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Wednesday - August 25, 2010
Drakensang Online - Interview, "Too few people bought Drakensang"
German site Buffed.de has an interview with Bernd Beyreuther, former head of Radon Labs and now at Bigpoint. While we have limited interest in Drakensang Online, the article says that Drakensang: The River of Time just didn't sell despite the good reviews and that better sales would have saved Radon Labs (Google translation here). On Drakensang Online, he says they've been able to get the Drakensang engine working within a browser, which certainly sounds interesting.
Thanks, Alrik!
Thursday - July 29, 2010
Radon Labs - Drakensang 3 = Drakensang Online?
You'll recall that when broswer game giant Bigpoint acquired Radon Labs, it immediately confirmed "Drakensang 3" for 2011. The fear of many fans was that DS3 would be some sort of browser or online game, in the vein of Bigpoint's other products.
It looks like that fear was right, with Bigpoint revealing Drakensang Online via Twitter, as reported by PC Games.de. PR Manager Janine tweeted that they were working on "drakensang online" and "the prototype looks great".
For those of us with challenged German, you can read the Google translation here.
Thanks, Alrik!
Tuesday - June 01, 2010
Bigpoint Takes Over Radon Labs, Confirms Drakensang 3
In a surprising move the browser game giant Bigpoint (Bigpoint.com game portal) announced the acquisition of the insolvent Drakensang developer Radon Labs. Here's the full PR (bold print acc. to source, underlines added).
Bigpoint Acquires Highly Acclaimed Game Development Studio, Radon Labs; Establishes Bigpoint Berlin GmbH
- Acquisition includes over 35 employees from Radon Labs
- eLOFD GmbH to be renamed Bigpoint Berlin GmbH; expansion planned
- Drakensang 3 presumably to be launched in 2011
Hamburg, 1st June, 2010 – Bigpoint GmbH (http://bigpoint.com), the worldwide leader in browser-based video games, today announced the acquisition of Radon Labs (http://radonlabs.de), an award-winning game development studio that recently filed for bankruptcy due to financial concerns. With this acquisition, Bigpoint gains more than 35 new employees, including Radon Labs Managing Directors Bernd Beyreuther and André Blechschmidt, who will remain with Bigpoint and direct its newly established Berlin office.
Bigpoint CEO and Founder, Heiko Hubertz, views the deal as an important strategic move for the company, "Under Bernd and André's leadership, Radon Labs became one of Germany's top three development studios. We're excited to add their highly qualified workforce to Bigpoint as we continue to push the limits of what's possible in online gaming. This acquisition is also greater proof that the market continues to consolidate. As such, we plan to purchase additional studios, both in Germany and abroad, to support our long-term growth strategy."
2010 marks an important year for Bigpoint's global expansion, with new locations now operational in Berlin and San Francisco (Bigpoint Inc.), in addition to Malta (Bigpoint International) and the company's headquarters in Hamburg. In recent months, Bigpoint's workforce has increased to over 500 employees worldwide.
Bigpoint Berlin GmbH Opens
Since its founding in 1995, Radon Labs became known as one of the best game development studios in Germany, developing more than 20 PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and NDS titles that garnered over a dozen awards. The Berlin-based company's most popular games are its first two Drakensang titles. In keeping with Bigpoint's focus, Drankensang 3 – the next installment from the extremely successful fantasy RPG series – will be released in 2011.
Bigpoint's acquisition of Radon Labs coincides with the opening of a new office in Berlin, a decision that first took root in 2009 with Bigpoint's acquisition of eLOFD GmbH, a game development studio also based in Germany's capital. The new location officially took the name Bigpoint Berlin GmbH at the end of May 2010. Under the Bigpoint brand, former eLOFD employees will continue to develop browser-based video games alongside their new colleagues from Radon Labs.
The real surprise is the Drakensang 3 announcement. It's unclear as of now if Bigpoint really intents to branch out into the full price retail game business. Another possibility would be that it could only be an adequate farewell for Radon Labs and their The Dark Eye project negotiated into the acquisition contract. Time will tell. What's clear though is that Bigpoint has enough money behind to stem Drakensang 3 alone, including international distribution. Maybe Bigpoint even is even planning a DSA browser MMO, but that's pure speculation.
Wednesday - May 12, 2010
Radon Labs - Files for Bankruptcy
As Buffed.de reports on their website, Drakensang developer Radon Labs filed for insolvency. It seems an investor pulled out of the officially still unannounced Drakensang 3 project, which made the walk to the Berlin district court necessary.
Radon Labs was / is also working on Phileasson's Secret, the add-on to Drakensang: The River of Time. According to the same source Radon Labs has already started take-over talks with interested parties.
Thanks Alrik!
Tuesday - April 27, 2010
Radon Labs - Drakensang 3 Confirmed?
According to GameStar, Drakensang 3 was confirmed by Radon Labs at a recent German trade show called Making Games Talents 2010. We're not likely to hear any more for a while with the Phileasson's Secret addon yet to come for DraSa2, so it's very, very early days.
Thanks Sir_Brennus and Alrik!
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By Brandon Clay
If you follow events in our nation's capital, you know President Obama's health care reform package is controversial. The argument over a bill whose price tag could top $1 trillion has had a profound impact on the health insurance sector. Stocks like Aetna (NYSE:AET) alternately suffered and rallied as the reform talk dragged on. Most recently, AET has been trending lower.
Doing business with the government can be tough, especially when the state of the union is not what it used to be. That said, there's no getting around the fact that Aetna is a well-run company with a dominant market position. Management is making efforts to lower costs, and those efforts are starting to show results. The research arm of Collins Stewart recently upgraded AET from sell to hold. We think it's closer to a BUY. Here are a couple of reasons.
For one, Aetna's shares have held up relatively well in the face of lower 2010 guidance. Standard & Poor's expects Aetna to earn $2.60 a share this year and has a $33 price target on the stock. This represents a decent premium from where the shares currently trade. It's also worth noting that Aetna said its employer healthcare plans will spend less this year on medical costs, a key metric watched by Wall Street analysts.
Second, when the company reported earnings last Friday, AET options volume was heavily tilted to the call side. The ratio of calls to puts rose to 56%, higher that it has been in a year. This may indicate an increasing bullish bias toward Aetna.
Finally, some investors overlook Aetna's international business. The company's Global Benefits unit is exploring growth opportunities in Africa and the Middle East. Aetna sees great opportunity outside the U.S. Global markets could be a positive catalyst for Aetna shareholders going forward.
Health insurers do have some near-term headwinds, but the solid long-term outlook for Aetna makes it a compelling opportunity for astute investors. In addition, the stock may have found support near $28. If you're looking for a solid, too-big-to-fail healthcare stock that can profit whether or not health care reform passes, go with AET.
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The investigation into the car bombing outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad is focusing on Ansar al-Islam, a terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda, Pentagon officials say.
As the United States announced its focus on the group, it also denied that it was responsible for securing embassies in Baghdad against attacks such as Thursday's bombing, which killed 11 people and wounded 57.
"The one organisation that we have confidence, that we know, is in Iraq and in the Baghdad area is Ansar al-Islam," said Lieutenant-General Norton Schwartz, operations director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"It is unknown whether this particular organisation was associated with the events . . . but that is an al-Qaeda-related organisation, and one we are focusing attention on."
General Schwartz said it was not yet known whether the bombing was the work of foreign terrorists or the former Baathist security and paramilitary forces that have been at the core of a persistent and increasingly effective insurgency.
The Pentagon would not say whether the car bombing was regarded as a change in strategy. The Pentagon's acting press secretary, Lawrence Di Rita, said terrorists used a variety of tactics, "including this kind of tactic".
"There are terrorists in Iraq. We know that and we've talked about the kind of activities that we see," he said.
Analysts said it was clear the gap between the security that Iraqi police were capable of providing and the security that coalition forces were willing to provide left attackers a wide berth in which to operate.
United Nations officials and legal experts said that under international law, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority was responsible for the safety of diplomatic missions in Iraq.
But American defence officials said that task had been left to the newly reconstituted Iraqi police force.
"The way to address the problem [is] internal security provided in Iraq by Iraqis," General Schwartz said. "It is far more likely that Iraqis will guard embassies of other nations in Baghdad."
Meanwhile, newly released data from the most recent Iraqi census shows that an unusually high portion of Iraq's men apparently disappeared between 1987 and 1997.
In 1987, census takers recorded about 106 men for every 100 women; a decade later they found just under 99 men for every 100 women, a big change in demographic terms. Demographers said the men might have been victims of war or the regime's repression, or exiles. They also could simply have avoided the census.
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Fi'zi:k Gobi XM Muzzle saddle
by singletrackjon
April 11, 2011
Tim K reviews a version of the Gobi saddle that's got extra rubbery protection
Price: £79.99
From: Extra UK
Tested: One month
The Fizik Gobi XM seems to be one of the favoured saddles with many mountain bikers for long days in the saddle. The width and length provide lots of space to get comfortable and manoeuvre around the bike while the 'Wing Flex' element allows for less contact with the inner thigh for less restricted pedalling. The magnesium rails of the 'Muzzle' version help to keep the weight down to a very reasonable 255 grams.
The 'Muzzle' is a revision of the original Gobi XM saddle that comes with a soft rubber bumper which slips over the rear of the saddle and is clipped onto the rails underneath. The idea of the bumper is to protect the rear of the saddle from scuffs and rips, particularly if you have an unscheduled off out on the trail. Good saddles aren't the cheapest of bike components and anything that helps keep them in one piece is a bonus.
However, the rubber that the bumper is made of is rather sticky and it seemed to hang onto the material of my riding gear, whether it be baggy shorts or lycra. On several occasions it felt quite restrictive while moving around on the saddle and, after some descents that involved getting off the back of the saddle, the bumper was completely dislodged and ended up hanging off. The bumper would seem a good method of protecting the saddle without having hard plastic edges on the saddle itself but the sticky material could do without being just as 'sticky'.
Overall: Without the bumper the Gobi XM is the usual great saddle but the 'Muzzle' idea could do with a little fine tuning.
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Printed Tiered Mini Skirt
This tiered mini skirt from Topshop is very similar to the one seen on the S/S 2008 Luella runway, but is much more affordable.
Simply adorable!
I love pink! Adorable chiffon pink skirt, so fluffy and puffy! This would be cute underneath another skirt as well, a la Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl!
i am now in love with peter jensen. this petal dress is just adorable!!
i forget which british it-girl it was, maybe peaches geldof or alexa chung, who recently wore this fabulous topshop skirt.Tags: fashion, style, skirts, topshop, Tiered, music notes, Peaches Geldof, alexa chungAdded 9 Years Ago from Topshop
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this is a fabulously voluminous lace tiered bolero from topshop. this will look amazing with any kind of sleeveless black dress.
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such an awesome electric blue color. this would make such a fabulous and fun prom dress.
there's nothing innocent about this 'baby doll' dress from kate moss topshop. the bustier top is made from a leather like material. super hot and bothered.
sometimes ruffles can look too precious. the purposely f-ed up tiers on this topshop mini keep it from looking too sweet.
i've never seen such frilly, girly lingerie. really cute, but i'm not sure how the polyester fabric will feel.
this is what i imagine ballerinas to wear on a night out on the town. cute mesh tier skirt from topshop.
this would make such a shocking prom dress. you'd definitely stand out.
this topshop brand is called dark romance for a good reason. this dress is very gothic and romantic.
tiered skirts are everywhere right now. this is one of the best i've seen.
If Chloe Sevigny wears them, then you know tiered skirts must be cool.


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Faster than you can shake a magic wand, Winnipeg's Gilbert and Sullivan Society whisked its loyal fans to Fairyland Wednesday night with its newest production of Iolanthe.
The two-and-a-half-hour production (including intermission) featured an all-Winnipeg cast directed by Reid Harrison. A 23-piece orchestra impeccably led by John Standing performed the live score that gives a nod to both Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner.
The two-act comic opera that premiered in 1882 is both a fantastical tale of fairies and satirical skewering of the British parliamentary system. When the story begins, fairy Iolanthe (Cathryn Harrison) has been banished from Fairyland by the Fairy Queen (Donnalynn Grills) for the capital crime of marrying a mortal. She is pardoned, and returns with her shepherd son Strephon (Darren Martens), equal parts human/fairy, engaged to Phyllis (Amanda Bruneau) who is a ward of the Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor (Fred Cross) must grant his permission for the nuptials but also struggles with his feelings for the young shepherdess.
G & S veteran Cross is simply a joy to watch as one of this city's musical crown jewels. His spot-on portrayal of the haughty Lord Chancellor puffs with self-importance as he attempts to maintain control of the chorus of Peers. His flawless delivery of tongue-twisting patter song Love, Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest during the nightmare scene earned him sustained applause. Spitting out rapid-fire words can't be any easier even if it's your third time performing this lead character.
It's also a pleasure to see Grills reprise her role as the "influential fairy." This longtime Winnipeg dynamo is renowned for her dramatic gifts; she can also crack deadpan jokes about Jets and even the NDP. Her solo Oh, Foolish Fay where she resists the charms of Gerrit Theule's hilarious Private Willis while mooning over a certain hockey player nearly brought the house down.
In her G & S debut, Bruneau sparkled as the guileless maiden torn, at one point, between marrying Lords Tolloler (Aqvar Manhas) and Mountararat (Chris Caslake). Her clear as a bell soprano easily harmonized with Martens' tenor during their sonorous duets Good Morrow, Good Lover and If We're Weak Enough to Tarry.
The chorus of Peers made a grand entrance in Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray contrasted with the Fairies' Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither guided by their twinkling wands.
Sheldon Johnson's stunning set design rivals any created by brilliant Winnipeg theatre designer Brian Perchaluk. A modernistic backdrop of silhouetted tree trunks richly lit by Dean Cowieson quickly updated the 130-year old opera, surpassed only by his looming Big Ben clock face in Act II. Costumes by Jan Malabar/Harlequin Costumes ranged from resplendent ruby robes for the Peers to twinkling fairy frocks.
For the most part, Harrison's effective direction flowed well, however more stage business -- such as Cross clenching his bewigged Paddington teddy bear during the dream scene -- would have added more irreverent fun. Some balance issues, particularly almost inaudible singers during Act I were resolved after intermission.
Opening night for these shows used to draw upwards of 1,200 patrons. It's downright unsettling to see so many vacant seats. Still, the mostly older crowd of 272 responded enthusiastically to this grown-up fairy tale while trolling a few taradiddles of their own.
Iolanthe flies again Friday, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Pantages Playhouse Theatre.
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June 16, 2007
Varsity Theater to close
HONOLULU, HI — It was announced on June 15, 2007 that the Varsity Theater in Honolulu would close in two days.
The Varsity opened in 1939. In recent years it was known for showing art house and foreign films.
The building had original Art Moderne/Art Deco designs.
Here's a link to an article on the closing in the Honolulu Advertiser.
May 14, 2007
Captiol Theater to close
WHEELING, WV —. The great Capitol Theatre is scheduled to close and can be yours for $850,000.
Nearly 80 years after opening its brass-trimmed doors, the Capitol Music Hall — West Virginia's largest, most famous and arguably most beautiful theater — is for sale and on the verge of closing.
A brief reprieve brokered by Gov. Joe Manchin III and Wheeling Mayor Nicholas Sparachane is expected to keep the historic hall open long enough for the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra to hold the final concert of its Masterworks series May 18.
Here's the rest of the story on the closure from the Post Gazette.
Here's more more history on the theater.
April 2, 2007
Village Art Theatre closes
CHICAGO, IL — "Thats all folks, Theater Closed"
That's what the marquee read on the Village Art Theatre. And so closes one of Chicagoland's oldest surviving cinemas. It began operation in 1916 as the Germania, later changing its name to the Parkside. It was also known as the Gold Coast, the Globe and most recently alternated between being called Village and Village Art. Up until the 1990s, it remained a single screen and was well known for showing off-beat fare, second run fare, and midnight movies. In the 1990s, it was carved up into 4 screens, perhaps to better compete with the nearby Piper's Alley, and losing much of its character in the process.
In the late 1990s, Village Entertainment incorporated and started taking over other cinemas, beginning with the Village North, then many theatres which were a part of the ill-fated Meridian chain, and most recently the Lincoln Village and the North Riverside. Village's finances and business practices were questionable, however, and no sooner would Village Entertainment take over a place, it would close several others. Since 2006, Village Entertainment closed the Golf Glen, the Pemberton, the Lakehurst, the Belvedere and a few others.
March 22, 2007
Mission 4 Drive-In closed
SAN ANTONIO, TX — A sad day has arrived in San Antonio. Santinkos Theatres announced today that the Mission Drive-In will not open for the '07 season and that things are up in the air in regards to the future of the theatre due to some events this past winter.
Back in January while the theatre was closed for the winter, some vandals broke into the concession stand and destroyed all of the equipment including all four projectors and its fm sound system with damages over $500,000.
Santikos has pulled the Mission from its website and they did say that they would re-evaluate its value this winter or in the spring of '08. But from what I can see, the only thing that will be on at the Mission next spring are bulldozers cause Santikos Theatres did say that the property was not really making money.
It truly is a sad day as the Mission was the last remaining drive-in in the San Antonio area.
For more info on this story, go to the WOAI Webpage.
March 20, 2007
Capitol Theatre bankrupt and closed
WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA — The Capitol Theatre has filed for bankruptcy and officially closed on March 14. A bankruptcy trustee is expected to change the theater's locks and liquidate the theater's assets. Creditors are expected to meet with three weeks.
Because the theater is a heritage site and a 1993 agreement with the city of Windsor provided $1.3 million to save the theater from the wrecking ball, the city of Windsor is expected to take over the building.
For more info, go to The Windsor Star.
March 13, 2007
StarCite 18-Ste Foy closed
STE-FOY, QUE — StarCite 18 in Ste-Foy, an suburb of Quebec City has been closed by Cinemas Fortune, Inc. It had 4,184 seats. It is next door to an 14-plex called Ste-Foy 14.
In January, Cinemas Fortune closed 6 screens out of 12 of the Galeries de la Capitole.
As a result, Quebec City lost about a third of its movie screens.
January 17, 2007
AMC closes its Tyrone Square 6 movie theater
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — After a long run since its opening at an early mall, the AMC Tyrone Square is closing.
AMC has closed its Tyrone Square 6 movie theater after a 33-year run, officials said Tuesday.
AMC is expected to build a new theater on Tyrone Square Mall property, but specifics were not available early this week.
An Old Navy store will go into the vacated space, said Jeni Wilson, a mall spokeswoman. She said it could be open by early summer.
To read the full story, go to St. Petersburg Times.
December 27, 2006
Pemberton 4 to close
VICKSBURG, MS — Just want to pass one about the Pemberton Cinema 4 which is the only cinema in Vicksburg, MS. The Pemberton Cinema Square 4 which had been owned by Regal Group and now Village Entertainment. Just a few days ago it has been closed permanentaly at Pemberton Square Mall because of high rent issues with CBL Associaites of Chattanooga, TN.
Over the years the Pemberton Square Four has never been upgraded. Projectors broke down, leaky roofs, etc. Now for the first time in 100 years, Vicksburg is once again without a cinema.
One truth I can tell of the Pemberton 4 is it never got any of the important films like "United 93" or Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center". Those are just examples. Poor marketing on behalf of the cinema owners can be blamed as well. But not upgrading equipment and expanding its size contributed to its demise. Before this surprise closing happened, Village Entertainment had plans to refurbish it. But high rent made this 21 year old cinema the victim.
October 25, 2006
Garden Hills Theatre to close
ATLANTA, GA — The Garden Hills Theatree is closing after about 65 years of near constant operation. This is yet another example of the inability of old single screen theatres to compete with the megaplexes of today, even in the "art house" niche.
To read more about this, visitAccess Atlanta. Registration is required and it is good through 10/30/06 when it will move to the archives where you will have to pay to see it.
Several personal histories and a detailed description of this site are in the comment section of its Cinema Treasures page.
September 27, 2006
Westgate Cinema closes
RACINE, WI — The first-run Marcus Westgate Cinema opened in the late 1960's and was named to honor the recently-demolished Westgate Outdoor Theatre which itself had been truncated over the years for encroaching commercial construction (the Westgate shopping center) which eventually overwhelmed the Westgate Outdoor.
The Westgate Cinema's demise had been expected to occur around Thanksgiving as the Marcus chain prepares its new multi-screen complex in the nearby village of Sturtevant. So the sudden closing on Sunday night after the final screening of "Hollywoodland" at 11:39 pm took the community by surprise.


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BBCi tops TV websites poll
BBCi has been chosen as the best television website in a Top 100 TV Sites poll conducted by internet magazine Web User.
The BBC's internet news and sports services are already veteran award-winners and now BBCi, the newly-designed site which hosts all the BBC's websites, has also been praised.
According to Web User's deputy editor Bobby Pickering, BBCi was the obvious choice.
"We all agreed that the BBC was really good. Our readers appreciate it because there is no banner advertising," he said. "It is well put together and it is adding something extra to people's favourite programmes."
"We were looking for depth of information, levels of interactivity and design," he explained.
Fan sites recognised
Channel 4's website came second and a site dedicated to the Simpsons (www.snpp.com) came third.
"We didn't want to look at just the large corporate sites but those designed by enthusiasts as well," said Mr Pickering.
Some of the winners were obscure sites such as monkeyheaven.com, a tribute to a cult Japanese show called Monkey.
TV nostalgia also featured in the top 100, with sites like sausagenet.co.uk that features cult British children's shows such as Basil Brush and Camberwick Green.
Among the top 25 BBC sites were one devoted to the soap EastEnders, where surfers can take a virtual tour of Albert Square and chat online to its stars, and www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2, a site about the classic series The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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On May 9, the Hampden-Sydney Board of Trustees held its final meeting for the 2014-15 academic year. The Board meets three times each academic year - fall, winter, and spring. The Plenary Session is preceded by Board committee meetings.
The Board committee structure was one of the first pieces of business to come before Plenary. The Board By-Laws had been rewritten and approved in 2013, and the restructuring of the committees continued the updating process. The new By-Laws reduced the size of the Board to 35, and the new committee structure reduced the number of committees from 13 to nine and one task force (Marketing).
The Board approved the 2015-16 operating budget of $64,925,365, a 1.687% increase over 2014-15. The College operates, as it has done for over 30 years, with a balanced budget.
The Board approved the replacement of the Hellmuth Turf Field, used for lacrosse and soccer. The eight-year-old field was past its life expediency. Also approved, pending funding, were the relocations of the Fuqua Communications Commons from the first floor to the second floor of Bortz Library and the Fuqua Computing Center from the ground floor of Johns Auditorium to the first floor of Bortz. This will consolidate all technology services in one building and facilitate technical support for academic programs.
The College will expand its existing scholarship program for outstanding applicants with the creation of the James Madison Scholarships. The Board set the endowment level for the Madison Scholarships at $1.25 million. The endowment income for each Madison Scholarship will provide full tuition & fees, room, board and fund books and a summer research or study abroad experience for up to four years.
The Board approved tenure and promotion to associate professor of Rachel M. Goodman, Kristian M. Hargadon '01, and Michael J. Wolyniak, all in biology, and the promotion of C. Kirk Pilkington to Senior Lecturer in history. Emeritus status was granted to three retiring professors, David E. Marion (Government & Foreign Affairs), William A. Shear (Biology) and Susan M. Smith (Modern Languages). The appointments of five replacement tenure-track appointments were approved.
The Board heard reports on both the Strategic Plan and the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest.
President Christopher Howard made presentations on Student Successes, H-SC Competition, and Ten Summer Analysis Initiatives. The Student Successes presentation focused on some of our top students and the wonderful work that they are doing on and off campus. The H-SC Competition was a briefing on the Top 100 liberal arts colleges, our comparable schools, and our cross-application school competitors. The last presentation showed ten analysis areas that we are working on over the summer including new scholarship initiatives, enrollment management strategy development, draft technology plans to support the Strategic Plan, and Title IX policy publication.
This Plenary Session was the last for Chairman Thomas Allen '60, concluding 16 years of service on the Board, seven as chairman. Mr. Allen gave the trustees five parting thoughts that he thinks need to be on the radar of the Board: possible graduate degree programs, reconsideration of debt policy, the student center, the sticker price for tuition and the discount rate, and the continuation of building an incredible Board.
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Orange (Calif.) Lutheran defensive end Keisean Lucier-South has been several school's top defensive target during the 2015 cycle.
On Friday, Lucier-South tweeted out an updated top 11.
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The five-star, who was the DL MVP at the Los Angeles NFTC, isn't expected to make a decision for some time.
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Both these GPUs will help Nvidia regain lost market share from Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) new R7 and R9 series Hawaii GPUs, which were added last year. The R7 and R9 series are based on AMD's graphics core next architecture and apply a top-to-bottom approach, with R9 targeting performance gamers and R7 targeting lower-budget value and mainstream customers. These new GPUs has helped AMD gain a presence in the PC graphics market as rival Nvidia was at that time still updating to Maxwell architecture.
Nvidia had primary targeted its new Maxwell GPUs against AMD's R7 260X, but the recent introduction of AMD's R7 265 2GB graphics card at $149 and a reduction in price of R7 260X has heated up the competition. In comparison, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti provides best-in-class performance along with lower power consumption than AMD Radeon R7 260X.
Nvidia's has just released its first series of GPUs on Maxwell architecture, and more products based on this graphics architecture can be expected soon. Despite the PC market's downward trend, PC gaming is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.3% from 2012 to 2015.
In addition, other segments of the graphics market like high-performance computing (Tesla), workstation (Quadro), and newly introduced cloud gaming service, GRID, are also major growth drivers. Nvidia's Tesla GPUs have been dominant in the HPC with the company showcasing the world fastest graphics accelerator for supercomputing, the Tesla K40.
The company reported 20% year-over-year growth in sales of Tesla GPUs in the fourth quarter of fiscal-year 2014. Along with its partner and market leader in high-performance computing hardware, IBM , Nvidia's prospects in HPC look strong.
Apart from Tesla, Nvidia's GRID trials continue to grow at a robust rate of 46% quarter over quarter in the fourth quarter of fiscal-year 2014, and will start being reflected in the company's income statement soon.
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The Hudson Valley Community College (1-5) softball team capitalized off two sixth-inning SUNY Canton errors in a 3-2 win over the Northstars earlier today in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Freshman Ashley Daurio (Johnsonville/Hoosic Valley High School) reached base on an error to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning. After a walk and a fielder's choice, sophomore Reality Price's (Albany/Columbia High School) fly ball to center field was dropped, which allowed Daurio to score the winning run.
Freshman Natalie Schroll (Loudonville/Holy Names) led off the bottom of the first inning with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly to give the Lady Vikings an early 1-0 lead. Schroll also walked twice in the game. Freshman Ashley Byerwalters (Ravena/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School) added a double for Hudson Valley.
Sophomore pitcher Jessalyn Hotaling (Coeymans Hollow/ Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School) allowed three hits and two runs in five innings of work for Hudson Valley. She struck out seven batters. Freshman Kim Wintergerst (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School) pitched the final two scoreless innings to pick up the win.
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To make sure ballot counting goes more quickly in the next election, there's a lot of work to be done.
County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry sent a 4-page letter about it to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett Tuesday, outlining election problems and offering help finding solutions.
Among the problems highlighted by Huckelberry:
• Counting provisional and conditional ballots takes too long. One reason is there are many more of them than in past elections, because of the rise of early voting, redistricting and a less than perfect voter list.
• A lot of voters who signed up to vote early dropped off their ballots at a polling place on election day. Verifying those ballots more quickly will take more staff and equipment.
• Pima County's voting equipment needs to be replaced, but it will cost $6 million and require federal certification.
"This equipment was state-of-the-art in 2000, but it has gained antique status in 2012," Huckelberry said in the memo.
But Huckelberry offered solutions, too, saying "We are ready to assist in meaningful election process modifications. Among his proposed solutions:
• The state could start a pilot project in Pima County to use scanners to help in the ballot audit process that follows an election.
• The state could use the county's Election Integrity Commission, the only one of its kind in the state, for expertise in a needed update of the state election procedures.
• The state could make is easier for people who change their addresses on their drivers licenses after they move to change their addresses on their voter registration at the same time.
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote: >> > This strikes me as quite premature. Heiki just said he expects to have SR >> > committed next week. >> >> Getting it committed is not what I'm worried about. What I'm >> concerned about is Tom's statement that he believes that HS is not >> close to being in a state where it is stable enough to go to beta, and >> the possibility that other large patches committed during this >> CommitFest might have similar issues. > > Looking at our existing schedule, I think it is unlikely we will even > make a June 2010 release date for 8.5. Let me explain why --- here is > the ideal schedule: > > Jan 15 start commitfest > Feb 15 stop commitfest > Apr 1 start beta > Jun 1 release release candidate (RC) > Jun 20 release 8.5 > > You can't move from commitfest to beta until all _known_ bugs are > fixed/addressed, and you can't move from beta to RC using the same > criteria. Hmm. For 8.4, I don't think we actually fixed "all" known bugs - I think we made a decision about which ones had to be fixed and which ones we were going to push off, and then did so. > Of course we rarely have an ideal schedule --- we should expect > unexpected problems. Now, I know people are going to say I am being > over pessimistic, but history will bear out my analysis. I think we > should anticipate a July or August release of 8.5. I think so, too, but I'm actually afraid that if we don't start making some tough decisions soon it's going to be even later than that. I'm dismayed by the number of people who seem to think that the current schedule is not already tight. ...Robert
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As a followup to John Scalzi's wonderful ode to the role of public libraries in his life, A Personal History of Libraries, I bring you:
The Future of Libraries
Courtesy of my own local library, Mid-Continent Public Library, which is totally awesome and even has a cafe at its North Independence branch which sells amazing brownies.
Support your local libraries. They are a hub of activity and worth every dime they cost and then some. An educated citizenry is in everyone's interest. Whether you wander through the stacks, check out e-books without ever setting foot in the building, surf the internet using their free access, or use them to access expensive and valuable research databases, your public library provides a valuable service to you.
Even if you are one of the lucky few who has enough money to buy all the books you need or want as soon as they come out, libraries serve you. They are a safe and wholesome place for teens to go after school. They provide classes on every subject under the sun for people from infancy to elders. Your local librarian can help you with a myriad of questions on any number of subjects.
Pass this infographic on to be sure that everyone understands how valuable their local library is to their community. And don't forget to pay your taxes. It's the patriotic (and right) thing to do!
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Aggravated Assault Suspect Arrested
A man wanted on a Beaumont Police Department aggravated robbery warrant was arrested yesterday at a home on North 3rd Street in Orange. 42-year old Preston Joseph Robertson is a suspect in numerous aggravated robberies of elderly people as they left businesses and went home. He has been charged with the August 1st attack of a 73-year old in Beaumont,
the aggravated robbery of an 83-year old man in Orange on May 8th, and the aggravated robbery of an 81-year old man in Nederland on May 9th. Robertson's bonds total more than $200,000.


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Stephen Colbert Responds To #CancelColbert By Shutting Down The Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation For Sensitivity To Orientals Or Whatever
Stephen Colbert has finally responded to the hashtag #CancelColbert, which was trending last week on Twitter. In true "Colbert Report" fashion, he did it in character as a pompous blowhard conservative who "doesn't see race." A quick recap for those of you who were down a hole all weekend: in response to a news segment about racism towards Native Americans, someone from the Comedy Central Twitter account tweeted a joke about Asians referencing an older skit from a prior Colbert show about racism. Some people on Twitter freaked out over the perceived racist slight and created the hashtag #CancelColbert, which eventually started trending. Although at least from what I could see, many folks tweeting it were saying not to cancel "Colbert."
On last night's show in a segment called "Who's Attacking Me Now?", Stephen Colbert responded to #CancelColbert … or, as he put it, "the dark forces trying to silence my message."
Although Colbert joked around about the absurdity of the attempt to get his program cancelled via a Twitter hashtag, he acknowledged that without the context of either joke being referenced, he understood why people were offended: "Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would lead to misunderstanding?" Then, because blood needed to be shed, he sadly shut-down the (non-existent) Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation For Sensitivity To Orientals Or Whatever. It's pretty excellent:
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it had completed the sale of its unit that makes chips for digital TV sets to fellow chip maker Broadcom Corp. for a reduced price of $141.5 million in cash.
When the deal was announced Aug. 25, the companies said the unit would be sold for $192.8 million in cash.
But Broadcom now anticipates that the DTV business will have fourth quarter revenue between $15 million and $20 million, lower than previously expected.
It said the parties agreed to reduce the purchase price as a result.
Broadcom said the anticipated dilutive impact to earnings per share of 4 cents a share to 5 cents a share in 2009 has not changed. That includes expectations that the combined DTV business will approach earnings per share neutrality in the fourth quarter of 2009.
A portion of the money payable to AMD was placed into escrow pursuant to the terms of the companies' agreement.
Broadcom said it may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses related to the acquisition in the fourth quarter of this year. The amount of that charge, if any, has not yet been determined.
AMD has said it was selling the unit as part of a program to reduce debt and improve profitability. The company is a distant second to Intel Corp. in its main market of computer processors, and competition has intensified.
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Trailer And Poster For Devil's Knot Arrive
Atom Egoyan tackles the West Memphis Three
You may already know the awful story of the wrongfully convicted West Memphis Three from Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's excellent trilogy of Paradise Lost documentaries. Also in the works for the last couple of years, however, has been Atom Egoyan's dramatisation of those events, Devil's Knot, and here is the first trailer, along with a poster. Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth are the big names in the cast, along with Egoyan regular Elias Koteas.
The West Memphis Three are Jessie Misskelley (Kristopher Higgins), Damien Echols (James Hamrick) and Jason Baldwin (Seth Meriwether), who were accused of murdering three eight-year-old cub scouts in a satanic ritual in 1993. Subsequent investigations, not least in the Paradise Lost films, demolished the original "case", and the consensus now is that moral panic convicted them rather than anything in the way of evidence.
While the three are now free, the Arkansas judge responsible stopped short of actually overturning their convictions, meaning that local law have not had to admit to or apologise for their egregious original work, and that Echols in particular is entitled to no compensation for his 17 years spent on Death Row. The real killer or killers remain at large, although Paradise Lost 3 makes some suggestions as to possible identities.
Egoyan calls the affair "a contemporary Salem witch hunt" and "an amazing story of a community and the conflicting emotional needs of seeking and finding justice, but also the complexities of jumping to conclusions."
"It was very clear to me that there was a miscarriage of justice," he says. "But more interesting to me were just the emotional human elements of the characters. It's against the backdrop of this horrifying crime and this really unfortunate miscarriage of justice that we all witnessed. It is the most horrific crime imaginable, and the travesties within the legal process are quite jaw-dropping and were not really addressed. I think the documentaries have done a really amazing job of showing that, but there's a human drama behind it all as well. We can't do everything with this film, but I think we can touch on that... "
The screenplay by Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman is based on Mara Leveritt's book Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, and focuses on the events surrounding the first trial. It's already played at the likes of the Toronto and San Sebastian International Film Festivals, but has no general release dates in the UK or US so far.


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Federal regulators are investigating whether Stanford University's operation of a San Mateo County dam is illegally harming threatened steelhead trout on California's central coast.
The Palo Alto Daily News ( http://bit.ly/12NO71q ) reports that the National Marine Fisheries Service is probing the university's operation of Searsville Dam.
The central coast population of steelhead - which live part of their lives in the ocean and part in freshwater creeks - is a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
Environmentalists argue the 65-foot-tall dam blocks the fish from accessing upstream habitat on San Francisquito Creek.
Stanford spokeswoman Lisa Lapin says the school is already in the midst of a two-year study meant to address concerns over the dam's effects on a number of threatened and endangered species that live in the area.
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So let's try this again. How many of us who have commented on "The Gospel of Joy" have read it all the way through, never mind let it settle in for reflection?
George Weigel sets a nice "Black Friday" reboot in the Wall Street Journal today:
The first nine months of the pontificate of Pope Francis have often resembled a gigantic Rorschach test in which various commentators inside and outside the Catholic Church have "seen" their dreams and fears realized. Alas, what has been "seen" has often had little to do with the record of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as priest and bishop or with his most consequential decisions as pope.
Those projections reached fever pitch with the publication on Tuesday of Francis' first apostolic exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospel), which was celebrated, or lamented, as if it were an Occupy Whatever position paper for a G-8 summit. Instead, the papal document should be read and appreciated for what it manifestly is: a clarion call for a decisive shift in the Catholic Church's self-understanding, in full continuity with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
I note that it was published in the "Black Friday" edition of the Wall Street Journal because it so happens that Weigel's book, Evangelical Catholicism is a great primer for understanding where the Church is and needs to be going.
(My early, initial interview with George about it here.)
Speaking of Rorschach tests, you can watch them explode when certain names are mentioned, as assumptions are made … or things are taken out of context and conclusions are drawn. We could use a little more mercy and gratitude. We've all got talents, roles, vocations. Let's let God illuminate the truth of his love and justice in our lives, encouraging the good where we see it, even as we necessarily debate politics and policy with a discerning prudence.
Given it is Thanksgiving weekend, it's worth noting that so much of what Pope Francis points to it gratitude. Gratitude for the Gospel. Gratitude for God's mercy. Gratitude for our salvation! Will we live like we have this Good News and believe it, already? Thanks be to God when we do — he says this, too, by the way, acknowledging that there are laborers in the vineyard living lives of sacrifice and joy, even as so many of us professed Christians fall into lukewarmness, a practical atheism.
His exhortation is encouraging because there is hope.
George Weigel concludes:
Pope Francis is a revolutionary. The revolution he proposes, however, is not a matter of economic or political prescription, but a revolution in the self-understanding of the Catholic Church: a re-energizing return to the pentecostal fervor and evangelical passion from which the church was born two millennia ago, and a summons to mission that accelerates the great historical transition from institutional-maintenance Catholicism to the Church of the New Evangelization.
The revolution starts in our hearts, made for radical conversion to His Sacred Heart!
Here's my thanksgiving for "The Gospel of Joy."


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This gritty, silent drama from 1915 follows the tale of Beppo Donnetti (George Beban), an Italian immigrant shining shoes in Manhattan and hoping to save enough money to send to his fiancée, who is back in Venice. But when the couple is finally reunited in New York, they quickly discover that surviving in the slums of America demands heartbreaking sacrifices. Annette Ancello and J. Frank Burke co-star.