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After my second day at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (check out day one), I have decided that Ashland is some sort of fairy tale land with that idyllic look of postcards or like that sunny dirt road deep in Bear Country. Every day has been 75 degrees and sunny.
There is a babbling brook (I shit you not) with patio restaurants lining either side, and no one seems to swear, or smoke, or drink in excess (so, I'm fitting in great). Strangely, everyone looks happy. Like Stepford happy. Like how many drugs are you taking in secret happy.
Like Seattle, Ashland earns its idyllic summer by suffering through the long winter and rehearsals that wouldn't end, all to get to this point where they can perform for audiences in the afternoon and evening, Tuesday through Sunday, from February through November. Lucky them, right?
It is walking amongst the cheery-dispositioned pod people (I say as one of the infected) that led me to Animal Crackers (through Nov 4; tickets) at the Angus Bowmer Theatre for my second matinee. Animal Crackers is exactly what it sounds like: a stage version of the 1930 Marx Brothers film with more theatrical elements and interludes of vaudevillian ridiculousness.
Directed by Seattle director (represent) Allison Narver, Animal Crackers delivers the one-two like no other. Limited as it is in the context of characters whose performance history is already well-known, Animal Crackers allows for surprises. No, Harpo (the incredibly skilled Brent Hinkley) will not speak, Groucho (spot-on performance from Mark Bedard) won't pause through a punchline, or speak without his cigar, but beach balls are tossed into the audience. You begin to question which moments are improvised or planned, which for a comedy troupe is what you'd hope.
An absolutely stellar comedic cast executed the performance with hilarity. Of particular note was the performance of Daisuke Tsuji as Emanuel Ravelli. His conman act as a musician you pay not to play was utterly hysterical, and prompted the middle school tweens behind me to scream, "I love you!" every time he came on stage. Not missing a beat, he would respond with "I love you, too," or, "You barely know me." (In the production photos, Tsuji is not pictured, but John Tufts who shares the role.)
If Ravelli (sometimes calling himself "Ravioli") doesn't get to you, Brent Hinkley's Professor will. The kleptomaniac, silent character and partner to Ravelli has a five minute long introduction in which he stands facing the audience center as buckets and buckets of stolen silver cutlery fall from his sleeves in front of his host.
Not to be outshone, K.T. Vogt's straightwoman timing as Mrs. Rittenhouse, who may be a little smitten with Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding (the T. stands for Edgar), will crack up even the dourest of dispositions. The tween who sat next to me away from her friends can attest to this. Looking like she wanted to murder someone with her arms crossed and fight face on, she actually started giggling as soon as Spaulding and Rittenhouse began riffing off each other.
Yes, the funny bits are funny, and the antics are antic-y. What makes Animal Crackers drag a bit are the romantic story lines that detract from the humor and banter. Musical numbers about how much the various lovers dote on each other become tedious especially since the characters might as well be the same people (and sometimes are performed by the same actor), and the songs generally have the same over-the-top vibe with less comedy.
Before a bunch of Marx Brothers enthusiasts jump on me, I know that the original movie had these songs and these additional story lines. I'm saying that I thought the story would have been better served without them because for the most part they weren't living up to their comedic potential.
And yes, I also know that generally what makes something a comedy in classic terms is lovers getting together. I know. Shut up already. I just didn't care for those stories and songs as much, no matter how well-performed. That being said, the musical numbers were delightful. I especially enjoyed "Hooray for Captain Spaulding," or really any song in which the entire ensemble was together.
Pulled together by a stellar lighting design (Geoff Korf) and live sound (designed by Matt Callahan) the timing of the piece struck the right chord of ridiculousness that I think the Marx Brothers would approve.
And for the first time, I've been convinced of the importance of comedy. Narver writes in her performance notes, "As much as theatre must challenge, provoke and deepen our understanding of the world, it has an equally pressing responsibility–to engage us in the exuberance of being alive, reminding us that a little frivolity can be serious business."
Allison Narver, you so smart. No seriously, I mean that. You have made me enjoy two comedies in a row, 'cause I wanted to make sweet love to your production of Or, and now Animal Crackers.
However, I must once again call out poor patron etiquette. All of the performances I've attended have had audiences on school field trips. And for the most part, these students have been respectful, or at the very least gone unnoticed. But during this production there were ten-year-olds who would not shut up sitting in front of me with their teacher. This poor woman attempted to wrangle these students several times to no avail.
I know corporal punishment has fallen by the wayside, but if your students are acting up in a theatre and continue to distract the audience around them, either beat them or remove them from the theatre. The world will thank you for it.
Afternoon/evening drink break!
I found myself with a $100 gift card to Standing Stone Brewery, so this is where I abandon eating cheaply (I mean, it still is for me) and I'm tempted to buy a steak dinner. But here's the thing about sunny days–they make me want to eat vegetables. Like a lot of vegetables. But the anti-health nut inside of me wanted those vegetables to also come with a side of garlic fries and a stout beer. So, Standing Stone was the perfect place to land.
I ordered an Artichoke Chicken Wrap ($9) and their Noble Stout ($4). The Noble Stout was a glorious oatmeal and coffee stout made with a local roasters coffee beans. If you like coffee and you like beer, always buy the coffee stout.
As luck would have it, it's American Beer Week, so they were tapping a new beer called Backyard Brew. This beer was a honey and blackberry Belgian made from local ingredients. The tapping of this keg was proceeded by a speech from the Mayor about how awesome Standing Stone Brewery is for keeping Ashland full of hops and barely. And they gave me a free half-pint sample of it. Standing Stone for the win. Also, little bit of advice: if a bartender asks you, "Do you want a beer back?" when you order a shot of whiskey, say yes. Always say yes.
Full of good food and booze I walked over to the Angus Bowmer to see Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (through Nov 3; tickets), henceforth, it shall be called MMC because it's obnoxious to type.
For all shows at OSF, there is a substantial amount of dramaturgical information to prepare, or enrich your experience. Most shows only get a few pages worth of information, but the two shows with the most (including supplementary materials in OSF's magazine Prologue) are White Snake and MMC.
The reason for this seems to be because MMC is the darling of Bill Rauch (Artistic Director of the Fest and one of the directors of this piece, the other director is Tracy Young) and many company members who have known Rauch since college. MMC started as a college project and has since morphed into four different productions as Rauch tries to find the best way to tell all three stories simultaneously. And to oversimplify, that's what MMC is trying to do–tell the three somewhat similar stories on stage at the same time.
However, looking at it another way, MMC is more of a love letter to the art of theatre. Rauch was inspired by the "three great populist movements in Western drama–Greek tragedy, Elizabethan drama and the American musical comedy" and as such, the play unfolds trying to tell these stories in their chosen form with full on masks, kilts, and brightly colored costumes, respectively. As the play moves forward, everything becomes simplified by removing the make-up, wigs, and costumes.
The play opens with a ghost light and the Stagehand (executed by Mark Bedard), dressed as an OSF usher, hearing the whispers from our three titular characters, and seeing their shadows. From there the three stories continue with some major edits, but still hitting the high points.
The Stagehand moves between every play, and in some ways seems to invoke the stories, or will them into existence while also playing his part as minor characters who further the action through questions or exposition.
In a similarly theatrical vein, the set (designed by Rachel Hauck) is black, with three separate levels (the highest being the thrones) and a staircase leading to a hulking door–essentially, they've created a blank space on which the actors build everything and the rest is up to the audience to create.
Keeping with theatrical tradition, Rauch and Young decided to cast the three productions in historical context…ish. For instance, Medea is performed in mask (with the exception of the titular character) but is all female, which is a welcome choice because I think I'd magic my fist through a wall if Medea were played by a dude (no offense to the penis brethren, just stay away from my Medea). Macbeth contrarily is an all-male cast with full Scotsman ensemble. And Cinderella is adorned with cotton candy colors.
Convoluted at times, the production was interesting if for no other reason than as a dramaturgical exercise in seeing where the texts overlap, and in asking questions like, "How the hell does Cinderella inform Medea or Macbeth?" And therein lies my problem.
I'm not a fan of musical comedy and I think I would be a lot happier if I could go through life knowing I'll never hear the song "Oklahoma" again. I understand musical comedy's place in theatre history and that's just dandy, but ultimately, I find there to be little-to-no character development in these plays, or you know, stakes. They aren't meant to challenge or provoke. They are meant for you to giggle at and whistle along, and promptly forget as soon as you leave, which is about as far from my aesthetic as you can possibly get.
So how can you have Cinderella, the meek scullery maid, share the same space with Medea, the goddess of goddesses of female empowerment and tragedy? How can they stand side-by-side and make me give a shit about Cinderella's petty problems of really wanting a prince to marry her when Medea is contemplating killing her children? And yet, this is not to say that that question alone didn't sustain me through the entire production– it did, in a good and bad way.
What I enjoyed about the production was trying to figure out what these pieces were saying to one another. So, as an academic exercise, the play worked. I paid particular attention to when a character from say, Macbeth used something said in Cinderella as subtext to move in the space and those choices were illuminating (and meticulously crafted). I laughed when the Fairy Godmother became Hecate in Macbeth, for example, and that the three women in Cinderella were often paired against the weird sisters.
But as a theatrical experience beyond these bits of storytelling, I'm not sure what it accomplished. If anything it made me wish Rauch and Young would direct this all female version of Medea as long as Miriam A. Laube gets to play her, 'cause, damn. But in terms of emotion it evoked, or other questions beyond hunting for these Easter eggs, I'm not sure what's there.
So, is it enough just ask the questions and hope that emotion can be left behind? I want to think so. I also think I would love reading it to see how they pieced it together. I'd even be tempted to see it again if only to try to figure more out and to continue asking questions about how the three texts can/should/should not inform each other.
This was not a simple night of theatre. You were not meant to sit back and watch idly. This play was meant for your constant engagement and focus because there were so many elements at work. And this alone, makes me think more similar endeavors would be a worthwhile contribution to the Festival. It's not a play you enjoy, but I would say it is an experience.
After MMC I stopped by Standing Stone Brewing Company yet again, this time to purchase a growler of their regular oatmeal stout ($22). Growlers are known in my house as "Writer's Helper." Day Three will feature White Snake, Seagull, and perhaps sushi.


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Supervalu and four partners are buying 18 Rainbow grocery stores in Minnesota, rebranding some as Cub Foods stores, some as Byerly's, and keeping others as Rainbow.
The deal scrambles the Twin Cities grocery marketplace, and means Rainbow's corporate parent, Milwaukee-based Roundy's, is dismantling the familiar Rainbow chain and will exit the competitive Twin Cities market. The familiar Rainbow name will stay -- for now.
When the complex deal is complete, 10 of the current Rainbow stores will become Cub Foods locations. Six will continue to operate as Rainbow stores. And two more, including the store in Woodbury, will become Byerly's locations.
As for Rainbow employees, some won't automatically have jobs after the sale. At the 10 stores Supervalu is acquiring, "We're asking all employees, if they're interested and excited and passionate about working for us, we're asking them to apply," Supervalu spokesman Jeff Swanson said Wednesday.
The $65 million deal will leave Roundy's with just nine remaining stores in its current fleet of 27 locations. Those nine sites are now in flux, as it "expects to either close or sell those remaining stores and fully exit the Minneapolis/St. Paul market," Roundy's said Wednesday.
"The folks who are in the stores that haven't been purchased are filled with anxiety," said Don Seaquist, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1189. But more broadly, Seaquist is positive about the change.
"These are community-owned supermarkets that will remain so, so I think that's good," he said. "These are employers committed to the Twin Cities, these are employers who offer good jobs, good wages."
Roundy's has been trying to sell its Rainbow chain for years but was unable to do so at what it deemed an acceptable price.
"Roundy's was just watching its market share plummet up there," said Milwaukee supermarket analyst David Livingston. "For years, they were No. 2 in the market -- then Target comes in, and Lunds-Byerly's expands, then you've got Walmart coming in. So they're basically being pushed out.
"This has been in the works for like seven years, off and on," Livingston added. "It's so piecemeal because that's the only way they could do it."
The 10 new Cub stores will be:
-- St. Paul, 892 Arcade Street
-- Eagan
-- Lakeville
-- Oakdale
-- Roseville, including stand-alone liquor store
-- Minneapolis, Lagoon Avenue and Quarry locations
-- Plymouth, Sixth Avenue location
-- Chaska
-- St. Louis Park
The two becoming Byerly's stores are:
-- Woodbury, including stand-alone liquor store
-- Eden Prairie
The six stores sold that will remain as Rainbow:
-- St. Paul Midway
-- West St. Paul
-- Maplewood
-- Minneapolis, Lake Street
-- Plymouth, at Plymouth Station
-- Richfield
The nine Rainbow stores NOT part of the deal, which will either be sold later or closed:
-- Apple Valley
-- Blaine
-- Bloomington
-- Coon Rapids
-- Cottage Grove
-- Inver Grove Heights
-- Maple Grove
-- Savage
-- Shoreview
Eden Prairie-based Supervalu, which owns Cub Foods, is entering into the deal with Jerry's Enterprises, Haug Enterprises, Lund Food Holdings and Radermacher Enterprises.
"Supervalu is thrilled to participate in this consortium of retailers that is acquiring Rainbow stores," Sam Duncan, Supervalu's CEO, said in a statement.
Swanson, the Supervalu spokesman, said the deal was reached on a store-by-store basis. For instance, the St. Paul Midway area has a Cub Foods and a Rainbow Foods store close by, in adjacent shopping centers along University Avenue.
If the deal goes through -- in an estimated 60 days -- both St. Paul stores will be owned by Supervalu. But they'll continue to have different names. One will remain Cub Foods, one will remain as Rainbow.
"We looked at what's right for the community," Swanson said. "Obviously, it makes sense not to have Cub Foods on top of each other."
Roundy's CEO Robert Mariano cited the recession and increased competition for Rainbow's struggles in the Twin Cities.
"We believe the sale of these Rainbow stores to this group of local operators will provide those stores better stewardship in serving their communities in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market going forward."
"The big picture is, the number of stores is really not changing in the market, of course," said Livingston, the supermarket analyst. "Roundy's is losing stores, some are staying open, but you're getting new stores -- Whole Foods is opening, you're getting Hy-Vee coming in, so the market is staying balanced."
Rainbow, which is owned by Wisconsin-based Roundy's, has closed five Twin Cities stores in the past 16 months.
Now under new leadership, Supervalu is about half the size it was a year ago, when it sold off many of its distant supermarket chains in a bid to restructure and remain solvent.
The company has three primary divisions: its remaining supermarket chains including Cub Foods in the Twin Cities; a food distribution business that serves both its own stores and outside independent grocers; and its no-frills Save-A-Lot division.
Roundy's operates 169 retail grocery stores and 114 pharmacies, under the Pick 'n Save, Rainbow, Copps, Metro Market and Mariano's banners in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
Cub Foods, based in Stillwater, was established in 1968 as one of the nation's first discount grocery stores. Cub Foods was purchased in 1980 by Supervalu and currently operates 67 corporately owned and franchised stores in Minnesota and Illinois.
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Retired Judge Robert Brinkman will speak on Spanish and French Law during the Colonial Period of Louisiana during Saturday's local history program.
This month's meeting of the Imperial St. Landry Genealogical and Historical Society, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Opelousas Public Library's second floor meeting room.
"Judge Brinkman is a true student of history and will share his vast knowledge of Louisiana Law," said Society President Estelle Perrault, who said he will discuss how the present Louisiana Civil Code developed through the years. ...


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Ericsson late yesterday outlined its plans for future cellphones that will make HD video a crucial part of the future. The Swedish company says its current projections will result in cellphones by 2012 with cameras as sharp as 12 to 20 megapixels that will also have the processing power behind them to record full HD video, or 1080p. This target phone should also have a roughly 1024x768 display resolution and could thus play its own footage much closer to its native resolution than would be possible today.
To make this feasible, the processor and network connection will also reportedly speed up. A 1GHz core is seen as likely and should be matched by the full launch of 4G Internet access using Long Term Evolution (LTE), which will top 100Mbps. Merging all the technologies will give users a cellphone with network and visual performance that would have been high-end for a desktop computer, camera or Internet connection a few years ago or even today, according to Ericsson.
Confidence in reaching the goals comes from existing or imminent technology. While current HSPA tops out at 7.2Mbps downstream, HSPA+ (also known as HSPA Evolution) should boost that speed up to 21Mbps as early as late 2008 thanks to a Telstra rollout in Australia. Several celpphones, such as the Samsung Pixon and competing phones from LG and Sony Ericsson, already have eight-megapixel cameras while many mid-range or lower phones have 3.2- and five-megapixel sensors.
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'Acting Is a Form of Prayer'
Liam Neeson rediscovered spirituality when he realized his passion for acting itself was a connection to the divine
"I found out in the jungles of South America that Stanislavsky had based his technique on the Spiritual Exercises. It was a real revelation to me, and it brought two big parts of my life together. The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. It helped me knowing that. It was like a little godsend message." Now he uses that form of prayer for others. "I offer my performance as prayer for someone I've worked with as an actor or someone who has died. The image that comes into my head as I walk to the stage, I offer that performance up for that person."
Acting as prayer is enhanced by the fact that theatre actors must perform their parts over and over, he says. "It becomes like a mantra. The more you repeat it, the more it reveals its secrets. You really enter into that world. When you're doing it eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and Saturdays, you can get in touch with something quite extraordinary."
What seemed like a revelation when he was in the jungle actually had its roots in that Irish Catholicism of his childhood. Christened William John Neeson, his family called him Liam in honor of a local priest. For six years he was an altar boy, "getting up at all hours for Mass with only the priest and two old ladies in the church." Even though it was hard rising early and heading out into a cold morning in northeastern Ireland, the experience affected him deeply. "There was always something really powerful, which I've never forgotten. The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another. It helped fashion me to want to be an actor."
He appeared in school plays and at festivals around Ireland, while still pursuing another interest: boxing, for which he achieved the status of Ulster youth heavyweight champion. A broken nose when he was fifteen didn't stop him from continuing, but blackouts and memory loss did. He attended Queen's University in Belfast for a year before transferring to a teaching college in Newcastle, which he left after two years.
Stints as an architect's clerk and forklift operator followed while he was in his early twenties. In 1976, on a dare from a coworker, he called the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast. The owner just happened to be looking for an actor his age and height--six feet, four inches--so he auditioned and got the part. After two years he joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. It was during that time he landed his first movie role, as Sir Gawain in "Excalibur" in 1980. He went on to work in London and Hollywood before making his Broadway debut in "Anna Christie" in 1993 opposite Natasha Richardson, whom he married in July 1994.
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If the GOP changes are so great, make them for the current retirees also.
Mitch is so correct about the election. Let's not get defensive. We are in a genuine fiscal crisis. And while we're "thinking long and hard" let's end the three wars we're in and scale back the American Empire. That will save mega bucks.
"The real enemies of Medicare and Social Security are those who say 'leave them alone,'
This is a classic GOP strawman. Even if this were a reality, and the alternative was to do nothing, doing nothing is still a more reasonable solution than dismantling the program entirely.
And while we're "thinking long and hard" let's end the three wars we're in and scale back the American Empire.
... And return to Clinton era taxation.
If you let the Bush tax cuts expire, the deficit will be resolved in a very few years. When Clinton left office, the forecast was for surpluses as far as the eye could see. Bush cut taxes, attacked Iraq, enacted a Medicare drug plan and paid for none of it. If you doubt it, read David Stockman's 1986 book, the Triumph of Politics, which tells how Reagan cut taxes but not spending, resulting in massive deficits that we only escaped with tax increases by Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, & Clinton. In case you forgot, Stockman was Reagan's first budget directorand a true believer in tax cuts till he realized that Congress will never cut the social safety net. Welcome to the real world!
As the whole country waits for the other party to release it's version a budget, the country wants something done. Is a debate to much to ask for?
Brain-dead and overjoyed democrats abound today.
The fact remains: Medicare as it exists today will not exists in a decade's time. Ryan's plan at least has a chance to preserve some sanity for the seniors in the future. Democrats have no ideas - zero ideas - to fix the program.
As a tactic, GOP should insist medicare reform be part of debt ceiling deal. This will force democrats' heads out of the sand and stop the medi-scare compaign.
H3LL and then say..we told you so...if the American people are stupid to fall for the Progressive Marxist Lies let 'em have it...they'll beg for a conservative to fix things
Why would Daniels' family be hesitant for him to run?
As First Read's Mark Murray first noticed, the Weekly Standard mentioned "a few embarrassments" in Daniels' past in a profile of the governor last summer, including an arrest for marijuana possession in 1970, when he was a student at Princeton, that resulted in two nights in jail. Perhaps more sensitive is his 1994 divorce from his wife, Cheri, who left Daniels and their four daughters, then aged 8 to 14, to marry another man. After her second marriage ended in divorce, she remarried Daniels in 1997.
The marital turmoil has rarely been mentioned in Daniels' biography. His wife has repeatedly declined to speak publicly about the incident, and Daniels' only comment on the issue was in a 2004 interview with the Indianapolis Star. "If you like happy endings, you'll love our story," Daniels said at the time. "Love and the love of children overcame any problems."
Easy for you to say Mitch. You are a real profile in courage. Nothing like leading from the rear.
Everybody but our elected leaders knows what's coming--tax increases and budget cuts. The only question is which group takes the bigger haircut. I hope it is the wealthier who take the bigger haircut but I hope everyone gets shaved. It's a shared responsibility after all.
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Epson to Ship Thier 1080p PowerLite Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500UB this Winter
Epson also introduced the PowerLite Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500UB at CEDIA 2008. Both are 3LCD Full HD projectors, providing a dynamic contrast ratio of 18,000:1 (PowerLite 7100) and 75,000:1 (PowerLite 7500).
The 7500 also features Epson's new FineFrame TM Technology that delivers substantially smoother and sharper motion pictures, and the HQV Reon-VX video processor.
The PowerLite 7100, it provides a brightness of 1,800 Lumens.
Both are equipped with the Dynamic Iris System, cinema filter, OptiCinema, E-TORL… As for a release date, the PowerLite 7100 will be available in November for 2000€, and the PowerLite 7500UB should be available this December for 3000€.
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DENVER, Colo. – Sept. 4, 2008 – Epson America announces today at CEDIA Expo 2008 two home theater projectors designed to meet the expanding needs of both custom installers and home theater enthusiasts. The PowerLite® Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500 UB feature true 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) resolution using the latest generation 3LCD chips with D7 technology to deliver substantially higher contrast and brightness. These projectors also give professional installers the benefits of ISF Certification and other features that help ensure their clients' projectors deliver the most brilliant image quality possible.
Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwidei, has packed the Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500 UB with advanced 3LCD technologies and impressive features to offer top-of-the-line projectors in each of their respective categories, sub $3,000 and sub-$4,500. Epson's D7 high definition 3LCD technology is at the core of each projector's optical imaging engine, delivering realistic and vibrant colors without the possibility of color break-up, unlike projectors that use a spinning color wheel with a white segment. This latest technology delivers significantly improved contrast, with the Pro Cinema 7100 attaining an 18,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and the Pro Cinema 7500 UB reaching an industry unprecedented 75,000:1, resulting in brighter whites and darker blacks.
"Epson is committed to providing the custom installation channel with high-performing, high quality products that are designed to support enormously successful businesses," said Rajeev Mishra, director, Projector Marketing and Development, Epson America. "The latest additions to the Pro Cinema home theater line allow installers to provide their customers with the greatest performance and quality combination available today."
Flagship Epson Pro Cinema 7500 UB
Housed in a newly-designed sleek all-black casing, the flagship Pro Cinema 7500 UB features a host of technological refinements and upgrades to provide the ultimate at-home big-screen experience, including C2Fine ™ technology for visibly increased high definition picture detail, Epson's exclusive UltraBlack™ technology, and new Vertical Alignment technology that together combine to deliver a new industry standard of deep blacks and impressive brightness and contrast.
For optimum picture detail with both movie- and video-originated content, the Pro Cinema 7500 UB also adds Epson's new FineFrameTM technology to deliver substantially smoother and sharper motion pictures while eliminating judder. Additionally, Epson's new 12-bit 3LCD driver technology provides a dramatically increased color gamut over 10-bit drivers, which translates into 68.72 billion available colors. This eliminates gradation artifacts to provide a much smoother, natural-looking picture. The Pro Cinema 7500 UB is also equipped with Silicon Optix's HQV Reon-VX scaling and deinterlacing video processor for true four-field deinterlacing and scaling of 1080i HD signals, and features impressive noise reduction tools to eliminate mosquito and block noise, along with multi-level contrast enhancement and other picture improvement options. Typically found only on high-end high definition broadcast monitors, the Pro Cinema 7500 UB also features Color Space selection, which allows a user to select between the three industry color space standards – SMPTE-C for standard definition (Rec.601), HD (Rec. 709) for high definition, and EBU to match the European PAL video standard.
The Pro Cinema 7500 UB offers the ultimate widescreen high definition experience with anamorphic lens compatibility and "vertical stretch" picture mode. With an optional external anamorphic lens (available from Epson) , the viewer can use the Pro Cinema 7500 UB with a cinematic-sized front projection widescreen for true 2.35:1 and 2.40:1 ultra widescreen viewing, eliminating the black bars above and below the picture for a full theatrical image.
Full-Featured Epson Pro Cinema 7100
Featuring a stylish black and silver design, the new PowerLite Pro Cinema 7100 is a high-performing projector featuring native 1080p resolution, higher brightness of up to 1,800 lumens and superb contrast of up to 18,000:1. For easy set-up and calibration, the Pro Cinema 7100 offers ISF Day and Night modes which provide for easy one-button switching between picture modes and lamp output, as well as Epson's Color Isolation system to allow for quick, easy and accurate fine-tuning of color saturation and hue without the need for blue and red optical filters.
Shared Features of the Pro Cinema Line
The Pro Cinema home theater projector line integrates a range of value-add features with high-performance and versatility, including:
• Dynamic Iris System: Exclusive system makes automatic light output adjustments at up to 120 times per second – ideal for fast-action movies.
• Cinema Filter: Unique feature delivers larger color space for improved color accuracy and a more film-like image.
• OptiCinema™ Multi-Lens Optics System: Developed by Epson and Fujinon – the leading provider of precision optics to the digital film and HDTV camera industry – the OptiCinema lens delivers clean, precise edges with consistent image quality across the entire screen while providing users with more options and flexibility in terms of where they wish to install the projector.
• E-TORL® (Epson Twin Optics Reflection Lamp): Exclusive and newly-updated 200 watt high efficiency light source delivers optimum light uniformity and increased white and color light output for larger screen sizes (more than ten feet diagonal); both models come equipped with a spare lamp.
• ISF Certification: Suite of video calibration tools allow installers and calibrators to fine-tune picture quality and match output with front projection screens.
• New Airflow System: Enhanced airflow system contributes to more efficient use of power, reduced cool-down periods and lower fan speeds that result in quieter operation (only 22 db); new system also takes advantage of an advanced air filtration system with 98 percent efficiency for longer filter life.
• Input Options: Panel features high definition component video input, dual HDMI 1.3a digital inputs, S-video input, composite video input, and VGA-type RGB input (D-sub 15).
• Installation Versatility: Installer-friendly features include a ceiling mount, reversible front panel Epson logo that can be reoriented for various mounting positions, included rear panel cable cover to hide wires from the input panel and an integrated cable hook to ensure connections remain secure.
Availability and Support
The Epson Pro Cinema 7100 is available in November and the Pro Cinema 7500 UB will be available in December through authorized Epson projector dealers and select retail outlets; pricing will be available at that time. The projector also comes with the service and support only Epson can offer, including a three-year limited warranty with toll-free access to PrivateLineSM, Epson's priority technical support, and free overnight exchange with ExtraCareSM Home Service.
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3LCD is the world's leading projection technology, delivering unbelievably bright and natural color, amazing detail and road-tested reliability. Using an advanced, 3-chip optical engine, 3LCD offers full-time color for brilliant quality images without the possibility of color break-up. 3LCD is based on LCD technology, which is used by leading manufacturers worldwide for the ultimate viewing experience in flat panel TVs and projectors. To find out why more users choose 3LCD than all other projection technologies combined and to get the latest list of leading companies offering 3LCD technology in their products, visit the 3LCD website at http://www.3LCD.com.
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Epson offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the consumer, business, photography, and graphic arts markets. The company is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) printers and transaction terminals for the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America Inc. is headquartered in Long Beach, Calif.
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Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holiday, left, and Gov. Steve Beshear, honored Kenton County School District Superintendent Terri Cox-Cruey as one of the first 120 school districts to adopt a higher compulsory attendance age.
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Cox-Cruey was among the leaders of 120 local boards of education who were honored in Frankfort on Aug. 8 by Gov. Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear and Education Commissioner Terry Holiday.
State leaders recognized the districts for racing to adopt Senate Bill 97, known as the new Graduate Kentucky standard, keeping students in school until they earn a high school diploma or turn 18. ...


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When Greg Ehrich first learned how to tackle, his football coaches told him to "bite the ball." Pretty simple instructions for a 7-year-old.
"It was pretty broad: hit the guy, facemask on the ball, wrap up and stay low," Ehrich recalls.
The theory was this: Lead with the top of your helmet, and your head is at risk. Good advice. But it wasn't enough. Ehrich said it left him unsure about how to hit a ball carrier safely.
That was more than two decades ago. Ehrich, 33, is now coaching director for the Centennial Youth Football Association, and he wants to make sure the kids in his program aren't left guessing the way he was.
This year, Centennial has joined a new effort by the NFL to protect the future of football and the health of the players.
The NFL and USA Football have created a program called Heads Up Football that establishes and teaches safety guidelines for youth football. The NFL endowed USA Football, a nonprofit that bills itself as the nation's youth football governing body, in 2002, and the league is lending its considerable marketing muscle to Heads Up Football's nationwide launch this fall.
The program trains and tests coaches such as Ehrich on how to teach tackling, recognize concussion symptoms and fit players for equipment. And it reaches out to parents who might be worried about the dangers of such a physical sport.
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier participates in the program, he said, because some of the coaching his youngest son received in youth football troubled him.
In its first year as a nationwide initiative, Heads Up Football will certify 2,700 youth leagues, 83,000 coaches and 570,000 players this fall -- touching more than 20 percent of the youth football organizations in the country, USA Football executive director Scott Hallenbeck estimates.
"We had three pilot locations last summer, and the goal was to evolve it to 100 locations, maybe a few more," Hallenbeck said. "Once we started talking about it, more and more people wanted to be part of it, and we couldn't turn people away."
But can this new program really make football safer? Can it reverse double-digit declines in youth participation over the past five years?
While Midwestern states such as Iowa and Michigan have roughly 150 organizations each signed up -- more than Florida and almost as many as Texas -- Wisconsin has 35. Centennial is one of just five youth leagues in Minnesota affiliated with Heads Up Football, joining Champlin, Eden Prairie and two parks and recreation leagues in south Minneapolis. California leads the nation with 370 registered leagues.
The effects of head injuries on former players are scaring the NFL into rule changes at the highest level, but the league acknowledges that isn't enough. USA Football and the University of Pittsburgh have produced studies that show concussions are relatively rare in youth football, but the issue goes beyond just concussions. Boston University neurosurgery professor Dr. Robert Cantu believes kids shouldn't tackle before age 14.
If there is tackling, Heads Up Football emphasizes, let's do it right.
"I think a lot of (the problem) could be coaching," Ehrich said. "You think you know how to tackle, but until you actually break it down to, 'Here are the steps,' that makes a big difference.
From Centennial's youth coaches to longtime Brainerd High School coach Ron Stolski to the Vikings' Frazier, the feeling is that clean, responsible tackling is on the decline. But why?
Are kids influenced by video highlights glorifying players who launch themselves into ball carriers, as some have suggested?
Stolski said coaches have been less diligent about fundamentals as they've put more of their focus on speed.
Sean Gothier, a former Bethel linebacker who is now Centennial's player safety coach through Heads Up Football, blamed varying terminology from one coach to the next, leaving kids confused about what to do.
Frazier said too many coaches have asked young players to spend less time learning the basics and more time memorizing thick playbooks.
Also troubling, the Vikings coach said, is how often he sees a coach still instructing a player to put his head into a tackle.
"For a long time, tackling with the head was taught," Frazier said. "That is extremely dangerous, as we all know, as opposed to having the face up and coming in with the shoulders, as well. There needed to be a redefining of what tackling was."
That is Heads Up Football's focus -- though Hallenbeck points out the program's tackling method is decades old.
It teaches a player to "buzz" his feet -- take a series of controlled, rapid steps -- as he prepares for a tackle, then hit a ball carrier with an upward blow. That should drive the defender's head away from, not into, his target.
Heads Up Football also embraces hitting in practices -- in controlled situations. Its "levels of contact" approach allows players to work up to full contact, starting with air tackling, progressing to tackling dummies and eventually making contact with other players.
The program's emphasis on equipment fitting delivered a wake-up call to Gary Sloan, president of the MFCA this year and head coach at Grand Meadow High School in southern Minnesota for the past three decades.
His twin sons, Trevor and Tyler, will be sophomores at Grand Meadow this fall, playing football for the Meadowlarks. Tyler sustained concussions in eighth and ninth grades, and if he gets another one, Sloan said, Tyler might have to give up football.
Sloan attended a Heads Up Football seminar in Ohio in July and decided to pass the word on what he learned. He worked with Vikings assistant equipment manager Adam Groene on a letter he mailed to every high school football program in the state. It details an eight-step process for fitting a player with a helmet and pads, a job Sloan admitted he used to pass off to younger coaches.
"As I've kind of reflected on my own program, quite often it's not the most qualified person who's fitting these kids with their equipment," he said. "The job is too important for that."
Heads Up Football does work in conjunction with some high school programs, but its focus for now is on youth teams. The idea is to produce a generation that knows how to tackle safely -- with parents and coaches who know how to properly fit players with equipment.
Still, there are critics. Former NFL players Scott Fujita and Nate Jackson told the website Sports on Earth in March that it simply isn't possible to teach players to tackle with safe and proper technique when they're moving at full speed and instincts take over.
But former Vikings cornerback John Swain, who lives in Burnsville and is working with Heads Up Football as a player ambassador in Minnesota, argues that, over time, the program can correct some of the problems that have been festering for years.
"It's not going to happen overnight," Swain said. "Part of it is going to be instincts, if you've been doing it a certain way your whole life. But that's part of the reason we're starting young. In 10 years, (this way) will be all they know."
Clearly, the image of the sport has been hurt in recent years.
News stories about head trauma have commanded headlines:
-- The suicides of former Bears safety Dave Duerson -- Frazier's former teammate and friend -- and 10-time All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau were linked to the effects of head injuries.
-- Four thousand former NFL players have sued about how the league handled the concussion issue.
-- Commissioner Roger Goodell has pushed to curb unnecessarily dangerous hits through fines and rule changes.
-- Some players have said they don't want their kids playing.
And that's just in the NFL.
The National Sporting Goods Association said in June that from 2011-13, football participation dropped almost 13 percent, with 7- to 11-year-olds accounting for more than half of the decline. Hallenbeck said youth participation was down more than 6 percent for 6- to 14-year-olds in the past year, and he said high school participation was down about 1 percent from 2010 to 2011.
In Minnesota, high school participation crept up in 2012-13 for the first time in five years, rising 3 percent over the previous season -- but was still down 11 percent from its peak in 2007-08, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.
It might be unfair to blame it all on safety concerns, especially with the youth population falling nationwide and more athletes choosing to specialize in one sport each at earlier ages. And Stolski and Sloan, along with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center neuropsychologist Michael Collins, say the game is being unfairly singled out as dangerous.
Stolski and Sloan say many of their high school players have sustained head injuries outside of football. In ATV accidents, for instance. Collins said spending a day in his clinic would debunk the idea that football is the most dangerous sport out there.
"You're never going to prevent (concussions) from happening," Collins said recently. "But of the 20 patients I've seen this morning, none of them are football players. They're cheerleaders. They're volleyball players. The crosshairs on this are on football. People say this is a football-only problem. Are you kidding me?"
USA Football's study of 10 youth leagues last year showed that fewer than 4 percent of players in those leagues suffered concussions. A University of Pittsburgh study funded by the NFL surveyed 18 youth teams in the Pittsburgh area and concluded that concussions were so rare in practices that players would be safer in games if they worked on Heads Up Football's techniques through controlled contact in practices.
That's not enough, according to Boston University's Cantu, and it's missing the bigger picture.
Cantu specializes in the study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain disease found in the autopsies of Duerson, Seau and other former NFL players. Repeated hits to the head can lead to CTE, even if they don't cause concussions, and Cantu contends that focusing solely on concussion management oversimplifies the problem.
To fix it, Cantu says, children should play flag football before age 14 and move up to tackle football only when they reach high school. He recommends that youth players practice Heads Up Football's tackling technique on dummies before they reach puberty and their brains are insulated in myelin, the fatty substance that protects the nervous system.
Cantu has met with Goodell, sharing his thoughts on safety and advising the NFL on concussion matters.
"We know what we do at the NFL level affects every other level of football. There's a greater level of awareness, of the safety of playing the game the right way," Goodell told ClevelandBrowns.com last week. "We believe the game is safer than ever. The game is more exciting and safer than ever. That's a good place. We're optimistic about the future."
Heads Up Football could end up being a key to reforming the game or a failed marketing initiative.
Those involved in coaching the kids and calming the parents will argue it is worth trying.
The Centennial youth organization hosted its first "Cougar Combine" event July 28, during which player safety coach Gothier explained Heads Up Football's techniques to parents, and coaches helped fit players for equipment.
The organization expects to begin the fall season with record participation -- more than 500 kids -- and says it will fund baseline concussion tests for each player at the beginning of the season.
"We need to get people to buy in that we're changing things to make it safer," Gothier said. "You never say 'safe,' because we can't say that, but we're doing things to make it a safer sport for kids."
Ehrich, Gothier and Wagner all have sons who play football. Swain coached his son, J.J., in youth football.
Frazier kept his son Kieron out of the sport until middle school. Then he and wife Gale let their other son, Corey, Kieron's younger brother, play youth football.
"I want to be involved," Frazier said. "I want to encourage those coaches who are involved in youth football to do it the right way, and also to understand the important role they play in a young kid's development, because it's going to have some long-term ramifications."
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Awards, Wages & Conditions
This page contains information on the following:
- Modern Awards
- Wages
- Modern Award Handbooks
- Fair Work Act
- National Employment Standards
What are Modern Awards
Modern Awards have a number of aims. One of the main aims was to rationalise the old confusing and complex (federal and state) award system so that employers in Australia do not have to juggle with multiple numbers of complex awards for calculating the pay and conditions of their employees. Conversely, employees should be better placed to know their proper pay and entitlements.
The second aim is that the terms of modern awards have been made less ambiguous so that there is less room for disagreement and dispute over the meaning of particular clauses. That is not to say that all ambiguity has gone, but it has been reduced substantially.
Modern awards are the industrial instruments that set out the minimum wage rates for employees. Together with the National Employment Standards (NES), they also cover the minimum employment standards. This way, modern awards and the NES form the safety net of wages and conditions of employment, which apply to all national system employers and employees.
National system employers and employees are:
- Trading, financial and foreign corporations and their employees (constitutional corporations)
- Employed in Victoria, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory
- Employees of the Commonwealth and Territory Governments including its authorities
- Waterside, maritime and flight crew employed in connection with interstate and overseas trade
- certain State Government employees, all other employees in all other States (other than Western Australia) (these are known as Division 2B employers)
Who is excluded from modern awards?
Modern awards do not apply to those employees earning a guaranteed annual salary/wage exceeding $113,800* per year nor do they apply to employees of an enterprise or business that has an enterprise agreement in place (Sections 47 (2) and 329 of the FW Act). * Amount from 1 July 2010. Amount is indexed annually.
The new Modern Awards commenced on 1st January 2010 and have a substantial impact on the operations of employers in the transport industry. Along with the NES, the Awards act as a safety net for employers and employees who are required to meet the minimum standards.
These Awards have broad application across the Private Sector Road Transport including but not limited to:
- Container Movement (import/export)
- Taxi Trucks/Courier
- Furniture Removal
- Tippers - Bulk Transport
- Livestock
- Over-dimensional
- Refrigeration
- General Freight
Modern awards with application in the private transport industry are:
- Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award 2010
- Road Transport and Distribution Award 2010
- Waste Management Award 2010
- Clerks – Private Sector Award 2010
- Manufacturing Associated Industries Occupations Award 2010
Are you an employer in the Road Transport industry?
Are you confused about your award obligations?
Do you know which award applies to your employees?
Do you understand your legal obligations?
The Queensland Trucking Association's registered Union of Employers, the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation (ARTIO) has developed and can provide you with explanatory handbooks covering operations in the 2 major modern awards for the road transport industry.
These handbooks include:
- Road Transport and Distribution Award 2010 (RTD) Handbook
- Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award 2010 (LDO) Handbook
ARTIO's production of these explanatory handbooks was made possible through the 'Shared Industry Assistance Project' grants provided by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The grants have enabled leading employer organisations like ARTIO to educate employers and allow a better understanding and familiarisation with the Modern Awards and have been designed to make the relevant Awards easier to understand and apply. This is a must have resource for all transport operators.
For a copy of the RTD and/ or the LDO Modern Award Handbook, please contact Travis Degen (QTA Ltd's Employment Relations Manager) via email firstname.lastname@example.com
Both the RTD & LDO Modern Award Handbooks are available to be viewed on the ARTIO website.
The Fair Work Act 2009 replaced the Workplace Relations Act 1996. It is the law of the federal parliament that establishes the overriding provisions for modern awards and the National Employment Standards, plus all of the discrete modules that comprise the national workplace relations system.
The legislation also includes the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Arrangements) Act 2009, and the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, but the latter statute is not generally relevant to the award handbook.
(sections 59 to 131 of Fair Work Act)
Most of the NES deals with the minimum conditions of various types of leave. The NES also covers some issues on termination of employment, plus the approach to be adopted for requiring overtime to be worked, and the approach to be applied if parents of school aged children request flexible working hours.
From 1st January 2010, all modern awards (and enterprise agreements) must be read in conjunction with the NES as they combine to provide the minimum conditions of employment for employees in a particular industry or occupation.
Note: While a modern award can supplement an NES provision, the modern award cannot undercut an NES provision.
The NES is not restated in the body of the modern award. This means that readers of the Award will have to refer to the relevant NES in a separate document.
The NES covers the following matters:
- Maximum ordinary weekly hours and determining what are reasonable additional hours
- Requests by employees for flexible working arrangements
- Parental leave and related entitlements
- Annual leave entitlements
- Personal leave, carer's leave and compassionate leave entitlements and related matters
- Community services leave and related matters
- Long service leave
- Public holidays
- Notice of termination of employment and redundancy pay
- Fair Work Information Statement
Note: Not all of the NES provisions apply to casual employees. Where applicable the relevant NES provisions are identified where they interact with the provisions from Award.
For further details about the NES, please download a copy of the National Employment Standards (NES).


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If you're on a webpage that includes a link to a video (for example, WindowsMedia.com), click the link.
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Windows either automatically opens the program on your computer that can play the item (for example, Windows Media Player) or asks which program you want to use.
Windows Media Player is a feature of Windows Vista that lets you organize and play video files that are stored on your computer and play videos from many popular websites. And if your computer meets certain minimum requirements, you can also use Windows Media Player to play your favorite DVDs.
Open Windows Media Player by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Media Player.
For more information about using Windows Media Player to play videos or DVDs, see the following topics:
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Like Windows Media Player, you can use Windows Media Center to play video files and DVDs. However, if your computer has the necessary equipment, you can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch live TV.
Windows Media Center works great when your computer is hooked up to a standard computer monitor, keyboard, and mouse, but it really shines when you hook it up to a TV and use a remote to control all the action from the comfort of your living room couch.
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Indiana (Pa.) falls to West Liberty in NCAA Division II Sweet 16
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WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — Shame on West Liberty for not scoring 100 points.
The Hilltoppers, whose 103.9-point scoring average in men's basketball was leading NCAA Division II, had reached the century mark in their first two Atlantic Region games but fell short Tuesday night against Indiana (Pa.).
It didn't matter.
Alex Falk scored 20 to lead five players in double figures and West Liberty, the top-ranked team in Division II, continued its strong shooting from 3-point range to beat No. 10 IUP, 86-63, in the regional championship game at the Academic Sports and Recreation Complex.
West Liberty (33-1), which shot 52 percent (13 for 25) from behind the arc, outscored IUP, 38-15, over the final 13:36 to break a 48-48 tie and advance to its third consecutive Elite Eight.
"Obviously, the score was not an indication of the game," West Liberty coach Jim Crutchfield said. "Until the clock hit about three minutes, this game was definitely in question. IUP plays the toughest defense of anyone we've played for a long time. We had to work hard. Fortunately for us, we opened it up with some threes."
No matter the final, say this about the Hilltoppers: They can pile up offense in a hurry, even against a defensive-minded team like Indiana (Pa.).
West Liberty, the regional host and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament champion, advanced to the final by beating Bowie State, 114-82, and Fairmont State, 100-77.
"They really played well, and they did it from the beginning," IUP coach Joe Lombardi said. "Thirteen out of 25 threes. You're going to have trouble overcoming that. West Liberty played hard and played together. I don't know if they'll lose (again) to anybody."
West Liberty's only loss was to Charleston (W.Va.) during the regular season. The Hilltoppers, who dropped a 91-90 decision to Stonehill in the 2012 Elite Eight, will make their third trip there to face either Minnesota State-Mankato or Winona State on March 28 at the University of Louisville's Freedom Hall.
While their offense fell short of its average, the Hilltoppers far exceeded their 3-point percentage of 41.4, good for fifth in Division II.
Chris Morrow added 18 points for West Liberty. Tim Hausfeld and Shawn Dyer, with 12 points each, and C.J. Hester, with 10, also scored in double figures for the Hilltoppers,
It is the second time in the past three seasons West Liberty has bested IUP (26-6) in the regional final to advance to the Elite Eight.
Mathis Keita led IUP with 18 points. Scooter Renkin added 16 and Marcel Souberbielle had 12 for the Crimson Hawks, who beat West Liberty in 2010 and lost to the Hilloppers in 2011 in regional finals.
West Liberty built a 45-35 halftime lead on the strength of it's 3-point shooting. The Hilltoppers started out hitting their first four from behind the arc and finished the half 7 for 15.
IUP fought back and tied it at 48 with 14:02 left when Keita hit a 3-pointer and followed with 1 of 2 free throws.
Morrow's 3-pointer put West Liberty back in front, and IUP could not recover, falling behind by as many as 25 points.
"You look at a 23-point win, and that's really deceptive," Crutchfield said. "We played really hard down the stretch. "It's demoralizing to burn 25 seconds off the clock and put points up. We did that a number of times."
West Liberty, which also was leading Division II in field-goal percentage (52.4), shot 53.4 (31 of 58) compared to 36.5 (23 for 63) for IUP. Still, Lombardi and his players came away excited with how their season played out, despite the latest loss.
IUP defeated Slippery Rock, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division preseason favorite, in the PSAC Tournament championship game and in the Atlantic Region semifinals.
"I felt we accomplished more than anybody thought we could," IUP senior Anthony Wells said. "We stuck with the process and continued to prove people wrong. It stings to lose a game like this. I can't say I'm happy we got this far because I'm a winner. I want to win. But credit to West Liberty. They're a very good team."
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Vermonters who study nursing at Castleton State College pay a higher tuition than other in-state undergraduates $2,784 more. For out-of-state nursing students at Castleton, however, the tuition is lower than for their out-of-state peers $456 less.
Kathleen Seaman of Colchester discovered this difference as she was preparing to pay the tuition bill for her daughter, a junior in the nursing program who had transferred back to Vermont from another state.
The disparity struck her as inequitable. When she asked the Castleton administration why in-state nursing students pay more than than other in-state undergraduates, she was told that the nursing program is more expensive to run.
If that's the case, she reasoned, why isn't the nursing program equally more expensive to run for the out-of-state students?
The answer can be found in an interplay of varying formulas for setting tuition at Castleton and at Vermont Technical College, the other state school with a nursing program. The resulting anomaly in Castleton's tuition rates is an "issue" that members of the Vermont State College Board of Trustees will address when they set rates next year, said Daniel Smith, director of community relations and public policy.
Here's the anomaly: In-state nursing students pay a tuition of $12,096, more than what other in-state undergraduates pay, $9,312. Out-of-state nursing students pay $22,584, less than what other out-of-state undergraduates pay, $23,040.
In Seamans view, Vermont nursing students appear to be subsidizing the out-of-staters.
Not so, Smith contended in an email. He said the difference between in-state and out-of-state nursing tuitions is the same at both Castleton and Vermont Tech: $10,488. That's because nursing tuitions at the two schools were set at the same levels in 2004, and have increased by the same percentages in subsequent years 3 percent or 4 percent over the last three years.
Castleton has imposed higher tuition increases on out-of-state non-nursing undergraduates, however 9 percent in 2010-11 and 7 percent each of the next three years. Castletons market research provided a rationale for the bigger hikes in out-of-state tuition, Smith said.
Castleton's research indicated that it was competing for out of state students with UVM and Champlain College in Vermont, and across the border with Keene State and Plymouth State, Smith said. Increasing out of state tuition allows it to make the kinds of academic and student service investments necessary to keep the school competitive.
One result of those differential increases is that this year, for the first time, out-of-state nursing students are paying less than other out-of-staters despite the fact that the nursing program is more expensive to run.
At the University of Vermont, the tuition for undergraduate nursing students is the same as for other undergraduates. Smith explained the Vermont State Colleges differential nursing tuition in an email:
The rationale for higher tuition in nursing is based on the relative expense of running the programs. The nursing programs include a variety of unique cost drivers, including supervision of clinical placements, advanced equipment, the wage differential between being a professor and being a practicing nurse, and other components which make it an expensive program to operate.
When Seaman looks at Castleton's differential tuition rates, she sees Vermont nursing students paying a premium, or an additional amount above regularly listed tuition, that out-of-state nursing students are not.
"The board needs to take a look at this," she said. "I think it's really serious."
"The college is planning to address that issue as the Board considers tuition changes for the coming year," Smith said in an email. "That normally occurs in the February meeting cycle."
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Brenda Owens, Mary Jean Houchen and Jan Mauch celebrates 25 years of membershop and service with the Mariemont Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Members and guests of the Mariemont Chapter, NSDAR honored Mariemont resident, Mary Jean Houchen, and Milford resident, Brenda Owens, for their 25 years of membership and service at the June 15 meeting held in the Parish Center.
Both ladies joined DAR by proving direct lineage to ancestors who contributed to the Revolutionary War effort.
Both ladies have continued in the steps of their ancestors to support the mission of patriotism, education and preservation, which are the three tenants of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Houchen's ancestor is Joshua King, who served as a soldier in Virginia. Houchen joined a Palm Beach, Florida chapter and transferred to Mariemont where she has been a very active supporter of the mission of the Mariemont Chapter.
In addition, Houchen has provided replacement American flags, whenever needed, to be displayed at the Parish Center of the Mariemont Community Church. For the past several years, this donation was made in the name of Mariemont DAR, which supports encouragement of Patriotism, a vital tenant of the chapter.
Owens' ancestor was Samuel Auxier who fought in the Taylor County Regiment in Virginia. Mrs. Owens joined the Beech Forest Chapter and transferred to the Mariemont Chapter in 2008 when the chapters merged. In addition she is an Associate Member of the Louisa NSDAR chapter in Kentucky.
She has ably served in a variety of capacities including various committees as well as offices of Librarian, Registrar, Treasurer and twice as First Vice Regent. Owen's experience, insight and knowledge have provided valuable support to the chapter as a whole as well as to the current officers.
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Header repairs can cost millions in extended outages. A major boiler construction company needed to perform the following project at a large fossil-fuel electric power generation plant in Shippingport, PA.
The project required the removal of six hundred and twenty four tube stubs (P-11, 2.25" O.D. X .534" wall, with nominal .875" through hole). The stub welds had a .562" penetration depth, a 30 degree lead-out, and were located on 28" O.D. X 5" wall P-22 outlet headers.
On similar projects, other contractors had previously utilized internally mounted equipment. That had resulted in lost time, poor overall project performance, and foreign material contamination issues from broken tooling and machine parts entering the headers.
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- The prevention of foreign material contamination
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Header Prep Machine (1st photo) and the project specific tool holder (with 7/8" pilot) in use.
This combination of the field proven TRI TOOL® Header Prep Machine along with the specialized tooling rapidly proved its advantages. The on-site proof-of-concept test delivered consistant cycle times in as little as 12 minutes, from station to station. On the basis of this successful demonstration, the prime contractor issued their notice to proceed, with a start date 2 weeks later. Tri Tool Inc. dispatched personnel and 5 modified Header Prep Machines to the job site. An aggressive schedule was established that specified two (10 hour) machining shifts per day. In addition, Tri Tool project management and repair & support personnel remained on duty an additional 2 hours per day to ensure readiness and a "hands on" turn over from shift to shift.
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PRUETT, KEPPA E., female/44, Bln, Bro, 5'07, 200 lbs, and PRICE, CARL E., male/33, Bln, Blu, 5'08, 160 lbs, were arrested after they were located sleeping inside of a reported stolen vehicle in the parking lot of the Visitor's Center, 401 El Estero. Both were transported to Monterey County Jail where they are held in lieu of $10,000 bail each. Zavala
Victim in the 100 block of Surf Way reports the attempted burglary to 2 coin operated washing machines. Oelfke
Victim reported theft of her suitcase containing shoes from a parking lot in the 1200 block of Munras Ave. Total value: approximately $590. Vanetti
Business in the 300 block of Foam St. was issued an administrative citation for having alcohol on the premises. Hall
[JUVENILE] was arrested for possession of less than one oz. of marijuana on school grounds at 101 Herrmann Dr. Cited. Garcia
WOOSTER-ATKINSON, JEANNE, female/55, BLN/BLU, 5-8/130 was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol following a collision at Grace and Prescott. WOOSTER-ATKINSON was transported Monterey County Jail. Welch
Victim in the 800 block of Martin St. reported being the victim of identity theft. Vanetti
Non-injury traffic collision in the 700 block of Abrego. Counter Report. Bitter
Victim reports being battered in the 200 block of Figueroa St. Vanetti
Victim in the 1500 block of Skyline Dr. reports being battered. Wright
Injury traffic collision at Franklin and Clay. Hall
STAPLETON, CONNOR, male/34, 6'5, 205 lbs, Brn/ Blu, was placed under citizen's arrest after STAPLETON brandished a knife. STAPLETON was transported to County Jail pending $3500 bail. Vanetti
CURRY, RYAN, male/35, 6'0, 185 lbs., Brn, Blu, was arrested in the parking lot of 902 Lighthouse for battery and resisting arrest. CURRY was booked at Monterey Co. Jail and held on a no-bail warrant. O'Neill
Santa Clara Co. S/O was aided in the arrest of CURRY, RYAN, male/35, 6'0, 185 lbs., Brn, Blu, in the parking lot of 902 Lighthouse for an outstanding misdemeanor no bail warrant. O'Neill
HUCKABAY, LEELA, BERGIN, female/20, 5-09, 140 lbs., brown, green, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia at Wharf 2. HUCKABAY was transported to MCSO to await $10,000 bail/arraignment. Olney


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December 1, 2015
After the House passed a bill on Friday funding the government for roughly three months but defunding Obamacare, the fight over the budget and the healthcare law shifted to the Senate.
While most lawmakers, including many Republicans, have all but conceded that the Senate will never pass the House bill and will instead re-insert Obamacare funding, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is leading the fight against the healthcare law in the upper chamber, insisted it's still possible for the Senate to follow the House's lead.
"Senate Republicans should stand united to stop [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid from changing the House bill and, in particular, from inserting the funding from Obamacare with 51 votes," said Cruz on "Fox News Sunday." "That's going to be the fight procedurally - whether he's able to use a straight party line vote, just Democrats, to put Obamacare back. And you know what? If Senate Republicans stand together, we can stop Harry Reid from doing it."
Cruz said he will ask Reid to institute a 60-vote threshold for amendments to the House bill, which would enable the Senate's 46 Republicans to block any measure re-inserting Obamacare funding if they are able to stand united.
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