Community theatre brings 'sunshine' to grcc | entertainment calendar

Heavier Than Air Family Theatre brings to life "Little Mary Sunshine", a musical that gently spoofs old-time favorites with lighthearted humor.

Performances are 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, with a 3 o'clock matinee on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Green River Community College Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.

From Colorado Rangers to the lovely Mary Sunshine, a chorus of giggling schoolgirls to the benevolent Indian chief, hearts are won and lost and won again in this delightful, laugh-filled and charming stage production.

The stars of Little Mary Sunshine are talented local teens from the company's musical theatre camp.

The production is under the direction of Terry Thibodeaux Jr., a Lake Youngs Elementary teacher.

All tickets are $8 and can be purchased by calling 253-833-9111, ext. 4966.

For more information, visit www.heavierthanair.com.

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AUBURN ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

AUBURN AVENUE THEATER

Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave.? Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec? at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Auburn Days Free Film Event and Book Swap: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 10. Two films, with a series of newsreels in between, will be shown. Films: 3-4:30 p.m., ?Them?, (black and white, 1954); 5-7 p.m., ?American Graffiti?, (1973). The air-conditioned theatre has been designated an official cooling station for Auburn Days. Free bottled water, pop, and snacks available at the concession window. Film program is part of Auburn Days presented by Adventure Books of Seattle. Free admission. A large number of books will be set out on tables in the lobby for the book swap. Bring one book, or bring a dozen and swap them out for ones you actually want. The book swap runs throughout Saturday and Sunday. For more details, contact Robert Blevins at 253-929-6259 or adventurebooksofseattle@gmail.com. Info: www.adventurebooksofseattle.com.

KIDS SUMMERSTAGE SERIES

The Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department presents its eight-week-long? program at Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE, on Wednesdays at noon. For more information, call 253-931-3043 or visit www.auburnwa.gov/events. Mixing free entertainment and park activities for kids and adults, the event features kid-friendly artists presenting afternoon concerts, as follows:

? Aug. 7: The Magic of Louie Foxx - An interactive magic show, featuring amazing twists that appeal to kids and the adults who bring them;

? Aug. 14: Rolie Polie Guacamole - Auburn is lucky to be on this Brooklyn New York group?s summer tour. The show is full of engaging and entertaining tunes for the whole family to enjoy;

? Aug. 21: Sing Along Fun with Nancy Stewart - Enjoy the energetic, witty music of award-winning singer-songwriter Nancy Stewart;

??Aug. 28: Johnny Bregar - Rootsy, jazzy and bluesy tunes that are simple and catchy that kids and adults alike will enjoy.

Note: The City has added an ArtRageous hands-on art activity to the July 31, Aug. 14 and Aug. 21 events. Participants will learn various art techniques from professional artists. Some craft projects will be offered as take-home projects, others will be a collaborative project, such as making a salmon coastal print with artist Amaranta Ibara. These free art activities will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SOUNDBITES CONCERT SERIES

City of Auburn outdoor performing art music series, a five-week series featuring a lively and eclectic musical mix. The series is supported by the Auburn Downtown Association. Performances are noon Thursdays. For more information, call the Parks, Arts & Recreation Department at 253-931-3043 or visit www.auburnwa.gov/events.

??Aug. 1: Darren Motamedy (Smooth jazz)

? Aug. 8: Wally and the Beavs (?50s, ?60s Rock & Roll)

ELSEWHERE

Concerts in the Park: 1-3 p.m., Aug. 24, Matchett Park, 402 Warde St. Algona.? The Icicle River Band performs.

ASO?s Sunsets at the Mary Olson Farm: 7 p.m. Aug. 1, 15. Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road, Auburn. Auburn Symphony Orchestra?s new outdoor summer chamber series.? Programs: ? Summer Serenade, Aug. 1; Animals in Music,? Aug. 15. White River Valley Historical Museum docents will give tours of the farm, including the fully restored house and barn beginning at 6 p.m. Wine will be available for purchase, and a shuttle transporting people to and from the parking lot will run one-half hour before concert start time and one-half hour after the concerts end. Concerts are festival seating, so blankets, baskets of food and low chairs are encouraged. Tickets, $17 adults, $10 students; festival Seating. Call 253-887-7777 or purchase online at auburnsymphony.org.

Summer Sounds & Cinema Series: Family-friendly outdoor entertainment, blockbuster movies, presented by the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department. Lineup: ??7 p.m. Aug. 2, Sunset Park, 1306 69th St. SE. Beatles tribute band, Cr?me Tangerine, and a screening of ?Dr. Seuss? The Lorax? (PG). Featured at the event is an ArtRageous hands-on art activity, led by artist Maury Toohey-Carlisle. ??7 p.m. Aug. 16, Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE. The Rae Solomon Band performs. The featured film is ?Puss in Boots? (PG). Auburn?s King Solomon Lodge will provide free child ID kits at both evenings. Food concessions, operated by the Auburn Youth Council, will be available at the events for a nominal fee. Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. Additional summer event information can be found at www.auburnwa.gov/events. For more information, please contact the Parks, Arts & Rec at 253-931-3043.

?Little Mary Sunshine?: 7 p.m. Aug. 2-3, 3 p.m. Aug. 3, Performing Arts Building, main campus, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Brought to life by Heavier Than Air Family Theatre, ?Little Mary Sunshine? is a musical that gently spoofs old-time favorites with lighthearted humor, while showcasing a personality all its own. From Colorado Rangers to the lovely Mary Sunshine; a chorus of giggling schoolgirls to the benevolent Indian chief; hearts are won and lost and won again in this delightful, laugh-filled and charming stage production. A show you won?t want to miss, Little Mary Sunshine features local teens from the company?s popular musical theatre camp. Tickets $8. Information: 253-833-9111, ext. 4966, www.heavierthanair.com.

?Living Together?: 7:30 p.m., Aug. 8-10 and Aug. 15-17, Auburn Mountainview Theater, 28900 124th Ave. SE, Auburn. The Paul Fouhy-directed Auburn Mountainview Alumni Theater Company presents Alan Ayckbourn?s ?Living Together? ? part of the British playwright?s explosively hilarious trilogy, ?The Norman Conquests.? Proceeds from ticket sales support the school?s drama students scholarship fund. Tickets $10.

Jazz series:: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE, Auburn. Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs each week with a different featured guest musician ??or two ? from around the region. No cover. Featured guest musician schedule: ? Aug. 3: John Stowell, guitar. For more information, call 253-887-8530.

Poetry at The Station Bistro: 7-10 p.m., first Mondays of each month, Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Poets featured at the open mic venue. Presented by The Station Bistro, the Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets. Open to poets of every age and skill level. For more information, contact mcbreenpost@aol.com.

Zola?s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. Open mic on the last Wednesday of the month. For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

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The University of Central Florida Forum: Finding the Sweet Spot in Life Can Be More Than Just a Dream

Bob Porter, UCF Forum columnnist

When I was a small child, I had a recurring dream that I ran and jumped out of my second-story bedroom window and began to fly. I would fly around the neighborhood to see my friends and help people, and I had a lot of fun doing it. I can't exactly recall how I learned to fly, but it was instinctive, and I just inherently knew it was a gift. I can still remember how my stomach would get jittery in the moments right before I took the jump in order to fly.

I am reminded of this vivid dream, and that powerful stomach-wrenching feeling, when soon-to-graduate students desperately ask me how to find their first job after graduation. As I take time to speak to them, I tell them about how to find a job, but more importantly, about how to find the right job by living in their "sweet spot" in life, which is a term that I often use to summarize the three criteria that help me make important career decisions.

I have the privilege of teaching in the college of business for UCF. I primarily teach in the executive graduate business programs (our executive and professional MBA programs), but there is one undergraduate class that I really love to teach, which is named Capstone. This class is usually taken by undergraduate business students in their final semester of coursework, and I usually have from 500 to 750 students in this class.

As the professor, I choose to run this class like a company, where I'm the CEO, students are employees, and we do "work for clients" (not homework). During this class, we have the opportunity to integrate many aspects of their coursework into projects, as well as discuss career development. It is during this class that I encourage my employees (students) to find their sweet-spot in life and to choose careers that reflect this sweet spot. I've been teaching and sharing this concept for more than 10 years with students, employees and my consulting clients.

So what is the sweet spot in life? I define it as the intersection of three areas in your life, and these three areas of life can be summarized easily by drawing three different circles that intersect in one central point, which is the sweet spot. I have adapted this powerful model from the book "Good to Great" by Jim Collins, using the hedgehog concept to help explain how good companies become great companies. The hedgehog lesson comes from an ancient Greek parable about the fox, which knows a lot of small things, and the hedgehog, which knows one big thing: how to organize a complex world into a single idea that guides all decisions.

The first of the three circles describes your passions in life. This circle is probably the easiest to complete, because it represents the activities that you enjoy and would even typically do for free. The second circle contains the activities that you are very good at. You may be good at several things, and this circle typically contains the activities that people often ask you to help them with. The third circle lists activities that others value. This may include things that others are willing to pay you for, but the term "valued" can be more holistic. For instance, I'm not paid to provide career advice to students, but they find great value in receiving my guidance.

The area where these three circles intersect is called your sweet spot. These are the activities that represent the intersection of your passions, what you are good at, and what other people value. Understanding where these things intersect provide a great deal of insight into what career opportunities you might want to pursue and enjoy.

As an example, my sweet spot involves solving very complex problems that involve people, business strategy, and finances (numbers). Therefore, teaching business strategy and leadership as well as consulting with small and large companies while leveraging my prior industry experience is a perfect fit: something that I enjoy, others value, and that serves as my career.

I think that finding a career fit is very much like my childhood dream of flying. It may be frightening at first, but once you go for it, and find a good fit (your sweet spot), you do it naturally, with a passion and a purpose, and can actually live the dream!

Bob Porter is executive director of Orlando's Executive Development Center, part of the University of Central Florida's College of Business Administration. He can be reached at RPorter@bus.ucf.edu.

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Soylent Closes In On Finalizing Its Formula, Reaches $1M In Pre-Orders

Soylent, the seemingly wacky personal experiment of 24-year-old engineer Rob Rhinehart, is maturing into a full-fledged business. Rhinehart and his team, who were running a Y Combinator-backed startup called Level RF last year, did what Paul Graham has called the “pivot of the century.” Fascinated by inefficiencies in the industrial food system, Rhinehart designed and then started living off a meal replacement he cheekily named Soylent — after the dystopian movie Soylent Green where Charlton Heston discovers that society has been living off rations made of humans. This Soylent, thankfully, is not made of humans. It contains an assortment of carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins and dozens of other vitamins that are deemed medically necessary to for a person to live by the Institute of Medicine, plus other modifications Rhinehart made through the testing process. “I’d like this to be something that is like coffee — a commodity something that’s available everywhere. Maybe a utility like water and power. Something that is ubiquitous and easy to consume,” he said. “I’d like to see it in grocery and convenience stores soon.” Now Rhinehart says the company will be closing in on a finalized formula by the end of next month — a version 1.0, if you will. They’ll have a party in late August where they’ll invite press and members of the public. Then the company will gear up to do 140,000 shipments in September with $1 million in pre-orders. It costs roughly $65 a week, including shipping. Most of the customers are young men, but there have also been a few Doomsday predictors and people preparing for a societal apocalypse that have tried to order lifetime supplies of Soylent, Rhinehart said. The company has been posting updates of modifications to the Soylent formula, including changing the protein source to a vegan one derived from a rice or pea protein isolate. “In terms of a new food product, this is much, much larger initial manufacturing run than has happened in the past,” Rhinehart said. A chance introduction got him in touch with the makers of MuscleMilk, Cytosport, who helped him find an factory in Modesto certified by the National Science Foundation. He also started working directly with suppliers; in early versions of Soylent, he would buy components off Amazon or Alibaba. The taste is pretty bland, kind of malty even. “Soylent is not supposed to be this luxurious thing,” Rhinehart explained. To

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Virunga oil exploration warning

Campaigners have said oil exploration is putting Africa's oldest national park at risk

01 August 2013

Africa's oldest national park, which could be worth a billion dollars a year if developed sustainably, is under threat from oil exploration, campaigners have warned.

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Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), made up of lakes, savannah, forests, volcanoes and home to the critically endangered mountain gorilla, could be worth ?700 million annually, a report by charity WWF said.

The World Heritage site has the potential to generate 45,000 jobs through investments in the fishing industry, hydropower schemes and eco-tourism, which in neighbouring Rwanda is booming.

But 85% of the park has been allocated to oil concessions, with UK-based Soco International planning exploration with an aerial survey of Lake Edward and the surrounding savannah, despite calls by Unesco World Heritage Committee for oil companies not to explore in such sites.

Soco International's licence area does not include the mountainous sector of the park which is home to the mountain gorillas, and the company has stated it will never seek to have operations in the gorilla habitat, the Virunga volcanoes or rainforest.

However, WWF has warned oil development could damage wildlife, and lead to oil spills, pipeline leaks and gas flaring which could contaminate air, water and soil in the local environment. It could also have broader knock-on effects for the region.

A report by the environmental group said seismic surveys and exploration leads to clearance of natural vegetation and development of illegal settlements, fragmenting habitat for species such as elephants and providing access to poachers and rebels who are active in the North Kivu area. Development of oil resources in an area which is prone to conflict and has a lack of governance makes pollution-free extraction "extremely difficult", and rebel activity could make clearing up spills hard, the report warns.

But sustainable development in the region could see a trebling of the fishing industry in Lake Edward, which is currently targeted for exploration. The industry provides employment for 27,000 people and is worth an estimated ?20 million a year, a figure which could reach ?60 million, the report said.

Electricity production from hydropower could double, providing a total of 10,000 jobs and be worth ?6.5 million annually, the analysis by independent consultants Dalberg Global Development Advisors said. And while the park is closed to tourists due to instability, efforts to end conflict, secure the park and protect its hundreds of species of plants and animals could see tourism take off in the longer term and bring in ?150 million a year.

Raymond Lumbuenamo, country director for WWF-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said Virunga was a precious asset which could have value for generations if it was kept as a conservation area. "Once you turn it into an oil field you sell it once and it's gone for good, it's going to get destroyed, polluted, the beauty of it will go to waste," he warned.

Press Association

Source: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/virunga-oil-exploration-warning-29463477.html

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Cowboys S Barry Church sidelined by Jolly Rancher

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) ? Barry Church is finished with Jolly Ranchers. The candy-loving Dallas Cowboys safety missed a day of training camp because of a cherry-flavored one.

Church chipped a tooth on a piece of the hard candy about a week before reporting to camp. He felt pain off and on, but says it was unbearable when he woke up Monday morning.

The fourth-year pro missed a walkthrough and a full practice to get a root canal, but returned Tuesday.

Church says he "caught a couple of zingers" from coaches and teammates and isn't happy that he has to stay away from candy for a while.

Once he can eat candy again, Church says he'll "stick to the soft stuff."

Church missed the final 13 games last year with a torn Achilles' tendon.

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NFL amps up its digital media, launching a fantasy football effort

As National Football League players begin pulling on their practice jerseys at training camp, the league has unveiled an online community designed to spur participation in fantasy football.

Dubbed Fantasy Genius, the site enables novices to seek advice from more experienced participants and pose questions about whether to accept a proposed trade, start a particular player or draft, say, the Washington Redskins' dynamic young quarterback Robert Griffin III or a proven veteran such as the Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning.

Fantasy Genius is one of several new offerings from the NFL Digital Media team in Culver City, which oversees the league's presence online and on mobile devices. Since taking control of its digital destiny, the league has assembled a team of 150 people recruited from Silicon Valley start-ups, sports networks and the worlds of investment banking and data analysis to create a presence for the NFL across multiple screens.

The goal is to meet the fans any time, anywhere, with the content they want ? real-time game updates, video highlights, a mobile app that tells a displaced Dallas Cowboys fan which local sports bar attracts others who root for "America's Team."

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"It's critical in this day and age to have a relationship with your fan base," said Steve Bornstein, president and chief executive of NFL Network. "It's in the best interest, not only of our fans, but for the NFL, to have a direct consumer relationship. Much of what we do in the digital space is trying to enhance that."

The NFL once treated its online and mobile rights like its broadcast TV rights. It licensed Internet rights to CBS, which produced NFL.com. By 2007, the league recognized that the Internet and mobile devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone afforded a direct, 24-hour-a-day connection with football fans, and it took the operation in-house.

The decision was consistent with the NFL's evolution as a media company. In November 2003, it launched the NFL Network, which now carries 13 prime-time televised games on Thursday nights, produces original programming such as "NFL Total Access" and reaps the financial benefits of selling advertising and collecting subscriber fees from pay-TV distributors.

"The fact that the NFL is actively playing in the media space, controlling ad sales and distribution of content ? how can you do that without having control of your digital channel?" said David Katz, who negotiated CBS' deal to stream NFL games and now runs ThePostGame, a digital sports magazine.

PHOTOS: Cable versus broadcast ratings

Since taking its digital media operations in-house, the NFL has seen annual visits to its properties quadruple, to 1.2 billion, and the number of fantasy football players triple. It has a team that works exclusively on managing the league's presence on social platforms including Facebook and Twitter, where it trails other leagues, such as the NBA and WWE, according to Sports Fan Graph, which follows fans on these sites.

"The conversation is going to happen whether or not we participate," said NFL Digital Media Vice President Greg Isaacs. "So we have made a very conscious decision to participate in a very aggressive way."

In the cool, modern interior of the NFL's Culver City office, decorated with team logos, helmets and giant images capturing significant moments in the league's history, Isaacs wore a uniform that was more Silicon Valley than sports executive ? a hoodie, T-shirt and jeans.

Isaacs worked at EBay and AT&T Interactive before joining NFL Digital in 2011. Over the last two years, he said, the NFL has seen a dramatic shift in how fans seek out the league's content. On any given Sunday during the football season, more than half of the visits come from mobile devices, as users reach for smartphones and tablets to check scores or get updates on their fantasy football players. Tablet use, in particular, has more than doubled over the course of a year, he said.

ON LOCATION: Where the cameras roll

"For us, the exciting part is ... how do you program for the user?" Isaacs said. "The content is experienced differently across a tablet, a mobile device and a desktop."

The NFL has developed applications that seek to capitalize on shifting consumer behavior ? and exploit the league's rights to the kind of sought-after content that, on television, attracts an average of 19.2 million viewers a game, according to measurement firm Nielsen.

Its Game Rewind application for Apple and Android tablets gives subscribers on-demand access to all 256 regular-season games and 10 playoff games after they have been televised. Subscribers who pay an annual fee of as much as $70 also can watch condensed games ? from kickoff to final whistle, without commercials or game delays. A new "coaches film" affords camera angles that coaches use to review plays but that aren't telecast, such as one that captures all 22 players on the field.

Some of the biggest opportunities are on mobile devices, said Manish Jha, who runs NFL Digital's mobile business, drawing upon his 16 years at ESPN, where he helped launch the online sports network ESPN3. Last year, his team introduced a companion app for the NFL Network's "Thursday Night Football" that offers real-time polling, statistics and live reports from the sidelines. A feature called "where to watch" uses the phone's location and the information people volunteer to help fans of an out-of-town team find where others are congregating locally to watch a game.

The NFL has dabbled in next-generation mobile technology. Its "Catch Deion" app used image recognition to trigger a virtual dance performance by Hall of Famer Deion Sanders when people pointed a smartphone camera at Sanders' image on a poster at a Dick's Sporting Goods store.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-nfl-digital-20130730,0,4242576.story?track=rss

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San Diego Mayor wants city to pay legal fees

By Ben Brumfield, CNN

updated 7:02 AM EDT, Tue July 30, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The city council calls a special session
• Seven women have accused Filner of sexually harassing them
• Filner is to enter a counseling clinic next week for two weeks for therapy

(CNN) -- San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, who's battling a tide of sexual harassment allegations, wants his city to cover his legal expenses.

Last week, Filner's lawyer sent a letter to the city, saying it should mount the mayor's defense and pay his legal bills.

On Tuesday, the city council will hold a closed session to figure out how to proceed.

It's a tricky predicament.

Seven of nine members of the city council have asked Filner to step down.

And even though it's not unprecedented for cities to pick up the tab to defend one of its officials, some city council members have said Filner's case is different: the acts he's accused of didn't take place as part of his official duties.

There's also another hitch: the city itself, along with the mayor, is the defendant in a lawsuit filed by his former spokeswoman -- one of seven women accusing Filner of unwanted groping, kissing or other inappropriate contact.

Irene Jackson filed her suit against Filner, saying she and other women were subjected to his "crude and disgusting" comments and inappropriate touching.

She said she resigned as Filner's communications director in June after deciding that the mayor would not change his behavior.

Filner, 70, says he will enter a behavior counseling clinic next month for two weeks of "intensive therapy." But, he has repeatedly said he will not step down from an office he was elected to barely eight months ago.

San Diego's city charter does not require him to appoint an interim mayor for a temporary absence.

His decision is unlikely to quell the mounting calls for his resignation.

Many of the accusations allegedly took place during his five terms in Congress, before he was elected mayor last year.

In response, Filner's chief of staff resigned, the Democratic Party of San Diego voted to call for his resignation -- even his fiancee left his side.

A group began an official recall effort but political observers have expressed doubt that the group can logistically pull off collecting the more than 100,000 signatures needed.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/us/california-filner-scandal/index.html?eref=rss_latest

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