 at Aquagrill, Blue Ribbon or Pearl Oyster Bar.
We have recently received a copy of A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America, by Rowan Jacobsen, and are looking forward to diving in to learn more about where that ludicrous rule came from, how to select and shuck our own oysters, pair them with wines, and find out about the top oyster restaurants, producers, and festivals across the country.
Where do you get your oysters -- any good happy hours out there? We've heard about Five Points but are always looking for more ideas.
Month: February 2016
Comedy Monologues
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Audition Taping
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Audition Scene Taping and uploading at the Actorsite Awesome Acting Club is easy and fun!
The Studio is set up and all we have to do is just turn on the lights to tape. Then, we have fast internet for uploading.
You can use your Iphone or Samsung phone, we get FANTASTIC sound, since our entire studio is soundproofed. Or, if you wish, we can tape for you for a small fee. Be sure to practice your scene OUT LOUD at least 50 times so you are ready to ROCK THE ROOM. If you need coaching, then it’s best to get your coaching prior to taping or, for a small fee, you can rent the space for additional time.
You can contact our coaches for taping or coaching, yes, there is a fee.
- Coach Kimberly Crandall: kimberly_crandall@hotmail.com
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This is another perk of membership in the Actorsite Awesome Acting Club…a fun place to build a career!Why?  The fair market value is always how they determine costs. I'd get an estimate from a couple licensed and bonded places and that would be what I request.  If I fix something myself I've always included labor costs in the estimate.  Hosts are not required to fix something themselves as the terms. I'm not arguing that it isn't cheaper, but you can't force/expect the host to try and do it themselves.   


Now if you wanted to fix it yourself and it was the same as when you left it is probably be ok with that depending on circumstances.The eyes of the dragon- introduces Randall Flagg in a really nice way and also gives the reader a taste of Stephen King’s fantasy

It- introduces Maturin and a shape shifting entity that feeds on emotions, which becomes relevant in book 7

The Stand- More backstory on Randall Flagg, which chronologically takes place after EotD

The Gunslinger- gotta start somewhere

The little sisters of eluria- a prequel to the gunslinger that I think is best read after 

Drawing of the Three, Waste Lands, and Wizard and Glass- just continuing the series. WaG ends nicely which allows for a pause in the series, to start: 

Salem’s Lot- introduces Callahan, who becomes relevant in book 5

Insomnia- introduces the Crimson King and Patrick Danville and has very nice references to the main series 

The Langoliers- Introduces the idea of Todash space (honestly you could skip it if you’d like but I mostly included it to make the number of stories in my list 19)

The Talisman- predecessor to Black House, which I’ll explain why is important in a sec

Wind through the Keyhole, Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah- just continuing on the path of the beam

Low Men in Yellow Coats- introduces Ted Brautigan, the Breakers, and the Low Men (you can read the rest of Hearts in Atlantis if you’d like but it’s not necessary, besides LMiYC is the best part of it anyway) 

Everything’s Eventual- introduces Dinky Earnshaw (you can skip if you’d like but it’s pretty short so you might as well read it) 

Black House- introduces the Crimsons King’s plan to use the Breakers to destroy the Beams

The Dark Tower- endThe meeting will confront the complexity of the worldwide problem of sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy in all its aspects, by reflecting on presentations that address the themes: responsibility, accountability, and transparency on all levels in the Church.
Click here for a list of presentations on the website created for the Meeting. The presentations are posted here directly after they are presented at the Meeting.
What can we expect from this meeting?
I’m sure you’ve heard, as have I, that Pope Francis has been scaling back expectations for what this meeting will accomplish. In fact, at the press conference this was one of the questions directly addressed to Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta and President of the canonical team (The College for Recourses) dealing with appeals filed by clergy accused of abuse. The Archbishop responded that the expectation that all sexual abuse of children in the Church and in the world will end after three days of meetings is unrealistic. It is realistic, however, to expect that after these days of meetings there will be a plan moving forward that can be audited in every country as the entire community takes on the commitment to protect minors, holding everyone responsible and accountable, starting with those in the highest positions of responsibility. The meeting is one phase of a longer and more comprehensive process.
You have access to all the information that will emerge from the meeting.
Through the website, everyone will be able to “transparently and authentically follow the process of change and development, both during the meeting and thereafter." Federico Lombardi, S.J., Moderator of the Meeting, explained that even beyond February 2019, everyone will be able to use the website in order to audit the implementation of the concrete proposals for the protection of minors in the Church throughout the world.
We are all called to solidarity.
I feel the Church is inviting us also to be at this meeting in spirit.
You and I are invited to walk with the participants at the meeting the first steps on a long path of healing and transformation of the Church, and a deeper and more wholehearted following of Jesus.
The presentations are provided for download as they are being given. So I have decided that my first steps in responsibility will be to read the talks, at least a few paragraphs of each. The only way I will really know what is being talked about, the framework, the hopes and dreams, the ideals, the desires, the commitments, is if I listen directly to what is being said at that meeting as it is presented.
We have been chosen by God to live at this time in the Church’s history.
“We, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another" (Romans 12:5). We must live as the Body of Christ in today's world, with today's struggles. We have all been affected by this crisis. We have a responsibility now to stand in solidarity with those who have been most directly hurt and are seeking healing. We also have a responsibility for making Church spaces safer for children in the future.
on Jesus who says: "Come to Me, all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest" (see Matthew 11:28-30).
So as we pray, as we inform ourselves, let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who is leading the Church, on the Lord who is creating something new.
To make it easier to follow the presentations, we will be sending a very short evening email during the Meeting with direct links to the presentations of the day.
The Statement of the International Union of Superiors General prior to the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in Rome invokes the power of the Holy Spirit on the Meeting with great hope. May this hope also fill our hearts!
from your celestial home.
Send forth the radiance of your light.
Come with gifts that endure.
Come, light of every heart.
Greatest comforter of all.
Sweetest guest of the soul.
solace from our tears.
Fill our inmost being.
nothing pure in us will stay.
Any good is turned to ill.
What is soiled, make it pure.
What is wounded, work a cure.
Wash away our guilt.
Gently bend the rigid heart.
To what is frozen, your warmth impart.
Redirect our errant ways.
with your sevenfold gifts.
To us, grace and mercy send.
Grant salvation at life’s end.
Eternal joy, forever.
Abstract
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