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This was a music video script written for Hail The Titans. It never went into production, but I think the story is awesome as well as the song. Here is the song and script so you can listen and follow along with your own vision. Please visit the band's page and show them some love. This script was the first I had written from a 3 year writing block. I have them to thank for getting me back on my horse. Enjoy! The song is track 2: Natalie Andrea
Open: Fade in B&W Slow intro
Dark room, spot lit in the middle
A ragged, dusty, not old, but weathered Man sits in the middle of the spotlight with two wooden poles on either side of him. Connected at the top of each pole, are chains bolted into the wood trailing down to the Man. He holds the empty shackles with a look of anticipation, waiting patiently for the next unlucky soul to meet their cruel test. He subtly brushes the dust from the shackles as if they were delicate tools. He digs into his pocket and pulls out an old, gold plated pocket watch. At the CU we can see the second hand ticking round and round, but there is no minute or hour hand. There is no concept of time in this prison. All that matters is that it is passing. He smiles. He looks at the chains. Last shot is close up of the man's eyes.
Fade out quickly
Cut to: distortion intro
Exterior daylight
Begin with Close up of a new character's eyes opening wide. This man, who will soon become our Prisoner, sees 3 faceless figures directly in front him, followed closely by a fist. Back shot CU out the back of a van window of a man getting slugged in the face.
Cut to:Interior prison
We see a pitcher of water being poured.
Cut to:Exterior Daylight
3 men proceed beat our prisoner down against the back of a van to the tune of the rock.
Cut to:Interior prison
The man who holds the pocket watch checks the time, and we see the moments ticking.
Lights flash in and out with the bass line,
Shot 1. Wes live,
Shot 2. Man losing consciousness/face hitting the window…
Shot 3. Van doors close and drive
Instant CUT TO: Crazy Bends
The prison room: Spotlit
Open on our Prisoner from the van wide awake in the prison room, shackled to the two poles and raging against his confines. He is overcome with panic as he sees the chains and the shackles on his wrists. We see him screaming, "WHERE THE FUCK AM I?!" as the camera tracks around him. CU's of his shackles and chains show a fruitless war between steel and human fingers. He begins to writhe violently on the ground in fear and panic, causing his shackles to whiplash. He brutally subjects his limbs to the torture of his own weight until finally he collapses in a pool of his own tears and saliva. "Why?" he mouths weakly.
Music dies, slow part
Our prisoner lies on the ground in despair. We rack focus through his tears and see his confines. As he gets to his knees, he examines the chains. He feels the cold steel on his skin and knows that he is trapped. He looks to the chains running along the floor as the camera racks the focus in and out to show them in detail.
2 MEASURE OF BASSLINE (no feedback)
In the corner he notices the Man sitting in a small chair. Next to him is a small tray holding nothing but a small glass and a pitcher of water. He takes out his pocket watch and we see a CU of the seconds passing. He gets up and takes the pitcher and glass to our Prisoner and puts the glass to his lips. He nods for him to drink. Our prisoner takes the water gratefully. Our Prisoner looks weakly into the Man's eyes as if there was answer locked away, but the Prisoner asks nothing and the Man says nothing.
Measure 1 & 2: As our Prisoner sits in despair, we see small, millisecond flash frames of his memories and his life before he was taken prisoner. Mostly flashes of a woman's face. Our Prisoner also sees a hazy memory of a young manwith his father. But the memories are cloudy, few, and far between.
3rd measure:
He looks ahead of him and sees the door to his freedom come into focus, a hand written sign telling him simply to, "WALK."
4th measure:
He looks to his shackles. And back to the door.
TOM FILLS: *Denial*
1st measure: Our Prisoner is beginning his journey to understand, and so he rises. He takes a small step forward but stops, suddenly overcome with a sense of the familiar. Our prisoner turns his head to see…
2nd Measure: The Woman appears in the prison like a ghost, standing behind him, seductively running her hand along his cheek and jawline. Our Prisoner is overcome by the memory and for a moment, we fall completely into the memory with him.
Cut to: 3rd Measure:Exterior daylight
Memories of our prisoner with The Woman play for us. (ex: Our prisoner and the woman are sitting in a sunlit study drinking coffee surrounded by old books. Everything has an out of focus, slightly distorted, and iris flared feel to it. We show the two standing in front the house he built for them. We show them at a funeral where she grips his shoulder tightly(CU) comforting him with his father's picture on the casket )these are all beautiful memories for him, and a much needed solace from his entrapment. We fade out.
4th measure: Our Prisoner comes back , and the shackles set into his wrists once again. CU of The Woman's face as she blows him a kiss and disappears before our eyes. We can see on his face that he is a bit shaken. He shrugs it off and resolves to search his surroundings.
Measures 1 & 2: Our Prisoner notices large wooden crates spread about the room. The boxes are easily within his reach so naturally he tries to open it, but to no avail. Our prisoner looks to the man who holds the pocket watch, who returns his stare with only a grim smile. The Man looks down to the watch, then back up. He slides one finger under the lid of the box, and opens it to reveal a jug of water which he uses to refill the pitcher. The water is the only representation of giving life, in a dusty old timeless prison.
The Man looks to our Prisoner and flashes him the familiar grin.
3rd Measure: *Anger*
The two men share a long stare. We can see on his face that our prisoner is growing weary of this game. His frustration with his situation grows stronger. Memories of anger from his former life come to his mind, an argument with the Woman (quick closeups). He antagonizes the Man as if he has been in on some sick joke this whole time. He shows a more dominating or perhaps desperate side of himself.
4th Measure:
Suddenly our prisoner begins to furiously question the man who holds the pocketwatch, demanding answers and crying out insults, but the Man will not speak, he only grins and checks his pocket watch. "To hell with him," our Prisoner thinks as he punches toward him stretching his chains. He punches a time or two more curious about its effect on the pole.
5th Measure (the 1…2's)He turns and examines the point where his chains are bolted to the wood. Our prisoner pulls the chains and tries to see if the wood would give. Gradually, he tests the strength of the wood eventually giving a driving blow splinters the wood a small amount. The Prisoner understands. Wooden poles can be broken, steel can be bent. He slaps his hand against the wooden pole where one chain is attached. There is only one way out, his only chance is to break free.
Our prisoner looks from his confines to the door. He grips his chains tightly and wraps them around his wrists and forearms slowly. His face determined. He plants his foot, closes his eyes and pleads to The Woman, "Please…"
We see more of the Woman and his adult life through his memories. She is beginning to become clearer in his mind. They embrace themselves in front of the house he built for her.
Cut to:
a bank where he got the loan to get the house. CU of men shaking hands.
Cut to:
We see an CU of letter in a mailbox with the couple and house in the background,.Unknowingly giving him strength, his memories are powerful as they are his only motivation for wanting to be free. The life he has built is his shelter that protects him from the world's evils, and his own demons. And he will not let that be taken away. Once again, our prisoner braces for the pain as he raises his chain wrapped forearms and we build into the jam.
ROTATING TRACK SHOTS open chorus BIG MONTAGE
Shows passage of time as the man tries again and again to break free. Each pass of the frame goes between the prison and his memories. Each time, the memories become seemingly more distorted but more in focus, and a little bit longer showing more to the story. They are angry in the study room, another letter in the mailbox,shots of him stressed, and at the funeral he looks at the hand on his shoulder with confusion, there is no longer a picture on the casket. Occasionally show the recurring shot of planting the foot, each time with a bigger layer of dust shaping his foot, signifying how many times he has done this. He struggles against the chains over and over. Every so often the Man will look at his watch, and serve our Prisoner the water accordingly.
The montage continues and we see the effects of confinement on our Prisoner, his hair and beard grow long, his body becomes overcome by the sweat, scars, and dirt, he tries over and over again and again only to fail and be fed the water by the man who holds the pocketwatch.
Last run of 2: Our prisoner, once more resolved, plants his foot, and takes to his chains with deadly force. We see blood trickling down his wrists as the shackles cut in. As he struggles we see the wood begin to tear/bend only a little, giving us hope, but no resolution. It could have been the one, but alas he falls to the floor.
We fade out.
Fade in: *Depression*
Long darkness before we fade in on our prisoner, his forehead to the floor. Quick racks in and out show the despair of our prisoner as he wrestles with the idea of succumbing to his fate.
Cut to:
Bedroom memory
We see the prisoner sitting on a bed looking very sad. He closes his eyes and we see small shots of the Woman again. He smiles a sad grin. We show the mailbox again, the look of the shot seems darker, and there is a lot of mail left in the mailbox. Yet our prisoner at that time, just kept that sad grin.
He looks at his shackles and back to the man who hold the pocket watch. The seconds tick by as our prisoner waits for him to bring him the water, which he does, and our prisoner accepts.
WE see quick cuts of his life and memories and him wrestling with his prison position. He slams his head to the floor, CU;s of a single tear shed for a life he left behind and a life yet to be lived. Intimate CU memories of the woman and shots of the prison transition in and out as our Prisoner, almost defeated begins to resolve once more. Build it.
SNARE BUILDS *Acceptance*
CU's flash in and out and we can see the look of understanding on our prisoners face. He sees Her in his mind and he knows that he is not being held captive, no…Somehow this prison is one he has designed for himself. Not only can he escape, there was never another option. His life and his memories give him the strength to persevere, but he has to earn it. He wraps the chains around his wrist. He furrows his brow. He plants his foot. Fade shot as the bass drum brings us in.
1st Jam:
Our prisoner once more takes to his chains. He struggles harder, grits his teeth, as the chains dig deeper into his wrists, which have become scabbed and scarred throughout his stay. His eyes wide and heart racing, he screams for victory, but the chains do not budge. Yet neither does our prisoner, instead of falling to his knees, for the first time he remains standing, pacing, and undeterred.
1st soft:
Our Prisoner is frustrated, restless, and desperate. He lashes out. He shouts at the man who holds the pocketwatch. Pacing, throwing his arms (as far as is possible) through the air, exclaiming the ludicrousness of his predicament. The man who holds the pocket watch simply watches on, grins, and checks the time. The Man takes our Prisoner a glass of water, but he violently knocks it to the ground, then turns to the water crates.
2nd Jam:
Our prisoner begins to grab every crate within reach and throw them to the ground. Any reachable part of his environment must be destroyed. If he can't destroy his confines he'll destroy everything else. Slow motion shots of water dispersing as he breaks a crate onto one of the poles he is chained to. He screams to the heavens in agony and futility as the water rushes over him.
2nd soft:
Our Prisoner is now soaked. His sweat is no longer discernible, the water has washed away the dirt and he is reborn. His long matted hair shakes down to his sides and we see closeups of water dripping down his face. He breathes heavily. He sees the destruction he has wrought, but also sees that he is still confined. The man who holds the pocket watch smiles and checks the time. We don't know if it is an ominous smile or an encouraging one. Regardless, our prisoner's eyes look more harrowed and dedicated than ever.
3rd Jam:
Our Prisoner begins to stand. The hardcore jam in the background seems to give him a strength we have not seen before. His memories flash in and out faster. Shots over his back as the screen flashes in and out. Close ups of his eyes and brow furrowing. He wraps the chains around his wrists. He plants his foot in its familiar imprint, only this time, the cracking brick caves beneath his toes a bit, displaying his determination (and giving him good leverage lol J )
Chorus/build to crazy bends.
The man is struggling harder than ever. We can see the wood beginning to crack. The chains are beginning to stretch. The look on his face more determined than before. He struggles with every fiber of his being. His memories play on the screen for us to see, his motivation. He slips on the second measure as he feels the bolts of steel begin to move. He's on his knees, and we see him cast his last farewell to his prison. (CU) He clenches his fist dragging the dust underneath his fingers nails and leaving a message for the next poor soul. He launches himself from the floor and rages one last battle cry. Take to the chains…
Quick snare 1,2's build
The shots fade in and out with the music as our Prisoner continues the flight. Memories flash in and out giving him strength, reminding him of why he lives, why he must escape. The shots and light fade in and out with the background guitar. CU's of his eyes show a beastly determination as beads of water run down. The bolts begin to give way, the wood is cracking. One last struggle before…
Crazy Bends
The poles explode sending splinters flying through the air in slow motion. The debris falls around our prisoner, completing his mastery of the prison and illustrating the relief that comes with every struggle. The man who holds the pocket watch drops the glass and pitcher. We see it shatter on the floor in slow motion. Our Prisoner falls to the floor as the debris falls around him.
Last chorus
With the opening note we see the chains hit the floor back in regular speed. The man looks at his hands and realizes he has earned his freedom. He looks to the man who holds the pocket watch, who returns his gaze with a simple smile.
Our prisoner, now free, reaches for the handle of the door he has walked all this way to. A blinding light is cast over him as he steps outside…
The light fades revealing Our Prisoner, now free, dressed in black walking through a sun-lit cemetery toward an unmarked grave. The shadows of willow branches draped across his face, slowly recede into light as he approaches the headstone. (Denial) We see the memories play back, but this time they are extended.(Anger) The sunlight study scene is now a full-fledged fight in their home. (Bargaining). The mailbox is overflowing with bills. The house he built for them brought only stress, debt, and exasperation. and he seen sitting at the bank with his head down, just spaced out, while the banker just rambles on.
(Depression) As he comes upon the grave, he feels the comfort of a small hand squeeze his shoulder, he looks back to the see the Woman's beautiful face there to greet him. We see a flashback shot of a different hand on the same shoulder. Our Prisoner looks up to see his father's face. As we realize the funeral we thought was his fathers. Is actually The Woman's funeral with his father's arm on his shoulder and her picture on the casket. The Woman appears before him on the grave. They look into each other's eyes and we can see the pain that always sat behind his eyes melts away. The Woman gives our Free Man, a quirky smile of reassurance as she fades out of frame along with his grief. He puts a rose on the grave and walks away. (Acceptance)


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A Micro-Benchmark for Dynamic Program Behaviour
We report on some intermediate results from a project investigating the unsoundness of static analysis tools. The project is empirical in nature, trying to capture the status quo of static program analysis, focusing on callgraph construction for Java programs.
Static callgraph construction has to trade off several, often conflicting, design goals: precision, performance and soundness. Soundness (or, using a quantitative term, recall) has attracted more attention recently after the publication of the soundiness manifesto.
Soundness requires that a static analysis models the entire program behaviour for all possible executions. An empirical study on soundness must therefore compare models obtained via static analysis with actual program behaviour. In the past year, we have explored several techniques to collect such program behaviour, including the analysis of exception stack traces from repositories, datasets of real-world programs with synthetic high-coverage drivers, and CVEs. More recently, we have used the insights gained from those studies to construct a micro-benchmark of programs using dynamic Java language features that present barriers for static analysis tools. This talk will focus on the construction of this benchmark. Some aspects to be discussed are:
- The design of the benchmark: programs are minimalistic, use conventions over configurations to facilitate experiments, are executable and designed to have behaviour that is easy to observe.
- What is a Java program, anyway? While there seems to be an obvious answer, we have included some programs that have engineered bytecode to reflect the fact that many static analysis tools use Java byte code as input, and Java byte code is increasingly generated by non-Java compilers and / or manipulated in post compilation steps.
- The selection of features represented, and their categorisation. The benchmark contains 34 programs from the following categories: 1) reflection, 2) serialization, 3) unsafe, 4) dynamic proxies, 5) dynamic classloading, 6) invokedynamic and JNI.
- Soundness is defined with respect to the ground truth of possible program behaviour. But what does this mean? The programs in the benchmark are designed to reveal their behaviour easily by just looking at them, perhaps also consulting the relevant specifications and / or executing the respective program with an included test suite. We will also discuss corner cases where the behaviour of the program is not well-defined (by the language / JVM specification and the core API documentation), and depends on a particular implementation of the JVM.
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Program Director, IMSA Talent
TALENT program director for entrepreneurship at IMSA. Specialties: Applied innovation in education. Workshops in collaboration, and information fluency (I co-own 21st Century Information Fluency). Online course design, delivery and facilitation; PHP, javascript and Flash development.
During this session, students will be divided into their design sprint teams. They will remain in these teams for the rest of the day's program.
Ending hunger is an engaging, team problem-solving challenge. Students will work in teams and be immersed in a fast-paced learning experience framed around by the UN Sustainable Development Goal, "Zero Hunger (#2). After hearing from a panel of subject matter experts in the morning, they'll each receive a prompt (end hunger, achieve food security, promote […]
Two groups will be selected by their peers to present their ideas to the ISSF 2018 attendees and the community will vote on the best project idea developed.


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My footswitch stopped responding under the following scenario.
Marshall Code 50
Four button footswitch
Macbook pro connected via USB
Sound output set to Marshall Code
Playing Youtube videos through the amp and playing along
After a while, the footswitch stopped responding. I couldn't change banks or position within a bank.
Unplugging the USB cable seemed to get things going but footswitch stopped responding again shortly after.
Turning the amp off an on again resolved the issue.
Hey all - new to the forums, new to Marshall amps and had a few questions about the Code 50 I just ordered that will be here in a day or so. I have played my guitars through my buddy's Code 50 and am familiar with editing the patches, tweaking the tones and getting the sounds that I want from the amp to fit my playing style. What I am not familiar with is the use of footswitch and any Midi capabilities it may have.
1) Can one use just a regular on/off type of old school footswitch to turn an effect or amp on/off or initiate a patch change? I have several old school footswitches I have successfully used on many different amps, albeit older amps, and it has always worked. Curious since the Marshall footswitch actually holds presets if anything like that would work.
2) As far as Midi goes, I come from a Line6 multi-effects world and know that many of their multi-effect units have the capability to control effects on/off/parameters and patch/bank switching via Midi commands. Does the Code software have anything like that if hooked up to a PC/Mac running a DAW that has the capability to send midi control commands to change patches/effects realtime during recording/playback.
Thanks for any input and excited to get this amp. I am a player of over 30 years and have only ever played through Crate amps for the past 20+ years that have finally given up and the cost to repair is more than new. Bash Crate all you want but they were loud and proud and with the right EQ/effects loops made some damn good musical sounds.
The lag time in the release of this footswitch is rediculous. Why would you promise something that you can't / don't deliver on? IF the Bluetooth/iphone Gateway App were usable/seemless, the physical footswitch might not be necessary. IF the parameters of the amp (including up/down patches) were avaiable via the USB port to a Computer program/app, the physical footswich might not be necssary. IF there weren't Bluetooth and other software bugs, then the physical footswitch might not be necessary. Unfortunately, IT IS necessary just to use the Code 25/50 remotely as was promised in it's advertising when purchased. Mine is still under Warranty by Marshall. It is not performing as advertised. Please send footswitch, or send me a RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) for the whole AMP - you pay return shipping...
Promises, promises ... "we'll fix it soon"; " bluetooth issues will be addressed in future firmware updates"; " USB recording issues will be looked into"; AND, a 2-way footswitch will be available for Code 25/50 users when Code 100 is released. Am I alone in my disappointment for Marshall's seemingly apathetic (non) responses to purchasers of their "not ready for prime time" digital products?!?!?! I really wanted a Marshall Amp after 45 years as a Fender user. My mistake. I should have known better. Useless, unsupported, glitched, buggy, unreliable, etc., etc., etc. What say you Marshall in an attempt to save any reputation you thought you had?!?!?!?


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After being named president of Cal State Fullerton a year ago, Fram Virjee, along with his wife, Julie, quickly immersed themselves in campus life.
The Virjees moved into the C. Stanley Chapman house, the school's presidential residency in downtown Fullerton. "We knew that we would do that from day one," said Julie Virjee. "We want to be part of the community. We want to be here at 7 a.m. for events or at 11 at night, and we've done that almost every day."
"We love seeing the symphony and choral groups perform," said Fram Virjee. "We love going to the opera and plays and the visual arts, and going to engineering and business fairs."
In fact, it is wildly apparent that the Virjees love all things CSUF — from exploring the academic excellence and wide-ranging experiences of Fullerton's diverse student body to meeting with alumni around the country — and their Titan Pride is certainly on full display when it comes to athletics. Fram Virjee played water polo in high school and at UC Santa Barbara. Julie Virjee was a high school athlete and played intramural sports at UCSB. And two of their three sons played Division 1 water polo and have several national championships between them.
By warmly embracing Titan sports, the Virjees have become the "First Fans" for the school's 15 teams and its Spirit Squad. They frequently attend games and sports-related events, and greet as many student-athletes, coaches, alums and fans as possible.
"I remember them coming to one of our first games," said Titan softball coach Kelly Ford. "I was amazed that they showed up and figured they would be attending one competition for each sport that semester. Then I saw them again, and again, and again. They started developing relationships with the players and as well as their parents. I thought, 'This can't be real.' "
Titan baseball coach Rick Vanderhook recalled that when last season's team got off to a slow start, Julie Virjee phoned him before a Sunday game. "She said she had made some 'good luck' oatmeal bars for the team and wanted to drop them off before church," said Vanderhook. "And the team started winning right after that."
"Fram and Julie are extremely unique for their passion as a president and the first lady," Vanderhook said. "When my mother passed away this summer, and we were preparing to hold a celebration of life for her, Julie called my wife asking if she could bring something. But it's not just people from the Athletic Department — they treat everyone on campus this way."
Jim Donovan, in his sixth year as Fullerton's athletic director, said the Virjees' support of the myriad activities and events across the campus has left him in awe.
"The energy they bring is amazing," said Donovan. "My guess is that they have been to more than 60 games and fund-raising events since January.
"They want to make Fullerton a first-choice university. They want to continue all of our progress and bring us to the next level, and that includes Titan athletics," he said.
'Scholars first and athletes second'
Intercollegiate sports play an important role in promoting the Cal State Fullerton brand, the university's president said, but academics remains the pillar of the university.
"There is a reason we refer to our athletes as scholar-athletes. They are scholars first and athletes second," Virjee said.
"That shouldn't diminish anything they do on the field or on the court or on the pitch. But they are here first and foremost to get an education.
"One of the things I love about Cal State Fullerton is that we are a NCAA Division 1 school. This is big-time college sports, but we don't lead with that. Kids don't come here for sports and then take academics second. They take academics first."
To ensure the academic success of Titan student-athletes, the university created its Titan Athletics Academic Services, which works closely with faculty, coaches and other student support services.
Fram Virjee joined a few Titan athletic officials on an overnight trip to Florida a few months ago to secure an NCAA grant to refurbish and upgrade the Athletics Academic Services center.
"Anyone who has seen the amount of time and dedication that our scholar-athletes put into their sports knows that they give up a lot of social and casual time to represent us as Titans. So we owe it to our scholar-athletes to help them succeed academically. I want our teams to win, but much more important to me is that these athletes graduate with knowledge that holds them in great stead long in the future," he said.
Athletics serve as a front porch for the university, he said. "Our scholar-athletes are our first-line ambassadors. Everywhere they go, they are wearing Titan gear. And even if they don't, everyone knows they are Titans."
One of those ambassadors is Jake Pavletich, a redshirt senior on the Titan baseball team. He said his fellow student-athletes have taken notice of the Virjees' warmth and enthusiasm. "I haven't seen anything like it in my five years at Fullerton," he said. "They don't think of us just as athletes, they think of us as family," said Pavletich.
Before one game, the Virjees were making the rounds and joined a tailgate party hosted by Pavletich's parents. "Mrs. Virjee came up to me later and said, 'Jake, your parents know how to throw a pregame party,' " said Pavletich. 'She's one of our biggest supporters and is like a second mom."
Commissioner's Cup a sign of achievement
The Virjees cite several highlights in their first year of cheering on Fullerton sports teams.
In June, Cal State Fullerton won its first-ever Big West Commissioner's Cup, which is awarded to the school with the best overall finishes in the conference's 17 sports championships.
"The Commissioner's Cup is a validation and a wonderful demonstration what Jim Donovan and the Athletic Department have done with this program," said Fram Virjee.
"If you look where we were when Jim came in not only from a win-loss record, but also on graduation records, it's incredible. It started with recruiting the best people we can find. We have teams that play together – those are the teams that win," he said.
The award was an uphill achievement, said Julie Virjee. "It's taken years of doing the right thing," she said. "Everyone has come together and done the hard work. That's what makes it so sweet."
Another high point was Jace Chamberlain's walk-off homer at Stanford that advanced the Titans to the NCAA baseball super-regionals.
"In the ninth inning, with two outs, and a freshman that had never hit a home run before — that was unbelievable," said Fram Virjee.
The Titans winning their first Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament men's in 10 years was another memorable moment. "When our fans rushed the floor at the Honda Center, it was incredible," he said.
"And the trip to Detroit for the NCAA tournament, being part of March Madness, was very special."
Julie Virjee also was very impressed by the athletic graduation banquet. The student-athletes chose the awards, voted on them and produced the program.
"They created a really special event. They have given their all with their leadership, discipline and time management. I love all the teams. They know I'm their mama."
Connecting with softball pitcher
Perhaps the most poignant moments for Fram and Julie involve Titan softball pitcher Taylor Dockins, who has been battling cancer for more than two years.
The righthander from Corona, a former high school player of the year, tossed a no-hitter against the University of San Diego in February as a freshman.
A month later, her team hosted "No One Fights Alone Night" in its conference opener against UC Santa Barbara, distributing T-shirts and #TaylorStrong wristbands to fans. Dockins registered a complete- game victory that night.
Fram Virjee wrote an article in the Orange County Register about how the Cal State Fullerton family rallied around Dockins. "The whole community came together for that game to support Taylor," he said. "You can't get more meaningful than that. All the women on both teams wore emerald green ribbons in their hair — the color of liver cancer awareness."
Dockins, who is currently undergoing treatment, said she often gets texts of support from Fram and Julie.
"He was a Division 1 athlete, so he knows what we are going through," said Dockins "He's like a second dad. I don't have the words to explain how incredible it is to have that type of support."
The Virjees have Twitter accounts and tweet about campus activities and events each day. "The purpose of social media is to create a sense of excitement and interest and community on campus and off," said Fram Virjee. "Among our goals is to draw our alumni back onto campus and draw the business community from Fullerton and Orange County into what we are doing on campus."
The president occasionally tweaks Cal State Fullerton's archrival, Long Beach State, in a tweet. "You have to have some fun. [Long Beach State] President [Jane Close] Conoley and I are good friends. Long Beach is a great institution; it is the second-best CSU. I do occasionally poke fun at the [baseball] Dirtbags," he said. "I never start, but I always finish."
Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State are often labeled "commuter schools," but Virjee isn't buying those stereotypes. "First of all, we are not a commuter school. We have to get over our inferiority complex. We are an amazing first-tier Division 1 nationally-ranked university. Titan athletics, just like the performing arts, the business school and other departments, makes us who we are.
"We have more attendance at athletics events than we have ever had in our history. There has been a tenfold increase since Jim [Donovan] got here. But it still needs to be more. It's a key to creating community," he said.
Permanent home for Hall of Fame
The Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame lacks a permanent home on campus, with Titan sport trophies and awards scattered across different buildings. "I believe we should have a single location to house our Hall of Fame. The trophies should be together somewhere," said the president, who said funds would have to be raised to create a display site, either in the Titan gym or student union.
Asked to name a men's and women's team he would like to add if the opportunity arose, Virjee picked the sport he's most fond of – water polo. "If we started both men's and women's water polo, they would be instantly competitive because Orange County is a water polo mecca. And we need to find another sport where we can beat Long Beach," he said. "We've got to find some benevolent donor to give us a new pool. We do that, we'll start the programs."
The president often hears from alumni and fans about resuming or launching sports such as football, gymnastics, wrestling, men's volleyball and women's sand volleyball: "It's all of matter of funding. We have to find more funding to expand into more sports. It all depends on what our amazing alumni can do to create the funding."
What motivates the Virjees to reach out to so many of Cal State Fullerton's roughly 40,000 students?
"We have realized that everyone comes to campus with a story. Whether we hear them one-on-one or in a group, we want to acknowledge and support them. Each athlete has an incredible story. We are here to help them succeed and find the right path," said Julie Virjee, who along with her husband co-founded the nonprofit Yambi Rwanda. She heads the organization, which provides a comprehensive range of services and support for the people of Rwanda.
Fram Virjee was a partner in private practice at the prominent Los Angeles-based law firm O'Melveny & Myers for nearly 30 years. He was coaxed out of retirement to serve as executive vice chancellor, general counsel and secretary to the board for the Cal State University system. On Jan 1, he took the reins at Cal State Fullerton.
"Students ask me all the time: 'Why would you want to do this job?' If I were the CEO of a business, I could measure my success by several methods. Here, you have to go on faith," said Fram. "I know they are going to be the leaders of our community, state, nation and world, but that will happen 10, 15, 20 years from now. So I just have to go on faith. I tell them I'm here because I trust that you are going to make this world a better place than it was when I came into it," he said
Student-athletes, Virjee said, are well-positioned to become some of those future leaders.
"There is no better place to learn leadership, discipline, teamwork and collaboration than on a team in a Division 1 sport," he said.
— CSUF news services


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"This season, Whistler has been pretty much absorbed with fundraising, but that said, its been great to see a few local sponsors coming and getting behind our plans to make this a year-round program," Blyth says.
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"These kids could be the ones making the podium in 2010, and we want nothing more than to be able to support their dreams," Blyth says.
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This category invludes all the versions of minerealm prior to the release of the realms system. This includes the very first map, all the way through to the end of the Kurachi era. + Minerealm 2.0 Minerealm 2.0 was a major update that included the realm update. This version of minerealm is still in use today.
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We are back with Monday Madness. Enjoy!
Well since I had missed the Dec. 11th blog, I didn't realize some of the questions were a repeat, so here are my answers to the revised question list. :-)
1. Did you make any resolutions this year?
No, I don't believe in making resolutions. I just make goals as I goal along throughout the year and work toward them one goal at a time.
2. If so, which one do you think you'll really stick to? If not, is there something you're going to try harder to accomplish?
I'm working on getting my business to be more profitable!
3. Do you have a fear of any small rodents/insects/etc? If so, please share.
4. Share something exciting that's going on in your life.
I'm taking my sister into Chicago for an overnight at a hotel this week to celebrate her __ birhtday [can't tell you which one ;_)]. We are going to a nice restaurant for dinner and going to see "Wicked". It should be loads of fun!
5. Did you wonder what happened to Monday Madness these past few weeks?
I sure did and I'm glad you're back.
1. What song gives you the most holiday cheer?
Any Christmas song by Harry Connick.
2. Who's the hardest person to shop for on your holiday list?
My 13 year old son. Too old for many toys now except video games. Kinda frustrating!
3. When do you start your holiday shopping?
Usually in October. This year, late November. Yikes!
4. What food or drink do you love when it's cold out? (Recipes and recommendations, please!)
I enjoy a nice warm chili. You can find the recipe here on Find More Facts.
5.What do you do to get rid of a cold or flu?
Go to bed if possible and drink plenty of fluids.
...and this question comes from another of our good friends, tricia:
Do you have a favorite gameshow announcer?
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Monday Madness is Back!
We are back with Monday Madness. Enjoy!
Posted by Karen & Rick at 7:25 AM
5 comments:
- Nat said...
Thank you for playing! I'm so glad to see some people back with me.
I'm going to check out your 'find more facts...' site now.
Have a great week. =)
- Unknown said...
I'm with you on #2--my business could use a little boost this year. I'll cross my fingers for both of us!
I'm with you on the being freaked out by snakes part! And goals vs. resolutions. =)
- Heart of Rachel said...
Hi Karen. Good luck on your business. I hope it will continue to flourish.
Happy Birthday to your sister. Hope you'll have a great time together.
Thanks for sharing your Monday Madness that you missed.
Take care!
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