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Sean Collins, 22, was enjoying a fancy dress night out and had been standing in the smoking area of a nightclub when his homemade sheep costume, which was covered in cotton wool balls and sprayed with hairspray, set alight, a court heard.
The intense head caused horrific injuries to his hands and arms and Sean was rushed to hospital where he underwent several skin grafts.
Three days later, Sean, who believed the fire had started by accident, was told the devastating news that he had been deliberately set alight by a man he'd never met.
CCTV footage of the incident shows father-of-two Thomas McGuiness, 24, who worked as a bouncer at the club, holding his cigarette lighter to Sean's costume on January 17.
Sean said: "I remember standing having a cigarette with two of my mates - the next minute I was on fire.
"I literally just burst into flames and I remember feeling shock and panic.
"I could feel this intense pain which I can't even begin to describe.
"It had taken me about 12 hours to make the costume and I became a human fireball instantly.
"I panicked and ran around trying to get the suit off.
"The whole thing was on fire and I knew I just had to get it off.
"My friends tried to help me and it took about ten seconds in total.
"Afterwards I ran into the street and sank to the pavement in shock." Sean, a forensic science and criminal investigation student at UCLan, suffered 12 per cent body surface area burns to both hands and forearms.
He was transferred from the Royal Preston Hospital for further care at South Manchester University Hospital where he underwent several skin graft operations.
He may need a further two years of treatment and has been left suffering anxiety and depression.
Sean, from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, said: "I was dealing with it pretty well for the first few days when I was in hospital because I thought it was an accident.
"I really thought someone had caught me with a cigarette. But then when the police came to see me and told me it wasn't an accident it really affected me.
"I was devastated that someone could do something like that, especially to someone they'd never met.
"It was completely unprovoked and I think I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I can't begin to explain the impact it's had on my life.
"I am still doing my course. I should have finished in May but couldn't because of my injuries.
"I will probably never come back to Preston. I used to love socialising and football but haven't been out since, and I cant play football until my skin grafts have healed.
"Looking back now, I know there's a chance I could have burnt to death, but I wasn't thinking that at the time, I just wanted to get the suit off me.
"I suppose in some ways I'm lucky it wasn't worse but my head is all over the place now."
Before jailing McGuiness at Preston Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Michael Leeming, QC, murmured "horrific" as he was shown CCTV footage of the moment Sean's costume "fireballed out of control".
Doorman McGuiness, who worked at the Evoque nightclub in Preston, Lancs., where the incident happened, sat with his arms folded amid audible gasps in the courtroom as a film was played.
Hanifa Patel, prosecuting, said: "He was dressed as a sheep. It was a homemade outfit.
"It was covered in cotton wools balls and sprayed with hairspray to assist the balls to stay in place. The group of friends went in Evoque nightclub at around 2.15am.
"The victim was in the smoking area with some friends having a cigarette when all of a sudden his costume ended up alight.
"It was covered in flames. He was assisted by members of public.
"When officers arrived at the scene the victim was being treated for his injuries and the defendant was present.
"He was standing very close and trying to see what was happening."
He then commented: "It was my fault. I was talking to my girlfriend having a cigarette and as I was waving my hand my cigarette caught him and he set alight.
"I'm an off-duty doorman and work at Evoque if you need to speak to me."
Miss Patel said he had missed two months of the final year of his course at UCLan and had to give up his job in the kitchen at McDonald's.
Adrian Williams, defending, said: "This was an incredibly stupid prank, not a deliberate assault on Mr Collins.
"This defendant was shocked by the consequences of his actions, he did not foresee them at ball but he is responsible for them."
Speaking after McGuiness was jailed for 18 months on Thursday, Sean said he was "majorly disappointed" with the sentence.
"I was hoping he would get at least three years for what he did," he added.
"I'm angry he's been let off so lightly. I feel like maybe what he's done hasn't really been taken seriously.
"If I hadn't managed to get the suit off I could have died but he'll be out before too long."
McGuiness, from Chorley, Lancs., admitted unlawful wounding at an earlier hearing.

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4 He healed the sick, then called for the little children and blessed each one.
5 After teaching the people about the sacrament, repentance, and all that they would need to live righteously, Jesus left.


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On the anticipated publication by New Directions of two new books by FLEUR JAEGGY : THESE POSSIBLE LIVES and I AM THE BROTHER OF X.X. in July 2017.
Here is a review that was never published of SWEET DAYS OF DISCIPLINE by Fleur Jaeggy. New Directions. I forget why either the Washington Post or Chicago Tribune refused to publish my review back in 1993.
Sweet Days of Discipline is a masterpiece. Probably there is no overcoming a reader's skepticism at reading such a sentence. Frankly, I was also skeptical about my own initial reading of the book and so to check it I took the advice in the blurb by Joseph Brodsky, "Reading time is approximately four hours. Remembering time as for the author, the rest of one's life."
INTERJECTION: I wrote this review in 1993... so 24 years later… not a word has to be changed.
Rereading Jaeggy's novel I found myself increasingly sadder because the novel is short and the inevitable last page gets closer and closer: I wanted to continue to live in the world of the author's sensibility and dreading the difficulty of how to convince another to read it…
Like all truly great works of literature the story can be summed up quite simply. The un-named narrator is remembering a year, among many years in the 1950's spent at a boarding school in Switzerland. But this year was different because it was the year that a new girl, Frederique, was also a student at the same school. The novel traces out the course of that year and the growing friendship between the two girls.
Every cliché that such a situation might suggest is avoided: there is no sadistic headmistress, no randy kitchen help, no lesbian sexual encounters. Instead Jaeggy creates an entire world populated by the children of the high bourgeois of Europe who are destined to be equally comfortable in Zurich, as in Paris, Milan or Munich.
The opening of the novel suggests in the sureness of the language what is to come:
"At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzeel. This was the area where Robert Walser used to take his many walks when he was in the mental hospital in Herisau, not far from our college. He died in the snow. Photographs show his footprints and the position of the body in the snow. We didn't know the writer. And nor did our literature teacher. Sometime I think it might be nice to die like that, after a walk to let yourself drop into a natural grave in the snow of the Appenzeel after almost thirty years of mental hospital in Herisau. It really was a shame we didn't know of Walser's existence, we would have picked a flower for him. Even Kant, shortly before his death was moved when a women he didn't know offered him a rose."
Upon re-reading this opening paragraph I am again captivated by the tone of elegiac sadness and the author's ability to both distance and involve the reader. I am flattered in my knowing who Robert Walser is and having seen those famous photographs of his death steps and I appreciate the apt detail from the life of Kant which avoids the commonplace of the citizen of Koenigsberg setting their clocks to the punctuality of his daily walk through the town.
Such a paragraph sets the tone and allow the reader to enter Jaeggy's world by remembering too that he or she has probably had a similar experience of growing up. Going to grammar school in Patchogue on Long Island I did not know and my teachers did not know that Henry David Thoreau had passed through Patchogue on his way to look for the bones of Margaret Fuller who had drowned off of Fire Island, opposite Patchogue.
Never have I read such an accurate description of the process by which one attempts to become the friend of another--- knowing that friendship is the near physical absorption of the other.
"In our lives at school, each of us, if we had a little vanity, would establish a facade, a kind of double life, affect a way of speaking, walking, looking. When I saw her writing I couldn't believe it. We also most all had the same kind of handwriting, uncertain, childish with round wide 'o's. Hers was completely affected. (Twenty years later I saw something similar in a dedication Pierre Jean Jouve had written on a copy of "Kyrie.")
(LATER: again I was flattered as of course I knew the French writer, didn't everyone at that moment who really read even only in English)
Of course I pretended not to be surprised, I barely glanced at it. But secretly I practiced And I still write like Frederique today, and people tell me I have beautiful handwriting."
And I too remembering a boy who came to my school in four grade in Patchogue who wrote with the left hand and of how I tried to write with my left hand so as to become this friend. And to think how far away a boarding school in Switzerland is from Patchogue!
But the novel does not isolate the narrator: she takes walks dislikes her roommate rejects another girl who wants to be her friend. The narrator suggests a complete world and that is what we demand of an author: invent a world into which we can fall, slide, insinuate our own experience.
Of course Frederique is not destined for great happiness but for something more interesting: she has taken up residency in the memorial heart of both the narrator and the reader.
An anthology of epigrammatic items of truth could be culled from this book and to set it in its proper context the reader would have tocall to mind such books as Rilke's The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge or Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles or Glenway Wescott's The Grandmothers or Fred Uhlman's Reunion.
Years after the year at the school the narrator runs into Frederique at the cinemateque in Paris. They go back to her attic room, "Frederique was about twenty now. She dressed as she always had. A dark zinc grey over body, narrow hips, long neck. The jugular was pulsing. She had pushed back her hood. The pale oval of her face, legs crossed. The perfection of school days had taken up residence in this room of hers… She lives, I thought, as if she were in a grave."
PS I did not describe Jaeggy's other books, LAST VANITIES, SS PROLETERKA, THESE POSSIBLE LIVES, I AM THE BROTHER OF XX... I did not write about Jaeggy's husband Roberto Calasso... I suspect that SS PROLETERKA belongs in the Pantheon of the greatest of modern books... I guess you can say I hold Jaeggy's book in the same imaginary hand that I also hold the books of Hannah Green, ERNST JUNGER, GLENWAY WESCOTT, JULIAN GREEN, JUAN CARLOS ONETTI, JOSE LEZAMA LIMA, PETER NADAS...


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As expected, the Fed left short-term interest rates just where they are at its regular meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee Tuesday. Thanks to a weak dollar, slowing job growth, a slow but growing economy and money pouring in from around the world, the rate-setting gang is happy to sit back and let these forces do their inflation-fighting for them.
The decision — the seventh straight time the Fed has kept rates steady — had been widely expected by financial markets. The closely-watched written statement that accompanied the meeting held few clues about the Fed's next move. It noted that "economic growth slowed in the first part of this year" — last time it said economic indicators were "mixed." But the statement noted that inflation — which higher rates keep in check — was still running a little stronger than it should be. Echoing recent public statements by Fed members, the statement said a main concern was "the risk that inflation will fail to moderate as expected."
There are plenty of reasons the Fed's "steady-as-she-goes" policy could change. So far, the ongoing housing slump doesn't seem to have dragged the overall economy down with it. A wider slump could force the Fed's hand, bringing a rate cut to help get the economy back on track.
"That's the kind of thing that might at some point down the road trigger a Fed easing, but that's not something that I think they're looking for now," said Alfred Broaddus, former president of the Richmond Fed.
Lately, the U.S. economy has been getting some help from an unusual source — the weak U.S. dollar. That has helped make U.S. products cheaper in overseas markets.
"Exports are definitely growing; it's a product of the weaker dollar," said John Manley, a stock market strategist at Smith Barney. "We don't see that reversing itself."
Those higher exports have helped U.S. companies keep growing without the benefit of a rate cut from the Fed. Despite concerns that the slumping U.S. economy would take a bite out of U.S. corporate earnings, companies that have expanded into overseas markets have been bringing home bigger profits — especially after they convert relatively strong currencies like the euro or yen back into weaker U.S. dollars.
"The offset (of a slower U.S. economy) from the very strong reports that we're seeing overseas is very important," said Jeremy Zirin, a market strategist with UBS Wealth Management. "We saw that in the first-quarter earnings, where companies that were more exposed to the foreign markets, their earnings grew 13 percent, and companies more exposed to the domestic market only grew earnings 4 percent. So I think that mitigates the risk of U.S. consumer-led slowdown."
The weak dollar, though, could eventually force long-term interest rates higher. That's because over the long term, a falling U.S. currency makes it harder for the U.S. Treasury to sell dollar-denominated bonds to overseas investors who lose money if the dollar falls further.
For now, though, the large flow of capital coming into the United States — much of it from foreign investors buying those Treasury bonds — is helping the Fed do its job. But there's no guarantee that will go on forever, as Fed Chairman Bernanke pointed out last week.
"Real interest rates, despite the fact that there are issues of budget deficits and so on ... remain very, very low, and that's the force of the savings that are coming into the country, pushing down real interest rates," Bernanke said in a speech in Montana. "We won't always have that, and that's why it's important for us to work on increasing our own savings rate."
Still, as long as the economy dodges a recession, the Fed seems to think that inflation remains Public Enemy No. 1, judging from public statements made since the last FOMC meeting in March.
So far, so-called "core" inflation — which excludes volatile food and energy prices — is just a tad outside the Fed's 1 percent to 2 percent "comfort zone." But one reason the panel may be worried about a pickup in inflation is the slowing in the growth of worker productivity in the U.S., according to Broaddus.
"That would tend to make the longer-term inflation outlook maybe a little bit less favorable than would otherwise be the case," he said. "And I think that might be in the minds of some members of the committee."
Even as the Fed worries aloud about inflation, the slowing economy has helped the central bankers stick to their "do-nothing" strategy.
That's in part because inflation gets some of its momentum from rising wages, which usually accompany tight labor markets. When it's hard to find skilled workers to fill jobs, employers have to pay more to find them — and keep them from looking for better-paying work elsewhere.
These days, despite the slowdown in productivity, the Fed seems to be getting some help on the labor front. Last week's employment numbers showed a continued slowdown in job growth in April, and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate. And the latest report on gross domestic product — showing the economy moving ahead just 1.3 percent in the first quarter — also included data showing wages are growing more slowly.
"(The GDP report) is ideal from the Fed's perspective of keeping policy on hold, despite concerns that inflation may not moderate," said John Ryding, chief economist at Bear Stearns. "The report is consistent with moderate economic growth and a slight easing in labor market pressures."
And with the rising stock market continuing to attract investment, the Fed doesn't seem to be worried that there's not enough money sloshing through the financial system.
"I think their idea going through the whole year will basically be: Let the market do the work," said Bill Buechler, a money manager at Barclay Partners Asset Management. "There will be times when people are looking for a rate cut and times for a rate hike, but in the end I think they're going through the entire year of doing nothing and staying status quo."
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I was on Facebook the other day — something that is becoming less and less frequent now that Facebook Scrabble REFUSES TO BELIEVE I AM IN CANADA AND WON'T LET ME PLAY.
So I was accepting a friend request or some shit and I noticed an ad telling me that I can "Attract woman."
Now, you know me, I'm not violently opposed to attracting women. My interest was piqued. And by "piqued" I mean that I thought I might be able to use the idea as a fun blog post.
But I forgot to click on, and bookmark, the link.
Clearly I'll never attract women with such a porous memory.
The other day, a friend of a friend of the family told my niece's dog, "I know you love me, but stop licking me" as I was walking by. So I said, "If I had a nickle for every time I've been told that…"
So maybe I shouldn't scoff at any type of advice on how to communicate with people.
This morning I decided to do a little Google search to find something similar to the Facebook thing. Based on the number of results spit out, I am guessing that maybe there are a few dudes out there looking for such advice.
Of all the many, many links I checked out (like 4) this one seemed like it could lead to the funniest post. I guess we're all going to find out together whether or not that's true…
How to Meet Women
For the guys who have been asking the question, "How to meet women?"[Yes, that is actually the sub-title dealie. It's like "Buy a raincoat, for days you want to wear a coat in the rain." Well played, wikiHow.]
It was divided into 3 parts. This is…
Get a sense of style but don't go to the extreme with it. Always look your best and always have your teeth brushed, etc. You never know when the opportunity will take place so be ready and dressed nice. Wearing your old worn out grungy work clothes out could be enough to ruin your confidence and your chances. Wear a nice pair of pants, nice shoes, and nice shirt.
Firstly, if someone needs to be telling you to brush your teeth, finding love might not be your biggest problem. Gingivitis, bitches. It's for real.
Never go to extremes with your sense of style. That's just good advice. Bedazzle "Sassy" on the front of your shirt, but never, ever surround it with unicorns.
You don't make that mistake twice.
Don't be afraid to set your sights high; if you think you're good enough for a girl, she will think you are, too. If you don't think you're good enough for a girl, then she probably won't think so, either. Hence, be confident. This shows other girls that you have good taste and that you're giving them a complement just by talking to them.
I love how they drop "hence" into a paragraph that could have been written by a monkey. And, frankly, not a super smart monkey. Even a monkey that pays extra for undercoating on his new car could have penned that one.
Relax, you must not overdo a play. Stop presenting yourself, and make her feel like she is presenting herself to you.
So, like, just sit back and say, "Dance for me."
I can do that.
Learn to accept rejection. Rejection is part of the game and being rejected doesn't necessarily mean there's something wrong with you. Repeated rejection, however, does mean there probably is something wrong with you that you need to change.
Hahaha. I fucking love that. "If every chick turns you down, you are fundamentally flawed and should, you know, just change that shit up. And good luck!"
Smile. Show those pearly whites all day, every day. Smiles are infectious.
And not at all a sign that you may be a tad psychotic.
Do not focus on the target first if she is with friends. Make friends with her friends, so they do not think you are just some creep trying to get laid (especially if you are). Then, after you have sufficiently impressed the group, you can start to talk to the target girl.
Wait until you get her alone. Then pick her ass off like a wounded gazelle. *wink and gun*
But how did you know that I'm a creep trying to get lai — Nevermind.
Make a connection. Try and find out what this person really loves in the world, and let her tell you all of the things she loves about it. Then, tell her you feel just the same way about some things, but disagree with her opinions on other things. For instance, "Yeah, I really like Van Gogh too, but Monet is much too simplistic." Make her get involved in a conversation.
Ohhhhh. I get it. So something like this:
Her: I like blue berries.
Me: Tell me more.
Her: They taste good.
Me: Fascinating. I like strawberries. Especially in jam.
Her: I like peach jelly.
Me: WHORE!!!!
If your lifestyle allows, get a dog or preferably a puppy. Be aware that a dog may live for 10-15 years, and being a highly social animal, will need company and mental stimulation on a daily basis. Also be aware that puppies will become dogs. If you can't keep a dog, you're probably best off borrowing one to take to the park for a walk.
Puppies… become dogs? Tell me more!
This how-to works mainly for men and women who are looking for a 'fling'. Long-term relationships that evolve into a marriage/union don't depend as much on material quantities as much as they do on your ability to compromise, communicate, and sacrifice.
Compromise, communicate, AND sacrifice? Fuck that noise.
Work on your career. As your success grows, so will your dating pool. Alternately, if you can look like a big shot, then make up a career (steer away from 'accountant' and more towards 'unsigned guitar player')
Just enjoy that one…
If yourself is too boring, put on something flamboyant that will make you stand out from the other guys.
A boa?
Stay focused, remember what you're there to do.
Oh, I know this one…
Secretly pay attention to her breathing, If you breathe at the same rate as her she'll feel much closer to you.
The fuck? Yeeeah, I'm pretty confident that I can stick my ear in a girl's face and not make it at all creepy.
If you have an iPhone, BlackBerry, or other smart phone, consider downloading an ice breaker application.
Tetris = panty remover. Got it!
Don't come on too strong. Have a keen sense of if she's interested or not. Look for signs. If she ever touches your arm, holds your hand, flits her eyes, or laughs at your jokes, you are in.
Or grabs your junk…
Be wary of "you're cute." This is not an indication of interest. Also, if a girl asks you to dance, she is probably just looking for someone to dance with, and this is a negative. If she pulls you off the dance floor to talk, you are in. If she ever tells you "I'll be right back," give up on this one because she's never coming back.
So telling you that you are cute and asking you to dance = bad. I really feel like I'm getting some solid advice here. "If she tries to kiss you, it is likely because her lips are cold. This is a negative."
Be smart. Don't let the little head do all the thinking.
I don't know… dude has some strong opinions.
Do not use cheesy pickup techniques like having the bartender or waitress bring a drink over to her. You've got to play it cool and that does not work.
And never, ever plan your moves based on some half-assed internet article.
Unsigned guitar players can do so much better.


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We have been talking about 10 ways you can reduce your family's chemical load. In this article we will cover these tips:
- Use natural and safe cleaning products
- Take your shoes off at the door
- Outdoors use organic sprays and natural alternatives
- Gas off
- Say no thanks to plastics that leach and non-stick items
Use natural and safe cleaning products
The first time I realised that cleaning products could be dangerous was the day I sprayed a "popular house name cleaner" to clean up my daughter's projectile vomit from the arm of the couch. Though she was over 2 metres away and had no direct contact with the spray, within 60 seconds her whole face had come up in a red rash. I struggled to fathom that manufacturers would be allowed to sell us dangerous chemicals, all in the name of convenience and with no obvious warning of the potential risks.
Most of your home can be cleaned using a good-quality microfibre cloth with some water and simple kitchen ingredients like baking soda, white vinegar, soap and lemon juice. If you do need something with a bit more power opt for a natural, plant-based product with no phthalate-riddled "fragrance".
Most of your home can be cleaned using a good-quality microfibre cloth with some water and simple kitchen ingredients like baking soda, white vinegar, soap and lemon juice.
There are plenty of recipes online for making your own cleaners, and if you don't have time to make your own then check out the wonderful range at Wendyls: www.wendyls.co.nz (use this code for 15% discount: thinkwise).
In developed countries, the use of chemical cleaners such as ammonia, bleach and solvents and antibacterial agents like triclosan is much more prevalent. The research has linked these countries to a higher incidence of asthma, eczema and it is also believed to be contributing to the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The truth is that having a clean house doesn't necessarily mean it is a healthier house.
Take your shoes off at the door
Shoes are known to pick up and carry toxic chemicals from the outdoors such as pesticides, fuel and contaminated dirt. These substances all accumulate as dust inside your home if you leave your shoes on. As well as this, studies have shown that bacteria such as coliform and e.coli are commonly present on shoes which can lead to increased sickness and infections.
Outdoors use organic sprays and natural alternatives for lawncare, weed and pest management
We completely understand that you don't want your lawn to turn into a jungle and we know that for most people pulling every weed by hand is completely impossible. However, as well as the damage to the environment the use of conventional pesticides have been linked to neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, numerous types of cancers, learning disorders in children and immune disorders in adults.
Wherever possible, avoid exposure to pesticides and opt for safer non-toxic options for your lawn and garden care. Thankfully there are an increasing number of organic and natural options available. You can even make some yourself if you have the time.
See next page for the rest of the article…


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Former University of Connecticut President Harry Hartley is making a $250,000 gift for scholarships to UConn's Neag School of Education.
The gift is part of the UConn Foundation's campaign to raise $150 million for student scholarships and support.
Hartley's gift is a planned bequest and is designated for support of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for students in UConn's Neag School of Education. The gift will be made in the name of Hartley and his wife, Dianne.
"My parents were both teachers, so I've always seen the value of education," Hartley says. "And if we can turn out better teachers, better administrators, counselors, I think it's a net benefit to the state of Connecticut and to the country."
Josh Newton, president of the UConn Foundation said that Hartley's "generous gift gives our scholarship push a big boost. The Neag School, and its students, will benefit immensely.''
The scholarship initiative seeks to keep a UConn education affordable and, through merit and need scholarships, to attract high-achieving students.
Hartley's bequest will help support the Neag School's new focus of providing fully funded scholarships for the Dean's Doctoral Scholarship program, which was launched this past fall.
During his 31 years at UConn, Hartley served as dean of UConn's School of Education, as vice president for finance and administration under three different UConn presidents, and for many years as a professor of educational leadership – including up until his retirement in 2003. He served as UConn president from 1990 to 1996.
According to a statement from UConn, Hartley "has gone down in university history" as the president who successfully fought for the 1995 passage of UConn 2000, the 10-year, $1 billion program to rebuild and renew the University's infrastructure across each of its campuses.
Hartley said, "I'm looking back at all the promises I made to the legislature when we were fighting for UConn 2000: that we'd raise the SAT scores if they funded us, that the quality of applicants would be much greater, that the financial contributions to the University would be greater, that our partnerships with state industries and companies would be great, that it would lift the general quality of life in the state – if only they could see it as an investment and not an expense."


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Broadway "Side Show" offers poignant, powerful revival [update]
Back in 1997, the musical Side Show, based on the life of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, ran for just 91 performances on Broadway, but received four Tony nominations and created a devoted following. Now Side Show is back, in a dazzlingly theatrical reboot at the St. James Theatre, directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon and featuring a rewritten book and new songs by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger.
The Hilton twins occupied a weird cultural niche in the 1930s — abandoned as infants in the UK, they were exploited as a curiosity, brought to the US by their manager, toured in vaudeville as a musical act, and eventually appeared in Tod Browning's infamous film Freaks. The revived Side Show offers a deft, compelling biography of Violet and Daisy's challenges that illuminates fundamental human issues of acceptance, othering, and the fraught duality of attachment and escape.
Every moment of show — the majority of which is sung — is packed with bravura performances from an excellent ensemble cast, and intense, vivid theatrics. Krieger (Dreamgirls) displays a gift for haunting motifs, and paired with Russell's clever, twisty lyrics, provides a richly complex score that bears repeated listening. A new cast album is in the works for early in 2015.
The opening number, "Come Look at the Freaks," is a marvel of prosthetics and makeup as we meet the members of the sisters' traveling show: Dog Boy, Three-Legged Man, Human Pin Cushion, Bearded Lady, two Cossack little people, a Lizard Man, the Cannibal King, and "Sir," the sisters' owner and manager. A recent Wall Street Journal photo essay captures the amazing special effects, which were stunningly effective even from the front row.
Erin Davie as Violet and Emily Padgett as Daisy offer utterly riveting performances. It is difficult to imagine anyone pulling off such a span of complex, synchronized movements, but they make it look effortless. Davie is tragically compelling as the introverted Violet, complemented by Padgett's brash Daisy. Together — and they are almost always joined at the hip, aside from a few startlingly effective frame breaks — the pair offer a heartbreaking character study. The 11-o'clock number, "I Will Never Leave You," is a beautiful ballad that was featured on the 1998 Tony broadcast. Their end of Act I duet, "Who Will Love Me As I Am," is an aching lament that will reduce you to tears, even in recollection. You have been warned.
Ryan Silverman as Terry Connor and Matthew Hydzik as Buddy Foster are wonderful as the would-be impresario and song-and-dance man who coax the sisters to move to vaudeville. Their complex relationships — Terry with Daisy and Buddy with Violet — provide much of the energy and tension. Silverman's darkly introspective internal fantasy "Private Conversation," and Buddy's over-the-top vaudeville number "One Plus One Equals Three" could not be more different, yet both perfectly capture the inner lives of this duo caught in the orbit of the sisters.
Another fine thematic doubling is offered by David St. Louis as Jake, the freak show African "Cannibal King" who makes himself the sisters' protector and Robert Joy as the heartless "Sir" who literally owns them. Jake's soulful warning about leaving the show, "The Devil You Know," comes as the sisters struggle to free themselves from Sir's protectorship. Joy's creepy, malevolent Sir contrasts beautifully with St. Louis's nuanced performance as stalwart ally and friend. "I wasn't always the king," he notes in a moment of mordant humor. "I had to eat my way to the top." His confrontation with Sir in the court battle to free the sisters is a rich, dramatic moment.
The courtroom, like the rest of the show, is executed within David Rockwell's spare, elegant set, comprising mobile structural pieces augmented with bold, clever banners. The lighting, by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer combines unobtrusive effectiveness with bravura effects (the "Private Conversation" sequence is a real standout.)
Without having seen the original production, it's difficult to quantify how much Bill Condon's direction and additional book material shaped the show, but the result is nothing short of magical. Right from the opening number, the audience is immersed in a richly imagined, thoroughly compelling vision, executed to the highest technical standards. Whether it's the terrifying shadow doctors in a childhood flashback, the appearance (and disappearance) of Harry Houdini, the romping vaudevillian numbers, or the eerie final sequence with Tod Browning, Condon surprises, delights, and chills the audience. And the book and music are just a continual delight. Krieger and Russell have tweaked the original material and composed several new numbers that are wonderful additions.
Side Show is not really about "freaks," unless it's about the way in which all of us experience the isolation of being alive in a world of difference. It is ultimately, and beautifully, about the things that connect us to each other as people — literally embodied as blood vessels and tissue for the sisters — and the continual challenge of growth and autonomy.
This is a dazzling, high-impact revival of a wonderfully, deeply human show, and an absolutely engrossing theatrical experience. You will come away changed. Highly recommended.
Opens Monday, Nov 17 at the St. James Theatre. More informtion and tickets at SideShowBroadway.com.
Editorial note: Review based on the preview performance on Saturday, Nov. 15. I paid for my tickets and did not receive anything of value in exchange for this review, although I did get to meet Bill Russell afterward and gushed like a fanboy.
Update, 12/12: After weeks of less-than-stellar ticket sales, Deadline.com reported this morning that the show is set to close Jan 4, 2015. I feel bad for the whole creative team (the Times had a good piece on how the revival came together; Broadway.com had a cool video) and depressed by what this says about Broadway as an institution.


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Kettlety, T, Verdon, J, Werner, M, Kendall, JM & Budge, J, 2019, Investigating the role of elastostatic stress transfer during hydraulic fracturing-induced fault activation. Geophysical Journal International, vol 217., pp. 1200-1216
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Manawatū-Whanganui's Accelerate25 Lead Team have welcomed an announcement by Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau, of $400,000 in funding from Central Government's Provincial Growth Fund, towards the establishment of a Rural Innovation Lab.
Accelerate25 lead team facilitator and Horizons Regional Council chief executive Michael McCartney attended the event, along with Hon. Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor and Mayors Grant Smith and Helen Worboys.
Mr McCartney is excited to see the project come to fruition.
"The Rural Innovation Lab represents the innovative, vibrant individuals and organisations who are based in this region, and who will now have the opportunity to be seen on, and influence the world stage.
"To receive this level of funding indicates the belief central government has in our region and our ag-tech sector. Accelerate25 looks forward to working with the Lab in the future."
The Rural Innovation Lab is supported by many organisations, including the Ministry for Primary Industries, Palmerston North City Council, Manawatū District Council, Microsoft New Zealand, Massey University, Accelerate25 and local economic development agencies.
For further information, please contact Chrissie Morrison, Media and Communications Manager, Horizons Regional Council, on email@example.com , 027 695 9747.
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Cardigan Caravan & Camping Site
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- Listed in Campsites nearest to Aberystwyth, Campsites nearest to Cardigan, Campsites nearest to Tregaron
- Aelybryn, Cardigan
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Welcome to Aelybryn Farm Camping & Caravaning Site. Enjoy a holiday on our small farm with spectacular views over Cardigan Bay and Preseli mountains.
The site, which is 100 metres from the farmyard, extends over flat lush green land. Electric hook ups, chemical disposal point, water points, toilets, shower block and washing up facilities are all available on site.
The site is directly off the A487, 1/2 a mile out side the market town of Cardigan, therefore offering a great base for couples or families to explore the various activities and attractions of this beautiful part of Wales.
There is a bus stop at the entrance and a pavement that will take you past Tesco and into a bustling town with its theatre, cinema, restaurants and traditional shops and pubs.
Walkers can enjoy the beautiful country lanes and footpaths adjacent to the site and of course the newly opened Ceredigion coastal path.
Watching the sunset over the Preseli mountains is a delight not to be missed.
The sandy beaches of Mwnt and Aberporth are a 10 minute drive, Newport, Tresaith, Poppit and Penbryn beaches are within a 15-25 minute drive away all can be accessed by bus which takes slightly longer.
The 3 acre site is fringed by a traditional hedgerow and magnificent oaks.
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Could not have been made more welcome .1ST Class toilet & shower block will definitely be returning . Beutiful location.
Fantastic site run by very friendly helpful people will definitely stay again
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Transition Guelph
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Welcome To Fair Trade Guelph!
We are a group of citizens of Guelph working to get Guelph recognized as a Fair Trade city. This means we will be part of a global network of towns and cities working to raise awareness of fair trade and make more fair trade products available.
Our steps to success
The Fair Trade Canada website, www.fairtrade.ca, lists the steps to our goal as the following:
- Political Support: The local council uses Fairtrade certified products and supports the Fair Trade Towns campaign
- Availability of Products: Stores & restaurants serve Fairtrade certified products
- Community Support: Workplaces, faith groups, & schools use and promote Fairtrade certified products
- Public Education: Public awareness events and media coverage held on Fairtrade and the campaign
- Fair Trade Town Committee: A steering group created for continued commitment
- Keep the Momentum: Other ethical and sustainable initiatives promoted within the community
To get more information on upcoming events, ways to get involved, and links to more background information, visit http://fairtradeguelph.wordpress.com/


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The NEW Hampshire Hotel
A change in management brings a change in attitude. The Hampshire Hotel, 91 Parramatta Rd Camperdown, has undergone a series of positive upgrades aimed at making your experience a memorable one.
The first noticeable change is the new look funky main bar, arcade gaming room and our beer garden equipped with super-sized projector screen, perfect for outdoor moonlight cinema or an unbeatable footy viewing experience.
New alcohol laws in NSW now means that most bars must enforce a 1.30am lockouts and 3am last drinks laws, but at The Hampshire Hotel, you can enjoy a late-night drink all night long.
Additionally, and perhaps the biggest change, has come in the kitchen. A new chef and menu has seen the introduction of a range of delicious authentic Vietnamese choices along with traditional pub favorites. Our large, fully equipped beer garden allows you and your family and friends to enjoy alfresco dining with large groups.
All guests are welcome and we trust you will enjoy your time at the Hampshire Hotel Camperdown.
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Six degrees of Population Health: Where healthcare organizations are focused heading into 2017
HIMSS Analytics has released its 2016 Essentials Brief: Population Health Study, providing a high level view of how healthcare organizations, in moving from a volume to value-based care, are incorporating population health initiatives and leveraging their IT infrastructure to improve outcomes. Essential Briefs are market research studies focused on identifying salient topics in the healthcare IT space that highlight mind share, market share and market opportunity of specific healthcare software technologies.
Based upon the findings of the study, the level of interest in population health initiatives and the employment of population health programs is certainly becoming more widespread across the healthcare landscape. Based on the study results, there are six initiative areas that are currently shaping population health. Here they are in reverse order of adoption rate:
6. At-risk cost structure
The least adopted program according to the study, at-risk cost structures include Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid managed care, commercial plan, and self-insured employee plans. This particular initiative grew from roughly 17 percent in 2015 to 19 percent in 2016.
5. At-risk payment structures
At-risk payment structures (i.e.: Accountable Care, Medicare Shared Savings Program, bundled payment, employer contracts) is number 5 on our list. Entities such as ACOs, MSSPs and instruments like bundled payments and employer contracts are focused on the clinical aspect of healthcare to help the industry transition from a volume to value-based system by sharing risk. An increase in this category from 2015 to 2016 indicates the organizational shift to value-based payment models but significant gains could take some time as organizations build out their population health programs.
4. Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
Typically defined as a model of the organization of primary care that delivers the core functions of primary care which partners patients and physicians and focuses on acute, chronic and preventative care that is coordinated and integrated across multiple sites with health quality and safety in mind. Care across the continuum could be proving to be difficult as roughly 50 percent of study organizations indicated they utilize this model of care in 2015 and 2016.
3. Clinically Integrated Network (CIN)
Another model of care, CIN is a health network of providers/hospitals that use protocols to improve care, lower costs and increase value to a particular market. Roughly half of study organizations with initiatives in place 2016 leverage this model of care for population health, which is in line with the 2015 Essentials Brief study.
2. Wellness / Preventive health
The second most widely adopted initiative promotes workplace health, school health, weight loss and smoking cessation and are typically implemented to improve overall health and deter more serious conditions from occurring. This initiative category dropped from 79 percent in 2015 to 72 percent in 2016.
What's the number one initiative organizations are implementing? Get further insight in the Snapshot report!
For the number one initiative shaping population health see SLIDE 6 of our free HIMSS Analytics 2016 Population Health Essentials Brief Snapshot Report.


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If new albums by Super Furry Animals, 50 Foot Wave, and the Flaming Lips are any indication, 2009 is smack in the middle of a new psychedelic age. Popism, rockism: please defer briefly to weirdism. The Lips have always been the most chthonic of the nouveau psychsters, and on the Oklahoma vets' 12th studio album, they dive deep into the netherworld of human duality. This 70-minute epic (marketed as a double album, in the old-school sense) pairs ugliness with beauty on a host of auditory freakouts and creepy meditations: squawks of distortion and instrumental distress nestle up to twinkling Rhodes pianos and breathtaking ruptures of harmony.
In "Aquarius Sabotage," what sounds like B-movie psychosis is augmented by grand waves of harp — it's as if Alice Coltrane were to walk into a scuzz-punk bar. Likewise, the descending vocal lullaby in "The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine" sweetly complements the rough industrial grind of its rhythm section, and "Silver Trembling Hands" juxtaposes nervous tension with breezy relief.
To add lyrical emphasis, frontman Wayne Coyne muses throughout on the inherent good in evil and vice versa, and how, ultimately, it's all a gray area: "Man holds a gun/There's no explanation/He shoots at the sun," he sings in "The Ego's Last Stand." Like the Furries' Dark Days/Light Years, Embryonic is made mostly of pulsating studio jams, and like 50 Foot Wave's Power Light, it's regularly assaultive — the kick-drum mic in "Your Bats" could be lodged in John Bonham's soul. Unlike those releases, it's unhinged, fragmented, and at odds with itself.
This is accessible music pushed to the very edge of accessibility, far away from the safety of the band's song-oriented efforts At War with the Mystics and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. All due respect — the Lips did good as pied pipers for the freak-flagged populace, but this here underneath is some fertile soil indeed.


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Thanks to the folks over at xda-developers, we now know that there are indeed more Android phones coming from HTC. As you might remember, there were some clues on the upcoming devices from HTC on the recently leaked Android 2.1 ROM that we saw running on an HTC Hero.
Some of the devices that will run Google's free Mobile OS are, the Legend, Salsa (With QWERTY keyboard), Bravo (not the Passion and/or Dragon), Tide and the Buzz. Out of all this upcoming phones, the Android-based HTC Bravo is the one giving us something great to talk about.
Apparently, it will pack the same 1GHz Snapdragon processor as the HTC HD2, and it will be able to capture HD 720p video. The Bravo will also have a nice 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen. SlashGear contacted HTC to comment, but unsurprisingly they did not want to confirm anything. They only said:
We cannot comment on speculation or rumour, but we're excited about our upcoming roadmap and encourage you to watch this space.
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Report on Intelligent Cities
We found a very interesting report on Intelligent Cities on the PCActual web site. It emphasises how important it is for the authorities to know how the data provided by an intelligent city can make the citizens' life much easier and more comfortable; traffic jams, lack of parking space and pollution will not be problems any more.
They define an intelligent city as "the one that uses available data and information from the council, institutions and companies to improve the citizens life in the areas of mobility, energy, administration and leisure services, financial transactions, and many others.."
In other words, an intelligent city is a city turned towards the citizen, where all the efforts of the administration holding the data focus on helping to make everything work and run much smoother.


text: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a fascinating report on inequality, including a measure estimating how long it will take for a child in a poor family to earn the average income. Twitter user Zamandlovu Ndlovu posted the results indicating that in South Africa it will 9 generations for a child in a poor family to earn the average income in South Africa. As they say " Twitter could not cope" with a range of polarised responses on this data. It is a thread that is well worth reading to understand inequality in South Africa. It raises a question – how many generations will it take for South Africa to confront its deepest challenge – inequality?


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THE FOUNDATIONS OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. By Boris Sidis. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914.
In this volume Dr. Sidis outlines his fundamental concepts of psychology, concepts and principles which have proven in his hands so rich and fruitful in their application to abnormal mental life.
The psychic process is a biological process, and is, in its main characteristics, closely analogous to the life process. Both ontogenetically and phylogenetically the life process has a definite beginning and an end, neither being linked causally to antecedents and consequents. Purpose, or final causation is the attribute of the life process.
This teleological aspect of the biological and psychic processes has its limitation. Sidis strongly emphasizes what he calls the chance aspects of life and mind. This concept is of fundamental importance in his psychology and emphasizes his divergence from the Freudian psychology which ascribes a meaning, a purpose and an adaptive value to every idea, to every fleeting thought, with the resulting highly artificial, far-fetched, often absurd interpretations of mental life. While it is true that teleology is of fundamental importance in evolutionary processes, this very purpose is achieved by a selective activity from an infinite number of spontaneous variations some of which are indifferent, have no adaptive values for the organism, and some are even injurious.
Out of an enormous mass of spontaneous, purposeless mental states, the selective activity utilizes only those which are adapted for its special purpose. These chance variations form the matrix out of which the purposive, psychic process arises.
The volume is devoted to a presentation of various psychological theories and principles, such as that of Reserve Energy, for instance, which the author has briefly presented in former works, but which are developed in great detail in the present volume.
The "moment consciousness," a concept which Sidis first outlined briefly in his "Psychology of Suggestion," further in his "Multiple Personality" is fully developed in his present work. By the moment consciousness, regarded by him as the fundamental assumption of psychology, Sidis understands the synthetic unity which is the basis of all mental activity. Mental life is not simply a series of mental states, it is an individuality in which the psychic series occurs. The fleeting and ever changing psychic states are synthetized into an individuality as the physiological occurrences are synthetized into a biological organic unity, the organism. This synthetic unity, both the psychic individual and the psychic content, constitutes the moment consciousness. The moment consciousness is an organic unity very much like the functions of the organism, and cannot be broken into parts without at the same time destroying its very existence.
Of special importance and significance are Sidis' studies of the various types of moments in the hierarchy of their complexity and stage of evolution, both ontogenetic and phylogenetic. These psychological studies of the various types or moments or of the various types of mental activities, arranged in their biological series from the lowest to the highest psychic functions of organic life, arc the most important in the volume and constitute one of the most comprehensive and significant contributions in the domain of psycho-biology, both normal and abnormal.
These types of consciousness Sidis investigates closely. The studies are not only of importance in Normal Psychology, but are specially so in Abnormal Psychology. This is found in the recurrent aspect of functioning activity of the moment characteristic of the lower types of psychic life as well as of all regressive or retrogressive and degenerative forms of psycho-physiological dissociations present in psychopathic states. The aspect of recurrence of moment consciousness of the lower types is at the very foundation of Psychopathology and gives the underlying pathology of the clinical manifestations and of the symptomatology of psychopathic diseases. The scientific work of "The Foundations" strongly contrasts with the so-called "Psychoanalysis" and with "psychoanalytic" exegesis characteristic of the Austrian school of Freud and his disciples, a school that occupies itself with symbols, allegories, and myths.
The reader is advised to give special attention to the second part of the volume.
In the psycho-biological hierarchy, from the monocellular to the multicellular individualities, moments of consciousness differ in the complexity of their organization, from the simplest desultory moment to the most complex association of moments into groups and systems.
The moment consciousness in its course of growth and development becomes extremely complex in its organization; it rapidly assimilates new material which it finds useful in its adaptation to the environment. The activity of the moment is either intensified or inhibited, according to the nature of the associated sets of groups of moments that have been set into activity. The organization of moments of the psychic individuality of various types carries within itself the regulative, inhibitive control. No special mechanisms are required for that purpose. Nor do we need to have recourse to Freudian repressions, suppressions, censors, and to all kinds of other mysterious agencies called in to explain with cunning ingenuity apparently inexplicable phenomena. Nor do we need to appeal to any mysterious will powers. Every psycho-biological system of groups carries within itself its own inhibitions which are just as requisite for normal activities as are the inhibitions in the organized system of physiological activities. In pathological states, or in abnormal mental conditions the inhibitions may either become accentuated, exaggerated, or on the other hand they may become completely removed. In case of dissociation the dissociated moment will react with its lull force and energy, because of the removal of the inhibitory control of associated sets of moments.
In order to have a clear conception of the activity of the moment consciousness, Sidis utilizes the well established biological principles of cellular activity, namely of stimulus threshold and of inhibition. Not only is the intensity of the stimulus to be considered, but also the quality. Certain physiological systems, such as the various sense-organs will only respond to definite qualitative stimulations. Moreover, it is well recognized that the activity of one group of cells may have an inhibitory influence on the activity of another group. These physiological principles of stimulus threshold and inhibition are shown to apply to psychophysiological systems with their concomitant moments of consciousness.
In connection with the application of the physiological factors of threshold stimulations and inhibition Sidis works out a principle of great importance, a principle also developed by Professor James at the same time with Sidis, but on other grounds, the principle of Reserve Energy.
The evolution of mental life is from the simple to the complex. The increasing complexity of mental life, produced by the association of simple states into complex groups, brings about an inhibitory effect on the function of the components of the mental system. This inhibition, a concomitant of complexity of mental organization, is of inestimable value to the individual in his adaptations and adjustments to the environment, and plays no small role in the growth of civilization. The increase of the stimulus threshold of the moment, due to inhibition, produced by its association with other moments, prevents an undue exhaustion and permits the storing of energy requisite in critical moments as well as necessary to the progress of the individual and the race. Individual and social education aid in the formation and accumulation of reserve energy which makes all progress possible.
With the development of mental life there is thus an ever greater storing of energy, and the ease with which this store of reserve energy may be accessible to the individual, to the race, or to society is an index of degree of civilization. The greater the store of reserve energy, and the greater the ease with which it can be reached to tide over critical moments as well as for other purposes necessary to the individual, race, and society, the higher the state of civilization may be regarded.
Again the heightening of the stimulus threshold and consequent inhibition produced by natural selection and by education, individual and social, permits an ever greater accumulation of Reserve Energy, the condition of evolution and social progress.
We can well realize that the outcome of the volume is of the utmost consequence not only from a theoretical standpoint, but also from a purely practical, medical, therapeutic standpoint, also specially from an educational and sociological point of view.


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Cartoon Network has released a clip, stills, and plot synopses for episodes premiering in the week of July 7, 2014.
Be sure to watch the Total Drama Pahkitew Island one-hour premiere Monday, July 7 at 6 p.m. (ET, PT) and then watch the tension unravel for two weeks with a new episode each week night at 6 p.m. (ET, PT). All-new island! All-new cast! Even more nail-biting drama! Total Drama Pahkitew Island promises to be the toughest season yet with spine-tingling twists, explosive challenges and bust-a-gut laughs. Fan favorite "host with the most" Chris has gone all out this season to put a fresh collection of contestants through the most grueling challenges yet!
On this week's episode of The Amazing World of Gumball, Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 p.m. (ET/PT)… "The Name"– When Gumball discovers his real name is Zach…he starts acting like one! His family tries to make him remember the old Gumball, as this new Zach persona is progressively taking over Gumball's life and erasing his memories. If they can't reach him in time, the old Gumball will disappear forever and they'll be left with…Zach!
On this week's episode of Clarence, Thursday, July 10 at 6:45 p.m. (ET/PT)… "Rise and Shine"– A glimpse at the wild, secret adventures Clarence undertakes each day before the rest of us, and the sun, get up.
On this week's episode of Adventure Time, Thursday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT)… "Little Brother"– Shelby is thrust into a new role after a party-related accident.
On this week's episode of Regular Show, Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT)… "Take the Cake"– Mordecai and Rigby have to deliver a cake to Maellard's birthday party.
Be sure to check-out two new special episodes of the powerhouse series NINJAGO: Masters of Spinjitzu on Sunday July 13 at 6 p.m. (ET, PT). During the special episodes airing throughout 2014, the Ninjas will be pushed to their limits as they face new technological threats and gain new allies in this state-of-the-art and futuristic New World.
In the two new special episodes, "The DIgiverse Agenda" and "Codename: Areturus," the Ninja resort to drastic measures when they are unable to save Lloyd in time. The Ninja get digitized with their Techno Blades into the Digiverse in order to battle the Digital Overlord on his own turf and erase evil for good. While the Ninja learn new capabilities and explore the fantasy of a 'digital world,' their friends must protect them from Pythor and his army in the 'real world.
Kick back on hot summer afternoons with new episodes of The Tom and Jerry Show! Premieres air every weekday at 1 p.m. (ET/PT).The iconic cat and mouse rivals are back in The Tom and Jerry Show, a new, fresh take on the classic series. Preserving the look, characters and sensibility of the original, the all-new series shines a brightly colored, high-definition lens on the madcap slapstick and never-ending battle that has made Tom and Jerry two of the most beloved characters of all time. The Tom and Jerry Show is produced by Warner Bros. Animation.


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