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In a quaint corner of West Palm Beach's Norton Museum of Art, art creators and lovers alike joined together to honor five up-and-coming photographers. One, in particular, walked away the recipient of a new photography award, as well as one hefty check.
On December 4, Los Angeles-based photographer Analia Saban was awarded the inaugural Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers and a check for $20,000.
Beth Rudin DeWoody, a Palm Beach resident and daughter of the late real estate developer Lewis Rudin, established the award to both foster new art and honor her father's memory. "The prize is named after my father, an amazing man who never really collected art, but, as he said, collected people," DeWoody remarked during the award ceremony.
The Rudin Prize, which will now be awarded biennially, recognizes emerging photographers on the leading edge of their field, but who have not yet had a solo museum exhibition. An international award, this year's finalists hail from Mexico, Italy, England and the United States. A panel of world-renowned artists nominated the finalists, each selecting one photographer. "Each of these photographers represents a unique and vital approach to the medium and its potential," Tim B. Wride, the curator of photography at Norton, said in a press release.
The Museum's Photography Committee, made up of Norton curators, collectors and trustees, adjudicated the exhibition and selected a winner. In the end, 32-year-old Analia Saban took home the top prize.
"Analia Saban is leading the field in inventive, engaging new work," said Wride. "She provides visually elegant and philosophically potent answers to the issues of photography's materiality and meaning that have dogged the medium since its beginnings."
Argentinian by way of Los Angeles, Saban holds a BFA in visual arts from Loyola University and a MFA in new genres from the University of California, Los Angeles. Saban's work (predominantly monochromatic prints, in the case of the Rudin exhibition) requires a double take due to her manipulation of materials. She constructs three-dimensional pieces by scraping the photographic emulsion and redeploying it across the canvas. In doing so, Saban uses her original medium (photography) to create a new drawing material.
Scrapped (Family), a 2011 print, exemplifies Saban's aesthetic. Traces of the original photograph bleed into Saban's manipulations; what was once a family portrait becomes something else entirely. Swimming Pool (2012) also illustrates this innovative technique. Starting with a photograph of a swimming pool as a base, Saban uses photographic emulsion to mimic ripples in the water. As a whole, Saban's work depicts a certain level of sensitivity to the materials used, one that speaks volumes to her innovation and integrity as an artist.
Works from all five finalists are on display through December 11. Following the close of the exhibit, the Norton Museum of Art will acquire work from each artist, including two pieces (Grid and Folded Horizon) by Saban. In this way, the Rudin Prize guarantees an influx of new material by emerging artists into the museum every two years. This effort reflects Norton's commitment to supporting living artists and building a strong arts community in West Palm Beach.
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After It Murders Best Buy, Here's How Apple Should Spend Its Cash
I needed something anyway. An external microphone to use for TheBeach Meets TheStreet .
The way things went down disturbed me. I can't simply cast this off as the status quo . . . as something that existed under Steve Jobs, therefore we shouldn't squawk as it continues on Tim Cook's watch.
I asked an Apple Store employee for help. Pickings were slim in the external mic department. Or, as an employee said to me, "We don't have shit here" (pardon the French, but those were his exact words . . . verbatim). After showing me the lone option, he suggested I just take the five-minute walk to Best Buy (BBY) where he figured I would find better selection.
Frankly, I don't want to relive that soul-sucking experience so I will just let my Tweets from Saturday tell the story:
That about sums it up. Best Buy had nothing. And, even if it did, good luck finding it with the unmotivated, uninspired retail staffers at what should be one of Best Buy's most important stores in the world.
So, I leave Best Buy empty-handed (though I think if I had robbed the place, they would have just let me walk out the door and head down Broadway unabated). And I make my way back to the Apple Store.
Here's where things get even more disturbing.
I take the one external mic in stock to an employee, asking if I can see it out of its box. He shows me the item on display. I confirm it requires a Lightning adaptor. Then, I ask if people like the product. He says reviews are positive. Instead of closing me, the Apple Store staffer responds to my indecisive mumbling about what other options might exist by telling me to search for "external mic for iPhone 5" on Amazon.com (AMZN) .
I go back to my hotel, fire up Amazon and buy that very same mic (!) and the adaptor from Amazon . Granted, I used my iPad to make the purchase. But Apple gets nothing out of that, other than whatever profit it makes on its accessory (It does not make the mic).
Two primary issues come up. And they're both more important than all of the mindless garbage the media decides to focus on vis-a-vis Apple.
To nutshell it, Apple leaves money on the table and its reputation/experience in the hands of others. It's all quite simple and straightforward.
No. 1: Take accessories in-house. You have billions in cash. Don't give in to the pressure to return more capital to shareholders or do something un-Apple-like such as buy Twitter. Use the war chest to take greater control of the Apple experience.

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By LINDA LOBECK
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IRON MOUNTAIN – In a little less than two weeks, the voters in the Iron Mountain School District will get a chance to vote on a bond proposal for the purpose of making some major remodeling projects to the district's buildings.
Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, Feb. 26, to vote on both the school bond request – looking to borrow up to $9.5 million for 18 years – as well as the county's 911 millage proposal.
"It a real need and not anything we can really do without," Supt. Tom Jayne said at a meeting Wednesday night. "They are basic things – heating, lighting, safety, making repairs and technology improvements."
A handful of interested residents attended the first of two public meetings on the bond issue Wednesday night with the second planned for Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the Izzo-Mariucci Center. A meeting was held earlier to explain the bond proposal and specifically moving the students in grades 4-6 to East Elementary School next year.
Under facility repairs and improvements, the bond proposal includes fixing the leaking roofs, renovating to add space for classrooms, restrooms and storage, finishing auditorium renovations and improving outdated plumbing and phone systems.
In the area of technology, Jayne noted, they are looking to provide infrastructure and user devices to make sure the Iron Mountain School District is ready for the future. An upgrade to the fire alarm and security systems and more outdoor lighting are also planned with the bond proposal.
Finally, the bond proposal includes efficiency improvements that will save money and reduce energy use by replacing inefficient heating systems, lighting and windows.
"We estimate that replacing the boiler will alone save the district more than $150,000 per year in increased efficiency and decreased repairs," Jayne said.
He added that Iron Mountain is different than other small towns because of its long tradition of excellence in education.
When voters voted down the 2012 millage request, the school officials and a group of parents and concerned residents got together and looked at spending less money while still giving the students the best possible education.
Some of the concerns and questions that came up during this evaluation process were whether Central School was going to be closed down and demolished. That is no longer in the plan with this bond proposal. The plan is to have Community Schools use the older section of Central School.
Another concern from the previous bond election was the combining of middle and high school students. That is no longer being considered. The plan is to have the middle school students housed above the Central School addition. The students will travel to the high school for classes less than they currently do.
There have been many misconceptions from people as to whether the two school districts – Iron Mountain and Breitung Township – could consolidate at this time.
But that is not true, Jayne said, since there isn't enough physical room to house all the students in one district.
"But the two districts are consolidating many of their programs and services already," he said.
The language on the ballot Feb. 26 will ask voters whether they will approve borrowing up to $9.5 million for 18 years with the purpose of paying for the cost of:
– Remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing and re-furnishing the school buildings and other facilities.
– Preparing, developing and improving sites at the school buildings and other facilities.
– Equipping and re-equipping school buildings and other facilities for technology systems and equipment.
The previous bond issue put before voters in May 2012 asked for approval of $11 million for 20 years and was defeated by a total of 46 votes.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
True Confessions of Baseballiholics
It hit close to home, and I was reminded of the time Those Girls each skipped out on a wedding we were supposed to attend (both weddings were held on the same day), in favor of going to a sports bar together to watch the Twins play the White Sox on TV. It wasn't a particularly important game...not like an end-of-the-season-pennant-chase-nail-biter kind of game. It was just a run of the mill mid-season game against a divisional opponent we play a bazillion times every season. I think that makes it funnier, personally.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Heck, it still seems like a good idea. I'm not sorry either.
So, now that I've shared one of my baseball-crazy stories, I will open it up to the group. It's time to confess the craziest and/or least socially-acceptable thing you've done for the love of baseball. Don't worry. This is a safe place. Unless you've out and out committed a felony or harmed a puppy, we won't judge.
20 comments:
- Robert said...
Canceled on my homecoming date senior year to attend a Twins vs A's playoff game. I think I called her like the day before to cancel.
- Fri Feb 26, 07:36:00 AM
- The Colonel said...
Nice, this could be cathartic.
1 - I didn't skip a wedding but I skipped the reception of my friend's wedding to go buy a new tv and watch a Twins game at home by myself
2 - Last summer I (against the wishes of my boss) took a half day with a few other coworkers to go watch a late august game leaving behind an undetermined amount of work for a project that was to launch a day later.
3 - I've sat through church with a radio and set of ear buds on more occasions than I can count.
There are others I could confess but I think I'll stop there...
- Fri Feb 26, 08:16:00 AM
- PatGLex said...
For two of the past three years, I have left the cameradie of my NCAA Frozen Four buddies to attend an MLB game in the home city of the tournament. (They all think baseball is stupid.) I've been to see games in St. Louis (froze my a** off and left in the 5th inning) and Colorado (great game, great upper deck seat, even though it did rain some), and am considering a Saturday game with the Tigers in Detroit for this year's tourney. [And since the 2011 tournament site is St. Paul, the Twins had better have a home stand before or after!]
- Fri Feb 26, 09:21:00 AM
- Baseball_Lipgloss said...
Love this! Let's see...how about the time I lied to my former boss to tell him I was so sick that I had to go home and instead went to a noon game at the metrodome.
Now, that seems harmless enough but I happened to be caught on TV ducking as a foul ball whizzed at my head. My boss saw the whole thing since he had turned the game on the office televisions. Whoops.
- Fri Feb 26, 09:46:00 AM
- dr gonzo said...
i attended a white sox home opener a few years back b/c they played the twins. i insisted on wearing my twins shirt on TOP of my 14 layers of clothing (the temp was in the single digits). yes, we stayed for the whole game.
i think i'm prepped for the new stadium...
- Fri Feb 26, 09:48:00 AM
- Sarah said...
I LOVE this game! Because every story I read, I think "No, that is perfectly justified and reasonable."
For like a third of a second I felt a little bad for Robert's poor homecoming date...but it was postseason. Postseason > Homecoming. Every time. She should understand that.
This might be one of my favorite posts already. Keep 'em coming!
- Fri Feb 26, 09:53:00 AM
- k-bro said...
I don't think I've done anything "confessionable", pretty much because my family and friends know better than to get in the way of my Twins baseball.
But I do get my fair share of razzing from my co-workers. I put on headphones to listen to day games while I'm working. It's usually pretty quiet in my area, so it's kind of odd that I'll suddenly burst out with a "YES!" or an "OH, COME ON!" out of no where. They all know that a game is on, but they tease me anyway.
- Fri Feb 26, 10:11:00 AM
- Sarah said...
Here's another one of mine, which is probably kind of bad, but I don't care:
I once broke up with a non-baseball fan dude for being too needy and clingy and time-consuming during the baseball season. I told him "don't call me again until November."
- Fri Feb 26, 10:32:00 AM
I walked out of a very important quarterly meeting at Target corporate and headed to the dome for the series sweep of the White Sox in 2008 ( to move into first at the end of the season). I had only told a few co-workers beforehand that my mom was given front row seats behind first and I was going to be "sick". It was huge risk that I had contemplated over and over... but I chose my twinks.
After we were down by 6 in the ..7th? When we began to rally and Span hit a triple to tie it, the place went INSANE, and I was in heaven. That's exactly when my boss called everyone into the breakroom to watch it on TV, and that's exactly when FSN decided to broadcast my sister and I and are screaming, happy faces for the next minute.
For the next 1/2 hour my phone went crazy with texts from nearly everyone I knew (mainly people from work saying I was fired).
It was horrible, but entirely worth it all at the same time. Luckily, I was able to keep my job.
Moral of the story, if you're skipping work to go to a game (or any other important event), mare SURE you wear a hat.
- Fri Feb 26, 10:54:00 AM
In 1991, I cut my Psychology class to go to the parade after we won the series. After, at a nearby pub, I ran into my professor. Busted! She cancelled class, I bought her a beer.
- Fri Feb 26, 11:24:00 AM
- Lori said...
Lipgloss and Anonymous...total Ferris Bueller moments!
Ok, I missed my little brother's high school graduation for the annual trek to Milwaukee for Twins/Brewers. I told my brother I would give him extra graduation cash to make up for it and he was cool with that. My mom and sisters were not too happy but my dad and brothers understood. And were jealous!
- Fri Feb 26, 11:24:00 AM
- thetwinsdifference said...
I ditched a law school class to watch a pre-season game on my laptop in the library, literally 100 yards away from the class I was supposed to be in. Then the professor happened to walk by the study carrel I was sitting in, and glared at me and said "I suppose you're sick." (People email in sick for class all the time). I just shrugged and pointed at the computer and said "spring training." She smiled and asked me how badly the Twins were losing to the Red Sox, her team. Score.
- Fri Feb 26, 01:29:00 PM
- Bryz said...
I wish I had some cool stories, but alas, I don't. :-(
- Fri Feb 26, 11:23:00 PM
- John said...
Geezus, the hard part is picking just the one. Skipping my wife's friend's wedding reception so I could hide out in the caddyshack to catch the Twins/A's playoffs? Sitting in a room on the top floor of a Soviet hotel with a transistor radio to desparately search for Radio Free Europe so we could find out if we won game 6 in 1987?
Nope. I think I'm going with the one that nearly led to my not getting married. And that wasn't even a Twins game. I think this calls for a blog post.
- Fri Feb 26, 11:49:00 PM
- Jessica said...
I pulled my sons out of school on the state testing day to go to a spring training game. That's why they schedule a make-up day right?
- Sat Feb 27, 12:52:00 PM
- Jack Ungerleider said...
It's October 1986. I had moved to Minneapolis earlier that year from NY. I grew up a Mets fan, and after years of abysmal play they had finally reached the post season. It's Game 6 of the NLCS against the Astros. So big deal you figure, here's the catch. A friend of mine, also a big baseball fan, had her car totaled in an accident a few days before. But the insurance company had just decided that it was totaled after it had been sitting at the body shop for a few days. She needed a ride to the lot to get some belongings out of the car. My apartment was on the bus line, and just a few blocks from where she was living so she got off the bus at my place. It was the 8th or 9th inning so we decided to to wait until the end of the game. A couple of hours and almost another game later we got over to the lot just before they closed. (Or maybe it was after but there was someone there to let her in. It's all very fuzzy now.)
- Mon Mar 01, 11:11:00 AM
I was a Bible camp counselor who skipped a night worship period and forced someone else to attend to my kids so I could hide in a closet and listen to Justin hit his 30th against the bitchsox in '06. Nobody understood. They all thought I was the most irresponsible person at the camp. I thought it was completely justified in the eyes of the Lord.
- Mon Mar 01, 04:32:00 PM
nothing too scandalous here. I once worked as a furniture salesperson and was secretly wired up to listen to the game in one ear. It was during a big sale with heavy customer traffic. I wasn't sure I'd get away with it but I didn't care, and the worst part was I couldn't tell my co-workers who were also huge fans. I sold thousands of dollars of furniture while the Yankees slowly crushed my pennant dreams...
Sorry to go off topic but I MUST:
Sarah (fellow Supernatural Stalker) have you seen the episode called "Mystery Spot"? The one Sam relives Tuesday over and over and Dean keeps dying? That is my FAVORITE episode, I keep it on my TiVo permanently, and Dean is SOOOOOOOO adorable in that episode. I'm just sayin'.
- Tue Mar 02, 09:23:00 PM
- mule said...
i do feel horrible about this.
my wife and i were watching the 2003 playoffs between the yankees and red sox after the yankees had beaten my precious little twins in the division series. i had fallen into a deep slumber in the second inning and groggily woken up in the 6th. a-rod was up, and got a hit. in the semi-sleep/semi-awake state i was in, i accused the wife of calling the yankee's dugout and tipping pitches. bless her heart, she thought it was cute, and i felt foolish about it. i still haven't quite lived that one down yet.
- Wed Mar 03, 03:21:00 PM
- luckie/Sarah said...
Not exactly a story about me, but my sister rescheduled a job interview because we had tickets to an daytime Astros game on the day they wanted her to come in. It was against the Cubs, Chris Sampson made his major league debut, and the Astros won something like 2-1. She went to the interview the next day, got hired, and then confessed to someone else why she had to reschedule. The lady she told totally agreed with her decision (she was a big Astros fan too).
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Gladstone school board talks MEAP scores
GLADSTONE – The Gladstone School Board discussed the district's Michigan Educational Assessment Program test scores and the future of testing during its meeting Monday night.
MEAP assessments are administered to third- through ninth-grade students annually, with elementary and middle school student testing in the fall. Students are evaluated in math, science, social studies, reading and writing.
"In almost every category, when you compared the prior year's student group taking the next year's test, almost every category showed a very sizable increase in performance," said Board Treasurer Paul Capodilupo.
Between 2011 and 2012, all classes increased or maintained the percentage of students rated as advanced in math skills when they moved up a grade level. During the same time period all classes increased the number of students with advanced reading skills except the 2012 third-grade class and the 2012 seventh-grade class.
While there may not have been an increase in advanced scores, reading scores were significantly higher across all grades than their math counterparts. For example, 1 percent of sixth-grade students are considered advanced in math and 34 percent are considered proficient; 23.3 percent of students from the same class are considered advanced readers and 41.7 percent are considered proficient.
"Math I think is our biggest area that we need to improve on in the lower grades," said Capodilupo.
Because the tests are different for each grade level, not all grades report scores in the same content areas every year. However, math and reading scores are reported from third through eighth grade.
"I have to say it was an eye opener looking at the way that tests are being conducted and some of the types of questions that students are encountering now that are light-years different from anything I ever encountered on standardized tests," said Board President Linda Howlett.
Also discussed was the new Smarter Balanced testing which the state has proposed implementing in the 2014-15 school year.
"(It's) more of a computer-based exam that could potentially replace the MEAP, but there's a lot of schools, I understand, that would not be ready to implement that type of testing, so what the future holds for that is hard to tell," said Capodilupo.
To prepare for the change, the junior high has opted to test the program. Students will be taking a math assessment starting today and continuing through Thursday.
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A successful player and coach at every level, Lagana returned home to take the reins of the Green Terror women's soccer program in 2012.
She immediately made an impact on the program, leading the team to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2000. Her 2012 squad finished with seven wins – the most since 2006.
In 2013, she took the program to new heights with the first Centennial Conference tournament appearance. Her squad also earned an ECAC South tournament bid, finishing the season 13-6-1 for the program's first winning season since 2004 to earn conference and NSCAA regional Coach of the Year honors.
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In her first four years on the Hill, she has posted a record of 45-25-9, including three straight 10-win campaigns and three straight postseason apperances.
Lagana served as the head women's soccer at Ferrum from 2007-11. She spent the last five seasons building the Panthers program into a perennial playoff contender in the USA South Athletic Conference.
In her tenure, Lagana produced 10 all-conference players, two all-state players and the program's second ever all-region selection. In 2010, she guided Ferrum to an 11-6-1 record, which was the program's best finish since 1998. The Panthers' third-place finish in the USA South standings was the highest ever, earning the team its first home playoff game.
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A Sykesville, Md., native, Lagana graduated as Class Valedictorian from South Carroll High School in 2000. Following graduation, she played soccer and lacrosse at Bridgewater.
An All-ODAC selection after leading the Eagles with 11 goals and 22 points as a senior, she was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III second team.
Playing in 66 career games, she averaged 0.94 points per game and 0.42 goals per game, which both still rank in the all-time top five at Bridgewater.
On the lacrosse field, she was an honorable mention All-ODAC selection in 2002 after registering 16 goals and 18 assists. She was also named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in 2003.
For her lacrosse career, she scored 37 goals and handed out 48 assists.
After her playing days, she was an assistant at Mary Baldwin during the 2005 season before being promoted to head coach for the 2006 campaign. She has also served as the head girl's soccer coach at Broadway High School and the Harrisonburg Heat Soccer Club U16 girl's soccer team.
Her high school team improved from 2-14-1 the year before her arrival to 9-6-2 under her guidance while her club team was ranked eighth in Virginia for the 2004-05 season. She guided the Heat to a pair of Old Dominion Soccer League Division I championships and a Skyline Soccer League Division I title.
Lagana has also spent time as a volunteer with the Soccer-in-the-Streets program in Atlanta as well as with the Washington Freedom of the Women's Professional Soccer League and observed the U.S. Women's National Team.
She has also worked various camps in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina in addition to starting the Ferrum Soccer Camp last summer.
She holds her NSCAA Premier Diploma and has been asked to joins the NSCAA as an associate staff member.
Lagana graduated from Bridgewater in 2004 with a bachelor of arts in communication studies. She earned her masters of science in kinesiology and recreation studies with concentrations in athletic administration and coaching from James Madison in Dec. 2006.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2010) – U.S. beach volleyball player Ty Loomis (Warner Robins, Ga.) will play indoors with the Leones de Ponce as they make their playoff run in the semifinals of the Puerto Rican league.
Loomis, who played indoors collegiately for UC Irvine, played the majority of the 2009 AVP Tour with Casey Patterson (Newbury Park, Calif.), who plays in Puerto Rico for Plataneros de Corozal.
Corozal secured a spot in the semifinals with two straight victories over Patriotas de Lares.
On Jan. 14, a Corozal defeated Lares, 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-15, 26-24). Nils Nielsen (Fallbrook, Calif.) led Corozal with 14 points on 11 kills, two blocks and one ace. Patterson added 11 points on nine kills, one block and one ace. Matt McKinney (Santa Ynez, Calif.) scored nine points on eight kills and one block.
On Jan. 15, Corozal swept Lares, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19. Patterson led all scorers with 13 points on 11 kills, one block and one ace. Nielsen added nine points on eight kills and one block.
The Guaynabo Mets swept Changos de Naranjito, 25-20, 25-20, 29-27, on Jan. 15. Guaynabo's Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) led all scorers with 20 points on 15 kills, one block and four aces. Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) added six points on five kills and one block. For Naranjito, C.J. Macias (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) scored nine points on six kills and three blocks. Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) added eight points on five kills, two blocks and one ace.
Nuevos Gigantes de Carolina came back swept Guaynabo in the final quarterfinal round match on Jan. 17, 26-24, 25-21, 25-23. Vance had three points on three kills. Hoff had three points on one kills, one block and one ace.
The semifinals began on Jan. 18 as Carolina topped Corozal, 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22). Corozal's Patterson led all scorers with 20 points on 15 kills, four blocks and one ace. Nielsen had 16 points on 14 kills and two aces. McKinney chipped in 13 points on 11 kills, one block and one ace.
On Jan. 19, Corozal swept Carolina, 25-19, 25-13, 25-21. Corozal's Patterson led all scorers with 17 points on 17 kills. Nielsen added 10 points on nine kills and one block. McKinney scored eight points on six kills and two aces.
In the other semifinal on Jan. 19, Guaynabo topped Ponce, 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-19). Vance scored 13 points on 13 kills for Guaynabo while Hoff added six points on five kills and one block. Tony Ching (Hawaii) led Ponce with 22 points on 18 kills and four blocks. Delano Thomas (Sacramento, Calif.) scored 18 points on 15 kills, one block and two aces. In his debut, Loomis scored five points on four kills and one ace.
Zenit Kazan continues to lead the Russian Super League with a 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-23, 26-24) victory over Ural Ufa on Jan. 16. Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) started the first three sets and scored 12 points on 11 kills and one ace. Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) started all four sets at setter and scored three points on one kill, one block and one ace.
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Fakel Novy Urengoi remained in second with a sweep of Dynamo Yantar, 25-18, 25-23, 25-21, on Jan. 16. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) started all three sets for Fakel and scored 10 points on six kills, three blocks and one ace. Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) started all three sets at setter and scored one point on one block.
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Lokomotiv Novosibirsk sits in fifth place after a 3-1 (27-29, 27-25, 25-15, 25-22) victory on Jan. 17 over third-place Iskra Odintsovo. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) scored 14 points on eight kills and six blocks. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) scored eight points on six kills and two blocks.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye, the Turkish league team of Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) and Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.), maintained its league lead with a 3-1 (25-16, 25-15, 19-25, 25-20) victory over Beşiktaş on Jan. 17. Touzinsky started all four sets and scored 10 points on nine kills and one block. Millar started all four sets and scored nine points on five kills and four blocks.
Fenerbahce, which sits third in the league, defeated Diltaş Eğt. Kurumu, 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16) on Jan. 17. U.S. Men's player Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth, scoring 10 points on 10 kills.
Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) scored five points for Halkbank as it fell to Arkas Spor on Jan. 17, 0-3 (23-25, 18-25, 20-25). Patak substituted in the first two sets and started the third set, scoring on five kills.
Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) and his Brazilian league team Vivo/Minas defeated Fatima/Medquimica/UCS on Jan. 16, 3-1 (19-25, 25-14, 27-25, 25-14). Salmon substituted in the first set and started the next three, scoring nine points on eight kills and one ace.
Setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) made his debut with RWE Volleys Bottrop on Jan. 14 as it defeated the Wuppertal TITANS 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18). Winder started all four sets and scored four points on three kills and one block.
On Jan. 17, RWE Volleys Bottrop beat Netzhoppers KW, 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 23-25, 25-18). Winder again started all four sets and scored seven points on three kills and four blocks.
Delecta Bydgoszcz, the Polish league team of U.S. Men's libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) beat AZS Częstochowa on Jan. 17, 3-2 (23-25, 35-20, 25-23, 16-25, 15-9).
Poitiers, the French league team of Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), swept Saint Quentin, 25-16, 25-22, 27-25, Jan. 16. Lotman started all three sets and scored seven points on six kills and one block. Poitiers is in second place in the league.
Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his Italian Serie A League team Marmi Lanza Verona fell to Sisley Treviso on Jan. 17, 2-3 (25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 10-15). Holt started all five sets and scored 10 points on eight kills, one block and one ace.
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Zenit Kazan finished the main phase of the Indesit Champions League with a 5-1 record after losing to Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia on Jan. 20. Neither Ball nor Stanley played in the match for Kazan.
Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Austrian team Hypo Tirol Innsbruck also lost on Jan. 20 to Italy's Lube Banca Marche Macerata, 1-3 (25-22, 23-25, 18-25, 24-26). The finish the main phase with a 3-3 record.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye lost its final main phase match to France's Paris Volley, 1-3 (23-25, 26-24, 23-25, 19-25) on Jan. 20. Millar led Istanbul, scoring 16 points on 10 kills, five blocks and one ace. Touzinsky scored 12 points on 11 kills and one block. Istanbul completed the main phase with a record of 2-4.


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Lyon County faces challenges in 2014 budget process
MARSHALL – The 2014 budget process is under way for Lyon County. County commissioners took a look at a draft proposal for next year's budget and levy during a special meeting Tuesday. With updated county pay scales in place and several capital improvement projects on the horizon, the county will face some challenges keeping its levy at the same amount it has for the past six years, said Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg.
Commissioners will continue to discuss the proposal over the next few weeks. The county needs to approve a preliminary levy by Sept. 15. That preliminary levy can be lowered but not raised.
Stomberg presented commissioners with a "rough draft" proposal for the 2014 county budget and levy.
"This is all very preliminary," Stomberg told commissioners. Some figures in the proposal would serve as placeholders until commissioners could discuss them in more depth, he said.
The draft proposal included a total levy of about a $14.1 million. If approved, that would be nearly a 16 percent increase from 2013, Stomberg said. At an earlier meeting of the county board, Stomberg had warned commissioners that it might not be possible for the county to continue its six-year streak of keeping the levy at about $12.1 million.
Among individual department budgets, the proposal included increases to account for salary increases and updated county pay scales. One of the sharpest proposed increases was in the county assessor's budget. Stomberg said the proposed assessor budget would go from $194,200 to $277,945. The increase included $50,000 to help cover the cost of possibly merging assessing duties with the city of Marshall in the future, he said.
In addition, Stomberg said, the county will be facing several large capital improvement projects in the coming year. Commissioners will need to decide which projects to include in the budget and how. The list included projects like the development of Twin Lakes Park, possible roofing and HVAC work at the Lyon County Historical Museum and a hoop barn structure to be built at the county fairgrounds. The hoop barn project will receive grant funding, but there will need to be a local match. Stomberg said that funding was not included in the present budget.
One option to fund capital projects next year would be bonding. But County Board Chairman Rick Anderson said one of the questions there was which, if any, projects to bond for.
Commissioner Steve Ritter said he thought the county should also consider closing out inactive accounts to help with funding and budgeting projects.
"It would be nice to know the net dollars we have on reserve," Ritter said, as well as what funds could and could not be spent.
Interim County Auditor/Treasurer E.J. Moberg said the county had about eight months' worth of reserves in 2012. Lowering the reserve funds by about a month's worth could free up about $1.1 million in funds, he said.
Stomberg said the biggest question for him, was whether the board wanted county staff to work a 40-hour week. Some county employees currently work 37.5 hours per week, and commissioners had discussed whether the public would be better served if county offices were open longer. Stomberg said going to a 40-hour week would mean an additional cost of about $82,000 in 2014.
"Is having the courthouse open two-and-a-half hours worth $82,000?" asked commissioner Charlie Sanow.
Commissioners didn't come to a consensus Tuesday but directed Stomberg to look into the cost of having the auditor/treasurer, assessor and recorder offices open longer.
Commissioners said there were also other issues they would need to consider for the budget. For example, the board has not yet decided how to proceed in replacing former public works director Suhail Kanwar. Options in that situation may include hiring a county public works director, or going back to having a county engineer.
Commissioners didn't have a lot of consensus on many of the items brought up Tuesday. Commissioner Mark Goodenow suggested trying to get the proposed levy down to the county's levy limit and then working from there.
Commissioners will continue to discuss the budget proposal at upcoming meetings.


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In a bid to boost its channel sales, Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday started its first global partner program designed to provide its channel partners with tailored tools and resources to help them gain sales traction based on their unique business models. Besides, new ways of interaction with different partners will allow AMD to "do more with less": cut its costs while keeping in touch with its channel partners.
"AMD understands the critical importance of our partners in successfully driving customer adoption of our platforms and has launched the AMD Fusion Partner Program to ensure we're providing the right elements to help accelerate our channel partner business," said David Kenyon, vice president of worldwide channel marketing at AMD.
Starting immediately, AMD plans to phase in the AMD Fusion Partner Program over the next four quarters. During this time, AMD plans to roll out a number of new benefits. Many benefits, such as better online training tools, enhanced incentive programs and new co-marketing programs, are available to channel partners with today's launch. Additional benefits planned to appear throughout 2010 include an enhanced partner Web portal and new loyalty programs.
By fusing its four existing partner programs, AMD now gives partners customized incentives and resources to help accelerate sales – especially when selling all-AMD (AMD CPU, AMD GPU and AMD Chipset) solutions. Partners also will receive more personalized tools, training and resources – both in person and online – that mesh with their specific business objectives.
"By supplying the tools and resources the channel needs, we'll be able to better help these channel partners maximize their sales and enable customers around the world to have access to the next-generation solutions powered by AMD. At the same time, the new structure allows AMD to more effectively and frequently communicate with partners at every tier," added Mr. Kenyon.
To structure the program to provide meaningful differentiation and customized incentives to partners, AMD is categorizing its partners into Elite, Premier and Select tiers, with Elite being the first tier and Select the third. The new system will provide meaningful differentiation across tiers and reward AMD's highest-performing partners based on their sales records for all-AMD solutions.
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Gene,The 2 Brothers Pizza locations sounds interesting. When I travel to NYC again, I will try to stop at one of their locations.Norma
The dollar slice places are probably serving 16" pies, while most NY places are 18" pies.. meaning you're getting 50% more pizza at a non-dollar slice place.


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Nathan Brenholdt (Cogswell College class of 1996) holds a BS in Music Engineering Technology and is a Sr. Sound Designer, Sony Computer Entertainment America
1. Company name, your job title, a brief description of your job responsibilities and how long you have worked there.
I am a Senior Sound Designer at Sony Computer Entertainment America. I have been here for 16 years.
2. Can you give an example of what you might do on a 'typical' day?
A typical day is spent planning, recording, creating, editing, implementing, and reviewing sounds for our games.
3. Can you give an example of something that surprised you about your job when you first started?
It was many years ago, but I was most surprised that my initial title was "Multimedia Specialist", and that I received at home a generic form letter from HR saying they received my resume, and would get back to me if any positions became available – almost 2 years after I had started working at Sony!
4. Describe your piece of the production cycle. How does what you do move the project forward?
I generally start early in the production cycle, talking with the creative director and producers about roughly what they are looking for from sound. Often times, they really don't know, and can only answer some basic questions about the overall game design. Usually the type of game and overall look of the game suggest the direction of sound. From there, I will meet with the audio programmer to design the audio engine and naming conventions. Our design tools often don't cover every aspect of sound, so we need additional support for things like debug displays, additional interactive audio parameter tweakers, implementation tools, and formulas for how sound travels through the environment. Then it's time to put together some of the main sounds, and get feedback on the overall audio design. And the rest of the game is usually an iteration process: creating, implementing, reviewing, and tweaking the sounds, dialog, and music. A fast iteration time is important because of the large number of changes that are made during the development cycle.
5. How big is the team you are part of for a typical project? What kind of interaction do you have with other team members?
The basic in-game sound effects team is often still fairly small, sometimes as few as 2 or 3 people. But those numbers can grow quickly if the game is large, or a lot of original content is required. And once you add dialog, music, and post-production, a lot more people become involved. A lot of additional work will get contracted out if the people aren't required for the full project: Foley, dialog, post-production, music sessions, editing, testing… The numbers might jump into the hundreds, once you credit everyone involved with the audio in some way.
6. What projects have you worked on in the past?
I have been most involved with the franchises: Twisted Metal, Syphon Filter, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs, God of War, and Uncharted. I did a lot of work for the SOCOM games, and really enjoyed going out with the Navy many times over the years, recording their vehicles and weapons. But with each new game and each new hardware platform come a new set of challenges, which is fun. Also, games aren't like movies. The games are extremely dynamic and you have to plan for so many possibilities with a limited set of sounds and memory.
7. What do you find most rewarding about your job?
Being able to do something that I enjoy that stays fun, challenging, and new.
8. What advice would you give students preparing for a career like yours?
I would learn as much as you can, especially on the math, science, and engineering side. Combine different fields. You'll open a lot of doors if your artistic side comes together with computer programming, scripting, engineering, business, or production. Create your own projects. Get involved with groups. Apply for internships. Measure your work against professionals or direct competition.
9. QUOTE about how Cogswell helped prepare you for this career?
Cogswell was a great place to combine my passions for sound, music, computers and electronics.
10. What qualities does someone need to have to be successful in this field?
The engineering, math, scripting, and project management side can be just as important as the creative side. It's important to be able to communicate well and adapt to changes. And of course be able to create high-quality sounds for games!


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At the preconcert lecture at Tanglewood on Monday night, Oliver Knussen had this to say about Lukas Foss' Echoi, which was featured on the 2010 Festival of Contemporary Music. "When you look at a work like Echoi, which is filled with all of this crazy improv stuff that's very much of its time – the early '60s – whatever strange systems Lukas used to create the music, he always chose the 'right notes.' There was an innate musicality there that transcended the chaos to create very affecting music. Many other composers' works from that era haven't worn well and sound dated, but Echoi remains a piece that really works."
"When Lukas passed away, I took out all my old LPs of his music and put them onto my computer. I've really been enjoying go through and listening to them again. I've been sharing them with friends, and many of them, including a number of young composers, are just blown away by the music."
Sounds like Foss deserves a revival. And, in my opinion, Knussen's the man to do it!
In the meantime, I'd love to hear his Foss mixtape – fancy a trade, Olly?


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Much as I respect his work as a composer, I was upset by Keeril Makan's post on the NY Times' Score blog yesterday.
I'm not sure I buy Keeril's suggestion that all composers battling with depression fear how it will impact their work if they are treated. In my discussion with creatives, I've come to learn that when you are in the grips of a major depressive episode, you may not be able to work at all. Indeed, those I know who are really dealing with depression don't toy with it: they fear it as an unwelcome and unbidden visitor.
The notion that depression (or addiction) is a little seasoning to our creative juices is a pernicious one that has caused a lot of self-inflicted wounds by artists. Going after "dark moments" to spur your creativity, which is what is described in the article, is very different from experiencing brain chemistry gone haywire and completely out of your control. Having worked with blocked composers who deal with severe emotional issues, I can only hope that Mr. Makan doesn't try and share this tidbit of "method acting" with his students.
I also steadfastly reject the notion that composers are inevitably reflecting their emotional life in their music. Some of Mozart's most joyful works are written from the depths of mourning. It is a romantic notion, but it just doesn't hold up for everyone. Keeril is free to explore his dark materials, but I'd urge other composers not to feel compelled to "emote all their notes."
(Note: an abridged version of the commentary above appeared on the NYT blog here).