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Learning While Black: The Fight For Equity In San Francisco Schools
Bret Harte Elementary School Principal Jeremy Hilinski escorts a student back to class after spending a little one-on-one time with her.
Credit Lee Romney / KALW
When the head of the San Francisco chapter of the NAACP demanded the city declare a "state of emergency" to tackle low academic test results for African American students, he turned the blame on the grown-ups. "It's not that the children are failing," the Rev. Amos Brown told school board trustees. "I'm using the plural pronoun 'we.' We are failing." The so-called equity gap has persisted for decades: As a group, African-American students in San Francisco and across the country struggle in public school, often posting the lowest test scores and graduation rates, and the highest rates of suspension and chronic absenteeism.
In this series, reporter Lee Romney explores the systemic inequities that have hampered African American students in this changing city, bringing you stories that showcase the resilience and power of black youth and their families, and the efforts of educators and community advocates to help them thrive.
The series has received support from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.
KALW received a 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for this series in the large market radio category. It also won a 2019 Excellence in Journalism Award for ongoing coverage and 2020 Second Place For Best Series Award from the Public Media Journalists Association.
One African American Family, Half A Century Of Experience In San Francisco Public Schools
By Lee Romney • Aug 14, 2020
Lee Romney / KALW
Some of San Francisco's African American families have attended public schools in the City for three generations. They share their personal stories as part of the ongoing series, "Learning While Black: The Fight For Equity In San Francisco Schools."
A Legacy Of Mistreatment For San Francisco's Black Special Ed Students
Kids around the Bay Area are going back to school. So today, we're re-airing this story from our series, "Learning While Black: The Fight For Equity In San Francisco Schools." And, it just won an award from the Public Media Journalists Association.
African American students across the country are much more likely than any other student group to be placed in special education, and that's true at San Francisco Unified too. The district's troubled history has plenty to teach us about what is and isn't working for black students with special needs today.
Local Historian's Bay Cruise Reveals San Francisco's Hidden Black History
By Lee Romney • Mar 12, 2020
John Templeton's been leading land tours of SF's black history for years. Now, he's launched a Bay tour, to share those hidden stories from the water. He hopes to defy stereotypes and give black youth, in particular, a sense of pride and belonging.
This is part of an ongoing series "Learning While Black: The Fight For Equity In San Francisco Schools."
Lead Plaintiff In Landmark Lawsuit Gets 2nd Chance At Education — At Age 60
By Lee Romney • Dec 3, 2019
It's been 40 years since a landmark legal ruling led to a statewide ban on the IQ testing of black students for purposes of placement in special ed. Now, the lead plaintiff in that case, known as "Larry P," is getting a second chance at an education.
The Big Lift: Meeting Family Needs In A High-Poverty School
By Lee Romney • Oct 23, 2019
The Big Lift, an original KALW documentary, follows Carver Elementary School's family liaison over the course of a year as she works to support struggling parents and guardians — so their kids can thrive in the classroom.
KALW is listener supported. Donate to support local public radio.
SFUSD Superintendent Is Passionate About Black Student Success. He Lived It.
By Lee Romney • Aug 8, 2019
San Francisco Unified Superintendent takes our reporter on a tour of his hometown — to explain why he's so passionate about boosting the academic success of black students here.
SFUSD program intervenes early to keep kids out of special ed for behavior
By Lee Romney • May 9, 2019
A new intensive SFUSD program helps kids aged three-and-a-half to five regulate and understand their emotions. The goal: to avert an "emotional disturbance" designation, a special ed category where black children are overrepresented.
Learning While Black: Community forum
By Ben Trefny & Lee Romney • Mar 23, 2019
Joe R. Goyos / Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
Community members came together on Thursday, March 21, for a forum and roundtable discussion of what it takes to navigate San Francisco Unified School District's Special Education system and to develop an action plan to support African American students with learning differences.
African American honor roll student says when teachers set the bar high, 'you gotta go get it'
San Francisco Unified School District's African American educators have been honoring the achievements of black students who earn a 3.0 grade point average or above for a quarter of a century. This year's emcees say the event celebrates an often-ignored narrative of excellence.
How can San Francisco support its most vulnerable black residents? Help them succeed at school.
By Lee Romney • Jan 16, 2019
San Francisco's African American community has shrunk by half since 1970. Of the families that remain, nearly a fifth live in public housing or get a rental subsidy. Now, a city effort is turning public housing into a key front in the battle to improve educational outcomes for African American kids.
SFUSD fires up Bayview teachers in hopes they will stick around
Lee Romney / KALW News
This is part of an ongoing series "Learning while black: The fight for equity in San Francisco schools." And this at the bottom:
Teaching can be tough — especially for educators who work in schools where families are scraping by, lots of kids face challenges at home and in the community, and they often score low on standardized tests. Add to that isolation and high staff turnover and you've got a recipe for a revolving door.


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Batya Friedman (* 1957) ist eine US-amerikanische Professorin an der University of Washington. Sie ist Professorin in der Informationswissenschaft sowie Lehrbeauftragte im Department für Informatik, Menschen-Zentriertes Design und Ingenieurswesen. Dort leitet sie das Value Sensitive Design Forschungszentrum. Zudem ist sie zur Zeit Co-Direktorin im Policy Lab der University of Washington und Mitarbeiterin am Zentrum für Menschenrechte.

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Batya Friedman ist eine der Begründerin des Value Sensitive Design (VSD), ein Ansatz, der über menschliche Werte beim Design von Informationssystemen Rechenschaft ablegt. VSD wurde zunächst für die Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion entwickelt, wurde mittlerweile aber auch im Informationsmanagement, der Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion, in der Computersicherheit, der angewandten Philosophie und in den Bereichen Landnutzung und Transport angewendet. Batya Friedmans Arbeit fokussiert eine große Bandbreite an Werten, u. a. Privatsphäre, Vertrauen, Nachhaltigkeit, Sicherheit, Freiheit von Verzerrungen, Meinungsfreiheit und Würde; gleichzeitig beschäftigt sie sich mit unterschiedlichen Technologien wie Webbrowsern, Stadtsimulation, Robotern, Open-Source-Werkzeugen, Ubiquituous Computing und IT-Infrastruktur. Zur Zeit arbeitet sie am Design eines Informationssystems mit Multi-Lebensdauer und an Methoden, um Informationssysteme zu beeinflussen, die unsere Zukunft gestalten. Ein frühes Projekt aus dem Programm zu Multi-Lebensdauer-Informationssystemen ist das Projekt "Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal".

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 Gilles Hondius Fellow – Technische Universität Delft, 2020
 Ehrendoktorin der Technische Universität Delft, 2020
 ACM SIGCHI Academy – ACM SIGCHI, 2019
 Einweihung in die Mitgliedschaft – ACM SIGCHI Academy, 2019
 Social Impact Award – ACM SIGCHI, 2012
 Multi-disziplinärer Privacy Paper Award, 2010
 Multi-disziplinärer Privacy Paper Award, Ehrenvolle Erwähnung, 2010
 Best Paper Award, Organizational Systems Track – HCISS, 2002
 TAP: ACM Liste beachtenswerter weiblicher Informatikerinnen, 1997

Ausgewählte Publikationen
 Friedman, B., & Hendry, D. G. (2019). Value sensitive design: shaping technology with moral imagination. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press.
 Friedman, B. (2008). Value Sensitive Design. In D. Schuler, Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (pp. 366–368). The MIT Press
 Friedman, B., & Hendry, D. (2012). The envisioning cards: a toolkit for catalyzing humanistic and technical imaginations. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1145–1148.
 Friedman, B. (2004). Value Sensitive Design. In W. S. Bainbridge (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human-computer Interaction (pp. 769–774). Berkshire Publishing Group.
 Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (2003). Human values, ethics, and design. In A. Sears, J. A. Jacko, & S. Garfinkel, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications (2nd ed., pp. 1241–1266). CRC Press.
 Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (2000). New directions: a value-sensitive design approach to augmented reality. Proceedings of DARE 2000 on Designing Augmented Reality Environments, 163–164.
 Friedman, B. (1996, December 1). Value-sensitive design. ACM interactions, 3(6), 16–23.
 Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (1992). Human agency and responsible computing: Implications for computer system design. Journal of Systems and Software, 17 (1), 7–14.

Weblinks
 Veröffentlichungen von Batya Friedman auf Google Scholar (englisch)

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Since i tried to work with new touch laptops like lenovo windows 10, i have a big problem.
With the older touch laptops, like x201t from lenovo win7, there is no problem!
Is there a way to change the behaviour of the data input in Windows 10?
I think the pen simulates a fingertouch and doesn't replace a mouseclick!
I use software, that only works proper with mouseclick and not fingertouch.
So, is there a hack in win10 to change that?
What is your Laptop Model? Which Stylus are you using?
Sounds like you need to change the settings of Windows Ink or maybe disable it from the pen driver.


ABC News senior national correspondent Jake Tapper documents the latest casualties that are beginning to stack up in the current Palin bloodbath within the Republican presidential campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain.
Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are now trying to throw McCain aide Nicolle Wallace under the proverbial bus, and as they do so those in McCain's circle are wary of the impact on Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., himself.
But nothing has seemed so resonant as $150,000 in clothes purchased for Palin and her family by the Republican National Committee.
Palin has taken to blaming the entire incident – as well as her introduction to the nation – on her "handlers," presumably meaning Wallace, who was a key part of the team that handled Palin's successful announcement speech, her successful convention speech, and her interviews with Charlie Gibson, Sean Hannity and Katie Couric.
McCain allies say that Palin allies talked to Fox News commentator Fred Barnes to further throw Wallace under the bus. Barnes yesterday said, "the person who went and bought the clothes and, as I understand it put the clothes on her credit card, went to Saks and Neiman Marcus…the staffer who did that has been a coward" for not coming forward and accepting the blame for the $150,000 shopping spree. Barnes clarified that he was talking about Wallace.
But Wallace didn't buy the clothes, put the clothes on her credit card, or go to Saks and Neiman Marcus, sources on the McCain campaign say.
All the while, Palin herself has given the wardrobe story more media coverage by denying that she had anything to do with it.
At McCain HQ, senior aides rolled their eyes, unable to believe that Palin was continuing to give the story more airtime.
And some Republicans are starting to now say they should have seen this coming, since Palin has a reputation for making friends who can help her and then screwing them over.
* Former Gov. Frank Murkowski made Palin the chair of a state commission overseeing oil and gas drilling. Four years later she challenged him – and beat him – for governor.
Now, I don't know what happened with all of these former allies. Certainly Murkowski was much-criticized. And certainly Palin views all these publications as left-leaning and hostile to her views.
But that said, all I can tell you is that some McCain allies are now quite suspect of Palin and worried that Sen. McCain is going to become just the latest Palin ally whom she uses – and then discards — in her rapid ascendance to power.
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The Life Education Caravan visited 1G on Thursday and Friday of this week.
Explore the body, how it works, what it needs, how to look after it, what is a balanced diet, safety and personal hygiene.
Begin to understand the need for personal responsibility towards body and health.
Begin to explore attitudes towards themselves,their bodies and other people.
Explore relationships, feelings within relationships and the effects of being unkind.
Learn about oral health and hygiene.
We had 2 fantastic sessions and wanted to share a few photos of our caravan experience.
In particular we loved meeting Harold the Giraffe.


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Michael B. Jordan: It's 'Groundbreaking' for a Black Man to Be the Face of Coach Men's—and Yes, We Can Call Him 'Bae'
Felice León
Photo: BFA
To watch Michael B. Jordan's ascension to Hollywood A-lister and now, the first global face of Coach Men's—a face that just happens to be black—is astonishing.
Michael Bakari Jordan, we stan.
On Tuesday, Jordan was fresh-to-death (which is now to be expected of the actor) at a Spring 2020 Coach runway show during New York Fashion Week. The multi-hyphenate star was joined by celebrities like Megan Thee Stallion and Kyrie Irving, among others. Perhaps most importantly, the 32-year-old brought interns from his Outlier Society Fellowship initiative (Outlier Society being Jordan's production company) as well as high school students from his hometown of Newark, N.J. I bore witness to some of the high school girls' reactions—their excitement was palpable. To some of the students, I imagine meeting Jordan was a dream.
Jordan officially became the first global face of Coach Men's in 2019. As a black man, he says his role at Coach Men's is groundbreaking. "It feels good," Jordan told The Root. "Hopefully, I won't be the last. Hopefully, it's like something that starts to set more of a trend here."
But beyond the world of fashion, the actor and producer is all about breaking new ground; it's his forté.
Jordan understands the importance of inclusion and equal representation in Hollywood. In 2018, Jordan announced that he'd be taking the lead on a new Warner Bros. diversity and inclusion initiative, a new policy applied to Jordan's most recent film, Just Mercy. The Black Panther actor plays Bryan Stevenson—a Harvard-educated lawyer who defends a black man who was wrongly sentenced to death. Jordan first became aware of the true story after watching Stevenson's TED talk.
"For me, after hearing about him [Bryan Stevenson], when the project came about it was like, I've got to use my platform the best way I know how. The best way I can get this project—his story to the masses. Because if I didn't know, then I know there's a lot of people that didn't know as well."
You see, Jordan is giving back, changing systems and using his platform to inform and lift others. But how, exactly, did the actor trample the archaic systems Hollywood to make a diversity initiative for Just Mercy? Jordan said that it ironically came with ease.
"It's so crazy, a lot of people have these horrible stories, and all these obstacles that they had to overcome and kind of get to this place. I mean honestly, I just I bear the fruits of that labor because it was very easy." Jordan says that Outlier Society and Warner Brothers collaborated to write all of Warner media's inclusion policy, which applies to subsequent Warner Bros. productions. The Creed star calls it a "huge win."
"So for me, honestly it was the right time, the right project, the right situation, the right people involved in it all kind of came together. It was pretty seamless. It took some time you know, but it all happened without that much resistance."
One can't help but wonder: Does Jordan ever feel objectified? After all, he appears to be much more than a sex symbol. Beyond the handsome chocolate face, bright white smile, popping six-pack and butter-soft skin (I'm guessing) exists depth, and, as evidenced by his decisions and recent moves, a social consciousness. Does the actor ever feel 'a way' when the media and folks on social refer to him as Michael "Bae" Jordan?
"It's cool," the actor told The Root. "It all comes from a good place, so love is love."
Michael "Bae" Jordan it is.
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The MDC's partnership with Weir is classic economic development, and we mark it as one of the year's significant accomplishments.
2017 presented the Midland Development Corporation with exciting new opportunities for economic development, the most notable of which is an agreement with The Weir Group's Oil & Gas Division. Weir already had a presence in the Permian Basin, providing products and services that support oil well drilling, completion, and production. Because of the myriad opportunities available in Midland, Weir wanted to expand its capacity. This presented the opportunity to partner with the Midland Development Corporation to achieve a complementary set of goals that will increase employment and economic activity in Midland. The Midland Development Corporation was able to sell Weir a location in the David Mims Business Park, with frontage access to Interstate 20.
According to the terms of Midland Development Corporation's economic development agreement with Weir, the new facility will include more than $20 million in capital improvements, and $9.6 million in personal property. Additionally, Weir will create and maintain $5.1 million in new annual payroll at the Midland location. This is a boon to the local tax base, and will initiate new primary jobs.
In order to increase fairness and transparency, in 2017 the Midland Development Corporation adjusted its incentives strategy by requiring performance from its contract partners before disbursing funds or forgivable loans. The MDC's agreement with Weir conforms to these guidelines by providing incentive payments to Weir after specific contractual obligations have been met. Forgivable loans totaling $1.8 million will be made in five equal payments over the course of four years, as Weir certifies that it has met capital investment, personal property, and annual payroll goals. In consideration for developing Weir's section of the David Mims Business Park, the MDC will reimburse Weir for up to $1.35 million in construction costs.
The overarching goal of Midland Development Corporation is to amplify partnerships in Midland and the broader Permian Basin region, uniting efforts in order to achieve a cohesive goal of economic improvement and growth. The MDC's partnership with Weir is classic economic development, and we mark it as one of the year's significant accomplishments.


It's time for another Military Child of the Week Salute! Please let your military friends know about this salute and be sure to make nominations! Every Monday we salute one military child. The name of the child goes into a year end drawing for an opportunity to win their very own General Sarge Military Build-A-Bear through the Gift-A-Bear Campaign.
Military Child of the Week.
Jamie, along with her family are stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas, home to the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School and four combat ADA brigades. Jamie's Dad, James E. Bacigalupo, IV, is a Chief Warrant Officer with the 204th Military Intelligence Battalion and returned from a year of deployment from Kuwait in May of this year. This is a picture of Jamie, her Dad and her little sister.
"I'm nominating Jamie for the Military Child of the Week Salute given her time and commitment she is providing for her non-profit Angels4Epilepsy, Inc. which was granted 501c3 status by the IRS this year. Jamie, who was diagnosed with epilepsy two years ago, hasn't let the condition stop her. Rather it has inspired her to help other children with epilepsy by doing good deeds. Since 2010, when she first formed Angels4Epilepsy, she has delivered over 200 gift bags to children in Georgia and with the help of volunteers, in Florida and Indiana. Her gift bags contain items for the children hospitalized to have something to do while trying to raise awareness about kids and epilepsy.
Jamie is currently vying for a $25,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant which will be used to buy USB medical alert bracelets for children, cuddly TG Bears for hospitalized children and many other items. She needs to stay in the top 15. Voting is daily and can be done via a Facebook page, registering online with Pepsi and texting 107962 to 73774 (Pepsi) – standard texting rates apply. For those that drink Pepsi, specially marked bottles and cartons contain a special Power Vote code which can also be used to add extra votes to her cause.
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From all of us here at General Sarge HQ we say well done Jamie and we give you a great big "Two paws up!" You are an inspiration to many and we applaud you for all your hard work. As our way of saying thanks for being a great Military Child we also want to salute you in a special way for your unselfish giving nature too. As a result of a generous donation of bears to the Gift-A-Bear Campaign, be watching for your very own General Sarge Military Build-A-Bear arriving at your home soon.
Each child that's nominated has an opportunity to win their very own Military Build-A-Bear at the end of the year. When filling out the Contact Form please be sure to check the box "Military Child of the Week Nomination".
General Sarge, it is great that you have featured Jamie here. She is a real trooper and kudos to her mom and sister too.
On behalf of Jamie and her family, thank you so much! Thank you, Slappy Bear!
It's our pleasure to salute Jamie here! Her bear will be deployed from General Sarge HQ later this week.
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Thank you for this story of bravery and giving. I really enjoyed it and voted for Jamie as well. She is an amazing little girl!
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for voting for Jamie too. She is an amazing little girl.
Congratulations Jamie Bacigalupo for your nomination as Military Child of the Week. You are doing a wonderful job yourself with your non profit and pushing forward in the face of your own obstacles. We are not only wishing you luck with the Military Child of the Week but also to win your Pepsi Grant as well. Good luck and best wishes.
Congratulations to Jamie and it is an inspiration to see what a child can do with the help of others that are caring and concerned. Children are our future and hope that others will remember that and support kids like Jamie who despite having her own issues at such a young age, wants to help others. Hope that many others will read this story and visit the pepsi refresh and vote every day to help this dream of Jamie become a reality. Please vote for this project and support her–it only takes a few minutes to do it and it is a great project. Also, thanks to Rus for doing this GIFT A BEAR and hope that he can get a bear to every child that is nominated each week. Thanks for those that are willing to care.


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Blood Brothers un documentario del 1996 diretto dal regista Ernie Fritz dedicato alla breve riunione del cantante statunitense Bruce Springsteen con la E Street Band nel 1995.

Fu trasmesso in 3 marzo del 1996 sul canale statunitense Disney Channel e nel corso dell'anno distribuito su Laserdisc e VHS per il mercato domestico. Il 16 gennaio 2001 fu realizzata la versione in formato DVD.

Il documentario ottenne una nomination ai Grammy Award del 1997 nella sezione Best Music Video - Long Form (miglior video musicale - forma lunga).

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Geena Davis is a starlet who has had a successful career in both the film and television world. She has acted in films such as The Matrix, The Dark Knight, and Star Wars. However, she is best known for her work on tv. She has actually appeared in lots of films and television programs consisting of Beverly Hills 90210, Family Guy, and The Simpsons.
1 Acting Career
2 Filmography
3 Television Appearances
4 Offscreen Dynamic
Geena Davis is a distinguished American actress, author, and producer who has actually received lots of awards throughout her career. She has actually also been a singing advocate versus gender discrimination in the show business and has worked relentlessly to enhance the representation of women in media. In addition, she has actually established the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
As a child, Geena Davis wished to be a starlet. Her moms and dads were a civil engineer and an instructor's assistant. After high school, Davis moved to New york city and began her career as a design. Later on, she studied drama at Boston University. A few years later, she graduated from the college.
Although Davis made a little resurgence to the screen in 2005, her career didn't continue to grow. Then in 2008, she went back to the big screen with Mishaps Take place (2009 ). That year, she also appeared in a horror movie, The Exorcist, as Regan MacNeil-Angel Rance.
In the early 1980s, Davis had a successful modeling profession and ended up being a well-known starlet. She starred in a number of significant movies, including Transylvania 6-5000, Beetlejuice, and The Accidental Tourist.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Finest Supporting Starlet for her role in Beetlejuice. Nevertheless, her acting career deviated for the worse when she was cast in a leading role in the movie Commander in Chief.
Following the film, Davis partnered with the Zoli modeling agency, and she moved to New York City. She belonged to the Mensa genius society.
Geena Davis has won the Golden Globe award for Finest Performance by a Starlet in a Television Series Drama for her operate in Commander in Chief. In addition, she was chosen for an Oscar for her efficiency in the film Thelma & & Louise
. During her years in the film industry, Geena Davis likewise handled functions in a couple of ticket office failures, such as Fletch with Chevy Chase. Still, she had the ability to receive critical honor for her efficiencies in tv shows such as Grey's Anatomy. Also, she worked as a supporter for the Title IX Act, which forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in educational institutions in the United States.
Geena Davis' filmography is filled with major awards and honors. A former Victoria's Secret model, she is a popular actress and writer who has actually received a number of Oscar nominations. She is a supporter for gender equality in the media. Her work has actually been applauded for its nuanced portraits of females. In 2004, she established the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. This nonprofit company works to enhance the representation of ladies and gender in media.
At the age of 18, Davis relocated to New york city City to pursue an acting profession. She studied drama at Boston University and finished with a Bachelor of Arts. However her profession took a dramatic turn.
While studying at Boston University, she satisfied star and director Renny Harlin. They wed in 1993 and have 2 kids together. However, the couple divorced in 1998. The list below year, Davis appeared in a series of films directed by Harlin, including Cutthroat Island and the scary funny The Long Kiss Goodnight.
After moving to New york city City, she started to play bit parts in movies and television shows. She gained vital attention for her role in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. She likewise co-starred in Transylvania 6-5000 with Jeff Goldblum.
She starred in the temporary NBC comedy Sara in 1985. Throughout its run, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She appeared in the comedy Quick Change with Bill Murray in 1990.
As a model, she worked for Zoli modeling agency. Prior to making her movie launching, she studied drama at Boston University. She finished with a bachelor's degree in 1979.
Her very first major function was in the 1982 movie Tootsie, which she co-starred with Dustin Hoffman. Besides being an enjoyable film, Tootsie won her the Academy Award for Finest Supporting Starlet. Other significant movies consist of Beetlejuice and the dark funny Marjorie Prime.
When she was more youthful, Geena Davis had low self-confidence. However as she developed, she got self-confidence and became an accomplished starlet. She was also a prominent member of the females's rights motion. For this, she was granted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Geena Davis has actually starred in a variety of films over the past 30 years. She has actually gathered numerous awards for her work in the film market, consisting of an Academy Award and a Golden World. Besides her acting career, she has likewise functioned as a manufacturer.
Her very first on-screen look was in the movie Tootsie. The film was directed by Sydney Pollack and concentrates on a daytime drama character named Michael who is associated with a complex relationship. It likewise starred Jessica Lange and is considered a fun film to enjoy.
After graduating from Boston University's College of Fine Arts, Davis was a model and worked in different dining establishments in New York City. She later began working for the Zoli modeling agency.
In 1982, she was cast in the movie Tootsie. Her on-screen debut was an effective one. That exact same year, she had a role in the road movie Thelma & & Louise, which co-starred Susan Sarandon. Both of these movies succeeded, and Geena's performance was nominated for an Oscar.
After a short stint in package workplace with the Chevy Chase motion picture Fletch, Geena starred in a number of more films. One of her more unforgettable roles remained in A League of Their Own. This film received a Golden World election and made her an Oscar nod.
Another notable look remained in the horror movie The Fly. She likewise appeared in the tv series Grey's Anatomy.
Geena Davis is still acting today. Her latest look remained in the horror film The Exorcist. She also appeared in the television series Me Him Her.
Besides her acting, Geena Davis has actually been an activist. She has fought for women's rights and gender equality in the entertainment industry. She founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which intends to resolve demeaning stereotypes in the media.
As an actor, Geena Davis has actually depicted many iconic characters throughout her profession. She was called as UN special envoy for ladies in 2012.
After her profession took a turn for the even worse, she rebounded with a variety of fully grown roles.
Offscreen Dynamic
A great deal of individuals keep in mind Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon's renowned functions in Thelma & & Louise. This film was a significant breakthrough for women in the film industry. In it, the two female stars played the best good friends of each other and formed a long lasting relationship.
They were nominated for an Academy Award for the function. However, it was not enough to make the film an instantaneous classic. It was the offscreen dynamic that truly altered the movie industry.
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon were also featured in the 1991 Festival de Cannes. Their friendship made a huge impact on the movie market. They have both devoted time to promoting ladies's rights, particularly concerns associated with hunger and poverty.
Just recently, Geena and Susan Davis were reunited for a brand-new drive-in movie. While it did not re-ignite their careers, it did allow the two actresses to share a memorable minute.
The two starlets are set to re-unite for an award show occasion. The Presidental Dinner is an unique evening arranged by the Cannes Movie Festival. The objective of the dinner is to honor gifted women and motivate them in their careers.
The women in motion award is provided to a person who has made a considerable contribution to the film industry. Kering, a French high-end items brand name, has actually sponsored the event. Also set up to be provided are Francois-Henri Pinault, Thierry Fremaux, and Pierre Lescure.
The Ladies in Motion awards program is one of the most prominent on the planet. Throughout its history, the program has honored some of the most essential and prominent women in the movie industry. With the Presidental Supper, Kering hopes to acknowledge the women who are producing groundbreaking movies and films. As such, the ceremony is set to happen on 15 Might.
Regardless of a long and illustrious profession, Geena has never hesitated to speak her mind. She's been outspoken about females's problems and is dedicated to minimizing gender stereotyping in the media. To name a few things, she's contributed in founding the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting gender equality in the show business.
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With its current principal slated to head up the new Norton Commons Elementary next school year, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary has tapped a new principal to take over as its leader.
Cathy Bosemer, who is currently an assistant principal at Fern Creek Elementary, was chosen by Breckinridge-Franklin's site-based decision-making council this week to replace Allyson Vitato.
JCPS spokeswoman Jennifer Brislin said Bosemer will move over to her new school on May 16, which should be after KPREP testing has concluded.
According to Fern Creek Elementary's website, Bosemer previously worked for 19 years in JCPS, including at Doss, Seneca and Ballard high schools. She also served as an associate principal for six years at South Oldham High School, according to her bio on the website.
Vitato, who has led Breckinridge-Franklin since 2010, is leaving to be the new principal at Norton Commons Elementary, which opens in the fall.


Let's talk about Ripple [XRP]. Is Ripple a good investment? Why is it one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies right now? I want to start a discussion with you guys about what Ripple does right. Глядзіце відэа.
I did not create this but I thought it was cool.
***Not financial advice. Just opinion. Do your own research obviously.
Ripple makes partnerships not XRP.
Look it up. Two different companies.
There is something fishy going on with XRP, the price should be $3 – $4 by now. Why are the big boys / instituons/ whales keeping clear of it ? The truth will come out eventually.
Al Jenkins That is because XRP isnt doing the deals RIPPLE is.
I think people miss what ripple is. They're the AOL of internet money. Before AOL, most people did not have the technical ability to email or use the internet. So an intranet made that interface easier and gave them a taste of what could be. "You've got mail" was huge before it died! I think we forget that.
I don't think XRP is the long distance future. I do think they're going to be the first step towards ditching fiat. We're just not going to have mass adoption of something like BTC without a stepping stone.
I don't like XRP or Ripple. But I own it because I think the short term is promising. I do like their realistic and business savvy approach. That's something most of these projects are failing at, in my opinion.
IGSTER – i think you are right. I bought XRP at a low price, so I might as well HODL , but I shall not be investing more in it.
I like Ripple because it's a gateway to mainstream adoption. Of course it doesn't reflect the essence of Satochi's original vision of cryptos, but without mainstream adoption, cryptos aren't going anywhere.
What kind of coin is it?
I think if $3–$4 dollars at this point would be way overbought (in this down market).
Altcoin Daily possibly I just don't feel it.
concidering how much profit banks will make extra using x rapid they all gonna us3e it otherwise they still behind with the competition who will.
I like it. We def have an advantage with this kinda stuff, being early adopters and all.
how much profit will they make?
XRP is the hedge bet. Many cryptos are too small and fractional in their niche…they will disappear on their own or will be overtaken by a few consolidating whales in the space…Ripple is a whale. You can love or hate its progeny (XRP), but if they don't F' it up…it will remain No. 3…then No. 2…then who knows? It has speed over Bitcoin and it may out-diversify Ethereum in the future. Just sayin'.
Xrp Ripple has no where to go but up and up and up.
what would happen if china stop mining bitcoin ?
Ha me? For sure not. I'm not invested, at least not at this point.
You need 20 xrp to reserve wallet address. What happens if you wanna empty your wallet, do they let you withdraw these 20 xrp or its lost forever?
Good job I knew about the Ellen show but I didn't know about the late night show!
чалавек, i really love Austin's vibe on this channel, it's really like having a beer and chatting crypto. Keep up the good work man!


It's a sunny afternoon on Sydney University's picturesque campus. The quadrangle clock tower casts a shadow over dozens of lifeless, blood-soaked bodies.
These are students who this month took a stand against our university's ongoing negotiations with far right think-tank the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.
In the tradition of anti-war activists of days gone by, we have doused ourselves in red paint and staged a "die in". It is a visual homage to the less glamorous aspects of Western "civilisation": genocide, imperialism and war.
It's clearly a discomfiting sight for the sons and daughters of the establishment. But it is an effective statement, drawing dozens of students to the spectacle, with many joining in.
We march through the main thoroughfare of the university, hearing from a diverse array of speakers along the way; international students, Muslims, Indigenous people, university staff and anti-racists. All are rightfully angered by the prospect of the Ramsay Centre having a presence on our campus.
Greens MP David Shoebridge speaks on academic integrity, and international student Decheng Sun delivers a searing indictment of the degree as a normalisation of white supremacist rhetoric.
The Keep Ramsay Out of USYD campaign has so far been an encouragingly successful one. The centre has been forced to stumble back over many of its initial chauvinistic statements. Vice-chancellor Michael Spence and his management are subject to a degree of scrutiny they did not anticipate and do not enjoy.
The week before this protest, a forum to discuss the campaign was packed with staff and students. Sociologist Raewyn Connell spoke about the university's role as a political tool and vehicle for indoctrinating students into the "ideology of empire".
Student Representative Council Education Officer Lily Campbell also spoke.
The forum was an important opportunity to raise awareness about the right wing's offensive on our campuses. Importantly, attendees were given the opportunity to act on this knowledge by protesting the next week.
The march finished outside Spence's chancellery. Banners and placards carried by the red-splattered crowd reveal the ugly truth that the Ramsay Centre hopes to sanitise and celebrate.
One placard displays the image of Australian troops in Afghanistan flying a Nazi flag. Another, the chilling photograph of Vietnamese children fleeing a napalm bomb.
"THIS IS WESTERN CIVILISATION", the placards declare. It is all that needs to be said.


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ERNESTO CASTALDO, et al. Defendants.
LLOYD D. GEORGE, District Judge.
This pro se prisoner civil rights action by a Nevada state inmate comes before the Court for initial review of the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A as well as on plaintiff's motion (#2) for leave to file a longer than usual complaint. The initial partial filing fee in effect has been paid through installments drawn from plaintiff's inmate account.
Turning to initial review, when a "prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity, " the court must "identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint: (1) is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; or (2) seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief." 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b).
In considering whether the plaintiff has stated a claim upon which relief can be granted, all material factual allegations in the complaint are accepted as true for purposes of initial review and are to be construed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. See, e.g., Russell v. Landrieu, 621 F.2d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 1980). However, mere legal conclusions unsupported by any actual allegations of fact are not assumed to be true in reviewing the complaint. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 677-81 & 686-87 (2009). That is, bare and conclusory assertions that constitute merely formulaic recitations of the elements of a cause of action and that are devoid of further factual enhancement are not accepted as true and do not state a claim for relief. Id.
[A] complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." [ Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 1974, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007).] A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged. Id., at 556, 127 S.Ct. 1955. The plausibility standard is not akin to a "probability requirement, " but it asks for more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully. Ibid. Where a complaint pleads facts that are "merely consistent with" a defendant's liability, it "stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief.'" Id., at 557, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (brackets omitted).
.... [W]here the well-pleaded facts do not permit the court to infer more than the mere possibility of misconduct, the complaint has alleged - but it has not "show[n]" - "that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 8(a)(2).
Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678.
Allegations of a pro se complainant are held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers. Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972).
#1-1, at 3A (electronic docketing page 5). While purportedly not challenging the conviction, plaintiff nonetheless alleges that the defendants "created this case, " referring to his criminal case, through unconstitutional outrageous government conduct. He further includes a prayer to have his criminal record expunged, as well, as, inter alia, two million dollars a year monetary damages from January 2007 until the conclusion of this case, i.e., during his still continuing incarceration on the criminal conviction that he seeks to have expunged.
When a federal civil rights plaintiff presents claims that necessarily challenge the validity of his conviction, then the claims are not cognizable in the civil rights action "no matter the relief sought (damages or equitable relief), [and] no matter the target of the prisoner's suit... if success in that action would necessarily demonstrate the invalidity of confinement or its duration." Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74, 82 (2005)(emphasis in original); Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). A plaintiff presenting claims necessarily challenging the validity of his conviction first must establish that the confinement has been declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such a determination, expunged by executive order, or called into question by the grant of a federal writ of habeas corpus. Heck, 512 U.S. at 486-87. Heck applies to Bivens actions as well as to civil rights actions under §1983. See, e.g., Martin v. Sias, 88 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 1996).


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Q: WCF client, lots of ports I had occasion to use TCPView to look at network connections while I was developing a .NET thick client that connects to a WCF service and noticed that for every request, a new port is opened and then sticks around in the TIME_WAIT state for a while.
Yes, I've used WCF for a while now, but I didn't know this. I read that it's normal (part of the way TCP works) but it seems kind of bizarre to me.
I'm worried that a user could fill up all the available ports if they keep clicking around the application really fast (causing lots of service requests, sometimes multiple calls per click). Is that ever a practical problem, or should I just not worry about it?

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In 2016 I attended the Women's Art Institute which provided a safe environment to explore ideas intuitively without restrictions. The experience changed how I approach my art by unleashing from within me work of such relevance it was both frightening and exhilarating. Hence the theme Irreproachable emerged. Rooted in sexual abuse I suffered as a teen by a teacher, the theme centers on what we as humans have influence over and what is out of our control. The molestations affected every aspect of my life and through counseling I am a survivor. This body of work has helped me find my true voice as an artist and further heal. The art shown in my studio for Art-a-Whirl 2017 was the most powerful and meaningful work I have created thus far. Surprisingly, by sharing my story publicly through my art, strangers intimately and unexpectedly divulged their stories of abuse to me. Speaking my truth gave voice to others and this current work helps manifest what comes next. The power of these conversations have stayed with me and fueled a vision exhibited at the Redepenning Gallery at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, November, 2018.


Smart TVs: For the sheer presentation there can never be beating the televisions and the latest HD and Ultra HD formats take the viewing experience to a new level. Most smart TVs enable the use of apps just like the mobile phones to stream movies that are available online on sites like 123movie. The more recent formats of televisions are designed to take note of the requirements of streaming internet movies and thus would provide a memorable experience most of the time.
When movies were first streamed into devices it was more of a novelty than any particular use. Thus there were little or no benchmarks to speak of. As more platforms and more devices got to using the new technology it became evident to providers of the services as well as the equipment manufacturers to bring out a set parameter for providing services to customers.
A USB DVD-ROM drive would likely identify itself as a "Mass Storage Device"; however, unlike your external USB drive that is probably formatted in FAT-32 format, your DVD-R discs are likely formatted in UDF format (normal DVD-ROM format), which the TV may or may not be able to read.
The Sony Blu-Ray player would likely be able to read any mass storage device hooked to the USB port, but might not like a read-only device… and if it can't play some of the files from a 123movies directly inserted into the drive, it won't magically be able to play it just because it's in an external drive connected through USB.
However, it might be about as cheap to find a cheap DVD (not Blu-Ray) player that will play at least DivX & XviD AVIs, and hook that up to the TV via another HDMI port, or possibly composite cables.


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Pickup from Delhi ( Home/Hotel/Airport/Railway Station) and drive to Agra, arrival and check inn to Hotel. PM visit Agra fort & Taj Mahal, builty in 1630 by Mughal Emperior Shah Jahan. stay in Taj compunt till sunset. over night stay at Hotel.
after breakfast check out from Hotel and proceed to visit Fatehpur Sikri, after finish the sightseeing of Fatehpur Sikri, drive to Delhi. arrival and drop to Delhi (Home / Hotel/Airport/Railway Station).


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The Last of Us Part 2 has been delayed 'until further notice'
Naughty Dog cites logistical issues caused by COVID-19 pandemic
2nd Apr 2020 / 7:08 pm
Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part 2 has been delayed until further notice.
Sony Interactive Entertainment said on Thursday that the indefinite delay is due to disruption caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve," it said in a statement.
The Last of Us Part 2 was due to release for PlayStation 4 in May.
Update, April 27: Sony has announced new release dates for The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima.
Original story continues: Sony also announced on Thursday it has delayed first-party title Iron Man VR due to the virus pandemic, but said that "currently there are no other delays to report, but we'll keep you updated."
In its own statement, developer Naughty Dog said that development on Part 2 was "nearly done" but logistical issues had led to the decision to delay its release.
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"We're sure this news is just as disappointing to you as it is to us," it said. "The good news is, we're nearly done with development of The Last of Us Part II. We are in the midst of fixing our final bugs.
"However, even with us finishing the game, we were faced with the reality that due to logistics beyond our control, we couldn't launch [the game] to our satisfaction.
"We want to make sure everyone gets to play The Last of Us Part II around the same time, ensuring that we're doing everything possible to preserve the best experience for everyone. This meant delaying the game until such a time where we can solve these logistic issues.
"We were bummed about the decision but ultimately understood it's what's best and fair to all of our players."
Sony had warned stakeholders last week that there was a potential "risk of delays" to first and third-party PlayStation games due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Last of Us Part 2 release has been delayed indefinitely.
In a statement published on Friday, the PlayStation parent said it was "carefully monitoring the risk of delays in production schedules for game software titles" at both its first-party and partner studios, primarily in Europe and the US.
PlayStation has another major first-party release planned for the next few months: Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima, which is due on June 26.
A Sony spokesperson told Bloomberg last week that the company "doesn't see any notable impact" on the launch of PlayStation 5 planned at the end of this year.
The Last of Us Part II is the first major release to be delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Upcoming releases Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII Remake, which will have long since finished game development, have none-the-less suffered logistical issues.
Square Enix has confirmed it has shipped Final Fantasy VII Remake physical copies ahead of schedule in Europe and Australia, to ensure supply.
Capcom Europe warned that physical copies of Resident Evil 3 could be delayed in the region due to restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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My focus is on having a positive experience on the violin. I am happy to guide students through AMEB exams – although this is not an expectation.
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How to do discount pricing for App Upgrades in the App Store
Or as my brother Pete called it "Smurfberries for Business Apps".
We spent the better part of the summer working on iOS 7 updates. We'd originally planned a different approach for updating our main apps for iOS 7. (An FTP Client and code editor.) But in the end, a week before iOS 7 was scheduled to come out, we decided people would have to pay to get the upgrade.
One reason overruled everything:
If we go out of business, nobody would get any upgrades at all. *
Along with most other developers, we have wanted a way to charge an upgrade price to get a new major version of an app. And we wanted to be nice to our existing customers and give them a discount. We're not just competing with other apps, the iOS7 update is competing with our previous version which is pretty damn good. If asked to pay full price again, many people (including myself) might stick to the older version which already works great.
Apple hasn't added that option, so we had to figure out how to do it ourselves, while sticking within the published iOS SDK and App Store system. (OmniGroup tried going outside the App Store so updates were from their website which I believe is why their way wasn't allowed. Our method should work fine for Mac Apps too.)
It isn't as perfect as Apple could do it, all within a single app and not losing our thousands of 5 star ratings, but it works now.
Our particular apps are bit more complicated since we have both Regular and Pro versions of the app to deal with. But the simple approach:
You have MyTool in the App Store now, for $9.99.
Create a new version of the app in the App Store, MyTool2, also for $9.99, and submit it. Optional**
Create a separate "MyTool2Upgrade" for free but with 2 or more In-App Purchases. Everything in MyTool2 , but have some new features behind an In-App purchase. (Exactly how to do new features depends on your app. In our FTP Upgrade app, you can browse and view files, but can't edit.)
In the 2Upgrade app, when they tap the locked feature, check if they have MyTool installed, if they do show an In-App purchase to unlock with the price $4.99; if they don't then show a 2nd In-App purchase item to unlock with the price $9.99. All the In-App purchases unlock exactly the same things in the app, but with differing prices.
Once the 2Upgrade app is approved, you can decide what to do with the original MyTool. Remove it for sale, drop the price, or even simply leave it full price (especially if the MyTool2 is iOS7 only and MyTool works on iOS6).***
Get our apps and see it in action (and support our continued staying-in-business-ness)!
1st get the FTP On The Go Pro Upgrader for iOS7 mouthful app. A quick way to get the Activate prompt is to switch to the Saved Files tab, tap the "About" file, then tap the up-arrow-in-a-circle in the bottom toolbar. Tap to Activate and you'll get the full-price In-App purchase for $9.99.
Then on the same device, get FTP On The Go or FTP On The Go PRO, they've been discounted so are $3.99 and $6.99. Once one of them is installed, go back to the Upgrader and do the Activate again. You'll get the discounted prices; $6.99 if you have the standard, or $4.99 if you got the PRO (you'll save $1 if you get the Standard and upgrade that one.) Buy the upgrade to help keep us in business!
* Not an idle threat about going out of business, if this doesn't do it we've got maybe 6 months before having to either have something work, start doing contacting, or downsize to just me full time. Having to do that after nearly 17 years in business, and working with my brother Pete and friend Shawn for the past 15 years would be horrible and would greatly impact what sort of updates our apps would get in the future.
** You wouldn't even have to have the paid MyTool2, all the magic happens in the MyTool2Upgrade.
*** We are leaving the existing apps in the store with lower prices, so we can do bug fixes or security updates. At the least you'd be smart to do an update that detected if they were using MyTool on iOS7 and showed a message about upgrading!
**** For the developers...
There are a variety of ways how 2Upgrade can detect if you have MyTool installed.
Custom URL Schemes and detecting if an app handles a particular scheme are easy, but not very secure. A developer making a simple demo app could get around this one--but only could get to the discounted price so not too bad. (It could be made pretty safe if you pass data back and forth between the 2 apps, doing some sort of signing between them.)
iCloud key-values. An excellent way since it can detect they had MyTool even if it isn't currently installed on the device.
Keychain. Also a good way, nice and secure.
We started with the Custom URL scheme one; simple and works even with quite old existing versions of our apps. We'll add better checks now that we know Apple is going to allow this whole system.
***** More for the developers...
App discoverability is really tough in the App Store anyway. If you don't want people searching to stumble on the 2Upgrade app and want them to find the new MyTool2 Paid app, it should be pretty easy by giving few or no keywords to the 2Upgrade. That won't help people searching using Google, but Apple seems to just use the name and keywords for their search results.
Does this still work or have apple pulled the plug?
Its still live and has had several updates to the apps, and others have since done variations on the idea (OmniGroup apps are some I know about)
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This year was one of transition for the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. In December 2011, Deanna Clingan-Fischer, JD, was appointed as the new State Long-Term Care Ombudsman assuming the role from Jeanne Yordi. This report timeframe covers portions of the tenure of each State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Through the transition, the Office continued to be an effective advocate and resource for persons residing in long-term care facilities, assisted living programs and elder group homes.


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Theatre Alive: Johan Padan & the Discovery of the Americas
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Monday Musings with Steve Gome
Steve Gome is a seasoned actor and director, and was most recently seen on Melbourne stages in the role of Schlomo Herzl in George Tabori's Mein Kampf. Now about to step out onto the stage at fortyfivedownstairs in his latest season of Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas, we nabbed some time with him to talk about Dario Fo, one man shows, and"Doc" Neeson…
Tell us a bit about the show. What's your role within it all?
The play is a fantastical tale. On the one hand it is loosely based on a historical characters and places, on the other it can move into territory like Gulliver's Travels.
There are all sorts of characters in the play; kings and queens, judges, sailors, priests, a shaman and a couple of chiefs, as well as pigs, parrots, turkeys, monkeys and iguanas?!
As a monologue, my role is to bring all of the characters to life and to bring the audience with me on the adventure.
What do you hope audiences will take away from the show?
My introduction to Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas was seeing Mario Pirovano perform it at the Melbourne Festival in 2003. It made a deep and lasting impression on me. The play was with me for the ten years leading up to me first performing it myself. and it is still very much alive in me now.
My hope is that the audiences will take away their own memories of having been transported to a particular place, having laughed at a truth unexpectedly revealed, and having a sense of having enjoyed an encounter with the beguiling simplicity of story-telling.
Dario Fo is known as a very political writer, can you give a bit of the history behind this particular work?
This play was conceived as a response to the official celebrations of Columbus that marked the 500th anniversary of his famous voyage of 1492. Columbus is portrayed as a bit of a buffoon who doesn't really know where he is going, and who is mocked when he returns from the Indies because he doesn't bring back any gold.
At the same time, it can be seen as a continuation of themes which have appeared in Dario Fo's earlier works; the corrupting effect of power (religious and political), the voice and memory of the common people sustained by a spoken tradition, and the depiction of female sensuality as natural and delightful.
By the time he devised Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas, Dario Fo had already written and performed a number of celebrated lengthy monologues of which Mistero Buffo is the best-known. He performed this play for only a few months (in his mid-sixties!).
One-person shows can be quite stressful, with no one else on stage to rely on – how do you prepare for this kind of performance? Any tales of performances where something went awry?
Big picture – I've spent a lot of time thinking what the play is about, what draws me to it and what audiences might find in it. I've spent a lot of time exploring the world of the play, learning the lines and the physical vocabulary of the play, and seeing how it all comes together.
Before going on – cardiovascular exercise, a hearty meal, looking over some lines or physical transitions, tea and stillness, then stretching.
I can't remember any getting lost in any performance. Tongue-tied? Winded? Light-headed? Yes. A vague sense that my pants (or accent) were slipping? Occasionally. Thirsty? Absolutely! But not lost.
Touch wood.
Who inspires you, and why?
Two people whose lives and example continue to influence the course of my life are Bernard Neeson and Primo Levi.
"Doc" Neeson and The Angels as examples of creative energy (volatile, theatrical, enigmatic), the search for new forms of expression and the obstinate stamina demanded by a life on the road.
Primo Levi as an example of the possibility of transcendence – the ability to distil years of horror into wisdom.
You can catch Steve in Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas, playing at fortyfivedownstairs from the 4th of February, 2015.
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