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Every year since US News and World Report magazine began ranking master of fine arts programs, Alfred University has been at the top, and this year is no different.
Every year since US News and World Report magazine began ranking master of fine arts programs, Alfred University has been at the top, and this year is no different.
For the second year in a row AU's ceramic art program in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics ranked first in the nation and its MFA in glass art ranked second, tied with the Rochester Institute of Technology glass program.
These rankings helped AU's overall MFA program attain the status of 10th best in the nation, according to US News and World Report magazine.
"Historically, we have had the best ceramics program for many, many years and it's due to the faculty, the facilities and the people we attract to our program," said Joseph S. Lewis III, dean of the School of Art and Design.
"I think the rankings say it all," he added.
"Our MFA program rankings are a continuing testament to the fine quality of our faculty, students, alumni and decanal leadership," said Provost Suzanne Buckley in a prepared statement.
The AU MFA program has 35 students total, 16 of which are in the ceramic arts program.
"It's certainly a good recruiting tool for our MFA?program and the art school as a whole," said Sue Goetschius, a spokesperson at AU.
To see what the magazine is talking about, people are welcome to attend exhibits of six MFA degree candidates' work this weekend in three different locations; two in Alfred and one in Hornell.
Three shows open at 7 p.m. Saturday at the AU Fosdick-Nelson Gallery in Harder Hall featuring students Chris McDaniel, Liz Sparks and Alec Schramek's work. Kala Stein's show will open at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art located in Binns-Merrill Hall on AU campus.
Two students will have shows in Hornell. Victoria Bradbury and Alicia Eggert will hold their shows at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Elks Lodge, 60 Broadway Mall, Hornell.
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Anthony's Week 8 NFL Pointspread Picks
Last week: 8-5. Season totals: 58-43-3, Pct. .572. Best Bets: 8-13, Pct. .381.
Home team in capital letters; point spreads (opening line) in parentheses after underdog team; selections with point spreads in bold.
MINNESOTA 27, Tampa Bay 23 (+6 1/2) - Josh Freeman is 10-2 lifetime against the spread on artificial turf and the Bucs have beaten the Vikings five in a row, so expecting Tampa Bay to at least keep this one close is hardly too much to ask.
N.Y. JETS 24, Miami 17 (+3) - The Jets won at Miami in Week 3 - and dating back to 1997 teams winning the first meeting over a division rival on the road have won the rematch at home nearly 67% of the time (231-116), when all other home teams over the same span have won at less than a 58% clip (2231-1633-4). And Mark Sanchez has seemed to respond to the pressure the presence of Tim Tebow has put on his starting job.
DALLAS 30, N.Y. Giants 27 (+1) - Same situation as above pertains here, as Dallas beat the Giants on the road in Week 1, handing the defending Super Bowl champion its first-ever straight-up defeat in a prime-team season opener. Both the Giant running game and defense have lacked consistency all season.
New England 28, St. Louis 14 (+7) - Neither team in capital letters here because this one's in London - and that means it's also outdoors and on grass where the Rams have played poorly ever since they moved their home field into a dome midway through the 1995 season (and recently too, with just two covers in their last nine outdoors) - and the "pitch" at Wembley is usually soggy as well. Meanwhile, New England has been to Old England before - and put on a jolly good show with a 35-7 pasting of Tampa Bay in 2009.
PHILADELPHIA 31, Atlanta 20 (+1) - Don't even think of going against Fat Boy off the bye (13-0 straight up in the regular season, plus 3-0 in the playoffs) - and the Falcons, who also had a bye last week, turned in three decidedly unimpressive efforts heading into it and have not won in Philadelphia since 1988 (0-6 and outscored 167-74). Not only that, but four years ago both teams were coming off a bye and met at Philly in Week 8, and the Eagles won 27-14. You can't make this stuff up!
PITTSBURGH 35, Washington 13 (+3 1/2) - And you can't make up how lopsidedly dominant the Steelers have been over NFC teams at home for a long time either - 16-1 straight up and 12-4-1 against the spread, outscoring them 422-203, since 2004. And don't worry about the nagging injuries that may sideline both Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman: The Steelers probably didn't plan on running the ball a whole lot anyway facing the entire NFL's worst pass defense.
San Diego 21, CLEVELAND 7 (+3) - The Chargers have a current four-game win streak over Cleveland, even if they did cover in only two of them, and the Browns could face an interesting dilemma in next April's draft if Matt Barkley and/or Geno Smith are still on the board when their turn, which figures to be very early, comes up.
DETROIT 24, Seattle 13 (+3) - Thanks to that "meaningless" touchdown the Lions scored with less than a minute remaining Monday night, instead of hearing how teams are 8-23 straight up since 2007 in their next game after getting shut out, you can contemplate Seattle's 5-14-2 spread record indoors dating back to Super Bowl XL (including 0-2 this year), and how Matt Flynn will be one step closer to making his Seahawks debut at quarterback after yet another lackluster showing by the pint-sized Russell Wilson.
TENNESSEE 37, Indianapolis 16 (+3 1/2) - Remember that the 3-3 Colts are 3-1 at home and 0-2 on the road - and have lost eleven consecutive games on the road without Peyton Manning (covering in only three) and have not won on natural grass senza P-Man since December 15, 1996 (0-8 straight up and 2-5-1 against the spread). Chris Johnson finally woke up last week, and figures to stay awake against a banged-up Indianapolis defense that isn't very good even when fully healthy.
CHICAGO 20, Carolina 13 (+9) - That was a pretty convincing Jeff George impression Cam Newton made at the post-game press conference last week. But the home team in this series has taken the collar pointwise in the last four, and the Bears could be on letdown alert with the short week and they're not looking all that scary on offense at the moment. Take the points.
GREEN BAY 34, Jacksonville 6 (+12 1/2) - Blaine Gabbert has made it as an NFL quarterback! Don't take my word for it - ask the oddsmakers, who have been reluctant to open this game at most outlets because Gabbert is questionable (and Maurice Jones-Drew is known to be out). This number will likely be a lot higher than twelve and a half once it does go up all over the place, so get in early - or maybe that doesn't really matter because this thing won't even be close.
Oakland 13 (+1), KANSAS CITY 10 - There's no one bending over Brady Quinn's shoulder, nobody breathing in his ear - but I don't know how to love the Chiefs against the Raiders at home when Oakland has covered nine in a row at Arrowhead, and KC will definitely be in the market for Barkley or Smith when the time comes.
DENVER 37, New Orleans 23 (+6) - Jonathan Vilma returned last week from his bounty suspension, and should be in there on more or less every down here - but the whole ordeal may have stolen the New Orleans defense's soul and Denver's 17-6 post-bye spread record is the entire league's best.
San Francisco 17, ARIZONA 13 (+6) - Where the Colts have never been the same on grass (or on the road generally) since Peyton Manning left, the 49ers have never been the same in domes since Steve Young retired, winning just a third of their games (12-24). And dome or not (the roof is usually closed at this time of year in Glendale), laying any significant number on San Francisco's how shall we say, primitive offense holds no appeal whatsoever. At least the (baseball) Giants are offering the local fans a welcome relief from this tedium with their World Series run.
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Right out of an episode of "House of Cards," about half of Senate Democrats did what a big donor wanted. They pulled an all-nighter to give lip service to global warming. Hedge fund manager Tom Steyer (playing the role of Tusk) is said to be giving Democrats $50 million for their stunt.
Right out of an episode of "House of Cards," about half of Senate Democrats did what a big donor wanted. They pulled an all-nighter to give lip service to global warming. Hedge fund manager Tom Steyer (playing the role of Tusk) is said to be giving Democrats $50 million for their stunt.
"We're not going to rest until there is action on the most pressing issue of our time, which is climate change," said Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. The whole thing was a real Schatz show.
If it's so important, why couldn't Harry Reid muster the other half of his 55 senators to take part in the theatrics?
Global warming is an unpopular issue. Moocher Democrats voted for Obama to get free health care, not so they would have to pay more to fill up their new Cadillac Escalades with gas.
The party that says it is "for the middle class" continues to raise the cost of living for them by raising energy prices with their meddling. Regulations cost consumers $1.8 trillion a year (11 percent of GDP), which means higher utility, gas, and transportation bills for the average person. Limousine liberals rarely see gas prices because they rarely fill up their own limos.
To Democrats, not spending trillions to fix this climate change "crisis" of theirs is "immoral to future generations" — this from the party that continues to saddle our kids with $18 trillion in debt (and counting) caused by selfish spending.
I'm not certain about global warming, but I look good in shorts so I won't fret it. Wasting trillions to fix a leftist-driven, trumped up "crisis" is nuts; it is not using our resources sensibly. Liberals believe it is wise to overpay for fuel, causing tens of thousands of energy workers to lose their jobs just so a caribou in Alaska does not have to look at a pipeline.
In the go-along-to-get-along world of government and its sister, higher education, one must toe the party line: Global warming is happening, and our "leaders" must insert themselves and tax us to pretend they stopped it. Their promotions depend on chanting the religion of climate change true believers. In fact, all those who preach the religion of global warming, like professors and political cronies of government, etc., have something to gain by advancing the narrative. They advance "global warming" so they can globally fleece others.
Remember other fashionable worries that never panned out, like Y2K and acid rain? What was the last fear government propagated that actually happened? A phony crisis is created, and government demands our tax money to "fix" problems that do not exist. The more theoretical and less quantifiable the boogey monster, the better.
Democrats declared that the best health care system in the world was "broken." Then they created a "fix" that has made it far worse. Has the "Affordable Care Act" made health care more affordable?
To believe all the propaganda, you have to subscribe to the following: The earth is warming (and not naturally, as in the Ice Age), man is causing it, discredited organizations that collected "data" to support the theory are right to a fraction of a degree Fahrenheit, and politicians are so smart that if we give them more money they can change the temperature of the earth.
The UN, which is promoting global warming as a shakedown excuse, recently leaked U.N. study said that solar activity played a greater role in global warming than originally thought. Wow - the sun? It's always the last place you think to look, ain't it?
John Kerry made alarmist global warming speeches recently, calling it "a weapon of mass destruction." I guess that means we will be invading the climate soon.
The media and the left bully people into believing the theory by saying, "The science is settled." Then they set about calling those who do not cower in line with them "flat-earthers," which is the kind of arrogant, derisive statement at which the left is particularly good. But keep in mind, Dems are saying 97 percent of scientists believe in man-made global warming. Back in the 16th century, 97 percent of scientists thought the world was flat. So if someone is a "flat-earther," he believes in the scientific consensus and not what became the truth. Thus challenging "consensus science," makes you the opposite of a "flat-earther?"
The temperature of the earth averages 59 degrees and has maybe increased one half of one degree. But politicians know better than the earth what its temperature it should be. They are just that smart. So let's go with Joe Biden's hunch on this one.
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Dayo and I were posted to the same PPA in Ingawa LGA of Katsina State for our National Youth Service in 2010. We just had this instant connection – we were the only female corps members (batch B) posted to Government Technical College; we studied Computer Science, we spoke Yoruba, we were to teach Computer Studies. Ingawa being a very boring mini-town by default, we created fun our own way – cooking, baking, movies, reading, sleeping, gisting, singing, even planned vacation trips to Katsina town. And we had our moments of tears too. After our NYSC, we were still in touch and didn't allow the distance (Ib – PH) to deter our friendship. Dayo is a fun person to be with; it's never a dull moment with her.
She needs no introduction; Bridget is my immediate younger sister. She's the only one of my siblings we could say we belong to the 'same generation'. She's currently studying for an M.Sc in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Ibadan. She is patient, reserved and ambitious. She has a 'Can Do' attitude towards work. We have shared lots of stuffs together – the good, the bad, the ugly. I remember our days back in primary school when she won lots of gifts as a sprinter for our school. Bridget is industrious and has a flair for making her own things – hair pomade, flip flops and clutch purses.
Dee and I were classmates and members of the same club (LIVA Youth Forum) back in the university but I never noticed him until during the planning of the end-of-year get together in 2005. At the party, we danced together all night. In fact, I refused to dance with any other guy. What endeared me to him was that he didn't dance roughly like most guys did. During the Xmas holidays, we contacted each other and became friends. By January 2006 after the holidays, we became study partners (a course that readily comes to mind is the almighty EEE 231). Fifteen months after our first dance, we started dating. Fast forward…May 9, 2015…We are getting married!
A lot of times in life, you get the good things when you ain't even looking for one. Dee is such an amazing person; he debunked whatsoever rumours and became my friend...with no 'hidden intentions' like most guys will do. Really, it's not about a lady being 'strict' or 'principled' or 'choleric' or 'strong-faced' or whatever it's called. It's about the guy being brave, seeing what others cannot see, and smart enough to dare all odds. And I've got me a really smart, brave, smashing dude for a husband
Tomi's older sister (Tola) and I had worked on the same team (Information Systems) at RHG, Ogbomoso back in 2009. Incidentally, Tomi and I also worked on the Information Systems team at RHG - Enthronement Assembly, Lagos. On the team, she has a nice attitude to work and she's a great help. Sweet of her, Tomi agreed to be on the wedding party at a very short notice.
Dammy is someone you can describe as sister from another mother. I met her back in 2005 through her sisters, Taiwo & Kenny, who are my friends. We attended the same church (Royal House of Grace – Enthronement Assembly) back in school and also in Lagos. She is an entrepreneur par excellence. She is the CEO of Royal Laundry Services (a business she has been running since her undergrad days) and Royal Farms. Just like her sisters, she has a large heart and very down to earth. Trust me, Dammy can sometimes be a drama queen.
FunminiyiAkin-OgundipeLIL BRIDE
JeffreyAkandeLIL GROOM
#Throwback…As a freshman in the university, you had a perception of the girls to approach and the ones to dine with, 'with a long spoon'. As coursemates I had marked her down in the latter group simply because I felt she was too 'strong-faced' for a lady. 2nd year arrives and providence lands us in the same team while planning for the end of the year (2005) get together for the NGO-club we both belonged to – LIVA youth forum. All the while as coursemates and club members we never spoke to each other. But while planning for the event, her intelligence struck me at once and I began to change my previous perception. The party was tight and we had a couple of dance – infact she happened to be the only one I danced with all night. We exchanged numbers, became friends, study partners, and very good friends all within a year and three months after which we started dating.
The rest, as they say, is history! They say you rarely meet 'wife material' at a party….. Well, I am an exception to that notion and in May, I have found the ONE that complements and completes me!
Franklyn AchukaGROOMSMEN
I would try not to drop an epistle for guys! FRANKLY speaking, Frank is a handful!!! We just clicked when we met at our PPA while on National Service in 2010 far away from home. An athlete, humble, modest, funny and confident dude, He never lets ANYTHING get him worried! Our 1 year stay together through all the 'explorations' of Anambra and environs remain etched in my memory forever.
David OgunmuyiwaGROOMSMEN
All hail the Prof!!! Diligent, Hardworking, Meticulous and Simple. Dave is a teacher, preacher extraordinaire! His 'gospel' however isn't on the 'sacred pulpit' but every nook and cranny for all who are willing to listen and learn a thing or two. We go way back say 2006/2007 – jeez, all these OLD friends of mine – from university and church where he gave me a name tag of 1 of the most successful naija hip-hop stars (inside church, guy you no like me oh). We also worked in same organisation for around 2 years where I leant a whole lot from him. David when you read this, know that like Kollo, you have 12 months too!!!
Adeyinka OlaleyeBEST MAN
Where do I start? Meet my 'Bestman' who I have mandated to tie the knots within 12 months after mine or else I would personally 'disfriend' him or go to Ekiti to bring home a wife for him…the choice is his. Widely known as 'Kollo', a dogged fighter, witty dude, once a DJ, an entrepreneur, music producer/tutor, sound engineer and CEO Countrysyde Inc. I should add…a pain in the ass too. We have 'lived' the dream since university (2006) doing stuffs – music recording becoming campus 'hits'. I remember so well how he 'covered' my ass 9 years ago *winks* #storyforthegods# shhhh!
Olumide BabatundeGROOMSMEN
Lumi Lumi! We met sometime around 2008 through Kollo and we connected nearly immediately. This big boy engineer tries to be modest (oga leave story, we sabi as e dey go!). Over the years, I have known him to be a jolly good fellow even though he can also be an 'otondo'. C'mon Ladies! We all agree the dude is fine, but hell no! He's so VERY ENGAGED! Sorry, try next time. #missionspoilmarketforLumi


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HIV/AIDS News
NIH Network Identifies Better Treatment Regimen for HIV-Infected Infants - November 3, 2010
Ritonavir-Boosted Lopinavir Proves Superior to Nevirapine
A recent scheduled interim data and safety review of a clinical study comparing anti-HIV treatment regimens in young children who acquired HIV during birth or breastfeeding has found a lopinavir (LPV/r)-based regimen more effective than a nevirapine (NVP)-based regimen in children who were not previously exposed to NVP. Consequently, the study team has unblinded the data and has advised the parents and guardians of the children to consult with their healthcare providers about the best antiretroviral regimen for their children. The team will continue to conduct follow-up visits with the children as planned.
This finding has potential clinical and financial implications, say the study leaders, because LPV/r currently is more expensive and less accessible than NVP. In resource-limited settings, NVP-based antiretroviral treatment regimens are widely used for HIV-infected children without previous exposure to a single dose of NVP, which is designed to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. A change to LPV/r-based regimens for these children would incur significant additional costs for groups funding HIV care.
At the time of the interim review, this Phase II clinical trial, known as IMPAACT P1060, had enrolled 452 children ages 2 to 35 months in seven countries: India, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Group has been conducting the study since November 2006 with funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, both part of the National Institutes of Health.
The trial involved two groups of HIV-infected children: 164 who had received single-dose NVP at birth to try to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child (cohort 1) and 287 who had not (cohort 2). The children in each cohort were randomly selected to receive one of two anti-HIV drug regimens: either the NVP-based regimen of NVP + lamivudine (3TC) + zidovudine (AZT), or the LPV/r-based regimen of LPV/r + 3TC+ AZT.
The purpose of the study was to determine which of these treatment regimens is more effective for HIV-infected children. In 2009, an interim review of the study data showed that the LVP/r-based regimen was more effective than the NVP-based regimen in children previously exposed to single-dose nevirapine. As a consequence, cohort 1 was closed to accrual in 2009 and the initial findings published in the Oct. 14, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Now the study has determined that the LPV/r-based treatment regimen also is more effective than the NVP-based regimen in children who lack previous exposure to single-dose NVP.
On October 27, 2010, an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) evaluated the study data for cohort 2 and noted two important findings. First, 40.1 percent of the children taking the NVP-based regimen either had failed to adequately suppress HIV to undetectable levels or had stopped taking their treatment regimen for any reason, including death, by their 24th week in the study. In contrast, only 18.6 percent of the children taking the LPV/r-based regimen had reached either of these outcomes after 24 weeks in the study.
Second, 28.6 percent of the children in cohort 2 taking the NVP-based regimen either had failed to adequately suppress the virus to undetectable levels or did not survive, while only 12.3 percent of the children in that cohort taking the LPV/r-based regimen either had failed to adequately suppress the virus to undetectable levels or did not survive.
The strength of these data led the DSMB to recommend that the investigators unblind the results and share them as soon as possible with the scientific community, study investigators and the parents and guardians of the participating children. The DSMB also recommended that the clinical care providers at each study site evaluate the children in cohort 2, decide with their parents and guardians on the best course of treatment, and continue following these children as planned. NIAID and the IMPAACT study team concurred with these recommendations.
The study investigators are notifying the parents and guardians of all participants, as well as the institutional review boards and national ethics committees involved with IMPAACT P1060, about the recommendations of the DSMB.
The clear advantage of an LPV/r-based regimen in cohort 2 of this study marks a departure from the results of studies in adults and older children who lack prior exposure to NVP. The reason for this advantage in infants remains unclear, but the study team is reviewing the data in greater detail to attempt to determine potential explanations.
Media inquiries can be directed to the NIAID Office of Communications at 301-402-1663, email@example.com.


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NEW YORK - To speak of the latest milestone by The Simpsons" seems to restate the obvious.
Long before now, enduring life for The Simpsons" and its brightly jaundiced folk was simply assumed. What began 20
years ago as a fluke then erupted into a pop-culture juggernaut has continued to spin yarns, spawn characters and
lampoon society with no end in sight.
At 7 p.m. Sunday on Fox, The Simpsons" will air its 450th episode. Once Upon a Time in Springfield" will be followed
by an hour-long documentary from Morgan Spurlock (30 Days," Super Size Me"), fancifully titled The Simpsons 20th
Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice."
During this season, when NBC's Law & Order" boasts of having tied Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running prime-time
drama, The Simpsons" has seized the mantle as TV's longest-running scripted nighttime series - period. Ay,caramba!
I think we could do it for another 20 years, actually," Matt Groening, Simpsons" uber-creator, said at a recent
Simpsons" tribute by Los Angeles' Paley Center for Media. Then he dissolved into giggles.
Omigod! Another 20? We'll try," he chortled. We'll do our best!"
Here's hoping the spectacular ensemble of voice talent keeps talking to the end. After 20 years, Dan Castellaneta
remains full-throated as portly, dimwitted dad Homer, Julie Kavner is tower-tressed mom Marge, Nancy Cartwright is
lippy first-born Bart and Yeardley Smith is over smart daughter Lisa.
Of course, these off-screen stars of The Simpsons" are well-served by visual artistry that, among things, keeps them
shielded from the passage of time.
The show's writers play a huge role, too, with fastidiously crafted scripts that, by comparison, leave most sitcoms in
the dust. (Granted, some fans may complain The Simpsons" isn't as sharply realized as in earlier years, but
What I love about 'The Simpsons' is, it's so collaborative," Smith said. The actors do a third, the animators do a
third and the writers do a third. That's how I see it."
Also part of the acting troupe is Hank Azaria, a go-to guy for numerous characters including police Chief Wiggum, Comic
Book Guy and convenience-store owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
Rounding out the core cast is Harry Shearer, whose stable of roles includes Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders,Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and Principal Skinner.
Besides The Simpsons," Shearer, 66, is best-known from his role as bassist Derek Smalls in the 1984 mock musical
documentary This Is Spinal Tap," and subsequently in the real-life group that film inspired.
But Shearer, who began his career as a child actor on such early TV series as Jack Benny's weekly show, keeps a
multiplicity of projects under way. These currently include a new DVD, Unwigged & Unplugged," reteaming him
musically with Tap bandmates Michael McKean and Christopher Guest. He hosts his own signature channel on the My Damn
Channel" comedy Web site.
And for a quarter-century, he has churned out Le Show," a mostly solo act of wry humor, satirical sketches and
blistering commentary, plus music (some performed by his singer-songwriter wife, Judith Owen).
Le Show" is available through numerous radio and Web outlets, and by podcast. It's a weekly passion project that
Shearer has always done gratis - which means he's free from any vexing business entanglements.
I never have a meeting, I never see a memo," he says. It's between me and my audience."
Sipping an early morning orange juice during a Manhattan stopover a couple of weeks ago, Shearer describes Le Show" as
a place for him to give voice to whatever's on his mind.
I'm an insatiable news junkie, so the reading that I do, I would do anyway," he says. The show just gives me a way to
answer back."
The sensibility of Le Show," and much of Shearer's creative output, is conveniently echoed by The Simpsons," even
though he plays no part in its writing.
Matt has a satirical, anti-authority streak," says Shearer. From the beginning, 'The Simpsons' was taking the side of
the family against all the authority figures and institutions that buffeted them in the modern world. Certainly, that
resonated for me."
Shearer recalls the show's first script, whose characters assigned to him were highlighted in yellow. In the next
script, other characters' dialogue would be highlighted for him.
Much of the time, he didn't see drawings of the new characters until months after he had created their voices, when the
episode was finished: Oh, that's what he looks like!"
How many different voices has Shearer done on The Simpsons" in all?
The one real influence that Bob Dylan has had on my life is that, every time I'm asked that question, I give a
different answer," says Shearer. So: hundreds," he says in a raspy Dylan-esque voice.
As the years passed, Shearer's many voices were part of the emerging world of Springfield, an oblivious community that
seemed satisfied to settle for less in nearly everything: public education; organized religion; TV news and kids
programming; government, law enforcement, business, and food and drink intake; and certainly environmental issues, such
as the nuclear power plant that employs Homer Simpson, of all people, as a safety inspector.
What's the message of The Simpsons"? That people, for all their highfalutin talk, are willing to settle for less if
it's easier or saves them a buck?
Has The Simpsons" taken on a new, unexpected relevance because of the current economic downturn, when standards for
everything seem under threat?
You look around and the only person who ostentatiously and repeatedly proclaims his pursuit of excellence is Rush
Limbaugh," says Shearer, then does a perfect imitation of Limbaugh: I'm presenting broadcast excellence."
That's got to tell you something," Shearer says. Everybody else is just getting by."
But he, unlike most people taking stock of The Simpsons" at this moment in its run, resists any grandiose claims for
its legacy.
Together with NFL football, 'The Simpsons' put the Fox network on the map - whatever you think of that," he says. And
Fox has changed the face of network television - you got to decide for better or worse.
I wish I could say that we inspired an awful lot of funny, smart, irreverent, acerbic shows that took a lacerating
view of the institutions of society. But I don't think we have."
Nor does he think the show - or any contemporary satire - really changes anything it lampoons.
For instance, after 20 years and 450 episodes, I don't really think 'The Simpsons' has increased the country's
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As a member you get free access to these upcoming how to videos for the month of September in addtiion to the video room which houses approx. 30 other cake decorating how-to projects.
You may be asking what does it cost to become a member….well let me tell you it is only $20.99 a month for access to the how to videos as well as the live web classes that Donna does every other week. When you think about it spending $20.99 to learn to create one of a kind cakes, projects and gum paste figurines is quite a deal. If you were to purchase a how to video online you are looking at spending at least $25 for one, so joining cake decorating with donna for $20.99 a month to access all the how to videos and even live web classes it truly a cost saving way to learn cake decorating online!
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Most successful club owners learned this a long time ago, "Businesses need to adapt, evolve and grow or they die," says Dan Horan, owner/operator of the Hatfield Athletic Club in Hatfield, PA. "You can't just stay the same and expect your business to remain level. You either grow or you die."
This doesn't mean that you have to jump on every new trend and hope it's not a "flash in the pan." However, you do have to be aware of every new potential opportunity and at least consider it. "The most important thing is that you always need to be looking for new ideas, new programs and new equipment," continues Horan. "You don't always have to implement everything, but you at least have to research it to see if it makes sense for you and if it will help you grow your business."
Here are what some of the experts are seeing these days in terms of changes and the opportunities that these changes may hold for your business.
"We have been through two years of tough economic times, especially in Silicon Valley and San Francisco," admits Jill Kinney, the founder and also the director of business development for Club One in San Francisco, which has clubs located in 10 states. "This has caused us to spend more time analyzing our markets and our profitability." The company learned quite a bit. For one, the average age of its members is 43, which is older than some other clubs. Average member income is about $120,000 a year.
"Most of our members have been involved in health clubs for a number of years, so these are not the deconditioned group," she continues. They have been cross-training for a number of years (cardiovascular exercise, strength training, flexibility), and moving through a number of different areas of the club.
More recently, though, the company has been finding that its members are becoming much more interested in specialized exercise routines, such as yoga, Pilates and martial arts.
"When they begin to limit themselves to these specialized programs, they want only the very best instructors, and they also want a facility that is perfectly designed for that particular use," states Kinney.
She admits that this is creating a dilemma for Club One. "Most of our facilities weren't designed with specialized rooms for martial arts or yoga," she explains. As a result, now, when it builds new clubs and renovates existing ones, it is building more group exercise studios and specialized studios. As such, the facility will have a studio for martial arts, one for Pilates, one for yoga and then one for general exercise.
"This has also caused us to hire a much larger percentage of our employees in the area of group fitness and also those who are specialists in delivering the programs that people want," continues Kinney. At the same time, Club One is training its existing staff to be understanding and accepting of everyone's different needs.
"One way we do this is to get them involved in these specialized programs, and a lot of them end up getting hooked on them, too," she notes.
As a result of expanding into specialized programs, Club One now finds itself competing with what Kinney calls the "mom and pop yoga studios." "In addition, we are seeing our personal training revenues dip. They are being surpassed by the specialized classes."
The trend is creating a whole new atmosphere in the clubs, according to Kinney. "Member motivation seems to be different than it was in the past," she explains. "Instead of coming in on their own and hopping on a treadmill for an hour, people seem to like the idea of meeting in groups on a regular basis, getting to know each other, and having music play in the background."
In other words, Kinney is finding that more and more of today's club members seem to be looking for something more spiritual and for ways of feeling better, rather than just looking good.
While specific add-on programs such as yoga and martial arts are gaining popularity, they are often being completely overshadowed by a much larger and more significant trend — the increasing demand among members and prospects for wellness programs.
"We started out as a fitness club, then added a wellness component, and this has really done a lot for us," states Horan. "We can even do physical exams; we have a nurse practitioner on staff under the supervision of an M.D."
Wellness programs have the ability to attract huge numbers of new members, among them the generally deconditioned, the overweight, seniors and boomers, and even youth.
- Deconditioned
"I think the industry needs to do a lot more to attract deconditioned people," emphasizes Annette Lang, owner of Annette Lang Education Systems in Brooklyn, NY. "It almost takes a brave marketing team to advertise to people who don't feel they're attractive enough or in good enough shape to even walk in the door." She poses the following question to club owners: Do your ads feature the kind of people you want to attract (the deconditioned), or are you always trying to attract the same group of conditioned people who go from one health club to another?
"You need to offer programs that target specific needs that these people may have, such as back problems, foot/ankle programs, etc.," she states. "Then, once you get these people in, make sure your staff is trained to treat them well. Your people shouldn't be dressed in 'over the top' outfits and spend all their time looking at themselves in mirrors. You need to create a total environment that makes deconditioned people feel comfortable."
- The overweight
"If a club isn't offering a weight loss program, it will really find itself in trouble," challenges Casey Conrad, CEO of Healthy Inspirations in Wakefield, RI. "With 64.5 percent of Americans obese or overweight, this is a huge problem, literally and figuratively. Yet, only 12.8 percent of Americans are members of health clubs. This is a huge gap." It also represents a huge opportunity for the industry, if they finally take it to heart.
- Seniors and Baby Boomers
"We have a whole range of senior programs," reports Club One's Kinney. "We used to just offer senior fitness, which was very general. Now we offer yoga for seniors, aquatics for seniors, martial arts for seniors, etc."
While Conrad also sees opportunities for reaching out to seniors, she sees even more for reaching out to the generation just below them — the Baby Boomers. "Programs for advanced age issues are becoming popular, such as those for arthritis," she states. "However, wellness programs that speak to issues affecting baby boomers are becoming even more popular."
In fact, according to Conrad, the biggest area of membership growth in health clubs in recent years is the Baby Boomers. "The 18-to 24-year-old segment of the market is declining," she points out. In sum, health clubs are in an ideal position to lead the revolution for health. "Baby Boomers want to find ways to try to delay the onset of aging," continues Conrad.
- Youth
There is also a wellness opportunity among the youth. "The Centers for Disease Control reports that 42 percent of teenage boys and 46 percent of teenage girls are overweight," states Conrad. As such, she believes that clubs should expand weight loss programs to the whole family, not just adults.
"In sum, the more successful clubs are those that are becoming wellness-oriented, family-oriented and community-oriented, and pulling away from 'gym membership' aspect," she states.
While wellness programs can target certain youth, there are ways to attract other young people who aren't directly interested in wellness. The Hatfield Athletic Club, for example, is currently adding a number of new offerings, such as dance, gymnastics, martial arts, and boxing, all aimed primarily at young people.
"These are brand new markets for us, and we are attracting parents and their children," explains Horan. There is one benefit. "These parents are spending a lot more money than they would for just a health club membership."
Horan is also finding that there is a strong increase in the demand for sports-specific fitness, especially for kids, such as fitness training for baseball and hockey. "Parents are paying a real good buck to have supervised exercise programs for their kids," he explains.
Of course, if you have the best programs in the world but no way to get the word out to people, you're not helping yourself (or potential members) very much. How can you attract new members? There are some low-tech ways and some high-tech ways. A lot of clubs are offering 6-, 8-, and 12-week programs that people can attend without having to be members, according to Conrad. Some even offer free one-time seminars that are open to the public. "What a concept!" she exclaims. "Obviously, a lot of these people are going to end up becoming members." In addition, advertising for these events is often free. That is, instead of having to pay for newspaper ads, you can publicize your free seminars via press releases to your local newspapers, and maybe even radio and TV stations.
Check out some high-tech options.
"Our customer service management systems are changing dramatically," states Club One's Kinney. "We used to have a difficult time finding software that could adequately keep track of prospects and member interests and involvement." These days, though, she finds that there "is quite a bit available on the market. "This is allowing us to be much more contemporary in our sales and marketing tactics," she adds.
Club owners will absolutely need to get more involved with technology for sales and marketing, emphasizes Conrad. The reason is that traditional advertising (newspapers and direct mail) just isn't working the way it once did. "We used to be able to put an ad in the paper and get 80 phone calls the first day," she recalls. "These days, though, people are oversaturated with marketing, so that doesn't work."
Conrad is excited about the idea of Internet marketing, in addition to e-mail messages to guests and former members. This is not only more effective in terms of generating response, but it also drives down the cost of marketing. For example, there are some companies that create electronic newsletters on health and fitness, and they can send these out to your target markets with your name attached to them. "As such, make sure that you collect e-mail addresses from your clients and your prospects," she advises.
Your club management software should also be able to store these e-mail addresses and interface with your Internet server to send out electronic newsletters and promotions.
Just as important, your system should be able to filter. For example, you may want to target an e-mail specifically to people over 50 who are interested in a specific program. Conrad emphasizes that this target marketing is important. "If you send general messages to all of your members and prospects, it will be difficult for these people not to start hating you, because people hate getting 'crap' e-mails," she explains. "However, if you have a back problem, and once a month I send you information on exercises you can do away from the club to help you strengthen your back, you will really appreciate that."
The experienced club owner knows that it makes a lot more sense to try to keep existing members than to spend all of their efforts trying to attract new ones as they continue to lose existing members. One owner who works hard at retention is Horan, and his efforts are working.
"We have a 75 percent retention rate, compared to the 40 percent average," he states. While the club uses the traditional "soft" retention strategies (friendly staff, thank you cards, phone calls, 12-week orientation programs, etc.), Horan finds that much of the "latest and greatest" equipment keeps members coming back.
One of these is FitLinxx, which is computerized equipment that explains to the user what to do, how many to do, calculates performance, and provides feedback on what the person has done. "It is a big investment, but we've made it upon the retention end," reports Horan.
Another is CardioVision, which is a 13-inch flat screen television on each one of the cardiovascular machines. Besides 80 channels of television, each unit has a DVD, CD and MP3 component. "This provides entertainment for people while they're working out," he explains.
In the women's wellness center, Horan has added hydraulic equipment, which is a small circuit using hydraulic resistance. What is unique is that there is no weight stack, and each piece does two exercises at the same time. "In this way, women can do 12 exercises using only six pieces of equipment," he explains.
Horan sums up the need to look toward expansion, "If you continue to try to cater only to the 'gym rats' of the world, you won't survive, because there just aren't enough of them anymore," he states.
Annette Lang also offers some perspective on looking toward the future. Her message: Expand, but not at the expense of the basics.
"While the demand for functional training is increasing, and a lot of people are getting away from machines, weight training is still very valuable," she states. "As such, people shouldn't get caught up in just one system. You should continue to offer people various ways to exercise."
She adds, "Don't get so caught up in current popular programs that you forget to offer a variety of programs." She has seen some owners who have gotten so caught up in offering yoga that they forget to offer classes for people who don't like yoga. "Others get so involved in offering advanced classes that people who want to learn the basics end up being left out," she adds. "The beginning people still need our help."
And finally, if big changes seem too risky, consider smaller ones to start. Lang offers one such suggestion. "Small group personal training with four to six clients is becoming more and more popular," she states. "A lot of people don't want to pay for one-on-one training. The demand for this is increasing, and it is still an untapped opportunity."


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I had strawberries in my fridge. I hadn't made popovers in a while. What happened in my kitchen was a mixture of these two facts. (Dun dun duhhhhn! - Like Dragnet/Mathnet.)
At Popover Cafe in Manhattan, they serve huge popovers with strawberry butter. I figured I would make strawberry popovers (and add plain butter as needed.) They turned out lovely and the strawberry seeds added a fun texture to the popover.
Strawberry Popovers (basic popover recipe from my Mom's Best Recipe Book)
3 eggs1 C milk
3 T butter or margarine, melted
1 C flour
1/2 t salt
pulp from 3 strawberries, processed in a food processor
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin pan well. In large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat eggs until frothy; beat in milk and butter until blended. Beat in flour and salt. Stir in strawberry pulp. Fill each muffin cup 1/4-1/3 full with the batter. Bake 30 minutes; then quickly make a small slit in top of each popover to let out steam; bake 8 minutes longer. Immediately remove popovers from pan and serve.
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Pools Won't Be on Berkeley's November Ballot
A ballot measure to fund a new warm pool and rehab neighborhood pools was taken off the table at the Berkeley City Council's Tuesday night meeting.
More than 30 people showed up to support a pools bond. But having seen the results of recent surveys that showed voters unlikely to support the measure, most of them agreed in the end with the council decision.
At the request of Councilmember Dona Spring, the council voted unanimously (with Councilmember Kriss Worthington absent) for the concept of placing an advisory measure before voters in November, calling on the Berkeley Unified School District not to demolish the warm pool now located on the Berkeley High School campus—the district has plans to replace it with new classrooms—until a replacement warm pool is built.
The council vote included creation of a task force to negotiate with the school district on the pools questions. The three outdoor pools and the indoor warm pool are located on school district property, but maintained and operated by the city.
The council will formally vote on the advisory measure and task force when staff brings back specific language at a future meeting.
"If we went for the bond and it didn't pass, then they would have an excuse to wash their hands of us," JoAnn Cook, One Warm Pool chair told the Planet after the vote. She said the council vote to have the advisory measure on the ballot was "a whole lot better then it could have been. They could have said, 'forget you,'" she said.
The council did not make a decision Tuesday whether it will ask citizens in November to pay for increased fire and emergency protection and for library branch rehabilitation.
The plan as outlined in the council discussion depends on the school district's becoming a partner in the project, something which BUSD spokesperson Mark Coplan said the school district is likely to reject.
Mayor Tom Bates, who will head the task force, took the lead in the decision to take the question of bond funding for the pools off the table. Bates told the council he thinks the city can work with the district to get the funds for the project, estimated to cost $22 million.
The schools lack adequate funding to build the project they've designed at Berkeley High, Bates told the council.
"To do what they want, they'll have to go to the voters," he said. When they do, "The warm pool can be part of the mix," he said.
Building a stadium with new bleachers is the first phase of the project, with an anticipated finish date of June 2011; demolition of the pool and gym will come in the next phase, ending in October 2011; rebuilding the gym and classrooms will come in a third phase ending in 2013, according to Facilities Manager Lew Jones, who spoke to the Planet on Wednesday.
Jones confirmed that at present only the first two phases are funded.
"That moves the issue to 2010" to go out for funding, Bates told the council.
When the Planet asked schools spokesperson Mark Coplan on Wednesday if he thought the district would include the warm pool in an eventual school district bond, Coplan laughed.
"It will never happen," he said, explaining that the school district couldn't include in its bond measure something like the warm pool that is not destined for students.
But Robert Collier of the Berkeley Pools Alliance—the neighborhood pool-user group that partnered with One Warm Pool advocating for the ballot measure—said in a phone interview with the Planet on Wednesday, that he thought Coplan's response was as a school district negotiator.
He said Bates has been able to "pull rabbits out of a hat" to find funds for the Tom Bates Fields (otherwise known as the Gillman Sports Fields) and the Ed Roberts Campus and should be able to get funding for this project.
Collier pointed to a 1991 agreement between the school district and the city that says the district may want to develop properties where existing pools are located.
If so, the agreement says, "The district has the option of relocating any and all of the existing pools on the existing site or to another site, said location to be done at the cost of the district to a site mutually agreed to between the city and district."
Collier said he thinks the agreement—on which district and city lawyers are likely to disagree—is likely to give the city leverage in negotiations.
"Both sides need to be forced into a locked room," Collier said, adding in an e-mail, "The poor polling results showed that going forward with a bond measure could have been like the Charge of the Light Brigade—a glorious, epic gesture doomed to defeat. We don't care about the glory. We just want to save our pools. If Mayor Bates and the Council truly follow up on this and get results without the bond, we will be perfectly happy."


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Release Date: 2013 |
I meant to write this much earlier, but 1) Jonny Hunter did a fantastic job (a.k.a. said everything I originally wanted to say,) and 2) I've been having a bit of writer's block regarding this album. There's a lot to say about it, but I didn't want to create an essay on the topic.
Album Rating: 2.0another repeat feature?
must be good.
Digging: Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
Haha. Have you heard any of Colin Stetson's music, Calc?
Actually Vernon and Stetson toured together during Vernon's Bon Iver tour, so they've done stuff together before, even if only live. I peed a little when I realized it was Stetson up on stage when I saw em.
Digging: Moor Jewelry - True Opera
Very true, Streetlight. And haha, I'm sure that would be a big surprise to someone not expecting to see Stetson on stage!
For clarification's sake, my first paragraph is more focused on how Vernon's voice doesn't seem like it would go with Stetson's solo work. Even though they've toured together, the thought caught me off-guard at first, seeing as this music is really dissonant at times, and goes against the more traditional structures Bon Iver utilizes.
wtf justin vernon is on this?
meant to listen to this guy's 2011 album in nov/december 2011 but then i forgot
i will check this out tomorrow or wednesday though, magnifico review as usual
Ah, fair enough. TBH, I recognized the giant sax before I recognized Stetson himself, and I was itching to be sure until they did the whole 'introduce the band' thing they do. Also, album is solid as hell.
Album Rating: 4.0(Boo! Not as good as the other review! Boo!)
Nah I'm kidding, I like it. Loving the way you wrote this.
Album Rating: 2.0I actually haven't but this seems right up my alley so I'ma check during work todizzle
"(Boo! Not as good as the other review! Boo!)" (2) =]
And thanks guys! It's a great release, although I probably prefer its predecessor, Judges.
avant garde... pfffftfttft
Album Rating: 3.7on what terms would you reject this as an "avant-garde" album, kitsch? haven't heard it but i'm interested
Album Rating: 4.1album rules, isn't as good as judges but still really good. i wouldn't call anything stetson does "chaotic" tho, also not sure why you only gave this a 3.9 too based off your review
Thanks for the comment, Joshua. I definitely see a couple of moments here as being "chaotic," at least because of the album's sometimes dissonant feel. I do think Judges fits that bill better, though.
And astute observation there, as I was thinking about that myself. I may add a couple lines as to why the album didnt impact me as much as Judges-- I tried to focus on the album's positives, because that was what my lasting impression was based off.
Nice review man this sounds great
Digging: Hyperdontia - Nexus of Teeth
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffWait, I thought you already reviewed this.
Not sure I like this. Vernon doesn't fit, and makes me want just toss it out the window and go back to History Pt 2.
I'll give it a few more listens though, as I assume that Vernon is on here for a reason, maybe it'll unfold. Stetson is awesome as usual.
This album is gold.
Album Rating: 3.7i think this would be better if it were less "song"-y
and i only like vernon on the first song
He sure doesn't change it up much here, except for Brute.
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