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Former Gold Cup winners Kauto Star and Denman will lead the parade on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.
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The line-up of former racehorses will also include Her Majesty The Queen's Barbers Shop, who finished second at The Festival in 2008, and will take centre stage in the parade ring before racing.
The RoR parades were introduced in 2008 by the charity to showcase the successes of former racehorses and are now an established part of the major Jump racing festivals at Cheltenham and Aintree, as well as on Ascot's King George Day in July.
RoR Chief Executive Di Arbuthnot explains: "It is a fantastic way for us to showcase in front of racing audiences the versatility of the racehorse.
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They were the broad, mighty, lethal workhorses of World War II: tanks. And it took men sharply skilled in their mechanical workings to keep them rolling along, pushing toward victory. Bob Widholm was one of those men.
They say Fort Knox is one of toughest places to get into but at the age of 18 Bob Widholm had an open invitation. "When I first started school one of the first things I heard was the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor in '41, and in '44 I got my notice to come serve," he said.
Widholm went through basic training at the Kentucky base and tried his hand at machine guns and other weapons like the bazooka. But for Widholm it all led to one place. He said, "they transferred me to what they called armored school where they taught you how to be a tank maintenance man."
And although his instructors didn't know it they were perpetuating a family legacy. "My Dad was in the tank corps division in World War I and I was in the same thing in World War II and my younger brother was in the Korean War and we were all maintenance men in the armored division," he told us, "we didn't really ask for it, it just happened that way."
To understand why is to understand the business the Widholm men ran back in Minneapolis. "It was a family business my grandfather started long, long ago with a horse and wagon," he said.
Widholm and his family ran Widholm Transfer and Storage, a trucking company. That's why all the men knew a thing or two about mechanics. Widholm even studied the subject at his vocational high school. And before he was drafted Widholm drove those trucks all over Minnesota, transporting materials for equipment used in World War II.
"Busy hauling stuff back and forth for the war effort," he told us.
But once he got to Fort Knox he had to learn a slightly different animal, the tank. There were several shapes and sizes. Widholm maintained the tanks for training purposes at Fort Knox. "For all the trainees that were learning to be tank drivers and gunners, preparation for them going overseas," he said.
Widholm says the tanks were especially valuable against the Germans in North Africa even though the enemy had an advantage. He said, "the Germans had much better tanks but we had more of them, so that's how we were able to win the war in North Africa."
Widholm was never sent overseas himself. But he celebrated just like every other American across the globe when the war finally ended.
He got out of the service in 1946 then married his high school sweetheart. He raised his family in the North, continued in the trucking business, and ended up moving to Tyler in recent years to be close to his daughter. Widholm says while he faced the battlefield he was thankful to serve his country, playing his part protecting this well oiled machine that's still running strong.

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So Play Park kicked things off with adult sized games in Rubislaw Terrace Gardens. London's John Walter made a few trips up and created his unique Hattiesburg Chess set which I actually helped to make along with Hattie and was amazed to see the paper mache creations turned into the brightly painted objects for all to play with. The Halucinatory Zoo mini golf course was abuzz with people both days both big and small and Phil Thompsons Hoop-Rarrr put a new spin on an old classic! The park didn't just focus on established artist's but also gave a platform to recent graduates from Grays School of Art who's games had people wearing Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst masks while revellers hurled creamy pies at these art renegades! To round things out they had shed shops featuring work from regular Tea Cosy participants and food stall's with to die for bites.
And as well as 2 days of Play Park some of the cities main streets were invaded by INTERZONE, giant inflatable sculptures created by Glasgow's Iain Kettles. The INTERZONE sculptures took up residence in the most unexpetced of places with a giant bike lock enclosing the Castlegate monument and a giant red balloon becoming lodged in Martins Lane off the Green. If you missed it then check out the video by FluxVideo below (you can find out what I thought of the events) and be sure to follow Smart Consultants and keep up to date about fun projects and exhibitions coming to Aberdeen!
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"Move-In Fees" Upheld as Legal
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Understanding the Eviction Process
Once you've obtained an order of possession in an eviction case, you need to enlist the Cook County Sheriff to do the dirty work. We explain how it works.
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"Sometimes you find a way. Sometimes the way finds you." 31 January 2015
Sally realises that she is at risk of being sent to an orphanage when her only relative, her grandmother falls ill. She determines to have an impact on her destiny by finding a way towards self sufficiency, and realises along the way that community and friends are a part of personal success.
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Had excellent wake up call to get ready and discovered $5 shuttle to the airport.
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Slight delay in getting into Breakfast but all turned out well.
food was of excellent, staff excellent and the best place to stay before and international flight.
15 minutes in the shuttle to the front of the international terminal.
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You have a touch-screen-only system (no mouse or pen) that is running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. When the ShowCursor function is set to True to display the mouse cursor, it returns 0 as expected. However, the mouse cursor is not displayed.
Update informationThe fix for this problem is included in security update 3002885 . This update is dated November 11, 2014.
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Do you recognise this famous burger conjured up as five star cuisine?
THE famous Big Mac is known all over the world – but would you recognise the flavour of the classic burger if it was reworked into haute cuisine?
A top chef recently took on that very challenge when he attempted to turn the ingredients of a Big Mac into a brand new dish.
Online foodies, known as Lifehunters TV, asked Jaimie van Heije – an experienced chef who runs a top restaurant in Amsterdam – to use all but one of the Big Mac ingredients to create a delicious meal.
He had to use up two beef patties, a pickle, salad, melted cheddar and the iconic Big Mac sauce in his creation.
Unfortunately Jaimie hadn't eaten one of the famous burgers for more than three years – so to get an idea of what lay ahead, he visited a Big Mac factory in Germany.
Presenting his ideas to Lifehunters TV, Jaimie revealed: "I found out that the meat is pretty good and made from big pieces.
"And it has character, because I'll use meat from the shoulder and the brisket to make steak tartare and I'll add some flank steak fat to make it more juicy."
For a final touch, Jaimie said: "I'll mix it with the Big Mac sauce to keep the original character."
The moment of truth was presenting the dish to other top chefs, who had to taste and judge the reincarnated burger.
A delicate bun topped with an egg and other garnishes alongside a carefully shaped patty of beef tartare, the haute cuisine looked nothing like the original.
The chefs were duly impressed and one said: "The tanginess of the tartare was striking and the added pickle made it very good to eat."
Another added: "It looks very pretty."
Jaimie's dish was a far cry from the Maccy D's burger – but the fast food chain are getting more creative themselves.
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Zenit St Petersburg created history when they became the first team to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages with only six points from six matches after a 4-1 defeat at Austria Vienna. The Russian side went through thanks to Porto's 2-0 defeat at Group G table-toppers Atlético Madrid, who finished on 16 points.
All seemed rosy for Zenit when Alexander Kerzhakov slotted home in the 35th minute. However, goals by Philipp Hosiner (2) and Tomas Jun put the match beyond the visitors with Roman Kienast scoring the fourth in stoppage time. But Zenit were rescued by Atlético's victory, which came courtesy of first-half goals from Raul Garcia and Diego Costa.
Last year's runners-up Borussia Dortmund left it until four minutes from time before Kevin Grosskreutz clinched the win they needed over Marseille to qualify from Arsenal's Group F. Robert Lewandowski put Dortmund ahead in the fourth minute but 10 minutes later Souleymane Diawara headed home an equaliser. Marseille then had Dimitri Payet sent off but Dormund looked to be going out until Grosskreutz struck and his goal also put his side top of the group.
AC Milan reached the last 16 after holding Ajax to a goalless draw at home despite the Italians' captain Riccardo Montolivo being shown a straight red card in the 22nd minute for a stamp on Christian Poulsen. Schalke progressed in second place from Chelsea's group with a 2-0 victory over Basle.


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Inbound merger and acquisition activity slumps following Brexit vote - report
Foreign investments in UK firms through merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has plummeted following Britain's decision to quit the European Union, a new report has revealed.
Figures released by PwC show that inbound M&A activity slumped in the two months following the referendum to £733 million from £3.8 billion last summer.
"There was a decrease in inbound deals ... which may reflect overseas buyers pausing to take stock of the EU referendum," the report explained.
PwC's report only measured completed deals worth more than £25 million.
The number of new listings on the London stock market also dropped as a result of the Brexit vote, PwC said, explaining that there were no main market initial public offerings (IPO) above £5 million in the 13 weeks following the referendum.
But the dropping value of the pound could usher in a fresh round of deals that could prop up the M&A market.
"It is too early to see exactly what impact the weaker pound will have on inbound investment, although the early signs are that activity is up as UK businesses are seen to be attractively priced," PwC said.
One of the most notable foreign acquisitions this summer included the £24 billion takeover of British technology firm ARM by Japan's Softbank, which marked the largest Asian investment into the UK to date.
But Paul Mankin, a corporate finance partner with PwC, explained the ARM deal was not officially completed before the report's cut-off period, and therefore was not included in this data set.
Summer M&A activity across the UK was dominated by domestic deals, which PwC said more than doubled in value year-on-year.
"Interestingly, activity was particularly strong in the financial services, industrial products and retail, consumer and leisure sectors - sectors thought likely to be most impacted by Brexit," the report said.
The overall number of completed deals, worth more than £25 million, rose by 54%, compared to the same period last year, up from 35 to 51 deals.
But the overall value of the total number of deals dropped to £7.4 billion, from £11.6 billion in 2015.
PwC said the drop in value was due to the fact that three "mega deals" worth around £1 billion were completed in the tech, media and telecoms sector during that same period last year, including Qualcomm's £1.5 billion acquisition of CSR, and Southbank Media's £1 billion takeover of Poland's TVN.
Excluding tech, media and telecoms, the combined deal value across all other UK sectors rose by £2.5 billion.
"The full M&A picture for Q3 2016 won't be clear until after the end of this month, however, the indications are that the appetite to complete deals continued into September," PwC said.


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Rufus OR, May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oregon Based Auscrete Corporation ("ASCK") announced today that it has signed an equity finance acquisition agreement with New York based TTC group to secure a $16 million investment. The financing will be used for advancement of their 1,500 home real estate housing development planned for the Montego Bay area of Northwest Jamaica.
Auscrete's President, John Sprovieri said " the Auscrete management team is very excited about the execution of this finance acquisition agreement, given TTC Group's record of achievements. By the execution and signing of this agreement we are confident this will accelerate our path to enhancing shareholder values with a clear vision to the future. This takes us one huge step toward our ultimate aim of having a building materials manufacturing plant on the ground in Jamaica by the latter part of this year so we can start housing construction."
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Blend egg, milk, salt, flour, water and basil one by one, cover them and keep it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
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Mix oil, saute garlic and onion. Add prawns, squid, tuna fish saute.
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Sweet & Spicy Noodle Salad {Recipe}
Spice up your salad with noodles, mango, and peanut butter.
By now, many people have come to realize that vegans eat more than just salad. However, one bite of our delicious Sweet and Spicy Noodle Salad, and you might decide to switch to an all-greens diet. Loaded with fresh, revitalizing ingredients that are sure to spice up your lunch, this healthy meal will leave your stomach satiated and your tastebuds in ecstasy.
Serves 2
What You Need:
For the salad:
4 ounces rice noodles
6 cups spring salad mix
1 cucumber, thinly sliced or spiralized
1 carrot, thinly sliced
1 cup shredded purple cabbage
½ avocado, sliced
½ mango, thinly sliced
¼ cup peanuts, roughly chopped
3-4 chives, diced
For the dressing:
½ mango
4 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
Juice from ¼ lime
2 tablespoons water
What You Do:
1. For the salad, soften rice noodles by covering in hot water for 10 minutes.
2. For the dressing, blend all ingredients in a food processor or high-speed blender. If mixture is too thick, add more water until desired consistency is reached.
3. Into 2 medium bowls, divide remaining salad ingredients. Add half of the rice noodles to each bowl. Drizzle on dressing and serve.
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Will the iPhone 6S feature a stronger, zinc-infused body?
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There's an iPhone 6 battery case for every personality.
Those plastic lines around your phone could be a thing of the past.
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After months of negotiations with banks, Apple Pay is reportedly set to launch in the UK in August.
When it comes to megapixels in smartphone cameras, Apple has rarely been an industry leader. The company's iSight camera always seems to be a few thousand pixels behind competitors. The Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus often produce better photos and videos...
The iPhone 6 Plus has helped make phablets more popular than ever, according to a new report.
The PopSlate is one of the more innovative iPhone cases out there, but its e-ink display is mostly a novelty right now.
One YouTuber put the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 in a pot of boiling water — for science, apparently.
IKEA reveals wireless charging adapters for Apple and Samsung smartphones.
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My favorite quote of all time was coined by late great Zig Ziglar.
He said "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want."
This is not an "inspirational" post, this is about making money… but it's about doing something you love to make it.
Let's say you are hanging out with your best friend. The one you tell all your secrets to and loves all the same stuff you do. What do you talk about? What do you love talking about with, well, anyone?
Mine is "business". And I'll admit to a fault, I LOVE to talk casually about growing businesses and latest trends. Sometimes all I care is that someone is listening as long as I'm talking about it.
If that other person is equally as interested then we are having one hell of a conversation.
(Thats why I love attending live events)
There's something that is like that for you. Something you just LOVE to talk about.
THAT topic is YOUR niche. Niche research, done.
The only product you need to sell is content. In the information marketing business, online, content rules and big bucks are paid out to those who bring great content to a community of passionate people.
What you are doing is teaching.
You are teaching others about what you love. Just talking about it with text, or video, or audio.
Simply creating content. Emails. Blog posts. Ebooks. Short Reports… All of them just talking about the thing you love most.
You are sharing with others something they are ALREADY interested in learning. People who share your interests.
Who better to have as a customer base than a passionate group of peers who enjoy your interest.
My niche, my passion is online business. I love talking about it. I love teaching. I love learning. I love it and I work hard because it's mostly fun. And I've brought a full time living for over 5 years single handedly providing for my family of 4 with information and digital products.
But I also get to help others who share my interest.
You two very basic and inexpensive tools to run an information product business (for any niche).
You need a WordPress blog website. And you need an email autoresponder (like GetResponse).
Both are super cheap and equally important.
All your content goes on your website. When you add content to the site, you email your list of subscribers in your autoresponder (traffic on tap).
Content could be: A blog post, a video, an audio recording, an ebook/salespage… etc.
Your website is separated into two things.. Your main blog. And your sales funnels.
The blog is your "free content" that you just write on a regular basis cool stuff about your topic.
Fire up Word and write up about 7 or so pages on your subject. Just cool tips and fun stuff.
Save it as a PDF and give it away as a short report on your blog using an optin box linked to your autoresponder.
Now write another ebook, 14 pages or so. Or maybe shoot a quick video. Maybe you play the guitar and your content is better suited for video. Make a couple 15 minute videos, give it a name, write a quick sales letter and you are in business.
Use WarriorPlus.com to link up the buy buttons to your paypal and sync up your autoresponder so that all buyers are automatically added to your email list.
Once they are on your list you just sent them cool emails (and promotional emails).
Every time I write a blog post, I mail it out to my list. This gives #1 value and #2 a sense that I'm actually passionate about this stuff and want to help.
I offer discussion opportunities in the comments below, so I can build a relationship with my subscribers.
And from time to time I send emails that is recommending a tool or info report that I use or think would help. And your subscribers will actually be "happy" to spend money with you.
Otherwise it would not have supported me & my family for years. My list pays my bills and has supported us from day one. If you are subscribed to my newsletter, thank you, I love you. If not, you can go here and sign up (I have a cool audio report for you free as well).
You can do this in any niche. Whatever your interest, others are interested in it to. If you've ever bought something related to your interests then you know you can make money, as others will buy from you.
At this point all you need is traffic.
But traffic is no good without content. Start creating content RIGHT NOW.
We are going to touch on traffic soon.
This coming Sunday, January 11th at 5pm EST I'm going to release a new report called the "Billion View Reveal".
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There are a number of resources available to new and continuing staff at UQ. These include information about:
Working at UQ section
Staff Induction Policy
The University of Queensland is committed to providing a best practice induction process, including informing staff about the equity, diversity and inclusion principles of the University.
The staff induction policy can be viewed on the PPL.
Staff Induction Process
While equity and diversity information is provided to staff in the official University Staff Induction process, many work areas are beginning to design their own context specific equity induction presentations. These encompass the array of areas where University employees work including specific field trips, work placement off campus and student supervision. If you would like more information about this, then please contact your local Human Resources staff.
EO Online Training
All new staff at the University of Queensland are required to complete Module One of EO Online in their induction. EO Online is an interactive equity and diversity training program which is completed online. For more information please see the EO Online training page.
EO Online has two modules, which should take between 45 minutes to one hour to complete. To access the EO Online training course please see here.
The EO Online training program must be completed every two years to remain valid.
Recruitment and Selection
University of Queensland Recruitment and Selection Policy
The University of Queensland is committed to recruiting, supporting, developing and retaining staff of the highest calibre, especially academic staff of international standing. This calls for an equitable, competitive and timely recruitment and staff selection process. The University seeks to:
- Maintain the principle of open competition on the basis of merit to appoint the best candidates.
- Provide equal opportunity for all candidates.
- Encourage members of employment-disadvantaged groups to consider employment with the University.
- Represent in its staffing profile the community it serves.
- Ensure that selection procedures are efficient and effective.
- Maintain applicant confidentiality.
It is best practice to have duly constituted selection committees, with a minimum of 25 per cent from the minority gender, whether male or female. This will assist in removing bias in all stages in of the selection process to ensure objectivity and fairness. Heads of organisational units should also seek to attract a pool of applicants with an appropriate gender balance to help achieve the University's goal of gender equity.
The University of Queensland Recruitment and Selection policy can be seen here: https://ppl.app.uq.edu.au/content/5.30.01-recruitment-and-selection
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy
The University of Queensland is committed to the positive and authentic inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the life of the University. The University recognises the value and significance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in achieving and maintaining a diverse, principled and ethical scholarly community. The University has an aspirational target of 2.8% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment across the University and has developed a strategy to achieve this.
This Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy is available here.
For more information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy, please contact the Australian Indigenous Employment Coordinator, Mr Ashley Ibarra.
Best practice manual for recruitment and selection
The University has developed a Recruitment and Selection manual that reflects best practice. This manual is implemented across the University and reflects the appropriate equity and diversity principles within the recrutiment and selection process. This manual is underpined by the Best Practice Guidelines for recruiting and selecting staff developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
The University manual contains information about:
- Developing a position description.
- Designing selection criteria.
- Nomination of selection committee members.
- Receiving applications and creating shortlists.
- The interview process.
- The selection process.
- Appointment of a position and guidelines surrounding the probation period.
For more information about The University of Queensland Recuitment and Selection Manual please see here: http://www.uq.edu.au/shared/resources/personnel/recruitment/RecruitmentandSelectionManual.pdf
Staff Development
The University of Queensland is committed to providing ongoing training to its staff to develop their skills and knowledge.
The University provides number of staff development programs that aim to build a more informed staff community in relation to equity, diversity and inclusion related fields.
These programs include:
- Managing Unconscious Bias Workshop.
- Staff Disability Inclusion Workshop.
- Supporting Students with Disability.
- Discrimination and Harassment Contact Officer Training.
- Discrimination and Harassment Contact Officer and Supervisor Refresher Training.
- Career Advancement for Professional Women.
- UQ Ally Training Workshop.
- UQ Ally Network Meetings.
- EO Online.
- Staff Management for Professional Senior Staff.
- Mental Health First Aid.
- Skills for Suicide Prevention.
- Ethics Awareness Workshop
For more information about staff development programs, please see the UQ Staff Development page.
Career development opportunities and programs are also offered through external agencies such as:
- ATEM Association for Tertiary Education Management.
- LH Martin Institute.
- Fellowship Funds Inc of the Graduate Women Queensland organisation.


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Disasteroid and the State of Theatre, with beverages to follow.
I meant to write a normal review.
Instead, I ended up making it more of a diary entry and a treatise or some shit on theatre. Fuck it.
Don't get me wrong, there's a review for Disasteroid: The Musical buried in here somewhere, because I like to review every show I see. It's just that- well, was it that there wasn't a lot to review? No. I could have written a short review, right? Wrong. I decided to go off about how I felt that day about theatre, and how I've felt since, and about the whole damn world. I used to think I'd start a second blog for my theatre reviews, and keep them separate from my goetic diary entries, but today, I know I made the right decision in keeping them together. Sometimes they contribute to one another.
Now, if you seek only to read the part of my review that covers more technical matters- for I know that's all Certain souls care about when it comes to reviews (God forbid I should discuss plot with any thought for its use)- you may want to scroll down to the Second Part of this review, marked with asterisks, for the First Part here is, as mentioned, dealing with more Dionysian, philosophical, personal, or impersonal/community-and-world-oriented ideas than most reviews might cover, extensively.
I would've indeed written after opening night recommending this show as at least entertaining, but I was unable to do so until now, and the show is now closed. So I'll simply review it after-the-fact, and you can see it the next time it goes up! At least this time gave me a chance to think- over and over. I would've written other things too- more reviews and goetia indeed- but I had a bit of a domestic emergency instead that knocked me all off-kilter. I intervened in some violence, that of one of my abusive, drug-dealing neighbors (yes I had more than one) toward his wife and children. I subsequently became endangered myself, of course, with loud, aggressive, mentally disturbed attempts at violent break-in, and others have been working with me in relocation. What a shame that such things should still be so prevalent in modern society- three out of my six former neighbors beat their wives, and the other three were bachelors. My neighbors and I called the cops regularly, and I finally stood up to one of them when I thought I could get sufficient police action- sadly, not as much as we would all want (we as a society are so often limited from taking action unless we are vigilantes with superpowers), but it is something. (And how odd I found it to be faced again and again with possibly the same policemen who had once marched against me in riot gear!)
Thus, after I'd already spent a month or so hibernating after 26 years of hard work, I then was set back another month (I hate inactivity and lack of progress, despite how it beckons and tempts me!) in moving. And that's when Everything Fell the Fuck Apart. Amidst the regular stresses of life, there was moving. And thinking too much about the shit for which I moved, and the whole world. And dating. And spell-work to see what I might do to improve the situation. And work (which has become really shitty on their end and my end; there is malaise among everyone thanks to steadily increasing incompetence in my superiors, cut hours, reduced pay, corporate America being evil, etc., and I got called in and basically asked "what the fuck happened to you; you used to be the best and held the team together" whatever like I care). And theatre. And maybe a little too much focus on exercise and yoga, which so nicely shut everything off. And of course I became reacquainted with my old valuable friend, consuming, on average, half a fifth of vodka a day as though I were Masha of The Seagull. Once in a while I indulge Dionysos. Other times, like now, I am afraid I must set certain facets of his aside. The pattern wears itself out and is to be discarded. I've returned to fasting as though it were Lent.
Of course, I am also like Allie in that she started her blog when she was totally apathetic and depressed, and posted often, because that's all she was doing, and had many stories to tell that she didn't spend as much time on, and was focusing on that rather than her poverty, hunger, and future as a vagrant, as she says. So, like her, now I post less often. Now I try to insert a little more quality. And I have so much theatre to do!
So I shall begin by discussing my day leading up to the show. I had read my Facebook feed as I am wont to do and came across a HuffPo article about theatre shared by a friend. Articles about theatre are often full of pretentious pronouncements and individuals attempting to make ingenious breakthroughs by stating what they think must be some new Fact about why theatre is the way it is- this article did the same, and I won't hypocritically pretend I am not guilty; mine here is probably doing something like that as well. But you see, so many concern themselves with various negatives as for why they think theatre isn't working. It's so trendy to disparage your own art: For instance, this article I speak of concerned itself with what the author considered to be the "Scandalous Failure" of the arts, music, and theatre. It is not the only such article I have read upon fairly well the same topic in the past few months. I've read several. I read another a couple of days later, which claimed theatre is not effective anymore, because we, the people of "modern times", are "desensitized". I read another a few weeks ago entitled, quite plainly, "Why Theater Sucks". I read another a few days ago saying that theatre is failing because we "work together" too much, as in, we are too cooperative, too helpful, and try too hard to be a social service, as if that makes any sense WTF that's our job. And so many more articles will say we are FAILURZ for so many other reasons. A friend had re-posted the "Why Theater Sucks" article on his wall, recommending, "Why Theatre Sucks", and the author of the article responded, "You misspelled theater" to which my friend who had recommended said article responded in friendly fashion, "You're a dick."
Hah, I know many "pretentious" sorts who would insist upon the spelling of "theatre", myself included. Butchoo kno I dun rly care how nething r speled; languig EVOLVZ- of course, I also enjoy studying ancient language, and so my predilections for the Greek spellings of words such as theatre, Dionysos, and phallos will continue! It is good to know just why language is the way it is. Then you can understand everything on a deeper level. But I digress. Or do I? Surely Dionysos is amused… ah yes: I read yet another article saying that the "Theatre" spellers are the reason theatre does not appeal. IT R 2 INTIMIDATIN' n forein n snobby n stuf.
I had reproduced one article, "Why Theatre Matters", in its entirety here on my blog a couple of years ago because it had discussed the theatre festival which my friends had started and with which I began to primarily involve myself overall; again I said I was not sure about certain pronouncements Morris made, but his article still certainly pointed out the function of theatre and the consequences of its not functioning properly in society. It wasn't as negative as these other articles in saying that we are horrible failures for some reason, but pointed out where we are going if theatre fails. Now back to the particular ARTicle I read before Disasteroid- it says that theatre has failed, and so have the ARTs: The "Scandalous Failure" article.
This "Scandalous Failure" article said that because theatre has failed to do its job, that society has, after a sense, become a failure too: A monster. Theatre does not prevent society's sins, as it should, and instead of people receiving their therapy, catharsis, and mass healing through theatre (because theatre has failed) they instead receive their input from the mass media which the corporations feed us after the fact- that we process things only as they happen, that we see shootings as they happen, and set up memorials afterward, rather than preventing them.
I say: If that is the case, then theatre has always been a failure. My dear god Dionysos has always been a failure. So too did I discuss this in my own play: In a meta moment, my Ganymede, played by Will McMichael, the same lead as in Disasteroid (who sometimes calls himself Dionysos Will!), was deciding whether or not to create theatre, and was bemoaning that he thought it was pointless, for, "Everyone saw [Aristophanes'] play, but that didn't stop the war, and Athens was utterly defeated." We theatre creators have been failing to stop the sins of the world even since the classical height of our art, when it was much more a required and reverenced religious practice. And now, it seems as though we have little funding compared to then, and little education compared to most ages too, though at the same time we have so much more available- better resources, and more education out there to be had even if not seized upon by our school systems. Like some have said, now it seems as though people are trying to squash the arts and squash the thoughts that stop the sins of society. Yet we in theatre struggle on, for what else would be the right thing to do? This "Scandalous Failure" article I read before Disasteroid says we need to get our shit in gear and step up our game to actually finally accomplish theatre's purpose, which some think is a hopeless cause.
I met with my assistant producer before the show. We had dinner, wine, and coffee at a pleasant café on Sunset. I discussed this article, other theatrical topics, and personal matters with her. We discussed the function of theatre and how we might be able to save the world with it. She said she believes that it is too late to save the world- that the world is too far gone. We happened to see another member of my cast just next door- she was acting as a hostess at a bar, and we promised we'd stop by after the show for drinks. So we did, with said hostess' boyfriend, and Will of my show and Disasteroid, and others- in fact, my music director happened to stop by as well, making it quite the coincidental CATAMITUS reunion none of us had planned!
My music director, V2 Schneider, half-jokingly said that he thought it has always been too late to save the world- yet he says that is the beauty, and that is what makes it fun, in a Sisyphean sense. I laughed and managed to get my music director and associate producer to debate for a few moments, but we were having far too much fun to do that for long. V2 also thinks- and I'm surely not quoting this right- that people who write articles about this-is-the-reason-why-theatre-is-failing are incorrect and "negative unproductive fucks, and those self-mutilating authors actually in theatre and disregarding their own art are the worst".
I suppose I do not yet think it is too late. I may agree with V2 that it seems like it's always been too late to save the world, because I think that the world has been an awful place for… most of time's existence, in many regards, and sometimes I feel that God has certainly treated much of the world's populations as cockroaches to torture and upon which to perform experiments- well, at least it seems like that on occasion. It's crazy to think that I was born in a time in which I felt no discrimination for any gender, or anything racial, or any other kind of bias- at least, for some years. Then one day in fourth grade I wondered why everyone was making a big deal about this word called "faggot" and I learned that the world was not so devoid of discrimination after all.
Yet, for a time, the world seemed a perfect place in terms of equality for everyone. I lived in such a bubble as a child, here as a protected middle-class child in modern America, having no idea of the inequality, having a vague idea that people of various races had been slaves in various countries in various times, but thinking it was all in the past. I knew vaguely that women had once been so subject to men and their societal constructions, but not to the horrific degree that they were, and that they still are, and that men are still out to squash them with icky laws, and so forth. Yet I was born in a time in which… we can taste perfection, as innocent children, even if we don't have it. And so I think I know that we can have it, and that we can all know that we can have it.
I once, as an innocent child, thought the world was almost perfect, and that God had no further purpose here: That there was no reason to talk to said supposedly-distant deity, and that all there was left to do was return to Eden… many many years later, my ex, in an angry moment, asked me why I did not then immediately dedicate myself to said return to Eden, and why should I have been satisfied with the world the way it was? Well. Disregarding that moment of negativity, there is no reason that anyone even has to do without, except for our own free will; there is enough here for everyone. And I have often hoped that we can reach this state- and I have not thought it impossible, as my assistant producer and music director have.
Yet the world seems increasingly apocalyptic, and certainly it seems so if one pays any attention to articles upon the arts and theatre, or politics, which theatre and the arts are supposed to fix. Indeed if you read that Morris article I mentioned I reproduced a couple of years ago, it also says the world seems vaguely "apocalyptic"- yet it need not be so! It is just that a few people seem to ruin it for everyone; or that is how it seems to me, even if we all ruin it a little bit in our imperfection. I hope we will some day be able to defeat The Black Thing.
Why, this past month as I have more and more been forcing myself to face the world- not just the nice parts as certain Positive Thinkers recommend, when they rightly say that, since the world is our reflection, to whatever we bring our focus, well, that will become the world. Yet it cannot be that we cannot give the dark things our attention- there are those who say we should not. They say that if we give the dark things our attention we will bring more of it into our life. I believe we must face the darkness in order to fix it. We cannot simply ignore it by living in our happy bubbles in our mansions, as I suppose I could have done. Instead, I was forced out of my apartment into a closet next to Skid Row where I constantly listen to the arguments of the mentally ill. You see, Skid Row is where humanity throws itself away- not because it can not, but because it will not take care of itself anymore. When speaking with the police, they told me I ought to move again, so I will- even though my guardian angel guided me to this place. For my own safety, my temple, my sanctum unto Him was destroyed, but I will rebuild my temple elsewhere. When speaking with the police, I found that they have a secret code name for this hotel: The Asylum.
And so in my new makeshift closet, until I move away, and while I have been trying to pretend the world is a nice place by indeed drinking far too much vodka, I have also been facing more and more all the truths out there to be had: Not just the environment immediately surrounding me; which is a failure of not just theatre but humanity, but the also the environment as a whole. I was so bewilderingly hot I couldn't sleep; this was the hottest summer on fucking record. Like Gaia, I prayed to Zdeus to strike Phaeton down. Phaeton, of course, is the word I used to represent those human actions which are leading Gaia to suffer so. Then of course there are the problems that have existed my whole life that no one has ever fixed, such as deforestation, unethical food ownership and policies and propaganda, starvation, ignorance instead of education, hate crimes, the oppression of peoples everywhere, the choice of war over peace and understanding, etc. Then there are natural disasters and the way a human life is so fragile- that God can squish one person like a bug over and over in some horribly torturous, ignored life, while elevating another.
So I drank. I spent my days waffling back and forth between "Omg life is wonderful; you have given me so opportunities and I am greatly enjoying myself; thank you, God!" to, "What the fuck was the point in creating a world like this? Why do you allow people to suffer so? How can I possibly find inner peace and enlightenment when I know that you let this happen? How can I possibly enjoy my own good fortune and attract more abundance to myself to help others? What, am I supposed to callously imagine that they are simply like NPCs in a video game, and therefore of no consequence? Why bother? Why not strike me down now and return me to my namesake, the state from which you took me?" Yeah pretty much every day.
So, how can we work to save the world, if this is still possible? How can theatre save the world, as I have been told it will? I have had faith that it can, even if it hasn't quite yet succeeded in thousands of years.
I also think: How silly that theatre should save the world! How silly that I should pay it so much attention! Hell, how silly that I should pay anything attention! Why care about the good or the ills of the world; why care about what it is that I do in this saṃsāra here, when I perfectly well remember that it is all a dream and all an illusion and all a game, and I may feel nothing, and nothing is good, and nothing is bad, and that, underneath, I am still the same Kora, or shall I say, Kaos, and quote Ovid:
"Before the seas, and this terrestrial ball,
And Heav'n's high canopy, that covers all,
One was the face of Nature; if a face:
Rather a rude and indigested mass:
A lifeless lump, unfashion'd, and unfram'd,
Of jarring seeds; and justly Chaos nam'd. …
Earth, and air, and water, were in one.
Thus air was void of light, and earth unstable…
All were confus'd, and each disturb'd the rest.
For hot and cold were in one body fixt;
And soft with hard, and light with heavy mixt.
But God, or Nature, while they thus contend,
To these intestine discords put an end:"
And so He separated light from dark and so on and so forth.
Yet here I am, doing something. I suppose theatre is as good a mission as anything else; and certainly more enjoyable than others.
So. As for this theatre show. And saving the world….
Before Disasteroid, my assistant producer and I discussed what we thought the show might be like. We did not think it would be any such show as would fit the description of one which would help to save the world, but our friend was in it and it sounded… like there might be a few good jokes, at least. Maybe. It is not the sort of play which would normally appeal to me. You see, honestly, we both thought it would be flim-flam. The show's description had lead us to believe as much, and that it was just a senseless, fluffy play which would one day be reenacted as a horrid high school production:
"'Disasteroid!' tells the tale of Alfred Edgley, a career tax auditor who's given a shot at some excitement when astronomers at the local observatory trick him into thinking the end of the world is rapidly approaching. Naturally, he runs off and travels the world with the wealthy philanthropist, Mabel Bellcoat, much to the chagrin of his boss, the stern Ms. Stern, and also Mr. Bellcoat. His co-worker, Petty, meanwhile, dreams only of finding a nice backyard. Featuring music and lyrics by the vivacious and charming one-man band, The Bicycats."
We certainly thought it was one of those plays which was "not doing theatre's job" according to the article I'd read.
But you know what? WHAT THE HELL. We thought we'd try to find the meaning in it anyway. We postulated that- well- maybe it might just have something to offer someone. Surely it would at least be optimistic, and hopefully funny enough to lift people's spirits. Maybe someone somewhere would find just the right sort of thing in the play. Maybe someone would be looking for a message and they would find something. So I gave it my best shot (and had another glass of helpful wine, which the theatre poured for a donation, which is, as I've said, always a plus and in Dionysos' favor).
So now on to the, ahem, actual review.
The acting and singing were excellent. I enjoyed all the actors, especially the two leads. The girl was such a good singer that I had to tell her so afterward. Now, I say the acting was good, but as mentioned, the play was less than "deep", or so it made itself out to be, despite indeed carrying certain themes which I will discuss. So, I will say they did their best with the material and the nature of the lines. It was certainly not realism- like I said, something kooky that maybe a high school will do someday. You know the type.
The dancing was amusing, and I enjoyed whenever that popped into the show. I did laugh often enough as well, which is a plus, so, sure, it's a good show and I would recommend seeing it next time it comes around; you'll be amused and get a laugh.
Something impressive about the show was the way that the band leader had written it, and besides that, all the music. I may've written my show, and the lyrics, but I'd needed help with the music (even then, I thought I could have used more. V2 was excellent, but I didn't have much time, nor did I have a whole band like this show did, which was great).
As for trying to find a deeper meaning: Well, of course, it concerned itself with the end of the world. Humans are often preoccupied with that, and I certainly have fun with the topic. My play had explored that too- I like to know, what does the end of the world really mean for us? This play followed one avenue, that of spending time with someone. Making love and seeing the world. Something we should all do- if we could, before our own worlds do inevitably end. Which is a lovely enough idea.
Now, something finally occurred- that something my assistant producer and I had been waiting for. Will's character began to discuss the deeper questions of life. He began to explore them, as I did a bit here in my "WHAT'S THE EFFING POINT" kind of way. Ah, yes! This is why we came, ultimately! This is what we want to see in theatre! This is the sort of thing people should be watching instead of listening to Kardashians bitch at each other! And, as Will began to sing, one of his coworkers at the IRS joined in, and took over, and immediately turned the song into-
The quality of milk with breakfast.
Yes, the "creaminess of the milk" was the song. The philosophy was interrupted for banality. My friend and I looked at each other in mild horror. Banality… well, ah, yes, that's exactly how one feels at the corporate machine, anyway… surrounded by coworkers who don't care about anything except their milk, the zit on their face, their fancy new handbag, or some such. It is soul-sucking to stand there ineffectively, wishing you were working to save the world, when you know your coworkers would never understand, or brush it off in favor of something else to talk about.
I asked around afterward whether this was intentional. Was this supposed to be a comment about theatre? About life? How we prefer banality to the meat of things? Or was that just what the play was supposed to be- ultimately, banal, with no real substance underneath besides the regular old themes we feed ourselves in easily digestible sitcoms? I didn't really get a straight answer besides that one person thought it was a comment upon the character who was singing that song.
Warning: I'm now going to veer away from purely technical review again. How about a *****Part Three*****?
Back to an article I'd mentioned earlier- "Why Theater Sucks" was, as far as I can tell, essentially saying that we don't pander to the far-right or other sorts enough, the people who need to be our audiences. That instead we write plays for theatregoers, which means liberal female lawyers of Swedish descent or some nonsense, according to that author. He said we need to get away from our morality and instead explore the "Fox News" side of things, because that will be like eating our vegetables. So, to draw in audiences, should I then make kitschy plays easily marketable for schools, with as much substance as sitcoms, which sell? Do I need to tone down the truth in my plays, and throw in dashes of false morality to attract certain portions of the overly-conservative, Tea Party, religious extremist crowd, since they are of the sort who need healing the most? Do I need to cut out the meat and throw in something about the creaminess of the milk? Like the Kardashians and our coworkers do? Should I turn away from real music that I've spent time and care with, and go instead for increasing homogeneity, record sales, and fame, like Gaga?
I would sooner die than sell my soul in that manner- and oh, I have sold it in other, more acceptable ways! But I could never compromise my art to that extent. We all do, let's face it. I cut out some slide-shows, cut out scenes- you have to kill your babies, after all. That sort of thing makes the show better. But I just don't think becoming more like Katy Perry or Jersey Shore would be anything I could stomach. I shall always strive for art.
Hey- do you know what brings a crowd together spontaneously? Young and old, rich and poor, straight and gay, Jew and Gentile alike? I have seen it happen. I have seen them come together and cheer wildly. They were tourists, with maybe the odd local thrown in, cheering Jersey Shore cast members who were being interviewed on Mario Lopez' show Extra. I have seen this with my own eyes.
I don't have the answer, and I'm not going to pretend that I do just to get an attention-grabbing article claiming it knows why theatre hasn't yet saved the world. My play explored that too, but I gave no answer. I gave no real conclusion. Maybe that's one reason a few people didn't like my piece. It didn't have a story digestible enough for their palate. But I know many more who loved it for that reason. Some, despite that reason. I drew in those who don't like "experimental" plays (almost all my reviewers called it "experimental", oy, now there's a label I'd not wanted much to do with) and they loved it.
So I'll just keep working toward that Kingdom. Even while I argue with God. I'll keep trying to save the world with my theatre, and I'll be ha satan, the accuser, for others' theatre- reviewing, and pointing out flaws, so that we can make improvements. I will also point out what works so we can all make use of it if we want. I do it now, writing, at another lovely café on Sunset, as the sun sets upon me and the western edge of civilization. I'll just keep going. It's not like there's much other choice when we're eternal, anyhow. LULZ I AM TEH OPTIMIZM. When I found Eternity, was it meant to cheer me up, I wonder?
"To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour." – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence.


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It's not quite "the Beast" favoured by President Barack Obama, but this stretch limousine is one big Bambino.
The Italian-built limo is based on the diminutive Fiat 500 (nicknamed the Bambino), but has been stretched to the size of a Holden Statesman.
The quirky offering , one of three available in the United States, was developed by Italian coach-builder and car modifier, Castagna Milano, which gained infamy for custom-building an electric Fiat 500 convertible for the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gadaffi.
Like the Gadaffi Fiat 500, the stretch limos are powered by electricity. Two electric motors are claimed to deliver a top speed of 160km/h and a range of 250 kilometres.
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(Adds Wall Street futures, oil slide)
* Oil dives almost 3 percent to 7-month low
* Wall St set to open almost flat
* Sterling hit by BoE chief Carney's comments on interest rates
* Tech rebound cools concerns over sector of last fortnight
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By Patrick Graham
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - A 2.5 percent drop in oil prices to their lowest in seven months dragged stock markets off all-time highs on Tuesday, cooling a recovery in hi-tech shares as central bankers sent cautious signals on the outlook for growth and interest rates.
Japan's Nikkei had jumped to a near two-year high in Asian trading and European shares built on their biggest one-day gain in two months after a bounce in tech stocks drove Wall Street to record highs on Monday.
But the dive in crude helped take the shine off those moves and left the main U.S. markets set to open roughly flat.
Japan's yen, a refuge for investors whenever appetite for risk cools, recovered all of the day's losses to trade higher against the dollar and euro in response.
Russia's rouble sank 1.5 percent.
"The oil thing is big and it is feeding a little bit into the yen and is certainly being felt in the Russian rouble," said head of Saxo Bank FX strategy John Hardy.
"I think we are just waking up to risk appetite (being very elevated) at these levels."
After jitters on hi-tech stocks this month, investors are fairly confident that major central banks will not be tightening the flow of cash that has kept markets rising for eight years, at a time when growth globally looks solid.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, days after a meeting at which three colleagues on the bank's policy committee voted for higher rates, knocked half a percent off Britain's pound by saying now was "not the time" to hike borrowing costs.
Similarly, in a speech late on Monday, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said it may be worthwhile for the U.S. central bank to wait until year-end to decide whether to raise rates again.
That helped the Nikkei rack up gains of almost 1 percent and drove minimal gains for continental Europe's main indices. .
"Companies are in aggregate in robust health, and with all the cash from quantitative easing still washing around the system, there is a lack of alternatives for investors to put their money in," said Andy Sullivan, portfolio manager with GL Asset Management UK in London.
Monday's rebound also cooled nerves over the technology sector after a second week of falls last week.
"Hi-tech shares just went through a correction," said Mutsumi Kagawa, chief global strategist at Rakuten Securities.
"Valuation is not that expensive, standing far below their levels at the peak of the dot-com bubble ... Given that their profits are expected to see exponential growth in coming years, it is premature to say the rally in hi-tech shares is over."
For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets see reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=http://emea1.apps.cp.extranet.thomsonreuters.biz/cms/?pageId=livemarkets (Additional reporting by Marc Jones, Helen Reid and Vikram Subheder in LONDON and Hideyuki Sano in TOKYO; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt and John Stonestreet)


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Remi Garde picked up his first Aston Villa win on Wednesday and now his side faces another tough test as title contenders Leicester come to town. Over the last 30 games Leicester have picked up four more points than any other side while Villa have picked up the fewest. In fact Leicester have picked up as many points in that run as Villa and the Champions, Chelsea, have from their 60 games combined.
Villa's win was their first in 20 games and they needed a hand as Wayne Hennessey helped a relatively harmless looking shot into his own net. They've still scored just nine times in their last 14 matches though and with Leicester having recorded three straight clean sheets it won't be easy for them to add to that tally. Defensively, Garde has got them playing OK and this has led to six of their last seven matches having fewer than three goals, as has been the case in 11 of their last 14 home games against top-half teams.
Robert Huth's expertly placed header was Leicester's first goal in four games but those matches were in quick succession and they did score another couple against Spurs in the Cup so they've hardly been suffering a long goal drought. Their away record is the best in the league and they've now won nine of their last 14 matches on the road. Furthermore, they are unbeaten in their last 10 trips to bottom-half teams as they've recorded six wins, of which four came to nil.
One thing for sure is that Riyad Mahrez will enjoy playing against this defence and he picked up two assists in the 3-2 comeback win when the teams met in September. He's not found the net in the Foxes last two away games, at Spurs and Liverpool, but prior to that he'd scored in four of his last five away starts in the league (eight goals in total) while picking up an assist in the other.
Leicester look a fair price for the win but there are unlikely to be too many goals in this one and the Win to Nil looks a better bet at 3.75 while the Win and Under 2.5 Goals at 4.6 is very tempting. For a more speculative punt, we like a Scorecast selection of Riyad Mahrez and Leicester City 2-0 at 50/1.
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A tsunami advisory is in effect for the North Coast in the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred Saturday night off the coast of British Columbia.
Major flooding is not expected for areas under a tsunami advisory, but strong currents or waves dangerous to people in or very near the water are possible, so people should stay away from shores, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says. Currents may be hazardous to swimmers, boats and coastal structures, and the threat may persist for hours.
Along the west coast of North America, low levels of tsunami activity have been observed from Sitka, Alaska, to Crescent City.
So far the highest tsunami amplitude seen along the West Coast was in Crescent City at 1.3 feet. Tsunami amplitudes are measured relative to normal sea level, not wave height.
The advisory covers coastal areas from Mendocino County to Florence, Ore., and British Columbia.
Evacuations have taken place in Hawaii, where a higher tsunami was expected.
The earthquake was at 8:04 p.m. Saturday in the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., area.


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Empty Space Theatre has raised $162,000 toward the $350,000 sum the fiscally strapped Seattle company needs to stay in operation, according to Empty Space acting manager Steve...
Empty Space Theatre has raised $162,000 toward the $350,000 sum the fiscally strapped Seattle company needs to stay in operation, according to Empty Space acting manager Steve Galatro.
More than 1,500 people have given money to the Empty Space's emergency fund drive through direct gifts or by attending a benefit for the theater. The campaign began in late October, after the theater announced it would shut down permanently if it could not raise the money to retire a large debt and fund programming for the rest of the 2004-2005 season.
The average cash donation to the drive has been $265. But as Galatro notes, Empty Space will likely need some "angels" to step up bearing larger gifts to meet the theater's fund-raising deadline of Jan. 15, 2005.
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"We believe this incredible outpouring of support from the general public will encourage major donors to give boldly as we near the end of the campaign," stated Galatro.
"We remain cautiously optimistic, but this one is definitely going to come down to the wire."
More Seattle benefits organized by local arts organizations are planned for Empty Space, including the following:
"Red Ranger Came Calling," a special performance of the Berkeley Breathed holiday tale at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Book-It Repertory Theatre at Center House Theatre; 206-216-0833.
"Monday Night Event," a cabaret variety show with comedy by Green Theatre Productions. 7:30 p.m. Monday at Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., Seattle; 425-821-6873.
"Our Environmental Destiny: An Evening with Robert F. Kennedy Jr." 8 p.m. Jan. 29, 2005, produced by Foolproof at The Paramount, 911 Pine, Seattle. (Details on purchasing tickets will be announced later.)
For continuing information about benefits and other Empty Space news, consult: www.emptyspace.org.
Vaness to join UW music faculty
Opera diva Carol Vaness will join the music faculty at the University of Washington in the fall of 2005. She already has done several master classes at the UW, and Vaness says she is drawn to this city "because of the talented students and because I have so many wonderful friends here."
Vaness is in Seattle rehearsing for her starring role in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" at Seattle Opera (Jan. 15-29). Renowned throughout the opera world, she made her Seattle Opera debut in 1985 in the title role of Massenet's "Manon."
On the UW voice faculty, she will join Vinson Cole, a tenor with whom she has frequently sung at Seattle Opera and other companies. She said she will continue her singing career, balancing her activities with the UW schedule.
Isacson Sabee leaving Seattle Symphony
Patricia Isacson Sabee will leave her post as Seattle Symphony development director in mid-January. After 20 years with the organization, Isacson Sabee plans to pursue a personal property development opportunity and also to spend more time at home with her young daughter, who will start kindergarten next fall.
Among Isacson Sabee's posts: orchestra manager, managing director of Benaroya Hall Music Center and interim executive director of the Symphony.
"I leave the Symphony full of optimism for all the good things it has: a music director with vision, a glorious concert hall, a stellar set of musicians, and most of all, a truly incredible and eager community of patrons," says Isacson Sabee.
Seattle Times staff