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Billy Magnussen on Revisiting His Aladdin Role & Watching Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

May 10th, 2021 | By Lindsey Sullivan

On the latest episode of Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal,’s Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek catches up with Billy Magnussen. The actor, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2013 for his performance in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, has been keeping busy since he was last on the boards.

Set for the forthcoming Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark as well as the new James Bond movie No Time to Die, Magnussen is now starring opposite fellow Tony nominee Cristin Milioti in the new HBO Max series Made for Love. He plays Gogol Tech billionaire Byron Gogol, who implants a computer chip in his wife’s head to track her.

Though his many screen projects keep him busy, Magnussen made time to view Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike when the filmed stage production was released as part of the Lincoln Center Theater Spotlight Series. “It was so emotional for me to watch it,” he said. “I had Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen there. They just taught me and inspired me and helped me grow. The lessons I learned and the memories I have—I’m forever grateful to them.”

The actor starred as Prince Anders in the live-action movie version of Aladdin, and hopes to continue playing the role in a movie spin-off about the character. “I didn’t want the character to die because I loved playing him so much,” he said. “So, I pitched [Disney] a project. They said, ‘We’ll figure it out.'”

Watch the video below, and head here to check your local listings for Broadway Profiles. Hosted by Emmy-winning anchor Tamsen Fadal and powered by, it is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater news program.

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Stephen Gustafson Names Northeast 4-H Volunteer of the Year

Steve Gustafson playing soccerCongratulations to Stephen Gustafson, Tolland County 4-H Volunteer, who has been selected by National 4-H Council to receive the Northeast Volunteer of the Year award for 2020. Steve helped create and is the leader of the Paca Pals 4-H club. The Paca Pals are an alpaca club. The club meets at the Round Hill alpaca farm monthly. At the meetings the youth conduct a business meeting, learn about alpaca care and showmanship, and plan their yearly calendar. Their calendar is youth driven and is for activities, competitions and community outreach. Steve empowers the club members to take on meaningful leadership roles in the club and their community. He works equally well with youth members and adult stakeholders. Steve looks for opportunities beyond the farm where the youth can learn and grow.

Off the alpaca farm, Steve found a place for the youth to learn and grow in the Tolland Agriculture Center (TAC) 4-H Children’s Garden. The garden was established in 2002 and has been maintained by the 4-H club program for many years. A neighbor on the TAC property is the Creative Living Community of Connecticut (CLCC) Greenhouse and vocational program. The CLCC greenhouse sits right next to the 4-H Children’s garden. The work of CLCC, to create opportunities for people with and without disabilities to work and learn together, is a wonderful match with the work of 4-H. The garden and greenhouse being neighbors has enabled the CLCC farmers to work outside in the garden in the summer with the 4-H program. Steve has been instrumental in fostering this partnership. He is able to coordinate between the two groups because of his volunteer work with both. The 4-H youth and CLCC farmers are both learning valuable vocation and life skills. The UConn 4-H Program is honored to announce this well-deserved recognition for Steve.

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Euro 2020 tips: Your 3 belting best bets for Wales v Switzerland on Saturday

Our tipster Andrew Beasley guides you through the action for Wales' opening Euro 2020 game with Switzerland.

* All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.

A neutral fan wouldn’t think that a match between Wales and Switzerland would be that important, but for these nations it absolutely is. By the time this game kicks off, the teams will have seen the opening match of Euro 2020 between Italy and Turkey, the other countries in Group A, so will have some idea of what they will be up against.

But, heading into the tournament, Wales and Switzerland are the outsiders to qualify from the group. However, while Wales might be the longest price in this section of the draw to reach the next stage, they are the shortest priced group outsiders from the six at Euro 2020, showing how competitive Group A is expected to be.

And with a third-place spot potentially being enough to reach the Round of 16, this match is vital to both nations’ hopes of advancing to the knockout phase. These sides know the importance of winning the opening game too, as both did so at Euro 2016 on their way into the knockout phase. There’s a lot riding on this match, for which Paddy has the Swiss down as strong favourites.

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Short-priced bet: Switzerland to win

These countries have only ever clashed seven times in the past, and not for a decade. However, when Wales won that most recent meeting, way back in October 2011, their goals were scored by Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale. Perhaps it’s not so far removed from this latest fixture after all?

The concern from Robert Page’s perspective will be who is going to chip in with a goal if his two superstars are off form. The rest of the Welsh squad have 20 international goals between them and no individual player has more than five. While only five nations arrive at the tournament with fewer goals than Wales, only four have more than the Swiss.

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Vladimir Petkovic can call upon five men who are into double figures for their country, and even though one of them is Granit Xhaka, that’s no bad thing. As they are 13th in the FIFA rankings while Wales are 17th, it should be a relatively close contest. However, in matches versus other sides in the global top 20, Switzerland have a slightly better record in recent times.

In the last year they have drawn with Germany (twice) and Spain, while their defeats to Belgium, Croatia and Spain were all by a single goal. In the same period, the Welsh have lost 3-1 to Belgium and 3-0 to both England and France. With much more experience in the dugout, and five consecutive wins coming into this match, Switzerland should have enough to secure an all-important win in this crucial clash.

The value bet: Haris Seferovic to have 5 or more shots

Switzerland’s Haris Seferovic finished the 2020/21 season as the second-top scorer in Portugal, with 22 goals, and he has scored six times in his last nine appearances for club and country so enters the tournament in decent form. More pertinently for this bet, he took the most shots of any player in the Primeira Liga this season, averaging 3.7 for every 90 minutes played.

The 29-year-old had at least five shots in eight league matches for Benfica and had five and four in his country’s Nations League double header with Germany last autumn. Switzerland should have more of the attacking opportunities and Seferovic stands a decent chance of having 5 or More Shots.

The long shot bet: Ricardo Rodriguez to score first

The Swiss left-back might seem an unlikely choice for a goal scorer bet but he has a good record against decent teams, having found the net against Belgium, Portugal and Spain over the years. If you’re wondering how he has scored in these matches, it’s because he’s Switzerland’s designated penalty taker, though his goal against the Spanish was from open play.

In what promises to be a tight encounter, chances may be at a premium. But you can always rely on VAR to shake things up, and the man in the middle loves pointing to the spot.

Clement Turpin is taking charge of this match and among the 14 current referees with at least 20 Champions League games on their CV, he awards penalties most regularly. He also gave Costa Rica one against Switzerland at the last World Cup so he probably owes them a penalty. If one of the Welsh defenders makes a blunder in the box, Rodriguez can Score First and punish it from 12 yards.

Tips for Wales v Switzerland

Short-priced punt: Switzerland to win
The value bet: Haris Seferovic to have 5 or more shots
The long shot: Ricardo Rodriguez to score first

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Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic day out exploring a selection of historical sights across Bahrain. They visited the National Museum, the Bahrain Fort and an actual archaeological dig taking place near Saar.

We were lucky enough to have tours of the locations provided by staff who worked there and the children all learnt a great deal from their experience.

At school, they have been learning all about the ancient Dilmun period and this day out made them realise how evidence of this period surrounds us all the time.

The highlight of the day however, was prudence from 6B, who found an actual Dilmun seal at the dig sire – the only one that has been found there despite many professional archaeologists working there – she has eagle eyes! The seal is being cleaned and will be displayed in the National Museum. Prudence is currently looking for employment as Indiana Jones.

“This stuff is much more interesting when you understand what it is and where it comes from”,  Dara Clifton on studying some Dilmun pottery in the museum.

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This is a tragic story. Why do we hear so much about people getting hit by cars on Long Island? Why do we hear so much about drunk drivers like the one that killed that limo driver and took off the head of that little girl on Long Island? Driving is a privelege but like many other things in this country we have found ways to continue to be spoiled and if we can not get what we want we find a way around it. I can not fathom why the US states do not have one central computer for people like this? Revoked license in one state should stand for every state to begin with and no registrations in your name! If someone lets this guy drive their car they are also criminally negligent.

Personally, I don't like the idea of the law. I agree that something needs to be done, but this reeks of politics as usual and elevates paperwork (the license) over the lives of people involved in an incident.

I'd much rather see it be straightforward responsibility. If I stab someone with a knife, it doesn't matter if I'm drunk or have paperwork that says I'm allowed to have the knife. It's assault with a deadly weapon, probably attempted murder, and maybe criminal negligence.

Driving a car should be no different. Bickering about a lapsed license turns the case into almost a breach of contract case, which should offend anybody who's lost someone to a drunk driver.

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Microsoft to release the New Microsoft Surface Laptop 3+ or Surface Laptop 4 model .

Leading IT giant MicroSoft is on it again with the new Surface Laptop model could be coming soon to the market so as to compete with all Global brand..

It was also noted by IT reporters saying that four different models of the rumored next version of the Microsoft Surface Laptop have passed through certifications to enable them compete with any brand in the global market.

Although it was observed that after Microsoft released the Surface Pro 7+ for commercial use and education purposes and these lovely laptops where able to pass the certification text and will be similarly named — either a refreshed Surface Laptop 3+ or a new Surface Laptop 4.

IT epert have it that the laptops have four model numbers, 1952, 1953, 1958, and 1959 with each of these model numbers is believed to be referring to different screen sizes which could be 13-inch or 15-inch versions and they are models that appears to be listed next to the Surface Pro 7+.

It must be noted that by juding by the certifications of Laptops which does not reveal much about the specifications or the looks of the laptops themselves in physical but there is a general believe that these one that are yet to be released will have special feature better than the previous.

With rumours in the air and other observer still watching and given hope it is believed that the new Surface Laptop models could arrive as soon as April of this year 2021.

With little history in our side it has always been noted that immediately after the certification test comes the arrival of the brand as noticed with the Federal Communication Commission clearing of the Surface Duo, as well as that of a Surface Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse in 2019 year.

Based on Rumoured fact which is yet to be believed it was suggested that these new Surface Laptop models could come shipped with Intel’s latest 11th-generation processors under the hood, as well as options for AMD’s Ryzen 4000 mobile chips as quoted by IT experts

Although speculator believed that the design of these incoming laptops would likely not change when compared with the other market brand already produced by Microsoft which means there would not be slimmer bezels or the addition of a dedicated graphics card already present with previous model.

With all hand on desk we know that the Surface Laptop 4 or Surface Laptop 3+ would join the Surface Pro 7+ in Microsoft’s lineup of devices so far in these new year.


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Indian Air Force objects to Netflix film scenes, asks for them to…

MUMBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters) – India’s Air Pressure requested Netflix to withdraw scenes from a movie on Wednesday during which a veteran Bollywood actor sporting a navy uniform makes use of offensive language, within the newest controversy for the streaming platform within the nation.

The movie, a mockumentary that includes Anil Kapoor enjoying an actor depicting an officer and director Anurag Kashyap, is scheduled to be launched on Netflix later this month.

Kapoor tweeted a trailer for the movie during which he seems bedraggled in a uniform and swears at Kashyap.

On its official Twitter account, the Indian Air Pressure (IAF) responded: “The IAF uniform on this video is inaccurately donned and the language used is inappropriate. This doesn’t conform to the behavioural norms of these within the Armed Forces of India. The associated scenes must be withdrawn.”

In separate tweets, each Kapoor and Netflix India stated the movie didn’t intend to disrespect the Indian Air Pressure.

“I actually apologise for unintentionally hurting anybody’s sentiments,” Kapoor stated in a video message on his Twitter account.

Netflix has confronted not less than two authorized challenges in current months in India for a Bollywood movie depicting a feminine Air Pressure officer and a collection on 4 Indian tycoons going through fraud allegations.

Individually, final month, the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh requested police to launch an investigation after complaints over a scene within the Netflix collection “A Appropriate Boy”, during which a Hindu lady kisses a Muslim boy in opposition to the backdrop of a Hindu temple.

In November, the Indian authorities introduced guidelines to control content material on video streaming platforms together with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Walt Disney’s Disney + Hotstar.

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HAGERMAN, Idaho – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has recently taken over operations of the Hagerman National Fish Hatchery.

The hatchery, which annually raises about 1.6 million steelhead for the Upper Salmon River, was formerly operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fish and Game also owns adjacent trout hatchery in Hagerman.

Fish and Game officials said the agreement will provide "greater efficiency and better integration with fisheries management and research programs." It also will allow the department to better serve Idaho anglers.

“As the principal manager of Idaho fisheries supported by this hatchery, we are directly accountable to anglers,” Fish and Game’s Fisheries Bureau Chief Jim Fredericks said in a prepared statement. “We feel this agreement allows us to better serve the people of Idaho.”


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GP Strategies Announces Divestiture of IC Axon, Improved Liquidity and Increased Focus on Core Competencies

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Global workforce transformation solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) today reported the completion of its divestiture of its IC Axon business division to CM Canada Acquisitions, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ClinicalMind, LLC,  a leading healthcare communications company. ClinicalMind paid GP Strategies approximately $28 million in cash for the business, subject to an adjustment based on the final determination of the business's working capital as of closing, of which $1.5 million was placed into escrow for 12 months. Up to an additional $2 million of consideration may be paid to GP Strategies if IC Axon achieves certain revenue objectives for calendar year 2020. The acquired IC Axon business has trailing twelve-month revenue of approximately $12.5 million as of June 30, 2020.

"Our sales of assets in the last year have improved our liquidity and focused our efforts toward our largest industry verticals," stated Mike Dugan, Chief Financial Officer. Gross proceeds from the sales in the past 12 months represented approximately $53 million. The total trailing twelve-month revenue stream for the businesses sold, as of the date of closing of each acquisition, was approximately $30 million. The company generated approximately $234 million in revenue from the first six months of 2020, which included approximately $5.7M of revenue from the businesses sold.

"We believe that our proactive approach during the pandemic has positioned the company for long-term success and provided us with more bandwidth to focus on our core strategy and growth in a more concise platform," said Adam Stedham, Chief Executive Officer.

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GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) is a global workforce transformation solutions provider of training, digital learning strategies and solutions, management consulting, and engineering services. GP Strategies' solutions improve the effectiveness of organizations by delivering innovative and superior training, consulting, and business improvement services, customized to meet the specific needs of its clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, automotive, financial services, technology, and other commercial and government customers.

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Here are some rough draft recordings to give you an idea of the songs.

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*Release Blitz!* One More Promise by Samantha Chase

We are so excited to be sharing the release of Samantha Chase’s ONE MORE PROMISE, the latest standalone in her Band on the Run series. Contemporary romance lovers won’t want to miss this rockstar romance–be sure to grab your copy today!

Dylan Anders is making amends
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Paige Walters has something to prove
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…but mostly to herself

Ambitious Paige Walters is ecstatic when she’s hired to recruit celebrities for a children’s literacy campaign – it’s her chance to prove she’s got the chops to make it in the family business.  She certainly isn’t going to let some fallen idol screw it up.  But as the work brings Paige and Dylan closer together, their attraction grows…and so do their challenges.

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Looking over his shoulder at her, he waited.

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you.”

He smiled. For some reason, she was starting to enjoy seeing him smile. As much as she hated to admit it, Dylan Anders was becoming a friend with whom she enjoyed spending time. Paige no longer looked at their time together as a chore, but rather a perk. Their conversations were always fun and he was quite pleasant to look at.

Not that she went for the scruffy, rock-star type.

At least, she never had until now.

But Paige was far too intelligent to think that someone like Dylan would give her a second look. He was being nice to her because he had to. Or felt like he had to. They had formed a friendship and that was that. During her Google searches, she’d found a plethora of pictures of Dylan with various models and other beautiful and glamorous women. Tall, thin, sexy women. If there was one thing Paige knew about herself, it was how she certainly didn’t fit into that category.

So what if he remembered her favorite sandwich and made sure she had something to eat? He was being nice. Still…no one else around her seemed to care if she hadn’t eaten. And so what if he was concerned about her stressing herself out and tried to find a helpful solution? He was probably bored and looking for something to do to pass the time and figured, as his official assistant/babysitter, she’d be open to entertaining him.

Only…it felt like more. Like he was a genuinely nice guy who put the needs of others before his own. Or was she seeing something that she only wanted to see? True, it had been far too long since she’d been in a relationship or even went out on a date. Maybe she was a little…needy, in the male-companion territory.

And it didn’t help that he was so attractive.

“Dammit,” she muttered.

“You okay?” Dylan asked.

Crap! She hadn’t meant to say anything out loud. “It’s nothing,” she said quickly. “I just hate that everyone isn’t here yet. I should probably make some calls and see what’s going on.”

“You mean call your sister and let her know that she needs to call the talent?” he asked sweetly.

And if she hadn’t found his smile so darn attractive, she’d want to slap it right off his face.

“No,” she said with a hint of irritation. “We’re on the clock and people need to get here now. I’m not starting a phone tree. Excuse me.”

As she pulled out her phone to start making calls, Dylan gave a small shrug and walked over to where a couple of other musicians who were now part of the campaign were sitting.

Great. He had to have a sexy ass that looked amazing in a pair of faded jeans.

Fairly grab-able.

“Ugh…I really need to stop thinking like this,” she said with a weary sigh and startled when a voice answered on the other end of the phone.

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…from his fans
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…from a failure too painful to contemplate
Most of all, Matt is hiding from himself.

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…to her online food blog
…to the man she loves

Vivienne will try anything and everything to coax Matt out of his self-imposed exile. But for this to work, Matt is going to have to meet her halfway…

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Bombshell (Whiskey Dolls #1) by Jessica Prince

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There is absolutely zero love lost when it comes to Marin Grey and her ex-boyfriends frosty brother, Pierce Walton. But now that Marin is a single woman, and finally shot of her abusive ex, the divide she once felt with Pierce is suddenly feeling inexplicably changed, and very, very intimate…

Bombshell was a sexy and sweet, single father romance, with a dash of enemies to lovers drama thrown in! Marin and Pierce met each other when Marin was with her ex-boyfriend, who happened to be the polar opposite of his brother, Pierce. And while they started out as very strained acquantices, it doesn’t take long for Marin and Pierce to succumb to their highly reciprocated attraction…

Marin was a generous, sweetheart of a woman who had the unfortunate experience of having to extract herself from an abusive relationship. And while she has done what she can to put the trauma of that relationship behind her, she has no desire to jump back into the volatile world of dating.

Pierce lost his wife when his son was very young, and he has embraced his single dad lifestyle, ever since. And while he had his reasons for keeping his distance from Marin, the cold shoulder he could maintain while she was dating his brother has no chance of surviving now that Marin has become a part oh his life…

The romance between Marin and Pierce had a steamy, close proximity plot that delivered a heartwarming and engrossing love story. Marin was a strong and admirable character who always seems to go above and beyond to help the people she cares about. Pierce was a man nursing a shattered heart after losing his wife, and was dedicated only to his adorable son… until his heart makes room for the woman he never thought he could have…

This book was an incredible introduction to the much anticipated Whiskey Dolls series… and I am already completely invested in Marin and her burlesque dancing friends!!

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As Niantic mentioned in a previous blog post, EX Raid battles would begin testing on September 6th. Since we already spotted some legendary birds and are off running around catching legendary beasts one month at a time, then it must be Mewtwo’s turn.

These EX Raid passes have started to make the rounds. Thanks to Pokémon Trainer and Redditor broseph23 we also have a look at the pass itself and what it entails.

On September 7th from from 6 to 8 P.M. PT, the “Water, Precious Water” gym in Bellevue, Washington will have a new resident. Entry is only admitted with this special EX Raid pass in hand.

Outside of what’s being posted on r/TheSilphRoad, r/PokémonGO, Twitter and more there’s only been one recent response from Niantic and/or official Pokémon GO accounts. Courtesy of the Japanese twitter account for the game, it has been confirmed that EX Raids are in the testing phase and that passed would begin to be distributed.

It’s been a little over a year since Pokémon GO was released… are you ready to cap off your legendary summer?

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A WBE is a woman owned and controlled company that meets the criteria established by NJ A.C 17:46 Act, promulgated by the New Jersey Commerce Commission to ensure equal opportunity for minority and women’s businesses. The Act maintains that fostering diversity and encouraging the continued health of Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs), and other socially or financially disadvantaged entrepreneurs is vital to the growth and stability of New Jersey’s economy.

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Cranberry Frangipane Tartlets

With a baking challenge in mind, I first had to think what I would bake.  Its dreadful, the more books one has, the more difficult the task of deciding.  In the end I thought about Christmas, and preparing a nice tart with my daughter in law in mind.  She loves things Christmassy, but does not like mincemeat.

This is how I came up with this recipe:

First make your Cranberry conserve.  I used 250g fresh cranberries, the juice and finely grated rind of an orange, star anise, and 250g sugar.  I cooked up the cranberries in the juice until just soft, and left them a day for all the flavours to mature, then added the sugar, and completed the preserve.

With rich shortcrust pastry well rested overnight in the fridge, and a lovely frangipane, the tarts were assembled:

Complete with a sprinkling around the edge of almonds

they are ready to go into the oven, and bake on a preheated tray to avoid the soggy bottom

given a light dressing of caster sugar, and I avoided putting on top of that some more conserve, as that would spoil the pale finish, they were ready, and very delicious too!

I've since heard that a friend in London will love these, so there will be more batches of this for Christmas and for our next visit.

  1. Hi Noelle!

    I can certainly testify to the fact that these tartlets were delicious! I had them on my way to Cologne last weekend and couldn't help telling my friends on the train how good it was! Recipe please!

  2. For a keen baker like you, just follow the shortcrust pastry, making sure you use all the rests. Standard Frangipane, and careful baking.

  3. Whilst I can make up for my lack of baking knowledge by lurking around other people's baking blogs I certainly can't do the same with the execution as it comes with practice. Just wondering if reusing shortcrust pastry would risk it being overworked and taste chewy/hard?

  4. Obviously cut offs will not be topnotch....but if you gather them into a ball, shape, chill, use, chill again they are perfectly acceptable. Always keep a light touch, and resting avoids the gluten developing too much. I used my cut offs to make some mince pies, which warmed up, and no one would have known it was reworked shortcrust.

    Another tip is to sprinkle a light covering of semolina between the pastry and the preserve.


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Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of a 2003 French play about three World War I vets in a retirement home.

Gustave (Robert Bauer), Henri (Peter Immordino), and Philippe (Dale Harriman) pass their days sitting on a terrace, annoying each other, and plotting their escape from the veterans’ home. Convinced that the tyrannical nun in charge has it out for Philippe, their latest plan starts out with the goal of running to French Indo-China but ends on settling for a poplar grove within view of their terrace. Now if they can just figure a way to take a 200 lb. statue of a dog with them.

An odd combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Waiting for Godot, and The Golden Girls (with Gustave as Dorothy, Henri as Blanche, and Philippe as Rose), Heroes is a slight piece with some amusing dialogue and geriatric slapstick.

‘Heroes’ runs Friday through Sunday through August 19 at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center in Cloverdale. Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30pm; the Sunday matinee is at 2pm.

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Healdsburg’s Raven Players have converted the cavernous Raven Theatre into an intimate black box performance space and are presenting an updated version of 1996’s I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. The Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts musical revue holds the record as the second-longest running Off-Broadway show.

It consists of a series of comedic vignettes that follow the arc of human relationships from dating, sex, and marriage through children and aging. Four versatile performers (Bohn Connor, Kelly Considine, Troy Evans, and Tika Moon) sing and dance their way through eighteen scenes with songs like “Better Things to Do”, “Single Man Drought”, and “I Can Live with That”. Recent revisions include 21st century additions like sexting (“A Picture of His…”) and same-sex families (“The Baby Song”).

It’s a very entertaining show helped immensely by the talented cast. All do well by the multiple roles they play, but the rubber-faced Connor really makes an impression with characters ranging from an incarcerated mass murderer giving dating tips to a hapless husband trying to put the kids to bed so he and the missus can get it on.

‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ runs Thursday through Sunday through August 19 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg. Thursday through Saturday performances are at 8pm; the Sunday matinee is at 2pm.

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6 keys to successful work from home as the coronavirus spreads.

Many life science companies follow authorities’ recommendations and are sending employees home to work remotely in order to diminish the spread of the coronavirus. Therefore we have gathered some advice on how to successfully work from home.

01. Follow office hours

If you usually work 9 to 5, try to follow these hours. Start your day as usual and most important, stop working when you are supposed to. It is important to separate private time and working time. When you are finished for the day, put away your papers and shut down your computer. Also, just like at the office, take a lunch break and coffee breaks.

02. Find a working space

If possible, try to find a special place in your home where you work from. It should be ergonomic and free from distractions, so that you can work easily and focused. Try to keep it clean.

03. Fresh air

When you go to your office you probably get some time outside, even if its just through a walk to the subway. So try to take a break outside during the day. Just take a walk outside and fuel yourself with some Vitamin D, fresh air and new energy.

04. Social interactions

It might get lonely to sit home by yourself so try to interact with your colleagues over the phone, calling, texting, Skype etc.

05. Eat properly

Try to eat in the same way as you do at the office. Prepare lunch boxes if you eat that or buy home food that you may easily prepare during your lunch break.

06. Get off social media

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Don’t wallow in sorrow, feel the feeling and let it go. Life consists of joy and sorrow. When you are served either of these cups drink deeply from both but remain sober for it’s all seasonal. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

Feeling sad is a state of being. When we find ourselves having sadness as a bedfellow we can choose the alabaster of joy. © Norma Bobb -Semple 2020

We can’t control our beginning or our ending. The only space in which we have control is now. Now is where, by the choices we make, our present is foreshadowed by pain or joy. ©Norma Bobb-Semple 2020

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Joy has to be our constant companion.  Without joy our lenses are shattered, we aren’t able to view things within the aperture of  truth.  When joy is present there is clarity. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2020

Joy can appear in any form so we have to be prepared to accept it when it shows up. Packaging shouldn’t play a role in how we relate to the people or things that we attract into our lives.  Where there is joy sadness cannot abide. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2020

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Not everyone has a religion!

More to the point at hand, the term seems to be an awfully bad fit for a lot of the things it is commonly used to describe.

When I was teaching on the Navajo Nation, I used to illustrate this by asking my students; when you hold a healing ceremony, who comes? The answer was always something to the effect of the community itself, friends, relatives, etc. What happens if you don’t believe in the effectiveness of the ceremony? Frankly, I don’t think the question came up very often, at least not in the context of deciding who belonged at the ceremony, but I did once meet a woman who had effectively answered it. A born again Christian, she stayed at the main house during the chants and entered the Hogan to help serve food during the breaks. She thus met her family obligations without implicating herself in a ceremony that was anathema to her own beliefs.

When I asked my students who goes to a church, the answer was invariably something along the lines of its members, believers, etc. Catholics go to a Catholic Church, Baptists to a Baptist Church, and so on. Of course this doesn’t mean that others aren’t welcome at a given church, but there is a distinct sense that the church exists for those that adhere to its doctrines. Those testing the waters will be expected to make a choice at some time.

Which brings me to another point, a religion can be modeled as a debate stance. Who belongs to a church? In many cases, we can literally trot out a range of statements and ask people whether or not they will vouch for the truth of those claims. “God Exists.” “Jesus rose from the dead.” You get the idea. Say ‘yes’ to the right statements, affirm one’s beliefs that they are true, and you are in the club. Say no, and you are out. Whatever else is happening here, it is a process of segregating folks according to an imagined argument within a larger community.

When I used to post on christianforums.com (CF), this was explicit policy for many years. Those who affirmed the Nicene Creed (or perhaps the Apostle’s Creed) could count themselves as Christian and post in the Christians-only sections. Those of us who could not were asked to restrict our posts to the open-debate areas. The policy varied in its details from time to time, and as I recall it changed rather dramatically a few years back, but when I was there at least CF policy fits the model I am proposing, membership in the faith, as it was defined on CF could be determined by one’s willingness to back a series of truth-claims.

So, what is the difference?

I’m about to paint it in pretty broad strokes, but I’ll warrant the paint gets more or less within the proper lines.

A religion is defined in terms of beliefs which consist of the willingness to vouch for the truth of a claim. A native ceremonial system is defined in terms of community membership and participation. Of course there is considerable overlap between the two. People expressed a number of beliefs connected with Navajo ceremonies, and churches can be remarkable community institutions. But as with any other questions of value, it is the priorities that count. Failure to vouch for essential doctrine gets you out of a church. It doesn’t get you out of a Navajo ceremony, at least it didn’t when I was there.

So, what is going on here? I would suggest, the point of the ceremony is at least partly to unite the community, to get them all involved in something of great importance to the community at large (the health of its members in the Navajo case). What is the point of the religion? Well it is at least partly to distinguish a select membership from some larger community. A religion isn’t simply about what group you belong to; it is about what separates you from those others. What a native ceremonial system unites, a religion divides.

Some might find that shocking, or at least counter-intuitive. Often when religious debates get rather heated, someone will lament the divisiveness of the issue and give a variant of the “can’t we all just get along” speech. The sentiments are noble enough, but I often wonder how many times people can see the process of division before it sinks in; that is what is SUPPOSED to happen.

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Of course both ceremonial systems and religions unite as well as divide, but they do so on different parameters. The ceremonial system unites people along the lines of an established community, it gives people who share in a range of political and economic interactions a means of emphasizing their connections. A religion carves off a notch of those people and sets them in ideological opposition to others in their community.

So, this is my particular take on a running theme in Native American studies, the unfitness of “religion” to the understanding of Native American practices commonly described using precisely that term. The problem was particularly critical to the workings of a Federal law passed in 1978, The American Indian Religious Freedom Act, which I happened to study for a bit. The law had a rocky history from the start, and at least in the early 90s (when I studied the matter) an awful lot of people were disappointed in its application to real life.

It was easy enough to say that various indigenous practices raised a lot of First Amendment issues. (Well at least it was in 1978; the prior history of willful abuse is dismal, and a topic for another post.) But actually extending Free Exercise protections to Native American “religious” practices proved very difficult. How do you protect the right to prayer when that might mean a lot more than a moment of silence or even a few words spoken in a certain posture? What do you do about ritual paraphernalia at border crossings? How about odd dress in schools or prisons? How do you deal with strange substances? Nevermind peyote; a simple smudge-pot can really screw up a paradigm! …and (this was the real sticking point) what do you do about access to sacred sites on public lands, especially sites that might not be so sacred anymore if someone builds a road or a fast food restaurant in the vicinity?

See, the problem was that native “religious” practices simply didn’t fit into the niche already carved out for religions within the American political economy. So, time and again, when Native Americans sought to enjoy their religious freedom, they found some official or judge who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) grant that protection. The necessary relief always seemed to be too much to ask, and the resulting case-law was dismal to say the least.

So, what was the problem? At least some folks figured it lay with the key term “religion.” It just didn’t fit. The practices in question may have included enough of what people call ‘religion’ to get the issue on the table, but they weren’t restricted to quite the semantic domain one normally expects of things described using that term. The contents Native American “religions” thus tended to spill over into other social terrain. Where western religions had learned to reside in the spaces between other public matters, their Native American analogs didn’t even come close.

So, if the term “religion” doesn’t fit, what does?

It really is difficult to answer that question. We can of course use the term “religion” anyway, but the warrant for its use is analogical, and my point is the analogy breaks down, often in really inconvenient ways. A common practice is to talk about native “spirituality,” but the chief benefits of “spirituality” seem to be that the term means just about anything you want it to mean, which is not an argument in its favor.

My own solution is to focus on the ceremonial practices. As the community-building functions of those ceremonies take priority over the argument-framing functions, those practices naturally stretch into social interactions well beyond those of religions. Of course this way of talking about the issue involves a judgement about priorities; it is a claim about what matters most. So, I won’t be too offended if someone opts to go another route.

Yes, I will. Let’s fight about it!

Anyway, what interests me about this is that it is the other half of a coin to my own situation when it comes to the subject. Religion obviously doesn’t do much for me, and as my last post ought to have established, I obviously think there is something about religion that is NOT part of my life and thinking. What that is, is another question, and admittedly a satirical post isn’t really going to nail it down. So, I am trying think my way through that issue (for the umpteenth time) by looking at people who may have a similar problem.

…and by “similar” I probably mean “opposite.”

If I as an atheist lack something falling under the heading of ‘religion’, the people I am talking about seem to have a surplus of it. Where the term denotes something I don’t want in my life, it denotes something that falls well short of what they want in their own lives. Where use of the word “religion” commits me to too much, it commits them to too little.

Either way, we have a problem.

The Hogan picture comes from the website, Virtual Tourist. It is part of the Navajo Museum and Visitor’s center in Window Rock, AZ. The sandpainting is from navajopeople.org which includes a nice description of its symbolism and ritual significance. The picture of Rainbow Bridge comes from Destination360. It was the subject of sacred site litigation in Badoni v. Higginson, one of many sacred sites litigated in the 70s and 80s.


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May 24, 2021 6:00p.m. Awards Ceremony

Come and enjoy our end of the year Award Ceremony where we honor our students and all their hard work! We will not have assigned seating for this event. We ask that you seat yourselves using respectable social distancing. Thank you for all your help and support! We look forward to seeing you next Monday evening.


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Shareen’s love for Heart started at an early age when she would wear out her sister’s Heart albums singing along with Ann Wilson at the top of her lungs in her bedroom of an old, cold farmhouse in upstate, NY.  One of her fondest memories was standing inside the barn silo singing “Magic Man” just to hear the incredible natural acoustics it provided.   She grew up singing in church, throughout school, onto recording studios, worship teams, local bands and performing at many different events.

Today, Shareen is lead vocalist portraying Ann Wilson in her band “Barracuda-America’s Heart Tribute" based out of Nashville, TN.  She is also a studio session vocalist recording demos and jingles for many of Nashville’s songwriters and has fronted several bands such as "Shareen & The Wolfpack," "Shareen & The Kings", "The Mood Ring" with Porter Howell of "Little Texas" and "Randy Nations Band." She also performs in acoustic duos with amazing guitarists/songwriters/vocalists such as Michael Britt of Lonestar, Reb Clark, John Foster, Ronnie Kimball and every week in Nashville with Randy Nations. Note: Shareen enjoys spending time “Alone!”

Jennifer Janét, originally from Baton Rouge, LA, started playing guitar at the age of 9, playing in several church worship teams for 12 years. Jennifer began playing professionally with her sister, JoAnna Janét, soon after graduating from MTSU in Murfreesboro, TN and was fortunate enough to perform with JoAnna on The Grand Ole Opry in 2002.

In 2006, Jennifer joined a Louisiana based rock band, Sons of William, playing bass. She recorded 2 albums and toured with the group for 5 years, while remaining a member of several different bands in Shreveport, LA where she currently resides.

Jennifer continues to front her band, Spectra Vamp, an original Pop/Rock project since its inception in 2016, opening for artists such as Doyle Bramhall II, Better Than Ezra, Sister Hazel, and Cowboy Mouth, and many others. Spectra Vamp’s music is featured on the 2020 Amazon Prime movie, “The Sweetheart Deal.”

A professional guitarist for more than 35 years, Chris has toured the country with various Rock, Top 40 and Country acts.  He has recorded hundreds of commercial jingles in addition to appearing on four "major" independent records.

A dynamic performer, Chris proudly boasts that all his guitars go to eleven.    Chris proudly endorses Vintage Brand guitars and MBRITT Kemper profiles.  Note: Chris likes fancy soaps.

Realizing a passion for music that was a part of him as far back as he can remember, Jeff started delving into music in 1977, at the age of nine, when he started playing piano.  While living in Indiana during his Junior High years, Jeff started realizing that he was feeling a deep desire to take his musical endeavors down the road of playing keyboards. After cutting his teeth on acts like REO Speedwagon, Toto, Foreigner, Heart and Journey, Jeff decided it was time to move to Nashville, TN in 1992. Jeff started playing with multiple acts after getting to Nashville, and never looked back!  Note: Jeff's life motto - "Go that way, really fast.  If something gets in your way...Turn!!"

As a singing bass player, Ronnie has shared the stage with many superstars like Huey Lewis, Greg Khin (Jeopardy),The Knack (My Sharona), Elvin Bishop (Fooled Around & Fell In Love), Tommy Tutone (Jenny Jenny) and Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie (Keep on Smiling), to name a few.

He was lead vocalist/frontman/bass player with his AOR recording act, WORKFORCE on Scotti Bro./CBS Records.  During his stint with WORKFORCE, Ronnie had a song he co-wrote and sang with the band featured in an episode of the popular TV series, “Baywatch.”   He also had a music video on MTV with the California band, LASER BOY.

Since moving to Nashville in the mid 90’s, Ronnie has become an in demand session vocalist for some of Nashville’s best songwriters, singing numerous jingles (Tennessee Lottery jingle) and movie placements as well.  As a writer, he’s had songs recorded by country music giant, Lee Greenwood and new artist, Sherry Lynn.

Ronnie has also been featured as vocalist and Co-writer on the inspirational CD, REACH HIGHER, on Berardi Records, as well as singing the patriotic anthem, “LIBERTY,” which has over 1 million+ views on YouTube.  Note:  Ronnie  is a Leo and his favorite colors are red and black.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, where his two older sisters introduced him to music - the Beatles, the Monkeys, Credence Clearwater Revival, Three Dog Night and many others, while Billy would bang on boxes his mother brought home from work.

After playing and performing all through his high school years, he enrolled in Pensacola Junior College, where he continued his music studies with courses in advanced music theory, piano, and orchestral studies. During this time, Billy was also performing with various local acts, making a point to play with (and learn from) local veteran players.

Billy continued to perform with local acts until the summer of 1983, when he flew to Chicago to attend a drum workshop sponsored by Zildjian cymbals where he met Steve Smith and Kenny Aronoff. It was a major turning point in his life. Kenny and Billy soon became friends, and Billy remained in touch with Kenny throughout that summer. In the fall of 1983, Billy decided to relocate to Bloomington, IN to pursue private instruction with Kenny. Billy studied with Kenny for three years, while honing his live skills by performing with a regional show band. In 1988, Billy moved to Nashville, TN, where he performed at Opryland with the 50’s Rock Show for 2 years. After that, Billy joined Capitol recording artists ‘The Golden’s’ (both Chris and Rusty, and their father, William Lee Golden), touring and performing with them for 3 years. After that, Billy toured with Mercury recording artist Jo-El Sonnier for nearly 2 years, followed by several tours with Billy Joe Royal.


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John Cortese

Welcome to Notre Dame College and thank you for expressing interest in our school.  By exploring our website, you will come to see that Notre Dame College is a vibrant and extremely successful school community which we are looking forward to you and your family becoming a part of.

I hope that as you navigate through our site you get a general feel for the school, as well as specific information, and you gain a sense of the great pride and joy we have in our College.

Should you still have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself or the College directly.

Have a wonderful day,

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Episode 28 of the Curve Benders Podcast on Willing to See No Boundaries with Ancestry® President and CEO, Margo Georgiadis, is live. As you’ll hear in our conversation, she’s not only a mission-driven leader but both her formal and informal education in her formative years, led her to fantastic opportunities to learn, lead, and create value at Mattel, Inc., Google, Groupon, Discover Financial Services, and McKinsey & Company. With the Blackstone acquisition of Ancestry, she’s

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ancestry® from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, Permira, and other equity holders for a total enterprise value of $4.7 billion. Margo’s passion for family genomics and her unwavering commitment to be willing to see no boundaries undoubtedly contributed to both the success of Ancestry since her arrival as well as this partnership with Blackstone.

In this episode, I also read an excerpt from chapter one of my forthcoming book, Curve Benders (Wiley, 2021). You’ll find a part of it in our blog at, and the rest in Nour Forum.

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In the article “America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead” by Kevin Drum, he describes crime rates and how they relate to use of lead in gasoline and many other things. The audience Drum seems to focus on primarily is parents and potential parents. Since they usually have full-time careers, parents may not have enough spare time … Read more

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“We can elect our own Boss”

The Rhode Island Commission may tighten rules on union officials serving as elected officials in government.  The union ‘umbrellas’ are a point of focus in the state.

At this point, in Rhode Island, city or town council members who are union officials and activists cannot vote on agreements with their own bargaining units.

But can they vote on a contract for another employee group that belongs to the same statewide union? Or can a school committee member who teaches in one community vote on the teachers contract in his or her own community?

The Providence Journal reports that the state Ethics Commission is taking a closer look at the issue.  Needless to say, the union bosses aren’t happy.