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IP Law Daily Claims of three GUI patents for electronic trading were patent-ineligible
Claims of three GUI patents for electronic trading were patent-ineligible
By Robert B. Barnett Jr., J.D.
Following Covered Business Method (CBM) review, the PTAB has properly held that three patents held by Trading Technologies for a graphical user interface for electronic trading were patent-ineligible because they merely recited abstract ideas.
The Federal Circuit has upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board's ruling that three patents by Trading Technologies International involving a graphical user interface for electronic trading are ineligible for patent protection because they merely recite abstract ideas, do not improve the functioning of a computer, and merely process information more quickly. Receiving market information is routine data gathering, the court said, and displaying that information is a routine, conventional activity that does not add something significant to an abstract idea (Trading Technologies International, Inc. v IBG LLC, Interactive Brokers, LLC, April 18, 2019, Moore, K.).
Trading Technologies (TT) owned three patents relating to a graphical user interface (GUI) for electronic trading. Two of them are for a user interface that allows a trader to view trends in the orders for an item, and it provides trading information in a purportedly easy-to-see format. The third patent is for a trading method that ensures fast and accurate execution of trades by displaying market depth on a vertical or horizontal plane, which fluctuates as market prices fluctuate. Two entities, IBG LLC and Interactive Brokers LLC, filed a petition challenging the patents under the Transitional Program for Covered Business Method (CBM) Patents. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that all three patents were ineligible under 35 U.S.C. §101. TT appealed that decision to the Federal Circuit.
CRM eligibility. The Federal Circuit first looked at the question of whether the patents qualified for review as CBM patents. A CBM patent is one that claims a method for performing data processing or similar operations involving financial products or services. The term specifically does not include patents for technological inventions. A "technological invention" is one that provides a feature that is novel and unobvious over what currently exists. TT argued that the CBM review should not have occurred because its patents were for technological inventions. The Federal Circuit agreed with the Appeal Board that CBM review was appropriate. The Federal Circuit found no technological invention in this software method for trading. The patented methods did not solve a technical problem using a technical solution. The problems that TT identified were related to speed, efficiency, and usability for the two patents, and intuitiveness, visualization, and efficiency for the third one. These problems, however, the court said, involve the practice of a financial product rather than a technological invention. They simply display information to allow a trader to process information more quickly. Yes, the court said, the user interface made the trades faster and more efficient, but it never provided a technical solution to a technical problem. Review of the patents under CBM, therefore, was appropriate.
Patent eligibility. The Federal Circuit applied the Supreme Court's two-step analysis for distinguishing patents that claim abstract ideas from those that claim patent-eligible applications of those ideas (Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 573 U.S. 208 (2014)). The first step is determining whether the claims are to a patent-ineligible concept. If so, the second step is determining whether the concepts offered transform the nature of the claim into a patent-eligible application. The Federal Circuit agreed with the Appeal Board that the first patent claim was directed to the abstract idea of graphing bids and offers to help a trade make an order. Collecting information without changing the character of that information is an abstract idea. Furthermore, the court said, the fact that it is a computer-based method does not change the abstract nature. The patented method does not improve computer functionality, make it operate more efficiently, or solve any technical problem. Instead, it merely arranges generic information to allow traders to act more quickly. Thus, it was patent-ineligible. Moving to step two, the Federal Circuit looked more closely at whether the method identified an inventive concept. The Federal Circuit once again agreed with the Board that no such inventive concept existed. Receiving market information and displaying it was a conventional activity, well understood in the industry. As for the second patent, the Federal Circuit reached the same conclusion for the same reasons. Improvements over prior GUI tools was not an improvement to computer functionality, as TT had alleged. While the third patent might have been different from the other two, in the sense that it displays information along an axis, TT's arguments were the same. Once again, the Federal Circuit rejected TT's argument that improvements over prior interfaces improved the functioning of a computer. No inventive concept existed, the court concluded. As a result, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's decision finding that the three patents were not eligible for patent protection.
This case is No. 2017-2257.
Attorneys: Leif R. Sigmond, Jr. (Baker & Hostetler LLP) for Trading Technologies International, Inc. Robert Evan Sokohl (Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC) for IBG LLC and Interactive Brokers, LLC.
Companies: Trading Technologies International, Inc.; IBG LLC; Interactive Brokers, LLC
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Source of Book: Advance review copy from the publisher. Quotes should be checked against the final printed book.


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	处理偏氯乙烯皂化废水的方法. 授权号: ZL200610053041.2. 授权日期: 2009.7.1.
	一种脱硫石膏自流平材料及其制备方法. 授权号: ZL 200710069007.9, 授权日期: 2010.12.1.
	在常压KCl溶液中将脱硫石膏转化为a-半水石膏的方法. 授权号: ZL 200810121470.8, 授权日期: 2011.4.27.
	一种将剩余活性污泥制备成吸附剂的化学改性方法. 授权号: ZL200910096906.7, 授权日期: 2010.12.1.
	抑制双碱法烟气脱硫浆液中有效脱硫组分催化氧化的方法. 授权号: ZL200910098248.5, 授权日期: 20110601.
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1 A:Do you have any plans for tomorrow?
B:No, nothing special. How about you?
A:Me, neither. Let's do something together.
B:OK, shall we go and see a movie?
2 A:Wow! Look at all these chocolates! They look really nice.
B:Of course. I made them for you.
3 A:Here are the mystery books I told you about the other day.
B:Great. I'm glad you're another mystery fan.
A:So which one do you want to read?
B:I'd like to borrow all of them, but I'll borrow this one.
A:I'm sad to see you go, Ali. I'm going to miss you.
B:Me, too. I'll email you when I get home. Let's keep in touch.
B:Please do! I can show you around.
! Can I visit you next time?
" Can I come here some time?
# I can go home in an hour.
$ I'll receive a letter from you soon.
A:What's the purpose of your visit?
A:How long are you going to stay?
A:Excuse me. I'm looking for a sweater for my dad.
A:Let me see. The blue one looks nice.
! How long is it?
" How much is it?
# How many colors do you have?
$ How much money do you have?
A:Would you like another drink?
B:Yes, please. Could I have the menu?
A:Do you have any white paint?
B:No, but I have some light blue paint. Would that do?
A:Oh, yes, thank you. The paint's peeling off the walls in my bathroom.
! I don't have any paint.
" I don't like blue.
# Do you need some help?
$ May I ask you a favor?
1 Noriko is very good at playing the piano and has received many prizes in piano contests.
People say she is a genius, but in fact she has to work hard to improve her performance.
2 Welcome to White Stone National Park.
community in Northern Territory in Australia, and spent all her life there.
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3 Judo is one of Japan's traditional sports, and it is now popular in many countries.
words are used in the sport.
Overall, "Speed and convenience" scored the lowest percentage in all age groups.
of the respondents from 30―59 age group thought"Gaining nutrition" was the most important.
However, only 10% of the youngest age group chose"Gaining nutrition" as most important.
This big difference may be because the older generation are more interested in health.
thinking about eating varied across the age groups.
" "Speed and convenience" scored over 10% in the 30―59 age group.
# "Eating tasty food" scored the highest percentage in the 30―59 age group.
$ "Satisfying hunger" scored the lowest percentage in the 60+ age group.
! the highest scoring factor was the same in all age groups.
" the lowest scoring factor in all age groups was "Speed and convenience".
# there was no big difference in the overall results among all age groups.
$ respondents aged 60 and over may not be interested in health at all.
! women of the three age groups had different ideas related to eating.
" "Gaining nutrition" was not considered to be important by women in any age group.
# there were no differences in opinion about eating across the age groups.
After that, Masato came to believe in Santa even more.
Masato was shocked and said,"Really?
as he remembers what his father said to him.
! he wanted to have a nice present for Christmas.
" he was scared of Santa.
# Santa told him to do so.
$ Santa would reward his parents.
! his father picked it up.
" his father took it to the police box.
# he gave it back to Santa.
$ he followed his father's advice.
! he got very angry.
" he was very surprised.
# his father showed Masato his wallet.
$ his father gave him a present.
! Masato's father asked Santa to give his son a Christmas present.
" Until the age of ten, Masato thought Santa existed in everyone's heart.
# Masato's father used the story of Santa to make Masato a better person.
! Masato waits for Santa to come every year, working at a hospital.
" Masato still remembers his father's advice to try and make people happy.
# Masato learned the truth about Santa at university.


A new strain of drinking tea that has made its way to Honolulu, and it doesn't include old English ladies chatting over porcelain cups and wearing fancy feathered hats. The Tea Farm Café offers a modern yet classy approach to tea for enthusiasts and newbies.
Just minutes from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, this new tea joint has a little bit of that intellectual college study vibe but welcomes anyone from the scholarly kid who's nose-deep in a textbook to the gossiping middle-aged ladies to myself, my sister and my mother having our weekly catch-up sesh. The comfy microfiber couches and the homey living room décor create a subtle nonchalance in the air while "I LOVE TEA" stenciled onto the plain eggshell-colored walls remind customers why they came.
More than 20 different types of tea from Japan, India, South Africa and beyond decorate the shelves, each in its most raw form (as leaves) and stored in sleek jars for your optical pleasure. This shouldn't be confused with Hawaii ti though. At the café, hints of sweet tea fragrances escape every time someone opens a jar – hazelnut, earl grey and lavender among the scented marriage. Each tea's labeled with a detailed description of its flavor and its purposes, educating those unfamiliar with teas. For instance, chamomile tea helps a person to sleep easier while shui xian promotes weight loss.
I have a thing for peach teas, so we tried the peach black tea. It had a nice hint of fruit that counterbalanced the bold undertones resulting in a sweet sip that didn't overwhelm the taste buds. Instead of fancy hand-painted cups, we drank out of clear glass bubble-like cups that were more cute than conventional. The bubble cups were a bit small for me as one cup only equaled a few sips. Inside was also a little quieter than I expected. I felt like we were mostly whispering the entire time, afraid to disturb our nearby neighbors (the aforementioned studious students).
The baked goods – coffee cake, muffins and cookies, just to name a few – seemed like they came right out of Grandma's oven with an added elegance when served to us on a glass dish. Also on the menu were sandwiches, wraps, soups and light breakfast items.
The Tea Farm Café has created a pivotal point in tea history – where classy gets made over, another art form modernized. They offer free wi-fi and validated parking, and best of all, the opportunity to travel the world one tea cup at a time.
: To make it easier for readers, we will start putting pertinent information mentioned in each blog post at the end. So be sure to scroll down!


As head contractor on a project it is vital to understand legal liabilities and requirements, including electrical safety. The requirement for compliant equipotential bonding became mandatory in the 2018 update to Australian Standard AS/NZS3000 (Wiring Rules). Under the revised rules, it is essential that an accessible bonding connection point is installed in a swimming pool or spa zone. This provides connection between reinforcing steel in the structure/shell, as well as other metal components in the 1.25 m 'touch zone' that are below ground and accessible.
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Differences between zampone and cotechino
By Alina December 16, 2022 Italin cuisine 0 Comments
They can not miss on holiday tableespecially at midnight of New Year's: I am cotechino e pig's trotter, the protagonists of the end of year dinners. But what are the differences between cotechino and zampone? Often accompanied by the classics lentilsbut also from mashed potatoes and in some cases from polenta, cotechino and zampone differ from each other for some features.
What are zampone and cotechino
The differences between cotechino and zampone
History of zampone and cotechino
How to bring zampone and cotechino to the table
These are two sausages from tradition of Italian delicatessen. Both cotechino and zampone are prepared with a pork mix. What's inside the trotter? In the case of the trotter, the ground grain is more rustic and contains fat parts and rind. The zampone casing, as its name suggests, is the front leg of the pig which is carefully emptied and cleaned so as to leave only the skin (rind) which thus becomes the casing of the sausage. The lower part of the zampone is made up of the actual paw, while the upper part is sewn to prevent the filling from coming out during cooking. For what concern cotechino instead, the stuffing it is also made up of fat parts and minced pork rind finer grained. Everything is then stuffed into casings which can be natural or artificial.
The differences between these two typical New Year's sausages are:
Consistency of the grain
Type of casing
Mix in spices with which the meat is seasoned
Dimensions and weight: the zampone is always bigger than the cotechino which can be stuffed into various sizes
Both zampone and cotechino can come from the industrial market or from that handcrafted. Both products are very good, but it is clearly the traditional preparation that makes the difference in the dish. Cotechino and zampone are two sausagesby some considered salami, which must be consumed after cooking in boiling water being careful not to cook them too long to prevent the meat from falling apart.
Despite the differences between these two products of Italian gastronomic culture, zampone and cotechino are both one of the culinary symbols of city of Modena. The story of zampone and cotechino finds its roots around the 1500 when the troops of Pope Julius II della Rovere try to settle the city of Mirandola which at the time was governed by John Pic. After days of resistance, the inhabitants of Mirandola are reduced to hunger, only a few pigs remain. The cooks of Pico della Mirandola they ingeniously tried to keep the pork meat inside its own legs so that it could be cooked and consumed a little at a time and thus avoid starving. That was the moment in which the first versions of cotechino and zampone were born, it is not known when it is true and when it is legendary, but it is certain that cotechino and zampone are among the cornerstones of Italian cuisine.
Zampone and cotechino recipes are not only made with lentils. In Modenese cuisine these two sausages are prepared throughout the cold season and the recipes are varied and all full of flavour. To amaze on New Year's Eve, but also for a winter lunch or dinner, try the recipe for Cotechino In Crust. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, this cotechino is wrapped in blanched cabbage leaves and raw ham. It all comes later wrapped with puff pastry, brushed with beaten egg and finally baked. You can serve this recipe with a classic lentil side dish or even with a winter salad. Before slicing the cotechino, let it cool for about ten minutes in order to obtain precise slices. Another perfect recipe to give flavor to the winter season is the cotechino with cabbagecertainly inspired by the traditional cassoeula, where the pork meets cabbageseasonal vegetables in winter.
But cotechino and zampone are not just simple second courses, as demonstrated by the recipe fettuccine with cotechino. An extraordinary pasta that has all the flavor of home and tradition. In this version there are also i artichokes, which give this first course a sweet scent that balances the pleasant and typical flavor of the cotechino. Between recipes with cotechino different from the usual there is also that of Cotechino In Galeraa preparation in which the cotechino is wrapped in a slice of beef and raw ham.
Zampone can also be used for different recipes, such as, for example zampone with porcini fondue. In this version the zampone is enhanced by the earthy flavor of the porcini which are a real delight in combination with pork. Finally, both zampone and cotechino can be one of the ingredients of a good mixed boiled meatthen served with Mostarda e green sauce.
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There is no dispute that income inequality has been on the rise in the United States for the past four decades. The share of total income earned by the top 1 percent of families was less than 10 percent in the late 1970s but now exceeds 20 percent as of the end of 2012. A large portion of this increase is due to an upsurge in the labor incomes earned by senior company executives and successful entrepreneurs. But is the rise in U.S. economic inequality purely a matter of rising labor compensation at the top, or did wealth inequality rise as well?
Before we answer that question (hint: the answer is a definitive yes, as we will demonstrate below) we need to define what we mean by wealth. Wealth is the stock of all the assets people own, including their homes, pension saving, and bank accounts, minus all debts. Unfortunately, there is much less data available on wealth in the United States than there is on income. Income tax data exists since 1913—the first year the country collected federal income tax—but there is no comparable tax on wealth to provide information on the distribution of assets.
In our new working paper, "Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data," we try to measure wealth in a new way. We use comprehensive data on capital income—such as dividends, interest, rents, and business profits—that is reported on individual income tax returns since 1913. We then capitalize this income so that it matches the amount of wealth recorded in the Federal Reserve's Flow of Funds, the national balance sheets that measure the aggregate wealth of U.S. families. In this way we obtain annual estimates of U.S. wealth inequality stretching back a century.
Wealth inequality, it turns out, has followed a spectacular U-shape evolution over the past 100 years. From the Great Depression in the 1930s through the late 1970s there was a substantial democratization of wealth. The trend then inverted, with the share of total household wealth owned by the top 0.1 percent increasing to 22 percent in 2012 from 7 percent in the late 1970s. (See Figure 1.) The top 0.1 percent includes 160,000 families with total net assets of more than $20 million in 2012.
Figure 1 shows that wealth inequality has exploded in the United States over the past four decades. The share of wealth held by the top 0.1 percent of families is now almost as high as in the late 1920s, when "The Great Gatsby" defined an era that rested on the inherited fortunes of the robber barons of the Gilded Age (Our data is based on tax data, meaning the unit of analysis is tax units. But tax units and families are similar enough that we refer to families throughout the text).
The growing indebtedness of most Americans is the main reason behind the erosion of the wealth share of the bottom 90 percent of families. Many middle class families own homes and have pensions, but too many of these families also have much higher mortgages to repay and much higher consumer credit and student loans to service than before. For a time, rising indebtedness was compensated by the increase in the market value of the assets of middle-class families. The average wealth of bottom 90 percent of families jumped during the stock-market bubble of the late 1990s and the housing bubble of the early 2000s. But it then collapsed during and after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. (See Figure 2.) Since then, there has been no recovery in the wealth of the middle class and the poor. The average wealth of the bottom 90 percent of families is equal to $80,000 in 2012—the same level as in 1986. In contrast, the average wealth for the top 1 percent more than tripled between 1980 and 2012.
Figure 2 – Average wealth of families in the bottom 90 percent and the top 1 percent of the wealth distribution, in constant 2010 U.S. dollars, 1946-2012.
How can we explain the growing disparity in American wealth? The answer is that the combination of higher income inequality alongside a growing disparity in the ability to save for most Americans is fuelling the explosion in wealth inequality. For the bottom 90 percent of families, real wage gains (after factoring in inflation) were very limited over the past three decades, but for the top 1 percent real wages grew fast. In addition, the saving rate of middle class and lower class families collapsed over the same period while it remained substantial at the top. Today, the top 1 percent families save about 35 percent of their income, while bottom 90 percent families save about zero.
If income inequality stays high and if the saving rate of the bottom 90 percent of families remains low then wealth disparity will keep increasing. Ten or twenty years from now, all the gains in wealth democratization achieved during the New Deal and the post-war decades could be lost. While the rich would be extremely rich, ordinary families would own next to nothing, with debts almost as high as their assets.
What should be done to avoid this dystopian future? We need policies that reduce the concentration of wealth, prevent the transformation of self-made wealth into inherited fortunes, and encourage savings among the middle class. First, current preferential tax rates on capital income compared to wage income are hard to defend in light of the rise of wealth inequality and the very high savings rate of the wealthy. Second, estate taxation is the most direct tool to prevent self-made fortunes from becoming inherited wealth—the least justifiable form of inequality in the American meritocratic ideal. Progressive estate and income taxation were the key tools that reduced the concentration of wealth after the Great Depression. The same proven tools are needed again today.
There are a number of specific policy reforms needed to rebuild middle class wealth. A combination of prudent financial regulation to rein in predatory lending, incentives to help people save—nudges have been shown to be very effective in the case of 401(k) pensions—and more generally steps to boost the wages of the bottom 90 percent of workers are needed so that ordinary families can afford to save.
Emmanuel Saez is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Equitable Growth at the University of California-Berkeley. Gabriel Zucman is an assistant professor of economics at the London School of Economics.This article is based on the working paper, 'Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data' , and first appeared at the Washington Centre for Equitable Growth.


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The Latest: Trump to campaign for Louisiana candidate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST): 10:50 a.m. President-elect Donald Trump is set to campaign for the Republican candidate for Senate in Louisiana ahead of that state's run-off election. Transition officials said Wednesday that ...
School employees get bonus for their hard work after flood
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — The Ascension Parish School Board has agreed to pay all the employees of the district about $500 this month, in addition to their regular pay, to recognize the challenges they've overcome since the flood this summer. ...
Shreveport kid wins $30K for school in cooking contest
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Shreveport seventh-grader has won $15,000 for himself and $30,000 for his school after being named one of five national winners in the 2016 Ben's Beginner Cooking Contest. Media outlets report that Caddo Middle Magnet School ...
Traffic stop results in shooting of suspect
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A traffic stop as part of a narcotics investigation has led to a suspect being shot by an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy. Louisiana State Police Troop A spokesman Trooper Bryan Lee confirms it ...
The Latest: 'You didn't have to do that to my baby'
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New budget hearings open, with $600M gap lingering this year
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Pin Oak gets $100M investment for petroleum storage terminal
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Public school report cards under renewed scrutiny by panel
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US Sen. Vitter bids farewell, says he was 'blessed' to serve
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter called his tenure in Congress "the greatest honor of my professional life," as he gave a farewell speech ahead of the end to his 12-year tenure in the Senate. The Republican ...
Initial unemployment claims in Louisiana drop
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Nov. 26 decreased from the previous week's total. The state labor department figures released Monday show the initial claims fell to 2,029 from the ...
Low early voting turnout for Louisiana's Saturday election
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Early voting was sluggish in advance of this weekend's runoff election, with fewer than 6 percent of Louisiana's 3 million registered voters casting ballots. About 171,000 voters went to the polls in advance, during the ...
Jury selection begins in high-profile Saints star's death
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One car rear-ends another on a Saturday night. People argue. It escalates. Ten or so gunshots later, one driver is dead and the other waits nervously to give his side of the story to police. Conflicts ...
St. Charles Parish to get loan to rehabilitate sewer system
HAHNVILLE, La. (AP) — Officials say St. Charles Parish is in line to receive a low-interest $8 million loan from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality that will be used starting next year to rehabilitate the parish's sewer system. The ...
Program to aid community college grads to attend Southern
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — High-achieving students at Louisiana's community colleges will be eligible for scholarships to move to Southern University's campuses in New Orleans and Baton Rouge for further coursework. The Pathway Scholarship transfer agreement was announced by Gov. ...
FEMA grants governor's request to extend claims deadline
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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton St. Patrick's Association Marshal, Dr. Caitlyn Shea Butler, and Brennan Award Winner Loraine Weimann will be marching in the 68th Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The Northampton St. Patrick's Association, which is known for its work in the community, supports Irish culture, grant scholarships, and hosts an annual toy drive during the holiday season.
The parade will be held on Sunday, March 17 at 11:30 a.m. and begins on Northampton Street and ends on High Street in Holyoke. It lasts about three hours.
Northampton St. Patrick's Association President Meggan Gilboy said the association has a lot of preparation to do before the parade.
"From now until the day of the parade we are going to be very busy," she said.
The association has more than 200 members and will have an awards reception dinner on Feb. 23 to honor this year's parade marshal and recipient of the Brennan Award. Butler and Weimann will receive sashes that are traditionally worn in the parade. The women, along with their families, have their own section in the parade march.
The Brennan Award is given to a member of the association who has contributed to the association throughout the years and deserves to be acknowledged for their hard work. The award is named for the late James Brennan, a founding member of the association and past marshal. The marshal is awarded to a member of Irish descent who has helped the association as well as other organizations and events in the community.
At the dinner, the marshall from the previous year will pass down a shillelagh to Butler. The shillelagh is engraved with the names of all of the previous marshals. Butler will march with it at the parade.
The Feb. 23 awards dinner will be held at the Northampton Elks. People are encouraged to purchase tickets to support the association. There will be a choice of traditional Irish foods such as corned beef or white fish.
The tickets are available through Patrick Diggins. Anyone interested in attending should contact Diggins at 413-531-3839 or send an email to Sean O'connor at seanpoc@comcast.net.
The group also hosts a St. Patrick's Day breakfast at Hotel Northampton on the Friday before the parade.
As part of a weekend-long celebration, the 43rd annual Holyoke St. Patrick's Road Race will take place on Saturday, March 16. It features a 2-mile walk as well as a 10k race for runners over and under the age of 18.


After laughing for a little while (ok, more than a little while), I came to the realization that not all is at it seems. Obviously, Carmatech is actually one of those Nigerian email scammers, albeit a very accomplished and skilful one.
In all seriousness, this is possibly the most laughable and sad proposition I've ever received. And I've received some truly eyebrow raising ones. Like the time that I was offered Mogwai tickets by a homeless person in Montreal on the condition that I do certain things for the gentleman (I'll keep it PG and leave it there). But wait, there are bonuses!
So yes, you can sell an unfinished product to someone once the Beta is over, at the time when others can purchase the finished product for the same amount that you purchased your version. If I ever see anyone with a SAR12 Beta testing shirt and or patch, I will point and laugh at you until you become uncomfortable enough to walk away or I get bored. I'm willing to bet the former will happen.
I suppose the sad thing is that I've already seen some parties stating that they've accepted Carmatech's offer. I think I'd rather wear my poo as a hat for a day.


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Dominique Reed Tallies 20 As Trojans Win Fourth Straight
Queens (5-6, 2-3 CC) 28 29 57
Mount Olive (5-7, 2-4 CC) 38 42 80
Pts: Antonio Stabler - 17
Reb: 2 Players (#15, #21) - 7
Ast: Antonio Stabler - 3
Pts: Dominique Reed - 20
Reb: Dory Hines - 7
Ast: Dory Hines - 5
Mount Olive freshman Dominique Reed scored a career-high 20 points and the Trojans opened the second half with a 16-0 run to pull away for an 80-57 Conference Carolinas men's basketball win over visiting Queens University (N.C.) Wednesday night in Kornegay Arena. The win is the Trojans' fourth in a row following a 1-7 start.
Mount Olive (5-7 Overall, 2-4 Conference Carolinas) trailed only briefly in the contest. The Trojans built a double-digit lead midway throw through the first half with a 12-0 run. Kendall Hargrove capped off the spurt when he rebounded his own missed free throw and dunked for a 27-12 cushion with 8:54 left before intermission.
(Click HERE for a clip of Hargrove's dunk off of his missed free throw and his dunk off of a steal late in the second half.)
The Trojans maintained its lead thanks to a smothering full-court pressure defense that forced 17 Royal turnovers in each half. Queens (5-6,2-3) averaged just 14.3 turnovers per contest over its first 10 games.
Mount Olive took a 38-28 lead into the locker room at halftime behind 13 points from Reed and a 17-for-19 effort from the free throw line. After the break, the Trojans turned up the pressure again. It took Queens 5:33 to break its scoring drought. In that time, the Royals turned the ball over 10 times and missed all three shots. Six different players contributed the 16 points for Mount Olive during the span.
Queens got no closer than 21 points the rest of the way.
Reed added six rebounds to his effort. Reed's previous scoring mark was eight points against Lees-McRae last Saturday. Reed was one of four Trojans in double-figures as Darrell Patterson delivered 15 points and six rebounds, Jordan McCain had 13 and Mahamed Ibrahim finished with 10.
Dory Hines and Ewon Wright had quiet nights scoring, but played a big part in the team's defense, combining for eight of the team's 21 steals.
Mount Olive begins a two-game road trip next Wednesday at Pfeiffer beginning at 7:30 p.m. After a trip to Erskine January 19, Mount Olive returns to Kornegay Arena to host Belmont Abbey January 24.


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Another way to motivate tenants to convert to online rent payment is by ensuring the process is explained. This is essential so tenants feel comfortable digitizing their payments.
Online rent payment increases accessibility which is an important factor to include when pitching this to your tenants. Your Property Apps platform offers immediate accessibility from various different devices, whether phone, tablet, desktop, or any other gadget.
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In a 30,000-square-foot facility in Carthage, Missouri, more than 40 engineers are building the future of the bedding industry. Leggett & Platt's IDEA Center, which stands for Innovation, Design, Engineering, and Acceleration, is a state-of-the-art complex with a research library, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, testing facility, and product showroom. Under one roof, our team collaborates to develop bedding and sleep products that keep our customers at the bleeding edge of innovation. It started in 1885 when J.P. Leggett patented the first spiral steel coil bedspring. More than 600 patents later, we are still working to bring the best ideas to the bedding industry.


Designed for you to use your computer comfortably. Designed to decorate your leisure areas.
You will find all the furniture we are creating for you just in tarongina. Visit us again soon because this is just the beginning!
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You will receive your purchased products through Correos or MRW courier company. When starting the purchase process you'll be informed about the delivery time for each product.
All the furniture is designed and manufactured in tarongina, with German and French materials, and Italian technology.


Jordan McGillis has been coaching CrossFit in the DC area since September of 2013. His two favorite movements both to coach and perform are the muscle up and the burpee–a movement with which he has a peculiar fixation. The two highlights of Jordan's CrossFit journey, which began in January 2012, are attending the inaugural Power Monkey week-long weightlifting and gymnastics camp in the spring of 2014 and competing with Team Balance at the Atlantic Regional in 2016. Outside of the gym Jordan is an avid reader of history with a special interest in the respective falls of the Ottoman, Romanov, and Habsburg empires as well as a borderline elite Minesweeper player with a personal best of 1 minute, 48 seconds on the expert grid.


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MATLAB supports LeCroy oscilloscopes through the Instrument Control Toolbox. This MATLAB instrument driver is for use with Instrument Control Toolbox v2.4.1 and higher.
This is an updated version of the demo cited below.
Jens_DE from the NI discussion forum was a big help.
This function returns a list of available analog channels for a specified adaptor.
HBUTTON = DAQSTOPBUTTON(...) returns a handle to the start/stop button.
The Xcode project used to develop the MEX-file is included.
This file can be utilised to get a screen shot from the oscilloscope.
Requires MATLAB 6.5 to run.


Following a March 5-24 run in Jupiter, FL, the show plays Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, April 10-May 5.
The production is directed by Paper Mill producing artistic director Mark S. Hoebee with choreography by Denis Jones.
The cast features Tony nominee Brenda Braxton as Muzzy van Hossmere, Burke Moses as Trevor Graydon III, Lenora Nemetz as Mrs. Meers, Laurie Veldheer as Millie Dilmount and Jeff Kready as Jimmy Smith.
The company also includes Ashley Kate Adams as Miss Dorothy Brown, Billy Bustamante as Bun Foo, James Seol as Ching Ho and Jessica Sheridan as Miss Flannery.
Carleigh Bettiol, Craig Blake, Barry Busby, Darien Crago, Patch David, Ian DeVine, Charlie Johnson, Ian Liberto, Sarah Meahl, Lizzy Palmer, Kristyn Pope, Kelly Skidmore, Amy Van Norstrand and John T. Wolfe round out the ensemble.
Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie, according to press notes, "tells the story of a small-town girl who travels to New York City to marry for money instead of love."


Cabin Airbrushing Ventus - Racing Colors S.L.
This is a special cabin for airbrushing: very compact, lightweight, fully portable (folds into carry case with handle) and powerful. Comes with a torneta of plastic so that you can rotate your work and it is very easy to assemble.


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Be'er Yosef: Selected Writings Of Rav Yosef Tzvi Salant Adapted Into English
Author: Refael Wolfe
You hold in your hands a hidden gem - a sefer whose insights a young Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach would eagerly hear directly from their author. He was so enthralled that he implored Rav Salant to put these powerful lessons into print. Be'er Yosef is a treasure trove of unique insights on the parashah . The simplest questions, often left unaddressed by earlier authorities, are given the most profound yet intuitive answers. Rav Yosef Tzvi Salant provides a unique combination of his mastery of Midrash with his mesorah from the mussar giant Rav Yitzchak Blazer, the primary student of Rav Yisroel Salanter. Now available in English for the first time, Rav Salant's teachings can finally be enjoyed by a greater and varied audience.
Nishmat Ha-Bayit: Contemporary Questions on Women's Reproductive Health The Concealed and the Revealed: The Royal Intrigue and Divine Irony of the Purim Miracle Good Food: Inspired by my Middle Eastern roots and the places I've called home The Judaism of the Poskim: Responsa and Nature of Orthodox Judaism
The Rational Passover Haggadah Aruch Hashulchan in English: Orach Chaim, Chapters 242-292 Bridging Traditions: Demystifying Differences Between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews Teachings of The Abir Yaakov Volume 2: Collected from the writings of Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira


In partnership with Huion and American Technologies Inc. (ATI) we are launching a DIGITAL DRAWING CONTEST at Pinoy Otaku Festival (POF) 2018: Ai. The art contest will be held for 2 days with the winner being announced on the second day. In order to provide a higher level of tools, the contest will be using Huion Drawing Tablets provided by ATI.
The THEME of the Art Contest will be LOVE (Ai or PAG-IBIG).
The contestant will be limited to 40 contestants per day.
Those who pre-register online will be given priority on registration and just needs to confirm their registration until 12 noon on June 2 and until 1:00pm on June 3.
There will also be onsite registration 10:30 AM – 12:00 NOON on June 2 and 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM on June 3.
The contest is open to contestant of all ages.
Professional artists are disqualified from joining the competition. We will seek the advise of Graphics Artists Philippines (GAP) on determining this.
Each contestant will be given an hour to complete their drawing.
In case of shortage of drawing tablet the contestant can be scheduled by batches.
Judges will consist of representatives from Huion, ATI and GAP.
Winners will be announced on June 3, 2018 (Sunday).
There will be 1 winner of a brand new Huion Drawing Tablet courtesy of Huion and American Technologies, Inc.
This will be a digital art contest.
Drawing tablet will be provided by Huin and ATI.
There will be a Digital Art Workshop for all contestants prior to the actual contest. All contestants must join.
Failure to join the workshop will make you disqualified for the competition.
The Champion of the POF 2018 Art Contests brings home a brand new Huion Drawing tablet.


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Love You (), is a 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Joseph Chang, Rainie Yang, Kingone Wang, Ann Hsu, Alien Huang and Thomas Price. It is the second installment of the Fated to Love You trilogy. It started filming in January 2011 and wrapped on 30 April.

It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) from 17 April 2011, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV SET Metro from 23 April 2011, every Saturday at 21:00.

Love You was nominated for four awards at the 46th Golden Bell Awards, including Best Actor for Joseph Chang, Best Director in a Television Series for Chen Ming-chang and Best Television Series.

Synopsis
Two strangers, both proposed marriage to their respective girl/boyfriend, were rejected on the same day. They decided that the best way to deal with the rejection was to get drunk, really drunk. During the 24 hours of their crazy drunkenness, these two stranger became fast friends and married each other. When they finally sobered up, they embarked on a mission to undo every crazy thing they did while they were drunk and prayed that their girl/boyfriend wouldn't find out. However, it turns out that Jie Xiu's girlfriend, Ai Wei, doesn't want a scandal affecting her movie so she asks him to stay married to Xiao Ru for three months. Jie Xiu and Xiao Ru eventually develop feelings for each other, and Ai Wei tries to prevent their relationship from progressing. Ai Wei becomes jealous and realises how much she loves Jie Xiu, revealing the fake marriage contract to the media hoping that will make them get back together. Soon she realises that she is too late and she cannot stop their love for each other.

Jie Xiu's mother Samantha catches trouble at a club, but they sort it out and Jie Xiu's relationship with his mother strengthens. During a celebration at the Farglory Hotel, though, Samantha ends up in the hospital after falling down the stairs. Xiao Ru's childhood friend and the franchise owner (Shuo Huai) comes back in hopes of marrying her, and in an emotional crossroads, he almost takes her back to America with him. Xiao Ru finally sorts herself out, after a long time of thinking she was "taking something that belonged to someone else". She decided that she wasn't stealing Jie Xiu from Ai Wei, and ultimately the two decide to divorce - for their fake marriage - and then marry again for real.

Cast

Multimedia

Original soundtrack
 Opening theme: "不按牌理出牌" (Unplanned) by Magic Power
 Ending theme: "好的事情" (Good Things) by Yen-j

Books
 Love You (Novel) (醉後決定愛上你原創小說) –  – released 17 June 2011

Reception

Rival dramas on air at the same time:
 CTV Main Channel (CTV) (中視): Sunny Happiness (幸福最晴天) / Love Keeps Going (美樂。加油)
 CTS Main Channel (CTS) (華視): They Are Flying (飛行少年)
 FTV Free-to-air Channel (FTV) (民視): Together for Love (愛讓我們在一起) / Hayate the Combat Butler (旋風管家)

International broadcast
 Singapore – Starhub TV E City, premiered on 26 June 2011, Sundays at 20:00
 Singapore (Free to air) – MediaCorp Channel U, premiered on 4 June 2012, Monday–Friday at 22:00
 Japan – DATV, 12 September 2011 – 9 April 2012 Monday at 11:00pm
 Philippines – GMA Network, (28, November 2011 – 17 February 2012) Monday–Friday at 5:00pm
 South Korea – KBS 1TV 31 March 2012 Saturday at 23:30–00:05
 Vietnam - VTV6 6 October 2012 Monday–Sunday at 10:10pm
 Indonesia – B Channel, 14 October 2013 Monday–Friday at 11:30am–12:30pm

Awards and nominations

References

External links
 TTV Love You official homepage
 SETTV Love You official blog

Taiwanese drama television series
Taiwan Television original programming
2011 Taiwanese television series debuts
2011 Taiwanese television series endings
Taiwanese romance television series
Sanlih E-Television original programming

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Il sismoscopio è un apparecchio in grado di segnalare un terremoto, ma non di misurare o registrare tutte le sue caratteristiche.

Già inventato nel II secolo d.C. dal cinese Zhang Heng, la sua re-invenzione viene attribuita all'abate astigiano Atanasio Cavalli, direttore dell'Osservatorio astronomico - meteorologico del Duca Caetani in Roma.

Egli, infatti venne spinto a costruire uno strumento che potesse registrare in modo inconfutabile qualsiasi scossa tellurica seppur lieve rilevando  la soggettività della percezione dei movimenti del suolo in occasione dei terremoti.

Note

Voci correlate
Sismografo
Sismometro
Sismoscopio di Zhang Heng

Strumenti di sismologia


My calendar tells me the year is still 2014, but the marketing team behind Culturelle Kids is clearly situated 40 years ago or more.
Here we have what appears to be an exceptional childrens' chewable pill to reduce tummy discomfort, and all Culturelle can think is that kids must only want moms.
Why are dads constantly being told through marketing messages that they're less than moms? Today, the roles have never been more equal, great strides have been made in various industries and professions with relation to pay, and parents often share duties past generations wouldn't have dared.
So why must dads continue to hear that they're second fiddle to mom's better judgment and instincts? Moms are no more intelligent than dads, and dads are no more clueless than moms. No matter if it's an animal or a human being, parental instinct is a strong force, and even with lack of knowledge, adults learn as they go.
Yet Culturelle perpetuates the sad and ugly stereotype from a bygone era that dads can't handle it and thus, kids must want mom first, making dad feel like a secondary, if not useless, parent.
If Culturelle Kids is indeed the #1 pediatrician recommended probiotic – and some of those pediatricians must be dads – then who are their kids calling when they have a sick tummy?
Culturelle, we hope you can consider all of your customers when crafting your marketing materials. Dads take care of kids, too.
Our culture is different now – and you should know better, because it's part of your name.
I've had a lot of ideas over the years.
Okay, okay, confession: that story and pun was made up.
But even though a pun may fit and might sometimes even seem too good to pass up, it doesn't make it right.
We love the play on words if it were a moms-only site, and bear with us – we're not comparing a term like white trash to Motherlode – we're only using an analogy to make a point. Even its url is listed in web language as http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/.
Note the first word used is parenting, as in moms and dads.
Obviously, families include dads, and with a title like Motherlode, how can it possibly make dads feel welcome, or even make them want to check out the site?
Not surprisingly, the writing you'll find there is fantastic – very fit to print.
After all, this is the New York Times, otherwise known as media royalty. Everyone in the newspaper world wants to be like the New York Times, winners of a record 114 Pulitzer Prizes. It has been the standard in journalism for 163 years, and of course, it is a wonderful act to follow.
Hardly anyone should ever question what they do because they're as good as it gets, right?
In that vein, does it not seem like everyone's giving the Motherlode name – surely a discriminatory one – a free pass, just because it's the New York Times? As readers, do we even recognize its name's chauvinistic tone, or have we become immune to the exclusion of dad in its title?
In the last 30 days, I counted just one Motherlode news story directed explicitly at dads and fatherly issues (while the "Deployment Diary" is excellent and referred to dad a lot, it's not a dad-specific issue). And I only noticed three male writers. So, if "families" is its goal, it's missing the mark in more ways than title alone.
NBC News, another highly reputable media source, became all the wiser when it suddenly renamed its TODAY Moms to TODAY Parents in June, a far more inclusionary and correct name for the news affecting, well, parents.
As it stands now, the New York Times would rather use the word mother as a generic term for parent, like Kleenex is for facial tissue.
Do you ever ask someone, can you please hand me a Puffs?
In the same way, let's not let this attitude lead to a society where office forms simply state "mother," but we have to assume the office wants us to list both the mom's and dad's name.
Dads know this oft-forgotten tale all too often.
After all, it was only two generations or so ago that dads were not even allowed in the delivery room. While that practice has changed for the better, let's be honest, doctors still mostly speak only to moms at child well checks as if they're the lead parent, making dad to feel like an assistant at best, nonexistent at worst.
Being one of the leaders in journalism means setting an example and acting like it, from top to bottom, side to side, and tiny little bit to Motherlode.
But there's just one small problem with that description, because if Hilton's world is truly reality, then only about 7 percent of dads are traveling. Among its team of 15 bloggers writing about so-called "real families and their travels," it's only authored by one dad.
If that title doesn't strike a nerve with moms and dads alike, it should. In Hilton's realism, the word mom has become the generic term for parent, strong enough to stamp out the word dad from even existing.
We have no problem with real moms giving real travel tips. If moms want to give other moms, or even dads, some tips or advice, have at it. Both genders can benefit from a motherly perspective.
However, when the site's focus is to offer experiences about real families, and pair it with a blog title that outright excludes dads, that's when Hilton is sorely missing the mark.
Hilton may want to have a conversation with NBC News and The Today Show, where this past summer its online "TODAY Moms" web section was replaced with the less offensive and more inclusive, if not more modern, "TODAY Parents." Its rationale is outstanding, but still, why did it take so long to make the change?
Back in the 1950s and 60s, the show employed "Today Girls" (no, they didn't use all-caps then), who discussed fashion and lifestyle, reported the weather, and covered lighter-fare stories. The last woman to hold that position was Barbara Walters, who said nobody would take a woman seriously reporting hard news back then.
Yet, here we are some 50-60 years later, and dads are not taken as serious parents by Hilton.
When will Hilton make the easy fix that TODAY wisely did? Only Hilton can answer that.
In the meantime, the reality is, there are plenty of other hotel chains where dads and moms can take their business until Hilton realizes that dads like to voyage, too.
As far as we can tell, there's not a single entity or individual on the Internet devoted to exploring and analyzing how businesses market their products and services to fathers.
It wasn't until we unveiled dadmarketing.com on December 14, 2013, that history was made.
Like with any new venture, there was some uncertainty about the amount of writing material, how readers might respond, and just what we might achieve.
There was never any question as to its need and relevancy. Dads remain left behind in so many facets of life, and most men don't realize this until they become fathers themselves.
Why are stay-at-home dads not taken seriously by media and society?
Why can't marketers simply include dads in their messages and advertisements?
Why must old-fashioned, anti-dad slogans remain in a society that demands equality?
Does it really matter which gender predominantly shops for and feeds children?
If kids eventually grow up and leave the nest, at what point do dads become instantly capable of fending for themselves in a store, or in a kitchen?
Questions matter, and we'll keep asking them. It's part of our mission, our duty, and our purpose. So are all of your needs, and we plan to keep on listening to them, which help to keep us on target.
We're smack in the middle of the holiday season, where dads and moms inevitably take part in various parties, some easier to stomach than others. But can you dads imagine attending a party where no one spoke to you the entire time?
Marketers do this all the time with word choices they make, and it's more than disturbing.
One year is in the books, and as long as dads roam the earth, we figure we have many more to go. Thanks to all of you for your unwavering support, tireless goodwill and unmatched appreciation.
Our continued growth depends on feedback, so please keep it coming.
Here's to the past year, and the years ahead!
A few days ago we retweeted a story about this young girl who fought back against a sexist sign, and ultimately claimed victory as the sign was removed.
Her modest, ingenious and charming complaint challenged the higher beings at a store in England, and executives listened.
Her protest got us thinking about the foolishness of Jif's tagline, Choosy Moms Choose Jif.
If a young girl can get the attention of a large retailer, why can't Jif take inventory of its own sexist practice? Doesn't their parent company, Smucker's, want to market their goods to all and be perceived as a modern, progressive, with-the-times business? What does their four-word marketing message say to households without a mom present?
We've discussed some of Jif's plight before, and again, and yet again.
Jif's stale slogan was created decades ago, during a bygone era when mothers generally handled cooking, cleaning and household shopping. Jif is essentially hanging that chore on mom in present day, and indirectly, the cooking and cleaning, too. Doesn't Jif's approach remind you a little of this?
Yes, even as the year 2015 looms, an embarrassing, inane catchphrase has long passed the old-fashioned phase; in today's world, the saying looks downright irrational.
So, in theory, little has changed and her fight could still go on.
Jif, on the other hand, is so stuck in time and dead set in its ways that we know there's still a long way to go toward making things right. Jif is indeed a tough peanut to crack (they won't even respond to us, or acknowledge us), but we know at least one 7-year-old who could bring the entire empire to its knees.
What do you say, Maggie?


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Hollywood Fringe 2016—
Festivals, Plays, Theater
Well we're off to the races, Hollywood Fringe 2016 has opened, and here is the first handful of reviews for your consideration.
I will be employing the rating scale that should be familiar to my readers:
GOLD: These are the "Oh my God!" shows. Leave your rich dying aunt's bedside, cancel the conference on world peace at the U.N., and tell Rhianna or Chris Hemsworth, "Sorry Sweetie, not tonight I've got theatre." Just go. These shows won't disappoint.
SILVER: These are the "wow" shows. Solid work, solid performances and shows well worth seeing.
BRONZE: The "okay" shows. Read the reviews but make up your own minds. If the show sparks your interest in some way, well check it out. One man's "bronze" is another man's "gold."
NO AWARD: This is a new category. Look, there's a heck of a lot of shows to see and our time is limited. Sorry, but in the brutal triage of theatre these shows are set outside the tent with red crosses drawn on their foreheads.
EAR WAX: Okay, villagers, we'll all meet at the castle, don't forget to bring your torches and pitchforks, at midnight we march. Death to the abomination!
And here we go —
THE CREEPS
Wild eyed arachnid greets us in a darken room.
We are invited to explore, but not get lost in the darkness.
We encounter others in the darkness –
A sensual succubus whose breathy whispers of passion carrying the hint of a threat;-
An old man, his arms shaking as if nerve damaged;
A disturbing laughing child-woman, missing her hands, who threatens to murder the baby we hear crying somewhere near.
One sounds like Sean Connery.
Catherine Waller's solo show The Creeps first premiered at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe; she has reworked it and is reviving it here in preparation of taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
The power of the show, and its artistry, lay with Waller; its creator and performer. She scuttles over the darkened stage, fills each corner with images of humanity that are unnerving to say the least.
It is interesting to read in her bio that Waller studied both dervishing and clowning in New Zealand, because the characters she inhabits in the netherworld of The Creeps are on the surface farcical, but below are driven by an evil ecstasy we don't understand.
Waller's assumption of each of her characters on stage is the magic of the show itself as she affords each an awful artistry in their creation, then provides them choreography with the grace of insanity.
The performance is interactive to a certain extent, and therefore whether each show limps or soars, is, to a degree, beyond her control. Unless that control is exercised with great subtly.
Waller does not exhibit that type of mastery over her show.
The tale is a loosely woven one of descent.
We go off in search of feeding that unwholesome voyeuristic craving we seem to have, the one that explains the success of scandal magazines and reality TV.
We go deeper seeking "the creeps."
Seeking what lies in the darkness takes us too far in.
But what else is there in the darkness?
Oh yes, we are.
If I were basing my rating just on Waller's performance it would be gold, for the overall production however: SILVER.
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METAFAM
Deana Barone is a wonderful actress, and her one woman show offers some insight into the personal history that nurtured that talent.
Her show is a touching homage to that furnace in which we all are forged, the family. What comes across the strongest in Barone's presentation is the tenderness of these people, who are flawed, who bear with suffering, but who are family nonetheless. Within the insanity of that relationship lays the cross all humanity must bear; a cross that is the crux of both our source and sanctuary.
Barone's show is somewhat soft on solid central structuring, there is an audience interaction aspect that could perhaps be dropped, and the issues she seeks to deal with are misty, but her performance is unadulterated and very large on heart.
For that: SILVER
A TASTE OF SNATCHED (STORIES FROM DOWN THERE)
Written and performed by Loree Gold, who also provided the original songs, this is the tale of a woman of years who finds her Teutonic "snatch" denying those years and refusing to allow them to crimp her style or her taste for younger women with long hair and supple skin.
The show is a multimedia (hit and miss) musical (nearly all hits) that feels like a project long delayed finally realized. As writer – "No matter how low I lower the bar, you get under it!" and as composer – a lovely ditty to her Snatch entitled "I won't let you dry up" Gold scores points.
But as a performer there is hesitancy in her step and an uncertainty in her deliverance, neither of which director Jolene Adams has either addressed or been able to overcome.
Regrettably Gold has written a rather nice one woman show that would be better performed by some other woman: BRONZE
BREAK IN
A fun concept and rather amusing piece of fluff, sorta your basic LGBT shaggy dog story with giggles and snickers layered in heavily.
A young woman is caught in the high beams of the police half way in, or out, depending on your POV, of a window. And from POV to POW right into the flashbacks where there are no other characters on stage with our heroine and no spoken dialogue at all.
The whole narrative of the piece is the young woman's (Lisa Cordileone) internal monologue punctuated by the occasional texting from her ex-girl friend, recorded phone messages from her mother, and thanks to her apartment's thin walls, overheard conversations of her neighbors.
Lisa Cordileone shows praiseworthy physical comedic skills, and playwright Amy Dellagiarino's script is inventive and amusing. But it remains a script, not a play, a skit with ambition.
Director Rani O'Brien hasn't served the piece well by allowing Cordileone to do her own sound design, for while the characters she portrays are acceptable, the skills needed to delineate internal monologue from dialogue eavesdropped on and originating from other sites is utterly lacking.
A small quibble perhaps, but one that would have shown a greater commitment to the work and not hued the production with such an overall feel of amateurishness.
For Break In: BRONZE
PORN ROCK
Producer and playwright Lawrence Meyers recognizes and appreciates that the senate hearing on labeling record albums to provide parental warnings of offensive content and sexually explicit material was an important first amendment issue. The 1985 hearings on "Porn Rock" also involved an array of notable characters all of whom he fills his stage with: PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center ) founder Tipper Gore, wife of Al, Frank Zappa, John Denver, Senators Paula Hawkins and Al Gore, Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider.
But once these notables are collected there, neither Meyers not director Fred Keller seems to know what to do with them. The play is not a straight dramatic presentation of the transcript as in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, nor is it a rocking sendoff like Death Wish 16 a comedy based on Ireland's 1916 uprising against British rule.
Surprisingly, Porn Rock isn't even a musical.
Meyers' theme seems to be "censorship bad" but he does little to make any solid argument that would sway those inclined to disagree with him over the issue of explicit lyrics. In the final analysis his play is neither fish nor fowl nor musical, and so leaves the audience asking what it was all about. And the only answer I can give them is it was about 65 minutes. And nasty words on record album jackets.
The call: BRONZE
YURI SPEAKS OUT
Yuri Kochiyama was a young Japanese-American girl at the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing. Her father, after recently undergoing major surgery, was detained and interrogated by the FBI, which lead to a rapid decline in his condition and death on the day of his release.
Then, like nearly 120,000 other Americans of Japanese heritage, she was forcefully removed from their San Pedro home and sent to a War Relocation Camp in Jerome, Arkansas where they would spend the next three years.
After the war she would marry and raise six children, but her experiences had made her into a activist politically who would play a significant role in obtaining reparations for Japanese-Americans interned during the second world war, protest America's involvement in Viet Nam, and on February 21, 1965 would be in Washington Heights' Audubon Ballroom for the assassination of her friend Malcolm X, holding his head on her lap as he died.
Playwright and director Morna Murphy Martell and actress Ariel Labasan have taken a fascinating and interesting personality and confined her in a play that is neither.
Labasan is unable to bring any dimension to her character.
Martell's play is at best a slideshow, and her direction is non-existent.
That the "Yuri Kochiyama" within this work is a mere cardboard figure is regrettable, and contributing to this is the playwright's whitewashing of this admirable, infuriating and immensely complicated individual who praised Mao Zedong and defended his deadly rule of China, was outspoken in her respect for and support for Abimael Guzmán's guerrilla movement Shining Path which inflicted untold suffering and death among Peruvian peasants, and who, shortly before her death in 2004, expressed her respect for Osama bin Laden and the attacks on 9/11, stating that the "main terrorist and the main enemy of the world's people is the U.S. government."
NO AWARD
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The Hollywood Fringe is on now through June 26 — Epicenter Theatre Row on Santa Monica Blvd.


From Weddings and Social Events to Company Parties and Holiday Galas, we can a provide full service catering menu in Columbus and Cincinnati area that gives you the choice and flexibility you want to successfully host your event.
We specialize in Custom Catering Menu Design to fit any taste and style. We can also provide menus that will accommodate dietary restrictions - Gluten Free, Vegetarian and Vegan to name a few. Organic options are also available.
From drop off to sit down and from simple to elegant, Heritage Event and Catering has Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and Piqua catering stores that are ready to serve you with a custom designed catering menu.
We offer complimentary tastings to help you in planning your custom catering menu.


As advocated by Stephen R Covey, 'Sharpening the Saw', i. e continually renewing yourself, your tools, techniques is one of the seven habits of highly effective people, which is mostly overlooked or underestimated by others. In fact the most important tool we use every day, almost non- stop in business meetings, presentations, interviews, is 'our voice'. But we often neglect it or think that it cannot be improved. I have further observed that it is not only Amitabh Bacchan or Ameen Sayani, but also many corporate executives, whose success is attributable to their voice. When this dawned on me, I came to Dr. Sadhana Nayak to better my voice. With her accurate analysis of my voice and personally administered exercise plan, I got my natural, better sounding voice in 6 weeks. And of course, a better job too, with more authority and responsibility.