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Melichar Broad Acres, LLC

Melichar Broad Acres, LLC is a Dairy Farm in Port Washington, WI. “It was my Grandpa Charlie that came up with the name back in 1937 when he and Grandma Lola purchased it,” according to Jim Melichar. The operation of the dairy farm is now in the hands of Jim and his wife, Sherri, along with his son, Adam, and daughter-in-law, Kendall. Jim is the first generation to work full time on the farm but admitted that a career in farming wasn’t his first choice. It was a matter of being the right age at the time of an unfortunate circumstance. He is one of eight siblings and was the only one still home when his father passed away. It just made sense for him to take it over at that time. Now Jim Melichar believes it’s the link between Faith, Family and the Farm that makes it all work.

“FAITH is what keeps this farm going,” Jim said. “We believe it is always going to get better.”

He enjoys working with FAMILY, because it is fun watching them grow and learn new things. Jim said that his son, Adam, has learned a lot from needing to find solutions to production and other challenges of the dairy. “Adam and Kendall are both very smart and bring new operating ideas,” Jim said. Adam and Kendall have 4 children. Carter, Grant, Scarlett, or Alexa could be the 5th generation to get involved in the operation and keep it going into the future.

Jim takes pride in the care he gives the calves on their FARM. They are the future. “The healthier the calf, the better the cow,” he said. Their cropping system also plays an important role in the farm's success. They have started with cover crops to maintain and improve soil health.

The Melichars want to be considerate neighbors to their nearby communities. Jim helps to make that connection between agriculture and the non-farming community by serving as the Town Board Chairman of Port Washington. As a member of the Watershed Clean Farm Families Organization, he continues to demonstrate that message. Jim is a member of the Dairy Promotion Board for Ozaukee County and also served 15 years on the Board of Directors for the former Kettle Lakes Co-op.

Jim is also known for his pig roasting skills and you may see him around at local trap shooting events when he takes time off for some fun. Thank you to Jim and his family for participating in Farmer Friday and sharing the story of their dairy operation. We enjoyed your positive approach and wish you continued success!

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Cellphone-sized Penguin Minis novels even let you 'scroll' up

The big news in the book-publishing world is actually quite small.

Dutton Books for Young Readers has re-released four titles by young-adult best-seller John Green in a tiny format. Each book is about the height and width of a cellphone (depending on what type you have) and about as thick as a deck of cards.

But small in stature doesn’t translate into a literary deficit: Every word of each novel is there, albeit on ultra-thin pages.

Size, however, isn’t the most unusual feature of the Penguin Minis. Instead of turning pages from left to right, as has been done for centuries, the horizontal pages are turned upward, similar to scrolling on a cellphone.

Julie Strauss-Gabel, president and publisher of Dutton Books for Young Readers, says luring young readers away from technology was the reason the books were designed that way.“Young readers love their phones, but when they read a book they like to read a book,” she says.

The similarities, however, are “certainly a bonus,” she says. “It’s become natural to hold things in one hand and roll up.”

The books were designed, she says, for portability and accessibility.

“I’m a commuter. I spend a lot of my life crammed into spaces on subways and trains. It’s nice to one-handedly hold a book.”

The format was designed in the Netherlands, where the tiny books made their debut in 2009. Since then, 10 million copies have been sold, by writers including Dan Brown, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Le Carre, Agatha Christie and Isabel Allende. This is the format’s first appearance in North America.

“People who are dedicated readers like print books,” she says. “Ebooks ... have leveled off and did not take over as people feared. A huge number of our readers love to hold a book I their hands.”

The Green books are “Looking for Alaska,” “An Abundance of Katherines,” “Paper Towns” and “The Fault in Our Stars.” They are available individually and in an itty-bitty box set.

Strauss-Gabel would not say what titles are in the future for Penguin Minis.

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Coventry Language Centre

COVENTRY Language Centre formerly known as ERTI Language Centre is a linguistic institution that was established since 2012. Fully licensed by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, COVENTRY is just located within the city centre of Kuala Lumpur and just 5 minutes’ walk from the Bukit Bintang district. COVENTRY’s objective is to provide a quality English language education for anyone who wants to bring their linguistic skills to the next level.

More than 375 million people use English language as a medium of communication across the world and there are more than 50 nations in the world that uses English as their official language. English has been the medium to do business as well as standard daily language of communication here in Malaysia, and it
has been widely regarded as Malaysia’s secondary language.

COVENTRY provides a comfortable study environment that caters to the needs and the requirements of students who seek to develop their English language skills, both written and orally. Our classes are lined with activities to create an interactive learning environment and it is also a place for international students to share their culture and learn the local culture within, which allows both local and international students to explore, discover and gain more experiences as they learn together with COVENTRY.

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CO2 - DOT Therapy

SmartXide2 DOT/RF: Combined Action, Total Rejuvenation

DEKA has developed an innovative and exclusive configuration designed for aesthetic medicine and dermatological surgery. The equipment is called Smartxide2 DOT/RF and introduces for the first time the combined action of a CO2 laser with radiofrequency (RF).

SmartXide2 corrects skin imperfections and counteracts the effects of aging, such as wrinkles and flabbiness, by exerting a unique action on the tissues with effective stimulation of neocollagenesis. It is also ideal for areas hitherto considered untreatable such as the neck, décolleté and periocular area.

DEKA, world leader in the development of advanced laser systems, concentrated the results of thirty years of know-how into the technological advancements of the SmartXide2. The CO2, laser source with exclusive PSD® (Pulse Shape Design) technology, achieves performance levels never attained before in dermatological applications. The therapeutic action selectively reaches surface tissues and deeper areas, ensuring maximum reliability in controlling the application, with minimum thermal damage and extremely rapid recovery times for patients. In line with the ongoing quest for innovation, DEKA paves the way towards a new multidisciplinary, avant-garde laser system.

“I have been using SmartXide2 DOT/RF for more than a year with fantastic results. SmartXide2 is clearly superior to all the other CO2 laser sources. Thanks to the PSD® technology it works in continuous mode and in a multitude of pulsed modes with very different features. This versatility makes it possible to select the optimal pulse shape for the required treatment. I can work in “cold” mode when I have to vaporize with minimal heat damage to the surrounding tissues, in “hot” mode to coagulate, and also in “heat selection” mode when I have to operate in depth on small areas, as with skin resurfacing and fractioned rejuvenation. It is precisely in this type of application that the new HiScan DOT/RF offers unique performance with amazing results and fewer sessions. All this is made possible by the option, offered exclusively by HiScan DOT/RF, of using a radiofrequency source combined with CO2 laser”

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University of Insubria - Varese, Italy

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Use social media to get design work: 25 pro tips

Social media isn't just for annoying famous people or wasting time when you're supposed to be working. Used in the right way, it's a great resource for boosting your career, enabling you to find inspiration, get advice from your peers and boost your profile. In this article we reveal how to network with designers via Twitter, Facebook and more...

01. Share, don't sell

Social media for designers is a great resource - but it can also fill your social networks with fluff. Use it wisely

Using any social network as a sales megaphone is likely to backfire: nobody wants a news feed or stream to resemble a bunch of carnival barkers, and it's particularly important to craft your content for the social network(s) you use: don't just post once and use services such as IFTTT to blare the post across every social network you've ever seen.

02. Be open minded

Social media can be a superb source of design inspiration, and the wider your social net the wider the range of inspiring things you're likely to come across. Spread your social net widely and focus on the inspiration, not the industry: it's better to follow interesting people from other creative fields than follow dullards just because they're designers.

03. Present your portfolio properly

Social media for designers

Portfolio sites like Behance enable you to interact with fellow designers and solicit feedback

Design portfolios are essential, but if the images can't tell the full story of your creative genius then provide commentary and context to explain why you're so awesome. If you don't want to build your own, you could use a Tumblr with a theme such as SimpleFolio, or build a WordPress site with a theme such as Sideshow, Garnish or Cameron Moll's Briefed or you could use somebody else's site.

There's no shortage of contenders in that latter category, including Behance's ProSite, Cargo, 4ormat and Carbonmade. There are also skill-specific sites such as deviantArt for digital artists and 500px for photographers.

Such sites aren't just static galleries: many are social platforms in their own right, enabling designers to solicit feedback and comment on others' work.

Social media for designers

Don't want to code your own portfolio site? WordPress themes like Garnish do it for you

04. Get recommendations from others

Recommendations from other people carry a lot of weight when you're pitching for work, and social sites such as LinkedIn enable past employers and clients to provide such recommendations. You can ask your connections for a nice comment about something specific to display on your profile, or you can ask them to introduce you to someone they're connected to but who isn't part of your network.

Quality is more important than quantity here: don't contact everybody you've ever worked with, for or near - and if you can return the favour, please do.

05. Save effort with social media clients

Social media for designers

Bottlenose's social media search can be a good source of eye candy and inspiration

Staying on top of multiple social media channels can be a pain, but there's no shortage of apps and services to help you stay current. For example, Tweetdeck enables you to monitor and manage multiple accounts, schedule tweets for later posting and save searches for instant access. We particularly like Bottlenose, which enables you to spot what others are sharing including URLs and images.

06. Get stuck in!

Bar the odd bit of backstabbing and murder, the online design community is a welcoming one, and you can give your profile a boost by being a valuable contributor to comment threads, Twitter conversations and portfolio sites. It's a karmic thing: if you're helpful to others, then others are much more likely to be helpful to you.

07. Follow people who follow people

Many jobs and commissions are filled without agencies or employers advertising them: organisations with reasonably large social media followings can save advertising cash by blogging or tweeting when they need some new blood. The better-connected your social network, the more likely you are to find out about such opportunities.

08. Get your RSS in gear

Social media for designers

Many jobs boards publish in RSS. Choose your speciality and subscribe in Google Reader

Many jobs boards - including our very own Creative Bloq jobs board - publish RSS feeds of new positions, enabling you to filter your search and see when new vacancies matching your criteria are published. Use a service like Feedly so you'll see the alerts as you're catching up with your various blogs and news sites.

09. Time announcements right

Most people's news feeds are like Niagara Falls, with tweets and status updates roaring past at frightening speed. If you're posting work-related items or things you think will delight your peers, make sure you post when people will actually be online - which, in most cases, means during office hours (in their time zone) or the early evening.

10. Make use of Lanyrd

Social media for designers

Use Lanyrd to make connections and plan your schedule before heading off to design conferences and meet-ups

The conference circuit is a great source of both inspiration and new connections, and laying the groundwork in advance can reap dividends: sites such as Lanyrd help you to find out what's on, where it is, when it's happening and who else is going, enabling you to make introductions, organise meet-ups and plan your schedule. Twitter's great for local recommendations while you're there, too.

11. Network where the work is

There's no shortage of social networks, but the time and energy you can expend on them is limited - so don't waste your efforts on networks that won't benefit you. Concentrate your energies on the networks where your peers and potential clients are. Who knows, that might even mean Google+.

12. Find your social niche

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Social networks exist for every kind of designer. If you do it, there's a network for it

In addition to the big social networks, there are social sites focused on specific sectors. For example, user experience designers and IAs have networks such as the London IA, while lovers of all things HTML5 can talk code on sites such as HTML5 Rocks. Such sites are great places to learn new things and stay on top with technologies and trends.

13. Emulate your idols

Take some time to analyse the way people you follow actually use social media. Are they prolific with praise and retweets? Do they post often, or only when they've got something big to talk about? Are they on-message or largely off-duty? Identify what works, and decide what's worth emulating - and then do the reverse for the people who annoy you.

14. Get Dribbbling

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Aka "Twitter for Designers", Dribbble is a great place to showcase work and find inspiration

It's been described as 'Twitter for Designers', and that's not a bad description: Dribbble is a great resource for designers of all kinds, and if you can wangle an invite it's an excellent place to show off your completed projects and works in progress to peers and prospective clients. To get an invitation you need to sign up as a prospect and then be invited by an existing Dribbble member.

15. Look local

If you're looking for business in your local area, following and interacting with local organisations, media outlets and businesses on services such as Twitter can introduce you to potential clients, boosting your profile without any ad spend. Combining search criteria with geotagging can also help identify opportunities near you.

16. Ask for feedback

Social media for designers

Sites such as enable you to share work with and solicit feedback

Social media's a great way to get feedback on designs or code, and there is also a wide range of dedicated design-sharing sites where you can solicit feedback from clients and collaborators on all kinds of creative work - although such sharing usually has a fee attached. Examples include Conceptshare, Cageapp, Noteboxapp and ConceptFeedback.

17. Update your profile constantly

A basic one, we know, but make sure your profile page(s), blog, show you at your best: whether it's a LinkedIn CV or just your Twitter profile page, it's all part of the marketing mix and should make it abundantly clear that you're awesome and should be hired immediately. Don't forget the contact details.

Social media for designers

Other people's Twitter Lists can be fantastic things. Here's one for type foundries

One of the most important benefits of social media is that if you follow the right people, they'll keep you abreast of the things you need to know about, whether that's the latest apps or the latest enfants terribles. You can find the right people by seeing who other designers follow, and in some cases those designers have helpfully organised their news sources into Twitter lists.

19. Think long term

Social media is a marathon, not a sprint; you want people to follow you because they find you interesting, not because you've followed the entire Twitter user base in the hope that some of them will auto-follow you back. It sounds wanky, we know, but you're building a brand here.

20. Don't drive people away

Hijacking trending topics to promote your URL, posting inane comments purely to get some profile, using irrelevant #hashtags #every #monday #tuesday and #wednesday to get your #design #business into as many #twitter #feeds as possible; these things will get you a block, not a boost. And quite right too.

21. Don't forget Pinterest

If you're a graphic designer, artist or illustrator, you should definitely be using Pinterest to further your career. The image-sharing service is a great way to find new contacts, promote your personal brand and get work. Check out our article boost your design career using Pinterest for more details.

22. Add social buttons to your website

If you want the content on your website to go viral, you need to design your social buttons in the right way. Read this article to find out how to go about it.

23. Don't just talk about work

Social media is a great way to advance your career, but don't just talk about work on social media. Networking is also about getting to know people, so they'll want to know more about you than what "amazing project" you're working on. Also remember that conversation is as much about listening as it is talking - don't let it all be one way.

24. Use Instagram

Social media for designers

Mike Kus has amassed a huge number of followers on Instagram with photos like this

Using Instagram can be a great way to network with other designers whom you might not 'meet' in other arenas such as Twitter or Facebook. Tag your photos with relevant and descriptive hash tags to make sure your pics are included in popular Instagram lists. When people like your photos, follow them back and start chatting.

25. Ignore the idiots

The anonymity of the social media world mean there will always be haters, trolls and outright idiots out to wind you up. It's sometimes difficult not to obsess over a slight, but you need to take a step back and realise that attention-seekers are not worth bothering with. Unlike the bullies you met in the school playground, ignore these people and they actually will go away.

Words: Gary Marshall

Gary Marshall is a freelance journalist, columnist, author, copywriter, scriptwriter and radio talking head, who writes features, news stories and tutorials about technology, the Internet and pop culture.

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The EmoPulse Smile Bracelet Smartphone is the world’s first phone that you can wear like bracelet. One of the major features of the EmoPulse smartphone is the Artificial Intelligenc – which can detect your mood and body stats like temperature, heart rate etc.

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Amazing Images Captured in Tiny Water Droplets

Swirls Paralell Worlds Hypnotice Drops of Jupiter Water World World on a String Digital World Call for Batman Hero Drops of abstraction Spidey Psychedelic Drop Mercury Eye of the Beholder Superman Chessfield Falling Earth Mars

These amazing images are the work of Markus Reugels. Regels, born in Schweinfurt, Germany has during his professional career as a photographer developed a love for macro photography. In this series titled “Refraktion” he lightly scatters water droplets, generating images in the tinniest of water droplets as refraction. Although the results look simple, there is a lot of work and experience behind these shots not to mention substantial equipment and cameras.

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Amusing Images of Historical Paintings Taking Selfies

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Selfies have become a photographic phenomena that has permeated our culture, especially amongst the young generations. It might surprise you then to see  previous generations keeping up with the times and taking part in the selfie culture.  Denmark-based art director, Olivia Muus has introduced 17th and 18th century paintings to the snapping culture long before cameras were even invented in her own photo series titled #museumofselfie.

In each image, Muus positions a real hand holding an iPhone in front of a painting at a museum. She’s cleverly placed it so that the scale matches the artwork, and this creates the illusion that these 2D people are somehow taking their own self portrait. There’s no Photoshop used in this series – just two cameras and a gracious hand model.

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Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card Review

Amazon is no longer just a store, it's become a way of life for millions of Americans. City dwellers love to have items shipped to their home rather than navigating public transportation with their purchases. Those who live in rural areas can shop from hundreds of thousands of items that might not be available locally. And even suburbanites choose to order from Amazon rather than fighting traffic and crowds at their local shopping center.

The key to getting the most out of your Amazon purchases is a subscription to Amazon Prime, which offers free two-day shipping on eligible purchases and access to their video and audio streaming services. In addition, members can now sign up for the new Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card.

How This Card Works

Amazon Prime members can apply for this card, which offers 5% back on all purchases from your account. You also earn 2% back at restaurants, gas stations, and drugstores and 1% back on all other purchases. You are then able to use the rewards earned to pay for all or part of your Amazon purchases and there is no minimum rewards balance required to redeem. In addition, you receive a $70 gift card instantly upon approval.

Shopping benefits include extended warranty coverage and a purchase protection policy that covers your purchases for 120 days against theft or damage of up to $500 per claim. When traveling, you're covered by a lost luggage reimbursement policy, baggage delay insurance, and a travel and emergency assistance hotline. There are no foreign transaction fees, and with the Amazon Prime membership there's no annual fee for this card.

This card offers a superior rate of return on Amazon purchases, which are already highly discounted. It also features 2% cash back at restaurants, gas stations, and drugstores, which is more than what you would expect from most reward credit cards. Other advantages include strong travel insurance and purchase protection policies, especially for a card with no annual fee. Finally, it's nice that this card doesn't have a foreign transaction fee.

While this card offers excellent rewards for Amazon purchases, and a nominal rate of return for items bought at restaurants, gas stations, and drugstores, the 1% cash back offered on other purchases is no longer considered to be competitive with similar cards that offer 1.5% or even as much as 2% cash back. This card requires you to have an Amazon Prime membership, which currently costs $99 per year. Finally, the $70 gift card you receive as a sign-up bonus is insignificant compared to the hundreds of dollars’ worth of points, miles, and cash back frequently offered by competing cards.

Bottom Line

This card makes sense for fans of who have an Amazon Prime subscription. Like any rewards card, this card is best used by people who avoid interest charges by paying their monthly statements in full. Amazon is incredibly popular due to its convenience and service, and it's nice to know that customers have the option to earn outstanding rewards as well.

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CrossFit Open Underway! It's not too late to register! Rx, Scaled, and Teen Divisions of the Open workouts are available. Amplify will complete the weekly workout every Friday as the gym WOD, so register and join the fun!

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Living & Giving Generously

Two passages come to mind when considering our giving:  "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness" (Matt 6:33), and "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Luke 12:34). In the first, Jesus reminds us that God knows our need, and as we commit to placing the things of God ahead of our needs, we will find Him faithful to meet those needs.  In the second, Jesus points out that our heart actually follows our money!  Our interests and affections are confirmed by our financial choices. What a paradox!

Having a Kingdom focus requires action.  It calls us to re-prioritize our lives to increasingly align with our King's desires, including the area of our giving.  Ultimately, such action flows from His nature in us.  God gives, and those who are His find joy in expressing that nature back to Him in our living and giving.

Is it easy?  Not always! There are many things vying for those resources.  But our giving needs to cost us something, or it isn't really a measure of our devotion for our King.  David demonstrated this when he refused to worship by giving that which cost him nothing (2 Samuel 24:18-25).

We're all invited to demonstrate our love for Christ in our giving, and by doing so, storing up treasure in heaven, rather than on earth (Matt 6:19-20).  Please join us in the joy of Kingdom giving!  If you're ready now, click one of the two buttons below. If you'd like to learn more about specific fund choices, a brief description of the primary funds can be found below. Other fund choices may be available from time to time as the need arises. For a complete list of active online giving funds, please log-in and proceed to giving page!

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GENERAL FUND (Tithes & Offerings)

This fund supports the general ministry and administration of the church – and should be your primary giving focus.

In scripture, the Lord establishes a "tithe" as a baseline for giving (10% of income). The Lord promises blessings upon those who faithfully follow this precept (Malachi 3:10).

Offerings over and above the tithe are also described in scripture as practiced by the people of God.

 We all need a helping hand from time to time.  The Benevolent Fund provides help to those in our body who are struggling financially due to the press of life.

When we give in support of such as these, it touches the heart of God, who cares deeply for those in distress (see James 1:27).

In 2014, the Lord moved on the hearts of leadership to restore and improve the facility He's entrusted to us.  Since the initial financial appeal, the Body has responded with generosity, and several key projects have been completed.

 Our current goal is the renovation of our main sanctuary. This multi-year project will transform the sanctuary into a modern, versatile worship center.

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Ms Mattie is the most precious person I know and bring great joy to my life.  After my mother dies - I adopted her as my "new Mom".  We have the best time together

She was was born in Oswego, OK the oldest of 3 children.  Hery mother passed away when she was 6 years old and she became the "woman of the house";  cooking cleaning and caring for her brother and sister. She was married-off at 12 to a neighbor whose wife had died but left him.  At 20 years old, in 1947, she came to the big city of Dallas and to make a life for herself.  She began cooking an cleaning for the fine folk in Dallas (as that was what you could do in that day and time).  She have worked hard for all these years.  She has been blessed and sought to bless everyone around her.  She cooks for the senior center, makes lap blankets for those folks as they are always cold and helps everyone she can.

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RS202FM Rugged 2U Server

Field tested, failsafe and long life performance in extreme conditions. As processing performance continues to improve, Crystal Group is dedicated to minimize the SWaP envelope of the RS202FM. High-end computing performance in a 2U chassis with a depth of 19” (48.3 cm) fits most any rack space.

RS202FM Rugged 2U Server

• Light weight aluminum construction – under 25 lbs.
• Easily mounted – Delrin glides, or Jonathan® rails
• Up to 512 GB of memory
• Rugged 2U, rack mounted 19” depth
• Versatility with up to two (2) 2.5” SSD’s in a single removable twin carrier sled
• Internal expansion with Mil-Circ I/O
• Leading edge Intel® Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell or Broadwell CPU options

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RTCA DO-160 Section 21, Category M
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17.46" (44.35cm)
19" (48.26cm)
25 lbs ( 11.34 kgs )
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They are running. Up through the foliage on the ridge, you can see them. Patterns of light tan and dark, husky brown. Like the motion of autumn colors on a cold day, they move silently through the trees.

Black buck antelopes from the plains of India, mingled with dozens of other exotic species, run swiftly, glancing over their shoulders as they leap the high rocks and disappear into the woods.

They were brought here by the wealthy rancher who lives in the Spanish-style house on the ridge. From the veranda of his new mansion he can look out in the morning -- surrounded by expensive antiques, wronght-iron furniture, and an entire village fountain transported from Mexico -- and see sika deer from the mountains of Europe; ibex that used to hide in the high mountains of central Asia; aoudad sheep from northern Africa; mouflon from Corsica and Sardinia; and fallow deer native to southern Europe and Asia Minor.

Charles Schreiner III, a broad, taciturn man who looks a lot like Papa Hemingway, collects bandit guns, and lives in a house of architectural splendor, owns all of it -- the land, the antiques, and the antelopes -- all of the Y.O. Ranch, which calls itself the world's largest exotic hunting ranch.

Today, as he stands in the doorway of the "chuck wagon" on the Y.O. Ranch, directing a small group of Mexicans performing some chores for him, he speaks infrequently in faultless Spanish to the laborers, impatiently snapping his fingers at one to get moving. Otherwise, he leaves the talking to his son, Charles Schreiner IV.

The younger Charles Schreiner is manager of this ranch and part-heir to the Schreiner fortune, most of which is tied up in a 56,000-acre spread (that's about one-fifth the size of Houston), 10,000 cloven-hoofed animals -- 80 percent of which are hunted -- and the various other enterprises the rocky land has been put to.

He has convinced his father that it would be a good idea to let a reporter come to the ranch, on the premise that this would give them a chance to tell their side of the animal shooting ranch story.

So far, he feels, the story of these ranches (places where businessmen and others can come and pay a high price to hunt animals generally found only on faraway continents) has been only half told by journalists and animal protectionists, who simply do not understand the ranchers' position.

He resents the picture painted of shooting ranches in the television special "The Guns of Autumn," which showed almost-domesticated animals being "hunted" and painfully slaughtered by bungling amateurs who did not know how to give the animals quick, merciful slayings. Nor does he particularly appreciate articles by people like Charles Gaines, who wrote in "Old Dance on the Killing Ground" that hunting "has been judged, both by those who hunt and those who don't, against this very good reason for not doing it: It hurts and kills to be hunted, and no creature should have the right to impose suffering and death on another creature for pleasure."

This view is misguided, in the eyes of Charles Schreiner, who sees hunting from an entirely different perspective.

"It's about time conservationists and hunters got together and saw there are a whole lot of issues that are important to them both," he says, as he gulps down a snack at a picnic-style table in the chuck wagon, adding that animal conservation is what the Y.O. Ranch and the entire exotic-wildlife business in Texas are all about.

Today, there are about 210 Texans who won over 50,000 exotic animals and have come to be regarded as a boon to animal conservation by many respected conservationists around the world, as exotic wildlife concentrations in Texas have reached astounding proportions.

Exotic animals were first introduced into Texas as a novelty in the early 1930s, on the King ranch. Over the ensuing years, the practice of importing cloven-hoofed animals became more popular, because the ample grazing land provides conditions suitable for a multitude of species. Soon, vast stretches of Texas landscape became populated with over 57,000 animals from 37 exotic species, some of them more plentiful here than in their native habitats.

The Y.O., which began to import exotics in the early '50s, eventually became the largest such preserve in the country. In the process, it also won the hearts and minds of many zoo administrators, who see places like the Y.O. as wildlife refuges for endangered species that zoos themselves cannot accommodate.

As one zoo administrator told me, "charlie Schreiner has more land than all the zoos in the world put together."

According to Bill Conway, director of the prestigious Bronx Zoo in New York City, an influential member of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA), this is important because the available land area for many exotic creatures in the world is quickly dwindling away; and those animal species that provide no clear economic benefit to mankind are destined to vanish without reuges like the Y.O. (The black buck antelope, once on the verge of extinction in its native India, has now been reintroduced to neighboring Pakistan, after its numbers had been replenished on Texas game preserves.)

Seeding these animals into the landscape of Texas ranches seems to be a perfect solution to a drastic problem. But there is one catch, as Mr. Schreiner readily explains:

"We have eliminated the predators [by introducing the animals into a heavily controlled environment], and so we must become predators ourselves." These exotic breeds fare so well here in central Texas, he maintains, that they must be selectively "harvested" to prevent a crisis of overpopulation.

Paid hunting provides the dual benefit to the ranchers of thinning out the population and offering an economic incentive for maintaining the herds. About 1951, David Rickenbacker, son of the World War I ace, Capt. Eddie Rickenbaker, got the idea of making these "texotics" (as they came to be known) available to hunters; and a new sideline was born for over 300 land-rich Texans who turned their property into profitable shooting ranges.

The economic incentive can be quite attractive. Hunters pay from $400 to $1, 200 to shoot a single animal, and also spend money on their room, board, and other incidentals while they are here. A substantial portion of the Y.O.'s $1 million-plus annual revenues comes from such hunters.

Brochures for the Y.O. show a couple of dozen paying customers kneeling over their kills that collectively cost them over $17,000 to shoot, holding them by the antlers and smiling for the cameras. The variety of these customers is apparent from the photographs, which include one disabled Vietnam vet who had to be strapped into the back of a truck to bag his "fine Corsican ram" and a 13 -year-old boy who had just taken "a magnificent fallow deer." Other hunters are shown with fallen sika bucks, grizzled Russian boars, and numerous other animals.

While he argues that the ranch also offers opportunity for firsthand observation of species in the wild by schoolchildren, nature lovers, and just plain tourists, Mr. Schreiner acknowledges that hunting is the main industry of this place.

And, to understand the Y.O. he says, you must hunt on it.

So he and I set out one afternoon on a simulated hunt, going by truck (because the animals runs sooner from a man on foot), a high-power rifle resting on the seat between us, barrel down and the chamber empty.

As the truck jostles over the rocks and ridges that pepper this rugged country, dodging between trees and skirting large fallen logs, a stand of sika deer, motionless and erect, their eyes transfixed, studies us. They are too young to make good trophies, he explains; besides we are stalking the black buck antelope of India, a much warier and more elusive prey. And we have to spend a while jostling in the truck before we even see any.

The first black bucks we do see are in a distant stand of trees -- a few soft does and one mature buck, his antlers just big enough to qualify him as a good trophy animal. He and his brood spot us instantly from their hiding place 200 yards away; and, as we slide out of the truck making our way, crouching and scurrying across the ground, they suddenly take flight, running into the far trees, and soon disappearing among the branches.

During the next hour or so, the black bucks are always either too far away or too young to shoot at. Usually, they are only a flicker of white and tan (although they are called black buck, these antelopes are really a soft tan and beige color, except for the mature males) through distant trees. Sometimes you will catch a clear vision of one for an instant, and then he is gone.

I am aware of the fact, as we jostle over this roadless terrain, that almost 100 percent of the hunters who come here leave with a trophy, and that I am probably being shown the Y.O.'s most difficult animal hunt. But I also realize that the hunting here is in no way comparable to places like the Kissimmee game shooting ranch in Florida, where a couple of brothers bought aged lions and other cats, concealed them in cages, and after a phony, "hunt" prodded the animals out of their cages to be shot by a "hunter" a few yards away.

The Kissimmee cat-shooting operation was probably the worst in the country, before it was closed down by Florida gaming officials because of complaints from local residents. But it was by no means alone in its tactics or its sources of animals.

There are dozens of shooting preserves listed in hunting magazines, many of them with only a few acres of land and little sporting chance for the animals, where the prey has constant contact with preserve owners, who feed them and care for them daily. Thus the animals barely run when stalked. And many of these preserves get animals that have come from municipally supported zoos.

About a year after Kissimmee was shut down, a Florida gaming official read me invoices from the place with showed that the brothers had purchased many of their animals from zoo directors around the country who were anxious to relive themselves of the burden of housing and feeding these animals after they had outlived their usefulness.

According to a number of sources in zoos themselves, this practice still continues, although documenting the actual transactions is almost impossible, because they involve freelance operatives working in large vans visiting zoos, especially smaller roadside zoos, collecting unwanted bears, cats, and other creatures, paying cash, and moving on, with no one being any wiser.

One official at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that just such an operative was involved in the Kissimmee hunting ground, "acting as their agent, finding animals for them, and making independent sales that eventually got him into trouble. But he's hard to find."

That particular agent may be hard to find, but the practice of selling animals to preserves is not hard to run across in conversations with knowledgeable people in the animal business.

Steve Graham, director of the Baltimore zoo, says, "I got into the zoo business in a small roadside zoo that regularly sold to preserves. The owner had spare animals that were of no use to him, and he was eager to sell them to preserves for a good price. After all, you can sell a male elk to a zoo for $ 100, or you can get $1,000 from a preserve."

Mr. Graham says this practice is especially disconcerting, because "we are supposed to be the protectors of wildlife, the last refuge for these creatures."

A committee of the AAZPA that studied the shooting ranches reported that the better ones provide an interesting opportunity for species preservation, but worried that "the disposal of zoo animals to shooting ranches raises the specter of inhumane slaughter of unsuspecting zoo 'pets' in an atmosphere of stress and trauma." And, in 1978, the committee recommended "blanket condemnations" of zoos that sell to preserves; but this recommendation was withdrawn in light of the potential some preserves offer for species preservation -- a move likely to arouse suspicions among animal protectionists who see shooting preserves as a lucrative market for zoo animal surplus.

The Y.O. Ranch, generally considered the most reputable shooting preserve in the country, openly purchases animals from zoos, but only its breeding stock. The progeny can be hunted, but the original zoo donations cannot. So, presumably, the sikas, axes, and mouflon we see rustling through the brush are second-, third-, and fourth-generation species naturalized to the Y.O.

Many animal protectionists i spoke to question the use of even these later generations for open-season hunting. They acknowledge that a certain amount of population control is necessary; but they allege that population control is not the only motive behind the paid hunting that goes on at places like the Y.O. And Irv Drasnin, producer of "The Guns of Autumn," advised me to "be wary of the nomenclature of hunting clubs" -- including words like "management" and "harvesting," which he believes are euphemisms for open hunting and easy killing.

While there are numerous close encounters with several species on my simulated hunt through the Y.O., there is certainly no "easy killing" of our selected prey. We only come across a clean shot at an axis deer, one that Mr. Schreiner says is more tame because it is just inside a nonhunting compound.

When I first spot him, he is looking at me, frozen. Whatever it is that suddenly enters an animal's mind to make it run has not yet come to him.

So I slip quietly out of the truck and to the ground, where I crouch and aim. His large antlers fill the top of my telescopic field. Statuesque, beautiful, he stares right at me, arrested, motionles, alert. And, incongruously, during that suspended moment we are looking at each other, I feel a breathless sense of impending danger.

When I squeeze the trigger, there is only a harmless click. But somehow, as I do, the memory of first shooting this gun races back into my mind: the expanse of woods around me suddenly being filled with a solid, explosive reports; a clay bird 250 yards away disintegrating into powder; and the un deniable conviction of the power that lies in this gun -- coiled, dangerous, and ready to use.

After I have given myself a chance to fire several times, I rise and walk within 75 yards of the buck. The dry leaves crunch under my feet, and the wind blows gently against my face. Finally, I come too close; he spins in one deft movement, flexing his muscles and racing across the stony ground, until he disappears among the trees on a nearby ridge, becoming only a blur of color in a whispering forest of leaves.

Had my gun been loaded, I would have "harvested" an impressive trophy for my living room wall; Charles Schreiner III would have made $950; and the texotic population of the Y.O. Ranch would have been "managed" and reduced ny one magnificent axis deer.

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Steel strike threatens West German labor harmony

For Eugen Loderer it is a dismantling of labor's share in directing company affairs that is at stake. For Egon Overbeck it is management's right to manage -- and the financial survival of Mannesmann steel and pipe divisions -- that is at stake.

Mr. Loderer is chairman of IG-Metall, the largest trade union in the world. Dr. Overbeck is board chairman of the Mannesmann engineering and pipe concern, the 11th-largest company in West Germany.

The breakdown of their third round of negotiations on "codetermination" Aug. 11 threatens a potential steel strike, an end to West Germany's vaunted labor harmony, and a hot political season in the run-up to the October general election.

The confrontation arose when Mannesmann decided to merge its steel division into its pipe division. With the coming of cheaper Japanese and South Korean steel onto the market in the past two decades and the overcapacity of West European foundries, Mannesmann diversified away from general steel production and now turns out only the special steel for its pipe division. The company therefore sees the planned merger as a necessary rationalization to save 50 million deutschmarks ($85 million) a year and keep its pipe division competitive.

IG-Metal views things differently, for one reason -- "codetermination." Under this system West German workers have participated in company supervisory boards since 1951 in the coal, iron, and steel industries and since 1976 in other firms with more than 2,000 employees.

Under the planned restructurin, Mannesmann pipes would still be legally required to continue the codetermination boards where representation is split evenly between labor and management. There would be one major difference, however: the chairman.

Under the early coal and steel laws inspired by the postwar occupying powers' wish to block German cartels from regaining the power they had under the Nazis, any tie vote on the boards is decided by the "neutral" chairman agreed on jointly by workers and shareholders. Under the general codetermination laws passed by the Social Democratic-Liberal coalition in the mid-'70s, however, the tie-breaking vote goes to a chairman who represents shareholders. And one member of the labor team must in any case come from white-collar workers, whose views sometimes lean more toward managers than blue-collar workers.

The IG-Metall leaders -- under some pressure from more militant younger activists -- are therefore now intent on blocking a precedent that might enable other coal and steel companies to reorganize and thus slip into the form of codetermination less favorable to labor. Already "spontaneous" strikes of one or two hours by more than 30,000 steel workers have registered blue-collar protest over the intended Mannesmann change. And Loderer has indicated that an organized striker might follow IG-Metall's evaluation of the situation in the next days and weeks.

The nationwide Confederation of Trade Unions has pledged its support for the IG- Metall fight. And various employers' associations have pledged their support for Mannesmann.

Mannesmann will decide on final implementation of its plan -- or possibly on another attempt to resurrect negotiations with the union -- Sept. 15.

Following the Aug. 11 breakdown in negotiations, some Social Democrats have called for a special session of the Bundestag to pass a special "Lex Mannesmann" forbidding the planned merger. As thins stand now the government would not be able to get a majority on such legislation, however; the main effect would be to set the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats in the coalition to squabbling with each other.

The Free Democrats support codetermination in general, but their classic liberal favoring of as free a market economy as possible makes them unwilling to go beyond assuring some labor participation in company decisions to tying the hands of management.

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More information on the start-up training program can be obtained from the Texas Industrial Commission, PO Box 12728, Capital Station, Austin, Texas, 78711 .

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Sedona International Film Festival

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ANNE Heche and director Ken Kwapis on the set of Sexual Life.

Asner, Schroder and McCarthy will be in Sedona for the festival where last year the hit indie film What the Bleep to We Know debuted before taking off on a highly-acclaimed national run.

"The lineup of films for this year’s juried festival is, without question, the most exciting we’ve had over the past 11 years," Executive Director Pat Schweiss said. "There is certainly something for every taste and area of interest. Some are purely entertaining, some are incredibly through provoking, others may be deeply troubling based on their content, but the overall experience should be truly memorable."

Asner, who is the narrator of American Holocaust and plays a sheriff in Sleeping Dogs Lie, will be presented with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Friday Night "Cast Party" Gala for his contributions and commitment to independent films and his body of work. The event, at the Radisson Poco Diablo Resort is sponsored by Azadi Fine Rugs.

Past honorees are Ann Miller, Donald O’Connor, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Ladd, Amanda Plumber, Wendy Malick, Scott Baio and Jena Malone.

Schroder will present his film, Black Cloud, and McCarthy, who vaulted to fame as a member of the Brat Pack with Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, will feature his short film, News For the Church.

Thursday’s official opening night film is Sexual Life, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s play, La Ronde, and features Heche. This intellectual comedy of manners and modern sexual politics connects the lives of several people bound by issues of intimacy, sexual magnetism and commitment. Also in the cast are Dulé Hill, Azure Skye and Tom Everett Scott.

Friday’s feature film is Hate Crime by Sedona filmmaker Tommy Stovall. In the film, Robbie Levenson and Trey McCoy suddenly find themselves dealing with prejudice and hostility as their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, begins to threaten their lives because they are gay. It is a riveting and deeply moving story about the personal consequences of intolerance.

Films accepted into the festival are divided into four categories: features, documentaries, shorts and animation. All films will be shown at Sedona’s Harkins Theatres.

Individual priority passes are available for $250-$450 and include a variety of benefits from access to the Festival Greenroom to admission to the Premier Film Screening, Late Night Filmmaker Get Together, Cast Party, Filmmakers Only Soiree and the Awards Brunch.

Six film flex passes are $50. Passes are now on sale and can be purchased for the entire weekend. Tickets for the Friday night gala and the Sunday brunch are separate. Tickets for those events are $35 and $20, respectively.

Tickets purchased at the door will be $10 per film or you can enjoy maximum flexibility with a six film flex pass for $50 on festival weekend.

At the festival’s two-day Frank Warner Workshop, Friday and Saturday, among the seminar is a panel of respected and honored directors and producers will discuss life "In the Director’s Chair."

Panelists include Academy-Award winning director Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, October Sky, The Rocketeer), director Ron Underwood (City Slickers, Mighty Joe Young ), director John Schultz (currently in production on The Honeymooners for Paramount), Emmy-Award winning actor and director Joan Darling (Mom’s On Strike ), producer Forrest Murray (The Spitfire Grill, Bob Roberts and Love Crimes), director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld (Kissing Jessica Stein and Legally Blond 2), and directors Flavia Fontes and Dennis Smith.

The workshop is narrated by Academy-Award winner Harrison Ellenshaw (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back). The workshop is scheduled Friday, March 4, at Red Rock High School from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 5, at Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuition for the two-day workshop is $200. Student tuition, with valid high school or college student I.D. is $100.

March 3, the Arizona Screenwriters Association and the Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop present "Pitching Mini Boot Camp," a workshop designed to help participants learn the basics of "pitching" a screenplay from 12:30 to 5 p.m., March 3, at the Sedona Creative Life Center. The cost of the workshop is $10. For more information or to RSVP, visit

For more information about the 11th annual Sedona International Film Festival, visit or call (928) 282-1177.

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Zdenek Stybar couldn't hold the pace of Nys, Albert and Pauwels. © Bart Hazen

Zdenek Stybar could be heading to Quick Step. File photo © Bart Hazen

by Kat Statman

Zdenek Stybar’s contract with Telenet-Fidea is set to end on March 1st of 2011. Negotiations with Telenet-Fidea as well as other teams have been swimming around the rumor mill all season as he is arguably the most desirable ’crosser in the world right now. Hans Kasteren, Telenet-Fidea manager, worked hard to keep Stybar by offering him one of the most lucrative cyclocross contracts in the pro peloton. Though Stybar was close to signing a deal with the team that gave him his start and has been with him throughout his career, he was not happy with a few pieces of the contract.

Here at Cyclocross Magazine we have caught wind that Stybar is very close to signing a deal for next year, but not with Telenet-Fidea – rather it would be with Quick Step. Quick Step, as well as a host of other road-oriented teams, has shown an interest in the Czech powerhouse both as a ’crosser and a road racer.

Stybar is also clearly interested in this proposal as he is looking to race at a higher level on the road and include the storied spring classics, including Paris Roubaix, in his racing program. Stybar said, “This is a very important decision in my career: I continue in the field, or do I start in a new direction? Some things are not just about money.You need to decide on the feeling sometimes. ”

Will Stybar be able to continue at the top of the ’cross peloton with a full racing schedule alongside the likes of Tom Boonen? Will Stybar become one of the many ’crossers to make a move to the road and only dabble in cyclocross or use ’cross for winter training like Lars Boom? We hope not as watching his last-lap attacks is always inspiring.

At this point there have been no official press releases from Telenet-Fidea, Quick Step or Zdenek Stybar himself, though there have been many reports closely linking Stybar to signing a contract to start on March 1st, 2011, with Quick Step.


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Current Camps:

Camp: Age: Chapter: Location: Start: End:
The Greatest Show Winter Camp - Junior - ages 10-13 10-13 North The Owen Theater Dec 26 Jan 04
The Greatest Show Winter Camp - Mini - ages 4 - 6 4-6 North The Owen Theater Dec 26 Jan 04
The Greatest Show Winter Camp - Youth - ages 7 - 9 7-9 North The Owen Theater Dec 26 Jan 04
Trinity Pines 2019 - girls 13-19 North Trinity Pines Conference Center Jun 30 Jul 05
Trinity Pines 2019 - males 13-19 North Trinity Pines Conference Center Jun 30 Jul 05

Early Bird Discount

Register by April 30th to receive a $25.00 Early Bird Discount on all camps!

During the summer, CYT Branches put on weeklong musical theater day camps for students ages 4-18. Camps are designed to be a fun and energetic immersion into the world of musical theater. Camps are jam-packed with games, activities, and interactive workshops that build performance skills, self-confidence, and teamwork. Typical camps include team competitions; rotations through drama, dance, and music workshops; and a concluding showcase for family and friends. Some Branches host overnight camps for older students. Through praise, worship, prayer, and daily devotions, CYT teen camps are particularly focused on spiritual growth.
CYT Summer Camps are all about fun, friendships, and theatrics. Camps are great yearly tradition for your child!  Themes vary from year to year and change depending on age group.

CYT Houston offers 3 different camp experiences:
  • Summer Day Camp - ages 5 - 14 years
  • Master camp - ages 13 - 18 years
  • Summer Stock - ages 8 - 18 years

Students are eligible to move up to a different camp as long as they will be turning the minimum age for that camp by August 31st of that year.

Please note: There is a $25 charge per camper if you need to cancel up to ONE MONTH before the start of camp. After that time, there will be no refunds. We can transfer a student to a different camp, if there is availability.

Camp staff includes professional local artists, CYT Production Artistic Teams, and theater specialists. These counselors are high energy, experienced, and love working with kids! CYT aims to hire counselors who are great role models for our students. All CYT counselors have been background checked and adhere to our CYT Mission and Values.

At the end of camp, students perform in a showcase that they have rehearsed for over the course of their fun-filled week. Parents get to come watch their kids perform the material they have learned in just a short week free of charge! Showcase is a celebration of the week’s work and gives kids a glimpse into the energy and excitement of being part of a full CYT production.

CYT summer camps have been some of my most memorable experiences. From Newsies to The Lion King to Master Camps there is always something new for a great time with friends. They have taught me how to work with people and learn quickly.

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Summer Camps

CYT Summer Camp is a week-long musical theater camp offered during the summer months for students ages 5-14.

Camps are designed to create a hands-on theater experience, and are focused on building performance skills, self-confidence, and teamwork. Camp days are filled with Broadway themed musical theater workshops focusing on voice, dance and drama. Campers enjoy making new friends as they build self-confidence and vital performance skills that are useful in all areas of life. Worship, scripture memorization challenges, team-building time, wacky themed days, an action packed water day, and high-energy competitive games will also be incorporated, promising you the best experience of your summer!

To close out the week, campers will showcase what they've rehearsed at an exciting Friday afternoon performance for family and friends.

Participants do not need to have any previous experience.

Master Camps

Master camps are designed for students 13-18 who have some theater experience already and focus on teaching specific techniques and skills. We are expanding our Master Camp for the 2018 camp season to include a five day overnight camp at beautiful Trinity Pines Conference Center!

Summer Stock

CYT Summer Stock is a two week, Monday through Friday, camp/show experience with a production held on the second Friday evening and/or Saturday after the final camp day. Summer Stock hours are 9 AM to 3 PM. A full show will be performed at a local venue with costumes, sets and props! Parent help is not mandatory but welcome and necessary to put the show together. All students will be in the show.

Students will audition for roles.  They do NOT need to come with anything prepared, but they will be asked to audition on the first Monday.


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Willie Mae Dyer White, 53, a native and resident of Thibodaux, died Monday, March 16, 2009.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Morning Star Baptist Church on Brule Road in Thibodaux. Religious service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her father, Walter Dyer Sr. of Thibodaux; three sons, Edmond Dyer, Talance White Sr. and wife, Terrika, of Houma and Tyrone White Jr. of Baton Rouge; three brothers, Timothy Dyer and wife, Rena, of Houma, Walter Dyer Jr. and Bradford Dyer and wife, Donna, of Thibodaux; six sisters, Norma Harkless and husband, Dilton, of New Orleans, Paulette Williams of Thibodaux, Claudette Pearson and husband, Edward, of North Carolina, Maggie Dyer and Daphne Dyer of Johnson Ridge and Pamela Dyer of Baton Rouge.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Bernice Dyer; and her grandparents, Alfred Harris and Mildred Francois.
She was Baptist.
Kennedy Funeral Home of Raceland is in charge of arrangements.


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Indonesia XI 0 Arsenal 7: Who says Wenger needs a striker? Gunners breeze through pre-season opener with rout in Jakarta

Olivier Giroud did his best to convince manager Arsene Wenger that he does not need to sign a new striker this summer with a quickfire brace to get Arsenal's pre-season campaign off to a winning start.

The France international, who was the Gunners first-choice centre-forward last season, scored twice within minutes of coming on as a second half substitute to fire the perfect reminder to Wenger, as the Barclays Premier League side smashed seven past an Indonesian Dream Team in Jakarta.

Arsene Wenger fielded a strong team for his side's first pre-season match of the summer, Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Gibbs all starting the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

Pick that one out: Olivier Giroud netted a superb second goal to make it four as Arsenal thrashed Indonesia

Pick that one out: Olivier Giroud netted a superb second goal to make it four as Arsenal thrashed Indonesia

Arsenal: Fabianski (Martinez 68); Jenkinson (Sagna 68), Miquel, Mertesacker (Koscielny 46), Gibbs; Arteta (Zelalem 46), Ramsey (Rosicky 68), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Olsson 46); Gnabry (Podolski 68), Akpom (Giroud 68), Walcott (Eisfeld 46). Subs not used: Szczesny, Wilshere, Aneke, Ryo

Goals: Walcott 19, Akpom 54, Giroud 70, 74, Podolski 83, Olsson 85, Eisfeld 87

Indonesia XI: Meiga; Sanadi, Igbonefo, Solossa, Maitimo; Van Dijk, Kabes, Wanggai, Jufrianto; Roby, Kipuw. Subs: Syukur, Salampessy, Sucipto, Wahyu, Wirawan, Mofu, Pae, Ripora, Bonay, Mokodompit, Pellu, Rahadhan

And the Gunners nearly got off to a dream start inside the opening minute after rookie Chuba Akpom failed to get a good connection when presented with a clear sight of goal after excellent work from Aaron Ramsey down the left flank.

As you'd expect Arsenal looked comfortable in possession from the start, with the central midfield trio of Arteta, Ramsey and Oxlade-Chamberlain all having an early influence.

Akpom squandered another chance in the seventh minute, firing an angled shot wide after good work from Serge Gnabry.

Arteta then fired a venomous drive from 25 yards narrowly wide of Kurnia Meiga's far post three minutes later as Arsenal searched for an opener.

The impressive Gnabry then pierced through the home side's defence with a pacy run, cutting inside from the left-hand touchline, but his low strike was held by Meiga.

But the Gunners finally made their dominance pay in the 18th minute, Walcott cooly slotting home from 13 yards after excellent work from Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The goal was no more than Arsenal deserved after their bright start, and it was to their credit that they didn't take their foot off the gas after breaking the deadlock.

Akpom and Gibbs both missed golden chances to double Arsenal's lead before the break as the Londoners turned the screw.

That's entertainment: Giroud entertains the fans before the match
Missed out: Jack Wilshere did not play because of flu

Big guns: Olivier Giroud (left) started dancing when he appeared on the big screen but Jack Wilshere (right) did not play because of flu

Young Gunner: Gedion Zelalem (left) was given a run out in the second half by Arsene Wenger

Young Gunner: Gedion Zelalem (left) was given a run out in the second half by Arsene Wenger

Hands up: Arsenal celebrate scoring  during the friendly

Hands up: Arsenal celebrate scoring during the friendly

But the tourists could easily have found themselves level at half-time after Indonesian skipper Boaz Solossa scuffed a volley straight at Lukasz Fabianski deep inside the Arsenal area.

Wenger made five changes at half-time, Laurent Koscielny, Gedion Zelalem, Kris Olsson, Thomas Eisfeld and Chuks Aneke replacing Gibbs, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arteta, Mertesacker and Walcott.
And the changes paid instant dividend as Akpom stroked home from close range after Gnabry's low cross.

Despite doubling their lead, the substitutions clearly disrupted Arsenal's flow as they struggled to replicate their first-half fluency during the opening stages of the second half.

Wenger threw on four of his big-guns to add fresh impetus into his side, Bacary Sagna, Olivier Giroud, Tomas Rosicky and Lukas Podolski all coming on.

Arsenal Lukas Podolski (left)

Super sub: Arsenal's Lukas Podolski (left) came on and scored

Committed: Arsenal's Lukas Podolski fights for the ball

Committed: Podolski fights for the ball

Giroud, left,

On the double: Giroud, left, scored twice for Arsenal

And the move had the desired effect as Arsenal notched a flurry of late goals.

First, Giroud beat Meiga with a deft flick after Sagna's low cross in the 70th minute and the France striker combined with the right-back again just three minutes later, rifling a powerful drive past the helpless Meiga.

Podolski made it five, smashing a low drive home after Rosicky's delicate touch, before Olsson slid home at the back post to make it six.

Eisfeld completed the scoring, hammering a shot home off the underside of the bar as Arsenal cruised to victory.

Backing: Arsenal thank the fans for turning out

Backing: Arsena hold up a banner thanking the fans

Arsenal FC players wave after their friendly match against Indonesia in Jakart

Afterwards Wenger said: 'We played with good technical skill and overall it was a positive night.

'It felt like we were playing at home because of the great supporter.

'It was 1-0 at half time but the gap got bigger when we made subsitiutions late on when they were tiring. But of course our power made a big difference in the end.

'Everyone came through well, it was interesting to see our young players. We played at a good pace and played penetrating football.

'I like Olivier Giroud, he scored 17 goals last season and I'm sure he will improve again. Wilshere had a bit of flu, but he will play the next game.

'All the youngsters did well tonight, I was happy with all of them.

'Yes my contract expires in 2014, but there is a good chance I'll stay longer.'

Arsenal have landed in Vietnam and became the first Premier League club to visit the country.

The Gunners were greeted by hundreds of Vietnamese supporters as they arrived at Noi Bai airport.

After their 7-0 win over an Indonesian dream team, the North London club will hope for a similar result when they face the Vietnam national side during their Asia Tour.

Arsene Wenger

Support: Vietnamese Arsenal fans hold a painting of Gunners manager Arsene Wenger

Arrival: Fans cheer the Arsenal coach at Noi Bai airport

Indonesia XI 0 Arsenal 7: match report


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Is it third time lucky for Kenny?

HARARE - Dynamos president Kenny Mubaiwa says he is ready to take the top-flight league to the next level if elected into office as the new chairperson at the Premier Soccer League this weekend.

While also paying tribute to outgoing chairperson Twine Phiri, the Dynamos supremo believes he has done enough ground work to win the poll ahead of Highlanders’ Peter Dube.

This will be the third time Mubaiwa will be running for the PSL top post after losing to Phiri in his previous two attempts in 2010 and 2014.

Mubaiwa now has another opportunity to try out his luck after the post became vacant following the directive by new Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Philip Chiyangwa for the league to hold elections.

Although Phiri’s term was supposed to end in 2018, Zifa insisted the league should hold elections since he was also part of the Cuthbert Dube-led board which had its mandate revoked last year.

“I’m confident I will win this time around. I think (Twine) Phiri has done a good job during his time in office and I now want to take it a step further,” Mubaiwa told the Daily News yesterday.

“I have got enough backing from the clubs to see me sail through this time around. The support I am getting is overwhelming and if it’s not for that support, I would not be standing. I have carefully done my homework and I am confident of victory.”

The Harare-based businessman said his immediate task if voted into office would be to ensure professionalism in the league and retaining the existing sponsors.

“If you look, there are sponsors that are already there. We need to keep them and at the same time engage more to come and sponsor our football,” Mubaiwa said.

At the moment, the PSL is currently in a sponsorship agreement with Delta Beverages.

Delta sponsors the league through their Castle Lager brand while the leading knockout tournament is bankrolled under their Chibuku Super brand.

NetOne is also another important partner of the league as they bankroll an eight-team knockout competition under their EasyCall brand.

The PSL has also partnered South African pay-per-view satellite channel SuperSport, who are the league’s official broadcaster.

Mubaiwa said he has already started consultations on how stadia owners can reduce their fees to ensure clubs benefit from the gate-takings.

“I would want to see all PSL clubs adopt a professional approach to meet Fifa standards. And there is also an issue to do with stadium tariffs,” he said.

“The stadium levies should not suffocate the clubs and I am going to work tirelessly to ensure it is affordable.

“There are also efforts to facilitate cheap accommodation for the clubs. We want to partner a certain company that will ensure affordable prices for all teams that will be playing away. One thing that I can assure you is that things will never be the same again once I’m voted into office.”

Comments (4)

Start you professionalism approach with Dynamos, we see a lot of amateurish behaviour in top leaders. Dembare could have been a big ream with a very competitive B Team.

wamaromo - 2 March 2016

Mubaiwa is no Administrator no chancers, please dont kill our football

mukorekore - 2 March 2016

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An avid St Johnstone fan has received support from fellow football fans after getting an apology from a club that made him sit in the disabled section.

Peter Holden (29), who suffers from cerebral palsy, had gone to Rugby Park to watch his heroes in action against Kilmarnock in August 2017.

But he did not get to celebrate Michael O’Halloran’s last minute winner with vast majority of St Johnstone fans, as he was made to sit in the disabled section.

He was told this was because of health and safety concerns and because he had a disabled ticket.

This left him feeling isolated and embarrassed.

Peter was made to sit away from most fans at the game last August

The issue happened again when the McDiarmid Park men returned to Ayrshire in March.

Peter originally approached the club for an explanation, but heard nothing back.

Eventually he took his fight to the Equality and Human Rights Commission who won an apology, complimentary tickets for a match, and action to change the club’s policy.

Andrew revealed other supporters have been right behind Peter.

He said: “We have had no negative responses, only positive.

“Generally other fans agree that Peter was treated unfairly and applauded him for taking it further and being able to effect a change in policy.”

Peter, who was in the crowd to see Saints win the Scottish Cup in 2014, had never experienced anything like it either at Rugby Park or other grounds in Scotland.

Andrew added: “We arrived at the ground at the ‘disabled entrance’ as we had every game there since promotion in 2009.

“We had never been told where to sit before. This time we were told to sit in the disabled section just behind the wheelchair area.

“All our other fans were higher up in the upper section of the Chadwick Stand.

“Peter was visibly upset. That’s not something I’ve seen much of in his entire lifetime.

“He was very unhappy and felt isolated, labelled and embarrassed.

“We both felt that it was very unfair and wrong.”

Originally from Perth, Peter and his family moved to Stirling in 2006.

They were guests at Rugby Park for the first game of this season, and say they do not hold any grudge against the Ayrshire club, who made their apology at the start of this month.

Lynn Welsh, head of legal for the EHRC, said: “It looks like an overzealous use of health and safety which was applied without thinking about the impact on individuals. Nobody wants to be made to feel different.”

A spokesperson for Kilmarnock said: “Kilmarnock Football Club is committed to ensuring all supporters receive fair and equitable treatment and access.

“When Mr Holden’s concerns were brought to our attention, we listened and have taken positive steps to update our disability policy.”


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A GUNMAN who killed his friend and himself in a farm bloodbath in Lanarkshire was haunted by the sudden deaths of close family, it was claimed yesterday.

Robert McCormick blasted Peter Thompson, 59, with a shotgun and wounded his pal’s son, John, before turning the gun on himself.

Last night, a friend said McCormick never got over the death of his younger brother John, who committed suicide by shooting himself at his Glasgow home in 1984. He was 21.

He suffered further tragedy when his father Alister dropped dead in front of him in 2001, aged 66. Then just over a year later, his mother Maureen died.

The friend said: “Robert had a lot of experience of death. Things just got worse and worse for him over the years. It just all built up.

“I don’t think he ever got over those deaths. Robert might have wondered if there was something he could have done to help John.

“But now it is his poor sister Margaret who has to go through all of this.”

Yesterday, police were seen removing bags of evidence from McCormick’s end-terrace home in Clarkston, Glasgow.

The former farmer, 53, who had a firearms licence, was known to have kept several guns at the property, where he lived alone.

Forensic teams also examined old storage containers on his late parents’ farm, where his sister now lives with her family, in nearby Newton Mearns.

Tuesday’s shootings were sparked after McCormick claimed Peter had refused to pay him back loans of almost £1million.

John, 36, who was shot in the legs during the incident at Meadowhead Farm and equestrian centre in Auldhouse, Lanarkshire, remained in a stable condition in hospital last night.


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Chloe Mafia erupts from world's smallest dressing gown | Daily Star

Huge hair, huger boobs: Chloe Mafia erupts from world's smallest dressing gown

CHLOE Mafia knows how to put a garment through its paces.

Chloe Mafia shows off boobs INSTAGRAM

HUMONGOUS: And that's just her hair

The pin-up's assets looked fit to burst as they spilled over her woefully under-prepared dressing gown in her latest selfie.

But the Playmate's cleavage wasn't the only thing looking inflated.

We don't know whether the babe got caught in a storm, was attacked by a leaf blower or had a first degree backcombing malfunction, but her barnet was looking wilder than ever.

We know Chloe is normally a "bigger is better" kind of gal, but even she acknowledged her hair looked more like a mane.

"When your hair got you looking like the lion king," the glamour model captioned the post.

At least her make-up looked well put together, consisting off a glossy pout, smoky eye and lashings of bronzer.

Oh, and fake lashes. Because everyone wakes up in fake lashes.

Chloe Mafia's car wash outfit INSTAGRAM

SCRUBS UP WELL: Chloe's ready to wash cars... apparently

In an equally outrageous post, Chloe shows off her car washing attire.

Suffice to say it doesn't look like it was put together with practicality in mind.

Chloe Mafia poses in lingerie INSTAGRAM

FULL TO THE BRIM: Chloe's underwear is up against it

Comprising a trademark under-sized bikini and classic Daisy Dukes, we can't see the self-titled "international cover model" washing her own wheels anytime soon, but hey, don't question a good thing and all that.

Heck, if she did open a car wash she'd hardly be short of punters in that "uniform".


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Collection of Essays and Poetry Published in India

NEW DELHI, India: Eternal Ganges Press has published Kosen-rufu--Our Mission, an English-language collection of 44 essays from The New Human Revolution (the serialized sequel to The Human Revolution, a novelized account of the development of the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist association) and two epic poems by Daisaku Ikeda.

[Adapted from an article in the April 17, 2007, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan]