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Theater Review: Breathing new life into Nunsense'By Jim LoweNorthern Stage photo
The Little Sisters of Hoboken from left, Amanda Ryan Paige, Lisa Raggio, Sandy Rosenberg, Emily Stockdale and Charis Leos are raising money to bury fellow nuns killed by tainted vichyssoise.
Nunsense, Dan Goggins spoof of Catholic nuns, premiered in 1985, becoming the second-longest running off-Broadway musical.
Since that time, it has spawned a movie, six sequels and three spinoffs and now is relegated largely to community theater.
Along comes Northern Stage to reclaim it for the professionals opening a thoroughly entertaining production of this somewhat dated but terribly fun musical Friday at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction.
Northern Stage, Vermonts largest budget professional theater, has been in turmoil since parting ways with its founding artistic director, Brooke Wetzel Ciardelli, last fall, and its subsequent productions clearly reflected that. (Race, the only exception, was actually produced by Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, N.Y.)
Nunsense marks Northern Stages first entirely successful production since Ciardellis unfortunate departure.
Nunsense is a charming musical, with just a touch of bawdiness. The plot centers on a benefit cabaret presented by the five remaining Little Sisters of Hoboken to pay for the burial of the other members of the order all killed by tainted vichyssoise.
In short, its an excuse for a song-and-dance series of Catholic jokes, but it is fun.
Catherine Doherty, Northern Stages producing director, is an expert at this kind of musical comedy, milking it for all its worth. But she also delivers the silliness with polish and split-second timing and a first-rate cast, excellent singers and dancers all.
Sandy Rosenburg, Sister Mary Regina, the mother superior, performed with a rich Irish brogue and a wry wit. Charis Leos, a natural comedian, was a riot as Sister Mary Hubert, who, as number two, is always undermining the boss.
Lisa Raggio was nearly poignant (not easy in this kind of musical) as Sister Robert Anne, who fought her way out of the streets of Brooklyn and into the convent. Amanda Ryan Paige is charming as Sister Mary Amnesia, who is constantly mixing things up. And Emily Stockdale gives Sister Mary Leo the innocence of the novice she is plus a little unexpected fun.
Joel Mercier, the music director, led the excellent pit band in the effervescent score, with excellent choreography by John Jacob Lee. The slick set was by Carl Tallent, lit by Ben Fichtorn, with costumes by Anna Winter, all resulting in a most polished production.
Nunsense may be dated, but Northern Stage certainly has fun with it.
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Northern Stage presents Nunsense, the classic off-Broadway musical comedy by Dan Goggin, May 1-19 at Briggs Opera House, Main Street in White River Junction. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays, plus 2 p.m. matinees Thursday, May 9, and Saturday, May 18. For tickets or information, call 802-296-7000, or go online to www.northernstage.org.MORE IN Central VermontBRATTLEBORO Brooke Shields gift list is sweetening a Vermont family farms sale of maple syrup. Full StoryMONTPELIER City councils from Barre and Montpelier have placed the Central Vermont Public... Full StoryWoodstock After more than four hours of sometimes-tense courtroom arguments that raised serious... Full Story
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Dragon Age: Origins ReviewBy Allen Rausch - Posted Nov 09, 2009
Dragon Age is a brilliant, if slightly predictable, addition to BioWare's stable of RPG classics. It suffers from a few problems with plotting and world building but ultimately triumphs, offering a classic RPG experience that can hold its head high with any of BioWare's previous games.
The Pros
- Very deep class system
- Fun tactical combat
- Huge amount of content to explore
The Cons
- Clichéd main plotline
- Very difficult
- Long load times
- Inventory issues
Among RPG fanatics, the name BioWare carries a weight unmatched by nearly any other developer. From the classic Baldur's Gate series to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to the sci-fi epic Mass Effect, every new release from the company has been a major gaming event. So it is with Dragon Age: Origins, a brilliant if slightly predictable addition to BioWare's stable of RPG classics. It suffers from a few problems with plotting and world building but ultimately triumphs, offering a classic RPG experience that can hold its head high with any of BioWare's previous games.
The Age of Dragons
The land of Ferelden has a problem. It seems the Darkspawn, a plague of monstrous humanoids usually confined to underground kingdom of the Dwarves, have found themselves an arch-demon to lead them and have boiled out of the ground in one of their periodic Blights that threaten to destroy the world. Unfortunately, the races that usually band together to fight against the Darkspawn are too mired in their own political differences (including an internal civil war) to do it this time. The world is counting on a hero with a mysterious past, the last of a mystical band of all-but-extinct warrior-knights, to unite the squabbling factions of the world in time to stop the Darkspawn threat.
If that sounds familiar, that's because it is. It's pretty much the plot for every BioWare title since the days of Baldur's Gate and is the single weakest link in what is otherwise an exceptional title. As the hero of the story, you'll get a chance to create a unique hero that fits into the classic warrior/rogue/wizard archetype with a number of interesting variants and subclasses on offer. You'll gather a collection of ragtag travel companions, each of whom have their own psychological traumas to overcome and character related side-quests to pursue all in the service of eventually gathering an army that can defeat the Darkspawn. It's all been done before and doesn't present a whole lot of surprises for anyone who has played a BioWare RPG in the last ten years.
The brilliance of Dragon Age is in the execution of what's otherwise a bog-standard plotline and the depth of exploration available for the player who really wants to dig into the world. Put simply, there's no one better at stringing together and crossing over role-playing plots and quests and creating fascinating worlds to explore. The problem with BioWare's talent is that it makes Dragon Age the very definition of a "slow burn" title. Bull your way through the 40-50 hour main plot, fail to explore the well-designed settings or re-explore them after major plot points and you're guaranteed to miss much of what makes Dragon Age so good – the incredible depth of characterization in both the people you deal with and the societies you explore.
Take your companions. They're incredibly compelling, endearing and frustrating by turns because they're all believable, psychologically complex personalities with multi-layered motivations and well-written dialogue. Depending on your choices and your personal tastes, you may find that they join you, love you, hate you, leave you in disgust or simply wait in your camp forever, never being used until they stab you in the back when you least expect it.
The decision to drop any sort of "morality meter" (comparable to Dungeons & Dragons's alignment or the Knights of the Old Republic Light Side/Dark side measurement) really works to the game's advantage. Throughout Dragon Age, the player and his companions will be asked to make difficult, morally ambiguous choices that don't have a clear right or wrong answer. Even better, these choices often have interesting and scary backlashes, such as when a "good" choice invites unintended consequences or a "bad" one turns out to have been be the right one.
This multi-layered texture is what makes the world of Dragon Age such a fascinating place to explore. What initially seems like a weakness -- having a fairly standard Tolkeinesque fantasy universe -- actually turns out to be a strength because of the realistic way the various societies in the game are portrayed. While never straying outside of one's clichéd expectations -- elves are nature-lovers, Dwarves are avaricious miners, the oversized Qunari are simplistic brutes -- all of them manage to defy expectations by acting from an extremely believable set of motivations. Except for the Darkspawn, no one in Dragon Age is truly good or evil -- they're a great mix of both and much of the storyline boils down to the importance of personal choice in the face of circumstances as the definition of morality.
The Age of Battle
Of course it wouldn't be a traditional electronic RPG without oodles and oodles of combat. Here, too, BioWare doesn't stray too far from their comfort zone. Combat is controlled via the "order-while-paused" system and governed behind the scenes by a dice-rolling system not too dissimilar to classic Dungeons & Dragons. What makes it special this time around, again, is execution. After so many games and so many iterations of this system, Dragon Age is the title where they finally get the whole combat thing right. It's perfectly balanced, interesting throughout the whole process and just a joy to play with.
Partial credit for this master stroke goes to the simple but well-designed class system. Regardless of whether you choose to play as a monosyllabic mace-wielder, a stealthy assassin or a spell-slinging mage, there's a ton of interesting powers and abilities to use for every class type. As you can only take three characters along with your main, it makes for some interesting choices as you level up. If you're specializing a character as a fragile damage-dealer, it pays to keep an eye on the emotional health of the ally you're using as a meat shield.
Most of the joy in combat comes from how well-crafted the battlefield challenges are and how well they scale with your character. Put simply, Dragon Age is not a game for those looking to just power through tons of disposable henchmen on the way to a boss fight. Each and every battle in the game has the potential to kill you if you just run in with your characters on autopilot. That makes even minor battles a fascinating strategic challenge and offers a genuine sense of triumph when you overcome the really well-designed (and very difficult) boss fights. By the end of the game, when you've gone from a raw recruit taking on poorly trained bandits to a seasoned veteran leading armies against disciplined hordes of Darkspawn, you will feel every inch the battle-scarred soldier. Dragon Age isn't an easy game to play, but it's worth it.
The Age of Beauty
Visually, the game is a triumph of art design over graphical horsepower. The game certainly looks good technically. Animations, particularly character faces, spell effects and combat moves are beautifully implemented. Artistically, though, it takes time to realize just what BioWare has done. There are no real jaw-dropping images that you can point to. In fact, the beauty of Dragon Age's world lies within its subtlety. The world players will explore feels old -- heavy with the weight of history and legends and littered with the ruins of old empires and past glories. It's a place that feels "real" (or as real as a fantasy universe can) because it treats its architecture and landscaping as characters with their own history and personality and not just as an opportunity for the art department to show off.
The game's sound also deserves special mention. It's exceptional – everything from the meaty smack of a sword striking flesh, to the whispers of ghosts in a haunted building, to the fiery wind generated by a powerful spell works to pull you into the game. Credit must also go to a talented ensemble of voice-actors, some famous names, some unknown, who work to bring the rich and diverse cast to life. Particular standouts include the player's witch companion Morrigan, whose dulcet tones mask very deep secrets and Loghain Mac Tir, a tragic hero badly hurt by the choices he makes and his own prejudices.
There are a few technical niggles that stand out, especially in light of how good the rest of the game is. First, while the game seems to be very stable, players should prepare for some unreasonably long load times that seemed to get longer the deeper I got into the game. Some special combat moves available to characters seem to throw the whole world into slow motion without warning, even if the character you're currently controlling isn't the one doing the move. The game also experiences slowdowns when there are a lot of enemies onscreen or during particularly spectacular spell effects.
Also, the inventory control screens could use some work. The item categories offered aren't adequate to properly order all the stuff you'll need to organize. Finally, there's the baffling decision to bar you from controlling your companion's inventory unless they're in your current party, forcing you to endure endless loading screens just to manage your stuff. None of these things are remotely fatal; they're just particularly noticeable given how good the rest of the game is.
For Dragon Age: Origins on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
The console versions of Dragon Age: Origins share all of the content found in the PC version -- BioWare's lead platform -- right down to the available DLC. The key differences come down to the way you'll control the game during combat, inventory management, graphical fidelity, and the PC-only isometric camera. The PC version features fully-pausable combat and a World of WarCraft-esque quick bar for loading abilities. On the PS3 or Xbox 360, players will make use of six quick-slots per character and a radial menu organizing applicable abilities and items. Using the radial menu pauses the game, but as soon as an ability is selected, the game resumes. This makes it tricky to queue up abilities for all of your characters. It's possible by opening the radial again quickly, but isn't ideal. As a result, playing either console version on Hard or Nightmare difficulty can get a little overwhelming, especially with controlling mages. The already difficult game is much easier to control on the PC and micro-managing complicated battles takes a lot of concentration and skill using a game pad.
The menus and inventories on the console versions are well made. Sure, it takes an extra button-press to see an item's stats because BioWare didn't have the luxury of mouseover, but it works extremely well. Items are split up by categories for a streamlined experience. It's a little tricky to tell if a piece of armor or weapon is an upgrade without inspecting it, but it's a necessary step for a console.
Graphically, the game looks great on either the PS3 or Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 enjoys a better framerate, but the PS3 version looks a bit better. The PS3 version also hangs a bit during some sequences where the camera changes quickly, especially when the player skips dialogue. If you have a high-end PC, you'll get the nicest looking Dragon Age: Origins experience there, but for those of you worried about your rig pushing the polygons, don't fret: the console versions are very playable and shouldn't deter anyone. Finally, the Baldur's Gate-style isometric camera in the PC version does not make the jump to the consoles. It's a sad omission for couch gamers as it really helps with the tougher battles (and brings a nice bit of nostalgia along for the ride).
The Age of Wonder
In the end, Dragon Age: Origins is a triumph of RPG design for BioWare -- albeit one that takes some work to truly appreciate. What at first glance seems like a standard-issue fantasy universe with a typical save-the-villagers-from-the-horde plotline eventually morphs into an amazingly deep RPG experience that invites the player to explore and re-explore this rich and incredibly well-drawn alternative reality. You'll come for the sword-fighting and spell-slinging but you'll stay because of characters you care about and an amazing world that rewards patient exploration.

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A German tourist whose arm was bitten off by a shark off of Maui last Wednesday has died from her injury.
20-year-old Jana Lutteropp was snorkeling about 50-yards off White Rock Beach, also known as Palauea Beach in Wailea-Makena just south of Kihea, when her arm was taken by the shark around 4:45 p.m. Aug 14.
Lutteropp, a native of Zierenberg, Germany, was listed in extremely critical condition at Maui Medical Center since then. She required the aid of full life support until she passed a week after the attack.
The family of Lutteropp traveled to Maui promptly following the attack. They released this statement Wednesday after her passing: "Jana fought hard to stay alive. However, we are sad to say that she lost her fight today. Jana was a very beautiful, strong, young woman who was always laughing, and we will forever remember her that way. We appreciate all the support from the Maui community, as well as the prayers and thoughts from around the world and in Germany. We especially want to thank the wonderful caregivers and everyone at Maui Memorial Medical Center."
A two-mile stretch of White Rock beach was closed while crews searched for the shark that attacked Lutteropp.
The day before that attack, a kite board was bitten by a shark in North Maui waters.
This was the third incident in Maui waters this year that a person was bitten by a shark.
Lutteropp's death comes the day after the state announced a plan to step-up their monitoring of sharks on Maui Island.
Victim was Willis "Will" McInnis, a 57-year-old who was surfing at a spot North of Kaanapali, Maui at Pohaku Park.
McInnis was attacked around 7:13 a.m. about 100 yards from shore while he was surfing.
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"American and Chinese Power after the Financial Crisis"
Journal Article, Washington Quarterly, volume 33, issue 4, pages 143-153
October 2010
Author: Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
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The United States has been widely blamed for the recent financial crisis. As the U.S. economy floundered and China continued to grow in the great recession of 20082009, Chinese authors launched "a flood of declinist commentary about the United States." One expert claimed that the high point of U.S. power projection was 2000. The Chinese were not alone in such statements. Goldman Sachs advanced the date at which it expects the size of the Chinese economy to surpass the U.S. economy to 2027. In a 2009 Pew Research Center poll, majorities or pluralities in 13 of 25 countries believed that China will replace the United States as the world's leading superpower. Even the U.S. government's National Intelligence Council projected in 2008 that U.S. dominance would be "much diminished" by 2025. President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia called the 2008 financial crisis a sign that the United States' global leadership is coming to an end, and even a sympathetic observer, Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, suggested that Canada should look beyond North America now that the "the noon hour of the United States and its global dominance are over."
One should be wary, however, of extrapolating long-term trends from cyclical events, while being aware of misleading metaphors of organic decline. Nations are not like humans with predictable life spans. For example, after the United Kingdom lost its American colonies at the end of the eighteenth century, Horace Walpole lamented its reduction to "as insignificant a country as Denmark or Sardinia." He failed to foresee that the industrial revolution would give the United Kingdom a second century of even greater ascendency. Likewise, Rome remained dominant for more than three centuries after the apogee of Roman power. Even then, Rome did not succumb to the rise of another state, but died a death of a thousand cuts inflicted by various barbarian tribes. Indeed for all the fashionable predictions of Brazil, China, or India surpassing the United States in the next decades, the greater threats may come from cuts from modern barbarians and non-state actors....
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It was a dramatic escape from an early morning fire in Kaneohe.
Two women made it out of their burning home, but not without injuries. The enormous flames woke up residents two blocks away .
"We saw the huge glow of the fire and the smoke and once we opened the windows, we could actually hear it crackling. You could hear the fire like the windows breaking and shattering," said Lily Hess, who lives two streets over on Puuohalai Place.
Neighbors along Kalenakai Place pitched in to help put out the fire with garden hoses.
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Having your number retired is the highest tribute a team can pay you. It says "You distinguished yourself while wearing the number and no on else could ever hold a candle to what you accomplished." Traditionally, it is a teams way to thank a player who meant something to the franchise. Next time you're at Fenway, look up at the rightfield grandstand and you'll see the retired numbers of great Sox stars. The first thing most fans do when they go to the Garden is look towards the heavens and try to name the players who have had their numbers retired by the Celtics. Even the Yankees have that tradition, I hear. Baseball decided that they would pay the ultimate tribute to Jackie Robinson by retiring his #42 throughout baseball, forever.
The practice of retiring numbers just took a shot to the heart in Chicago. The White Sox are going to "un" retire the number 11 that had been put in moth balls in honor of the great shortstop Luis Aparicio. The Venezuelan who spent part of the tail end of his career in Boston was enshrined in Cooperstown in 1984. That same year, his number was retired. The 1956 American League Rookie of the Year was a nine time Gold Glove winner and a ten time All Star and this is how they thank him. Omar Vizquel is the man who'll wear the number this summer and Aparicio said all the right things in a recent interview. "I have known Omar for a long time. Along with being an outstanding player, he is a good and decent man." Vizquel is a compatriot of Aparicio and a borderline potential Hall of Famer at best. Vizquel has played more games in the Majors at shortstop than anyone else ever has, and is a 3 time All Star.
Who's to blame? Let's start with Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen. He wears the number 13, which was the number Vizquel has worn throughout his career, no doubt a tribute to yet another great Venezuelan shortstop, Dave Concepcion. Any other manager would put a player ahead of his own needs. Not Guillen. He basically told the media in the Windy City that 13 was his number and there was no way he'd give it up to Vizquel. Very mature. Never liked Guillen, never will. How about Omar, himself? Grow up and wear any old number. Do you really think it makes a difference? How is this a tribute to Aparicio? The tribute was when you retired the number. This is an anti-tribute. Poor old Luis Aparicio. He was in a no-win situation. If he said he didn't want his number worn again, he'd have been villified as a poor sport. Inject Aparicio with truth serum and he has to be ticked off. Wouldn't you be upset if your former team yanked the rug out from under your feet? "Sorry Mr. Ruth, but David Wells wants to wear the number 3. I'm sure you wouldn't mind. Thanks for being the greatest player ever, but you're dead now and Wells could win a few games for us, and after all…" It just isn't right.
Maybe the White Sox should think twice before retiring a number. Maybe they should just say they are putting it down for a nap. Maybe they could invoke a Brett Favre or a Jay Leno clause. Anyway, no matter how you slice it, Luis Aparicio deserves better treatment.
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A couple of days ago I watched Studio 42 on MLB Network with Bob Costas and Willie Mays. During the show they talked about Barry Bonds going from Pittsburgh to SF. Bonds, who wore #24 in Pitt, wanted to wear Mays' retired number in SF and asked him if he could have it.
Now remember, this is your Godson asking you if he can have your number. Willie's response……. No!


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North Central College's fine arts is offering faculty and staff a 50 percent discount on presented events through the remainder of the 2011-2012 season. This special offer ends Friday, Jan. 13.
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If we win we are a 1/2 game behind NJN.
Wow...the refs won't give us our calls...
Marbury is god.
What a game we were down by as much as 16 points to win in overtime by 4. wow Francis and Marbury played well. The 3 three point plays were the key for the knicks in Overtime. What a game! I loved it! The knicks break there win lose win lose streak
The Budwiser play of the game should of been when Francis was on a fast brake and he faked this guy out to the right and he took it in. I was like omfg. L.O.L. Anyway the refs were bad tonight but guess what whos cares because we won. I really wanted Marbury to score 40 and get 10 assits but he was great anyway. I also wanted Francis to get above 30. Anyway we got to many injurys but I don't think we need anymore players. Are team is good the way it is!
P.S. Any one saw the Nets today? I was watching the end just to see them lose!
The Nets were to confident that they were going to beat the Celtics like we did.
Why did Q-Rich only play 10 minutes vs the hawks? all of the 10 in the 1st period?
His back acted up.
Man, Do you think he will be okay for the next game against the sonics?
Starbury is back...
38pts 9asts and 5stls
And 1 gm out of the 8th spot!!!
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Just read in the San Francisco Chronicle that Q-Rich has indeed re-injuried his lower back. You were right d
I wonder when hes going to come back and play?
That game was GREAT.
Knicks struggled during the 1st quarter, down 31-15. Understandable after a game last night.
Played well, young guys did well (Mardy, Balk), but Marbury and Francis were outta this world.
Marbury played maybe the best basketball I have ever seen from him. 38 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 6 threes, 10-11 from the line.
Francis, injury? Didn't look like it. As Clyde would say he was "swoopin 'n' hoopin". Franchise came off the bench, and gave us that added scoring punch we needed with Q and Jamal out.
Marbury and Francis were unstoppable driving the lane. It was really a 2 man show.
I'm pretty disappointed in Eddy. 3-8 from the line, missed a dunk, just looked like he wasn't into the game. Looked like he was more excited too be watching then playing.
Refs were awful. Plain awful. Knicks got no calls.
Jeffries is an awesome defender, but the guy has had 5+ fouls in the last 3 games. You can't foul out, ESPECIALLY when the Knicks need bodies.
The game was won by Stephon and Francis who just took the game over.
Good job containing Joe Johnson, for the most part. He had a big first quarter, but tailed off after that.
Still a young team that needs more time. Up 2 at the end of the game, and we throw it away and let them tie it up and send it to OT. Thats unacceptable.
But, it was a good road win, nice too see them pick up a W away from the Garden.
I am starting to see how this team is growing now. I was very pleased with Steve Francis. I think that was his season high for the knicks 26 points. Lets just ALL hope that he continues this type of play.
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An auction early next year of part of the wireless spectrum could well represent a great benefit to consumers, and actually precipitate a new wave of innovation in Internet technology and use.
We would quickly point out, however, that the host of the auction is the Federal Communications Commission, which has been assigned regulatory authority over the use of the airwaves used for broadcasting.
The positive outcomes will be more a function of luck than planning, and highlights the fact that central planning is not the best way to determine who gets to communicate and how.
The FCC, rather than letting the marketplace decide when and how analog television broadcasting will be replaced by digital broadcasting, has mandated the changeover date on its schedule rather than technology's and the marketplace's schedule — though it has been reasonably careful to dictate a mandate that is only inconvenient for a few broadcasters, not technologically impossible.
As of Feb. 17, 2009, full-power TV stations will cease broadcasting on their current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses, as the FCC Web site puts it.
At least an open auction process is a relatively fair way to get the allocation done — far better than a decision by "experts" in a closed process that could be influenced corruptly or otherwise. We'd prefer that the money raised be divided evenly among the people who supposedly own the airwaves rather than going into the government's coffers, but we're not holding our breath.
The FCC has decided that the 700 MHz band will be available for wireless Internet service. It has mandated that a successful bidder must allow users to download any software onto their mobile devices, and to use any mobile devices they want on the network. That way a successful bidder who also makes mobile devices won't be able to exclude competitors from that piece of the spectrum.
The most encouraging development, however, is that the Internet search-engine giant Google has announced it will participate in the bidding, which is scheduled for Jan. 16. Before that announcement only cable and telephone companies had been expected to participate. Google's participation will spur competition and the likelihood of innovation that could significantly benefit consumers.
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Look at the little beast! This is how I found our elf Mini this morning. Apparently OD'ing on Chocolate chips after his visit with Santa. That elf is going to be on a sugar high all day. Better him than one of my kids! And you know I NEEDED those Chocolate Chips!!! I have a ton of cookies to make, but I can't be mad at him for long. He's is SO important to my kids. Just when I wasn't sure they believe in the magic of this little guy and Christmas altogether; I found this note my seven year old daughter Madison left our Elf to take up to Santa. Check it out, it made me cry… And BELIEVE all over again!
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The development of the Blu-ray disc (BD) player market in Germany, the largest economy in Europe and also the world's fourth largest economy, has been quite positive in the last three months of 2008, nevertheless, less than 1% of HDTV owners have bought a Blu-ray player yet due to high prices of devices as well as movies.
Thanks to €300 players, sales figures of Blu-ray players finally exceeded the 100 thousand mark in December when more than 30 thousand units were sold, according to GfK Retail and Technology research firm. Meanwhile 35 different models are being sold and the number of competitors increased from 8 in September to 12 in December 2008.
Despite this positive development in the last quarter of 2008 one can still not speak about a resounding success of the new format: in December there were already more than 11 million HD-ready or Full HDTV sets on the market in Germany compared to only 110 thousand Blu-ray players. Obviously, there are Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles in use in Germany, but since video game systems are usually bought to play games and not for movie playback, the PS3 hardly changes the whole picture.
While the fact that only 1% of HDTV owners have BD player means that this market had enormous potential, this also might be an indicator that for many customers the difference in quality between Blu-ray discs and DVD does not seem enough to justify paying for a Blu-ray player compared to a DVD player.
This phenomenon is also supported by the increasing success of the "1080p upscaling" functionality of DVD players and recorders. Already 17% of the standard DVD players sold and even 53% of the DVD recorders in December had the ability to upscale standard DVD signals to almost HD quality, claims GfK. The average price of €95 for a standard DVD player with upscaling functionality was about €200 below the average price of a Blu-ray player. Even DVD recorders with an integrated hard disk drive were on average only marginally more expensive than Blu-ray players.
Still, in the long run one can expect that the undisputed qualitative advantages of the Blu-ray disc – which can especially be experienced by directly comparing SD to HD resolution – will prevail, according to GfK. Further declining prices, an increasing model diversity as well as increased advertising efforts (especially with regards to the ever growing number of film titles on Blu-ray disc) should help the German Blu-ray player market to grow further in the coming months, claims GfK.
Nevertheless, it remains to be seen how the global economic slump, which also affects Germany very seriously, will impact sales of BD equipment going forward. In certain conditions additional advertising efforts and marginal price-cuts may not be enough to make the format popular and more aggressive methods will have to be imposed.
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#171440 - 11/18/07 06:48 AM butterfly
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Maybe this one has passed the scene before in all those years, but the O.E. origins are funny and obscure.I used online etymology. Maybe there are better sources.The French Italian origins seem to be more logic.
Butterfly O.E. buttorfleoge, perhaps based on the old notion that the insects (or witches disguised as butterflies) consume butter or milk that is left uncovered. Or, less creatively, simply because the pale yellow color of many species' wings suggests the color of butter. Another theory connects it to the color of the insect's excrement, based on Du. cognate boterschijte. A fascinating overview of words for "butterfly" in various languages can be found here:
The small point in this is that in all the long months of camping out in our life in a place with many butterflies around they never showed any interest in butter or milk of cream.
PapillonÉtymol. et Hist. A. 1. a) Fin du xiies. papeillon «insecte lépidoptère» (Audigier, éd. O. Jodogne, 42); b) α) 1685 «esprit léger, volage» (La Fontaine, Poésies diverses)
Farfalle Looking into French and Italian etymologies the word origins from latin papilio. with the redoubling (batting and lifting...)of the root 'peb' which stands for flying.
I has remained almost unchanged in French: papillon and in Italian: padiglione, which means 'pavilion'. The Italian word for butterfly : ' farfalle' is however largely remote from the latin, constructed by the same criteria ; the repetition of the syllable to remind of the double movement of the lightweight wings.
#171444 - 11/18/07 10:26 AM und vut ist wrongk mit schmetterling? [Re: BranShea]
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Some connect German Schmetterling with Czech smetana 'cream'. For a version of the famous joke alluded to in the subject, see this site and search on Schmetterling._________________________
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(btw. How to pronounce the Icelandic for butterfly:fifrildislirfa?)
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The Clinch never a dull moment
While Ducky and his merry band of outlaws were terroizing our national parks, I on the other hand took another approach and spent time on the Clinch. After the Saturday morning and afternoon session was done I placed a chair on the bank of Miller's to enjoy an adult beverage and cigar. As I contemplated the state of the union and whether to grill a brat for dinner the following showed up in the pictures below. I see a lot on the Clinch and in the Smokies but this was for sure a first.
There was only a couple of us there as this thing unloaded and prepared for lift off. If anyone knows these people ask the one guy who looked over at me as we both looked stunned and laughed as about a 20+ inch trout that leaped out of the water when the boat ignited and blasted out of the hole. Only a Texas cattle prod could have elevated that trout any higher, the funny thing is as an airboat there is no prop in the water, it was all noise, and water (by the way thanks for the refreshing shower saved me 15 minutes later). I am sure that fish is somewhere near the coast of North Carolina by now. I was still there when they came back and I talked to the gentleman on the boat who saw the trout like me, I was hoping it showed up in the pictures below, but I am pretty sure my arms dropped at that moment. During the govenemnt shutdown I am enjoying our state parks and tailwaters, however if you see this boat go ahead and call it a day ain't no fish biting for about 1/2 day when this thing launches!
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I've heard the zip line company was shut down. Guess they plan to salvage what they can on the Clinch?
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The schism now dividing the Vermont Republican Party has roots that go back for years, though the partys recent travails have worsened the problem.
A Herald story Wednesday described the differing views of the partys highest elected official, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, and the partys state chairman, Jack Lindley. Scott has been leading a committee of Republicans with the aim of charting a course for the party independent of the national party. The rightward drift of the national party has alienated many Vermont Republicans from the GOP label, according to Scott, making it increasingly difficult for Republican candidates to win election.
Lindley, a longtime party stalwart, believes the party must remain true to its core principles and cannot afford to alienate the national apparatus, which provides crucial funding for the state party. As it seeks the votes of middle-of-the-road or independent voters, the party must not abandon its base, Lindley says.
The partys great divide could be seen in two back-to-back elections held a little more than a decade ago. In 2000 Gov. Howard Dean ran for re-election against Ruth Dwyer in a race that was one of the most bitterly divisive in recent years. Dean held on to win.
Two years later, Jim Douglas, a Republican, was running against longtime senator Doug Racine, and Douglas won. He went on to win re-election three times even as the Democrats were strengthening their hold on the Legislature.
The Republicans associated with Scotts committee include prominent members of the Legislature, Reps. Heidi Scheuermann and Patti Komline and Sen. Joe Benning, as well as a prominent member of the Douglas administration, Jason Gibbs. The group is mostly moderate and includes members of the business community.
Criticism of Scotts group has originated with True North Reports, a conservative online site that has hewed to a harder ideological line and which owes its founding to Burlington millionaire Lenore Broughton, who laid out about $1 million for candidates in the last election. The views of the reclusive Broughton are more in line with the conservative platform of the national party on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion. Lindley has more or less embraced the criticism from True North of Scotts efforts to take the party in a new direction.
In a sense, you could say that Scott represents the Douglas wing of the party, and Lindley represents the Dwyer wing.
You could also say that Jim Douglas appears to line up with the Douglas wing. In a recent commentary on Vermont Public Radio he described two visions of where the party might go. One is of ideological purity, he said. The other is of broadening the party base.
He said mutual respect was important. Republicans have strongly held views on many controversial topics, such as gay marriage, abortion, physician-assisted suicide and gun control. But surely we can acknowledge all points of view on these issues and still work together to achieve our common goals.
The partys schism goes back before the Douglas and Dwyer races. Vermonts beloved governor and senator, George Aiken, took on the party establishment to practice the kind of moderate Republican politics that used to characterize the party of the Northeast. His political progeny included Republicans such as Robert Stafford, Richard Snelling and James Jeffords. They were all known as strong defenders of the environment, education and civil rights.
But over the years the Republican Party was no longer so receptive to the politics of Northeastern Republicans, and the party became dominated by the conservative politics of the South. Jeffords defection from the party in 2001 became a harbinger of things to come. Lately, hostility to gays, women, immigrants, minorities and the poor has tainted the party, and as much as party leaders try to deny it, that hostility was crucial to the partys losses in 2012.
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This Monday, X-Play's assault of new games and special events continues, as we finally get our hands on Gears of War 2, and see what Marcus Fenix is up against this time. There will be video, exclusives, and interviews, as we go deep inside the game and show you what it's all about.
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Even though Nvidia Corp. has formally announced its new mobile discrete graphics lineup, the company yet has to reveal when it plans to update its desktop graphics family. According to unofficial report, the company only plans to release its desktop DirectX 10.1-supporting chips in October.
The new graphics cards will be called Nvidia GeForce G210 and GeForce GT 220 and will be aimed at the entry-level market segments. The GeForce G210 (GT218 chip) graphics processing unit will have only 24 stream processors and will target $30 - $35 price-range. The GeForce GT220 (GT215 chip) graphics cards will sport 48 stream processors and will be priced between $55 and $60.
Both code-named GT215 and GT218 graphics chips will be produced using 40nm process technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The novelties will boast with support of DirectX 10.1 application programming interface.
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When choosing the perfect beach getaway, "good things come in small
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Fact: You lose moisture through your lips ten times faster than anywhere else on your body. Top that off with dry winter weather, and you're left with a serious case of chapped lips. Well, pout no more. With these DIY solutions, you'll be puckering up in comfort all season long.
Gently brush lips with a toothbrush, then mix a small solution of half honey and half olive oil. Pat the mixture on your lips, let it sit for a few minutes, and wash off with a damp towel. Voilà – chapped lips, be gone.
This one is simple: wet a green tea bag with warm water and apply to lips for five minutes. The tannins in the green tea will help ease the harsh winter burn.
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Traveling can be a challenge during this time of year, especially if the weather is iffy or if children are involved. Here are some tips on saving money -- and your sanity -- when it comes to holiday travel.
92 million people will hit the road this holiday season. Here's how to save some money whether you're driving or flying.
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After the last week in October every week you wait to book plane tickets usually tacks on $10 to your ticket.
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Abstract: In 2001 Kent State University established a graduate level program that granted a Master of Science degree in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. The Knowledge Management concentration was a cornerstone of that degree program. The Knowledge Management concentration has sustained and thrived over the past ten years, though the path has not always been easy or clear. This case study describes the challenges encountered and the solutions developed over the past ten years. The case study discusses nineteen challenges and their solutions, in hopes that other institutions may benefit from Kent State University's lessons learned and successes. The case study highlights issues that arise as an academic program matures, including: curriculum development and design, administrative support and alignment, faculty credentials and credibility, and research support.
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As a NRPA board member and also part of higher education, I read with great interest the cover story on the evolution of parks and recreation degree programs (Parks & Recreation, August 2011). Because I lead a major area of study at Arizona State University that is pertinent to the article, I noted a void in the story--the explosive growth of the field of nonprofit leadership and management, which is drawing students who might otherwise major in parks and recreation.
At ASU, the early iteration of nonprofit studies was in the Department of Leisure Studies, where the recreation major was housed. Students interested in youth agency administration majored in recreation but took their emphasis in the youth development arena that placed them squarely into the world of nonprofits (e.g., Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA's, Scouting programs--all nonprofits). Over time, and with the explosion of the nonprofit sector, a distinctive field emerged within nonprofit and philanthropic studies. In the case of ASU students who might have gone ahead with a recreation degree, many flocked to our major in nonprofit management and that was the case across many of the universities where youth agency administration was rooted in recreation departments. The growth of the nonprofit sector meant that students were exposed to a host of job possibilities that included recreation but also causes involving education, arts and culture, environment, health, etc.
So, the story is incomplete if only talking about sports management or tourism as drivers that evolved parks and recreation degree programs. ASU evolved its Department of Leisure Studies to a Department of Recreation Management and Tourism to what it is today, the School of Community Resources and Development, inside of which remains an increasingly shrinking (in student numbers) undergraduate and graduate degree in recreation. The name change was a direct result of the explosion of growth in nonprofit leadership and management, given the number of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels interested in nonprofit management, philanthropic studies, and social entrepreneurship. The growth of jobs in the nonprofit sector, way beyond those directly tied to recreation, along with the shrinking number of jobs in public parks and recreation, is one part of evolving university-level programs as well.
Lastly, the final paragraph to your story is, in my opinion, the future for parks and recreation. Phoenix, among other cities, is asking nonprofit organizations to "take over" many local parks, visitor centers, etc. Collaboration and strategic alliances/partnerships are both the future and the present for many public parks and recreation departments. Tomorrow's public parks and recreation professional may actually have a degree in nonprofit management rather than recreation.
Robert F. Ashcraft, Ph.D.NRPA Board MemberExecutive Director, Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit InnovationAssociate Professor of Nonprofit Studies, School of Community Resources and DevelopmentArizona State University, Phoenix
The nonprofit opportunities have been brighter for many of our graduates from Oklahoma State University: in number of employment opportunities, in career advancement opportunities, in salaries and benefits, and in many other ways. Many of our premier internship experiences have been in nonprofit agencies. Our part of the country has not experienced the same trend as Robert describes in contracting management of public services to nonprofits, but most public park and recreation agencies have at least one allied nonprofit alliance or partnership. Dr. Aschcraft is on-target with these comments.
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Evidence of the movement toward nonprofits managing public parks, here is an article relative to Arizona State Parks -- the same trend is at the municipal level, especially the City of Phoenix.
Arizona parks rescued by communities, non-profits
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Burglars try to enter through garage door
Three males were spotted trying to break into a house through the garage door in a west side Madison neighborhood, according to Madison police.
A husband and wife told police they were in the living room of their home in the 4800 block of Holiday Drive Friday night when they heard three to four loud bangs that shook the house. The husband spotted three people running from the scene, with one of them lagging behind.
The man asked the teen what he was doing and said he was not with the other two, but continued running. The teen was described as black, 15-17 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a heavy build. He was wearing a light-colored T-shirt.
A police K-9 tracked the teens to the Madison Metro West Transfer Point, but they were not located.
Police said the attempted burglary is similar to a break-in in the 5200 block of South Hill Drive Thursday afternoon and another on Wednesday morning in the 5100 block of Juneau Road. In both cases, garage doors were kicked in and the burglars entered the homes through the garage.
The burglars took money, jewelry and liquor.
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N.O.R.E. & Lil Wayne "Finito" Behind The Scenes [Video + Photos]
N.O.R.E. & Lil Wayne "Finito" Behind The Scenes
N.O.R.E. hit the streets of New York to film scenes for his upcoming video "Finito" featuring Lil Wayne and Pharrell.
Just last week, the NYC rapper traveled to Miami to film scenes with Weezy, and here is behind the scenes footage of the video, directed by SpiffTV.
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Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Innovates Back to Basics With Compounding
CHICAGO(TheStreet) -- Although the number of people needing custom medicines and new ways to take them is growing exponentially, there are few pharmaceuticals companies positioned to take advantage of the trend.
Enter Imprimis Pharmaceuticals
The California company has a unique combination of delivery methods and partner that make it worthy of attention as more people worry about the harmful long-term effects of certain mass-produced medications.
For instance, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil, Motrin and Aleve have been shown in studies to cause stomach ailments. "Gastritis, esophageal reflux disease and bleeding ulcers are all problems that can develop from NSAIDs," says Robert Hoffman, chief of rheumatology at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.
Such mass-produced drugs have developed into a multibillion-dollar industry since industrialization became the norm in the 1950s. Imprimis CEO Mark Baum looks to the era before that, though, when it was common for pharmacists to blend custom prescriptions for individual customers. He thinks his company can make strides to revolutionize modern drug compounding, improving their quality and moving them swiftly through Food and Drug Administration approvals.
Imprimis has a drug delivery technology that ensures site-specific treatment via a topical cream preparation, including with Impracor, a drug entering Phase 3 approvals from the FDA in the third quarter of 2013, and a variety of others that "will enable the delivery of drugs intravenously... as well as through the mouth, through the nose, and trans-vaginally, which gives us the ability... to affect men's health, women's health, as well as
The technology could revolutionize the way pharmaceuticals, especially analgesics, are accessed and administered, Baum says.
Imprimis already uses its Transdel technology to deliver an NSAID called ketoprofen via a cream that is rubbed on the skin, where it acts on the underlying tissues to ease pain.
Imprimis' partner in the revolution is the Professional Compounding Centers of America, "the largest player in the compounding pharmacy industry in North America," Baum says. "The PCCA has over 10,000 proprietary compounded drug formulations and ... more than a dozen proprietary drug delivery technologies," and Imprimis has an exclusive relationship with the PCCA to develop and commercialize its library of patented formulations and technologies -- to mine the library for drugs that can be developed internally or through a development partner.
This library has the potential to provide Imprimis with multiple large-market drug candidates annually, Baum says, saving cost and time. Since all the formulations have been used by the PCCA's patients, ample data are available on their performance and safety that Imprimis can use in putting drugs through the federal 505(b)(2) approval pathway.


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Image from: Huffington Post Winning a Grammy Award is obviously an incredible honor for any recording artist. The award comes with lots of bragging rights and more importantly, lots of attention. I decided to check the data from Compete.com to see how wining a Grammy affected site traffic for a few of the winners. Adele Adele cleaned up at the Grammy's this year; The British-born artist won every single category


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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom New Mexico
There are certain things I wish would have been different. I wish I had asked that girl out to dinner instead of making small talk. I wish I was riding in the car when (according to police records) a group of four people planned out a bank robbery in Melrose with a machete, baseball bat, pellet gun and Spider-Man comic book.
And, I wish I had actually done what my fortune cookie said.
I normally don't follow the message in fortune cookies. It's (literally) a sugar-coated horoscope. There's never anything specific, and any information contained inside is likely a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Case in point, my Monday horoscope.com readout said, "You can overcome the intensity of today's planetary energies by making a conscious effort to stay positive." Um, couldn't I do that every day, or does the orbit of Saturn make today's positive attitude especially important?
Also, there's the classic sexual context you can add to the end of each fortune with just two words. I am not authorized to tell you those words, so I'll substitute, "in cargo pants." Add that phrase to everything gleaned from a fortune cookie, and the result still makes just as much sense as the original fortune.
But Wednesday was different, because it allowed for the group approach. The fortune was, "Do something unusual tomorrow." I was off work Thursday, so I definitely had time to do something out of the ordinary, with or without cargo pants.
I posted the fortune to my social networking sites. "Fortune cookie: Do something unusual tomorrow. I open the floor to suggestions." I got a few that I wouldn't try.
n Go skinny dipping. Hmmm, I still don't know how to swim, and I don't want any story of my death to include, "His naked body …"
n Try to go the entire day without a sarcastic comment. I think we all know how far this suggestion got.
Uninspired, I decided Wednesday night that I'd just wing it and hope something unusual presented itself Thursday.
No luck. I did the laundry, and mixing whites and colors was really more of an accident than a nod to the unusual. I took a girl out for dinner, but I'd taken her out before to little fanfare — and that happened Thursday too. Later at a bar that night, I consumed a drink befitting a sorority initiation. But that's not that unusual either. (Honestly, guys don't mind those drinks, and would order them more often if pink umbrellas weren't involved).
I went to bed at my normal irresponsible time, with some regret that I'd let a perfect opportunity at the unusual go to waste. While waiting for the caffeine to wear off from the girl drink, I decided I didn't have to settle for failure on Thursday.
I can make that fortune work every tomorrow and plan for something unusual each day. Plan to ask her out. Plan to drive the scenic route to work. Plan to do one extra thing for my fellow man.
At least until I get my next fortune cookie. I just hope it's something I can do in my cargo pants.
Kevin Wilson is a columnist for Freedom New Mexico. He can be contacted at 763-3431, ext. 313, or by e-mail:


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A 1941 N2S Stearman maintained by the 3rd Coast Squadron will be on display.
The banana-yellow, open cockpit, 275-horsepower single engine plane was used as a training plane for U.S. military pilots during World War II.
The plane is maintained by 3rd Coast Squadron, one of several Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Squadrons in Texas.
According to their website, 3rd Coast "believes in and adheres to the Commemorative Air Force's mission of teaching and preserving history through restoring the aircraft and memories of the people who paid the ultimate price for our freedom from WWII to the present."
The nonprofit organization owns two WWII planes that it uses to educate the public. The other plane they maintain that will not be at the at the Kingsville air show is a T-50 (UC-78) Bobcat.
Both planes were actually flown in WWII and have been restored to the original condition by the CAF. Third Coast maintains the planes through donations and funds raised from taking people for rides in the planes.
Third Coast also has a full museum in Alice that houses artifacts and oral histories from veterans from WWII and other wars. The museum, like the planes, is maintained by donations.
In addition to being able to see the N2S Steerman over the weekend, gawkers and history buffs alike to have the opportunity to fly in the piece of history for a fee.
Third Coast Squadron travels to several air shows around the state each year with its volunteer members to educate and show people their WWII aircraft.
If a flight in a historic plane or just seeing one leaves someone yearning for more, there are several flight schools around the area that teach people to fly including Skyview Aviation, owned by a member of the 3rd Coast Squadron.
The school is a Corpus Christi-based flight training school that offers everything from introductory discovery flights all the way to full ground schools, private licenses and instrument rating. The company all has planes and pilots for rent.
More information about the 3rd Coast Squadron can be found at www.thirdcoastcaf.org and information about flying lessons www.skyviewtexas.com.