Photos! Fun Home’s Sydney Lucas Shows Off Her Scootering Skills & More
The best costume piece I wear”Although I love the barrette that keeps my bangs out of my eyes, my crotch strap has helped me the most because I no longer have to tuck in my shirt every five minutes.” My favorite thing in my dressing room”A collage that Gabby [Small Alison understudy Gabrielle Pizzolo] and I made together.” My view from the stage“Would ya just take a look at this beautiful theater in the round! Perfect for a pano picture.” The first thing I take off after curtain call“…My microphone.” Fun Home My view from the stage door“Having fun and wishing a happy birthday to one of our Fun Homies!” My favorite post-show snack”Bongo and I love to visit the ice cream truck right outside the theater after the show. So convenient!” At the age of 12, Sydney Lucas has already accomplished more than most of us do in a lifetime—she’s starring in the hit Broadway show Fun Home and she nabbed a 2015 Tony nomination for her astounding performance as Small Alison. But despite her busy schedule, the young actress still has time to eat candy bars, ride her scooter, make collages and more fun stuff. Lucas gave Broadway.com an all-access pass, showing off her favorite snacks, costumes, hiding spots and more. Check out her photo stash below, then see her in the Tony-winning musical Fun Home at Circle in the Square Theatre! Related Shows View Comments
My favorite line in Fun Home“The line I like the best is in the song ‘Come to the Fun Home.’ It’s ‘Think of Bechdel when you need to embalm.’” My favorite spot in the theater“The Nest is the kids’ favorite spot.” The crew member who saves my butt”This is Vanessa, our wrangler. Not only is she fun but she saves our bacon on a daily basis.” Selfie right before I go onstage“This is me right before I go ask Daddy to play airplane.” My favorite co-stars“I love all of my co-stars, but spend the most time with the kids [Oscar Williams, Zell Steele Morrow and Gabriella Pizzolo]. We have a lot of fun together!” The best thing to eat on a two-show day“A brie sandwich with chicken noodle soup from Pret a Manger and a Kit Kat…my yummy two-show day meal this Saturday.” My good luck charm”I’m pretty sure the Fun Homies already know that Bongo is my good luck charm.” Show Closed This production ended its run on Sept. 10, 2016
13SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr It’s imperative for credit unions to understand interchange – the biggest component of non-interest income.One of the most misunderstood, and possibly the most misaligned topic in the credit and debit card world is interchange. At a summary, it is a fee paid by a merchant, paid to the issuer, each time a credit or debit cardholder uses a card, in a store or online. The fee covers the cost of processing the credit or debit card; for a credit transaction the fee reimburses the issuer for the interest on carrying the balance during the cardholder’s debt repayment grace period; and the fee is intended to address the cost for zero fraud liability, which reimburses the cardholder in case of fraud. In addition, higher interchange is charged for signature rewards credit cards, to cover the cost of additional cardholder benefits such as cash back or auto rental collision damage waiver. The practice of a merchant paying the issuer interchange was established in 1971, when Bank Americard set 1.95% as the standard rate as compensation for the risk of card-issuing banks. Interchange is also paid to the ATM owner each time a cardholder gets cash out. Seems simple enough, but there’s much more complexity to it.To understand interchange, its first necessary to get to know the “players” in the space. The merchant has an account with a bank, called the acquiring bank. The card holder was issued her card from an issuing bank. So there are two banks involved. Since there are thousands of merchant acquiring banks around the world, and even more issuing banks, the many to many relationships is simplified by having a card “brand” in the middle. The most common “brands” in the U.S. are Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and they form the networks that connects all the acquiring banks with all the issuing banks. Interchange “flows” through the network, from acquirers to issuers, and can be reversed in case of credits (for example when the cardholder returns an item) and for chargebacks (for example, fraudulent charges). Thus, interchange is bi-directional. Also, there is not just one interchange rate; there are literally thousands of rates. Each network brand sets their own rates based on market forces, and rates vary by merchant, card types, purchase volumes, and several other factors. What the merchant pays for the ability to accept cards continue reading »
Topics : A Hong Kong police officer has been confirmed infected with the coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, the first officer to test positive in the Asian financial hub as dozens of other officers were quarantined over concerns of contagion.The 48-year-old officer had attended a banquet with 59 other police in the city’s western district on Feb 18. Everyone who attended is now quarantined, according to a statement on the official Facebook page of the Hong Kong Police.”The police are highly concerned about the incident and are actively cooperating with the Department of Health,” the statement said. Lam has said a full shutdown of the border would be impractical, inappropriate and discriminatory.More than 100 Hong Kong residents who were passengers on the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan are expected to return to Hong Kong on government charter flights on Friday night or Saturday. The first batch of 106 passengers arrived in the Chinese territory on Thursday.Authorities said 66 of the 364 Hong Kong residents on the ship were infected with the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. They will remain in Japan along with 41 other citizens who were in close contact with them. 
Hong Kong has 69 confirmed cases of the virus and two deaths so far. Recent virus cases have included a fast food restaurant worker and a taxi driver, both of whom were exposed to many other people, authorities said.Local lawmakers are expected to discuss a HK$30 billion (US$3.85 billion) relief package on Friday to support small- and medium-sized businesses and the Hospital Authority, which are struggling to cope with the outbreak.The former British colony’s economy has been hit hard as tourist arrivals slump and residents keep away from shops, miring the city in its first recession in a decade.Leader Carrie Lam’s handling of the crisis has stirred anger, with critics calling on her to close the entire border with mainland China and some medical workers going on strike.
Topics : However, he urged people to stick to strict social distancing rules, despite the rigors of an eight-week-old lockdown to limit the second wave.”If people don’t do the right thing in the final few weeks of the lockdown, or if they lie about where they’ve been, there’s no COVID-normal Christmas,” he said.Stringent rules in Australia’s second most populous state have proved divisive, with some provoking criticism from businesses, protest groups and even federal authorities.Victoria announced changes to its “triggers” to determine further easing after announcing an immediate end to nightly curfews and possible advancement of the next round of such easing by a week, to Oct. 19. The latest relaxation allowed 127,000 people to return to work on Monday, at manufacturing and food processing industries among others, offering a boost to the hard-hit economy.But Melbourne retained strict curbs on where people can go and ordered a fine of nearly A$5,000 ($3,527) for those flouting limits on gatherings to two households in an outside space.Victoria reported just five new virus cases and three deaths in the past 24 hours, down from a daily tally that topped 700 in early August.The most populous state of New South Wales reported on Monday its second consecutive day without a virus case in more than three months, as did the northeastern state of Queensland.Andrews said the downward trend in new infections bodes well for summer sporting events, such as the annual Boxing Day cricket test match and the Australian Open tennis tournament.”What I can say, though, is, if we all stay the course and we continue to see these numbers down, that it becomes more possible to have a crowd of some size,” Andrews said.Australia’s tally of infections stands at just over 27,000 with 875 deaths, with Victoria contributing about 75% of cases and nearly 90% of all deaths.The numbers are still well below those in many other developed nations battling new waves of infection.New Zealand recorded no new cases overnight as a recent outbreak eased. That has fuelled talk of travel between the Pacific neighbors resuming by year-end.It was “possible” that New Zealanders would be able to travel to some Australian regions before Christmas, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told state broadcaster TVNZ on Monday.Plans for a travel ‘bubble’ between the neighbors lost pace following the Melbourne resurgence of the virus and Auckland’s second wave of infections. 
Australia’s city of Melbourne, its hotspot in the second wave of coronavirus infections, is on track to return to near normal by Christmas, strengthening hopes for major summer sporting events to go ahead amid a general economic revival.Southeastern Victoria state recorded a single digit rise in new cases for the first time in three months on Monday, with the lifting of some of the toughest curbs its capital of Melbourne, such as a night-time curfew, Premier Daniel Andrews said.”That is a very, very significant set of numbers. We are well ahead of schedule,” Andrews told a daily news conference, anticipating a move to “COVID normal”, with most curbs eased.
Criminal Justice Reform, Economy, Government That Works, Prison Reform, Public Safety, The Blog Yesterday, Governor Wolf announced big news: 2015 brought the greatest one-year decline in the Pennsylvania prison system in more than 40 years. Department of Corrections’ population decreased by nearly 850 offenders.Consider that it costs about $41,000 to incarcerate an offender per year in the Pennsylvania state prison system. That’s a cost of nearly $34 million dollars for 842 offenders in prison.As Governor Wolf said, we’re not just letting people out. Secretary John Wetzel and DOC are working tirelessly to reduce recidivism, increase programs for education, addiction and job-training to better rehabilitate inmates to prepare them for re-entry.This is important because it also shows another important fact: this is now a trend. Under Sec. Wetzel’s leadership we’ve seen two straight years of reductions – including 756 less offenders last year and a total of 1,598 total population reduction over two years.Here are specific steps DOC took under the Wolf Administration that helped reduce overall population:In 2015, Governor Tom Wolf encouraged Department of Corrections’ use of performance-based contracts that hold vendors accountable for the programs they provide, the DOC announced an overall recidivism reduction of 11.3 percent in the community corrections system.Department of Corrections drastically expanded their work in combating opioid addiction among inmates, including new treatment to help inmates reduce their reliance on addictive substances – answering Governor Wolf’s call for state agencies to do more to address the heroin crisis.Governor Wolf expanded Medicaid, which allowed more returning inmates, including those in need of substance abuse or mental health treatment, to sign up for coverage when they go into a pre-release program.In 2015, DOC employee was trained in Mental Health First Aid; the DOC established an Office of Mental Health Advocate; and a number of new diversionary housing units were established to ensure mentally ill offenders are not placed in restricted housing units. Work continues in this area continually improving the DOC’s mental health.The commonwealth enacted a beginning phase of criminal justice reform in 2012 with the enactment of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative. Work in this area, specifically the reduction in the state prison inmate population, has resulted in the state now being able to reinvest some of the money saved back into the county level.Governor Wolf wants to continue and expand criminal justice reform in Pennsylvania and the reality is that there is still much work to be done. We can do even more to not only spend millions less on our prisons and more on creating jobs and education. But we can keep more people out of the system – through diversion programs and increased opportunity – and ensure that offenders more prepared to re-enter society with skills and a purpose to not return. By: J.J. Abbott, Deputy Press Secretary January 20, 2016 SHARE Email Facebook Twitter
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As of mid-September, the $4bn (€3.4bn) emerging market debt (EMD) team of Dutch pension asset manager MN will be integrated with NN Investment Partners’s (NN IP) own EMD team.The transfer includes the EMD mandates of MN’s main clients, the metal schemes PMT and PME.MN’s EMD team of six will join the NN IP desk at its office in The Hague, where MN is also based.The transfer had been in the works for about nine months and was “slighty delayed by the coronavirus”, an MN spokesman said. “This transfer will not change anything for our clients, other than the fact the combined team offers a greater knowledge base and more skills,” he added. MN’s director of asset management Hein Brans said the transfer of the company’s EMD team to NN IP, which does not involve a fee, is “the best solution for our clients”.“In this scenario we can continue to offer competitive fees, tap in to the extensive EMD knowledge of NN IP, enhance our client servicing and increase continuity,” Brans said in a press release.NN IP claimed that as a result of the transfer, which will see its EMD assets under management rise to $16bn, its EMD team will become “one of the most prominent EMD capabilities globally.”The move will increase NN IP’s EMD headcount to 25, bringing the desk “back to full strength” after the departure of part of the team, including its head Marcelo Assalin, in November last year.Assalin left over a disagreement on NN IP’s sustainability policy, which is going to be a priority going forward.“The team will prioritise ESG integration in our decision-making process for our portfolios,” a NN IP spokesperson said. Mid-July, shortly after the new EMD head Marcin Adamczyk started his role, NN IP had already launched an EMD hard currency fund with an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) filter.The merger with the MN unit means the ESG-adjusted EMD benchmark MN developed together with metal scheme PMT last year will now also become available to NN IP’s institutional clients.Though as yet there are no concrete plans to increase co-operation with NN IP in other fields, MN is open to doing so at a later stage, a spokesperson said.“We don’t have a list of priorities for strategic co-operation with NN IP, but at the same time there’s no reason to avoid further co-operation,” he added.To read the digital edition of IPE’s latest magazine click here.
The house is open-plan and flows outside.It took two years of searching for Travis Watson and his family to find the house at 16 Thomas St, which according to CoreLogic Data was built in 1910.“We were very fastidious with the search,” Mr Watson said.“I had lived in Milton for 11 years and the family was expanding, and while it took two years to find the right place, we fell in love with Thomas St the moment we walked in the door.” The kitchen has a New York marble splashback.When Mr Watson and his partner moved into the house they had a son, now four, and have since added twin daughters to their family about a year ago.He said the house had been perfect for raising young children. The backyard is dog and kid friendly.Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayNext playlist itemMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:51Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -0:51 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedQuality Levels720p720pHD576p576p432p432p270p270pAutoA, selectedAudio Tracken (Main), selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.PlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -0:00 Playback Rate1xFullscreenStarting your hunt for a dream home00:51 The house at 16 Thomas St, Auchenflower, is for sale.New York marble, crisp white walls and warm oak floorboards bring a luxurious touch to this century-old Queenslander. One of the home’s modern bathrooms.An upstairs open-plan kitchen, dining and living area which leads out to a deck was Mr Watson’s favourite of the home.“It’s the hub of the home, and I’m a wine rep … so it is nice to be on the deck when the sun is going down, looking at the city lights dappled through the trees and sit back and have a glass of wine at the end of the day.” One of the living rooms at 16 Thomas St, Auchenflower.More from newsDigital inspection tool proves a property boon for REA website3 Apr 2020The Camira homestead where kids roamed free28 May 2019It was freshly renovated when he moved into the house, with the previous owner a builder.The only things Mr Watson had done to the property since moving in a little more than two years ago was making it more dog friendly, and installing 5kW solar panels. Out on the deck is where Mr Watson likes to relax.“You’ve got this living area downstairs that goes straight out to a deck and a big, flat, grassy area,” he said.“The kids love it out there, running around on the grass, jumping on a giant trampoline and playing in the sandpit.“Raising young twins was pretty crazy but I think the house provided a lot of versatility for doing that.”
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53 Views one comment Share In photo: Mr. Ryan Small, Chairman of the National Youth Council of Jamaica. Photo credit: Jamaica-gleaner.comKingston, Jamaica – The National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ) is concerned about the unprecedented attacks on youth and children by unscrupulous members of society with the murder of 6 year old Tona Henry of Jarrett Lane of Mountain View Avenue and the heartless beheading of 18 year old Scott Thomas and 19 year old Joyette Lynch both of Spanish town in recent weeks.We condemn these ruthless acts and extend our sympathies to the families, friends and wider community of the victims affected by these dreadful killings. We are deeply disturbed and saddened that in these vicious and inhumane acts, youth are oftentimes both the perpetrators and victims. Consequently, we make an appeal to our young people to disassociate themselves from criminals. Take a stand against crime and violence! PROACTIVE STEPS NEEDED The NYCJ is further calling on the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to move swiftly in fully implement their Community Based Policing (CBP) concept that will see the Police and Citizens, particularly the youth, working together in partnership to tackle problems of crime and disorder towards building safer communities and restoring trust.We call on the relevant agencies to provide ongoing counselling and support to the traumatized children of 37-year-old Gary Emmanuel Smith of Bedward Gardens in August Town, St Andrew who was also beheaded. This is necessary for them to overcome the traumatic experiences and help them to adjust to the harsh realities.Ryan Small, ChairmanNational Youth Council of Jamaica
Charges forviolation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of2002 will be filed against him./PN ILOILO City – Acarwash boy landed in jail for allegedly selling illegal drugs following abuy-bust operation in Barangay Tabucan, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. Adler Politico,45, of Bacolod City was caught around 4 p.m. on Oct. 6, a police report showed. Officers of theBarotac Nuevo Police Station staged the entrapment operation which led to therecovery of suspected shabu contained in six sachets and P6,000 markedmoney. Politico wasdetained in the custodial facility of them municipal police station. 
Ms. Darlene Angela Scudder, age 69, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on October 4, 1949, in Vevay, Indiana, the daughter of the late, Julian and Emma (Beutel) Scudder. She was raised in Vevay, Indiana and was a 1967 graduate of the Vevay High School. Darlene was employed as a shuttle bus driver for Grand Victoria Casino in Rising Sun, Indiana, for 12 years and for Plastic Molding Factory in East Enterprise, Indiana, for several years. She was also employed for the US Shoe Factory in Vevay, Indiana, for nine years and for the Madison Shoe Factory for five years. She was a member of the Riverview Southern Baptist Church and enjoyed reading James Patterson books, watching the Colts and The Walton’s on the television. Darlene passed away at 4:12 a.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at the Swiss Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Vevay, Indiana.Darlene will be missed by her daughters, JoKay Beatty and her husband: Mike of Florence, IN and Amy Teeter and her husband: Rob of Somerset, KY; her son, Freddie Sullivan and his companion: Misty of Vevay, IN; her companion, Kenny Springer of Vevay, IN; her grandchildren, Devin Sullivan, Nigil Sullivan and Brackston Sullivan, Brystol Teeter and Bentley Teeter and her nephew, David Anthony Schurman of Bright, IN.She was preceded in death by her parents, Julian and Emma (Beutel) Scudder; her sister, Nancy Schurman and her brother, Freddie Eugene Scudder.Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Loren Lamson at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.Friends may call 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.Memorial contributions may be made to the Switzerland County Emergency Response Unit. Cards are available at the funeral home or online at www.haskellandmorrison.com