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EUGENE – Looking ahead to this weekend's home softball series vs. No. 17 Arizona, Oregon fans can take advantage of several great promotions and tickets deals in three exciting games between the Pac-12-leading Ducks and the eight-time national champion Wildcats.
For Friday's game vs. Arizona (4/12) at 5 p.m., fans that wear pink to 'Strike Out Cancer Day' will get $3 admission. The Ducks' special pink jerseys will be auctioned off during the game in a silent raffle at the marketing table, and proceeds will go to the Willamette Valley Cancer Institute.
The game is sponsored by Carl's Jr., and Duck students will get double points for the Oregon Rewards program. Free pizza will also be available for the first 50 UO students on-hand.
Saturday's game vs. the Wildcats (4/13) at 2 p.m. is Spirit / Yellow Out Day. Fans that wear yellow will get reduced ticket prices ($3 adults / $2 kids), and current UO faculty will get $3 admission with a valid staff I.D. card. Duck softball player trading cards will also be available for the first time as well as 50 mini-posters, and kids can get autographs after the game.
Sunday's Arizona finale (4/14) at noon is ASA Day, and kids that wear their softball/baseball uniforms to the game will get $2 tickets. The contest is also a BiMart 2-for-1 ticket deal for fans that show their BiMart cards at the gate.
Three weeks later, the Seattle Wednesday doubleheader (5/1) at 1 p.m. is DayCare Day. Kids will get $2 admission, and tickets are two games for the price of one. A Duck coloring contest will also be held at the promotions/marketing table.
Later that week, Oregon wraps the home regular season slate with three Civil War single games against returning NCAA Regional finalist Oregon State, May 3-5.
For the Friday Beaver game (5/3) at 4 p.m., fans are encouraged to wear green as part of the 'Go Green' Day, and several environmental awareness booths will be at the park.
Saturday's OSU game (5/4) at noon is Junior Duck / KIDSPORTS / Eugene Little League Day. Junior Duck Club members get in free with their membership card as always. The Oregon Duck will be at the game from 11:30-12:30pm to take photos & kids are invited to participate in a coloring contest at the marketing/promotions table. Duck players will also sign autographs afterwards as part of the season-long 'Signature Saturday' promotion.
In the Senior Day home finale on Sunday (5/5) at 1 p.m. vs. the Beavers, senior citizens and kids will get $2 tickets, and 100 free Oregon Softball t-shirts will be given away. Kids can run the bases post-game, and Duck students get double points for the Oregon Rewards program.
For any Oregon home softball game, groups of 10 or more can pre-arrange discounted tickets (adults $3, kids $2) by contacting Greg Panelli in the Group Ticket Sales department (541 346-8542).
When ordering tickets, area youth softball teams that purchase group tickets can also request to participate in the 'Softball Buddies' Duck pre-game introductions in front of the team's dugout at Howe Field.
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December 28, 2011
5 comments on the exclusion of women and the denigration of Haredis
It is all too convenient to make the debate about the status of women in Israel's public arena a debate about Haredi violence and ultra Orthodox intolerance. The protesters gathering in Beit Shemesh were right to denounce any attacks, be it physical or verbal, on school girls because of the way they are dressed or the way they choose to live their lives. But it is a distraction from the much more complicated questions that Israel's society has to confront. Yes, violence is bad, and violent Haredis should be found – and jailed. End of story. By the way, it would also be nice to find and jail violent Israelis of other religious persuasions. Will this, though, solve the problem of women singing in the military, will it solve the problem of having no women on rabbinical courts?
More than anyone else, some modern Orthodox (Dati) leaders and rabbis have good reason to try and make Haredi zealotry the problem. Haredi overreach is the comfort zone in which the modern Orthodox can make friends with the majority of traditional and secular Israelis. If Israelis are angry with the ultra Orthodox, they tend to see modern Orthodoxy in a favorable light – comparing the "extremists" with those willing to "compromise". However, the internal struggle within modern Orthodoxy is the one creating many of the dilemmas facing Israel. The Haredis are easy to contain, the Datiyim are much more involved in most Israelis' lives. They are the ones raising questions about women in the military; they are the ones raising their youngsters to defy government orders in the West Bank; they are the ones demanding changes in the educational curriculum for all Israelis. While many in the Haredi community only want their autonomy – to be left alone to do their thing – most Dati communities have revolutionary ideas. They want to reshape Israel, to make it more in line with their beliefs.
It is also comfortable for other – secular – Israelis to pretend that Haredi aggressiveness is the problem. The Haredis are seen as marginal to most Israelis, and fighting a battle or sorts against them doesn't meet the frightening criteria of "civil war" (currently, a war as in war of ideas, not real war).
In other words: One can battle Haredi power and still pretend to have a unified Israeli society. A battle between the secular and the traditional or the modern Orthodox would feel more like a real rift in society.
And yes, it is as good a time as any to put an end to instances of Haredi brutality (remembering that the vast majority of Haredis are not violent and utterly disgusted by the scene of grown men spitting at a third-grade school girl). It is time for the state to reassert its jurisdiction over Beit Shemesh.
One wonders, though: If we all think that the state should be competent and decisive in exerting such power in Beit Shemesh – why not also exert the same level of power over illegal outposts that refuse to be evacuated? If this is an issue of law and order, don't just apply it where it's easy, when popular support is all but assured, where most Israelis see eye to eye with the government. Do it wherever and whenever law and order had been degraded to mere recommendation, do it in Beit Shamesh, OK, but also do it to prevent nutty Breslovers from sneaking into Joseph's Tomb.
Balancing tradition and modernity is not easy. Finding ways for religious and secular Israelis to be able to live together respectfully is not easy. Crying wolf about Haredi power, true or imagined, is relatively easy. Don't be fooled by the tendency of most Israelis to take the easy way out of an important battle of ideas.
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Japan and the United States launched bilateral trade negotiations Wednesday on autos and nontariff barriers in parallel with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks Japan joined last month.
In the three-day discussions in Tokyo, the two largest economies involved in the TPP talks will discuss auto safety standards, insurance and intellectual property among other topics.
The Japanese delegates include Takeo Mori, ambassador for economic diplomacy, while the U.S. delegation is headed by Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler.
Saying she brought a "strong team" with her, Cutler told officials at the negotiation table, "We have a lot of work to do, we need to do it quickly, and we need to discuss constructively."
"We look forward to having fruitful discussions," said Mori at the start of talks.
The first round of the bilateral, parallel negotiations kicked off after Japan became the 12th member of the TPP talks on July 23 upon the completion of U.S. domestic procedures to start trade talks with Japan. Japan entered the TPP talks near the end of the 18th round, held in Malaysia.
In a related move, the U.S. Trade Representative announced Tuesday its ambassador Michael Froman will visit Japan on Aug. 19 for talks with Cabinet members on the key sectors in the TPP negotiations.
Froman and Japanese officials are expected to discuss TPP sectors in which the United States is interested such as automobiles, insurance and agricultural products before he attends ministerial talks on the U.S.-led pact in Brunei on Aug. 22 and 23.
The latest bilateral talks do not cover tariff eliminations regarding vehicles or farm products which Japan is keen to discuss in the TPP negotiations.
Sources have said the United States has suggested it is not holding bilateral tariff negotiations with Japan during the Brunei round, saying it needs to complete assessment on how tariff eliminations will affect the U.S. economy.
The two countries announced in April the parallel dialogue, saying they have completed bilateral preparatory talks for Japan's participation in the TPP talks and agreed that U.S. tariffs on Japanese automobiles would be phased out using the longest staging period for any product in the TPP talks.
The bilateral agreement was seen as Japan making a concession in order to protect its agriculture in exchange, sparking concerns that the country would be forced to make further concessions.
In an apparent response to U.S. concerns that its insurers will not be able to compete on an equal footing with Japan Post Insurance Co., a unit of the state-owned Japan Post group, Tokyo said in April it does not intend to authorize the sale of new medical insurance products by the unit for several years.
In addition, the Japan Post Group announced last month it will expand its business collaboration with American Family Life Assurance Co. (Aflac) to sharply increase sales outlets handling the U.S. insurer's cancer policies in Japan and jointly develop cancer insurance products, another move that is seen as easing the U.S. concerns.


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Doheny Memorial Library, Rare Books & Manuscripts, University of Southern California
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Institution Type: Archive, College/University, Library
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Rare Books & Manuscripts oversees rare books, manuscripts, and historic photographs for the University of Southern California. In addition to its book holdings, Rare Books & Manuscripts maintains approximately two hundred collections of manuscripts, correspondence, archives, and artifacts. Among the collections related specifically to Los Angeles are the following: • Coulter's Dry Goods: the Coulter family founded this business in down-town Los Angeles in 1878 and it flourished until the 1960s; included in the collection are a family history of B.F. Coulter, family photographs, photographs of window and counter displays, business correspondence, and news-paper clippings • Charles Leland Bagley: directories, minutes, bylaws, and correspondence that reflect the activities of band and orchestra musician, lawyer (graduate of the University of Southern California Law School, 1910–1911), and labor organizer Charles Leland Bagley (1873–1965); also in the collection are copies of the union publication Overture, which printed Bagley's history of musical life in Los Angeles during the early decades of the twentieth century • Agua Caliente Indians (Judge Hilton McCabe): historical and legal files dating to the 1950s and 1960s that deal with the territorial claims of the Agua Caliente Indians near Palm Springs, as well as typescripts for and a copy of Golden Checkerboard, the book dealing with this subject that journalist Ed Ainsworth published in 1965 • The Scribes: rosters, minutes, bylaws, and members' correspondence for the period 1926 to 1955 from the exclusive newspapermen's club, which was founded in 1897 in Los Angeles • George H. Stewart: scrapbook of invitations, tickets, souvenir menus, acknowledgments, and newspaper clippings which was compiled between 1891 and 1910 by banker George H. Stewart, who was active in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and its president in 1908 and 1909 • Library of Aeronautical History: memoirs; training manuals; photographs of aircraft, airfields, and maintenance facilities; advertising brochures; and ephemera relating to early commercial aviation in the United States, with an emphasis on Southern California, the first airmail and cargo carriers, and the Western Air Express company (founded in 1926; later Western Air Lines) • Women's International Association of Aeronautics (WIAA): biographies of early female aviators; correspondence; photographs; memorabilia; scrapbooks; instructional materials; copies of the WIAA publication Aerogram; and the personal archives of Elizabeth L. McQueen (Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, d. 1958), founder of the WIAA and the Women's Aeronautic Association of California, and organizer of the so-called Powder Puff Derby (Women's Air Derby) • Poets Garden: publications, letters, diaries, and memorabilia of the women's literary group surrounding Los Angeles poet Ruth Le Prade (1895–1969), along with material relating to West Coast poet Edwin Markham (1852–1940) • Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners: business files, correspondence, and publications archive for the period 1950 to the present from the Los Angeles chapter of the Westerners, a national organization devoted to the history of the Old West • Lawrence Lipton: during the 1950s, Lawrence Lipton (1890–1975) was instrumental in the creation of Venice West as the center of the Los Angeles beat movement; in the collection are business files, tax records, correspondence, typescripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, and literary journals; audiotaped interviews, readings, and radio programs, and Lipton's archives for his Los Angeles Free Press column, "Radio Free America," are also included • Illuminati Press: literary publications published between 1983 and 1988 by this Los Angeles small press • Rolfe/Lennon: articles (some photocopied) on Southern Californian literature, politics, and entertainment and on Jewish subjects written by the team of journalists Lionel Rolfe (b. 1942) and Nigey Lennon (b. 1954) between 1970 and the present, along with drafts for Rolfe's Literary L.A. (1979) • Rupert Hughes: archives of Los Angeles novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872–1956), including subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles, and personal memorabilia • Stephen Longstreet: typescripts, galleys, and drawings for books published by novelist, screenwriter, and art historian Stephen Longstreet (b. 1907), who taught creative writing at the University of Southern California between 1975 and 1980 • Henry Z. Osborne: miscellaneous papers relating to the Osborne family's business and real estate activities in Los Angeles between 1900 and 1920; Californians twice elected Henry Zenas Osborne (1848–1923) to the U.S. House of Representatives • James Arkatov: approximately two hundred black-and-white images of classical conductors and soloists photographed in concert by Los Angeles Philharmonic cellist James Arkatov between 1950 and 1980.
Type of Materials: Manuscripts, Rare Books, Scripts
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
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1043 -- Introduction to Financial Literacy -- 3 credit
Introduction to the concepts of personal budgeting,
spending, investing, and debt management. Emphasizes the
individual's ability to discern financial choices, to discuss money
and financial issues without discomfort, to plan for the future,
and to respond competently to life events that affect every day
financial decisions, including events in the general economy.
1053 -- Business Applications -- 3 credit hours
Introduction to the major concepts of business
management, economics/finance, human resources, and accounting,
including affiliated fields of study and future job
opportunities. Applied learning is incorporated and
coordinated with the Lindsey Wilson College Center for
Entrepreneurship. Note: Course is
restricted to students in the Business Leadership Learning
2106 -- Lean Systems -- 6 credit hours
Students will learn to describe and apply the principles,
tools, and techniques associated with lean operations and will plan
and execute improvement projects in their workplace or in a
simulated workplace. The course requires application of lean
principles and techniques.
Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Note: Will be offered
at workplace locations.
2203 -- Entrepreneurship -- 3 credit hours
Focuses on the following fundamentals of
entrepreneurship: creative thinking, leadership, problem-solving,
risk-taking, and adaptation to change along with basic concepts in
economics, accounting, and marketing. Strong emphasis on
experiential learning activities which will involve student
interaction with business leaders and entrepreneurs.
2206 -- Lean Leadership -- 6 credit hours
Students will analyze and select applicable lean
principles and tools for their workplace. They will develop
innovative solutions to problems in their workplace. They
will teach and coach lean principles to coworkers.
Prerequisite: BUSI 2106 or
documented previous equivalence training or experience.
2216 -- Entrepreneurship Project -- 6 credit hours
Students will develop a business plan and begin
implementation of the business concept that they have submitted
prior to the beginning of the semester in which they register for
the course.
2303 -- Business Communication -- 3 credit hours
Study of communication processes in business as related
to managerial and professional communication. Emphasis on
interpersonal and organizational concepts; goals, skills, and
criteria; cultural aspects; electronically assisted communication;
collaborative communication; planning, organizing, and developing
business messages; message patterns; visual and oral media;
research and reports; and the employment process.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1023.
2503 -- Business Mathematics -- 3 credit hours
Introduces elementary finance and specific problems
relative to business enterprises.
Prerequisite: MATH 1013, unless
mathematics waiver requirements are met.
2713 -- Business Law -- 3 credit hours
Studies the legal environment of business. Introduces the private
and public aspects of business law. Topics include law and
the judicial system, contracts, regulation and consumer protection,
and commercial paper.
2903 -- Introduction to Management -- 3 credit
Introduces the discipline of Management. Integrates the basic
processes of management: planning, organizing, motivating, and
controlling. Case studies are used to solve realistic
problems in managing a business.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
General Education: Intermediate --
Communication; Intermediate -- Inquiry & Analysis.
2933 -- Small Business Management -- 3 credit
A study of the problems of establishing and operating a
small business. Includes development of a business plan,
integrating capital requirements, location, managing inventory,
taxation, and services.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2113
and BUSI 2903.
3503 -- Business Computer Applications -- 3 credit
Uses computer-based spreadsheets to create and analyze worksheets
and graphs for accounting, finance, marketing, and human resource
management. Prerequisite: CIS
3533 -- Principles of Finance -- 3 credit
Studies the basic principles, concepts, and analytical tools in
finance. Areas examined include: budgeting, present value
concepts, sources, and uses of funds.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2123 and
3553 -- Financial Literacy -- 3 credit hours
Addresses concepts of personal money management,
determining financial resources, establishing financial goals and
strategies, and budgeting through retirement.
3573 -- Investments -- 3 credit hours
Considers the nature of different types of securities and
other investments from the investor's point of view. The
bases for the structure of a portfolio are examined in theory and
practice. Prerequisite: BUSI
3603 -- Employee & Labor Relations -- 3 credit
Provides a comprehensive introduction to employment and labor
regulations. Consideration will be given to the rights and
responsibilities of employers and employees throughout the
employment relationship. Topics to be discussed will include
the common law and statutory foundations of employment law, the
employment relationship, collective bargaining, and labor
relations. Prerequisites: BUSI
2713 and BUSI 3953.
3701 -- Entrepreneurship in Action (ENACTUS) -- 1 credit
Introduces the student to business leadership training
using the guidelines of a national leadership organization called
ENACTUS ("a community of student, academic, and business leaders
committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform
lives and shape a better, more sustainable world"). Through
project management, this course emphasizes activities and
techniques that develop competencies needed to become a successful
leader. Students receive instruction and hands-on experience
in areas of entrepreneurship, teamwork, communication, and
3933 -- Principles of Marketing -- 3 credit
Studies the behavioral, functional, societal, and
institutional foundations of marketing, as well as the marketing
mix variables: product, price, promotion, and channels of
distribution. Prerequisite: BUSI
3953 -- Personnel Management -- 3 credit
Deals with personnel functions within organizations. Topics
include: recruitment, selection, appraisal and compensation, labor
laws governing management and labor, and future prospects in the
personnel field. Prerequisite: BUSI
3973 -- Management Information Systems -- 3 credit
Introduces information systems in business and the global
society. Topics include information technology concepts,
business information support systems, transaction processing
systems, management decision support systems, expert systems,
enterprise systems, and systems development.
Prerequisite: CIS 1003.
3983 -- Acquiring & Developing Talent (Workforce
Planning) -- 3 credit hours
Focuses on workforce planning and talent
management. Topics include workforce needs analysis,
recruitment and staffing, organizational entry and socialization,
training, career and succession planning, performance measurements,
and issues in mergers and consolidations.
Prerequisite: BUSI 3953.
3993 -- International Business Operations -- 3 credit
Study of globalization, political, and cultural
diversities; foreign investment; regional economic integration; the
global monetary system; global capital market; the strategy and
structure of international business; exporting; alternative
approach to entering foreign markets; global manufacturing and
material management; global marketing and research and development
(R&D); global human resource management; accounting in
international business; and financial management in international
business. Prerequisites: BUSI 3933
and junior standing.
4603-- Compensation & Benefits -- 3 credit
Provides advanced study of the human resources function of
compensation. Topics include design and administration of the
total compensation system, including such subtopic areas as pay
equity, job evaluation, wage and salary structures, variable pay
programs, negotiation of benefit plans, benefit administrational
and legal compliance, and compensation and benefits
regulations. Prerequisites: ACCT 2113 and BUSI
4623 -- Quantitative Business Research Methods -- 3
credit hours
Provides a cross-discipline foundation in research
methods in business. Exposes students to the set of
conceptual tools and techniques that will enable them to understand
the nature of the scientific method as it applies to a business
setting, to evaluate the usefulness of research proposals and
studies from the point of design and execution, and to execute a
basic job of planning and carrying out a research project.
Prerequisites: BUSI 2903
and ECON 3203.
4753 -- Sales Management -- 3 credit hours
Addresses selling functions of the business
organization and the problem of sales administration. Topics
include: recruitment and training of salespeople, paying
salespeople, establishing territories, sales quotas, aids for
salespeople, and overall control of the sales organization.
Prerequisite: BUSI 3533.
4763 -- Production Management -- 3 credit
Surveys analytical methods of handling problems in manufacturing
operations, including the general functions of management as
applied to production.
Prerequisites: MATH 1013, unless
waiver requirements are met, BUSI 2903 and ECON 3203.
4773 -- Human Relations in Business -- 3 credit
Studies individual and group behavior in organizations, the nature
and crucial importance of communication, employee motivation, and
development of the human aspects on organizations.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or
instructor's permission.
4783 -- Business Ethics & Values -- 3 credit
Includes an analysis of the issues in the social
responsibilities of business, ethics in promotion, distribution,
processing, research, product development, honesty and fairness,
accounting, finance, and production. Includes a study of federal
legislation that created agencies to force business to act in
socially responsible ways.
Prerequisites: Senior standing
or instructor's permission. General
Education: Intermediate -- Engaged Local & Global
Citizenship; Intermediate -- Application & Integration of
4793 -- Business Policy -- 3 credit hours
Establishes effective business policy within the
framework of the problems and methods of business decision-making.
Written and oral analyses are made of comprehensive cases
cutting across the major functions within business organizations.
Group and individual reports are required. Uses a
computer simulation. This is the capstone course for the
bachelor's degree business major and should be taken in the
student's final semester. Note:
A fee of approximately $25 is required for the ETS
Majors Fields Test. Prerequisites:
BUSI 3533, BUSI 3933, BUSI 4763 and senior standing.
General Education: Mastery --
Communication; Mastery -- Inquiry & Analysis; Mastery --
Application & Integration of Knowledge.
PN06 -- Entrepreneurship Internship -- 6 credit
Students will spend at least 240 hours during the
semester working at an entrepreneurial business. The
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The major feature film Southpaw is seeking men and women of all ages and types to appear in the film as extras and featured background actors. The Weinstein Company and Hope Films in association with Richie Productions, Escape Artists, and Fuqua Films are now prepping to shoot the feature film Southpaw starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, and Forest Whitaker. The casting directors have scheduled open casting calls on June 3, 4, and 7 in Indiana, Pennsylvania which is about 1-hour east of Pittsburgh. Film crew members can can submit resumes to the production office. Filming will take place in both Pittsburgh and Indiana from mid-June through early-August.
Southpaw centers on cocky, aggressive, volatile middleweight champion Billy Hope. He expects to ride out his career with his massive winnings, his adoring fans, his beloved wife Maureen and their 10 year old daughter Leila. When Billy's temper triggers a fight, and then a shootout that leaves Maureen dead, Billy finds his life spiraling out of control. He takes to drinking and doing drugs, ignores the heart-broken Leila, and ignores his finances. When he loses his house, his money and finally Leila, who winds up in a group foster home, he begins to find his way back to some kind of balance with the help of amateur trainer Titus "Tick" Willis, who has his own demons but who turns out to be the perfect trainer for Billy.
Starring in Southpaw is Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role of Billy Hope. Also starring is Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Rachel McAdams, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, and Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker. Black Reel Awards winner Antoine Fuqua will direct from an original screenplay by Primetime Emmy Award nominee Kurt Sutter, with rewrites by Richard Wenk. Producers are Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Alan Riche and Peter Riche.
Details about the open casting calls can be found on the following casting post:
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Responses to Televised Beer Advertisements:
The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Children of Alcoholics Foundation would like to thank Dr. Charles Atkin, Department of Communication at Michigan State University, for consulting on the survey and analyzing the data, and Meghan Bloome for initiating the survey protocol and conducting a review of existing literature on alcohol advertising research.
We would also like to thank the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation for its unswerving commitment to the battle against alcoholism. Its generous gift to the Children of Alcoholics Foundation helped make this research effort possible. A grant to the Center for Science in the Public Interest from the S.H. Cowell Foundation of San Francisco also helped support this project.
In addition, we would like to recognize the following people for their assistance and support:
Finally, we would like to recognize the many young people who participated in the survey and shared their thoughts about and experiences with alcohol and television beer advertisements. Surveys were conducted at the following sites:
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|Friendships stay with Kloke
By Anthony Kuipers, Idaho Athletic Media Relations
Senior basketball player Rachele Kloke said her career at the University of Idaho taught her the value of relationships.
That is the lesson she wanted to pass on to her younger teammates in her final season.
"I try to make sure everybody takes the time to really get to know each other and appreciate the teammates they have because you come in here and you're here to play basketball, but your interactions with them is what can make and break a team," Kloke said. "When you know your teammate's value off the floor and on the floor it helps with the program in general."
Kloke has done her part to help the program over the years. She is one of three seniors to have played all four seasons at Idaho. She is Idaho's second leading scorer this year with an average of more than 12 points per game. She was a second-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection as a junior while leading the team in scoring with 14.5 points a game.
Kloke reached the 1,000 career points mark this season, an accomplishment she said she was unaware of at the time.
"Considering I didn't even know I was going to hit the milestone, it was a nice little surprise," Kloke said.
Kloke, a four-sport athlete at Stanwood High School at Stanwood, Wash., was recruited by Idaho's previous coach, Mike Divilbiss. She said it was her dream to play Division I basketball and felt that her teammates and the school's business program made Idaho the right fit.
The Vandals only won four games her freshman year and Kloke said dealing with the losses became one of the toughest challenges of her career.
"It's not easy going through a program and not being able to win when you're working so hard," Kloke said. "But something you deal with is to figure out how to have joy in doing something that can be hard for you, and by doing that you can make it better."
Idaho hired its current coach, Jon Newlee, after Kloke's freshman season. Kloke said the change was difficult, but said she "lucked out" with the new staff.
"At first it was kind of a hard transition just having so many promises that you know are never going to get fulfilled with (the previous) coaching staff," she said. "But the new coaches that came in, and if they'd been recruiting me I would have come here and played for them definitely."
Kloke said she is grateful for the friendships she made at Idaho and said the ups and downs in her career benefited her on and off the court.
"The stuff that I've experienced will help me for the future, help me grow as a person," Kloke said. "So, I just really appreciate the chance that I was given through playing here."
Kloke, who will graduate in the spring with a business degree, will play in her final WAC tournament March 9-12 at Las Vegas, Nev.
Kloke said she wants to make the most of it.
"I'm just optimistic about the entire thing - going into it knowing that it's a lot of our last times playing together and that we're not going to leave anything unfinished," Kloke said. "It's all going to be finished on the floor, so I think it's going to be great for us."


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Every year AARP Foundation helps millions of struggling Americans 50+ win back opportunity. We could do nothing, however, without the individuals and institutions that so generously shared their resources with us.
- AARP Services, Inc.
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- Callaway Golf Company
- Chase Card Services
- Collette Travel
- Colorado Attorney General's Office
- Entertainment Software Association
- Fannie Mae
- FINRA Investor Education Foundation
- General Mills Foundation
- Hendrick Motorsports, LLC
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An East Carolina alumnae and a former track and field standout for the Pirates from 2003-2007, Brie Berkowitz enters her third season as an assistant coach at ECU after joining the staff in August 2012. Berkowitz will supervise the cross country distance runners, as well as assist in all aspects of track and field.
In 2013, Berkowitz coached Brooke Kott to All-Conference USA First Team honors after she finished in seventh place overall at the league's 5K championship meet in Denton, Texas.
A two-time team captain for East Carolina's track and field team, Berkowitz competed in the 400-meter hurdles and the pole vault. In fact, Berkowitz and her relay team of Lindsay Dolan, Lanaire Lindo, and Jaslyn Grullon still hold the ECU record of 1:01.59 set in 2007 at the Florida Relays in the 100-meter shuttle relays.
Prior to her return to East Carolina, Berkowitz worked at the University of Miami as the travel and events coordinator in the Hurricane athletic department. She also had stints working for the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers in their respective sales departments.
Berkowitz could not be happier to return to her alma mater, where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and a master's degree in sport management. While pursuing her graduate degree, the York, Pa., native worked as a graduate assistant in academics and as a volunteer coach with the track and field squad. Berkowitz feels she has the ability to relate to student-athletes and help them excel and reach their full potential.
Her father, Marvin Berkowtiz, is a cross country/track and field coach at Redlion Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The elder Berkowitz is a former Penn State weightlifter, while Berkowitz's mother, Darla, ran cross country at York College (Pa.).


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Embarking - 2nd Wednesday of Each Month
Are you searching for a church home? Are you a new member at Lawndale? Do you want to know more about our core beliefs? Do you want to know how to jump on board and sail with us through life's journey? If so, please plan to attend our next Embarking class in which these questions and more will be answered!
You are invited to a free meal beginning at 5:00pm in the CLC followed by the class beginning at 6:00pm in Guest Central. If you have children, they may participate in our Wednesday evening children's programs. To register for the next class, please contact the church office at 288-3824.


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Apartment near Arc de Triomphe
Size150 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Elevator in building
|4 avenue des Ternes, 75017 Paris, France
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Arc de Triomphe monument is within a 10-minute walk from this elegant 19th-century-style apartment.
The area is one of the most chic and comfortable Paris. You will find everything you need nearby: restaurants, cafes, market, bakery, pharmacy ... and you are in the neighborhood of the luxury brands. You will stay a few meters from the most beautiful avenue in the world.
On the second floor with elevator, this apartment offers a large lounge, a dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, 3 large bedrooms and three bathrooms. The apartment is very bright.
- 3 bedrooms with a comfortable double bed and a dressing room.
- Fully equipped kitchen: cooker, oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, as well as dishes, pans, cups and glasses.
-3 Bathrooms, washer and dryer, 2 toilets.
Laundry facilities are available.
The apartment is just 100 metres away from Ternes station, providing direct access to Moulin Rouge and Père Lachaise Cemetery via Paris' excellent metro system. The world-famous Champs-Élysées Avenue is 15 minutes' walk away.
The vibrant and fashionable surrounding area includes tree-lined streets restaurants, cafés and markets.
Three metro lines (line 1, line 2 and line 6) and several bus lines are nearby, ideal for getting around Paris.
You are 3 minutes walk to Champs Elysees, 10 minutes from the Louvre Museum and La Defense.
You are also directly connected to all stations in Paris : Gare de l'Est, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse. You can take the train directly to London, Brussels, Amsterdam.
From the station Châtelet you can take the train to the airport Charles de Gaulle and Orly.
Non-smoking apartment.
No pets.
The apartment can be rented for a minimum of three (3) nights and a maximum of six (6) months.
For late arrivals, please note that a late check-in charge will apply, which amounts to EUR 20 between 8 PM and 10 PM and EUR 40 after 10 PM.
A deposit of € 500 is required to cover any damage or repairs in the apartment because of the tenants. It should be set by CB on the day of arrival with our mobile payment terminal (the sum in question is not charged but "pre- authorized" like renting a car for example).
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Very central apartment in a building with a beautiful courtyard, charming old area.
Spacious, bright and very clean.
Jérémy cares for details, coffee, oil, salt, biscuits, toiletries and limpeza for a carefree stay and friendly reception.
Apartamento muy céntrico en un edificio con un precioso patio y con el encanto de zona antigua.
Espacioso, luminoso y muy limpio.
Jérémy cuida los detalles, café, aceite, sal, galletas, productos de baño y limpeza para una estancia sin preocupaciones y amable en la recepción.
Clean and spacious with everything you need and very good value for money. It is located in a very well connected quiet central location (the metro stop is just outside the apartment and l'Ile de la Cité can be reached in about 10min. walk).
To emphasize the care provided by the host who always have given us without delay all the information we have requested and have given us as much as possible both delivery and return of the apartment keys.
Apartamento limpio y espacioso con todo lo necesario y muy buena relación calidad precio. Está situado en una zona céntrica y tranquila, muy bien comunicada (la parada del metro está justo a la salida del apartamento y a l'Île de la Cité se llega en unos 10min. caminando).
A destacar la atención recibida por parte del anfitrión quien en todo momento nos ha facilitado sin demora toda la información que le hemos solicitado y nos ha facilitado en todo lo posible tanto la entrega como la devolución de las llaves del apartamento.
Apartment very well located 10 minutes walk from the Eiffel Tower and Orsay Museum 25. The apartment is in good conditions have a good bed. Highly recommended for couples or families with small children.
Piso muy bien situado a 10min andando de la Torre Eiffel y a 25 del Museo de Orsay. El piso esta en buenas condicones con una buena cama de matrimonio. Muy recomendable para parejas o familias con ninos pequeños.
We were very satisfied. Very good communication, quiet location in the inner yard, clean, tasteful, modern decor of the apartment. An occupancy of three adults Fct. very good. The area offers a lot of restaurant, bakery, grocery store ect .. metro and bus station are located directly in front of the house.
Wir waren sehr zufrieden. Sehr gute Kommunikation, ruhige Lage im Innehof, sauber, geschmackvoll, moderne Ausstattung der Wohnung. Eine Belegung mit drei Erwachsenen fkt. sehr gut. Die Umgebung bietet sehr viel: Restaurant, Bäcker, Lebensmittelmarkt ect.. U-Bahn Station und Busstation liegen direkt vor dem Haus.
Apartment very nice and clean. Location super-comfortable!
Appartamento molto carino e pulito. Posizione super-comoda!
A perfectly flat centrally located and everything you need. The care provided un 10. As only downside to not have wireless connection, it would be great to find information or check email, otherwise perfect !!
Un apartamento perfectamente ubicado muy céntrico y con todo lo necesario. La atención recibida un 10. Como única pega el no tener conexión Wifi, que seria genial para poder buscar información o mirar el correo, por lo demás perfecta!!
Very nice and cosy apartment located on a good location. Only 20minutes away from Gare du Nord, 2 minutes from metro stop Menilmontante and at the opposite of the street a small supermarket. Very handy! The apartment is big enough for 6 people. All necessary things you expect of renting an apartment is present and available. Will definitely recommend this apartment to others.
We loved the place we stayed in, the apartment was very comfortable, and it was central to everything, We walked lots of places, and was very easy to get to Gare de Norde, in order to do Euro Disney etc. Also every morning my husband would get us awesome stuff from the deli and markets around for breakfast. We felt like we were part of the local community. It was my 3rd visit to paris, but the best stay yet. We liked being inthe bastille area as we had not been inthat quarter before and never realised how close to everything it was. Especially as we went to the childrens museums like the Natural History and Cite de Science. Tres jolie Apartment. Cannot recommend it enough. Anusha
We had 5 nights in Paris. The apartment was very tidy, good location, well equipped. Overall, we were very pleased. It all went well, as agreed. The transfer was on time. We felt very comfortable.
Wir waren 5 Nächte in Paris. Die Wohnung war sehr ordentlich, gute Lage, gut ausgestattet. Insgesamt waren wir sehr zufrieden. Es hat alles geklappt, wie vereinbart. Die Übergabe war pünktlich. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt.
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Endeavor Enterprise learning circle with GIBS
Endeavor South Africa have just launched their enterprise learning circle, for entrepreneurs who would like to grow High impact businesses. Endeavor have partnered with GIBS, one of South Africa's leading business schools.
About endeavor
Endeavor is a global non-profit organization that identifies and supports innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs in 11 emerging markets such as South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Mexico and Turkey. Endeavor assists high-impact entrepreneurs with the biggest ideas and most ambitious plans by providing access to a network of the best business minds in the world.
With Endeavor's support, these entrepreneurs are able to surpass the obstacles facing most emerging-market entrepreneurs and realize their full potential. Endeavor Entrepreneurs create jobs and wealth, and become the leaders and role models of tomorrow.
About the Enterprise learning circle
The enterprise learning circle is an outreach project for endeavor South Africa, traditionally events have been held within the close circle of Endeavor entrepreneurs. The learning circle will be a more wide reaching initiative that aims to assist much broader range of entrepreneurs.
The Enterprise Learning Circle seminars aim to provide innovative entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs-to-be with first hand insights into building and growing a high impact business. Every second Wednesday, the Enterprise Learning Circles will give both practical and inspirational insights from fellow entrepreneurs, CEO's and founders of high growth enterprises.
The Events
The events format will be:
- 5-6pm: Networking and cocktails
- 6-7.30pm: Faciliated seminar with guest speaker and a chance to ask questions
- 7.30-8pm: Post event networking
The first event will feature Herman Mashaba, Founder of Black Like Me. At 49, Mashaba has achieved his greatest ambition. He is on to his second career as CEO of a billion-rand black economic empowerment investment holding company, which has stakes in 18 businesses across the country. Mashaba is one of South Africa's best-known true entrepreneurs and has won more than eight awards in recognition of his contributions to the business landscape. But it is Black Like Me, one of the most successful black-owned hair and cosmetics companies in South Africa, for which Mashaba is most famous.
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24 June: Innovative growth strategies -Entrepreneurs Carlo Gonzaga of Taste Holdings (Scooters), Kumaran Padayachee of Spartan Technology, representative from Microsoft
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Atkins Study: Mediocre Diets Offer Mediocre Benefits
The study compared people who were counseled to follow three mediocre diets with little difference between the three. All the study did show was that all three of these diets failed to generate significant weight loss or cholesterol lowering. After two years of carefully monitored effort, the average weight loss was less than 8 pounds. Two years on the modified Atkins diet, where they instructed the participants to eat more plant sources of protein (such as beans and nuts) and less trans-fat, still did not lower LDL (bad) cholesterol significantly. And, this was from an improved version of the Atkins' diet which had less than 40 percent of calories from fat. Most Atkins' menu's have 60–80 percent of calories from fat. On the other hand, some of Atkins' recommendations have value; it's of course true that white flour and sugar and other high glycemic foods (bread, pasta and white rice) are not health foods; people need to avoid that empty-calorie junk. But even with the avoidance of all the junk food and high glycemic, low nutrient foods, the Atkins-styled diet offered only minimal weight loss. The average weight loss after two years was 11 pounds for men and 5 pounds for women, so they are claiming an average of 4 pounds a year as a success. This was after, supplying meals and intensive monitoring and counseling to assure excellent dietary compliance.
In this study the women eating the Mediterranean diet lost an average of 14 pounds, almost three times the amount compared to this improved Atkins plan. Yet for some reason the media comes up with the conclusion that Atkins is vindicated. To me this says, even an improved version of the Atkins diet falls on its face, it is almost as bad as the American Heart Association's (worthless) dietary advice, which came out even worse in this study. Women are always tougher to get to lose weight and a 5 pound loss in two years after extensive counseling and supplying meals to assure compliance; that says big failure to me.
Compare these results, to the patients that were followed in the USC study on my HND (high micronutrient density) or nutritarian diet where the average weight loss for patients that completed two years of the study was 53 pounds and the Journal of Metabolism study where the average LDL following the HND diet dropped 33 percent. My patients typically drop their cholesterol levels 100 mg/dl, on two years, not 2-3 points, and they come off their medications for diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering because they simply don't need them anymore.
It is a shame that the most popular diets as well as the American Heart Association recommended diet (which is the worst of the three) are such failures and that most people are so in the dark about nutrition and the ideal diet to follow. What a waste of more than 2 million dollars in research funding. Some vegan diet proponents will undoubtedly be criticizing this study too, complaining that all three diets were not really low in fat, so they merely compared three high fat diets. That still misleads the public in two ways. One it ignores the reality that that high glycemic sugars and high glycemic (low-nutrient) plant starches, such as white potatoes, white rice and bread are not great diet foods. So Atkins' advice is not all bad. And two, it does not respect the value of beneficial fatty acids and healthy, high fat foods like sunflower seeds and walnuts and the health advantages to including these foods in one's diet. The fat content of a diet is not the critical factor that determines its quality.
Maybe someday soon, somebody will give me a measly half a million (tax deductable) to fund a larger scale, weight loss study that really shows the public what is possible with nutritional excellence, that addresses and removes food addictions with high nutrient eating. Hopefully, in the future, the public will understand these concepts in nutrition much better, but for now, most of these diet camps have significant room for improvement.


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Angelia Parham was deputy transportation director for the city of Roswell, Ga., when a friend at CH2M Hill told her the company's OMI division was looking for a public works director for a city just 7 miles from her home.
As director of public works for Sandy Springs, Ga., much of Parham's work centers around streets, roads, sidewalks, and traffic lights, all of which were maintained by the Fulton County Public Works Department until Sandy Springs incorporated on Dec. 1, 2005. When she reported to work in April 2006, Parham learned the county would be providing no data regarding the new city's infrastructure assets—no information about the number of traffic lights, street signs, potholes, work order histories, miles of sidewalk. She had nothing to help inventory and report their value as required by federal accounting standard GASB 34.
She immediately hired a firm, Infrastructure Management Services of Chandler, Ariz., to drive streets and roads and develop a comprehensive conditions report. She contracted with at least five other firms—some local, some established OMI partners—to respond to work orders that began pouring in as soon as residents realized complaints would be addressed. Because these subcontracts were wrapped into the city's contract with OMI, Parham circumvented the approval process—and the delays—public managers face and achieved results almost immediately.
In less than a year, 26 miles of roadway were striped; 1750 tons of asphalt were used to repair roads; 1800 work orders for roadway and right of way issues were completed; 450 traffic signal lamps were upgraded to brighter LED lights; and 1100 traffic signs were cleaned, replaced, or installed. (Parham must clear any project that requires city funding, such as capital improvements, with the city council.)
Gregory Wilson became public works director for CH2M Hill client Milton, Ga., shortly after it incorporated on Dec. 1, 2006. Unlike Parham, who's new to the company, Wilson was already a CH2M Hill employee.
He joined the company's Cleveland office four years ago as vice president and area manager. Before that, he was Cleveland's assistant commissioner for water distribution, where he oversaw 500 employees belonging to 20 different unions.
When he learned OMI had won the contract with Milton, he saw his chance to move back to Georgia, where he'd been born and raised and where his parents still live.
"I wanted to be with an employer that would give me the opportunity to relocate to the South," he says of his decision to enter the private sector. "If I stayed in the public sector, I might be able to get a job in the next town over, but not several states away."
Like Parham, Wilson appreciates the efficiency with which he can achieve his goals. As commissioner in Cleveland, he was required to get three bids for any purchase of more than $10,000. OMI, on the other hand, has a contracts manager to whom he can assign the work of getting bids and recommending suppliers. OMI gets bulk pricing through national sales contracts and receives government rates on equipment and supplies.
"It's the best of both worlds," Wilson says. "If you want to serve the public, you get to serve the public. And you get to see how the private sector does things.
"In the end, though, I am a private-sector employee working for the citizens of Milton. When I stand before the city council, I stand there as public works director for their city."
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Artists To Watch
There's no lack of talent at this year's fest. Keep your eye on these folks, who will be SummerWorkin' it to the bone.By: Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi
Sabrina Reeves
WHAT Performer in Blindsided, about a woman who flashes back to her childhood after being hit by a car while riding her bike to work.
WHY One of the founding members of the site-specific collective bluemouth inc. (veterans of several SummerWorks shows), Reeves is a focused, physical performer who adds an electric spark to any performance. This is a solo show with her Montreal company Fée Fatale, but expect lots of multimedia excitement, including large-scale film projections that blur the line between past and present.
Guy Sprung
WHAT Adaptor/director of Kafka's Ape, in which an ape gives a lecture on how he evolved from an animal to a hard-working, hard-drinking mercenary soldier.
WHY Sprung, who ran Toronto Free Theatre in the 1980s and was later co-head of Canadian Stage, is currently artistic director of Montreal's Infinithéâtre. The company remounts this version of Kafka's A Report To An Academy; the praise for the Quebec staging suggests that Sprung hasn't lost the vibrant, textually incisive qualities he brought to some of his Toronto productions years ago.
Cole Alvis
WHAT Director of ROW, about an aboriginal "kept boy" who's been sequentially cared for by a number of men and, though no longer young, is looking for his next daddy.
WHY A queer Metis actor/director/administrator who's worked with Native Earth, the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance and lemonTree creations, Alvis brings a sharp sense of theatricality to his work, which is simple and goes straight to the heart. In ROW, written by frequent Fringe playwright T. Berto, he collaborates with a trio of native performers (Dillan Chiblow, Billy Merasty and Garret C. Smith) who embody the main character at different ages. Expect the result to be insightful and moving.
Lili Francks
WHAT Actor in Chicken Grease Is Nasty Business, a comedy in which a mother who fries the best chicken in the South concocts a plan to lure her sons back home.
WHY Francks, who's appeared in The Adventures Of A Black Girl In Search Of God, The Golden Dragon and Goodness, always scores with simple, non-nonsense performances that resonate long after the curtain falls. In playwright Michael Miller's Chicken Grease - the two previously worked together in El Paso - she's surrounded by a great cast, including Karen Glave, Danny Waugh, Christian Lloyd, Dian Marie Bridge and Sedina Fiati, with Kim Blackwell directing.
Jennifer Walls
WHAT Performer in Recurring John, Kevin Wong's musical look at one man through the eyes of those around him, part of the always sold-out Musical Works in Concert series.
WHY The multi-talented Walls runs the Monday night musical theatre open mic show at Statler's and has wowed theatre audiences as Liza Minnelli in her Fringe hit Liza Live! and the two-hander Liza & Barbra (with pal Gabi Epstein). Last month she stood out in the Fringe hit Hugh & I - playing in drag, no less. So look for her and a terrific cast that includes Paula Wolfson, Chris Tsujiuchi and Arlene Duncan in Wong's show, which, judging from video clips, has the feel of a song cycle like Elegies or Songs For The New World.
Daniele Bartolini
WHAT Director and creator (with others) of The Stranger, a two-part mystery "serial" that begins with a walkabout, participatory jaunt through the Queen and Bathurst area and concludes with narrative loose ends being tied up at the Theatre Centre.
WHY Along with his collaborators, including Danya Buonastella and Rory de Brouwer, Bartolini entranced audience with the outdoor Midway Along The Journey Of Our Life in SummerWorks 2013 and The Last Seven Steps Of Bartholomew S. at the Bata Shoe Museum. He's again creating a one-on-one theatrical experiment in The Stranger that's certain to put the viewer through an unconventional, dreamlike experience. Can't wait to go down this rabbit hole.
Ronald Pederson and Daniela Vlaskalic
WHAT Performers in The Bull, The Moon And The Coronet Of Stars, a sexy, comic and romantic spinoff on the Minotaur myth that involves heartbreak and redemption.
WHY Delightful performers individually - Pederson was a member of the National Theatre of the World, and Vlaskalic co-wrote and -performed national hit The Drowning Girls - the pair collaborate as the Theatre Department, which has presented The Exquisite Hour and Pith! Working with director Vikki Anderson and choreographer Monica Dottor, they're sure to bring laughs and tenderness to a play that promises wine, museum artifacts and an orgy of cupcakes.
Sascha Cole
WHAT Actor in Antigonick, poet Anne Carson's adaptation of the Antigone story, and guest narrator in Erin Fleck's Unintentionally Depressing Children's Tales, a collection of sad/humorous stories that blend shadow puppetry, stop-motion action and storytelling.
WHY A SummerWorks regular (Dutchman and Post Eden), Cole's also proven her talent outside the festival in The Diary Of Anne Frank, Shakespeare's Nigga and New Jerusalem. She'll bring a lyrical quality to the title figure in Antigonick, who's fatally caught between public and private demands, while we can imagine a playful, tongue-in-cheek quality to her work as Fleck's narrator.
Benjamin Kamino
WHAT Creator/performer in Fathers & Sons: Kamino Family, a six-hour experiment involving the artist, his brother and their dad.
WHY The lean and expressive Dancemakers hoofer is one of the most adventurous artists around. His SummerWorks 2013 piece, How Can I Forget?, with Sook-Yin Lee, was undisciplined but fascinatingly messy and raw, playing with the idea of memory and reality. Now he's venturing further into the avant-garde in this piece where he'll be dancing continuously, interrupted by his dad, Timothy, with contributions by mural/tattoo artist brother Alexander. Audiences can enter and leave at any time, but since Kamino is so watchable, you might want to stay for it all.


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MACOMB, Ill. - Six Western Illinois pitchers combined to walk 13 Bradley batters and hit three more with pitches, but the Braves (19-12) were unable to capitalize, stranding 16 runners in a 6-4 road loss against the Leathernecks (9-22) Wednesday afternoon at Al D. Boyer Stadium.
Western Illinois rightfielder Anthony Kaskadden broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning with a 2-run home run against Bradley reliever Danny Gifford (3-3), helping the Leathernecks earn a split in the 4-game season series. The Braves took 2-of-3 from WIU April 1-3 at O'Brien Field.
Bradley loaded the bases in two of the first three innings, but did not score until the fourth inning when Brian Martin drew a 2-out walk, stole second and scored on a Rob Elliott single to pull within 2-1.
After giving the run back in the bottom of the fourth, Bradley took a 4-3 lead by scoring three runs in the seventh. Following consecutive walks to Jerrod Eigsti and Derek Sprout to open the seventh, the runners advanced on a Jason Leblebijian sacrifice. Eigsti scored on a David Compitello ground out and Bob Schuch's single plated Sprout with the tying run. The Braves again loaded the bases when Martin was hit by a pitch and Elliott walked, but after Schuch scored on a passed ball, the Braves were unable to do any more damage.
The Leathernecks scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh for a 4-4 tie, then went ahead for good on Kaskadden's first home run of the year in the eighth.
The top three hitters in the Bradley order - Martin, Elliott and left fielder Mike Tauchman - reached base 12 times on eight walks, two hit-by-pitches and two hits - but only Martin scored. The Braves ended the game 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position.
Bradley will start a season-long 8-game home stand this weekend by hosting Interstate 74 rival Illinois State at O'Brien Field. The series will start with a 6 p.m. game Friday and will be followed by a 2 p.m. game Saturday and a 1 o'clock contest Sunday.


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SEATTLE -- The low rumble started in the student section in the first half and increased in volume as the minutes ticked by. When the final moments arrived, the entire crowd was begging Jake Locker for one more appearance in Washington's purple and gold.
"One more year, one more year," the fans pleaded to the Huskies' star quarterback.
If this was Locker's farewell from college football, he made it a memorable one. If not, he announced himself as a Heisman front-runner for next season.
In one of the most efficient performances of his career, Locker threw for three touchdowns, ran for two more and Washington closed out its redemptive first season under Steve Sarkisian with a 42-10 domination of No. 19 California on Saturday night.
The five combined touchdowns were a career high for Locker, who shined as NFL executives looked on from the press box. Even Sarkisian joked that while not leading the cheers asking for one more season, he was, "part of them."
"Like I told you guys before, I'm just happy to get this win. I'm going to soak this all in for now and deal with all that stuff later," Locker said. "I wasn't lying to you guys the whole time; I hadn't even thought about [the future]. It's not been something I've planned or made a timeline for myself. I haven't done anything about it."
Only a junior, Locker continues to be touted as a top NFL draft prospect if he leaves school early. Washington fans made it clear Saturday night they aren't ready to see him go.
He started with a 40-yard TD pass to Jermaine Kearse on Washington's first drive, then added touchdown runs of 19 and 2 yards in the second quarter as the Huskies jumped to a 21-3 lead and were never challenged. He tossed TD passes of 21 and 13 yards to Devin Aguilar in the third, and the Huskies (5-7, 4-5 Pac-10) made an impressive final statement against a bowl-bound Cal (8-4, 5-4) that looked uninterested on a cold night in Seattle.
"I think we might have been overlooking Washington a little bit," running back Shane Vereen said. "That's where we went wrong because they played really hard today and you got to give them all the credit. Every point, every stop that they got they earned."
The night capped the Huskies' bounceback first season under Sarkisian, a year removed from their 0-12 embarrassment that closed with a 48-7 rout at the hands of the Golden Bears in Tyrone Willingham's final game.
Now 2008 is an afterthought and there is optimism for Washington's future. How much optimism will depend heavily on Locker's decision.
"I thought it was funny and I know he heard it too," Kearse said of the chants.
Locker completed 19 of 23 passes for 248 yards, and rushed 14 times for 77 yards. Chris Polk added 94 yards rushing and a touchdown, Kearse had seven catches for 147 yards and a TD -- all in the first half -- and Aguilar grabbed five passes for 72 yards.
"I was concerned about the way we might respond this week and what we were playing for," Sarkisian said, with the Huskies coming off last Saturday's 30-0 win over Washington State. "The challenge was to hopefully send a message of where this program is headed and I think we responded amazingly."
The same couldn't be said of California. Two weeks after their Big Game upset of Stanford, the Bears were flat from the start and played lacking emotion or energy.
There was nothing for California to play for with a bowl berth already wrapped up and its postseason future determined by how the pecking order of the Pac-10's mid-tier bowl agreements play out. But the Bears looked more like the team that was outscored 72-6 by Oregon and USC to start conference play than the team that won five of six to get back into the Top 25.
After California took the opening kickoff and went 53 yards, Vince D'Amato missed a 42-yard field goal wide left. From there, it was all Washington.
The Huskies defense was equal of their star QB, knocking Cal quarterback Kevin Riley on his backside all night and keeping Vereen from matching the big numbers he posted in his first two starts.
Riley was sacked five times, including three times by senior Daniel Te'o-Neshehim, who became the Huskies' career leader in sacks with 30. Vereen, who carried 42 times for 193 yards and three touchdowns against Stanford, was held to 92 yards, most of it coming on a 50-yard dash in the first quarter.
Riley was 14 of 32 for 215 yards with a 22-yard TD pass to Nyan Boateng, but fumbled twice. In Cal's four losses this season it was outscored 145-30.
"The fortunate thing is we get to play again," coach Jeff Tedford said. "We don't have to end the season on that note. Go back and work hard and get prepared to the bowl and look forward to it whatever it is."


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Who are the most knowledgeable fans?
WIMBLEDON — There. Novak Djokovic said it. He repeated one of the great false-isms in tennis, that the British fans really know the game.
"All the history and tradition which we have in Wimbledon. Just have a look at the history of this tournament. It's for me most prestigous and highest possible tournament in sports. Just playing here and feeling this atmosphere. . .a lot of fans of course have a big knowledge about tennis. They respect players. They appreciate what you are doing. It just feels good to be here."
Let's hold it right there. "Big knowledge?"
No question about the prestige of Wimbledon. No question that the British fans pack in here. And they do respect the players.
But do they REALLY know the game? My gut feeling is the vast majority of fans that swamp these hallowed grounds this fortnight don't know a Luxilon string from a butt cap.
They don't play tennis in the UK or, rather, don't play often. And those that do don't play it very well.
Coaches? Roger Draper, who has spent a small fortune the last couple of years as CEO of the country's governing tennis body, the Lawn Tennis Association, has thrown extraordinary amounts of money at American coaches Paul Annacone, Brad Gilbert and Bill Mountford and Swedish coach Peter Lundgren. As far as I can make out, British tennis isn't any farther along than it was three years ago.
Djokovic is smart enough to praise the British fans, since he has to play in front of them (hopefully) for the next couple weeks. But calling them "knowledgeable. . ." Isn't that a little over the top?
There are sports in this country. Football, rugby and (yawn) cricket. Golf and auto racing fit in there somewhere. But college athletics have no significant standing and, frankly, neither does tennis for 50 weeks out of the year.
If it wasn't for Andy Murray, who calls himself Scottish before he calls himself British, there wouldn't be any tennis coverage in the London papers.
My idea of great fans are people who have sophisticated knowedge of the game, are willing to spend money to go to tournaments and feel right at home cheering or booing performances. That's New York fans. That's South Florida fans. Or is there a difference? That's to a slightly lesser extent French fans.
I'll give the British fans high marks for enthusiasm. I haven't forgotten that day here in 1993, when Pete Sampras was playing the U.K.'s Andy Foster in the round of 16. Fans had waited most of the day to get into the outer court where it was played so they could cheer for the low-ranked Brit over the tournament favorite.
They cheered Foster. And they cheered Sampras, when he double faulted or made an error. That was rude, but it was a great example of how the Brits get behind their own, as poor as their own play. At the end of that match, incidentally, Sampras lifted a finger to the crowd and said, "Hasta la vista." As Bill Cowher says on that overplayed house commercial on the NFL Network: "Special moment."
But enthusiasm doesn't necessarily equal knowledge.


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OBIEE 126.96.36.199.0 certified with Oracle 12c
By Lia Nowodworska -Oracle on Jun 26, 2013
OBIEE 188.8.131.52.0 is now certified with Oracle 12c database.
OBIEE 184.108.40.206.0 is now certified with Oracle 12c database.
In the certification matriz there's a issue about use of Oracle OBIEE 126.96.36.199 with Oracle Database 12c.
Its about weblogic version.
The native wls is 10.3.5
Then you must setup obiee in a 10.3.6 oracle home..
am i right?
If ok i need to pay for a specific weblogic 10.3.6 license?
Posted by guest on September 24, 2013 at 10:30 PM CEST #
Hello guest,
We received the following response to this from Gerald Bellot (one of the Product Managers):
"The 10.3.5 or 10.3.6 versions of WLS EE can be used when performing the appropriate BI installation option (Software only install). The question about licensing should be addressed by the Sales team."
We hope this helps
Posted by admin on September 26, 2013 at 09:22 AM CEST #
The point here is about Oracle 12c connectivity with OBIEE 126.96.36.199.1 repository (setup)..
WLS 10.3.5(bultin weblogic) version is enough?
Posted by guest on September 26, 2013 at 04:57 PM CEST #
From OBIEE 126.96.36.199 certification matrix:
"Datasource of Application Data
Target Database for Repository Creation Utility (RCU)"
Oracle DB 18.104.22.168+ certification is available only with WLS 10.3.6+/FMW 18.104.22.168+.
Posted by guest on September 26, 2013 at 05:01 PM CEST #
HI Admin,
We are running OBIEE 18.104.22.168 on a Oracle 11g database with WebLogic Server 10.3.5.0. we want to upgrade the database to 12C. is this possible? if yes, please do mention the steps.
Posted by guest on January 16, 2015 at 08:14 AM CET #
Hi Wasim,
according to above refernced System Requirements Spreadsheet, you won't be able to run this combonation with WLS 10.3.5:
"Oracle DB 188.8.131.52+ certification is available only
with WLS 10.3.6+/FMW 220.127.116.11+."
Thanks and Regards,
Posted by Martin on January 16, 2015 at 10:11 AM CET #
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the quick update.
Does it mean that we will need to upgrade our WLS to 10.3.6+ before we move on Oracle 12C database.
And also do let us know about the OBIEE repository migrations( DEV_BIPLATOFORM and DEV_MDS)from 11g to 12 c. will there be any discrepancy regarding the same.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by guest on January 16, 2015 at 10:29 AM CET #
Hi Wasim,
yes, if you want to upgrade the database to 12c, you will have to upgrade WLS to 10.3.6+ as well.
I don't really fully understand your question about repository migration, though generally the various informations should be in the documentation.
"Blog" is perhaps not the right place to discuss details anyway - maybe you could perhaps raise a thread in the OBIEE community, if documentation doesn't help:
Thanks and Regards,
Posted by Martin on January 16, 2015 at 10:44 AM CET #
I am trying to run RCU setup but, I'm getting an error DEV_BIPLATOFORM and DEV_MDS failed. I'm using Oracle database 12c and OBIEE 184.108.40.206.0. After entering the information like HOST NAME,PORT and all, I am getting error (The database you are connecting to, is a more recent one than the supported version refer to the certification matrix for supported DB version).
I am stopped over there and unable to proceed further.
Request you to please let me know the solution.
Thank You!!!
Posted by Kailash Hanwat on January 23, 2015 at 10:45 AM CET #
RCU itself is Fusion Middleware, not OBIEE, so I can't talk for them - but wouldn't know of any issues if the other components are certified, too.
As in previous comments you can see, that DB 12c needs WLS 10.3.6+. Since you didn't mention it, I don't know if you have that installed. Neither should you be on plain 126.96.36.199.0 - latest patchset now is 126.96.36.199.150120
Depending on your progress then, you might perhaps open a thread in the communities or worst case file an SR.
Thanks and Regards,
Posted by Martin on January 23, 2015 at 10:56 AM CET #


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New Lizard Species Is Vietnam's Plat du Jour; S.F.'s Happy Meal Drama
Plus: Gordon Ramsay is forced to open in Canada, trendy butter in Asia, and more, all in our morning news roundup.
• A new species of lizard has been identified — after scientists saw it on restaurant menus in Vietnam. [Independent UKJ+]
• San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom will veto the city's move to ban most Happy Meals. [CNN]
• At high-end restaurants in Asia, butter is the hot new condiment. [Scene Asia/WSJ]
• More family drama for Gordon Ramsay: His father-in-law is suing him for 2 million pounds after the famously hot-tempered chef fired him as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings last month. [Daily Mail UK]
• On the plus side, Gordo will be opening his first restaurant in Canada [Toronto Star]
• The New England Confectionary Co., the 163-year-old company that makes NECCO wafers and those Valentine's Day conversation hearts, is looking for a buyer. [USAT]


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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The Washington State swimming team won both relays as well as five individual events at Northern Arizona, Monday.
In the 14 swimming events, the Cougars outscored the Lumberjacks 133-129. However, Washington State does not have a diving program, so Northern Arizona captured all 32 diving points over two events to win the meet 161-133.
The Washington State 200 medley relay team of Emma Johansson, Jessie Craig, Melissa Bogert and Evelina Bieleckaite gave the Cougars the early lead with a time of 1:57.88.
After Northern Arizona took a 19-17 lead through two events, Emma Neely finished first in the 200 free, in 2:06.74 to help the Cougars regain the advantage at 30-25.
Two events later, Craig touched the wall in 1:13.75 for a victory in the 100 breast and Washington State led 50-43. Bieleckaite and Bogert finished 1-2 in the 50 free with times of 26.97 and 27.27, respectively as the Cougars stretched their lead to 71-60 at the midway point of the meet.
The schools scored 19 points each over the next two events with Danielle Palumbo posting a victory in the 200 back at 2:20.78. Over the next two events, Northern Arizona outscored Washington State 28-10 to take a 107-100 lead with three events remaining.
Johansson won the 100 butterfly in 1:03.41 and the Cougars took three of the top four spots to surge back on top at 114-112. The Lumberjacks earned 13 of 19 points in the 200 IM and carried a 125-120 lead into the final event.
Needing to win the 400 free relay and finished second or third as well, the Cougars did just that. The team of Bogert, Johansson, Bieleckaite and Nicole Proulx won with a time of 3:54.80 to set a Wall Aquatic Center record. In addition, the Cougar quartet of Jenna Bekker, Neely, Kelsey Bruggman and Craig placed third with a time of 3:57.10 to give the Cougars 13 of 17 points in the event.
"It was a great college swim meet," Cougar Head Coach Tom Jager said. "There were a lot of close races. Our seniors came through in a big way and sophomore Emma Johansson was the swimmer of the meet for us."
Up next for Washington State is the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 2-4.