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Coordinates: 40°34′26″N 74°06′59″W / 40.57389°N 74.11639°W
New Dorp – an anglicization of Nieuw Dorp, Dutch for New Village – is a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. The community lies near the foot of Todt Hill, with Grant City immediately to its north, Oakwood bordering to the south, and New Dorp Beach bordering on the east.
Formerly one of the most important towns on the island before suburbanization, it was the center of much activity during the American Revolution. Despite surrounding development, the neighborhood has retained its distinct character as a town, and is one of the most thriving commercial centers on the Island which in the 1960s spread along Hylan Boulevard from New Dorp Lane and led to the construction of five shopping centers, anchored by supermarkets and department stores, with the largest being Hylan Plaza which opened in 1966.
Like all of Staten Island, the area of New Dorp was populated by American Indians going back over 10,000 years. At the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the 17th Century, it was inhabited primary by the Raritans and other subgroups of the Lenape tribe.
The first recorded European settlement of the area was in 1671. The English, after having taken over the New Netherland colony from the Dutch, expanded the previous Dutch settlements along the South Shore at Oude Dorp ("Old Village") which had been established ten years earlier. In the late 19th century, it became the home to members of the prominent Vanderbilt family, many of whom are buried here in the Moravian Cemetery. The Vanderbilt farm was later used by the U.S. Army, as Miller Air Field and in the 1970s became part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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Today, the neighborhood's population is a majority Italian-American, Irish-American, Albanian-American, Polish-American and Russian-American ancestry.
New Dorp is zoned to Public School (P.S.) 41: New Dorp and Intermediate School (I.S.) 2: George L. Egbert. Other schools in the area include Saint Charles (middle school), P.S.38, and Paul Mitchell's Hair Styling School. Several high schools are located in the area, including Staten Island Technical High School, New Dorp High School, and Richmondtown Preparatory High School. Private elementary schools include Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Elementary School and New Dorp Christian Academy.
One of New Dorp's biggest shopping plazas is Hylan Plaza, home to a few big stores and numerous small shops.
Dugan Park is a large park in New Dorp. The park was named after Gerard P. Dugan in 1974 when it was renovated. The park is often referred to as Tysens Park due to the park's location on an intersection of Tysens Lane. The accompanying Tysens Park Apartments, a large housing complex, stands across the street from the park. The park is usually crowded with people from nearby schools as well as people from the apartments nearby. The park contains a large field with 2 baseball/soft fields where leagues come play almost every weekend during the summer. There are 2 basketball courts, handball courts and jungle gyms for younger kids.
Public services[edit]
New Dorp is the home of Engine Company 165 (nicknamed "The Toxic Avengers") and Ladder Company 85 (nicknamed "The Monster Truck") of the Fire Department of New York. Engine 165 is the only Engine Company in Staten Island that has clothing to deal with hazardous materials, and it also has extra hazmat training.
Public libraries[edit]
The New York Public Library operates the New Dorp Branch at 309 New Dorp Lane.[1] In recent years, attempts have been made to shut down this library. However the community signed petitions and wrote letters to voice their concerns with shutting down the library.[citation needed]
New Dorp is served by the Staten Island Railway's New Dorp station at New Dorp Lane and New Dorp Plaza. New Dorp is also served by numerous express and local bus routes. This includes the S57, S74, S76, S78, S84, S86 local buses, the S79 Select Bus Service bus, and X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X7, X8, X9, X15 express buses.[2]
Notable residents[edit]
- Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934) - botanist and first director of the New York Botanical Garden. The Britton Cottage is preserved at nearby Historic Richmond Town.
- Gustave Mayer, the inventor of the Nilla wafer.
- Jacques Reich (1852–1923) - portrait etcher
Popular culture[edit]
One of the most iconic settings in American cinema history, the Corleone family home in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, was filmed at 110 Longfellow Ave. on Emerson Hill.[3] Setting for the 1983 movie "Easy Money" starring Rodney Dangerfield.
- ^ "New Dorp Branch." New York Public Library. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
- ^ "Staten Island Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ Porpora, Tracy (12 November 2014). "Staten Island's 'Godfather' house on the market for $2.89M". Retrieved 15 November 2014.


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Kyle Okposo starts his third full NHL Season at the tender age of 22. Although he may be young and rather inexperienced, he just might be the most important player on the Islanders roster. The seventh overall pick in the 2006 NHL Draft has drawn comparisons to a young Jarome Iginla, in both his mixed heritage and his playing style. Islanders GM Garth Snow continues to look for scoring options to support his young forwards like Okposo, the young wingers development this year could put him into star player territory.
It took Jarome Iginla until his fifth NHL season to crack the thirty goal/seventy point plateau, and in his sixth season he broke though with over fifty goals and ninety points. The Islanders can't afford to wait that long for Kyle to develop. Okposo's ceiling may be lower than Iginla's, but a thirty goal and sixty-five point seasons should be reasonable expectations for the 2010-2011 season. While Okposo's scoring climbed from thirty-nine points to fifty-two, his goal total only rose by one, from eighteen to nineteen. The spike in assists could be due to playing with a better supporting cast, with the John Tavares/Matt Moulson combination and the developing Josh Bailey and Blake Comeau, but the goal total was disappointing. On the power play, his goal total went from nine to four, while his assists on the PP rose from four to eighteen. It could just be that KO is a better set-up man than a scorer; bust when you see him shoot the puck, you know he can score more. Another troubling statistic was his minus twenty-two, compared to his minus six the previous season. The 2009-2010 Isles were a terrible defensive team, something Garth Snow has addressed in the offseason. This should be the last time we see Kyle that far in the red.
Beyond the stats, there were times where Kyle seemed frustrated on the ice with his own play and with his teams play. Just by watching him, you can tell he cares about winning and losing beyond his own stats. His play on the defensive side of the game has improved, even despite his minus twenty-two. Coach Scott Gordon has entrusted him as one of the teams top penalty killers. Many have talked about Kyle as a potential captain for the franchise after Doug Weight moves on. With his combination of skills, intangibles and passion, he could be the perfect leader for a young Islanders club.
Year two wasn't the season the Islanders, their fans and Kyle himself had hoped for. Moving forward, with the maturation of John Tavares, Josh Bailey, Rob Schremp and the rest of the Islanders young core, Kyle should continue to develop his offensive game. When the trio of Tavares, Bailey and Okposo were teamed together on a line, there seemed to be instant chemistry between the neophytes. After an offseason of work and growth, that trio could become a real force for other teams defenses to deal with, led by the young winger from Minnesota.
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On Sunday's The Chris Matthews Show, the host used one of Mike Huckabee's Iowa photo-ops as an excuse to launch into an elitist attack on Republicans and hunters. "Who made killing small animals the test of Republican manhood?" Matthews challenged at the top of his show. Over a clip of a vintage Looney Tunes cartoon, Matthews further upped the ante: "Who declared war on Bugs Bunny?!"
Later with his panel, an appalled Matthews noted how Huckabee "told a reporter that he loved to bag squirrels because he fried 'em up and ate 'em with biscuits and a Coca-Cola. What have we come to!"
Noticing how NBC News chief foreign correspondent Andrea Mitchell was squirming, Matthews asked her, "Are you upset by this Andrea? You must be!"
"Absolutely," Mitchell confirmed, adding a unique sexist angle: "You don't see any women out there with a gun."
Opening the December 30 show, Matthews teased: "Gunplay! Who made killing small animals the test of Republican manhood? Who created the small game hunters test for the presidency? Who declared war on Bugs Bunny?"
After a segment on the leading Democratic contenders' Iowa prospects, Matthews switched gears: "Before we break, Republican Mike Huckabee has shot to the top of the polls thanks to his Christian credentials, but this week he wanted to show Republicans there's more to him than his faith, so he went pheasant hunting — and boy, was he proud."
He then showed a clip of Huckabee, holding rifle and pointing to a row of dead pheasants on the ground: "These three birds all said the would not vote for me on caucus night. You see what happened to them."
Matthews went on: "It used to be that candidates had to show they liked eating the local food — you know, the blintzes, the Coney Island hot dogs, the Philly cheese steaks. But nowadays they gotta like killing their supper!"
After reviewing how Mitt Romney claimed to be a lifelong "varmint hunter," how Democrat John Kerry wore a goofy camouflage jacket on a 2004 hunting trip, and how then-gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush shot an endangered bird back in 1994, Matthews played the Bugs Bunny card: "So do Republican voters really believe that using a big gun to kill small varmints really makes someone more qualified to be President of the United States? It all reminds me of Bugs Bunny and good old Elmer Fudd."
For viewers who might not get the reference, Matthews showed a clip of Elmer Fudd pointing his gun at Bugs: "Now I got you! You're a dead wabbit!"
Matthews then turned to Newsweek's Howard Fineman: "Howard, getting back to Huckabee, he told a reporter that he loved to bag squirrels because he fried 'em up and ate 'em with biscuits and a Coca-Cola. What have we come to! What's with the hardware and the gunplay here?"
Fineman cautiously replied, "Uh, limited regional appeal, I would say, on the biscuits. But I'll tell you what, Huckabee is great at the iconography of politics and Republican campaigns. He really is."
Matthews: "Fried squirrel?"
Fineman: "Fried squirrels and the crosses in the background — he's doing great with his voters."
Matthews to Andrea Mitchell: "Are you upset by this Andrea? You must be!"
Mitchell: "Absolutely. You don't see any women out there with a gun."
After another round of jokes about eating squirrel, Matthews ruefully ended the segment: "Somewhere out there a 13-year-old boy or girl is thinking, 'If I'm going to become President, I'd better get myself a rifle.'"


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AMPERE made a major contribution to the Working Group III report of the IPCC. It provided relevant insights on the consequences of delayed mitigation and a large number of scenarios on delay, technology limitations, and international fragmentation. It also contributed a methodology to connect emissions scenarios with climate outcomes consistent with the findings of Working Group I of the IPCC.
AMPERE was also cited by the White House's Council of Economic Advisers in the report The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change, which stresses that delaying climate policy might enhance costs substantially and that inaction is likely to cause persistent economic damages.
AMPERE conference discussed scenarios for future EU & global climate policy
The final AMPERE conference on Europe's role in future global climate policy was a booked-out event in Brussels on January 21, 2014 at the Centre for European Policy Studies. Presenters from the European Commission, the AMPERE consortium, and stakeholders and experts from the EU, China and USA discussed their insights on climate change mitigation pathways, the role of technology, and the role of European climate policy. You can view workshop presentations and proceedings here.
The report, titled Assessing Pathways toward Ambitious Climate Targets at the Global and European Levels, presents the following key findings from the AMPERE project:
- Global progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades is crucial for achieving ambitious climate targets at low costs
- Europe can signal the will for strong emissions reductions - with large climate benefits if others follow
- Decarbonisation holds challenges and opportunities for Europe
These findings are based on the AMPERE research efforts by 22 international institutions from February 2011 to January 2014 with the use of 17 energy-economy and integrated assessment models.
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AMPERE input to EU consultation on 2030 framework
In response to a public consultation for the European Commission's on-going development of a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, Prof. Pantelis Capros, as coordinator of AMPERE Work Package 5, has provided insights from the AMPERE project. Based on the WP 5 research, Prof. Capros emphasises the importance of strong climate mitigation action during the decade of 2020 to 2030 for a cost-effective path toward the EU's climate mitigation objectives for 2050. This would include emission reduction targets for 2030 of at least 40% below 1990 levels as well as policies for overcoming non-market barriers to energy efficiency and encouraging the diffusion of advanced technologies.
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AMPERE Findings Discussed in Second Stakeholder Workshop
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- Making or breaking climate targets: the roles of technologies, timing and international coverage
- Focus on Europe: pathways to decarbonisation between carbon leakage and lock-in
View proceedings and presentations from this workshop here
Researchers exchange expertise on technology and model validation
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Key AMPERE studies conducted
In January 2013, the AMPERE teams achieved a key objective of the project by conducting studies on the role of path dependency in energy systems and incomplete regional policy coverage for mitigation pathways. The findings are based on AMPERE work packages 1, 2 and 3, including data from twelve global integrated assessment models supplemented with climate model data.
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- the climate change mitigation potential and cost of unilateral early European Union action
- the rate, timing, and intensity of climate change under delayed or fragmented mitigation scenarios
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NETTETAL, Germany (Tuesday, June 18, 2002) - In what many hope is a foreshadowing of the USA's historic clash with Germany in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarterfinals on Friday, the U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team opened its five-game European tour with a quality 2-1 victory over Germany's Under-19 Women's National Team in Nettetal, Germany, a suburb of Dusseldorf.
The USA will also play the German U-21s and the Duisburg women's club before traveling to Sweden to face the Swedish U-19 women and the Hammarby club.
In their first game since winning the 2002 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament in early May to earn a berth the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship, the U.S. U-19s shook off the jet lag to earn a hard-fought victory over the two-time reigning European champions.
Midfielder Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo./JB Marine), who did not score in Tobago at the qualifying tournament despite numerous quality chances, scored the USA's first goal in the 40th minute, but Germany's Anne-Katherine Sabel tied the match 11 minutes into the second half. U.S. forward Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J./PDA Splash), who had arrived in Germany that morning after completing the last final exam of her junior year of high school, came off the bench at halftime and got the winning goal in the 72nd minute.
The win over Germany was significant in that it was the U-19s first-ever match against a top-quality European U-19 national team and a team that is also a co-favorite to win the first-ever FIFA Under-19 World Championship being contested in Canada from Aug. 17-Sept. 1, 2002.
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Bradley Beal was shoved to the floor by Brandon Jennings and ejected by the referees, but there were no further repercussions for his hard foul on Milwaukee Bucks guard Monta Ellis with 23.7 seconds remaining of the Wizards' 101-91 loss on Friday at Verizon Center.
After reviewing the incident on Saturday, the NBA downgraded Beal's infraction to a flagrant foul penalty one. Under league bylaws, Beal was eligible to get suspended and receive a fine of up to $50,000 after he was assessed a flagrant foul penalty two – unsportsmanlike contact defined as "unnecessary and excessive" – and an automatic ejection in the loss to Milwaukee.
But he didn't get a suspension and his punishment has been reduced. A player receives two points for a penalty two flagrant foul and one point for a penalty one flagrant foul. Exceeding five points during the season will lead to an automatic one-game suspension and further suspensions for each additional flagrant foul.
With the Wizards trailing 99-90 in the fourth quarter against Milwaukee, Ellis intercepted a pass intended for Beal and Beal chased down Ellis as he elevated for layup. Trevor Booker was also in close pursuit and Ellis fell awkwardly to the ground when Beal attempted to block the shot.
"I really didn't even foul him that hard," Beal said. "It was the impact of two people. Of course you're going to fall. But my intention was not to hurt him. I clearly tried to pick him up."
As Beal extended his hand to help us Ellis, Jennings nearly turned the incident into a melee when he placed both hands on Beal's hip and pushed him down. Beal hopped up and exchanged a few words with Jennings, who also was ejected from the game.
"I was just trying to protect my teammate," Jennings said. "I didn't think I was going to get kicked out for it – the way [Ellis] fell, I didn't know if he was hurt or anything like that – my mind was just to run over there toward him and move everybody else out of the way."
Before scoring 17 points in the Wizards' 89-85 loss on Saturday to the Indiana Pacers, Beal was relieved that he didn't get suspended but worried that his pocket book could get dented.
"I don't even know," Beal said. "They might hit me with a fine, still. I hope not."
Beal didn't appear to be affected by his first career ejection in Indiana, as he scored in double figures for the third consecutive game. In the Wizards' past three games, Beal has averaged 18.3 points and shot 50 percent (20-for-40) from the floor. After scoring a season-high 22 points against the Bucks, he made all three of his three-pointers against the Pacers.
"I feel confident. My confidence is going sky high right now," Beal said. "I'm proud of myself and how I'm playing but I'm not, at the same time, because I know I can do better. I'm doing well scoring wise and defensively it's just down the stretch, I have to step up more."


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Plum to offer Camp Invention for students in summer
Kelly Haupt has worn various hats in the Plum School District over the past seven years.
Haupt is a first-grade teacher at Holiday Park Elementary School. She also is a swim coach both at the high school and the East Suburban YMCA in Plum.
Haupt of Harrison City plans to take on a new duty this summer directing the first Camp Invention in the Plum School District.
"Dr. (Guy) Rossi (assistant superintendent) sent out a survey and asked if anyone was interested," Haupt said.
The camp is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from June 23 to 27 at Pivik Elementary School on School Road.
Haupt said she decided to step forward to direct the camp for children entering first through sixth grades.
This summer will be the first time Plum hosts the enrichment program, which emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines and is backed by the Inventors Hall of Fame, according to the Camp Invention website.
Haupt said children will spend the week creating a personalized motor-powered vehicle and taking apart electronics to build a pinball machine.
Haupt said the camp will give children an opportunity to use the technological skills they have learned.
"Growing up in a world full of technology, some of them would like to use their 21st-century skills in a structured setting and be creative and problem solve," Haupt said. "It is a wonderful program."
Rossi said there is no cost to the district to host the program, which has multiple benefits.
"We are pleased to be a host site for Camp Invention," Rossi said.
"This weeklong camp will provide students with an opportunity to engage in creative challenges. It's a hands-on, inquiry approach that will encourage participants to think like scientists."
Haupt also views the camp as a way to keep children active intellectually and physically during the summer.
"In addition to the camp activities, there will be recess and breaks in between," Haupt said.
Children will bring their lunches each day, Haupt said. Other materials, including T-shirts, will be provided.
Families who register their children through March 28 will receive a $25 discount on the $220 price for the camp. Haupt is hoping about 40 Plum children will attend the camp.
Rossi and Haupt also are working out the details for an essay contest with the winner getting a free week of camp.
Karen Zapf is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-856-7400 ext. 8753 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The veteran French pianist Henri Barda will hold a recital in Tokyo next week for the first time in six years.
Born in 1941 and raised in Cairo, Barda's prodigious talent was recognized when he was 6 years old by the Polish-immigrant pianist Ignace Tiegerman (1893-1968), who founded the Conservatoire Tiegerman in Cairo and became Barda's teacher.
At age 16, Barda moved to Paris to study under maestro Lazare Levy (1882-1964) and then under professor Joseph Benvenuti at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur, where he graduated with top grades in piano and chamber music. In the late 1960s, he went on a four-year scholarship to the Julliard School in New York, where he attended concerts by his favorite virtuosos Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Horowitz at the Carnegie Hall.
Through the influence and guidance of such greats, Barda absorbed various traditions that helped him develop his style of brilliant and elegant — but sometimes darkly passionate — performances.
Barda also worked with Jerome Robbins, the choreographer of the stage and film productions of "West Side Story," and served as stage pianist in collaboration with ballet dancers of the Paris Opera Etoiles, who performed in Robbins' new productions featuring the music of Chopin.
Despite having worked as a professor at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur in Paris and the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris — and despite being admired by many talented pianists whom he has guided — Barda has not often performed public concerts. The upcoming event provides a rare opportunity to see him making music in the flesh in a program comprising works by Brahms, Beethoven and Chopin that he has honed to brilliance through his half-century-long career.
Henri Barda Piano Recital takes place on Dec. 18 at the Kioi Hall in Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (7 p.m.; ¥6,000-¥7,000; [03] 3580-0031).


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Inside the ropes: RBs Bell, Redman return to practice
Running backs Le'Veon Bell and Isaac Redman participated in practice a day after getting banged up. Bell's left knee didn't seem to bother him, and Redman had little discomfort with the pinched nerve in his shoulder.
• Cornerback Cortez Allen participated in coverage drills without pads. It was his first action in more than two weeks after having minor surgery on his right knee. He and cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke (hamstring) ran sprints and tested their mobility.
• Receiver Antonio Brown appeared to be geared up for Monday's game against the Redskins. He handled every ball thrown his way and split two defenders on a punt return. "The sky's the limit, if you ask me," quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "He can be as good as he wants to be. I've seen growth from him and improvements, and that's what we want to see. He's come along as the No. 1 guy."
• With all the focus on the right corner with Allen's injury, veteran Ike Taylor came up with the day's best play during the 11-on-11 scrimmage. He dashed in front of Emmanuel Sanders for an interception that brought his teammates and a quiet crowd to their feet. … Rookie receiver Markus Wheaton had his left knee wrapped at lunch, but he was at full speed returning punts.
• Kelvin Beachum has become the team's most versatile offensive lineman. Beachum moved from center, guard to tackle this week. In an effort to become the backup center behind Pro Bowler Maurkice Pouncey, Beachum looked better in blocking drills than he did Thursday. "He's an accountable guy who the coaches really like," Pouncey said. "Center is a hard position, especially with the snaps. He has grown since the OTAs. He's physically able to do it because he's good at everything. He's not the strongest guy, but he has leverage and he works his technique."
• Roethlisberger spent much of practice tutoring rookie Landry Jones. "Obviously, standing on it a lot and running on it can wear you down a little bit, but no setbacks and nothing negative," he said of his surgically repaired right knee prior to practice.
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BWW Exclusive: Preview of INSIDE ACT: HOW TEN ACTORS MADE IT AND HOW YOU CAN TOO- with Jose Llana!
Why do some actors make it and others don't? Ken Womble sets out to find the answer to this question, one that has fascinated and tormented him for years, in his new book, INSIDE ACT: How Ten Actors Made it and How You Can Too (Hansen Publishing Group, 373 pages, $24.99). To celebrate the release, BroadwayWorld will be featuring chapter previews from the new book. Today, hear from Jose Llana!
INSIDE ACT: How Ten Actors Made it and How You Can Too identifies what sets successful actors apart. For Womble it's about the inner choices, the inside acts of working actors acts that have propelled them to thriving careers in one of the most competitive professions on the planet.
Jose Llana was born in the Philippines and raised near Washington D.C. Jose made his Broadway debut as Lun Tha in the 1996 revival of The King and I (opposite Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy). He would go on to play Angel in Rent, Wang Ta in Flower Drum Song (opposite Lea Salonga) and originate the roles of Jessie-Lee in Streetcorner Symphony, Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drama Desk Award) and El Gato in Wonderland.
Off Broadway appearances include: President Marcos in David Byrne's Here Lies Love (dir. Alex Timbers), Gabey in On the Town (dir. George C. Wolfe), Adam Guettel's Saturn Returns (dir. Tina Landau), all at the Public Theatre and Adam in Falling For Eve (York Theatre). Regional appearances include: Oliver! (Bill Sikes, Papermill Playhouse), Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre (Guillaume, Guthrie Theater), Ballad of Little Jo (Steppenwolf Theater, Jefferson Nomination-Best Supporting Actor) and Candide (The Prince Theater, Barrymore Nomination-Best Actor).
TV/film appearances include HBO's Sex and the City opposite Margaret Cho and Hitch opposite Will Smith. Numerous cast albums and a best-selling solo album under the VIVA Philippines label. Jose is a constant advocate for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Broadway Impact for Marriage Equality.
Jose Llana: Focus on Your Career and Have Perspective
[The following is an excerpt from the Jose Llana chapter in Ken Womble's INSIDE ACT: How Ten Actors Made It-And How You Can Too.]
Ken Womble: It seems to me there were a lot of things that weren't just luck. It seems that in a sense you made that happen for yourself.
Jose Llana: Exactly, because the opportunities are out there, you just have to go look for them. I wonder in awe at some people in their mid-twenties who say they want to be an actor, and they've been in New York for five years, and I ask them basic questions like, "Have you picked up a Backstage magazine? Do you know how to find the auditions?" And they're like, "What? What's that?" There are so many resources for actors out there to find out what to do to find a job in this city and sometimes lazy actors just want something to happen for them.
If you talk to the most successful performers out there, they're the ones who go find the opportunities and make it happen for themselves. A lot of times, especially when actors get agents, they get lazy and sit at home and wait for their agent to call them. And a lot of times an agent is waiting for you to find the opportunity and say, "Get me an audition for this show."
KW: Can you give me other examples of how you've found the opportunities for yourself?
JL: I make sure every day I check Playbill.com and Variety.com. You've got to make sure that you're on top of what's coming in. When you read online that some director is prepping a workshop of an adaptation of this show and you know the show or you know the book and there's a character that you might want to play then, the first thing I do is e-mail my agent and say, "Hey, what's the buzz on this show? Keep an eye out for it. I'm going to look for the casting director. Make sure that my name is in the mix." So I have myself and I have my agent making sure that the first opportunity that show is auditioning I get myself in the door.
KW: Right. So you're not depending on your agent, you're working cooperatively with your agent.
JL: Of course.
KW: Who is your agent?
JL: I've been with Paradigm for a long time now. I've been very lucky to have a good relationship with them.
KW: How do you prepare for auditions?
JL: That's a good question. I love auditioning. It's very stressful but it's also exciting and I feel lucky that when I'm stressed and nervous I do some of my best singing and performing.
When my agent calls me and says, "You have an audition on this day, for these directors, for this music, for this show," I pick a song that I think is appropriate for the audition, or they'll give me a song to learn and I'll hire a coach. I have two or three coaches in the city who are not only accompanists and piano players, but they're also acting coaches. I'll learn the song with them and then work through it and make some acting choices. Memorize it, that's a really important part.
I think where a lot of young actors misstep is their preparation for auditions. I think you have to treat the audition like a performance. A lot of young actors make the mistake of under rehearsing.
KW: Could you give me an example of a recent audition where you feel like you nailed it?
JL: Several years ago they were auditioning for the tenth anniversary of Les Mis and that was my dream show. I wanted to get into Les Mis so badly and they kept calling me back and calling me back and calling me back and I didn't get the job and I was so disappointed. Tara Rubin, who was the casting director, saw me at a benefit and pulled me aside and said, "I can't tell you why, but if you book anything long term in the next couple of months please let my office know." And I had no idea what she was talking about and I forgot about it.
And a year later everyone's auditioning for Martin Guerre, which was another show Cameron Mackintosh produced, along with Les Mis and Miss Saigon, and I booked one of the lead roles. I was the villain Guillaume.
And at the first rehearsal, David Caddick, who was the musical supervisor of all of Cameron Mackintosh's shows, says "You know, we basically cast you from your Les Mis callback.
KW: Really?
JL: Yeah, and I said, "That's really fascinating." He's like, "Yeah, when you were auditioning for Les Mis on Broadway we were already casting Martin Guerre in London and we knew that you were perfect for this part, but we weren't doing it on Broadway for another two years." And I thought back to my disappointment of not getting Les Mis two years prior, but I booked a job! [Laughs]
You have to remember that out of some of the biggest disappointments you could still get something. You will always get something out of a good audition. Whether or not you book the job you're auditioning for on that particular day, if you do a good audition for that director and for those composers and for that musical director it will always help you down the road because everyone works on different projects after that show.
KW: Knowing that something might happen later down the road really kind of reframes it in a healthy way, it seems to me.
JL: I think every good performer needs to have the mentality that sometimes you're the best square peg on the planet and they're just looking for a round peg. You know, no matter how much you try to fit into it it's not going to happen. Down the road there's going to be a show looking for that exact square peg just for you. And you have to think that or else you're going to go home and cry yourself to sleep every night. And some people do.
KW: After The King and I you went into several other musicals on Broadway in fairly quick succession. Was there a sense of momentum from The King and I that helped you get those shows?
JL: I think so. I always say that The King and I was my big break. But On the Town in Central Park at the Delacorte Theater was what helped my career.
KW: How?
JL: When I was doing The King and I, I auditioned for On the Town, the Central Park version, and George Wolfe decided to cast me as the Gabey character.
KW: Right. Gene Kelly played that in the movie.
JL: The Gene Kelly role, yeah. And I think that was the first time that the Broadway community said, "Hey, there's that kid from The King and I. Oh, we can see him in parts other than Asian shows." And I think it was really important I did that and that started a lot of momentum for me.
[After] The King and I, I went straight into On the Town and then I did Street Corner Symphony, which was short-lived but a lot of fun, and then I went into Rent right after that. So, for three years I was not unemployed for very long in between those jobs.
But when On the Town went to Broadway, George Wolfe decided to recast my part with somebody else. I was twenty-one years old. I was demolished! I thought, "I'm done, no one's ever going to hire me, this is so embarrassing, this is terrible."
And you know I look back at that and I thank God that happened. Because it woke me up. It kind of burst my ego and my bubble where my twenty-one year old self thought, "Oh, this is easy, I can just go for any job and I'll get it. I'm always going to be in a Broadway show."
And I finally realized not everything's going to come easily. You could even have a job and have it taken away from you. My notices Off Broadway were mixed to good and I'm proud of the work I did in the part, but you've just got to move on and say, "You know, they wanted to recast it with some new energy."
That was a significant speed bump in the early momentum of my career that made me grow up a little bit. I think that helped me form a thicker skin, and I had a little bit better perspective, which is what you need.
Steven Lutvak: Composer, Music Coach and Singer
Ken Womble: How did you first meet Jose?
Steven Lutvak: It was actually through my work as a vocal coach.
KW: What was your impression of him?
SL: I don't remember how he came to me, but as I recall he already had been to the open call for The King and I and he was being called back for Lun Tha. And my impression of him was he was very young, very beautiful and very, very talented. He just had it written all over him.
Can I wax a little rhapsodic right now?
KW: Yeah, please.
SL: I do a series of cabaret concerts on Long Island in one of the Guggenheim mansions, and I call singers that I've loved working with. And I don't even remember when it was that I called Jose for this, but the thing that always astonishes me about him is that he's completely capable of living in whatever genre you put him. So that he can sing "I Have Dreamed" from The King and I as beautifully as he sings Adam Guettel's "Hero and Leander" as beautifully as he sings "Just Once," the old James Ingram pop song. He can sing in any musical style without sacrificing the integrity of what is required. It's one of the amazing things about him.
And he actually did a reading and a recording of a show of mine some years ago, and I was trying to figure out who could possibly play this, and I smote my forehead and went, "Oh my God, it's Jose, of course it's Jose." He was so easy and fun to work with.
Somebody said to me years ago, "If you want to have a career in the theatre there are three things you have to do and in this order: number one, don't be late; number two, be nice to work with; and number three, be good at your job." And it's so true. Jose is wonderfully optimistic and has a delightfully positive energy.
When I hired him for this cabaret performance, we also had him do his big song "My Unfortunate Erection" from Spelling Bee. He wondered if that would be too much for this crowd and I said, "Oh, no, no, no, no, no." I mean, part of it is because he's so lovable, that this rather older stage crowd was not unhappy watching Jose sing about his erection. It's a testament to his genuine likability that he can get away with that.
Joan Lader: Voice Coach
KW: He said The King and I was his big break. However, On the Town, which he did in Central Park, was what helped him with his career because he played the Gene Kelly role from the movie and for the first time people saw him in a different way.
JL: The mold was broken when they cast Jose...they were color blind.
KW: Did that sort of open him up to other opportunities as far as casting? More range?
JL: I think so. Then he did Rent, which was totally different as well. And things have changed in the theatre, you know. Thank goodness. People are not so narrow minded.
KW: Jose talked about how important his work ethic has been for him, especially in preparing for auditions. Have you had an experience with him where you saw this work ethic in use?
JL: Well, certainly the way he prepares a book. He makes sure that he has music that represents different periods of Broadway musicals so that there's some variety. He has pop music, country music, traditional music theatre as well as new composers' music ready to go. He's prepared to sing in many vocal styles. In other words, he's prepared.
KW: What would you say are some of Jose's best qualities as a performer?
JL: His musicality, his incredibly unique voice and his commitment to the work.
KW: What would you say are one or two things that he consistently does right as a performer, as a professional actor?
JL: He is willing to explore!
Ken Womble interviews actors Debra Monk, Eric Ladin, Krysta Rodriguez, Tony Yazbeck, James Earl, Gary Beach, John Tartaglia, Robert Clohessy, Jose Llana and Richard Portnow about their inside acts, the important choices of their acting careers. The interviews explore the intriguing journeys that have led these actors to successful careers, and to Tony, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards, the most prestigious acting awards in theater and television.
Actor interviews are followed by interviews with two of each actor's success team, the agents, managers, directors and coaches who know them well. Womble then identifies the actor's most frequently used actions, skills and beliefs the keys to each actor's success.
INSIDE ACT is available as a paperback and as an ebook. Each actor chapter is also available as individual ebooks. Click here to purchase now!
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1. Many minds and identity ↑
The many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics looks at the consequences of American physicist Hugh Everett's many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics[1] from the perspective of the mind. The motivation for doing this is that the multiverse as a whole does not change; it is our perspective of it that changes. This happens after decoherence has taken place, when we become aware of the result of a quantum interaction. Others prefer the term many worlds because the superpositional multiverse contains an infinite amount of universes regardless of our perspective.
Everett's many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics challenges classical notions of identity. Everett first considered this in an early draft of his 1957 proposal. Everett stated:
...as an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each time the resulting amoebas having the same memories as the parent. Our amoeba hence does not have a life line, but a life tree. The question of identity or non identity of two amoebas at a later time must be rephrased...We can get a closer analogy if we were to take one of these intelligent amoebas, erase his past memories, and render him unconscious while he underwent fission, placing the two resulting amoebas in separate tanks, and repeating this process for all succeeding generations, so that none of the amoebas would be aware of their splitting[2a].
Everett claimed that the same is true for his many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics:
...any single individual is at all times unaware of his 'other selves' with which he has no interaction from the time of splitting[2b].
An analogous situation sometimes arises in science fiction. This happened in Star Trek when the transporter malfunctioned and two copies of an individual were made. It could be argued that they both have an equal right to existence, and all of their former privileges and belongings, yet they may go on to lead very different lives, and become very different people.
There appears to be three options for what could happen to us when this sort of branching takes place:
We become one of the potential observers.
We become all of the potential observers.
We become none of the potential observers.
2. Albert and Loewer's many minds ↑
American philosophers David Albert and Barry Loewer coined the term 'many minds' in 1988[3]. Albert and Loewer relied on a dualistic theory of the mind and first suggested that we must have one mind before, and after, branching.
The problem with this is that the other observers will be 'mindless hulks', people who act in every other way like a person but are not 'ensouled', and there would be no way to know the difference between the two.
In response to this problem, Albert and Loewer suggested that every brain must be associated with an infinity of minds, so that they can be distributed after a split in accordance with the Born rule. Albert and Loewer suggested that British physicist David Deutsch's probability justification can be transposed to the many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics, with the uncertainly relating to which world any one particular mind will end up in.
3. Michael Lockwood's many minds ↑
In Mind, Brain & the Quantum: The Compound "I", first published in 1989, British philosopher Michael Lockwood suggested that the many minds interpretation does not have to rely on a dualistic theory of the mind.
Lockwood claimed that the many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics is the first scientific theory that implies subjective experiences are necessary, and that the "irreducibly perspectival character to what is revealed in consciousness" arises "quite naturally, and independently" within it.
This is because the many minds interpretation leads directly to:
[a view] of the world as, in some sense, a sum of perspectives…the inevitable selectivity involved in a point of view is automatically accommodated, via the idea that consciousness is tied to one amongst a potential infinity of what, in the context of quantum mechanics, are known as representations[4].
Lockwood referred to the superpositional brain as the 'Mind' and to our subjective consciousness as 'maximal experiences'. He described the sum of maximal experiences that correspond to one Mind as a 'biography'.
Branching occurs relative to a biography when there is a branching of maximal experiences. This happens when we become aware of the macroscopic effects of a quantum interaction. Lockwood stated that it's already accepted that we can have mutually incompatible experiences which are wholly our own, they simply occur at different times.
Lockwood showed that biographies can be represented by a cylinder - with time as the vertical dimension and biographies as the horizontal dimension. The distribution of maximal experiences at any particular time is seen by looking at a cross-sectional area of the cylinder. This will be made up of a number of different colours, each representing different experiences. Before the measurement, the surface could be green, for example, but after the 'split', it will divide into yellow and blue regions.
Image credit: Helen Klus/Public domain.
In contrast to Albert and Loewer, who claimed that you will only become one of the observers present after a quantum interaction, Lockwood appears to suggest that you become them all. In fact, Lockwood claimed that it does not make sense to ask who you will become.
In 1986, British philosopher Derek Parfit considered a number of thought experiments involving the mind being duplicated, or modified, until it is no longer logical to ask when 'you' cease to exist[5]. Parfit concluded that it is meaningless to ask, before branching, which of a multiple set of people you will become. This is an empty question because there is no determinate answer even if we know everything there is to know. In a way, you will be none of them, and, in a way, you will be them all.
Parfit suggested we replace the notion of identity with that of personal survival, here we care about what happens to our future-selves but recognise that they are not us.
3.1 The preferred basis problem ↑
One advantage of Lockwood's many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics is that it can give a definite solution to the preferred basis problem, whereas decoherence is only approximate. Lockwood's theory resolves the preferred basis problem by stating that the conscious mind is only capable of comprehending definite states. He claimed that the reason why consciousness selects this particular basis is no more of a mystery than why we are unaware of other parts of our mind.
This basis is subjective, however, and so it is still relevant to ask why our minds behave this way. Lockwood considered whether creatures could have evolved to observe macroscopic objects in superpositional states, but it is debatable as to whether this is physically possible since it is difficult to understand how they could interact.
3.2 Probability and many minds ↑
It seems that there's no room for subjective probability if we accept Lockwood's many minds interpretation, but this is not the case. Lockwood showed that the world can be considered to branch after an observer interferes with a quantum system, but before they become aware of the results, in this time it is meaningful to ask which measurement they will observe.
Russian-Israeli physicist Lev Vaidman offered an analogy: if a person is given a sleeping pill before they interact with a quantum system and are then placed in one of two rooms, corresponding to the outcome, it is meaningful to ask the person on awaking what the probability of them being in either room is[6].
3.3 Weight and many minds ↑
Lockwood's many minds interpretation suggests that there's an importance attached to the measure, or 'weight' of a world. Lockwood claimed that saying that a world has twice the weight as another is:
...parallel to saying, for example, that this pain lasted twice as long as the last one...[or that] this pain is, superpositionally speaking, twice as extensive as that[7].
Lockwood went on to state that:
[It's] rational for an instantaneous mind to care equally about all of its successors...this is analogous to preferring the longer to the shorter of two alternative pleasures, when they are of equal intensity[8a].
Lockwood appears to advocate a utilitarian approach to morality. Utilitarianism is a theory of morality first proposed by British philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1789[9]. The principle of utility states that an action is permissible if, and only if, it increases the total sum of utility, where utility is defined as the pleasure that comes from happiness.
In order to quantify happiness, Bentham considered: intensity, duration, certainty or uncertainty, propinquity (closeness) or remoteness, fecundity (the ability to produce more happiness in the future), purity (the amount of pain associated with an event), and extent (the amount of people it effects).
Lockwood suggested that we should add the potential weight of a world to the list with the following example:
Imagine that I am wired up to a pleasure machine, capable of administering some pleasurable sensation, of a fixed intensity, for different durations, and that these different durations are associated, respectively, with distinct outcomes of a quantum measurement[8b].
In order to calculate how much pleasure "the machine will confer on the successors of this instantaneous mind" we must calculate "the total area of that region within my experiential manifold, in which the sensation in question occurs"[8c].
Vaidman claimed that someone should not agree to play games such as quantum Russian roulette, because the version of them that survives will be in a world with a low weight[10]. Quantum Russian roulette is similar to Russian roulette, except that the gun is triggered by a quantum event. This means that the players will branch every time they pull the trigger, so that they both live and die.
This concept of weight was later rejected by British philosophers Simon Saunders and David Wallace.
4. Quantum suicide ↑
The concept of quantum suicide extends the idea of quantum Russian roulette in order to differentiate between the wave function collapse and Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics, and different versions of the Everett interpretation.
The idea behind quantum suicide is that if you are somehow all of the observers after branching, then you would never observe a world where you instantaneously die and so, from your perspective, every time you pull the trigger you must live.
This idea was first proposed by Canadian roboticist and futurist Hans Moravec[11] and philosopher Bruno Marchal[12], both in 1988. Swedish-American cosmologist Max Tegmark extended the idea in 1998[13].
Moravec considered a situation where scientists are unable to turn on a particle accelerator, because every time they try something stops them. He suggested that this is the only thing we could possibly observe if the effect of the particle accelerator was to instantly destroy the Earth.


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Mt Cotton resident Ian Bridge accused the Queensland Government of being either "hypocrites" or "liars" after deputy premier Jeff Seeney approved the giant Barro Quarry development in important koala habitat at Mt Cotton.
The Queensland Government has still not released details of the declining numbers of koalas in south-east Queensland as it is required under legislation.
The Barro Group application to extend their licence at the Mt Cotton Quarry had previously been rejected by Logan City Council in 2006, by Redland City Council in 2013, and by the Planning and Environment Court and Queensland's Supreme Court.
"We have spent 10 years of understanding our local environment, understanding our community and understanding the requirements," Mr Bridge said.
"And to have it trashed in this manner is a heart-rending blow to the community," he said.
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney called in the application by the Barro Group earlier this year to extend their lease and develop a mega-quary at Mt Cotton.
Their bid to extend the quarry had previously been rejected by Redland City Council in 2013 and Logan City Council in 2007.
Mr Seeney also approved a new quarry for Boral on 217 hectares on Tallebudgera Creek Road in Reedy Creek in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Mr Seeney acknowledged both projects were controversial in their local communities.
However Mr Seeney said one condition of the approval to extend the Mt Cotton Quarry was that five trees be planted for every tree that was destroyed by the quarry.
The government had imposed extra conditions on noise and dust on the Barro Group and ordered them to replace every tree that was damaged in the quarry with five trees, he said.
"We have imposed some extra conditions around the koala habitat; the requirement to replace every tree with five other trees to ensure that there is a considerable net gain in koala habitat."
"We acknowledge that these quarries developments will always be of concern to communities, Mr Seeney said.
"But at the end of the day, we have to have the quarries to provide the building materials that will be necessary to build the roads and the homes and the infrastructure that is needed in Southeast Queensland.'
Redlands City Council on Friday afternoon expressed its disappointment at the state government's decision after they had rejected the application in June.
The council's Planning and Development chair, Cr Julie Talty said Council was already concerned how effective the government's conditions would be.
"While Council appreciates the Minister has placed conditions on the approval, it is not yet clear from the Minister's press release how strict or effective the Minister's stated conditions on the approval will be," she said.
Mr Bridge questioned why the government had decided to go ahead with the project when the two local governments said they did not want the project.
The quarry expansion at Mt Cotton will cost $30 million and generate $500 million over 50 years. It will employ 15 people in fulltime jobs and 50 people in part-time jobs.
The Barro Group must submit a revised Habitat Management Plan and Integrated Koala and Koala Habitat Report.


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A COMMUNITY group is hoping to raise £88,000 to reinvigorate a dilapidated Stacksteads park.
Stacksteads Countryside Park Group and Proffitts CIC, a Valley-based community regeneration organisation, have so far raised half of the funds needed to carry out the work on Western Park.
The partners want to turn the 'awful mess' into a haven for families and older children, replete with a multi-use sports area, a climbing frame, a zip line, and a community garden.
Trees will be pruned to prevent fallen leaves making the play area slippy, and higher fences will be erected to stop balls going onto the main road, both common problems for youngsters using the park.
The group has been granted £30,000 by Lancashire Environmental Fund, £10,000 by social landlord Together Housing, and Proffitts and Stacksteads Countryside Park Group are each giving £1,000 to the project.
Proffitts are now approaching Biffa Award, a national scheme that distributes grants to community projects in areas where residents have to live nearby landfill sites, to make up the other £44,000. If the partners are not granted the outstanding funds, the money they have already raised will be withdrawn.
However, Proffitts are hopeful the project will receive a Biffa grant because of residents' proximity to Rakehead tip.
Liz Hinchliffe, a community development worker at Proffitts, said: "It's very competitive to get funds, but you have to be in it to win it and I'm quite confident.
"We held a consultation in the park on a cold January day last year and 30 families came and gave us their thoughts.
"They were all very keen to improve the park and we've had no negative feedback.
"Rossendale Council's policies include encouraging healthy lifestyles and tackling youth nuisance, both of which will improved with this project."
Coun Jackie Oakes, of Stacksteads Countryside Park Group, said: "The funding we have been offered is conditional on us getting the balance by April so there's a lot of pressure now, but we'll get there."
If the funding bid is successful, further public consultations will be held so people can share their ideas on what they would like to see in the park.


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Hurricanes Agree To Terms With Tuomo Ruutuby Ken Preston / Carolina Hurricanes
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RALEIGH, NC—Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Tuomo Ruutu (TOO-oh-moh ROO-too) on a one-year contract. Ruutu will be paid $2.25 million during the 2008-09 season.
"We are happy he'll be back with our team and we hope that he can stay healthy and return to the 20-goal plateau that he reached during his rookie season," said Rutherford.
Acquired by Carolina from Chicago on Feb. 26 in exchange for Andrew Ladd, Ruutu finished the 2007-08 season with 10 goals, 22 assists (32 points) and 91 penalty minutes in 77 games played with the Blackhawks and Hurricanes. Ruutu, 25, was second among Hurricanes skaters in hits (171) and penalty minutes (91) and was tied for third among Hurricanes forwards in plus/minus (+4) for the season. A native of Vantaa, Finland, he represented his home nation at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships in Canada following the season, totaling four goals and two assists (6 points) in nine games as Finland captured the bronze medal.
Drafted with the ninth overall pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Ruutu (6'0'', 200 lbs.) has scored 52 goals, earned 67 assists (119 points) and totaled 275 penalty minutes in 245 career NHL regular-season games with the Blackhawks and Hurricanes. He has represented Finland at eight major international tournaments, capturing five medals. He served as an alternate captain and led Team Finland in scoring at the 2000 IIHF Under-18 World Junior Championships in Switzerland. Ruutu captured a silver medal with Finland at the 2001 U-20 World Junior Championships, and bronze medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Juniors, leading the tournament in scoring in 2003. He was a member of Finland's team at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and the World Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008, leading the tournament 2006 with 49 penalty minutes.


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Unlike the full-service agencies, which tend to concentrate on one or several countries, these guides cover a wider variety of destinations around the world. Since the owners write the advertisements, the information may be presented less clearly than in the full-service catalogs.
Many rental clubs or agencies also serve as U.S. agents for villa management firms abroad, especially in Europe. You can obtain the same catalogs of French vacation homes from different U.S. agencies. Since there is little exclusivity in the listings, identical homes are featured in many of the catalogs. Traditional travel agents can also book rental homes for customers, and in fact, 95 percent of LaCure's business comes through travel agents. However, for firsthand descriptions of the properties, go to the source--the rental agency or owner.
Prices vary greatly by location and by season, but these factors tend to affect nearby hotel prices as well. Due to their size, home rentals are popular with groups vacationing together, especially with children. Many renters also bring their nannies from home. Whether or not price is an object, few hotels can adequately accommodate three or four families and nannies traveling together.
"Suppose you go with two or three couples and the villa costs five hundred dollars a night," says Healy, the venture capitalist. "You have privacy and the pool to yourself. It beats a hotel six ways to Sunday." Families with children also find that dining on the premises can be a lot easier.
Before searching for your dream rental, make a list of requirements. Start with your geographic destination, such as a tropical vacation or a European visit. Determine the number in your party and any special needs, such as a home that is safe for small children or without stairs. Then make a wish list of features, such as a tennis court, pool, gourmet kitchen or private beach. Decide whether you want seclusion or to be near the action.
Once you have pinpointed your needs, turn to the catalogs or ask an agent for assistance. Dozens of homes may be available in your price range, so by knowing your specifics, you can eliminate many of them easily. If still in doubt, ask for references from others who have rented the property. The highest-end properties often have videos or additional information kits available.
Many of the larger homes are rented for special events or business affairs. LaCure's Squires notes that "some of our larger homes accommodate groups of 16 to 24, making them ideal for weddings, family reunions, corporate affairs or sales incentive rewards." For this reason, the larger homes tend to be better staffed and include business equipment and related amenities. In the English Manner also offers homes that can be used for small meetings and family reunions.
While this may be a bit much for the casual vacation rental, top-notch facilities can be found in scaled-down homes. For this reason, Fredo of In the English Manner sums up the rental experience by saying, "It's like having very, very wealthy friends invite you over to visit."
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text: BYESVILLE It was a great first day of the Division II track district tournament for the Barnesville Lady Shamrocks. The Lady Rocks won three of the four events en route to claiming a 20 point lead while Bellaire is narrowly beating Dover in the boys team scoring.On the girls side, Barnesville leads with 46.5 points. Edison is second with 26.5; and Bellaire is third with 24 points. Rounding out the team scoring included: 4. John Glenn (19); 5. Cambridge (14); 6. Morgan (11.5); 7. (tie) Indian Creek and Union Local (4); 9. Buckeye Local (2.5); 10. Martins Ferry (2); and 11. (tie) Meadowbrook and St. Clairsville (1).Barnesvilles 4x800 team of Courtney Lashley, Molly Morgan, Kris Schuerle and Jenny Morgan took the event in a time of 9:52.59; Lacy Butler won the pole vault at 9-0; and Brianna Cook took the shot put with a throw of 40-2.Edisons Becka Huff won the high jump at 5-1. Other points finishers for the Lady Rocks included: Emily Bilyeu (tied for second, high jump, 5-0); Ramsey Miller (third, pole vault, 9-0); and Emily Carpenter (fifth, high jump, 4-10).Points finishers for John Glenn included: Katie Castor (second, pole vault, 8-6); Jennifer Moody (tied for second, high jump, 5-0); and Lyndsey Roe (third, shot put, 32-10).Cambridges Natalee Noche finished tied for second in the high jump (5-0); and the Lady Bobcats 4x800 team of Amanda Dunigan, Marian Weber, Sarah Kuczynski and Kelley Michael was third (10:50.66).On the boys side, Bellaire leads with 29 points. Dover is second with 23.5 points; and Martins Ferry currently is sitting in third with 14 points. Rounding out the current team scoring included: 4. St. Clairsville (13); 5. John Glenn (11.5); 6. Steubenville (11); 7. Union Local (10.5); 8. (tie) Morgan and Edison (10); Cambridge (8.5); 11. Indian Creek (8); and 12. Meadowbrook (7).Winners included: Bellaires 4x800 team (8:36.65); Dovers Peter Homrighausen (discus, 165-6); Union Locals A.J. Androsko (long jump, 20-11.25); and Morgans Gary Vincent (pole vault, 12-0).John Glenn had a pair of fifth-place finishes its 4x800 team of Randy Jones, Greg Chumney, Brady Bradley and Mark Watson (8:48.98) and Tyler Seamster in the pole vault (10-6).Dale Gotshall finished sixth in the pole vault (10-6); and Brian Gognat was sixth in the long jump (19-5).Marvin Benson was Meadowbrooks top finisher with a third-place effort in the pole vault (11-0).NEXTThe District tournament will conclude on Friday at 5 p.m.


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I'mma going drop in and (try) to help with the toning diet question.
First up: Diet is 80% of what will get you (healthy) toned imo.
(I'm going to use the paelo diet as an example of what may help. Lots of controversy about it and I personally don't use it cause I think its stupid but a lot of crossfitters do and they are very ripped individuals a large majority of the time.)
The "contemporary" Paleolithic diet consists mainly of fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. (Taken from wikipedia cause lazy.)
My opinion on what I think would work:
What you want to do is drop out pretty much anything in your diet that is overally processed or refined, pretty much anything that you buy in packages :O It's good for your health, lowers the amount of rubbish you produce and thus is better for the environment! Isn't that fantastic!
Second, stop eating bread (this is just my personal choice), bread is baddddd and bloats and all awful things that I prefer not to think about. I can almost guarantee if you completely drop bread from your diet you'll lose weight and tone up.
Just don't eat junk food very often at all, like once a week is fine but if you're having a packet of chips (crisps) a day plus say a cookie or something similar it's not going to help you at all.
Eat fruit if you get hungry and want to snack, like apples and banana's cause everyone likes apples and banana's.
Diary stuff is fine imo, just don't have heaps. For example all the diary in my diet is yogurt that I have with muesli for breakfast and 350ml of milk I have in my protein shakes after my work outs.
Eat veggies, a lot, they are really good for you and don't taste that bad at all (apparently frozen veggies are just as good as fresh ones and are about 5 times cheaper.)
Meat wise, fish is great for you (my favourite is salmon), chicken breast is the leanest chicken cut (Im pretty sure) and is a great source of protein and such. For red meats try and get the cuts with the least amount of fat on them or just cut the fat off before you cook it (I can't remember which is the best cut but I generally just get the cheapest and cut the fat off.)
Don't use much oil/sauces/dressings/addings that a similar in your foods, they aren't really that great for you but you do need them to be healthy. Saturated fats and trans fats are bad for you because they raise your cholesterol and increase your risk for heart disease. But monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats are good for you, lowering cholesterol and reducing your risk of heart disease. (This website has a lot on what fats/oils are good and what fats/oils are badddd: http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_diet_fats.htm)
Also salads are really good, people may call it rabbit food but rabbits barely have any fat on their bodies so they must be doing something right!
Lots of debate on how much you should eat and how often etc etc, but just eat whenever you're hungry as long as thats not a large meal every 2 hours and you should be fine. Just don't over eat, moderation is the key.
For workouts its simple. More reps lower weight. If you do a lot of reps with a light weight you'll get toned rather than put on a heap of muscle etc etc. Cardio is also decent for toning, interval training is pretty decent thing to look into cardio wise.
If there is anything else or you need some clarification just say and Ill do my best to help you out.


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A FORMER teacher at a Rednal school, caught with child pornography on his computer, has been ordered to take part in a three-year sex offenders programme.
Wayne Ketcher lost his job at Colmers School in Rednal after he was found to have more than 1,100 indecent images of teenage girls and one of a girl as young as seven, Worcester Crown Court heard.
The 30-year-old, from Briar Close, Lickey End, pleaded guilty to seven charges of downloading child porn over a three-year period between April 2010, and April 2013.
Peter Grice, prosecuting, said police carried out a search warrant and found the porn on a computer in the bedroom of the PE teacher's home. He immediately confessed to viewing the images once or twice a week over three years. There was no evidence of sharing them, but he had sent emails making inquiries about more child porn, Mr Grice said.
Ketcher told police he had accessed adult porn on the internet and from there he had gone on to websites with images of children.
He admitted having 1,127 pictures and five moving images at level one, the least serious, involving girls aged between 11 and 14 in erotic poses.
He also had seven pictures and the same number of moving images at level two, involving a girl under 14; three pictures and one moving image at level three, and six pictures at level four with a girl aged seven.
In total 1,243 pictures and 13 moving images were found.
Charles Hamer, defending, said after his arrest, Ketcher had realised he had a problem and had contacted an organisation voluntarily to look for help.
Ketcher is now facing up to the end of his career, Mr Hamer added.
Judge Robert Juckes, QC, told him he had lost the job he had worked to gain qualifications for, because of the serious offences.
He said Ketcher would have been given a jail sentence if the community group work for sex offenders had not been available, but he will now be under supervision by the probation service for three years while he is on the programme.
He will not be able to do paid or voluntary work with children under 18 or have contact with girls under 18 without supervision. A sexual offences prevention order further restricts his contact with children for three years and he will be on the sex offenders register for five years.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £535.


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Peanut Butter and Jelly Fudge
If fudge is overcooked, even a little, it will be dry and crumbly; it's always better to err on the side of undercooking. To ensure success, remove fudge from heat just before it reaches the soft-ball stage.
- Yield: Makes 16 two-inch squares
Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 1998
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, plus more for pan
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 pinch baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons red-currant or Concord grape jelly
Lightly butter an 8-inch-square baking pan and set aside. Combine corn syrup, both sugars, milk, baking soda, and salt in a medium-heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Insert a candy thermometer. Cook, stirring frequently, until temperature registers 236 degrees (just below soft-ball stage); don't overcook.
Immediately remove saucepan from heat, and add chilled butter, then peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Pour the mixture into prepared pan. Set aside in a cool, dry place, and let fudge set.
Before the fudge cools completely, cut into desired shapes. Using a small melon baller, scoop out a small hole in the center of each fudge shape. Set shapes aside to cool completely. Fill a resealable plastic bag with jelly; close, and cut off a corner. Squeeze the jelly into holes. Store fudge in an airtight container up to one week.
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venturapuppy26 DEC, 2009Great recipe ! Kid pleaser ,will make this many more times .Reply
lilysnana555 JUN, 2008I was almost scared off by the teaser that usually entices us to try a recipe, but when I read the suggestion to put ganache in the center, I knew I had to save it and try it anyway. we'll see!Reply
lilysnana555 JUN, 2008I was almost scared off by the teaser that usually entices us to try a recipe, but when I read the suggestion to put ganache in the center, I knew I had to save it and try it anyway. we'll see!Reply
joriddle4 JUN, 2008Yes, a candy thermometer is critical to get the right temp but if you haven't used it for a while, it should be tested for accuracy. To do this, put it in boiling water for 10 minutes and it should read 212F. If it doesn't, just add or subtract the number it is off to the desired temp. You can also drop a spoonful of the fudge into a bowl of ice water to check if you can form it into a soft ball.Reply
Hooligan3 JUN, 2008i was thinking that you could substitute chocolate (ganache) for the jelly!Reply
CharityC3 JUN, 2008This is the cutest thing ever.Reply
iztimfrick3 JUN, 2008THIS WILL MAKE THE DIRECTIONSVERY, VERY, CLEAR................Reply
iztimfrick3 JUN, 2008You must use a candy thermometer when ever you make ANY type of candy and this will make (dont overcook, and remove just before softball stage.Reply
jennine11511 APR, 2008Very difficult. The fudge never set properly and one day later still liquidy. Don't know what it was supposed to look like in the saucepan on the heat, maybe it wasn't thick enough or cooked long enough. I was just worried about the don't overcook directions so I didn't keep it on the stove too long I guess. Won't try again, it's not a sure thing..disappointed!Reply


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