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North Tahoe girls basketball coach Rick Buhler is confident that his starting five can play with any team in the Division III ranks.
With only eight players total, however, the Lakers can ill afford to suffer many injury setbacks in their pursuit of a deep postseason run.
It's a good thing the season is young, as starting center Sage Chador already went down with an ankle injury, but is expected to return in time for league play following the holiday break.
"It's unfortunate because she was just starting to play really well," Buhler said. "They all are starting to play well."
A year after playing into the Northern Division III regional playoffs (then called the 2A) before losing to Yerington in the first round, the Lakers return several key components and are poised to exceed last year's achievements.
"Absolutely. We expect to. That's one of our team goals," Buhler said. "We want more wins than last year, we want to do better in league and we want to go farther in the playoffs."
The Lakers have all the ingredients to meet that goal. Every member of North Tahoe's starting five is capable of putting up points in a hurry, led by three quick guards and two tall post players holding down the paint.
Elizabeth Buhler, who was voted to the All-Mount Rose League first team last season, is the only senior on the roster. She always played point guard in the past but will move over to shooting guard against certain defenses this year to free up her accurate perimeter shot, her coach said.
When Buhler does shift from the point to the wing, versatile junior Angela Wood or sophomore guard Sara Trimm can handle the ball. The trio of skilled guards creates trouble for opposing offenses, particularly with its full-court pressure, coach Buhler said.
"In our front court we're fast and have quick hands. Our pressure D is really good right now," the coach said.
Complementing the Lakers' solid guard play are two talented bigs - 5-11 junior Taylor Briggs and Chador, a 6-1 sophomore. Both continue to improve all the time and have already shown flashes of brilliance, said coach Buhler, who lost to graduation two All-League talents in Samantha Jeffers and Irene Rojas.
"We lost those two, but Sage and Taylor are making up for Sam, without a doubt, and I think we have more speed than we did last year," the coach said. "I think we're a more well-rounded team. Elizabeth, Sara and Angela are all in double figures. The scoring is more balanced. We're getting more production out of more players."
While they're not remotely deep, with only three subs, the Lakers also boast some talent coming off the bench. Scrappy freshman guard Mallory Tyler has started in Chador's absence, giving North Tahoe a smaller, quicker lineup when she's in, while freshman forward Jordan Briggs and sophomore forward Savannah App can hold their own as well.
Buhler said App came out late and has only four practices under her belt, but the 5-8 post player has demonstrated good natural ability and basketball savvy.
"She needs to get up to speed on the schemes, but her athleticism and toughness will be good," the coach said. "She has a nose for ball, which you can't teach. She will be a big help once she gets comfortable."
As far as the Lakers' competition, Buhler expects his team to be able to play with anyone, both in the Northern Division III and their Division III and Division I-A-mixed Mount Rose League, which includes larger schools Truckee, South Tahoe and Sparks.
Defending DIII state champion Pershing County should again be the team to beat, Buhler said, while Yerington and White Pine are among the top teams in the Northern DIII. Basin rival Incline always poses a tough matchup.
"I think the league is wide open," said Buhler, whose team will be tested when Pershing County visits North Tahoe for a crossover game on Jan. 5. "I think it's pretty evenly matched. If we could just weather the storm here through the break, we should be fine."


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Aside from the wine and food, it's hard not to feel a little euphoric when strolling down Greenville's tree-lined Main Street when fall has officially come to town.
The air is cool and the vibe is energetic, with people coming and going on the wide, shaded sidewalks. Dogs large and small are tugging their owners to the next canine meet-and-greet just ahead.
On Saturday morning last weekend, some were headed to the city's farmers market, two long strings of white tents set up along on blocked-off sections of Main. Colorful fresh vegetables from many small local farms were eye candy for visitors, tonight's supper for locals.
Other folks, including ourselves, were trekking farther down the street toward three large white tents, a focal point for the city's annual Euphoria festival.
Founded in 2006 by singer and songwriter Edwin McCain, it's a long weekend of fine food, drinks and music with a number of Charleston chefs in the mix.
Giddy about grub
Euphoria is not an imitation of Charleston's Wine + Food Festival; it's different by design. It's smaller, more laid-back and at times, a more intimate experience. The music, from rock 'n' roll to jazz to mountain strings, courses throughout, giving the festival its own rhythmic beat.
Unfortunately, we arrived the day after Thursday night's tantalizing-sounding whole-hog roast, Swine and Dine. Still, we were in time to get a good helping of the festival over the next three days. Our first-festival impressions:
No offense, but Charleston chefs were serving up the best food at Friday night's Taste of the South event in and around the Peace Center Amphitheatre. We especially liked the rabbit from Kevin Johnson of the The Grocery and the pork belly and pickled okra from Craig Deihl of Cypress.
We weren't so fond of a bowl of shrimp and grits — call us snobby, but the shrimp had the flat taste and rubbery texture of imports. There is a difference, folks. And, if we never see another beef short rib, no matter how well-prepared, it won't be too soon.
But overall, the setting, the cuisine and the music — 1980s Grammy-winning star Kim Carnes is still croaking it out — combined for an A+ night.
Saturday's main day event was a Tasting Showcase under those big, open-sided tents. It was less crowded than the Charleston festival's Grand Tasting Tents, which made it easy to talk with vendors at length. But the tastings were disproportionately tilted to wine, beer and spirits, with little food to keep attendees' buzz in balance.
We also missed the food truck-driven "Traffic Jam" on Saturday evening to travel to one of several Guest Chef Dinners. Our was at Stella's Southern Bistro in Simpsonville, hosted by Charleston ex-pat chef Jason Scholz, formerly at High Cotton.
Rabbit popped up here again, in the third of five courses. Scholz served up a delicious sampler of buttermilk fried and stuffed loin, accompanied by an African squash puree, "Scarlett Queen" turnips and grilled burgundy okra. Oh, and a bourbon barrel jus that made you want to sneak and drink the juices off the plate.
Sunday was another full day of eating that left us in a food coma and grateful for all the walking we were doing. The morning started with a pleasant Jazz Brunch under the tents. The smorgasbord of food stations offered generous portions and included everything from omelets to jambalaya to smoked salmon custard enveloped in pastry. Bloody marys and mimosas flowed fast and freely.
But the creme de la creme of the weekend was the Sunday Supper. This finale event, a communal family-style dinner, is beautifully staged inside the Wyche Pavilion beside the Reedy River. The brick-walled, open-air structure, which is part of the Peace Center, is literally a shell of its former self. One of the city's oldest commercial buildings, it was once a Duke's Mayonnaise factory.
Euphoria organizers wowed the crowd of 100-plus or so people at this dinner. Rustic tables were casually yet elegantly set in hues of blue, yellow and white. Among the libations was a tasty bourbon, beer and tea concoction. The service was attentive and well-choreographed.
Here again, Charleston chefs took center stage: Mike Lata of FIG and The Ordinary, Frank Lee and Forrest Parker of SNOB and the Old Village Post House, even former McCrady's chef Michael Kramer.
Is rabbit becoming the new beef short rib? We're not yet tired of it, but a "blanquet" of rabbit was the third course along with baby carrots, turnips and white acre peas. (Properly, it's blanquette, referring to a ragout of meat, often veal, and white sauce.) And a potted rabbit rillette populated the first course along with FIG's chicken liver pate, pickled shrimp remoulade in a lettuce cup, pickled grapes and pickled zucchini.
But perhaps Lata stole the show, with his second-course crudo of smoked swordfish and the last savory course of fried fish and shrimp. Each shined in the Southern culinary arts of smoking and frying.
Greenville at large
Food is just one of the many lenses with which to view Greenville. Nature is another.
While the purpose of our trip revolved around Euphoria, we made some time to visit downtown's crown jewel, Falls Park. The Reedy River cascades through the park's 32 acres, showing off a gorgeous waterfall that can be viewed and endlessly photographed from a suspension bridge. It's clear this space is a powerful people magnet: we gazed down at a wedding and a family picnic happening side by side.
Indeed, flowing is the operative word for modern Greenville, a fast-expanding metropolitan area that dates to 1797. Greenville County is approaching a half-million residents today with a growth rate of nearly 2 percent a year since 2000.
The city's downtown is a refreshing blend of historic and contemporary architecture housing hotels, banks, condos, restaurants and shops. Water seems to spout from everywhere — fountains, the sides of buildings and other hardscapes — providing a soothing sort of "white noise" at every turn.
Though we had only a small slice of Greenville in one weekend, we did manage a visit to the Greenville County Museum of Art. It boasts the world's largest public collection of watercolors by iconic American artist Andrew Wyeth.
Also well worth seeing is its exhibition, through Jan. 19, of the 1800s potter David Drake. An Edgefield County slave, he signed his glazed stonewares "Dave" and often inscribed them with short poems.
Plugging in
Ed and Karen Matuszak are testaments to why CNN Money lists Greenville among the country's top 10 fastest-growing cities. The couple, who worked as volunteer drivers for Euphoria, retired seven years ago from Kansas to the suburb of Simpsonville.
"We went all over the place looking for a place to retire," she explains. "We were looking for a temperate climate that had fall and winter but not so much snow."
Weather was one factor, she says, but not the only criteria.
They sought a smaller city "where we could be involved" and Greenville has proved a good fit, she says.
As chef Johnson sized up the city during Taste of the South, "It's kind of like Asheville without the hippies."
For the Matuszaks, "The icing on the cake was the Falls Park," she says. "And there are so many good restaurants. That's why we're here."
And that's why we'll be back.
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During the past decade, biopharmaceutical manufacturers have witnessed significant productivity gains that can largely be attributed to developments in cell culture media design. However, a more holistic approach to process development is now emerging with the understanding that a quality-driven upstream process translates downstream to a high-quality final product.
Today, a primary aim of biologic manufacturers is to streamline the entire production process to deliver efficient and robust processes that are predictable and deliver a consistent product. Cell nutrition firms are now focusing on specific applications and process requirements utilizing platform media, feeds, and supplements that deliver value through performance and quality improvements.
This tutorial describes how Kerry supports process development scientists and biologic manufacturers in the optimization of their upstream process through the use of specifically designed cell culture supplements and feeds. In particular, the article describes Kerry's yeast-derived supplement, UltraPep™ YE, a defined and consistent yeast extract that enhances CHO cell performance.
The paper also examines the application of Sheffield brand cell-line specific supplements, the Sheff-CHO series, and the advantages this strategy can deliver.
Plant-based hydrolysates are an effective replacement for serum and animal-derived supplements in cell culture media. As non-animal-derived supplements, plant-based hydrolysates can deliver consistent benefits to cell performance parameters across a variety of cell lines and types. Although the manufacture of these supplements is now well-controlled, it is the complex nature of hydrolysates that has concerned process development scientists.
Addressing the concerns of hydrolysate complexity, Kerry has developed a new hydrolysate/yeast extract platform, called UltraPep. UltraPep YE is an animal-free, ultrafiltered yeast extract, designed for minimal variability. The highly optimized production process involves a nonanimal enzyme cocktail of both proteases and non-proteolytic enzymes. Designed with fewer processing steps and to specifically expand the range of nutritional factors available to the cell, UltraPep provides growth-promoting peptides as well as essential amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, and minerals.
Recent experiments compared CHO cells cultured in commercially available chemically defined media (CDM) alone to CDM supplemented with either UltraPep YE or another commercially available ultrafiltered yeast hydrolysate (UFYE). Cells were seeded at 4.0 x 105 cells/mL and grown in 125 mL shake flask to a final volume of 35 mL CDM (+1 mg/mL G-418) either alone with UltraPep YE or with the competitor UFYE (1 g/L). 1 mL samples were taken at day 0, 5, 7, 8, 9 to assess culture viability using a Nova BioProfile Flex automated analyzer. At day 12 product titer was analyzed via HPLC.
The results demonstrated significant performance benefits for the cultures supplemented with UltraPep YE. Peak cell density was achieved earlier in the growth cycle and was maintained for longer periods in cultures supplemented with UltraPep YE when compared to the CDM and UFYE control. This effect on cell growth translated to a significant increase in product titer with a threefold increase observed for the UFYE control and a greater than sixfold increase in titer for the UltraPep YE when compared to CDM alone (Figure 1A, Figure 1B).
As the nutritional requirements of individual production cell lines and clones becomes better understood, their response to culture media and supplements must be examined on a case-by-case basis to identify optimized solutions. For example, recent studies by Kerry have shown UltraPep YE and recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA), when added in combination, can have a positive effect on growth and productivity compared to the components alone.
Interaction of media components and the importance of optimizing supplement and feed addition according to the basal or platform media employed were investigated further. A single CHO clone was tested in two independent CDM (CDM-A and CDM-B) supplemented with a range of concentrations of UltraPep YE and the optimized dosage of UltraPep YE and rHSA. Experimental set up was as described for Figure 1 with regular samples analyzed for cell viability and total and specific productivity.
In CDM-A, CHO cell growth decreased with increasing hydrolysate concentration while product titer and specific productivity (Qp) increased. The optimized combination of UltraPep YE and rHSA demonstrated the greatest overall performance benefit (Figure 2A and 2B).
In contrast, cell growth and productivity was noticeably improved with respect to the CDM-C control when the medium was supplemented with 1 or 2 g/L UltraPep YE. As with CDM-A, CDM-C supplemented with 4 g/L UltraPep YE inhibited cell growth but increased product titer and Qp while the optimized dosage of UltraPep YE and HSA increased cell growth, translating to an increase in productivity (Figures 2C and 2D).
ligned with customer requirements and the trend toward QbD, Kerry developed cell-line specific complex media supplements. Proprietary process technology and innovative media optimization methods have been applied to develop specific, homogeneous, functional supplements from combinations of complex and chemically defined animal-component free media additives.
As an example, the Sheff-CHO system is a series of complete medium supplements optimized for CHO cells. The systems contain mixtures of factors known to promote CHO cell growth, cell metabolism, and protein production and have been carefully optimized to give superior recombinant protein yields.
The advantage of applying cell line specific supplements such as Sheff-CHO Plus ACF and Sheff-Pulse both in batch and fed batch cultures was recently investigated. Cells were seeded at 4.0 x 105 cells/mL and grown in 125 mL shake flask to a final volume of 50 mL CDM or DMEM plus Sheff-CHO Plus ACF at 9 g/L for batch cultures. For fed batch cultures media was supplemented at day 5, 7, 9, and 12 with basal media or a proprietary blend of Sheff-CHO Plus ACF and Sheff-Pulse. 1 mL samples were taken at day 0, 5, 7, 8, 9 to assess culture viability using a Nova BioProfile Flex automated analyzer. At day 12 product titer was analyzed via HPLC.
A similar study was set up to compare the Sheff-Pulse system with competitor feeds. Experimental design was as described above with cultures fed at day 5, 7, 9, and 12 and samples taken throughout the culture process to assess cell performance with respect to growth and productivity.
The addition of Sheff-CHO to commercially available CDM or the basal media DMEM was shown to significantly improve CHO cell culture performance when compared to cells grown in medium alone. This growth improvement was further enhanced with the addition of the feed (Figure 3A). The increased growth rate translated to a dramatic increase in product titer, with a greater than fourfold increase when the supplement was introduced as a feed (Figure 3B).
In the comparative study with competitors' feed systems, Sheff-Pulse was seen to outperform with respect to both CHO cell growth and productivity in either CDM or DMEM (Figures 3C and 3D).
Media development strategies are a constant area of focus with simplification, predictability, and consistency of upstream processes as major goals. Increasingly, drug manufacturers are looking to raw material suppliers to provide quality products that are designed for purpose. Developments like UltraPep YE and Sheff-CHO systems demonstrate that incorporation of thoughtfully designed supplements can deliver value to manufacturers, leading to enhancements in cell performance, expediting process development, and reducing time to market.
Christopher P. Wilcox, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is director, R&D, John F. Menton, Ph.D., is global cell culture applications manager, and Karen Benedict is technologist at Kerry.
Christopher P. Wilcox, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is director, R&D, John F. Menton, Ph.D., is global cell culture applications manager, and Karen Benedict is technologist at Kerry.
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PITTSBURGH-Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was given a test in crisis management during Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Ravens.
He failed.
Tomlin stuck with quarterback Byron Leftwich, even though it became apparent that Leftwich was injured. Third-stringer Charlie Batch warmed up, but never got the call to go into the game.
Leftwich was injured badly enough that he was immediately ruled out of this Sunday's game in Cleveland.
NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth made note of the signs that Leftwich was hurting, including a badly underthrown pass on the final series when the Steelers were desperately trying to get into position to kick a game-tying field goal.
If Collinsworth noticed that, why didn't Tomlin? For that matter, where were offensive coordinator Todd Haley and quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner?
Leftwich said he could play through the pain, which is admirable. But that's what players almost always do. They don't ask out of games because they feel like they're letting the team down. Someone else has to make that call. That's what coaches do.
In addition to whatever problems he might have had throwing the ball, there are issues in moving around with a rib injury. There's also the matter of how pain distracts a player from concentrating on his work.
Batch is the third-team quarterback for good reason. He isn't as good as the two players ahead of him on the depth chart.
But wouldn't a fresh, healthy quarterback be a better choice at that point than one who was dealing with a painful injury? You may stick with Ben Roethlisberger through injuries because he's a potential Hall of Fame player. There are no such expectations with Leftwich.
The circumstances screamed for a quarterback change, at least for a series.
Tomlin's inaction was a big factor in the unhappy outcome.
Wearing out
You may have noticed that footing was an issue in Sunday's game.
Players were routinely slipping and kicking up the sand that's used to help keep the grass in place. There was no precipitation during the week, so that's a sign that the playing surface again needs to be addressed.
The Steelers have three home games in the regular season's last four weeks.
It's again time to call out the groundskeepers.
Happy Thanksgiving
It's the most wonderful time of the year, the holiday that merges family, food and football in one spectacular long weekend.
Here's hoping your holiday includes ample portions of all three.
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"Promises, Promises" returned to Broadway in 2010 after four decades. The musical comedy with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David returned during a revival of the '60s.
The world of politics also is a prized comedy, as promises are now constantly being made by candidates reaching far and wide for your vote.
The candidates from the lowest possible office to president of the United States can make whopper promises. As history denotes, a lot of campaign promises were broken -some were very bold, some very successful. Some of those candidates were even called big liars.
We hear so much lately about health care and "Obamacare." We can go way back to 1945, as Harry Truman, shortly after replacing FDR, announced to Congress his intention and desire to give everyone a new national health care system. This promise failed.
Reasons that it failed were the United States' entrance into the Korean War and much opposition from the American Medical Association.
One big and bold promise and an actual achievement came from President Eisenhower in 1955 with his success in creating the interstate highway system in 1956.
His argument for the system was not for economic growth, but for national security. Eisenhower said that in the event of future war, the installation of a highway system would provide for easy evacuation of major cities as well as mobilization of the military.
On May 25, 1961, President John Kennedy proclaimed, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."
On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong realized Kennedy's goal when he took one small step for man on the moon. A successful promise!
At his State of the Union speech in 1964, Lyndon Johnson declared an unconditional war on poverty in his vision of a ''Great Society.'' Several federal programs were enacted. The poverty rate at that time was 19 percent. It was a successful promise.
In 1970, cancer was the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. President Richard Nixon chose to make the subject a part of the State of the Union Address in January 1971, when he asked for an appropriation of an extra $100 million to launch an intensive campaign to find a cure for cancer.
It was a good promise, but cancer still has no real cure.
From President Jimmy Carter in 1978: "I am setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the United States. Beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977."
Bold promise; little results.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan introduced his Strategic Defense Initiative, or "Star Wars." Its sole purpose was to protect the U.S. from strategic nuclear ballistic missiles through the use of ground and space-based systems forming a shield for nuclear attacks.
This promise never happened.
When George H.W. Bush was vice president, new proposals were added to the war on drugs, and Bush was put in charge of heading a task force focused on international drug smuggling and the government's efforts to prevent drugs from entering the U.S. from foreign countries. He took his experience with him into the Oval Office where his focus on the subject remained.
Good promise, good work, but drug traffic remains high.
President George W. Bush proposed in his 2003 State of the Union address a plan for hydrogen-fueled cars that would bring down pollution and America's dependence on foreign energy. Bush asked for $1.2 billion in federal money for five years on the subject.
Scientists claim that hydrogen is four times the cost of petrol. You be the judge on that one.
So those are just a few good and bad promises from very high offices. All the candidates at this time are working on some new promises that may or may not be good ones aimed directly at us voters.
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Marketing Experts: Important tips on avoiding "green marketing myopia"
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Recently, I read a fascinating article on green marketing (Promoting the Value of Sustainably Minded Purchase Behaviors) by Professors Cathy Hartman and Edwin R. Stafford of the Center for the Market Diffusion of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology at Utah State University. The gist of the argument Stafford and Hartman are making is threefold:
Corporations "readily recognize the value of becoming more sustainable…because they see how sustainability can benefit them"
Consumers, in contrast, "remain stubbornly indifferent or antagonistic about going green," saying it's too "hippie," "elitist," "feminine," "inferior," "costly," "not aligned with their values," etc.
To help remedy this situation, "marketers must tap into the target audience's values and align green attributes with sought-after consumer benefits" (e.g., cost, energy savings, health and safety, better performance, status and prestige) and not focus "too much on greenness."
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By Gary Kafer
If war has become its own cinematic genre, then certainly Vietnam movies constitute a certain subgenre, populated with critically acclaimed works like Platoon, The Deer Hunter, and Apocalypse Now. An intricate piece of a tumultuous era in history, the Vietnam War has since occupied a precarious position in the collective memory of the American consciousness as an incredibly unpopular armed conflict rife with discontent both on the frontlines and the home front.
It is here that Stanley Kubrick inserts his controversial 1987 Full Metal Jacket – a piercing, violent, and unwavering depiction of the psychological and physical trauma experienced during the Vietnam War.
By Davis Rivera
Andrew Gitomer's Past Present Future is a feature-length film about two close friends who had had an on-again, off-again relationship since high school, and meet up for the first time after three years apart. The film is structured so that the audience is able to see the course of their friendship play out in flashbacks while they confront their complicated past. Writer/Director Gitomer's decision not to edit the film in chronological order was a conscious one that gives the film an emotional power that should resonate with anyone who has ever been in or been a witness to a similar situation. Indeed, the film itself is one of the best portraits of young people in modern America that has come along in quite some time. When I spoke to Gitomer and his Director of Photography Jonathan Stromberg after the film, Gitomer described his desire to push the youth angle when promoting the film.
By Davis Rivera
Jonathan Glazer has been called an heir to Kubrick, but the truth is that, over the course of three feature length films, a dozen music videos, and countless commercials, Glazer has repeatedly proven that he is a filmmaker who stands apart with his own idiosyncratic vision. His latest work Under the Skin takes Michel Faber's acclaimed 2000 novel and infuses it with a cinematic power capable of changing the way the viewer looks at the world.
By Megan Reilly
With more than a century's worth of films to pore over, choosing a movie to watch can be a daunting task. I can't count the number of times that I've carved out two hours to devote to expanding my cinematic horizons, only to resort to an old favorite after scrolling through endless Netflix recommendations and Amazon genre categories. Here's a more targeted approach: if you enjoyed the following 2013 releases, check out the corresponding suggestions for a fresh take on a similar story, tone, or style.
By Kim Scott
Divergent exhausts the tale of a teenaged girl with an aptitude for greatness in a post-apocalyptic future. The film is predictable and heavy-handed with its use of young adult novel tropes and a brooding love interest. Though the visuals entertain, the story stumbles on its way to unveiling the much too obvious secrets behind the factions and 'divergents'. Another film about an oppressive city-state bent on wiping out young, beautiful rebels? Say it isn't so!
By Keegan Handley
Midnight Cowboy is one of the first popular X-rated studio movies. Beyond that, it's one of the first 'adult films' where the term applied to more than pornography. The term 'adult' as applied here actually means it dealt with serious adult situations. There's a good deal of sex in here — specifically themes of homosexuality, sex and religion — but above all this film paints a beautiful character study of two unlikely friends trying to make their way in a mean city with no one to rely on but each other. But you can bet people ignored the movie simply because of the X rating.
I personally only remember one bit of Midnight Cowboy from my blossoming film buff days – "I'm walking here!"
By Davis Rivera
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a man known for many things: Master of the Tarot, Director of El Topo, writer of what Mark Millar called 'one of the most perfect comics ever conceived' The Incal. It is ironic that he is arguably most known for his never-filmed adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 Dune. Thoroughly researched and wonderfully faithful to the spirit of Jodo, Jodorowsky's Dune shows us what could have been and serves as a perfect companion piece to Louis Mouchet's seminal Constellation Jodorowsky.
By Davis Rivera
After teaming up with the great Kim Jee-woon to bring us 2013's The Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger fans had reason to celebrate the long-awaited cinematic return of the Austrian Oak. His most recent film Sabotage cannot quite reach those heights but does do the difficult job of obscuring every reasonable thought you might have to leave the theatre and causes you to instead give in to the charms of David Ayer's grand spectacle of action and implausibility.
By Davis Rivera
Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox is a film that does not rely on special effects or rapid-fire editing to seduce the viewer into being won over by its talents; it succeeds by allowing the virtuosity of lead actor Irrfan Khan and the rich wit of Batra and Rutvik Oza's screenplay to carry the film. It is such a delight that even the most embittered cynic will walk away wanting to revisit this delectable ode to everyday people.


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McCLURE - Myrtle B. Laub, 78, of 4917 U.S. Highway 522 N., McClure, went to be with the Lord at 4:22 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born Dec. 27, 1933, in Strodes Mills, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Blanch (Arnold) Smith.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, H. Robert Laub Sr., on April 21, 1993; her brothers, Jerry, Charles and William Smith; and her sisters, Emma King, JoAnn Forgy and Betty Jane Hile.
Myrtle is survived by: her children, Harry R. Laub Jr., of McClure, Wayne C. Laub and companion, Veronica, of Lewistown, and Tammy Fultz and husband, Doug, of Yeagertown; grandchildren, Stephanie and Sherrie, of Lewistown, and Amanda and Benjamin, of Yeagertown; and great- grandchildren; Jacob, Jaxon, Marianna and Adison.
She is also survived by: her sister, Margaret Kohler, of Lewistown; her brother, Robert Smith and wife, Eleanor, of McVeytown; brothers-in-law, Jerry Hile and Floyd Forgy; and sister-in-law, Esther Smith.
She was employed at the Arrow Shirt Factory, in Lewistown, for more than 25 years and retired from Kinney Shoes.
She was a member of Samuel's Church, in McClure.
Myrtle enjoyed spending time with her family, playing Bingo, reading western books, playing cards and camping.
A special thanks to the Golden Living Center William Penn for their excellent care.
Her funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the Heller-Hoenstine Burnham Funeral Home, 108 First Ave., with the Rev. Bill Hunsicker officiating. Interment will be in Samuel's Cemetery, McClure.
Her family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home.


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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man accepted a plea bargain Wednesday in connection with a June 18 collision that killed a pedestrian and injured her son.
Francis A. Maikranz, 55, of Whitney Avenue, admitted to leaving the scene of a fatality and leaving the scene of a serious injury accident in return for a promise that he will be sentenced to no more than two to six years in state prison.
"That's in return for giving up his right to a trial," Deputy District Attorney Theodore A. Brenner said in court.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas agreed to Brenner's sentencing recommendation. She will pass sentence March 6.
"I think we're satisfied. He wouldn't have gotten much more than that [if convicted at trial]," said Dan Davis, of Niagara Falls, grandfather of the victim, Nicole Rodriguez, 26.
Brenner said the sentences for the two felonies would have to run concurrently, so the longest Maikranz could have spent in prison was seven years.
Rodriguez and her son, Christopher Pelfrey, now 8, were struck at about 10 p.m. June 18 as they were crossing Hyde Park Boulevard near Jerauld Avenue in the Falls. Rodriguez died the next day in Erie County Medical Center. Her son was thrown about 50 feet by the impact and suffered internal injuries.
The boy is now living with Davis, his great-grandfather, and has returned to school, Davis said.
Maikranz wasn't arrested until nine days after the accident. "I left the scene," he said three times in court, but didn't concede that he knew he had struck someone. He had told police he didn't know that.
"Under the circumstances, he's admitting that he should have known," said defense attorney Dominic Saraceno of the County Conflict Defender's Office. "That evening he didn't know, but once he saw it on the news that there had been an accident in that area, he should have reported it."
Saraceno asserted that Maikranz was confused by initial police statements to the media that Rodriguez and her son were struck by a maroon car with a nylon cover on the front and broken headlights. He said Maikranz was driving a bright red convertible with no cover, and he had no broken headlights. He said broken glass at the scene didn't come from Maikranz's auto.
Despite that, "when he heard of a fatality in an area where he knew there was an accident, he should have reported it and let the police investigate it," Saraceno said.
Maikranz is a colon cancer survivor and is being treated for depression.
Maikranz has no prior criminal record. He said no when asked by police if he had been drinking that night.
Saraceno said Rodriguez's blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.09 percent, above the legal threshold for intoxication, and she also had cocaine metabolites in her system.
"It might have been determined that the accident was her fault," Saraceno said.
"Fault isn't an element in leaving the scene," Brenner responded.
"He didn't stop," Davis said. "If you hit somebody and don't stop, then you should pay the consequences."
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Blackberries spread like the plague here on Vashon and I never thought I'd say this, but they really are quite a nuisance. They've got nasty thorns all over and they'll sprout a foot overnight. I'd been battling them all spring/summer but the berries finally started ripening about a month ago and they have officially earned their keep in my yard. They're really tasty. They're everywhere.
We've been harvesting them near daily and haven't even come close to putting an inkling of a dent in them. It takes me maybe 15-20 mins to come back with 2 lbs worth.
Plus they're healthy — antioxidant packed, 100% organic (wild-grown so that's a given), blah blah. Back in Cali, we'd pay $3-$4 for a tiny little box of them, probably just several ounces worth. So anyway, one thing we've been doing with them is jamming them. It's fairly easy.
A quick rinse.
Mash 'em up.
Bring to a healthy simmer.
Add sugar/lemon and reduce.
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on December 23, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Town of Tonawanda
Students in the Ken-Ton School District will have an opportunity to enroll in computer courses that will earn them college credits.
New articulation agreements between Buffalo State College and Ken-Ton's two high schools will provide three college credits for students enrolled in any of three courses: Web Design 1 & 2 and Computer Fundamentals. There is a $250 fee per course.
The district already has articulation and post-secondary agreements with Erie Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Enrollment for the computer courses with college credit will be open to all high school students. Students enrolled in one of the district's four Career Academies, which offer Career and Technical Education credits through programs also known as occupational or vocational education, are required to take one course or the other.
"As part of the effort to provide rigorous curriculum for our students, we have worked diligently with industry and local colleges to prepare students to be college and career ready," said Nancy Pray, the Business Department's curriculum learning specialist.
The four-year career academies offered by Ken-Ton are: Computer Networking & Technology; Information Technology; Pre-Engineering; and Virtual Enterprise & Finance.
Students currently enrolled in the web design or computer fundamentals courses are eligible for the college credits. Other students will be able to sign up in January.
Also coming up:
• Free floor and water exercise classes will be offered between Monday and New Year's Eve at the town's Aquatic and Fitness Center. Stop by the center, at One Pool Plaza, for a schedule or call 876-7424 for more information.
• Registration is under way for a program on the fundamental foot skills of soccer, which will be offered on five Saturdays in January and February at YWCA Tonawandas, 49 Tremont St., North Tonawanda. Open to children age 8 to 11, the cost per child is $45; a minimum of six children are required per session. For more information and to reserve a spot, call the Y at 692-5580.
• The Tonawanda Town Board will hold its organizational meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, in council chambers at the municipal building, 2919 Delaware Ave.


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Jenny McCarthy announced on The View Wednesday that Donnie Wahlberg popped the big question (and presented her with a big rock) and she happily said yes.
"I just got engaged!" the star said on the show as she unveiled her hidden hand from behind the desk and then proceeded to jump around the set. "It's a yellow sapphire," she explained about the rock.
Crying as she talked about the proposal, McCarthy said her son Evan helped with the surprise last weekend, and explained how Wahlberg – who ended up coming onto the TV set Wednesday and kissing McCarthy – had gotten down on one knee.
"We don't know yet," she said when asked about the wedding date. Barbara Walters said if they tie the knot in September next year – McCarthy said that August was one consideration – the wedding could be held in her apartment.
The couple raised eyebrows when they first started dating last summer. But McCarthy, 41, and Wahlberg, 44, instantly found a connection.
One trait they share is "our work ethic," McCarthy told PEOPLE last fall. "He understands my work schedule and he has his and I get it. And we're both single parents and he's trying to juggle all of that while I am too," she says.
Now they will add wedding planning to their breakneck schedules. While McCarthy is taping her daytime talk show in New York City, the Blue Bloods actor recently finished filming season 4 of the series and will be busily preparing for an event in Las Vegas this July with New Kids on the Block.
This will be the second marriage for both. Wahlberg has two sons from his nine-year marriage to Kim Fey, which ended in divorce in 2008.
McCarthy's son Evan is from her marriage to director John Asher, whom she divorced in 2005.
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New Online Decision Tools Use Weather and Watershed Data to Help Wisconsin Farmers Pinpoint Low-risk Times to Spread Manure
New Online Decision Tools Use Weather and Watershed Data to Help Wisconsin Farmers Pinpoint Low-risk Times to Spread Manure
Wisconsin is rich in manure resources produced by nearly 3.5 million cattle, so the state's livestock producers need to be savvy manure managers. University of Wisconsin-Madison soil and water conservation experts have teamed with meteorologists to create a set of online, technology-based tools that can help producers determine when they should spread and when they should wait.
"We like to consider manure as a resource and not as a waste product," says John Panuska, a faculty associate of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who helped develop the new Wisconsin Manure Management System. "Losing that material to a rainfall or snow melt event as a result of runoff makes it an environmental risk."
The Wisconsin Manure Management Advisory System was developed in response to some major manure runoff events in the past. A key piece of the system is a runoff risk advisory forecast, which uses information on recent rainfall and upcoming weather events to help farmers time manure application to coincide with the most suitable soil conditions.
The risk advisory forecast highlights the degree of risk across the state on a map of Wisconsin watersheds. A watershed that's at high risk for runoff on a given day is colored red. Farmers can click through the risk for next three days during the non-snow melt period and the next 10 days during snow melt conditions. A grower can use this information to plan to apply manure when the risk of runoff is lowest.
The forecasting system combines data from the National Weather Service Forecasting Center in the Twin Cities with computer models of each of Wisconsin's watersheds. The systems' creators calculated thresholds for each watershed that give "a reasonable prediction of when runoff is going to occur," says Panuska.
Of course, finding a dry time to apply manure is not always a matter of waiting a couple of days. Last spring, for example, frequent rains saturated soils as the ground was thawing. Longer term planning is important, and that's the purpose of another piece of the manure management system, the nutrient application restriction maps. These maps delineate areas with seasonal restrictions on manure application.
Panuska says that producers need to use these forecasting tools in combination with a boots-on-the-ground approach. "The final decision to spread must be based on local field conditions," he says. Combining a field-by-field assessment with the short- and long-term planning tools can help farmers decide when to apply manure by giving them a clearer picture of the likely impact of substantial rainfall or freeze.


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SYCAMORE - Many fans filed into the gymnasium at Mohawk High School for the home opener not sure what to expect of this year's Warrior team with a new coach in John Arnold sitting at the head of the bench.
What those fans saw was a team vastly improved from the one that finished 5-16 a season ago, utilizing a fast-paced style to push rival Carey to the limit.
Carey coach C.J. Kin was one person in the gym who did know what to expect from Mohawk. He had his Blue Devils well prepared for the Warriors, and despite not being able put Mohawk away until the final buzzer, Carey was able to leave town with an 80-73 win.
"After the way (Mohawk) had played Wynford last Saturday, we watched the tape and I was impressed with how hard they play. They get after it hard," Kin said. "We knew they'd press, run up and down the floor. We had to be prepared for that. I thought we had chances to blow it open, and once again like last Saturday (against Riverdale), we let teams back in. ... I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game by any means."
The teams spent the early portion of the game running up and down the court with each other, exchanging fast break baskets with Carey holding an 11-10 lead, before embarking on a 11-2 run to end the quarter.
Corbin Blair had nine of his 14 points in the opening stanza so stake Carey to its lead.
Fact Box
Carey 80, Mohawk 73
Carey (2-0, 1-0): Austin Patton 1-0-2; Matthew Holsinger 1-0-2; Bryan Powers 4-3-11; Levi Patrick 0-0-0; Corbin Blair 6-2-14; Justin Meek 5-8-18; Zach Boes 5-0-11; Jared Wentling 8-4-22. Totals 30-17-80.
Mohawk (0-2, 0-1): Gunnar Johnson 1-0-3; Tyler Boyd 0-0-0; Mitch Parker 5-0-11; Drew Loose 10-8-29; Tyler Krupp 2-1-5; Darby Walton 4-0-8; Grant Ekleberry 7-0-17. Totals: 29-9-73.
Carey22161527 - 80
Mohawk12161827 - 73
Field goals: Carey 30-61; Mohawk 29-57
3-point goals: Carey 3-18 (Wentling 2, Boes); Mohawk 6-14 (Ekleberry 3, Loose, Parker, Johnson)
Foul shots: Carey 17-29; Mohawk 9-16
Rebounds: Carey 34 (Boes 12, Blair 6); Mohawk 33 (Walton 8, Loose 7, Krupp 7)
Turnovers: Carey 10; Mohawk 18
The lead remained 10 at the half, 38-28, before Mohawk rallied in the third quarter to take the lead.
"I can't complain about the effort. I think everyone in the crowd saw that we're going to fight," said Arnold. "I said it last week, I'm going to say it again. We're a new team; we're learning each other. I think they finally got it; I finally understood them in the third quarter. Now we just need to learn how to play that way for four quarters.
"We want to run the floor; we want to pressure teams. We haven't really been able to pressure teams as much as we'd like so far this year. Partially to our own doing. But we're going to get back and going to get after it. Can't fault the kids at all on the effort side. They really gave everything they had tonight."
The Warriors opened the third quarter on a 16-5 run, taking the lead with 1:48 left in the period.
Grant Ekleberry missed a foul shot, but teammate Tyler Krupp pulled down an offensive rebound, fed it back to Ekleberry who layed it in for a 44-43 Mohawk edge, its first since holding an early 8-7 lead.
For Arnold, the change in the third was evident from the look on his players' faces.
"These kids, they do a lot on momentum," Arnold said. "That's why we want to get them going. ... At halftime we talked about smiling. That may sound weird from a coach, but when they smile, when they have fun, they really feed off each others energy. So when we get effort and we get something going, it's hard to stop us."
Unfortunately for Mohawk, it was hard for the Warriors to stop Carey's super sophomores.
Bryan Powers hit back-to-back baskets to return the lead to Carey, then Jared Wentling scored the final six points of the quarter, including a 3-pointer and a steal and layup that beat the buzzer to push Carey's advantage to seven, 53-46 heading into the fourth.
"I was getting kind of mad at the end," Wentling said of his feelings once Mohawk jumped in front. "I felt I needed to help my team, help bring us back; help my teammates out and make good passes.
"Coach told me to run the floor and get the ball, help my teammates out and get them in position."
"They make a big run there in the third quarter to tie it. We just turned around, we made some big plays at the other end," Kin said. "I thought once again the sophomores stepped up really well. I know Jared had a big game, hit some tough shots."
After seeing his team rally to take the lead, Arnold said Carey's late run, especially Wentling's buzzer beater, took all the momentum away from his team.
"That took a lot of wind out of our sails, there's not question about that," he said. "We can't let that happen, though. They got a steal with three-and-a-half seconds to go, they got to the other end and scored. That can't happen.
Wentling's 22 points led the Blue Devils (2-0, 1-0 Midland Athletic League).
"He knows his job is as soon as the ball goes in or we get a turnover, he runs," Kin said. "It's so nice to have a kid like that, that works that hard. His little spurt, though, was huge. They'd just made that run to tie it, we were able to get a seven-point lead going into the fourth quarter, which put a little less pressure on us."
Justin Meek chipped in 18, including 10 in the fourth quarter as Carey held off one final Mohawk charge. Zach Boes, another sophomore, tallied a double-double for the Blue Devils, scoring 11 and pulling down 12 rebounds.
Drew Loose did everything he could in the final period to keep his team in the game. The Warrior senior scored 19 of his game-high 29 in the final period. Grant Ekleberry, who poured in 17 points, knocked down a pair of 3-pointers, but Mohawk (0-2, 0-1) couldn't get any closer than seven.


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Elizabeth N. "Betty" Davis, 91, a resident of The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg, died Wednesday morning at the home.
She was born in Mineral County, W.Va., daughter of the late Leon A. and Fern L. (McCulloh) Neff. She married Dr. Charles R. Davis Jr. on Dec. 14, 1940, in Huntingdon, and he preceded her in death on March 11, 1983.
Surviving are a daughter, Judith A. Wood of Altoona; two grandchildren: Paulette A. McGeary and husband, Brian, and G. Thomas Wood and wife, Tammy Jo; four great-grandchildren: Nicole, Megan, Roseanne and Chase; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Betty was a 1939 graduate of Huntingdon High School, where she was secretary of her class, and also attended the Altoona School of Commerce. She retired in 1983 from the Mount Union Borough Office, where she had been employed for several years as borough secretary. She had also done volunteer work at the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon.
Betty was currently a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Altoona, where she had been active in volunteer work. She had formerly been a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church when residing in Mount Union. She enjoyed painting, reading and sewing.
There will be no public viewing or visitation. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Altoona, Father Brian Saylor officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 5514 Roselawn Ave., Altoona, PA 16602; or The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg, 916 Hickory St., Hollidaysburg, PA 16648.
Arrangements are by Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union.


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Fall 1999 Volume 3, Issue 6
Dear Reader - Fall 1999
A message from IMF President Susie Novis
Myeloma Today Profile
J. Anthony Child, M.D.
Tour De France Victory
Can it become a tour de force?
Melphalan and Prednisone
Still the right therapy for many patients with myeloma
What to do if you're tired of being tired
IMF (UK) Update
Myeloma Patient Advocacy
Fundraiser Tops $150,000 For Myeloma Research
The IMF and CBS family work together to fund Brian D. Novis Research Grants in honor of Elliot Bernstein
Choosing Life
A Personal Struggle With Myeloma
Did You Know?
The Ted Vasil Scholarship Award
Protecting Your Skin After Radiotherapy
News & Notes - Fall 1999
The Role Of Cell-Cell Interactions In The Development Of Osteolytic Bone Lesions In Myeloma


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A dragon rock supposedly fell from the sky in the year 1420. The Roman governor Pontius Pilatus might have been buried in Lake Pilatus. Legend has it that a petrified man stands guard in front of a cave. The mountain massif of Pilatus, which towers above the region with its 2,132 meters in height, indubitably captures the imagination.
Even today Pilatus is a source of mystical discoveries and is home to places of natural beauty that are steeped in legend and lore. The mountain can be reached from Lucerne by gondola lift and aerial cable car and from Alpnachstad with the world's steepest rack-railroad. Thus a special roundtrip tour is possible, involving journeys by paddle steamer, rack-railroad, aerial cable car and bus. The trip can be combined with various types of sports, hiking tours, or a visit to the summer toboggan run.
For those people who like boatrides and mountains, the Golden Roundtrip is a wonderful journey. To Alpnachstad by boat or train, then to Pilatus Kulm on the world's steepest railway. Descent by the cable car and gondolas to Kriens, Lucerne or the whole tour vice versa.
The variety of hiking tracks lets every enthusiastic hiker's heart beat faster. In the region of Pilatus, you will find tracks not only for hikers, but for mountaineers and alpinists as well.
Another very particular attraction is the longest summer-toboggan run of Switzerland - a funny and sportive experience one should not miss. At Krienseregg you find a large children's playground, a recreation area with waymarked hiking trails and picnic areas with tables and benches and open barbecue.
Soak up the sun on Pilatus Kulm over the sea of fog at 2,132m above sea level. In winter, the 6km toboggan run from Fräkmüntegg to Kriens is a great way to have fun. Toboggans can be hired at the Fräkmüntegg middle station. From mid-November, Europe's highest altitude Christmas market heralds the arrival of the festive season on Pilatus Kulm.
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The History of Microsoft - 1994
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For Microsoft, 1994 was an ambitious year as we introduce the architecture for its new software solution, code-named "Tiger," for delivering continuous media such as audio and video. We sign a definitive agreement to acquire Softimage, Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, a leading developer of high-performance 2-D and 3-D computer animation. And Microsoft Plus, a support program designed to increase users' satisfaction with Microsoft and its products, is announced.
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1994 Revenue/Headcount
The 1994 fiscal year-end sales total $4,649,000,000. The 1994 fiscal Year employee headcount totals 15,257 people.
Official Subsidiaries Launched: Microsoft De Centroamerica S.A. (Costa Rica), Microsoft Peru, S.A.
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January 31, 1994
Microsoft Plus, a support program designed to increase users' satisfaction with Microsoft and its products, is announced.
February 14, 1994
Microsoft signs a definitive agreement to acquire Softimage, Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, a leading developer of high-performance 2-D and 3-D computer animation and visualization software. The stock transaction, which has an approximate value of $130 million U.S., has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
May 17, 1994
Microsoft introduces the architecture for its new software solution, code-named "Tiger," for delivering continuous media such as audio and video. The Tiger technology, based on Microsoft® Windows NT™ Advanced Server, is a fully scaleable media file-server solution, providing media-on-demand for personal, corporate, and citywide deployment. Compaq and Intel are the first hardware manufacturers to demonstrate continuous media servers based on this technology.
Other Products Released in 1994: Encarta, 1994 Edition on CD-ROM for Mac, Cinemania 1994 on CD-ROM for Mac, and Bookshelf 1994 on CD-ROM for Mac and Windows, Microsoft Multimedia Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet, Excel 5.0, Windows Sound System 2.0, , Cinemania 1994, Office Developer's Kit, PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows, Office 4.2 for Windows, Money 3.0 for Windows, The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack, FoxPro 2.6 for Windows and MS-DOS, Microsoft Golf Championship Courses, Dangerous Creatures, Microsoft Multimedia Strauss: Three Tone Poems, Complete Baseball, Isaac Asimov's The Ultimate Robot, Ancient Lands, Project version 4.0 for Windows, FoxPro version 2.5 for the Macintosh, Access Developer's Toolkit for Windows 2.0, SQL Server version 4.21, Access Solutions Pack for Windows 1.0, Microsoft Mail and Schedule+ Extensions for Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, MS-DOS 6.21, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Software Developers Kit (SDK) 2.0, Office Assistant
Notable New Hires:
In the World:
· Novell acquires WordPerfect for $1.14 billion and buys Borland's Quattro Pro for $145 million.
· Compaq ranks number one in worldwide PC shipments, surpassing IBM for the first time.
· Following South Africa's first open elections, Nelson Mandela becomes the country's first black president.
· Soccer: For the first time ever, the US hosted the World Cup playoffs. Brazil defeated Italy in the final.
· End of Apartheid: Following South Africa's first open elections, Nelson Mandela became the country's first black president.
· Chechnya: Russian troops were sent to the breakaway territory of Chechnya, beginning the first of two wars against Chechen guerillas.
· TV: Top-rated shows included "Home Improvement," "Seinfeld," and "Frasier." "Friends" and "ER" premiered.
· Genocide in Africa: Ethnic tensions in Rwanda between Hutus and Tutsis exploded into mass violence, as 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days.
· Software Merger: In a transaction estimated to be worth $525 million, Aldus and Adobe agreed to merge.
· Kurt Cobain: Kurt Cobain, leader of the popular Northwest grunge band Nirvana, committed suicide at age 27.
· Skater Attacked: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was injured by a masked man wielding a crowbar, but went on to win a silver medal at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics. Rival skater Tonya Harding was later implicated in the attack and banned from amateur skating.
· Chunnel: The Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France opened.
· Nixon: Former president Richard Nixon died at age 81.
· J.: Millions watched as O.J. Simpson fled police in a white Ford Bronco.
· Reagan: Former president Ronald Reagan revealed that he had Alzheimer's.
· Codex Leicester: Bill Gates bought Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester at a Christie's auction for a record $30.8 million.
· Korea: North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung died. He was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-Il.
· Information superhighway: Vice President Al Gore held the first electronic news conference from the White House, responding online to questions submitted via email.
· Movies: Top grossing movies of the year included "Forrest Gump," "Dumb and Dumber," "Pulp Fiction," and "Speed." "Forrest Gump" also netted Oscars for Best Movie, Best Actor (Tom Hanks), and Best Director (Robert Zemeckis).
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I really like this series, but thursday has come and gone for a while and 1995 was not posted.
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Multimedia Strauss!!! I had a copy of that CD but lost it. Does Microsoft sell archived content?
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Like many a Microsoft product before and after, Bob was announced before it was finished. The unofficial software will arrive in stores until March 31, 1995, almost three months after its debut at CES. It sold for $ 99, a bit on the pricey side, though it was a time when the software is generally sold for more than that in the coming years. But Bob costing was not as important an issue as the hardware requirements. The program requires a PC with a 486 CPU, 30 MB free disk space, and what the Puget Sound Business Journal called "a large amount of memory, 8 MB, or twice the typical amount to around 1995 computers at home looked. Rookies only be able to experience the equipment owned by Bob if unusually powerful.
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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) - Zeke Marshall had 17 points and six blocks, and Akron beat Penn State 85-60 in the fifth-place game at the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Sunday.
D.J. Newbill had 20 points for the Nittany Lions (2-2), who played the final 34 minutes of the game without their best player, Tim Frazier, after the senior suffered what a team spokesman called a lower left leg injury.
Frazier walked out of the arena on his power. He will be re-evaluated when the team returns Monday to State College.
Penn State trailed by four at halftime before getting outscored 53-24 in the final 20 minutes.
"I felt like we played a great first 20 minutes, but when you lose a player of the caliber of a Tim Frazier and he's your point guard as well, it's very difficult," Penn State coach Patrick Chambers said. "He's a high-production player, and we just couldn't sustain it in the second half."
Frazier didn't score in six minutes of play.
Carmelo Betancourt and Demetrius Treadwell had 10 points each for the Zips. Marshall scored six points during a 13-3 run to open the second half that put Akron up for good.
"We came out with more energy. It felt like practice, honestly," Marshall said. "I'm pumped for the regular season."
Eleven of his 17 points came from the foul line. Marshall set a tournament record with 13 total blocks.
"It isn't the first time I've broke records and it won't be the last," Marshall said. "I don't understand why other people can't do it. It's that easy."
Ross Travis had 11 points and 10 rebounds, but shot just 1 of 10 from the floor for Penn State.
Newbill, a transfer from Southern Mississippi, tried to pick up the slack in the backcourt when Frazier went down. The sophomore shot 8 of 17 from the field and added six rebounds and five assists.
"We tried to keep it together," Chambers said. "We have to pick up the pieces and continue to get better. We have to figure out how we are going to play and compete with the group we have for as long as we may not have Tim."


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Business Writing Survey
Designed to cover writing fundamentals, processes, and techniques to
enable business professionals to communicate clearly and effectively.
See MBA Graduate Coordinator for additional information.
Economics Survey
An introduction to national income and output, price level and employment
determination (macroeconomics); and consumer behavior, theory of cost
and the firm, income distribution, and market structures (microeconomics).
Designed for students who have not completed undergraduate courses in
macro- and microeconomics. Prerequisite: intermediate college algebra.
Accounting Survey
Designed to present accounting information as an essential element of
the decision-making process in a business environment. Presents basic
standards and principles that underlie accounting information. The course
introduces the ways in which accounting information is accumulated and
explains how such information can be used by management in directing the
affairs of an organization.
Business Law Survey
Discusses current legal problems confronting business and the legal aspects
of decision-making. Develops an understanding of legal principles and
the process of legal reasoning and proceedings, particularly as they pertain
to business. Defines the responsibilities of business to consumers and
the public.
Business Computer Applications Survey
An introduction to business computer applications utilizing word processing,
spreadsheet and database software. Students utilize business software
in solving business problems. See MBA Graduate Coordinator for additional
Quantitative Methods Survey
This course is designed to provide graduate students with the mathematical
skills and concepts necessary to be competitive in an increasingly quantitative
environment; it includes an introduction to differential and integral
calculus with applications to business and economics. Note: students will
be required to take a mathematics placement test. Prerequisite: MATH 105,
Statistics Survey
Covers topics in descriptive and inferential statistics including measures
of location and dispersion, probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis
testing, statistical inference, correlation and simple regression. Prerequisite:
MATH 105 or MATH 141.
International Marketing
Explores marketing strategies unique to international business. Focuses
on modifications of marketing strategies and tactics occasioned by environmental
differences. Prerequisite: MBA 610. Cross-listed to MKTG 340. Graduate
students are required to complete additional course work.
International Management
Explores and analyzes the practice of global management. The focus is
on the entire spectrum of international management, including large multinational
enterprises. Students study both the general internationalization process
and the more comprehensive and complex management requirements of global
business organizations.
Human Resource Management
An overview of the field of human resource management, including issues
in employee influence, managing human resource flow, reward systems, and
work systems. Topics studied include aspects of international human resource
management, including personnel selection for international operations,
cross-cultural training for overseas assignments, management development
in the global context, and cross-cultural issues in motivation, productivity,
performance appraisals, and compensation.
Compensation and Benefits
Provides an understanding of traditional and evolving reward systems.
Includes the development of the basic tools of compensation, analyzing
wage and salary systems, establishing a compensation structure, exploring
incentive plans of various forms, and managing executive compensation.
Explores the design of benefit plans, managing the bidding process, setting
up efficient administrative systems, and complying with pertinent laws
and regulations. Prerequisite: MBA 522.
Human Resource Planning and Staffing
Designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the planning and staffing
functions within the HRM department. Includes forecasting employment needs,
managing recruiting, coordinating the employment process, interviewing
techniques, pre-employment testing, orienting the new employee, and employment
law. Prerequisite: MBA 522.
International Economics
A survey course in international trade dealing with the economic basis
for trade among nations, tariffs, customs unions, balance of payments,
exchange rates, and public policy. Prerequisite: MBA 501. Cross-listed
to ECON 319. Graduate students are required to complete additional course
Labor Relations Economics
Introduction to labor market economics. Survey course in wage theory,
labor mobility, unionism, collective bargaining, employment, and public
policy. Prerequisite: MBA 501. Cross-listed to ECON 420. Graduate students
are required to complete additional course work.
Macroeconomic Theory
Intermediate study of income, employment, and output; also the role of
fiscal and monetary policies. Prerequisite: MBA 501. Cross-listed to ECON
317. Graduate students are required to complete additional course work.
Financial Accounting Theory and Practice I
The central objective of this course is to provide in-depth coverage
of financial accounting and reporting topics from both a theoretical and
practical standpoint. This objective is accomplished through a combination
of reading assignments, classroom lecture/discussion sessions, assignments,
cases, and student presentations. The course seeks to sharpen students'
analytical and interpretative skills, as well as their oral and written
communication skills, through exposure to practical business situations.
The course covers the FASB conceptual framework. Prerequisite: ACCT 360.
Financial Accounting Theory and Practice II
Provides a comprehensive examination of the treatment of acquisitions
and mergers, preparation of consolidated financial statements, principles
of accounting for partnerships, not-for-profit accounting, and foreign
currency transactions. Prerequisite: ACCT 360.
International Finance
Topics studied include financing of international transactions, balance
of payments between nations, international financial institutions and
foreign exchange markets. Prerequisites: MBA 501, 502. Cross-listed to
FINC 435. Graduate students are required to complete additional course
The course provides students with an understanding and background of
the skills, concepts, attitudes, and knowledge necessary for creating
and managing new business ventures. Students review typical pitfalls in
starting a new business venture and learn to develop a business plan for
potential investors. Prerequisites: MBA 502, 503, 610, 640, 645.
Telecommunications and Integrated Information Systems
Methods of integrating technology in management information systems,
telecommunication and data communication concepts, design, architecture,
networking, and distributed systems. Introduces students to the concepts
of data communications and reviews in-depth the physical aspects of data
communications, computer networking, and data management. Prerequisite:
Organizational Behavior
This course is a systematic study of the human aspects of management.
It deals with organizations: how they begin, grow and develop, and their
effect on individual members, constituent groups, other organizations,
and larger institutions.
Ethics and Business
Advances students' understanding of ethics in the context of business.
The objective of this course is to help students recognize ethical dilemmas
when they appear, provide alternative means of resolving those dilemmas,
and take into account the ethical implications of their actions.
Managerial Marketing
The background and understanding of marketing as it is applied to the
organization. Emphasis is on marketing theory, concepts, and practice.
Students develop a critical orientation of marketing activities on how
they accomplish organizational objectives and the relationship between
marketing and other processes within the organization.
Personal Financial Planning & Insurance
This course is an introduction to the basics that will form the foundation
of knowledge for the financial services professional. The financial planning
process, as well as the legal, ethical, and regulatory issues affecting
financial planners, and time value of money concepts are covered. The
course continues with a discussion of the principles of risk management
and insurance, allowing the student to identify a client's risk exposure
and select appropriate risk management techniques. Prerequisite: MBA 645.
Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits
This course covers all the major retirement-related issues: retirement
savings need analysis, qualified retirement plan design, Social Security,
Medicare, and more. In addition, group life, health, and disability insurance;
nonqualified deferred compensation; and other commonly provided employee
benefits are examined. Prerequisite: MBA 615.
Securities Regulations and Trading
This course is an introduction to the Securities Industry. It focuses
on the rules, regulations, and laws an individual must know to be prepared
to function as a licensed professional dealing with securities. Prerequisites:
Operations Management
Views basic process functions in managing a production or service organization,
such as inventory, production, procurement, total quality management,
production planning, project management, and business forecasting. Also
develops skills in quantitative decision-making and the use of various
quantitative models, including linear programming, PERT, queuing theory,
transportation methods, etc. Prerequisites: MBA 505, 506, 507.
Business Plan Development
Develops a framework for beginning an entrepreneurial firm with the focus
on being and remaining innovative, starting with the business plan and
continuing through the firm life cycle. Using case studies to develop
successful business plans, the course specifically analyzes the market
need, financing options, demand estimation, and financial forecasting.
Through each phase of the planning, special emphasis is accorded to issues
surrounding firm flexibility v. rigidity for maximum receptiveness to
innovation. Models for the continued use of planning criteria for post
start-up phases are developed and analyzed. Prerequisite: MBA 560.
Entrepreneurial Finance and Equity
Follows the firm from acquisition of start-up capital through financing
options. This course analyzes the concepts and institutions involved in
each phase, weighing the appropriateness of financing from both demand
and supply perspectives. Course examines actual proposals made to venture
capital firms and critically analyzes financial viability. Course includes
financing start-ups, financial planning for the smaller enterprise, going
public, selling out, bankruptcy, and evaluating multiple capital sources.
Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
This course develops the qualitative tools necessary for successful entrepreneurship
and/or intrapreneurship. Specific areas of coverage are: leadership and
the firm life cycle, the art of negotiations, evaluating venture opportunities,
managing in the face of constraints to firm and product innovation, and
the importance of decision making. Prerequisite: MBA 560.
The Process of Innovation
This course develops the framework for innovation. The innovation process
is divided into the pre-market (entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial) phase
and the commercialization phase. In the pre-market phase, topics include
the innovation environment within and outside the firm, the process of
intellectual property rights, and evaluating the value of a potential
innovation. The commercialization phase analyzes the process of protecting
differentiation, determining production methods, and marketing the innovation.
Case studies are used to analyze theory and to develop new models.
Managerial Economics
The emphasis is on integration of economic theory and methodology with
analytical tools for application to decision-making in public and private
institutions. Topic areas include forecasting, demand analyses, production
and cost, pricing, capital budgeting, and money banking. Prerequisites:
Managerial Accounting
Emphasizes the internal uses of accounting data by managers in directing
the affairs of business organizations. The class looks at accounting data
through the eyes of those who must use it in setting plans and objectives,
in controlling operations, and making the myriad of decisions involved
with the management of an enterprise. Looking at the accounting data with
this perspective provides a solid managerial base upon which to build
concepts. Prerequisites: MBA 502, 505.
Individual Income Taxation
Designed for both accounting and non-accounting students. The course
provides comprehensive coverage of the Federal income tax structure and
application of tax principles to preparation of individual tax returns.
Estate and Tax Planning Strategy
This course deals with the Federal tax statutes, regulations, rulings,
and leading cases applicable to individual and other taxpayers with special
emphasis placed upon estate planning. The probate process, federal gift
taxes, estate taxes, trusts, and valuation of assets are areas covered
in this course.
Managerial Finance
Introduces the concepts and problems of financial decision-making. Briefly
reviews accounting statements, then moves on to methods of analyzing financial
performance, including measuring cash flows, ratio analysis, time value
of money, and fundamentals of capital budgeting. Prerequisites: MBA 502,
505, 506, 507.
Executive Finance and Controllership
An exploration of the role and function of the chief financial officer/controller
in an enterprise, blending accounting applications with financial and
strategic business decisions. Prerequisites: MBA 640, 645.
Special Topics in International Business
Special topics in international business are offered periodically under
this course number.
Strategic Practicum
Given its presentation of the integrative function of the general manager,
this course is intended to be a capstone to the MBA Program. Through case
studies and lectures, it is designed to integrate the student's graduate
learning experience, further analytical capabilities and improve skills
in business decision-making and strategy formulation. Prerequisite: completion
of MBA core course work.
Work experience in field of study or career. Prerequisite: completion
of a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours, completion of the Career
Center Internship workshop, and consent of Practice Experience Coordinator
and Career Center Internship Coordinator.
Management Support Systems
Examines the information systems used to support managerial decision-making.
Includes an in-depth study, design, and development of a multimedia system.
Other topics covered include executive information systems and group decision
support systems. Prerequisites: MBA 505, 667.
Government and Business
Explores the relationship between government and business. Topics include
the role of business in the macro economy, the effect of government and
trade deficits on business, the role of regulation, industrial policy,
and other issues. Prerequisite: MBA 501.
Special Topics in Human and Organizational Development
Special topics in human and organizational development are offered periodically
under this course number.
Special Topics in Management Information Systems
Special topics in management information systems are offered periodically
under this course number.
Special Topics in Business
Special topics in business are offered periodically under this course
Introduction to simple and multiple regression analyses with applications
to business and economics. Course is designed to provide more advanced
statistical tools helpful in managerial decision-making. Prerequisites:
MBA 501, 505, 506, 507. Cross-listed to ECON 499. Graduate students are
required to complete additional course work for graduate credit.
Special Topics in Economics
Special topics in economics are offered periodically under this course
Special Topics in Finance
Special topics in finance are offered periodically under this course
Organizational Development
Study of models, theories, and methods used in changing entire organizations
or major organizational sub-units to achieve improved performance. Prerequisite:
Strategic Marketing
Explores marketing strategy and tactics necessary for effective managerial
decision-making. Development of strategy and tactics is accomplished through
case studies. Prerequisite: MBA 610.
Special Topics in Accounting
Special topics in accounting are offered periodically under this course
Management Information Systems
Investigates theories and principles of systems analysis and design from
a macro perspective. Develops procedures for analyzing systems in general
and the specific application to integrated management information systems.
Prerequisite: MBA 505.
Directed Studies
Independent research/readings in areas not fully covered by core or elective
courses. Prerequisites: all MBA survey courses and consent of instructor
and school dean.
Examination of leadership theories and principles studied within the
framework of the organization. Styles, skills, mentoring, influence processes
and power bases will be investigated and personal leadership skills will
be developed. Prerequisite: MBA 602
Training and Development
Examines the nature of adult learning, training, and development. Focuses
on the process of identifying training needs, specifying training objectives
and developing training programs. Prerequisite: MBA 602.
Labor Relations Management
Presents an overview of current trends and developments in labor-management
relations. Prerequisites: MBA 501, 602.
Marketing Research
Covers the range of marketing research activities and methods, including
problem definition, sources of data, questionnaire design, sampling, and
the analysis of data with respect to marketing problems. Prerequisites:
Special Topics in Marketing
Special topics in marketing are offered periodically under this course
number. Prerequisite: MBA 610.
Database Management
Methods of structuring information, database organization, and concepts
and techniques for storing and accessing information in an organization.
Examines the organizational implications of databases, information structures
and file organization, DBMS goals and objectives; design and implementation
of network, hierarchal, and relational database models, and database administration.
Prerequisite: MBA 667.
Development and Future of Management Thought
This course is designed to explore and analyze the development of different
management philosophies. Students become familiar with the history of
management thought and its impact on current management theory, practice,
and philosophy. They also analyze why and how management philosophy in
general must adjust to new organization models and structures. Prerequisite:
Management of Change
Provides an opportunity to investigate systemic and integrative approaches
to managing change. The emphasis is on determining the validity/practicality
of current change models including general systems theory. Prerequisite:
Management Consulting
Gives MBA students an opportunity to participate in a management consulting
engagement with an actual business or non-profit organization. Students
receive a comprehensive orientation in managing and conducting a consulting
engagement. They are then assigned to a consulting team to conduct an
actual engagement under the direction and supervision of a faculty advisor;
students present their findings to the client. Prerequisite: completion
of MBA core course work.
Investment and Portfolio Management
Introduction to various investment vehicles including stocks, bonds,
and various contingent investments and their uses. Includes various investment
strategies such as hedging and portfolio analysis.
Advanced Managerial Finance
Develops the theory of finance underlying all areas of finance and focuses
on in-depth applications of investments, capital budgeting, capital structure
and cost of capital, and merger and acquisition. Prerequisites: MBA 630,
640, 645.
Business Forecasting
Designed to introduce students to advanced statistical forecasting procedures.
Addresses the process of assessing the need for forecasting, choice of
forecasting tools, evaluation of the forecast and how to present results
to management. Topics include exploratory data analysis and graphing techniques,
data transformations and smoothing, multivariate regression models, simultaneous
system estimation, and time series analysis. Prerequisite: MBA 630. MBA
661 is recommended.
Business Systems Analysis and Design
The analysis and logical design of business data processing, management
information, and management control systems, project management and cost-benefit
analysis, and techniques for stating and analyzing information systems
requirements. Prerequisite: MBA 667.
Information Systems Planning and Policy
Focuses on the relationship between information system planning and overall
organizational strategy. The course covers planning and control, application
development and maintenance, systems management and control, I/S strategy,
social and legal perspectives, as well as other selected topics. Prerequisite:


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