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Harper homers, Voth dominates for P-Nats06/25/2014 12:47 AM ET
By Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com
He may have been the third-youngest player on the Class A Advanced Potomac roster, but Bryce Harper is no rookie.
And when the Major League All-Star homered in the second game of his rehab stint, the crowd of 5,809 at Pfitzner Stadium made its best attempt to sound like he was back at Nationals Park.
"That dude, he's incredible," P-Nats starter Austin Voth said of Harper. "It doesn't get much better than that, to see a Major Leaguer like him hit a homer."
Harper went 2-for-3 with four RBIs in support of the Nationals' No. 16 prospect, who hurled six scoreless innings in Potomac's 10-1 romp over Salem.
"I got in a good hitting count and put some good wood on the ball and let it go a little bit," Harper said of his three-run blast in the fifth that opened a 10-0 cushion. "They have a great lineup, too, so it's a lot of fun to hit behind [Tony] Renda, a guy who can really pick it at second and hit leadoff, so he's pretty dang good."
After undergoing thumb surgery at the end of April, the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft started a weeklong rehab assignment Monday and went 1-for-1 with a walk. Harper, who said the thumb felt good, plans to take Wednesday off before finding out where he will play next.
"Of course, I want to be up there playing in the big leagues, but like I said, I want to stick to my timetable. This is something I need to do," the 21-year-old outfielder said. "If I have good numbers, then I have good numbers; and if I don't, then I don't. It's just nice to be able to come out here and get into some games competitively."
Also rehabbing with the P-Nats, Wilson Ramos went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, one night after he fell a triple shy of the cycle in his first Carolina League game. Recovering from a hamstring injury, the catcher played two games with Double-A Harrisburg before joining Potomac.
"Just him being there and putting down signs is enough for me. He's definitely a guy I want to pitch to in the big leagues," Voth said of his batterymate. "With Ramos behind the plate, he was calling the pitches, I just had to throw to him."
With Major League experience backing him up, the right-hander thrived in his Carolina League debut. He held the Red Sox to two hits and two walks while striking out six.
"I was getting ahead with my fastball with most hitters, mixed up pitches and threw the fastball inside. I just tried to challenge the hitters and let them swing," Voth said. "I felt dominant throughout the whole game until I got to the point where I was walking a couple guys. My command was a little off, I was trying to find the strike zone and it was a matter of hitting my pitches and letting my 'D' make plays."
Voth (1-0), who turns 22 on Thursday, is 4-0 in his last four decisions. After a slow start with Class A Hagerstown, he said he finally found his groove.
"I feel like I have a feel of my command and I go later into the ballgames and I'm hitting my pitches," he said of the turnaround. "Just a matter of me being able to figure out all my pitches and my mechanics. My coaches have helped a lot. It just takes time."
While with the Suns, Voth went 4-3 with a 2.45 ERA in 13 starts to begin his sophomore campaign.
"He's doing well, he looked great," Harper said. "I had no clue who he was, and to be able to see a guy like that come out here and pretty much carve, he did a great job and it was fun to watch."
Salem starter Pat Light (1-4) was tagged for seven runs on 10 hits over 2 1/3 innings.


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Marlins 7, Dodgers 3: Miami turned the game around with a big fifth inning and Carlos Lee's two-run double in the three-run eighth put it away as the Marlins evened their series with visiting Los Angeles at a game apiece.
The Dodgers staked Joe Blanton to a 2-0 lead, but Miami strung together five hits and a successful squeeze bunt to push across four runs in the fifth.
The Marlins' fifth-inning outburst ensured starter Ricky Nolasco did not tie Brad Hand's dubious franchise record of losing six straight starts. Nolasco (9-11) allowed nine hits over five innings but limited the damage to two runs to win for the first time since July 6.
Blanton (8-10) is winless in his first two starts since the Dodgers acquired him from Philadelphia. He allowed four runs on six hits over five innings.
Los Angeles fell one game behind San Francisco in the National League West. The Giants defeated the Rockies 9-3 on Saturday.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Dodgers lost for the first time this season in the Eastern time zone, falling to 8-1. ... Marlins SS Jose Reyes (hand) returned to the lineup and went 1-for-3 after sitting out Friday's series opener. … Marlins 3B Greg Dobbs was a late scratch from the lineup with a tight left oblique. … Dodgers INF Jerry Hairston Jr. left the game with tightness in his left hip. … Dodgers OF Matt Kemp went 3-for-5 for his 25th multi-hit performance in 62 games this season, raising his average to .359. … Three-time Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor, who is married to Dodgers C Matt Treanor, was in attendance.

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Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on the leaders who proved the cynics wrong.
Neither do I. But, several rounds of applause and a standing ovation later, Les Misérables proved all the naysayers wrong.
To my surprise, rhyming "Santorum" with "Purim" proved very popular with readers.
But the U.S. government has proved disappointingly slow in granting those visas.
Moussa, a career diplomat and far more practiced public speaker, proved himself a master of verbal jujitsu.
It has proved to be the inspiring theme of many a local poet.
But it proved to be only a boy, and he hailed them and then disappeared.
That's why I come, lest this appointment should ha' proved a pitfall to you.
It proved to be a few lines of a letter, commenced but never finished.
The Dresden, the fastest, proved too speedy a vessel to overtake.
late 12c., pruven, proven "to try, test; evaluate; demonstrate," from Old French prover, pruver "show; convince; put to the test" (11c., Modern French prouver), from Latin probare "to make good; esteem, represent as good; make credible, show, demonstrate; test, inspect; judge by trial" (source also of Spanish probar, Italian probare), from probus "worthy, good, upright, virtuous," from PIE *pro-bhwo- "being in front," from *pro-, extended form of root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per), + root *bhu- "to be" (cf. Latin fui "I have been," futurus "about to be;" Old English beon "to be;" see be). Related: Proved; proven; proving.


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Our world has become increasingly dependent upon content to attract people's attention. This content ranges from blogs on the Internet to television shows. Due to global shifts in our economy, economic developers have to work harder to attract companies and individual entrepreneurs. What used to be local efforts to attract job creators from neighboring cities and regions has shifted to competition with states located across the United States and foreign countries.
What if both paradigm shifts are taken into account when marketing one's locality? How would that look? What would be the message?
At the Danville Regional Foundation, we think that using community-oriented video content in a Web format is an efficient and effective method to reach these job creators. With the power in numbers coming from the partners across the Dan River Region that make these videos a reality, we can harness their websites and contacts to spread these vignettes to larger audiences than we could do on our own. Collaboration is our greatest ally. Take a look at these videos to see what I'm talking about:
Yes, we are targeting graduate students at the many colleges and universities within a three-hour drive of our service region (the city of Danville and Pittsylvania County in Virginia, and Caswell County in North Carolina), as well as companies and individuals looking to set up shop in a high-opportunity area with a low cost of living and an excellent quality of life. But we are also looking to bring back some of our natives who have yearned to return home and start a business.
As we utilize our new competitive advantage of a diverse economy based upon entrepreneurship and technology, video content is the perfect tool to tell the story and show the heart of a community. Do you have a story to tell?
Matt Charles is communications and public relations director at the Danville Regional Foundation, a member of the Council on Foundations.


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Cheaters at casinos are not uncommon as players who are desperate to earn quick cash will do just about anything to best the casino. Gamblers will use special scams or just try and take chips without being caught just to earn a little cash. In Ohio, a new casino has been open just a few months and already seven people have been charged with cheating the casino.
Seven gamblers tried to cheat the casino in Cleveland, Ohio in craps, blackjack and roulette. Players created special schemes to try and increase their bet or remove their bets on the games depending on the outcome of each game.
The Ohio Attorney General, Mike DeWine, and Bill Mason the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor released a joint announcement on the subject which read: "These indictments show that if someone comes into one of Ohio's casinos planning to cheat, they should think twice."
The instances occurred during the first month of the casino opening. The Horseshoe Casino becomes a hotspot for cheaters after it opened on May 14th. The new casino is one of four planned casinos in the state of Ohio.
In related news, just two weeks later, another casino opened in the Toledo, Ohio area and they have suffered from cheaters as well. At least eight gamblers were caught cheating and there are also other gambling related cases currently under investigation in the state.
The cheaters either wanted to try out their skills at the new casinos or they thought the casino may have lax security since they were new to the industry. Either way, the cheaters were caught rather quickly and operators are hoping that the instance will thwart others from trying to do the same.


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HP re-elects 'AWOL' Disney man
Conflict of interest
California's influential public employees' pension fund CalPERS flexed its muscles again today, but failed in its bid to shake up the Hewlett Packard board. A statement by the United States' largest pension fund decision that it had "lost complete confidence" in Disney CEO Michael Eisner was instrumental in the recent decision to strip him of his Chairman role.
Now another Disney man has survived the CalPERS axe. The fund, which is a large HP shareholder, voted to not to re-elect attorney Sandy Litvack and four other directors on the HP board, citing conflicts of interest. The five also serve on the board of the HP audit committee and CalPERS doesn't approve of auditors performing non-auditing tasks for a corporation. HP allows its auditor Ernst & Young to perform multiple roles.
Last year CalPERS, also an AOL shareholder, voted against the re-election of five AOL directors, including Netscape veteran Jim Barksdale, ofr the same reason. Coincidentally, the auditor in that instance was also Ernst & Young.
The giant pension fund has in the past supported the election of "dissident" directors, elected to report back to unhappy shareholders on the state of the corporation.
CalPERS also singled out Litvack, Disney's senior general counsel from 1991 to 1998, for poor attendance. He's certainly a busy fellow. HP shareholders in Houston today decided to re-elect the five. The fund's corporate governance principles can be found here ®


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There was not a great deal found on this topic, which is weird since the word has so much influence on our culture. However, it looks like etymologist expert Eric Partidge covered this word briefly in this book, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. According to Partridge the word poop was formed from the Middle English word poupen or popen. Poupen originally meant "fart". This word was used for the word fart because apparently that is how farts sounded in the 1800's.
Our diets must have changed so much since then because I have never heard a fart sound like "poupen". If we had to name farts today based on sound I might choose, "bbbmaaerrrfhhhh….ppzztff!"
Apparently we later adopted the word for poop around 1900. A moment in history we should celebrate every year.
However, before reading up on the subject, here at NTG we decided to take our own guess at how the word came about and realized it is very hard to determine where a word comes from. Perhaps someone was trying to pee and accidentally soiled themselves. Afterwards they proclaimed, "I had to pee and…oops". They took the P from p and the oops from the accident and the word poop was formed! Seriously, we got nothing, it was tough. Any other ideas?


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The Burlington Bel Canto Chorale will present its annual performance of Lessons and Carols on Saturday, December 1 at and Sunday, December 2 at 2 at
Members of the Bel Canto Chorale will also sing songs of the season at Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust on Friday, December 14th at and at the Burlington Public Library on December 15th at .
The Bel Canto Chorale, meaning "beautiful singing," is made up of 40 voices, hailing from many communities in southeast
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Mirella Bentivoglio
Born 1922
Mirella Bentivoglio is known for her exploration of the relationship between image and word. "Language is not only bureaucracy and power," she explains, "it belongs to history, where woman had a large part. It is the woman who gives language to the human being in his first years of existence."
Born in Klagenfurt, Austria, to Italian parents, Bentivoglio grew up in Milan. Her linguistic studies in Switzerland and London were interrupted by World War II, and during this period, she used her father's extensive library as a home-based university.
Unlike most poets, Bentivoglio presents poetry "liberated" from the traditional printed page. The artist plays with words, breaks rules of syntax, detaches words from phrases, and isolates letters from words. The results of these experiments—concrete and visual poems—are perceived as symbols and metaphors. She also creates unique artists' books, often made from unusual materials such as marble, wood, metal, and earth, and publishes limited-edition portfolios. She is a renowned sculptor and performance artist.
She has curated many exhibitions of work by women artists in Italy and all over the world, and for the artist's 90th birthday, the National Gallery of Contemporary Art in Rome is organizing a retrospective exhibition of her work.


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Paul Krugman writes: … Ryan has said that his views on monetary policy are based on Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged. Aside from revealing just how much of a Rand fanboy Ryan is — urban legend, my foot — this is interesting because that 23 paragraph speech isn't just a call for the gold…
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Friend of this parish, Rob Waller, was not happy with merely embarrassing Louise Mensch. He's tuned his app and taken aim at quasi-communist world leader President Barrack Obama (and appeared on CNN). UPDATE: here's the video: This is from Mashable: President Obama has nearly 19 million Twitter followers, but 70%, or approximately 13 million of…
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The Independent Libertarian Network, officially registered with the Electoral Commission last month, is now open to membership. This new libertarian political party has been created to encourage individuals right across the libertarian spectrum to become active in their communities and spread the message of liberty as they see it. Libertarianism is a broad-church, and this…
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A forthcoming rule from the International Accounting Standards Board could expand the assets eligible for hedge accounting treatment, which may lead more companies to engage in hedging activity.
The IASB posted a draft of the upcoming rule last week and aims to complete it by early next year. Strategies that didn't previously qualify for hedge accounting treatment, such as foreign currency and commodity hedges, will be more likely to make the cut, meaning any changes in the value of the hedges don't have be shown on a company's income statement.


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Most of this is distilled from messages on the Linux-kernel mailing list.
data=... options do?
ext3 by default [that is, with data=ordered] imposes stricter ordering than the other journalling filesystems in order to improve data consistency (as opposed to just the guarantee of consistent metadata as most other [journaling] filesystems do). If you mount the filesystem with
mount -t ext3 -o data=writeback /dev/foo /mnt/barwill make it use the same level of guarantee as reiserfs does.
mount -t ext3 -o data=journal /dev/foo /mnt/barwill do FULL data journalling and will also guarantee data integrity after a crash...
I would use data=journal on my CVS archive, and maybe writeback on a news server.
Add to this that sync NFS mounts also are far better of with data=journal.
Well you used reiserfs before. data=writeback is equivalent to the protection reiserfs offers. Big databases such as Oracle do their own journalling and will make sure transactions are actually on disk before they finalize the transaction to the requestor. mysql... I'm not sure about, and it also depends on if it's a mostly-read-only database, a mostly-write database or a "mixed" one. In the first cases, mounting "sync" with full journalling will ensure full datasafety; the second case might just be faster with full journalling (full journalling has IO clustering benefits for lots of small, random, writes) but for the mixed case it's a matter of reliablity versus performance.....
Arjan van de Ven (arjan at fenrus.demon.nl)
For a database, your application will be specifying the write ordering explicitly with fsync and/or O_SYNC. For the filesystem to try to sync its IO in addition to that is largely redundant. writeback is entirely appriopriate for databases.
Remember, the key condition that ordered mode guards against is finding stale blocks in the middle of recently-allocated files. With databases, that's not a huge concern. Except during table creation, most database writes are into existing allocated blocks; and the data in the database is normally accessed directly only by a specified database process, not by normal client processes, so any leaks that do occur if the database extends its file won't be visible to normal users.
Stephen C. Tweedie (sct at redhat.com)
Can someone tell me if this is true?
That all depends on what you mean by "stable". Reiser is certainly capable of high uptimes, but Reiser doesn't have a good history of working well with older UNIX tools/systems like NFS, due to Reiser's newer methods for handling inodes and such. If this isn't a problem for you, Reiser should work very well for you; it works great on my /var partition, which handles my Squid proxy. I don't use Reiser on my /home partition though; that FS has the user directories exported through NFS, as well as Samba. In fact, I use SGI's XFS on my /home partition, and that works well too. The main advantage to using XFS is that it handles NFS really well, and it has certain features Reiser doesn't, like extended attributes, and access control lists. YMMV, but Reiser seems stable for just that one specific duty . . . I'd recommend trying Reiser, JFS, XFS, and maybe even Ext3 to get a feel for how stable each is for your particular needs. HTH.
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Hugh McCallion
The teacher in the village school, well qualified in art,
Had got the class together and was just about to start.
A lesson in the finer points was what she had in mind,
But many of the boys and girls were otherwise inclined.
Said little Bridie Donovan: "Please Miss it isn't fair,
Them naughty boys behind us keeps tuggin' at our hair."
Then Mary Ann Mc Cafferty, a buxom ten year old,
Plants a perfect bunch of knuckles on a lad who's overbold.
"They'll never stop their nonsense Miss, until you use the cane,"
Said Theresa Moriarty just before she howled in pain;
And little Paddy Docherty, who's pinched her ample south,
Lookin' like a piece of butter wouldn't melt inside his mouth.
"I wont stand any more of this," Miss Madigan opines,
And flayed the air to try to scare that bunch of philistines.
"I'll send for Mr Cassidy; you'll have yourselves to blame."


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Here's a cell phone for your luddite friends. It has only one feature. It makes/takes phone calls. There's no display, nothing. Dial, Pickup or Hangup.
While I'm on this topic I'm on the side of the more gadgets the better. I use nearly every feature on my phone. It keeps my schedule since it's always on me. I read Slashdot, BBC News, and Wired news while I'm on the train. I email friends to make and verify plans. I reserve tickets for the movies. I check out club events. I keep a Japanese learning list on it. I keep measurements on for things I need like a bed spread or a bookshelf. Yes, I could put those on paper but I always have my cell phone, I don't always care papers. I use the camera not only to take silly pictures but also to take notes. For example my friend was looking at beds the other day. Instead of writing down all the details for each bed he just held up the info sheet attached to an bed he was interested in and took a picture with his cell phone. Instantly he had prices for all the sizes of that bed as well as it's sizes. Having a gadgets on your phone is a good thing. 🙂 (y)


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Sunday, the annual Women's March for Missing and Murdered Women wound its way through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, only a block from the route of a Chinese New Year parade earlier that morning.
An estimated three thousand marchers followed the families women who have disappeared or been killed in the area. As drums opened the event, some members of the crowd pointed eagerly to three eagles circling high above the intersection of Main and Hastings.
Many of those who attended wore their traditional regalia to celebrate the lives of these women and demand greater action on the part of all levels of government to protect the women who live and work in marginalized areas such as Vancouver's East Side. Alaina Tom of the Secwepmc Nation near Chase, B.C. held a carved staff aloft as the crowd sang during the opening ceremonies.
"It's important to show that we support the families of these women," said a marcher named Lone Buffalo Woman who had travelled from St. John New Brunswick to attend.
As First Nation drums from across Canada resounded against walls of the closely packed apartment buildings of the East Side, the march wound its way through the neighborhood. The drums fell silent only for smudging ceremonies at the spots where a murdered woman's body had been found or the last place a missing woman was seen.
"There is not enough action on these issues," said Tom at the end of the memorial march, holding her staff aloft as a signal for her family. "Sometimes I use this so my kids can find me," she said with a smile.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association legal observers accompanied the march, at times helping marchers and drivers navigate the route.
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YouTube's a site that's been used by nonprofit organizations to address serious human rights issues. It's also a site that's been used to exhibit children kicking adults in the crotch. Now, in a move that sort of bridges the gap, Tufts University has started allowing applicants to post clips featuring themselves.
"Lee Coffin, Tufts' dean of admissions, says the clips showcase a creativity and personality that would be hard to convey on paper," according to Tracy Jan. "The idea is part of an effort begun by the university in 2006 to evaluate aspects of applicants' intelligence not reflected in SAT scores and grades."
It's apparently a rather popular idea, too. Around 1,000 applicants made videos, and as you can conclude after watching the example below, many of them had fun, not just sitting in a straight-backed chair and talking at the camera.
At the same time, Tufts hasn't made the videos in any way mandatory (the school received about 15,000 applications all in all), so folks with stage fright aren't penalized. And employees of the admissions office are keeping in mind that not everyone has access to top-notch camera equipment and editing gear.
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Lil Wayne And Mack Maine Tweet That Friend Was Wrongfully Killed By Police
Lil Wayne and Mack Maine hung out with a childhood friend from Hollygrove just a day before he was killed by police. Family and friends of Keith "Magik" Atkinson are looking for answers as to why the innocent bystander was gunned down by a New Orleans law official during a shoplifting emergency call, especially since the victim wasn't the culprit of the theft.
An official report from NOLA's Times-Picayne publication reads: Police arrived at the store around 9:20 a.m., responding to a call of a man in a blue shirt stealing a case of juice, according to witnesses who were in the store at the time. Atkinson, who was wearing a blue shirt, was standing near the store as the officers pulled up, witnesses said. But Atkinson wasn't the shoplifter, several people said in interviews with NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, making his shooting death all the more grievous. It was another man who showed up at the store, took a case of Little Hug fruit juice and yelled at the cashier who had scolded a child for spilling the juice drink in the store, said Royleisha Wesley, 21, who was at the store with her boyfriend Zaairvert Williams, 20.
Lil Wayne and Mack Maine took to Twitter to mourn over the loss of their close friend.
R.I.P 2my homie Magik from my hood,just with him last nite kops killed him this morning, had a drink in his hand,not a gun.dats dat bullsh*t
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) February 16, 2014
Just saw my homey last night hadn't spoke to him in a minute…today the police killed him….crazy…#RIPMagic #Hollygrove17th
— Mack Maine (@mackmaine) February 16, 2014
Told my homey put ya hands up he went to put his hands up and had a drink in his hands they thought it was a gun….shit wild out here
— Mack Maine (@mackmaine) February 16, 2014


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Capturing 'hot' electrons
Boston College physicists' success in harvesting elusive 'hot electrons' may lead to improvements in solar power efficiency. Sampling of pickups: Science Daily | Physics World | NanotechWire | Nanowerk News | Life Sciences World | PhysOrg.com | e!Science News | Cooler Planet
2009 Fulbrights
Four graduate students: Bede Bidlack, Kevin Conroy, Jeffrey R. Nagengast, and Kevin Vander Schel have won Fulbright Grants. BC Chronicle
Missed signals?
Were there warning signs in the behavior of the alleged Fort Hood gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan? Captain Sean Morrow, a student in GSAS who served in Iraq, joins a discussion of the subject on WGBH-TV's 'Greater Boston'. Direct to video
Mutations and myelin
Biologist Dan Kirschner and colleagues use X-rays to discern how mutations affect the structure of myelin, a focal point of research related to multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Science Daily
The lost decade?
The last ten years have brought many challenges - but also a valuable lesson, Boston College Economics Professor Harold Petersen said in an interview with American Public Media's 'Marketplace'.
On the ropes
Boxer Arturo Gatti's mysterious death has left the end of his story in the hands of the judges, whose decision will feel unsatisfactory, writes English Professor and American Studies Director Carlo Rotella in the New York Times Magazine.
Step forward in Magdalene case
Archival evidence unearthed and presented by English Associate Professor James Smith is instrumental in the Irish government's decision to consider State involvement in the referral of women to the Magdalene laundries. Irish Examiner | Irish Times
A climate for change
Environmentalist and sustainability advocate Elizabeth Barthelmes A&S '11 is a student delegate to the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
A surge at Copenhagen?
An Obama 'climate surge' at Copenhagen would be a fitting down payment on the Nobel Peace Prize he just received at Oslo, writes Sociology Professor Charles Derber. Boston Globe | Q&A
Quest to Reclaim Poe
English Professor Paul Lewis, curator of a Boston Public Library exhibition on Edgar Allan Poe, opening Thursday, December 17, discusses his quest to reclaim Poe for his birthplace in Sunday's "First Person" interview in the Boston Globe Magazine. | Globe "Shelf Life"
Keeping the peace
World peace is on the agenda - literally - for Kathryn Duthaler A&S '12, who serves as political officer for the Security Council at the sixth annual Chicago International Model United Nations.
'The Moral Underground'
A new book by sociologist Lisa Dodson, which depicts 'necessary and moral acts of conscience' that aid low-income workers, is recommended reading, according to a review in Time.
'Teaching Is Where My Soul Is'
Political Science Professor Marc Landy, recipient of the 2009 Teaching Award bestowed by BC's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, considers it 'the most exciting honor I've ever received.' BC Chronicle
Chemistry resources enhanced
Support from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Dept. of Energy has helped to transform the Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a cornerstone of chemistry research on campus.
'The Mouse Sled'
As the season of gift-giving nears, English Professor and American Studies Director Carlo Rotella recalls one of the most important gifts his parents gave him. Washington Post Magazine
Fashionably Green
London McWilliams A&S '11 won the Project Greenway competition, an environmentally-friendly "Re-Sewn" fashion show featuring student-designed pieces. Video | BC Heights | BC Chronicle
Lying with Fox
BC Psychologist Joseph Tecce was interviewed by Fox WGGB-TV on the various tools one can use to spot a liar.
Yom Kippur in Amsterdam
A new collection of stories, Yom Kippur in Amsterdam, by BC author and scholar Maxim D. Shrayer offers a distinct perspective on the modern immigration experience.
Not derailed by diabetes
Preparation is the foundation for any football player. But for junior Rich Lapham, it takes a little more than most. The Eagles' right tackle is a Type 1 diabetic - and a role model for children facing the disorder. Boston Herald
A semester in Madrid
Michael Polark, a senior majoring in economics and Hispanic studies, spent five months at La Universidad Complutense de Madrid last semester. He reflects on the experience in a Q&A with the Boston Globe.
The Palazzo Pamphilj
Art historian Stephanie Leone's book The Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona was the subject of a celebratory presentation in Rome earlier this month.
Writers among Us
Paul Mariani, University Professor of English, reads from his book Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life. The author of six books of poetry, several full-length biographies, and some 200 articles, Mariani is a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. front row
Beijing air power
Political scientist Robert Ross comments on what an aircraft carrier program for China would mean to its military balance with the U.S. NY Times
Why hoaxes take hold
Psychologist Joseph Tecce was interviewed by WBZ-TV's Jon Keller about the motives of those who perpetrate hoaxes, such as last week's balloon escapade, and why people believe them. View video of the report
Airing the laundry
It started as an academic exercise, but for James M. Smith, an associate professor of English, seeking justice for victims of Ireland's Magdalen Laundries has become a quest. Boston Globe
Faculty publication highlights
Faculty are interviewed on their publications: The Gambling Debate by Richard McGowan; An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry by Maxim D. Shrayer; Cracking Up: American Humor in a Time of Conflict by Paul Lewis. (Real Player is required for viewing)
Humanitarians honored
Rebecca Valette, professor emeritus of romance languages, and her husband will be honored with an award for their humanitarian work on October 14.
'Getting to Know You'
Christina Klein, associate professor of English, joined Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang for a symposium on the successes and controversies of the Richard Rodgers musicals The King and I, Flower Drum Song and South Pacific.
Recession and recovery
Murray and Monti Professor of Economics Peter Ireland discussed the prognosis for recovery from the recession with WBZ-TV News.
A violent divide
Elizabeth O'Killea Haney A&S '11 is studying history at Rhodes University in South Africa. She offers a first-hand look at the country's violent divide for the Boston.com blog 'Passport'.
The Dan Brown phenomenon
Martha Bayles, culture critic and faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, discusses the popularity of author Dan Brown on WGBH-TV's 'Greater Boston'.
U.S. shoppers to the rescue?
Expecting the U.S. consumer to be the locomotive for global or even domestic economic growth is foolhardy, writes sociologist Juliet Schor in the New York Times blog Room for Debate.
Kenya on the brink
Government corruption and lack of accountability threaten to immerse Kenya in political and social chaos once more, writes BC theologian David Hollenbach, SJ, currently a visiting professor at Hekima College in Nairobi. America
Weston Observatory
On September 30, 2009, our BC-ESP seismographs recorded the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred in the Sumatra region, Indonesia. This earthquake follows yesterday's magnitude 8.0 earthquake in the Samoa Islands region.
Sumatra seismogram | news article| Samoa seismogram | news article
BC's newest endowed professors
A&S faculty members Michael Naughton (physics), Rev. James Bernauer, S.J. (philosophy), and Mary Crane (English) are the University's newest endowed professors. BC Chronicle
Summer of science
A&S seniors Conor Schlick and Bridget Salna were among the ten students from across the country, who spent two summer months working with BC physicists, under the auspices of NSF's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.
Seeking redress for Laundries victims
Ireland's Minister for Education rejects proposed Redress legislation for survivors of the nation's Magdalen Laundries written in part by English department and Irish Studies faculty member James M. Smith. Irish Times
Media Note
Football Eagle Will Thompson A&S '11 was featured on an edition of 'Wednesday's Child,' a long-running initiative of WBZ-TV Ch. 4 that helps to place foster children in permanent homes with adoptive parents.
Sarkisian wins award
Associate Professor of Sociology Natasha Sarkisian has won the Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award from ASA's Racial and Ethnic Minorities section for her paper, "Street Men, Family Men: Race and Men's Extended Family Involvement."
Quigley named A&S dean
David Quigley has been named dean of the University's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, after having served as interim dean since last fall. BC Chronicle | Dean's message
Prestigious appointment
Mary Crane has been appointed Thomas F. Rattigan Professor of English. Professor Crane has taught English at BC since 1986 and has served as chair of the English department since 2004.
Unprecedented NIH Grant
Biology Professor Thomas Seyfried is a lead researcher with the Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Consortium, which was just awarded a $3.5 million grant from NIH to prepare for human clinical trials, a gene therapy to halt the fatal genetic disorder, Tay-Sachs. News Release | Physorg.com | The Jewish Daily Forward
Symmetry, great and small
Mathematics Professor Mark Reeder discusses his recent research, published in the Annals of Mathematics. Boston College Libraries
Profile of a governor
American Studies Director Carlo Rotella, a professor of English, has written a feature on Mass. Governor Deval Patrick. Boston Magazine
From ice skates to army boots
Psychology major and ROTC cadet Michelle Boulos '11, a former member of the U.S. Figure Skating Team, "used to use her athleticism to impress judges at competitions. Now she uses it to pass physical fitness tests for drill sergeants."
What the brain sees
Emotion may help the visual system jump the gun to predict what the brain will see, according to a study co-authored by Psychology Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett. Science News
Stopping bullies
Bullies can be stopped, but it takes a village, according to a common sense guide co-authored by English Professor and American Studies Director Carlo Rotella. Slate
Budding quake trackers
Fourth through ninth graders had the chance to build their own seismographs at New Bedford's Sea Lab, through the Weston Observatory Educational Seismology Project directed by Geophysics Associate Professor Alan Kafka. Standard Times
A look back at Woodstock
Marking its 40th anniversary this year, Woodstock was both a dream and a nightmare, writes Martha Bayles of the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program faculty. Wall Street Journal
Student arts camp aids orphans
Advanced Study Grant recipient Kellen O'Gara '10, a theater and communication major, is in Africa this month leading an arts-based program for orphaned children.
The guiding of light
Researchers led by physics professor Willie Padilla have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves of light around objects - such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard. News release | Science Daily | Science blog | Photonics.com | Nanowerk | Nanotechwire | Nanotechnology Now | Science Centric | PhysOrg | derStandard (Austria)
Gender issue, health issue, no issue?
Sociologist Sharlene Hesse-Biber is among experts discussing the controversy surrounding U.S. Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin's weight.
Is addiction a choice?
Psychologist Gene Heyman's new book, Addiction: A Disorder of Choice, is making headlines. Boston Globe interview | On Point | Financial Times
World class
Casey Guerin A&S '10 discusses her semester at the University of Westminster in London in a Q&A with the Boston Globe.
Student advocates public service
An op-ed by Christina Pierro A&S '10, a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice, advocates the formation of a U.S. Public Service Academy to encourage and support service among young Americans. Eagle-Tribune
Faculty publication highlights
Faculty are interviewed on their publications: The Case for Greatness Honorable Ambition and its Critics by Robert Faulkner; Colonial Crossings: Figures in Irish Literary History by Marjorie Howes; Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life by Paul Mariani. (Real Player is required for viewing)
Fulbright winners making news
A number of this year's 21 student Fulbright winners - 17 of them now new graduates - have been highlighted by their hometown newspapers, including Jessica Cusano, Matt Porter, Dodie Rimmelin, Jonathan Sege, John McQuade, Dorothy Smith, Daniel Neer and Michael McGovern. Read about all the 2009 student winners.
'Mister Rogers' 2.0
The iconic PBS program 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' lives on at a new website launched by Boston-based animation studio Fablevision, led by Communication adjunct faculty member Paul Reynolds '89. Boston Globe
Sympathetic listening
Associate Professor of Philosophy Marina McCoy discussed what she calls "sympathetic listening" - and its importance to the transformative possibilities of dialogue - in an interview with Digital Dialogue. Direct to podcast
Body language and emotion
Psychology Associate Professor Joseph Tecce is among analysts offering insights into the complex process of interpreting President Obama's body language. ABC News
Interest in the Middle East on the rise
Founded in 2002, BC's Islamic Civilization and Societies Program - a study of politics, religions, economics, arts, cultures and languages of Muslim-majority countries - is currently the fastest growing program at the University. Yeman Observer | ICS Program
Faculty Publication Highlights
Faculty comment on their publications: English Prof.; James Smith, Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment, and Psychology Prof. Elizabeth Kensinger, Emotional Memory Across the Adult Lifespan. (Real Player is required for viewing)
Lilly graduate fellows
Recent A&S graduates Emily Neumeier '08 and Paul Camacho '07 are among 16 named this year to the Lilly Graduate Fellows program.
Remembering Frank McCourt
Historian Robert Savage, co-director of Irish Studies, spoke to NECN about Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, who died earlier this week. NECN
Dissecting Katrina response
A long-term study by Political Science Professor Marc Landy and the Rockefeller Institute of Government on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina says a major failure was lack of central organization.
Perceptions of emotion
A paper co-authored by Psychology Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett on the varying ways in which people perceive emotion in men vs. emotion in women (to be published in the journal Emotion) is highlighted by Newsweek.
Supporting evidence
Biology Professor Thomas Seyfried and a team of scientists take a fresh look at an 80-year-old theory of cancer. video from @BC
BC hosts "Transition to College" for visually-impaired
Seven visually-impaired students who plan to pursue higher education in their futures will take part in a two-week "Transition to College" program held on campus from July 20-31, through the efforts of Communication Prof. Kevin Kersten, SJ, and alumni Joseph Quintanilla and Rabih Dow of the Carroll Center for the Blind.
The Genre Artist
English Prof. and American Studies Director Carlo Rotella profiles Jack Vance, described by his peers as "a major genius" and "the greatest living writer of science fiction and fantasy," for the New York Times Magazine.
Freedom to Learn
Psychologist Peter Gray writes on the roles of play and curiosity as foundations for learning, and on the downfall and potential revival of "trustful parenting." Psychology Today
Teen girls in fiction
From Little Women to Twilight to her own Beacon Street Girls - English Assoc. Prof. and novelist Amy Boesky has a wide-angle perspective on the portrayal of adolescent girls in fiction. Boston Globe
Redress for Magdalene women
The survivors of the Magdalen laundries are being denied a distinct redress scheme despite the state's culpability, writes English Assoc. Prof. James Smith, in Ireland's Sunday Tribune.
A 'slice' of life
Fine Arts' Karl Baden discusses the Pizza Box Graphics page of his on-line photography site with the Boston Globe's 'G Force'.
Advanced computer vision
Inspired by behavior of the human eye, BC computer scientists Hao Jiang and Stella X. Yu have developed a technique that lets computers see objects as fleeting as a butterfly faster and more accurately. Science Daily | ScienceCentric | TGDaily, PhysOrg | Malaysia Sun | Albuquerque Express | NewsTrackIndia | Top News | ScienceBlog.com
Physics of stretching salt
Physics Prof. Krzysztof Kempa comments on new findings from Sandia National Laboratories that show salt stretches like taffy in the nanoworld. Science News Magazine
Sanford's sins
Hypocrisy pales in comparison to Mark Sanford's other sins, writes Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe for the New Republic blog 'The Plank'.
A semester in Greece
Allison Tripp A&S '10 discusses her semester studying art, architecture and history at the American College of Thessaloniki in Greece. Boston Globe | Read her blog 'It's All Greek to Me'.
When the revolution isn't broadcast
The protests in Iran have been dubbed the 'Twitter Revolution' because the latest social-networking tools proved useful. But what if this sudden deployment of media tech doesn't move the regime?, asks Martha Bayles of BC's Arts and Sciences Honors Program. Boston Globe
What is Kevin Kenny reading?
Learn about the current book of choice for History Prof. Kevin Kenny, who is highlighted by The Campaign for the American Reader.
Michael Jackson's legacy
What did the King of Pop bequeath to the world? Your answer will probably depend on your view of American pop music, writes culture critic Martha Bayles of BC's Arts and Sciences Honors Program.
Confession in America
Clough Millennium Prof. of History James O'Toole offers insights on the past, present and future of the sacrament of confession in the U.S. Boston Globe.
Faculty books
A sampling of recently published books by A&S faculty: emotional memory across the adult lifespan by Elizabeth Kensinger, Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee by Dana Saji, and The Future of Liberalism by Alan Wolfe.
Senior eyes 'Idol'
Math and music major Alycia Kennedy A&S '10 was among those vying for the chance to audition for the Fox TV hit 'American Idol.' Boston Herald
Penn's 'holy experiment'
The 'peaceable kingdom' was too good to last—after William Penn, Native Americans were treated savagely in Pennsylvania, writes History Prof. Kevin Kenny—author of a new book on the subject—in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Best Article Award"
Sociologist Shawn McGuffey's article, "Saving Masculinity: Gender Reaffirmation, Sexuality, Race and Parental Responses to Male Child Sexual Abuse," has won the "Best Article Award" from the American Sociological Association Sexualities Section.
2009 Phi Beta Kappa Scholars
This year 116 students were admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. BC Chronicle
Teacher of the Year
Professor of Political Science Marc Landy has been selected for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award.
2009 Fulbrights and Beckman Scholars
This year BC claims 21 Fulbrights, 17 of them graduating seniors. In addition, two students have won Beckman Scholarships.
U.S. must act on math and science
The nation's leadership in mathematics and science is once again at risk, and a Congressional act is needed to restore it, writes Mathematics Prof. Solomon Friedberg in the Boston Globe.
'Six to Remember'
A series of short profiles on some of the most outstanding members of the Class of 2009 - four from A&S. From scholars to activists to volunteers, this class had a special mix of talent, leadership and drive. Alexandra Saieh has taken issues of Middle East geo-politics and brought them closer to BC. | Celso Perez brought civility and respectful discussion to a traditionally controversial issue. | Robert Kubala has embraced cura personalis, traveling the world for research and playing in several music groups. | Pilar Landon became the leader of the student newspaper and a respected student leader.
New books
A sampling of recently published books by A&S faculty: Meaning and Authenticity by Brian Braman; The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue by Catherine Cornille; and Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts by Alan Rogers.
Prof. honored by Italian government
Prof. of Italian Rena Lamparska was honored by the president of the Republic of Italy with conferral of the title of Dama in the Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana.
'Green Energy' research
Physics Prof. Zhifeng Ren and Asst. Prof. Cyril Opeil, SJ, have been awarded $2.1 million in 'green energy' funding. News release | Nanotechwire | Nanowerk News
Remaking English poetry
'Gerard Manley Hopkins,' a biography by University Professor of English Paul Mariani, draws praise as 'Book of the Week' in the May 11 issue of The New Yorker.
The NE economy
Economics Assoc. Prof. Robert Murphy discussed the current and future economic climate of the New England region as a guest on NECN's 'The Week in Business.
Covering Photography
Karl Baden's Covering Photography was the subject of a piece by Nicholas Basbanes, one of the leading authorities on the subject of books, their history and collections. Fine Books Magazine | National Public Radio's blog
Nano-treatment for eyes
Physics Prof. Michael Naughton and colleagues seek to solve the problems of age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases by creating nano-structured retinal implants. Mass High Tech
Christ in the garden
Inspired by Lavinia Fontana's 'Noli Me Tangere,' Romance Languages Assoc. Prof. Franco Mormando reflects on Jesus as gardener. America
The world of Nabokov
'The World of Nabokov's Stories' and 'temy i variatsii' by Prof. of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer are valuable additions to Nabokov scholarship, according to a review in the Nabokov Online Journal.
Top paper award
Melissa Mazzeo '09 won the Top Paper Award for Communication and Media at the Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Science Across the City Day
Biology junior Colin Kunzweiler works with Russell Elementary School students for a hands-on lesson about turtles and the work of university scientists.
State sales tax hike?
Economics Assoc. Prof. Harold Petersen was interviewed about what a sales tax increase would mean for consumers and the state by WBUR News.
Spotlight on student poetry
Verse by undergraduate bards from 25 colleges and universities was showcased this month at the Greater Boston Intercollegiate Poetry Festival, hosted by BC.
Obama's first 100 days
BC History Prof. Patrick Maney discussed the first 100 days of the Obama presidency with NECN.
Poe Square
English Prof. Paul Lewis, leader of a campaign to 'reclaim' author Edgar Allan Poe for his native Boston, joined Mayor Menino in dedication of Poe Square today. Boston Globe | Book Connection.com
Play's the thing
Research of early human adaptation by Psychology Prof. Peter Gray shows 'free play' - distinct from organized, competitive play - is highly important to human social development. News release | FirstScience News | PsychCentral | LiveScience | PhysOrg.com | Science Daily | ScienceCentric
The Paschal Cure
Theologian Rev. Robert Imbelli writes on incarnation and the Eucharist for Commonweal magazine.
New books
A sampling of recently published books by A&S faculty: Radio Cultures: The Sound Medium in American Life by Michael Keith; Violence in the West: The Johnson County Range War and Ludlow Massacre by Marilynn Johnson; and Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment by Kevin Kenny.
The Global Lincoln
History Prof. Kevin Kenny will be one of the leading scholars to present a paper at a major international conference funded by Congress in Oxford this summer.
'Re-greening' to create jobs
Using stimulus funds to 're-green' communities would create jobs and a healthier environment for future generations, according to a piece co-authored by Environmental Studies Director Eric Strauss, science advisor for the Urban Ecology Institute. CNN
Small world
Physicist Michael Naughton describes Boston College scientists' breakthroughs in nanotechnology research. Audio from @BC
Chemist named Guggenheim Fellow
Chemistry Prof. Udayan Mohanty has won a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship for his theoretical studies of rare chemical reactions.
Referenced by chance
Karl Baden's exhibition "Covering Photography: Imitation, Influence and Coincidence" was praised in the art journal 'afterimage'.
The new science of the invisible
Physics Asst. Prof. Willie Padilla's contributions to the 'metamaterials revolution'—also known as the science of making anything disappear—are highlighted in the April issue of Discover magazine.
Inquiring minds
Award-winning undergraduate researchers reflect on what their projects taught them about their fields and about themselves. Audio slideshow from @BC
The future, and roots, of liberalism
'The Future of Liberalism' - Political Science Prof. Alan Wolfe's new book - 'reminds us of liberalism's deep conceptual, intellectual and, yes, moral roots,' writes former U.S. Senator Gary Hart in the New York Times.
Running because she still can
Less than two years after learning she had Hodgkin's lymphoma, psychology major Kate McAuliff '10 plans to run in the Boston Marathon to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Economist advances kidney swaps
Computer models can now link strangers in a life-saving chain of kidney transplants, researchers including economist M. Utku Ünver report in the N.E. Journal of Medicine. CNN.com | Health.com | Science Daily | Boston Globe | Medical News Today | U.S. News & World Report's 'Health Day'
Awarded for distinguished teaching
Math Professor Solomon Friedberg has won the 2009 Northeastern Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching. Friedberg was cited for his enthusiasm and skill in the classroom, his commitment to his students and accessibility outside the classroom, and his efforts to improve the teaching of the next generation of faculty.
Theologians on Caritas Christi venture
Rev. James Bretzke, SJ, Lisa Sowle Cahill, and Rev. Kenneth Himes are among leading theologians asked to comment on a proposed joint venture between Caritas Christi hospital and a secular insurance company. Boston Globe's 'Articles of Faith'
The future of liberalism
Political Science Professor Alan Wolfe, author of 'The Future of Liberalism,' discusses his book and the meaning of liberalism in the Obama era as a guest on NPR's 'On Point'.| Boston Globe | Washington Post
Economist's passion: boat speed
Economist Chris Maxwell looks at a variety of sports questions through the lens of modern mathematical modeling. But above all, his is a mad pursuit of one thing: boat speed. Rowing News
'Clean power' promise
Overcoming a critical conductivity challenge to clean energy technologies, researchers led by BC chemist Dunwei Wang have developed a titanium nanostructure that demonstrates significantly greater efficiency in the transport of electrons. News Release | Science Daily | Scientist Live | Nanowerk | UPI
A slowdown that may slow us down
"Smaller paychecks would dampen down the competitive consumption that's associated with the high-hours economy, leading to a sustainable way of life," says sociologist Juliet Schor in the NYTimes.
Dancing around the ephemeral
Sheila Gallagher's recent exhibition, held in Boston's Judi Rotenberg Gallery, received a favorable review in the Boston Globe.
Eat less meat
To reduce greenhouse gases, reduce the meat consumption says sociologist Juliet Schor. | NYTimes.com
New 'metamaterial' device
A unique 'metamaterial' device can precisely control the complex terahertz electromagnetic frequency, BC physicist Willie J. Padilla and a team of researchers report. News Release | Science Daily | Nanotechnology Now | NanoWerk | Science Mode | ScienceCentric (Bulgaria) | Innovations Report (Germany)
The power of polar opposites
Historian Thomas O'Connor examines the way George Washington dealt with conflicting ideals and contrasting personalities in two great figures of his own administration: Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Patriot Ledger
Barbie at 50
Love her or hate her, everybody knows Barbie. As Mattel's fashion icon turns 50, Sociology Prof. Sharlene Hesse-Biber discusses the doll's legacy on NPR's 'On Point'.
Finding the spark
Camille Petri is co-author of major research that could hold a key to combating malaria. 'What drew me to the project was the fact that it was applying science to help other people, especially those without the resources to help themselves,' she says. BC Chronicle | PhysOrg | Medical News Today
Historical myth and FDR
The legend of Franklin Roosevelt's famous first 100 days has become so overblown that it may be crippling the ability of leaders to be effective, let alone achieve instantaneous greatness, writes History Prof. Patrick Maney in the Boston Globe.
A-Rod orchestrated?
That was verdict from BC psychologist Joseph Tecce, who was among experts analyzing the press conference in which NY Yankee Alex Rodriguez responded to allegations of steroids use. New York Daily News
What will heaven be like?
Philosopher Peter Kreeft answers thirty-five frequently asked questions about eternity in Christianity Today.
Theologian receives Marianist Award
University Professor of Human Rights and International Justice David Hollenbach, SJ, has received the University of Dayton's Marianist Award for contributions as 'one of the most important...scholars writing today about ethics in the Catholic tradition.'
Alumna has reins at BJ's
Lauren Sen A&S '78 - new CEO of BJ's Wholesale Club, the nation's third largest club chain - is highlighted in a Q&A with the Boston Globe.
High tech laser maps
New high-tech laser maps beamed from planes overhead clarify how well these bodies of water can help maintain or expand fish stocks, according to a new study by geologist Noah Snyder. News release | Sampling of coverage: Science Daily | PhysOrg.com | Science Mode | ScienceCentric (Bulgaria) | SINDH Today (Pakistan) | Top News (India) | Photonics.com
The spiritual in art
The recent Rouault retrospective at the McMullen Museum was 'beautifully focused, with a concentrated force,' according to a review in The New Republic. | History Assoc. Prof. Stephen Schloesser, SJ, has received the Apple Valley Foundation's 2008 Curatorial Excellence Award for the exhibition.
Understanding body image
Ann Marie Barry will give a university lecture on "Understanding Body Image: Sense of Self, Media Imagery, and Visual Culture" at the University of Minnesota Symposium on Body &Knowing, a two-year endeavor in which the human body is examined both as an object of study and as a producer of knowledge.
Major, Lifetime Achievement Award
English Prof. Paul Mariani has won the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry.
Every Day since 1987
Fine Arts Professor Karl Baden has been making a photograph of his face every day since February 23, 1987.
Purnell to lead Center for Student Formation
Political Scientist Jennie Purnell will oversee efforts to coordinate programs and activities that foster students' intellectual, spiritual, social and moral development. BC Chronicle
Theologian on inaugural address
Writing in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, theologian Rev. Robert Imbelli assesses President Obama's inaugural address, noting its biblical language, evocation of traditional principles, and reference to the grace of God. Catholic News Agency
Sonnets of Shakespeare
Rattigan Prof. of English John Mahoney's new 25-track CD of Shakespeare's sonnets—his fourth recording under the auspices of Burns Library—is highlighted by the Boston Globe. (second item)
About the 17th
BC historian Tom O'Connor writes on the story—and the facts—of March 17.
The best job in the U.S.
Mathematicians land top spot in new ranking of best and worst occupations in the U.S. Wall Street Journal
Order of the Palm
Ourida Mostefai, associate professor of French in the Romance Languages & Literatures Department, will be honored by the French National Ministry of Education with the award of Chevalier dans l' Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
Plaudits for research and recordings
Music dept. chair Michael Noone—noted for his publications, teaching, performing and recording of music from the Spanish Golden Age—says Renaissance era church music composer Tomas Luis de Victoria represents 'one of the great untold stories of how the Jesuits supported music.'
Superconductivity mystery solved
An international research team led by Physicist Vidya Madhavan has unraveled one of the mysteries surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. Science Daily | Science Mode | PhysOrg | Nanowerk | AzoNano (Australia) | ScienceCentric (Bulgaria)
True beauty
Professor John Michalczyk is curator of the exhibit, "Beauty: Skin Deep?" -- a provocative view of burn survivors and the disfigured, asking the real question about superficial vs. true Beauty.
Wild ride still ahead on energy costs
Political Scientist David Deese, author of World Trade Politics: Power, Principles and Leadership, discusses the future of energy and trade policies in a Q&A in the latest BC Chronicle.
Lie detector
Psychologist Joseph Tecce was interviewed by Fox 25 News about body language that may indicate deception, in conjunction with the debut of the new Fox drama 'Lie to Me.'
Senior's advocacy honors dad's memory
Caroline Ogonowski '09, whose father was piloting American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, honors his memory as an advocate for blood donations. NECN
On Obama and FDR
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, it's natural to look back to the last leader who assumed the presidency during a time of grave economic crisis, writes historian Patrick Maney in the Boston Herald.
Suffering from SAD?
Psychologist Joseph Tecce writes about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a winter disorder caused by the loss of normal light in the environment, affecting approximately 15 million people.
Till Debt Us Do Part
Marriage is a bargain says Economics Professor Arthur Lewbel in The Economist.
World Trade and Justice for the Poor: Impact of the Global Talks Breakdown
BC faculty panelists James Anderson, David Deese, and Frank Garcia consider how the recent impasse in world trade negotiations will affect the third world. audio/video
Taking stock
As non-profits face the continuing challenges of the downturn, the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy's Paul Schervish and John Havens assess what can be expected of charitable giving in today's economy.
Russian Gulag documentary
"Confronting Amnesia: Frozen Memories of the Russian Gulag," a new film by Fine Arts Prof. John Michalczyk and O'Neill Library's Ronald Marsh, will be screened Jan. 18 at the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston Herald blog | News Release
Erosion of 401(k)s
Center for Retirement Research Director Alicia Munnell is quoted, and Center data is cited, in a front-page Wall Street Journal piece on the slide in 401(k)s.
English Prof. Paul Lewis writes on the enduring influence and genius of Edgar Allan Poe in the Boston Globe, in anticipation of BC's upcoming Poe bicentennial celebration, also highlighted by the Globe.
The boomerang kids
Struggling to make ends meet, adults are moving back in with their folks. BC psychologist Joseph Tecce shared some guidelines for making it work with the Boston Globe. The piece also has been picked up abroad: People's Daily (China) and Philippines News Agency.
Finding her place
Elizabeth Mumford '09, founder of REACT - a group focused on eliminating human trafficking in Boston - talks about how BC has helped to shape her future. BC Chronicle
Support for Warburg cancer theory
After German scientist Otto H. Warburg received the 1931 Nobel Prize for his cancer theory, its biochemical basis remained elusive. Now, BC biologists and colleagues report new evidence to support it. News release | Scientist Live (UK) | Bio-Medicine | Science Daily
The return of cultural diplomacy
America should aim to export more serious forms of entertainment as well as 'Dark Knight' and 'Baywatch,' writes A&S Honors Program faculty member Martha Bayles in a recent essay for Newsweek.
Economic insights
Economic models assume that people behave rationally and do the right thing, according to Economics Prof. Peter Gottschalk. 'But this time people did very much the wrong thing.' New York Times
It's time to drop the consumer label
Sociologist Juliet Schor told the Washington Post, "Contemporary American tweens and teens have emerged as the most brand-oriented, consumer-involved, and materialistic generation in history."
On Boston Common
American Studies Director Carlo Rotella reflects on the push to make over Boston's most symbolic park in the January issue of Boston Magazine.
Obama the Communitarian
Throughout his campaign, Barack Obama's language mixed themes of hope and purpose with communitarian emphasis on duty and responsibility. In his inaugural address, the former could barely be heard, writes Boisi Center Director Alan Wolfe.
The Christmas story
Theologian Pheme Perkins comments on the role of St. Joseph in the Christmas story in Slate magazine, while Jesuit theologians Thomas Stegman and Harvey Egan discuss the innkeeper who turned Mary and Joseph away with Religion News Service.


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I truly fell in love with this piece when I saw it! I thought it was beautiful the way it was and I left it in the studio for a few weeks hoping someone would take it home. Throughout that short period of time I imagined it painted and knew exactly what I wanted to do.
Almost instantly after the work began people started taking notice. It could also be that it was right in front of the studio and everyone could now see it with the bay door open. (planned of course!) Anyway, I decided to put French chartreuse on the inside and built a couple of removable shelves. It sold before it made it into the shoppe to someone that loved it as much as me. It's great when that happens! That;s actually the whole premise of the studio.
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SPORTS>>Sylvan Hills runs the table
Leader sports editor
It took just three pitches and three sparkling defensive plays for the AAA Sylvan Hills Bruins to put the finishing touches on their come-from-behind win over North Little Rock on Saturday afternoon.
The Bruins tied the game in the sixth and took the lead in the seventh. But with the top of a potent Colts lineup due up in the bottom half of the seventh, the game seemed far from over. Actually, it was just three pitches away.
First pitch from Nathan Eller: A rocket headed to left-center but picked off by leaping shortstop Mark Turpin, who caught it in the webbing of his glove.
Second pitch: A shot headed for the gap in right-center but spectacularly caught by diving center fielder Ross Bogart.
Third pitch: A high chopper charged by third baseman T.C. Squires, whose hard throw beat Travis Bearden and secured the Bruins 3-2 win in the winners bracket of the Gwatney Chevrolet Fourth of July Classic at Dupree Park.
The win was the Bruins third in as many games in the tournament and propelled them into the championship game on Sunday.
But rains washed out the finals and the tournament ended without a champion.
In addition to his extra-bases-saving grab in the seventh, Bogart led the Bruins 10-hit attack by going 4 of 4 and scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh.
Sylvan Hills starter Brandon Chastain recorded the first two outs of the first inning before a walk, a double and two singles provided all the scoring for the Colts in the contest.
Chastain allowed only one more base runner the rest of his stint, but was pulled for Eller in the fourth inning.
The Bruins suffered in futility through the early portion of the game, leaving two runners on base in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. A walk, an error, Bogarts bloop single and Garrett Ellers groundout narrowed the Colts lead to 2-1 in the third.
Nathan Eller pitched around a pair of one-out singles in the fourth, the inning ending whenTurpin made a diving snag of Clark Sims shot toward center. Sims lined out three times, including when Nathan Eller robbed him of a hit leading off the game.
Eller pitched around a one-out walk in the fifth and a leadoff single in the sixth.
The Bruins finally tied the game in the sixth. Matt Rugger looped a single into shallow right, then took second on the right fielders throwing error. That proved critical as pinch hitter Korey Arnolds grounder to short which might have been a double play with Rugger still at first moved Rugger to third base with two outs. Clint Thornton then grounded a 3-2 pitch into left to tie it.
Bogart led off the winning rally in the seventh for Sylvan Hills by slapping the first offering into right for his fourth hit of the game. Garrett Eller bunted him to second, and a walk to Squires and a single by Nathan Eller loaded the bases. With two outs, Arnold came through with a single past the third baseman to give the Bruins the lead.
Eller got the win, allowing three hits in four scoreless innings. He struck out three and walked one.
Sylvan Hills did all its damage early, then held on in Saturdays winners bracket game.
The Bruins got four of their five hits over four consecutive batters in the first inning, then went almost completely silent against Malvern High standout Kevin White, who fanned 13.
But those three first-inning runs proved more than enough behind a combined 3-hitter by Blain Sims and D.J. Baxendale.
White issued a leadoff walk in to Clint Thornton and one out later Baxendale beat out an infield hit. Bogart lined a single into right to score Thornton and Garrett Eller followed with a solid single through the hole between first and second.
Baxendale made it 2-0 when he scampered across on a wild pitch, and Matt Rugger followed with the Bruins fourth consecutive single to make it 3-0.
Sylvan Hills had a good chance for more after T.C. Squires walked to load the bases with one out. But White settled down to record the first two of his 13 strikeouts. The only base runners to reach over the next five innings were on a strikeout/passed ball and a hit batsman.
Sims pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the second, then walked the first two in the fourth. But he retired the next three to preserve the shutout and the 3-run lead.
Benton broke through in the fifth on a walk and a Steven Brooks triple.
Baxendale, who injured his ankle at the plate in the third, was able to shake it off and come on in relief of Sims in the sixth, striking out four of the seven batters he faced and allowing one hit.


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SWINDON Town could have to pay in excess of £500,000 for the services of James Collins and Troy Archibald-Henville, a tribunal panel has decided.
The Professional Football Compensation Committee have told Town to pay Shrewsbury an initial £140,000 for striker Collins while Exeter are due £200,000 up front from the Robins for centre-back Archibald Henville.
Add-ons in the Collins deal include incremental payments of £20,000 after the forward has made 15, 30, 45 and 60 appearances in red, while the Shrews are entitled to 20 per cent of any profit made by Swindon on the youngster in the future.
Archibald-Henville will also earn Exeter £20,000 after 15, 30, 45 and 60 appearances for Town and Swindon will have to pay the Grecians £40,000 if they reach the Championship with the defender on their payroll.
A 20 per cent sell-on clause has also been inserted into Archibald-Henville's terms while Town will have to fork out an additional £100,000 if they are promoted to the Premier League while the former Tottenham trainee is still on their books.


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Sydney Festival 2013: The Quiet Volume
Simon Crerar
This month, Sydney's august Mitchell Library, home to some of the most precious texts in the land, is housing The Quiet Volume, a remarkably engaging, interactive art performance created by Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells, writes Simon Crerar.
A library is a place of hushed, bookish introspection right? A place of almost monastic silence, where any breach of the peace is quickly quieted with a stern ssssh from a horn-rimmed spectacle wearing librarian or a serious, over-zealous reader. And thats just in any old local library. The sober, grand Mitchell Library in Sydney is a place of such serious study and contemplation its so quiet that the only discernible sound is the gentle turning of pages. Isnt it?
Well, no, not always. This month, the majestic old reading room of the State Library of NSW, home to some of the most precious texts in the land, including nine of the 11 known First Fleet diaries, is housing The Quiet Volume, a remarkably engaging, interactive art performance.
Created by UK artists Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells, it challenges every preconception you may have about libraries, books and reading. Each hour on the hour, two people at a time are ushered into the hallowed hall wearing headphones attached to an iPod, placed at a desk in the middle of the reading room and told to sit and wait for a few minutes.
After what seems like an eternity, a very distant, hushed male voice slowly begins to speak.
Gently, but forcefully, he emphasises what you have already discovered. Rather than your stereotypical conception of libraries as zones of total tranquillity, even the most academic, important reading rooms are as noisy in their own way as the bustling city outside.
Yes, there is an illusion of silence. But close your eyes and contemplate that silence and you realise it is anything but. Chairs scrape, footsteps echo, fingers smash laptop keyboards, readers cough, splutter and sneeze. Drawers of key cards squeak, doors slam, books are dropped onto tables or floors, even a pencil scratching on paper sounds harsh.
I have spent many long hours in library reading rooms, not all of them asleep. For ten years I held a readers pass at the British Library in London, the biggest library in the world. I have explored the Library of Congress in Washington DC, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the New York Public Library in Manhattan. First visiting Australia ten years ago, I spent happy days at a time in the Mitchell marvelling at the remarkable stories of this remarkable land. And yet despite all this, I have never properly considered just how noisy libraries really are.
Thats just the first revelation of this confrontational audio artwork, which over 45 fascinating minutes shakes up your preconceptions, explores your internal voice, investigates the pictures words paint in our heads and shows the remarkable journeys simple text on a page can take us.
Although you do not move from the desk or speak for the duration of the piece, you interact very closely, at times almost intimately, with the person you sit next to, sharing a common journey into books. Wiggling your finger in the air at the same time as someone you have never met while staring straight ahead, trying not to laugh, is not the kind of response most theatrical performances ask of you, but its a hell of a clever way to subvert your notions of what art is.
The Quiet Volume is at the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW until January 25, 2013.
- Simon Crerar is Visual Story Editor for News Limited Australia. Follow him at @simoncrerar
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It is about that time to announce the winners of the two $25 Google Play Gift Cards that we were giving away yesterday as part of our week long celebration where we plan to shower our readers with chances to win a variety of free stuff. Everyone loves free stuff! So who won the $25 Google Play Gift Cards?
Well without further delay on our part, here are the winners who will each receive a $25 Google Play Gift Card to spend on whatever the hell they want to on Google Play:
– Euan Tan (Claimed)
– Victor Melgen (Claimed)
Both winners will be contacted using the e-mail address they provided. Each winner has 24 hours to respond back to claim their prize. Should they not contact us back within 24 hours we will pick a new winner for their gift card.
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(3/3/2013) While many Bali visitors make it a point to avoid Bali over the day of mandatory silence – Nyepi Day – which falls this year on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
But to not be in Bali on that date would also mean to deny yourself the unique festivities that take place on "Nyepi Eve" – a night of Mardi Gras-like partying with groups of young men from each village parading elaborately decorate floats bearing giant papier-mâché effigies - Ogoh-Ogoh through the streets of Bali. Borne on platforms constructed from trussed bamboo poles carried on the shoulders of the village men wearing traditional dress, the colorful figures vie for prizes and often engage in lively skirmishes at busy intersections.
Fueled on by generous quantities of arak, these Ogoh-Ogoh parades constitute a night-long party that only end on dawn, often with the burning of the effigies, before the revelers retire to their respective homes for 24-hours of mandatory meditation and reflection.
The Ogoh-Ogoh statues are a treasured part of Bali's cultural heritage, reflecting the Balinese reliance on Bhuta Khala – the antagonist in the eternal struggle between God and Demon; good and evil. Hindu Dharma teachings see Bhuta Kala as a necessary force of nature, the balancing influence that brings disease, catastrophe and misfortune to the community.
In fact, the propensity to do good and evil resides in every soul, represented by Bhuta Kala – traditionally a demon menacing mankind, paraded on "Nyepi Eve" to be communally exorcised and burnt on the eve of the New Year and, in so doing, celebrating the final victory of good over evil.
In recent times, the archetypical demon used to depict Bhuta Kala has been supplanted by more up-to-date nemesises portrayed as mythical animals, criminals, corrupt politicians and all other manner of unscrupulous individuals.
By confronting man's darker side in the Ogoh-Ogoh parades, the devout are reminded of the practical choices each of us face in our daily lives to either do good or evil.
Guest wishing to enjoy Ogoh Ogoh festivities are best advised to make enquiries on activities in the vicinity of their accommodation location in Bali, avoiding the need for transportation on crowded and often hectic roadways common to "Nyepi Eve."
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One could forgive Bellarmine Prep coach Bernie Salazar for wondering how his team would respond without one of his star front court players. Sefo Liufau had missed a good portion of the early part of the season due to the extended run to the football 4A finals, and would miss the Stadium game due to his recruiting visit to the University of Colorado, where he will ply his trade next year on the gridiron for the Buffaloes. And with the Lions and Tigers locked up in a three-team battle for the top of the league standings along with South Kitsap, it added to the drama about to unfold.
But Lucas Meikle would have none of it. The 6-foot-9 forward and Gonzaga commit exploded for 25 of his team's 51 points, with 16 coming in the second half, to lead the Lions to an easy 51-33 win over Stadium to give them the undisputed Narrows 4A lead with a 6-1 record.
"We played pretty solid on defense tonight. It was a great effort all the way around," said Salazar.
He singled out guard Mar'kese Jackson for making life miserable most of the night for Tiger standout Eric Anderson-Connolly, holding him to 11 points. Meikle, who went 8-for-11 from the floor and 8-for-8 from the free-throw line also credited his team's defensive effort tonight. "We had great intensity tonight. From start to finish it was a great team effort by all involved" he said.
Another big concern that was mitigated was the large Stadium front line consisting of Malik Mayeux, Lucious Brown, and Corey Glackin-Coley, who were held to just 12 points on the night.
"They did a good job moving their feet, and we could get nothing going on the offensive end tonight," said Stadium head coach Doug Cocke'.
The Lions, who carried a 14-point lead into the second half, put their foot on the throttle and never took it off as Meikle would hurt them from every imaginable spot, including behind the arc.
Nursing a 36-22 lead going into the fourth quarter, the Lions would coast from there while thoughts would turn to the Jan. 23 showdown against South Kitsap in Port Orchard, with first place on the line again.
"They're a good, solid team who will be a load on their home court," Salazar said. Meikle, meanwhile, was more than happy with his offensive output on this night.
"(Shots) felt like they were falling early in the first half, and it put some heat on the Stadium defenders all night."
Falling into third place after the loss, Cocke' put it all into perspective. "We did not do a very good job on Meikle tonight, but we have to put this game behind us and go to work preparing for a date with Central Kitsap next Wednesday night at home. It will be a tough test and we'll have to finish strong to get to districts."


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A GROUP of bikers have launched an initiative in Poole to raise awareness of child abuse.
The Daily Echo caught up with members of the Bikers Raising Awareness Against Child Abuse (UK) during Poole Quay's biker night on Tuesday.
Members from as far afield as Wales, Oxford and Salisbury rode to the quayside to show their support for the campaign – which now has a regional representative in this area.
Biker Paul Eason founded the organisation, which is pushing for charity status, earlier this year in the Oxford area.
He explained: "I was abused from the age of eight to fourteen and it completely destroyed my life. I've only just started getting the right help and I am 39 now.
"I went through a lot, completely messed up my schooling and didn't do any exams. I messed up every job and every relationship, I even attempted suicide three times."
But Paul, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, aged 27, and rides a trike, finally started getting the professional help he needed. Now he's determined to do all he can to make others who suffer the same abuse feel strong enough to come forward, report it and start to put their lives back together.
On the recent high-profile conviction of celebrity PR guru Max Clifford, Paul said: "I think it is good that he's been found guilty, but I cannot understand how so many others can get away with it.
"I'm hoping more people will speak out because of these case we are seeing at the moment though."
There are already 750 members of Bikers Raising Awareness Against Child Abuse (UK), with representatives across the country. Paul hopes to put on events from Poole Quay in the future.
He explained: "In each area we are going to do bike meeting and fundraising runs with all the money going towards charities and organisations supporting victims of child abuse."


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Kevin Kouzmanoff and Mark Ellis hit solo home runs Sunday, as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers 8-2.
The Athletics were a +140 underdog in the game and the 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8).
Rajai Davis was 2-5 with two runs scored for Oakland and Gio Gonzalez allowed two runs on five hits in six innings.
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Ladies and Gentlemen
I have had to close the RSVP list for this evening's event because we are oversubscribed. If you know you will be unable to attend, please update your RSVP at your earliest convenience to help us calculate numbers.
Thanks in advance!
This month we will be celebrating Adobe's release of the Creative Cloud and CS6. Join us to find out more about both, see some demos and maybe score a little schwag. The agenda has been updated. See below.
We will be doing a draw for at least 2 pieces of Adobe software at this meeting. So if you want/need a CS6 suite, you should come along.
This is an Adobe-sponsored meetup, and so Adobe is paying for pizza and a drink. Come hungry for food and thirst for knowledge!
This meeting will be broadcast via Adobe Connect. If you cannot attend the meeting, you can access the meeting live at this address http://experts.adobeconnect.com/steve. If you want the chance to win some Adobe software and other goodies, you have to attend at the live meeting.
6:00 Meetup, hellos
6:30 Welcome and introductions
6:35 Steve howard: an intro to Creative Suite and Creative Cloud
6:50 Amy Blankenship: Fireworks CS6 high spots
7:10 Steven Benjamin: top features of PhotoShop CS6
7:30 Russell Youngblood - demo of Dreamweaver CS6
7:50 Carol Shepherd: Mobile Flash/Flex/AIR
8:05 Pariah Burke: InDesign CS6
8:35 Carol Shepherd: InDesign Digital Publishing
8:50 Steve Howard - wrap-up, closing discussion, questions, schwag draw
Mark, this is for the Suites, not the creative Cloud. Message me directly :-)
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Thanks for the offer. Are the coupons for the upgrade using the subscription service or the packaged version? We have started our upgrade process at work but decided against the subscription version at this time. If its for package, I would love a copy of the coupon.
Thanks once again for all you do.
0 · June 27, 2012
If you attended this meeting, and you intend to upgrade to CS6, *and* you want a discount, message me directly. I have some coupons ...
0 · June 27, 2012
Hey, did anyone get any photos of the extension room?
0 · June 8, 2012
It was great. Enjoyed the speakers and the material that they covered. My plan is to learn all the programs in the Creative Cloud. I was also lucky enough to win a case for my iPad with all the touch apps installed. Well most of them. Thanks Adobe.
0 · June 7, 2012
That was definitely an informative and enjoyable meetup. I learned some interesting and useful things from every one of the presenters and am quite excited about many of the new Adobe products. Kudos to Steve and the rest for pulling it off despite the numerous unexpected challenges.
0 · June 7, 2012
Thanks for inviting us, Steve. I'm with the meetup Atlanta Web Dev Group. The meeting was really good. I wish I could have seen the Dreamweaver presentation.
0 · June 7, 2012
Very nice presenters, some more prepared than others. Tough to determine what to show with such varied designers in the room.
0 · June 7, 2012
This was the hottest meetup I've been to! LITERALLY!!!!
The presentations were great but it was too hot in the rooms.
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0 · June 7, 2012
Interesting to hear about CS6 and good features provided by tool. Amazin work it does to make a picture editable and figures disappeared from background and mount on other scene. Nice tricks. Good presentation but not to hide that it was not really a well planned event. It became too warm inside as many people turned in and smelled like a gymnasium workout inside. Audience were helping themselves to feel better by using book to fan some air in room. I had to walk out in the middle for a family reason so not sure how it went till the end. I would like to attend in future though......thanks for the hard work guys!
0 · June 7, 2012
excellent turn out and thanks to all the presenters
0 · June 7, 2012
Lots of great new tools were presented and a very large turnout. Kudos to our presenters!
0 · June 7, 2012
Hi Brendellya - yes it was. Sorry I didn't see your message earlier as I was preparing for the meeting. Were you one of the people who signed in to the online meeting?
0 · June 6, 2012
Wow! What a fantastic night everybody. Thanks for all your patience - especially with the heat!
Thanks to all our speakers, without you there was no meeting. Thanks too to the technology gods. We had some small issues in front of you, and some fun technical challenges int he background - iPad through Adobe Connect anyone? - but it all went off pretty smoothly. Don't forget to post our pictures, and be sure to come to the next meetings!
0 · June 6, 2012
Adobe is always coming up with new amazing things......... very informative.
0 · June 6, 2012
Is the url above for live streaming?
0 · June 6, 2012
It will be a super busy meeting. Wait till I tell you how many people signed up between this and *4* other meetup groups. I'll keep it as a surprise for tonight.
Hey Kiya! Well let's see if we can make it a great one for you!!!!
0 · June 6, 2012
I look forward to this too. I didn't realize how many people were attending until you sent that last message..wow!
0 · June 6, 2012
I am really looking forward to this I even took the day off. This will be last meeting since I am moving back to Jersey the end of this month
0 · June 6, 2012
Hey everyone - please LIKE our Facebook page so you can get all our updates!
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0 · June 4, 2012
Steve - yeah. I'm still up for this.
0 · May 26, 2012
Hey Carol, I tried to get you on Twitter. Are you still up for this? Please either reply to me on Twitter or here and let's get you on the agenda.
0 · May 23, 2012
That'll work. I'm @walkingthedogs on Twitter.
0 · May 10, 2012
Hey Carol - people think iPad is sexy, so are you game to do 2 slots? Once I get the demo assets let's talk. I'm expecting them by early next week. The demo assets are good for a *fast* 30 minutes in skilled hands, so you have to cherry-pick, unless you are awesome fast ;-) Deal?
0 · May 9, 2012
I can demo InDesign and digital publishing (to iPad) or Flex Builder for mobile on iPad.
0 · May 9, 2012
Right everyone, since you are all paying attention, I have a request. I need some volunteers to step forward to do some 20 minute presentations at this party. Nothing too strenuous. Just pick your favourite tool - PhotoShop, DreamWeaver, Fireworks, Premier, whatever, and agree to do a demo. I will have special demo assets from Adobe. All you need to do is follow some simple steps. Message me or respond to this post and lets do it!
0 · May 9, 2012
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