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Full Cast Set for Encores! WHERE'S CHARLEY? Arcelus, Luker, McGillin, McClure, Worhsam, Paice & More!
Sebastian Arcelus, Rebecca Luker, Rob McClure, Howard McGillin, Jill Paice and Lauren Worsham have been cast in Frank Loesser's Where's Charley?, the final New York City Center Encores! production of the 2010-11. Where's Charley?, based on BranDon Thomas' Charley's Aunt, has a book by George Abbott and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The show, running March 17 - 20, will be directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Alex Sanchez with music direction by Rob Berman.
The cast of Where's Charley? includes Sebastian Arcelus, Jeff Brooks, Rebecca Luker, Dakin Matthews, Rob McClure, Howard McGillin, Jill Paice and Lauren Worsham, with Dan Callaway, Meggie Cansler, Hannah Chin, Nick Cosgrove, Desiree Davar, Ashlee Dupre, Leah Edwards, Drew Frankin, Arlo Hill, Leah Horowitz, Jordan Hunt, Amy Justman, Max Kumangai, Analisa Leaming, Colby Lindeman, Angelina Mullins, Patricia Noonan, Weston Wells Olson, Lainie Sakakura, Tommy Scrivens, Kendall Sparks, Brendan Stimson and Amos Wolff.
Where's Charley?, Frank Loesser's first Broadway score, immediately demonstrated the master's easy command of wit and romance, sophistication and high jinks. George Abbott's adaptation of BranDon Thomas' classic college farce Charley's Aunt delivered "Once in Love With Amy," "My Darling, My Darling" and "The New Ashmolean Marching Society" to the hit parade, and launched Loesser into the songwriting stratosphere. The musical opened at the St. James Theater on October 11, 1948, and played 792 performances. It was directed by George Abbott, choreographed by George Balanchine and starred Ray Bolger, who won a Tony Award for his performance.
The 2010-11 Encores! season is made possible, in part, by the Stephanie and Fred Shuman Fund for Encores! City Center gratefully acknowledges lead support from American Express, Stacey and Eric Mindich and the Newman's Own Foundation.
Sebastian Arcelus (Jack Chesney) has appeared on Broadway in Elf, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Good Vibrations, and Rent, and off-Broadway in Happiness.
Jeff Brooks (Brassett) has appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls (1992 revival), Nick & Nora, Gypsy (1989 revival), Lend Me a Tenor, Loose Ends and A History of the American Film. His film credits include Julie and Julia, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Secret of My Success.
Dakin Matthews (Spettigue) is an actor, playwright, director and educator. He was a founding member of John Houseman's The Acting Company in New York and the Antaeus Company in Los Angeles, and he was Artistic Director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival and Associate Artist of The Old Globe Theater. His Broadway credits include A Man for All Seasons (2008 revival) and Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington). He won a special Drama Desk Award for his adaptation of Henry IV (2003 revival).
Rebecca Luker (Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez) received Tony nominations for her performances in Mary Poppins, TheMusic Man and Show Boat. Her many Broadway credits include Nine, The Sound of Music, The Secret Garden and The Phantom of the Opera. She has also performed in X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X) and Brigadoon for New York City Opera. She appeared in the Encores! production of Boys from Syracuse.
Rob McClure (Charley Wykeham) can currently be seen as Mozart in the Walnut Street Theater's production of Amadeus in Philadelphia. His Broadway credits include the role of Rod in Avenue Q and I'm Not Rappaport with Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen. He recently portrayed Charlie Chaplin in the La Jolla Playhouse world premiere production of Limelight.
Howard McGillin (Sir Francis Chesney) received Tony nominations for his performances in Anything Goes and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He has appeared on and off-Broadway and in London's West End in
The Secret Garden, Mack and Mabel, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, She Loves Me and Sunday in the Park with George.
Jill Paice (Kitty Verdun) originated the roles of Laura in the London and New York productions of The Woman in White and of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind at the New London Theatre under the direction of Trevor Nunn. She has been seen on Broadway in Curtains and The 39 Steps and off-Broadway in Weird Romance and The Gig.
Lauren Worsham (Amy Spettigue) has appeared as Cunegonde in New York City Opera's Candide, Lili in Goodspeed Opera House's Carnival, Cinderella in Kansas City Rep's Into the Woods, Clara in Weston Playhouse's The Light in the Piazza and Olive in the first national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
John Doyle (Director) most recently direcTed Wings at Second Stage Theatre. His Broadway credits include Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, Best Director of a Musical); Company (Tony Award, Best Revival) and A Catered Affair, and his off-Broadway credits include Road Show (The Public). In London, he has directed Gondoliers, Sweeney Todd and Mack and Mabel. Mr. Doyle's opera credits include Peter Grimes, (Metropolitan Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (Mariinsky Theatre/ Scottish Opera), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera), and Madama Butterfly (Grange Park Opera).
Alex Sanchez (Choreographer) has choreographed musicals, jazz works and concert dance in theaters across the country and in New York.
Rob Berman (Music Director) is in his fourth season as music director of the series, where he has conducted Lost in the Stars, Bells Are Ringing, Anyone Can Whistle, Fanny, Finian's Rainbow, Music in the Air, Damn Yankees, Applause and Stairway to Paradise, as well as last season's gala concert celebrating Stephen Sondheim. Broadway conducting credits include Finian's Rainbow, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Pajama Game, The Apple Tree, Wonderful Town and Promises, Promises, among others. Mr. Berman is a two-time Emmy nominee for his work as music director of the Kennedy Center Honors and he won a Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical Direction for his work on the Kennedy Center's production of Sunday in the Park with George. Recently, he was music director for A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House.
NEW YORK City Center (Arlene Shuler, President & CEO) has played a defining role in the cultural life of the city for more than 60 years. It was Manhattan's first performing arts center, dedicated by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in 1943 with a mission to make the best in music, theater and dance accessible to all audiences. Today, City Center is home to many distinguished companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company and Manhattan Theatre Club; a roster of renowned national and international visiting artists; and its own critically acclaimed and popular programs. The Tony-honored Encores! musical theater series, now in its 18th season, has been hailed as "one of the very best reasons to be alive in New York." Dance has been integral to the theater's mission from the start, and dance programs, including the annual Fall for Dance Festival and a partnership with London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, remain central to City Center's identity. City Center is dedicated to providing educational opportunities to New York City students and teachers with programs such as Encores! In Schools and the Young People's Dance Series. Special workshops cater to families, seniors and other groups, while events such as the Fall for Dance DanceTalk series offer learning opportunities to the general public.
Tickets for Where's Charley? are available at the New York City Center Box Office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues), through CityTix® at 212-581-1212, or online at www.NYCityCenter.org. Tickets for the Orchestra, Grand Tier and Mid-Mezzanine are $100; tickets for the Rear Mezzanine and Front Gallery are $50; tickets for the Rear Gallery are $25.


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Tread carefully on China
2 April 2012
Australian Financial Review, Australia
31 March 2012, Perspective, page 48
by Dominic White
CSC Academic Director David Goodman was asked to comment on Australians' attitude to ChinainThe Australian Financial Review.
He states " Here is an economy that is already very large that's going to grow even stronger. We think that we have leverage over China but we can't do it by thinking that, just because we have resources they want, that's the end of the matter, or an important economy with an important stock exchange and financial sector. It's not going to cut the mustard."
"Acts like denying Huawei or making comments about the importance of the American military alliance are just not going to wash in the long term."

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Islamists kill health workers in Nigeria
Nine health workers administering a polio vaccination programme in northern Nigeria were murdered yesterday by gunmen on motorbikes.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Kano, but Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a sect that has condemned the use of what it sees as Western medicine, has been blamed for carrying out a spate of assaults on security forces in the city in recent weeks.
Some influential Muslim leaders in Kano openly oppose polio vaccinations, saying they are a conspiracy against Muslim children. The attacks will hit efforts by global health organisations to clear Nigeria's mostly Muslim north of polio, a virus that can cause irreversible paralysis within hours of infection.
It is the second time this year that polio workers have come under attack by Islamist militants after gunmen killed aid workers tackling the disease in Pakistan last month.
"Gunmen on bikes opened fire on a health centre in the Hotoro district killing seven, while an attack on Zaria Road area of the city claimed two lives," said a police spokesman.
Kano residents said soldiers had cordoned off the areas attacked and movement was being restricted in the city.
Boko Haram killed hundreds last year as part of its campaign to impose Islamic law, or sharia, on a country of 160 million split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims.
Threat to stability
The group is seen as the most serious threat to the stability of Africa's top energy producer, and Western governments fear the country could become a base for operations of Islamist groups in the Sahara linked to al-Qaeda.
President Goodluck Jonathan has highlighted links between Boko Haram and Saharan Islamists and said relationship justified his decision to join efforts by French and West African forces to fight militants in Mali last month.
In 2003, northern Nigeria's Muslim leaders opposed polio vaccinations, saying they could cause infertility and AIDS.
Their campaign against the treatments was blamed for a resurgence of the disease in parts of Nigeria and other African countries previously declared polio-free.
Polio, a virus that attacks the nervous system, crippled thousands of people every year in rich nations until the 1950s. As a result of vaccination, it is now endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, there were 121 new cases of polio in Nigeria last year, 58 in Pakistan and 37 in Afghanistan.
"This is certainly a setback for polio eradication in Nigeria, but not a stop," said Oyewale Tomori, a campaigner for polio eradication in Nigeria.
"The best we can do is to work harder and see the end of polio . . . so their loss will not end as a useless sacrifice."
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama reiterated his call Thursday to overhaul immigration, rejecting allegations that his decision to send troops to the border was meant to woo lawmakers to support that cause.
"We have to have a comprehensive approach to immigration reform. The time to get moving on this is now," Obama said at a White House news conference devoted mostly to the BP oil spill.
Critics called Obama's plan to send 1,200 National Guardsmen to the U.S.-Mexico border inadequate. Some immigrant advocates - who complain that Obama has done little to push immigration changes despite a campaign pledge - have derided the Guard plan as a modest gesture, driven by congressional politics more than security needs.
Obama conceded that the troops, and an extra $500 million he proposed for border security, won't be enough to solve the issue. That also will require "an orderly, fair, humane immigration framework in which people are able to immigrate to this country in a legal fashion, employers are held accountable for hiring legally present workers," he said.
The president said he did not deploy the Guard in response to Arizona's new law, which makes it a state crime to be in the country without permission. The deployment, he said, is part of a plan "that was actually shaped last year."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other border leaders have demanded federal troop presence for more than a year, amid fears of spillover violence from Mexico's drug cartel fights.
But Obama stressed his disapproval of the Arizona law. "I understand the frustrations," he said, but a "patchwork" of 50 state policies isn't acceptable.
He declined to weigh in on calls to boycott Arizona. "You know, I'm the president of the United States. I don't endorse boycotts or not endorse boycotts," he said.
Thursday, the Senate derailed an effort by Arizona Sen. John McCain to send 6,000 National Guardsmen. They also rejected Texas Sen. John Cornyn's proposal to add $2 billion for border security, including money for state and local police and surveillance aircraft.
With a 2,000-mile border, Cornyn said Obama's plan is an "unacceptable short-term solution to a long-term problem."


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Senator Gianaris and PS 78 Student Council Work to Restore and Re-Beautify Shady Park after Hurricane Sandy
(Long Island City, NY) Senator Michael Gianaris vowed to continue working with the PS 78 Student Council students to repair, restore, and re-beautify Shady Park, also known as Andrews Grove, after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. In a letter to the Student Council, Senator Gianaris thanked the students for their ongoing participation in the restoration efforts regarding the park and assured students that repairing the park is a top priority.
"Shady Park is a gem in our community and beloved by neighborhood children, who were given a voice by the PS 78 Student Council. We cannot let Hurricane Sandy rob our neighborhood of this beautiful park in an area in need of more outdoor places for children and adults alike to enjoy," said Senator Gianaris.
Shady Park in Long Island City, also known as Andrews Grove, was terribly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The superstorm destroyed most of the park's trees and left it almost completely barren. Immediately following Hurricane Sandy Senator Gianaris visited PS 78, at which point the school's Student Council expressed their concerns regarding the park. Last month Senator Gianaris wrote to the New York City Parks Department in support of the newly formed Friends of Shady Park, whose purpose is to restore the park through tree-planting and overall re-beautification efforts.
Senator Gianaris was particularly moved by letters written by the PS 78 Student Council explaining why the park is so important to them and describing the extent of the destruction caused by the storm, selected quotes from which follow below.
"We feel it [Shady Park] is a big part of our heart and community." Chacko Mathai, 5th Grade
"I also want to ask you if you if you can try to plant new trees in Shady Park so we do not have to call it 'Sunny Park'." Ava Vigliotti, 4th Grade
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Three former Gestapo members went on trial here today on charges of participation in the mass shootings of Jews in Lithuania in the spring of 1944.
Two of them, Alfred Krumbach, 54, and Wilhelm Gerke, 50, belonged to the notorious Tilsit Einsatz commando unit. They are charged with taking part in the shooting of 900 Jew. The activities of the unit, one of many created by the Gestapo to follow the victorious German troops with the assignment of killing Jews and "other undesirable elements," were the substance of two earlier major trials in West Germany during the past three years.
Hermann Ernst-Jah, 51, the third of the defendants, was chief of the wartime Gestapo headquarters in Tilsit. He is being tried on charges of ordering the killing of six Jews who had been promised their lives if they succeeded in erasing traces of a mass grave of 300 Russian prisoners of war before the Red Army reached Tilsit. According to the indictment, the six were shot in the back when they finished their task.


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A Farewell to Alms:
"Mr. Clark...has produced a well written and thought-provoking thesis, refreshingly light on jargon and equations. It could well be the subject of debate for years to come."--The Economist
"Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms is fully as absorbing, as memorable and as well written as [Jared] Diamond's remarkable bestseller. It deserves to be as widely read.... [A]ny book that is as bold, as fascinating, as conscientiously argued and as politically incorrect as this one demands to be read."--Clive Crook, Financial Times
"Obviously, we¹ve got a controversial argument here. But Clark makes a compelling case for the idea that the fruits of industrialization were open to all societies, but only a handful seized the moment."--William R. Wineke, The Wisconsin State Journal
"Gregory Clark's new book A Farewell to Alms is an investigation of both our nasty, brutish, and short past and our more prosperous present. Mr. Clark first makes the case that we owe our current prosperity to the gifts of the Industrial Revolution. He then attempts to explain why that revolution happened in 18th-century England."--Edward Glaeser, New York Sun
"Economic history often conjures images of musty tomes, bygone eras that no one knows about and in general, scholarship that is dry and difficult to relate to. Gregory Clark's new book A Farewell to Alms conveys a different image. Offering a sweep of history from the border between antiquity and the medieval age, the book is an attempt at tackling grand themes."--Siddharth Singh, LiveMint
"For a novel and somewhat dispiriting theory of economic divergence, read A Farewell to Alms, published this year, by Gregory Clark of the University of California at Davis. He doesn't accept the view, common among the utopians, that natural endowments like soil and water explain why rich nations are 50 times as prosperous as poor ones. How can differences in natural resources possibly explain Zimbabwe's misery or Singapore's wealth? Clark amasses an extraordinary collection of historical data to explain why the Industrial Revolution was born in western Europe, not Africa or India."--William Baldwin, Forbes
"Clark's ferociously systematic expounding of an alternative to the institutional explanation does...provide many delightful insights, large and small, along the way. Some of the observations in this very well-written book do make for nice dinner party anecdotes."--Harold James, The American Interest
"Comes now Gregory Clark, an economist who interestingly takes the side of culture. In an important new book, A Farewell to Alms Clark suggests that much of the world's remaining poverty is semi-permanent. Modern technology and management are widely available, but many societies can't take advantage because their values and social organization are antagonistic. Prescribing economically sensible policies (open markets, secure property rights, sound money) can't overcome this bedrock resistance."--Robert Samuelson, The Washington Post
"A Farewell to Alms is a brave new work, rich in both detailed facts and big ideas. Clark clears away much of the tangled brush of theories of long-term economic growth that have grown up in recent decades. This is the most ambitious and far-reaching book on long-term economic history to appear in many years, perhaps since Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel."--Jack A. Goldstone, World Economics
"Clark's book A Farewell to Alms is . . . Ambitious, staking out an entire vision of world history. . . . Clark's Malthusian model is forcefully argued."--Roger Gathman, Austin American-Statesman
"[T]he author's engaging style and (relatively) jargon-free descriptions of the economic principles in play before, during, and after the Industrial Revolution in England turn this rich and detailed account into more of a sprint than a slog. . . . Whatever your reaction to this decidedly un-PC take on economic aid, [A Farewell to Alms] serves as a useful explanation of how we got where we are today and a reminder that new approaches are needed to close the yawning gap between the world's richest and poorest societies."--Roberta Fusaro, Harvard Business Review
"Clark argues the English evolved biologically in ways that created prosperity. Before you dismiss the notion, read this brilliant tour of economic history."--MoneySense Magazine
"Clark adds substantively to an understanding of perhaps the important questions of this--or any--era: what makes economies grow, and why have some not experienced any success at all?....Alms is provocative, authoritative, insightful, readable, well documented, and an inescapable detour for anyone wanting to tackle economic growth and development topics and enter into these conversations."--A. R. Sanderson, Choice
"Gregory Clark has written a fascinating book which is chock-full of insight and ideas. Clark paints on a big canvas and his deft handling of the puzzles and counterintuitive outcomes is delicious. 'No one,' he says, 'can claim to be truly intellectually alive without having understood and wrestled, at least a little, with these mysteries'. We are indebted to him for revealing more of them in such an electrifying fashion."--Ian R. Harper, The Melbourne Review
"[A Farewell to Alms] is one of the most fascinating, and the most disturbing, historical works I have read. It seems to suggest that the gross inequality of our world has less to do with the inherent unfairness of global capitalism and more with scarcely ineradicable cultural difference. . . . [T]his is economic history as you never read it before."--A.N. Wilson, The Daily Telegraph
"Why do some nations get rich while others stay poor? What are the conditions that allow an economy to take off and grow? These questions have puzzled economists for many years. But no explanation is more startling than the one proposed by Gregory Clark in his book A Farewell to Alms."--Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald
"This is a fine book, bristling with interesting data and opinions, more extensive than this review can possibly convey. Readily accessible to non-fiction readers, this book should fire more debate about a historical episode of unfailing fascination."--Michael G. Sargent, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
"This is . . . a remarkable book, with an unerring focus on the fundamentals of the Malthusian economy and the large-scale economic trends. It is a unique source of factual information, beautifully presented in almost 200 tables and figures, and will make an excellent textbook for college-level courses of history and economics."--Gerhard Meisenberg, Journal of Biosocial Science
"[P]erhaps there is no higher praise for an author than to say that I disagreed with the arguments but liked the book. It made me think in new ways about the course of economic history. I recommend the book to anyone with an interest in the economic history of the world."--Rick Szostak, New Global Studies
"I derived enormous stimulation from this book. At a superficial level, Clark offers a richly documented picture of England's economic history, put into perspective by comparisons with other parts of Europe and with the Far East, and sometimes even by references to amazing facts about ancient forager societies. . . . More fundamentally, the layman gets a good understanding here of what made for the Industrial Revolution and how its preconditions evolved in England over a period of centuries. Clark accuses economists of being undereducated about history. This will be somewhat remedied if they read his provocative book."--Wolfgang Kasper, Policy
"As a self-proclaimed exercise in 'big history' this work succeeds extraordinarily well: it is engaging and readable, and it renders abstruse economic models and empirical results accessible to nonspecialists."--Zorina Khan, Technology and Culture
"A Farewell to Alms is . . . worth scrutinizing. The book offers a distinct line of thought on evolutionary affairs. It is also valuable in historiographical terms as it recalls historical explanation forsaken due to shifting scholarly fashions."--Ian Morley, The History Teacher
"Gregory Clark has written a stimulating, provocative, witty, and ambitious book. It is accessible to the uninitiated and a pleasure to read. Clark's valuable insights are presented with an admirable forcefulness, as are his grievous errors. In short, this is a book very much worth reading for the sake of argument and debate."--Jan De Vries, Journal of Economic History
"Clark has provided a sensible and readable account of important frontier research in economic history."--Peter Howitt, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Gregory Clark has given us a very provocative work. It is economic history, but with strong implications for contemporary problems. His quantitative techniques for demonstrating such phenomena as the innumeracy of pre-industrial humanity and the evolution of the speed of information flows are clever."--Arnold Kling, Journal of Bioeconomics
"What caused the Industrial Revolution? Gregory Clark has a brilliant and fascinating explanation for this event which permanently changed the life of humankind after 100,000 years of stagnation."--George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Koshland Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
"This is a very important book. Gregory Clark argues that the Industrial Revolution was the gradual but inevitable result of a kind of natural selection during the harsh struggle for existence in the pre-industrial era, in which economically successful families were also more reproductively successful. They transmitted to their descendants, culturally and perhaps genetically, such productive attitudes as foresight, thrift, and devotion to hard work. This audacious thesis, which dismisses rival explanations in terms of prior ideological, technological, or institutional revolutions, will be debated by historians for many years to come."--Paul Seabright, author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
"Challenging the prevailing wisdom that institutions explain why some societies become rich, Gregory Clark's "A Farewell to Alms" will appeal to a broad audience. I can think of nothing else like it."--Philip T. Hoffman, author of Growth in a Traditional Society
"You may not always agree with Gregory Clark, but he will capture your attention, make you think, and make you reconsider. He is a provocative and imaginative scholar and a true original. As an economic historian, he engages with economists in general; as an economist, he is parsimonious with high-tech algebra and unnecessarily complex models. Occam would approve."--Cormac Ó Gráda, author of Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce
"This should rapidly become a standard work on the history of economic development. It should start whole industries trying to test, refine, and refute its explanations. And Gregory Clark's views on the economic merits of imperialism and the fact that labor gained the most from industrialization will infuriate all the right people."--Eric L. Jones, author of Cultures Merging and The European Miracle
"While many books on the Industrial Revolution tend to focus narrowly either on the event itself, or on one explanation for it, Gregory Clark does neither. He takes an extremely long-run view, covering significant periods before and after the Industrial Revolution, without getting bogged down in long or detailed exposition. This is an extremely important contribution to the subject."--Clifford Bekar, Lewis and Clark College
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Don't be misled by the headline. "Play On" is a perfectly enjoyable production currently on stage at Huntington Playhouse. The subject matter of the play is the often hilarious backstage antics that lead to the opening of a community theater production. Make sense? No matter. Let's talk about the play.
"Play On!" is set at an unnamed community theater. It really could be anyplace. The performers are presenting the world premiere of a show written by a local playwright. Members of the Huntington cast play someone from "real life" in the show. Most of them are cast members in the play-within-the play called "Murder Most Foul."
Theater people have always thought that their lives and work are of great interest to "lay" people. To some extent, this is true. For the last century, plays and movies with backstage themes have been constant. "Play On!" is one of the better examples of this. Written by Rick Abbot nearly a half-century ago, it still resonates today. The Huntington production is directed by Dan Sekanick.
Huntington actress Susan Wagner portrays play director Geraldine Dunbar as impatient, frazzled and caustic. This is an understandable situation, given that the local playwright has been constantly rewriting the script, including all elements of the plot. The first act of "Play On!" takes place at a rehearsal. The cast has never rehearsed the third act of "Murder Most Foul" because of the rewrites. Pam Matthews presents playwright Phyllis Montague as an elderly garden club lady. Eternally cheerful, she is unaware of how she torments the cast with her rewrites.The second act is a dress rehearsal of the show. We see the third act a second time This time with most of the props and a set that has finally been completed. Script changes continue. The name of a stolen jewel has been changed so many times that no one can remember which name is the correct one.
Kathy Whitmore is Polly Benish, an actress who has the largest role in the play. The fact that she is best friends with the playwright explains this astonishing coincidence. Whitmore is a good sport, Benish a bad sport, due to jokes that are made about her own size. Mike Kunikis as Saul Watson is her main tormentor in this regard. Neil Donnelly plays Polly's supportive husband, Henry.
Also in the cast are Bryan Heard and Marybeth Morris as the young couple in love. The chemistry and the comedy between them is perfection. He can't remember his lines, and she does not know what hers mean. Kalina Jones is the stage manager, Aggie, and Michael Strama the stagehand Louis.
The Huntington audience would like to see "Murder Most Foul" in production, and they get their chance. The last part of the show is the third act seen a final time. Props and furniture are on stage for the first time, and of course, nothing goes as it should, which is what one would expect.
Huntington's cast and director have probably all experienced some of the things that are shown in "Play On!" If all of them were present at the same show, the production would explode. The show is successful because it is rooted in reality. Every community theater has some cast members who are not "team players," technicians who work insane hours without sleep and actors who think they know more than the playwright.
"Play On!" is a fast-moving 90 minutes long. It is a good choice for Huntington Playhouse and a good choice for a fun evening of theater in the summer. It runs weekends through Sunday at the playhouse, located in Bay Village.


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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and Apple® today announced that hit programming from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes® Music Store (www.itunes.com). The new content features such favorites as Cartoon Network's "Johnny Bravo," Adult Swim's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and original episodes of the award-winning documentary series "CNN Presents," all available for viewing on a computer or iPod®.
For the last three months, Adult Swim has been offering free video podcasts via iTunes, ranking among the most popular television podcasts on the service. In addition to this new effort, CNN has been offering original podcasts, as well as "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" and "Reliable Sources" to iTunes users for free for just over a month.
"Fans will enjoy this innovative way of purchasing and watching their favorite CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim shows from iTunes," said Dennis Quinn, executive vice president, business development, TBS, Inc. "We're delivering a variety of hit programming from three of our wildly popular networks, with shows for everyone of all ages."
"With Turner's wide range of content available on iTunes, users now can download programming from CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "With well over 150 TV shows available for $1.99 per episode, iTunes is the leading destination for downloading network and cable programming."
CNN, the world's news leader, will provide original episodes of "CNN Presents," including "Taming the Beast: Inside the War on Cancer," "The Fight Over Faith" and "Captured: Inside the Army's Secret School." Drawing from the world's largest cartoon library, Cartoon Network will provide episodes from the network's series "Johnny Bravo" (season one). Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night sister service dedicated to edgy animated comedy and action series, will provide episodes from original productions, including "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "The Venture Bros.," and "Sealab 2021" (season three).
With Apple's legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as integrated video and podcasting support, iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod and groundbreaking personal use rights, the iTunes Music Store is the best way for Mac® and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music and videos online. The iTunes Music Store features a selection of over 9,000 music videos, Pixar and Disney short films, a variety of hit TV shows, and more than three million songs from the major music companies and over 1,000 independent labels.
Pricing and Availability
iTunes 6 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Music Store and is available as a free download from www.apple.com/itunes. Purchase and download of songs and videos from the iTunes Music Store requires a valid credit card with a billing address in the country of purchase. Television shows are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country. Television shows are $1.99 (US) per episode, and music videos and short films are $1.99 (US) each.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
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Rooney appeal date brought forward
England striker Wayne Rooney has seen his appeal date against a three-match international ban brought forward 24 hours to December 8.
• UEFA confirms Rooney appeal date
Rooney's hearing will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, and the Manchester United forward will be in the country on December 7 for a Champions League tie against FC Basel. The shift in date will make travel arrangements easier, according to the FA.
UEFA's appeals body will deal with the case the week after the draw for the Euro 2012 tournament.
Rooney, 26, was red-carded for violent conduct in England's last qualifier against Montenegro after kicking out at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovic.
The FA is hoping that the three-game ban handed down by UEFA will be reduced to just two, meaning their star striker will be able to play in England's final group game at the European Championships.
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This weekend, I entered my sixth month of Palm Pre ownership. Back in June, both James and I purchased a Pre and walked away with good impressions. It's been a solid and fun ride so far, but I'm regretfully putting my Palm Pre on notice. I'm going to give the webOS platform another few months to mature. If it doesn't happen, I suspect I'll either eat the early termination fee or I'll add a different phone entirely to my Sprint account. I like the device very much, but I'm routinely carrying two phones because the platform isn't where it needs to be for me. Many Pre owners are thrilled with their Pre and I'm not suggesting they shouldn't be. I'm looking specifically at my needs — and they're not yet met with the Pre. Why is that?
The most glaring deficit is in the available applications. It's not a question of needing 100,000 to choose from — it's simply a matter of not having major titles available in the Application Catalog. I realize that Palm hasn't yet opened up the catalog to everyone, so I don't entirely blame developers. And I knew in advance that development would be slow for this reason. But I'm getting antsy and tired of waiting. Look at this way — can you name five webOS software titles from major third-party developers? I'm struggling to do so. Even lesser known "brand names" or "web brands" aren't in the catalog yet. It seems that as each day passes, I hear about a great new app for iPhone or Android, but not for Palm. Recently we mentioned a few of these: Slacker, Photoshop, Remember the Milk to name a few just in the past week or two.
In many cases, I can use the Pre's web browser to get things done without using a mobile application. Much of my online time is with WordPress, since that's where this site is hosted. I'm not creating posts on my phones, but I'm reading — and responding to — comments, checking stats, scheduling posts and more. That's doable in a small browser, but the WordPress iPhone client has me constantly carrying my iPhone in addition to my Pre. And that's just one of many examples. The few Twitter clients for webOS are usable, but the ones for iPhone and Android are far better in terms of the user experience. Facebook is the same way — in fact, that's a prime example. Until recently, the limited Facebook web client for mobiles was abysmal to use — I couldn't even respond to a wall post or comment. It's much better now, but Facebook on iPhone is where it's at.
And about that webOS browser — it's good, but it still needs work. Some of the basic functionality that didn't work on day one still isn't there. I still can't tell where I am on a page because there's no indicator. And when I try to read a reader comment here on the site, tapping the link to it doesn't take me to the comment — it simply takes me to the post page where the comment is. I have to manually go and find it myself. Is it any wonder I just use the WordPress client for iPhone?
In any case, I'm committed to give my Pre a fair chance, given the known schedule and constraints. And I do love the hardware as well as the webOS UI. I'll probably give things until February to sort themselves out. If I don't see enough progress, I'll very likely look at what Android 2.0 devices are available at that time. I doubt it will be a Droid though, as I expect even better devices in the first quarter of 2010. Android is far from perfect, but its maturity is happening far faster. And it's a vicious cycle that puts Palm at a disadvantage — as Android gains market share and features, developers are far more likely to invest their resources in a bigger platform.
Think I'm being to hard on my Palm Pre? Let me know in the comments — just keep in mind that I'm speaking about my own needs. If a webOS device is meeting all of your needs, then you should be happy with your device. I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, nor is this a "jumping on / off the bandwagon" approach. Every one of us should be evaluating the mobile tools we use. If they don't work, then seeking alternatives is what we should be doing.


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Grave of the Fireflies.
That anime movie left me depressed for days.
When was the last time you sat down and read a book?
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Homophobia and transphobia.
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Fall asleep quick?
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I used to have allot of problems sleeping because I am such a night owl. But now that I have a full time job that I have to wake up for, I don't have too many problems with waking up. I tried a heap of things to get to sleep, some work, some don't, but if yo ...
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I would like to become vegetarian, but vegan is just weird...... three days later and I'm a strict vegan over night.
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Playboy Falls for Antisocial Girl
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Mars is awesome.
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Hi, I am looking for good shoujo manga, or any manga in general. I have a reading list that is so big I can't pick out which ones I want to read. It is a public list, so would you mind looking at it and telling me manga that you really like and think are worth reading. A ...
A romance will legitimate progression in the relationship
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Mars. The romance development is more mental than physical, they slowly get to know more and more about each other and their lives. Only once they have seen each other at their best and worst, does their relationship get properly physical, and that doesn ...
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There should have been a choice of What is RPG. Because I have no idea what it is. I assumed it was some sort of game? Was I correct? What is it? ...
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Beauty is the Beast (aka. Bijo ga Yajuu)
Hot Blooded Woman
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How you kill your boredom?
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Ten new smart phones, many with intriguing features, have just gone through Consumer Reports' grueling battery of tests. Included are two HTC models with serious camera features: the Titan II ($200 on AT&T) and One S ($200 on T-Mobile). Surprisingly, though, they didn't outscore other models in image quality in our tests.
The Titan II, which has a giant 4.7-inch display, crams 16 megapixels into its camera—two or three times the resolution our lab testers have seen on any other smart phone to date. The One S, with a 4.3-inch display, packs a more-typical 8 megapixels in its camera. The One S stands out for its ability to shoot a series of photos in rapid-fire succession while it's in camera mode. The One S can also snap a still picture at any moment while shooting a video. But neither the Titan II's extra megapixels nor the One S's super switch-hitting abilities helped them beat the Apple iPhone 4S or several other models from HTC, Samsung, and Motorola in the image-quality department.
The HTC One S earned one of the highest overall scores in our new Ratings and excelled in many areas, including Portability—a new performance category that assesses a phone's advantages and disadvantages based on its dimensions and weight. Other new Ratings enhancements include separate camera scores for image quality and video quality.
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Dual boot Mac & Win, and can't you install Win on Macs? just do that and switch between OS's, i do it with Ubuntu and Win7.
Dual boot Mac & Win, and can't you install Win on Macs? just do that and switch between OS's, i do it with Ubuntu and Win7.
If you already use another program like crossover, it's all the same beyond preference, but VMWare is my go to.
Oh, you're gonna get latency unless you have an audio interface(works with Mbox2 like a charm, only one I can speak on, but pretty sure any would work).
In fact it's the exact same point that is used claim an advantage in favor of using Logic on the Mac as opposed to using a dual platform DAW such as Cubase.
Works fine for me in crossover games, slight latency issues when i have 40 plus patterns be damned. no need for a mac release. fl studio 9 plus reason plus audacity plus t-racks =all you need to make baller beats on your mac. now if only i was actually good at making beats....
Hey man, I kind of feel where you're coming from. I just switched to Logic + MacBook from years and years on Cubase + PC a little less than a month ago. You'll get the hang of it eventually... everything you did in FL you can do in Logic more or less. You just might have to take a different road to get to the end result and there are tons of tutorials online and even Logic's native support/help is pretty good. I'm in the same position as you, trying to figure things out that I used to be able to do with my eyes closed in Cubase
One thing I suggest you do just to make yourself more familiar is set up custom key commands. So , f you remember what the key commands were for the little things you used to do frequently in FL, edit Logic's key commands to the same ones, that way you won't have to learn new key commands and all that. There are little things in Logic, little differences with very simple solutions that took me forever how to figure out. Like in Cubase hitting the space bar would play/pause; in Logic the default is set up to go back to the beginning of a loop every time you hit the space bar. Little shit like that would annoy me and took me forever to figure out how to change lol.
But a big reason I didn't go with Cubase 7 for MacOSX , was the price (can't beat Logic's price seriously) and also I've read a lot of things about dual platform programs not working to the best of their capabilities on MacOSX.
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Thanks all! Yeah I've really decided to cut my losses and start learning logic, I actually like it. Any good tutorial resources someone wants to share? (And don't say manuals cause those are like the bible to me right now haha)
Can a midi keyboard be used with FL Fruity?
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i thought it was coming out soon guess not
Oh thanks. But i saw that it said "no audio recording". What does that mean then? Does that mean that i can't use a mic?
Sorry for being such a noob i know uve helped on many of my posts..
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POLICE who were concerned for the welfare of a missing Bradford on Avon woman have confirmed that has been found safe and well.
The woman, in her thirties, went missing from the Devizes area around 10am on Wednesday, wearing a blue and white hoody jumper, blue jeans and carrying a bag.
Yesterday, Wiltshire Police said they believed she could have been in the Bradford on Avon or Trowbridge area, but she was found later on that day.


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The mechanics of Deltron [Interview]
Vancouver, BC – 13 years after the release of Deltron 3030's combination of Del The Funky Homosapien's futuristic storytelling, Dan The Automator's on point production and Kid Koala's signature scratching style, the posse is back with Deltron Event 2.
The dudes made waves in Vancouver in support of their latest album with a show that was executed like a mini movie for the ears. Epically orchestrated by the Automator himself and laced with fierce scratching from proud Canadian Kid Koala, the trio was joined by a small band, upping the ante of the whole performance. Del was laid-back in his presence and flow, dropping cuts from Event 2 sandwiched in between 3030 tracks and a little Gorillaz fav "Clint Eastwood" to close off the evening.
Before jumping on stage (and taking the time to switch the trucks and wheels onto a new, gifted skate deck) the mellow Del The Funky Homosapien made some time to kick it with our West Coast team. Check out some words we had with Del below as well as a photo gallery of the night's performance shot by Jamie Sands.
I like Dan and I like Koala, I like them as people. I like working with them and I like being around them so I guess that's where the chemistry comes in.
HipHopCanada: Thanks for hangin' with us. How do you like Vancouver?
Del: It's cool. I like it. It's raining but I was still skating anyway.
HipHopCanada: It's been 13 years since Deltron 3030 was released what would you say to the fans that haven't picked up a copy yet?
Del: Pick it up. It's a great album you need to have it I think. Go get it. Listen to it however you want, stream it or whatever but I think you should buy it. Definitely if you like the first album, it's for you. We put in a lot of work, a lot of effort to make it something I know you will enjoy especially if you was fans of the first album.
HipHopCanada: Is it a difficult process reverting back and forth between everyday Del and character Deltron Zero.
Del: Nah, not really 'cause I don't ever really change my personality. I guess writing the album took a lot of effort. I had to study how to write science fiction. I wanted it to be authentic. I wanted to know what was tasteful as far as science fiction and what was played out so I had to study. But writing the album took a lot of time and a lot of work, yeah. More than the average album would take, definitely.
HipHopCanada: You have some really interesting features on this album from the obvious choices like Mike Patton, Daman Albarn and Casual to Zach De La Rocha, The Lonely Island, and David Cross. What was the process in choosing these features? Was it strategic to fit the story?
Del: That was Dan. He produced the album and he just happened to know these people. Some of them were already fans of Del and fans of Deltron. The Lonely Island, they was already fans 'cause they from The Bay area as well. That was easy but others, you know, they was there already or they vocals was there already and we put it together. A lot of times he'd have, like, a dinner with somebody or something and just ask them and they'd be like "yeah". Go into the studio and record it – pretty much that easy. I like when he's just doing what he needs to do; I trust his judgment. I think he did a great job.
HipHopCanada: Did you feel like the same chemistry was there between the three of you on Event 2?
Del: I like Dan and I like Koala, I like them as people. I like working with them and I like being around them so I guess that's where the chemistry comes in. When you get along with somebody, they say you got chemistry. A lot of the times we in the studio, talking about music or whatever and they both opinionated on a lot of things so a lot of times I just stick to myself.
HipHopCanada: The game is a lot different know from when you first started your career. New artists have every bit of technology to help push their music further. How do you feel about the new school music hustle? Do you think they have it way easier?
Del: It's a different era but its pretty much the same thing. Back then we was doing whatever we had to do. Now a days they have more technology and stuff to be able to get your stuff out there but there's also way more competition out there. Their music can get more played out. So like, even though you got the technology to help you it's like, you need it. Be grateful that you have that technology because you probably wouldn't be able to do it without. It's not that different. It's just a different era and you've got different types of tools but it's pretty much the same hustle as far as I'm concerned.
HipHopCanada: Are you a fan of any of the newer artists coming out now?
Del: Earl Sweatshirt I dig a lot. Listen to his album quite a bit. Pro Era, them kids up in New York – Capital Steez, Joey Bada$$, I like them a lot. I like Schoolboy Q; there are people out there I like a lot. Domo Genesis, I like him a lot too. He's dope, him and Earl. The Internet too. Syd Tha Kyd, Odd Future.
HipHopCanada: If you could make one change to the world as we know it, what would that be?
Del: Police. I'd make them treat everybody the same way. If I'm in a certain neighborhood they should come as quick as they come in the rich neighborhoods. That's something I'd change. The priorities are just mixed up and it's just not as big a priority to them. Maybe cause certain neighborhoods don't have much money, I'm not gonna say its cause we're black but it could be.
HipHopCanada: What's coming up next for you?
Del: Me and Ladybug Mecca from Digable Planets got a project together; so that's the main thing we working on. That's a rhythm-based project. That's the new biggest thing I'm working on.
HipHopCanada: Thanks so much Del!
Interview conducted by KassKills for HipHopCanada
Photography by Jamie Sands for HipHopCanada
Twitter: @OfficialDeltron
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Low-carb diets could threaten the health of fetuses, scientists say
Updated 9:00 pm, Friday, March 19, 2004
The popularity of low-carbohydrate regimens like the Atkins diet could trigger a sharp resurgence in devastating birth defects and childhood cancers, scientists warn.
Bread, pasta, breakfast cereals and orange juice -- which are largely shunned in low-carb regimens -- are key sources of folic acid, a micronutrient essential to the neurological development of fetuses.
"Fortification (of these products with folic acid) is one of the greatest success stories in the history of medicine but, with so many people on low-carb diets, there is a real danger that those gains will be lost," said Gideon Koren, director of the Motherisk program at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.
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Folate, or vitamin B-9, is found in leafy green vegetables such as spinach, fruits such as oranges and in legumes such as lentils and kidney beans.
The synthetic version, folic acid, is found in commercially prepared baked goods and pasta and can be purchased in supplements.
The recommended daily dose is 400 micrograms. A woman would have to eat about eight slices of white bread daily to reach that minimal level. Because almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned, supplements are recommended for all women of childbearing age. (Editor's Note: The dosage was listed incorrectly in the original version of this story.)
Koren said in an interview that while he applauds efforts by people to maintain a healthy weight, women should avoid fad diets during their reproductive years because they will miss out on essential micronutrients, including folic acid, vitamin D and vitamin A.
"Low-carb diets are a striking example of how you can do something really bad for your child's health while trying to do good for your own health," he said.
A recent survey revealed that one in every nine adults in North America is on a low-carbohydrate regimen such as the Atkins or South Beach diets and that twice as many again are planning to go that route in the next two years.
If they follow through with the diet plans, that would mean that as many as 75 million adults could be on low-carb diets in the United States and Canada by 2006.
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Jonathan Kwitny draws on hundreds of firsthand accounts and eight years of research to reveal the pope in all his complexity. Debunking the theory of a "holy alliance" between the U.S. government and the Vatican, Kwitny shows that Solidarity won its victory despite the CIA; another myth - that the Pope was the victim of a "Bulgarian" plot engineered by the Soviet Union - is shown here to be an elaborate fabrication. The pope's forty-year-old first book - 250 underground copies were hand-printed in Poland at mortal risk to the author, publishers, and readers - is partially reprinted here for the first time, indicating political beliefs that he could not later espouse as prelate. A blend of Thomism, phenomenology, and existentialism, John Paul II's religious philosophy is revealed as a key ingredient of his political ideology. The author examines with scrupulous detail the relationship between John Paul II as a Pole and his church; his doubts about American capitalism, which perfects the work rather than the worker and overvalues corporate leaders; his worldwide battles for the poor and to right human wrongs; the reasons behind the pope's unwavering traditionalist values; and his attitudes toward women as revealed through interviews with the women who have shaped his life as well as exerted powerful influence on the Church's birth control ban. In addition, Kwitny interprets little-known intelligence documents, including a candid eight-page CIA report on the pope when he was cardinal and a never-before-revealed plot by the Vatican to unseat the head of the Polish church with the support of Western intelligence agencies.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The G-20 meeting in Cannes got under way last week. The sunny beach resort, playground to movie stars and media moguls, was an odd choice for a somber meeting. As President Obama touched down in Air Force One, the Greek government was on the verge of collapse, austerity was sweeping Europe and the future of the Eurozone was in doubt.
But the first day of talks offered a ray of hope for the global economy. For the first time, the 20 most powerful countries in the world sat down to discuss applying a small tax to high-speed, high-volume stock market trading. And for the first time, the U.S. blinked.
President Sarkozy of France has long championed a small sales tax on stock and derivatives trading, which has the potential for generating billions in revenue. "At a time when states are making remarkable efforts to restore their public finances ... how can the financial sector triumphantly continue to march, indifferent to the world around it, without a care for the disorder it has more than its share in causing?" Sarkozy said. EU member countries are moving forward to implement such a tax next year.
Ron Suskind revealed in his new book, "Confidence Men," that President Obama thought the tax was a no-brainer right after the banks collapsed the global economy — until his economic team told him otherwise.
Behind the scenes, the "opponent in chief" has been Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who has protected his friends on Wall Street by privately characterizing the tax as unworkable, easy to evade and not likely to bring in much income. Geithner doesn't just oppose the tax for the U.S., he has opposed the tax in the context of the G-20, slapping down British Prime Minister Gordon Brown when he proposed it in 2009.
Now the White House appears to be changing its tune. Reuters reported that the U.S. government backed down from its long-standing opposition to the tax at the G-20 meeting. The U.S. is still opposed to the idea in principle, but would not try to block other countries from going ahead.
Panicked at this change in tune, the Wall Street Journal editorial board wasted no time, savagely attacking the idea and calling on Geithner for help.
The news reports hit the wire almost at the exact same moment that thousands of nurses took the fight for a fairer economy right to Geithner's doorstep with a rally at the Treasury Department. Signs read "An Economy for the 99%" and "Tax Timmy's Friends." Nurses and other groups are fed up with Geithner's habit of deep-sixing every action that might hold the big banks accountable for the meltdown of the global economy.
"It is long past time for Secretary Geithner and President Obama to get on board with other world leaders in supporting this common-sense approach to raise badly needed revenues to help fund the critical programs we need to revive the U.S. and other global economies," said NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro, who traveled to Cannes to rally with nurses from around the world.
The nurses are not alone. The tax has a growing and diverse list of supporters, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the pope, Warren Buffett, Joseph Stiglitz and hundreds of groups in the U.S., including Americans for Financial Reform, AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME, NEA, Oxfam, Public Citizen, and National People's Action. The Occupy Wall Street crowd has embraced it as well.
While the domestic implementation of the tax faces continued opposition from Congress and Geithner, Oregon Rep. Pete DeFazio and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin introduced a modest version of the tax last week in an effort to counter the "cut, cut, cut" mentality of the deficit "supercommittee." While the big banks on Wall Street will work hard to convince Congress that even a tiny tax would result in the immediate collapse of the economy and that grannie would be hardest hit, the facts are that the modest fee proposed in this legislation is minuscule in comparison even to the management fees applied by some mutual funds.
The idea has powerful allies and a simple common-sense appeal. As AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka puts it: "It is time to put Wall Street to work rebuilding Main Street with a financial speculation tax to create jobs, rein in speculation and lay the groundwork for long-term economic prosperity."
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Thursday, 19 February 2009
You want that dream dress but unfortunately you're on a budget. So without having to sacrifice on style & elegance, Tanya has some suggestions for more affordable bridal gowns that will ensure you have enough pennies left in your purse to blow on the honeymoon!
There are wedding fairs taking place in hotels & venues across the country- brides everywhere are searching for the perfect dress to make them feel a million dollars on their special day. Unfortunately, many brides are this year forced to cut back on the overall nuptial spend..including the darling dress. ?
Tanya Grimson- Frugal Fashionista
Tanya Grimson is a Fashion stylist based in Dublin. Since graduating from London college of Fashion and working in leading publications such as Marie Claire in London she returned to Ireland to pursue her career as a fashion stylist.
Tanya has been actively working as a stylist in Ireland for 10 years and has worked for various publications such as The Gloss, Irish Tatler, Sunday Independent's Life Magazine, U Magazine, Confetti, VIP magazine, The Irish Times, Social and Personal and the RTE Guide, she has also worked as the Deputy Editor of Prudence magazine and was the Fashion Editor of Ivenus, Harmonia's online magazine and is currently the Fashion Editor of Irish Brides magazine.
Commercial clients include: Samui boutique, Sasha, Diffusion boutique, heatons, Peruzzi, Pulse accessories, Dunnes Stores, Michael H, Simply B, Oxendales, Applebe jewellers, Mad Flowers, Aer Lingus, Airwaves, Pulse, Lucinda Grey, Tricot Marine, Club Rugby, Dylon, Sheseido, House of Colour,
Tanya has also worked as a fashion journalist for publications such as Prudence, Ivenus, Irish Brides and The Irish Times and is currently involved in fashion production for many of her clients.
Off the peg bridal wear
With more and more people being let go from the jobs and with impending weddings still looming, more and more people are opting for off the peg dresses that don't cost the earth, also a new trend is emerging with couples having less of an engagement lead time, and if you are planning on getting married within 6 months of your engagement, traditional bridal shops are not for you, as there is generally a waiting time of between 8-10 months depending on the shop and the design you pick. If this is your case then you have two options: 1, find a design that you like and get a well know dress maker to make it for you from an image you have given them or you buy from off the peg.
Also more and more shops are starting to do off the peg dresses, costume in Dublin have recently announced the opening of their off the peg wedding dresses to be sold upstairs in their shop, stocking Temperley and Collette Dinigan styles, while Sharon Hoey will also be launching an off the peg collection, that you can buy and leave with if it fits correctly.
Otherwise high street shops such as monsoon, Hickeys and Debenhams stock their own range of dresses at very pocket friendly prices, alternatively Oxfam have a bridal range that has a fantastic selection of once worn dresses if you are one of those people that realise that in fact it is only for one day, the dresses are in immaculate condition and cost a fraction of the normal retail value.
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- These teams perch atop the Western Conference with RSL two points ahead.
- Chris Wondolowski leads the league with 12 goals this season.
- These teams were on opposite sides of comebacks midweek. Wondo's 12th goal came as a stoppage time penalty, giving San Jose a come-from-behind 2-1 win over the Colorado Rapids. Salt Lake meanwhile coughed up a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to the LA Galaxy.
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Kojo Kamau has exhibited photos across America and in several foreign countries. But he still spends time teaching the basics of photography to Columbus State students.
Kamau teaches black-and-white photography to students who know it primarily through as an Instagram filter. He even teaches them how to develop film in a darkroom.
"Being an old-school photographer, my students help keep me current on the latest technology, and I teach them the basics of a good photograph."
"Most students experience a lot of trial and error printing in the darkroom in the beginning stages, some even want to give up. I encourage students not to give up but rather perfect their skills until they believe it is their very best work."
Kojo studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design, The Ohio State University and the Rochester Institute of Technology. He retired from Ohio State as chief medical photographer. His fine art work ranges from celebrities to cityscapes, from Americana to the pyramids of Egypt.
His photographs can be found in the permanent collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Columbus Foundation. The Columbus Museum of Art showcased him in 2009 with Kojo: Fifty Years in Photograph.
His photographs also have been displayed at exhibitions all throughout the United States, including the Indianapolis Art Center, Chicago Center of Science and Industry and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Kamau's international exhibitions include Gallery 44 Center for Contemporary Photography in Toronto, Canada; Culturefest '93 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; and the Central Bank of the Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas.
In 2013, Kojo was honored as the fourth recipient of the Raymond J. Hanley Fellowship award by the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
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District's unofficial enrollment up over first projections
The 2013-2014 school year got off to a successful start in Independent School District 834 with unofficial numbers showing enrollment up in the district, two central office officials told the School Board Thursday night
ISD 834 Director of Elementary Education Malinda Lansfeldt and Executive Director of Secondary Education Dr. Ryan Laager both thanked staff and administration at schools for doing an exceptional job of ensuring the new school term started smoothly.
The unofficial total ISD 834 enrollment is 8,583 students on a first-day-of-school count. That enrollment is 194 more students than initially projected in Stillwater public schools this year. The growth comes on the heels of a 101-student net loss through the 2012-2013 school year. The start of school enrollment count last year was 8,476 with an end count at 8,327 students.
Disrtict enrollment breaks down to 4,290 elementary school students, 4,146 secondary students and 147 early childhood special education students.
Superintendent Corey Lunn said he believes enrollement increased from new families moving into the district and students returning to the district after learning about the dsitrict's plans personalize learning for students.
Lansfeldt also noted that school-age care for children before and after school has increased this year to 862. Also, 260 preschool and Early Childhood Family Education students will take part in those programs. The report said 892 students take part in the district's choice program that allows them to attend a school they might not necessarily be assigned to and 303 students are open-enrolled from other districts, Sixty of these students are new.
Laager and Lansfeldt reported that 7,000 students were brought to school on the first day with no major transportation issues. Accolades were given to Director of Operations Dennis Bloom and his team.
"In the five years I've been here as a principal, no one has had to bring any transportation issues to me ever and that is due to you and your department's very hard work," Laager said.
The presentation also noted that 90 new staff were hired for the 2013-2014 school year.
"This is primarily replacements or as a result of reorganization," Laager said. "It's always sad to see these people go, but the new people have brought so many positive new ideas to the districts and they are really great."
The 90 new hires include five principals: Withrow Elementary's Melissa Sonnek, Oak Park Elementary's Nate Cox, Andersen Elementary's Hugh Roberts, ECFE's Karen Manske and Don Johnson, the interim principal at Stillwater Area High School.
Lansfeldt and Laager also discussed the new staffing models going into place, facility and security improvements that are occurring throughout the district and the district future plans.
New staffing models include lead teachers and coaches that will offer a more personalized learning environment for students and teachers.
Lansfeldt added that this year lays the groundwork for the next few years of the Bridge To Excellence plan. This year focuses on staff development to move them forward and prepare teachers as best they can for the next phases of the plan.
Laager and Lansfeldt added that their focus for this school year includes community connections, future learning, establishing systems supporting learning and growing and developing staff.
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