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- The Burlington Free Press spoke to Professor Cheryl Hanna on Feb. 5 about the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese's claim that paying more large damage awards to victims of long-ago priest sexual abuse will put the the diocese out of business and violate constitutional protections regarding religious freedom.
- The Tampa Bay Times talked to Adjunct Professor Peter Bradford on Feb. 4 about the costs of nuclear power.
- Vermont Public Radio aired a commentary by Associate Professor Brian Porto on Feb. 3 about lessons that can be learned from the career of the late football coach Joe Paterno.
- Vermont Public Radio spoke with Peg Elmer, associate director of the Land Use Clinic, on Feb. 2 about issues faced by Vermonters who were displaced by Tropical Storm Irene.
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- WPTZ spoke with Professor Cheryl Hanna on Feb. 1 about what's next in the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant case.
- Bloomberg News talked to Professor Pat Parenteau on Jan. 30 about Congressional Republicans' efforts to take control over approval of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.
- In his Sports Illustrated column on Jan. 30, which was cited by the Hollywood Reporter and Crain's Cleveland Business, Professor Michael McCann explored the NFL's "clean zones," or areas near stadiums where anyone who advertises or promotes commercial activity connected to the Super Bowl must first receive approval from the NFL and obtain from the government a "limited duration license." McCann's attendance at the Super Bowl was noted by the Lowell Sun (Mass.)
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- Vermont Public Radio aired a Jan. 23 commentary by Professor Cheryl Hanna, who also talked to WCAX, WPTZ, WVNY and other media about the implications of a federal judge's ruling in the lawsuit over the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.
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DavidDel Tredici
VintageAlice • Dracula
VintageAlice (1972)
Fantascene on "A Mad Tea Party"
Drawn from Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures inWonderland
1 Narration 2:23
2 First Evocation of the Queen 0:24
With crude pomposity
3 Cadenza I 1:05
"Bat! – at!. Bat! – at!"
4 The Mad Hatter's Song: VerseI 3:55
"…little bat! Twinkle, twinkle,little bat!"
The Star: Verse I
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
The Star: Verse II
"You know the song,perhaps?"said the Hatter
5 Second Evocation of theQueen 0:29
6 Cadenza II 0:32
"Fly – sky… Fly – sky…"
7 The MadHatter's Song: Verse II 2:35
(with the Time "murdered")
"…world youfly…Up above the world you fly"
"Well, I'd hardly finishedthe first verse," said the Hatter
8 Interlude 1:51
"Little bat!"
Then a bright idea cameinto Alice's head
9 Changing Places 3:24
"Let's all move one place on"
He moved on as he spoke
10 Cadenza III 1:28
"move…moving…Let's all keep on"
"But what happens when youcome to the
beginning again?" Alicerepeated.
11 Quodlibet-Return 2:47
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!"
12 Hymn to the Queen 3:16
"God save our gracious queen"
Here the Dormouse shookitself,
and began singing in itssleep.
13 Sleeping-Coda 1:53
"Twinkle, twinkle"
14 Dracula 21:46
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
David Del Tredici, guest conductor
Against the Grain ofUnconventionality
Americancomposer David Del Tredici, often referred to as "the father ofNeo-Romanticism," writes music that is full of sentiment and humor. A masterfulorchestrator and a wizard at setting music to text, he composes with a clarityof ideas, both musical and social. His music is at times subtle and refined, at others blatantlyover-the-top. A strong sense oftheatricality infuses his work, instrumental and vocal pieces alike.
"Everyonehas a secret music," Del Tredici once said. "You just really have to listen, follow yourinstincts." In the liner notes forhis CD SecretMusic, heelaborates on this notion, describing a "Secret music" as "a musical event, oran enthusiasm—that [composers] enjoy, but think is irrelevant, shameful,or somehow 'wrong.' They think ofit, too often, as a blemish to be removed, rather than a beauty spot to becherished. Yet paradoxically, thiscan be the composer's most original attribute—his vein of gold…hisauthentic self.
DelTredici's own trajectory as a composer illustrates this concept perfectly: Hewas trained as a serial composer in the late fifties and early sixties, writingatonal music because, as he puts it, "every young composer wants to be bad." During the sixties, he starteddeveloping his own sense of tonality that introduced the whole-tone scale intoa music of highly organized mechanical processes. During this period he produced masterpieces such as Syzygy and Night Conjure-Verse (both set to poems by James Joyce),which have been praised by academics and romantics alike, while containingseeds of the sumptuous music of his future.
Uponthe recommendation of a friend, he discovered Martin Gardner's book, The Annotated Alice, which – by including theVictorian poetry that Lewis Carroll parodied – made Alice's wonderlandmuch more interesting and ultimately opened up a whole new world for DelTredici: that of tonality. Thetexts he took from Lewis Carroll are far more playful and narrative-driven thanthat of Joyce's dark modernist poetry, seeming to urge him to write "wholesome,more energetic" music, and break out of the "green horrifying fog" of modernacademic composition. Bravely, heforged ahead. He kept to himselffor a while, remaining true to the Alice texts that he was setting (which hedid to the point of obsession for about twenty years), nervous about sharinghis music with colleagues, afraid they would dismiss his music and call himcrazy. On the contrary, in 1980 hewon the Pulitzer Prize (notorious in music for being a prize given to academicsby academics) for InMemory of a Summer Day.
DelTredici's music goes against the grain of unconventionality: At a time when itwas taboo to write in the tonal idiom associated with older music, he followedhis native impulse. But he hasbeen revolutionary in another important way. He is among the first gay composers to openly celebrate hissexuality with his music, which he does primarily by setting homoerotic textsto music. He seems to be reactingto a long history of shame associated with sex, recognizing that social tabooshave had their strongest hold on gay culture. Although many composers have been gay, few, if any, haveshown it in their music, and some have been inclined or even forced to keeptheir sexuality to themselves: Virgil Thomson and Henry Cowell were arrested onseparate occasions for homosexual activities, and Cowell even spent four yearsin San Quentin State Prison (where he wrote nearly sixty compositions) afterbeing convicted on a "morals" charge.
Withhis Alice music, Del Tredici was dealing, in a sense, with the closetedVictorian way of life, as the texts arguably deal indirectly with Carroll'srepressed love for a young girl. Whether conscious or not, there is a clear parallel linking the subjectof these pieces to the struggles of gays living in an intolerant society.
DelTredici's music has outraged some concertgoers, but it has delighted manymore. In the long run, it may helpto inject a more irreverent attitude into the staid "serious" classical musicscene. This has happened before,musically speaking, with composers like Cage, Stockhausen, Varese, Boulez, andCowell. However, there is clearlystill some progress to be made on a social level. Del Tredici is making his way along that path, all the whilestaying true to his musical impulses.
— Sergei Tcherepninis a composer/performer of new music currently based in Brooklyn; this essay isexcerpted from a review published in the May 2007 online edition of The Brooklyn Rail <brooklynrail.org>.Used by permission.
Vintage Alice,
Vintage Alice, dating from 1972, is the fourth ofDel Tredici's compositions based on episodes from Lewis Carroll's Alice books;the series started with Pop-Pourriin 1968 andculminated in the 1990s with the opera Dum Dee Tweedle, which is still awaiting stage production. These works trace the composer'sevolution away from atonality towards a reconsideration of Romantic tonalpractices and idioms.
Vintage Alice – so named because it wascommissioned for the concert series of Paul Masson Winery in California –stands mid-way in this stylistic trajectory. The basic material of the work is a pair of famous, evenbanal, tunes: God Save the Queen" (known to Americans as "My Country, 'tis ofThee") and "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." Their treatment is not conventionally tonal, however, andits manic complexity frequently results in Ives-like mayhem.
As well as singing all the roles,the soprano narrates Lewis Carroll's text and is joined by a moderate-sizedchamber orchestra and, as in Del Tredici's other Alice pieces, a "folkgroup." The composer comments that"the use of a folk group…with the normal symphony orchestra is a kind ofmetaphor for whimsical incongruity. The serious listener needs only to glimpse an accordion, a mandolin, abanjo and two saxophones gathering together on a concert stage to know thatthings are not as they ought to be and may yet become curiouser and curiouser…"
Vintage Alice is a setting of the Hatter's famous"mad tea-party" in Alice'sAdventures in Wonderland. It reflects both theinspired lunacy of the party itself and the Hatter's account of his performanceat the Queen of Hearts' "great concert." The Queen is duly invoked in a raucous rendition of "God Save the Queen"in several keys and speeds simultaneously, and Del Tredici juxtaposes theoriginal texts of "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" with the Mad Hatter's parodyof it as "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat." The work culminates in the densely layered "Quodlbet – Return,"which combines several renditions of "God Save the Queen" with the Mad Hatter'ssong and "Twinkle, twinkle," in canon, poly-rhythm, augmentation anddiminution, against a decorative vocalize in the soprano.
Throughoutthe piece, multiple use of augmentation, diminution, and other speeddistortions for a brilliant musical analogue to the Queen of Hearts' commentabout the Hatter's performance: "He's murdering the time!"; the resultanttextures exemplify the precisely calculated chaos that is the hallmark of DelTredici's mature style. Finally,only the somnambulant murmurs of the Dormouse remain, until the others silencehim with a sharp pinch, clearly audible in the concluding orchestral tumult.
— Julian Anderson isan English composer; this text originally appeared in the liner notes to theDeutsche Grammophon recording of Vintage Alice.
The Hatter's Song
(from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, 1865)
Twinkle, twinkle, littlebat!
How I wonder what you'reat!
Up above the world youfly,
Like a tea-tray in thesky.
The Star
(Jane Taylor, 1806)
Twinkle, twinkle, littlestar,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world sohigh,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun isgone,
When he nothing shinesupon,
Then you show your littlelight,
Twinkle, twinkle, all thenight.
Then the traveller in thedark
Thanks you for your tinyspark:
He could not see which wayto go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky youkeep
And often through mycurtains peep,
For you never shut youreye
Till the sun is in thesky.
As your bright and tinyspark
Lights the traveller inthe dark,
Though I know not what youare,
Twinkle, twinkle, littlestar.
Hymn to the Queen
God save our graciousQueen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.
Violin I: Laura Martin,concertmaster
Violin II: Peter Briedis
Viola: Heather Walker
Cello: Heidi Albert
Bass: Dianna Richardson
Keyboard: Mark George
Flute: Sean Gabriel, Mary KayFerguson, Sally Sherwin
Oboe: David McGuire, Martin Neubert
Clarinet: Louis Gangale, DaielWilliams
Bassoon: Mark DeMio, Todd Jelen
Horn: David Nesmith, Cynthia Wulff
Trumpet: John Brndiar, Michael Chunn
Trombone: James Taylor, Eric Rowles
Tuba: Gary Adams
Percussion: Andrew Pongracz, JanetPemberton
Folk Group
Soprano Saxophone: Thomas Reed,Richard Shanklin
Accordion: Henry Doktorski
Banjo: Robert Tye
Mandolin: Michael George
Dracula is a 20-minute setting of AlfredCorn's poem, "My Neighbor, the Distinguished Count." It is written for a soprano-narrator and thirteen players:flute (doubling on piccolo), clarinet (doubling on bass clarinet), trumpet,horn, percussion (two players), theremin, piano (doubling on celesta) and aquintet of strings.
Thetext retells the famous gothic tale from the point of view of a woman livingnext-door to "the distinguished count." In five scenes, the poem chronicles her initial disinterest, gradualseduction, then degradation, rejection and finally, "vampiristic" transformation.
Thepiece makes enormous demands upon the soprano soloist, who must speak even morethan she sings and, when singing, must negotiate over three octaves –from the D below middle-C (when conjuring up the voice of the count) to the Ebabove high-C (when depicting the woman in extremis).
Theinstrumental ensemble is perhaps most notable for the inclusion of the theremin– the exotic, other-worldly-sounding electronic instrument that evoked"horror" and "mystery" in early Hollywood films. Most of the poem is written in the past tense – thewoman is telling us what happened. When the narrative reaches the present and Dracula himself comes to her"for the last time," the theremin – with its whooshes and wails –announces itself, personifying the (excitingly) depraved count.
Singing,in Dracula, is reserved for special occasions,such as when the count himself speaks or when the woman is mostoverwrought. As well, at keymoments throughout the setting, I repeat, like an incantation, certain texts ofthe menacing count ("I come to you, dearest, because you think / Of me. An irresistible summons.") and of theecstatic woman ("How often I long to stay profoundly asleep / And never beconscious again.").
Midwaythrough the musical discourse, there is a fugue (the count's "troop of haggardfollowers…congregate") and a final aria of transformation wherein the soprano'shigh-flying voice and the wail of the theremin merge as one…
Thepiece touches many emotional levels. With the use of the theremin, copious amounts of wind-machine androiling bass drum, "scary" is a primary reaction – as is"funny." Nervous giggles andstartled gasps would not be unwelcome here. Deeper down, the listener confronts the more ominous worldof addiction, betrayal and obsession. And inevitably, there comes the ultimate degradation – a Faustianbargain with a devilish price: devolution into the living dead.
— David (Count) DelTredici
October, 2007
Dracula was commissioned jointly by the EosOrchestra, Jonathan Sheffer, conductor, and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. It was premiered by the Eos Orchestraon March 4th, 1999 and by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony on September 27, 1999.
Flute (doubling piccolo): SeanGabriel
Clarinet (doubling bass clarinet):
Pat O'Keefe
Trumpet: John Brndiar
Horn: David Nesmith
Piano: Mark George
Two percussionists: Andrew Pongracz,Janet Pemberton
Two violins: Laura Russell, PeterBriedis
Viola: Nicole Divall
Cello: Martha Baldwin
Double bass: Dianna Richardson
Theremin: Dalit Warshaw
Soprano soloist: Hila Plitmann(amplified)
My Neighbor,
The Distinguished Count
by Alfred Corn
At first thinking it washarmless
Enough, I told myself Ihad pints
To spare, so why refuse asimple favor?
Hannah could have turnedhim away at the door,
But I didn't think thatwas necessary.
I'd always liked hismother and father
(Whom he grew sadly toresemble less
As months passed, hiscondition progressing).
The visits came bearablyseldom,
And no one could havebrought everything
Off more smoothly. Afterwards I'd feel calmer,
Drowsy, reconciled. Easy to see why
People once regularly bledthemselves
For medical reasons,though of course
That was a cure normallyreserved for men,
Who labor under greaterpressures than we.
Easy, too, for one to thinof donor service
As the good deed for theday – thy neighbor
As thyself, no? – aneighbor so visibly
In need, his pale browfurrowed, an electric
Tic active at the cornerof his mouth
Thoughts less reassuringsurfaced later
When what he meant ascompensation arrived,
The flowers, touring caridling outside,
Heart-shaped boxes ofintricate chocolates,
Young Burgundies, springlamb nicely done up.
Why did the visitsmultiply? No doubt
There had been otherclients beforehand,
But perhaps they moved ordied, who can say?
Or else, he'd concluded Iwas, for the moment,
A likely vintage and apleasant temperature.
One afternoon I broughtmyself to ask.
"I come to you, dearest,because you think
Of me. A irresistible summons."
Manners: how tell anacquaintance serene
In the conviction ofhaving been your constant
Preoccupation for how longnow that,
In fact, you hardly everthought of him?
He answered, even betterthan that, he could read
Signs. It seemed I'd left them everywhere.
And true messages alwaysreached their addressee,
Wasn't it so? From this I knew the mere facts
Of our erratic situationcounted for nothing
When placed beside his owninner persuasions.
He told me he'd beenseeing more "signs" than ever,
And certainly he came tome more and more often,
Insisting I call him Tony,as his friends did.
I tactfully refused. When dealing with
Obsessions, as a rule thesafest plan
Is to maintain a strictformality.
Yet it occurred to me atsome point symptoms
Might creep up with nowarning. You would be
Quite unaware of newexpressive habits
Connected, he said, to your daydreams – which,
In this case, were alsotraps. I must outwit them.
Have you ever tried not to think of a face
Or a voice, going overeach confused tangle
On the mental loom to makesure the banned
Thread of referencedoesn't appear in it?
How often I longed to stayprofoundly asleep
And never be consciousagain…. Waking,
I brooded on little buthow to stop our meetings,
A rebellion no doubtproving just how much his
I was. For what demonstrates more clearly
The power of a creatorthan fierce resistance
From his creature? If alive, it will be free.
Free, it will insist onits own ideas–
And so, at last, have tobe disciplined.
Lately, there's beenanother turn of the screw.
His chauffeur arrives witha silver cover
Under which lies a rat,spitted and roasted.
Or his gardener will leavea fistful of poisoned ivy
Tied with catgut in themailbox. And then, the dresses,
Too small, too large,jaundice yellow, black violet.
Now it's hopeless, no ourpasses without thoughts
I've given up trying tosidestep or quench–
Which he has taken aslicense to appear
At all hours, day ornight, and send, with thanks,
More frequent tokens ofdeclining esteem.
I gather from what he says(we sit, we chat)
I'm not what I used to be,his visits, indeed,
A gesture of sentimentalgallantry.
Apparently, there'ssomeone else less…shopworn.
Yesterday I asked, in avoice admittedly weak
(The constant drain), why he still bothered to call.
"Because,my dear, you haven't stopped thinking of me."
Iblushed (faintly), he smiled, and when he left there was–
Where? Oh yes, the kitchen–a coiledblood sausage,
Old, wizened, utterlydried out, resting
On a small hand mirror. I remember this now
Only because I can't helpdoing so, aware
Of the acrid little joke:that, according
To his iron code ofgamesmanship, I have
Just authorized anothercourtesy call.
In full knowledge also(hideous necklace of sores
That no longer heal, veinslike blackened vines!)
That today he will comefor the last time.
My quaint request is thatthe coup de grace
Be administered by himselfalone and not
By any of his troop ofhaggard followers
Who have begun tocongregate outside.
Thick as autumn leavesready for the bonfire,
They throng my doorstep,basser eyes pleading;
And without giving theirnames, they pronounce my own,
A silken cajolery drollyintoned, as if–
As if they were oldfriends I'm about to rejoin.
And then , this drivingpain in my eyeteeth,
This thirst…. Well, you see, I want my turn, too.
A country mile off, I sawand felt the change.
It has the magnetism ofall dimly grasped ideals.
Surely by now no one cansay I am not deserving?
I understand the problemsand am willing to work.
Look, he has arrived. Hannah's white cap vanishes
Down the dark passage andis replaced by his face
Floating in the gloom likea full moon, eyes lowered,
Hisleft hand dangling a gold watch on its long chain.
Never have I seen so much,nor ever felt so deeply–
Hence the sudden piercingintimation of what I am
Oneday to be, this twilit picture of discretion, the set
Of his features calm as anengraving of one who lets words
Of gratitude pass insilence as he settles to the task.
Generallyrecognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, David Del Tredici has received numerous awards(including the Pulitzer Prize) and has been commissioned and performed bynearly every major American and European orchestral ensemble. "Del Tredici," said AaronCopland, "is that rare find among composers – a creator with a trulyoriginal gift. I venture tosay that his music is certain to make a lasting impression on the Americanmusical scene. I know of noother composer of his generation … who composes music of greater freshness anddaring, or with more personality."
Bornon March 16, 1937 in Cloverdale, California, Del Tredici was a child piano prodigywho gave his professional debut at 17 with the San Francisco Symphony. In his formal training, he earneddegrees at the University of California (Berkeley) and Princeton University.
Stylistically,over the course of his compositional life, Del Tredici has moved –controversially – from mid-20th-century serialism (exemplified by hiselaborate vocal settings of James Joyce – I Hear an Army; Night Conjure-Verse; Syzygy) to an individualistic musicallanguage re-embracing tonality. The breakthrough came with his unique series of "Alice" works, based onstories and poetry of Lewis Carroll and written for amplified soprano and largeorchestra (FinalAlice, Child Alice, Pot-Pourri andAdventures Underground,to name just a few).
BeyondJoyce and Carroll, Del Tredici has more recently set to music a cavalcade ofcontemporary American poets, producing a number of song cycles – Miz Inez Sez, Chana'sStory, Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and On Wings of Song – and several works celebrating a gay sensibility. Gay Life, Wondrous the Merge and Three Baritone Songs are three examples of the latter;OUT Magazine, in fact, has twice named the composer one of its people of theyear.
Overthe past several years Del Tredici has ventured into the more intimate realm ofchamber music with StringQuartet No. 1, Grand Trio (brought to life by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio), and –harkening to his musical beginnings as a piano prodigy – a large numberof solo-piano works: Gotham Glory, ThreeGymnopedies, Ballad in Yellow, Opposites Attract, Wedding Song and Wildwood Etude.
Still,the extravagant Del Tredici remains at large. In May 2005, Robert Spano conducted the AtlantaSymphony and Chorus, with Hila Plitmann as soprano soloist, in premiering Paul Revere's Ride – an impassioned workinspired by Del Tredici's 9/11 experience. (Recorded by Telarc, it became a Grammy Award nominee forBest New Classical Composition of 2006). November 2005 brought the premiere of the melodrama Rip Van Winkle with the National SymphonyOrchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, and narrated by world-famous Broadwayactor Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Besidesthe recent Telarc CD, Del Tredici's new releases include an all-Del-Tredici CDon Deutsche Grammophon, and In Wartime, a spectacular new work for concert band on the Dorian label. (Among past recordings were twobest-sellers ¬– FinalAlice and In Memory of a Summer Day, the work that won Del Tredici thePulitzer Prize in 1980.)
Concertsplanned throughout the years 2007-2008 mark Del Tredici's 70th birthday,culminating with the return of Del Tredici's seminal, evening-long Final Alice, which will be performed May 8, 9and 10, 2008 by soprano Hila Plitmann and the National Symphony at Washington'sKennedy Center, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Originally commissioned and premiered by Sir GeorgSolti in 1976, FinalAlice received asecond premiere – of a sort – when a chamber-ensemble version(created and conducted by Alexander Platt) was played at the edgy MaverickConcerts in Woodstock, New York, on September 1, 2007. Also of special interest is a newconcert series in New York City ("Then and Now"), which is devoting itsinaugural season to Del Tredici, offering a four-concert survey of his works.
Thepassing years have done nothing to dampen Del Tredici's creative fires, with anexplosion of newly-commissioned works marking his most recent birthday: Love Addiction (a baritone/piano song-cycle onpoems by John Kelly), MagyarMadness (forclarinet and string quartet), Queer Hosannas (for male chorus and piano) and S/M Ballade (for piano).
Havingpreviously taught at Harvard University, Boston University and the JuilliardSchool, Del Tredici is currently Distinguished Professor of Music at The CityCollege of New York. He and hislife-partner, Ray Warman, make their home in Greenwich Village.
Overthe past twenty-four years under the visionary leadership of founder andartistic director, Dr. Edwin London, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony has steadily climbed to the summitof new music's Mount Olympus. Ithas had a long history of commissions (premiering over 170 new works), nurturesyoung composers, and regularly receives significant national accolades, mostrecently a 2007 Grammy Award. Theorchestra's Artistic Director is currently Steven Smith.
Hila Plitmann has been praised by the New YorkTimes for her "brilliant top register"; the Los Angeles Times calls her"exceptionally gifted" and the Chicago Tribune has described her as "...superb,with an expressive range and communicative power."
Shehas performed as featured soloist with ensembles such as the New YorkPhilharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Amongnumerous recordings, she's appeared as soloist in three recordings that havereceived Grammy nominations for 2007, one of which is the soundtrack to theHollywood blockbuster TheDaVinci Code.
Upcomingengagements include the NAXOS world premiere recording of John Corigliano's Mr. Tambourine Man with the Buffalo Symphony; andDavid Del Tredici's FinalAlice with theNational Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
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Robin Roberts is heading to the ballroom.
The Good Morning America anchor will be the first guest judge on Season 18 of Dancing with the Stars, ABC announced Tuesday. Roberts will appear on the dance competition next Monday, March 31, alongside regular panelists Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
Last year, Dancing with the Stars reverted back to a one-night format for its 17th season, and as the reality competition heads into its 18th outing, even more big changes are on the way.
"When you're a show reaching its 18th season and its ninth year, I think you have to keep changing things up every so often just to make sure that the experience doesn't become too familiar," executive producer Conrad Green tells TVGuide.com. "It's spring, so it's time for a spring cleaning."
Check out nine big changes coming to Dancing with the Stars this season:
Who will win Season 17 of Dancing with the Stars? That's the big question heading in to the two-part finale, which begins tonight at 8/7c on ABC.
Competing tonight will be Bill Engvall and Emma Slater, Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke,Derek Hough and Amber Riley, and Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff. One of the four couples will be eliminated at the end of tonight's show, and the other three will perform a final routine tomorrow night before the winner is crowned.
"I think we have two completely different types of competitors," judge Carrie Ann Inaba told TVGuide.com ahead of Monday's show. "We have Corbin and Amber, who are in one class. And then you have Jack and Bill, who are totally of a different class. I think it's really interesting the way the fans have voted. I think people are really a fan of the whole idea of somebody who doesn't know how to dance really making the transformation, which is what Jack and Bill fall into."
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For 16 seasons, Tom Bergeron has been the maestro of the circus that is Dancing with the Stars. And even he says that the changes the show has made for its 17th season — including returning to a single-night format and changing the layout of the ballroom — have taken some getting used to.
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In a very public and painful split, actress Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology last summer. Now, as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars, the King of Queens star says that the church is "waiting for me to fail."
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19 Action News reporter Scott Taylor learned Wednesday afternoon of another complaint regarding the water at the New Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center.
This time an attorney says they got a burning sensation on their hands from the water.
On Tuesday, the Public Health Department cleared the water at the new facility, saying all tests came back negative.
An investigation was launched last week after a woman reported mild skin irritation after using a restroom at the facility. Reports were that the water smelled like kerosene or gas.
The kitchens in the center stopped using the water and opted for bottled water while tests were being run.
500 employees and juveniles just moved into the brand new $180M facility last week.
The Health Department will to continue to monitor the situation.
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SAN ANTONIO — On the court here, surrounded by hostile screams and rattling balloons and at least one dude in a black Lucha Libre mask, the new Lakers were struggling to find themselves.
Back in Newport Beach, their 140-character coach was doing his best to help.
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What took Lyudmila Putina so long?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is the former head of the feared KGB. He has been blamed for the mafia state that has infested Russia since the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. He has presided over the selective punishment of political opponents such as oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the band Pussy Riot and a bunch of protestors labeled rioters for participating in a rally a year ago.
He's cracked down on nongovernmental organizations, forcing them to register as foreign agents even when they are merely trying to make the lives of struggling Russians better. He's backing a ban on gay couples' adoption of Russian children and his allies are supporting a measure that goes homophobically further, banning homosexual "propaganda." And now it appears even more clear that he purloined the Super Bowl ring of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
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All of this is disturbing. (Well, all of it except Putin's decision to give Russian citizenship to right-wing wacko actor Gerard Depardieu, who's trying to avoid paying French taxes – that was a gift to the French, who are well rid of him.) But what truly baffling are the details of the announced divorce of Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putina. Apparently, the couple is parting ways because they just never saw each other.
It makes one want to do some sort of time machine-enabled intervention with Putina: the man's a threat to post-communist democracy in the region and might be a common thief. And you're divorcing because you don't spend enough time together? Lyudmila, seriously -- this is what makes the union fall apart? I would have dumped the guy before the Khodorkovsky trial. Actually, I would have given him his walking papers after the first ridiculous shirtless photo he shared with his countrymen, apparently eager for them to see him as some sort of tough-guy, macho man. OK, he's tough, but not in a good way. A photo of Putin in martial arts garb or posing with his middle-aged muscles flexed is a creepy metaphor. It's not attractive. And the motorcycle-riding and super-sports? It makes the leader of the un-free world look like a pathetic cliché of a man in a middle-aged crisis.
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But the ring is the final straw. In 2005, when Kraft was visiting Russia on a business mission, he showed Putin the $25,000 ring. Putin looked it over, and said, according to an interview Kraft recently gave, "I could kill someone with this ring." Then he put it in his pocket and walked off with it, surrounded by his security guards. Kraft said at the time that it was a gift, but this story seemed implausible and diplomatically cleansed. Who would give away something of that much sentimental value? And who would ask for his ring back from a guy who once headed the KGB and made a point of saying he could kill someone with the piece of jewelry?
The whole episode is sort of ridiculous, two grown men fighting over a diamond ring. And it's women who are ridiculed for such silliness on "Real Housewives" franchises or "Bridezilla" episodes? At any rate, the ring (of which Kraft has several, given the irritating ability of the Patriots to win Super Bowls) is on display at the Kremlin. Kraft is gracious to let it stay there. It's Putina's ring that ought to have come off a long time ago.


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July 31, 2014
Teens that are overweight or obese are at risk for kidney problems later on.
Israeli researchers found obese adolescents were more likely to develop kidney failure as adults.
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screw safety. screw you.
An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
Wisconsin Arts Board to be cut by 66%
The state Legislature's budget-writing committee voted Wednesday to cut the budget for the Wisconsin Arts Board, which provides funds for artists and arts groups throughout the state, by 66%.
Gov. Scott Walker had proposed cutting funding to the arts board by 73%, but the Joint Finance Committee voted to restore up to $175,000 annually, depending on whether there are matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
"While it is a painful outcome, I am thrilled at the bi-partisan support, that both Democrats and Republicans voted to restore funding," said Anne Katz, executive director of Arts Wisconsin, a statewide advocacy group. "They are making extremely difficult decisions, and they haven't been doing very much of that."
The arts board had recommended that the budget be trimmed by a more modest 10%. It argued, in a joint letter, that the arts board is the only agency that supports the state's cultural infrastructure by providing grants and about 10,000 hours of expert consulting each year.
The committee also voted to fold the arts board into the Department of Tourism, though it allowed the board to maintain its authority to hire or fire an executive director, giving the group some autonomy within Tourism. Six of the 10 arts board staff will be let go as a result of the cuts.
"The people who are being let go, there is a lot of knowledge and wisdom in that group," Katz said.
The committee also voted to eliminate the state's Percent-for-Art public art program, which has been in place since 1980 and required that .2% of significant capital projects be spent on public art.
"That program provided jobs for artists," Katz said. "If over time Wisconsin is not a place where creative people can make a living, they'll find other places to live."
Overall funding for the arts would drop from $1.6 million to $535,000 a year. Wisconsin ranks among the lowest in the country for state funding of the arts per capita, Katz said.
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screw art. screw public transportation. screw schools. screw health care. screw the environment.
screw safety. screw you.
Interesting...we have plenty of money for highway expansion at a cost of $50 million per mile - ONE mile. And in this state, that will incure a 50% increase in annual operational costs. Now...DOT just shortened their construction by 2 inches and turned that money over to Arts Board, you could have doubled the budget of an organization with a bona fide ROI that puts people to work and creates permanent jobs. Just sayin.
yeah, the Koch brothers don't like Schwinn's, they don't like art - they don't like teachers, they don't like government employees, they don't like protected land by the DNR ---- the list goes on and on and on.....
Are you kidding me? If you're basing the quality of art in this state on Gallery Night, then you are just an idiot.
The government should spend money on practcle things? How about jobs? The arts provide lots and lots of jobs! Seems practical to me.
Deadbeats should get jobs and pay taxes? You bet! How about people invest some of their money in the community instead of investing in their own pocket book? Then maybe the economy can support jobs for deadbeats.
Unbelievable comments people! Just plain sad.
The committee also voted to fold the arts board into the Department of Tourism. ------------- Better than the original proposal which was to fold it into the Department of Dog and Chicken Fighting.
Yep. Thus begins our descent into hillbilly-land. The arts are supposed to be for our citizens, not for tourists. Way to totally NOT get it, Walker.
The arts provide lots of jobs??? Where??? Why should government be responsible for funding arts jobs? I love the people on here who bemoan spending on upgrading infrastructure but somehow think that arts is the golden ticket to prosperity. Clearly these people do not live in the real world.
We don't need no stinkin' art. We need bombs.
Art is an INBORN skill. One either has it, or they don't.
"Why should government be responsible for funding arts jobs? "
That/s right. Do you have any idea how many sports teams do not have new stadiums?


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NORMAN — Cecilia Sue Cameron, 68, of Washington, Okla., died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Jerusalem Cemetery. Arrangements are by Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.
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All the cats are ready to go to their forever home. The adoption fee is $40 and includes the first set of shots, spaying or neutering, a collar and leash, a bag of food, microchipping, one month of heartworm and flea prevention. All you have to do is give a feline a good home.
Adopt a cat, and we will feature your photo with your new pet on Patch, too!
The SPC Vet Tech School is located at 12376 Ulmerton Road in Largo. The staff requests that visitors come by to see Callie between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information on Callie and the other adorable animals at the SPC Vet Tech School, check out their website.
What Is the SPC Vet Tech School?
The tech school is part of St. Pete College and is conveniently located next door to Pinellas County Animal Services. The school works with some animals from Pinellas County Animal Services to help socialize and ready them for permanenet adoption in a forever home. Lovable Callie is an example.
Here is information from the school's website:
"SPC's new $11 million, Veterinary Technology facility boasts more than 32,000 square feet of state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, surgery and x-ray suites, kennels and offices. Located next door to Pinellas County Animal Services on Ulmerton Road, the convenient location will make it easy for SPC students to get valuable work experience and for county services to get a volunteer boost."


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FORT MILL, S.C. -- The Knights welcomed the Syracuse Chiefs, a Washington Nationals affiliate, to Knights Stadium for the first time this season on Monday night, and Charlotte won 6-2 for their 80th win of the season. The only two times the Knights have won 80 games they went on to win the International League Governors Cup Championship in 1993 and 1999.
Deunte Heath got out of a first-and-third nobody out situation in the third inning, thanks in part to a diving catch by left-fielder Jim Gallagher. With one out, Syracuse designated hitter Jim Negrych lofted a fly ball to shallow left and Gallagher charged in and made a diving catch to prevent a run from scoring. Heath then struck out Carlos Rivera to get out of the inning.
Charlotte (80-57) put up a 3-spot in their half of the third on three hits and an error. Conor Jackson doubled home Greg Golson and Dan Johnson followed with an opposite-field double to the left-centerfield gap to score Carlos Sanchez and Jackson. All the runs scored with two outs.
The Chiefs got on the board in the fourth when Josh Johnson singled home Chris Marrero to make it 3-1.
Heath (1.48 ERA) pitched four effective innings and only allowed one run on four hits. He struck out six Chiefs and walked two.
In the home fourth, the Knights tacked on two more to make it 5-1. Golson drove home Hector Gimenez and Jared Mitchell with a one-out double to the right-centerfield gap. Golson, who came on in the first for Gallagher who hurt himself running out his infield single, was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
Sandy Leon doubled and scored on a Jesus Valdez base hit in the fifth to cut the Knights' lead to 5-2.
The Knights added an insurance run in the eighth on a Hector Gimenez double and a Brent Morel RBI base hit.
Daniel Moskos threw three innings in relief of Heath and surrendered one run. Jhan Carlos Marinez (4-2, 2.90) pitched two perfect innings and struck out three to get the victory.
Game two of the series is Tuesday night at 7:15 p.m. Charlie Leesman (12-9, 2.46) is scheduled to take the hill for Charlotte against Syracuse left-hander and 2009 National League All-Star Zach Duke (14-5, 3.52).


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans.
The program is geared toward unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. It covers up to one year of tuition for training in high-demand jobs at local community or technical colleges.
In all, Congress allowed for up to 99,000 participants, and the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs found that only about a third of the slots were being used. The program is just one of a range of education benefits for veterans. Most of those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan qualify for one of the others, so they're not eligible for this particular program.
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Outgoing School Superintendent Paul Stapleton congratulated a cafeteria full of retiring school employees and their family members on their well-deserved retirement Monday evening during a retirement reception held at Halifax County Middle School.
"Very proud of all of you…congratulations on your retirement," said Stapleton.
Stapleton, who joked with the crowd, said he wouldn't give a speech, but instead he chose to read a couple of inserts from a card that was given to him.
"Nap without guilt."
"Take time for yourself."
Executive Director for Administration Valdivia Marshall read the names of the 51 employees who were recognized for their years of service with the Halifax County Public School System as School Board Chairman Karen Hopkins presented each retiree with a cup.
Those honored included:
• Cynthia E. Anderson, Cluster Springs Elementary teacher;
• Jacqueline L. Armistead, Sinai Elementary teacher;
• David A. Boelte, maintenance department;
• John M. Brown Jr., maintenance department;
• Catherine E. Burrell, central office;
• Betty P. Carr, Sydnor Jennings Elementary teacher;
• Grady W. Chandler, Halifax County Middle School food service worker;
• Gary W. Chesbro, Halifax County Middle School instructional technology teacher;
• Cora R. Chisholm, Halifax County Middle School food service worker;
• Dianne J. Clark, central office;
• Larry D. Clark, deputy superintendent central office;
• Sandra B. Comer, Halifax County Middle School food service worker;
• William R. Covington Jr., chief financial officer at central office;
• Raleigh S. Davis, transportation department;
• Patricia H. Dobson, librarian at Scottsburg/Clays Mill Elementary;
• Carolyn C. Duffer, paraprofessional at Cluster Springs Elementary;
• Harry J. Easley, maintenance department;
• Mary L. Easley, Halifax County Middle School custodian;
• Judy M. Edwards, Halifax County High School teacher;
• Deborah R. Foster, Halifax County High School food service worker;
• Janet T. Fuller, Halifax County High School teacher;
• Pamela F. Garland, bookkeeper at central office;
• Carolyn J. Higgins, supervisor of food services at central office;
• Virginia L. Hughes, paraprofessional at South Boston Elementary;
• Phyllis C. Jackson, central office;
• Jo-Ann O. Jones, central office;
• Roosevelt Jordan Jr., South Boston Elementary custodian;
• Charlotte M. Lester, South Boston Elementary food service worker;
• Michael S. Lloyd, maintenance department;
• Myrah C. Lykes, Cluster Springs Early Learning Center teacher;
• Rosa A. Oakes, South Boston Elementary food service worker;
• Judy K. Owen, Halifax County High School teacher;
• Marsha W. Owen, school social worker central office;
• Laura A. Parks, Halifax County Middle School teacher;
• Katherine D. Rand, Halifax County Middle School teacher;
• Grace J. Richardson, Sinai Elementary teacher;
• Virginia R. Ross, Halifax County Middle School custodian;
• Nora L. Russell, Meadville Elementary teacher;
• harles L. Sands, Alternative Education teacher;
• Leslie Shreve, Halifax County Middle School teacher;
• Daphne L. Smith, Halifax County Middle School teacher;
• Brenda S. Snead, textbooks central office;
• Paul D. Stapleton, superintendent at central office;
• Martha W. Stevens, Halifax County High School teacher;
• Patricia A. Talley, Halifax County Middle School teacher;
• Deborah S. Terry, Sydnor Jennings Elementary teacher;
• Barbara B. Tune, principal at Scottsburg Elementary;
• Gale S. Walker, STEM;
• Michael R. Wilborne, principal at Sinai Elementary;
• Betty O. Williamson, Sinai Elementary; and
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TRAVERSE CITY — On the road again.
For a number of northern Michigan football teams, the playoffs begin with a road trip. Some trips are short, others are long and some are altogether new.
Kalkaska, which is in the playoffs for the first time since 2002, will travel to Shelby on Friday in the Division 6 pre-district and coach Jeremy Wilkinson expects a large contingent of fans to make the trip.
"It's the biggest game Kalkaska has had in 10 years since the last time we went to the playoffs," Wilkinson said. "That's all people seem to be talking about now is the football game on Friday. We've buckled down and let the kids know they've got to come out ready to play. This time of the year, some games it doesn't come down to who is the better team, it's who is playing the best. Out of the last six quarters we've played, we've played really well and could probably stick with anyone."
The Blazers and Tigers come in with 7-2 records. Kalkaska got there with two big wins — 44-20 over Frankfort and 44-7 over Elk Rapids to close out the season. Shelby denied Spring Lake of a playoff berth last week with a 14-8 win.
Prior to the announcement of the pairings, Wilkinson said he heard plenty of possibilities for first-round opponents, including two-time defending state champion Ithaca.
"You look at Shelby, and we don't take them lightly, but it's not Ithaca," Wilkinson said. "It's a school that's a little bit smaller than us, they play some schools smaller than we do. You've still got to go out and play, but it's not as deceiving compared to drawing and Ithaca, or Kingsford, or Menominee, or Rockford or teams like that."
Kingsley, in fact, drew Menominee this year in Division 5. It'll be the second straight season the Stags will open on the road against the Maroons.
Last week, Kingsley (6-3) built some momentum heading into the playoffs with a 51-8 win over Hart. It was the fourth time this season the Stags have surpassed 50 points.
Menominee, which beat Petoskey 22-17 last week, suffered its only loss of the season in Week 5 against Kingsford. The Flivvers (8-1) will host Grayling on Saturday, despite the Vikings finishing 9-0 for the first time in school history.
"We had a good idea a few weeks ago that we'd likely be traveling," Grayling coach Tim Sanchez said. "We've traveled up there (U.P.) the last three years and got beat, and the last two years we got beat pretty bad. We want some revenge. We want to go up there and prove that we can win up there. So we look at it as an opportunity.
"I'm excited about the trip, and I think the trip is going to be just as good as the game."
Kingsford is led by senior running back Reed Larson.
"He's the real deal," Sanchez said. "He's every bit the athlete of a (St. Francis junior Byron) Bullough, or a (Harbor Springs junior David) Walker or the backs for Kalkaska. He's just a pure running back with good feet, good balance and he's strong and fast."
Sanchez said it helps that in preparing for Kingsford his Vikings have seen some quality running backs.
Last week, Grayling beat Boyne City 21-0 for the Lake Michigan Conference title in a battle of unbeatens. But in Division 6, the Ramblers had enough points for a home game and will host 8-1 and Northwest Conference champion Glen Lake.
Like Boyne City, the Lakers are coming off their first loss of the year — a 22-14 setback to North Muskegon, which sent the team on the road for the first week of the playoffs.
"It's over with," Lakers coach Jerry Angers said. "We talked about it Friday night when we got off the bus. It's over with and we're moving on. We never talked about an undefeated season. We talked about winning the conference, we talked about qualifying for the playoffs and moving on. The goals we set at the beginning of the year, we reached. We all understand as a team, our goal was to play in the postseason and we're here."
And the Lakers have a chance to get back on track.
"It was awful nice that when you lose (in Week 9) you get an opportunity to come back on Monday and work out the kinks," Angers said. "To give the seniors another chance to play a great game has definitely helped out. Our JVs are practicing and we've probably got 80 percent of those kids staying. So that's an extra week of practice for them, which has been great. And they're giving us a great look."
Some northern Michigan teams did secure a home playoff game. In Division 7, Mancelona hosts Whittemore-Prescott for the second year in a row.
Returning All-Stater Wyatt Derrer led Mancelona with 9.5 yards a carry and 21 rushing touchdowns this season. He was recently named the Ski Valley Conference South Division MVP.
Fellow Ski Valley Conference schools Johannesburg-Lewiston and Central Lake each drew a home game in Division 8. The Cardinals (7-2) host Hillman (5-4) while the Trojans (6-3) take on Onaway (5-4).
Two weeks ago, Central Lake hosted and beat Onaway 45-14. It was the third victory in a four-game winning streak for the Trojans to get into the playoffs.
In Division 3, Cadillac drew a home game against Owosso, as both teams finished with 6-3 records. Owosso hasn't been in the playoffs since 2001.


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Could China Be Right for You?
Emerging markets still remain a volatile investment, but China-focused funds present attractive opportunities.
Not sure where to invest your money right now? If you have time on your side—20-plus years or so—and you don't mind adding a riskier holding to your already diversified portfolio, you might want to consider one of the growing number of mutual funds that focus on China-based companies.
There was much said about President Obama's stimulus package here at home. Should there be one? If so, how much should the government spend? Where will the money come from? In China, there was little debate when its economy also hit a bump in the road, and, as James Oberweis, president of Oberweis Funds, recently told U.S. News, "Dictatorship certainly has its disadvantages, but the upside is you can get things done very quickly."
Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product in the United States fell at a rate of 1 percent during the second quarter of this year. This was not too surprising for many analysts—the number was actually better than expected. On the other side of the world, it's a different story. GDP numbers in China are already beginning to creep up to the level they were before this whole global recession started. Estimates are hovering around a rate of 8 percent GDP growth for 2009 for the world's third-largest economy. Is it time to reconsider your investment strategy? Says Oberweis: "I do think we're in the relatively early stages of a global shift of capital out of Europe and North America into Asia—and China in particular—very much akin to the industrial revolution in the U.S."
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So what has Oberweis done? His company runs a China-heavy stock fund, fittingly called the Oberweis China Opportunities fund (symbol OBCHX), in which almost all assets are invested in China-related stocks. Oberweis says he believes the future of investing in China is bright. "For someone who has 20 years to invest, I'm highly confident there's an exciting opportunity." The China Opportunities fund started in 2005 and has returned an annualized 12 percent since its inception.
A word of caution for those ready to jump on the China bandwagon: Make sure you're broadly invested in other places. As long as you're firmly invested in some safer U.S. holdings, a China-focused fund could give you a much-needed income boost if, once again, you've got some time to spare.
Oberweis's strategy is to invest in small, fast-growing companies that are "falling below the radar that have the opportunity to add value," he says. Here are three stocks Oberweis thinks could close out 2009 with big returns:
AsiaInfo Holdings (ASIA) specializes in the development of billing software for telecommunications companies in China. With more than 600 million users, the Chinese cellphone market is the largest in the world. After a restructuring in the telecommunications industry, the Chinese market now has three major players, and AsiaInfo works with all three.
Oberweis also favors New Oriental Educational and Technology Group (EDU), which provides educational services for high school students as they prepare for their college entrance examination. "Because of the one-child policy, many families have only one shot, so they're willing to expend significant resources on educating their single child," he says.
Finally, he likes Vision China Media (VISN), which makes flat-panel televisions for buses. Oberweis says the company is "well positioned for the future" because "they're the only game in town for flat-panel TVs on buses."
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Oberweis says the fund invests in three broad types of companies in China: those building brand names with the emerging Chinese middle class in mind, those gaining a huge market share in a country with little antitrust legislation, and those related to infrastructure development, which the Chinese government is furiously trying to jump-start.
China is in the midst of its own industrial revolution. Oberweis is trying to pick the next big names in China, and he—like many experts—is counting on the emergence of a middle class in China that wants to buy these brand-name consumer goods. Investing in China presents tremendous opportunities, but the volatility in emerging markets is much more extreme than in U.S. markets. "China shouldn't be half your portfolio," Oberweis says, "but to have some exposure to China can really help returns over a long period of time."


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Thursday, October 25, 2012 — Gary Vance "Paw Paw" Poplin, age 68, of Norwood, N.C., died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Albemarle.
The family will receive friends at Stanly Funeral Home on Saturday, October 27, 2012, from 6-8 p.m.
His funeral will be Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 4 p.m. in Porter Baptist Church. Dr. Kinney Wallace and Rev. Jesse Dennis will officiate. A Masonic burial service will follow in Porter Baptist Church Cemetery, Norwood.
Born June 25, 1944, in Stanly County, N.C., he was the son of the late Vance Edison Poplin and Mary Ethel Burleson Poplin.
He was a graduate of Gaston Technical College and worked as an Inspector for the Department of Transportation until he retired. He worked with Parsons Transportation until 2005 when he retired a second time.
Mr. Poplin is a member of Porter Baptist Church, where he proudly served many years as Sunday School Director. Mr. Poplin served as a missionary in West Virginia and Brazil as well as volunteered at many retirement homes and organizations by playing music and visiting. He helped continue the annual Thanksgiving Breakfast, which is a Porter Church tradition.
Mr. Poplin is a Mason and member of Lodge 703 A.F. & A.M.; he served as Master of Lodge 348 and is a member of The York Right.
He is "Paw Paw" to Joshawa and Mary Elizabeth, and loved talking on his C.B. radio, laughing, fishing, farming and gardening.
He was married to Wilmetta Snuggs, who preceded him in death January 19, 2012, and father to son, Wesley Laurence Poplin, who also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his daughter, Joy Huneycutt and husband Jesse of Albemarle; brother, Eddie Poplin and wife Charlotte; nieces, Tiffany Laney and husband Terry and son Nathan of Charlotte; Amy Cunning and husband Chris of Maryland; and Miranda Poplin and husband Jeff and son Cooper Scott of South Carolina.
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A snowboarding icon for over a decade, Burton's Jussi Oksanen has made a career living the dream of most winter sports enthusiasts. Oksanen has dominated the video scene, the backcountry snowboarding scene and collected countless awards for his talents, and thanks to Burton Snowboards, we were lucky enough to get to talk to this legend. Here's Jussi Oksanen in 10 questions.
You've been snowboarding since 1989, professionally since the early 2000s. When did you first get out into the snow? My first memory of snow is from when I was 4, skiing at home in Finland.
You've had such an amazing career. What has been the highest point in it so far? Just to be able to make a living doing what I love!
Good enough for us. We have to ask who inspires you… any athlete, current or from the past? Peter Line, Ingemar Backman and Jamie Lynn were huge influence when I was growing up.
On the off chance that you're not riding, where could someone find you? In the water, surfing.
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A group of African-American churches hopes to launch a faith-based credit union in Johnston County.
The goals are economic empowerment and financial education. The idea gained momentum after an economic-empowerment summit held last November at First Missionary Baptist Church in Smithfield.
The credit union will be a branch of Generations Community Credit Union, which has seven branches in the state. The Rev. Sterling Freeman, pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church, said the credit union will be a source of pride for the community.
"The pride of this effort and the community building that it can do in terms of bringing the community together, I think the premium on that lies far beyond the product and services by themselves," Freeman said.
The idea began two to three years ago with Minister Charles Stokes, Freeman said. The Johnston African-American Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance is working with interested churches to bring together enough members and assets to start the branch.
Freeman has a vision in which the credit union becomes a central part of the community. Instead of faraway bankers making decisions on loans and interest rates while looking for a profit, the decisions will be made locally and by a nonprofit.
Loan decisions made locally will create more access to money, Freeman said. The credit union will offer competitive rates with private banking options.
For a variety of reasons, Freeman said, African Americans have often had problems accessing capital. The reasons range from outright discrimination to not being in position to build the contacts needed to access the money, he said. Having a credit union in the hands of the community will help keep that from happening, he said.
The credit union branch will also become a portal for financial education, including buying a house, paying for college and making a household budget.
"If we can establish a community and establish a branch and establish a presence, I only think that those things will become more attractive in terms of wanting to empower ourselves in that way," Freeman said.
So far, four churches have signed up. Armeer Kenchen, chief executive of Generations Community Credit Union, said the group will need about 1,000 members and roughly $5 to $6 million in assets. A member can be an organization, such as a church or business, or an individual. So far, the local effort has secured about $150,000 in assets.
Kenchen said the group is off to a good start. The organizers are "very enthusiastic, and they're very well mobilized," he said.
Once the Johnston County group brings together the members and assets, then Kenchen will go to his credit union's board. Deciding to create a branch is ultimately a business decision, he said.
If the board says yes, the new branch will still be subject to approval by state and federal regulators, Kenchen said. The whole process could take one to two years, he said.
The credit union's focus will be the members of the founding African-American churches but will be open to anyone.
"It's not just for people of color," Freeman said. "This is certainly an initiative that is catalyzed by people of color, and we're very purposeful in that, but this is for anybody and everybody, individuals and organizations."
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reason. Back then, doubtful investors were battering Facebook's
stock on the fear its business couldn't make the transition from
desktop to smartphone and tablet. Now a grizzled 30-year-old with a
decade of experience running Facebook, the world's most famous
founder oversees a company that appears to have cracked the code
for making money in the mobile era. Continue reading
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella caused a stir during an earnings
call yesterday when he started talking about merging the company's
desktop, mobile, and Xbox operating systems.
"We will streamline the next version of Windows from three
operating systems into one single converged operating system for
screens of all sizes," he said during the call.
But don't get too excited. Microsoft's new strategy is still a
little muddy. Later in the call Nadella clarified that he meant
that Windows will become unified from the engineering perspective,
but the company will still sell multiple versions of Windows --
such as different versions for manufacturers, consumers, and
businesses -- with different licensing schemes. Continue reading
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