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Hogg, A., Uhl, S., Feuvrier, F., Girardet, Y., Graf, B., Aellen, T., … Burger, J. (2014). Protective multilayer packaging for long-term implantable medical devices. Surface and Coatings Technology, 255, 124–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.02.070

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The due diligence process for the merger of Zee Entertainment with Sony Pictures Networks India will have to be concluded by both parties within 90 days, after which the merger will go ahead, subject to regulatory approval from authorities concerned, including from the Competition Commission of India.
The mega merger that will create the largest broadcasting network in the country, with revenues in the range of Rs 16,000 crore annually, may not be a smooth sailing though given the questions raised about the corporate governance practices at Zee.
Invesco, one of the largest shareholders in Zee, had earlier sought the removal of Punit Goenka as MD and CEO. However, according to the term sheet, Goenka's appointment as MD and CEO of the company for the next five years is an integral part of the deal.
Zee Entertainment has not yet reached out to other shareholders such as Invesco and LIC on the proposed transaction with Sony.
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Some questioned the reason and logic for Goenka's appointment as MD and CEO in the light of allegations made by Invesco.
“The main thing is that they are not Punit Goenka’s shares, they are the financial institution’s shares. The final deal will be signed at the AGM," said another broadcasting industry executive.
"Conditions for my appointment are the same as what has already been approved by the shareholders. There is no change to that. Any change in the remuneration would be subject to board approval," Punit Goenka said on Wednesday.
Goenka also said merger approvals will be sought from all relevant bodies after the mutual due diligence.
"We have entered into an exclusivity with the other party for 90 days wherein we will be conducting due diligence. Post that, we will be taking the scheme to NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) and shareholder approval is required," he said.
Talking about the proposed merger and its impact, Goenka said on Wednesday, "Zee and Sony India will together form the largest media and entertainment player in India and become a market leader across genres and languages with a scale of close to $2 billion in revenue."
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Would this mean higher bidding for sports properties, including IPL, which will be up for grabs soon?
A senior industry observer said the television rights for IPL will hardly get any major hike. “A lot will depend on the digital play as there will be global players such as Facebook and Google bidding for that. Jio will also be in the fray. Even networks bidding for both TV and digital rights know the reality and have learned the lessons from Star India,” he said.
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Before driving, when it is cold outside, the car needs to be warmed up. This confidence is ingrained in the minds of many drivers, but mainly among more experienced drivers. Is this confidence correct? Is it really necessary to sit in the car for some time in the morning?
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Most cars made before 1995 had a carburetor, a device that mixes air and fuel. Using a carburetor, it was important to let the car idle for a bit before riding to make sure the engine was running properly. In the 80s and 90s, mechanical engineering switched to the fuel injection method, and the need to use a carburetor disappeared. And then there was a difference of opinion. Some say that you can go right away, but at a calm pace, while others still believe that the car must idle for several minutes so that the oil heats up and acquires the correct viscosity.
Automobile Maintenance Association President Joseph Henmiller says that “oil is the lifeblood of an engine.” He points out that in cold weather, cars should idle for one to two minutes before starting a trip. In particular, if the air temperature drops below freezing at night, or it is cold enough to freeze the windshield, these are strong signs that the oil needs to be warmed up so that it flows evenly through the engine.
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The opinion of the environmental protection agency coincides with the opinion of those who say that warming up the car is not only not advisable, but also wasteful.
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Same rules in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Those who are caught in a car running too long face a fine.
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As the industrial and postindustrial periods came upon us some common sense laws were put in place, some like the Glass-Steagall Act occurred after unchecked greed caused the “Great Depression”, and they served us well until once again greed gutted the provision that protected us for decades, only to cause a series of financial collapses, that were predicted, ultimately culminating in the latest “Great Deception / Recession” of 2008.
I don’t want to make an Us vs. Them argument for as far apart as the 1% and 99% are socio-economically, put in each other’s shoes and environment there is a near 100% possibility we would be facing the other in our mirror never knowing the difference. We can’t escape our human nature.
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This is the suffering America is feeling now after some sources estimate that up to 50,000 manufacturing plants were closed over the last 18 years, with a loss of 18 million jobs (1/3 direct and 2/3 indirect) which were automated for efficiency, or outsourced and offshored to an exploited foreign labor force for pure increases in corporate profit, leaving a vacuum as they left that was never filled, and probably never will be. Right now, in 2012 continued outsourcing / offshoring of the American Dream for the 99% is continuing.
The main reason American corporations are doing so well, while a historically high number of Americans are in economic free fall is simple. America’s population is 4.6 % of the world’s total population, the rest of the developing world all 95.4 % of it, can supply cheap labor, and consumer product demand. Capital follows the path of least resistance, the corporations that rose from American subsidies (many are still subsidized), innovation, the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of its diversified work force are not dependent upon us anymore. The worlds middle class and living standards are growing, ours are stagnant or in decline. In this new world, the American way of life has been down sized, the America Dream may be remembered as a myth, corporate motive is the bottom line, and they don’t operate on morality or patriotism. They could settle for less profit, less compensation, some European countries have valued the integrity of their country and workers so much that they have. At a certain point money or assets at the top just gather dust instead of flowing through the economy like the life blood that they are, keeping the nation strong, healthy, and prosperous. We need a symbiotic relationship between American workers, corporations, and small businesses. We need the next big thing, a game changer, a “New Deal”.
We had better petition our politicians to do something to renew the American Dream; the American trust, otherwise, “Our best days are in front of us” is graffiti on another piece of collapsing infrastructure.


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“I didn’t even know about the auditions until somebody told me after [I posted] a dancing video on my Snapchat story and asked if I was going,” Stapleton said. “I ended up going. And it’s funny, my shoe broke on my way to my audition, so I was dancing with a broken shoe. And I thought that maybe it wasn’t a good sign, but I pushed through it, and I met some of my closest friends during the audition, and we’ve been tight ever since.”
Werth has also been a member of IC Unbound Dance Company since Fall 2017. IC Unbound is one of the largest dance groups at the college, and it focuses on contemporary-style dance. Other dance groups at the college include, Defy Dance Company and Rock Hard Dance Company. Werth said Pulse stands out from other on-campus dance groups because of its specialization in hip-hop and its small size.
“I think our size makes us different because we are one of the smaller teams but not too small, so it feels more like a dance studio than a large team,” Werth said. “It allows us to form close bonds with our teammates and support each other while we get better at what we love doing.”
Though newer hip-hop moves have been rising in popularity through sites like TikTok, hip-hop has a history that runs deep in American culture and dates back to the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the beginning of the modern hip-hop era, people would take to the streets and invent dance moves inspired by the complex rhythms and styles associated with African dancing. There are also a variety of substyles. For example, the East Coast developed a hip-hop style primarily found in New York that includes characteristics like complex lyrics and break dancing, while the West Coast has techniques like popping and locking that serve as the style’s fundamental roots.
Pulse features many of these iconic styles in its routines. One particular routine the group is preparing for its showcase heavily relies on popping and locking. The dancers artfully move their bodies to Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” and Doja Cat’s “Juicy.”
Another style common within hip-hop culture is heel dancing. In this substyle, many of the same rhythms and movements associated with hip-hop are present, but they are all done while the performer is wearing high heel shoes. This is most often found in the choreography of popular musicians like Beyoncé in her music videos for “Run The World (Girls)” and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).”
Freshman Lia Montalvo, one of the newest members of Pulse, is choreographing the heel routine, which is one of the 12 dances in the upcoming showcase. Her routine, titled “Take It Easy,” features five dancers, including herself, dancing to a mix of two slower R&B songs. For this routine, which she started working on in Fall 2019, Montalvo said she chose to focus her choreography around lyrics rather than rhythm.
“It is a very seductive piece that I find to be extremely empowering, as do the other people involved,” Montalvo said.
Montalvo has previous dancing experience in hip-hop, ballet, modern and jazz styles, but she said her experience in Pulse has allowed her to move outside her comfort zone and explore a new side of dancing she had never been exposed to before.
“They have open auditions where anyone can choreograph, so I was like, ‘Sure, why not?’” Montalvo said. “I’ve only choreographed for myself or for me and another person, so having to worry about formations and putting everyone where they’re supposed to be has been really hard, but it’s been so nice. I’m trying out props and everything with my routine, and I’m so excited to see how it will turn out onstage.”
Currently, there are only women in the group, but men are welcome to audition and join. Montalvo said the female environment is one of her favorite things about Pulse.
“I love that we’re all women, and we just come and support each other and have a great time,” Montalvo said. “Every time I come to practice, I don’t have to worry about schoolwork, tests or anything else stuck in my mind, and I can dance those problems away.”
Stapleton said she hopes that in addition to the dancers giving their best performances, everyone can take something from their showcase and learn to love dance a little bit more.
“This showcase isn’t just for us,” Stapleton said. “It’s for entertaining the audience and bringing the community who doesn’t dance and the community who does together into something that they can all join, like one big celebration. Because we’re all just here to celebrate our love for dance and our love for entertainment.”


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Residents in New Roads celebrate Mardi Gras
POSTED: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:45pm
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 10:33pm
New Roads, La (NBC33) — Crowds lined the streets in New Roads today to celebrate Fat Tuesday in the streets of the parish seat of Point Coupee Parish.
Colorfully decorated floats inched down the streets, while fans of all ages gather to catch beads and stuffed animals.
It's a tradition going back to 1922, when the first Carnival club parade rolled in New Roads.
Nowadays, parade goers say it's a great time to get together as a family for some good clean fun.
"New Roads is a family oriented parade,” stated parade fan Yolanda Slaughter. “You don't have pushing and shoving in the crowds. It's just a family parade. "

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Antonia Hernandez, the embattled head of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the nation's leading Latino civil rights group, won a showdown vote to keep her job Saturday in the internal power struggle that started with her surprise dismissal last month.
The group's board of directors voted 18 to 14 to retain Hernandez as its president and general counsel in a sometimes bitter 8 1/2-hour private meeting at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Los Angeles. The action rescinded the decision in Dallas Jan. 17 by MALDEF's 15-member executive committee to dismiss Hernandez and replace her with former New Mexico Gov. Toney Anaya.
Turmoil had plagued the organization, founded in Texas in 1967, since Hernandez's dismissal. Her supporters and members of the executive committee traded emotional accusations publicly that observers said were uncharacteristic of the group.
Basis of Lawsuit
Hernandez decided to fight for her job, arguing that only the full board, not the committee, had the power to remove her. She also sued to keep the $62,000-a-year post, and a San Antonio judge ordered Saturday's meeting to resolve the matter.
Anaya, who said he did not seek the MALDEF post, tried to distance himself from the dispute, saying he was willing to serve the group in any way he could. He was at his Santa Fe, N.M., home, when he was informed of the board's decision.
After Saturday's vote, Hernandez and board Chairman Eric P. Serna, who had engineered her firing, did their best to bury their differences, telling reporters that they were prepared to move ahead with MALDEF's work as a court litigant for the rights of Latinos and the needy.
"We're going to proceed in a positive light," Serna said. "The organization will survive this dispute. We've had similar disputes in the past. . . . Perhaps MALDEF will be stronger because of this conflict."
Hernandez, who sat beside Serna during their remarks to reporters, also used the same approach. "I'm confident that whatever lack of communications with the chair (Serna) and I will be resolved," she said.
To underscore the unity that they sought, Hernandez said her contract as MALDEF's chief executive, which had been scheduled to expire in April, was extended to April, 1988, by the vote of the board.
The action, Hernandez said, was to dispel any doubts in the public's mind that the controversy "will continue."
The debate before the vote, observers reported, was mostly amicable. But there were signs that some wounds inflicted in the squabble will not be easily healed.
One member in favor of Hernandez's dismissal, Albert Zapanta of Dallas, angrily resigned from the board and stalked out of the meeting because of bitter disagreements surfacing during the session.
The power struggle was ignited when Serna announced at a Jan. 19 news conference in Los Angeles that Anaya would succeed the fired Hernandez, 38. At that time, he publicly refused to say why she was let go.
Insiders, however, said the executive committee, which meets quarterly to oversee the group's activities, had grown increasingly disenchanted with Hernandez's leadership since she was hired in August, 1985.
Some committee members were angry with Hernandez because she wrote a letter in support of the sale of Los Angeles television station KMEX and nine other Spanish-language stations to non-Latinos, insiders said.
Handling of Lawsuit
The bitterness surrounding the dispute spilled into public view when Serna, in a letter to MALDEF's 34 board members, said the real reason for Hernandez's firing was her alleged mishandling of a major job-discrimination class-action lawsuit against a major grocery chain in Texas.
He charged that she allowed the case against the H. E. Butt Grocery Co. to be botched largely because of her friendship with Los Angeles attorney Vilma Martinez, a former head of MALDEF who was hired by Butt as a consultant in the Texas case.
The charges outraged the two women, particularly Hernandez, who was described by friends as deeply hurt by the accusations.
Although Hernandez and MALDEF staff members involved in the Texas case refused to talk, MALDEF's vice president for legal programs, E. Richard Larson, wrote a seven-page letter defending MALDEF's role in settling the class-action issues out of court.
Larson pointed out that the organization's San Antonio lawyers had persuaded Butt officials to set up a $250,000 scholarship fund and an affirmative-action program that would lead to more management positions with the grocery chain for Latinos.
There was "only a slight chance of success" if the case had gone to trial, he said.
"I am totally convinced that the MALDEF attorneys . . . conducted the litigation professionally and ethically and were extraordinarily successful," Larson concluded.

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Talk set on Renwick Wildwood conservation project
Learn about a project to conserve the bottomland forest at the Renwick Wildwood and Fuertes Sanctuary in Stewart Park at a free presentation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Borg Warner Room of Tompkins Public Library, 101 E. Green St. in Ithaca.
Project manager Miguel Berrios will make the presentation. He will describe the various invasive plants targeted for removal from the project area, the native plants that have been chosen for replanting, and the timetable for the project.
For more information, visit Revitalizing Stewart Park on Facebook at facebook.com/RevitalizingStewartPark.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP alerts investors in Vista Outdoor, Inc. (NYSE: VSTO) to the firm's investigation of VSTO's recent unexpected asset impairment charge.
If you purchased or otherwise acquired securities of VSTO before January 12, 2017 and suffered over $50,000 in losses contact Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. For more information visit:
or contact Reed Kathrein, who is leading the firm's investigation, by calling 510-725-3000 or emailing VSTO@hbsslaw.com.
VSTO disclosed on January 12, 2017 that it expects to record a material asset impairment charge (estimated to be in the range of $400 - $450 million) attributable to its Hunting and Shooting Accessories reporting unit during the fiscal 2017 third quarter. This news drove the price of VSTO shares down over 21% to close at $29.58 per share that day.
Then, on January 13, 2017, VSTO announced the President of its Outdoor Products segment (which includes the Hunting and Shooting Accessories unit) left the Company.
"We're looking at the timing of events that indicated the value of the Hunting and Shooting Accessories unit was less than its book value," said Hagens Berman partner Reed Kathrein.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding VSTO should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new SEC whistleblower program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 510-725-3000 or email VSTO@hbsslaw.com.
About Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman is a national investor-rights law firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices in 10 cities. The Firm represents investors, whistleblowers, workers and consumers in complex litigation. More about the Firm and its successes can be found at www.hbsslaw.com. For the latest news visit our newsroom or follow us on Twitter at @classactionlaw.
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OBAMA’S PLAN HAS ALREADY BOOSTED TAX COLLECTIONS!
In office less than two weeks, President Barack Obama has already increased tax receipts at the U.S. Treasury with an innovative plan to get tax-dodgers to pay up, in full, immediately.
“The president’s plan is simple but ingenious,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, “He targets wealthy individuals who filed inaccurate tax forms, cheating the government out of tens of thousands of dollars. Then he just nominates them for cabinet positions. They suddenly see the error of their ways, and they cut checks for the full amount owed, plus interest.”
Now that really is a new kind of politics!
UPDATE: Jim Treacher emails: “Has David Corn sneered about Joe the Plumber’s taxes lately?”


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“I’ve never seen the judicial system abused so much for purely political ends,” Substitute Circuit Judge Westbrook J. Parker said. “This should not happen in America.”
An excellent summary, but not of the indictments he dismissed or the petitions he threw out. Instead, he inadvertently summarized his own judgment.
A month ago, this Virginia judge threw out petitions gathered to remove four Gloucester County supervisors. The four had also been indicted by a grand jury for the crimes that had so disturbed their constituents. The judge dismissed the indictments, too.
And to add injury to his judgmental insult, he socked members of the Gloucester County Citizens for Accountable Representation — the group that had sponsored the recall — with an $80,000 bill to cover part of the supervisors’ legal fees, apportioned to the 40 members of the organization. The amount covered over 60 percent of the legal bill the supervisors had run up defending themselves.
The petitioners might not have been in this predicament had the state of Virginia possessed what many other states do possess: A right of political recall. Instead, in Virginia, elected officials may be removed from office, before the end of their terms, only in case of some sort of criminal activity.
The recall-for-cause law was so little used in the state that it took the Gloucester activists no small amount of time trying to figure out how to word and organize the petitioning process. The state provided no forms for this eventuality.
At issue in the recall was the behavior of these board members immediately after their election. The new supervisors held closed, secret meetings. This is against the law for public officials, and it irked (to put it mildly) the people who had voted them in. But because not all of them had been sworn in, the state’s open meetings law could be said not to apply to them. And that’s where the whole thing fell apart.
Of course, had the judge in the case been a reasonable jurist and not a hide-bound lackey for the political establishment, he would not have been so offended by the activists. He would have seen that secret meetings are bad things, rightly opposed — on principle as well as “politically” — by citizens. He would also have acknowledged that, in a republic — as well as the state where Thomas Jefferson served in office — we should expect citizens to recall representatives who disagree with them.
Recalls are as American as apple pie and parades on the Fourth of July.
Unfortunately, the judge saw none of this. He saw the legitimate activity of these citizens as some sort of abuse of “power.” And he sought to redress an imbalance. $2000 per citizen activist would send the right, chilling message, he thought.
Fear and intimidation too often work. From my own case in Oklahoma, I know that even the unsuccessful prosecution of a case against citizen activists can cause other citizens to think twice, thrice, or more, about taking on the Powers That Be.
Thankfully, the story does not end there.
First, Assembly Delegates Tom Gear and Harvey Morgan and Senator Thomas K. Norment have submitted bills to prohibit judges from penalizing activists who petition to remove officials. Gear characterized the Gloucester activists as “laymen . . . doing what they thought was the right thing to do.” He characterized the judge’s ruling “as a kind of intimidation.”
On Friday, the House passed Morgan’s bill, 93-3.
Second, the Gloucester activists have found support from the ACLU, which has declared that it will write a friend-of-the-court brief on their behalf. The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression will assist.
This is not merely a local issue. It obviously affects all Virginians. And the situation reflects what many citizens face throughout the union.
In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, for instance, a fight over a firehouse led to voters petitioning to decide the issue themselves. As I explained in my daily Common Sense radio program, the mayor didn’t do the right thing. He didn’t take to the stump for his cause in an open vote. Instead, he fought and blocked the petition in court. And he got a judge to grant the town government legal fees . . . from the main activist, Denise Carey.
Fortunately, Ms. Carey appealed her case, and won. She also won damages in a federal court case against the city.
It is good to see justice triumphing on appeal. But it would be better if politicians and judges didn’t conspire to overthrow normal democratic (and republican) practice in the first place. We do not serve them, they serve us; if we, the citizens, want them gone, we have legal means at our disposal. Or, should have.
And politicians and judges should not seek to block citizens from using these means. Threats, official reprisals? These are the tools of tyrants. Public servants, on the hand, serve at our discretion. Any idea to the contrary must be opposed on principle. The suppression of democracy “should not happen in America” . . . to quote one of the oppressors.
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Ten years ago, when I was 17, I got into a car with a young guy I barely knew who was a customer at my job. We drove deep into the woods, parked his car, and got stoned. Bryan* eventually became my boyfriend, but I often think back to that night when I went off with a strange guy — and more than a few other nights like it — that could have gone wrong. I’ve always been a risk-taker, but, knock on wood, all the risks I took when I maybe should have heeded some “stranger danger” have turned out safe. But I know not every guy or girl is so lucky and this is how date rape and other acts of violence happens.
Could smartphones help keep people safe on dates, at parties and during risk-taking adventures? An app from the
YMCA YWCA in Canada called “Siren Safety” thinks it just might. Keep reading »
Like many women before her, Maria Shriver is doing the rounds as the disgraced political spouse. She’s on the cover of People magazine — “Maria’s Broken Heart!” trills the cover line — and she’s a guest on one of Oprah’s very last shows. (In fact, on Tuesday night when the identity of Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s mistress and his love child were revealed, Shriver was spotted out on the town with Oprah at dinner.) I would bet money on it that Shriver eventually writes a memoir about this time of her life, like Elizabeth Edwards and Jenny Sanford before her.
Let me be clear: I don’t mean to make light of any heartbreak Maria Shriver and the Schwarzenegger children — they’ve got four, ages 13 to 21 — are most assuredly feeling or of the humiliation of their dirty laundry being aired in the public eye. No one deserves this and I hope they are all as tough as elephant hides as they deal with it.
And yet … I have a hard time feeling sorry for Maria Shriver. Rumors of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s infidelity and sexual harassment have been going on for years. Arnold’s wandering penis (and hands) pre-dates his governorship of California, a role that staunch Democrat and Kennedy scion Maria Shriver helped him win. So, while this situation undeniably sucks, I’m not boo-hoo-hooing for her. Keep reading »
After being accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York City this weekend, Dominique Strass-Kahn, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, resigned from his position on Wednesday. Strauss-Kahn was charged with attempted rape, forcible touching, sexual abuse, and unlawful imprisonment, among other charges. He was denied the $1 million bail posted by his wife on Monday and is currently imprisoned at NYC’s Rikers Island. The formal letter of resignation he submitted last night denied all the charges against him:
“To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me. I want to protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion, and especially—especially—I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence.
According to The New York Times, the frontrunner to replace Strauss-Kahn at the IMF is a woman: Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister. If Lagarde were to be appointed, she would be the first-ever woman to hold the top position. Keep reading »
This weekend, police apprehended International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on an airplane moments before takeoff over accusations that he sexually assaulted a New York City hotel maid earlier that day. Strauss-Kahn, a French politician, is now the center of what the London Guardian is calling “France’s Monica Lewinsky moment” — as well as the same-old, same-old s**tshow that happens anytime a powerful and famous man is accused of sexual assault or rape.
Let’s familiarize ourselves with what’s going on, shall we? Keep reading »
In a piece she penned for the latest issue of New York magazine, Roseanne Barr discusses her experience as a feminist pioneer in media. Throughout the piece she shares anecdotes about struggling to make it in a male-dominated industry. Of the most interest to me were her anecdotes about the females she encountered along the way. She writes about women that screwed her over and disrespected her and others that supported her and stuck up for her. One description of a non-supportive female colleague stuck out:
“This producer was a woman, a type I became acquainted with at the beginning of my stand-up career in Denver. I cared little for them: blondes in high heels who were so anxious to reach the professional level of the men they worshipped, fawned over, served, built up, and flattered that they would stab other women in the back. They are the ultimate weapon used by men against actual feminists who try to work in media, and they are never friends to other women, you can trust me on that.”
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About 1 and 1/2 miles NNE of Independence Pass Summit, go 2-3 miles north to the lake
My 4X5 90mm lens wouldn't go wide enough, so I used my F3 and 24mm lens to get it all. An 18mm rectalinear would of been better. I bracketed alot of shots, so not sure of the exposure.
Looking west toward the Continental Divide are several 13,000ft. unnamed peaks that are actually on the divide. Part of Lake Creek Drainage. Taken in late June when there are still snowfields at the 12,000ft.level. This lake is at 12,000ish.

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- 12.5km (not included side trips to Mt Burn and Clark Hut)
- Total Ascent
- Borland Saddle to Green Lake Hut, 4.5hr; Side trip to Mt Burn, 2hr return; Green Lake Hut to Clark Hut, 4hr; Clark Hut to Borland Rd, via Historic Clark Hut, 4hr
- Green Lake Hut, 12 bunks; Clark Hut, three bunks
- Borland Saddle, at Pt990 on Borland Road
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Green Lake Hut via tops, Fiordland National Park / moderate
After a night at Lake Monowai, my carload of trampers headed up the Borland Road, which was built as an access route for the transmission lines from the Manapouri power scheme. Although the lines are a hideous blot on the landscape, the silver lining is a road that saddles just below the bushline. A sign at Borland Saddle describes the biggest known landslip in the world, when 27 cubic kilometres fell off the side of the Hunter Mountains some 12,000 years ago, forming the lakes we were about to visit.
From the saddle, a good track leads to the bushline in 15 minutes. The views here are more than enough to justify the effort for anyone passing by without the inclination to walk further. Before long, Island Lake reveals itself, with the Merrie Range on the skyline beyond the Grebe Valley. The route, which is only lightly marked and eventually peters out, meanders past a few tarns which would provide acceptable campsites in reasonable weather. There’s a short steepish section and then we could see our advance guard, with two crossing the ridge towards Green Lake and the other four heading across a saddle towards Mt Burns. Dropping packs, we headed after the summit group, catching up with them not far below the summit, at a spot with a view down a series of lakes at the head of Pig Creek. The last couple of hundred metres along the ridge is a bit of a scramble.
Returning to our packs, we crossed the ridge to our first look at the full extent of Green Lake, some 600m below. We had a lengthy lunch break by the first tarn we came to. From here, two possible routes can be taken. One involves a descent south to the saddle on the track over from Lake Monowai; the other a knee-jarring plunge to flats near the lake. We chose the latter. The flats are deceptively slow travel, with deep watercourses hidden amongst the tussock, but eventually, the 12 bunk Green Lake Hut is reached. By the time our last two companions arrived via the Monowai Track, the hut was buzzing with conversation and culinary masterpieces.
Decisions had to be made about our route out. The Lake Monowai Track is largely through bush and not overly interesting. The direct route to Borland Road via Island Lake had more appeal to some, although made for a very short day. With one serious hut-bagger in the group, I knew the mention of two huts in the head of the Grebe, a side trip from Island Lake, would make his choice a foregone conclusion. And so four of us were away early, heading along the shore of Green Lake before climbing over the ridge separating it from Island Lake.
At Island Lake, we ditched most of our gear and headed west. Our route followed the outlet stream, losing 300m in the next couple of hours. As the track levelled out, we completely missed the track junction marked on the map, so continued on the left fork towards Clark Hut.
After an early lunch, we then visited Historic Clark Hut, half an hour or so away. The hut is of slab construction and was built by deer culler Archie Clark in the 1940s.
The serenity of the area was interrupted briefly by a low, fast pass by a couple of military jets (presumably Australian), which roared up the Grebe and over the low saddle towards Lake Monowai.
After battling our way across the flats to regain the track, we were faced with retracing our steps up the stream to Island Lake. Full packs on our backs once more, we found the route out to the road to be a pleasant meander, largely in bush with a couple of flats to break it up. One of the flats contained a lake we’d seen from near the saddle the day before. It shows definite signs of having been larger in the past, as there’s a clear tideline of trees about 100m up the surrounding slopes. The small Borland Bivouac – a bonus for our hut-bagger – marked the start of road walking, with a slog up the zigzag to Borland Saddle to end a great couple of days.


We all carry pistols, or at least we should be. And unless you’re in a bad movie or in a movie as the bad guy, you should be carrying in a holster. One of the great things of being in the firearms industry is that there are always new and innovative players, pushing the envelope for quality, customer service, and product.
A few months ago, I was connected with Werkz Holsters, a family-owned business located in Idaho. They make kydex holsters, and I needed a new kydex holster for better and more comfortable appendix carry. I recently began carrying appendix (AIWB) after becoming one of 10 or so people to have a Silver TruStandard challenge coin (two rounds on target from concealment, in under a second), and have come to enjoy the speed, comfort, and easy accessibility benefits it offers. I still carry at a more traditional 3:30/4:00 position from time to time, depending on clothing. So when I started talking to Shan, the owner of Werkz LLC, he offered me a few suggestions.
As I wrote in my article The Daily Arsenal of the Armed Citizen, I am a big advocate for carrying a backup magazine. Even though my every-day-carry (EDC) gun is a Glock 17 holding 17+1 rounds, I still carry a backup magazine everywhere I go! Among other things. Shan’s first suggestion was the Werkz Bisect AIWB holster– a complete carry solution for AIWB carry, with an integrated mag carrier. He also recommended their Minimalist holster for 3:30/4:00 carry, which could be used for AIWB if needed. And then he also sent me one of their minimalist mag carriers. Throughout the entire process, I was amazed at the personal customer service, and the almost-instant responses to my emails. I’m not the easiest person in the world to deal with, asking 3,000 questions for everything, but Shan answered all of my questions and offered solutions. Overall excellent customer service, and an easy to follow ordering process, with email updates as to the status of my order.
Bisect AIWB Holster
The Bisect holster is designed for inside-the-waistband appendix carry. The first thing you’ll notice is that it has an integral mag carrier, which is canted outward for easy access. It attaches to your belt with a pair of one-way clip-on loops, but newest version of the bisect uses injection-molded kydex tuckable belt clips. I never had an issue with the straps, but the new kydex tuckable clips are definitely a plus. The gun sits fairly low in the waistband, which is ideal for concealment, but still allows for a firm purchase on the grip. The holster itself is angled for comfort, so it wraps tight to my gut, and allows me to have an extra pizza every once in a while and not worry about comfort while carrying. Yes, a pizza, not a slice, an entire pizza. As long as you’re not trying to win a Jabba the Hut lookalike contest, appendix carry can be comfortable, and the Bisect’s angles make it one of the more comfortable AIWB holsters I’ve used.
Minimalist IWB Holster
The first thing I noticed about the Minimalist was just how well it lives up to it’s name. It covers the trigger guard- the first, and most important, requirement in a holster- and has the same one-way clip strap as the Bisect. And that’s it- it’s a small, thin, and simple holster. The Minimalist fits very well within the waistband, and has several adjustment holes to either raise or lower the holster in relation to the belt. I have used it for both 3:30/4:00 carry and appendix carry, and it just Werkz (pun unfortunately intended).
Both holsters came nicely packaged with a short description on holster care, use, the Werkz warranty, and some other information. Their stated lead time is two weeks, and two weeks later, my holsters arrived.
For the past few months, I have been carrying my Glock 17 in the Werkz Bisect holster. As the newest element of my EDC, I have put the Bisect through it’s paces- training, shooting competitively, and carrying it just about everywhere, every day. It’s Every Day Carry for a reason, right?
The Bisect both conceals well and is fast- the two critical elements for a conceal carry holster. Obviously you don’t want a bad guy to see your gun printing, but you need to be fast enough to utilize your window of opportunity effectively if the need arises. The canted backup magazine helps to balance out the weight and more evenly distribute the print of the gun. In a loose-ish t-shirt, the gun conceals well, although there is minimal printing in my case- carrying a Glock 17 does come with drawbacks. I wear a vest, light jacket, or second shirt in a lot of cases, and then the gun becomes almost invisible.
Having a backup magazine integrated into my holster definitely simplified my daily arsenal. Instead of a holster and mag carrier, where I could afford to be lazy about carrying my extra mag, now I carry one everywhere my gun goes. And it’s fast- with the slight outward can’t, it almost looks like a competition setup- just for concealment. I went down to my local indoor shooting range’s weekly action shooting competition, and ran the courses from concealment. The Bisect performed flawlessly, and I placed first overall two out of three competitions. On the third competition, I missed a round and fumbled a reload, and still managed to get within 1% of the winner’s score. At first I was bummed about being first loser, but then I realized they were all running custom 2011s or 1911s with competition belts, holsters, and carriers. So shooting my EDC Glock 17 from concealment and winning two out of three… I’ll take it.
The Bisect is fast, concealable, and extremely well-suited to everyday conceal carry. Even for close retention shooting, the holster draws easily and gets to the shooting position fast.
My only complaint is that sometimes, the holster was a little bit on the wide side- but then again, I have to remember carrying a full-size pistol and backup magazine does have drawbacks. The option for adjustable retention would have been a plus, although the factory retention was about right. I like holsters with a little less retention than normal. Not a deal breaker by any means, but the option would have been nice. Lastly, I would have liked to raise the gun higher, which provides less concealment but more speed. None of these factors stopped me from having an overall excellent experience with the Bisect holster, they were just my personal wants.
It seemed as if Shan over at Werkz was reading my mind. This past week, Shan contacted me about the new Bisect V2. Not only is it slimmer, it has the injection-molded belt clips I keep waxing poetic about, which can be raised or lowered depending on ride height preference. Finally, in what may be the coolest improvement, the mag carrier’s ride height can be adjusted independently of the main holster. Needless to say, my Bisect V2 is on order, and I will post a followup article when it arrives. Just another reason I love working with small and innovative companies- fast improvements lead to better products, all of which make the industry more competitive and better as a general whole.
"…I love working with small and innovative companies- fast improvements lead to better products…"
While the Bisect was the main holster I used, the Minimalist didn’t disappoint either. A very utilitarian holster, it was impressively thin. But even as a minimal holster, it met all of my requirements- protected the trigger guard, provided some form of retention, and allowed me to carry the gun comfortably. The belt strap that it came with worked excellently, but the newest version of the Minimalist has the improved injection-molded tuckable belt clips. Another win. The Minimalist conceals excellently, as well. Kind of hard to elaborate on a holster named the "Minimalist" that works well and lives up to it’s name. If you’re looking for a do-everything holster with an extremely small footprint, this one fits the bill.
Werkz makes some excellent holsters, and I have been nothing but happy with my experience with them. I’m looking forward to seeing what this small, innovative, and family-owned business produces over the next few years. You can find their holsters in stores, or at www.werkz.com.
All in all, the one thing that stood out most to me was in the "About Us" section of the packaging insert:
"The Werkz logo is a stylized image of dove wings, expressing the desire for peace, but the understanding that we live in a fallen world. We believe Jesus condoned self-defense by stating, 'he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one' (Luke 22:36). It is the right and responsibility of individuals to be armed to protect themselves, their families, and their communities."
And I couldn’t agree more.
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Do you dread opening your pantry? If you find yourself overwhelmed when rummaging through an overpacked cupboard and realizing you have entirely full cabinets but nothing to eat, you might need a pantry makeover.
A well-stocked pantry should work with you, not against you – having a supply of the right pantry staples on hand makes cooking at home simpler and, dare we say it, more fun. Not only does having a store of the staples make preparing foods easier, but it also provides peace of mind to know you have plenty to pair with your weekly shop or can pull together quick last-minute pantry meals if you’re getting low on more perishable foods between grocery trips.
Stocking a pantry with cooking and baking basics doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, it can be incredibly simple to build a cache of pantry staples over time, and to keep foods and products you use often on hand. Below are a few tips for keeping your cabinets organized week-after-week and a table of shelf-stable food items to get you started:
- Start small and expand. Building a well-stocked pantry doesn’t have to happen all at once. Buy a few shelf-stable basics per week and store up your staples over time.
- Stay organized. Nothing is worse than opening a disorganized pantry and not being able to find what you need. Instill some general pantry rules like all canned goods in one area and all baking products on a bottom shelf and take a few minutes each week to organize before shopping to keep things tidy.
- Do regular pantry audits. While many dried foods like beans, grains, and flours can last months or even years, most pantry staples will expire eventually. Once every month review expiration dates, and ideally make plans to use anything that’s going to bad soon to try and avoid having to throw out questionable items to keep your food hoard fresh. Also note items that are running low and add them to your next grocery list.
- Practice first in, first out. Meaning when you have duplicates or similar items, use up the one that you purchased first before opening the newer product.
- Get creative. Once you’ve mastered having basic pantry staples on hand, get creative to add more flavor (and fun) to your meals. Try adding fermented foods like kimchi, interesting sauces like spicy harissa, and dried flavorings like nori or dukkah for culinary creativity.
|GRAINS AND STARCHES
|Whole wheat pasta
|CONDIMENTS, SAUCES, AND PRESERVES
|CANNED OTHER SHELF STABLE FOODS
Canned fruit (in natural juice)
Canned pastes (tomato, etc.)
|Tuna or other fish
|NUTS, SEEDS, AND SNACKS
|OILS, VINEGARS, AND LIQUIDS
|Neutral cooking oil
Specialty oils (sesame, etc.)
|HERBS AND SPICES
Flaky sea salt
Whole wheat flour
Active dry yeast
Looking for pantry meal recipe ideas? Check out Bon Appetit Magazine’s recipe ideas using pantry staples for when you feel like there’s nothing fresh in the refrigerator (that’s when pantry staples shine!).

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New Jet Fighter: Risks Are High
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Special to The New York Times
Published: December 27, 1989
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22— The two teams of military contractors competing for a contract to build a new generation of jet fighters are finding their gamble is even bigger than anticipated.
For the two teams - one led by the Northrop Corporation, the other by the Lockheed Corporation - the program represents an opportunity to capture what is expected to be one of the few big weapons contracts of the 1990's. But it has also become perhaps the most visible example of how stricter procurement rules imposed by the Pentagon earlier in the decade have staggered arms makers, even before they confront the deep military budget cuts being contemplated in Washington. It also illustrates how the industry's willingness to take big risks to land new business may not pay off, even for the winner.
Indeed, both the industry and the Pentagon seem to have learned a lesson from programs like the Advanced Tactical Fighter, as the proposed plane is called. The industry is taking a harder line about the terms it will accept on any new project. And the Government appears to have concluded, even as it tries to tighten its belt, that in some cases it has pushed contractors too far. Policy of Sharing Costs
The Advanced Tactical Fighter is being designed to replace the F-15 as the plane that controls the skies over a battlefield, allowing attack planes and bombers to strike enemy forces. It is being built under a policy that the Pentagon calls cost-sharing. The Government agreed three years ago to pay each team $691 million to design and build two prototypes, knowing that each team would have to spend far more than that to meet the Air Force's performance standards.
In fact, each team has spent almost as much of its own money as the Air Force's - more than $600 million each - making this the largest cost-sharing arrangement ever, analysts said. Northrop's partner is the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Lockheed is teamed with the Boeing Company and the General Dynamics Corporation. Northrop and McDonnell have each put up about $300 million, and Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics have invested $200 million or so apiece.
A showdown between the two teams will take place sometime next year in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base in the California desert. The rival prototypes will engage in a ''flyoff,'' with the winning design destined to become one of the nation's standard combat aircraft well into the 21st century.
When the flyoff is complete and a selection is made in mid-1991, the losing team's $600 million - roughly the equivalent of Lockheed's $624 million in net earnings for all of last year -will have essentially gone down the drain. The winner will presumably have a chance to recoup its investment in the more profitable full-scale development and production phases of the contract, which could extend for a decade or more.
But with improved relations with the Soviet Union and pressure in Congress to cut military spending, even the winner risks emerging with a limited profit if the program is slowed down or scaled back, or as an outright loser if it is canceled altogether. The Air Force wants to build 750 of the fighters at an estimated cost of $45 billion, or an average of $60 million per plane.
The project has already hurt earnings at all of the competing companies for three years as they write off the money they poured into designing and building the prototypes. The expenditures have raised the companies' debt levels, helped depress their stock prices and diverted money and engineering talent from research and development and from other programs. The companies are now grappling with the effects of a $200 million cut in the program's budget for this year and a subsequent decision by the Air Force to try to save money in the current fiscal year by extending the prototype phase by six months. 'Money Out of the Industry's Hide'
''This is one example of how the Government and the Defense Department have more or less taken money out of the industry's hide in order to keep a program going despite cuts to the defense budget,'' said Paul H. Nisbet, an analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities. ''It may keep the program alive for the Government, but the ability of the industry to compete is impeded by this kind of contract.''
The contractors were all aware of the program's terms going into the competition, and chose to participate anyway, although they spread the financial risks by forming teams. Only now, after several years of absorbing the harsh lessons of the strict contracting terms imposed by the Pentagon on a host of other programs, are executives of some of the contractors beginning to wonder whether the gamble was worth it.
As a result, the industry is taking a harder line with the Pentagon about what terms it will accept on new projects. Rather than pay any price to win business that might keep production lines and laboratories humming, as they have for the last few years, weapons makers are increasingly bidding only if the economics make sense.
Over the last year or two, several of the largest contractors, including Northrop and Lockheed, have stopped bidding for programs that pay a fixed price for the development of new weapons systems. The companies say those contracts have often led to huge losses when unexpected technical problems and delays have produced higher-than-planned costs. Indeed, virtually every large company has suffered a loss on a fixed-price development contract in the last several years. The industry prefers contracts that pay a fee or a certain percentage above the cost of a program. Demands for Reimbursement

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Tuesday afternoon's public hearing to flatten Hyannis's water rates.
Five people spoke, three representing organizations and two from the general public.
The change in water usage rates is prescribed by state law, which does not allow municipalities to charge decreased rates for higher water usage, as was the practice for the privately-owned Barnstable Water Company. By flattening the rates, the town would be in compliance.
The water division will pick up about $50,000 in new revenues if the rate change is approved.
Making that decision will be Town Manager John Klimm, who took the matter under advisement after the hearing.
The change proposed this week is the first step in establishing an entirely new rate structure for the division. A hydraulic modeling of the Hyannis water system is under way, as is a framework for various rate scenarios, both of which will be used to develop a new rate schedule.
It was just that potential that the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce would not like to see. Executive director Monica Parker said that the chamber understood the need to flatten the rates, but expressed hope that a flat rate would remain.
"We would expect that the water board keep these rates level and not move to an escalating scale," Parker said at the hearing. She added that such a rate structure "may disproportionately and negatively impact commercial users."
Hyannis resident John Julius asked the board if it had read the March 2004 capital needs report on the water company. Water Board Chairman Deb Krau said that the board had.
The line of questioning was cut short by water board member Peter Cross, who asked the relevance of Julius's questions, as they did not specifically address the rates up for the hearing. Cross said that Julius's questions were more appropriate for one of the water board's regular meetings. Julius, who was the lead plaintiff in a 10-taxpayer action against the purchase of the water company, did not argue the point much and left the podium, then the hearing.
Klimm had to similarly rein in Hyannis Business Improvement District Executive Director Cynthia Cole. Cole thanked the water board for reaching out to the business community in advance of the hearing, but then raised previously stated concerns about the composition of the water board, which does not allow Hyannis business owners living outside the village to serve. Klimm said that was a discussion for another time, but also indicated that Cole might be surprised at the level of support to be found for that idea.
The water board sent letters to all water users expected to see at least a $50 increase as a result of the rate change, advising them of the reason for the change and the hearing date.
The hearing was held also to address the one-time fees for new water connections paid by individual users, some of which would increase substantially under the proposed rates.
Connection fees for new one-inch meters would increase from $375 to $2,000, which is more typical, even low, for public water systems. The system development charge (SDC), which does not cover the cost of installation, would be put toward future capital and expansion projects for the system. There is no such capital reserve for the division at this point. The SDCs ranged from $2,000 up to $20,000 for an 8-inch connection. New tapping fees for subdivisions were also included.
Developer Jacques Morin spoke to these new fees, noting the steep increase. He made application for his Hyannis affordable housing developments last week, thereby avoiding any of the new rates.
A decision on the rates is expected shortly.


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Auditions for Twelfth Night
The Chameleon Theatre Circle and Green T Productions announce auditions for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Avian Jangula and Kathy Welch.
Auditions will take place on Sunday, December 8, at 12189 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337 from 7 to 10 p.m. and on Monday, December 9, at 528 Hennepin Avenue, Studio 600, Minneapolis, MN 55403, 6 to 10 p.m. Please bring résumé and headshot if possible. Possible callbacks on Tuesday, December 10, at 7 p.m. at the Minneapolis location.
Please schedule an audition time by emailing email@example.com with the date and time you prefer. Unscheduled auditioners will be seen if time permits.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is re-imagined using the style of the Japanese Kabuki tradition. Viola and Sebastian are twin sister and brother separated in a shipwreck. Washed ashore in the land of Illyria, Viola assumes the role of a young man, Cesario, and goes to work for the Duke Orsino. He is madly in love with the Countess Olivia, who is mourning the loss of her brother and refuses to marry, until she meets Cesario. Trouble occurs, hilarity ensues.
Kabuki is a traditional theatre form from Japan that utilizes stylized vocal technique and dance-like movement. Actors will be in full-face makeup for performances. No previous kabuki experience required.
Viola - A young woman of aristocratic birth. Washed up on the shore of Illyria when her ship is wrecked in a storm, she disguises herself as a young man, calling herself “Cesario”, and becomes a page to Duke Orsino.
Sebastian - Viola’s twin brother. When he arrives in Illyria, he discovers that many people think that they know him, and he is not one to back down from trouble.
Orsino - A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria. Orsino is lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia, but becomes more and more fond of his handsome new page boy, Cesario/Viola.
Olivia - A wealthy, beautiful, and noble Illyrian lady courted by Orsino and Sir Andrew, she is in mourning for her brother, who has recently died, and will not marry for seven years.
Malvolio - The straitlaced head servant in the household of Lady Olivia. He is very efficient but also very self-righteous, and he reveals a powerful ambition to rise above his social class.
Sir Andrew Aguecheek - A friend of Sir Toby’s, he attempts to court Olivia. He thinks that he is witty, brave, and good at languages and dancing, but he is actually an idiot.
Sir Toby Belch - Olivia’s uncle. He lives with Olivia, but she does not approve of his rowdy behavior, practical jokes, heavy drinking, late-night carousing, or friends.
Maria - Olivia’s clever, daring lady-in-waiting. She harbors aspirations of rising in the world through marriage.
Feste - The clown of Olivia’s household, he earns his living by making pointed jokes, singing old songs, being generally witty, and offering good advice cloaked under a layer of foolishness.
Antonio - A former soldier who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck. He has fallen in love with Sebastian, caring for him, accompanying him to Illyria, and furnishing him with money.
Sides from the script will be provided for actors at auditions. Actors will also be taught a short kabuki-style movement piece.
All roles are open to actors of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, ages, and genders. No previous kabuki experience required.
All roles are available. $200 stipend paid.
Weekly kabuki workshops will begin Tuesday, January 14, 2014, and will run each Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the new Green T studio (Ashton Building, Suite 204, 1549 University Avenue, St. Paul). Rehearsals will begin Sunday, March 23, 2014. Some rehearsals will take place at the new Green T studio and some will take place at the Chameleon space (12189 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337), exact location schedule TBD.
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule:
Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m.
Mondays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Tuesdays from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Thursdays from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Possible rehearsals Memorial Day Weekend if needed.
Performances will run May 30 to June 14, 2014. All performances will take place at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.
Questions? Contact Avian Jangula at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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GiVING Hospitality Through Generosity￼
Generosity is a virtue of freely giving gifts to others or to something other than ourselves. It’s GiVING of gifts. Sometimes it could be tangible gifts.
Other times it’s intangibles such as giving someone a bit of our time, whether we’re listening to them, helping them through something, or even helping them with a project.
When we’re truly coming from a place of generosity, we do it because we want to, not because we have to. Generosity comes from a place of kindness. Kindness is simply doing something for someone or something, without any expectation of anything in return.
Consider how generosity makes us feel
When we’re on the receiving end of generosity, we feel a sense of gratitude.
Research shows: Gratitude, being thankful and appreciating what we’ve been given and what we have – whether it’s money, friendships, relationships, or help in some way from someone else– makes us happier, healthier, and creates stronger bonds with people.
Science and research prove how GiVING and receiving generosity from others makes a positive impact in all of our lives.
- Generosity makes us happier! In a Harvard Business School study, Professor Michael Norton and his colleagues found that giving money away to others lifted participants’ levels of happiness more so than other participants who spent money on themselves. These good feelings are reflected in our biology. In a 2006 study, Jorge Moll and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health found that when people give to charities, it activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, creating a “warm glow” effect.
Science proves that being generous creates the same “happiness chemicals” inside our brains as eating our favorite desserts or experiencing our favorite pastime!
- Generosity makes us healthier! Research also reveals that different forms of generosity – giving our time, talent, money, hearts, or resources – are linked to better health, even among people who are sick or elderly. A spirit of generosity, giving of ourselves to others, is proven to make us healthier, causing us to live longer, because generosity reduces stress, which is associated to a variety of health problems.
For example, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and University of Tennessee found that people who provide social support to others had lower blood pressure than those who did not. Professor Stephen post, a professor of preventive medicine at Stony Brook University, found that giving to others has shown to increase health in people with chronic disease, including multiple sclerosis.
- Giving creates strong bonds and social connections among any group of people. Studies show that when we give of ourselves, people are likely to give back, returning the favor. This is not to point out that “getting back” is a reason to give; instead, it’s just to highlight the reality and positive impact a spirit of generosity makes. Giving promotes a sense of trust between people, and over time these consistent positive social interactions lead to strong and healthy mental and physical health.
“Being kind and generous leads you to perceive others more positively and more charitably,” writes Lyubomirsky in her book The How of Happiness, and this “fosters a heightened sense of interdependence and cooperation in your social community.”
- Generosity evokes feelings of gratitude. Whether you’re on the giving or receiving end of a gift, that gift can elicit feelings of gratitude—it can be a way of expressing gratitude or instilling gratitude in the recipient.
Research has found that gratitude is integral to happiness, health, and social bonds. Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough, co-directors of the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness, found that teaching college students to “count their blessings” and cultivate gratitude caused them to exercise more, be more optimistic, and feel better about their lives overall.
- When we give, we don’t only help the immediate recipient of our gift. We also spur a ripple effect of generosity through our community. A study by James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego, and Nicholas Christakis of Harvard, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, shows that when one person behaves generously, it inspires observers to behave generously later, toward different people. In fact, the researchers found that altruism could spread by three degrees—from person to person to person to person.
“As a result,” they write, “each person in a network can influence dozens or even hundreds of people, some of whom he or she does not know and has not met.” Giving has also been linked to the release of oxytocin, a hormone that induces feelings of warmth, euphoria, and connection to others.
Your GiVE Culture Challenge for the week:
Make a list of some ways you’ll be generous with your time, talent, and your heart to your friends, family, teachers, coaches, coworkers, or people in your community.
- How will you GiVE Your Time?
- How will you GiVE Your Talent?
- How will you GiVE Your Heart?
We’d love to hear your stories of how your friends, coworkers, students, or family members have shown you hospitality; or how you’ve taken it up on yourself to GiVE hospitality to others.
Share it in the Lead with Hospitality Facebook group here.
Have a great day, and never stop GiVING the best of yourself and looking for the best in others.