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High School Juniors got a chance to see what some of the adults in our community do for work and listen to some special guests during a special school day outing. 43 junior level high school students from many different schools in Cascade County got a chance to be city council men for a day during a high school learning session at the Great Falls Civic Center. The students got to hear from city officials and industry leaders like Benefis, 221 Industries, and Great Falls College MSU.
"We're hosting Leadership High School today in the city commission chambers. so students can learn a bit about local government and how it operates and their able to take on some of the roles as Mayor or Commissioner or some department heads. They have a little taste of what local government is like at least at a city commission meeting," says City Manager, Greg Doyon.
These students were selected from approximately 200 other high school kids through an application process. Students also got to ask questions to help further their understanding of how our city government works.


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I was in my second year of college, in an Intro to Creative Writing class and my professor told us that we should know what the characters look like within a few pages.
I tended to write characters with brown hair, like mine, although their eye colors varied. But then one day, it struck me. I imagined all of my characters as white.
The issues with this is that I'm half-Asian. I don't meant to say that all the characters I write should be half-Asian, but it was boggling that I had gotten to age 19 never having written one, especially since I was so tied to my Asian culture.
Why were all my characters white? How did this come to be the norm for my writing?
I have one theory that I think at least, in part, played a role in this.
I suspect because it was because white characters were the norm in my reading.
This year I've been doing a lot of exploring on racial diversity. I've had a lot of support in my personal circle, as far as talking one on one, but I feel like most of the time, it's something people just don't want to talk about. Maybe they think it doesn't pertain to them. Maybe it makes them uncomfortable. To be honest, the more people ignore my desire to have this discussion, the more I believe it is needed.
Look at the books you are reading. What was the last book you read that featured a main character who was not white? How long ago was that? Compare it to the number of books you've read that do feature white protagonists.
I'm guilty of this myself. I've read 18 books this year. I've only read two books where the main characters weren't white: The Bluest Eye and Crazy Rich Asians. The former I read for class, the latter I chose based on the title alone. Someone in a Facebook group recommended it and I didn't even read the Amazon description before clicking "buy." It's rare to see a fiction book featuring Asians recommended.
I saw two articles this morning that indicated that I'm not the only one thinking about diversity in reading. Author Walter Dean Myers sparked the conversation this weekend with his personal thoughts in "Where Are the People of Color in Children's Books." Blogger Grace Hwang Lynch provides statistics, reasoning, and suggestions that highlight the importance of this discussion with her post "#ColorMyShelf: Why Kids Needs Books That Reflect Diversity."
What were the books of my childhood? Marvin Redpost, Junie B. Jones, The Magic Treehouse, Ramona, Naylor's Alice books, Sweet Valley twins, Blume's books, and The Babysitter's Club.
The Babysitter's Club had Claudia, an Asian-American teenager, as well as the minor character, Jessi, an African-American eleven year old. That's the extent of the diversity I remember from elementary school. Yes, many of the books I read had great lessons that encouraged open-mindedness, but there was still an absence of main characters who were minorities. Perhaps, I had learned along the way, that book characters were meant to be white. After all,that was how most of them were written, it seemed.
So where is my responsibility in this? Should I actively seek out books featuring protagonists of different races as well as books written by minorities?
For me, the answer is yes. To not do so is to choose ignorance, to choose to stay comfortable in my own small world. We should normalize main characters of different races in books as well as be interested in the stories of people who are both like us and unlike us.
But what are my responsibilities as a writer, in creating my own characters? I'm still trying to figure this out. What do you think?


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On the podcast Necessary & Sufficient, host Evan Forman sends his guests an envelope containing two index cards, each with a single word. They then open the envelope live on the air. When I appeared on episode 100 of the show, the words were "fashion" and "style." A discussion followed.
"Maybe style has become ridiculously isolating these days. This is especially true for men, I think. And I don't know exactly how I feel about it. On one hand, I'm very happy to see people with an interesting sense of style… On the other, sometimes style feels less like a fun, personal expression and more like a total disregard for people who might weigh more than you, or have less money for cell phone technology than you, or might be more than five years older than you."— Todd Levin (the whole piece is very much worth your time) (Thanks, Will)
"Nice Stuff, But Not for Me"
One of the most important skills you can learn as you develop your own sense of style is how to judge whether something fits you. I don't mean just physically (though that's critically important), but also whether something properly suits your personality, character, and lifestyle. For example, a cutaway collar might frame your face very well, but if you're a stodgy academic who is hoping to be thought of as an intellectual, perhaps a button down collar is more suitable.
Figuring out how clothes should fit is one thing; figuring out whether they suit your personality and character is something else entirely. That part requires a lot of self-discovery, honesty, and time. Unfortunately, when it comes to the task of finding clothes that suit your character, you can easily be distracted by barrage of blogs and magazines telling you what's cool this season, what's big in Japan, or how to pull off that "Italian sprezzatura" look that everyone is raving about. Couple that with professional product shots and good looking models, and you can be drawn to certain clothes for all the wrong reasons.
One thing I've found helpful is to be conscious of whether you're buying something just because it's well designed. Remember that there are hundreds of good looking pieces every season. Indeed, there's rarely a week that goes by where I don't see at least five or six things that I think look great. However, just because a piece of clothing is well designed, and perhaps even fits you well, doesn't mean you should buy it. You should stick to the task of developing a focused, coherent wardrobe that clearly express who you are, not just build a collection of good looking clothes.
And although it's counter intuitive, I've also found that it useful to have a very narrow and defined set of style heroes. People you think are maybe more aligned with your personality, character, and lifestyle than others. Of course, inspiration shouldn't be the same as emulation, and at some point, you'll naturally find your own voice, but it can be helpful to be clear about what looks you're going for.
Thoreau once said, "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone." It's important to recognize when something looks great, but isn't necessarily right for you. Shop slowly, let your clothes reflect your body and personality, and know when to leave something alone.
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On Writing and Dressing Well
For my day job, I teach college courses on economic development. My students are smart, but many come to college not knowing how to write a basic paper. I get paid to teach them about development, not English, but in the course of reading so many students' essays, I've come up with a few ideas on how they can generally improve their writing. I think some of the same lessons can be insightful for those interested in dressing as well.
Let's start with what's wrong with their papers. Students often abuse thesauruses and write long, needless sentences, many of which are not arranged in any coherent order. Their papers frequently lack theses, and when there is one, it's unclear how each part supports their conclusion.
My general idea is that students can improve if they just write simply and unpretentiously, erring on the side of clarity. Two strategies would be to use shorter sentences and edit things down as tightly as possible. They should also avoid using fancy words to dress up their prose and instead focus on communicating a strong, central idea. Simplicity, clarity, and coherency. Have one meaningful thing to say and say it well.
The basic principles for dressing are similar. Of course, some men should just pull up their pants and wear jackets that fit. Among men who already put in effort, however, most would fare better by not trying so hard to look "stylish." Not unlike students who try to force sounding sophisticated, these men should strip away needless details and accoutrements. Tightly edit things down, use simple garments, and express one idea.
They should also ensure that there's some coherency and harmony. Wearing avant-garde designer sweaters with traditionally tailored sport coats, for example, doesn't work. Nor do denim trucker jackets with neckties, frankly. It's important to keep things in-synch by sticking within the same aesthetic family, seasonal mood, and level of formality. This is the sartorial equivalent of supporting a thesis.
Of course, there are many men who are incredibly stylish and break all sorts of these "rules." Hirofumi Kurino and Yasuto Kamoshita, both of whom work for United Arrows, are two perfect examples. Dressing is also more of an art than writing about social theories, so there's more room for creative license.
However, if you're a novice, I think you would do better by taking the basic approach to dressing. Rely on simple things, edit things down tightly, and make sure each piece supports another in some harmonious manner. Maybe that's a madras shirt, khaki linen pants, and brown leather loafers for a causal summer weekend. Or it's a navy suit, white shirt, black grenadine tie, and black oxford shoes for an evening charity event. Whatever it is, have a thesis and express it clearly and concisely. You can, of course, one day move to more creative forms of expressing yourself, but not before you've learned how to write a basic paper.
* Special thanks to Stephen for helping me edit this article.
"The conspicuously well dressed man is not a well dressed man at all, but merely a block for displaying the best materials and the latest fashions upon. His clothes and all articles of outward attire cry out their quality, and forcibly draw attention to their very newest cut, set, twist, or turn; and you say "There's a dressy man if you like! Everything right up to date, including the walking stick." The really well dressed man attracts no such remark. Of him you are more likely to say, "That man looks very smart - for some reason or another. Wonder what it is!" You may depend upon it that the man of whom that is said is a man not only of fashion, but of something very important besides - namely, good taste, strong individuality, faithfulness to personal style."— Fashion, August 1899
Avoiding Buyer's Regret
When you're shopping for clothes, there are probably a dozen or more variables to consider before you make a purchase. Unfortunately, most of these considerations can get muddled, and if you don't parse them out carefully, you can buy something for the wrong reasons. So I thought I'd rank some of the principle considerations: fit, style, construction, and branding, in that order. When deciding whether or not to buy something, go through these considerations in order of importance and you'll minimize your likelihood of ending up with buyer's regret.
As they say, fit is king. The first thing anyone notices, even before style, is whether your clothes fit well. A man would look better in a well-fitting pair of jeans and a t-shirt before he would in a sloppy suit.
What fits is what flatters. This point may seem basic, but it's amazing how rarely you see it practiced. Men who aren't style conscious tend to wear clothes too big, while men who pay a lot of attention often wear things too small. Proper fitting clothes hit in the right places and give you clean lines, no matter what your movement or position. Shoulder seams should end around the shoulder bone, and clothes shouldn't be so baggy that they fold, nor be so tight that they pull.
Always remember that fit comes before style. There's no quicker way to catch buyer's regret than to buy something that's stylish, but doesn't fit perfectly. Once you find something that fits, however, consider whether the garment has all the design details you're looking for. If you want something that will last, avoid things that veer too strongly towards one design trend. As a very general rule of thumb, I find simple, classic designs to be best.
You may also want to consider how versatile the garment is. Basic blues, greys, and browns will help you build in that versatility, as all those colors are easy to incorporate. To be sure, there's a lot of room for dark greens, burgundies, and other livelier colors. However, make sure you're not buying something that you can only wear with one pair of trousers or one jacket. You should seek to build a wardrobe, not a collection of outfits.
Some may be surprised that I rank construction so low on the list of considerations. However, a garment's design will always be the bigger determinant of its lifespan. Most clothes are made to last at least a couple of years now. If a jacket is made with skinny lapels, for example, its style will give out much sooner than its cloth. Thus, while I strongly believe people should invest in higher quality purchases, I also think that they should prioritize fit and style above quality. If it doesn't look good on you or work with the rest of your wardrobe, the quality of its construction will mean very little.
Finally, there is branding. Everyone succumbs to this to some extent. We buy clothes partly to express the person we are, and partly the person we wish to be. We may also buy something because of the lifestyle it represents. It may not be the most "rational" of considerations, but it's no less real or enjoyable. Clothes in this sense are romantic; they make life less dull. It would be crotchety to deny or condemn it. At the same time, you should be aware of what you're doing, and only do so if it meets the other criteria above.
Of course, ideally, you should make purchases that fulfill every one of these categories (with the exception of maybe branding). However, people have limited means, time, and patience for such things, and not everyone is going to spend the next few months searching for the perfect shirt. Thus, for the non-neurotic, you now have neatly parsed considerations that you can prioritize in order to make better buying decisions.
Purchase things for the right reasons. Buy something because it's well-made before you buy into a brand; buy something well designed before you buy into its quality; most importantly, buy something because it fits well before you consider anything else.


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Just when you think you've finally used up all the leftover turkey . . . just when you store your pilgrim salt and pepper shakers back in the basement . . . just when you emerge from your tryptophan-induced semi-coma and stop to take a breather . . . WHAM! The winter holiday season hits you like The Polar Express!
No sooner do you flip the calendar page, than a deluge of invitations begins pouring in to every school party, neighborhood get-together, cookie swap, gift exchange, office party and command function in a 50-mile radius.
For the most part, these events are fun and stress free, but what about those office parties and command functions? Whose bright idea was it to take people who work all day together in a professional environment according to strict hierarchies, and throw them all in a hotel function room with a dance floor, alcoholic beverages, and a relaxed dress code?!
These soirees are veritable hotbeds of potentially inappropriate or embarrassing behavior, so it is absolutely necessary to enter such situations with a strategic plan.
First, what not to wear? We've all seen those embarrassing social media worst dress lists for formal military balls, and although holiday functions usually aren't as fancy, the same general rules apply.
Namely, don't wear something that shows your junk.
Your spouse might enjoy seeing you jiggle all the way, but trust me, you'll make a scene in front of your coworkers, so wear something that will keep you from bubbling out of your top or bouncing up and down your backside.
However, don't lock and load your bits and pieces down too tight with restrictive undergarments, commonly known as "Spanx." These girdles come in quite handy when used in moderation, but overuse of such figure-smoothing aides can leave you packed so tight, you might accidentally burst if you come in contact with a sharp object.
(Trust me, I know this from experience.)
Second, engage in lively conversation about something other than work. What you want for Christmas, who's visiting for Hanukah, where to go skiing this winter, how much you hate fruitcake, whatever. Keep it fun without telling any dirty jokes.
(That said, remind me to tell you the one about the biker chick . . . it's really good.)
Your goal should be to not say anything that might prompt you to wake up in the morning, smack your hand to your forehead and say, "Why don't I ever keep my big mouth shut!"
(Another feeling I am intimately familiar with.)
Third, go ahead, imbibe in a festive cocktail or two. After all, good holiday cheer almost always calls for a toast with friends. But be forewarned: those peppermint shots you did with your spouse's coworkers after wine with dinner might have seemed tasty going down, but they will mimic Syrup of Ipecac when you are filled with hot cheese dip and all sweaty from horse dancing to "Gangnam Style."
Which brings me to the fourth strategic planning point: Dancing the night away is totally appropriate and expected at most command holiday parties. Everyone from every rank does, or at least should, let loose a bit once the music starts. It's not only fun to dance, but it sends the message to your coworkers that you are human.
(Or, are we dancers? But I digress….)
So, King Tut, Hammertime, Robot, Moonwalk, Hustle, Vogue, Roger Rabit, Cabbage Patch, Macarena, Cha Cha Slide, Dougie, Shuffle, Crank that Soulja Boy, and Electric Slide to your Achy Breaky Heart's content. Just don't get carried away and find yourself grinding with your cubicle mate or "pulling a Miley" on your husband's boss.
That's not festive no matter how much eggnog you've had to drink.
(Tsk, no! I didn't do that! Sheesh…)
In all seriousness, it's important to arm yourself with a holiday party strategy that allows you to experience camaraderie without embarrassing yourself or your spouse. Plan properly, and you'll not only survive your command function, you might even enjoy yourself!
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) -- Indiana Baptist leader Cecil Seagle challenged messengers to the 54th annual meeting to reach the estimated 85 percent of Indianans who have no relationship with Jesus.
Seagle, executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, told messengers to avoid the trap that says, "We live in the Midwest and it's a hard place to take the Gospel." To accept such a perspective denies the power of Jesus to change lives, Seagle said during the Oct. 14-15 meeting at Waynedale Baptist Church in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Preaching on the meeting's theme of "Sent," Seagle encouraged messengers to reach Indiana's population of 7 million people, noting that one-fifth of SCBI churches recorded no baptisms in the past year.
Seagle posed several questions regarding Christian maturity and brotherly love:
--"Are we able to come to the altar and stop judging others and allow Him to penetrate deep into our own life?"
--"Is there any unreconciled strife among us? If there is bitterness or issues among us, it needs to be reconciled."
--"How much is pride an issue for you?"
He asked messengers to seek revival in Indiana through prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit.
Messengers approved a 2013 budget of $4,303,221, slightly less than the 2012 amount of $4.33 million, and lowered its Cooperative Program gifts to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries from 38.5 percent this year to 37.5 percent in 2013.
Of the $2,687,266 the SCBI expects to receive next year in CP gifts from its churches, $1,679,542 will go state convention mission and ministry, $931,725 to national/international SBC causes, and $76,000 to Guidestone to assist with pastor annuities.
Newly elected SCBI officers are president, Randy Forsythe, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Portage; first vice president, Dave Trimble, pastor of First Baptist Church in New Haven; and second vice president, Bob Parnell, pastor of Black Oak Baptist Church in Gary.
In addition to Seagle, speakers included Warren Haynes, a missionary with the Northwest Baptist Association, and former SCBI pastor Rich Fleming and his wife Jodi who now serve in Mexico with the International Mission Board.
The SCBI's 2013 annual meeting will be Oct. 14-15 at Northside Baptist Church in Indianapolis.
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You can bet on almost anything in Las Vegas, yet there was apparently no over/under set, back in the summer of 2012, on Penn State victories in the 1st two years of time after the Sandusky scandal & NCAA sanctions.
If there had been, it would have been considerably south of 15.
Penn State will shoot for No. 15 of the Bill O'Brien Era, & a 2nd consecutive winning season, when it hosts Nebraska Saturday (3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) at Beaver Stadium.
A win would be the seventh of the season for the Nittany Lions (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten). They went 8-4 a year ago, in addition to wins in eight of their last 10.
Several elements beyond a winning record on the line combine to make the matchup more intriguing than the usual week 11 game between clubs in that will not play for conference, much less national, titles.
One, it's Senior Day at the Beav, a day in that carries more than ceremonial resonance post-Sandusky. Two, last year's game in Lincoln was memorable & controversial, a 32-23 Nebraska win in which Penn State appeared to have a crucial fourth-quarter touchdown — — tight end Matt Lehman pushing the ball over the goal line — — denied by officials, & then the call upheld on replay.
That led to a tense post-game interview session in which Penn State QB Matt McGloin said, "We're not gonna get in that call. Write what you think. … We're not gonna get any assist whatsoever in these types of games."
It appears to be a tough spot for Nebraska (7-3, 4-2). The Huskers came in to Saturday trailing Michigan State by one game in the Big Ten Legends Division, had the Spartans at home & competed before falling, 41-28.
Nebraska will moreover be going without veteran QB Taylor Martinez, whose nagging foot injury is now, apparently, college career-ending.
His backup, Tommy Armstrong, completed 9 of 21 passes for 143 yards Saturday, with two touchdowns & an interception.
Nit-Notes: Nittany Nation, or at least its corner of the cyberspace, was bananas Sunday afternoon as McGloin made his 1st NFL start.
Or, as Black Shoe Diaries' Dan Vecellio put it: "The MOXIEPOCALYPSE has arrived. Bow down to your ginger leader."
The undrafted rookie came up big, completing 18 of 32 passes for 187 yards, three TDs, no interceptions & a 105.9 rating, & earning a game ball from his teammates, as the Raiders beat Houston, 28-23.
Houston's starting QB was Case Keenum, who lit up McGloin & the Lions with the University of Houston in the 2011 Ticket City Bowl. …
Numbers keep piling up for WR Allen Robinson, who had another eight-catch, 98-yard day at the office in Saturday's 45-21 success over Purdue.
With 81 catches for 1,204 yards, Robinson keeps breaking his own single-season school marks for receptions & receiving yards. With 2,246 career yards & 161 catches, he's now tied for third & fourth, respectively, on the school's career lists. …
True-freshman starting quarterbacks are rare, yet Saturday's game had two of them, Penn State's Christian Hackenberg & Purdue's Danny Etling.
The two know each other well, having been roommates at the Elite 11 Camp last summer, & shared a hug after the game.
"He's a amazing player," Hackenberg asserted last week. "(The camp) was a amazing experience for both of us. Just getting to know him he's a really acceptable kid."
Etling showed he can play a little. With no running game & virtually no offensive line, he completed 21 of 33 throws for 223 yards, a TD & an interception. He moreover had an 11-yard touchdown run. …
Penn State Market Report: Rising: 1. CB Jordan Lucas (emerging as one of not just the defense's, yet the team's, best players); 2. TE Adam Breneman (first college TD; true freshman coming on fast); 3. WR Geno Lewis (not absolutely a triumphant return to the offense — — three catches for 19 yards — — yet a solid one); 4. RB Akeel Lynch (healthy again, acceptable for five yards a pop all year); 5. LB Brandon Bell & S Malik Golden (tie between two frosh who added athleticism in Las Vegas style promotion from special teams); 6. Kicker Sam Ficken (showed potential as emergency fill-in at linebacker) (yes, that's a joke).
Falling: 1. WR Brandon Felder (persona non grata); 2. S Jesse Della Valle (being pushed by younger, faster players); 3. LB Stephen Obeng-Agyapong (being pushed by younger, bigger players); 4. DE Anthony Zettel (seems to be fading a bit in a crowded d-line picture).


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Ruby slippers, "We're not in Kansas anymore," the yellow-brick road, "Surrender Dorothy," the Wicked Witch of the West and "There's no place like home." Is there any image or aphorism from The Wizard of Oz that hasn't been embedded in our collective consciousnness? And that's not counting "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "If I Only Had a Brain." Where other artists might be intimidated approaching this showbiz colossus -- one of the rare entertainments that appeals equally to children, their parents and drag queens -- the creators of The Wiz, composer/librettist Charlie Smalls and author William F. Brown, delight in the telegraphic idiom that can accurately represent such a widely told story. In their 1975 all-black version, little time need be spent on tedious exposition -- better to let the songcraft tell the story.
In the '70s, The Wiz ran for nearly five years on Broadway and made a star (for a time) of Stephanie Mills, in addition to introducing the work of Luther Vandross to a wider audience. It scooped seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score. When it was filmed, Diana Ross (whose voice was better suited for Glinda the Good Witch) pulled one of the more celebrated episodes of star-tyranny by insisting on being cast as Dorothy. Praised for its canny blend of urban humor and pelting rock backbeat, The Wiz was as hip as boffo-box-office Broadway could get at the time.
How does it play 25 years later in the St. Louis Black Repertory Company's current production? There are fewer songs than you'd remember -- "Ease on Down the Road," with its Motown-ready syncopation, is the one we'll still be singing a century from now. Smalls' score seems slighter and not particularly melodic (it's a melange of proto-rap, gummy R&B balladry and bumptious, brassy rock). But the book is still sprightly, and the jokes mostly work, and there's a goofy charm about having the yellow-brick road be a character (four doo-wop singers in togas and yellow Afros). Musical director Dello Thedford, whose sensibility is deeply rooted in the sacred-music tradition, has spiced up these numbers as gospel solo turns for a surprising (and seemingly endless) set of singers. Not all the fabulous pipes in town are at work over at Opera Theatre of St. Louis right now.
Monica L. Moore, playing Dorothy, shows a dazzling vocal range in her songs. Alas, her acting skills fall far, far below the level of her singing; she relies on either a blank stare or a shoulder-shrugging grimace to signal perplexity. At times, her reactions anticipate her cues -- the real Dorothy got into (and out of) trouble because she didn't listen, but Moore would definitely improve her performance by relaxing during the acting part of the role and letting her co-stars speak to her rather than at her.
Happily, her yellow-brick-road companions are all superb. Ayesha Jordan as the Scarecrow, Leslie M. Johnson as the Tinman and Drummond K. Crenshaw as the Lion are hilarious and impressive -- particularly Jordan, who was wooden in her last Black Rep outing as the ingenue in Steal Away. Though her character here is stuffed with straw, her vitality and finesse are unquestioned from her opening moment, in which she cadges change from Dorothy (no, we're not in Kansas anymore). Tinman Johnson gets the dirty-boogie number "Slide Some Oil to Me" as his signature piece, but he puts real pathos into his gospelized "What Would I Do if I Could Feel?" And Crenshaw's Lion is delicious, strutting in his wide-lapel leather jacket. He's a consummate pavement artist with a two-tone mega-'fro, and his seduction in the poppy field (the "poppies" are B-girls, and he's caught by the "mice squad") is lubriciously perfect -- a Shaft-ian spoof.
As for the witches, good and bad, Brown decided to put the bomp in his Baum -- Glinda (an ethereal Beverly Stewart-Anderson) stays, but her equally good sister is Addaperle (the warmly amusing Jeanne Trevor), a wisecracker who declines to bring Dorothy home because it's a crime to "transport a minor across state lines." Evillene (the sublime Denise Thimes) rules the Western kingdom with an iron fist and a troupe of funky monkeys. Again, Brown skips any exposition, so we get straight to Evillene's song "No Bad News," because the menace of the Wicked Witch is as familiar to us as the rage of the Furies was to ancient Hellenes. Thimes, a towering Amazon with a Mae West insouciance, is frocked in black and gray net. Gregory R. Tayborn II quivers benightedly as her Lord High Underling.
As the Wiz, J. Samuel Davis is the same old medicine-show charlatan envisioned by Baum but with a more neurotic, urban core, albeit one laced with unexpected glimmers of vulnerability and humanity. When Dorothy points out that his dream ("power, prestige and money") makes him a recluse, the Wiz tartly replies, "I am not afraid -- I just have to keep a low profile," and we forgive him his sins.
And the accompanying sextet is remarkably tight, despite being concealed beneath the boards. Despite a few synchronization fluffs early in the performance I saw, as well as some tempo misfires, these singers are remarkably well miked, though the mixing is still problematic, especially on the slower, softer numbers.


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Navy Women's Lacross Head Coach Cindy Timch has announced that Sayville graduate Jasmine DePompeo will serve as a co-captain for the Navy women's lacrosse team in 2013.
DePompeo, an attacker, has been named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year in each of the past two seasons. She scored 92 points on 45 goals and 47 assists last season and tallied 99 points on 57 goals and 42 assists in 2011.
DePompeo earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2012 and is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree. DePompeo is a political science major with a concentration in American law and politics. She has received the service selection of Naval Flight Officer.
Navy posted an 18-3 overall record in 2012 and won a third straight Patriot League Championship and advanced to a third straight NCAA Tournament. The Mids are receiving votes in the 2013 deBeer Media Preseason Poll.
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Dovenby hospital memories form basis of new book
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Former nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, voluntary workers and patients were reunited at the launch of a book about the former Dovenby Hall Hospital near Cockermouth.
Around 50 people were at the launch of Dovenby Days, which looks at the history of the hospital which was for people with learning disabilities.
The Whitehaven Hospital Research Group, a group of retired general nurses, started researching material for the book about three years ago with the help of former Dovenby nurses Joan Warwick and Edyth Stephenson,
The book features photographs taken at the hospital by staff and patients.
In its heyday the hospital, which was open from 1931 to 1996, had 400 residents and employed more than 400 members of staff.
Johnny Sealby, 89, of Challoner Street, Cockermouth, who was a physiotherapist there for 12 years, said: "I have very pleasant memories of working here.
"I remember when I first started, Dr Tom Ferguson took me onto the wards and one of the wards smelt rather like a latrine and that's not a criticism. He said to me 'if you can stand this for a fortnight then you're here for life' and I was. That was just the beginning.
"You might wonder why a physiotherapist was needed there but a lot of the patients had physical disabilities."
Mr Sealby, who trained at the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London, added: "I was sad when the hospital closed, as it was the wrong thing to do.
"It was a safe place for the residents and they weren't just stuck inside. They had regular exercise, would be taken out into the community and some would even go on holidays abroad."
Lilian Lister, 94, of Holmewood Residential Care Home in Cockermouth, was one of the first nurses to work at the hospital from 1939 to 1952.
Mrs Lister said: "We had some great times at Dovenby Hall and have so many memories. There are only about three of us left who were the first nurses there as the others have sadly passed away."
Maureen Fisher, group leader for the research group, said: "Anyone interested in local history knows that it's important to record reminiscences and information about our communities before that knowledge is lost and forgotten.
"We didn't do it to be judgemental about how people with learning disabilities were cared for in the past. The contributions tell the story, warts and all."
Also at the event, held at Dovenby Hall now the home of rally business M-Sport, were Mayor of Allerdale Carole Armstrong and her consort Glynnis Ackerley and businessman Malcolm Wilson, who owns the present Dovenby Hall site, and his mother Pearl Wilson.
The Times & Star Charitable Trust donated £500 towards the cost of the book.
The group has made 1,000 copies to be sold at The New Bookshop in Cockermouth and libraries in Workington, Seaton and Maryport.
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Wild 3, Colorado 1; Tucker goes after Schultz's knees premeditated, Schultz claimsPosted on November 6th, 2008 – 8:01 PM
By Michael Russo
During the preseason, I either wrote or said on the radio that "Darcy Tucker will make Matt Cooke look like a saint."
After watching his act for years when I covered the East, I know him well and he continues to try to not just hurt guys, but affect their careers. He just can't help himself.
Latest incident in which he showed a total lack of care in the world for one of his opponents?
Late in the second period, Tucker and defenseman Nick Schultz clashed deep in the Wild's zone. After the pushing match, the two lined up next to each other on a faceoff and Tucker began screaming at him as the Wild was on a penalty kill. Schultz was called off the ice on a line change and as he skated by, Tucker continued barking at him.
Then, 6:33 into the third, in a despicable act but one he's done often in his career, Tucker came in way late on Schultz, bent down and went right for the knees. He was called for clipping.
I got Schultz alone in the locker room, and he was still fuming. Here's his comments:
"My concern is at the end of the second, he tells me he's going to come and take out my knees, and then he actually does it. It says everything you need to know about that guy.
"In the game right now, we're lacking respect for each other and to go and do something like that I think is not respecting one of the guys you're playing against.
"He's been that type of player his whole career, and you don't need that in the game. It's something we're trying to get away from — hits to the head and taking out guys knees. It's just a gutless play."
The NHL should investigate this now and act now. It shouldn't wait for an injury to take place to discipline Tucker. The Wild and Avs play five more times, and regardless of whether or not Schultz got hurt, the replay is clear. Tucker, who's got a history of this type of play (ask Michael Peca), went for the knees.
He should face supplemental discipline now instead of next time when just maybe he gets Schultz right and he can no longer walk for the next four to six months.
Enough on that.
As for the game, the Wild took advantage of a fragile team early, jumping out to a 3-0 lead to improve to 5-2 on the road.
However, the Wild gave Colorado, which has lost five in a row, life by taking four straight penalties and six for the game. But Niklas Backstrom was brilliant with 35 saves and saved the Wild's hide over and over again.
You have to give Colorado credit for coming at em hard the last two periods.
As you'll read, Jacques Lemaire gushed over his goalie, which I remind you can still become an unrestricted free agenct next summer unless the Wild acts.
Marek Zidlicky was solid with two assists, and other than one midhap where he turned the puck over to Ryan Smyth in front of the net, was strong on the PK. Pierre-Marc Bouchard attacked the net like Lemaire asked this morning, Benoit Pouliot scored again, as did Andrew Brunette in Game 800 of his NHL career (83rd on the active player list).
That's it. Early flight to Vancouver tomorrow.
By the way, here's something funny, but the Wild's excited the presidential campaign's over.
It adds one extra 737 into the fleet owned by Swift Aviation, the Wild's charter company. Republican candidate John McCain had been solely using one of Swift's planes. That meant with one less plane, Swift had often sent other company's planes to pick up the Wild.
Unfortunately though, this won't help the Wild this weekend. The Wild wanted to change its Vancouver return from Sunday morning to Saturday night, but because McCain's plane won't yet be refurbished, the Wild will have to spend the night.


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Caped Crusaders Championed in Superman on Earth: Reflections of a Fan
- Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"I don't have half of the comics collection I used to," he admits, dismissing the idea that he's in it for the money rare comics command. "Basically, the ones I've kept are the ones I've thought I would re-read, and that's been their primary value."
Along with two fellow Christian superhero fans, Robinson has also hosted a chapel service at a superhero/sci-fi convention, where an evangelical presence is limited at best, and at worst, can be overshadowed by vulgar attractions such as porn stars.
"It was difficult," recalls Robinson of the service. "You're essentially dealing with a lot of people who don't normally go to church. ... However, you do find Christians at these things—dealers, artists, writers—who do appreciate having it available to them."
Robinson plans on attending another convention this fall in Columbus, Ohio, to gauge interest in possibly reprising the chapel idea at these events.
Indeed, the opportunities for evangelism appear wide-open among today's new breed of superhero fans, many of whom are both deeply intelligent and deeply skeptical of mainstream Christianity. Like some of the church members Robinson has encountered in his career who hold wide-ranging misperceptions of the superhero genre, many comic book fans have grave misgivings about conventional churchgoers.
Yet the superheroes these fans worship can't save them.
Who's Next?
Robinson makes no apologies for his love of superheroes in general, and Superman in particular. He's still a loyal customer at his local comic book shop, takes pride in his children's shared infatuation with Superman, and is preserving some of his collection for his grandchildren.
Yet he knows that whatever legitimacy a mid-50s Superman groupie can claim only wears thinner as the years go by. When appearing at his church's VBS a few years ago in full costume, Robinson winced when he heard a little girl ask a teacher why Superman had gray hair! Indeed, nothing deflates fantasy better than reality, especially when a hobby like superheroes depends so much on youth. Not that his affection for the Caped Crusader has waned, but Robinson admits that it has matured a bit.
Which may leave the ol' telephone booth open for another mild-mannered person to reveal the superhero within.
After all, it was Clark Kent who was in disguise … not Superman.
For more information about Gary Robinson and his memoir, Superman on Earth: Reflections of a Fan, please visit here.
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How To Make Sparkly Wine Bottle Vases
You'll need:
1 wine bottle, painted with flat acrylic paint
Spray adhesive (or cheap hairspray)
Painter's tape
Stencil of your choice. (We picked up some $3 stencils at Home Depot that included this damask print, a fleur de lis, and a few other designs.
Glitter (we used Martha Stewart from Michaels)
1. Remove labels from wine bottles by soaking them in hot water until they peel away. If there is glue residue, Goo Gone will take it off. Don't forget to remove the label at the neck, unless it's pretty and you want to keep it.
2. Paint the bottles a flat color, we used white acrylic paint and silver metallic spray paint.
3. Spray the area of your bottle that you'd like to stencil with the spray adhesive and apply stencil. Smooth it out, and make sure that any intricate pieces are laying flat.
4. Cover stencil area with glitter, which will attach to the spray adhesive. Take care to keep glitter away from other areas of the bottle, and brush away any excess. Our first try, the bottle pictured here, turned out a little messy, but I think I might like it better that way.
5. Wait for glitter and adhesive to dry, brush away any stray glitter. Spray or coat with sealant. Add sparkly sticks, flowers, feathers, or other pretties.
6. Admire. Open another bottle of wine. Drink. Repeat.
Big props to my roommate for helping me make this one make sense. I am not particularly crafty, but she seems to make them so much easier.
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A Darling DIY Chalkboard Headboard
School nerds (like myself) will appreciate Stacie's nod to schoolhouse decor with the headboard she made for her daughter Violet's room. It adds a lot of character and hardly cost a cent.
The most expensive part of Stacie's project was the plywood that she painted with chalkboard paint. And the cute yardstick border - it cost her less than $5. She wrote up a tutorial for aging the yardsticks and putting it all together - find the link on her blog GingiberSnap.
If that blog name rings a bell it may be that you remember seeing it here on Ohdeedoh. Stacie is the creative force behind Gingiber where she sells prints, pillows and more for the modern nursery and she also shared Violet's nursery with us last year.
(p.s. I'll beat the commenters to the punch by adding that you may want to use dustless chalk for this project.)
(Image: GingerberSnap)
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This is absolutely darling and my son would love it. But all I can think of when I see this is all the chalk dust that would land in his bed, rub off on his pillows and drive me crazy. (So, yes, Carrie McBride did beat me to the punch ;)
Adorable, but as a former teacher, all I could think of was the chalk dust too!
And btw, dustless chalk is not dustless in my experience!
I'm thinking about the dust too! Cute idea but I know my children and I would regret this project within five minutes of installation.
Even with (sort of) dustless chalk the pillow cases would end up functioning as an eraser.
I have a chalkboard decal for my sons headboard and the chalk on the bedding is a nightmare!
I have made blackboards for many client' children, but never as a headboard for all the above reasons. Every room has that behind the door wall space with nothing on it. Do it there. The first few feet will be low enough for the youngest to draw on & as they grow, you have the upper part.
Hi! I am Stacie, the person who made this chalkboard headboard. We do use the low dust chalk and honestly don't have a ton of issues with it. But to each their own, right?
Thanks for featuring my DIY here, Carrie :)
Stacie dreams up the sweetest things! Even if you don't want to use it as a headboard, this is a great jumping off point for making a regular wall mounted chalk board!
As a regular chalkboard its very pretty, but agreed on the dust. Not to mention if your child has allergies or not, them breathing in chalk dust off their pillows all night is far from safe.
I LOVE this idea! It's so super cute and although some people are trashing it, I think it's amazing! If you don't like it, don't use it. I think the designer should get positive comments for thinking up such an innovative way to decorate a room. Plus the blog already addressed the chalk issue in the post. We all get that some people don't want to clean up chalk dust, but that is not the point of this post! Some people have nothing better to do than to belittle the work of others. Funny that on a website that is trying to promote innovative people that most of the comments seem to be tearing down the idea. Go Gingiber! Keep up the great and creative work and ignore the naysayers!
I love it! Absolutely love it! And it looks like Violet loves it, too!
chalk.dust. enough said.
If chalk dust is an issue for you, then simply don't do this project. It is merely one of many options for you to choose from in this DIY world. Someone put themselves out there to show you ONE possibility and it seems that no one is considering the work that went into it and disregarding it because of chalk dust. I think that this headboard is darling!! That "beloved" pillow is mega-presh too! Create on Gingiber, create on....
I love that pillow collection! The yard stick chalkboard is adorable too--I'd use it behind the bedroom door...well done.
this is great but be aware that the chalk dust can get all over the bed... dunno if there is dust-free chalk... we made a diy chalkboard on the back of a bookcase/room divider for our son and standard sidewalk chalk gets dust all over the floor.
just saw amber's comment too.


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If you could pit one sports car and one luxury car to engage in a good old fashioned quarter-mile race, you couldn't find a more unlikely pairing than a Nissan GT-R and a Bentley Continental Supersports .
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we've got signatures, help us get to 10,000 by December 30, 2008
As a family caregiver we need some sort of monetary benifets& or
insurance to help us to manage even basic needs.
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