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"Fun Home," a critically acclaimed musical and 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist, is going to Broadway. The show will open April 22, just ahead of the cutoff for Tony Award nominations.
"Fun Home" is a musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic." The book, which won various prizes and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, was named a "best" or "notable" book by numerous publications.
It generated controversy, too, especially in Charleston.
The memoir recounts Bechdel's childhood and young adult family experiences, focusing on her relationship with her father, a closeted gay man.
Selected by the College of Charleston as its 2013-14 recommended reading for students, faculty and staff, the decision caused a political backlash. Some officials objected to what they called pornography and the S.C. House budget-writing committee sought to penalize the college by withdrawing $52,000, the amount of state funding associated with The College Reads! program.
The censorship controversy prompted a forceful response from college students, faculty and administrators, including then-President George Benson, and it provided the impetus for the Off-Broadway cast of the musical "Fun Home," accompanied by its writers and Bechdel herself, to assemble in Charleston for a concert version of the show. Two performances quickly were sold out.
Now the unusual musical production will join company on Broadway with "The Last Ship," featuring music by Sting; "Honeymoon in Vegas," an adaptation of the 1992 film; and "An American in Paris," a staged version of the 1951 Gene Kelly movie, according to The New York Times.
Bechdel, who was surprised by the accusations of pornography in South Carolina, calling the controversy "sad and absurd," has said she is amazed at the quality of the stage adaptation and talent of the cast. Already in April, when she was in Charleston for the concert performance, there was talk about the show moving to Broadway. It had completed its acclaimed run at the Public Theatre in January 2014.
Bechdel said she remains "entranced" by the efforts of the musical's creators, Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori and Sam Gold.
"They culled the emotional nuggets out of my story and made them into a whole new thing," Bechdel wrote in an email. "But the new thing feels absolutely true to the book."
Todd McNerney, a theater professor at the College of Charleston who took the lead in arranging the "Fun Home" performance in Charleston, said he was not surprised to learn of the show's continued success.
The musical taps into the Broadway formula, offering a compelling narrative enhanced by catchy tunes and smart lyrics, yet it manages to avoid cliche, he said.
It also presents one of the most universal of all themes: family relations.
"It's about family, and we all have family," he said. "And it's about the kinds of things that families don't talk about - all families, no matter how well adjusted, have things they don't talk about."
No wonder the show has elicited such acclaim.
"It helps illustrate yet again that, for all of the differences throughout all of humanity and all people, there are a large number of similarities," McNerney said. "This play speaks to that through song and humor, but in an incredibly refreshing and engaging way."
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The latest hopeful to toss his hat into the ring? None other than reality-star wannabe Levi Johnston, who hopes his campaign will attract viewers to his proposed TV reality show.
Johnston, 20, has paired with the veteran reality firm Stone and Co., already responsible for TLC's Extreme Food Sculpting, to pitch a Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor's Office pilot, the production company confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.
Those with memory loss may need to be reminded that Johnston's almost mother-in-law, Sarah Palin, was mayor of the small town (pop. 10,000) from 1992-2002, before becoming governor of the state.
Not that Levi appears to be seeking higher office. Besides tracking the former Playgirl model on the campaign trail, his show would also offer an inside look at his being a father to his 19-month-old son (with Bristol Palin) Tripp and his quest for a Hollywood career.
Speaking to Variety, Johnston said it was the producers' idea – not his – to add the run for mayor to the show. Already hobnobbing in Hollywood, Johnston attended last Sunday's Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.
Earlier, there had been talk of Johnston and Bristol Palin's sharing their wedding and early married life with a reality-TV camera crew, but that potential plan went up in smoke when the two young parents went their separate ways last week.
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CHICAGO This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to entitled. But fiscally conservative?
Thats a new one, and it just might have an impact on the presidential election.
Listen to Caroline Winsett, a senior at Chicagos DePaul University, who considers herself fairly socially liberal but said being fiscally conservative matters most right now.
Ultimately, Im voting with my pocketbook, said Winsett, a 22-year-old political science major who is president of the DePaul student body. She recently cast an absentee ballot for Republican Mitt Romney in her home state of Tennessee.
To be clear, polls show that President Barack Obama remains the favorite among 18- to 29-year-old registered voters, as he was in 2008. No one thinks the majority of young voters will support Romney in the Nov. 6 election.
But the polls also hint at a schism between those who werent old enough to vote in 2008 and their older twentysomething counterparts, said John Della Volpe, the polling director at Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics.
In one poll, for instance, he found that 42 percent of 18- and 19-year-olds identified as conservative, compared with just over one-third who said they were liberal.
By comparison, those proportions were nearly flipped for 22- to 24-year-olds 39 percent said they were liberal, and a third called themselves conservative. It was much the same for older twentysomethings.
Tina Wells, head of Buzz Marketing, an agency that tracks the attitudes of young people, has noticed this shift to the right. Her own researchers have found that the youngest adults are much more likely to label themselves conservative, moderate or independent than older millennials, a term for young adults who have entered adulthood in the new millennium.
Like a lot of youth experts, Wells thinks it has to do with one thing: the economy.
Suddenly, she said, the entitled generation, those who grew up in more prosperous times and were seen as having ridiculously high expectations for jobs and standard of living, was no more.
That bubble burst the minute the economy started tanking, and they were the unemployed generation,? Wells said. They had to grow up.
She said the recession had a particularly profound effect on the political attitudes of younger millennials, who have come of age as the adults who preceded them have lost homes, jobs and retirement funds. It has set a decidedly grimmer tone as their age group also has faced the highest unemployment rate of any age bracket, while many others have had to take jobs below their qualifications.
We heard about how our parents bank accounts were shrinking and how money that was there one day was gone the next, said Jessie Wurzer, a 17-year-old in Fairport, N.Y.
She said it has left her and her peers with a lingering anxiety about money and finances in general.
They worry about how they will afford college, whether Social Security will be there when they are ready to retire and how the national deficit will affect them. Thats why Wurzer now calls herself a fiscal conservative.
At the same time, however, she considers herself a moderate on social issues, including gay marriage and abortion. So in traditional political terms, this generation is hard to peg.
Unemployment is now the top concern among young people, said Deborah Maue, vice president at TRU, a Chicago-based research company that specializes in tweens, teens and young adults.
Just after the 2008 election, unemployment ranked fifth, behind such issues as education and health care.
Maue said this is a generation that also is passionately hands off on social issues. TRUs research also has found that teens are increasingly uninterested in organized religion.
Theyre all about individuality and accepting people as individuals, said Maue, who leads the TRU Enrollment Insights Program for higher education professionals.
For some young people, an interest in individual freedom has sent them to the Libertarian party. Rachel Palermo, a 19-year-old in Northfield, Minn., is one of them.
Our loss of trust may be why we have the mentality that the economy would be best with less intervention said Palermo, a sophomore at St. Olaf College. She plans to vote for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
Even though politician after politician promises theyll improve the economy, they have failed, and we are going to suffer from it.


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Fabulous filly Rachel Alexandra could be headed for the Preakness next weekend or the Belmont Stakes in June after the Kentucky Oaks winner was sold to Stonestreet Stables on Wednesday - less than a week since her recordsetting victory in the female version of the Kentucky Derby.
If she enters the Preakness, jockey Calvin Borel likely will be right with her. Borel, who rode her to victory in last Friday's Oaks, then won the Derby the next day aboard 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird, called her the most talented he's ever been on during his lengthy career.


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The Department of Homeland Security announced that it was discontinuing its color-coded security advisory system today. In the software security world we often try to have big dashboards with red, yellow, and green indicating important things about our software. This is a great example of where such dashboards fail.
If you look at the DHS chronology of changes to the advisory system, you can see that it came in at yellow and was mostly yellow for its first 4 years. In response to the threat posed by liquids on planes, the threat level was briefly raised to red, then it settled down at orange and DHS seems to have forgotten it. For more than 4 years it has just sat at orange—unloved, untended, unimportant.
This is typical of security dashboards. A zillion complexities are somehow squeezed into four ordinal color values. Complex qualities like geography, industry, mode of transportation, political affiliation, population density, and dozens of other factors contribute to how likely or unlikely any given target is on any given day. And somehow, all these zillions of factors were funneled into one big color that is wrong for most people.
It's arguable that the threat level has been green, for example, for huge swaths of the American heartland. Or yellow for certain industries while orange—or even red—for others. It is not clear how anyone anywhere benefited from this dashboard during its 9-year tenure. The fact that it sat at one color for 4 years is just testimony to how impossible it is to decide which of the zillion things justify a bump up or down on so coarse a measure.
As we create security dashboards in software, or in business risk, or in functional testing, or anything else that is hard to measure but begging for metrics, let this be a cautionary tale about dialing the resolution down so far that it becomes meaningless.
Why does variety of colors actually used matter? Isn't this like saying "we don't need insurance, we've never used it." We have the other colors for contingencies.
I agree on the coarse measure. This is the problem with having a bureaucracy so ridiculously large. It's unwieldy.
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BATON ROUGE - Gov. Kathleen Blanco late Thursday taped an automated telephone message for residents of nine parishes in southwestern Louisiana imperiled by Hurricane Rita, urging them to leave their homes immediately and head north.
Blanco spokesman Roderick Hawkins said the message calls were targeted at more than 400,000 homes in southwest Louisiana.
The taped telephone message opens with Blanco identifying herself and warning the resident, "Hurricane Rita is heading your way.
"If you live in the coastal areas south of I-10, you must leave immediately and evacuate to the north. Make sure you bring food, water, medicines and important documents like insurance papers and drivers' licenses.''
Blanco's message urged immediate action: "If you need assistance evacuating, please call your local law enforcement or the emergency operations center in your parish.
"Again, you must leave your home now and get out of harm's way. Please be safe.
"Thank you for your prompt action.''
Blanco and other political figures have used the automated taped telephone messages - known as "robocalls''-- in political campaigns. Political candidates, parties and special interest groups use them on election day to target their voters and get them to the polls.


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July 4, 2014 - Jim Price
The 4th of July holiday presents a wide variety of festivals and other live music activities this weekend, including the annual Central PA 4th Fest in State College, a July 4 celebration at Patton Park, the annual Hoo Dang Festival in Carrolltown, a July 5th celebration at the Wagon Wheel Amphitheater in Philipsburg featuring two Chicago-based blues and roots bands, and more.
And Arts Festival weekend launches Thursday with full live musical slates at both the Central PA Festival of the Arts in State College and the Peoples Choice Festival of Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts in Boalsburg.
And Felix & the Hurricanes present their summer Blues Cruise aboard the Proud Mary riverboat at Lake Raystown on Saturday night; seating is limited.
As always, readers are encouraged to support the wide variety of musical talent gracing area stages every week, and help ensure that such music continues to happen. And if alcohol is involved while enjoying the music, please drink responsibly, get a designated driver or call a cab.
Here is a full listing for live music on area stages this weekend and the coming week:
July 4th celebration at Patton Park, Patton; featuring White Shadow, Beatlemaniacs, Andy Rhody and Hemlock House (starts 4 p.m.)
Hoo Dang Festival, Carrolltown; featuring Acoustic Stew and the Boomers (starts 4 p.m.)
CENTRAL PA 4TH FEST, STATE COLLEGE (starts 2 p.m.):
CENTRE STAGE: 2:00 p.m. – Biscuit Jam, 2:45 p.m. – Backyard Rockers, 3:30 p.m. – Mysterytrain, 4:15 p.m. – Seven2Ten, 5:00 p.m. – State College Community Theatre, 6:00 p.m. – OverheaD, 7:00 p.m. – State College Municipal Band, 8 p.m. – ESP, 10: 15 p.m. – Chris Vipond & the Stanley Street Band
BRYCE JORDAN CENTER LAWN ACOUSTIC: 2 p.m. – Songwriters Showcase, 3 p.m. – Mark and Roy, 4 p.m. – Sons of Resonance, 5 p.m. – Chris Good, 6 p.m. – Joe Quick, 7 p.m. – "Sgt. Bob" Timney, 8 p.m. – Tommy Wareham & the Intrigues
TOWN SQUARE: 3:00 p.m. – Scent Of Water, 3:45 p.m. – Tir Na Nog Dancers, 4:30 p.m. – Anna Zaccaria, 5:15 p.m. – Ben Salinas, 6:00 p.m. – Force Of Habit, 7:00 p.m. – Riley Roth, 8:00 p.m. – Jackie Brown & the Gill Street Band
Your Dad's Friends at Lakemont Park, Altoona (starts 8 p.m.)
Emberstitch at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, Martinsburg (starts 7 p.m.)
Real Country featuring Bill Ross, Jr. at Beach Concession, Canoe Creek State Park (starts 2 p.m.)
July 5th Celebration at Wagon Wheel Amphitheater, Philipsburg; featuring Raining Blue, Richard Sleigh, Scotch Hollow and Old Grand Dad (starts 4 p.m., fireworks at 10 p.m., admission $7/person)
Root and the Fifths at Belmar Hotel, Altoona
Giants Of Science at 4D's Lounge, Altoona
Felix & the Hurricanes Blues Cruise aboard the Proud Mary, Lake Raystown (starts 7 p.m.)
D.D. & the Pub Crawlers at Blue Knob Clubhouse, Blue Knob Ski Resort
Pistol Peg & the Beer Kegs at Hoo Dang Festival, Carrolltown (starts 8 p.m.)
Anti Corn League at City Hotel, Northern Cambria
Jim Mosey at Beach Concession, Canoe Creek State Park (starts 2 p.m.)
D.D. & the Pub Crawlers and Skye 2.0 at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 5:30 p.m.)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Shaw's Bar, Altoona
Open Mic with the Backyard Rockers at D'Ottavio's Gran Sasso, Hollidaysburg (starts 8 p.m.)
Open Mic/Jam Night at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 9 p.m.)
ALLEN STREET STAGE: 11:30 a.m. – Tarnished Six, 1:30 p.m. – Smash the Windows, 3:30 p.m. – Naked Blue, 5:00 p.m. – Jay Vonada Quartet, 7:00 p.m. – J.R. Mangan Band, 9:00 p.m. – The Nightcrawlers
FESTIVAL SHELL STAGE: 2:30 p.m. – Natascha & the Spy Boys, 4:40 p.m. – Nittany Highland Pipe Band, 7:00 p.m. – The Feinberg Brothers, 9:00 p.m. – Cardinal Harbor
SIDNEY FRIEDMAN PARK STAGE: 6:30 p.m. – Joe Baione Trio, 9:00 p.m. – Virgil Harden & Appalachian Countdown
NORTH STAGE: 11:30 a.m. – Silver Spurs Line Dancers, 1:00 p.m. – Trombone Chowder, 2:30 p.m. – Jay Smar, 4:00 p.m. – Raining Blue, 5:30 p.m. – Biscuit Jam, 7:00 p.m. – Keystone Society of Swing
SOUTH STAGE: 11:30 a.m. – Chris Good, 1:00 p.m. – Dan Bubien Band, 2:30 p.m. – Bottom Shelf Blues Band, 4:00 p.m. – Joe Bonson & Coffee Run, 5:30 p.m. – Velveeta, 7:00 p.m. – Pure Cane Sugar
Felix & the Hurricanes at Wing Festival, Legion Park, Hollidaysburg (starts 5 p.m.)
Steve Summerhill at Jethro's, Altoona (starts 7 p.m.)
Brian Pavlic at 30 Something, Altoona
Dirtkicker at Philipsburg Heritage Days, Philipsburg (starts 8 p.m.)
(More shows may be added to this list as information becomes available. Feel free to check back.)
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Eileen Christman of OverheaD, performing during last year's Central PA 4th Fest in State College. OverheaD is again one of many bands performing at this year's 4th Fest on Friday.
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I'd love to take over the group if there is any interest. If the current manager would love some help, I'm totally cool with that also. I was VP of a local Mac User Group for years, and founder of the Adobe user groups here in KC. At Sprint, I do UI and UX for mobile apps, and I speak on wireframing, Fireworks, prototyping etc. I also run a conference here in town called D2W. It is a designer / developer / mobile workflow conference and we had our 3rd year here in town this year.
I am planning a UI / UX Worshop or Camp whichever way you'd like to look at it, maybe in November, December depending on how our winter goes. If not this eyar, then early next. It will be a 1 day event, following 1 project throughout the day.
Morning Workshop 1: Requirements gathering and definition, personas and scenarios, intro to available web and mobile technologies
Morning Workshop 2: Flow diagrams, task analysis, UI sketching
LUNCH: chat with the trainers and each other
Afternoon Workshop 3: Wireframes, visual design basics, scenario mapping
Afternoon Workshop 4: Prototyping for web and mobile
DEMO: Teams show their work to each other for review, critique, and acclaim
DINNER & DRINKS: Celebrate their new skills and portfolio materials
Sounds rockin', I'd go to that.
As to the group, I really know nothing about it except that I joined a long time ago and forgot about it until I was emailed about this post. :)
I would like to see some traction with IxDA KC from Tyler or someone. Lots of potental and a good starting locations for any IX and UX professionals that may move into the area. After attending conferences by other IxDA groups, it would be cool to see such an affiliation here in KC. There are other conferences and groups in KC that would overlap; however, this would be a possible central location for a lot of other events.
Anyone else have any input on this?
Yes! And my apologies for the lack of activity. I have some notes on a regular schedule of events that I was planning earlier this year that I'll coalese and put in another thread.
Can we get together in the morning either this week or next? We can throw it out to the community, inviting anyone who wants to be involved. I can get some space at either VML office (Crossroads or downtown airport), but that might have to be next week due to availability. If there's a more central (to where we all are, not the city's geography) location, let's do that.


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What are you most proud of? I like the combination of shapes.....I think by adding some cube beads, it gives the rope fun texture. I also like the monochromatic colors used to create the bracelet.
Neat idea, great design.
Thank you. I love playing with Spiral Stitch. You get so many different outcomes based on the beads you choose.
Love the combo and clasp
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Thank you so much! Happy New Year! You can find that clasp in Michael's or A.C. Moore.
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Manoa Sustainability Corps Monthly MeetingMay 2, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Manoa Campus, Hawaii Inst. of Geophysics (HIG), Room 210
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Manoa Campus, Sinclair Library 201 (Learning Arena 2)
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Manoa Campus, Keller Hall Room 403
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I found it both ironic and offensive that the author of this most recent letter spoke about truth, while implying that Christians have a monopoly on both the belief in God and morality.
The historical reality is that this country was originally settled as a haven for those escaping religious persecution in Europe. And the truth is that this nation was formed as one in which individuals could live peacefully, with the freedom to worship God without the fear of government intervention.
This right was given equally to those of all religions.
Our Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Further, there is no mention of Christianity in the U.S. Constitution. And therefore, it's incorrect to assert that this nation "was formed as a Christian country."
Congress reinforced the clear separation of church and state in the Treaty of Tripoli, approved in June 1797. Article 11 of the document begins with the following statement: "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ..."
Our Founding Fathers recognized the importance of religion and morality. And certainly the belief in God was an important value that was reinforced in many of the principle elements inherent in the formation of our nation, as well as the crafting of our Constitution.
But belief in God and commitment to morality are not exclusive to Christians.
So, while Christianity has always been an important influence on our nation, the Founding Fathers understood that the moral values which form the foundation of a civil society are universal to all people who believe in God - and Truth.


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A proposed sand mining operation near Chelsea that is meeting opposition from both residents and public officials will be the topic of discussion at a public hearing Monday, according to a Standard report.
The Lyndon Township Planning Commission is hosting the meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. Monday at the Sylvan Township Hall, located at 18027 Old U.S. 12.
A concrete company wants to begin removing sand and gravel from approximately 74.6 acres near Green Lake off M-52 in Lyndon Township, but many are concerned about how the operation will affect the surrounding wetlands and traffic, according to the report.
Public officials from the city of Chelsea even went so far to write a letter to the planning commission saying they "have very deep concerns" about the operation and they fail to see "any tangible benefits," the Standard reports.
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Brittney Dodson, a 2006 Randall High School graduate and a sophomore member of the Texas A&M University equestrian team, won both of her events in the recent Varsity Equestrian National Championships in Waco, helping the Aggies finish second in the nation.
Brittney, ranked No. 6 nationally in Equitation on the Flat - maneuvering over a defined course without jumps - beat No. 1-ranked Haylie Jayne of the University of Georgia, and then topped No. 2-ranked Whitney Snyder of Kansas State University to help A&M attain the second-best overall finish in school history.
With a team-high nine victories this season, Brittney was the only Texas A&M rider selected to compete in the individual national competition, though as an alternate to the top four women nationwide invited to take part, she did not compete in the national individual championship.
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Members of the North Las Vegas and Cark County honor guards ring the bell as part of the Nevada Firefighters Memorial induction ceremony. Fallen firefighters Dean Tajima of the North Las Vegas Fire Department and Paul Young of the Clark County Fire Department were honored.
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It's etouffee cook-off time!
The 24th Annual World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-Off will be held on Sunday, March 29, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Northwest Pavilion on Samuel Drive.
The City of Eunice, Louisiana's Prairie Cajun Capital, is in the heart of the top crawfish producing area in the United States. Blessed with this natural resource, the World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-Off was started in 1986 to showcase our crawfish industry and local chefs.
The World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-off attracts locals and visitors who appreciate good cookin'.
Teams compete to see who can cook the best crawfish etouffee (smothered crawfish). Celebrity and professional judges proclaim winners in three categories; Amateur, Professional and Club/Organization. Teams also vie for the Best Decorated booth and the entries for this category get more creative every year. Once the judges have their samples from the booths, the public can buy the crawfish etouffee directly from the participants. Participants can also cook and sell one other food item in addition to their crawfish etouffee.
Beginning at 10 a.m., bands perform for the listening and dancing pleasure of our visitors until 4 p.m.
Winners are announced from the music stage at 2 p.m.
For more information contact the Eunice Mayor's Office at 457-7389 or the Eunice Chamber of Commerce at 457-2565.


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Consumer Decision-Making at an Internet Shopbot
Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Erik Brynjolfsson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
October 2001
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper No. 4206-01
Internet shopbots compare prices and service levels at competing retailers, creating a laboratory for analyzing consumer choice. We analyze 20,268 shopbot consumers who select various books from 33 retailers over 69 days for a total of 1,512,856 observed offers. Although each retailer offers a homogeneous product, we find that brand is an important determinant of consumer choice. Consumers use brand as a proxy for retailer credibility in non-contractible aspects of the product and service bundle, such as shipping reliability. Our results also suggest that consumers are sensitive to how total price is allocated between the item price, shipping price, and tax.
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Sand Creek Station Sand Creek Station Becomes Brauers Third Straight Course on Best-of List
Pronouncing Sand Creek Station Golf Course the public equivalent of the nearby Prairie Dunes, one of the most private and celebrated courses in America, Golf Magazine has named the Jeff Brauer creation to its list of the Top 10 New Courses You Can Play.
In its January 2007 issue, Golf says of the 7,359-yard, par-72 Newton, Kan., golf course: The motto here is Public course, private experience. It should read: Big League course, Little League price.
Recalling Brauers impressive streak of acclaimed Midwest courses, Golf says the Arlington, Texas-based architect pulled off a difficult task at Sand Creek Station, including holes that are tributes to St. Andrews and National Golf Links, two of the great classic courses in the world. Replicating the classics is often a futile exercise, but it succeeds because the terrain not only permitted such homage, it practically demanded it.
The magazine then adds: Thats just one reason to come here. The others: the superb variety in routing and greens sites, the bold bunkering, the quartet of holes (1, 2, 8 and 9) that border Sand Creek, and a price tag that will allow you to play all week.
A municipally-owned golf course set in a new residential area, Sand Creek Stations greens fees are $39 to $49.
In 2004 and 2005, Brauer, a regular contributor to Cybergolf (see his articles in Architects Corner and Brauers Book sections), accomplished the rare, back-to-back feat of designing courses that were named Best New Upscale Public Course of the Year by Golf Digest: The Quarry at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, Minn., and The Wilderness at Fortune Bay in Tower, Minn., respectively.
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Co-opetition in Standard-Setting: The Case of the Compact Disc
Tobias Kretschmer
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Business Administration (Munich School of Management); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Katrin Muehlfeld
Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics; University of Trier - Faculty of Management
October 2004
NET Institute Working Paper No. 04-14
The success of the CD has (partly) been attributed to the ability of Sony, Philips and Matsushita to cooperate in the run-up to the DAD conference in 1981, where the technological standard was set. We model the situation leading up to the conference in a simple game with technological progress and the possibility of prelaunching a technology. We identify players' tradeoffs between prelaunching (which ends technological progress) and continued development (which involves the risk of being pre-empted). Contrasting outcomes with complete and incomplete information, we find that there appeared to be considerable uncertainty about rivals' technological progress.
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Lisa Thompson: Spring brings no rebirth in frozen garden
So imagine my delight when the sun shone long enough to make it safe to go outside without a coat and clean up the yard. Heading toward my garden plots left me flush with good feeling. It was like coming home or hearing an old beloved record, like every time I put on Old Crow Medicine Show's "Big Iron World" and wonder why I have not played it sooner.
That feeling lasted about as long as the few seconds it took to walk to my rock garden, where I found the late wretched winter's nastiest calling card yet. It can be described as nothing other than death.
Jerry and I have a slope in the backyard that we have been tending for nearly a decade now. When we moved in, it featured a weedy bank with patchy phlox that each year slid a few inches farther down the hill to rest on decaying landscape timbers. Finally, one weekend when we could not bear the ugliness anymore, the whole family pitched in to build a new, more sightly retaining wall at its base.
Then we retrieved stray rocks from an outcrop along a nearby highway and began to transform the ugly hillside eyesore into a "rock" garden to gaze upon from our small back deck.
Each year, I added a few more rocks and a few more perennials so for the past several years, it bloomed all season long, full and lush with color from day lilies, piney heather, deep purple cranesbill, tiny-leaved thyme, perky sedum, the delicate waving red flowers of montbretia, and one of my new absolute favorites -- a low mounding plant with bright orange flowers and silvery foliage, rockrose.
I wish now I had taken a picture of it in all its glory, as the bees plied the true showpieces, great pillowy clouds of lavender that, in the right light, brought a Frenchy, painterly air to our thoroughly pedestrian American backyard.
I wish I had taken a picture because now years of that work and shopping and planning -- thank you, winter -- is gone, dead, frozen to a crispy brown.
The day lilies, sedums and older cranesbills are soldiering on, thankfully. But of course, my favorites, especially the great heaps of lavender, are caput.
It almost hurts to look at them because all that is left is dry brown sticks surrounded by bare dirt.
Soon, when I am sure that a late blast of May snow is not on its way, I will head to the greenhouse and begin planning the rock garden resurrection. But it will take years for the new plants to get established, and in the meantime, I have to say, I will miss my old friends.
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> The Upcountry Fair, A tradition for decades, is blooming with all that makes Upcountry country during the two-day event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Oskie Rice Field & Arena on Olinda Road in Makawao. Don't miss the 4-H livestock show, rodeo, farmers market, paniolo displays, rides, food, chef demonstrations and local entertainment. George Kahumoku Jr., Benny Uyetake, The Shamrocks and Jah Residentz perform on Saturday. Sunday entertainment continues with Uncle Richard Ho'opi'i and his 'ohana, the Hawaiian Serenaders, 'Ukulele Pops Band, Country Band and Marty Dread. Halau hula will also perform each morning and Kathy "Tita" Collins will serve as emcee on Saturday. For details, visit www.upcountryfairmaui.com. For chef lineup, see Side Orders.
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Kevin Warsh's WSJ Op-Ed Piece
Financial TV is full of talk about Governor Warsh's opinion piece in Friday's Wall Street Journal. One theory is that it was a shot across Chairman Bernanke's bow. I doubt it, but even if it was in some limited sense, my experience on the FOMC for almost 14 years suggests to me that the following probably happened. Governor Warsh wrote the piece, then showed it to Chairman Bernanke and asked if he was okay with submitting it to the WSJ. Whatever the Chairman really thought down deep, he probably said "That's okay with me. Go ahead." This, of course, is only a guess, but an educated guess.
The timing was odd, however, and awkward, for the Governor since it was so soon after an FOMC meeting in which he didn't dissent. It looks like he's trying to have it both ways. Of course, it's always possible that he and the Chairman together are trying to have it both ways.
One phrase in the piece scares me. He said
". . . policy makers should continue to communicate as clearly as possible the guideposts, conditions and means by which extraordinary monetary accommodation will be unwound, including the removal of excess bank reserves." [Emphasis added.]
As I've written here before, the treatment of "excess" bank reserves is fraught with danger, as the Fed's experience in the Great Depression demonstrates. The reserves may be excess in the sense that they exceed the amount required by the Fed. However, they may not be excess in the minds of the bankers. Under the recent unusual circumstances, as with the Great Depression, bankers may think extra reserves are needed. If so, premature attempts to drain those reserves may lead to an unanticipated bank contraction. That happened during the Depression when the Fed raised reserve requirements to "mop up" excess reserves.
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[NAMM 2013] AKAI MPC Studio Released
Our good beat-making gear buffs at Akai have a huge announcement at this year's 2013 NAMM show. The MPC Studio is finally released and on store shelves everywhere for immediate purchase. This new slimline MPC Studio has a brushed aluminum body, the same MPC pads everyone loves to perform with, and the latest edition of the same full MPC Music-Creation software that comes with the new flagship MPC Renaissance. The portable and powerful MPC Studio comes in at a competitive $600 retail pricepoint. Check out the full press release from the NAMM floor after the jump.
In stores now, MPC Studio includes advanced MPC Software plus an additional
7-gigabyte workstation and free MPC Expansion.
Cumberland, R.I. (January 24, 2013) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the release of MPC Studio, the second of three new MPCs to become available in stores. Akai Professional will exhibit all three new MPCs—MPC Renaissance, MPC Studio, and MPC Fly—at Booth 6700 at the 2013 NAMM show, January 24-27 in Anaheim, California.
Following on the heels of MPC Renaissance, which became available in stores in September and sold out immediately, MPC Studio is Akai Professional's most streamlined MPC experience yet. At less than one inch thin with low-profile controls and a brushed aluminum body, MPC Studio is made to move, merging real MPC pads, iconic MPC workflow, and the same MPC Software used by MPC Renaissance to give producers a fully integrated portable music-making solution.
"Since MPC Renaissance hit stores, we've already updated, expanded, and enhanced the MPC Software three times—we're committed to making it one of the most advanced and powerful DAWs available," said Dan Gill, Akai Professional Product Manager. "The bonus of The Bank and other free MPC Expansions make MPC Studio and MPC Renaissance instantly powerful production instruments right out of the box."
In addition to MPC Software, with purchase of MPC Studio, customers will get The Bank—a 7-gigabyte 300-instrument virtual workstation exploding with all the essential sounds of modern production, including basses, leads, effects, keyboards, and more—plus The 809, an MPC Expansion full of classic and punchy analog drums.
MPC Studio is now available from music instrument retailers with an MSRP of $999 and an estimated street price of $599. All three of Akai Professional's new MPCs will be on display at Booth 6700 at the 2013 NAMM show, January 24-27 in Anaheim, California.


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Multi-talented: Rze Culbreath can do it all on the field for Pioneers
Despite not going out for football until his junior year, senior Rze Culbreath has shown he's a fast learner. He leads the area with six interceptions to go along with 36 tackles and six breakups, has 15 catches for 326 yards and five touchdowns, has blocked three extra points and has averaged 33.8 yards a punt with a long of 60. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
Among his many talents, Rze Culbreath is the primary punter for the Pioneers. (Photo by Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — Before games throughout the 2011 regular season — and even into the offseason when he would see him in the hallways at Millbrook High School — Pioneers football coach Reed Prosser would…
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So, you're thinking about creating a program to help settle employee conflicts in-house. That's smart; a successful alternative dispute-resolution (ADR) program lets you identify and address problems while they're still manageable and before they land in court. By leading the charge in how your organization solves problems, you can showcase your leadership and creativity. Here's the six-step process I followed to create the alternative dispute-resolution program at the Coca-Cola Company:
Step 1: Assess your organization's readiness. Evaluate its goals. Is a dispute-resolution program compatible with the organization's direction? If not, you won't succeed in selling the concept.
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Favorite Hot Artichoke Spinach Dip RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 package (8 ounces) fat-free cream cheese, cubed
- 1 cup (8 ounces) reduced-fat sour cream
- 1 can (14 ounces) water-packed artichoke hearts, rinsed, drained and chopped
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- Assorted reduced-fat melba toast or pita chips
- In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook and stir onion until tender. Add spinach; cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Reduce heat to low; stir in cream cheese and sour cream. Add artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes; cook for 1-2 minutes or until heated through.
- Transfer to an ungreased 1-1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish; sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Cover and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve warm with melba toast or pita chips. Yield: 18 servings.
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Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio.
Reviews for Favorite Hot Artichoke Spinach Dip
"I've made this as written, and it's wonderful. Now when I make it, I sub greek yogurt for the sour cream and nobody can tell the difference. Sometimes I add a can of green chilies and/or jalapenos for a little kick."
"I have been making this for a long time. It is a favorite."
"Hardly noticed it was a healthy version! Makes a ton, so bring a hungry bunch!"
"The bowl is empty after every event I've taken this to. I bake it in the oven though, not the microwave."
"I didn't use the lowfat version of anything. This recipe was very green tasting, not overpowered by cheese. I would have liked a creamier taste."
"I made this for a company carry in. I also put it in over at 375 for about 20 min. It was gobbled up quickly."
"I made this for a family dinner party, and they dubbed it "boomerang dip" because you keep coming back for more. haha! It is really good. I will definitely make it again."
"I love, love, love this recipe! It's delicious as an appetizer with pita chips and then as a toast topper the next morning."
"Very good! I put it in the oven for about 20 min. At 375 insteadt of putting it in the microwave. Just till it was a little brown on top and bubbling."
"Made this for a lunch at work. Very easy to prepare and everyone loved it. No one knew that it was a lighter version of the dip."


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All Jamil Pollard knew about his signing-day ceremony was that he needed to bring a Penn State sweatshirt, and that his parents should be there.
When the 6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive tackle walked into the small gym at West Deptford High on Feb. 1, his parents were there as planned, but their stern expressions indicated this might not be such a joyous occasion after all.
They had already been told that Pollard's most recent grades had fallen short, putting his college future in doubt. Pollard's parents pulled him aside and began to scold him. He had come too far from a tragedy that threatened to rip his family apart four years ago to lose focus now.


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For the last 10 years, the second weekend in June has meant one thing for New York City, the Big Apple BBQ Block Party. Some of the best pit masters from across the country convene at Madison Square Park to barbecue and offer New Yorkers an opportunity to taste the variety of flavors and styles of America's most homegrown, authentic cuisine.
My family is from Argentina and I grew up on South American Asado-style barbecue. Asado is the way my dad and grandfather cooked and it's all I knew about barbecue for most of my life. It was not until I went to my first barbecue festival five or six years ago when I moved to New York that I gained an appreciation for American-style barbecue. It was then when I began to understand the differences in flavors and styles.
I wanted to talk to some of the pit masters to learn about their specific styles of barbecue, who taught them how to cook, and whether their cooking is influenced by international styles of barbecue. I found that most of these renowned pit masters learned how to barbecue the same way I did - from their dads - and they take tremendous pride in maintaining the flavors and techniques that have been passed down through their families for many generations.
Chris Lilly (Big Bob Gibson BBQ, Decatur, Ala)
Pit master Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson BBQ from Decatur, Ala. is one of the most decorated pit masters in the country with 10 World Barbecue Championship titles. Decatur's location between Memphis and the Carolinas makes Big Bob Gibson's style of barbecue a unique combination of those two traditional styles.
Big Bob Gibson's pulled pork is given its subtle smoky flavor from a dry rub and apple juice injection, followed by 12 to 15 hours of smoking over a combination of Kingsford charcoal and hickory wood chunks.
Lilly believes the tastiness of their pulled pork stands strong on its own, and he serves all his sauces on the side so that the customer can decide whether they want sauce and what type.
Lilly is well traveled and loves incorporating foreign flavors and cooking techniques into his recipes when he is catering parties or cooking at home. However in his 87-year-old family restaurant in Decatur, he leaves the recipes alone and lets the family tradition stand true and uncorrupted.
Ed Mitchell (The Pit, Raleigh, NC)
Ed Mitchell's stand to try some Carolina style BBQ. Mitchell grew up on a farm in Wilson, NC where he learned his family's 150-year-old method for cooking whole hog at an early age. Mitchell believes true, authentic barbecue requires cooking a whole animal.
Head-to-toe cooking and a vinegar-based sauce are two factors that really distinguish Carolina barbecue. Mitchell is a proponent of the hot and fast barbecue cooking technique, and he cooks his hogs at temperatures reaching up to 450°.
Mike Mills (17th Street Bar & Grill, Murphysburo, IL)
Pit master Mike Mills of 17th Street Bar & Grill prepares Memphis-style barbecue. Mills learned to barbecue from his dad. He assesses good barbecue based on the harmonious convergence of four factors which he refers to as a "rodeo in your mouth": juicy pork, spicy rub, tangy sauce and the slight presence of smoke.
Mills is adamant that he does not like "sloppy barbecue," which has too much sauce and loses the texture of the pork. He serves his ribs with sweet, tomato-based Memphis style sauce.
Contrary to my assumption that barbecue is an imprecise process, Mills said the entire process is, in fact, measured and precise. He pulled out a shaker full of his secret dry rub and told me it was enough for exactly 18 racks of ribs. If he doesn't have enough to get all 18 racks, he has used too much rub, and if he has some left over, he didn't use enough.
"We just make it look easy, " said Mills.
Drew Robinson (Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, Ala.)
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q served up sausages with hot pimento cheese. Jim 'N Nick's strategy for making these sausages juicy, smoky and crispy is to smoke them first, then grill them to make sure the casing gets extra crispy.
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q pit master Drew Robinson, like all the other pit masters I spoke with, also learned how to barbecue from his family. More internationally influenced than many pit masters, Drew described a trip to Uruguay that he took with his competition team, the Fatback Collective.
The group visited Chef Francis Mallmann, ate at his restaurant El Garzón and had the opportunity to cook with several of Mallmann's cooks in Uruguay. He enjoyed tasting and learning about Asado style barbecue. Experiencing another culture's way of cooking barbecue made Drew realize how all barbecue has the same starting point - a whole animal – and then different techniques to give the meat totally different textures and flavors.
The Fatback Collective used some of their newly learned techniques to cook a whole lamb over an open flame for the exotic category in the Memphis in May competition this year.
Gary Roark (Ubon's Yazoo City, Miss.)
I had the opportunity to chat with Garry Roark and his daughter Leslie, the "Barbecue Princess." Roark's father, Ubon, passed down the secret recipe for their famous sauce that has been handed down for five generations.
Ubon's sauce gained national acclaim in the mid 80's when Garry started competing in the barbecue circuit and producing the sauce on a large scale. The recipe is made in southeastern Missouri so it has "a Memphis flare with a nod to Kansas City."


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CLEVELAND - The 76ers are in desperate need of a little rest and relaxation.
"The team that came back from the West Coast in relation to what I have seen the last two nights, from an energy perspective, is night and day," coach Brett Brown said after Tuesday's 111-93 setback to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. "So we've got to get our players fresh. We've got to get a little mentally tougher, and deal with the reality of the landscape of an NBA season."
The Sixers (12-23) are a shell of the team that capped a five-game West Coast trip with four consecutive victories.


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By Manny on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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"I needed a new car after 10 years with my Infiniti. I'm not spending (and cannot spend) $53,000 (M-35) or even $40k+ (G-35) for the smaller Infiniti. So I drove the 4 and 6 cylinder Hyundai Sonatas, Toyota Camrys, and Honda Accords, and the 6 cylinder Avalon. The Honda was a little rough in the ride, but a nice car (I already own an Odyssey and love it). The Sonata was ok, about a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 to drive. I found that for my family, I need a bigger car, or I w/h bought a loaded Camry. The Avalon has the smoothest suspension and plenty of amenities; it seems as if it's on a Lexus LS platform, without the price or quite the cache-- but also without the premium gas requirement. This car averaged over 30 miles per gallon on my first highway drive, and overall is averaging about 24.5 miles per gallon in mixed city and highway driving. The JBL 12 speaker stereo is very nice (not like the Bose system in the 1999 Infiniti, but nothing is like that, including the newer Bose systems in the Maxima and Infinitis!). I highly recommend this car-- a ton of space in the rear seating area and the trunk, and it glides over bumps and cruises nicely. You trade a little performance, but I'm ready for a smoother ride and a softer suspension. It's about as big as the big Lexus, the Mercedes S or the BMW 7 series, but without the expense and headaches. Probably the most luxorious non- Lexus, Infiniti, BMW or Mercedes out there, for a fraction of the cost."
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By Herb on Monday, July 9, 2007
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"The 2006 Toyota Avalon is a world class vehicle. Avalon is no longer a midsize vehicle but rather a full size automobile...it's 197.2 inches long, yet has a turning radius of a much smaller car. My son is 6 ft. 3 in., and can sit in the back seat without his knees touching the back of the front seat. That's how roomy this car is! Performance is as good as any car on the road...the Avalon will go from 0 to 40 faster than most cars...that means when you're at a redlight, you don't have to sweat beating another car off the line if you need to get over in front of them to change lanes. But, the fuel economy on this car is what really sets it apart from its competitors...despite having a 3.5Liter, 268HP power plant, the car is rated at 31mpg highway. It will get that and more...recently, i drove from Macon, GA, to Nashville on a full tank of gas and got 32mpg by the time i got to my home in Nashville, traveling over I-75 and I-24 at an average speed of 72mph. The most i've ever gotten out of it is 39mpg on a freshly filled tank over a 5 mile stretch of flat road traveling 42mph...so yes, the car can attain better than 31mpg under the right conditions."
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By Hotrodjohn on Saturday, November 23, 2013
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 272,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Big, fast, smooth, good mileage"
Cons: "Factory paint chips easily."
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"I bought my 2006 Avalon XLS new in 2006. Since that time I have put 272,000 near troublefree miles on the car. I changed the oil myself every 4 to 5 thousand miles. I had one coilpack go out at 150,000. The alternator went out at 262,000. Besides those two things this car has needed nothing but oil changes, tires, and brake pads and a battery. i did have the oil line recall done although mine never leaked. The ac is as cold as day one. Amazing....."
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I own this car - My approximate mileage is 35,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
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Cons: "wind & road noise could be better"
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"I am in my 70's and have had several new cars. I have had a Avalon 2005 and put 127,000 on it before selling it myself in one day and currently have a 2011 with 41,000 miles. Never a problem with either and I will be getting a 2015 or 2016 soon. The Avalon is the best overall car I have ever had. economical, very dependable & comfortable, very little depreciation. For us it is a prefect car."
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YOUNGSTOWN-The Board of Trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County will meet in regular session at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the meeting room of the Boardman Library, 7680 Glenwood Ave.
Salem Elks to hold Flag Day service
SALEM - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Salem Lodge #305, is holding its annual observance of Flag Day at 7 p.m. Thursday in the lodge room at 824 E. State St. The public is invited to the ceremony with Brad Stevens, director of the Salem Public Library, as the lead speaker. The event includes flag displays, presentation of colors by Boy Scout Troop #2 and refreshments.
Radio association to meet Thursday
LISBON - The Lisbon Area Amateur Radio Association's monthly meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency, 215 S. Market St. The topic of discussion will be the annual field day. Those interested in amateur radio and the upcoming field day are welcome to attend.
North Benton breakfast slated
NORTH BENTON - An all-you-can-eat breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the North Benton Presbyterian Church.
The menu offers scrambled eggs, pancakes, french toast sausage gravy, biscuits, toast, bacon, sausage links, fruit cup, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice.
Relay for Life
in Salem Friday
SALEM - The Relay for Life event is scheduled this weekend at Waterworth Memorial Park near the duck pond. Relay For Life is a free fun-filled event open to the community to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones and raise money for the fight against cancer. Teams of local residents will gather at 5:45 p.m. Friday for the opening ceremony with Anita Hackstedde, M.D. of Salem Regional Medical Center, serving as honorary chair.
The event celebration begins at 6 p.m. with a survivor ceremony to honor those who have survived cancer or who are currently battling cancer followed by a cancer survivors' lap and dinner.
Survivor recognition gifts will be provided at the registration from 4 to 5:30 p.m. There will be food, games, music, entertainment and a bounce house to encourage people to visit and walk all through the night.
A live auction will be hosted by Harry Hofmeister at 7 p.m., which offers gift baskets, box seats to a Cleveland Indians game, Disney on Ice tickets, and a handmade afghan from an 84-year-old colon cancer survivor.
This year's theme is "Wish Upon a Cure" and teams will have creative fundraisers at their camp sites, such as Olaf the Snowman and Princess makeovers, treasure hunt, and a visit from Herbie the Love Bug.
Relay For Life's luminaria ceremony begins at 9:15 p.m. Friday, honoring the community's cancer survivors and remembering those lost to the disease. Luminaria may be purchased for $10 by calling 888-227-6446 Ext. 2222 or by visiting RelayForLife.org/salem.
Saturday morning the excitement will continue with DJ June and crafts for children. Visit the website for a complete list of activities. For more information visit RelayForLife.org or call 800-227-2345.
Salem church sponsing banquet
SALEM - Emmanuel Lutheran Church is next week's sponsor of the Banquet in Salem to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Memorial Building, 785 E. State St. The menu offers potato soup, Johnny Marzetti, peas and corn, cole slaw, applesauce, fresh fruit and vegetables, and cupcakes.
Additional sponsors are needed. For more information call Patty Colian at 330-831-2169.
Salem library, parks offer photo class
SALEM - On June 30, Salem Public Library and Salem Parks Department will offer a nature photography class as a part of this year's "Go Wild in the Parks" programming. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. in pavilion two at Centennial Park.
Rich Stelts, owner of Swan Lake Photography will teach, demonstrate and explain basic techniques required and equipment needed to take nature photos. Program participants will then be invited to take nature photos at any of the six locations of Salem parks and enter their favorite photos in a contest on July 7 at 6:30 p.m. at pavilion two at Centennial Park. The contest is open to any local amateur and beginner photographer and is free of cost. Winning photos will be selected by a panel of judges and receive recognition in the Salem News. Prizes will be awarded the evening of July 7.
Registration for the class is required through Salem Public Library's website at salem.lib.oh.us or 330-332-0042. For more program information and maps of the parks contact Shane Franks at the Salem Memorial Building at 330-332-5512.
Burchfield Museum on historic list
SALEM - Salem's Burchfield Homestead Museum has been chosen by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of 37 American museums to make its list of "Historic Artists' Homes." The National Trust, based in Washington D.C., annually creates and endorses the list based on the fame of the artist. The list includes the homes of such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe in Abiquiu, N.M., Jackson Pollock in East Hampton, N.Y., Thomas Hart Benton in Kansas City, Mo., Grant Wood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Cornish, N.H.
The Burchfield list entry reads:
"Burchfield Homestead Museum, Salem, Ohio, (330-332-8601, www.burchfieldhomestead.com.) Named "best U.S. watercolorist" by Time Magazine in 1956 and "artist to America" by President Lyndon Johnson, Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) created most of his Ohio paintings at this family homestead, where often his subject matter was views from its windows."
The Salem museum, at 867 E. Fourth St., was the home of Charles Burchfield from 1898 to 1921.
The museum will be open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. this Sunday and continue through August.
Sandy Beaver Scouts set camp
LISBON - The Sandy Beaver District Boy Scouts of America is hosting its annual Cub Scout Day Camp from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 16-20 at the McKinley Scout Reservation, 37748 Furnace Road
This year's theme is "Knights of the Round Table" and will feature a medievel atmosphere as the camp is transformed into the 'Kingdom of Camelot' throughout the week.
Registered scouts ages 7 to 11 are invited to attend the week long activities which include archery, BB guns, fishing, swimming, nature studies, field sports and hiking.
Special features this year include a walking history of the Sandy Beaver Canal that runs through the camp, as well as, ODNR stream sampling and a presentation by the Ohio Falconry Association.
Limited spots are still available and any scout wishing to attend can register the first day and will have access to all scheduled events and activities. Registration and medical forms are available by contacting Gregg Warner, camp director at email@example.com.
Columbiana Relay seeks volunteers
COLUMBIANA - The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is seeking event volunteers in Columbiana walkers, cancer survivors, caregivers, community leaders, anyone wanting to make a difference to register cancer survivors, pass out information, decorate, set-up and clean-up, and provide entertainment - to ensure the success of the 2014 event.
Relay For Life of Columbiana begins at 6 p.m. July 11 at Crestview High School, 44100 Crestview Road. There will be music, food, games for all ages, crafts, entertainment, DJ, bounce house, luminaria ceremony with fireworks and much more.
"Relay For Life is all about our community uniting with the American Cancer Society and supporting its efforts to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays," said Kimberly Bland, committee member.
"Volunteers and participants who are willing to give their time and energy to this exciting event are making a commitment to let Columbiana know that cancer can be defeated."
To join the Relay For Life in Columbiana as a volunteer or team participant call the American Cancer Society at 888-227-6446 Ext. 2222, or visit RelayForLife.org/Columbiana. More information about the event can be found at the 24/7 Relay Resource Center in the Das Dutch Village Inn Hotel and Banquet Center lobby.


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This is the third in a three-part series on Beaverton Neighborhood Association Committees. The first story looks at what makes a NAC and why they struggle with participation, and the second piece focuses on NAC efforts to draw more members
Beaverton's Neighborhood Association Committees, along with serving as platforms to vet local development or stages for close-to-home concerns, rally citizen volunteers to community projects.
From park cleanups to school book drives, NAC leaders aim to identify needs or wants that are specific to each neighborhood, then partner with other local organizations and get them done.
However, while NACs might have the volunteer and networking power, they don't have much in the way of budgets.
The only city funding for neighborhood association committees stems from a matching grant program. As NAC members volunteer at city events, they rack up in-kind credit toward the grant dollars.
A total of $10,000 in matching grant funds were up for grabs during the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to city documents. However, the city awarded a total of $15,580.99 for local projects – the extra $5,580.99 is for ventures that have been delayed until the 2014-15 fiscal year, which kicks off on July 1.
The Central Beaverton and Neighbors Southwest NACs stayed busy, each receiving three separate grants.
Central Beaverton snagged $1,500 for each of three endeavors: live music at First Friday events for the first time this year; the sixth annual Summer Theatre in the Park; and Booked for Success, a program that provides coupons and books for local students to keep them reading during the summer.
"That's really a good example of what we're about," Central Beaverton NAC Chair Paul Roder said of Booked for Success. "We try to provide support for the community, and especially for underserved members of the community."
Neighbors Southwest brought in about $650 for their sixth annual Neighbors Night Out event and another $900 for the upcoming seventh annual Neighbors Night Out, along with $221 for sandwich board signs to advertise upcoming NAC meetings.
The Denney Whitford/Raleigh West NAC also invested in signs, with a $1,000 matching grant to help. The NAC's other major grant-funded project is the $945 McKay Summer Reading Drive.
Meanwhile, the Five Oaks/Triple Creek NAC nabbed $342 from the city for a sign replacement.
The Greenway NAC is using $1,480.15 to install totem art at Oak Tree Garden on Settler Way. The new feature will be unveiled during a garden tour on June 28 at 10 a.m. Greenway also pulled in $750 – now projected to cost closer to $600 – to fund public outreach at a Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District's Concert in the Park event at Greenway Park.
The Vose neighborhood requested and will receive nearly $300 for the neighborhood's annual picnic, and also landed a $1,500 matching grant to partner with Central Beaverton on the Summer Theatre in the Park.
The theater program isn't Vose's only partnership. The NAC also works with West Beaverton on the Pages as Pillars reading program that, like the Booked for Success effort, provides reading resources to local schoolchildren. West Beaverton received a $1,500 grant for Pages as Pillars.
Sexton Mountain brought in $1,500 for another school effort, this one related to improving the playground at Sexton Mountain Elementary School.
The Highland, South Beaverton and West Slope NACs did not receive any city matching grant funds in 2013-14.
While the city tracks matching grant dollars, each NAC determines how extensively the group wants to budget any other funds.
For the most part, NAC chairs say the committee gets periodic updates from an elected treasurer on how much the NACs have in savings – generally less than $1,000 – and where the funds are going – generally to a specific project or to a local nonprofit.
Sexton Mountain maintains a treasury with about $800 collected from past Beaverton Recycling Days, Chair Rhonda Coakley said. However, a more detailed formal budget is not part of the NAC's annual agenda.
Chair Paul Roder said the Central Beaverton NAC does not track a specific budget, either.
"We don't have that much money available right now," he said. "We never really have that much."
The funds raised by the NAC are funneled quickly back into the community through nonprofits, charities or events.
"We don't track a budget because we don't have a standing task," Denney Whitford/Raleigh West Chair Ernie Conway said. "Because the NACs are run completely on volunteer efforts, there's not a lot to budget as far as operations."
The largest annual fundraiser for NAC projects is usually the Beaverton Recycling Day, which has been canceled this year but should be back in the future, according to city officials. Volunteers will earn city funds by donating time to this year's Picnic in the Park events.
-- Kari Bray


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Man was that ever a sleep-inducing Chicago Cub performance.
They managed 5 sluggish singles and 1 drowsy double off hypnotizing Colorado pitcher Jhoulys Chacin, who went all 9 innings.
This was like watching a 2 hour Lunesta commercial.
Bored umpire Jerry Layne must have been semi-dozing when Carlos Pena hit a line drive foul ball. It hit him in the ankle, one can only imagine the sound, and I almost hurled.
Matt Garza gave up a couple singles and a walk to load 'em in the 2nd, when Chris Ianetta hit one over Marlon Byrd's head. His back to the play, Starlin Castro thinks Ianetta's pulling into second. He catches Byrd's throw and in mid spin sees Ianetta's on his way to third and very gettable, but throws it over Aramis' head and into the dugout.
4-zip Rockies, and you could have hit the sack right then.
In Garza's 3 starts, the 6-7 Cubs have scored a total of 4 runs, all in his first loss to the 6-7 Pirates.
I woke up around 11, watched the Hawks lose to the Canucks.
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FARGO, N.D. - Coach Eric Wolford's first game as the head coach of Youngstown State in 2010 didn't start that well - but the odds were stacked against him.
Wolford's first game was against Big Ten opponent Penn State in Happy Valley. In his debut, Wolford and the Penguins lost 44-14. Over his first two seasons, and the first few games of 2012, that was the worst defeat his tenure.
That was until Saturday when the North Dakota State Bison defeated the Penguins, 48-7, at the Fargodome.
"It's obviously very disappointing," Wolford said. "It's one game, though.
"At the end of the day, we said at the beginning of the week, this game was going to come down to turnovers and being able to convert on third down. Obviously, we didn't do well in either area. We played a good football team today."
The Penguins never had the lead, but were tied with the Bison at 7 early in the first quarter. The tie didn't last long as 2 minutes later, NDSU quarterback Brock Jensen found Zach Vraa on a 46-yard flea flicker, putting the Bison up 14-7. The score only increased from there.
"We let this game get out of control very early on because of self-inflicted turnovers," Wolford said. "We'll get that corrected, come back and look forward."
With the 41-point loss, it is also the first time in the history of this rivalry that the outcome wasn't decided by one score. In the six previous games, only 28 points had separated the teams.
HAS HIS NUMBER: When Marcus Williams intercepted YSU quarterback Kurt Hess in the second quarter, it wasn't the first time the All-American cornerback has picked off YSU's signal caller.
Last season against the Penguins, Williams intercepted Hess in the YSU victory. On Saturday, Williams again picked off Hess, but this time returned it for a 98-yard touchdown. It was Hess' first interception of the season. It was the junior quarterback's first of two interceptions on the day.
Coincidentally, Hess had not thrown an interception since the last time Williams picked him off. Hess had attempted 137 passes in that span over the two seasons.
SCORING HOWEVER THEY WANT: The Bison weren't picky on how they scored in their blowout victory.
NDSU scored touchdowns by running (two), passing (two), an interception return and a punt return. The Bison also added two field goals, including a 49-yard kick by Adam Keller, which was his career high.
STREAKS ENDED: Many streaks came to an end with Saturday's loss.
For the Penguins as a team, the loss ended the two-game winning streak the Penguins had over the Bison at the Fargodome. YSU still leads the overall series 4-3. The loss also ended the four-game winning streak to start the season.
RANDOM NOTES: The seven points the Penguins scored was the lowest since the season opener in 2011, when they only scored six against Michigan State. The 48 points surrendered was the highest number of points since Nov. 1, 2008, when the Penguins gave up 54 points to Illinois State. The 41-point loss was the worst Missouri Valley Football Conference loss ever by the Penguins. That trumps the loss the Penguins had to Northern Iowa, 47-9, on Nov. 1, 2003. The 94 yards rushing by the Penguins is a season low for the team, but coincidentally is the most allowed by the Bison all season.
UP NEXT: The 24-hour rule the Penguins live by is in effect as they will now prepare to take on Illinois State on the road. The Redbirds also suffered their first loss on Saturday, a 17-0 defeat from Southern Illinois.
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FRANKFURT, Germany - Hall 8.0 / Walkway G / Stands 32 & 42 -- In tandem with the announcement that JBL Professional's V4 DSP preset library for VERTEC? would soon be available for Crown's I-Tech platform, the two brands are also announcing the introduction of 44 new JBL loudspeaker presets specifically tailored for use with Crown's XTi Series of power amplifiers.
Downloadable for free from the Crown International (www.crownaudio.com) and JBL Professional (www.jblpro.com) websites as of Musikmesse Prolight+Sound's opening day, the System Architect device files will comprise six presets for JBL's JRX Series loudspeakers, six for MRX, 19 for SRX, and 13 for VRX.
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