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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 57 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
pumpshop.com.au is a website that has all kinds of pumps and swimming pool merchandise available. It's a simple site that is nearly complete - all we're after is the header/logo graphic, and maybe some new buttons down the track.
The site is mainly for tradesmen and workers, so no flash or crazy required - just simple, clean, distincitive and professional.
You can see the elements on the website here - pumpshop.com.au
The header has the title in it, which we'd like to keep, plus we'd like the phone number to be quite prominent - 1300 859 969.
The rest is up to you - we'll guide along the way with plenty of feedback - either do something to reflect the business or stylize as you see fit. If you'd like to incorporate some pump graphics, let us know and we'll give you access to the content of the site.
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Simply put, PowerPro is the ultimate combination of modern technology and old-fashioned fishing knowledge.
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Burke Marine was founded by Martin Burke on the shores of Sydney Harbour in 1971. Combining a wealth of boating experience with a vast knowledge of textile manufacturing, the family-run company has been one of Australia's most respected and dynamic marine brands for over 40 years. Renowned for their innovative contributions to fabric development and garment design, the iconic brand has built its reputation on great value products that always perform to the highest standard. From Auckland to Oslo, Burke Marine's vast array of products can be found all around the world.
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A recent Greenpeace report revealed China's key coal consuming provinces Inner Mongolia, Shandong and Shanxi, used 31% of the coal in China, totalling one billion tons of coal. And while the majority of the health impacts stemming from the plants of these three regions happened outside their borders, in 2011 there were still 1,500 deaths in Inner Mongolia, 2,800 deaths in Shanxi and 7,200 deaths in Shandong!
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Second Preview Track'The Healer and The Cross' is the second preview track from our upcoming album 'In Times Of Desperation'! Available Dec 29th 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyMQJFWUPZE&feature=youtu.be Track available and album pre order at the following link in 3 different formats: digital, CD and A5 formats. Preorder here: https://shop.naturmacht.com/eternal-helcaraxe-in-times-of-desperation-jewe... more... - 3 Dec, 2017
New Album Artwork RevealedRelease Date: 29.12.2017
1. Our Time In The Sun
2. End Of All Things
3. Kneel Before None
4. The Healer And The Cross
5. Bannow
6. From Seeds To Forest
7. In Times Of Desperation
8. One Journey - 9 Nov, 2017
"To Whatever End- Reinforced" OUT NOW!Out Now! Available to buy direct from our "Armour" section or our bandcamp! (www.eternalhelcaraxe.bandcamp.com) . The track "Palest Kingdom" is also available for stream in our "Aural" section! "Re-release of the 2010 EP, featuring a re-master of the original recording and 4 brand new bonus tracks! Released through Unlight Productions and distributed through Drakkar Productions (www.drakkar666... more... - 22 Mar, 2015
New Eternal Helcaraxe vinyl out now!!The new Eternal Helcaraxe 10 inch vinyl split has just been released! This is the third 4 track split from Elemental Nightmares project! It will feature 3 other great bands, Eventide, Septekh and Mondvolland! Check out the split for digital purchase on the EN bandcamp here: "http://elemental-nightmares.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-nightmares-iii" Or if you prefer you can pick up a phy... more... - 24 Sep, 2014
Elemental Nightmares Vinyls almost ready to ship!First of all a big thank you to all of you who have ordered our limited edition vinyl through Elemental Nightmares it has been some time but it looks like everything is almost ready to go! The vinyl will exclusively feature our latest track "Flames in the darkness" and is still available to purchase as a single or the complete set here: www.elemental-nightmares.com/ Here is the status update fr... more... - 18 Jun, 2014
Tyrith our drummer has now been endorsed by Serial Drummer Clothing!Tyrith is now endorsed by Serial Drummer clothing, Check them out for great T-shirts, Shorts, shirts etc!! http://www.serialdrummer.com/ - 4 Apr, 2014
Flames In The Darkness - Official VideoNow up! The official video of the brand new track "Flames In The Darkness". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clwyQStFg6o The track "Flames In The Darkness" is exclusively available through "Elemental Nightmares". It can be purchased on vinyl and digital download from the following link - https://www.elemental-nightmares.com. Vinyl splits are available separately or as a complete set, check o... more... - 16 Jan, 2014
Buy our 7" split now for only €6.66For a limited time only, our 7" vinyl split with Mondvolland is available on the Elemental Nightmares website for only 6.66€!! 50 copies of the 13 vinyls have been broken apart for single sales, pick it up while still available!! https://www.elemental-nightmares.com/ You also have the option of puchasing a limited edition poster and specially designed shirt!... more... - 7 Oct, 2013
Helcaraxe Back In The Studio!We have completed our work in the studio for our re-release of "To Whatever End" and our track for the 7" "Elemental Nightmares" project! We Are The Flames In The Darkness!!
- EH - 14 Aug, 2013
7" Pairing AnnouncementELEMENTAL NIGHTMARES 5th split announcement: Eternal Helcaraxe & Mondvolland! "Pushing further into black metal territory, this vinyl split combines the epic black metal of Eternal Helcaraxe together with Mondvolland's folk influenced take on things and make for one very interesting split!" Be sure to check out more music from Mondvolland by streaming on the elemental Nightmares website: ... more... - 5 Aug, 2013
Pick up some merch!Check out and pick up some of our merchandise! Cds, Shirts, Patches, Stickers, Badges, Tapes and more!!
Go to the armour section of the website!
Thank you comrades! - 25 Jul, 2013
Brand New Eternal Helcaraxe 7" Coming Soon!!We are pleased to announce that Eternal Helcaraxe will be joining "Elemental Nightmares"! This Unique vinyl project that will consist of 26 bands with 26 brand new and unreleased tracks, on 13 7" vinyls! When fully collected these 13 vinyls will form one huge artwork! These splits will be limited to 300 copies and will all include high quality digital downloads of the songs. Pre-books can b... more... - 11 Jul, 2013
Studio Booked!We have just secured dates in August for recording the Re-release of "To Whatever End". Coming out on Abyss Records! Get ready for some old helcaraxe reborn! - 7 Jun, 2013
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Dear Em
Have just come in from a hard four hour drill, and take it from me your letter came in just right. I am glad you gave me a little scoulding for writing the way I have been writing, for it seems right after I sent that letter, I have been getting mail from some one of you every day. I got a letter from Mary Higgins, and I intend to answer it. I wrote a letter to Little Mary last week so I guess she has got it by this time. I have not yet received the candy or the letter from Henry, and I will be expecting them anytime now. As for the girl nuf ced. She is a good kid, and dancer and you know that is just my style. She writes very cheering letters and she writes them often too! If you are thinking of me, and you sertainly show it in your letters, what must I be doing away down here of you.
You said it, when you spoke of my taking care of my self. I did think I was going to be sick at first but I took things easy and now, if it was not for the heat of the day, I wouldn't mind it at all. It is just as you say about answering to quickly, but I have to keep cool with the recruits for it has been my job ever since we struck here to handle these fellows. And say it is some job. Some of them try to get in right with me, (and they are good fellows too) but I have to hold them off, and to do this I howl at them more than the others. This is a fine job isn't it? Well the sooner I make soldiers of them the sooner I'm done with it so I am working like the devil to accomplish this. I've got to go out tonight again to teach them how to shoot. OH what a job, but it is part of the game, so what is the use of thinking of it.
Tell the Studdley girls that I am feeling fine and return my regards them. I sent Mrs. Holland, (and the family) a letter and I hope they have received it by this time.
Tell pa to enjoy himself this week and I am going to try from now on to make this work down here, just play a far a fatigue is conserned.
Well I'll close in the best of health and spirits. Tell Henry to be sure and write.
With love
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Grand Fleet (Version 1.1)
In Harms Way (Version 1.1)
Stalingrad Campaign (Version 1.2)
Battle of the Atlantic (Version 4.0P)
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text: I knew going into my Plastic Free July challenge that success was not going to hinge on my ability to completely refuse single-use plastic for the month, but rather, in discovering new and fun ways to make long-term commitments to a lifestyle change. In the end, I can happily report that the 30-day experiment was a success! But, it is also just a beginning. My initial thoughts confirmed: In today's world it is REALLY hard to live a plastic-free life. Just take an inventory of everything you touch between the time you get out of bed and the time you finish breakfast (less than an hour for most of us), and you'll quickly realize how heavily we've come to depend upon the disposable plastic industry. Your toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, medicines, contact lens solution, etc. are most likely made of plastic or in plastic containers. Then, it's your cereal, bagels, coffee, milk, juice and more that come in plastic packaging. So many habits to change, and the caffeine hasn't even kicked in yet. Hard lessons learned: I knew plastic was everywhere but I did not know it was EVERYWHERE! It is hidden in tea bags and milk cartons. Even the "greenest" of supermarkets and the "healthiest" products are swimming in plastic packaging. Trying to reconcile other life-style priorities (fair trade, organic, palm-oil free, etc.) with plastic-free is sometimes impossible, and choices have to be made Just getting started: When I took this challenge at the beginning of July, I committed to make three long-term lifestyle changes that would eliminate single-use plastic from my daily routine. While the jury is still out on whether they'll stand the test of time, I'm on the path to incorporating the following changes: Shopping in the bulk-food section. More and more stores are carrying a larger variety of food items as bulk food. I've switched to bulk coffee, nuts, granola and snacks—and I'm working on tea and grains next Canning my own food. Mostly instigated by a bumper crop of cucumbers this year, I've begun canning vegetables. There is no better way to eliminate unwanted packaging than by "packaging" food items yourself. Speaking up. Staff in stores and restaurants are often happy to help you on your plastic-free quest. Let them know this is something that is important to you. Consumers have a powerful voice; we just need to learn how to use it for things that matter. Ultimately, this was an eye-opening experience, even for someone who thinks about issues like this on a daily basis. I'm glad I took the challenge—it pushed me to develop priorities and make some changes. It also inspired me to keep going. July is over, but my commitment isn't. Tags: conservation, plastic-free-july, plastics, plastic-pollution, national-aquarium-experts, laura-bankey Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Jng1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 71 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
DebutSEM is a brand new company, and its sole product is a web-based application that makes it easy for advertisers to manage how much they spend on search-based advertising on Google and MSN. Advertisers spend countless hours trying to figure out what keywords users are searching on to get to their website. If i'm a florist in Texas, I may spend $$ each time a user googles "texas florist" or any of the dozens of variations of "flowers" to try to lure them to my website. This is a really complex process and involves ALOT of numbers. Our application needs to look SIMPLE and INTUITIVE. We want a clean interface with a theme that is easy to read and uses color to alert users (i.e. red = bad and yellow=warning) when they need to take action.
Our web application is targeted to businesses who do online advertising. They will have familiarity with computers and surfing the internet. They may have some knowledge of how web based applications work but they won't be experts.
Attached is a mockup that shows a reporting/dashboard screen. Do a revised version of the screen using your own color, font, buttons, links and tab styles. Incorporate the following:
1. There are 2 tab levels (marked as 1st Tab and 2nd Tab). For each Tab Level, show the style for the Current/Selected Tab as well as the Unselelected/Default style.
2. For each button (i.e. Close, Enter, Submit), show all 3 button states - Default, On Hover, Clicked OR if you think there should be only 1 button state, then show just 1.
3. For the chart - show 3 lines with diff colors
4. For the grid:
a. Show how you'd indicate that the columns are sortable (i.e. on hover, the column headers are underlined) or in the mockup the sorted column has an orange arrow up/down showing order.
b. Make the grid rows alternating color for readability.
c. Show what a grid row looks like on hover.
d. Show one row highlighted with alert colors (like shades of red or orange to indicate something is wrong).
5. Popup box - make it noticeable but consistent with color theme
6. The design be 1440px wide (full screen width)
Feel free to rearrange the elements on the screen if you think of a better layout. We don't have a logo so just change the words DebutSEM at the top to match your color scheme. GOOD LUCK!
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Re: Mandolorian Rebellion (For Atinvod)
You dont have to if you dont want to. But Id love it if you would, so yes.
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You dont have to if you dont want to. But Id love it if you would, so yes.
Well, this is, um, ackward. 'Cause, I'd much rather be my own character, I don't want to hurt your feelings or anything, oh jeeze, this is ackward...
((It's ok you can have your own character, Traviss(the character) can board a ship to another destination and possibly never return, just a suggestion TW.))
sure, I understand. You can take the role of No-Name, and name him as your charecter. I believe your in the ship with me, but I have NO F'IN IDEA whats goin on! Anywayz.....enjoy and have fun.
(Well, this ones about over anyway, a few more posts and we won't have much more to write about. We'll have to have another mission soon, you could wait for that, or hunting)
En'de collasped onto his bed, glad to be back home. Watching the skyline above him, the familiar green paint scheme floating down from it. No-name was back it seemed.
"And checkmate."
He didn't even try getting up, he knew he came out of this one alive with everybody else. That was enough for now. Even then, he was surprised when Dev asked him to go with him on his next hunting trip. He agreed, hobbling off a little afterwards.
Tommorrow he'd see the doc, get his eye fixed, and try to sell his old ship. The dominoes might just fall into place after that.
Ah, thats sounds great mate. I'll see ya then. Could someone PM me when we start a new mission if I dont notice please. Thanx.
Okay , cool. I'll wait til then.
Hobbe had finaly returned her datapad, giving her something to. Devon was bored out of her mind, both the doctors and her team had refused to let her walk anywhere but the 'fresher. She suspected Roby had something to do with it. But, at least she could feel the pain in her leg now. It had been broken in three places. She sent a coded message to the harem, explaining her situation, but promising them she'd get them to at least Theed when she could move again without being under the scruntity of both the docs and Roby.
Devon looked over at the only other patient, a girl, no more than maybe six or seven, Lukain. She gestured to the holoboard between them, "Your turn," she said as she took Devon's knight. She was in here because she had wandered off and had broken her arm. "That man seems really nice," she said as Devon moved her pawn. "You mean Roby? Yeah, he's nice." As Lukian studied her next move, "He likes you." Devon smiled, "Who told you that?" as Lukian protected her queen with a rook. "Nobody, why don't you tell him you like him back?" Devon moved her bishop, cornering one of Lukian's pawns, "It's not that simple." Lukian shook her head, "Why do adults always have to make things so complicated? He likes you, you like him. What's the big deal?" Devon fell silent, she didn't want to get into all the details, "I'm crazy." Lukian didn't laugh, "That doesn't seem to matter to him, does it? Checkmate. New game?" Lukian asked her hopefully.
Devon nodded, "On one condition. That you don't lecture me on my love life anymore, okay?" Lukain sighed, "Whatever. Stop acting like my Dad, okay?" Devon reached over and shook Lukain's hand, "Deal. I was started first last time, your turn."
Roby was heading for the tent where Devon had been recovering, when he heard Lukain and Dev talking about him, he stopped for a moment outside, until they had finished their discussion. He entered the tent and caught Dev by surprise. "How's your arm?" she asked.
"Fine thanks,...how's your foot?" replied Roby. Oh what a way to charm a lady, thought Roby sarcastically to himself. Lukain giggled and left the table. "Look I know we got off on the wrong foot, but I want to make it up to you." He gently grabbed Dev's arm and brought her to her feet. He slowly guided her outside, and before Dev, was a ship. "It's the Battlecry, remember, the one Spinx Vera brought you on, when she rescued you, I got it refurbished."
(not in a tent-at home back at the space port.)
En'de woke up the next day. Dressed civilian and went through his food stores. He had a few things that were a day away from being thrown out, one in particular he didn't have any use for. But he thawed it out anyway, spending a couple of hours working with it. Until he got enough to fit in a thermos. He capped that and walked onto the dock, feeling the outer hull of his ship as he passed by. He still needed to clean it out. But that could wait for later. He was almost to the med center, before he heard the loud voice behind him.
He tried turning around, but she caught up to him before he could. With a hug so tight it felt like his rib was cracking again. He pushed her back. Holding his side.
"Glad to see you too Jun, but I'm not in the best shape for that."
He walked off, Jun behind him. She was slightly shorter. With deep blue hair, a small scar across her neck, and black eyes. Wearing the necklace he'd given her on her last birthday with the three claws hanging off of it. Sandals and her regular t-shirt and pants.
"What'd you do this time?"
"I broke a rib. And before you ask the thermos is for a couple of team mates."
She grabbed his hand, especially clinging today. By the time they made it there, Roby and Dev were standing outside in front of a ship.
They walked up behind them, En'de tapping Dev on the shoulder.
"Here, there was a little extra in the freeze from my cousin's last visit. It's a family tea I didn't feel like drinking."
He stood there for a moment, preparing to take Jun out for dinner. Not about to tell them it was Dainoga Tea he'd given them, or which part of the Dainoga it was made of(spleen). They didn't seem to expect Jun, maybe they thought he wasn't engaged or had a girlfriend the way he acted.
"What're we looking at?" En'de
"It's something I did for Dev," whispered Roby to Red, "You could say it's a blast from the past."
Dev didn't let go of Roby's hand. "You ok Dev?" inquired Roby, "I didn't offend you did I?"
((Btw Atinvod, your inbox is full))
"Roby, um, thanks. You can't know how much this means to me. Ever. I have no idea what to say..." her voice trailed off as a figure came down the ramp. Devon's jaw dropped, "Mom?!" Dev let go of Roby, just long enough to grab her crutches, and somewhat hobbled, limped, and skipped to her adoptive mother. "Oh, Dev," Spinx said hugging her tight, mindfull of her daughter's leg, "What did you do this time?" Dev shrugged, "I fell. I fell bad."
"What'd they say?" Red asked, bewildered. He'd never heard a language spoken lke that. "It's something only they understand. It's a bit Mando'a, Huttese, and ancienct Corellian," roby told him.
((I cleaned it out just now. So, there should be no problem.))
Roby, stood there watching mother and daughter, he sighed quietly and turned around to go back to his living quarters, letting both ladies talk. As Roby sat down in his seat, he started wandering if he should leave sooner, now that everyone was happy. "Oh Dev." Roby sighed.
"Can I talk to you later, Mom? I know it's been forever, but something's up with Roby." The older woman laughed and nodded, "And so the walls finally start to come down." Dev gently punched her mother on the shoulder, "Mom, that's not fair. Talk to you later?" Spinx kissed her much taller daughter on the check, "Did I not just say, yes?" Devon smiled, "Love you, Mom. Oh, Red, the man..." "I know of him." Devon nodded and continued, "He wants you to come to the wedding," she handed her the card. Spinx accepted them, "Love you, too, Dev'ika. Count on talking to me later," Spinx told her, that old warrior glint in her eye.
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Devon slid the door open, "Oh, what? You wanna tell me what's up? Mom's off to see some of her old friends, Kal and Hobbe are around here somewhere, and Red and Jun are out to dinner. You said you wanted to talk earilier, but we never got a chance to."
((Hey, give me a few minutes. I've got to do the dishes.))
Jun muttered to En'de in Treshnan, then excusing herself she stepped back headed out so they didn't lose their reservation. He walked over to Roby and Dev as suggested.
"Now we all have to make up our minds don't we. Well, I guess I have for the most part. Give one of these to your Mother Dev. Keep the other one."
He handed Roby three small datacards. One of them was for a friend that worked at the dock but he had a few more.
"Don't forget to wear something nice. Polish your armor if you have to."
"So, this is for..."
"Yea, we're holding the wedding back on Treshna in two standard months."
He walked off, he had a doctor's appointment to keep. Jun beside him.
(I suppose we could start the next mission right after this. Same topic or a new one?)
Well, let SabreMandalore and I finish this thing. And, Dev, promised the harem women that she'd get them to Theed. Same topic as in thread or as in going after the DeathWatch?
Well, you two can finish up your end. That's why I mentioned two months. I'll just leave the picture for a while.
Same topic as in thread.
((Well a new topic would be a fresh start, but its up to Atinvod))
Roby pulled Dev to one side, "Dev, I can't stay here for long, I've just got to go," Roby said with a hint of sadness, "I'm not lucky when it comes to relationships, and I don't want you to suffer the same fate as..." Roby's words trailed off. "It's just that you're happy and that's all that matters." He gave Dev a kiss on her forehead and walked out of his quarters.
As he passed En'de, he gave back the invitations.
((Well, okay. That's new. Giving the indecisive person the decision. New thread?))
Devon followed him out and grabbed his arm, "What? You think that this is easy for me? Is that it? Roby, nothing is easy. I wake up everyday, working with men, stuffing down my anger because I know that I can't blame them for the crime of a few. Stuffing down my feelings cause you deserve a normal family," she took a deep breath, trying to remain calm. How does Mom do it?, "Roby," she stopped, "I'm sorry," her brows furrowed, "You know what? Forget it. I tried, Roby, I tried trusting someone," she turned to Red before she left, "Congrats, man. I'll be there. Tell Jun that if she needs a girl to talk to, she can always get ahold of me."
She left the building, unsure where of to go. She couldn't go after the slaves, yet. She'd just hinder them, "Mom, I need you to do something for me," she said into her commlink and explained the harem deal. Spinx promised that she would do it now.
En'de pocketed the datacard. Father would enjoy the company that did come. He entered the waiting room of the doctor's office, ushered straight in to meet him. An hour later, most of the damage was worked out. And he could kind of see, but unlike the last one it wouldn't look like a real eye. It'd just be the basic design, but more could be worked into it at least. He gave Doc Sulliven Roby's invitation on the way out. He finished up and met Jun. Sitting down across from her, he tried concentrating on the menu.
"So, I didn't think you'd actually give them to anyone."
"I didn't think I'd ever have the chance. By the way, Dev says if you ever need someone to talk to, you can contact her."
The droid waiter ignored them, waiting for his chance with a fairly rich couple.
"I think I might."
The atmosphere was supposed to be somewhat romantic, slow music in the background, Most of the tables only had two chairs.
"You think she'll freak when her lips and teeth get stained purple?"
He laughed a little, his had been the week he met Jun, something would have ruined their relationship. But they hadn't seen each others faces when they'd met anyway.
"Probably. How long does it take to wear off?"
"Depends on the species. But I'd say a week tops, depending on how much of it she drinks."
They finally got the droids attention, both of them settling on water. Then when the droid came back around it was some sort of shellfish for the both of them. They waited an hour, talking about small things. One of the recurring themes somewhere they both could live that wasn't some space port apartment. If the both of them ever made enough money, they'd probably live on Dantooine or Kamino.
"Two months, and we're not allowed to prepare it, whatcha want to do for two months...Jun?"
Both of them had started chatting in Treshnan, it kept the conversation private and was a bit more natural.
Something would eventually come up he was sure.
"Well, tommorrow, you're going to trade that junker in."
(and there's my last post for this one, can't wait to start again)
Roby stood in the loading bay, when a little girl came up to him, it was Lukain. "Why aren't you with Dev?" she asked innocently. "We had an argument." Roby said plainly.
"About what?"
"You see, I lost my wife to death, on one of our missions, and I just don't want Dev to disappear as well."
"Did you tell her that?"
"Well she's over there now." said the girl pointing at Dev. Roby was going to look back at Lukain when she just disappeared. Roby hesitated at first.
"Dev!" Roby shouted, running to her, "Dev, I'm sorry for what I said back there, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"Well, you seemed to do a good job of it," she said angrily. She started to walk away from him, when Roby grabbed her arm.
"It's just that there's too much that's been happening to me, I don't want to lose you the same way I lost my wife."
Roby didn't let go of Devon's arm and looked into her eyes, he then let her go.
"I do care about you, Dev," Roby said as he turned away, "I care about you alot."
"I know, Roby. I'm sorry. I love you, too," Dev regretted blowing up at him. He'd lost his first wife, and Kitano just recently. She went to say something, thought better of it. She wasn't one to just put emotions on her sleeves,"Look," she ran a hand through her black hair, she smiled, her teeth and lips the same shade of violet of her eyes, "Stay away from the tea and, um, you can go if you want. You know how to reach me, Roby. I'm off."
So that's it? Dev, you just can't keep running from your feelings. You can't run away from yourself. Yeah, and he deserves somebody that isn't going to die on some backworld planet, never knowing what happened to her...
"I'll be seeing you, Roby," she turned looking for Lukian, "Lukian! Come on, we're leaving." The eight-year-old bounded up, blonde braids flying behind her, blue-green eyes sparkling, new freckles on her tanned face, "Get on the ship. I'll be there in a minute." Lukian gestured for her to lean down to her level, "Glad you said sorry to the nice man?" she whispered and grinned. "Sure, I told you, Lukian. No more lecturing?" "Right. Bye, Roby," she grinned and bounded up on the ship. Devon watched her leave, "She's a good kid, Roby. Too mature for her own good, though," Devon smiled as Lukian sat in the pilot's seat the was two-times to big for her.
She went to follow her, and thought better of it. She embraced Roby, never wanting to let go. Devon took off her locket and put it around Roby's neck, "For luck. I'll be back for this." Devon nodded, "Remember O'hana," and she let him go, and headed for the Battlecry's ramp and whispered, "I'll miss you." She replaced her helmet, and allowed the tears to come now that nobody could see her, "Okay, Lukian, start up the engines."
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How to study and write good letters,applications,compositions, telegrams, agreements, better sentence,important letters, speaking in public and teach yourself good English.
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Few verses of Scripture have more powerfully influenced my personal life than Ezekiel 22:30. After having given my life to Christ in an act of repentance, and receiving His free gift of salvation, a few short years later I accepted the call to preach the word.
However as a young adult I let selfish personal desires and worldly decisions turn me away from the promise I had made to God. Though God kept that promise which I had made to Him ever before me, in rebellion I lived only for myself and like a tornado left a path of destruction which affected the lives of everyone with whom I came in contact. But, even in my immorality and wickedness God still loved me, and desired to draw me back to Himself, and to obedience to His Will.
After many years in disobedience, I had reached a point at which God in His mercy had allowed me to be completely broken. I was broken materially, emotionally, and most of all spiritually. I was jobless, homeless, and had lost all respectability and integrity. Like the prodigal son I had wasted everything God had ever given me and destroyed every relationship with those who mattered to me. However, even at the depths of my depravity, and despite my unrepentant attitude, there were those who never ceased to pray for me. In doing so, they kept the illuminating and purifying light of Christ shining into my life and exposing my sin.
At that low point in my life, as a result of those prayers and through the efforts of my mother and oldest daughter, I began to be exposed to Godly men who, in the love of Christ, began to council and then disciple me. After a few months I cried out to God for forgiveness and gave Him complete control of my life. Believing completely in His power and ability to change my life, I again turned to His Word to show me His Will. I began that process of sanctification, daily endeavoring to be more like Christ, which yet continues even to this day. Late one night while reading, I came to this passage in Ezekiel and God began to show me, to teach me, just what He would require of me.
Ezekiel was a prophet of God to the nation of Israel during the Babylonian captivity. Because of Israel's wickedness and disobedience God had allowed Nebuchadnezzar to conquer the nation. In the process of the conquest, the destruction of Israel took place over a period of years and included three separate periods of destruction during which the people of Israel were either scattered into other nations or were carried into captivity to Babylon. Ezekiel had been a part of the second captivity and his prophecies were both for those in captivity, and those who yet remained in Jerusalem, to turn from their wickedness and ask for restoration before God. Ezekiel chapter 22 details the depths of wickedness to which the nation of Israel had fallen, and what His judgment on them would involve. Having reached this point, God told Ezekiel;
"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD." (Ezekiel 22:30-31 KJV)
God had looked for one man, just one. It would have only taken one man to step into the breach in obedience, one man completely committed to God to make a stand for God before the nation of Israel. One man who was steadfast and loyal to God, to stay God's judgment on the nation. But, the Scripture says, He found none.
As I read and studied that passage I was struck by two thoughts; first, how tragic it was that God could not find even one man willing to stand for Him in all the nation of Israel; and second, I was overwhelmed and captivated with the realization that God is still looking for a man. That, in fact, throughout history, in every generation, God has looked for a man, Today, God is still looking for men willing to be His steadfast and loyal watchmen, warrior servants, and leader servants, willing to stand for God, for Christ, before this wicked world, calling for repentance and declaring His righteousness.
As the meaning of this passage and its significance became clear to me, especially as it pertained to my own life and to my walk with Christ, I realized that incredibly, God still wanted to use me. I realized that He wanted to use me not because of who I was becoming in Christ, but because of who I was before I turned to Him.
This realization compelled me to begin a study of the men God chose to use, both in the Old Testament and New, to accomplish His goals. And while this study revealed the character and characteristics of the type of man God is looking for, most importantly I began to understand not only why He still wanted to use me, but also what He was going to require of me.
Many years have passed since Christ in His mercy restored me to Himself and allowed His Holy Spirit to indwell me, protect me, teach me, and empower me to be His obedient servant. The process of sanctification continues in my life, and each morning as I rise I hear the call of the Holy Spirit in my heart saying "I sought for a man among them" and I pray to my heavenly Father; "cause me, make me, enable me to be that man."
God is still looking for men! But God is not looking for perfect men, He is not looking for the wealthiest, or the best looking, or even the most intelligent men.
What kind of man is God looking for?
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap and love Him more than they love the things of the world.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap because their hearts desire is to serve Him in obedience.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap because as men they are dependent on Him, humble men who trust him completely to lead them.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap and not compromise the Word of God to the popular culture or the ideas of man, who will not tolerate unrepentant sin, yet who will love sinners just as Jesus did.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap and love, lead, comfort, and protect their wives just as Christ does the church.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap because they are more concerned about their children's souls than their athletic abilities or popularity.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap and lead by the way they live rather than by what they say.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap and pray, who current in their prayer life, are intercessors praying for the lives of others.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap as watchmen, warning His church of apostasy and infidelity, who will be defenders of the faith.
- God is looking for men who will stand in the gap having put on the whole armor of God, and having done all to stand, will stand therefore!
The most important thing that we must understand is that God is looking for men not only willing to die for the cause of Christ, but more importantly, He is looking for men whose lives are yielded to the power of the Holy Spirit and who are willing to live for Jesus Christ!
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Children Are Forever (All Sales are Final!) Stage Werx Theatre, 446 Valencia, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. $15. Fri/21-Sat/22, 8pm. Writer-performer and comedian Julia Jackson's well acted and consistently funny autobiographical solo show details her and her female partner's attempt to adopt a newborn girl from a young African American mother in Florida. Along the way, Jackson's smart script details the trials, red tape, and unexpected market incentives in the field of adoption for a same-sex, interracial couple. If the generally involving story nevertheless attenuates a little across its two-act structure, Coke Nakamoto's precise direction (which builds on original direction by W. Kamau Bell) offers a lively framework for Jackson's excellent characterizations as well as her frank and interesting commentary on the social, political messiness of certain natural urges. (Avila)
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Lovebirds Marsh San Francisco Studio, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $15-50. Thu-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Extended through April 12. Theater artist and comedian Marga Gomez presents the world premiere of her 10th solo show, described as "a rollicking tale of incurable romantics."
Mommy Queerest Exit Studio, 156 Eddy, SF; www.divafest.info. $15-25. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Through March 29. Sex scenes in solo shows might sound a little onanistic, but in the right circumstances a door jam or a love seat can serve as a fine co-star. Stand-up comic and actor Kat Evasco demonstrates as much in this raunchy and high-spirited story of her sexual awakening as a lesbian-identifying bisexual, coming out in a household dominated by her closeted mother, a Filipina American drama queen with a long-term female companion she insists is the "gay" one. Presented by Guerrilla Rep and the Exit Theatre's DIVAfest, and directed by Guerrilla Rep's John Caldon (who co-wrote the play with Evasco), the story follows a familiar and predictable arc in some ways — familial hypocrisy giving way to inspirational cross-generational understanding — and the characterizations and set-ups (including a family feud on Jerry Springer) come with not always inspired choices. Moreover not all the jokes land where they should in a performance that starts as stand-up but immediately shifts into the style of a solo-play confessional. (A more thoroughgoing subversion of the stand-up format might have produced more complex, less foreseeable results.) At the same time, there's no denying Evasco's charm and energy, or her buoyant comedic talent, which makes it easier to forgive the play's structural shortcomings. (Avila)
"Risk Is This … The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival" Exit on Taylor, 277 Taylor, SF; www.cuttingball.com. Free ($20 donation for reserved seating). Fri-Sat, 8pm. Through March 29. Five new works in staged readings, including two from Cutting Ball resident playwright Andrew Saito.
The Scion Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $15-60. Thu-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm. Through April 18. In his latest solo show, Brian Copeland (Not a Genuine Black Man; The Waiting Period) explores an infamous crime in his hometown of San Leandro: the 2000 murder of three government meat inspectors by Stuart Alexander, owner of the Santos Linguisa Factory. The story is personal history for Copeland, at least indirectly, as the successful comedian and TV host recounts growing up nearby under the common stricture that "rules are rules," despite evidence all around that equity, fairness, and justice are in fact deeply skewed by privilege. Developed with director David Ford, the multiple-character monologue (delivered with fitful humor on a bare-bones stage with supportive sound design by David Hines) contrasts Copeland's own youthful experiences as a target of racial profiling with the way wealthy and white neighbor Stuart Alexander, a serial bully and thug, consistently evaded punishment and even police attention along his path to becoming the "Sausage King," a mayoral candidate, and a multiple murderer (Alexander died in 2005 at San Quentin). The story takes some meandering turns in making its points, and not all of Copeland's characterizations are equally compelling. The subject matter is timely enough, however, though ironically it is government that seems to set itself further than ever above the law as much as wealthy individuals or the bogus "legal persons" of the corporate world. The results of such concentrated power are indeed unhealthy, and literally so — Copeland's grandmother (one of his more persuasive characterizations) harbors a deep distrust of processed food that is nothing if not prescient —but The Scion's tale of two San Leandrans leaves one hungry for more complexity. (Avila)
Shit & Champagne Rebel, 1772 Market, SF; shitandchampagne.eventbrite.com. $25. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Open-ended. D'Arcy Drollinger is Champagne White, bodacious blond innocent with a wicked left hook in this cross-dressing '70s-style white-sploitation flick, played out live on Rebel's intimate but action-packed barroom stage. Written by Drollinger and co-directed with Laurie Bushman (with high-flying choreography by John Paolillo, Drollinger, and Matthew Martin), this high-octane camp send-up of a favored formula comes dependably stocked with stock characters and delightfully protracted by a convoluted plot (involving, among other things, a certain street drug that's triggered an epidemic of poopy pants) — all of it played to the hilt by an excellent cast that includes Martin as Dixie Stampede, an evil corporate dominatrix at the head of some sinister front for world domination called Mal*Wart; Alex Brown as Detective Jack Hammer, rough-hewn cop on the case and ambivalent love interest; Rotimi Agbabiaka as Sergio, gay Puerto Rican impresario and confidante; Steven Lemay as Brandy, high-end calf model and Champagne's (much) beloved roommate; and Nancy French as Rod, Champagne's doomed fiancé. Sprawling often literally across two buxom acts, the show maintains admirable consistency: The energy never flags and the brow stays decidedly low. (Avila)
The Speakeasy Undisclosed location (ticket buyers receive a text with directions), SF; www.thespeakeasysf.com. $70 (gambling chips, $5-10 extra; after-hours admission, $10). Thu-Sat, 7:40, 7:50, and 8pm admittance times. Extended through May 24. Boxcar Theater's most ambitious project to date is also one of the more involved and impressively orchestrated theatrical experiences on any Bay Area stage just now. An immersive time-tripping environmental work, The Speakeasy takes place in an "undisclosed location" (in fact, a wonderfully redesigned version of the company's Hyde Street theater complex) amid a period-specific cocktail lounge, cabaret, and gambling den inhabited by dozens of Prohibition-era characters and scenarios that unfold around an audience ultimately invited to wander around at will. At one level, this is an invitation to pure dress-up social entertainment. But there are artistic aims here too. Intentionally designed (by co-director and creator Nick A. Olivero with co-director Peter Ruocco) as a fractured super-narrative — in which audiences perceive snatches of overheard stories rather than complete arcs, and can follow those of their own choosing — there's a way the piece becomes specifically and ever more subtly about time itself. This is most pointedly demonstrated in the opening vignettes in the cocktail lounge, where even the ticking of Joe's Clock Shop (the "cover" storefront for the illicit 1920s den inside) can be heard underscoring conversations (deeply ironic in historical hindsight) about war, loss, and regained hope for the future. For a San Francisco currently gripped by a kind of historical double-recurrence of the roaring Twenties and dire Thirties at once, The Speakeasy is not a bad place to sit and ponder the simulacra of our elusive moment. (Avila)
Tipped & Tipsy Marsh Studio Theater, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $15-50. Sat, 5pm; Sun, 7pm. Through April 6. Last fall's San Francisco Fringe Festival began on a high note with Jill Vice's witty and deft solo, Tipped & Tipsy, and the Best of Fringe winner is now enjoying another round at solo theater outpost the Marsh. Without set or costume changes, Vice (who developed the piece with Dave Dennison and David Ford) brings the querulous regulars of a skid-row bar to life both vividly and with real quasi–Depression-Era charm. She's a protean physical performer, seamlessly inhabiting the series of oddball outcasts lined up each day at Happy's before bartender Candy — two names as loaded as the clientele. After some hilarious expert summarizing of the do's and don'ts of bar culture, a story unfolds around a battered former boxer and his avuncular relationship with Candy, who tries to cut him off in light of his clearly deteriorating health. Her stance causes much consternation, and even fear, in his barfly associates, while provoking a dangerous showdown with the bar's self-aggrandizing sleaze-ball owner, Rico. With a love of the underdog and strong writing and acting at its core, Tipsy breezes by, leaving a superlative buzz. (Avila)
Twisted Fairy Tales Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter, SF; www.leftcoasttheatreco.org. $15-25. Thu-Sat, 8pm. Through April 5. Left Coast Theatre Co. performs the world premiere of seven one-act LGBT-themed plays based on classic children's stories.
The World of Paradox Garage, 715 Bryant, SF; www.paradoxmagic.com. $12-15. Mon, 8pm. Through April 7. Footloose presents David Facer in his solo show, a mix of magic and theater.
Wrestling Jerusalem Intersection for the Arts, 925 Mission, SF; www.theintersection.org. $20-30. Thu-Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 2pm. Through April 6. Intersection for the Arts presents Aaron Davidman in his multicharacter solo performance piece about Israel and Palestine.
Yellow New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. $25-45. Wed/19-Sat/22, 8pm; Sun/23, 2pm. Playwright Del Shores (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies) returns to his native South — while detouring from previous camp-comedy treatments — with this affirming family drama set in Vicksburg, Miss., about a progressive white couple whose marriage and family are rocked in the wake of their son's illness. Kate (Dana Zook) and Bobby (Andrew Nance) are celebrating 19 years together. Their oldest son, Dayne (Damion Matthews), is a handsome high school senior and football star; their daughter, Gracie (Ali Haas), is his high-strung younger sister, a drama devotee in more ways than one with plans to be the next Meryl Streep. Gracie's best friend, Kendall (Maurice André San-Chez), is an effeminate young man with a golden singing voice but a strict fundamentalist mother (Linsay Rousseau) from whom he must hide his plan to join Gracie in the school's production of Oklahoma! Kendall's fractured family encourages his tight orbit around Gracie's — including Dayne, on whom Kendall has an impossible-to-disguise crush — all of whom accept the closeted, innocent youth unequivocally. But when Dayne comes down with a rare liver disease (the title has nothing to do with race, which is not explored here, but references, at a literal level, the sickly color that overcomes Dayne at one point), the seemingly ideal family itself fractures along lines of a deeply buried secret regarding his paternity. Amid their worry for Dayne's future, and the painful dynamic opened between Kate and Bobby, Kendall's mother moves in with proselyting zeal, alienating her son to the point of total rejection, but also adding to an already volatile tension between his adoptive parents. Helmed by New Conservatory Theatre Center's founding artistic director, Ed Decker, the production achieves (after some initial warming up) decent performances across the cast, which, along with Shores' careful plotting and consistent humor, helps keep this sentimental, somewhat too neat story involving until the end. (Avila)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison, Berk; www.berkeleyrep.org. $29-99. Tue and Thu-Sat, 8pm (no show April 18; additional 2pm shows Thu/20 and April 17; also Sat, 2pm, but no matinee Sat/22); Sun, 2 and 7pm. Through April 20. Berkeley Rep presents comic actor Steven Epp in Dario Fo's explosive political farce, directed by Christopher Bayes,
Arms and the Man Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake, Ross; www.rossvalleyplayers.com. $13-26. Thu, 7:30pm; Fri-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through April 13. Ross Valley Players perform George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy.
Bread and Circuses La Val's Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, Berk; www.impacttheatre.com. $20-25. Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 7pm. Through April 6. Impact Theatre performs "a cavalcade of brutal and bloody new short plays" by various contemporary playwrights.
Fool For Love Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear, Mtn View; www.thepear.org. $10-35. Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through April 6. Pear Avenue Theatre performs Sam Shepard's iconic play, about a pair of former lovers who reunite at a lonely desert motel.
Geezer Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk; www.themarsh.org. $25-50. Thu, 8pm; Sat, 5pm. Through April 26. Geoff Hoyle moves his hit comedy about aging to the East Bay.
The Lion and the Fox Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant, Berk; www.centralworks.org. $15-28. Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 5pm. Through March 30. Central Works performs a prequel to its 2009 hit, Machiavelli's The Prince, which depicts a face-off between Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia.
The Music Man Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College, Berk; www.berkeleyplayhouse.org. $17-60. Thu/20-Fri/21, 7pm; Sat/22, 1 and 6pm; Sun/23, noon and 5pm. There's trouble in River City! See it unfold amid all those trombones at Berkeley Playhouse.
Once On This Island Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield, Palo Alto; www.theatreworks.org. $19-73. Tue-Wed, 7:30pm; Thu-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm); Sun, 2 and 7pm. Through March 30. TheatreWorks performs the Tony-nominated musical about a star-crossed love affair in the tropics, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
"Attractive Camp" Lost Weekend Video, 1034 Valencia, SF; www.eventbrite.com. Sun/23, 8pm. $10. Stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, and short films with Greg Edwards, Sean Keane, Lydia Popovich, and others.
"Awaiting Dawn" Dennis Gallagher Arts Pavilion, 66 Page, SF; internationalsf.org/awaiting_dawn. Thu/20-Sat/22 and March 27-28, 7pm; March 29, 2pm. $10-30. The French-American International School presents this series of performances exploring the intersections of art, education, and democracy.
Caroline Lugo and Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.carolinalugo.com. Sat/22, March 30, April 6, 12, 19, and 30, 6:15pm. $15-19. Flamenco performance by the mother-daughter dance company, featuring live musicians.
"Comedy Returns to El Rio" El Rio, 3158 Mission, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Thu/20, 8pm. $7-20. Stand-up with Steve Lee, Bob McIntyre, Johan Miranda, Kat Evasco, and Lisa Geduldig.
Feinstein's at the Nikko Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF; www.feinsteinssf.com. This week: Jason Grae's "49 1/2 Shades of Grae," Thu/20, 8pm, $25-35; Vonda Shepard, Fri/21, 8pm, $40-55.
Flamenco Del Oro Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno, SF; www.emtab.org. Fri/21, 8pm. $15 suggested donation. Flamenco dance and music.
"Izzies Dance Awards" Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, SF; www.brava.org. Mon/24, 6-8pm. Free. The 28th annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards honors achievements by members of the Bay Area dance community, with awards for choreography, performance, visual design, and other categories.
Richard Lewis Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus, SF; www.cobbscomedyclub.com. Fri/21, 8pm; Sat/22-Sun/23, 7pm (also Sat/22, 9:15pm). $25. The comedian performs.
"Luster: An American Songbook" Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF; www.sfgmc.org. March 25-26, 8pm. $25-75. San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus performs works by Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, and Berlin, as well as the world premiere of a tribute to Tyler Clementi.
"Magic at the Rex" Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter, SF; www.magicattherex.com. Sat, 8pm. Ongoing. $25. Magic and mystery with Adam Sachs and mentalist Sebastian Boswell III.
Mona Khan Company Garage, 715 Bryant, SF; ticketfly.com/event/475517. Sun/23 and March 30, 7:30pm (also March 30, 5:30pm). $20. The Indian contemporary dance company presents Soch, a night of vignettes.
"The Naked Stage" Bayfront Theater, B350 Fort Mason Center, SF; www.improv.org. Sat, 8pm. Through March 29. $20. BATS Improv performs a completely improvised play.
"ODC/Dance Downtown" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 700 Howard, SF; www.ybca.org. Thu/20-Sat/22 and March 28-29, 8pm; Sun/23 and March 30, 4pm; March 26-27, 7:30pm. $20-75. The acclaimed contemporary dance company marks its 43rd season with world premiere boulders and bones, inspired by the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy, among other works.
"Paper Wing" NOHspace, 2840 Mariposa, SF; www.theatreofyugen.org. Fri/21-Sat/22, 8pm. $15-35. Sculptural costume artist Sha Sha Higby presents a new solo performance.
"Point Break Live!" DNA Lounge, 373 11th St, SF; www.dnalounge.com. April 4, 7:30 and 11pm. $25-50. Dude, Point Break Live! is like dropping into a monster wave, or holding up a bank, like, just a pure adrenaline rush, man. Ahem. Sorry, but I really can't help but channel Keanu Reeves and his Johnny Utah character when thinking about the awesomely bad 1991 movie Point Break or its equally yummily cheesy stage adaptation. And if you do an even better Keanu impression than me — the trick is in the vacant stare and stoner drawl — then you can play his starring role amid a cast of solid actors, reading from cue cards from a hilarious production assistant in order to more closely approximate Keanu's acting ability. This play is just so much fun, even better now at DNA Lounge than it was a couple years ago at CELLspace. But definitely buy the poncho pack and wear it, because the blood, spit, and surf spray really do make this a fully immersive experience. (Steven T. Jones)
"Sausage Fest Comedy Show" Club OMG, 43 Sixth St, SF; www.clubomgsf.com. Tue/25, 8pm. $10. Charlie Ballard hosts this night of shirtless comedy, with Mark Smalls, Hayden Greif-Neill, Mark Burg, Noah Gain, and others.
Sidra Bell Dance New York Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, SF; www.dancemission.com. Fri/21-Sun/23, 8pm. $12-20. The NYC-based movement arts company performs garment and STELLA as part of its San Francisco season.
"Silenced" and "The CONTACT Project" CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission, SF; www.counterpulse.org. Thu/20-Sat/22, 8pm; Sun/23, 2pm. Counterpulse's Artist Residency Commissioning Program presents a double bill by its winter residents. Dancer-choreographer Charya Burt's Silenced blends traditional and modern dance as well as live music in a pointed homage to Cambodian pop star Ros Sereysothea, an iconic face and voice of the swinging Cambodian Sixties who ended up among the two million Cambodians murdered during the genocide under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (1975–1979). Backed by dancers Sandra Ruano and Ravy Mey and guitarist Nahuel Bronzini, Burt creates charming moments within a limited narrative arc, embodying in dance and song the artistry and resilience of her subject, who brought Cambodian sensibilities to Western popular musical forms. An enveloping montage of archival images by video designer Olivia Ting and a period score of Sereysothea's hits supplemented by composer Alexis Alrich add further context and atmosphere. Choreographer Krista DeNio's The CONTACT project reconfigures the theater space in an intimate exploration of the experiences and perspectives of male and female American military veterans. Created in collaboration with the performers (Daniel Bear Davis, Sonia Decker, Katarina Eriksson, Remi Frazier, Stephen Funk, Hope Hutman, Daniel Lippel, William McQueen, Utam Moses, Susan Pfeffer, Misty Rose Snyder, and Tina Taylor), some of whom are actual veterans, the piece is perhaps necessarily jagged in shape and execution, but DeNio offers connective tissue in the form of group movement and staging. Some of this brings audience members into the fold and even literally following in the steps of the vets, here the subjects and agents of an artificial and unraveling conformity. The emphasis on validating the personal experience of veterans is a political act in itself, and can make for some emotionally potent moments, although the rough balance strived for here can also inhibit a more rigorous political understanding and critique of ever-expanding American militarism. (Avila)
"Sister Spit 2014" Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, SF; www.radarproductions.org. Wed/19, 8pm. $10. Also Thu/20, 8pm, free, Mills College, Student Union, 5000 MacArthur, Oakl. Also Fri/21, 8pm, $10, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, 2278 Telegraph, Oakl. Michelle Tea hosts the 2014 "spring fling" performances by the groundbreaking queer and feminist literature series. Performers include Rhiannon Argo, Dia Felix, Chinaka Hodge, Beth Lisick, Jerry Lee Abram, and Virgie Tovar, plus special guests.
"Sorya! 2014: We Are Still At It" NOHspace, 2840 Mariposa, SF: www.brownpapertickets.com. Sat/22-Sun/23, 2pm; Mon/24, 7pm. Theatre of Yugen presents its 35th anniversary season with a performance by founder Yuriko Doi in the kyogen play Kawakami.
"Fleetwood Mask: The Ultimate Tribute to Fleetwood Mac" Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck, Berk; www.theatrefirst.com. Sat/22, 8pm; Sun/23, 2pm. $30. Theatrical tribute to the iconic rock band.
"MarshJam Improv Comedy Show" Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk; www.themarsh.org. Fri, 8pm. Ongoing. $10. Improv comedy with local legends and drop-in guests.
Pilobolus Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael; www.marincenter.org. Sat/22, 8pm. $20-75. The dance company performs an eclectic program of past work and three Bay Area premieres.
"Poetry Express" Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University, Berk; poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com. Mon, 7pm. Free. Ongoing. This week: Ambrose Mohler, plus open mic. *


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It is public knowledge by now that a lot of professional video editors are unhappy with Final Cut Pro X. The main criticism seems to be that Apple's video editing software has been dumbed down from its previous version to make it more user friendly. The criticism has even been featured as part of a skit on Conan.
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Buck Robley, who died today, was a key figure in pro wrestling behind the scenes. "I created a lot of people that you see out there today," he bragged not that long ago. "The Freedbirds are my creation. Bruiser Brody was my creation. [Ted] DiBiase, I helped his career. A lot of people don't know that. They thought I was just a big, ol' dumb rassler."
Of course, Robley was far more than a "ol' dumb rassler" as he portrayed in the ring. But like any pro wrestling angle, there is a touch of hyperbole to his claims. A grain of salt, if you will.
But he did help create the Junkyard Dog, was a great friend of Bruiser Brody, and was working in Mid-South with "Cowboy" Bill Watts when the Fabulous Freebirds were first launched to prominence.
"He had a reputation as a bit of a carny type who played his angles, but there's no question he knew the business," wrote veteran referee James Beard on the WrestlingClassics message board, summing up the colourful career of Buck Robley.
Robley died today in Little Rock, Arkansas of congestive heart failure. He had been sick for some time, said ex-wrestler Don Sanders, who had been taking care of Buck for the last number of months.
"I brought him home [from the hospital] yesterday, and he should have stayed another day," said Sanders. "He woke up this morning and he couldn't breathe. He wouldn't let me call an ambulance. Finally, I just had to tell him, 'I'm calling an ambulance.' I called an ambulance and gave him mouth-to-mouth and CPR till they got here, but his lungs had just filled up with fluid and stopped his heart from beating."
In a 2008 post to his jrsbarbq.com website Jim Ross wrote that "Buck Robley was one of the brightest minds ever in wrestling. Buck had great natural instincts and was an integral part of one of the more successful periods in Cowboy Bill Watts� Mid South Wrestling territory. If today�s generation of young wrestlers had Buck�s in-ring psychology many of these youngsters would find themselves making big money wrestling in main events at major events."
Born Phil Buckley, he also wrestled as Buckley Christopher and George Robley III, and was often referred to as "Colonel" Buck Robley.
He broke into the wrestling business in 1968 and found the most success as an undersized cowardly heel. In fact, his T-shirt "Don't call me yellow" was somewhat pioneering.
"I'm still pretty highly respected for the great mind that I used back in the '70s and '80s," he said in May 2011. "A lot stuff that you see today that I originated back then still goes on today. I was the first to ever come with the T-shirt. The promoter said, 'You can't do that!' I was the first booker to ever put the two best guys against each other on TV when they said you couldn't do that. They said nobody was smart enough to figure out how to keep it going. Very simple. Now you see that every day when you turn the TV on." (Jim Ross designed and supplied the T-shirt, by the way.)
Primarily, Robley wrestled throughout the southern U.S., especially in the Mid-South (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and later, Texas), and Central States territories.
Over the course of his career, he held numerous titles, including tag team belts with Hank James, Bob (Sgt.) Slaughter, Crusher Blackwell, Blue Yankee, Bill Watts, and Junkyard Dog, and singles titles in Central States and Alabama.
For part of his career, Robley was a manager, especially after an accident damaged his arm.
Bob Sweetan was one of those managed by Robley.
"It was something that I felt that I needed at the time, to give things a little extra boost, to get things motivated, get things moving. When I first got him as a manager, he was the booker at the time too, the assistant booker, so I killed two birds with one stone," said Sweetan. "He was an awesome manager, and he was a pretty good worker too."
Bob Geigel, the promoter in Kansas City, reflected on Robley's transience over the years, and inability to stay grounded. "He was never a permanent person," said Geigel. "I didn't dislike Robley. He just wasn't my style. He was vulgar. He wasn't a tough guy, but he wanted to have everybody think he was tough."
Both Moose Morowski and Percival Al Friend got to know Robley in the Amarillo, Texas, territory, which is where Robley started as a manager.
"I have some very vivid memories about Buck Robley from my stay in the old Amarillo territory," said Friend. "He was a tremendous attribute to the crew that worked in Amarillo and Ken, the referee, dubbed him Yellow Belly one day because Buck had spilled some mustard off of a hot dog on his stomach. Ken started fans to chanting 'Yellow Belly Robley' and he got a good amount of reaction from it. He was a very funny guy and loved life to its fullest and at the time was a great family man. He was also terrible at playing poker -- I don't remember how much he owed The Viking but it was in the hundreds of dollars. R.I.P., my friend."
"Buck was a lot of fun too," laughed Morowski. "When you hear about guys shooting rabbits and things like that at nighttime, Buck Robley trying to load a gun with that hand that was crippled, trying to shoot. We enjoyed ourselves there. It was a great territory and a lot of fun. We worked hard. A lot of miles, but I didn't mind it because you could enjoy yourself."
"Besides being a booker, I stood up for the boys to try to get them the money that they had coming to them. A lot of them, back in that era, didn't realize what I was doing. Later on they call me. [Ken] Patera called me, 'Damn, Buck, you was on the right track back in the '70s when nobody was wanting to take care of the boys, and you was fighting for their money,'" Robley said in 2011. "I could have gone on and been a yes-man in this game, and had a job all the way through, but in '84, when I told Vince [McMahon] I wasn't going to work for him, that was about the end of it. But I worked for just about every promotion there was out there."
The Junkyard Dog is definitely Robley's crowning achievement, though Bill Watts, as promoter, had to put his faith in the angle and back it.
"I created him," said Robley. "When he came to Louisiana, I got him out of Canada. I brought him down. He couldn't work, he couldn't do anything. But he had a lot of charisma. Watts owned the company and he said, 'Fire him.' I said, 'No, I'm not going to fire him. He's got a lot of charisma. I think I can make money with him.' So that's how I got him started. I did all those angles with him."
After the territorial system faded away, so did Robley, though he did keep involved on a mainly local level, and influenced a lot of younger wrestlers, like Sanders.
"We went up and down the road together," said Sanders. "We wrestled together in Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama."
He made it to a Gulf Coast Wrestlers Reunion in Mobile, Alabama, and was a judge at "Cowboy" Johnny Mantell's Germanfest Wringenmiesterschaft Tournament in Texas in May 2011, giving him a chance to see many old friends.
One in particular was Killer Karl Kox.
"It was hilarious to be around Karl again. Karl and I go back many, many years," said Robley. "He's a character."
The same could be said about Robley.


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UserTag tv Order name UserTag tv Description Return $Tmp value UserTag tv Routine <<EOR sub { my $key = shift; my $val = $Vend::Interpolate::Tmp->{ $key }; return $val; } EOR UserTag ts Order name UserTag ts hasEndTag UserTag ts Interpolate UserTag ts Description Set $Tmp value UserTag ts Routine <<EOR sub { my $key = shift; $Vend::Interpolate::Tmp->{$key} = shift; return ''; } EOR UserTag tn Order name UserTag tn hasEndTag UserTag tn Description Set $Tmp value UserTag tn Routine <<EOR sub { my $key = shift; $Vend::Interpolate::Tmp->{$key} = shift; return ''; } EOR UserTag tv Documentation <<EOD =head1 NAME tv -- true temporary, non-session set/value tag =head1 SYNOPSIS [ts foo]The time is: [time fmt="%H:%M"][/ts] [tv foo] (Shows "The time is: 09:10") [tn bar]The time tag is set as in: [time fmt='%H:%M'][/tn] [tv bar] (Shows "The time tag is set as in: [time fmt='%H:%M']") =head1 DESCRIPTION Interchange uses C<[tmp foo][/tmp]> and C<[tmpn bar][/tmpn]> to set temporary scratch values. While this works OK in most cases, these values have to be managed in the session, and also may overwrite values which could be counted on by other pages (when set with C<[set ...]>) or by manipulating $Scratch. The above three tags replace this scheme with values that are based in the C<$Vend::Interpolate::Tmp> space. These values are available in embedded Perl with C<$Tmp>, so are usable in the same fashion as C<$Scratch>. But they are truly temporary and will never be saved to a session. =over 4 =item [ts VARNAME]VALUE[/ts] ITL code in VALUE I<is> interoplated prior to setting VARNAME in $Tmp. =item [tn VARNAME]VALUE[/tn] ITL code in VALUE is I<not> interoplated prior to setting VARNAME in $Tmp. =item [tv VARNAME] Display value of VARNAME. =back =head1 AUTHOR Mike Heins, <firstname.lastname@example.com> =head1 BUGS The usual number. =cut EOD


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| 0.2°C Belfast
Police plan to speak to the person who "NekNominated" a man who died after taking part in the drinking challenge, an inquest heard.
Isaac Richardson collapsed after drinking a cocktail involving a "large amount" of alcoholic drinks at the hostel where he worked in Woolwich, south-east London, on February 8, Southwark Coroner's Court heard.
The 20-year-old was reported to be the first British victim of the NekNominate game, which involves participants filming themselves downing alcohol, nominating someone to continue the game, and posting the video on Facebook.
At the opening of an inquest into his death, coroner's officer Steven Moss said Mr Richardson was involved in a "social network challenge called Neck and Nominate".
"This involves mixing a large amount of drink and of different types and drinking them as quickly as possible and this is recorded," he said.
"It is believed he had a large amount of drink and a cocktail of drink. Shortly afterwards he collapsed."
People at the hostel tried to resuscitate Mr Richardson before ambulance crews arrived and he was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital shortly after 11pm, the inquest heard.
He died shortly before 1am on February 9.
A post-mortem examination has been carried out and the results of toxicology reports are expected in six weeks.
Detective Sergeant Roy Black told the inquest he did not "envisage" criminal charges in the case.
"The person who set the challenge has been identified and will be spoken to as soon as possible," he said.
A phone from one of the witnesses has been seized along with CCTV footage from the hostel, he added.
Speaking after the hearing, Det Sgt Black said the person believed to have nominated Mr Richardson for the drinking challenge was not in the UK at the time.
Mr Richardson's family did not attend today's hearing as coroner Andrew Harris adjourned the inquest for a review on May 19.
The NekNominate craze is thought to have originated in Australia and has seen players consuming alcohol with dog food, engine oil and live goldfish.