Nordstrom is linking its Instagram page to its online shopping site to make it easier for Internet surfers to spend money with the retail giant.
By using a tool developed by Curalate, an online marketing company, Nordstrom will enable buyers who see something they like on its Instagram feed to navigate to the Nordstrom.com site.
The move comes as Nordstrom, like other big brick-and-mortar retailers, follows U.S. shoppers in their mass migration to online sites. The company, one of the first to offer free shipping for online purchases, in 2012 acquired a flash sales website, Haute Look, and this month completed the purchase of Trunk Club, an online personalized shopping site for men.
Direct sales for Nordstrom, which consist mostly of those made at Nordstrom.com, rose 22 percent in the last quarter, even as revenue from the company’s physical stores declined.
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Job Growth Fairly Flat in May
JOB GROWTH: Employment grew by a mere 38,000 in May, down from last month and a year ago, and still far lower than newly reduced numbers for April and March.
TOP INDUSTRIES: Employment was up in healthcare, while mining continued to contract. The information sector took a hit due to a labor strike that has now been resolved.
UNEMPLOYMENT: The unemployment rate dipped further to 4.7 percent, its lowest point since 2007. The lower rate reflects an increase of nearly half a million people in “involuntary” part-time employment (i.e., people who would prefer full-time work, if they could find it).
WAGES: Salaries gained another five cents this past month, reaching an average hourly rate of $25.29, following a slightly higher increase last month. Over the past 12 months, pay has risen 2.5 percent.
WORK WEEK: The average workweek was unchanged at 34.4 hours in May.
TEMPORARY JOB TRENDS: While temporary staffing jobs had shown an upswing last month, May saw a return to the downward trend of recent months, with a decrease of 21,000 jobs in May.
SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? While jobs growth has slowed to a near stall, most economists insist this is no cause for panic. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez suggests that the closer we get to full employment, the smaller the gains become, and this is not out of the ordinary. The bottom line for employers: there are fewer job candidates available to fill open positions, making recruiting more challenging and putting the brakes on hiring. The small but steady increases in pay should translate to greater consumer purchasing power, which is a positive sign for the economy. At this point, rather than signaling a downturn, slower job growth may simply be a return to pre-recession normalcy.
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Steinberg Employment Research, Bloomberg, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, CNBC, CNN Money, Staffing Industry Analysts, ERE Media

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We are investing in projects to support the Reef to adapt to a changing environment. These projects are utilising the latest science and research to build the Reef’s resilience.
We are also rehabilitating Reef habitats to restore previous damage. This helps to minimise harm and vulnerability to future impacts.
Read more about some of the projects below or read the full list of Reef Trust projects.
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NARRATOR: For example, creating a mist to shade reefs from the sun may help prevent them from overheating due to climate change.
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NARRATOR: Seeding reefs with coral species of the Great Barrier Reef better suited to warmer waters, grown in onshore aquaculture, can help the Reef to adapt.
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NARRATOR: And providing man-made structures that promote coral reef settlement and growth can help restore already damaged reefs.
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NARRATOR: Projects funded through the Reef Trust Partnership develop, test, and ensure the safety of innovative interventions.
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NARRATOR: The results will flow on to sustain tourism, jobs, our economy, and the livelihood of millions.
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NARRATOR: Let’s work together to ensure the Great Barrier Reef and the world’s coral reefs can adapt and remain resilient to climate change for our present and future generations to enjoy.
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NARRATOR: Visit our website to find out more about the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program and see how you can help.
Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP)
RRAP is the world’s largest effort to help an ecosystem survive climate change.
It brings leading experts together to investigate new ways to help coral reefs resist, adapt to and recover from the impacts of climate change.
It is creating options to help the Reef recover and adapt to a changing environment. RRAP does this by undertaking research, development and deployment of innovative solutions.
We fund RRAP with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, philanthropy and research providers.
Research and development
RRAP aims to provide scientifically-proven, safe, acceptable and cost-effective interventions. While solutions are focused on the Reef, they could help reefs around the world.
Some of these innovations include:
- Marine cloud brightening to make clouds to cool the water underneath.
- Seeding reefs with coral larvae that are more resilient to warmer waters.
- Supporting natural restoration of damaged reefs.
Research and development subprograms work together to improve Reef restoration and adaptation. These subprograms include:
- Stakeholder and Tradition Owner Engagement.
- Cooling and Shading.
- Coral Aquaculture and Deployment.
Read more about specific RRAP subprograms.
Building Reef Island Resilience
The Reef ecosystem includes approximately 1050 islands. This includes coral cays, continental islands and mangrove islands. These islands are home to unique flora, fauna and are critical to the life cycles of many species.
We fund initiatives to restore and rehabilitate critical habitats and protect species on Reef islands. This is addressing current threats, enabling habitat recovery and building resilience to future threats.
Reef Islands Initiative
The Reef Islands Initiative is run by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. It is the largest reef rehabilitation project of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
The Initiative is working with Traditional Owners, local communities and local businesses. It is helping to protect and restore Reef Islands in the face of a changing climate. This includes at Lady Elliot Island, the Whitsundays and Avoid Island.
The Initiative combines science and local knowledge with on-ground and in-water actions. It is building resilience for Island habitats, wildlife and surrounding communities.
Learn more about the Reef Islands Initiative.
Blue Carbon Initiatives
We are funding initiatives to support restoration, conservation and accounting for blue carbon ecosystems in the Reef and its catchments.
Blue carbon is coastal and marine ecosystems that capture carbon. They include mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes. They support marine life, contribute to coastal livelihoods and provide protection from storms.
Blue carbon ecosystems also absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in their soils, roots and plants. This helps address climate change impacts.
The $204 million Reef funding announced in 2022 will support projects to restore blue carbon ecosystems in the Reef and its catchments. These projects will involve partnerships with local communities and Traditional Owners.
Other blue carbon initiatives include the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP). NESP funds practical research to inform environmental and climate decisions and policy.
The NESP Marine and Coastal Hub supports science for Australia’s marine and coastal environments. This includes Reef projects focused on blue carbon ecosystems. The projects involve improving water quality and building partnerships to improve stewardship.
International Partnership for Blue Carbon
Australia supports other nations to improve and understand the management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems.
Australia leads the International Partnership for Blue Carbon with fifty partners. This includes government agencies, non-governmental organisations, intergovernmental organisations and research institutions.
The Partnership supports a shared vision to protect global blue carbon ecosystems.
Read more about Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems.
Investing to grow partnerships
The health of the Reef is everyone’s responsibility. No one organisation can solve these challenges alone. Our actions are driven by the latest science and expert knowledge of our partners. We are identifying innovative financing opportunities to attract greater private sector investment. Developing partnerships is part of our funding to restore and support adaptation on the Reef.

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Cedar Rapids (KWWL) - A piece of surgical equipment is a little more more personal thanks to a young Cedar Rapids girl.
Mercy Medical Center held a "Name the Robot" contest for their new daVinci Surgical System.
The winning entry was from 6-year-old Jolee Becker, of Cedar Rapids. Jolee is a first grader at Jackson Elementary School.
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Jolee won a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mercy Surgery Center for her family and classmates.
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E-727 EtherCat® Compatible Piezo Motion Controller for Nano-Scale Automation & Precision Positioning
PI’s latest piezo nanopositioning motion controller delivers high bandwidth, linearity and nanometer accuracy and easily integrates in industrial precision automation systems via EtherCat® connectivity.
Auburn, MA – EtherCat® is becoming a communication standard in industrial automation. The continuous need for higher precision in test and manufacturing drives the demand for more high-precision, piezo-based nano-positioning and scanning systems; semiconductor manufacturing is a typical example. PI (Physik Instrumente) now offers a new EtherCat® compatible version of its successful E-727 digital piezo controller family.
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Digital Servo Piezo Controller
Piezo controllers with digital servos provide advantages over traditional analog piezo controllers, such as higher bandwidth, linearity, and easy optimization of the servo parameters by software. The E-727 also provides two notch filters that help suppress mechanical resonances in high-speed operation of piezo-mechanisms yielding higher bandwidth. A sensor sampling frequency of 100kHz and servo update rate of 20kHz provide excellent performance with minimized noise. Intelligent servo algorithms minimize the settling times and allow repeatability into the subnanometer range.
Other advanced features of the digital piezo controller include 4th-order polynomial linearization for the piezo mechanics and control electronics, an integrated data recorder, an ID chip for fast and quick exchange of the system components, as well as subordinate, programmable drift compensation. In addition, there is the option of dynamic digital linearization. This DDL function lowers phase shift and trajectory errors to an indiscernible level in the case of dynamic-periodic applications. This is important for scanning applications that have to identify a particular position and reach it again accurately.
Software and Additional Interfaces
Like all PI motion controllers, the E-727 comes with extensive software support such as LabVIEW drivers and dynamic libraries for Windows and Linux. The E-727 can also be operated via TCP/IP or USB even without an EtherCAT master and commanded with PI GCS codes. Additional interfaces are SPI for fast serial transmission of position values to / from an SPI master, 4 digital I/O (each) and 4 optional high resolution analog I/O (20 bits) for external sensors, target values or external amplifiers.
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PI has in-house engineered solutions with over 4 decades of experience working with customers to provide products that meet application demands, and can quickly modify existing product designs or provide a fully customized OEM part to fit the exact requirements of the application.


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NIPPY defender Terrell Forbes has joined the Spireites on a one year deal.
The 30 year old, who started his career with West Ham United, and QPR to promotion before spells at Grimsby Town, Oldham Athletic and Yeovil Town has most recently been a regular with Leyton Orient. Manager John Sheridan said: “Terrell can play in a number of defensive positions and I am delighted he is joining us as he is a player I wanted to sign a couple of seasons ago.”
Former Barnsley midfielder Sam Togwell had been mentioned as a possible candidate but it seems as though nothing will materialise on that front.
Ex loanee, the Belgian Franck Moussa, remains the fans’ favourite target.
He’s indicated he wants to remain in England after being released by Leicester City but Chesterfield will have to stretch their wage structure and fight off competition if the midfielder is to return to the B2net Stadium.


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This feature in Onethread allows users to add multiple colleagues to a project at once by adding an entire department.
This can save time and effort compared to adding individual colleagues one by one. The added department members become part of the project team and can access and contribute to project-related information and tasks.
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South Fayette Township School District Open Records Officer
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A written request for access to a public record shall be submitted on the required form(s) and addressed to the Open Records Officer. Written requests may be submitted to the District in person, by mail, to a designated facsimile machine, or to a designated email address.
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Today! marks one year to the exact day since the release of Bugle’s Toxicity album; the repackaged version (deluxe edition) released in summer is currently among the 67 albums shortlisted in the Reggae category for GRAMMY consideration.
Since news broke of the album being among the contenders vying for a nomination, the “Pearly Gates” crooner has seen a boost in streams and sales throughout the Caribbean and North American diaspora.
According to Songstats, a nifty music app that tracks data from various digital and streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Shazam, Beatport, Traxsource, iTunes, SoundCloud and 1001Tracklists, Bugle’s Toxicity album (deluxe edition) currently holds the No.2 spot in both Bermuda and Canada on the iTunes Reggae Albums chart and No.13 on the Overall Albums chart in Bermuda.
On Youtube, the official videos for “My Life” and “Experience” featuring Nation Boss, both featured on the project, have surpassed the one million mark and continue to enjoy an upswing in views.
Reacting to the news, Bugle told Prism Marketing Consultants that he is pleased with the feedback the album has been receiving,
“The album has been getting a lot of positive feedback in recent weeks, and for that, I give thanks. Much respect to everyone that continues to support Bugle. It’s a joy to see people still appreciate positivity in a world filled with so much negativity.” – The Rastafarian singer added.
The 16-track deluxe edition executively produced by An9ted Entertainment boasts a fresh cover art, seven new tracks and a stellar list of collaborators, including Marcia Griffiths, Bounty Killer, Kabaka Pyramid, Dexta Daps, Ding Dong, Laa Lee, Dj Brandon, Adena Myrie, Tony Gold, Nation Boss, Bobo Flamez, AfroBeat Billboard hitmaker Heph B and GRAMMY nominees Julian Marley and Jesse Royal.
VPal Music and Evidence Music jointly distributes the project, now available via all major digital and streaming platforms.


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Monday, February 23, 2015
Perfectly Rustics Challenge #42 - Little boy/girl
We are having sooo much fun over at Perfectly Rustics and the entries we are getting are wonderful!! So with a new challenge up I hope to inspire you to join with us!
This fortnight we are going with a little or small boy/girl theme, i guess that means under 5 really. I was needing a card for my dear nephew and so came up with this....
I was keen to add an animal of some sort and went with the fox from Forest Friends (such a great stamp set!!) With some washi tape, a Project Life card tucked in the background, a cork number (also available in the Project Life range) and lastly the greeting from Itty bitty banners!! Talk about CUTE!
It's a lot of fun thinking up ideas for those little people. What will you add to your creation?

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(Albany, NY) State senator John DeFrancisco says many state employees are earning more money than their supervisors. Unlike state workers, DeFrancisco says state-employed managers, supervisors and commissioners are not represented by unions which negotiate regular pay increases. He says some department heads have not had raises in ten years.
DeFrancisco (R) has introduced a bill to form a commission to look into whether th state's supervisors, managers and commssioners should get a raise. Both houses would to approve the bill, which would also require Governor Cuomo's signature.

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During our conversation, Richard raised a point on terrorism in South East Asia,
Terrorism in South East Asia is a little less deeply rooted in the culture of the area except insofar as it’s rooted in the old traditions of piracy and banditry.”
The conversation then led to the subject of failed societies. Siggy posts,
In fact, the terrorists aims are deliberately misrepresented- and that is in their interest and the interest of the those who appropriate those causes to serve their own ideologies. The terrorists and their supporters don’t want to see western values (i.e., democratic principles) and successes brought into the Muslim world because western values and successes are antithetical to the ideologies of terrorist and their supporters. Terror flourishes when societies fail. Introduce values that embrace individual freedoms and the freedoms that allow an individual to succeed, and support for terror vanishes.
The petri dish of terror is failure.
If the terrorists and their supporters and apologists really wanted to better the lives of hundreds of millions of oppressed people, they would use America western freedoms as models for success. Instead, terrorists and their supporters seek to destroy the freedoms that have authored success. They deliberately want to keep failed leaders and failed ideologies in place.
Are European societies surrendering themselves to failed ideologies? Today Richard has a post, The Nine Billionth Name of God, on the Dutch Catholic bishop who espouses the absurd notion that “people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding”. Richard says,
And that in a way, perfectly describes what has transpired in the post-everything world of Europe. The names of God did not matter to the jaded intellectuals until the last. Allah is the nine billionth name of God. And now the stars, without the slightest fuss, are going out.
By failing to understand that what we call God does matter, Bishop Tiny Muskens (that is his real name) has handed the enemies of Western values – to use Siggy’s words – the petri dish of terror.
What to do against terror? In the podcast, Richard said,
One of the best things we can do is simply stand up…because it creates a nucleus around which a resistance is in place.
We didn’t discuss the Dutch bishop on Friday’s podcast, but listen to why it is important to understand how failed societies beget terror here.
Words matter. To a person of faith, no word matters more than the name of God.
Jeff Kouba of Truth v. The Machine calls it Another Surrender of Breda
More at Memeorandum.

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Disfigured delivery driver wears a black veil to work every day so he won't 'scare away his customers'
- The video was posted online on July 19 showing the man from Chengdu, China
- Hard-working man says he lives far away from family and gets lonely
- He wears a black veil because he doesn't want to scare away his customers
A delivery driver in China is so nervous about scaring people away because of facial scars that he wears a mask to cover his face.
The man from Chengdu, China, has significant burns to his face and has one hand.
The hard-working man says he lives far away from family and is hoping to earn enough to afford surgery on his face.
The delivery man, who has facial scars, has to wear a black veil no matter how hot the weather
The man told a Pear Video reporter that he had worked as a delivery man for four months
A video of the man was posted to the website of the People's Daily Online on July 19.
It shows the delivery driver out at work, bringing food to homes and offices.
He wears a black veil which covers his entire face and arms.
While a sign on the back of his bike reads: 'I am lonely.'
Throughout the video, he is asked by customers why he is wearing the black veil. He comes up with multiple reasons including that 'the sunshine makes me feel hot.'
The man is often asked by customers why he is wearing the veil, but he comes up with excuses
The driver said he was hoping to earn enough money so that he could afford surgery
Eventually after some time, a woman asks him to take his veil off and he reveals his face and arms.
He has some burns to his face and is missing one of his hands.
The driver tells the woman that he got burnt in an incident and he is afraid he will scare away his customers.
He tells the woman that he sometimes gets lonely because his friends and family live far away.
In a follow-up report, the delivery driver agreed to be interviewed by Pear Video without his veil.
The man said he had worked as a deliver driver for around four months.
He also said that he hadn't realised he became famous until his customers showed him the social media posts.
The driver said he was hoping to earn enough money to afford surgery on his face.
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Detroit, Michigan – An off-duty Wayne County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man wearing a ski mask that had broken into her home at 1:30 a.m. Nov. 25.
Police the said the deputy was inside her home when she heard the suspect kick In her door, according to the Detroit News.
The deputy told police she grabbed her weapon and fired shots at the male suspect who was carrying a pistol and wearing the mask.
The deputy shot the intruder in the heart and he dropped dead.
Police didn’t release the name of the deputy or the intruder, according to the Detroit News.
“Very quiet neighborhood,” a neighbor told WXYZ. “If anything happens, somebody will know who did it, and somebody will tell.”
“Not much you can do,” said Curran Pickett, who lives on that street, according to WDIV. “I would have probably did the same thing. She did what she had to do.”
The deputy was 35-years-old and has been on the force for 15 years. The intruder was 26-years-old, according to WXYZ-ABC.
The Wayne County sheriff’s office said the deputy will be assigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation. The Detroit Police Department is conducting the investigation.
“You come into somebody’s house, what’d you expect? And then, you’re armed,” Pickett said. “Stay out of people’s houses.”
Do you think that news stations should ever refer to justifiably dead criminals as “victims?” Do you think that this is intentional anti-police messaging? We’d like to hear what you think. Please let us know in the comments.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Disneyland is ringing in 2020 with a twist on its annual deal on multi-day tickets – the discounts previously enjoyed by Southern California residents are now being offered to children everywhere.
Families visiting from outside of Southern California can buy a three-day pass for children ages 3 to 9 at the price of $67 per day.
The tickets are available through May 18, 2020 with a limit of eight tickets per person, per day. The ticket also includes one Magic Morning which allows visitors to enter the park an hour before the public. The Magic Morning pass is valid for select attractions on select days.
Tickets must be purchased in advance as the offer is not available at ticket booths located by the resort’s main entrance. Passes expire 13 days after first use or on May 21, 2020, whichever comes first. See more information here.
The offer is notable in that it comes just 10 days ahead of the opening of its eagerly anticipated Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride at Disneyland. The newest attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy Edge is expected to draw massive crowds when it opens Jan. 17.
Other events on the horizon at the Disneyland Resort include the Lunar New Year celebration from Jan. 17 through Feb. 9, and the Food and Wine Festival from Feb. 28 through April 21 — both at California Adventure park.
Disneyland, meanwhile, is unveiling its new “Magic Happens” parade starting Feb. 28.
It’s unclear yet whether Disney plans to hike its prices for theme park tickets and annual passes, something the resort typically does every year without an announcement in advance.
The last three increases occurred Jan. 6, 2019, Feb. 11, 2018 and Feb. 12, 2017 — all Sundays.
Full details about the discounted multi-day tickets can be found here.

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--For the 2004 National History Project, a Social Studies teacher at Winchester HighSchool assigned Plato's
to his 9th grade honors class. The central theme of this so-called "classic" from ancient Greece is that love between a man and a man and between a manand a boy is nobler than that between a man and a woman. (
We do not have documentation onthis, only verbal report
)-- Gay and lesbian advocates, some of whom are teachers and school physicians, areworking on new gay-friendly curriculum designed for Kindergarten and up.
(MassNews, Sept.15, 2004.)
-- The Boston Gay & Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is
setting “the tonefor nontraditional gender role play” for
. To help get the LGBT message across toyounger children, teachers can turn to an array of educational products, many of them availablefrom GLSEN. Early readers include
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads,
and the recentpublication
King and King
depicting same-sex marriage.
(City Journal, Spring 2003)
-- April 27, 2005, David Parker confronted Lexington Elementary School officials with abook titled,
Who’s In a Family
that was assigned reading for his five-year-old son. The book depicts same-sex parents as a normative family equal to a traditional family of a father andmother. When Mr. Parker insisted the school comply with Massachusetts law requiring schoolsto notify parents when sexual issues are part of the curriculum, he was arrested for trespassing.
(Boston Herald, April 28, 2005)
-- Mrs. Robin Wirthlin
concerned when her second-grade son said his teacher read abook in his Lexington, MA school about two princes who got married
asked the school forforewarning if such books would be read in the future. Superintendent of Schools Paul Ash saidthe school has no legal obligation to notify parents about the book.
Lexington is committed toteaching children about the world they live in, and in Massachusetts same-sex marriage is legal.
Boston Globe, April 20, 2006
)-- September 27, 2005, Massachusetts Department of Education announces that schoolofficials have no obligation to notify parents of discussions, activities, or materials that simplyreference same-gender parents or that otherwise recognize the existence of differences in sexualorientation.
(Article 8 News, October 15, 2005)
-- Oct 2005, Thomas Bousnakis, Social Science teacher at Hudson High Schoolannounced that he is openly gay and proudly told his class about his engagement to be married toanother man.
The school’s chapter of the Gay
-Straight Alliance has posters up around the schoolwith p
hotos of “famous” homosexuals
(reported to MFI by concerned parent).
November, 2006, third graders at the Franklin Elementary School in Newton wereterrified when a GLSEN social worker described to the class the details of a male to female sexchange o
peration. School authorities defended the event as “a teachable moment.”(
Newton Tab, November 8, 2006


|2017 Lotus Exige Cup 380|
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With a purity of pressure remarkable in avenue motors, and a electricity-to-weight ratio of 355 hp consistent with tonne, the Exige Cup 380 promises proper race tempo, with zero-60 mph in 3.Four seconds (0-a hundred km/h in 3.6 seconds) and top velocity of 175 mph (282 km/h). Key to the Exige Cup 380 accomplishing its low weight of one,057 kg is the complete adoption of carbon fibre and extreme engineering. Making their first look on a road-going Lotus, heavily revised bodywork elements contribute to the improved downforce of the Exige Cup 380, with the auto producing as much as two hundred kg, forty three% extra than the Exige Sport 380. Making the maximum of this aerodynamic downforce and maximising mechanical grip, the Exige Cup 380 functions larger rear tyres (285/30 ZR18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2) as popular.
Jean-Marc Gales, CEO, Group Lotus percent said, "Developing the Cup 380 has allowed us to indulge our motorsport ambitions on a vehicle that can be used and enjoyed each single day. This is an Exige it really is no longer simply unbeatable point-to-point however also able to triumphing extraordinarily aggressive races. The largest surprise for many is that it is completely avenue criminal - a enormous fulfillment thinking about the automobile's performance talents. Unlike a few competitors' automobiles, this is something that without a doubt can power to a track, set the quickest lap and take the win, earlier than heading domestic. It's supremely usable, but outrageously fast."
At the heart of the brand new Exige Cup 380 lies a concept from the core of considered one of Lotus' founding principles. With an unequalled lineage, the new thoroughbred Lotus Exige Cup 380 is endowed with race vehicle sensibilities and avenue car manners.
Honing the Lotus Exige Cup 380's excessive pace skills was paramount in its improvement, and the inclusion of new wind tunnel evolved aerodynamic factors permit this avenue-going Exige to deliver as much as 2 hundred kg of aerodynamic downforce at a top speed of one hundred seventy five mph.
Located over the wheels, the front louvers equalise the stress differential in the wheel arches, increasing downforce at high pace and under tough braking, at the same time as the cut-out sections behind the rear wheels paintings with the aero blades hooked up either aspect of the race diffuser. Even the Exige's windscreen wiper has been aero tuned - now resting in a vertical function to avoid disrupting air drift.
To harness the big hike in downforce, and offer extended mechanical grip, wider 285/30 ZR18 rear tyres are required - a step up from the 265/35 ZR18 as fitted to the Sport 380. With the two elements running in mixture, this huge boost in grip lets in the car to nook harder and faster which, given with the Exige's existing reputation as a driving force's car, elevates it to an entire new degree.
An essential part of the auto's aerodynamic prowess, the high-gloss, hand-made carbon fibre components include new front splitter, the front get right of entry to panel, bargeboards, roof, diffuser surround, new large aperture air-consumption side pods, a new one-piece tailgate and a directly-cut high performance motorsport derived rear wing.
The new layout one-piece carbon rear tailgate reduces weight by means of 6.5 kg and the removal of gas struts deletes 1 kg. The new carbon side pods save a further 0.Five kg.
Inside the Lotus Exige Cup 380, the carbon keeps with visible-weave, handmade sections which include beautifully specified carbon race seats and door sills as preferred. Cumulatively those composites contribute to the Exige Cup 380's low weight, however every a part of the auto has been considered, even all the way down to the elimination of the boot carpet, to reduce mass. Optional carbon fibre additives consist of one-piece internal door panels, HVAC console and face-degree vent surrounds, which together provide a further 1 kg discount over the standard automobile.
In addition to the Exige's strong, stiff and durable aluminium chassis architecture, the Cup 380 comes with a T45 steel roll over bar as wellknown. Tremendously strong, but mild as compared to alternatives, its cost manner that it is best used inside the highest of motorsport applications. Other racing additions consist of a towing eye on the the front and a material tow strap on the rear.
Extremely brief off the line, the Lotus Exige Cup 380 laps the Hethel tune in 1 minute 26 seconds - a record for a road-felony Exige. Packing the equal 3.5-litre supercharged V6 engine as the Exige Race 380, the new Exige Cup 380 boasts 375 hp at 6,seven-hundred rpm and 410 Nm (302 lbft) of torque at five,000 rpm.
Available as trendy with a near-ratio, six-pace manual transmission, the Exige range capabilities Lotus' now famous open-gate guide gearbox design.
There are four user selectable ESP modes (Drive, Sport, Race and Off). Sport, Race and Off boom throttle response, decrease traction slip thresholds and cast off understeer popularity to provide a finer degree of driver manage before intervention and utilises an engine exhaust pass valve which reduces exhaust back strain at higher engine speeds. In a new development, the Lotus Exige Cup 380 includes a variable traction manage characteristic that's linked without delay to the ECU and lets in the amount of wheel slip to be set with the aid of the motive force. The six-role rotary transfer is positioned on the steering column and is only available with ESP switched off, with the percentage of goal wheel slip from 1% to 12% in 5 settings and "off", displayed via the device cluster.
The Exige has long been seemed as turning in benchmark handling, however proprietors of the Lotus Exige Cup 380 can configure the set-up, thanks to the Nitron two-manner adjustable dampers and Eibach adjustable front and rear anti-roll bars geared up as fashionable. The big Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres (285/30 ZR18 rear and 215/forty five ZR17 the front) are suited for ultra-lightweight cast alloy wheels, available in red, black or silver as trendy. Stopping power is furnished with the aid of AP Racing cast, 4-piston brake calipers and grooved performance two-piece brake discs.
The optional full exhaust system in titanium gets rid of 10 kg from beyond the rear axle, and buyers can specify a number of additions and deletions, including FIA compliant roll cage, complete race harness, electrical cut-off and fire extinguisher controls in addition to airbag deletion and a non-airbag steering wheel.
Despite its pure overall performance credentials, the new Lotus Cup 380 retains its dramatic aesthetic way to the excessive-gloss, visible-weave carbon fibre, but complementing this are a range of five hand finished paint options, which includes Essex Blue, Metallic White, Metallic Silver, Metallic Grey and Metallic Black. Further accentuating its form, a unique pink highlight line defines the Exige's front access panel, while key information, together with the front canard wings, are finished in matt black. Coordinating wheels, spoiler uprights and mirror caps in crimson, silver or black contrast with the primary paint shade, and the entire automobile is finished with specific Cup 380 badging.
The hand finished nature of the Lotus Exige Cup 380 keeps internal, with Lotus' carbon fibre sports activities seats trimmed in Alcantara®, with leather or tartan as a no value option, with contrast stitching and an Alcantara® steerage wheel. As general, light-weight carbon fibre sill covers reduce the load with the aid of zero.9 kg and provide easier ingress and egress by way of up to ten mm, way to their decrease profile and contoured finish. The Exige Cup 380's tool panel has also obtained attention, with new images making it simpler to examine.
For proprietors wanting more, the new Lotus Exige Cup 380 may be personalised via the an increasing number of popular Lotus Exclusive programme. Combining traditional British craftsmanship with present day design, the service inspires clients to spend time tailoring the man or woman in their Lotus with a comprehensive array of options. Since its creation this has proved more and more popular, with 25% of all new cars undergoing a few shape of personalisation.
The Lotus Exige Cup 380 is to be had as a restrained manufacturing run of best 60 automobiles and as a coupe best. It is priced £eighty three,000 together with VAT (UK) and €109,900 (Germany).


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In a boon for pain research, American and Italian scientists say they have found a new drug that allows a marijuana-like substance to control pain at a specific site in the body. Their study suggests cannabinoid compounds could be used in new pain medications that are non-addictive and non-sedative, unlike opiates.
The drug works by blocking an enzyme that degrades a compound called anandamide, whose name comes from the Sanskrit word for "bliss." Anandamide exists naturally in humans and is chemically similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. It was thought to work only in the brain, but with the new drug, URB937, anandamide works in peripheral tissues, too.
Led by Daniele Piomelli, director of the Center for Drug Discovery at the University of California-Irvine, teams from the Italian universities of Urbino and Parma gave the URB937 drug to rats and mice. It suppresses an enzyme called FAAH, which boosts the amount of anandamide. It doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier, but it still does lessen pain at the site of an injury, the researchers say.
Anandamide is part of the endocannabinoid system, which is involved in modulating appetite, pain, mood and memory. (The name is derived from the system's involvement in responding to THC.) Blocking FAAH can have the same pain-mitigation effects without generating a marijuana high, according to a UC-Irvine news release.
Only a handful of states allow marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes, one of which is modulating pain. So a drug that enhances the body's natural cannabinoid compounds could be helpful for millions of patients.
Or they could just move to Denver.
First of all marijuana is not addictive never has been its myth put out there to scare people away from it and to make parents scared and to get them to vote NO. It has been proven time and time again through the years that Alcohol abuse is actually worse than any Marijuana abuse. I am not saying i agree with abunch of kids sitting around getting high for the hell of it but this needs to be legal for medical use period. Patients that have chronic pain and patients with cancel and such marijuana can make them actually feel at ease and give them an appetite and make there life easier and in some cases even worth liveing and happy. If you are really against that then well you need to look in the mirror and realize you are a peice of sh""" and if you got that one friend that died cuz your one friend or family was high sorry about your luck cuz your other one friend was not smart enough or your one friend or family member got hit in a car accident by someone else that was high that is unfortunate by why make 100's of people suffer for another iditos mistakes. I bet you get drunk every weekend and have no problem with. Stop being a self rightous prick and vote yes and let these people that need medical marijuana to live better lives such as cancer patients live those lives!
They never said it was. Read it next time. Marijuana is not an opiate. Get your facts straight before you start ranting about something that's already happening no thanks to you.
Well I can tell you all from personal experience when I had a mouth full of abcessed teeth I was drinking a fifth of rum everythree days to kill the pain so I could work. A friend told me about marijuana I tried it and it worked in fact the dosage was less than 1/10 of a gram daily and it apparently does have a time release effect on pain. I was able to continue to do my job succsessfully until I was able to get my teeth removed. After my teeth were removed I ceased to use the medication. If I were able to use it instead of tylenol for something as simple as a headache I would. I am glad they are finally researching it.
Man made Alchohol God made marijuana...who do you trust?
All drugs should be legal. If you screw up your life by abuse, its your own damn fault. The war on drugs mentality has gone on for far too long.
Gee who would of thunk a drug produced in the brain to suppress pain would suppress it in the nerves elsewhere in the body. What a novel concept.


In an effort to maximize efficiency, the 2016 Toyota Prius employs a standard electronically controlled planetary-type continuously variable transmission that combines performance and efficiency.
Under the hood, the 2016 Toyota Prius features an energetic 1.8-liter four-cylinder gas engine that pairs with two small electric motors to deliver an athletic drive and class-leading fuel economy.
An elite interior is a highlight of the 2016 Toyota Prius and is outfitted with increased passenger space, high-contrast interior colors, a standard Toyota Entune interface, a standard Smart-flow climate control system and more.
After a complete redesign, the 2016 Toyota Prius is more athletic than ever with a longer, lower and wider design that is more aerodynamic and is highlighted by new LED headlights and taillights.
Hybrid technology reigns supreme in the 2016 Toyota Prius and is improved with two new hybrid batteries. A Lithium-Ion and Nickel-Metal Hydride battery are each lighter and more power dense than ever, improving overall performance.
A new aerodynamic design, lighter engine components and new technology have made the 2016 Toyota Prius more efficient than ever with all-new Prius Eco models expected to make 58 mpg in the city and 53 mpg on the highway.
An icon in the automotive industry, the Toyota Prius combines an innovative hybrid powertrain and a unique aerodynamic design that have made it an industry leader in the hybrid segment. Even with those impressive attributes on its resume, Toyota engineers decided it was time for an upgrade and have given us the reinvigorated 2016 Toyota Prius near Springfield, MA. More athletic than ever with sharp lines and new technology features, the 2016 Toyota Prius takes efficiency and design to new levels. Stop in today at Gale Toyota to learn more about the next-generation Toyota Prius!
Built longer, lower and wider than the previous edition, the new 2016 Toyota Prius is incredibly athletic and features improved aerodynamics. A sleek profile, lower hood and wider stance are amplified by striking character lines and new LED lighting systems. An upgraded design and improved technology have also led to a more spacious cabin. A loaded interior is another highlight of the new Toyota Prius design, which is available with luxurious SofTex interior in high-contrast colors and a standard Toyota Entune system with a 6.1-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth and more. Another welcome addition is the available Toyota Safety Sense P package, which adds a Pre-Collision system with Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist and more.
Everything about the 2016 Toyota Prius near Springfield, MA is designed and built to be more efficient, from improved aerodynamics to a lighter, more efficient powertrain. Under the hood, the Toyota Prius employs a 1.8-liter VVT-i four-cylinder engine and two small electric motors that will produce 121 horsepower and 105 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a smooth, responsive continuously variable transmission, standard 2016 Toyota Prius models will make an estimated 54 mpg in the city and 50 mpg on the highway. These figures make the new Prius the most efficient vehicle on the road without a plug.
A highlight of the Toyota Prius lineup is a new Prius Two Eco trim that implements even more elements to significantly increase fuel economy. Equipped with a new smaller hybrid battery and lighter engine components, the Eco trim is expected to achieve an astounding 58 mpg in the city and 53 mpg on the highway. Available in six trim levels and starting at an MSRP of $24,200, the 2016 Toyota Prius at Gale Toyota will provide plenty of bang for your buck when it arrives. Stop in today for more information on the next-generation Toyota Prius.


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Nick and Charlie review DC Universe #1. Plus potential Supergirl news.
Nick and Charlie review the animated feature Flashpoint Paradox, and then ponder on what it might mean for the 3rd season of The Flash.
Charlie and Nick discuss the season finale of The Flash
Charlie and Nick discuss the penultimate episode of Season 2 of The Flash
Nick and Charlie talk about the Kevin Smith episode of The Flash called The Runaway Dinosaur
Vibe's brother in back, in more then one way. Nick and Charlie review Rupture.
Charlie and Nick review the latest Flash episode: Back To Normal. Plus a quick check in with Arrow and Supergirl.
The Flash is back. And so is Zoom. And Vibe. As well as Nick and Charlie!
Allan is back to help Charlie talk about Supergirl and the Flash/Supergirl crossover.
Nick is missing again so Allan joins us again to discuss the latest episode of The Flash.

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U.S. had more private, less public construction in 2017
Private construction spending increased for the first 11 months of 2017, but public construction spending such as for roads and bridges dropped, according to the Census Bureau's November construction spending report.
Overall construction spending continued to grow in November with the annual rate showing a 0.8 percent increase over October and a 2.4 percent increase over the previous November, according to the Census Bureau.
For the first 11 months of 2017, construction spending amounted to $1.1 trillion, a 4.2 percent increase over the first 11 months of 2016.
The 11-month total for private construction was $878.6 billion, a 6.5 percent increase over 2016. That included an 11.5 percent increase for private residential construction and a 1.1 percent increase for nonresidential construction such as office buildings.
Public construction dropped by 2.8 percent for an 11-month total of $259.7 billion that included a 3.2 percent drop in residential construction such as housing projects and a 2.8 percent drop in nonresidential construction such as streets and bridges.

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SINGAPORE--Aquavit Life Sciences, a unit of Aquavit Pharmaceuticals of the United States, said it plans to build a research-and-development and production facility in a science and technology incubation center in South Korea.
The South Korea-based unit said the facility would cover 10,000 square feet in its first phase, but did not disclose its cost. The firm said the plant is designed to meet the highest U.S. and international standards.
In addition to using the facility to expand its own pipeline, Aquavit said it seeks R&D, clinical testing and other partnerships with other South Korean companies and also has plans to expand its foreign sales network over the next few years.
The new facility is to be located in the technology park of Kyungbuk National University in the city of Daegu near South Korea's southern tip.
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Wales has the highest rate of smoking during pregnancy in the UK, which is putting thousands of babies' lives at risk, health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Wales has warned.
One third of mums-to-be in Wales smoke at some point during their pregnancy - considerably higher than the UK average, which lies at just over one quarter - exposing 11,864 unborn babies to harm from tobacco each year.
Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death); premature birth; low birth-weight and miscarriage.
Maternal smoking is also associated with a range of health problems throughout the baby's life including asthma, birth defects such as cleft lip, ADHD and learning difficulties.
In Wales, one-to-one quit smoking support can be provided to pregnant women by Stop Smoking Wales, but rates remain "stubbornly high". according to ASH Wales.
More top news
A major investor says he may be put off funding future Welsh projects if the UK Government doesn't give the go ahead to the lagoon.
The showers are likely to be most widespread around the middle of the day, and possibly heavy with thunder, before easing later.
The Coast & Country team see the sights and meet the people and animals involved in this year’s Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd.


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So impressed was I, that I have broken the list down for you to see the numbers per genre. As you can see some genres are more sparse than others but it does make for a fantastic library of songs, music and tuition. (And if a favourite song of yours is missing you can always go on the forum and request that they try to add it, baring in mind with all the legal requirements it takes at least six months to add!)
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The Promise series picks up where Avatar: The Last Airbender left off, with Aang and his friends trying to create a lasting peace between the Fire Nation and the Earth Nation. At the same time the characters are growing up and trying to find their place in the world, now that their primary mission is over. The Promise series may not have the dire stakes of the original series, but it maintains the same mix of heart, character, drama, and lighthearted, childish antics.
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Health officials said both victims had been sick for several days before going to the hospital. They did not know if either had been vaccinated.
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Maria Ustaie, who is 6 months pregnant, read about the pregnant woman's death on-line. She immediately drove down to the Kearny Mesa health center to get a shot before the doors closed. "I'm afraid something will happen to me or my baby," said Ustaie.
Thirty deaths in San Diego County have been linked to swine flu, according to the HHSA, including those of three non-residents. More than 400 people with case of the flu have been hospitalized because of the pandemic influenza.
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Namibia’s Kunene River valley is the ancestral home of 12,000 Himba people, a semi–nomadic people who have lived there for more than 500 years, tending their flocks and making their sacred fires (okuruwo). After surviving drought, war, genocide and other disasters, the most serious threat to their existence is the proposed Epupa Dam. The dam would flood their remote oasis; bring roads, construction camps and development into their midst; introduce diseases common to the still waters of reservoirs, and potentially end the Himba way of life forever. Evicted from the area, they will also lose touch with their clanspeople across the river in Angola. “The effect of resettlement would likely be far worse: resettlement would result not simply in a change of lifestyle but in their (Himbas) destruction,” states a report jointly authored by Earthlife–Namibia and a German environmental organization, Urgewald.
The project will also seriously affect downstream environments in the arid climate, and could harm the rich offshore fisheries. Hundreds of species rely on the river – the only year–round water source in the vicinity – and could be harmed by changes in its flow. The spectacular Epupa Falls would be inundated by one proposed siting.
Epupa Dam is expected to produce 200 megawatts of power, although its output will likely be reduced some years by drought – a serious problem for southern African dams. The reservoir for the huge dam could inundate as much as 350 square kilometers of land, forcibly displace up to 1,000 people and affect a few thousand more. There are alternatives to the scheme, including a natural gas field currently being developed, and strong potential for solar and wind power, but the Epupa project continues to be considered.
A US$7 million [node:4084 link] on the Epupa scheme, funded by Norwegian and Swedish aid agencies, was completed in 1997; as expected, its purpose seemed primarily to make a case for the dam rather than thoroughly analyze its many drawbacks. Even before this flawed report was released, two senior Himba chiefs – Chief Paulus Tjavara, head of Himba traditional leaders in Okaoko, and headman Hikuminue Kapika – visited Europe to talk about the project and try to dissuade development banks and other investors from entering into the scheme. They also met with the director of the Norwegian agency writing the feasibility study, and asked them to stop funding the project “because you cannot imagine the serious consequences it will have.”
“If you decide to fund the project, you will take part in destroying everything that belongs to the Himbas,” Chief Kapika said.
As the release of the feasibility study neared, the government began to meet their resistance with force. In July 1997, police broke up a number of meetings between the Himba and their legal advisors in the capitol, Windhoek. Meanwhile, the Himba are facing the death of their culture and of their sacred fire. Asks Munjombara Katjira for his people, “Where will the Himbas be taken? What will happen to our grave sites? Will we still live as Himbas if we are taken from Epupa?”
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On July 11, 1985, at the Astrodome in Houston, Nolan Ryan became the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to strike out 4,000 men as his Astros beat the New York Mets 4-3 in 12 innings. Ryan came into the game 7 strikeouts away from the historic milestone and would reach it in the top of the sixth inning when he set Danny Heep down with a strikeout, a two minute standing ovation by fans and teammates acknowledged what The Ryan Express had just accomplished. Ryan's day on the mound came to an end in the 7th he left the contest with the score knotted at 3, he had struck out 11 men on the day. Ryan's first strikeout came on September 11, 1966, he fanned Atlanta's Pat Jarvis to begin a long run of frustrating batters. Only 3 other men have reached the 4,000 plateau. Ryan is the only man to reach the 5,000 strikeout mark which he did in August of 1989. He finished his career with an eye popping 5,714 strikeouts, Randy Johnson sits behind him on the All Time K list with 4,785.
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Poet and activist John Milton began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s. Michael Symmons Roberts' version of this epic poem is a gripping piece of storytelling for today.
John Milton was a successful poet and political activist. By the time he began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s, he had become blind. Poet Michael Symmons Roberts has turned Paradise Lost into a vital, gripping piece of storytelling, broadcast in two parts, that will ricochet off the events that are turning our own political and social landscape upside own.
Milton wrote scathing pamphlets against corruption in the Anglican Church and its ties to King Charles. At one point Milton was jailed for recording his thoughts on paper. Paradise Lost, as much as anything, is a series of arguments put forth by the characters.
It follows the exploits of a hero (or anti-hero); it involves warfare and the supernatural; it begins in the midst of the action, with earlier crises in the story brought in later by flashback; and it expresses the ideals and traditions of a people. The poem is in blank verse, that is, non-rhyming verse.
The central storyline is built around a few paragraphs in the beginning of Genesis - the story of Adam and Eve. The epic also uses elements from many other parts of the Bible, particularly involving Satan's role. Focusing his poem on the events surrounding the fall of Adam and Eve, Milton intended, in his words, to "justify the ways of God to men," by tracing the cause and result for all involved.
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts
Milton's mission was to show not only what caused man's fall, but also the consequences upon the world, both bad and good. A concept central to this tale is that of the "felix culpa" or fortunate fall. This is the philosophy that the good which ultimately evolves as a result of the fall leaves us in a better place, with opportunity for greater good than would have been possible without it. The characters in Paradise Lost find themselves in situations which genuinely are political. In directing the Son to create earth, God the Father is conducting an act of rulership, which is inescapably political.
Likewise, Satan's attempts to rouse the fallen angels in Book I really are reminiscent of Milton's desire to rally support for the Cromwellian government. The mid 17th century was a time of great social and cultural turmoil. A series of political and military conflicts, the English Civil War or the English Revolution raged intermittently between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 to 1651. Many factors contributed to the tensions between Crown and Parliament - Charles' marriage to a Catholic, his desire to be involved in wars with Europe and ideological questions that were being raised about the nature of government and authority. Sounds familiar ?
Milton's response to what he perceived as the disintegration of society and turmoil around him was to reach back to the very beginning of time to search for the events that had led to this political and social upheaval to look for answers and ask questions about how society had arrived at a place of dysfunction. Staying true to the blank verse, the adaptation includes a blind narrator - Milton, played by Ian McKellen, whose eyesight worsens throughput the development of the drama.
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Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two)
With this improvised musical series, one family's tale of coming to the states becomes a tale about us all
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Fri., Nov. 23, 2018
Suppose you knew that your great-great-grandfather had come to this country to escape punishment for a crime, possibly a murder. And that once here, he got involved in some "bad stuff." How would it affect how you live your life?
That was the question posed by Estevan J. Chuy Zarate in the performance of Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two) on Nov. 16. As the guest monologist for the evening, Zarate was responsible for providing a personal story that the show's cast of improvisers could use to dramatize a tale of the immigrant experience. He began by letting the audience know that his family name hadn't always been Zarate, that his great-great-grandfather had been a Martinez when he was in Mexico and seems to have adopted the new name when he came to the U.S. – maybe taking it from the name of the town in Michoacán that he left. The details of his departure are sketchy, but family lore has it that he'd killed someone and fled for his life to West Texas. That information was enough to spark that performance's seven improvisers into action, concocting scenes of a hardscrabble life south of the border, with Martinez being taught to work the land, trying to find love, and running afoul of an Anglo landowner. The last was intended to establish the grounds for the deadly deed the great-great grandfather committed, but when the improv didn't fit Zarate's sense of what went down, he interrupted the performers and set 'em straight. It led to a very funny succession of scenes, with Zarate making the cast keep starting over until they found the right path.
In time, Zarate shifted the tale to his grandfather, who became a top moonshine runner in West Texas, took the family north to Colorado and Seattle to do seasonal farm labor, and was notorious for having punched a cow (a fact the cast had no trouble, um, milking). Part of his tale involved his relationship with his son, Zarate's father, who was able to go to college – a first in the family, if I remember correctly – and pursue a career in education. The contrast between the generations, and the tension that goes with it, is common to many an immigrant story: The parent works to give the child a better life than he or she had, but with that better life comes changes in culture, new ways that separate the child from the parent and the old ways. The improvisers played on this theme with remarkable sensitivity, crafting with care the awkward silences and sharp exchanges and tentative olive branches that parents and children know so well. (To see the grandfather approach the son he'd just fought with and say, "I found a book in the library that I thought you might like" was to see paternal humility at its most affecting.)
The cast maintained this level of sensitivity as Zarate then spoke about the relationship he and his brother had with their father (rough) and how it inspired him to be a better dad to his sons. And the further we traveled down this historical and generational trail, the clearer it became what made Immigrants, the Musical! different from other shows that use a guest's story about their life as a springboard for improvised scenes: These aren't just tales of one family's bravery and sacrfice and change; they're tales that belong to many families across this country and throughout our past. They're part of our national myth. What co-directors Lahari Dunn and Asaf Ronen do here is take the building blocks of a personal immigrant experience – the family stories, some only half-remembered through the years – and use drama to fill them out, to build them into myth.
Mythologizing these stories through musicals isn't the hokey touch that exclamation point in the title might suggest. Songs can add real substance and impact to the stories, and while not every performer in the Nov. 16 show was fully confident when it came to singing, the ones who were – chiefly Shannon Stott, Frank Sánchez, and Chelsea Beth – lifted up the narrative with passion and commitment, and the score that Musical Director Tosin Awofeso improvised on keyboards always generated emotional drive and power. Nowhere was that clearer than in the finale, when the company, picking up on Zarate's choked-up reference to his sons, created an anthem that insistently repeated the phrase "I'm so proud." It answered that question of Zarate's by rejecting the idea of bloodline as destiny but affirming the importance of family ties. It was a heart-swelling conclusion, and Zarate even joined in the chorus, tears of pride running down his face.
Immigrants, The Musical! (Part Two)The Institution Theater, 3800 Woodbury
Through Dec. 21
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