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Are you a thespian? If so, you may feel like the typical résumé advice just doesn't apply to you. And you'd be right – it doesn't. Acting résumés break just about every rule there is for business résumés. Here are some tips tailored just for thespians.
Start with the basics
A thespian résumé starts out like any other résumé: name, address, contact information, etc. If you have an agent, you can list your agent's contact information instead of (or in addition to) your own. Many actors also include their union affiliation.
Give directors what they want: your vital statistics
Including your vital statistics in your résumé would be a huge faux pas in the business world. When it comes to acting, however, those facts are actually relevant to the job at hand. So go ahead and list the basics – height, weight, hair color, eye color, etc. – right under your name. A director wants to be able to envision you in the role.
Include a professional headshot
Even if you've listed your physical characteristics on your résumé, include a color headshot. And this isn't the time to rely on a selfie; it's really important to spring for a professional headshot.
Forget about chronological order
In a typical résumé, you start with your most recent job and work your way back. But that's not what directors want to see. They want to know what kind of acting you've done and how big those roles were. So, start by separating your acting roles into categories: television, film, theatre, commercials, etc. (Feel free to rearrange the order based on the kind of role you're applying for.) Next, within each category, list your roles from most important to least important.
List your formal training
In this section, let the director know what training you've had, whether it's a college degree in theatre or a course at an acting school. If you attended an acting school, make sure you include the name of the teacher, especially if he or she is highly respected. The thespian community is pretty small, so there's a good chance the director might know your teacher.
Describe any special skills or abilities
This is where you get to talk about any extra value you could bring to the role. Whether it's singing, dancing, speaking another language or juggling knives, go ahead and brag about it. Include specifics when they're relevant, like your vocal range if you're a singer or the type of dancing you do. Don't lie, though. Remember the episode of Friends where Joey lied about his dancing ability? It didn't turn out so well.
Include your awards
If you've received any awards for your acting, list them here. Don't be shy, but don't go crazy, either. The director won't care that you won "best snowflake" in your kindergarten's Christmas pageant.
If you're writing a résumé for a thespian, throw out everything you've always been taught about how to write a good one, because business rules don't apply here. The world of acting has its own culture and norms, and your résumé is how you show you belong.


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In 1992, Five American Missionary Sisters,
Members of the Ruma, Illinois, Province of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ,
Were Murdered by Soldiers during a Civil War in Liberia, West Africa.
This is a story about women who promised to dedicate their life to serving others. The women portrayed here, Sisters Barbara Ann Muttra, Shirley Kolmer, Mary Joel Kolmer, Agnes Mueller, and Kathleen McGuire, displayed a unique courage, competence, and commitment in their missionary calling. But they were also funny, joyful, intelligent, stubborn—and, yes, afraid.
You will want to read about these relatively unknown American martyrs…
- To be inspired by ordinary women—some call them "saints"—who were willing to face danger head on rather than run away from it as they were fervently urged and certainly able to do.
- To experience the unique bond that developed among these "Sisters" and between them and the people they served.
- To understand what happened in Liberia during the brutal fourteen-year civil War (1989-2003), one of Africa's bloodiest, during which more than 250,000 Liberians were killed and a million others were displaced into refugee camps.
The Cost of Compassion is a well-spring of healing for all who still carry within us the traumas and scars of war. This book is a great contribution to the healing and reconciliation of my beloved Liberia—an ideal still very distant.
—Most ReverendTony Borwah, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Gbarnga, Liberia, and President, Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia
By her excellent portrayal of intimate details of the lives of five selfless American women who came to be swept up in a horrible war in a tiny African country 25 years ago, Barbara Pawlikowski re-energizes the hope their murderers will be brought to the bar of justice.
—Gerald S. Rose, Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Liberia
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Compelling and Inspirational
Posted by Jane Leingang on Apr 1st 2018
The Cost of Compassion is a personal book for me. The community of The Adorers of the Blood of Christ has been a part of my life since before I can remember. My cousin was a member for 25 years. The community educated all the women in my family, including me. The story of the life and death of five Adorers in Liberia touches me deeply because two of the women were related to my husband. This book tells their stories and the stories of the other three women who answered the call to serve in Africa and ended up giving up their lives. It also tells the story of the community that nurtured them and remembers them as I do. The story of discernment of the call to service and the cost of that service is compelling and inspirational.
Five dearest and best
Posted by Nigel Baldwin on Feb 28th 2018
Even though I'm a practising Anglican and not a Roman Catholic, I can't fail to be inspired by the examples of these five dear ones, who, in serving the people of Liberia, paid the highest price of following Christ. One of the truest stories of discipleship that I've ever read, amply told here by Ms Pawlikowski.

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Since 1990, 34 new countries have been created. The dissolution of the USSR and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s caused the creation of most of the newly independent states.
You probably know about many of these changes but a few of these new countries seemed to slip by almost unnoticed. This comprehensive listing will update you about the countries which have formed since 1990
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Fifteen new countries became independent with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Most of these countries declared independence a few months preceding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991.
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Estonia
5. Georgia
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kyrgyzstan
8. Latvia
9. Lithuania
10. Moldova
11. Russia
12. Tajikistan
13. Turkmenistan
14. Ukraine
15. Uzbekistan
Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s into five independent countries.
1. Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 29, 1992
2. Croatia, June 25, 1991
3. Macedonia (officially The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) declared independence on September 8, 1991 but wasn't recognized by the United Nations until 1993 and the United States and Russia in February of 1994
4. Serbia and Montenegro, (also known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), April 17, 1992 (see below for separate Serbia and Montenegro entries)
5. Slovenia, June 25, 1991
Other New Countries
Thirteen other countries became independent through a variety of causes.
· March 21, 1990 - Namibia became independent of South Africa.
· May 22, 1990 - North and South Yemen merged to form a unified Yemen.
· October 3, 1990 - East Germany and West Germany merged to form a unified Germanyafter the fall of the Iron Curtain.
· September 17, 1991 - The Marshall Islands was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.
· September 17, 1991 - Micronesia, previously known as the Caroline Islands, became independent from the United States.
· January 1, 1993 - The Czech Republic andSlovakia became independent nations when Czechoslovakia dissolved.
· May 25, 1993 - Eritrea was a part of Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence.
· October 1, 1994 - Palau was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.
· May 20, 2002 - East Timor (Timor-Leste) declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but did not became independent from Indonesia until 2002.
· June 3, 2006 - Montenegro was part of Serbia and Montenegro (also known as Yugoslavia) but gained independence after a referendum.
· June 5, 2006 - Serbia became its own entity after Montenegro split.
· Febraury 17, 2008 - Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.
· July 9, 2011 - South Sudan peacefully seceded from Sudan following a January 2011 referendum. Sudan itself was the first to recognize South Sudan and did so one day early


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By Dejan Šajinović
The Croat proposal of the Election Law deepens divisions instead of leading towards a solution, said Bruce Berton, an American diplomat and the Principal Deputy High Representative, at the end of his mandate.
"It remains to be seen now what the SDA will propose and how far they are prepared to go, or whether they will propose changes to the Election Law only or changes to the Constitution, too," he said.
He said that the OHR's role is not finished yet because the conditions and goals have not been fulfilled, making an assessment that the OHR could stay on for some time.
"There is a clear awareness among the members of the PIC SB that the conditions and goals have not been met. And, to be honest, I do not see any debate about a possible change of those conditions," Berton said.
Nezavisne novine: Over the last twelve months many things have happened, from the referendum, revision of the judgment, etc. How do you see BiH today?
Bruce G. Berton: As the High Representative said, we have one positive and one negative trend. We can see sporadic progress on the European road, and then again, we can see this nationalist divisive rhetoric, which brings more and more division among people. We want to see more efforts directed at reconciliation, dialog instead of divisions. And it seems quite often that we make one step forward and two backwards.
Nezavisne novine: Is the divisive rhetoric, after all, more profitable for the leaders?
Bruce G. Berton: You are right. It seems that it is easier for the politicians to use nationalist rhetoric instead of choosing the harder road trying to make compromise with other politicians. What is the declared goal of this country is that it aspires towards a compromise – the EU. We would like to see more progress on this road. Obviously, the electoral climate of 2018 can already be felt and the election campaign never seems to be stopping. However, it seems to me that there is an opportunity to do something within the next few months before the campaign starts in earnest.
Nezavisne novine: You mean the Election Law? Can this question be really resolved before the election, considering the rather contradictory initiatives?
Bruce G. Berton: We must resolve this, in this or that way. I think there must be some change before the election. You have heard Croat representatives who really insist on the resolution of this, and they have made their proposal. I am afraid that their proposal only deepens divisions in this country instead of resolving problems. It remains to be seen now what the SDA will propose now and how far they are prepared to go, or whether they will propose changes to the Election Law only or changes to the Constitution, too. And when you look at the unresolved cases from the European Court for Human Rights, it seems that the solution will require certain constitutional changes, which are hard to achieve because a two-thirds majority is required. The OHR is ready to help and has both the experience and experts that can be well used if the two sides make an agreement.
Nezavisne novine: If I am not mistaken, the Constitutional Court of BiH should make a decision concerning the constitutionality of the Election Law…?
Bruce G. Berton: Yes, it seems that the SDA is waiting for that decision before they present their proposal. I really don't know what they will propose, that is what we are all waiting for now.
Nezavisne novine: Brčko is one of the 5+2 conditions and objectives for the closure of the OHR. Has it been fulfilled?
Bruce G. Berton: Yesterday I had meetings in Brčko and I believe that the situation is stable, but there are still some open issues. Until they are resolved, I don't think we can say that that condition has been met yet. Of course, there has been progress, for example prompt organization of elections last year and the subsequent forming of authorities. Then the adoption of the budget, although this year they managed to do that in June, last year in September, which is not very encouraging. They adopted four laws in the area of financing, which is also good not only in the sense of greater transparency and fight against grey economy, but also harmonization with entity- and state-level laws, which also helped with the IMF. Amendments on prevention of money laundering were adopted as well, and so on.
Nezavisne novine: So, out of 5+2, state and defence property remain?
Bruce G. Berton: Those are two very sensitive issues, but there is also financial sustainability and Brčko District. Also, it is required to have a positive assessment of the political situation in BiH, which will probably be the hardest one.
Nezavisne novine: It is interesting that in the PIC session this time there were no differing opinions. Was that a coincidence or did something happen "behind the scene"?
Bruce G. Berton: It is not a coincidence. We made joint efforts to come to agreed positions. We did not spend hours on proposals and drafts that would result in footnotes and differing opinions of individual members. One of the reasons is that we have returned to the old format of communiques, shorter ones, and we spoke about those issues that we thought were important for the leaders to agree on – solutions for the Election Law, Mostar, progress on the EU agenda, IMF arrangements, freedom of media and funding of public broadcasters. We also spoke against divisive rhetoric and in favour of dialogue and reconciliation.
Nezavisne novine: Finally, what is the fate of the OHR? What will happen to it?
Bruce G. Berton: 5+2 were determined in 2008. There is no doubt that the role of the OHR has changed significantly over the years. It is now much smaller, but the Bonn powers are still there if a need for them arises. I think that there is still a clear role for the OHR, in particular before the forthcoming election year.
All in all, I think the OHR will remain in BiH for a certain period of time because there is a clear awareness among the members of the PIC Steering Board that the conditions and objectives have not been met. And to be honest, I see no debate about changing those conditions.
Nezavisne novine: "For a certain period of time" sounds like three or four years at least?
Bruce G. Berton: It is difficult to say how long exactly, but that cannot be ruled out. BiH is the most complicated place I have served in so far.
Nezavisne novine: Your mandate as the Principal Deputy High Representative is ending. You have spent two years here, what are your experiences like?
Bruce G. Berton: This is without a doubt the most complicated place in which I have served. And obviously there are challenges that are sometimes frustrating not only for us in the international community but also for local actors and ordinary citizens. However, I think that I now understand the people here better and I have learnt to appreciate this country of fascinating beauty and good people. I hope that I will remain present here and be a part of the processes in this country.


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Hayat Market & Bakery is the latest specialty store on the Northwest Side.
For good, fresh-baked Middle Eastern bread, Ali Bareek and his family would drive three hours north to Dearborn, Mich.
They would take orders from the 70 or so Iraqi Kurd families of central Ohio and return with dozens of bags.
That got exhausting, so they tried a new tactic: making their own at home for family and friends.
Demand only grew. So they decided to open Hayat Market & Bakery, 5220 Bethel Center Mall, and introduce the public at large to their products.
For now, their new business focuses on two styles of bread: naan, a flatbread that comes in wheat and white varieties ($3 for five), and samoon, a golden-domed bun ($2.50 for six) used for dips, spreads and sandwiches.
"Our price is good," said Ali Bareek, whose parents, Sherzad and Kurda, work in the kitchen. "It keeps our customers happy. My goal is to have customers come every morning and get one bag."
Hayat, meaning "life" in Arabic, has three tandoor ovens to cook the naan, which shares the name and likeness of its Indian counterpart, and more traditional ovens to cook the samoon.
Bareek said he tried to create a one-stop locale for his customers, who can purchase yogurt, cheese, tea and hummus to accompany their bread. Pastries and other baked goods - stuffed breads, Italian loaves, baklava, macaroons and such - will be introduced soon, he said.
All the breads, baked several times a day, are made from organic ingredients. Bareek, a marketing major at The Ohio State University, said his short-term goal is to create accounts with grocery stores and restaurants.
His overall goal is to open an industrial kitchen and market the brand throughout Ohio and beyond.
Hayat is open morning through early evening hours daily. For more information, call 614-725-4140.
Grove City is home to central Ohio's second Impero Coffee Roasters.
The cafe is located at 3041 Turnberry Court, off Broadway Street and I-270. The 1,650-square-foot space seats 25. There's also a drive-through window.
All coffees are roasted on-site by master roaster and partner, Matthew Sontag. Impero offers many different regions and brewing styles and will bring in coffees upon request, Sontag said.
In addition, the shop features a variety of deli sandwiches as well baked-from-scratch goods - muffins, scones, cookies, brownies and such.
The first Impero opened more than a year ago at 849 N. High St. in the Short North.
The new store is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner hours daily. For more information, call 614-539-6808.


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Powers Fasteners company headquarters is based in Westchester County, NY. The challenge was to create their new office with a design and feel that reflected the company's image and culture. This was accomplished by using products that included modern metal and glass components.
The architectural plan flowed from the desire to convey a progressive corporate image characterized by security, comfort and strength. The floor plan incorporates windows in most offices and makes extensive use of glass walls permitting natural light to permeate the interior. The atrium-like feel contributes to a warm, customer friendly environment. A large conference room for meeting with clients as well as a product showroom serves well for gatherings and events.
Considerations for beauty, functionality and value guided the choice of office furnishings. Fred Powers the President states "we chose the Jefferson Group because the product lines they offered fit perfectly in the operations and administrative areas of our building." The interior office design team specified a mix of great product lines to enhance the warmth and comfort of customer areas. Workstations were modular and had the ability to stack and change out tiles. Handsome veneer was chosen for some offices, while laminate was the perfect choice for more task intensive areas.
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September, 23-24, 2017 / 11 am – 6 pm
Trinity Bellwoods Park
This years QWAC was blessed with good weather, perhaps too good, where in other years it was cursed with rain, as artist photographer, Lorie Slater remised. The crowds were out in full force in the morning and as the heat increased they thinned out at least, as I was told on my visit on Sunday afternoon. The Park was full of people stretched out under a tree or in the sun enjoying the day. I found a dozen or so artist booths deserted, as artists took a break from the sun.
After 15 years the QWAC has remained a constant on Queen West. About 200 artists were set up in the park with a wide range of works including painting, photography, printmaking, jewelry and much more. There was also a Kid Zone set up. This year the QWAC celebrated diversity with an event called Art Around the World. Live music helped make the QWAC seem like a rock festival and the beer tent sponsored by SteamWhistle Brewery was a draw. One of the new sponsors TD had a visible presence. Each year the QWAC attracts about 60,000 people.
As I entered the QWAC I talked to artist Grace Kim who studied in New Hampsire, USA where she did her Masters. She had sold three works on Saturday and one at that time Sunday. She enjoyed having some engaging conversations with visitors interested in her work. Next I talked with Cindy Esteves who was participating in the QWAC for the first time. She was braving the heat. I liked her nature studies.
Montreal print maker, Todd Stewart had some great works of urban settings. It was his first time at the QWAC and he had sales and was pleased. Artist Bill Philipovich had been in the QWAC back in 2010 & 2011 and, although he hadn't sold anything yet, he thought he had some interest in future sales. Photographer, Dean Bradley was a QWAC veteran, having participated for four years, and he was satisfied with his sales and interest in his work.
Montreal print maker, Todd Stewart
Photographer, Elizabeth Stanton told me about a project she was working on: exploring the relationship between former industrial cities of Liverpool and Hamilton, and how they are experiencing regeneration after decline. I had noticed her photograph of the Hamilton Skyway Bridge. Realist painter, Mary Ann Slater was enjoying her second year at the QWAC and said sales were good.
Photographer, Elizabeth Stanton
Realist painter, Mary Ann Slater
Painter, Ally Rom Colthoff had studied at NSCAD in Halifax and then gone to Sheridan where she studied animation. Her paintings were set in the Karawathas and she created great landscapes of that area. Two artists who formed a collective called PH1 had a process of making encaustic works with photo transfers. Their subject matter was iconic Toronto buildings and deserted urban sites. Their work was appealing and getting interest from visitors. Artist, Shannon Dickie had some large works where she tried to capture moments of lighting and the feeling of blur. This was her 5th or 6th time in the QWAC.
Artist, Mikael Sandblom was coping well with the heat when not explaining the technique behind his works which used photography and painting on metal. Painter, Beverly Rosenberg had participated in the QWAC for the first time and was excited. Her paintings were created from captured moments of energy.
Artist, Ramona Nordal used imagery to create futuristic art works. Abstract painter, Rachel Albano explained her technique to me in her artistic process. Her layering and use of texture are used to express emotions in her works.
Abstract painter, Rachel Albano
I had managed to talk to many artists in a short period and see how important the Queen West Art Crawl was to them. It wasn't always about sales, but it seemed more about the process of sharing their work with an interested public, that was to be even more important.
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HE may go ahead but can't beat the experience Modi ji have. First he needs to understand why is he in politics? what can he contribute to India'sdevelopment? Insted of going ga-ga over what his family had given to this country, whats sacrifises they made, ( yes we truly respect them and every year we celebrate birthdays and remember their contribution to this country ) he should focus more on his own deed. -PLAN ,prepare VISION, MISSION, and STRATEGY of his own party, where they want to be at next 15 years,strictly follow it -READ READ and READ -UNDERSTAND this country's structure, it's people,environment, difficulties of common man, his sorrow and happiness. -LEARN to argue over serious and productive issues. -GIVE CLEAR message to people. SPEAK the launguage where common man can relate to himself, his aspiration, needs and thought process.
Kohli is a very, very good player with potential who is currently in a rich vein of form. I'm a big fan of his. Sadly, all the cliches hold true. • It's too early to judge him. • He needs to prove himself on different surfaces against different attacks Kohli has some great things going or him. He is fearless, a superb shotmaker, very athletic and has proven to be a good finisher. The only observation I have about Kohli is that his defensive technique and temperament need to improve. His cricketing IQ has also been questionable on occasions, (he ran himself out trying to shield a nightwatchman in Adelaide, for example Australia v India, Adelaide). He has to learn to leave the ball better, use less of his bottom hand. He will certainly do well.
Self-Improvement: How can I motivate myself to work hard?
When I was in 20 years old and studying at UCLA, I flunked an Economics class. I was devastated. Guess what happened? I bounced back. I got an A when I retook the course. When I was 22, I interviewed with 4 different managers at a Fortune 100 company and was ranked pretty much last in every interview. I didn't get a single job offer. I was frustrated. Guess what happened? I bounced back. I have my dream job now. When I was 25, I created 9 iPhone apps, all of which failed miserably. I spent a ridiculous amount of time and money building them and felt really bummed. Guess what happened? Since then, I've built another 4 iPhone apps and all 4 of them hit the top 100 in the Business, Lifestyle and Entertainment section. When I was 28, I found out my mentor and friend Erik, who was like a brother to me, passed away from cancer. That was one of the toughest times in my life. Guess what happened? I bounced back. Because that's what Erik would have wanted.
No women allowed! India is a land of ironies, and among them the most popular one is that that a land which worships Goddess has on record the highest rate of female feticide and domestic violence cases. And, wait if you're born a woman, then these places in India are off-limits for you! Silliest reasons Ask why, and the reasons will leave you in splits. From the fear of being braced with impurity to angering the male gods, we have heard it all. Now it's time for you to hear them too… Shani Shingnapur – Rock deity This holy shrine for Lord Shani's worshippers recently came in news when the trust authorities performed a purification ritual, after a young girl galloped to touch the rock deity. The rock deity is apparently kept in restricted area to debar a woman's touch. Nizamuddin Dargah - Inner chamber All female devotees are confined till the periphery and are restricted from entering the inner chamber where a 14th century saint lived, prayed and in the end buried. This tradition has been going on for nearly 700 years. AMU – Maulana Azad Library Time and again, the authorities within university have rejected the demand of women students 'to being allowed access to library' with the fear of causing discipline issues. The VC of AMU believes, "if girls will come to the library, it would mean four times more boys in the library, as the boys will get attracted to them and discipline issues will crop up."
In all our experiences, there is always the experiencer, the observer, who is gathering to himself more and more or denying himself. Is that not a wrong process? We can wipe it out completely and put it aside only when I experience, not as athinker experiences, but when I am aware of the false process and see the state in which the thinker is the thought. So long as I am experiencing, becoming, there must be this dualistic action, the thinker and the thought, two separate processes at work; there is no integration, there is always a centre that is operating through the will of action to be or not to be — collectively, individually, nationally and so on. So long as effort is divided into the experiencer and the experience, there must be deterioration. Integration is when the thinker is no longer the observer and there are no two different states. Our effort is to bridge the two. The will of action is always dualistic. How to go beyond this will that is separative and discover a state in which dualistic action is not? That can only be found when we directly experience when the thinker is the thought. The effort of the thinker is to become more or become less; and therefore, in that struggle, in that action of the will, in 'becoming', there is always the deteriorating factor; we are pursuing a false process and not a true process.…


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27 June 2011
Hong Kong Readers Should Not "Fear" Author AA Gill
Critic and Essayist to Join Forum at HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair
27 June 2011 – Controversial critic and essayist AA Gill described himself as a "truth teller" rather than a writer known for being "rude" to his subjects, in a webcast interview with entrepreneur Sir David Tang in London.
The interview, for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's (HKTDC) webcast service, is available at http://www.youtube.com/hktdc. It took place earlier this month prior to their appearance at two writers' forums to be held during the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair, 20-26 July.
Fearsome Reputation
"I am a little bit like the headmaster's office. I mean if you get sent to me, it's probably because you've done something wrong," he said. Despite his "fearsome" reputation, the British author encouraged the public to ask him questions at next month's open forums in Hong Kong.
Regarding his writing style, Mr Gill said those who consider his prose "odd or difficult" should note that "an awful lot of stuff is made with ramps and wheelchair access for the mind."
Public Forums
Adrian Anthony Gill has gone by the byline AA Gill throughout his career, which currently has him working as restaurant reviewer and television critic for The Sunday Times. He also reviews restaurants for Vanity Fair magazine. His essays are known for their humour and satirical content, and have earned him notoriety among some groups.
Mr Gill will join notable UK novelist and publisher Nicholas Coleridge, food writer Tom Parker Bowles and historian and broadcaster David Starkey, at two Book Fair forums, 22nd and 23rd July, moderated by Sir David.
International Line-up
UK poet Wendy Cope, author Justin Hill, who lives in Hong Kong, and Julia Lovell, who lectures in modern Chinese history and literature at the University of London, will also speak at the fair. Other notable authors taking part include Americans Ridley Pearson and Karl Taro Greenfeld, India's Tabish Khair and Hong Kong's own Xu Xi.
Organised by the HKTDC, the Hong Kong Book Fair celebrates its 22nd edition this year. The July fair will feature nearly 300 cultural events under the theme "Reading the World, Reading as Self-discovery."
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Multiple full-length albums and globe-trotting adventures into a critically acclaimed music career, Trevor Powers — aka Youth Lagoon — has matured into a seasoned pro at 26.
Not that life always feels that way to Powers, whose fragile, childlike vocals belie introverted imagery and creative, synth-driven sonic collages.
"There's always so many things where you feel like you have certain things figured out," he says, "and then you realize that you have no idea what you're doing still — which I think is exciting!"
Powers punctuates this admission with an amiable laugh, which enlivens all of his conversations. It's clear that Youth Lagoon is having fun being Youth Lagoon. "I never get content when I make an album or play a show," he continues. "It's like, 'Well, that could have been better.' I'm never at this stage where I feel like I have anything figured out. It's nice. It makes me push myself."
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Boise's not-naive-at-all indie star first started saturating music websites four years ago. Nowadays, NPR and Pitchfork are championing the Sept. 25 release of his third full-length album, "Savage Hills Ballroom" (Fat Possum Records). Boiseans will hear some of the new music at a hometown Youth Lagoon concert Sept. 12 at the iconic Egyptian Theatre ($20, TicketWeb).
"Savage Hills" should widen the Youth Lagoon fan base. It's more immediately infectious than his shimmering debut album, "The Year of Hibernation" — sometimes lazily dubbed as "bedroom indie" — and more direct than his 2013 psychedelic-pop excursion, "Wondrous Bughouse."
Powers' delicate, butterfly-winged voice now peers outward rather than just inward. There's a vulnerable human element permeating the polished production, even during electronic, industrial-tinged moments. It's not mainstream, but it's more mainstream.
"On this album, things just started falling into place in a little more intentional way," says Powers, who approaches songwriting from a subconscious vantage point. "I see music as this never-ending experimental journey. I'm as weird as it gets when it comes to trying to make sounds that have never been heard before. This record just came out a little bit differently. It's interesting to show that different side of myself."
A newly released song, "Highway Patrol Stun Gun," even contains symbolism inspired by police brutality in the news. But Powers cautions that his words probably shouldn't be overly dissected. Once the lyrics are penned, it's impossible to control what they'll mean to fans — many who approach him to confess how his music affects them.
"The next thing you know, it's not even your idea anymore," Powers says. "People just take it and make it whatever it's going to be.
"It can be hard," he admits. "I think that's one thing that I've learned over time. You can't be possessive over things you write as far as intended meanings or anything, because after it's done being written, that no longer exists."
Spoken like a seasoned pro.
After gigging in Boise, Powers and his hired-gun backing trio will do a run of warm-up dates in the United States before a two-week trip overseas to tour. Then it's back to the U.S. for additional gigs, then festivals in 2016. "Staying busy for all of next year," he says.
He's excited to perform in new places such as Prague and Italy, he admits. But the Egyptian in Boise will be a first, too.
"I've been to one show there, and it was Spiritualized," Powers says, mentioning the British psych-rock band's name with well-deserved reverence.
Talk about a tough act to follow. Yet somehow, it's easy to imagine that Youth Lagoon will be just fine. Experience matters.
"Let's hope for the best!" Powers teases. He lets out another carefree laugh and quips: "That'll be the last quote of the article."
Entertainment notes
• Attendance numbers for Western Idaho Fair concerts: Jerrod Niemann (2,900), Theory of a Deadman (4,200), Gary Allan (8,900) and Queensryche (4,500). Queensryche's attendance was probably half of what rocker Pat Benatar would have done — had she not canceled the week before.
• Notable Sept. 12 benefit concerts: TheMcCall Jazz Festival
, headlined by Boise's own Curtis Stigers and world-class guitarist Bill Frisell; and theBenefit Concert for Children of Vinh Son Orphanage
headlined by Kevin Kirk and Onomatopoeia at the Sapphire Room.
Michael Deeds' entertainment column runs Fridays in Scene. He co-hosts "The Other Studio" at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM The River.


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I think there might be room for a different kind of published words-and-images combination. This is the kind of book I sent to the Art House Co-op's "Fiction Project." Texts overwhelm images, critics have said; even the labels on the museum walls, the ones that tell you about the date the work was completed, or sometimes add the circumstances under which it was created, pull viewers away. But I think a balance can be maintained -- if we are careful!


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Death To Genres. A call to action that GTA and their fans have been living and breathing since day 1. As a testament to this genres-melding mantra, GTA is rolling out a new concept for their live show that will allow fans to enjoy a more extensive death to genres experience.
Three distinct colors will represent a set of specific genres that GTA will be curating each night. Those colors are: YELLOW: Moombah, Club and World; PURPLE: House and Techno; and RED: Rap, Trap and Bass. GTA will dive deep into each of these genres, resulting in completely different and unique sets for every show.
Kicking off with a very intimate '3 Night Stand' tour, GTA is set to perform a series of 3 nights in a row at 5 cities across the country this February and March. This tour brings GTA to smaller cap venues to showcase these newly curated shows. Always honing in on their undying commitment to creative expression and pushing both themselves and their fans, GTA continues to set high standards for their music and live performances.
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Child Care Lead Provider
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- Early Childhood
- Education & Childcare
- Education | Childcare
- Early Childhood
Provides direction for the program and implements program curriculum in licensed daycare setting. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on the YMCA values: honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring. Assists with other youth programming.
- Implements curriculum within the established guidelines.
- Designs and implements daily lesson/activity plans.
- Supervises the children and all activities.
- Builds effective, authentic relationships with participants and parents; helps them connect with each other and the Y.
- Communicates effectively in writing and verbally with students, parents and staff.
- Maintains program site and equipment.
- Maintains required program records.
- Attends and participates in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training.
- Assists with daily routines such as pottying, changing, napping, eating, hygiene, etc.
- Acts as role model for youth. Promotes and incorporates the Y four core values and character development.
- Follows all Y policies, rules, regulations and procedures, including emergency and safety procedures. Completes incident and accident reports as necessary.
- Complies with all licensing requirements.
YMCA COMPETENCIES (Leader):
Mission Advancement: Accepts and demonstrates the Y's values. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them. Supports fund-raising.
Collaboration: Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Seeks first to understand the other person's point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.
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Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately. Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members.
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- Meets educational and experience qualifications established by the State (paid training provided).
- Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, college education in a related area, or a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential is preferred.
- At least 18 years of age
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- Previous experience working with children in a developmental setting.
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- Previous experience with diverse populations. Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds.
- Previous leadership or managerial experience.
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;e most important thing is to commit yourresources, whether it's money or time … to a causethat you're passionate about.—Jeff Raikes
poor farmers. Any time we can figure out
how to tap into private-sector companies for
the benefit of poor people, that's the best use
of our resources.
For another example, [we need to] help
the United States understand how important
teacher excellence is and how to foster
teacher excellence through stronger professional development and supporting teachers
in doing that great work. [If we can do that]
we think that the U.S. education sector,
which spends $600 billion a year on education, can ... improve U.S. education. That
would be an example of us being a catalyst in
U.S. education.
We might spend $600 million a year on
U.S. education, but you can see we're a small
percentage of U.S. education spending. So we
have to think where we can make a contribution, and that's where we can catalyze changes
that will make a difference.
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CC: When you do fieldwork and come
face to face with the poverty and rampant
health problems, do you get overwhelmed?
JR: It certainly can feel overwhelming,but I felt that way in business sometimes also.I worked for Microsoft for 27 years. I co-ledthe creation of Microsoft Office, and therewere days when it seemed pretty daunting. I'velearned that what you have to do is have a cleargoal, a strategy to get there, and you've got tobe disciplined in execution and your plan ofaction to deliver on the goal. That's the way Iapproach the work here.
CC: What is your most significant contribution as a leader to the foundation?
JR: We have great people. I love working
with our teams on what they're trying to do.
Monday and Tuesday last week, I was very
focused in on supporting our team to help
eradicate polio in Nigeria. If I can create an
environment here that allows the talent that
we have to do their very best work, I know
they will do big things.
I call that the capacity for impact. The
mission of the foundation is the impact we
aspire to—to help enable all people to have an
opportunity to live healthy and productive
lives. How we get to that mission is the capacity for our impact. If I can draw upon my
business experience and my leadership experience to create a stronger and better environment to increase our capacity for impact, then
I'll feel like I've done my job.
CC: What best prepared you for your role
as CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
JR: The values I learned growing up on afarm: having a good work ethic, integrity, hon-esty and the kind of community connectionyou get when you grow up in a small town.From my business career, I learned the impor-tance and discipline of business strategy andexecution, and the importance of leading peo-ple and helping people be the best that theycan be in order to help accomplish a big goal.
CC: You and your wife, Tricia, also established the Raikes Foundation in 2002. What
does your foundation work toward?
JR: At the Raikes Foundation, we're very
passionate about the issues of youth in our
country, especially disadvantaged youth. We
try to find key things we can do that would
help those youth have a great opportunity.
There are a couple of key initiatives that
we focus on. One is what we call the middle
shift, when kids in middle school are transitioning through early adolescence, and it's a
very challenging time in the lives of kids. It's a
huge period of brain development, and in
terms of the behaviors there's a tendency for
perhaps more risky behavior.
What the Raikes Foundation is doing in
the middle shift is learning how to instill what
we call student agency, the academic mind-sets and learning strategies that help kids during this transition to be more successful in the
classroom and, we believe, also then more
successful in life.
We are also interested in the issues of youth
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Ministerial Act
Scott wrote, "I received a letter from a public school official this last week addressing the signing of a labor contract with the following statement: 'The act of signing the master agreement is merely a ministerial act.' Can you explain the words MINISTERIAL ACT ?
New to me, so I can explain it only by going to legal sources. For instance, the legal dictionary Farlex has this: "ministerial act n. an act, particularly of a governmental employee, which is performed according to statutes, legal authority, established procedures or instructions from a superior, without exercising any individual judgment."
So it involves an underling who is simply following established policies, not inventing them. He or she has no discretion in the matter. The Pennsylvania Legislator's Municipal Deskbook, Third Edition, has this: "A ministerial act has been defined as one that a public officer is required to perform under a given state of facts, in a prescribed manner, in obedience to the mandate of legal authority."
In Pennsylvania, at least, a citizen can force a municipality to take action by obtaining a writ of mandamus. This is a "a writ issued by a superior court to compel a lower court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly."
Minister/ministerial comes from a Latin word that meant a household servant or official.
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Book Review: The Soul of Place
The Soul of Place (Travelers' Tales, 2015) is a creative writing workbook with ideas and exercises for conjuring the genius loci. It is specifically addressed to creative writers of all genres, but may also be of interest to artists in the visual and performing arts. Indeed, whether you live abroad or have never left the place you were born in, The Soul of Place offers a unique opportunity to look afresh at our surroundings and find what makes them extraordinary; in the process we may gain a deeper insight into ourselves. As a poet, prize-winning novelist, travel writer, literary translator, and writing teacher, author Linda Lappin divides her time between the United States of America and Europe and this book effortlessly presents the wealth of experience she can draw on, accruing from over thirty years' research into what she calls 'place consciousness.' Through extensive travelling around Italy, Lappin came to understand 'how place was the prime inspiration for my work and [so] began to investigate the many ways different locations acted upon my imagination.' There are five chapters: Reading the Landscape; Places Sacred and Profane – Pilgrims and Flaneurs; The House of the Self; Eating the Soul of Place – Food Writing; Submerged Territories: Writing the Unconscious, all of which is accompanied by beautiful photographs as well as suggested further reading at the end of each chapter.
Gazing at green hills and golden wheat fields from the ramparts of an old Etruscan town, DH Lawrence remarked that 'the view not only was beautiful, but it had meaning.' One theme of Lawrence's fiction is the sacred link between identity and place and the devastation that follows when that link is broken, contaminated, or exploited for economic gain. A very interesting and fruitful stratagem for tapping into the well-spring of our dormant creativity is that of Deep Maps – a term coined by Native American writer, William Least Heat-Moon in his remarkable book of travel essays, PrairyErth. Heat-Moon's deep map is a personal cognitive model of a territory that attempts to encompass all historical, spiritual, mythic, and personal data regarding that territory, layered across time. Indeed, Lappin's first novel, The Etruscan (Wynkin De Worde, 2004) is a sort of deep map of Tuscia, the area north of Rome where Lappin says she loves 'to go traipsing through the vineyards and poking into Etruscan ruins. In writing my novel, I wove into the story the many strands that I picked up while exploring images of old houses and towers, animal and plant lore, superstitions, peasant traditions, even recipes that are all a part of the local colour and give the book a detailed, true-to-life background in contrast to the plot that is based on fairy-tale patterns.'
Referencing the Romantic Movement, as well as Edmund Burke's theories on the Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Picturesque, Lappin explores landscape as a conveyor of the moods of characters and the foreshadowing of plot developments: '...that magical connection between the soul of a place and our imagination.'
She looks at the figure of the flaneur, as for Benjamin 'the flaneur was the priest of the soul of place'. And so the 'true flaneur seeks contact with the evanescent moment and with authentic experience, preferring the old, the worn, the odd to grandeur and sparkle. Flea markets, second-hand bookstores, unlit alleys offer irresistible attractions. The city becomes a book to be read in the margins and at the same time a labyrinth to get lost in, both horizontally and vertically, while one seeks out glimpses of the old neighbourhoods as they used to be, still visible beneath the new. […] The flaneur is an ardent people-watcher, and a bit of a voyeur and even a spy. Stalking, searching and detection are the major themes of flaneur fiction, in which the hero/heroine may also be an amateur detective.'
Proust offers insights in the section on Food Writing, with some memorable quotes from Remembrance of Things Past and its numerous references to 'the display, preparation, and smell of food, the art of dining, and the psychology and physiology of taste'. The power of food to trigger memory and intense episodes of recall, along with all the emotions and sensations of the far past: taste and smell, 'bearing upon their almost impalpable droplets, the immense palace of memory'. This is accompanied by an excellent section on the vocabulary of food description. and the chapter is completed with an exploration of synaesthesia and its application to food writing.
The final chapter outlines some of the techniques employed by writers, in particular for plumbing the depths of their unconscious. We see how Robert Louis Stevenson sought inspiration from dreams, explaining a method of self-suggestion to stimulate dream activity. Katherine Mansfield conceived stories while lying in bed with her left hand pressed to her temple, and Stephen King recommends committing to a routine of daydreaming and writing which he calls 'creative sleep'.
Physicists often refer to the 'observer effect' through which the act of observing a phenomenon influences the outcome of the process under observation. The same thing happens with dreams. Research has shown that the intention of remembering or working with dreams may alter our dreaming process, causing our dreams to assume specific patterns or forms depending on the school of interpretation being applied to the dream. Dreams, then, respond to conscious and unconscious suggestion.
Mention is made of Yeats' A Vision, an intricate philosophical work on symbols, history, myth that the poet claims was dictated by a spirit communicator to his wife through automatic writing. We learn of Dorothea Brande and her ground-breaking work, Becoming a Writer, first published in 1934 and rediscovered by novelist and writing teacher John Gardner in 1980. In free writing emphasis is given to fluidity and freedom from censorship, fear, expectations, or constraints of any kind including grammar, spelling, logic, or social conventions. The goal is not to create a polished text, but to explore your own resources and learn how to access them. Free writing is a pre-writing and preparatory phase for generating material and seeking out new directions. Julia Cameron, author of the internationally renowned guide to reawakening blocked creativity, The Artist's Way, bases her extraordinary and highly successful system on free writing, or 'morning pages' as the key to unleashing our creative energies in any field of endeavour.
We also learn about the theory of 'Correspondences', also known as the 'Doctrine of Signatures', developed by Emanuel Swedenborg. This theory suggests that the divine, spiritual, and human spheres, while situated on different planes, mirror each other and are linked by a tightly-knit and all-pervasive mesh of symbolic connections or analogies called 'correspondences' or 'signatures'. All natural phenomena are signatures for entities and qualities existing at a higher level, Swedenborg's theories influenced many writers, including Goethe, Blake, Yeats, Emerson, and Jung. For the English writer, Mary Butts, every mood and perception of our interior life has a counterpart or correspondence in the natural world. The influence of this may be seen in Lappin's prize-winning novel, Signatures in Stone (Caravel Mystery Books, 2013).
The journey or quest, whether through a labyrinth or down into the underworld, is also explored, with the recommendation that 'the door to the invisible must be visible for the adventure to take place'.
This is an invaluable book of great scope, wide-ranging, profound, and inspirational. It wears its erudition lightly and is a treasure trove into which both teachers and readers can delve repeatedly, returning enriched and more aware of themselves as channels of creativity.
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St. George – There is welcome news for people in the area who are currently without a family doctor, as a new physician will be coming to St. George in August.
Mayor Crystal Cook said at Monday night's town council meeting that Dr. Mahmood Moolla has 28 years experience, and currently works out of a level one trauma unit in South Africa.
"I spent three days with him when he visited here. He has tons of experience. He will be moving to town, and will be going to the new medical centre. Hopefully we will also fill Dr. (David) Kallio's position."
Moolla will be taking over the practice of Dr. Irena Kaminska, who retired in December, but Cook advised her patients to still call the 811 number to register.
"We encourage people to call 811. He is taking her practice, and he is required to take names off that list. All her charts are already at the medical centre."


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District Mansehra
- It was initiated by the NRDF on emergency basis by dispatching a team of volunteers to the affected area on the second day of the killer earthquake to assist the government officials, army and other rescue teams and local people to bury the dead bodies, shift the injured to health facilities and provide food to the victims. Later, a UK based group of Philanthropists and Stanley Pharmaceuticals Ltd. joined hands with NRDF to further strengthen relief and rehabilitation efforts Construction material and technical assistance were provided to the families to construct earth quake resistant houses for them in Balakot and Garhi Habibullah.
- 150 volunteers of NRDF provided relief services to the affected communities for a period of two moths from the next day of the occurrence of the quake
- Raising of funds and collection of food and non food items
- 25 truck load of Food and non food items were provided to affected communities
- Over 300 children at Roshan Public School, Balakot was sponsored.
- Construct 26 Column Structure Houses.
- Construct 25 GI Sheet Structure Houses.
- Developed 2 Block Making Centers.
- On the second day of earthquake a team of 450 Volunteers send to the affected areas.
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For people who have lost a spouse, I recommend they read A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. First published in 1961, there is a new review of the book in the Guardian by Lettie Ransley
A Grief Observed by CS Lewis CS Lewis's meditation on the death of his wife is a powerful record of raw emotion
At the time, CS Lewis described his marriage in 1956 to the American poet Helen ("H") Joy Davidman as "a pure matter of friendship and expediency", primarily intended to keep her and her two sons in the country; a confirmed bachelor, he later wrote: "I never expected to have, in my 60s, the happiness that passed me by in my 20s." But Joy was already ill, and their relationship was conducted in the shadow of cancer: for Lewis the four years following their wedding brought intensely personal experiences both of the miraculous, and of despair.
The ferocious and uncanting intellect that thrived in love denies Lewis the traditional consolations of mourning: he is tormented by the thought that suffering in life offers no guarantee of peace in death; that the mere act of remembering is one of overwriting – his own selective memories falling "like the small flakes that come when it is going to snow all night".
"Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness," Lewis reflects.
By turns elegant and raw, A Grief Observed is a powerful record of thought and emotion experienced in real time, and as much the biography of a love as it is an exploration of grief and faith.
This summer we've read about the train in Spain carrying pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela and its horrific derailment; 79 were killed and 170 injured because the driver was distracted. He was going too fast, talking on the phone and consulting documents all at the same time, In western Switzerland, two commuter trains collided in the village of Granges-près-Marnand, killing one and injuring thirty five people, five seriously, probably caused by the failure of one of the drivers to obey signals. In Italy, a bus careened out of control, then plunged 100 feet down a steep ravine, killing 38 and injuring 16 who had been on a three-day weekend pilgrimage to the Padre Pio shrine in San Giovanni Rotondo. For the families of the injured and killed, this could be the worst summer of their lives.
The tragedy of sudden death strikes more deeply when I read the stories of individuals and I can only imagine the grief of the families.
On honeymoon to the Western United States, a Thai couple, married earlier this month were on their honeymoon when they were both struck by lightning and killed at the LeFevre Overlook, about 30 miles north of the Grand Canyon National Park,
"The sky was blue … There was no indication that there was going to be a lightning strike,"
Girl, 13, tragically dies from peanut butter allergy after eating Rice Krispie treat at summer camp
Natalie Giorgio
A 13-year-old California girl has died after she ate a Rice Krispie snack made with peanut butter at a summer camp and had an intense allergic reaction. Natalie Giorgio, from Carmichael, California, was with her family at Camp Sacramento in El Dorado County when she ate the dessert on Friday night not realizing it contained nuts.
The girl immediately spat out the treat but it was too late. After 20 minutes, she began vomiting, had trouble breathing then suffered anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrest. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and father of two, 44, drowns in Arizona lake after jumping off pontoon boat
The body of former major league pitcher Frank Castillo has been recovered from a lake after he drowned while going for a swim.
Maricopa County sheriff's officials say divers pulled the 44-year-old out of Bartlett Lake yesterday afternoon.
Family members and friends say the father-of-two wasn't a good swimmer, but he jumped off a pontoon boat Sunday afternoon for a swim and didn't resurface.
'22 hour drive back to Texas on no sleep - oh my': Tragic last tweet of college football star before he was killed with stepbrother and friend in car crash 'caused by fatigue'
A Texas A&M football star, his stepbrother and an incoming member of the University of Utah football team have been killed as their SUV rolled over after they apparently drove on little sleep.
In a tragic twist, Manukainiu's last tweet read: '22 hour drive back to Texas on no sleep. Oh my.'
American tourist who insisted on taking to the stage with a band in Thailand is stabbed to death by the musicians
A 51-year-old American was stabbed to death with sharpened metal poles by a band after he refused to stop singing in a Thai bar.
Bobby Ray Carter Jr, from Dallas, Texas, had been on vacation in the popular Tourist region of Ao Nang in Krabi with his son, Adam, who was also stabbed in the attack.
Mr Carter, who has an 18-month-old daughter, had been enjoying a night out with his 27-year-old son in the Longhorn Saloon in the early hours of Wednesday, when a fight broke out.
Boy, 11, killed after being thrown from father's speedboat and struck by propeller
An 11-year-old boy was killed by his father in a tragic boating accident after he was thrown from a tube and struck by the propeller of the speedboat. William Feehan was tossed into the water along with his older brother and a friend.
When his father Matthew circled back to pick up the boys, he collided with his own son who was hit by the boat's propeller.
The youngster was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead from his catastrophic injuries. His 15-year-old brother and 13-year-old friend were uninjured…..Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Public Information Officer Keith Stephens said alcohol did not appear to be a factor.
Horrified mother watched as her eight-month-old girl was killed in freak accident as runaway bus knocked lamppost over which then fell and crushed stroller
An out-of-control bus struck a lamppost Tuesday in West New York, New Jersey, sending the pole crashing onto a baby stroller and killing the 8-month-old girl inside. Emergency responders worked desperately to save Angela Paredes as her mother screamed desperately for help, but to no avail. The mother was uninjured. Police say driver distraction likely contributed to the tragic crash.
The crazed driver in Venice, California, mowed down dozens of pedestrians and killed an Italian woman who was on her honeymoon
Alice Gruppioni, 32, the daughter of a prominent Italian businessman, was rushed to hospital after the 6pm crash Saturday night and died a few hours later of her injuries, with her new husband Christian Casadei by her side.
Giuseppe Perrone, the Italian consul general in Los Angeles, accompanied Casadei to the hospital and described him as
'destroyed and in disbelief' and reported Casadei told him,
'We were walking, we were happy, we were on our honeymoon and everything, and suddenly everything changed,'
When I first read about the man who shot his wife dead and then posted a picture on her dead body on Facebook, my first reaction was horror. My first thought was this is a man who wanted to be famous. And he has with a new low in social media.
Derek Medina, 31, posted a picture of Jennifer Alfonso's blood-stained body -- collapsed and contorted on the kitchen floor -- to his Facebook feed with a note, according to authorities.
"Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me in the news," he purportedly wrote.
Medina, who lives in South Miami, drove to see his family, to tell them what he did. Then he turned himself in to police, according to his arrest affidavit.
Hours before the slaying, Medina posted a picture of his wife, his daughter and himself having dinner together outdoors at a marina.
They were all smiling.
Then came more information about Medina.
Man who shot dead his wife then posted 'RIP' picture of her corpse on his Facebook page played a gun-toting gang member in TV series and has dreams of fame
A Florida man arrested in connection to his wife's murder after posting a graphic photo of her blood-splattered body on his Facebook page played a tattooed, violent gang member in a TV show and wants to be famous.
'My wife was punching me and I am not going to stand anymore with the abuse so I did what I did I hope u understand me.'
Medina supplemented the photo apparently showing his murdered spouse lying in the kitchen with blood covering her face and left arm with the comment: 'Rip Jennifer Alfonso.'
Medina's post and shocking photo of his murdered wife remained on Facebook for five hours before his profile was taken down just before 5pm Thursday.
Officers who were dispatched to the couple's home at 5555 SW 67th Avenue discovered Jennifer Alfonso' body.
A 10-year-old girl was led out of the residence wrapped in a red blanket. The child is believed to have been present during the shooting, but was not harmed.
Medina was a part time actor on the USA Network show Burn Notice.
The wannabe star boasted online about his tiny bit-part appearances and dreamed of fame that he never quite attained. He appeared only as a backgound extra with his head-shaved and pouting in two episodes in 2010.
However, that didn't stop his talking up his achievements.
Posting a video on You Tube, he narrated: 'Put on USA, I'm coming out on the episode right now. I'm on USA. I'm going to come out soon. This is the episode that I filmed. hat's me right there! You saw me?'
mugshot of Derek Medina
More details from the Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine
This is what Russell J, Larsen had inscribed on his headstone in Lorgan, Utah, according to Snopes.
Despite what you may have heard, the following is NOT inscribed on his tombstone though it's pretty funny.
1. It's important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job.
2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh.
3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn't lie to you.
4. It's important to have a woman who likes to be with you.
5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other or you could end up dead like me.
Mummy there's a mummy in grandma's attic! Boy discovers 'Egyptian body' inside an old wooden chest
A 10-year-old German boy has discovered what appears to be an Egyptian mummy in a wooden chest in his grandmother's attic. Alexander Kettler found the 'mummy' inside a sarcophagus in a dark corner of the attic in Diepholz, northern Germany, after it had lain undisturbed for at least four decades.
The boy's father, Lutz Wolfgang Kettler, now intends to take the box, covered in hieroglyphics, to Berlin so that experts can ascertain whether it is genuine.
As well as the 'mummy', the box also contained a death mask and a canopic jar used by ancient Egyptians to store removed organs.
Mr Ketller believes that the sarcophagus and jar are fake but says that there is every chance that the mummy itself is real. He said: 'You just don't get the feeling that's something you could buy at a shop around the corner.'
Mr Kettler's father travelled to north Africa in the 1950s and had a mysterious chest shipped back to Germany.
Woman opened her eyes as doctors who thought she was brain dead began to take out her organs for donation
Doctors at St. Joseph's hospital in Central New York were in the process of starting surgery to harvest a dead woman's organs when that woman opened her eyes. She was still alive.
That massive mistake has now cost the hospital $6,000 after a federal inquiry in addition to another fine of $16,000 after another patient fell and injured her head when she was left unattended in 2011, according to reporting in the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Colleen S. Burns of North Syracuse, New York, 41, had been admitted to the hospital in October 2009 for a drug overdose. Because of a series of mistakes in evaluation, doctors believed that the woman was dead and started the organ donation process.
The state Health Department investigation of the incident found that when Burns was first admitted, they skipped a recommended treatment that would prevent the drugs she had taken - Xanax, Benadryl and a muscle relaxant - from being absorbed by her stomach and intestines. They also didn't do enough testing to see if she was free of drugs or perform enough brain scans. Because they didn't perform enough of these scans, doctors believed that Burns was brain dead, when in reality the over dose had put her in a coma.
After doctors said she was essentially brain dead, her family agreed to take her off life support and her organs donated. But the day before the organs were to be removed, a nurse performed a reflex test and found that Burns was still reacting. She scraped her finger on the bottom of one of Burns' feet and her toes curled downward, a sign that she was still alive.
And that wasn't the only sign of life. As she was being wheeled to the operating room, Burns' nostrils flared and it seemed she was breathing independently from the respirator. Her lips and tongue were moving as well. But doctors ignored the nurse's observations which indicated Burns was still alive, and proceeded with the surgery anyway
Before the procedure, Burns was given an injection of the sedative Ativan, but neither the sedative or the observations of life were recorded in the doctor's notes for the procedure. Dr. David Mayer, a general vascular surgeon and associate professor of clinical surgery an New York Medical College, said the application of a sedative is quite strange.
'It would sedate her to the point that she could be non-reactive,' Mayer told the Post-Standard. 'If you have to sedate them or give them pain medication, they're not brain dead and you shouldn't be harvesting their organs.'
It wasn't until Burns opened her eyes in the OR that the procedure was called off.
Neither Burns or her family sued the hospital for malpractice. Sixteen months later, a determined Burns successfully committed suicide. Her mother, Lucille Kuss said her daughter wasn't upset about the incident. 'She was so depressed that it really didn't make any difference to her,' Kuss said.
The hospital didn't even report the incident, nor conduct an investigation of their own. It wasn't until after the Post-Standard started their investigation that the hospital put out any sort of explanation for what happened. According to the federal report: 'The hospital did not undertake an intensive and critical review of the near catastrophic event in this case.'
"This kid is dead, you got that?"
Teamsters Ordered to Stop Picketing Funeral Homes
A judge ordered one of Chicago's most politically powerful labor unions to suspend picketing against 16 funeral homes last week after receiving reports that striking Teamsters had, among other things, disturbed a child's funeral.
SCI Illinois Services, Inc., one of the nation's largest funeral home chains, asked a district court to intervene after striking funeral directors and drivers with Teamsters Local 727 allegedly harassed grieving families.
The company testified in its filing that union members blocked grieving family members from leaving its parking lot, used bullhorns to shout obscenities at workers and mourners, and unleashed a German Shepard on a dead woman's daughter and husband.
The funeral home was eventually forced to call the police when picketers allegedly disrupted a child's funeral with laughter. The officer asked the Teamsters to leave, but protesters returned when he drove away.
What appalling behavior. How are they any different from Westboro Baptist Church that disrupts funerals to decry homosexuality?
Goodbyes and Grief in Real Time
Scott Simon's first Twitter message about his mother, dated July 16, squeezed a universal story involving heartbreak and humor into 21 words. He wrote: "Mother called: 'I can't talk. I'm surrounded by handsome men.' Emergency surgery. If you can hold a thought for her now … "
The ellipsis hinted that he'd have more to say later, and he did. "We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?" he asked on July 25. By then his mother, Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, 84, had spent several nights in the intensive care unit of a Chicago-area hospital. And Twitter users around the world were getting to know her, thanks to the short bursts of commentary by Mr. Simon, the host of "Weekend Edition Saturday" on NPR.
The tweets captured the attention of a significant portion of the social-media world for days.
Mr. Simon wrote on Monday morning that "her passing might come any moment," and that evening it did, when she died after being treated for cancer. Borrowing from "Romeo and Juliet," he wrote, "She will make the face of heaven shine so fine that all the world will be in love with night," and then stopped tweeting for half a day.
"When I began to tweet, I had almost no thought that this was going to be my mother's deathbed," Mr. Simon said in a telephone interview on Wednesday, after the outpouring of emotion — his Twitter audience's as well as his own — had made national headlines. His mother, he said, had originally gone into the hospital for a blood test.
"As it got more serious, she was just so marvelously entertaining and insightful," he said. "I found it irresistible."
Mr. Simon said he wanted people to know that "I wasn't holding my mother in my arms and tweeting with my free hand."
He added: "As you may know, an incurable illness like this is a lot like war. There are moments of panic and anxiety, separated by hours of tedium."
Sometimes Ms. Newman gave Mr. Simon, and by extension some of his 1.2 million Twitter followers, a reason to smile or chuckle: "Believe me," she told him on Saturday, "those great deathbed speeches are written ahead of time." Sometimes, she seemed to want Mr. Simon to share bits of advice. On Sunday, he encapsulated this thought from his mother: "Listen to people in their 80s. They have looked across the street at death for a decade."