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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 30th Anniversary Season at the Joyce: Guest Artist Bios
In honor of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 30th Anniversary, various guest artists were invited to share the stage with current Company members for their Joyce season, running March 26 – April 7*. The guest artists whose bios appear below join the Company in Continuous Replay and D-Man in the Waters. (*Guest artist appearances vary based on show date.)
AKIKO AIZAWA has been a member of SITI Company since 1997, after seven years as a member of the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT). With SITI, she has performed in: Trojan Women, Cafe Variations American Document, Antigone, Under Construction, Who Do You Think You Are, Radio Macbeth, bobrauschenbergamerica, Freshwater, Hotel Cassiopeia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Intimations for Saxophone, La Dispute, War of the Worlds, Culture of Desire, Nicholas and Alexandra and systems/layers. Roles with SCOT include: Trojan Women, Three Sisters and Dionysus. Theaters/festivals include BAM/Next Wave Festival, Under the Radar at the Public Theater, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Court Theatre, Joyce Theater, Krannert Center, Los Angeles Opera, New York Theatre Workshop, New York Live Arts, Walker Art Center and Wexner Center for the Arts. International festivals/venues include: Edinburgh, Dublin, Bonn, Bobigny, Helsinki, Melbourne, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Toga and Moscow. Aizawa is originally from Akita, Japan.
ARTHUR AVILES received a BA from Bard College. He was a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1987 to 1995 and received a New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award for a series of performances in the Company in 1989. In 1996 He created Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre. He is a NYFA Fellow and has received the Mayor's Award. In 1998, he co-founded The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. In 2002 he founded The Bronx Dance Coalition, which produces the Bronx Dance Magazine. As Aviles celebrates his 50th birthday this coming May, he is extremely grateful for the opportunity to dance in Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 30th season.
GERMAUL BARNES is a Bessie Award winner for his dancing in the work of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. He is currently Director and Founder of Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance, a New York based dance company that presents multi-media dance performances and educational residencies around the world. Barnes is also Co-Director of Burnt Sugar/Danz with Gabri Christa and Greg Tate. He has received many grants and awards for his extensive foreign experience as dancer, teacher, choreographer and anthropologist. He has created dances for The Ailey School, Southern Dance Work, Birmingham Southern College, Skidmore College, Jasmyn Fyffe Dance-Toronto, Ghana National Dance Theater, ChoreoQuest Project, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, among others.
WILL BOND is a founding member of SITI Company. He has performed and toured nationally and internationally in SITI's Orestes (by company member Charles L. Mee), The Medium, Small Lives/Big Dreams, Culture of Desire, Bob (Drama Desk Nomination best solo performance of the year), War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds – The Radio Play, Cabin Pressure, bobrauschenbergamerica, La Dispute, Death and the Ploughman, Lilith and Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera), Radio Macbeth, Who Do You Think You Are and Antigone. He has toured with Tadashi Suzuki and Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) in Dionysus and with Robert Wilson's Persephone performed at the Theater Olympics Delphi, Greece. Regional works include: Macbeth, The Lover, Creditors, Mystery of Irma Vep, Greater Tuna, Greetings, Holiday, Night Must Fall, Suddenly Last Summer, The Tempest, Hamlet. Original works include History of the World from the very Beginning with Christian Frederickson & SITI's Brian Scott, Crash a work also with Brian Scott in collaboration with Deborah Hay, and I'll Crane For You, a solo performance dance theater work commissioned by Deborah Hay. Bond is currently Artist-In-Residence in the theater department of Skidmore College.
DWAYNE BROWN is from New York City. He was a Young Artist Scholar in 2005 for the American Dance Festival and a fellowship student at The Alvin Ailey School in 2006. Brown graduated from Vassar in 2007 with a Psychology degree. As a freelance artist he has worked professionally with Sean Curran, Maija Garcia, Chamber Dance Project, Linda Diamond & Co., Anouk van Dijk, The Next Stage Project, Sounding Line Productions, Naganuma Dance, Connecticut Ballet, TrainorDance, Eric Taylor Dance, Nathan Trice, Daniel Gwirtzman, Whitney Hunter, and Roger Jeffery. From January 2010 through August 2011 Brown extensively toured nationally and internationally with Lula Washington Dance Theater. Currently, Brown is an apprentice for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, a dancer at The Metropolitan Opera (2nd season) and a dancer for ReggieWilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group.
CATHERINE CABEEN MFA, is the Artistic Director of Catherine Cabeen – Hyphen. Cabeen has received choreographic commissions from On the Boards, Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theater, the Visa2Dance Festival in Dar Es Salaam, Alsarab Dance Troupe and the Lebanese American University in Byblos Lebanon, Moving People Dance Theater in Santa Fe, and Pig Iron Theater Company in Philadelphia, among others. The New York Times has called Cabeen's Hyphen, "highly kinetic, complex… visually exquisite," and "beautifully performed." Cabeen currently performs in her own work, and with Richard Move. She is a former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1997-2005) and was Jones' Assistant Choreographer on the original production of Spring Awakening at the Atlantic Theater. She is also a former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company and Pearl Lang Dance Theater, among others. Cabeen has taught for the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company's Education Outreach Department since 2006. In 2012 Cabeen began a three-year appointment at Middlebury College in Vermont.
CHISTIAN CANCIANI was twice honored with the Choreographic Award by the French Ministry of Culture. In New York, Canciani participated in the classes of Limon, Nikolaïs, Cunningham, Trisha Brown and Susan Klein, as well as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. He has danced the repertoires, styles and techniques of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Elisa Monte, Kevin Wynn, Blondell Cummings, Eleo Pomare, Donald Byrd and Ballet Hispanico. He danced in the opera Carmina Burana in Puerto Rico, and his Musical Theater credits include Fame (the musical) on Broadway. The breadth and chronology of his experiences have fired his imagination and clarified his direction in choreography, teaching and yoga. He has collaborated with composers such as Lester Bowie, Eric Delbouys, Olu Dara, Johannes Walter and Don Pullen. Canciani holds a Master's degree in Modern Dance from the Lyon Superior Conservatory. He is currently Vice-Rector of the Palucca University in Dresden, Germany.
PETER CHAMBERLIN danced with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 2007-2011. He is currently finishing his medical school prerequisites at Columbia University.
SEAN CURRAN danced for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company from 1983 to 1993 and was given a New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award for his performance in Secret Pastures. He was an original NYC cast member of STOMP performing in the show for four years. Sean Curran Company recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with a season at The Joyce Theater. Sean has another life as an Opera Director and Choreographer and has created work for The Met, NYC Opera, Gotham Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Montreal, Opera Theater of St Louis and Santa Fe opera. Curran is currently the Associate Chair of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Dance Department.
LAWRENCE GOLDHUBER is a Bessie Award winning performer and choreographer, who first came to attention as a long time principal member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. In addition to presenting his own work internationally both as a soloist and as the duet team of Goldhuber & Latsky, he has worked with composer Merdith Monk, DV8 Physical Theater, Jerome Bel, Keely Garfield and, most recently, Belgian artist Jan Fabre.
LEON INGULSRUD helped found SITI Company and has appeared in Orestes, Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera), Nicholas & Alexandra (LA Opera), bobrauschenbergamerica, Hotel Cassiopeia, Who Do You Think You Are, Radio Macbeth, Under Construction, Antigone, American Document (with Martha Graham Dance Company), War of the Worlds; Radio Play, Trojan Women, Cafe Variations and Continuous Replay (with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company). Previous to SITI, Ingulsrud was a member of the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) for seven years, during which time Ingulsrud also served as a resident director at the ATM Arts Center in Mito, Japan. Ingulsrud served two years as the Associate Artistic Director of Swine Palace in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ingulsrud has taught in workshops and universities around the world, translates Japanese theater texts into English and holds an MFA in directing from Columbia.
AYO JANEEN JACKSON received her BFA at North Carolina School of the Arts. She is a former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Ballet Preljocaj and an original cast of Spider Man on Broadway. Jackson has performed her choreography in New York venues such as at PS 122, Aaron Davis Hall and Dance Theater Workshop. She has been a guest teacher at Hollins University and University of California, Irvine. Jackson has received both a Chris Helleman Award and a Special Project Grant from the Princess Grace Foundation. She was a dancer for the French star, Mylene Farmer. Jackson has worked on several projects with Julie Taymor; the movie Across the Universe and Grendel an opera directed by Ms.Taymor, with choreography by Angelin Preljocaj and music by Eliot Goldenthal. Jackson also danced for the Greek singer Anna Vissi (choreography by Mia Michaels) and in the Latin Grammys with Thalia at Madison Square Garden. She has also danced in a silent film The Great Observer, with choreography by Hinton Battle. Jackson is the assistant choreographer for Superfly, the Musical, directed by Bill T. Jones. Currently she is working on the film Black Nativity, directed by Kasi Lemmons.
HEIDI LATSKY danced with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1987-1993. She currently has her own company, Heidi Latsky Dance, which has received international recognition for "The GIMP Project" her body of work with both disabled and non disabled dancers. She recently performed at TEDXWomen in DC and has upcoming shows at Baruch Performing Arts Center in June.
ANNA SCHON is a native of the Bronx, who received her BA from Barnard College in European History and Dance. She is extremely fortunate to be an apprentice with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. She also performs with The Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group, The Metropolitan Opera and zoe|juniper. She has had the pleasure of working with Aszure Barton and Artists, Jennifer Muller/The Works (apprentice), Mark Dendy, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Alison Jones Dance, Malcolm Low, Gabri Christa and Ori Flomin. She would like to thank God, her family, friends and Kehila (community) back home for their unwavering support.
ROSALYNDE LeBLANC holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase and an MFA from Hollins University. She began her professional career with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1993-1999), then continued on with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project (1999-2002). For the next four years she danced with the Liz Gerring Dance Comany while working as a freelance dancer with various choreographers. Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, John Jasperse, Yvonne Rainer, David Gordon, Richard Move, Larry Keigwin, Noemi LaFrance and Charles Moulton are among the choreographers whose work Ms. LeBlanc has performed. In addition, she danced in several productions with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet and was invited to perform at the 2006 Salzburg Opera Festival, Austria, in Joachim Schloemer's Irrfahrten. She has also worked with film directors, Burt Barr, John Turturro, Gretchen Bender and Matthew Rolston, and can be seen in the short film, Roz; the Janet Jackson music video, Every Time; the PBS Specials, Still/Here, Free to Dance, Dancing in the Light, A Good Man; and in the feature film, Romance and Cigarettes. Ms. LeBlanc has written articles about her dance career for Dance Magazine and Europe's Ballettanz. She taught dance at Long Island University for seven years while returning to work with Bill T. Jones in the re-staging of his pieces at colleges around the country. She is now on faculty at Loyola Marymount University – Los Angeles.
COLLEEN THOMAS is a New York based choreographer and performing artist. She began her professional career with the Miami Ballet and went on to work with renowned contemporary choreographers such as Nina Wiener Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Donald Byrd/The Group and Bebe Miller Company, among others. She is a co-director for Bill Young/Colleen Thomas and Co. as well as the director for ColleenThomasDance. Thomas has presented her work all over the world from Hong Kong to Brazil and Russia to New York. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College of Columbia University.
STEPHEN DUFF WEBBER has performed with SITI all over the world since 1994 in Café Variations, American Document, Antigone, Radio Macbeth (Macbeth), Hotel Cassiopeia, Under Construction, Freshwater, Death and the Ploughman, War of the Worlds (Orson Welles), bobrauschenbergamerica, systems/layers (with Rachel's), La Dispute, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cabin Pressure, Going Going Gone, Culture of Desire, The Medium, Private Lives, Hay Fever, The Radio Play (Orson Welles) and Short Stories. In New York, he has appeared in Death and the Ploughman (CSC), War of the Worlds (BAM), Culture of Desire (NYTW), Trojan Women 2.0 (En Garde Arts), Freshwater (Women's Project), Radio Macbeth (Public), Hotel Cassiopeia (BAM), American Document (Joyce), Antigone (NYLA) and Radio Play (Joe's Pub). In the United States, Webber has performed with American Repertory Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville (Betrayal, Glengarry Glen Ross), Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theater, Magic Theater, Portland Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre and Stage West.


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Improving sales with effective use of financing
Does your dealership offer financing? I hope not. That may be a shocking statement coming from the sales manager of a finance company, but allow me to explain.
Pick up your local newspaper or listen to a local radio station—everyone from plumbers to roofers "offers financing." If you or your staff are using those words when speaking to customers or in advertisements, then you are just one of the pack. Your message lacks focus and becomes meaningless, which could cause customers to drift away, thinking they cannot afford to buy a quality water system for their home.
There is a simpler, more effective way to gather prospects and close sales: Be specific and quote affordable monthly payments.
Choosing a Finance Company
There are several easy steps that can help your dealership use financing more effectively. The first step is to find a good finance company specializing in water treatment products. It needs to have a menu of plans available—not all customers' financial needs are the same. Establish a good relationship with that company and understand its financing terms well enough to convey them to your customers accurately.
Make finance training a requirement for your entire office and sales staff. Once properly trained, they will be confident promoting sales of your products with the power of the payment.
Benefits of Ownership
Customers respond to low monthly payments when choosing water treatment equipment. The residential water treatment business was built on rental programs for two reasons: zero- or low-cash outlay and low monthly payments. The customer realizes the benefits of good water and the low monthly payment does not disrupt the family budget. Millions of people have been introduced to water treatment equipment through rental programs.
The downside of renting is that customers never own the equipment. Many times they end up with used or outdated rental equipment that gets the job done, but guzzles large amounts of salt, which they have to pay for. Rental programs also mean a never-ending payment for customers and a trickle of cash flow into your dealership.
Rental can be a losing situation for you and your customers. They will prefer ownership if given the opportunity, especially if the monthly loan payment competes favorably with local rental rates. Your dealership could see thousands of dollars in new sales, rather than having to chase rental customers for money each month.
A New Sales Approach
To achieve better results with prospecting and closing, be specific with repayment terms. Build your advertising, direct mail, telemarketing and sales presentation around a financing benefit such as:
- "No money down, payments as low as $49;"
- "No payments until January 2013;"
- "Enjoy bottle-quality drinking water in your own home for only $35 per month;" or
- "Rent or own, the payment is the same: $49."
Train your sales force to use a low-payment plan to their advantage. Taking a payment of $75 a month and breaking it down by 30 days translates into less than $3 per day. Have salespeople show customers how much they are spending on bottled water and cleaning supplies on a daily basis.
Once the prospect has a specific payment in mind, it is much easier to handle objections about price. If the payment is low enough and the sales presentation has built value, the prospect will want to "qualify" for financing and will be eager to fill out the credit application.
To help visualize this concept, put yourself in the customers' position for a moment. They have a lot to absorb when reading your advertisement, looking at your postcard or sitting in their kitchens during a sales presentation. Their decision to schedule a water test or make a purchase is based on interest in the product and how it affects their allocation of disposable income. They need specific numbers that do not scare them away.
Most importantly, you need to be able to deliver on your promise of a low payment. It will be much easier to get referrals when word gets out about your dealership's high-quality water conditioning equipment and low monthly payments and interest rates. The monthly payment quickly will become a lead source for you. It could even become your company's motto or slogan: "ABC Water Conditioning: Perfect water for only $49 a month." Keep repeating it, and soon your dealership will have a relatable identity.
Conquering the Competition
In most markets, your competitors will be vague about the payment or interest rate, or quote a monthly payment more than $100. If pressed by the prospect, they will quote an interest rate of 18% or more. Once you get to a three-figure payment for water treatment equipment with double-digit interest rates, your chances of making the sale decrease dramatically.
Watch your competitor's advertisements. Would you get excited if you saw "financing available" in the small print? "Perfect water for $49 a month" sounds more appealing to me.
I hope you will be able to implement these tips at your dealership to start using financing in a more effective way. If you put some energy into your company's financial offerings, you will see almost instant results. Once prospects know about the low cost and budget-friendly way to buy water conditioning equipment from your dealership, your new sales will break records and leave your competitors scratching their heads. So get going, stop offering and start selling.

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Samantha Stosur was supposed to embark on her North American, hard-court tennis season at Stanford before jetting to Canada for the Rogers Cup.
En route to Toronto, however, the 2011 U.S. Open singles champion took a slight detour, unexpectedly sandwiching a trip to Carlsbad in between.
"I wasn't very happy with my performance," the Australian said of her appearance in the Bank of the West Classic last week.
Humbled as the No. 2 seed by Olga Govortsova in her first match, Stosur accepted a wild-card entry into the Southern California Open.
On Monday, Stosur began salvaging her swing through California.
Buoyed by her serve, which aided in more than 70 percent of her points, Stosur swept Varvara Lepchenko 7-5, 6-1 in her opener at the La Costa Resort and Spa.
"If you start poorly and end well, I guess that's all that matters," Stosur said. "Right now, a big part of it is trying to win matches no matter how good or bad you play. I didn't see the results in Stanford, so I'm here to get some extra time in on the court with quality opponents."
The world's No. 13-ranked player advanced to a second-round match today against the winner between Julia Goerges and a qualifier.
It's an encouraging start for Stosur, who has been hampered by injuries this year. She forfeited matches at Indian Wells and in the Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C., because of a surgically repaired ankle and a calf strain, but she says she is finally feeling healthy.
Elsewhere Monday, Rancho Santa Fe resident Coco Vandeweghe solidified her spot in the main draw of the tournament.
The 2012 Bank of the West Classic runner-up, who lost to champion Serena Williams in straight sets, defeated Olga Savchuk of Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
"It's nice to get into the main draw, even as a qualifier," Vandeweghe said. "There's some upside to it. You play in more matches and can get into a good rhythm on the court as opposed to someone who hasn't played a match yet on the court outside of practice."
Vandeweghe is ranked No. 199 in the world and upset eventual Wimbledon champion Marion Bartloli in Mexico this year.
"It's been a tough year for me. I've been struggling with results on the court, even though I felt as if I was doing everything I could," Vandeweghe said.
"So I've sought out opinions and help from those that I trust who have pointed out my fitness and physical shape as a possible reason. I decided to rededicate myself to that aspect of my game. It has taken a precedence."
Qualifying for the main draw eluded the tournament's other local player Monday. San Diego native Alexandra Stevenson was scheduled to face Japan's Sachie Ishizu in a final qualifier, but she withdrew from the tournament because of an injury.
Stevenson, who attended La Jolla Country Day School and made her professional debut at Wimbledon two weeks after graduation, sustained a calf strain in a previous match.
The 1999 Wimbledon semifinalist did not comment.


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Police and fire report for October 5
Police Report
The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls:
6:19 p.m. Wednesday, 1200 block of Miles Avenue Southeast. A domestic disturbance was reported, and a woman was arrested on two warrants.
4:19 p.m. Wednesday, Bemidji Middle School bus exchange, 1910 Middle School Drive NW. An assault was reported.
11:03 a.m. Wednesday, Delton Avenue Northwest. An identity theft was reported.
8:24 a.m. Wednesday, 300 block of America Avenue Northwest. A vehicle was reported stolen from downtown Bemidji.
Sheriff's Report
The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls:
7:14 a.m. Wednesday, 5600 block of Alps Court Northwest. About $600 worth of stereo equipment were stolen from a car.
Fire Report
The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls:
11:33 a.m. Wednesday, 300 block of Pershing Avenue Southeast. Medical call.
3:56 p.m. Wednesday, 2500 block of Ridgeway Avenue Northwest. Medical call.
9:42 a.m. Thursday, 2900 block of Pine Ridge Avenue Northwest. Medical call.


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Jackson well knows the importance of good money management. At the end of the Carter administration, Jacksons nonprofits received $6.5 million in grants from federal agencies, including $5.7 million to PUSH for Excellence (also called PUSH Excel). A federal audit launched in 1979 found PUSH Excel misspent $737,000 and questioned the use of another $1 million in grant monies. The government filed suit in 1984 and later said PUSH Excel owed more than $1.4 million to the Education, Commerce and Labor departments.
In a 1988 settlement negotiated by Ohio attorney John Bustamante, who helped found several of Jacksons organizations, PUSH Excel agreed to repay the government $550,000 in installments over five years, finally completing the payments in 1993. The groups financial statements indicate that it has not received any government grants since at least 1992.
Although there do not appear to be current problems of this magnitude, Organization Trends identified several items in the financial reports of Jacksons groups that are unexplained or appear unusual, raising questions about the organizations accounting practices and use of funds that might be answered by a thorough audit. Questionable items include:
Jacksons annual salary of $120,000 is paid by People United to Serve Humanity. This group is able to keep its finances secret because it is a religious organization exempt from filing state and federal returns. But in February, Rainbow PUSH chief financial officer Billy Owens disclosed that Jacksons salary is not really compensation for work performed for People United. Instead, People United divides the full salary and charges it to two other Jackson groups: the Citizenship Education Fund (58 percent or $69,600), where Jackson spends much of his time with the Wall Street Project and related efforts, and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (42 percent or $50,400), which Jackson heads as president.
Why dont CEF and Rainbow PUSH pay Jackson directly? Probably because People United is not required to publicly disclose its finances or activities, hiding payments to Jackson and other transactions in a veil of secrecy. Its unknown whether Jackson gets additional funds from People United in the form of reimbursements or consultant fees.
Jacksons salary is not reported by CEF or Rainbow PUSH on their tax returns, and neither group discloses the salary arrangement with People United in any of their recent filings or financial statements. But if Jackson is providing services to CEF and Rainbow PUSH through People United, the groups reports should identify Jackson or People United as an independent contractor. Rainbow PUSH is also required to report any compensation to its officers, including Jackson.
Media reports have made much of the fact that the Citizenship Education Fund did not identify its highest-paid employees on its 1999 report to the IRS, as required. CEF has said that was an oversight, and it will probably amend its 1999 filing to include any salaries that exceeded $50,000.
Was CEFs reporting failure a simple oversight? Perhaps not. In its IRS reports as far back as 1994, CEF also did not identify employee salaries except for amounts paid to CEFs executive director, which ranged from $44,500 to $95,667.
One employee who probably should have been listed on CEFs 1999 report is Jacksons former mistress, Karin Stanford, who reportedly earned $120,000 before resigning in 1999. But because Stanford directed the Washington, D.C. public-policy bureau for both CEF and Rainbow PUSH, its unclear what portion of her salary was paid by each organization and whether it was more than $50,000. CEF also allowed Stanford a "draw" of $40,000 against future consulting fees when she departed, according to an internal CEF memo dated September 10, 1999. CEF officials say she actually received only $20,000 in consulting fees and another $15,000 for moving expenses.
In its 1999 financial report to the Illinois attorney general, CEF did report compensation to the three highest paid employees during the year. The reported salaries ranged from about $59,000 to $85,000, and Stanford was not listed.
Media reports also have made much of the fact that the Citizenship Education Fund did not list any independent contractors paid more than $50,000 in its 1999 IRS report, as required. CEF reported more than $1.3 million in consulting expenses that year, and Owens said the amount increased to $1.85 million in 2000. Of those amounts, $878,523 in 1999 and $940,529 in 2000 went to Rainbow PUSH for management and general expenses, according to Owens. It appears that Rainbow PUSH and People United, which is paid for Jacksons work, should have been listed as independent contractors on CEFs 1999 filing.
CEFs practice of not identifying contractors was not limited to 1999. CEF did not identify payments to independent contractors in any of its reports to the IRS from 1994 to 1998, the years for which filings were reviewed by Organization Trends.
Critics of Rainbow PUSH and the Citizenship Education Fund have questioned the high travel costs incurred in recent years. In a February disclosure report, Owens claimed total travel costs in 1999 were $739,843 for CEF and $537,022 for Rainbow PUSH. Jesse Jacksons travel accounted for almost a third of those amounts. But Owens 1999 figure for CEF is significantly less than what CEF reported to the IRS. In its 1999 filing, CEF reported more than $1.3 million in travel expenses, almost 20 percent of the years total budget.
CEFs reports to the IRS disclose an odd arrangement in which CEF incurred almost $257,000 in accounts payable by the end of 1996. The next year, almost the entire debt ($254,020) was forgiven. The generous party is not identified.
For much of the past decade, PUSH for Excellence has operated in the red. At the end of 1999, the group had assets of only $44,538 and owed $114,500 to undisclosed vendors. PUSH Excel has reported $114,500 in accounts payable since at least 1992, the earliest year for which financial reports were available from the Illinois attorney general. None of the organizations financial reports explain how the debt was incurred and to whom.
On its 1999 tax return to the IRS, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition did not itemize its "other income" as required. It appears that the "other income," which totaled $124,658, included a payment from People United to Serve Humanity retiring all or most of its $45,500 debt to Rainbow PUSH. The debt was incurred by Operation PUSH sometime prior to 1991.
In its filings with the IRS, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition reports "volunteer stipends" separate from taxable salaries and wages a legal practice as long as the stipends cover actual travel and other expenses related to a volunteers activities. But the amounts seem extraordinary. In 1999, volunteer stipends totaled $68,504, equivalent to 46 percent of the total wages paid to regular employees.
In 1998, the Jackson Foundation paid the IRS more than $6,000 in penalties and overdue excise taxes on its investment income, which is taxable even for charitable foundations.


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Essien puts the boot into Arsenal title challenge
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has put the boot into Arsenal's title challenge by claiming they are all style and no substance after their win over Manchester United at the weekend.
The Gunners have not won a trophy since the FA Cup in 2005 and manager Arsene Wenger had been criticised following some poor results before Saturday's 2-1 win over Sir Alex Ferguson's men.
In contrast, Chelsea sit top of the Premier League and have been praised for their fluent style under new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Essien told the BBC's Inside Sport programme: ''Everybody likes to watch beautiful football, but to play beautiful football without points is... I don't think it's worth it.
''Arsenal is one of those teams that just plays beautiful football, but at the end of the day they don't get the points that they want to.''
The 25-year-old has made only two appearances under Scolari and will not return to action until next year after damaging knee ligaments playing for Ghana in September.
And when he does return, he insists helping make Chelsea more attractive to watch will not be a priority.
''For me, I don't care,'' he continued. ''To be rough and get three points, or play well and get three points - win ugly or beautifully - I don't care.''
Despite their difference in styles, Essien has compared Scolari with former manager Jose Mourinho, under whom Chelsea won two Premier League titles.
''He is a bit similar to Mourinho,'' said the midfielder. ''He's always on the pitch with the players and he says to you what he wants you to do. He's a tough man and he knows what he wants.''
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Always a pleasure to have you all on the hike:-))
What a perfect wilderness you have to explore! Thank you for always taking us along!
From here I went to your site, EF.What a trip through the mountains I have been taking with you.Thanks for the "hike".
What a beautiful place eaglefeather.
You are right marmar4 not a cell phone in site! Thank you for dropping in.Thanks Robbiel and beauty really is. Sometime I don't think a photo does it justice, I feel so lucky to sit there and soak in all that beauty and the fact that I can still get there:-)
Sorry to hear doglovertoo. Looks like a Retriever and they really are the best family dogs.When did it happen and how old was she?Will you be getting an other one?Take care.
Four great shots EF, what beauty you managed to capture, thanks.
Thank you, Eaglefeather. All that beauty & not a cell phone in site!Love your avatar.
My late dog, Shannon. Miss her soooo much!!! Best dog I ever had.
Thank you doglovertoo, glad you dropped in:)Love your avatar, your dog?
Beautiful series, eaglefeather - - thank you for sharing.


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PROVO — For nearly two years, there have been rumors and hints that BYU could be playing a much-anticipated football series with Big Ten power Wisconsin.
On Thursday, the Wisconsin State Journal reported that the Cougars and Badgers have finalized a home-and-home agreement, with BYU visiting Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., in 2013.
Tom Mulhern, who covers Wisconsin football for the WSJ, tweeted the news via his Twitter account. Later, Mulhern reported, "Based on open dates in the two schedules, the BYU game would likely be on Sept. 14."
Added Mulhern, "A UW spokesman said the school is waiting on administrative issues before making the official announcement of the 2013 schedule."
It is not yet known when the Badgers will visit Provo, according to Mulhern.
When asked about the report, BYU associate athletic director Duff Tittle said via email, "As we've indicated in the past regarding scheduling, when we have a game or series to announce we'll let everyone know."
If the Cougars do play Wisconsin in 2013, it would give BYU an arduous schedule that season. BYU is slated to host Texas, Boise State, Utah, and Georgia Tech, with road games at Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Hawaii, Utah State, Houston and possibly Washington State.
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall told reporters in January that the 2013 schedule "looks really good, with some strong middle-to-end (opponents) … 2013 will be the toughest schedule we will have played. When you see it, you will say, 'What, is he crazy?' But it is good."
A couple of months later, during spring drills in March, Mendenhall was asked about the possibility of scheduling Wisconsin and he replied, "there's a good chance that could happen."
In February, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said, "As we look to 2013, you're going to see a trend of tougher and tougher teams. I've got to be careful as we look at (future schedules) that we don't overdo it."
Holmoe added that an announcement about scheduling a couple of high profile teams would come soon. Weeks later, BYU announced it would be playing at Nebraska on Sept. 5, 2015.
"We've been working on these games for years," Holmoe said. "It's gone back-and-forth. We just need to finish off the contracts. These are two teams that I think a lot of our fans are going to like."218 comments on this story
In June 2011, high school recruit Vince Biegel told a reporter that BYU and Wisconsin had signed a deal to play in 2014 and 2015. Biegel, the son of former Cougar linebacker Rocky Biegel, was recruited by both schools and verbally committed to the Badgers.
BYU and Wisconsin have met only once in football, with the Cougars defeating the Badgers at Camp Randall, 28-3. Holmoe played on the BYU team that beat Wisconsin that season.
The Cougars and Badgers played in basketball last November, with Wisconsin emerging victorious, 73-56, at the Chicago Invitational Challenge in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
A DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao official cautioned consumers from buying school supplies that may be high in toxic substances and harmful to children.
DTI-Davao senior trade and industry development specialist Alvin R. Aranas, who was a guest in Monday's Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao, said the public must check and verify if a product is safe or whether it has a non-toxic label.
"Pagkakaiba ang pangalan ng product at walang label, wag na bilhin (If the name of the product sounds weird and it has no label do not buy it)," Aranas said.
Deborah S. Legaspi, supervisor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Davao City, said in an interview on Tuesday that parents may verify and check the brand or product at their Consumer Corner at www.fda.gov.ph.
"Bumili ka sa mga kilala na na mga wholesalers or retailers [to be sure that the product is safe] (Buy your products from known wholesalers or retailers to be sure that the product is safe)," Aranas said, adding that it is better to purchase established or popular brands.
He also said consumers should not compromise the safety of their children by buying products that are too cheap.
Legaspi said they conducted a post-market surveillance last May 22 on common school supplies for lab analysis as a safety measure for consumers.
Legaspi said they took random samplings of different school supplies worth around P5,000 from different establishments in downtown area.
"Some of the products that we bought are pencils, crayons, metal pencil case, glue, modeling clay, and chalk," she said.
Legaspi said they will send the supplies this week to the central office in Muntinlupa City for lab analysis of heavy metals.
"The lab will test if the heavy metals in the randomly selected school supplies are within the allowable limit," she said.
Legaspi said they are hoping that the results will be available in within two weeks. (RJFL)
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participant in the Relay for Life of Calvert County. We do this each
year because we all have experienced the disruption that this awful
disease can cause in our lives. Either we've had the disease (I am a
three-time survivor...colon x 2 and breast) or because a friend or
family member has had the disease. I personally have lost both parents
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About 80% of the funds that we raise is spent on doing research within
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ANTI-fracking campaigners have criticised an announcement a "generous tax regime" could be put in place for shale gas firms – despite the technique still being suspended.
The news from chancellor George Osborne is seen as the clearest indication yet the government will give controversial fracking the green-light, and has been slammed by activists.
Cuadrilla Resources is currently carrying out exploratory drilling at its Anna's Road site in Westby but is unable to frack after it was suspended following earthquakes caused by fracking in Weeton last year.
And a spokesman from Residents Action on Fylde Fracking (RAFF) said: "Osborne's announcement is a clear indication that this government is determined to pursue a speedy and reckless 'dash for gas policy' and we can expect another announcement soon giving the go-ahead for fracking to resume.
"The Fylde is the testing ground for the rest of the UK. Its residents are still unprotected, the regulatory bodies are still confused about who is responsible for what, and no-one in this government is listening."
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has the final say on whether fracking can resume, and an announcement is expected imminently. An initial report, which went out to public consultation, suggested it would be allowed to resume with stringent new conditions.
Engineer Mike Hill, who independently advised Fylde Council's shale gas committee, said: "The Fylde coast is about to enter a nightmare from which we may well never recover, not health wise, not environmentally and not financially.
"There will be 15-20 long term jobs but there will be no tourists and house prices will collapse."
Fracking involves pumping water, sand and chemicals underground at high speed to fracture the shale rock and release gas, and Cuadrilla Resources – currently carrying out exploratory drilling in Westby – hope to be able to operate on an industrial scale in the Fylde.
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Padres, Cubs in last Hall of Fame Game
Padres, Cubs in last Hall of Fame Game
The Padres will not only play the first Major League games in China, they will play in the final Baseball Hall of Fame Game at historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.
In a rematch of teams that faced each other in the 1984 National League Championship Series, the Padres will face the Chicago Cubs at 11 a.m. PT on Monday, June 16.
The Cubs will be the home team and will occupy the first-base dugout. The Padres will occupy the third-base dugout as the road team.
Ticket prices are $12.50 for first- and third-base seats and $11 for outfield seats. Tickets will be available for purchase in person during a one-day sale on March 8, or for members by phone beginning that same day. Tickets will not be available for purchase online this year due to the commemorative nature of this final event.
"We are delighted to have the Cubs and Padres in Cooperstown for Father's Day weekend. They are two of the National League's most exciting teams and will surely provide great entertainment," said Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey in a statement.
"We're grateful to Major League Baseball for making an annual Hall of Fame Game possible for so many years, but we also understand their enormous scheduling challenge today, which makes continuing this exhibition game impossible."
This will be the final Hall of Fame Game in a series that started in 1940.
"Given the complexities of the Major League schedule and all its inherent challenges, it has become increasingly difficult in recent years to find a suitable date and make the proper arrangements for two clubs to participate in the Hall of Fame Game during the regular season," said Bob DuPuy, Major League Baseball's president and chief operating officer.
"Since 1940 the Hall of Fame Game has been a unique part of the baseball calendar, and one that has been greatly enjoyed."
Pregame festivities will start at 9 a.m. with the Hall of Fame Game Day Parade on Main Street and the always-popular Home Run Derby at 10 a.m. at Doubleday Field.
This will be the Padres' third appearance in the Hall of Fame Game; they went 0-2 in their previous appearances. In 1979 they lost to the Texas Rangers, 12-5, with future Hall of Famers Dave Winfield and Ozzie Smith both seeing game action for the Padres.
In 1997 the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 16-8. New York native and fan favorite Archi Cianfrocco won the Home Run Derby before the game.
The Hall of Fame Game will come on an off-day during the Padres' road trip to Cleveland and New York. The Padres will open a three-game series the following day, June 17, at Yankee Stadium, giving the schedule yet another historic footnote. This is the last season that games will be played at Yankee Stadium, as the team will move to a new stadium in 2009.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It all started back in August 2011 on the HTC Evo 3D running Gingerbread, where j4n87 (now j to the 4n) started getting into reverse engineering the Sense framework.
His first smali hack was a simple one, to remove the horizontal recent apps bar in the notification pulldown in Sense 3.0.
The thread is located here. Basically it was pretty much copy and paste from an original mod from romanbb.
But it was j4n87's introduction into the world of apktool, reverse engineering, strong coffee and sleepless nights and it gave him a taste for more ambitious projects.
He liked to play with his Evo 3D, but soon got bored and began looking around to see what other mods there were out there. His second project was the port of the famous "Zeus Mod" to the HTC Evo 3D GSM, you can find that thread here.
A bit later then he found myn's WarmThreePointThree ROM, which was only available for the CDMA version of the Evo 3D.
The ROM however did incorporate "Warm Tweaks", originally created by romanbb for his Bulletproof ROM on the Sensation.
Impressed by the features "Warm Tweaks" offered he set about trying to port it to the Evo 3D GSM as standalone version, and in November 2011 Leedroid Tweaks was born.
Although titled "Leedroid Tweaks" it wasn't actually anything to do with the Leedroid ROM series, and was only so named because Leedroid was the ROM he ran at that time and used as the base for his Tweaks.
During the development of Leedroid Tweaks j4n87 got in touch with several XDA developers. One of them was Joelz (now renzo.olivares),
who helped out in the early days with porting some tweaks from Warm Tweaks to Leedroid Tweaks.
Initially Leedroid Tweaks was really just a port, without any unique new features as j4n87 didn't yet have the experience in smali to implement new features of his own.
That changed pretty quickly though, and just a month after the initial release of Leedroid Tweaks j4n87 released version 3.0.0 which contained new and unique tweaks, not previously available anywhere on XDA. Two of them were a Screen On quick setting, which let you turn off the Auto Screen Off timeout, and custom overscroll colors.
In early 2012 ICS was released for the Sensation and Evo 3D. Since the frameworks of both were pretty similar, j4n87 began to port it to the HTC Sensation and later on also to the HTC Flyer
Leedroid Tweaks rapidly gained popularity and was incorporated into many ROMs across a number of different devices. Even redmondpie posted a news about it: "LeeDroid Tweaks" Brings A Wide Variety Of Extra Features And Functionality To HTC EVO 3D, Sensation & Rezound
When the One X was released j4n87 began working his smali foo there too (One X Leedroid Tweaks).
As he now found himself supporting several devices on his own, j4n87 was very happy when out of the blue a previously unknown guy by the name of m0narx offered to help out.
From then on m0narx supported Leedroid Tweaks on the Sensation and j4n87 took care of things on the One X. m0narx was a tremendous help, adding scores of new features. He was and still is one hell of a dev!
Altough Leedroid Tweaks was a huge success j4n87 had bigger plans. He wanted to have his own ROM and team, and so was born Team Pkmn.
Here is an extract from the original chat log in which j4n87 and Joelz came up with the name:
j4n87: Team ANAL (AmazingNotAsLoosers)
Joel: lmfao
Joel: TEAM FAIL lol
Team OWN
j4n87: Team PWN
Joel: there we go…we have a winner
Ich: serious?
Joel: yes
Joel: Hero ROM
mm TEAM Hero
sounds cooler
j4n87: Team Pokemon
Joel: yes
TEAM Pokemon
j4n87: yeah
Joel: and yes im serious..
Joel: …or we can just be Team PKMN
j4n87: yeah, sounds actually better =D
Initially the team line up was m0narx, Joelz and me. For whatever reason the ROM didn't take off as we had expected, although at the time it was second to none. People assumed the ROM would be completely Pokemon themed, which wasn't the case. It was actually just the wallpaper and a really funny bootanimation and sound.
So we decided to relaunch. Before that however, we needed to get more devs on board. Given the popularity of Leedroid Tweaks lots of devs saw the potential.
So Turge, viperboy, Virus and vinchenzhop, who are all still part of the team joined the party. Viperboy and vinchenzhop had their own pretty popular ROM series already and didn't want to drop it completely, so we needed a fresh name for the Team and the ROM, a name which would link to the viperboy viperom series. It was a pretty easy decision, and we settled on naming the ROMs with a "Viper" prefix and chose "Team Venom" as the team name.
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American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU works to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; women; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; prisoners; and people with disabilities.
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B-Line (Butte Regional Transit) is Butte County's regional public transit system. You can use B-Line to travel locally in Chico, Oroville, Paradise, or to travel between communities throughout Butte County. With a simple fare structure and transfer policy, using transit in Butte County is easier than ever, and a great way to save on ever increasing gas prices.
Phone: 530-879-2468
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1190 East First Ave.
Chico, CA 95926
Phone: 530-520-3946
Website: http://chicohavurah.org
Chico Peace & Justice Center
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Phone: 530-898-9078
Website: http://chico-peace.org
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1190 East first Ave.
Chico, CA 95926
Phone: 530-342-4913
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337 Main St
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-343-7718
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Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-332-9645
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Phone: 530-898-6366
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817 Main St.
Chico, CA, 95928
Phone: 530-899-1105
Lyons Books
121 W. 5th Street
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-891-3338
Website: http://www.lyonbooks.com
Naked Lounge
118 W 2nd Ave
Chico, CA 95926
Phone: 530-895-0676
Panama's Bar Cafe (Wednesday Nights)
177 E 2nd St
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-895-8817
Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence
The Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence (PCTN) is a grassroots, nonsectarian, nonpartisan organization dedicated to honoring and protecting differences, resolving conflicts, and peacefully advocating for a safe, hospitable, and harmonious community for all.
6023 Skyway, at Pearson
Paradise, CA 95969-4959
Phone: 530-877-1856
Website: http://www.pctn.org/
"PFLAG" is Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays. The new chapter of PFLAG will meet at Trinity United Methodist Church, 285 East 5th St. Meetings will be on the first Tuesday of each month.
Planned Parenthood (LGBT Services)
Our health center supports and welcomes clients regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or biological sex, including but not limited to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex clients. All services are provided in a respectful and professional manner. Chico Health Center offers the following services specifically for clients who identify as LGBT: education, resources & services referral.
3100 Cohasset Rd
Chico, CA 95973
Phone: 530-342-8367
Six Degrees Coffee Service and Distributions
Phone: 530-879-0601
Website: http://www.sixdegreescoffee.com
Stonewall Alliance Center
Primary purpose is to provide information and services that promote the physical, psychological, and social health of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities in Northern California.
358 East 6th Street (at Flume)
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-893-3336
Website: http://www.stonewallchico.org
Trinity United Methodist Church
285 East Fifth St.
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-343-1497
Website: http://chicotrinity.org
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We care more about the people we play with than their item levels or progression rankings. We want players who are going to log in on non-raid nights and be down for all the other things we're into: pushing mythic+, doing world quests, PVP shenanigans, achievement hunting, hyper-competitive fishing.. there's so much to do and so many ways to enjoy the game. This is our favorite hobby and we'd like to play with you if it is yours, too.
Progression Goals
We strive for a fun environment that takes the challenges of mythic seriously and giving the content the respect it deserves. Our aim is, as all mythic teams, full clear of content but with always keeping the friendly spirit of camaraderie alive. Performance matters, but so does staying positive and finding the fun in the difficulty of a raid.
We do not require mythic raid experience to join our team but we do expect mythic-level dedication and accountability from all of our raiders.
Raid Days/Times
Our mandatory raids are:
Tuesdays 8:45pm PT - 11:45pm PT
Thursdays 8:45pm PT - 11:45pm PT
We will also establish an optional Sunday night raid to clear the difficulty below our current progression, ie, Normal if we're progressing on Heroic, Heroic if we're progressing on Mythic.
Recruitment Needs
DPS: All specs welcome, ranged and melee.
Healers: Will consider all, but bonus points if you're a druid or priest.
Tank: no current needs.
The Nitty Gritty
If you're intrigued, please check out our wiki on the <Karma Horde> subreddit. This will give you the inside picture on how we're going to operate as a raid team.
Contact Us
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By Frostjin
<Currently Online> US - Illidan - Horde - Is recruiting raiders for all difficulties, and social/casual players of all levels!
About Us:
<Currently Online> Founded 2014 by a core group that has been playing World of Warcraft since Vanilla. Currently Online has since evolved to far more than a guild; we are a full scale gaming community with our roots in World of Warcraft.
What We Offer:
The largest and most active World of Warcraft community in the world, with over 9,000 members across 9 guilds (6 Alliance, 3 Horde), we offer a huge slate of activities to our players, both in WoW and out...
9/9 H ToS Progression 2 Raid Teams - ranging from Casual to Mythic Progression See the teams and their needs on our website: http://currentlyonline.gg/raiding
1 RBG Teams Countless members always looking for BGs and arenas! Learn more about our PvP offerings on our website: http://currentlyonline.gg/rbgs
For Socials:
Always active guild chat - 3 guilds linked with the add-on Greenwall. In-game activities and competitions: XMog Contests, PvP Events, Mythic+ Spams, Achievement Runs, Alt Raids, Yolo BGs, and more! Bi-Weekly In-Game Lottery! New Member Orientations! Come make some new friends! Room for advancement as an officer. Out of WoW:
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By Starym
Every once in a while r/WoW goes into a craze over a topic or theme, whether it's Class Hall hot tubs, super holes in one, the Inky Black Potion, they always grab on to a detail and just run with it. The most recent of these heroic deeds features the Warchief of the Horde, as a a specific shot from the Battle for Azeroth cinematic has inspired redditors.
It all started innocently enough, as users wondered how she would look in her pre-undead form:
Which moved on to "if Sylvanas looked more like her ingame model":
Then we started digging gold as something didn't feel quite right to Eyegleam , so he fixed it (this one is probably my favorite of the bunch):
Then came the usual "I edited Sylvanas a bit too" type posts, noting unexpected:
But then it got interesting. And by interesting I mean weird. For some reason the WoD key art came calling back in a... specific way:
If Sylvanas was a Spooky Undead Axe Midget.
As you can imagine, things escalated from there, and this particular one shows a vast knowledge of reddit meme crazes:
Sylvanus as Argus under Inky Black Potion.
And then all hell broke loose:
Ion as cinematic sylvanas as in-game model sylvanas.
If Sylvanas looked more like Andiun as Ion as Cinematic Sylvanas as In-Game model Sylvanas.
Sylvanas as Mankriks Wife.
If Sylvanas looked more like Andiun as Ion as Cinematic Sylvanas as In-Game model Sylvanas as old In-Game model Sylvanas.
There's certainly plenty more where that came from, but these are enough for now. If you happen upon more, feel free to post them in comments, as there's rarely enough of crazy stuff like this around.
By Stan
Summary of the latest Q/A with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas about Patch 7.3.5 and beyond.
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No questions about WoW Classic will be answered in this Q/A. In BfA, the Azerite system adds depth and customization that was used for Tier sets. For Battle for Azeroth, a lot of art variety will be added to the armor. There will be 1 appearance per armor type though, but more variety across zones. For transmog collectors it means more customization. There will be unique trinkets from raids. Azerite armor from raids will provide properties that can be found only in raids. Assembling people and maintaining schedule needs to feel worthwhile and properly rewarding. Patch 7.3.5 TL;DR: We'll see zone scaling, Legion epilogue quest content, Ulduar Timewalking and a preview of the new Silithus battleground (Seething Shore). In BfA, the focus shifts from racial identity to the faction conflict. Unlocking Allied races is more story-driven. Reputation barriers will be lifted. Doing the campaign should suffice. Heritage armor is restricted to races. More Allied races will be added in the future, but they want to add those that make sense story-wise first. Hunched races - Orc is the big one here. From the early beginning, we saw Thrall / Saurfang that had proper posture and it was a repeated request and they totally understand it. Darskpear Trolls will remain hunched - it's a part of the troll silhouette. Zandalari Trolls are upright though. Prestige system in BfA? They're looking at how the feeling of progression has been in Legion and are re-evaluating a lot of stuff. They want to make sure Prestige rewards are still available. Artifact skins in BfA will be spec-restricted. Far fewer Legendary items will be seen in BfA, Blizzard will make them where it makes sense. As of now, they have no specific Legendaries in mind. No plans to change the Mythic raid size at the moment. The raid structure remained the same in Warlords, Legion and the trend will continue in BfA. They want to explore an option to enable Mythic cross-server raiding sooner. The team feels that Tomb of Sargeras was too difficult on Mythic difficulty. A few months after Antorus opens, there will be nerfs to Aggramar and Argus the Unmaker on Mythic. Is Aman'Thul's Vision personal loot? There's value in preserving discovery. We'll see in two weeks. When Mythic Antorus opens (Dec 5), you'll be able to get Mythic rewards up to +15. Order Hall Cache rewards will be retroactive. Will Titanforging still allow you to get Mythic quality gear in Normal raids? Yes. It's about the moment of surprise. While you can still get a lucky drop, the Mythic raider is in all cases better geared than that lucky player. Odds of Titanforging will be looked into. They think it's happening too often. The idea of upward loot scaling is being carried forward. The hard cap on Titanforging would limit progression. World PvP will be revitalized in BfA. Creating a space where players who are looking for PvP can more reliably run across each other is the priority right here. Some players don't want to server transfer, yet they are stuck on servers with faction imbalance. The current thinking is to preserve the identity of RP-PvP communities. Legion is the expansion that brought the biggest class changes to World of Warcraft. It's jarring to come back only to see your class vastly reworked. Demonology will see a significant rework and Survival Hunter (the execution of the fantasy will be looked into). In terms of class changes, a good analogy would be Wrath of the Lich King to Cataclysm transition, minus removing 20 points of talents and adding 3 abilities to every class. Class buffs provide utility and they are returning in BfA. Some Artifact traits will be made baseline or baked into talents. For example Stormkeeper is a new Elemental Shaman talent available in BfA. Removing drawbacks from abilities is an area they are the most hesitant to entrench. What's happening with Hati for BM? It won't be carried forward. It's tied to Titanstrike. It's cool to have multiple pets up as BM. and it's definitely something they could expand upon in the future. Improving animations is a long-term effort. New Warlock animations should be ready for the BfA pre-patch. Relics diluted the excitement of weapon rewards. The plan is to go back to regular weapon drops. The Underlight Angler will be carried forward, unlike other Artifacts. 50 characters per account limit will probably not be increased, but they're listening to community feedback.


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For months it has been the sand states getting all the merger attention. But last week's consolidation move by the $2.6 billion Visions FCU, Endicott, N.Y., to take over the long-ailing $330 million Paragon FCU in New Jersey shifted the merger focus to the Mid-Atlantic.
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"She's a high-strung, high-intensity individual. She's an excellent student, too. She's intense, she's very competitive, and as hard-nosed as any kid out here. She bangs and bruises, will play hurt, and will give you everything she's got every minute she's there."
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"This was as intense a game as we've had all season long. There is an intensity between these two teams as a result of the playoff series a few years ago."
"They played an intense game, but we certainly had a high intensity level, too. We're disappointed to only get one point. It's a great rivalry."
"Both are very intense individuals. Ryan has a really good way of communicating how he feels to the team."


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Kernan still showing that he's no ordinary Joe
Tonight, he will complete the full set. Joe Kernan will have managed at club, county, provincial and international level. Impressively, they have all come in that order.
Even more impressively, he has won All-Ireland honours with club, county and province. It only took until his second year in charge of Crossmaglen Rangers to land their first club All-Ireland. In his first year at the helm of Armagh, they won their first All-Ireland.
With Ulster, it was a matter of harnessing the province's unmatched hunger for the inter-provincial series and winning the tournament.
Now, he is Ireland manager and ready to tackle Australia in the International Rules series.
When he was a young man, two of his sisters emigrated to Australia. There were requests for him to join them, but he always had too much football on.
Next year, football will finally bring him Down Under when he returns for the return leg with the Irish team.
Kernan admits he never predicted this kind of life. He never even thought he would be a manager.
He said: "When you start playing, you don't think you're going to be a manager because you think, 'they're a shower of so and sos', especially when you come to the end of your career and you're dropped.
"To play is great; to manage is greater because the satisfaction I get as a manager is watching your players fulfil their potential and see them go up the steps. Same with the club, county and country.
"When you're a player you can become selfish, looking after number one, then you become part of a winning team. To manage, you're looking after all these people and trying to guide and reassure them."
Further reflection can wait. Right now he has pressing concerns. The Ireland team went into camp on Wednesday and things have been ramping up since.
A dinner between both panels and sporting bodies on Thursday night was unusual for a man reared on fierce inter-parish rivalry.
"They are lovely fellas and we had a lovely night, (but) we wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. It's not what we are used to," Kernan said.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my evening, but you could see that when the meal was over, both parties wanted to get out of there and get back into their own group."
And inside that group?
"The boys have gelled well," he said. "It's a happy camp, they have worked hard, but as you can see, getting closer to the game, the intensity is now rising. Australia mean business, and so do we.
"We certainly want to perform on the historic night that it is going to be, we want to perform for the home crowd."
The history he refers to is that today marks the 95th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when British forces entered Croke Park and began shooting. They killed a player, Michael Hogan of Tipperary, and 13 others in the crowd.
Just prior to 6.45pm tonight, the lights of Croke Park will be dimmed and 14 flames will be lit on Hill 16. The names of the lost shall be read out.
Much like the famous Ireland-England Six Nations rugby game in 2007, the old stadium will once again be dripping with history. It is 31 years since the Australians sent over a team to compete in a combined rules game as part of the GAA's centenary celebrations. Nobody thought the experiment would be so enduring.
While the idea must have sounded frivolous initially, it is now part of GAA history. Should the two parties realise the vague ambition of having a test in New York - leaked by the Australian party on Thursday - then the question of its future would be emphatically addressed.
In admitting that they have already pencilled in two Tests in Australia next year, Kernan indulged in his inner Don King. He said: "This game has been going for 30 years; this is going to be the toughest Test ever. I'm not going back years ago when there was violence in it; it's going to be the toughest man-to-man, end-to-end game.
"They feel they have to prove themselves and we feel we have to prove ourselves. Last year even when we lost the first two quarters we showed heart and fight to come back and give ourselves a chance."
In a wider context, the popularity of this game is a subject of perpetual agonising. Back in 2006 with the threat of violence never far from the surface, a Test attracted 82,227.
The last home Test in 2013 attracted just over 28,000 people through the gates, even with free admission to youth groups.
"There have been big crowds and there hasn't always been fighting here in Croke Park," reasoned Kernan.
"I hope that we perform to the best of our ability and we know the Australians, being professional, that when they come in they go to war.
"If we get a competitive match I always think there will be a chance people will want to see it. What we are doing is selling it for the next few years. That's our job."
Kernan's ebullience has never been in question. He radiates warmth in a straightforward, Ulsterman sense. His powers of motivation are legendary. He is the only GAA figure we have heard admitting that he prefers managing to playing.
Ireland are in safe hands. The series is in safe hands.
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BARCLAYS yesterday announced it is axing at least 3,700 jobs but will still pay out £1.85billion in bonuses.
Chief executive Antony Jenkins said 1,800 jobs would go in corporate and investment banking and 1,900 across its European retail and business arm as part of a plan to slash costs by £1.7billion. Bonuses will average £54,100 for investment banking staff and £13,300 across the whole bank.
The bank's controversial Structured Capital Markets tax advisory division will close altogether. After Barclays set £2.5billion aside for mis-selling compensation claims, pre-tax profits fell to £246million in 2012 from £5.9billion the previous year. Mr Jenkins, appointed in August, is leading a campaign to fix the bank's reputation.


text: Shiv Sena feels that the Wankhede guards courage to raise his voice against Shahrukh Khans alleged rude behaviour is indeed a Bravado Act. Vikas Dalvi, the guard who reportedly taught a lesson to Shahrukh at the Wankhede stadium, might be felicitated.Shahrukh Khan has been banned from the Wankhede stadium for 5 years after he allegedly misbehaved with the security and the MCA officials. But, SRKs version speaks the other way. Defending himself, the superstar said that he wasnt drunk. In fact, he got angry after his children were mishandled by the security of the stadium.Shiv Sena has reportedly put up posters across the city applauding Dalvi. The poster read, ldquo;Arey Shabbash! Kadvad Marathya, Tujhe Salam. Uddam, tarrar Shah Rukh Khanala, security guard Vikas Dalvi Shikavali addad. rdquo; (Bravo! Staunch Marathi, greetings. You teach a lesson to aggressive and rude Shah Rukh Khan.) rdquo; #13;


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The #SexyShred Fitness Challenge: Proving Social Media Can Spur Healthy Living
Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and all those other crazy-addictive sites) is an increasingly prevalent aspect of modern life. More and more, it's criticized for making us "lonely" and less connected to the real, physical world around us. At their worst, online communities can encourage bullying and even eating disorders, but in some corners of the internet, social media is embraced as part of a healthy lifestyle, helping people thrive.
Feminista Jones, an avid social media user and sex-positive feminist blogger, started her own health and fitness challenge called the #SexyShred. Her goal was to create a supportive, inclusive community for people looking to live healthier lifestyles using social media. And it worked: A quick search through the #SexyShred hashtag on Twitter reveals people tweeting about their healthy meals and daily workouts, feeling confident in their bodies, and motivating each other in positive ways.
Inspired by the community she's created, I asked Feminista Jones a few questions about the #SexyShred, its creation, and how social media can spur us all to lead healthier lives and make healthier choices.
How did you get the idea for #SexyShred?
I wanted to break through a weight loss plateau and wanted to challenge myself to really push beyond my comfort zone. I was tweeting about it and came up with the phrase "Sexy Shred" and asked if anyone wanted to do it with me. I figured if I could get a few women to join me, we could hold each other accountable. 106 women signed up for the first cycle. I just wanted to lose another 5-10 lbs!
Can you give us some background on the challenge in general: how it works, how you administrate it, how many people participate, how often it happens, and more?
It's based on clean eating and increased fitness. I provide members with information about clean eating, which includes lists of approved and banned food items. People are required to do a minimum of 240 minutes of exercise each week, and that exercise includes challenges I administer throughout the challenge.
People sign up and commit to 28 days of clean eating and increased physical activity. We use all forms of social media to share our meals and exercises, as well as offer supportive words of encouragement. The first run had 106 women. Due to popular demand, I made it co-ed and the second run had 265 people. I've decided to run it 4x a year (January, April, July, October). I facilitate the weekly food and physical challenges, which are designed to get people to rethink how they eat and how we approach food consumption in general, as well as challenge people to exercise more and challenge themselves to new exercises maybe they hadn't considered doing before.
You identify strongly as a feminist and a woman of color. How do these identities fit into the #SexyShred?
When I became super-active in the gym almost two years ago, I noticed something odd. Men would randomly give me and other women workout advice, but not each other, both in the gym and online. Totally unsolicited advice, that was often the most remedial advice. That bothers me, because it assumes that women don't know much about working out, resistance training, weight lifting, etc. That's not fair. Conversely, there are a number of men who deem women that work out as being "manly." A good example of this is Serena Williams, who is a dark-skinned Black woman with an incredibly fit, muscular body. She is often likened to masculine adjectives, called ugly, etc. I happen to think she's amazingly beautiful and a role model for women who want to be fit. As a Black woman, especially when I was larger, I felt like people dismissed me and my weight loss efforts. There was a "study" recently about Black women opting to preserve their hairstyles over exercising for the improvement of their health. I have a problem with being stereotyped that way. I do, however, recognize that Black women, especially, are disproportionately negatively impacted by weight-related illnesses. We have to do better for ourselves. Some of us need more or different types of help than others, but I feel we should have the same goals of living healthier and longer.
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