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Juniata groups join forces
HUNTINGDON - Exploration of all kinds is the informal theme when Juniata College's Wind Symphony and Concert Band join forces in a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in Rosenberger Auditorium in the Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts on the Juniata campus.
Both groups are conducted by James Latten, associate professor of music and director of Juniata's instrumental music program.
The concert is $5 for adults and free for students and children under age 18.
St. Francis hosts concert
LORETTO - Pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack will perform a concert at St. Francis University on April 15 in the Stokes Athletic Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m.
A Great Big Pile of Leaves will be the opening act.
The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase online at www.ticketweb.com (with additional fees).
For more information, call 472-3005.
Percussion concert set
HUNTINGDON - Syncopation on everything from drums, to marimbas to PVC pipes will be featured in a concert combining Juniata College's Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. April 15 in Rosenberger Auditorium in the Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts.
The concert is free and open to the public. The Percussion Ensemble is directed by James Latten, associate professor of music.
Country duo to play State
STATE COLLEGE - Up and coming country duo Steel Magnolia will perform at 8 p.m. May 5 at The State Theatre.
Josh Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey first appeared on the country music circuit during CMT's "Can You Duet?" singing competition, where they took first place.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.thestatetheatre.org, by calling 272-0606 or in person at the box office.
Sullivan gifts go on display
LORETTO - The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto has announced the opening of its latest exhibition, "The Sullivan Family: Legacy Exhibition." Featuring nearly 200 works, the exhibition opens April 15 and will remain on view through July 23.
"The Sullivan Family: Legacy Exhibition" brings the gifts of the Frank and Margaret Sullivan Fund and the individual gifts of family member together for the first time.
SAMA-Loretto is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Big Band opens show
The Big Band Sound, Inc. will present its annual free spring concert on the newly remodeled auditorium stage at the Mount Union Area High School at 7:30 p.m. April 19.
Over the years The Big Band Sound, Inc. has consistently brought the music of the original big bands of the swing era and the sounds from later decades, played in a big band style, to the local and surrounding areas. The group contains more than 15 members.
Rock, Crow teaming up
BURGETTSTOWN - Kid Rock will bring the second leg of his "Born Free" tour, featuring Sheryl Crow, to the First Niagara Pavilion at 7 p.m. July 6.
Tickets are $25.50 for lawn seats, $35.50, $45.50 and $75.50 for pavilion seats and $250.50 for the limited number of VIP tickets. There is a McDonalds Lawn 6-pack available with six tickets for $99.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, livenation.com or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.
Big & Rich headline show
PITTSBURGH - The Xtreme Muzik Festival, starring country music superstars Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson, with opening acts Cowboy Troy and 2 Foot Fred, will open at 7 p.m. July 22 at the Trib Total Media Amhpitheatre.
More performers will be announced at a later date.
Reserved tickets range in price from $39 to $49 with a very limited amount of gold circle tickets for $75. Ticket prices increase by $5 on the day of the show and will be go on sale at noon Saturday at all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone by calling 800-745-3000.


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Putting to rest almost five months of speculation, the Central and Western Professional hockey leagues announced that they have come to terms on a joint-operating agreement Wednesday during a news conference in Oklahoma City.
Although several issues must still be resolved in the coming weeks, WPHL founder Rick Kozuback said the agreement paves the way for the two leagues to merge for the 2001-02 season.
"Today is a monumental day for all of us," said Kozuback, also president of Global Entertainment Corp., the parent company of the WPHL. "We have come to a legal agreement on a joint operating/merger agreement. Although documents have not been signed, they have been agreed to."
Both sides have scheduled additional meetings among owners for June 4-6 in Phoenix. WPHL president Brad Treliving said the new league - to retain the name of the Central Hockey League - hopes to have plans finalized by June 15.
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The Amarillo Rattlers, one of the charter members of the WPHL, would be one of 18 to 24 teams in the new league that currently stretches from North Carolina to New Mexico - including nine teams in Texas.
Among the points yet to be resolved include a new salary cap, veteran limits and use of the red line.
Still, WPHL president Brad Treliving expects those issues to be completed during the owners' meetings in Phoenix.
"The governors and owners will convene to resolve these issues," Treliving said. "We have a lot of work to do. But our announcement today is the culmination of hard work by a lot of people."
The merger between the 10-team CHL and 13-team WPHL could not have come at a better time as both have faced difficulties recently with teams unable to finish their respective seasons.
WPHL teams in Abilene and Waco folded during the 1999-2000 season, while the league's entry in Central Texas followed suit a year later. Teams in Alexandria, La., and Arkansas also folded prior to the 2000-01 season.
Likewise, the CHL lost its team in Texarkana, Ark, during the 2000-01 season. The league's team in Topeka, Kan., also is not expected to be back next year.
Despite the difficulties, though, CHL commissioner Tom Berry said the merger should help stabilize the new CHL.
"The business in hockey is growing, but in the last year we've seen some fragmentation among the leagues," Berry said. "By combining the two leagues together, we hope to stop that and make this a viable entry in minor-league hockey."
Although the WPHL never took part in games between rival leagues, the merger would change the season among former CHL teams.
The league regularly scheduled its annual all-star game against the West Coast Hockey League, including playing interleague games against the WCHL. Berry, though, said those teams might still play games against teams in the United Hockey League.
With the merger of the CHL and WPHL, both sides hope to make the new league one of the strongest in minor-league hockey.
"We want to make this the best Double-A hockey league in the country," Kozuback said. "We think we're on target for that effective today."
Once one of the strongest developmental leagues in hockey, the CHL was revived in 1992 - four years before the start of the WPHL. The Amarillo Wranglers played in the old CHL during the 1968-69 and 1970-71 seasons.
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'Darling! Listen to Me'
By Hilary de Vries;
Published: January 26, 1992
If you ask Julie Kavner to describe the roles she's played during her 18-year career, she sighs and in her honeyed gravel voice says with perfect dispiritedness: "A nice person."
Almost every one of the major roles held by the 41-year-old actress has been a woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny. From her first professional acting job playing Brenda, Valerie Harper's younger sister on the sitcom "Rhoda," to her most recent role as the voice of Marge Simpson, the long-suffering mother on the animated comedy series "The Simpsons," Kavner has consistently been the second banana.
That stereotype, however, is about to be broken with the actress's latest role as Dottie Ingels, a brash, brassy stand-up comedian in the movie "This Is My Life," directed by Nora Ephron from a novel by Meg Wolitzer.
"I had to find out how to play somebody unlikable or who has certain attributes that I don't personally care for," Kavner says of her first leading role in a full-length feature film.
Dottie Ingels is a divorced mother of two young children who parlays her comic talents as a saleswoman at the Macy's cosmetics counter into national reknown as a stand-up comic. Ambitious, driven and self-interested, she climbs to the top at the expense of her family. Dottie leaves her daughters with a series of baby sitters, acquires a high-powered agent (played by Dan Aykroyd), guest stars on late-night TV talk shows and eventually winds up with her own act in Las Vegas. When her children accuse her of ignoring -- even exploiting -- their lives for her career, Dottie responds with a Me Generation mantra uttered at full roar. "Don't I have a turn?" she screams. "Isn't it ever O.K. for me to have a life?"
Stomping up and down a hallway, slamming doors and yelling at children, the usually meek, mealy-mouthed Kavner is all but unrecognizable; she fully inhabits the character, making Dottie's shortcomings both obvious and understandable.
"I wanted her to be more real, more grounded than an Auntie Mame character," says the actress, boosting her description with the New York accent she uses in the film. "But you know, darling. Darling! Listen to me. She's big. She's out there."
More than almost any other actress in her generation, Kavner has built a career by playing likable underdogs. She was two years out of college when she was chosen to play Brenda Morgenstern on "Rhoda." That half-hour spinoff from the hugely popular "Mary Tyler Moore Show" ran for nearly five seasons and became one of the nation's top-rated television shows. Kavner won an Emmy for her portrayal of the beefy kid sister with the raspy, friendly voice.
If Kavner's talents are rooted in an innate sense of comic timing and a winning self-deprecation, it is her voice, its rich Bronx bouquet gleaned from her New York ancestry, that is her most recognizable asset. As Nora Ephron says: "People may not immediately know who she is, but inevitably they say: 'Oh, the actress with the voice. I love her!' " Critics have called it one of the few great television voices, the female equivalent of Peter Falk's Lieutenant Columbo -- a sandpapered gruffness that can sound exasperated and comforting all at once.
Playing the less-attractive, amiable sidekick has been the role that Kavner has long sought to shed. "If it smacks of Brenda Morgenstern," says the actress, girding her usually plaintive tone with a touch of steel. "I won't take the job."
That attitude has meant careful career management and bucking Hollywood prejudices to find her way clear of what Juliet Taylor, a New York casting director who has worked for Woody Allen and on "This Is My Life," characterizes as "that whole cultural question of why lead roles are not being written for women like Julie."
For the past decade, Kavner has most often appeared in small but highly regarded film and television projects, working with respected directors like James L. Brooks, ("Rhoda," "The Simpsons") and Woody Allen. For three years, she was a regular on "The Tracey Ullman Show," a comedy produced by Brooks. She has appeared in five of Allen's films, including "Shadows and Fog," which is yet to be released. Last year, Kavner played Nurse Costello in "Awakenings," directed by Penny Marshall and starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. For the past three seasons, she has played Marge Simpson, as well as Marge's two sisters, Patty and Selma, on "The Simpsons."
Nora Ephron, who wrote "This Is My Life" with her sister Delia, and is making her directing debut with it, concedes that even with the film's modest $10 million production budget, "it was unthinkable that anyone would cast Julie as the lead. All during the writing of it we dreamed of her for the part, but we also thought it would never happen."
Kavner had originally been asked to play the smaller role of Claudia, an assistant agent (a part eventually played by Carrie Fisher). "There was this rather unpleasant, little discussion of five stars with whom they thought we should make the movie," Ephron says. "We had always conceived of Dottie as this unabashedly ethnic character."


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Two local nonprofits, the Singers of Summerville and the Flowertown Players, are joining forces on a musical, cabaret-style fundraiser. What I Did for Love: 100 Years of Show Tunes, is a celebration of musicals from 1910 through 2010. The benefit will be May 9 and 10 at the James F. Dean Community Theatre, just in time for Mothers Day.
Susan Storm, a member of the Singers of Summerville, is the driving force behind the benefit fundraiser. She approached David Tripp, president of the Flowertown Players board of directors, with the idea of collaborating.
By collaborating on this benefit, I feel the Singers of Summerville and the Flowertown Players are epitomizing the meaning of community, said Tripp. Working together, we are able to maximize our talents and logistics to raise funds needed to aid the continuation of our organizations.
Tickets for the performance on May 9 are $20 per person or $35 per couple. The silent auction will begin at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. The performance on May 10 is $25 per person or $45 per couple and includes an auction preview wine and cheese reception at 7 p.m. The show begins at 8 p.m. The live auction will take place during intermission.
Both organizations were well represented at auditions and are currently in the process of creating an enjoyable evening of song and dance. After watching auditions, Tripp commented, Arts and cultural activities bring people together, enhance the quality of our lives, impact the economy and shape our community.
Enjoy your favorite show tunes performed by Summervilles best. Get your tickets today by contacting the Box Office at 843-875-9251 or visit www.flowertownplayers.org for more information.
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The Wakarusa music festival returns for its 11th year. Thousands of music lovers will make their way to Mulberry mountain Thursday through Sunday. According to Wakarusa officials, more than 20,000 people will attend the festival daily.
The outdoor festival is scheduled to feature six stages, 150 different artists, and 200 different sets of music.
This year, Wakarusa will offer two new camping options. There will be bus rentals and pre-made tents. Organizers say most of their visitors will stay on the campgrounds.
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It will take time, courage and openness to successfully overcome HIV stigma around the World. It will mean tackling social inequality, reversing processes of marginalisation, and speaking out about difficult and intensely personal issues. Raising critical and accurate public debate that includes the perspectives of people most affected – and most marginalised – by HIV is a necessary step to confront stigma. By scrutinising inequality and challenging taboos,
responsible journalism can help turn the vicious cycle feeding stigma and marginalisation into a virtuous cycle of inclusion and social justice.
Positive role models can play a huge role in communities and in the media to draw attention to HIV and champion what it means to live positively.
But it takes courage and personal sacrifice to speak out and individually confront stigma – both personally as well as in the public eye.
People living with HIV need support to do this and encouragement to engage the media on their own terms.
Beautys Choice, are working on a Calendar, which focuses on HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa. The chosen beneficiary charity is HIV AIDS Zimbabwe (H.A.Z) which is a Diaspora based organisation providing free drugs, food and other relevant assistance to those infected and in great need in Zimbabwe.
Hopewell Chingono, the current Africa's best Journalist inspired the fundraising for this year.The calendar has been shot with the main objective to raise funds for H.A.Z.
It was shot in November 2008 by beauty pageant queens in the diaspora who have made a difference during their reign or models who are currently making a mark in their communities, supporting charities.
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National, International Advocates Converge In Iowa To Battle HIV Criminalization
By Todd Heywood
Originally printed 6/19/2014 (Issue 2225 - Between The Lines News)
GRINNELL, IOWA - Nearly 200 advocates interested in the growing battle against criminalizing people living with HIV converged on this small college town last week to begin the process of forming a national movement.
Michigan is a leader in prosecuting people with HIV. HIV criminalization is broadly defined as prosecuting people, or subjecting them to greater sentences, because of their HIV-positive status. Michigan has seen cases involving its disclosure law, bioterrorism cases and, in one instance, a situation where a woman was issued a marijuana possession ticket because she failed to disclose her HIV status to police officer in Dearborn - despite not being legally obligated to do so.
Sero Project, a national organization fighting HIV criminalization, put the HIV is not a crime conference together. Sero is run by Sean Strub, founding publisher of POZ Magazine, and longtime HIV activist.
"The Grinnell Gathering was important because it was the first national conference specifically addressing HIV criminalization and because it was one of the largest national gatherings, in recent years, of people with HIV engaged in advocacy," said Strub. "It also was important because the attendees more closely reflected the epidemic than most conferences and because the conference, for many, marked the rejuvenation of the people with HIV empowerment movement. Those attending the conference left inspired, refreshed and with a renewed commitment to fight for change; one only needs to look at some of the FB comments to see what those who participated are saying and how much it meant to them."
Attendees were involved in developing talking points related to HIV criminalization, learning how to work social media to drive conversations and agendas, and learned the political processes related to lobbying for legislation on the state and national levels.
Iowa was front and center in the discussions and events during the conference. The previous week, Republican Gov. Terry Branstad signed the nation's first modernization law for an HIV specific law. Before the new legislation was signed into law, any person living with HIV accused of engaging in sexual activity without disclosing his or her HIV status could face up to 25 years in prison and 10 or more years on the state's sex offender registry.
The modernization legislation passed both houses of the Iowa legislature with unanimous support. The law now requires prosecutors prove an intent to transmit specific diseases, including HIV, hepatitis and TB; and allows defendants to mitigate allegations by showing they took action to reduce the potential risk of transmission by following medical advice. In addition, the law also removed the requirement that those convicted under the law be listed on the state's sex offender list. That provision was also back dated, removing those who had been convicted previously to be removed from the list, effective July 1.
In celebration of the new law, two men convicted under the old law - Donald Bogardus and Nick Rhoades - had their court ordered GPS bracelets cut off with large pruning shears by state Sen. Matt McCoy. McCoy led the battle to modernize Iowa's law in the legislature.
The conference was also important for the larger international movement to address HIV criminalization, says Edwin Bernard, who runs the HIV Justice Program monitoring HIV criminalization across the world.
"From an international perspective, it's very important," Bernard said. "HIV criminalisation is an international phenomenon but unfortunately the United States leads the world in terms of the sheer number of poorly drafted, unscientific HIV-specific criminal laws that result in so many unjust and unwarranted prosecutions, not only for potential or perceived sexual exposure but also for biting and spitting, and for soliciting for sex whilst HIV-positive. The most worrying trend today in HIV criminalisation is taking place in sub-Sarahan Africa. On this sub-continent, around 30 different countries have passed new vague and overly broad HIV criminal laws since 2001. Many of these problematic laws are based on a 'model law' funded and promoted by USAID - the US Agency for International Development, whose strapline is: 'from the American people.' So what happens in the United States affects the rest of the world, too. I'm hopeful that African law and policymakers, and people living with HIV and their allies, will be able to use the US movement to address these laws as leverage to repeal or modernize these unjust and harmful HIV laws in Africa (and elsewhere)."
Michigan was well represented at the conference. Jon Hoadley, who is running as a Democrat for a state representative post in Kalamazoo, was in attendance and is helping to coordinate a coalition to modernize Michigan's law.
"Michigan is engaging in cutting edge advocacy on HIV criminalization reform, and I was proud to be a first in the country conference to learn from success in other states," Hoadley said. He noted Michigan will face unique challenges in addressing its laws, but is confident Michigan can join Iowa in reforming its HIV law.
Laurel Sprague, a professor at Eastern Michigan University and a staffer at Sero Project, was also in attendance. She said the conference was particularly successful because it had brought together a truly diverse group of persons representing those most impacted by the HIV epidemic in the US - women, people of color, transwomen and others.
" The Grinnell Gathering created space for leaders within communities of women, poor people, and people of color - all living with HIV - to join together to hear each other's experiences and build shared understandings and approaches to fight unjust criminal laws and the fear-based and intolerant attitudes that undergird those laws," Sprague said.
For Kevin Geirman, who works for a Grand Rapids AIDS service organization, the conference was important, and challenging.
"On a personal note, I'm still unraveling the ways I was challenged and how I can implement movement in my immediate community," he said. "My heart was stirred by the personal stories that I was privileged to share and I'm inspired to both identify more stories to add to the collective as well as recognize opportunities to create a platform from which these stories can be heard."
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Students will spend four (4) hours each weekday of the program in formal Modern Standard Arabic classes, as well as out-of-the-classroom assignments. Students may choose to take an additional three (3) hours of Moroccan darija dialect classes.
Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and must be in good academic standing. Students at all levels of Arabic proficiency are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Applications are due April 17, 2012.
Program Costs: The cost of the program will be $3400.00 and includes: Facilities and Student Support, Academic Activities, Housing
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Sixty years ago today, May 14, 1948, the modern State of Israel was born.
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I'm taking a trip to San Antonio from San Diego this December to go see the Alamo Bowl, a college football game. I will be taking America West, and it will be my first time on that airline. I tried to SAT on AA and WN but the fares were too high. Anyway, I will be flying the A320 to and from PHX from SAN and 737s to and from SAT from PHX. I have heard some pretty bad things about this airline; my relatives fly it pretty often and their flights have varied greatly. So how is the seat pitch, cleanliness of the planes, service, etc.? I expect the A320s to be fine, but the 737s are pretty old and probably dirty. And when I say service, I mean amenities and meals, not the attitude of the FA's. Thanks for any info .
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Legislation was passed recently to reduce the increases in flood insurance rates from the Biggert-Waters Flood Reform Act. Was it enough?
No it was not enough, Kicks the can down the road, premiums are still to high and DISCRIMINATES against 2nd homeowners & businesses, flood insurance premiums were based on RISK, NOW they are based on who owns the property, DISCRIMINATION ! Join StopFemaNow and learn the facts, Power in Numbers
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Yeah kicks the can down the road so those high risk people should pay up now, im a tobacco user so i pay more in healthcare than a non tobacco user. A high risk flood owner should pay not a no risk owner. And the government bailout of the auto industry was mostly repaid through sales of stock. How is this discriminating?
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Stop FEMA and then see what happens when the next big one hits
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I live miles from any water. why should my taxs pay someone elses way?
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johnathan, with all due respect, this program was started 50 years ago, and has been subsidizing flood insurance premiums ever since. I doubt there were many people who realized just how subsidized these premiums were. Flood insurance premiums may have been based on risk before, but that premium was heavily subsidized by your fellow taxpayers.
Taking away the government subsidy all at once was not the right thing to do. But it does need to be corrected, and hopefully raising the premiums slowly and getting more private, local insurers involved will help solve the problem.
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I wonder if those beautiful homes along the Potomac are being hit with 7X premiums. Or, is it just the little guy in a rural area? Those who live in flood prone areas need to pay more, but they should not be responsible for rebuilding FEMA. They should have insurance available on the open market like everyone else and not have it subsidized by the taxpayer. The rates should be set by the insurance companies, not the govt who can declare a home that has never flooded as being in a flood zone. Govt intervention created the problem, govt intervention cannot solve the problem.
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SAGINAW — Like many farmers, kids in the Houghton-Jones neighborhood, on Saginaw's East Side, want to maximize their crops' yields.
A $5,000 grant from the Saginaw Community Foundation could help them do that, after it pays for an irrigation system for the Houghton-Jones Neighborhood Task Force's community gardens along Tuscola and Johnson.
Bakari M. McClendon, president of the Houghton-Jones Neighborhood Association, said installation of two water hydrants — paid for by the grant — will help children water their crops regularly.
In the past, kids and volunteers had to carry buckets of water by hand to the gardens, where youths ages 6 through 13 learn to plant, manage and sell their crops at the Houghton-Jones Neighborhood Farmers' Market.
"This grant will allow us to consistently water our gardens for maximum yield," McClendon said.
The Houghton-Jones Neighborhood Task Force was one of 12 organizations receiving a total of $36,502 in grants from the Saginaw Community Foundation.
Others receiving grants include: United Way of Saginaw County, $5,000 for Imagination Library; the Delta College Foundation, $5,000 for University Center Trail; Health Delivery Inc., $3,538 for a Patient Accessibility Project; Saginaw Valley Agricultural Association Inc., $2,309 for an electrical upgrade to the Exhibit Hall at the Saginaw County Fairgrounds; Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation, $5,000 for a self-checkout program at Zauel Library; the Japanese Cultural Center, $5,000 for fences, gates and a stream; Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, $1,980 for its "An SBSO Evening" project; Saginaw Valley Lutheran High School Association, $1,200 for its Health & Agency Fair's Mobile Food Pantry; Saginaw Valley State University, $1,000 for the "Wes Moore at SVSU" project and $975 for its "Engage the GLBR: A Civic Engagement Initiative"; and the Saginaw Community Foundation, $500 for its "Grants for Excellence Program 2010-2011."
The Saginaw Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life in Saginaw County.
The next grant application deadline is Sunday, May 1. Applications are available at www.saginawfoundation.org.


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Just wanted to make sure that IxD based programs in the US get
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So if you represent a program here in the US, it would be great for
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Date: Mar 30, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: [NextD_WorkshopsGroup] survey of design education programs in
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To: Christopher Vice <chvice at iupui.edu>
Design education programs survey
The AIGA Design Education community is about to launch the first ever
national survey of design education programs in the United States, in order
to develop a comprehensive directory of programs, to help us understand the
nature of the programs offered, and to make it easier for programs to share
To accomplish this, we need to obtain the names of those who are responsible
for design departments, who may or may not be members of AIGA. Our interest
is in getting the contact name for the senior most administrative head who
is still related to the design curriculum; the lead may be a program head, a
department chair or a dean.
If you are a design department head or design educator, please submit your
name or the name of your department head.
Design might be broadly defined as communication design and/or interaction
design including disciplines like graphic design, visual communication, web
design, digital media design, design strategy, design planning, design
management, design processes and design methods, but excluding fine arts and
other disciplines such as fashion design, merchandising, packaging design,
industrial design, product design, interior design, architecture, etc.
For valid results, we need to identify as many design department heads as
possible by Wednesday, April 5. We will contact those individuals by email
and provide a link to the survey.
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Three Longhorns selected in 2nd day of MLB Draft
The Texas Longhorns had three players selected on the second day of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday. Left-handed pitcher Hoby Milner was picked by the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh round. The Los Angeles Angels selected Jonathan Walsh in the 11th round. Left-handed pitcher Sam Stafford was chosen by the Texas Rangers in the 13th round.
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What should I bring to my baseball camp or showcase camp?
Many times the camp itself will have a recommended list of items to bring to camp, but here are a few things to help you. All position players should bring a bat and glove. Look like a baseball player by wearing a hat, jersey, belt, baseball socks, etc. You need to look the part. If you are a catcher, have your own gear. Hitters, bring your bat and helmet just in case. Don't expect to use the college's equipment and you must be ready to go! Borrow something from a teammate or coach if you do not have one.


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•Earnings of $35.1 million or $0.31 per diluted common share
•Financing spreads on residential mortgage investments declined 17 basis points to 1.13%
•Book value decreased $0.30 to $13.58 per common share
•Repurchased $42 million in common shares through early January 2013
•Portfolio leverage maintained at eight times long-term investment capital
•Operating costs as a percentage of average long-term investment capital decreased 9 basis points to 0.79%
Not the best way to kick off the mReit earnings season. Spreads and BV both down.
Not really a good proxy for AGNC & should not have really surprised anyone,but I could see this weighing down the sector tomorrow.
Q4 isn't going to be pretty.
But potentially Q4 might be the bottom end on Mortgage rates.
And MBS prices are down since Q4, and down even further off the Q3 highs.
It's going to hurt book, but MBS prices need to come down.
If they stay high for two long the agency reits are in big trouble.
Overall it's not great news, but maybe the worst is over. We'll see.
Dang Jtrader, they are getting their #$%$ handed to them by CPR.
CPR rate was almost 20%.
Yield on investments which for CMO stinks in general since they have ARM's. = 2.60%
Premium Amortization = (0.84%)
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Prayers for All the Saints
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Prayer is a gift from God. It is one way we can communicate with God and seek our Creator's heart. Prayer is also a gift we can give to each other. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul assures the congregation that he remembers them in his prayers. It is relatively easy for us to tell someone that we will be praying for them during a difficult time in their life; but what about the rest of the time? We could be blessing our brothers and sisters in Christ by praying for their faith every day. Our hearts would surely become more in line with God's will if we were praying for wisdom and revelation to be given to all the saints.
In Matthew 21 Jesus says, "And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith" (v. 22). This is not the only place in Scripture that we are urged to pray and promised to be heard. An important part of this promise is the clause "if you have faith." Part of having faith is praying in God's will. This is difficult for us, as we often desire worldly things. But the more time we spend in God's presence, the more we can align our prayers with God's heart.


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On May 6 and 7, students of Neal Utterback's playwriting class will have their plays performed at Standing Stone. Utterback, assistant professor of theatre, organized the event. The plays have been put together throughout the semester, and student performers will be presenting them. Each play explores different themes and concepts.
Ryan Tritsch '16, Bel Air, Md.:
My play is titled Tom Storm, and it is about an escaped convict who pretends to be a bounty hunter so he can hide out at this summer camp for a while till he plans his next move.
Aley Roemer '14, Kimberton, Pa.:
My story, called The Governors of Life is about four girls who act out a murder scene. Afterward, something happens that scares them, and poses the question of who, or what, is actually in control of life as we know it.
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My play is titled TTX and is about an American Playboy/nutritional supplement company CEO in Rio, Tony Malfouth, who is working to find out the dealings and accounts of Brazil Oil by getting a hold of the oil company's accounting books that are assumed to be cursed. His secretary, Mel, and best friend, John, do most of the heavy lifting, while Tony drinks and whines his life away, pushing Mel into John's protection.
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This play Irreconcilable Differences is about a couple arguing over the difference between growing up too fast and not growing up at all.
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The name alone is a marketing and advertising move.
You may have seen Flush the Fat from several TV ads and colon cleanse infomercials that you know its spiel already. Flush the Fat Internal Flush claims to be able to make a huge difference in your weight after you're through with their product. Indeed, with a name that includes 'fat' and 'flush' in the same sentence, it seems that this is the answer to your weight problems.
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Celebrate the Playoffs with NBA 2K15's Big Sale
It's Playoffs time in the NBA, and 2K is celebrating with a limited time sale on NBA 2K15.
It's Playoffs time in the NBA, and 2K is celebrating with a limited time sale on NBA 2K15.
2K's newest wrestling sim, WWE 2K, is now available on the App Store. The game lets you play with a full roster of wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, the Undertaker, Sting, and John Cena - or create your own. You can take your favorite wrestler and play in the career mode; piledriving your way to fame. And if you need a bigger challenge there are also live multiplayer matches.
"As the first simulation-based WWE video game for mobile devices, WWE 2K provides an opportunity to experience virtual WWE action anywhere and at any time," said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts, in a press release. "Inspired by the gameplay and authenticity of WWE 2K for consoles, WWE 2K offers WWE and mobile gaming enthusiasts a variety of popular WWE Superstars, game modes and more in a premium mobile format."
You can get your hands on WWE 2Kright now for $7.99.
2K DRIVE, the racing game by 2K, is currently free to download. The game offers daily challenges, real licensed cars, authentic locations, and a unique feature, RaceFace, which lets you take a selfie and put yourself behind the wheel. If you can't get enough of cars after the race, it also gives you a live news feed on everything in the automotive world.
Take 2K DRIVE out for a test drive for free today.
It seems like this month has been pretty big for wrestling. First Wrestlemania, then2K has announces that they're releasing WWE 2K for iOS. It's asimulation-based WWE game where you'll get to play with several WWE superstars such asJohn Cena,Hulk Hogan, Sting, Triple H, and the Undertaker. There will be three different match types and a ton of moves for your wrestlers to perform. They'll even getSuperstar ring entrances. The game also features Create-a-Superstar,Career Mode,live multiplayer matches, and unlockable rewards.
"WWE 2K marks a great milestone in 2K's partnership with WWE, as we bring the first authentic WWE simulation experience to market for mobile devices," said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts, in a press release. "WWE gaming enthusiasts will soon experience WWE action and several fan-favorite modes inspired by the WWE 2K flagship console series in an engaging new way."
WWE 2K will be available this spring for $7.99.
Today might not be the first day of spring - although you would think it's still the middle of winter with the snow we've been getting in NYC - but 2K is still celebrating the changing of the seasons with a pretty impressive sale.
There aren't all that many price drops to go around, but I think the quality makes up for the lack in quantity. Or just XCOM. Just XCOM being on sale is enoguh. The rest is gravy.
Here's what you can get, and for how much:
Does anything on that list tickle your fancy? Personally I'd jump on XCOM if I didn't already own it (like three times over).
Sid Meier's Starships is a pretty great game in its own right, but it doesn't do a very good job of helping new players get acclimated to its systems - or its star systems (bah-dum-TSHHH). That's why we've taken it upon ourselves to cover some of the basics, a few of the things you won't learn about in-game unless you dig through the menus, and some strategies that will hopefully keep your fleet mobile and allow you to dominate the galaxy.
2K has released new content for WWE SuperCard. The update adds the Fusion Chamber, which allows players to merge lower-ranking cards to create 48 new super-powerful Fusion cards.
There will be eight rarity levels of recipes for merging, from Common to Survivor. You'll also be able to purchase new card packs, Ultra Rare, Epic, and Legendary WWE Divas to expand your lineup.
You can download WWE SuperCard for free on the App Store.
2K, Turtle Rock Studios, and Cat Daddy Games have launched their companion app for the 4 vs 1 shooter Evolve. The app, titled Evolve: Hunters Quest, is a Match-3 puzzle game that connects to your main game and lets you join a team of hunters as they explore the planet Shear. The game has over 100 missions that will earn you Mastery Points to level up your characters with and can also be used in the main Evolve game as well. By playing Evolve: Hunters Quest, you can find and unlock art from Evolve and let you watch replays of your online multiplayer matches.
Evolve: Hunters Quest is available from the App Store now and it's a free download.
2k and Firaxis have formally announced an upcoming game: Sid Meier's Starships.
The new game is part of the Sid Meier series, and specifically expands upon Civilization: Beyond Earth's science fiction universe. The game is described as a turn-based strategy game that makes the player the fleet commander ultimately in pursuit of peace.
Sid Meier (who serves as creative development chief at Firaxis) talks about experiences with regards to the new game. "When designing Starships, I was intrigued by the idea of exploring the next chapter in the story of Civilization: Beyond Earth. What happens after we colonize our new home and eventually build starships to take to the stars? What has become of our long-lost brothers and sisters from the planet Earth?" he says. "My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration."
There's no word on pricing yet, but Sid Meier's Starships is scheduled to drop in "early 2015."
A new update has arrived for 2K's wrestling collectible card game WWE SuperCard - bringing in new cards, animations, a new rarity level, 'Survivor' and more.
John Cena and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson can be found among the sixty new cards added to the game, with Manager Support cards and cards themed around the new WWE 2K15 also added. Competing cards also have 24 new animations, with the new card rarity 'Survivor' bringing the total number of rarity levels up to eight.
Furthermore, rewards and drop rates in Exhibition matches have been rebalanced, with players now having an increased chance of getting higher level cards from the draft board. Card energy limits have also been upped and the performance of People's Champion Challenge rewards screens and the Card Catalog have also been improved.
WWE SuperCard is available to
slam download onto your iOS device from the App Store for free.
Telltale Games has announced the season premiere episode of Tales from the Borderlands, 'Zer0 Sum,' will be coming to iOS before the end of this year.
Revisit Pandora after the events of Borderlands 2 with this five-part episodic adventure game series. You'll get to play as Rhys, a Hyperion 'suit' with dreams of being the next Handsome Jack, and Fiona, a Pandoran con artist looking to score her biggest swindle ever.
Todat 2K and Firaxis Games have announced the iOS version of their fantastic alien-blasting strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Within. This enhanced edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown comes with a ton of new content including new gear, story, classes, maps, and gameplay.
Now you can add new facilities to your base, such as the slightly creepy Genetics Lab that allows you to mess around with your soldiers' biology and the Cybernetics Lab where you can convert your soldiers into giant mechanical supermen. You're going to need them, too. The alien forces have a new ally amongst the humans. A shadowy organization called EXALT is working against humanity - you'll want to infiltrate their inner workings and take them down before they have us all bowing to our new alien overlords.
Enemy Within also has new multiplayer maps, units, and abilities. Gang up on those aliens in one-on-one, turn-based matches.
Unfortunately the app is only compatible with iPad 3, iPad mini 2, iPhone 5 and up. It WILL NOT be able to run on earlier generations of iOS hardware.
You'll be able to download XCOM: Enemy Within from the App Store for $12.99 tomorrow.
BioShock, by 2K, is a pretty good port of the original console game to iOS. And recently, 2K updated the game with a bunch of enhancements. Now you can enjoy voiceovers in French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and get a Japanese text localization.
Feeling like you need more room in your save games? Now you can delete old saves to make way for new ones. The controls have also been worked over with better handling, and a new look inversion option is available. Lastly, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users can now enjoy an optimized experience.
You can pick up the new and improved Bioshock for $10.99 on the App Store now.


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OB Sports Releases App for iPhone & Droid Platforms
May 27, 2011. Scottsdale, Ariz. -based OB Sports Golf Management recently unveiled the new OB Sports Golf App on both IPhone and Droid platforms. Powered by Smartstay App, the OB Sports App has launched on both platforms as a complimentary download. The OB Sports Golf App provides a wealth of information for both golfers that frequent OB Sports facilities as well as traveling golfers looking for popular golf destinations such as Scottsdale, Las Vegas, Orlando, and beyond.
The OB Sports Golf App features general information on all of the 40-plus OB Sports-affiliated facilities including quick links to the club's official website, contact information and location. Featured clubs that are resort - or destination-oriented, have enhanced functionality within the app that includes links to book tee times, tap to call functionality (with direct dial up to the club's golf shop), tap to share (encouraging the app to go 'viral'), detailed club information, club specific news feeds that pull from real time Twitter feeds, photo galleries and quick links to the select course videos via You Tube. In addition, featured club listings also include an Out & About section that offers mapping functionality, information on other area attractions as well as quick links to Yelp-powered user reviews related to the respective facility.
"Increasingly more and more of us are becoming tied to our mobile devices and smartphones and OB Sports had a desire to lead the golf course management industry by being in this space and providing golfers with an OB Sports App that helps them connect with our facilities using their mobile device," said Phil Green, Chief Operating Officer or OB Sports. "By downloading one app for free, golfers can check out the nearest OB Sports managed facility, plus get quick access to contact our clubs and be on the first tee in no time," added Green.
The OB Sports Golf App, which OB Sports had been developing for seven months, was built on the Smartstay mobile app platform with OB Sports and O'Rourke Hospitality, along with O'Rouke's technology partner DeCare Systems Ireland.
"The long term plan will be to continually upgrade the app as we discover new technology enhancements that can be integrated into the OB Sports Golf App," stated Kris Strauss, vice president of sales and marketing for OB Sports. "I can see the next generation of updates to the OB Sports App including enhanced booking environments, enhanced social networking and even some sort of GPS functionality that provides golfers with even more resources. In the meantime, we hope golfers throughout the country download the new (and free) OB Sports Golf app," added Strauss.
For more information on the OB Sports Golf App, visit www.obsports.com/app.
About O'Rourke Hospitality Marketing/Smartstay
Smartstay works with hotels and golf resorts to help them create their own individual mobile app exclusive for their brand and their property. O'Rourke Hospitality Marketing is an award-winning marketing firm that focuses exclusively on the Hospitality Industry and specializes in hospitality website design and development, Internet marketing, SEO services, and hospitality mobile marketing. O'Rourke Hospitality was founded in 2001, and stands out from other agencies due to its very high standards in website design and optimization, ability to generate results, full client dedication, and innovative products. For more information, visit www.orourkehospitality.com or www.smartstayapp.com.
About OB Sports
OB Sports is a diversified, golf-oriented company with a long history of success that currently manages 40 premier golf courses and country clubs throughout the United States. Known for its comprehensive and personalized services since 1972, OB Sports has become widely acclaimed as the leader in boutique-style golf course management. For more information on OB Sports, visit www.obsports.com, call 480-948-1300. You can also "Like" OB Sports on Facebook at www.facebook.com/obsports, follow OB Sports on Twitter: www.twitter.com/obsportsgolf or view the OB Sports You Tube Channel at www.youtube.com/obsportsgolf.
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BuySafe has chosen Liberty Mutual to be the main provider of surety bonds for its eBay-seller bonding service. The Hartford had been the main provider, and it will continue to be a BuySafe partner and investor.
BuySafe launched a year ago, enabling approved eBay sellers to financially protect buyers using surety bonds. Sellers purchase surety bonds from BuySafe and include the BuySafe seal in their eBay listings. The program is designed to assure buyers that it is safe to buy from participating sellers, who must pass a comprehensive inspection to ensure they are established and reliable. Sellers pay a percentage of their items' selling price to BuySafe.
With BuySafe's new relationship with Liberty Mutual, the service now guarantees the terms and conditions of purchases made from participating sellers with promised refunds of up to $25,000.
Dennis Perler, president of Liberty Mutual Surety, said "Bringing surety bond protection to Internet business is the logical next step in helping Internet buyers feel safe and secure in their Internet purchases. Surety bonds provide optimal protection by guaranteeing to Internet buyers the terms and conditions of purchase contracts entered into with companies selling on the Internet. This is an inexpensive way to experience worry-free shopping online."
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Northumberland County Council insists it is on track to clear its pothole backlog by the end of this month, having reduced the number on its list by 71 per cent since the end of January.
The latest data shows that at the end of May the council had achieved a total pothole reduction of 8,676 out of 12,213, with 3,537 still outstanding.
Councillor Ian Swithenbank, policy board member for streetcare and environment said: "We are on track to fulfil our pledge to clear this backlog of potholes by the end of June. We have taken a proactive approach to pothole repair and we are doing more long term repairs instead of temporary patches."
An extra £600,000 has been allocated to accelerate the programme of pothole repairs across the county.
Residents can now follow the progress being made in clearing the pothole backlog on a monthly basis on the Northumberland County Council website.
Like many local authorities the county council has to deal with the deterioration of its road network through a combination of severe winters with unusually wet weather, and long term underinvestment.
This has led to a substantial increase in the number of potholes over the past five years. For example, between November 2012 and December 2013 alone, there were 68,000 defects in the county's roads and footpaths.
In the last seven months the council has managed to reduce the backlog of potholes through investment in new methods and machinery, including the purchase of two Jetpatcher repair machines and the use of two additional road menders.
Its roads are maintained by maintenance teams based in the community who repair defects and carry out small works and drainage improvements. The council currently have a team operating within each of the 14 inspection areas (there are four teams in the North, four teams in the West and six teams in the South East).
The new funding will provide the area inspectors with additional short-term capacity to speed up repairs and ensure that rural communities, in particular, benefit from the programme. The funding will be used to enable the Jetpatchers to operate longer hours, employ additional labour and plant. The council's team will continue to manage any new defects that appear from now and throughout 2014.


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Oxfam Scotland says business as usual is no longer enough to tackle poverty and inequality and is urging politicians to look beyond new figures showing growth in the Scottish economy.
It says there is an urgent need to stop simply pursuing economic growth as an end in itself and look at the type, quality and distribution of growth.
The charity has urged politicians to follow recommendations from its recent report Our Economy - which sets out a blueprint for sustainable economic growth that makes a real difference in tackling poverty and inequality.
And it says progress along the road to that just economy could be measured by the Oxfam Humankind Index for Scotland - a new measure of collective prosperity based on people's real needs.
Judith Robertson, Head of Oxfam Scotland, said: "When GDP figures go up, too many of our politicians think this is a job well done. But GDP tells us nothing about the quality of economic growth and who benefits from it.
"GDP might be going up, but we know that real wages in Scotland are falling. Employment might be going up, but we know that more than half of the jobs created since 2009 pay less than the Living Wage.
"At least 710,000 people in Scotland are living in poverty and the use of food banks has increased sixfold. We know that the richest households in Scotland are 273 times wealthier than the poorest households. And we have a massive jobs crisis, with eight JSA claimants chasing every full-time vacancy.
"If our politicians are serious about tackling these problems, they need to move beyond GDP and start creating an economy where's there's shared prosperity that meets everyone's basic needs."
1. The Office of National Statistics has published new estimates, showing that Scotland's Gross Domestic Product went up by 0.6% during the second quarter of 2013.
1 . The Office of National Statistics has published , showing that Scotland's Gross Domestic Product went up by 0.6% during the second quarter of 2013.
2. The ONS also released figures estimating that employment in Scotland rose by 37,000 from June to August 2013.
3. Scottish Government figures show that the median income in 2011/12 was £436 a week, down from £461 a week in 2009/10., and that 710,000 children, working-age adults and pensioners were in relative poverty
4. Figures on the wealth gap between Scotland's richest and poorest households, and on the number of JSA claimants compared to full-time vacancies are from Oxfam Scotland's report 'Our Economy: Towards a new prosperity':
5. The Resolution Foundation report 'Low Pay Britain 2013' found that since 2009 the number of people earning below the living wage of £7.45 a hour has risen by 20% to 4.8million, meaning that half the jobs created paid less than the Living Wage.
6. Figures on food bank use come from The Trussell Trust.
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India's much talked about US$35 tablet running Android 2.2 Froyo is finally launched. World's cheapest tablet will be called 'Aakash' and it's exact price is Rs.2,276. At current rates, final cost will be around US$50, which still makes it the world's cheapest tablet. If the price point of this Android tablet impressed you already, specifications are going to impress you even more.
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The Ashley Ridge boys' soccer team has some holes to fill but is off to a strong start this season.
The Swamp Foxes lost 10 players to graduation in the spring. However, Ashley Ridge does return eight lettermen: Quincy D'Antonio, Michael Sauter, Sean Siehl, Luke Hollahan, Anson Girone, Stockton Blanchard, Ryan West and Christian Guerra.
Blanchard and Guerra both played in goal last season and Girone returns as a striker after becoming one of the Foxes' main scoring threats last season.
Some of the team's younger players showed their potential Thursday when Ashley Ridge improved its record to 3-1-1 with a 4-0 victory over Sumter. Freshman midfielder Britt Soyebo scored two goals while Girone, a sophomore, scored a goal and had an assist. Sophomore Jake Kreider had a nice shot in the second half that deflected off the right post of the goal.
The Foxes' final goal was scored by Hollahan, a senior midfielder. Sauter, Jordan Freund and Manuel Enciso all had an assist in the game.
Other members of this year's team are Austin Saracina, Zach Vollertsen, Matt Loehrke, Joe Ridenour and Cole Edwards.
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Steve Lippia conjures Sinatra for Erie Phil Pops
His show is titled "Simply Sinatra," but Steve Lippia isn't a simple Sinatra impersonator, tribute artist or Rat Pack wannabe.
He considers himself an interpreter -- an artist in the tradition of others, such as Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr., who keep standards alive for new generations. His Saturday show with the Erie Philharmonic Pops will focus on Sinatra, but -- with other orchestras and on other stages -- he has covered Tony Bennett, Vic Damone and Nat King Cole, among others.
"I'm a singer who covers a lot of different music by a lot of different known artists," Lippia said by phone from his home base in Las Vegas. "This particular show is going to be a celebration of the music of Frank Sinatra and his musical legacy. He has a huge body of music, about 1,500 recordings to draw from. So, there is no problem finding good material. He was always wise in his choice of composers that he worked with. And the arrangements of these songs are faithful transcriptions from the originals by guys like Nelson Riddle and Billy May and Marty Paich and Don Costa."
Lippia does share a direct Sinatra link, however. Early in his career, Vincent Falcone -- one of Sinatra's music directors -- took him under his wing and helped Lippia establish himself in Las Vegas. That's a valuable guy to have in your corner.
"He was in this very, very small circle, very close to the man, and really grew to respect him and enjoy the chance of a lifetime to work with one of the great pop artists that ever was," Lippia said. "He so loved that music and still does. I think, on some level, he tried to recapture the phrasing and the great arrangements and great music that it was, through me and some other artists he worked with."
With Falcone as his music director and conductor, Lippia debuted with a 21-piece orchestra at the Rio and a career was born. He said Falcone stressed the importance of delivering songs in a heartfelt way that audiences can feel.
"He talked to me about the need to invest myself, especially in the ballads. That you're telling a story and if you're going to deliver on this, to not try to be like Sinatra but be a good interpreter of the lyrics," he said. "Which Sinatra was famous for. You have to tell the story in a way that touches people. It has to be dramatic. Not over the top, but it needs to convey the message in a way that's personal and in the moment and very real."
Once he understood that, Lippia's career took off. He's performed with orchestras and big bands in 47 states, as well as in Europe and Latin America.
"When I first met Vincent, I thought I was a pretty capable singer. But I realized there's always that next level and layer that reveals itself," Lippia said. "You're always evolving and trying to rise to that next level. He showed me the bar was considerably higher than I originally thought."
Part of evolving means staying current. Lippia doesn't live in the big-band music era; he appreciates many current artists.
"I don't sit around in a smoking jacket with a pipe, listening to '30s music," he said. "If you look at the playlist on my MP3 (player), it'd include Maroon 5 and Ben Folds and Green Day. A lot of stuff I've heard on my own and through my son, who's in his 20s and insists on keeping me somewhat relevant."
He likes Beyonc� and Lady Gaga as much as Sinatra, because they're originals. Which means in Saturday's show he'll be Steve Lippia, not Frank.
"I'm not a legends artist. I don't come in and put on a fedora and pinkie ring or look and talk like anyone else. I'm not Rich Little or the impressionist of the day. I'm a northeast Italian kid with a voice that's similar (to Sinatra's) and I borrow some phrasing from Mr. Sinatra ... But I'm not the guy who goes around trying to be someone else. I think that lends itself to much greater authenticity and audiences respond well to that."
Lippia covers Sinatra songs from the 1940s through the 1980s, from lush ballads to hard-driving swing tunes. Expect many classics on Saturday, such as "Fly Me to the Moon," "My Way" and "New York, New York." Lippia also does some more obscure material. "I focus on the obvious hits, but also some of the less obvious ones that are still musically beautiful," he said. "I sneak in a song or two that he recorded, but most people don't know; they don't do his versions. 'The Good Life' was a big hit for Tony Bennett, but Frank Sinatra recorded it, too. Few people know that, but he hardly missed any songs. It's hard to miss a standard with that body of music."


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The Bruins have agreed to trade for Dallas Stars forward Jaromir Jagr, according to several reports.
According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, the Bruins will trade a conditional second-round pick and prospects Lane MacDermid and Cody Payne to the Stars in exchange for Jagr.
ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports the trade is pending approval from the league.
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To turn Victory Park into 'active urban destination,' study to consider two-waying streets around AAC
In advance of plans to sink a $33-million parking garage in Victory Park, where parking's seldom an issue, last summer the city of Dallas OK'd cutting Victory Park UST Joint Venture I a $400,000 check from Sports Arena TIF District funds to conduct "district wide technical studies" dealing with walkability, driveablity and, most important, retailability in that upscale ghost town. That study's been done since September. But, turns out, the end was just the beginning as the city and Victory Park's owners try to figure out how in the wide, wide world of sports to fill Victory Park when there's not something going on at the American Airlines Center.
One possible answer among many? Two-waying those one-way streets 'round the AAC and making the Katy Trail a little bit longer.
A week from Wednesday the Dallas City Council will be asked to kick in $300,000 more for a second study to be conducted at City Hall's request — this one a circulation and traffic study that will look specifically at the 26 intersections located around the American Airlines Center "and examine major thoroughfares within the district (Victory Avenue, Houston and Olive Streets)."
Among the options being evaluated: converting Victory Avenue and Houston Street into two-way streets. And: "exploring the potential continuation of the KATY trail from its current terminus at North Houston Street to the District's park at High Market Street, extension of Victory Park Lane to Lamar Street and drainage and utility impacts of all alternative street configurations." Which would impact everything from the newish bike plan to the city's Thoroughfare Plan.
"The objective of this study is to create an active urban destination and neighborhood," says the January 23 agenda item, "that supports pedestrian activity, successful retail and a vibrant mix of uses within the sub-district, while protecting the City's investment in the AAC."
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> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:50:23 -0700, John Santos
>> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
>>> In article
, firstname.lastname@example.com
>>> (Michael Kraemer) writes:
>>>> In article
>>>> firstname.lastname@example.com (Phillip
>>>> Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes:
>>>>> Just yesterday, I saw a report on television about a heavy-ion
>>>>> accelerator being used to treat tumors. This is a modern example of a
>>>>> "practical use" for something which came out of basic research.
>>>> That was "nano" with the contribution on HIT, right ?
>>> Right.
>>>> I happen to have contributed to that development (and still do).
>>>> But this is not such a good example, since it did not drop
>>>> out of a big expensive experiment by chance.
>>>> In fact it has roots in the simple energy loss formula by Bethe &
>>>> Co (1930s), the idea by Wilson (1940s) to use
>>>> the proton Bragg peak for radiotherapy and a single curve by Barendsen
>>>> showing higher cell killing efficiency of heavier ions (1960s).
>>>> Since then it was hard, very directed work to put together the pieces
>>>> of the puzzle which eventually led to this new type of radiotherapy.
>>> By "modern" I meant that the setup in "nano" was modern. In
>>> contrast, traditional X-ray machines haven't changed much in decades
>>> (though at least where I have mine done, there is no longer film in
>>> the cartridge, but rather some detector, presumably similar to a
>>> CCD---huge advantage in that the images can be seen right away),
>>> though of course there have been advances in CT etc.
>> The "modern" X-ray tube, still used in most X-ray machines, was
>> developed about 100 years ago by William D. Coolidge who
>> worked for General Electric. To get this back on topic, Coolidge
>> was born in Hudson Massachusetts, home of the infamous DEC Fab.
>> Closer to home, my grandfather bought his house from Coolidge's
>> father in the early 1920's, and my dad was born there. I'm not
>> sure if this was the Coolidge family home, or just a 2nd house
>> they owned. The Coolidges still lived across the street when I
>> was a kid. (William Coolidge died at age 101 in 1975, but I'm
>> pretty sure he didn't live there, though he was probably born in one
>> of the two houses, either my grandparents' house or the one across
>> the street.) This also puts me at 3 or 4 degrees of separation
>> from Thomas Edison. Not quite as cool as being descended from one
>> of the Lumiere brothers, but close ;-) (Hi, Didier, if you're still
>> reading c.o.v.)
> Was Coolidge Corner in Brookline named after him?
I don't think so, there are a lot of Coolidges in New England...
(While trying to find the answer, I came across an 1852 map of the
Boston area. It has individual properties marked, outside the built-up
areas. There are at least 6 Coolidges within a half mile of my
house, in what is now Belmont. Curiously, I couldn't find any
near Coolidge Corner!)
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How to Hold On to Your Job during a Merger
First the bad news: There is no sure way to survive a merger Functional roles, such as HR or finance, are typically the first to be streamlined since they tend to be duplicate roles. Furthermore, neither seniority nor talent makes you a shoo-in; in fact, they can work against you.
But if you want to hang on to your job, what can you do? It's important to be seen as a team player, not a complainer. Volunteer to serve on an integration team. Promote your capabilities and accomplishments. Recognize that ultimately, you're on your own; you can't rely on your boss.
Patience is critical. IT leaders in particular need to take time to understand the two separate organizational cultures and figure out how to gradually merge them. In doing so, stress the positive. For example, if you can hold out hope that people will have the opportunity to take on new roles or work on new systems, you may be able to reduce the number of IT professionals who bail out in the wake of a merger.
Given the likelihood that the new owners will impose their way of doing business, learn everything you can about the new company. Get to know the new managers. Don't slack off. Focus on doing your job well, perhaps even putting in extra hours so your higher-ups see you as indispensable.
Of course, nobody is truly indispensable, and no job is guaranteed. But to improve the odds that you're seen as valuable, consider accepting a high-visibility, voluntary in-house position writing articles for the company newsletter or taking on other roles that offer opportunities for exposure to decision makers. Of course, if you can do something that saves the company money, you'll be seen as too valuable to be dismissed.
In addition, pay attention to people who play politics well and whose budgets are approved. Get yourself noticed by new management. Don't be deterred if your co-workers are avoiding contact with the new bosses; this is the time to be aggressive.
And finally, prepare your elevator pitch. Not the quick blip that tells management what you do, but the much better quick blip about how you can save the merged company money. Impress your superiors about the big bucks you can save, and you'll significantly improve the odds that your job is secure—or at least as secure as any job is these days.