of the Star Fraction and Government data systems have been corrupted by the Black Plan.


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Crysis 3's open beta has launched, offering gamers a glimpse at the shooter's multiplayer experience. The beta is live on the Xbox 360 and PC and will come to the PS3 later in the day.
Like previous games in the series, Crysis 3 suits up players in cutting edge nanotech armor. This armor can give them superhuman strength or let them shrug off bullets. They can even become invisible. The different options provided by the suit allow for different playstyles and tactics.
By earning XP in multiplayer, players can unlock new modules to further modify their suit. They'll also earn new weapons and attachments. Players can progress up to rank 10 in the beta. There's no mention of whether this progress will carry over to the full version, so presumably it won't.
Players will be able to test out two maps and two game modes in the beta. Crash Site mode tasks players with capturing and defending alien drop pods. In Hunter mode, permanently cloaked players will hunt down the opposing teams. Consult the tutorial video for more details on each mode.
The beta also features a new social feature called the New York Feed. The Feed will announce players accomplishments to their friends. The service features new dynamic challenges to pursue as well.
The Crysis 3 PC beta isn't being conducted through Steam. Instead, EA is holding it through their own digital store, Origin. Head here to get started.
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I mean, look at this shit.
He put on a muscle shirt, tied a blanket around his neck and didn't even dunk the goddamned basketball. He just threw it into the hoop. And he accepted the trophy they gave him that said "Slam Dunk Champion." He accepted it and smiled. I deem thee fraud, you smiling charlatan. You and your fuzzy little muppet friend Hedo.
- The Orlando Sentinel
Remember when this walking Adam's apple jilted us at the free agent altar back in 2009? I do. Granted, it was a good thing he did so (he's one of the only NBA stars who still believes in old 70s NBA traditions, like smoking cigarettes at halftime) but still, this pindick jilted us. For Toronto.
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There is a very good argument that running back/linebacker Tyler Gaffney (6-1, 215, 4.44) San Diego (Calif.) Cathedral Catholic could be the best skill positioned player in San Diego County if not the western region.
UCLA was ahead of the recruiting game when they offered Gaffney last spring when he was still a sophomore, but that was with the old staff. It is a very good bet that the Bruins under Rick Neuheisel will honor the offer.
Notre Dame assistant coach Brian Polian was on the Cathedral Catholic campus last December and said that he loves Gaffney. He told Cathedral Catholic coach Sean Doyle that Charlie Weis will be out in the end of January to talk to Doyle about Gaffney.
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USC assistant coach John Morton called already inquiring about the talented two-way prospect and requested film.
There is good reason why three such prestigious schools are already in the hunt for Gaffney. He was his league's Player of the Year and first-team San Diego Section all-CIF as a junior.
From his running back position, Gaffney rushed for 1,552 yards and scored 24 rushing touchdowns. He is just as dangerous catching the ball out of the backfield hauling in 20 receptions for 302 yards and scored five more touchdowns through the air.
The versatile Gaffney has the talent to be an impact player on either side of the ball on the D-I level.
Gaffney is an outstanding all-around athlete who is a three-sport letterman. He didn't play basketball his junior season due to a thumb injury because he wanted to be ready for baseball this spring.
Gaffney plays right field for Cathedral Catholic and was a San Diego Section all-CIF for his skills on the diamond as a sophomore.
"Tyler is a man-child," Doyle said. "He's a man among boys and better yet he's a great character guy who is very coachable.
"As far as talent goes, he is just as big as Justin Green, now with the Baltimore Ravens, and Demetrius Sumler now with Colorado, but he's faster than the both of them.
"Tyler's 4.44 40 time was from a combine, not some coach with a broken down stop watch.
Gaffney last spring maxed 340 on the bench and that will certainly be improved by his senior season.
Another thing to like about Gaffney is he carries a 3.3 GPA in mostly honor courses.


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LEAGUE CITY - An infant died after being left in a hot car, according to League City police.
Police said they were called to Christus Victor Lutheran Church around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after a father found his baby dead in his vehicle.
According to police, the man said he dropped his older children off at school in his personal vehicle. He planned to take the infant to the daycare, but went home to get his work vehicle and then went to work.
The father told police after he got off work, he went home to get his personal vehicle. When he picked up his kids at daycare, workers told him the baby had not been dropped off. That's when he went to his car and found his infant dead in backseat.
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League City officials are reminding parents that we can reduce the number of heat-related injuries and deaths by remembering to "ACT."
A: Avoid heatstroke-related injury and death by never leaving your child alone in a car, not even for a minute, and make sure to keep your car locked when you are not in it so kids don't get in on their own.
C: Create reminders by putting something in the back of your car next to your child like as a briefcase, a purse or a cell phone that is needed at your final destination. This is especially important if you are not following your normal routine.
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ARLINGTON, Texas, May 15 (UPI) -- Brayan Pena highlighted a big first inning with a two-run single Tuesday and the Kansas City Royals went on to a 7-4 victory over Texas.
Pena's hit was sandwiched between RBI from Billy Butler and Chris Getz, giving the Royals a 4-0 lead against Rangers starter Colby Lewis (3-3), who hurt his own cause with a throwing error to open the floodgates.
Mike Moustakas socked a solo homer and Butler added a run-scoring double for Kansas City, which swept its two-game series at Arlington.
Vin Mazzaro (1-0) logged a victory in his first start of the season, holding the Rangers to three runs on seven hits over five innings.
Lewis lasted 5 2/3 frames, surrendering seven runs (two earned) on eight hits.
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ARTSBEAT; Olympia Dukakis to Play Prospero, With Brother
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Published: January 16, 2012
Olympia Dukakis will play a female version of the magician Prospero in a production of ''The Tempest'' this summer at Shakespeare & Company, based in Lenox, Mass., the theater announced on Tuesday. She will be joined on stage by her brother, Apollo Dukakis, who will play Gonzalo, and Rocco Sisto as Caliban.
Tony Simotes, who is in his third year as Shakespeare & Company's artistic director, said in a phone interview that he first met Ms. Dukakis when she taught theater at New York University in the early 70s and that they have remained friends and colleagues ever since. He said he had wanted to cast and direct Ms. Dukakis for many years, recalling her portrayal of a female King Lear at Shakespeare & Company in 1998.
''There were modern plays that could work,'' he said. ''Because we are both Greek, I wondered if we could do a classical Greek play.''
Eventually Mr. Simotes and Ms. Dukakis agreed on Prospero and ''The Tempest,'' a play, Mr. Simotes said, ''about this force of nature.''
''If there was anybody in my life that acts as that kind of magician, it is Olympia,'' he said. ''It's a character that creates a storm, with concentric circles spinning in on themselves to bring everybody to a point. I knew she could do it.''
Women have played lead male roles in Shakespeare productions over the years, including Diane Venora as Hamlet at the Public Theater in 1982; Fiona Shaw as Richard II at London's National Theater in 1995; and Seana McKenna as Richard III last year at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Helen Mirren played the lead role in Julie Taymor's film version of ''The Tempest'' last year; in that case the sex of the character, now named Prospera, was changed.
Mr. Simotes said it was Ms. Dukakis's wish to play Prospero as a female character, although it was still to be determined if her name would be feminized. No other characters' sex will change.
''We're looking at shifting the point of view from the father-daughter relationship to a mother-daughter relationship,'' he said.
''How a daughter argues with her father is different from how she argues with her mother,'' he added. ''We haven't started rehearsals so I don't know what we'll discover, but how the family dynamic is played out will shift in the play.''
''The Tempest'' is one of several productions to be presented by Shakespeare & Company for its 35th season, which begins on May 25 and continues through Sept. 2. Among the company's other offerings are a new production of ''King Lear,'' directed by Rebecca Holderness and starring Dennis Krausnick in the title role; and ''Satchmo at the Waldorf,'' a new one-man show about Louis Armstrong starring John Douglas Thompson that was written by Terry Teachout, theater critic for the Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Simotes said the company has successfully withered the financial turbulence of recent years, which resulted in layoffs and a restructuring of the theater's business model. He said the company finished in the black last season for the first time in several years.
This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print.