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Sigma Alpha Epsilon — Mass Gamma
Welcome to the website of the Harvard chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the oldest fraternity at Harvard College, founded in 1893.
Recent News
Find out firsthand what it means to be a True Gentleman. More information
Congratulations to the bontonious graduates of SAE Mass Gamma. We'll miss you!
Massachusetts Gamma Brothers Receive Highest Fraternal Honor
The Chapter congratulates our outgoing Eminent Archon Nico Yannuzzi '07 and outgoing Eminent Treasurer Jonathan Hyman '08 for receiving The Order of the Phoenix. This award is reserved for those brothers who exhibit unwavering devotion to our cause, and there are no two brothers more deserving of this distinction. These men have served critical roles in shaping our fraternity,and helping us become what we are today and for that we are forever indebted.
Thank you and Phi Alpha!
Province Alpha Leadership School
No awards were given at the 2006 Province Alpha Leadership School held at Dartmouth College. However, if they had been Mass. Gamma would have undoubtedly been among the most recognized chapters in the Province.
In 2005, Mass. Gamma attended the Province Alpha Leadership School in Portland, Maine. The highlight was the awards ceremony. Mass. Gamma took home the following awards:
- The 2005 Province Alpha's Recruitment Award
- The 2005 Province Alpha's Scholarship Award
- The 2005 Distinction for the True Gentleman Day of Service (a Philanthropy Award)
Mass. Gamma was also distinguished as the runner-up for the 2005 Award for the Most Improved Chapter.
Mentions in The Crimson
For its achievements, Mass. Gamma was recognized twice in 2005-2006 in the Harvard Crimson:
- Harvard Chapter Tops Frat GPA- Sigma Alpha Epsilon also nabs prizes for most pledges and most improved chapter
- Relay Race Helps Profs Fight Cancer
Other Achievements
Mass Gamma also won the Alaska Club's annual Human Iditarod Race. View pictures from this event.


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Legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr passed away Sunday at the age of 85.
Starr's death was announced by the Packers organization on Twitter Sunday morning.
It is with deep sadness that we announce Green Bay Packers legend Bart Starr has passed away at age 85: https://t.co/Qgv5o6FP3D pic.twitter.com/mIqu5hGyMt
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) May 26, 2019
We are saddened to share that @packers legend Bart Starr has passed away at age 85. pic.twitter.com/rwQO7GJugd
— NFL (@NFL) May 26, 2019
BREAKING: NFL legend Bart Starr has died at the age of 85. The former star quarterback won two Super Bowls and five NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers.
He will be greatly missed. pic.twitter.com/EfDUlEt8zi
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) May 26, 2019
A Montgomery, Alabama native, Starr played his college football at the University of Alabama from 1952-1955, shortly before the arrival of legendary head coach Bear Bryant. (RELATED: NFL Legend Bart Starr Still Suffers From Injuries Sustained During Brutal College Beating)
After his career with the Crimson Tide, Starr was drafted in the 17th round of the 1956 NFL draft by Green Bay. Starr went on to significantly overachieve relative to his draft position, winning five championships under legendary head coach Vince Lombardi. Those championships included the first two Super Bowls, where Starr won the game's MVP both times.
Starr's five championships were the most ever for any NFL quarterback until this February, when New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took home his sixth ring.
Starr was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1977, and is arguably the greatest quarterback of his era.
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MEMPHIS — Christian Brothers University (CBU) is proud to announce that Mark Billingsley has joined the University's executive leadership team as its newest Vice President for Advancement, effective August 15, 2017.
Billingsley will be responsible for all of the fund development and unearned revenue-generating strategies for the 146 year-old University, including alumni activities, major gifts, bequest gifts and planned giving, CBU's annual fund, and grants management.
He will also design and execute the University's growing public affairs and government relations strategies, which are intended to complement its growing profile throughout the Greater Memphis region and across the Southeast.
Billingsley takes control of CBU's Advancement office as it focuses on the completion of a landmark, $70 million capital campaign, "Faith In Progress: The Campaign For Advancing Education."
"I am extraordinarily honored to join Christian Brothers University at this uniquely exciting time in their history," says Billingsley. "CBU's culture of service-learning and the remarkable achievements of their students and faculty are enriching our community in wonderful ways. Ensuring that CBU has the resources it needs to fully realize the potential of its mission is a great responsibility, and I'm grateful for this opportunity to serve."
Billingsley was most recently the Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving/Director of Transplant Philanthropy for the Methodist Healthcare Foundation. During his 10-year career there, Billingsley was responsible for developing and managing new donor strategies to advance Methodist's pioneering science, capital needs, technology, start-up costs, and talent retention needs. He secured a $40,000,000 gift — the largest gift in Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's history — as well as major gifts to support the first Neuroscience Education Center at Methodist's Neuroscience Institute, two new Stroke Suites, and the Cardiac Hybrid Surgery Suite at Methodist Germantown Hospital.
Billingsley's extensive non-profit leadership career also includes successful terms as Executive Director of the Memphis Area Homebuilders Association and the Director of Development & Marketing for United Cerebral Palsy of the Mid-South, Inc.
A Memphis-area native and graduate of Christian Brothers High School and the University of Memphis, Billingsley has also served on the Shelby County Commission since August 2012. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy and the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, and is a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Germantown.
"Mark innately understands the immense value that CBU provides to its students, the extraordinary quality of staff and faculty, and the many ways in which our work is transforming the Memphis region," says CBU President John Smarrelli Jr. "It was clear from our very first conversations that he will be an invaluable asset to our team and the best possible person to help us secure the financial support that CBU needs to succeed today, tomorrow, and for generations to come."


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With a median dwelling price of $880,000, Sydney remains the most expensive city to purchase a home. Meanwhile, in the heart of the Sydney CBD, there are over 100 offices that sold for under $604,762 in the year to May 2017.
As of May, the cheapest 10% of houses in Sydney were valued at up to $604,762. In other words, even the lowest value houses in the greater Sydney metropolitan – from the eastern suburbs to Penrith – are expensive relative to other assets.
Meanwhile, in the heart of the Sydney CBD, over 100 offices sold for under $604,762 in the year to May 2017, Cityscope figures reveal.
Of these 100 strata unit offices, the prices ranged from $87,000 to $600,000, and averaged $378,360.
The cheapest office sales were in the centre of Sydney's business activity – Macquarie Street, King Street and Sussex Street. Interestingly, 6 of the 10 cheapest sales came from 368 Sussex Street, a 10 storey building established in 1973. The building is just minutes from Town Hall Station, World Square and a number of restaurants.
The lowest sale value was a room within 229 Macquarie Street. At just 26 m2, the property sold for $87,000 in July last year.
Small commercial spaces are relatively low in value for several reasons. Firstly, investors in commercial property are highly dependent on rental yield, rather than capital growth – and the initial price reflects these expectations. Whereas the lowest 10th percentile of Sydney houses saw capital growth of 11.4% in the year to May, capital growth in commercial properties is typically more subdued.
Additionally, these spaces are inappropriate for residential re-zoning. High yields in the residential space have caused some commercial property to be valued on its potential to be converted into houses or units. The cheap office spaces recorded as sold over the year in the Sydney CBD are located within high rise office buildings, with an average floor area of 46 m2. The minimum floor space for one bedroom apartments in New South Wales is 50m2.
The value of these properties is also limited because they are strata. In comparison, the cheapest non-strata office property was $4 million. The sale was of a 220 m2 building on a 76 m2 site at 66 Druitt Street, Sydney.
Finally, prospects for growth in office spaces, particularly small ones such as these, are potentially disrupted by increasingly remote workforces. The economies of scale that come from accommodating a workforce in one physical space, is reduced the smaller the company, and the smaller the office space. Emerging small businesses and start-ups may instead find communal office spaces more attractive, where workers can rent by the desk, by the day, and not have to commit to long term leases.
So are these offices a good investment? Given the small size of these office spaces, the per-square-metre price was not cheap. However, like with any investment, it is about paying the right price for the right return. Some of these low value office spaces have good rents. The highest rental yield associated with a transaction over the year was 6.7% on a 51m2unit sold for $475,000 in Pitt Street. Depending on the terms of the loan for the property, such an investment would likely be positively geared.
Assuming demand for offices in the Sydney CBD remains driven by strong economic performance, such purchases could present good investment opportunities, at a much lower price than the typical Sydney home.


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Cough can develop for various reasons, but regardless of the cause, if it persists and does not disappear after a few days, people either visit a doctor or they choose medications on their own, which is definitely not a wise choice. Even though there are those medications that are known for their cough suppressant ability, the truth is that they should be used carefully and after consulting a doctor. On the other side, it might be a good idea to try out some of the homemade remedies that also work as cough suppressants, because they will definitely not do any harm and they are very effective.
Homemade cough suppressantsA glass of warm water should be combined with apple cider vinegar and honey, and this solution should be drunk every day. A mixture of honey and lemon juice in equal quantities is also a good homemade cough suppressant. Two tablespoons should be taken several times a day. Grape juice can also be mixed with honey, and the signs of improvement will be obvious very soon, but this combination should be taken for at least four days. Onion juice can also be used for a natural cough suppressant remedy, and it is enough to mix one tablespoon of onion juice with one tablespoon of honey. However, this mixture needs to be left aside for five hours before it is taken, and then it should be used two times a day. Ginger juice can also be helpful, particularly when a pinch of black pepper powder is added to it, along with some honey. This mixture should also be taken two or three times a day at least. When it comes to ginger, it can also be used in a dry form, when it is mixed with equal quantities of black pepper and long pepper. This mixture should further be mixed with honey and it is recommended to take it two or three times a day for at least a week. Almonds are a great ingredient for a homemade remedy which also contains butter and sugar. They need to be soaked and left overnight, and in the morning they should be peeled and ground first, and then butter and sugar should be added. This mixture needs to be taken early in the morning and in the evening.
There is no reason to go to the doctor at the very first sign of cough, but if none of these remedies help even after five days, or if the cough only becomes more severe, doctor's advice should be sought.


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Justin Shearer widely known as Big Chief is an American Television personality. Big Chief is best known for his appearances in Tv series called "Street Outlaws" which was aired on Discovery Television.
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- Birthday: December 9, 1980 (age37)
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Profession: Street Racer
Big Chief Girlfriend and Kids
Big Chief divorced his wife of 10 years Alicia Shearer in 2017. Big Chief's girlfriend at the present time is Jackie Braasch.
Justin was born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S and moved to Oklahoma City in 1992. He met his ex-wife Alicia at a gas station where he worked and instantly fell in love with her instantly.
The couple dated for a couple of years and later tied their knot on September 29, 2006. The couple together has two children Covil and Corbin who are 4 and 2.
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- Wife: Alicia Shearer
- Children: 2 ( Covil and Corbon)
- Marital Status: Divorced
Big Chief is now in a relationship with Jackie Braash who is also a Moto racer like him. The couple approved their relationship through a social networking site.
Big Chief Height and Weight
Big Chief has a height of 5 feet and 6 inches (167cm). Big Chief likes to spend most of his free time at the gym. When he is not racing he likes to powerlifting and training.
The brown-eyed handsome hunk never fails to impress his audience with his charm. He stands at an average height and has a good belt physique, as a fitness freak he loves to keep his health and body well shaped and maintained.
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- Height: 5 feet and 6 inches (167cm)
- Weight: 75 kg
Big Chief – Street Outlaws
Big Chief started racing early at the age of 9 with the help of his dad. Justin is very safe, competitive and compassionate about the whole racing league.
The 37-year-old racer is very passionate about his work and is well renowned for his show that airs on the discovery channel 'Street Outlaws'. His first racing car was his all-time favorite a 1972 Pontiac LeMans.
He had already become a popular member of the street racing community in Oklahoma City since many years before he was approached for the Discovery Channel's show, 'Street Outlaws'.
The show is all about focusing on giving street racers a chance to showcase their talent, and takes a closer look at their lives.
Big Chief Salary and Net Worth
How much is Big Chief worth? Big Chief is an American street racer and reality television personality who has a net worth of $2 million.
According to him, his mother is his true inspiration and a true hero. He works with all of his heart to up bring his family in a good status. The worth he has accumulated by his hard work is praiseworthy.
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Walked to B Shed at Fremantle Harbour about 9am. Had coffee while I waited for the 9.30am ferry to Rottnest Island to come in. It takes about half an hour to get there. Rode from The Settlement clockwise towards the Wadjemup Lighthouse. Took me a couple of hours because I went the wrong way and had to double back! At least I realised I had. Had lunch at the foot of the lighthouse. There's a fairly spectacular view of the island from there. Crossed through the Pink Lakes to the other side of the island towards Parakeet Bay. Paddled a little at Little Parakeet Bay. Stopped at a cafe at Geordie Bay. There are many cabins and camping spots all over the island. Some are a bit newer than others. The original prison at The Settlement is now Rottnest Lodge! It was originally for aboriginal prisoners and then they added delinquent boys! What a life! Very harsh in the 1800s. Also dipped my toes in the water at The Basin. Kind of wished I'd taken my bathers. Thought it would be too cold but the water wasn't cold at all. Walked around The Settlement shops to wait for the ferry back to Fremantle. Apart from the march flies it was a spectacular trip!
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This week's lesson in killing pocket is courtesy of the great Jim Keltner. This Jay Leno performance from 2006 features producer T Bone Burnett playing some of his own stuff. Upright bass, John Mayer on guitar, double drumset action… it doesn't get much cooler than this.
Anybody know who that other drummer is? I feel like it might be a "she" but I can't tell for sure… (Update: this 2nd drummer in question is Carla Azar)
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Winners of the Seasonal Competition for Innovative NoticeBoard uses
We recently invited our Improved Noticeboard users to suggest some innovative approaches to using Improved Noticeboard within their organisations.
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Congratulations to:
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Shea Mixon suggested a use for highlighting and reacting to changes in customer behaviour:
- "Customers at risk. For example; where they are buying every day and then suddenly start buying only weekly. Getting a notice to catch these sooner rather than later would be a huge win."
Andy Louca came up with a whole selection of uses for Noticeboard:
- Service outage notifications (for customer facing products)
- Salesforce.com performance related issues – would be great if you could pick this up directly from rss feed in trust.salesforce.com. Similarly, for admins, alerts of performance impact to sandboxes.
- High priority case alerts from top tier clients, when SLA breached or flagged as high priority by customer
- Middleware outage alerts, (typically achievable when certain EAI messages are received in a custom object)
- Changes to Commercial Policy
- Availability of new product promotions
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Michael Allen highlighted two very different and compelling uses for NoticeBoard:
- Any enterprise selling client: Rolling out a new performance targeting system requires all sales people to read and agree to terms of their targeting, which may subject to change. NoticeBoard's ability to show opens and acknowledgement of clear benefit for compliance/HR processes.
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Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA) is a Federation of many different Bangladeshi Organizations of greater Los Angeles area in California, USA. BUFLA was formed with
unanimous vote by 40 (Forty) Community leaders representing 25 different Bangladeshi Organizations at the very 1st meeting held at Econo-Lodge Hotel Conference room in Los Angeles,
California, USA, on June 4, 2006. BUFLA Website is at www.bufla.org and www.bufla.com
The Bangladesh Day Parade and Charity are designed to promote unity, harmony and discipline in our Bangladeshi Community of the Greater Los Angeles Area in California, and beyond,
through mutual respect, modesty, and sincere goodwill in front of the Mainstream American Society. The Parade and Charity are also intended to synergize the strengths of Unity to
achieve a higher ground that shines brighter and to transform our community into a community of higher quality education, modesty, mutual respect and other higher Values. BUFLA is
promoting Unity, Charity, Community Development and exhibiting the Spectacular Bangladesh Day Parade in order to uplift our motherland Bangladesh and our homeland USA and beyond for
global goodness with the Universal outlook.The Bangladesh Day Parade and Charity are designed to promote unity, harmony and discipline in our Bangladeshi Community of the Greater
Los Angeles Area in California, and beyond, through mutual respect, modesty, and sincere goodwill and to uplift our motherland Bangladesh and our homeland USA in front of the
Mainstream American Society. The Parade and Charity are also intended to synergize the strengths of Unity to achieve a higher ground that shines brighter and to transform our community
into a community of higher quality education,
modesty, mutual respect and other higher Values.
Two observations over a period of two years from 2003 to 2005 inspired the idea to propose the formation of this Unity Federation: (1) The Los Angeles Bangladesh community was, and
still is, the second largest Bangladeshi Diaspora in USA and it is enormously multi-talented and extensively resourceful, (2) There were significant level of conflicts among some
of the Community leaders and Community organizations, reducing each other in a destructive way like misaligned vectors, and so, it was felt that if these multi-talents and resources
can be aligned somehow in a constructive way to add like vectors, or even synergized to be better than aligned vectors, then those conflicts can be reduced and at the same time much
bigger objectives can be achieved by the United efforts of this greatly potential community. That is how the concept of this Unity Federation was inspired.
So, the discussion started in 2005 with various community leaders and various organizational executives about this proposal to form the Unity Federation. The initial reaction was
very widely negative and very strongly critical. Here are a few of those many negative comments of that time: (1) There cannot be any Unity in Los Angeles Bangladesh community,
(2) This is a strange proposal to put so many frogs on one plate who will immediately jump out of the plate leaving it empty, (3) I have bitter experience about the community
leaders of this community, and I have seen their very negative roles and they are not going to change for the better, and so, I do not want to waste anymore of my quality time for
this community, but instead, I now use my valuable time for my job, for my business and for my family, (4) We have lived in LA for many years now and we are the community leaders of
LA and we know how LA works, and so, why should we listen to someone who just came to LA only recently and he does not know how LA works, and so, he should leave LA and he should go
back to his previous town, (5) There must be some ill-motive, money-making plan or leadership plan or some conspiracy behind this Unity Federation plan, (6) This is a crazy idea and
out-of-mind proposal to form this Unity Federation in Los Angeles. These wide-spread negative responses made the discussion period longer leading into 2006. However there was only
one single person who said in 2006: This Unity Federation has a chance because the proposer has no color.
So, all the community leaders and various organizational executives were invited to a meeting at Econo-Lodge Hotel Conference room in Los Angeles, California, USA, on June 4, 2006,
and many of them came to this meeting. After several hours of intense discussions, complex arguments and hot debates in that meeting, this Unity Federation BUFLA was formed with
unanimous vote by 40 (Forty) Community leaders representing 25 different Bangladeshi Organizations in this very 1st meeting. This was a milestone for BUFLA and the details are posted
on BUFLA Website as Mtg-Minutes-June-4-2006. At the end of this meeting, a community leader came forward and presented a cactus plant and said: This Unity Federation is an effort to
grow flowers in this desert of Los Angeles Bangladesh community, and so let us plant this cactus plant also in this desert so that it may give flowers someday.
After the formation of BUFLA on June 4, 2006, the second meeting of the BUFLA Team was held on July 30, 2006 at Shatto Recreation Center in Los Angeles, which was attended by about 45
community leaders representing 30 different organizations. The primary topic of discussion in this meeting was to decide what to do on the Unity celebration day. About 12 different items
were suggested by various attendees to celebrate. Some organizational items were also discussed in this meeting. The decision for Unity celebration item was deferred until the next meeting
in order to give more time to think. (Mtg-Minutes-July-30-2006 posted on BUFLA Website).
The third meeting of the BUFLA Team was held on October 1, 2006 at Shatto Recreation Center, which was attended by about 40 community leaders representing 31 different organizations. In this
meeting, about 16 different items were suggested as Unity celebration item, and after a long and intense discussions, it was decided by a vast majority of votes to do "Bangladesh Day Parade"
in order to celebrate Bangladesh Independence Day. This was another milestone for BUFLA. The Parade item was suggested by Dr. M. A. Hashem. (Mtg-Minutes-Oct-1-2006 posted on BUFLA Website).
Mtg-Minutes-Oct-1-2006 posted on BUFLA Website
So, the BUFLA journey started with full enthusiasm to hold the first Bangladesh Day Parade in March, 2007 by shutting down the road of Los Angeles. Many Standing Committees were formed with
various responsibilities, and various dignitaries and artists were invited from Bangladesh and USA. Then the process started to work with the LA City Council and various City departments to
shut down the road for the Parade. The Parade and Festival was held on Harvard Ave, crossing the 3rd street in Los Angeles. The LA City departments became very involved in this process
including the LAPD, the Dept of Transportation, Bureau of Street Services, and Fire department, etc. The Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa accepted our invitation to be the first
Parade Marshall and there were a lot of excitements in our community for this first Parade.
However, during these preparations, one person could not be the chairman of a Standing committee, and so, he walked out of the BUFLA meeting and a few other persons left with him as well.
Then they wrote a letter to the Mayor and other dignitaries not to come to the Bangladesh Day Parade because BUFLA and its organizers were so bad. The Mayor and other dignitaries finally came
to this parade. The Bangladesh Ambassador came from Washington DC and the Consul General also attended it. It was a very successful and colorful parade and festival with large attendance by
the community members on April 1, 2007 with the Mayor as the Parade Marshall. It was then proposed to the Mayor on the stage to establish "Little Bangladesh" and the Mayor pledged in front of
a big audience to support it.
Dignitaries: LA City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Parade Marshall), Judy Chu
Artists: Rathindra Nath Roy, Mala Ganguly, Many local Artists.
After the first successful and colorful parade and festival on April 1, 2007, BUFLA team went ahead and prepared a draft of the BUFLA Constitution to get more organized as a Federation, so
that an elected Cabinet can run BUFLA and they can organize the parade for March, 2008. The 20 page draft of the original Constitution of BUFLA was prepared by Dr. M. A. Hashem, and then it
was edited down to about 10 pages. The draft of the BUFLA Constitution went back and forth between the EC and the Constitution Committee several times over many months before it was finalized.
Several people worked very hard for many months to finalize the draft of the BUFLA Constitution. It was However, in the BUFLA meeting where the BUFLA-Constitution was going to be ratified, some
of the people who left BUFLA earlier suddenly walked into the BUFLA meeting, took over the meeting, and forced to stop the Constitution ratification process. Then after several months, the BUFLA
Constitution was ratified at a General Assembly meeting on September 16, 2007, without any incidence. However, the second Bangladesh Day Parade was also held without the election of the Cabinet.
This Parade took place on March 30, 2008 on Vermont Ave and the festival was at Shatto.
There are a few individuals who had particularly very significant contributions for BUFLA in many different ways during the formation and initial journey of BUFLA including the promotion of BUFLA
in the community, fund-raising, cultural enrichment, BUFLA Anthem, BUFLA Logo graphics, State of the Art BUFLA Website and help BUFLA to keep moving forward even through some difficult times and who
have remained positive and helpful for BUFLA on a continuing basis, and they are: Emdadul Haque (Bob), A. K. M. Toha, Saleh Kibria, Dr. Shah Alam, Khaleed Hossain, Diluar Chowdhury and Susamoy Ahmed.
Dignitaries: Lee Baca (Parade Marshall), Tom LaBonge(Special Guest), Nayemul Islam Chowdhury (Special Journalist Guest from Bangladesh)
Artists: Momtaj Begum
After the Bangladesh Day Parade on March 30, 2008, the BUFLA Executive Committee went ahead and ratified the BUFLA Constitution in a General Assembly meeting (GA-Meeting) in 2008. Then the BUFLA
election process started for the EC to elect the 5-member Cabinet for the first time. Three candidates ran for the President position along with other candidates for the remaining 4 positions.
Dr. M. A. Hashem was elected as the first President of BUFLA with overwhelming majority of the EC votes. The two other candidates who lost the election for the president position could not accept
their defeat, and so, they left BUFLA and started to talk negatives about BUFLA.
After the election, Dr. M. A. Hashem and his Cabinet organized the Inauguration ceremony at a beautiful hotel ball room, where the BOT/Election-Commission conducted the Oath taking ceremony. The
new Cabinet members were then honored with flower-garlands and their spouses were also honored with flowers in a very festive and jubilant mood and environment. The first President was presented
with a Gavel to call to order and run the BUFLA-EC meetings. It was a big gathering of BUFLA team members and community members and community leaders.
Then the new Cabinet started the major preparation for the Bangladesh Day Parade 2009. The BUFLA team was surprised when Dr. M. A. Hashem made a short trip to Bangladesh before the parade and
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signifying our National Identity. There was also the BUFLA Calendar.
This time the parade was held on March 29, 2009 and the Festival was held on March 28-29, 2009. The parade was held on Vermont Ave and the festival was staged with tents and booths on the 4th street
right in front of Shatto Recreation center. There were also the huge arrangement of Carnivals with rides and games covering the 4th street, which attracted many people of other ethnicities.
First Amendment of BUFLA Constitution was ratified in 2009.
Dignitaries: Shykh Seraj (Parade Marshall),
Artists: Samina Chowdhury, Kumar Biswajit
Grand Sponsor: Belayet Hossain (Dhaka Homes)
Other Sponsors: Aajkal (Media partner)
Khandakar Alam and his cabinet was elected unopposed in the BUFLA election. A second candidate was contesting for the President position but withdrew his candidacy before the election, but election
was held and in the election Khandakar Alam got 27 votes and his opponent got 2 votes.
The First Amendment of the BUFLA Constitution was ratified in 2009. The Charity feature was included in the 501(c)(3) application at this time and became part of this First Amendment. The number of
Cabinet members was increased from 5 to 7.
This time the Bangladesh Day Parade and Festival were held on April 17-18, 2010 at Shatto. This was a very successful term for BUFLA with Inauguration ceremony, Fund raising dinner and Bangladesh Day
Parade and Festival. A unique situation happened in this term when some people blocked Shatto for the last weekend of March, and Khandakar Alam gave confident and generous leadership to move the
Parade to the 3rd week of April. The first BUFLA Charity project was done during this term by helping the Haiti Earthquake disaster victims in 2010.
Dignitaries: Kali Pradip Chowdhuri (Parade Marshall), Dhaka University Former VC Professor Moniruzzaman Mian (Chief Guest).
Artists: Ayyub Bachchu (Bangladeshi Rockstar), Mizan Chowdhury (Dallas, TX)), Many local Artists.
Grand Sponsor: Belayet Hossain (Dhakahome.com)
This was one of the most contested BUFLA elections yet between two panels headed by Jashim Ashrafi Ahmed and Shamsuddin Manik. The elections campaigns were all over the town with campaign dinners.
The panel of Jashim Ashrafi Ahmed won the election with very close margins, except the Cultural Secretary position which was won by Farhana sayeed.
It was one of the most challenging term for BUFLA. A BUFLA EC member was introduced as the President of BUFLA at a LA-City public program but he did not correct it, while the official BUFLA President
was present there. So, when that issue was brought up at the next BUFLA-EC meeting, that same EC member left the EC meeting along with a few others. They eventually formed a rebel group or reform
group and wanted to take over the parade. So, BUFLA moved the Parade on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The Festival was on March 26-27, 2011. A negotiating team was formed by the EC who tried very hard
to settle things and the EC accepted all of their demands but they still did not rejoin BUFLA. Eventually the reform group was dissolved on their own. Jashim Ashrafi Ahmed demonstrated very calm and
thoughtful leadership and sailed BUFLA out of the crisis very successfully.
It was a successful term with Inauguration ceremony, Fund raising dinner and also the Bangladesh Day Parade on Vermont and Festival at Shatto. The Inauguration ceremony was held at the Ballroom of
the Universal City Hilton & Tower. Parade was held on Saturday, March 26.
Dignitaries: Congressman Brad Sherman (Parade Marshall), Dr. Kali Pradip Chowdhuri (Chief Guest).
Artists: Somnur Monir Konal (Channel -i 2005 best voice), Rumi (CloseUp-1 2006 Winner), Many local Artists.
Grand Sponsor: Belayet Hossain (Dhahahome.com)
Other Sponsors: Channel-i (Media partner)
Shamsuddin Manik as the Presidential candidate and his panel won the election in this term. There was a contestant for the President position who lost the election.
This time the Bangladesh Day Parade and Festival were held on March 31 – April 1, 2012. It was a successful term with Inauguration ceremony, Fund raising dinner and also the Bangladesh Day Parade on
3rd Street Little Bangladesh route and the Festival on S. Ardmore Ave on the open street. Shamsuddin Manik demonstrated good leadership to bring along a good spectrum of community leaders and
community members to BUFLA programs and events. He also made a major publicity of BUFLA in England and Bangladesh. The blanket distribution for the needy people of Bangladesh was introduced by
President Shamsuddin Manik as a BUFLA-Charity project.
Dignitaries: Parade Marshall: Sheriff Leroy D Baca;
Chief Guest: Md. Monirul Islam (MP of Bangladesh);
Special Guests: Charlie Beck (LAPD Chief), Michael Downing (LAPD Deputy Chief), Eric Garcetti (Council member), Tom LaBonge (Council Member), Jan Perry (Council Member)
Artists: Partho (Souls), Sami Khan, Many local Artists.
Sponsor: Dr. Kali Pradip Chowdhury, Channel-i (Media partner)
Denny Tayyib became the first woman president of BUFLA, who was elected unopposed along with her panel as Cabinet. There was a contestant for the President position who withdrew his nomination
before the election.
This time the Bangladesh Day Parade and Festival were held on March 30-31, 2013 on the 3rd Street Little Bangladesh route. The parade was colorful and employed the use of convertibles and double-decker
tour buses. It was a successful term with many accomplishments for BUFLA and the community:
1) Inauguration Ceremony was done in a grand and special way at the Beverly Garland hotel in North Hollywood.
2) Fundraising Dinner was also held at the Beverly Garland hotel in North Hollywood.
3) Festival was held at Virgil Middle School Field for the first time for BUFLA and also for our community.
4) BUFLA Eid Reunion and Eid Mela was held for the first time bringing artist Shahnaz Rahman Shikrity from Bangladesh.
5) BUFLA Health Fair and Seminar was established for the first time and many people attended.
6) BUFLA Charity Committee was formed for the first time comprised of all past and present presidents of BUFLA as members.
7)BUFLA celebrated 12/12/12 at the Anar Bagh restaurant.
8)BUFLA held its first Ekushey February event at 4000 W. 3rd Street.
BUFLA made good advances in connecting with the greater Bangladeshi community through social media (Facebook) stemming from considerable social media presence of Denny Tayyib. Further,
BUFLA made the first set of Google email groups spanning around 3,000 recipients. More women and youth were inclined to volunteer and participate under the BUFLA umbrella. BUFLA had
free continued use of office space at 4000 W. 3rd Street during this term.
BUFLA had made leaps forward in community approval. Under the face of Denny Tayyib, more women and youth were inclined to volunteer and participate under the BUFLA umbrella. BUFLA
had free continued use of office space at 4000 W. 3rd Street this term (2011-2013). Denny Tayyib demonstrated great leadership.
Congresswoman Judy Chu (Parade Marshall), Mayor Eric Garcetti (Guest of Honor), Councilman Tom LaBonge (Special Guest), Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (Special Guest), Enam Ahmed Chowdhury
(Chief Guest from Bangladesh), Fire Chief and Councilmember Candidate Emile Mack (Special Guest), Deputy Chief of Police Michael Downing (Special Guest), Consul General Enayet Hossain
(Special Guest at Inauguration and Annual Fundraising Dinner), Deputy Consul General Shahnaz Gazi (Special Guest at Annual Fundraising Dinner), Dr. Kali Pradip Chaudhuri (Special Guest
at General Assembly meeting for the State of the Federation Address)
Grand Sponsor: Ali Tayyib
Other Sponsors: Dhaka Homes Ltd. Belayet Hossain, Rakhin City (Real Estate Company)
Artists: Pritom Ahmed (from Bangladesh), Shahnaz Rahman Shikrity (from Bangladesh), Shoma Rahman (from New York), Priyadarshini Roy(Miss India Southern California), Many local Artists.
Shiper Chowdhury is the first person who served as BUFLA-President for two years. He was elected unopposed along with his entire cabinet.
The Bangladesh Day Parade and Festival were held on March on March 29-30, 2014 and on March 28-29, 2015. In addition, there were Inauguration ceremony, Fund raising dinners, and Health
Fair and Clinic at a larger scale. Several significant things happened during these two years term as follows:
(1) BUFLA Office, a beautiful office.
(2) Ratification of Second Amendment of BUFLA Constitution on December 22, 2013.
(3) New and State of the Art Website (Dr. Shah Alam at the request of the President Shiper Chowdhury and endorsement by Ziaul Islam).
(4) Longest Parade Route on 3rd Street and Vermont from Normandie to Virgil Middle school.
(5) Floats in the Parade for the first time, a big step up for the Parade, along with two bands, Golf carts, Dholls, Horses, Horse carriage, etc.
(6) Bangla Book-shelf at the Los Angeles public Library for the first time.
(7) A higher quality Souvenir.
(8) Health Fair and clinic with BMANA, Dr. Nitin Shah and others at a bigger scale.
(9) BUFLA-Charity took a big step up with several additional Charity projects and activities.
(10) Several additional Organizations joined BUFLA.
(11) Image of BUFLA improved significantly in the broader community and beyond.
Dignitaries: LA-City Deputy Mayor Rick Cole (Parade Marshall), Paul Krokerian (Councilmember), Mitch O'Farrell (Councilmember North Hollywood), Matt Debonath (Office of
Brad Sharman, Consul General,
Artists: Baby Naznin, Many local Artists.
Grand Sponsor: Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury,
Sponsors: Belayet Hossain, Dhaka Homes (Platinum)
Dignitaries: Shykh Seraj (Parade Marshall), Herb Wesson Jr (President of LA-City Council), Yusef Robb (Director of Communications, Office of the Mayor), Renowned Anchorperson
Moushumi Barua as MC for two days.
Artists: Beauty Das, Shah Mahmood, Many local Artists.
Grand Sponsor: Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury
Other Sponsors: Belayet Hossain, Dhaka Homes (Platinum), Haque Foundation
Major (Retd.) Enamul Hamid was elected unopposed as the President of BUFLA for this term. His entire cabinet was also elected as unopposed. Major (Retd.) Enamul Hamid preferred to
serve as President for one year, and so, the EC approved that option with a Motion.
The term started with a beautiful inauguration ceremony at a Los Angeles Hotel Ballroom, which was largely attended. Right after the Inauguration oath, the new President Major
(Retd.) Enamul Hamid and each of the all other 6 Ex-Presidents were presented with a Gavel on the stage in a very special festive moment in front of a big gathering of BUFLA team
members and community members and community leaders. BUFLA-Charity activities achieved a new height, and so, this is the first time that a separate fund raising dinner was held for
the BUFLA Charity activities, which was a big success. The BUFLA Health Fair was held at Shatto this time in a big way. Then the Fund raising dinner for BUFLA Parade was held in
January, 2016, which was another very successful event.
In the first GA meeting, the President, in his State of the Federation address said "Ask not what BUFLA can do for you, but ask what you can do for BUFLA". A beautiful poster has been
prepared with this statement and it has now decorated the BUFLA Office.
This time the Bangladesh Day Parade and Festival were held on March 26-27, 2016 with the Parade on Saturday, March 26. It was a very successful term with many records in the book.
Some of those are:
Dignitaries: State Treasurer John Chiang (Parade Marshall); Sheriff Jim McDonnell as Chief Guest and Deputy Chief of Police Michael P. Downing as Special Guest and Dr. Kali Pradip
Chowdhury as Special Guest.
Artists: Renowned Bangladeshi singer Bappa Mazumder, and Shahnaz Belly, Many local Artists.
Grand Sponsor: Taranga of California
Other Sponsors: Belayet Hossain, Dhaka Homes (Gold) and Huq Foundation (Gold)
Dr. M. A. Hashem is the first President who has been elected uncontested to serve as the BUFLA President for the second time. He was also indeed the first President of BUFLA too during
the 2008-2009 term. BUFLA EC in a closed door meeting where Dr. Hashem was absent, discussed and came out with a unanimous decision to elect Dr. Hashem as he President. Because of the
health situation, Dr. Hashem was not sure if he would serve as the BUFLA President for the constitutional term of two years. So, a very special Motion was approved by the EC to let Dr.
Hashem decide after his first year to see if he wants to continue as BUFLA President for the second year. A full team of 7 members is serving as the BUFLA Cabinet with Dr. Hashem.
After the election, Dr. M. A. Hashem and his Cabinet organized the Inauguration ceremony at the beautiful Garden Suites hotel ball room in Los Angeles, where the BOT/Election-Commission
conducted the Oath taking ceremony. The new Cabinet members were then honored with flowers in a very festive way. Then the new President Dr. Abul Hashem was presented with a Gavel on
the stage.
Then the new Cabinet started the major preparation for the Bangladesh Day Parade 2017. Here are some of the activities that have already been done so far:
1) GA Meeting where the President gave a very foresighted "State of the Federation" Address.
2) The BUFLA-Charity Fund-raising dinner for the second time was held at Garden Suite Hotel Ballroom.
3) A large number of banners have been brought from Bangladesh with the pictures of Shaheed Minar, Royal Bengal Tiger, National Monument and other pictures signifying our National Identity. These banners will be posted on the light posts along the Parade route.
4) A large number of beautiful Green-Red Sarees have been brought from Bangladesh for the ladies during the Parade.
5) A very successful Fund raising dinner was held on January 15, 2017 for the Bangladesh day parade.
Here are some additional plans:
6) BUFLA Scout: In 2009 when he was elected as the first president he formed the BUFLA scout but unfortunately during the last 7 years this scout was not functioning very well. This
year again he is trying to reform BUFLA scout.
7) BUFLA Scholarship: This year Dr. Hashem and his cabinet decided to establish BUFLA scholarship where 10 students from all ethnic groups will get this scholarship.
8) In his 2nd term, Dr. Hashem digitalized the BUFLA office with telephone, computer, and internet.
9) This is the first time BUFLA is trying to do a community directory where most of the community members with their names & telephone numbers will be listed.
10) Meet the Organization: Dr. Hashem took a unique decision that he wants to sit down with each organization separately. He already did some and rest will be done soon.
11) Lotus Festival: This is the first time Dr. Hashem with his leadership took the responsibility to organize the Lotus Festival with 90 minutes of opening ceremony. For your
information Lotus festival is the biggest festival in Los Angeles and this year Bangladesh is the theme country.
12) Fundraising: Dr. Hashem did the highest fundraising amount in BUFLA history.
13) Permanent place of BUFLA: Dr. Hashem and his cabinet expressed their desire to establish the BUFLA permanent place. They are working towards that.
14) Trying to organize the youth with a program like Flag dance.
The invited dignitaries are Senator Kamala Herris, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Congressman Brad Sherman, Council member Paul Krekorian, David Ryu, Mitch O Ferrell. And Herb J. Wesson and
many more.
Artists are: Kumar Bissawjit and Many Local Artists.
BUFLA started as a Federation with very open Forum for all Bangladeshi organizations, all community leaders and all community members of the greater Los Angeles area in California and
it continues to be so today. Even at the very first meeting on June 4, 2016 where the BUFLA was formed, a popular song was sung which has the following wordings: "I will take you just
the way you are ……….."
However, just because someone could not be the chairman of a committee left the BUFLA meeting and he took a few other people with him. That was the first attempt to cause problem in
BUFLA. This is the person who also wrote a letter to the LA Mayor not to come to the Bangladesh Day Parade, and he wrote the names of many people as signers of that letter without
asking them, and so, they were upset. This person was already known as a bad element of the community and he proved it once again. A few other people behaved irrationally as well.
So, Dr. M. A. Hashem made an announcement to the community at a BUFLA Fund raising dinner that " Quality, and not Quantity will be the criteria of BUFLA". That proclamation of "Quality
and not Quantity" immediately became the BUFLA Policy. After that, several cases of other people were reviewed over a period of time and BUFLA realized that those few people qualified
themselves to be expelled from BUFLA by their own nasty roles and activities. So, they were expelled from BUFLA one by one for various different breaches of disciplines. Some people
were also kept away from BUFLA as well for similar reasons. Here are a few examples:
(1) Nasty letter was written to the LA-Mayor against BUFLA by a well-known bad element of this community,
(2) Someone behaved violently at a BUFLA EC meeting early on who was known in the community as a child molester, and he was the first to be removed from BUFLA,
(3) someone who shouted to be a freedom fighter behaved very grossly and abusively at a BUFLA formal meeting of Farewell to the Consul General at a restaurant conference room,
(4) One Cabinet member and ex-officer in the army attempted outrageous physical violence on another Cabinet member during a BUFLA meeting,
(5) another cabinet member did false propaganda about BUFLA and some of its volunteers through YouTube, who did a lot of nasty things in the community and he himself falsified about his professional career in Bangladesh,
(6) Someone falsely introduced himself as the President of BUFLA in a City public gathering in presence of the then current President of BUFLA,
(7) Someone initiated a potential major violence at the biggest gathering of BUFLA Festival where police needed to be called in to restore order,
(8) A bad element who considered himself to be a big leader in the community badly lost in the BUFLA Presidential election and then he said "BUFLA is bad" like "Grapes are sour" and
then he started to act against BUFLA and he nastily tried to pollute and stop a big professional organization from joining the parade in order to take revenge for his personal failure,
(9) One bad element along with a few of his friends suddenly entered into a running BUFLA-EC meeting at Shatto and demanded that BUFLA can not have any Constitution, and they severely
disrupted the BUFLA-EC meeting, which caused a year-long delay in the ratification of BUFLA Constitution,
(10) A bad element who is well-known in the community for stealing organization names went to the City Office with his another bad element friend to change the Parade permit from the
BUFLA's name to his name, but the city rejected their ill-motive,
(11) Someone whose degree has caused confusion in the community and who badly lost the BUFLA Presidential election made a video announcement in the community that he will lead the
Janazah prayer of BUFLA,
(12) A bad element who lost the BUFLA Presidential election said in a public meeting at a restaurant that he will not allow BUFLA to do the parade, but instead he will organize the
parade and he will lead the parade, and he declared himself as the freedom fighter,
(13) Another bad element cross-reserved Shatto after BUFLA made the Shatto reservation first and he fought with the city and finally BUFLA had to delay the Parade by a few weeks and
moved the Parade to the second half of April. So, because of these nasty activities by a few bad elements, they qualified themselves to be expelled or suspended or removed from BUFLA,
(14) Another bad element who had very bad names with real estate cheating on some community people and went to jail for federal crime also did false propaganda against BUFLA,
(15) Another person who went to jail for auto-accident frauds also spoke falsely against BUFLA,
(16) Another person praises BUFLA when his political brother is honored at BUFLA program but right after that he goes back to his false propaganda against BUFLA to expose his real character.
It turns out that those few expelled people and kept-away people were already known in the community as bad elements of the community, and they proved that again for themselves as to
who they are, and as such they qualified themselves to be removed from BUFLA. A few people who does false propaganda against BUFLA via emails and Facebook actually harm themselves,
discolor themselves and pollute themselves by exposing their real negative nature and character. So, those few expelled people and kept-away people say negative things about BUFLA and
about some of the BUFLA volunteers, but in spite of their false negative propaganda, BUFLA continued and continues to move forward with good speed in order to serve the community better.
BUFLA is now functioning very peacefully without those few bad elements. BUFLA is very cool now. BUFLA is now a beautiful forum and it holds its meetings very professionally in its own
beautiful office. A very large group of good people and quality people have now assembled onto the BUFLA platform promoting Unity, Charity, Community development and displaying the
Spectacular Bangladesh Day parade. This BUFLA team is also now carrying this bright torch light high and forward on a sincere and transparent noble journey with a modest and humble
mission to serve the humanity at large with good speed, which is now accelerating to uplift our motherland Bangladesh, and our homeland USA, and the world and beyond, for the global
goodness with the Universal outlook.
Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA)
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Eugene Hong, Orlando, Fla. (2018)
Hong sits at No. 3 in the AJGA Rankings making his second appearance at the CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods. In 2016, the junior from Orlando, Florida, recorded a bogey-free, tournament-low 7-under-par 65 in the second round to catapult him to a runner-up finish. It was also Hong's second-highest AJGA finish, second only to his win at the Haas Family Invitational. He is verbally committed to the University of Florida.
Kaiwen Liu, (China) San Diego, Calif. (2017)
The senior out of San Diego, California, looks for his first AJGA Invitational victory this week after a T3 finish here a year ago. Ranked No. 14 in the AJGA Rankings, Liu birdied the first four holes of his second round last year to cement him one of three top-three finishes in 2016. Liu is committed to play at the University of California, Berkeley in the fall.
Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas (2018)
A Houston native, Hammer enters the week No. 10 in the AJGA Rankings. He finished strong in 2016 with a runner-up finish at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Hammer is verbally committed to the University of Texas and is the 2017 AJGA Boys Player Representative.
Tournament Record Broken
In 2016, champion Andy Zhang of Winter Garden, Florida, broke the tournament record set by Doug Ghim in 2014 with a 13-under-par 203. Zhang recorded at least four birdies in every round for his second AJGA Invitational victory, including a final-round birdie on the toughest hole of the week, No. 5.


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Classic Stage Company disappoint with an uneven and seemingly unfinished production of Anne Carson's new "An Oresteia."
Nothing quite embodies the Greek Tragedies like plywood. This, at least, must have been the thinking behind Classic Stage Company's slapped-together production of "An Oresteia," in which the visual motif of unpainted wood is really the only element tying the three works together. This is especially unfortunate for anyone attending the weekend marathons, since staring at this backdrop for six hours is not only evocative of splinters and construction sites, but also of a production that isn't quite finished. They couldn't at least paint the floor?
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Written by:
Anne Carson
Directed by:
Brian Kulick and Gisela Cardenas ("Agamemnon" and "Elektra"); Paul Lazar and Ann
Based on "Agamemnon," "Elektra," and "Oreste by:
Aeschuylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Craig Baldwin, Michi Barall, Jess Barbagallo, Annika Boras, Eric Dyer, Stephanie Roth Haerle, Dan Hurlin, Karinne Keithly, Doan Ly, Christopher McCann, Steve Mellow, David Neumann, Mickey Solis, Ching Valdes-Aran
Choreography by:
Annie-B Parsons ("Orestes")
Set design by:
Riccardo Hernandez
Costumes by:
Oana Botez-Ban
Lighting design by:
Maruti Evans
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Previews start: March 22, 2009
April 1-19, 2009
My initial impulse is to be lenient in my assessment of Classic Stage's "Oresteia." Not only is CSC one of my favorite companies in New York, but it seems apparent that the budget and rehearsal time required of one play had to be stretched out to accommodate three. Nevertheless, whatever the material limitations, they should have facilitated imaginative solutions rather than so obviously hindered them. This was especially true for the first two plays, adapted by Anne Carson from Aeschylus's "Agammenon" and Sophocles's "Elektra," respectively. That Paul Lazar and Annie B-Parsons were able to approach Carson's "Orestes," adapted from the Euripides, with so much invention embellishing its tone of dramatic comedy with musical numbers and dances only underlined the deficiencies of the other two plays.
A decent production of the "Oresteia" should have, at the very least, some conviction about what the work is about. If it's not about political discord and revolutionary uprising, and it's not about the evolution of enlightenment and Athenian democracy, and it's also not about a family of wounded individuals, then it should convincingly be about
. That the CSC production does not seem to be about anything is at the heart of the problem here and not, according to another patron overheard during intermission, that it's "too modern." Not so, my fellow theatergoer. Rather, the issue was not the "modernness" itself, but that the production was ripe with the clichés of modern stagings. How many times, for example, has Agamemnon appeared in some form of Western military garb? How many times has Clytemnestra been portrayed as a martini-swilling cougar? How original or truthful is it to have Elektra depicted as just some rebellious teen with goth eye makeup? Rather than making the material relevant and contemporary, these choices seemed to excuse the performers from really engaging with the material.
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Annika Boras in "Elektra."
One of the few honest moments of acting came at the climax of Elektra's dialogue with her sister Chrysothemis, played by Michi Barall. However, it was the truthfulness not of an argument over whether or not to commit matricide but one more fitting: that of two roommate bickering over whose turn it was to buy toilet paper. Not only were the ideas in the first two plays disconnected and insufficiently thought through, but Kulick and his co-director, Gisela Cardenas, seemed to indulge in directorial short cuts. I am hereby declaring the technique of cutting the lights to a spot and introducing whiny/tickling new age music whilst an actor delivers a monologue to be unacceptable and over-used. Theater directors, please stop doing it.
The bad wigs, slapdash costumes, and blindingly ugly set wouldn't have seemed so amateurish if the performances had really taken on the material.
The bad wigs, slapdash costumes, and blindingly ugly set wouldn't have seemed so amateurish if the performances had really taken on the material. This is especially true for the first two plays, "Agammenon" and "Electra." Stephanie Roth Haberle's cartoonish Clytemnestra was a study in unrestrained ridiculousness that made Faye Dunaway's Mommy Dearest look subtle. Instead of shading her portrayal with Clytemnestra's narcissism or her pained motherhood, Haberle served up Clytemnestra as a psychopathic Disney villainess, a kind of Cruella DeVille steeped in the ethos of "Desperate Housewives." Better was Annika Boras. While arguably a bit young for the role, and thus not able to project the full force of an ideal Elektra, Boras nevertheless delivered the one truly affecting monologue of the entire production (the one over Orestes's urn), one of the few moments during the first two plays when I felt like I was actually watching Sophocles.
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Mickey Solis and Annika Boras in "Orestes."
It was not until the final play of the evening that the level of excitement one expects from live theater finally took hold. Anne Carson, who is arguably one of the few truly daring and innovative poets in America, contributed a translation that (without having read the text itself) sounds like an odd mixture of the colloquial and the deadpan, with a few inspired lyric moments scattered throughout. Her natural wit was also most at home in Eurpides's "Orestes." Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parsons also benefited from some new faces in the cast. Even David Neumann's Helen could not have prepared me for his Trojan Slave. And Jess Barbagallo's Pylades had a way of being earnest without sacrificing the comedy.
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A new luxury show apartment has been launched by Jomast at its Hartlepool Bay development overlooking the marina.
Following demand for stylish, two double bedroom marina apartments, as well as the sale of more than 60% of the first phase of Drake House, the new, designer show apartment has now been released and is available to view.
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For those who are excitedly waiting for Shincha, we want to show you some pictures of our tea field at present. Shizuoka is experiencing cold spring weather and it looks like the shoots don't want to come out of bed yet.
They are slowly but steadily growing, and we are very looking forward to seeing the beautiful vibrant green color running across the field soon.
Due to the current situation in Japan, you might be concerned about safety of green tea. In order to deepen your understanding and keep yourself with updates, we would like to suggest you to go to the website of FDA and IAEA.
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The Japanese authorities have taken the necessary measures to ensure that food testing above their established acceptable levels of radio-activity is neither sold to the Japanese public nor exported.
Green tea from Shizuoka prefecture or Japanese green tea in general is safe since most of it is produced in the south part of Japan. Green tea producers like us have not received any restrictions from the government. Business has been running just as usual.
In the states, FDA is closely monitoring the situation in Japan and is working with the Japanese government and other U.S. agencies to continue to ensure that imported food remains safe. Based on current information, there is no risk to the U.S. food supply.
FDA already has a very vigilant screening process for imports and has staff in place at the ports to monitor incoming products. FDA does not have concerns with the safety of imported food products that have already reached the U.S. and that are in distribution.
In Europe, although there is no evidence of risk for the consumer by increased radiation levels in food and feed products imported from Japan, the European Union has decided to reinforce controls on imports of food and feed from certain region of Japan. The measure applies to 12 prefectures of Japan, including the four most affected by the accident. All products from these prefectures have to be tested before leaving Japan and will be subject to random testing in the EU.
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Tranquil misty realms, interspersed by icy valleys - the placid high altitude lakes of Kashmir have a mysticism and divinity worth experiencing.
The mesmerising environs of the Sanctuary is a paradise for nature lovers. Abounding in grasslands and water bodies Debrigarh is a little known destination with astounding birding possibilities.
The State is taking a keen initiative to explore and excavate sites that hold historical importance and at the same time Chhattisgarh is practising conservation and preservation of several sites with valuable historical credentials
A sleepy town in West Sikkim that is an epitome of rich heritage, natural beauty and culture - heaven on earth. Situated at an altitude of 5580ft Rinchenpong is a fairly new but must go tourist destination.
The Maldives with a population of 270,000 has been isolated from the outside world for much of its history. The affable people here have adapted to island life with the main source of nutrition being fish, coconut and imported rice.
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A fleeting visit imprinted a memorable frame in our hearts inlaid with spoonbills, Asian openbills, coots and common moorhen swimming in languid grace. Last season there were as many as 75,000 birds in this 30 hectare Sanctuary.
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MAPW National President Dr Margaret Beavis has written the following article for Australian Doctor. The article was published on Friday 14th August 2015.
Hiroshima and the bomb- what now?
MAPW National President Dr Margaret Beavis has written the following article for Australian Doctor. The article was published on Friday 14th August 2015.
Hiroshima and the bomb- what now?
Why is it, 70 years after the appalling destruction wrought on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we still have a nuclear threat hanging over us? The human cost of these weapons was clearly illustrated last week in Australian Doctor. More than 200,000 people were killed, the vast majority of them civilians. Many more were injured, and many lives destroyed by the long term impacts.
Decades of promises to disarm have failed, but now there is new momentum for an effective ban.
The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) has long promised the elimination of nuclear weapons. Indeed, the world's nuclear arsenal has shrunk from over 50,000 warheads to 16,000, but in reality the weapons we have now are many times more powerful. This year's round of NPT negotiations again failed to produce any concrete steps to disarm.
Existing disarmament measures have steadily lost credibility. After US President Obama and then Russian President Medvedev signed the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the US congress only ratified the Treaty when US$85 billion was allocated to nuclear weapons modernisation. This subsequently more than quadrupled to US$355 billon to be spent in the coming decade1. Just imagine what these vast funds could achieve in healthcare, education and foreign aid.
Nuclear weapons are the ultimate "weapon of mass destruction". They obliterate whole cities in a moment. Less known is their potential for devastating impact on our climate, and subsequent mass starvation. Even a limited nuclear war – perhaps a breakdown in the tense standoff between Pakistan and India – would create a particulate cloud resulting in a decade-long worldwide nuclear winter2. Detailed modelling of corn, rice and wheat crop yields find lasting reductions, putting up to 2 billion people at risk of death by starvation3.
The International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has declared there is no possible humanitarian response. The doctors, nurses and hospitals are destroyed. As a result they support the only possible approach, which is to work for their elimination. A ban would be a two-step process. Once made illegal, countries would then work out the nuts and bolts of stockpile destruction and verification.
There is new momentum for a ban. We Australians can feel very proud that ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) started in Melbourne, conceived by the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) and launched in 2007. Prompted by ICAN, three international conferences in the last 2 years have highlighted the appalling human impacts of nuclear weapons. At the most recent conference in December, the South African delegation likened the current situation to that of apartheid; where a minority (the 9 nuclear weapons states) are dominating the majority (the 185 nuclear weapons-free states), and creating global oppression. So far this year 113 countries (and counting) have signed a pledge to ban these weapons.
Also encouraging is the AMA federal council's support for nuclear weapons abolition. Recently they unanimously supported a resolution for the World Medical Association conference in Russia later this year. Medical advocacy on this important issue is very important.
We have had many, many near misses. Accidents and human errors have been legion. In 1962 there was the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1983 a computer failure signalled a major nuclear attack on the USSR, and only the cool composure of the officer in charge, Stanislav Petrov, delayed retaliation and potentially averted the start of world war three. In 2012 three pacifists, including an 82 yo nun, demonstrated the risks of nuclear weapons theft, by breaking into the new heavily protected Oak Ridge atomic complex in the US, which stores highly enriched uranium sufficient for thousands of weapons4.
Regardless of arguments as to whether atomic bombs were the only way to stop the Japanese in 1945, the current rise of extremism highlights nuclear weapons' folly. The aptly named doctrine of MAD (mutually assured destruction) is premised on both sides having some sense of rationality. For suicide bombers and rogue states deterrence makes no sense. Failure to disarm heightens the risk that other countries will acquire nuclear weapons.
As doctors we need to support this movement. We need to "immunise" the world against nuclear war, and the only way is disarmament. We were told we would never get a ban on cluster munitions or land mines, but we did. Please consider supporting ICAN's work- the next two years are critical. http://www.icanw.org/australia/ Or join us at MAPW.
As in many areas of medicine, prevention is the best option; in this case it is the only option.
1. Sanger D.G., Broad W.J. 2014 U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms New York Times 21 September 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/us/us-ramping-up-major-renewal-in-nuclear-arms.html accessed 3/8/2105
2. Toon, O. B., Turco, R.P., Robock, A., Bardeen, C., Oman, L., Stenchikov, G.L.,2007: Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts on individual nuclear terrorism. Atm.Chem.Phys., 7, 1973-2002.
3. Helfand, I. 2013: Nuclear Famine: Two billion people at risk. Physicians for Social Responsibility.
4. Broad, W.J. 2012 The nun who broke into the nuclear sanctum. August 10 2012 New York Times https://www.google.com/search?q=The+nun+who+broke+into+the+nuclear+sanctum&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 accessed 3/8/2105


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