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A World War II veteran of the Women's Army Corps is soon to be honored at Mississippi's Camp Shelby.
The Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo will honor Maybert Titus Polk, on Friday. The ceremony will be held at Camp Shelby's Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at 10 a.m.
Now a resident of Jefferson Davis County, Polk is a Pennsylvania native. She joined the Army Air Corp in 1943 and served as a radio technician repairing radios on fighter planes during World War II.
Polk was honorably discharged on October 31, 1945.
A Camp Shelby news release says Congressman Palazzo will present Polk with the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the World War II Honorable Service Lapel Button.


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Donald Albert Sorensen
April 30, 1927-March 9, 2013
CLINTON — Donald Albert Sorensen passed away March 9, 2013, in Clinton, Iowa.
He was born on April 30, 1927, in Clinton to Petrine (Morsing) and Carsten Sorensen. After graduating from Clinton High School in 1945, Don served one year in the U.S. Army before being honorably discharged.
Don married Joan Dinnie in Clinton, Iowa, on September 25, 1948. He was founder and CEO of Sorensen Homes, Inc. a residential and land development company. Over the course of his forty-year career he built more than 800 home, apartment houses and condominiums. He was the first to introduce the condominium concept to Clinton.
Don was active in many professional organizations including the Builders Club (president), American Builders & Contractors, Clinton Board of Realtors (president), Clinton Board of Realtors (president), Gyros, AMVETS, Slo-Spokes and Clinton Country Club (president.)
In his retirement, Don enjoyed woodworking and making unique creations from golf balls. He and Joan wintered for many years in Destin, Florida. Don also enjoyed golfing and his Wednesday poker games.
Don is survived by his wife, Joan; daughter, Donna (Kris Westphal) Sorensen of Iowa City; daughter, Debbie (Bob) Ketelsen of Clinton; daughter, Deena (Kevin) Determan of Clinton; son, Ken (Sue) Sorensen of Eden Prairie, MN; daughter-in-law, Beth Wirtz of Phoenix, AZ; twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his sister, his brother and his son, Kevin.
A service to celebrate Don's life will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Homes and Crematory. Burial will be in the Clinton Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Don's grandsons: Tony Cozzolino, Nathan Determan, Bret Sorensen, Bart Sorensen, Ben Sorensen, Blake Sorensen and Kyle Sorensen. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting his obituary at www.snellzornig.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Clinton County Chapter of Relay for Life.
Death date: March 9, 2013

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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said recently that the Obama administration supports extending the "McConnell Provision" in regards to dealing with the debt ceiling debate on Capitol Hill.
Essentially, under the rule initially proposed by Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, during 2011's debt ceiling debate, Congress would have 15 days to reject the president's proposal to raise the debt ceiling.
However, if both the House and the Senate vote down the president's proposal, the president can override the Congress and raise the debt limit. The Congress can, though, override the president's veto to hike the debt limit by a 2/3 vote in each chamber.
Mr. Geithner said on Meet The Press on Sunday:
"We made a very sensible suggestion, and let me describe what that is. What we propose to them is they extend what's called the McConnell provision. This was a solution Senator McConnell offered last summer, which was enacted — summer of 2011 — which was enacted into law, supported by Republicans. And the way that works is the President would have the obligation periodically of requesting an increase in the debt limit, and then Congress would have the chance, then, to express its views on the merits of that proposal by disapproving that."
"And then the President would have to decide, if a bill came to his desk, about whether to veto that or sign it. Of course, he'd veto it in that context. And the virtue of that mechanism proposed by Senator McConnell, a man of impeccable conservative credentials, is to make sure that the country is not left at risk of periodic threats of default. It's a very good idea. It was a Republican idea. And we're suggesting they extend it."
I spoke with Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat, on Wednesday who doesn't see giving the president veto power to override the Congress to be a problem saying, "This is for Congress to pay bills we already voted to pay for."
Don Stewart, spokesman for Sen. McConnell, scoffed at the idea, saying that the administration has "amnesia" when it came to the provision that was named after the minority leader.
"While we're certainly flattered that the administration praised one piece of the Budget Control Act, they seem to have amnesia on the rest of the plan," said Stewart on Wednesday.
Stewart then added, "Namely, the debt ceiling was raised last year only after the White House agreed to at least $2 TRILLION in cuts to Washington spending, and agreed to be bound by the timing and amount set by Congress—not his own whim. The President wants to have the ability to raise the debt ceiling whenever he wants, for as much as he wants, with no responsibility or spending cuts attached. This is an idea opposed by Democrats and Republicans alike; it's a power grab that has no support here."


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks rebounded sharply in early Thursday trading, helped by a Wall Street rally overnight, and with the yen easing back against its major rivals as reports said the government would formally nominate Haruhiko Kuroda, a monetary dove, as governor of the Bank of Japan. In early moves, the Nikkei Stock Average /quotes/zigman/5986735/delayed JP:NIK -0.63% rose 1.5% to 11,419.45, with the Topix adding 1.2%, as the dollar appreciated to ¥92.35 from below ¥92 roughly 24 hours earlier. With the weaker yen and the prospect of further monetary easing under a Kuroda-run central bank, exporters and financials were among the major gainers. Toshiba Corp. /quotes/zigman/198925/delayed JP:6502 -1.52% /quotes/zigman/529244/delayed/quotes/nls/tosyy TOSYY -0.15% rose 2.7%, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192200/delayed JP:7751 +0.43% /quotes/zigman/192225/delayed/quotes/nls/caj CAJ +0.73% advanced 2.2%, Advantest Corp. /quotes/zigman/191696/delayed JP:6857 -0.60% /quotes/zigman/191701/delayed/quotes/nls/adttf ADTTF -23.34% improved by 3.1%, Toyota Motor Corp. /quotes/zigman/199438/delayed JP:7203 -0.81% /quotes/zigman/199376/delayed/quotes/nls/tm TM -0.34% climbed 1.6%, and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. /quotes/zigman/192845/delayed JP:7270 -0.88% /quotes/zigman/192850/delayed/quotes/nls/fujhf FUJHF +4.43% traded 2.8% higher. Brokers helped lead the financial sector higher, as Daiwa Securities Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/192664/delayed JP:8601 -0.75% /quotes/zigman/192671/delayed/quotes/nls/dsecf DSECF -2.89% rose 2.3%, and Nomura Holdings Inc. /quotes/zigman/196701/delayed JP:8604 +0.12% /quotes/zigman/134469/delayed/quotes/nls/nrscf NRSCF +20.72% /quotes/zigman/296367/delayed/quotes/nls/nmr NMR +0.79% gained 2.5%. Real-estate names also rallied, with Mitsui Fudosan Co. /quotes/zigman/201218/delayed JP:8801 -0.07% /quotes/zigman/201224/delayed/quotes/nls/mtsff MTSFF +13.65% up 3.9%, and Mitsubishi Estate Co. /quotes/zigman/195186/delayed JP:8802 -0.53% /quotes/zigman/195193/delayed/quotes/nls/mitef MITEF +2.91% 3% higher. Shares of Komatsu Ltd. /quotes/zigman/194546/delayed JP:6301 0.00% /quotes/zigman/194552/delayed/quotes/nls/kmtuf KMTUF +3.36% rallied 4.3% after a Nikkei news report said its consolidated operating profit for the fiscal year ending March 2014 could come close to the firm's all-time high, marked in fiscal 2007.
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Lilwik wrote:That's a philosophical idea subject to debate in reality, not something to depend upon being true in Erfworld. All we know in Erfworld is that some future things can be determined in advance by predictamancers and they call it Fate. Also, we know that carnymancers can manipulate future events somehow, and they also call that Fate. That doesn't mean that Erfworld is any more or less likely to be strictly deterministic than reality, and it certainly doesn't provide firm footing for a huge leap to the conclusion that Fate is some personified trickster who fiddles with Parson's bracer, especially when Parson is in a world with tons of tricksters that we already know about. I consider it more likely that Charlie or Jojo was using Carnymancy to make the bracer say .980104773 but the bracer knew about the beam about to fall and refused.Salem wrote:He used the word fate. Period. He also used the word free will. That separates it from reality entirely. The closest REAL not fictional ideal that I know of that comes close to that is a concept that combines determinism (For briefness everything is a reaction and therefore can be determined) and the concept that even though your actions are determined one of the determining factors is in fact you.Remarkable and unusual things happen all the time. If you wait long enough and search far enough you're guaranteed to find one, but you wouldn't usually think some agent caused it to happen. If you flip a coin and it lands heads a hundred times in a row, I'm going to call that luck, not an invisible ghost playing with the coin. The only thing that suggests that any of this stuff might be planned by some GM of Erfworld is that predictamancers are able to tell us about some of it before it happens, and that already has a simpler explanation: Predictamancy is magic.Salem wrote:In this idea it's not hard to look at fate shoehorning you. Whoops you misthrew that discus and it killed your dad. That FEELS active. Characters in the story say things that make it feel active. Nothing about fate feels like something in our earthly experiences. Especially since if you believe in any realistic non fiction/religious based view of fate there is no room for real free will. No room for deviation. Every point between A and B is predetermined. Ergo any story that talks about fate v free will at the very least leaves room for discussion as to the nature of fate. Which leaves room to talk about it from non "earth" views.
Has anyone ever suggested that there are invisible dirt monsters moving through the soil to make Dirtamancy work? Should we assume that there are invisible fairies flying around injecting nutrients into plants and messing with people's minds to make Flower Power happen? I don't think so, because inventing things like that is for the author to do.
I don't know why I'm even responding to you. You seem hostile and it gets under my skin.
I don't even care. I mean my main point is:
A: It is not unreasonable to argue about fate as an active agent in a work of fiction. Because while not necessarily likely is entirely possible.
Right now there are many possibilities behind the beam falling, as rob reveals stories more of them drop to a 0.0% probability. Jack is still a possibility however slim. If he is decrypted his chance of having been involved drops to 0.0%. So it's not impossible. Fate however is something people talk about in world, so to consider it for whatever reason, be it determinism, or fatalism, or fateisaliveism. All are okay to discuss. You attack people's rights to discuss them. No. Bad. Don't do that it's just unhelpful and slightly trollish.
Now if we accept fate exists in some aspect in the world it played a role in the beam either:
A: It actively is changing the world to stop parson or
B: It was fated to happen.
C: No role what so ever. - I added this in because it IS a possibility contrary to what I said above. If we take predictamancers at their word not everything is fated. Only some fates exist. This is why the world seems fatalistic. C only exists if you perceive robs world as being fatalistic.
D: No role again - but because some player outside of fate influenced the outcome. Note that in some way everything I say involves fate. Why. Because. Because I said so. Because some form of fate exists in erfworld. So talking about it isn't being stupid. It's just throwing out possibilities. Ignoring something that is at least possible isn't intelligent. It's not not intelligent but don't play the I'm better than you guys card. Just don't. It's out there in the ether, we can talk about it. It's okay if we do. It really is it doesn't hurt anyone.


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Yes, the sounds of Motown were alive and well at Sacred Heart University's Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts Friday night as Mary Wilson, founding member with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, of The Supremes took to the stage. Accompanied by a lively four-piece band and talented back-up singers, Ms. Wilson belted out some of the group's most memorable hits while also demonstrating vocal prowess by crooning intimate ballads with ease.
In floor-length gowns and plenty of bling, Ms. Wilson is ever the diva. It's a title well-earned, though. Her devoted fans were there to clap along and dance in the aisles to familiar faves, "Stop! In the Name of Love," "Baby Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love." However, nary a sound was heard when Ms. Wilson commanded the spotlight with a sultry, jazz interpretation of Norah Jones' award-winning Don't Know Why.
Although she's introduced as "the original 'Dreamgirl,'" Ms. Wilson explained to the audience that the Broadway show and subsequent film starring Jennifer Hudson doesn't tell the Supremes' true story. "I know...because I didn't get paid," she quipped.
Like 'Dreamgirls,' though, Ms. Wilson and Ms. Ballard were the ones who did "the oohs and ahs" behind The Supremes' lead singer, Miss Diana Ross. (Ironically, Ms. Wilson didn't mention her once during the hour and half concert.) They were relegated to the background, though I had the feeling Ms. Wilson took it all in stride, letting her inherently sunny disposition find the silver lining.
This sense of gratitude is the message Ms. Wilson conveys as a motivational speaker and philanthropist today. Yes, she is a global entertainer; however, Ms. Wilson has combined her celebrity with a commitment to do good.
Her generous spirit was evident as she reflected on Ms. Ballard's misfortune. After some turbulent years, both professionally and personally, Ms. Ballard unexpectedly passed away in 1976. In a tribute to Ms. Ballard, whom Ms. Wilson firmly believes would've eventually straightened out, she delivered the Dreamgirls' anthem, I Am Changing.
Ms. Wilson's heart-wrenching performance brought down the house.
Many long-time fans were in attendance this weekend. A small stampede clamored on the Edgerton stage when Ms. Wilson invited people onstage to sing and dance with her. They would've likely stayed for the rest of the concert had she not politely led them back to their seats.
After taking her bows, Ms. Wilson signed autographs in auditorium.
I was impressed by her talent, yes. However, I was equally struck by the delight she took in sharing her gifts with others. She's sung some of these songs for more than 50 years and yet she radiated an obvious love for entertaining. And, she so clearly appreciated those who have, in turn, supported her work for so many decades. It's no surprise that Ms. Wilson's latest CD is aptly called, "Life's Been Good to Me."


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When Joan Jett was looking for a recording deal to start her solo career in 1980, she was rejected by no less than 23 major record labels.
Undeterred, Jett formed her own company, Blackheart Records, and self-financed her debut album. She was the first female artist to own and operate an independent record company.
Thirty-two years and 10 million album sales later, it's clear that Jett's self-confidence and perseverance were well placed. The pioneering rocker headlines Wingstock 2012 on Saturday at First Energy Park, home of the Lakewood Blue Claws.
"I've had a blessed career," Jett said on her website, www.joanjett.com. "I consider myself so lucky to have been able to do things my own way."
Jett is best-known for her No. 1 anthem, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," which features the singer-guitarist's trademark punk snarl and an instantly recognizable guitar riff.
Other standout Jett moments include the hyper histrionics of "Bad Reputation," a seductive cover of Tommy James' "Crimson and Clover," and the tough swagger of "I Hate Myself for Loving You."
"To say we're proud to welcome her to our big bash is the understatement of the year," said Barbara LaRue, on-air personality at Jersey Shore Classic Rock Radio 105.7 The Hawk, which is co-sponsoring Wingstock with the Blue Claws.
"We consider ourselves so lucky to have her grace the stage at Wingstock 2012," LaRue wrote on www.1057thehawk.com, and "to remind us why we all love rock and roll!"
Jett started her professional career in 1975 at age 15 as a founding member and driving force behind The Runaways, a raw and rowdy all-female group. The band was immortalized on celluloid in the 2010 biopic, "The Runaways," with Kristen Stewart portraying Jett.
Jett takes the Wingstock stage at 9:30 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. Also performing are funk legends George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Bobby Bandiera, Boccigalupe and the Bad Boys, Mazz Force, and Monkeys in The Dark.
The day's festivities include a who's who of the Jersey Shore's best restaurants competing for the title of "King of the Wing." Participants include Jersey Shore BBQ of Belmar, Tommy's Coal Fired Pizza of Brick, Red Bank and Oakhurst, and Shore House Bar & Grill of Point Pleasant.
Tickets are $29, $39 and $105 for a VIP package, which includes food, a private cash bar, access to party decks, a close up section in front of the stage and a limited edition Wingstock 2012 T-shirt.
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There's an art to getting writers to read at your library, especially when you have a limited budget.
"It's definitely a process, where we try to build relationships with authors and publishers," said Donna Maturi, head of reference and information services at Peabody Institute Library in Danvers.
They like to showcase new writers at Danvers, and publicists who appreciate the exposure for clients are sometimes happy to arrange readings with established talents.
That is the case with Wednesday's reading by Stephanie Lehmann, whose "Astor Place Vintage" is her fifth novel.
"I believe the publicist for this author contacted us, and we were thrilled," Maturi said.
Lehmann's novel depicts two women in New York City who have parallel interests but live a century apart.
Amanda runs a vintage clothing shop at Astor Place in 2007 and discovers a journal hidden in the lining of a fox stole.
It had belonged to Olive, who moved to New York in 1907 with her father, hoping to establish herself as a buyer for a major department store.
The novel unfolds as a kind of dialogue between these two independent spirits who love fashion and relish life in the city.
While Lehmann's first four novels were all set in the present, this is her first work to explore historical material, and it includes around a dozen black-and-white photos of New York at the turn of the last century.
On her website, she said these pictures were culled from hundreds that she'd downloaded, which were "a huge source of inspiration throughout the writing of my novel."
The reading allows Lehmann to present her book to the public and gives library patrons an opportunity to talk to an author in person, Maturi said.
"We thought it would be a great fit," she said. "It's a win-win all around."


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- BY Doug Ford
Just a few random thoughts on a hazy, lazy summer morning…
Our newspaper fielded a call last week about the walking tour in South Boston profiled in our tourism edition asking how much it cost and when did it start.
Mea culpa, perhaps, but the tour is self-guided and free of charge to anyone, and it neither starts nor stops at any particular home.
I guess you can get hold of a town map and take it from there, but I wouldn't suggest peeping into a homeowner's window after dark to check out the color schemes.
South Boston has a rich history of architecture as evidenced in the descriptions of homes on the walking tour owing to its heritage of tobacco and textile manufacturing, and a leisurely walk downtown reveals even more if one would only look.
The same holds true for our county seat, Halifax, and the historic courthouse, as well as a number of stately homes throughout town with interesting architecture.
Berry Hill is a classic example of the Greek revival style of architecture, and there are a number of other homes throughout the county reflective of our heritage.
On another bright and personal note, my older brother, his wife and stepson from Anchorage passed through over the weekend.
His wife and stepson had never visited Virginia but were impressed with our native state.
As residents of Alaska, they're all used to wildlife such as moose, bears, and of course those large mosquitoes that we have in common.
Gnats and honeybees, however, were another matter, and my sister-in-law gave wide berth to the insects she encountered as we dined alfresco on Sunday night.
Thank goodness she didn't see the snake that was in my gutter a couple of weeks ago.


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Last month I appeared on Blue Ocean Network's "Chinalogue" program along with Alistair Nicholas of AC Capital Consulting to discuss…PR slime! By which the producers of the show meant the recent Mengniu vs. Yili vs. Synutra PR sockpuppet slagfest. The heavy-breathing title of the segment aside, most of the show was a fairly sober discussion of PR ethics in general. The show just got posted to the web. Check it out.
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Imagethief previously discussed the PR industry in general and how to get a job in PR with BON alongside the glamorous Ms. Saina Silverman. You can see that show online – part 1 and part 2 – with bonus Imagethief goatee points.
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By Christopher Smith
It's a problem the Whos of Whoville from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" know all too well.
There has been a wave of break-ins throughout the Tunnel Hill area in which guns, electronics, jewelry and even Christmas gifts have been stolen, according to law enforcement officials.
Several burglary reports were reported to the Tunnel Hill Police Department this week, prompting officials to post an advisory message on their Facebook page Friday morning. But unlike the Grinch who stole items under the cover of night, these burglaries are happening in the middle of the day.
"The Tunnel Hill Police Department would like to remind you to lock your cars, lock your doors and report any suspicious activity right away," the post reads. "We have seen an increase in burglaries from Westside to the Varnell area ... Our good citizens are our best defense against these crimes. No matter how small it may seem, please call and report any suspicious activity ... these burglaries have occurred during daytime hours while folks are at work, lets make sure we keep an eye out for each other."
Jennifer Norton, who lives on Scenic Drive in Tunnel Hill, said she came home to a "busted front door" Thursday afternoon.
"We live in a well populated and quiet neighborhood," Norton said. "We came home and the bedroom was torn apart. Dresser drawers were just thrown everywhere. They took a laptop, a gun, jewelry and at least three Christmas gifts. We know one of the gifts was a toy for my son, another was a pretty expensive jacket."
Norton said she believes whoever broke into her house did the same thing to a neighbor on nearby Harper Valley Drive.
"They (police) found our Christmas wrapping paper laying in their (the neighbors) garage," she said. "I went to Facebook and told everyone to get the word out and a lot of people were saying, 'Yeah, that's happened to me, too.'"
There are ways to prevent criminals from breaking into a house, said Lt. Scott Reneau with the Tunnel Hill Police Department.
"The best thing anyone can do is to communicate with their neighbors," Reneau said. "If you trust each other and can share each other's schedules, it will help you keep an eye on each other's houses, while the other person is gone shopping or at work. The other thing is to lock your doors. It's amazing how many people do not lock their doors. You can always create deterrents for criminals, like setting up cameras — webcams, gaming cams — around your house."
Kayla Elrod, who lives on Mount Vernon Road in Rocky Face where similar robberies were reported, said "seeing my neighbors get robbed has scared my family."
"I stay at home during the week," she said. "I've really been a nervous wreck, so my husband showed me how to use his gun. We're preparing ourselves. You just can't afford someone coming in and stealing all your Christmas presents. It's scary."
Scary, but not necessarily unexpected, Reneau said.
"It's unfortunately part of the holidays," Reneau said. "Break-ins always pick up around Christmas because criminals know that people are racking in on expensive gifts."
Varnell Police Chief Lyle Grant said his department will "stop everything that moves in order to deter the (criminal or criminals)."
"We've going to make sure whoever is involved doesn't come into the city," Grant said. "We've set up roadblocks and we'll be stopping everything and anything in order to keep our citizens safe. We'll be all over the place. The person (or persons) doing this does not want to come to Varnell."
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Members of New Jersey's General Assembly toured Ocean County communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy Thursday (Nov. 29).
The tour, led by State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes, along with local officials, gave lawmakers and members of the press an up-close look at what Sandy left behind – including the remnants of the Seaside Heights boardwalk and the now-iconic Jet Star roller coaster, which dropped from Casino Pier to the ocean during the storm.
Casino Pier will be repaired in what is estimated to be a $45 million project, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said, and the roller coaster will be removed from the ocean floor. However it is unlikely that Funtown Pier in neighborhing Seaside Park will be rebuilt.
Though there was talk of allowing the roller coaster to stay in the water as a tourist attraction, those plans have been abandoned. The first step in removing the roller coaster – and ensuring what remains of Casino Pier is stable – is having divers inspect the area, which should happen soon, said Boyd.
In Seaside Heights, much of the boardwalk debris has been cleared, and crews are already preparing the area for a new boardwalk to be constructed.
"We'll rebuild the boardwalk, all the debris will be cleaned up," said Boyd.
Boyd estimated it will be another month, or longer, before residents can repopulate Seaside Heights on a permanent basis.
Just north of Seaside Heights, the Ortley Beach section of Toms River Township was dealing with its own storm woes.
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Mastronardy said cleanup also continues on the bay side of Ortley Beach.
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UC's pick of Bratton to investigate pepper spray incident isn't reassuring
The video images are already iconic, a line of young students sit cross legged, arms linked, at the front edge of an Occupy UC Davis protest, nonviolently protesting the impacts of the economic crisis on the University of California and beyond. As police step forward students begin to chant "the whole world is watching," and officers disperse fire extinguisher size canisters of pepper spray into the faces of the seated students.
As is turns out the students were right, the whole world was watching, leaving UC Davis with a public relations nightmare that has left the campus police chief and two officers on administrative leave. In the wake of the incident, UC President Mark G. Yudof established an independent review to be conducted within the next 30 days, naming former Los Angeles Police Chief, Bill Bratton, now chairman of Kroll Security, to lead the investigation.
"My intent," Yudof said, "is to provide the chancellor and the entire University of California community with an independent, unvarnished report about what happened at Davis."
While UC Davis touts Bratton as "a renowned expert in progressive community policing," deep questions surround the choice of Bratton. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) was quick to question the independence of the investigation of police violence at UC Davis, pointing out that Bratton, through Kroll, already holds contracts with the UC system.
"We already know that Kroll has provided security services to at least three UC campuses for the past several years. This in itself would disqualify Mr. Bratton from participating in the investigation,"said CUCFA president Robert Meister. "You would be illustrating the kinds of connection between public higher education and Wall Street that the Occupy UC movement is protesting."
Bratton also served as president of the Police Executive Research Forum, the police non-profit that facilitated controversial phone discussions between major metropolitan police chiefs in the lead up to the crackdown on the Occupy movement across the nation, raising questions about his ability to lead the UC Davis investigation.
Bratton's offical bio from the LAPD shows the depth of his involvement in PERF when it states, "He is also the only chief executive to serve two terms as the elected President of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)." Bratton was instrumental in the creation of PERF's hardline 2006 report Police Management of Mass Demonstrations http://www.policeforum.org/library/critical-issues-in-policing-series/MassDemonstrations.pdf for which he receives special recognition in the acknowledgments section of.
"PERF gathered more than 100 invited practitioners and stakeholders at an international forum in San Diego in December 2004 to highlight issues related to mass demonstrations and use-of-force. At this event, Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton set the scene for a lively interaction as he discussed the changing nature of protests and mass demonstration events. He recalled that in the 1960s the issues leading to demonstration events tended to be more community-centered and that the police focus was largely tactical. He noted that today, demonstrations are sometimes orchestrated by far-reaching national and international organizations, coalitions and informal groups subscribing to anarchistic methods," reads the report.
The manual pays special attention to managing media messaging, devoting a section to media in the wake of a major demonstration: "An integrated media strategy seeks to manage and harness the media attention in order to help achieve the overall policing objectives. By partnering with the media, the potential increases for all parties to win, public confidence to be maintained and the reputation of the law enforcement agencies to be enhanced."
Though Bratton has moved on as PERF's president, he keeps close ties with the organization. In April , Bratton was the keynote speaker at a PERF conference on technology and policing held in Washington, DC, a subject Bratton is an expert on due to his role in developing the controversial CompStat system used to "predicatively model" crime in some metropolitan areas.
Bratton is widely recognized as the leading proponent of the "broken windows theory" of policing, which advocates a zero tolerance approach to petty crime. Speaking to the Telegraph(UK) this summer about the historically large youth riots in the UK, he said youth were "emboldened" by over-cautious policing.
"To be effective, a police force should have 'a lot of arrows in the quiver,' said Mr Bratton, advocating a doctrine of 'escalating force' where weapons including rubber bullets, Tasers, pepper spray and water cannon were all available to commanders," the paper wrote on August, 12 2011.
Worrisome, indeed. I think police should not be allowed to carry NON-LETHAL weapons. Police(wo)men are trained so as to make judgements in the field that are quick and judicious -- sometimes under very trying circumstances. They are trained to mediate (talk to all parties involved) to get the facts and to defuse potentially violent situations -- as well as to react to situations dangerous to themselves and others.
The use of TASERS, PEPPER SPRAYS and PLASTIC BULLETS, I think, allows an emotionally-charge officer to forgo his "public defender" duties and become a punisher. If only lethal weapons were allowed on the beat, it would force officers to be more judicious in using them.
Hello to miss olds and to the community.
As I write this "comment" I lie here in my bed. In my home. Next to my beautiful wife to be and my un born child.
I love them more than life itself and I thank god for a country and a constitution that allows them there freedom and rights.
And on most days and most nights I too am allowed the freedom to come home to them. You see I am just a lowly solder a United States Marine to be exact and I have been one for many years. You see I joined just before the start of operation Iraqi freedom. But enough about me.
As I ly here in bed next to ky beautiful family to be I think about the amazing rights of this country has given me and I thank god ever night that I am lucky enough to come home to my family. As I watched the footage of the pepper spray incident I couldn't help but notice that the officers on sprayed the non compliant protesters that were blocking the walking path. And I couldn't help but think to myself ... what part of the.constitution gives them the right to protest there? Because should any other citizens want or NEED TO USE THAT PATH than their constitutional rights are being taken away from them for the rights of others and that is unconstitutional in itself. Is it not? And as for the police officers dealing with obstructive noncompliant protesters who refused to move on verbal warning were sprayed. And I think they did what was right. Because for those poor souls charged with trying to enforce a balance where the rights of all parties are at stake. Including their own. They sprayed mace in the eyes of the unruly protesters because for them they were out numbered group who they did not know may or may not have had weapons and chose non lethal force and got to go home to their families.
I believe there is way to much gray in society these days and it allows both the left and right wing crazies to adapt the very black and white constitution to their own needs and agenda's.
As a two tour combat veteran and active duty server member I would do anything and everything with in my rights to make sure I get to return to my family to be and keep my own rights and die for yours. But at no time.will yours be more.valueable than nine.
God bless you. And the USA.
". . . [W]hat part of the.constitution gives them the right to protest there? Because should any other citizens want or NEED TO USE THAT PATH than their constitutional rights are being taken away from them for the rights of others and that is unconstitutional in itself. Is it not?"
In a word: no. We have constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, but that doesn't make homicide, kidnapping, and theft unconstitutional. There's a difference between criminal law and constitutional law.
And every, single, day, the rights of different people, all over the country, come into conflict in myriad ways that must be resolved by a judgement call, because two people cannot occupy the same space, take up the same airwaves, etc.
In those myriad cases, a judgement is made about who has the more compelling interest.
In this case we have to decide whether students protesting for more economic democracy and to stop tuition hikes, have a more compelling interest in occupying the space, than people who want to walk through the small area where they are protesting instead of walking around them.
Seems like a pretty easy question to answer to me...
If someone is non-compliant but not a threat to anyone, you arrest them.
You don't mace them.
If you look at videos of the incident, you will see that protestors were around the officers, but not completely surrounding them and not directly threatening them.
And if the officers did feel threatened, they why were they attacking students who were just sitting there? Was that someone supposed to ensure the safety of the officers or diffuse the situation?
No. It was a punitive measure. To punish students who were peacefully protesting the fact that their tuition continues to rise astronomically in a university system that was designed to provide free education for state residents.
The Constitution is "black and white" in the sense that it is clear that free speech is to be protected, whether that be by "the left and right wing crazies" or whomever else.
I think you're putting yourself in the place of this officer, who is a CAMPUS POLICE OFFICER WHO'S MAIN FUNCTION IS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS, BY THE WAY, and imagining what you might do when facing enemy combatants.
But this is America, and military force should never be used on United States citizens exercising their rights.
A large part of the Occupy movement has to do with the cracked down on protest with military-style force when it is unwarranted. Homeland Security measures are now being used not to protect us against foreign invasion, but to enforce policies of government agencies, companies and other entities on our own people.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau's campus police report to the chancellor and the campus police take direction from the chancellor. University of California (UC) campus chancellors vet their campus police protocols. Birgeneau allowed pepper spray and use of batons to be included in his campus police protocols.
Chancellor Birgeneau's campus police use brutal baton jabs on students protesting increases in tuition. UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau and UC Davis Chancellor Katehi are in dereliction of their duties.
Birgeneau and UC Davis Chancellor need to quit or be fired for permitting the brutal outrages on students protesting tuition increases.
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Uc Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau the problem NOT the campus police. UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau's campus police report to the chancellor and the campus police take direction from the chancellor. University of California (UC) campus chancellors vet their campus police protocols. Birgeneau allowed pepper spray and use of batons to be included in his campus police protocols.
Chancellor Birgeneau's campus police use brutal baton jabs on students protesting increases in tuition. UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau and UC Davis Chancellor Katehi are in dereliction of their duties.
Birgeneau and UC Davis Chancellor need to quit or be fired for permitting the brutal outrages on students protesting tuition increases.
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When they lose their jobs it will send an important message to the remaining public servants:
If you abuse your power against the public you are supposed to serve, or if you are so incompetent as to allow abuse of the public under your leadership, you will lose your job.
This will lead to better public service, which, with our tax dollars, we pay an incredible amount for.
Force them out now.
Watch the whole video. They weren't peacefully protesting. The crowd surrounded the police and their detainees with chants if "let them go and we'll let you go.". The police were trying to exit the scene but were being blocked from doing so. Each individual student was warned that if they didn't let the police past, he or she would be subject to "use of force." Were the police supposed to give in to the demands of the mob and release those arrested?
30 day for the biased findings, OK were at Dec 29th where's the beef?
30 day for the biased findings, OK were at Dec 29th where's the beef?
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Northeastern State football head coach Kenny Evans announced the RiverHawks' 2013 schedule on Tuesday.
The RiverHawks are set to play all 10 opponents from last season, while adding an additional non-conference home game. NSU will play five games on the road and six games on Gable Field inside Doc Wadley Stadium.
The team will bring the longest current win streak in the MIAA into the new season, as the green and white finished last year on a four-game win streak.
Northeastern State will open the 2013 campaign at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Pittsburg State, and the team will have its home opener at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 14 against Missouri Southern State.
The matchup with the Lions will be televised on the MIAA Network and will be the MIAA Game of the Week.
NSU will then play host to Washburn at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21, followed by a road trip to Emporia, Kan., to play Emporia State at 1 p.m. on Sept. 28.
The month of October brings Northwest Missouri State to Tahlequah for NSU's Homecoming at 2 p.m. on Oct. 5. NSU will then travel to Missouri Western on Oct. 12 for a 1:30 p.m. contest.
The RiverHawks will step out of MIAA action for the lone time when they host to Eastern New Mexico on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. NSU will then travel to Warrensburg, Mo., Oct. 26 for a meeting with Central Missouri.
Northeastern State will play at home in two of the final three weeks of the season, starting with a 2 p.m. matchup Nov. 2 with Southwest Baptist. NSU will travel to Lincoln Nov. 9, and the team will close out the season at 1 p.m. Nov. 16 against Central Oklahoma.
2013 Northeastern State Football Schedule
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Apotheosis (from Greek ἀποθέωσις from ἀποθεοῦν, apotheoun "to deify"; in Latin deificatio "making divine"; also called divinization and deification) is the glorification of a subject to divine level. The term has meanings in theology, where it refers to a belief, and in art, where it refers to a genre.
In theology, the term apotheosis refers to the idea that an individual has been raised to godlike stature. In art, the term refers to the treatment of any subject (a figure, group, locale, motif, convention or melody) in a particularly grand or exalted manner.
Prior to the Hellenistic period, imperial cults were known in Ancient Egypt (pharaohs) and Mesopotamia (since Naram-Sin). From the New Kingdom, all deceased pharaohs were deified as Osiris.
From at least the Geometric period of the ninth century BC, the long-deceased heroes linked with founding myths of Greek sites were accorded chthonic rites in their heroon, or "hero-temple".
In the Greek world, the first leader who accorded himself divine honours was Philip II of Macedon, who was a king, when the Greeks had set kingship aside, and who had extensive economic and military ties, though largely antagonistic, with Achaemenid Persia, where kings were divine. At his wedding to his sixth wife, Philip's enthroned image was carried in procession among the Olympian gods; "his example at Aigai became a custom, passing to the Macedonian kings who were later worshipped in Greek Asia, from them to Julius Caesar and so to the emperors of Rome".[1] Such Hellenistic state leaders might be raised to a status equal to the gods before death (e.g., Alexander the Great) or afterwards (e.g., members of the Ptolemaic dynasty). Heroic cult similar to apotheosis was also an honour given to a few revered artists of the distant past, notably Homer.
Archaic and Classical Greek hero-cults became primarily civic, extended from their familial origins, in the sixth century; by the fifth century none of the worshipers based their authority by tracing descent back to the hero, with the exception of some families who inherited particular priestly cult, such as the Eumolpides (descended from Eumolpus) of the Eleusinian mysteries, and some inherited priesthoods at oracle sites. The Greek hero cults can be distinguished on the other hand from the Roman cult of dead emperors, because the hero was not thought of as having ascended to Olympus or become a god: he was beneath the earth, and his power purely local. For this reason hero cults were chthonic in nature, and their rituals more closely resembled those for Hecate and Persephone than those for Zeus and Apollo. Two exceptions were Heracles and Asclepius, who might be honoured as either gods or heroes, sometimes by chthonic night-time rites and sacrifice on the following day.
Apotheosis in ancient Rome was a process whereby a deceased ruler was recognized as having been divine by his successor, usually also by a decree of the Senate and popular consent. In addition to showing respect, often the present ruler deified a popular predecessor to legitimize himself and gain popularity with the people. The upper-class did not always take part in the imperial cult,[citation needed] and some privately ridiculed the apotheosis of inept and feeble emperors, as in the satire The Pumpkinification of (the Divine) Claudius, usually attributed to Seneca. At the height of the imperial cult during the Roman Empire, sometimes the emperor's deceased loved ones—heirs, empresses, or lovers, as Hadrian's Antinous—were deified as well. Deified people were awarded posthumously the title Divus (Diva if women) to their names to signify their divinity. Traditional Roman religion distinguished between a deus (god) and a divus (a mortal who became divine or deified), though not consistently. Temples and columns were sometimes erected to provide a space for worship.
The Ming dynasty epic Investiture of the Gods deals heavily with deification legends. Numerous mortals have been deified into the Daoist pantheon, such as Guan Yu, Iron-crutch Li and Fan Kuai. Song Dynasty General Yue Fei was deified during the Ming Dynasty and is considered by some practitioners to be one of the three highest ranking heavenly generals.[2][3]
Various Hindu and Buddhist rulers in the past have been represented as deities, especially after death, from Thailand to Indonesia. Even several Sultans of Yogyakarta were semi-deified[citation needed], posthumously.
Instead of the word "apotheosis", Christian theology uses in English the words "deification" or "divinization" or the Greek word "theosis". Traditional mainstream theology, both East and West, views Jesus Christ as the preexisting God who undertook mortal existence, not as a mortal being who attained divinity. It holds that he has made it possible for human beings to be raised to the level of sharing the divine nature: he became one of us to make us "partakers of the divine nature"[4] "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God."[5] "For He was made man that we might be made God."[6] "The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods."[7]
The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology contains the following in an article titled "Deification":
Christian theology traditionally makes a distinction between "theosis" and "apotheosis". Orthodox Trinitarian Christianity views Jesus Christ as the preexisting God who undertook mortal existence, not a mortal being who attained divinity. Regarding human beings, the mystical theology of the Eastern Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic churches characteristically describes the situation as "theosis", a Greek word.
Corresponding to the Greek word theosis are the Latin-derived words "divinization" and "deification" used in the parts of the Catholic Church that are of Latin tradition. The concept has been given less prominence in Western theology than in that of the Eastern Catholic Churches, but is present in the Latin Church's liturgical prayers, such as that of the deacon or priest when pouring wine and a little water into the chalice: "By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity."[8] The Catechism of the Catholic Church quotes with approval Saint Athanasius's saying, "The Son of God became man so that we might become God."[6][9] It does not use the term "apotheosis".
Catholic theology stresses the concept of supernatural life, "a new creation and elevation, a rebirth, it is a participation in and partaking of the divine nature"[10] (cf. 2 Peter 1:4). In Catholic teaching there is a vital distinction between natural life and supernatural life, the latter being "the life that God, in an act of love, freely gives to human beings to elevate them above their natural lives" and which they receive through prayer and the sacraments; indeed the Catholic Church sees human existence as having as its whole purpose the acquisition, preservation and intensification of this supernatural life.[11]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or Mormons) do not believe in the tradition of apotheosis, but rather in the Christian tradition of divinization or deification (which in Mormonism is usually referred to as exaltation, eternal life, or eternal progression) which to Mormons is the belief that mankind may live with God in families and become gods themselves, though eternally subordinate and subject to God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. While the primary focus of the LDS Church is on Jesus of Nazareth and His atoning sacrifice for man,[12] Mormon Christians believe that one purpose for Christ's mission and for His atonement is the exaltation or Christian deification of man. The third Article of Faith of Mormon Christianity states that all men may be saved from sin through the atonement of Jesus Christ and LDS Gospel Doctrine (as published) states that all men will be saved and will be resurrected from death. However, only those who are sufficiently obedient and who accept the atonement and the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ before the resurrection and final judgment will be "exalted" and, thereby, receive a literal Christian deification.
One popular Mormon quote which is often attributed to the early Mormon leader Lorenzo Snow in 1837, is "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be."[13][14] The teaching was taught first by Joseph Smith, Jr. while pointing to John 5:19 in the New Testament; he said that "God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did."[15] Many LDS and non-LDS scholars also have discussed the correlation between Mormon belief in exaltation and the ancient Christian theosis or deification as set forth by early Church Fathers.[14] Several LDS and non-LDS historians specializing in studies of the early Christian Church also claim that the Mormon belief in eternal progression is more similar to the ancient Christian deification as set forth in numerous patristic writings of the first through fourth centuries A.D. than the beliefs of any other modern faith group of the Christian tradition.[14]
Mormons believe that the original Christian belief in man's divine potential gradually lost its meaning and importance in the centuries after the death of the apostles, as doctrinal changes by post-apostolic theologians caused Christians to lose sight of the true nature of God and His purpose for creating humanity. The concept of God's nature that was eventually accepted as Christian doctrine in the 4th century set divinity apart from humanity by defining the Godhead as three persons sharing a common divine substance. This classification of God in terms of a substance is not found in scripture,[16] yet in many aspects mirrored the Greek metaphysical philosophies that are known to have influenced the thinking of church fathers such as Origen, Augustine, and others. Mormons teach that through modern revelation, God restored the knowledge that He is the literal father of our spirits (Hebrews 12:9), and that Biblical references to God creating mankind in His image and likeness were in no way allegorical. As such, Mormons assert that as the literal offspring of our Father (Acts 17:28-29), humans have the potential to be heirs of His glory, and co-heirs with our brother Jesus Christ (Romans 8:16-17). This glory, Mormons believe, lies not in God's substance, but in His intelligence—in other words, light and truth (Doctrine and Covenants 93:36[17]). Thus the purpose of our creation is to grow and progress to become like our Father in Heaven. Mortality is seen as a crucial step in this process, where God's spirit children gain a body—which though formed in the image of the Father's body, is subject to pain, illness, temptation, and death. The purpose of this earth life is to learn to choose the right in the face of this opposition, thereby gaining essential experience and wisdom. The level of intelligence we attain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection (Doctrine and Covenants 130:18-19). Our bodies will then be immortal like that of the Father and the Son (Philemon 3:21), however the degree of glory to which each person will resurrect is contingent upon the final judgement (Revelations 20:13, 1 Corinthians 15:40-41). Those who are worthy to return to God's presence can continue to progress towards a fullness of God's glory, which Mormons refer to as eternal life, or exaltation (Doctrine and Covenants 76).
In art the matter is practical: the elevation of a figure to divine level entails certain conventions. So it is that the apotheosis genre exists in Christian art as in other art. The features of the apotheosis genre may be seen in subjects that emphasize Christ's divinity (Transfiguration, Ascension, Christ Pantocrator) and that depict holy persons "in glory"—that is, in their roles as "God revealed" (Assumption, Ascension, etc.).
Later artists have used the concept for motives ranging from genuine respect for the deceased (Constantino Brumidi's fresco The Apotheosis of Washington on the dome of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.), to artistic comment (Salvador Dalí's or Ingres's The Apotheosis of Homer), to mock-heroic and burlesque apotheoses for comedic effect.
Many modern leaders have exploited the artistic imagery if not the theology of apotheosis. Examples include Rubens's depictions of James I of England at the Banqueting House (an expression of the Divine Right of Kings) or Henry IV of France, or Appiani's apotheosis of Napoleon. The term has come to be used figuratively to refer to the elevation of a dead leader (often one who was assassinated and/or martyred) to a kind of superhuman charismatic figure and an effective erasing of all faults and controversies which were connected with his name in life - for example, Abraham Lincoln in the US, Lenin in USSR, Yitzchak Rabin in Israel, or Kim Jong-il of North Korea.
Joseph Campbell, in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces, writes that the Universal Hero from monomyth must pass through a stage of Apotheosis. According to Campbell, apotheosis is the expansion of consciousness that the hero experiences after defeating his foe.
Arthur C Clarke's novel Childhood's End has the Overlords refer to Mankind's "apotheosis" when the world's children evolve into their union with the Overmind (see also post-human).
In Chapter 23 of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, regarding Ishmael's friend Bulkington, the term serves as a last word climax for the chapter:
"But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God- so, better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land! Terrors of the terrible! is all this agony so vain? Take heart, take heart, O Bulkington! Bear thee grimly demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing- straight up, leaps thy apotheosis."
In "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King, the desert which is the main setting of the first book in the series; "The Gunslinger", is referred to as "the apotheosis of all deserts".
The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson several times employs the concept of apotheosis: for Mistborn Kelsier, for the Lord Ruler, and arguably for Kelsier's Mistborn apprentice, Vin.
Apotheosis in music refers to the appearance of a theme in grand or exalted form. It represents the musical equivalent of the apotheosis genre in visual art, especially where the theme is connected in some way with historical persons or dramatic characters. When crowning the end of a large-scale work the apotheosis functions as a peroration, following an analogy with the art of rhetoric.
Apotheosis moments abound in music, and the word itself appears in some cases. Hector Berlioz used "Apotheose" as the title of the final movement of his Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, a work composed in 1846 for the dedication of a monument to France's war dead. Two of Tchaikovsky's ballets, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, as well as La Bayadère, contain apotheoses as finales. The very beautiful concluding tableau of Maurice Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye is also titled "Apotheose." Czech composer Karel Husa, concerned in 1970 about arms proliferation and environmental deterioration, named his musical response Apotheosis for This Earth. Aram Khachaturian entitled a segment of his ballet Spartacus "Sunrise and Apotheosis." Richard Wagner, referring to the lively rhythms which permeate Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, called it the "apotheosis of the dance".[18]
American technical death metal band The Faceless explored the idea of Apotheosis in the first three tracks of their 2012 album Autotheism. The first three tracks are one song broken into three parts called The Autotheism Movement. .
In the game Endgame: Singularity, where you play a newborn AI, you win by researching apotheosis and becoming something not bound to Earth.[citation needed]
In the Elder Scrolls series the act of apotheosis has been achieved by several cultural heroes. From the lore, it is stated that Emperor Tiber Septim achieved godhood, becoming a divine god. Whilst, in Oblivion's expansion pack, Shivering Isles, the protagonist is granted the opportunity to replace a member the Daedric princes, a more demonic pantheon.[citation needed]
In the game Fire Emblem Awakening, apotheosis is the English name given to the last purchasable Downloadable content, wherein it's stated that heroes who become too powerful are drawn to Castle Apotheosis to challenge worthy opponents.[19]
In the tabletop miniatures game WarMachine, Apotheosis is the 3rd expansion, released in 2005 and originally published for the first edition of the game. The book outlines heroes, units, and robots (called "Warjacks" in the game) of legendary, heroic, or notorious status within the Iron Kingdoms setting of the game. It furthered the story that runs concurrently with the game universe, and likely took its name from the nearly-divine nature of several major characters in the story.[citation needed]
Austin Wintory's soundtrack to the 2012 game Journey contains a track titled "Apotheosis," which plays during the player's final ascent to the mountain top at the game's end.[citation needed]
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Sunday, February 01, 2004VALPARAISO (11-9, 6-3 Mid-Con) at WESTERN ILLINOIS (12-7, 6-2 Mid-Con)
WHEN: Monday, February 2, 2004, 7 p.m. CST.
WHERE: Western Hall (5,139), Macomb, Ill.
RADIO: WVUR (95.1-FM), Valparaiso, Ind. JR Radcliffe will handle the play-by-play with Brent Whitlock providing the color commentary.
TV: None
THE COACHES: Valparaiso is led by Keith Freeman, who is in his 16th season of coaching, and 10th with the Crusaders. He is 295-162 overall and 166-115 at Valpo. Western Illinois is led by Leslie Crane, who is 90-70 in her 6th season overall and with the Westerwinds.
SERIES RECORD: Valparaiso holds a 16-10 advantage all-time against the Westerwinds. The Crusaders have won two straight in the series.
LAST MEETING: Valpo beat Western Illinois 60-56 at the ARC back on January 17. Jamie Gutowski led Valpo with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Jenna Stangler added 12 points. Zane Teilane led Western Illinois with 29 points and 13 boards, while Tiffany Cornelius added 14 points.
Valparaiso will look to return to the win column on Monday evening as the Brown and Gold take to the road for the first of three straight games away from the ARC, heading to Western Illinois to battle the second place Westerwinds. The Crusaders will look to stop Western's 23-game homecourt win streak, the nation's third longest.
HAMMEL NEARS 1,000: Suzie Hammel needs just one point to become the tenth Crusader ever to reach 1,000 for her career. The senior is averaging 9.9 points per game over her four-year career to date. Hammel has scored in double-figures in 13 games this season.
HAMMEL AMONG MID-CON'S BEST: Suzie Hammel moved into second place on the Mid-Continent Conference's career three-point chart on Monday with four treys against Centenary last Monday. Hammel has made 219 in her career, trailing just Brenda Doty's (Buffalo) 264 triples.
MAKING THE FREE ONES: Valpo had made its free throws count during Mid-Con play prior to Saturday. The Crusaders are shooting 72.0% from the line during conference action, and have made 113 free throws, one fewer than their opponents have attempted. Valpo could not take advantage from the line on Saturday, however, shooting just 43.8% (6-of-14) against Oakland.
VALPO AMONG NATION'S BEST: The Crusaders currently rank 15th in the nation in turnovers per game according to the January 27 NCAA rankings. Valpo has turned the ball over just 14.5 times per game on the season. Suzie Hammel is 24th in the country in three-point percentage (41.5%), while ranking 33rd in threes per game (2.6).
NO SET LINE-UP: Due to the numerous injuries the Crusaders have suffered this season, not one player has started all 20 games for the Brown and Gold. In fact, just five players have seen action in all 20 contests. Of the five, four are guards.
WESTERN ILLINOIS NOTES: Western Illinois enters the game having won three straight games on their current homestand to extend the nation's third longest homecourt winning streak to 23 straight games. The Westerwinds are coming off of a 62-38 triumph over Centenary on Saturday afternoon.
Tiffany Cornelius leads the Westerwinds in scoring, averaging 14.4 points per game. The senior also ranks second on the squad grabbing 6.7 rebounds per night.
Zane Teilane is tallying 14.2 points per contest, while grabbing a team-high 9.8 boards per game. While shooting 59.2% from the floor, the 6'7" center also is averaging 4.6 blocked shots per contest on the defensive end. She scored 14 points and added 11 boards on Saturday.
As a team, the Westerwinds are allowing opponents to score just 57.7 points per night and are +7.8 in scoring margin. Western Illinois is also shooting 44.4% from the floor and 73.7% from the free throw line on the season.
The Westerwinds will head out on the road for their next two contests, beginning Saturday at Chicago State.
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http://www.theploughandstars.com Throwing back pints to a live soundtrack of traditional jigs and reels gives this Richmond watering hole a notably authentic Irish feel. Though P&S occasionally opens the stage to folk acts, the Emerald Isle crooners are the real treat -- whether offering tear-in-your-beer ballads or pint-swinging sing-alongs. Thursdays evenings offer set dancing to local ceili bands, while open sessions on Sundays and Tuesdays provide a chance for aspiring Celtic pickers to join in for a quick play-along. More >>
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---- — OSKALOOSA — Florence Lillian Voss, 88, of Oskaloosa, died May 19, 2013 at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa.
She was born Sept. 16, 1924 in Estherville the daughter of Fredrick and Lavina McFadden Newman. She attended school at Ottumwa High School and The Open Bible Institute in Des Moines. Following school she moved to California. On May 3, 1957, she was united in marriage to Howard E. Voss in Pasadena, Calif.; he died on Oct. 13, 2005. While living in California, Florence worked for an airplane company supporting the war effort. In 1968, they moved back to Oskaloosa and she stayed home to raise her family. Florence was a member of the Faith Evangelical Methodist Church in Oskaloosa. She enjoyed volunteering at the Mahaska County Outreach, collecting dolls and trips to Walmart.
Her family includes her two children and their spouses, Stephen and Michele Voss of Oskaloosa and Shelly and Willie May of Winser, Neb.; four grandchildren, Jessica May, Jasmine (and Hector) Seguin, Dustin Voss (and Abigail Evans), and William "Bud" May (and Kelsey Fiscus); five great grandchildren, Madison, McKenna, Ashton, Maycie and Miles; a sister, Zella Halbrook of Alamo, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, Florence was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Pauline Pieratt; and four brothers, Robert Newman, Donald Newman, Charles Newman and Lauren Newman.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Bates Funeral Chapel; Pastor David Brown officiating. As was Florence's wish her body has been cremated, and burial of the urn will be in the University Park Cemetery.
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Feb. 21
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE: POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE: Sgt. T.A. Gray and Lt. K.T. Compton located two male subjects walking on Mercer Street. The officers knew one of the males to be wanted on a warrant from Pulaski County, Va. Kevin Gardner, 29, of Princeton, was arrested for that charge. The officer conducted a safety patdown on the other male subject and located four bags of a substance believed to be crack cocaine and two pills believed to be K-4 Dilaudid pills. Keyon Durham, 24, of Princeton, was arrested for two counts of possession with intent to distribute.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT; RESISTING ARREST: Ptlm. B.E. Grimm responded to a residence at Shopview Lane in reference to an unwanted person. A female subject advised that another female was drunk and refusing to leave the first female's elderly parents residence. Upon trying to remove the female from the residence, she allegedly attempted to pull her hands away from the officer and began to yell obscenities in public. The female also allegedly refused to place her hands behind her back. Belinda Caldwell, 39, of Princeton, was arrested.
Feb. 22
BATTERY: A male subject reported that he had been struck in the face several times by his niece's ex-boyfriend while she was in H&R Block on Stafford Drive. Warrants are pending.
Feb. 23
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: A male subject reported that someone had tried to cut a circle out of glass at Link's Service Center.
Feb. 24
ASSAULT: A female subject reported that an elderly neighbor's daughter had become aggressive when she tried to bring groceries to the elderly neighbor. The daughter allegedly threatened to harm the female if she entered the home.
Feb. 25
DRIVING REVOKED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FLEEING ON FOOT: While patrolling on High Street, Lt. K.T. Compton observed a male subject driving a vehicle stop the vehicle and lay down in the seat to avoid being seen by the officer. The officer identified the male subject. The male allegedly stated "you ain't arresting me" and fled the scene. Warrants are pending.
Feb. 26
GRAND LARCENY: A male subject reported all of the money from his account at BB&T was taken. He believed the account was emptied following his email being hacked. The information was forwarded to BB&T Fraud Center.
BREAKING AND ENTERING; DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: Officers learned copper piping was missing from a law firm on East Main Street. A male subject believed to be responsible for the thefts denied involvement but reported stealing the business' cordless phone.


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by Himanshu Singh on Dec 07, 2012 at 03:59
Wall Street gained on Thursday, a day ahead of the key monthly jobs report, as shares of Apple rebounded from its biggest drop in four years that helped boost technology shares.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 40 points, or 0.30%, to 13,074 at the close. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added five points, or 0.33%, to 1,414. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 16 points, or 0.52%, to close at 2,989.
Equities fell earlier after the European Central Bank forecast the economy will shrink 0.5% this year, more than the 0.4% contraction it predicted in September. The ECB cut its 2013 forecast to a contraction of 0.3%.
Investors shunned heavy betting a day before the Friday release of the November employment report, which are expected to show a sharp slowdown in jobs growth largely due to the impact of Superstorm Sandy.
Traders also weighed the "fiscal cliff" negotiations in Washington to see if lawmakers can arrive at a deal to avoid a series of spending cuts and tax hikes beginning in January.
Technology shares jumped after Apple climbed 1.6%, reversing earlier losses. The stock rebounded from its biggest one-day drop in four years on Wednesday. Akamai Technologies Inc. increased 10% after agreeing to sell services with AT&T Inc.
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