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Early in our married life when Sister Nelson and I lived in Minneapolis, we decided to enjoy a free afternoon with our two-year-old daughter. We went to one of Minnesota's many beautiful lakes and rented a small boat. After rowing far from shore, we stopped to relax and enjoy the tranquil scene. Suddenly, our little toddler lifted one leg out of the boat and started to go overboard, exclaiming, "Time to get out, Daddy!"
Quickly we caught her and explained, "No, dear, it's not time to get out; we must stay in the boat until it brings us safely back to land." Only with considerable persuasion did we succeed in convincing her that leaving the boat early would have led to disaster.
Children are prone to do such dangerous things simply because they have not acquired the wisdom their parents have. Similarly, we as children of our Heavenly Father may foolishly want to get "out of the boat" before we arrive at destinations He would like us to reach. The Lord teaches over and over that we are to endure 1 to the end. 2 This is a dominant theme of the scriptures. One example may serve to represent many passages that convey a similar message:
"Blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion … , for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb." 3
Blessings bestowed by God are always predicated upon obedience to law. 4 Applied to my analogy, we are first to get "on the boat" with Him. Then we are to stay with Him. And if we don't get "out of the boat" before we should, we shall reach His kingdom, where we will be lifted up to eternal life.
The term "lifted up" relates to a physical law that can be illustrated by a simple demonstration. 5 I will use a spool of thread and blow into the axial hole of the spool. The force of my breath will move a piece of tissue paper away from me. Next I will take an ordinary card and a straight pin. I will place the pin through the card. With the pin in the hole of the spool, I will hold the card close to the spool. I will again blow into the hole of the spool. As I blow, I will let go of the card so that it can respond to physical forces. Before I proceed, would you like to predict what will happen? Will I blow the card away from me, or will the card be lifted up toward me? Are you ready? [Elder Nelson demonstrates that blowing down the axial hole of the spool lifts the card up toward the spool.]
Did you notice? As long as I had sufficient breath, the card was lifted up. But when I could endure no longer, the card fell. When my breath gave out, the opposing force of gravity prevailed. If my energy could have endured, the card would have been lifted up indefinitely. 6
Energy is always required to provide lift over opposing forces. These same laws apply in our personal lives. Whenever an undertaking is begun, both the energy and the will to endure are essential. The winner of a five-kilometer race is declared at the end of five kilometers, not at one or two. If you board a bus to Boston, you don't get off at Burlington. If you want to gain an education, you don't drop out along the way—just as you don't pay to dine at an elegant restaurant only to walk away after sampling the salad.
Whatever your work may be, endure at the beginning, endure through opposing forces along the way, and endure to the end. Any job must be completed before you can enjoy the result for which you are working. So wrote the poet:
Sometimes the need to endure comes when facing a physical challenge. Anyone afflicted with a serious illness or with the infirmities of age hopes to be able to endure to the end of such trials. 8 Most often, intense physical challenges are accompanied by spiritual challenges as well.
Think of the early pioneers. What if they had not endured the hardships of their westward migration? There would be no sesquicentennial celebration this year. Steadfastly they endured—through persecution, 9 expulsion, 10 a governmental order of extermination, 11 expropriation of property, 12 and much more. Their enduring faith in the Lord provided lift for them as it will for you and for me.
The Lord's ultimate concern is for the salvation and exaltation of each individual soul. What if the Apostle Paul's conversion had not been enduring? He never would have testified as he did at the end of his ministry: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." 13
What if Jesus had wavered in His commitment to do His Father's will? 14 His Atonement would not have been accomplished. The dead would not be resurrected. The blessings of immortality and eternal life would not be. 15 But Jesus did endure. During His final hour, Jesus prayed to His Father, saying, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." 16
Early in His mortal ministry, Jesus became concerned about the commitment of His followers. He had just fed the 5,000, 17 then had taught them the doctrines of the kingdom. But some had murmured, "This is an hard saying; who can hear it?" 18 Even after He had fed them, many lacked the faith to endure with Him. He turned to the Twelve and said, "Will ye also go away?
"Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord … thou hast the words of eternal life.
"And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." 19
Peter's answer defines the real core of commitment. When we know without a doubt that Jesus is the Christ, we will want to stay with Him. When we are surely converted, the power to endure is ours.
This power to endure is critical in those two most important relationships we enter into in life. One is marriage; the other is membership in the Lord's Church. These are also unique in that they are both covenant—not contractual—relationships.
Marriage—especially temple marriage—and family ties involve covenant relationships. They cannot be regarded casually. With divorce rates escalating throughout the world today, it is apparent that many spouses are failing to endure to the end of their commitments to each other. And some temple marriages fail because a husband forgets that his highest and most important priesthood duty is to honor and sustain his wife. 20 The best thing that a father can do for his children is to "love their mother." 21
President Gordon B. Hinckley made a statement recently that each Latter-day Saint husband should heed: "Magnify your [wife]," he said, "and in so doing you will magnify your priesthood." 22 To his profound advice we might couple the timeless counsel of Paul, who said, "Let every one of you … love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." 23 Enduring love provides enduring lift through life's trials. An enduring marriage results when both husband and wife regard their union as one of the two most important commitments they will ever make.
The other commitment of everlasting consequence is to the Lord. 24 Unfortunately, some souls make a covenant with God—signified by the sacred ordinance of baptism—without a heartfelt commitment to endure with Him. Baptism is an extremely important ordinance. But it is only initiatory. The supreme benefits of membership in the Church can only be realized only through the exalting ordinances of the temple. These blessings qualify us for "thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers" 25 in the celestial kingdom.
The Lord can readily discern between those with superficial signs of activity and those who are deeply rooted in His Church. This Jesus taught in the parable of the sower. He observed that some "have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended." 26
Loyalty to the Lord carries an obligation of loyalty to those called by the Lord to lead His Church. He has empowered that men be ordained to speak in His holy name. 27 As they guide His unsinkable boat safely toward the shore of salvation, we would do well to stay on board with them. 28 "No waters can swallow the ship where lies / The Master of ocean and earth and skies." 29
Nevertheless, some individuals want to jump "out of the boat" before reaching land. And others, sadly, are persuaded out by companions who insist that they know more about life's perilous journey than do prophets of the Lord. Problems often arise that are not of your own making. Some of you may innocently find yourselves abandoned by one you trusted. But you will never be forsaken by your Redeemer, who said, "I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say." 30
Without a strong commitment to the Lord, an individual is more prone to have a low level of commitment to a spouse. Weak commitments to eternal covenants lead to losses of eternal consequence. Laments later in life are laced with remorse—as expressed in these lines:
We are speaking of the most important of all blessings. The Lord said, "If you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God." 32
Each of you who really wants to endure to the glorious end that our Heavenly Father has foreseen should firmly establish some personal priorities. With many interests competing for your loyalty, you need to be careful first to stay safely "on the boat." No one can serve two masters. 33 If Satan can get you to love anything—fun, flirtation, fame, or fortune—more than a spouse or the Lord with whom you have made sacred covenants to endure, the adversary begins to triumph. When faced with such temptations, you will find that strength comes from commitments made well in advance. The Lord said, "Settle this in your hearts, that ye will do the things which I shall teach, and command you." 34 He declared through His prophet Jeremiah, "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people." 35
When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard." They will protect you from cheating—in marriage, in the Church, and in life.
If you really want to be like the Lord—more than any thing or anyone else—you will remember that your adoration of Jesus is best shown by your emulation of Him. Then you will not allow any other love to become more important than love for your companion, your family, and your Creator. You will govern yourself not by someone else's set of rules but by revealed principles of truth.
Your responsibility to endure is uniquely yours. But you are never alone. I testify that the lifting power of the Lord can be yours if you will "come unto Christ" and "be perfected in him." You will "deny yourselves of all ungodliness." And you will "love God with all your might, mind and strength." 36
The living prophet of the Lord has issued a clarion call: "I invite every one of you," said President Hinckley, "to stand on your feet and with a song in your heart move forward, living the gospel, loving the Lord, and building the kingdom. Together we shall stay the course and keep the faith." 37
I pray that each of us may so endure and be lifted up at the last day, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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The word endure comes from two Latin roots. The prefix en means "within." The remainder comes from the verb durare, which means "to be firm or solid." Thus, to endure means "to become firm within yourself." That meaning carries into the original languages of the Bible. In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament, the root word 'aman means "to render firm" or "to be faithful, to trust." It was often translated as "faithful," but never as "faith" alone. 'Aman meant more than faith. It was not a passive term; it meant "a firm resolve to be faithful." 'Aman was also the Hebrew root for words that were translated into related terms, such as "verified," "believe," "long continuance," "assurance," "establish(ed)," "sure," "trust," "steadfast," "stand fast," and others. In the Greek language of the New Testament, the verb hupoméno was used. It means "to remain," "stay," or "continue." Hupo (or hypo) means "under," as in hypodermic ("under the skin") or hypothermia ("low temperature"). "To endure" connotes a commitment within one's soul.
See Matt. 24:13; Mark 13:13; 2 Ne. 33:4; Omni 1:26; 3 Ne. 15:9; D&C 14:7; D&C 18:22; D&C 20:29. This promise has been confirmed by both our Father in Heaven and by the Lord Jesus Christ. From the great Elohim, we have this pronouncement: "The words of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved" (2 Ne. 31:15). And from the Savior, we have this promise: "Whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, … him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world" (3 Ne. 27:16).
1 Ne. 13:37; see also Mosiah 23:22; Alma 13:29; Alma 36:3; Alma 37:37; Alma 38:5; 3 Ne. 27:21–22; Ether 4:19; D&C 5:35; D&C 9:14; D&C 17:8; D&C 75:16. For additional emphasis, scriptures teach the negative consequences of disobedience to this commandment. For example, "If they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it" (2 Ne. 9:24; see also 2 Ne. 31:16; Morm. 9:29).
See D&C 130:20–21.
This demonstration of Bernoulli's principle in physics was first shown to the author on 17 August 1996 by Elder Norman C. Boehm, then an Area Authority of the Church residing in Sacramento, California.
The law of lift is at work whenever airplanes fly. It is a "component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity" (American Heritage Dictionary [1982], s.v. "lift."
Author unknown, "Stick to Your Task," in Best-Loved Poems of the LDS People, ed. Jack M. Lyon and others (1996), 255–56.
In his 95th year, President Joseph Fielding Smith publicly expressed the hope that he would be able "to endure to the end in this life" (in Conference Report, Oct. 1970, 92; or Improvement Era, Dec. 1970, 27). He who served so faithfully and well all of his days provided a model for all of us to follow.
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The pioneers were driven from Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and finally to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.
The early pioneers were forced out of Missouri under threat of an order signed by Missouri's governor directing that the "Mormons must be treated as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from the state" (History of the Church, 3:175).
In 1887, the Congress of the USA took the unprecedented step of eliminating the Church's legal existence by revoking its corporate charter and authorizing federal receivers to assume ownership of virtually all of the Church's property and other assets, including its most sacred houses of worship—temples—in Logan, Manti, St. George, and Salt Lake City (see The Late Corporation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 [1890]).
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See 3 Ne. 27:13.
See Moses 1:39.
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See Matt. 14:21; Matt. 16:9; Mark 6:44; Mark 8:19; Luke 9:14; John 6:10.
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See D&C 42:22.
This statement has been made by many leaders of the Church. For example, see Howard W. Hunter, "Being a Righteous Husband and Father," Ensign, Nov. 1994, 50; David O. McKay, as quoted by Gordon B. Hinckley, "Reach Out in Love and Kindness," Ensign, Nov. 1982, 77.
First session of member fireside conference in Lima, Peru, 9 Nov. 1996.
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In addition, worthy men are privileged to qualify for the oath and covenant of the priesthood, which will bless all men, women, and children whom they serve (see D&C 84:33–48).
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See Acts 27:30–31; 1 Ne. 18:21–23.
"Master, the Tempest Is Raging," Hymns, no. 105.
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John Greenleaf Whittier, "Maud Muller," The Complete Poetical Works of Whittier (1892), 48.
D&C 14:7. The Prophet Joseph included this concept of endurance in the thirteenth article of faith: "We have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things."
See Matt. 6:24.
JST, Luke 14:28.
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Nature has started Climate Feedback, a blog on climate change. One of the first posts is by Roger Pielke Jr, who claims
Even the venerable New York Times is prone to completely botching a discussion of the science of climate change. In a front page article today, the NYT reports on how the National Arbor Day Foundation has updated plant hardiness maps to reflect recent changes in climate. (A plant hardiness map presents the lowest annual temperature as a guideline to what plants will thrive in what climate zones.) The NYT misrepresents understandings of variability and trend and in the process confuse more than clarify.
However, it is Pielke Jr who has completely botched the discussion.
He writes:
The new map updates a 1990 USDA map based on 1974-1986 data, and replaces it with data from 1990-2006. In most places the range of increased average minimum temperature has moved north as can be seen from a difference map between the two time periods. The difference map, shown here, has the horizontal lines because the zones used are so broad — 10 degrees — that the differences are only noticeable at the margins of the zones.
The New York Times reports that these differences can all be attributed to human-caused climate change, using the case of Atlanta as an illustration:
Using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Arbor Day map indicates that many bands of the country are a full zone warmer, and a few spots are two zones warmer, than they were in 1990, when the map was last updated.
Atlanta, which was in Zone 7 in 1990, is now in Zone 8, along with the rest of northern Georgia. That means that areas in the northern half of the state where the average low temperature was zero to 10 degrees Fahrenheit are now in a zone where the average low is 10 to 20 degrees. A scientific consensus has concluded that this warming trend has largely been caused by the human production of heat-trapping gases.
Because the zones span 10 degrees (or 5 degrees in the case of the 1990 USDA map) and the largest change shown on the difference map is 2 degrees, then clearly no location has jumped 2 zones! This is just an error.
Indeed it is, but the error is Pielke Jr's. The difference map shows not the change in temperature, but the change in zones (Hint: the legend says "Zone Change"). The largest change is not 2 degrees as Pielke Jr thinks but 2 zones. NYT 1 Pielke Jr 0.
Pielke Jr continues:
More important than this simple mistake is the claim in the NYT that the changes in temperature observed in Atlanta can be attributed to human-caused greenhouse gases. In fact, the IPCC argues that it needs 30 years of records to detect trends, much less make attribution. In fact, the IPCC report just out has reported that the U.S. southeast has actually cooled over the period of record as shown below.
But Pielke Jr has shown the trends since 1901 even though the IPCC only stated that most of recent warming is anthropogenic, not warming since 1901. Right next to the graph that Pielke Jr chose to present is one that shows trends since 1979 (AR4 Chapter 3 22Mb pdf):
The graph shows that the US South East has warmed since 1979. Now it is true that the IPCC has only attributed warming mainly to human influences over the past 30 years and at the level of continents, but the trend in the US South East over the past 15 years is similar to that over North America over the past 30, so the NYT is justified in attributing to human influences. NYT 2 Pielke Jr 0.
Hans von Storch and Eduardo Zorita have a post on the hockey stick that is going to annoy everyone involved in the hockey stick wars:
In October 2004 we were lucky to publish in Science our critique of the 'hockey-stick' reconstruction of the temperature of the last 1000 years. Now, two and half years later, it may be worth reviewing what has happened since then.
The publication in 2004 was a remarkable event, because the hockey-stick had been elevated to an icon by the 3rd Assessment Report of the IPCC. This perception was supported by a lack of healthy discussion about the method behind the hockey-stick. In the years before, due to effective gate keeping of influential scientists, papers raising critical points had a hard time or even failed to pass the review process. For a certain time, the problem was framed as an issue of mainstream scientists, supporting the concept of anthropogenic climate change, versus a group of skeptics, who doubted the reality of the blade of the hockey stick. By framing it this way, the real problems, namely the 'wobbliness' of the shaft of the hockey-stick, and the suppressing of valid scientific questions by gate keeping, were left out.
Mann and company are not going to appreciate the insinuation that they were involved in the suppression of valid scientific questions, while McIntyre is already hopping mad that he wasn't given credit for totally smashing the hockey stick.
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A former benefit claims worker has been given a suspended prison sentence for fraudulently claiming almost £14,000 in housing and council tax benefits.
Jahanara Begum, 32, claimed housing benefit from May 2009 until June 2010 while temping as a benefits assessment officer at Richmond Council.
But she failed to declare a £50,000 income from her own company, Jahanara Consulting Limited, of which she was the sole director.
In total Begum, a single mother who lived in Princes Road, Kingston, but now lives in Cheshire, was overpaid £13,979 by Kingston Council.
When she was interviewed by fraud investigators, she denied she had done anything wrong.
An appeal by Begum against Kingston Council was dismissed by a tribunal.
At Wimbledon Magistrates' Court last week, Begum was sentenced to 12 weeks in custody suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 150 hours' unpaid work.
She was also ordered to pay £500 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
Her sentencing follows that of former councillor Tim Dennen who narrowly escaped prison on Friday despite a court hearing he had been on a fraud awareness course.
He was fined £7,000 and ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service for failing to declare he was receiving councillor's expenses when he claimed benefits from Kingston Council.


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Volume 3, Issue 1, Fall 1998
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From the College Director
What a glorious fall it has been! There are many accomplishments of faculty and students that are noted in this newsletter. My admiration for the work around me abounds. We have had over four million dollars in research grant proposals submitted in the past year; international and national presentations and publications; growing student enrollment; and we have raised more money in the past eighteen months than raised in the past ten years for all of Lewis College. Kudos and thanks to all of you for your help and unflagging support.
A few of the notable accomplishments of faculty include but are not limited to:
- Professor Glen Geist‹recipient of RSA grant for Ph.D. students in Rehabilitation Counselor Education
- Professor John Hilburger‹President, Great Lakes Chapter National Rehabilitation Counselors
- Professor Nancy Hansen‹Chair, Research Committee of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
- Professor Joyce Hopkins‹President, Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health
- Professor Margaret Huyck‹appointed member of Governor Edgar's Commission on the status of Women in Illinois
- Professor Chow Lam‹ranked number ten in the nation in rehabilitation research productivity
- Professor Charles Merbitz‹elected Chair of the Outcomes Task Force, American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
- Professor Nambury Raju‹Served on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the National Assessment of Educational Practice
- Professor Robert Schleser‹elected Chair, Academic section, Illinois Psychological Association
- Professor Tamara Sher‹Editor, Special Series in Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
There have also been a number of noteworthy staff changes. Bruce Fisher, Ph.D., joined us in August as the Director of the Center for Research and Service. Bruce, a 1987 I/O alumnus, was formerly on staff at Organizational Psychologists. He has made remarkable progress on the implementation of the board-approved business plan for the center. The center is dedicated to advancing individual and organizational effectiveness through education, research, and consulting services. It supports clients through services that improve both individual and organizational performance. Elizabeth King comes to us from Arizona where she gained extensive expertise in office operations, budgeting, and oversight. She now heads the psychology office as Administrative Associate Director. We are most pleased to have her talents and professional skills to assist us with the diverse array of tasks we now undertake as a free-standing College. Michael Gravitt accepted the position as Administrative Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions and has been helping us to structure and implement a plan to recruit undergraduates in psychology. Michael has extensive admissions and financial aid experience that is an asset in this endeavor. We have a new brochure that is being mailed to interested students, and we are hopeful of increased enrollment. Please spread the word about undergraduate psychology at IIT. If you wish to assist him in this marketing, recruitment, and retention effort, please feel free to call him at 312/567-8945. I am very pleased to announce that we have two new members on the Psychology Board of Overseers. Bridget Nowak (Rehabilitation 1986) and Stephen Steinhaus (I/O, 1987) have agreed to join the dedicated and talented group of people who comprise the psychology board and whose steady support has been a mainstay for me. Please join me in thanking and welcoming them in this capacity.
Finally, I have been most impressed by the commitment and dedication of our alumni volunteer group. These remarkable individuals have given time nights and weekends despite other full time jobs to help us with our fund raising effort. Please let me know if any of you would like to be part of the alumni volunteer group. We are especially interested in finding additional clinical alumni to participate in that effort.
M. Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D.
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Raju** -- Shruti Reddy -- Ms. Marianne Reed Ms. Ellen J. Reidy Heather L. Reilly Mr. Roger W. Reining Miss Patricia L. Riggs -- Dr. Sylvia G. Roch** -- Dr. Lori A. Rokicki** -- Mr. Russell W. Roschman -- Ms. Joanne H. Rosenberg -- Dr. Hassan Sayeed -- Theresa J. Schaeffer -- Dr. William A. Schiemann -- Dr. Robert Schleser** -- Dr. John Scott* -- Mr. David R. Sennett -- Ms. Katherine B. Sharp-Belle -- Dr. Tamara Goldman Sher** -- Dr. Paul A. Sherman -- Dr. Susan L. Slater -- Dr. Michael C. Smith -- Dr. Frank J. Smith -- Mr. Robert W. Soelter -- Dr. Maurice L. Solodky -- Dr. Addison W. Somerville -- Ms. Nancy J. Sons -- Mr. Alan H. Sons -- Mr. Mark M. Sowa -- Dr. Anthony E. Spahr -- Mr. Eugene D. Spizziri -- Dr. Steven Stanard -- Dr. Dennis R. Stark -- Dr. Stephen D. Steinhaus* -- Ms.Pamela Stone Dr. Denise B. Strauch -- Mrs. Elaine M. Sugent -- Dr. Kenneth E. Taylor -- Tenneco Inc. (2) -- Dr. Elaine C. Thomopoulos -- Thresholds (2) -- Mr. Mark A. Tietbohl -- Mr. Jeffrey A. Truthan -- Mrs. Peggy L. Tyler -- Dr. Paul H. Van Wyk -- Mr. Raymond H. Van Zelst --Dr. Steven W. Veit -- Dr. Mary E. Vermillion -- Vernon Roche Hodgson, Inc. -- Mr. David J. Vitale* -- Dr. Anthony F. Vitiello -- Vocational Testing, Inc. -- Dr. Wayne J. Von Bargen -- Dr. Joan Walker-Hurst -- Ms. Merriam E. Wamble -- Dr. Gerald J. Wellens -- Mr. Frederic W. Widlak -- Mr. James K. Wills -- Dr. Allen H. Wolach** -- Dr. Michael A. Young** -- Ms. Normandie J. Zagorski -- Mr. Jack L. Zeibell -- Bruce A. Zimmerman -- Ms. Rebecca L. Zwolinski -- Dr. Kenneth A. Zych
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Clinical News
Congratulations to students who have recently defended their dissertations
Linda Dunaway
Neuropsychology of deficit willed intention in schizophrenia. Advisor: Dr. Lam.
Gail Ihnen
The functional significance of social perception in schizophrenia. Advisor: Dr. Penn
Theresa Kiolbasa
Adequacy of hemodialysis compared to kidney transplantation: a neuropsychological perspective. Advisor: Dr. Lam.
Michelle Kornbleuth
Causal analysis of the relationships among attachment, role modeling, mental problems and delinquency. Advisor: Dr. Lam.
Rhonda Mayes
An examination of the cognitive appraisal of stress in African-American women: Are stress differences a result of race or culture? Advisor: Dr. Schleser.
Edmund O'Connor
The effect of competition on acute pain tolerance. Advisor: Dr. Schleser.
Sheryl Tatelman
Social support, marital status, and marital satisfaction in relation to mental health among survivors of breast cancer. Advisor: Dr. Mitchell.
Welcome to the new class of clinical Ph.D. students
Gail Pinales
Gwen Hales
April Halfpenny
Mandy Grant
Anne Wiley
Liat Ayalon
Marina Gonzales-Soriano
Milly Shivers
Renee Pichler
Sara Wontor
Sandra Kuperman
Industrial/Organizational News
We are proud to recognize the achievements of our recent graduates:
Russell E. Lobsenz, Ph.D., Do measures of tacit knowledge assess psychological phenomena distinct from general ability, personality, and social knowledge? Advisor: Dr. Morris.
Vanita Cecilia Misquita, Ph.D., Exploration of factors leading to organizational commitment of the subordinate in a unionized environment. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Sameena Mohiuddin-Noetzel, Ph.D., The effect of job title on job evaluations ratings. Advisor: Dr. Morris.
Masters Level
Jennifer Lyn Langell, M.S., The role of aptitude-treatment interactions in training evaluation. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Brian O'Sullivan, M.S., The effects of frame-of-reference (FOR) training and a combined FOR and observational training (FOR/OBS) program on rating and observational accuracy. Advisor: Dr. Roch.
W. Grant Peirce IV, M.S., The relationship between work-force diversity and the strength and quality of organizational climate. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Michael T. Schuelke, M.S., Rating of women leaders: The moderating effects of salience of leadership, sex of subordinate, and sex of raters. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Eleni Speron, M.S., Agreement between rating sources on leader¹s performance: the role of gender, context, and self-monitoring. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Masters PHRD
Melanie Anderson, M.S.
Brad Johnson, M.S.
Ming-Hong Shih (Calvin), M.S.
Rebecca Romano, M.S.
Jennifer Zieleskiewicz, M.S.
Bruce Fisher, Ph.D.
Bruce Fisher has recently left his role as partner at the Chicago-based consulting firm, Organizational Psychologists, to "come home again" to IIT as the new Director for the Center for Research and Service in the College of Psychology. As a research and consulting arm of the College of Psychology, the mission of the center is to advance individual and organizational effectiveness through research-based solutions and consulting services. The center has worked with the following companies: D.C. Fire Department, Peoples Energy Corp., AMCO Engineering Co., Shine Brothers, Inc., JW Allen and the National Academy of Sciences. Bruce is a 1987 graduate of IIT¹s Ph.D. Program in Industrial Psychology. He consulted for fourteen years with the firm Organizational Psychologists. In addition, he taught for the last ten years in the graduate program at Loyola University's Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations.
From the Board Chair
In my professional career, I have had the privilege of being involved with several organizations in a voluntary capacity. My experience with IIT and specifically the College of Psychology has been one of the most rewarding. It is a rare and special opportunity to see a group of committed board members and volunteers, formed just two years ago, establish committees, develop plans and move them to action to achieve positive results. Psychology faculty have been instrumental and most supportive in this process.
Please allow me to share with you some important milestones within the College of Psychology. Under the leadership of Dennis Armstrong, our campaign committee has continued to be successful. We are especially pleased to announce that we have surpassed $300,000 in funds raised to support the students, faculty and programs of the College. With the matching Pritzker/Galvin challenge, this totals $600,000. This is an incredible accomplishment (all of Lewis College, which included Psychology, raised $197,000 during an eight-year period from 1988 to 1996). To Dennis and his committee, including Gary Morris, Sandy Marcus and Linda Jeleniewski, we thank you and encourage you to keep up the good work. We are especially pleased to recognize College of Psychology contributors with a donor listing in this issue. We thank each of you for your generosity and support.
Alumni of psychology recently received a letter from the Director, M. Ellen Mitchell, outlining a special incentive for alumni contributing to the annual fund during this fiscal year. The Pritzker/Galvin challenge will triple or quadruple your tax-deductible gift as long as it is designated to scholarships and it is either a first time gift or an increase over your previous contribution. A $2 for $1 match will be provided for gifts from alumni who graduated prior to 1980; a $3 for $1 match will be provided for gifts from alumni who graduated in the 1980's and 1990's. These matching terms are guaranteed for annual gifts that are one-year contributions or multiple-year pledges of three or more years, up to $10,000. I urge you to take advantage of this unique opportunity. Every increased or new gift will be doubled, tripled or quadrupled‹what an exciting time to send your contribution! We have included a return form in the newsletter for your convenience.
In our continuing efforts to reach out to psychology alumni and friends, an events, cultivation, recognition and campaign committee has been established and is quickly getting organized under the leadership and coordination of George Langlois, Steve Steinhaus and Bruce Bonecutter. There are now 27 volunteers representing different decades of alumni across all the programs. Their work will help us build a network with you so that we may keep in better contact and provide an opportunity for you to become involved in the future growth of the college. We also have implemented a series of informal breakfasts with M. Ellen Mitchell and Lewis Collens, president of the university, to share information about the College of Psychology and revitalized IIT. We especially thank board member, David Vitale, for hosting our November 10 breakfast at Bank One. We hope you will have a chance to attend one of these sessions. As always, we welcome and encourage your participation at all levels.
--Bryan R. Dunn, President & CEO, Kinship Corp. Chair, College of Psychology Board of Overseers
Faculty News
Scott Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the I/O Program, received an IIT Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF) grant for a research project titled, "Exploring the Structure of Causal Knowledge." Recently, he also became Treasurer of Chicago Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (CIOP).
Chow Lam, Ph.D.
Professor in the Joint Clinical/Rehabilitation Program, traveled to Hong-Kong this past August to present a paper on "Treatment matching in Rehabilitation." Dr. Lam also recently became Treasurer of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.
Tony Paquin, Ph.D.
Tony Paquin, Ph.D., was a visiting professor for the Œ97-Œ98 term and now is a member of the full-time faculty. For the past year, Tony has served as the Chair of Undergraduate Recruitment Task Force of the College of Psychology.
Roya Ayman, Ph.D.
Roya Ayman, Ph.D., has continued her training work with Arthur Andersen conducting group dynamics and leadership development sessions. Also, she served on two working groups of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois. Dr. Ayman was re-elected to a four-year term as the newsletter editor for the International Association of Applied Psychology. Last year she was also asked to join the Education and Training Committee of SIOP. On a final note, Dr. Ayman received a plaque in recognition of her presentation on "Celebrating the Success and Challenges Facing Asian American Professionals in the Work Place," from Lucent Technology.
Margaret Huyck, Ph.D.
Margaret Huyck, Ph.D., recently gave a Gerontological Colloquium entitled, "Continuities and Discontinuities of Gender," at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
Sylvia Roch, Ph.D.
Sylvia Roch, Ph.D., presented at the Chicago Industrial Organizational Psychologists' October 1997 meeting. The topic was careers and competencies of I/O psychologists. In addition, she also reviewed for the SIOP 1998 Conference.
Faculty Profile
Dr. Roya Ayman
Associate Professor and the Director of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at IIT, Dr. Roya Ayman is this month's featured faculty member.
Dr. Ayman originally did her undergraduate studies in sociology and psychology. She became especially interested in psychology at college where she studied the decision-making processes of immigrants who moved between rural and urban areas. Deciding to pursue social psychology, she traveled from her native country, Iran, to the United States to study at the University of Utah.
Dr. Ayman's father, an I/O psychologist, had done work in Iran that interested her, and soon she became interested in leadership effectiveness, particularly cross-culturally. However, the political climate overseas was unstable, and so she chose to study Mexican culture because of its similarities with Iranian culture. Teaching for a year and doing dissertation research at Regio Montana Universidad in Mexico, Dr. Ayman worked with managers in various Mexican industries.
Back at the University of Utah, she took classes in Public Administration and by graduation was quite interested in a job in the professional/applied setting. However, her plans took a turn when she saw a notice in the APA Monitor about a position opening at IIT. "It was as if it was written for meŠI saw it as an applied environment, in a non-traditional psychology department."
Since then, Dr. Ayman has been at IIT. Throughout, she has had one foot in the business world and one in academia. Her research has been primarily practically-oriented. Leadership effectiveness is her main area of interest. As the proportion of women leaders has increased in the past few decades, Dr. Ayman has become interested in gender diversity research within the field of leadership. Also, she has examined the work-family interface as it applies to workers of both sexes. This field of study concerns conflicts that an individual faces as they balance themselves between work and family.
In addition to pursuing research, Dr. Ayman has enjoyed teaching at IIT. She has been very impressed with the quality of students, both undergraduate and graduate, psychology and non-psychology majors. Being the Director of the I/O Program, she also spends much effort maintaining the high reputation of the program, as well as recruiting and maintaining the best of faculty and students. Because of this, she is very pleased about the current state of the I/O Program. She remarks, "This year is great because for the first time since I have been here, all the faculty is settled and doing research. Things are more stable and productive than they have been in recent memory."
Dr. Ayman's activities last year were a continuation of her training work with Arthur Andersen, conducting group dynamics and leadership development sessions. Also, she served on two working groups of the Governor's Commission on Status of Women in Illinois. She is on the education and training committee and the program committee of SIOP. Additionally, Dr. Ayman engages in ad hoc reviewing for Personnel Psychology and the Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Alumni Notes
Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is at Organizational Effectiveness Consultants.
Nancy deLay
Nancy deLay is a consultant in HR Research for Eli Lilly & Company in Indiana.
Bruce Fisher
Bruce Fisher is the Director of the Center for Research and Service at IIT.
Chris Freiburger
Chris Freiburger is President of the Chicago Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and has started his own company, Human Capital Management Group.
Steve Guastello
Steve Guastello received the IIT Alumni Award (Fall 1997). He is the president of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, and authored the book, Chaos, Catastrophe, and Human Affairs.
Sehee Hong
Sehee Hong completed his Ph.D. at Ohio State University with the dissertation topic, "An investigation of the influence of internal test bias on test predictive validity." He is now an assistant professor at the University Of California, Santa Barbara.
Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is Human Resource Manager at East Bank Club.
Pete Leddy
Pete Leddy is Director of Executive Development at PEPSICO in New York.
Ming-Hong Shih (Calvin), M.S.
Ming-Hong Shih (Calvin), M.S., is pursuing his Masters in Computer Science through the Public Administration program at IIT.
Douglas Quartetti
Douglas Quartetti is at HumRRO.
Fred Rafilson
Fred Rafilson is President and CEO (and owner) of Industrial Organizational Solutions, LLC.
Steve Steinhau
Steve Steinhau is at SHL.
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas is the Human Resources Generalist for World Color, and will be a guest lecturer for Scott Morris's Employment Law seminar this semester.
Leonard J. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Leonard J. Goldsmith, Ph.D., received his M.S. from IIT in 1962, and is completing his 17th year as Chief Psychologist at the Toronto Hospital.
Joseph Cuningham, Ph.D.
Joseph Cuningham, Ph.D., completed residency in neuropsychology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and is with the Brain Injury Program at Curative Rehabilitation Services.
Kenneth Zych
Kenneth Zych received his Ph.D. in 1972, and is now a diplomat in clinical neuropsychology in Okinawa, Japan and teaches for the University of Maryland.
Faculty, Student, & Alumni Publications & Presentations
Ayman,* R., Heatherly, L., & Korabik, K. (Aug. 1998). The effect of dyad gender composition, type of organization, and the domain of leadership behavior on subordinate satisfaction. Paper presented at Academy of Management meetings, San Diego, CA.
Ayman,* R. & Romano,* R. (1998). Measures and Assessments for the Contingency Model of Leadership. In F. Yammarino and F. Dansereau, Leadership: The Multi-level approaches. New York: JAI Press.
Azam,* O. A., & Young,* M. A. (Nov. 1998). Does ruminative response style predict severity of winter depression? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Cambridge, MA.
Becker,* J., Ayman,* R., & Korabik, K. (Aug. 1998). Discrepant perceptions of leadership behavior: Gender, self-monitoring, and leadership context. Paper presented at American Psychological Association meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Bose,* J. L., Geist,* G. O., Lam,* C. S., Slaby,* M., & Arens,* M. (1998). Factors affecting job placement success in proprietary rehabilitation. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 29, 19-24.
Chemers, M. M., Ayman,* R., & Fiedler, F. E. (1998). The contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Back to the future. In F. Yammarino and F. Dansereau, Leadership: The Multi-level approaches. New York: JAI Press.
Groehler,* L. R., & Morris,* S. B. (Apr. 1998). Effect of performance appraisal system knowledge on rater agreement. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Lam,* C. S., Castillo,* M., & Ramos, L. (Nov. 1998). Marrying cultures: Scientist concerns in university and community collaborative evaluations. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Chicago, IL.
Larmore,* A. & Ayman,* R. (Apr. 1998). The relationship between CEO empowering leadership, transformational leadership, and direct report feeling of empowerment: A multi-level analysis. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Leahy,* B., & Lam,* C. S. (in press). Neuropsychological testing and functional outcome in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury.
Major, D. & Ayman,* R. (1998). Education and training Liaison Efforts. TIP, 36, 99-101.
Morris,* S. B., & DeShon,* R. P. (Apr. 1998). Effect size estimates for meta-analysis with repeated measures designs. In R. P. DeShon (chair), Problems and pitfalls when conducting meta-analysis. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Morris,* S. B., & Lobsenz,* R. (Apr. 1998). Significance tests and confidence intervals for the Adverse Impact Ratio. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Oshima, T. C., Raju,* N. S., & Flowers, C. (1997). Development and demonstration of multidimensional IRT-based internal measures of differential functioning of items and tests. Journal of Educational Measurement, 34, 253-272.
Oshima, T. C., Raju,* N. S., Flowers, C., & Slinde, J. (in press). Differential bundle functioning using the DFIT framework: Procedures for identifying possible sources of differential functioning. Applied Measurement in Education.
Paquin,* A. R. (in press). Drever, James. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Paquin,* A. R. (1998). Effect of incremental informational value of ProMES feedback on productivity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Peirce IV,* W. G., & Ayman,* R. (Apr. 1998). Workforce diversity effects on the quality and strength of organizational climate. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Pritchard, R. D., & Paquin,* A. R. (1997). Messung und Steigerung der Produktivität in Organisationen. Special issue on group related work in organizations in Zeitschrift fur Arbeits und Organisationpsychologie.
Pritchard, R. D., Watson, M. D., Kelly, K., & Paquin,* A. R. (1997). Measuring teaching effectiveness in higher education. San Francisco, CA: The New Lexington Press.
Raju,* N. S. (1998). Review of Maintest. In J. C. Impara and B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp. 632-634). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements of the University of Nebraska.
Raju,* N. S. (1998). Review of Ramsay Corporation Job Skills‹Reading Prints & Drawings. In J. C. Impara and B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp. 822-824). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements of the University of Nebraska.
Raju,* N. S., Anselmi,* T. V., Goodman, J. S., & Thomas, A. (1998). The effects of correlated artifacts and true validity on the accuracy of parameter estimation in validity generalization. Personnel Psychology, 51, 453-465.
Raju,* N. S., Reyhan,* B., Edwards, J. E., & Fleer,* P. F. (in press). Accuracy of population validity and cross-validity estimation: An empirical comparison of formula-based, traditional empirical, and equal-we


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Despite the fact that she's missing five teeth, actress Elle Fanning has plenty of reasons to smile. Like her big sister, Dakota, Fanning is, at the ripe old age of 12, already a grizzled veteran, with nearly a decade of work under her belt, and has a heavyweight résumé of decidedly grown-up films that includes I Am Sam (2001), The Door in the Floor (2004), Babel (2006), Reservation Road (2007), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Now, though, Fanning is about to enter another phase in her career with the release of Sofia Coppola's new film Somewhere, in which she stars, alongside Stephen Dorff, as the daughter of a hard-partying Hollywood actor who lives in a suite at the Chateau Marmont hotel and is stumbling, perpetually bleary-eyed, through both his work and his life. For all of her youth, Fanning's performance in film is a mature one, as she struggles to reconcile her parents' stunted adulthoods with the premature onset of her own.
Following her first trip to Venice, where Somewhere took top honors at the city's film festival this past September, Fanning went into production on her next film, the J.J. Abrams-directed sci-fi thriller Super 8. (She also stars in Andrei Konchalovskiy's recently released 3-D version of The Nutcracker.) We recently caught up with Fanning in Los Angeles, where, between shooting scenes for Super 8 and doing her science homework, she sat down to talk about working on Somewhere, her obsession with Marilyn Monroe, her impressive list of on-screen dads (Penn, Pitt, and Bridges among them), her grand plans for when Dakota goes to college, and why she's going to have to find someone new to steal clothes from if she gets any taller.
LAUREN TABACH-BANK: You were born in Conyers, Georgia, but you moved to Los Angeles when you were really little. How old were you?
ELLE FANNING: I was probably about 2 when I came out here. My sister came out first to see if the whole acting thing would work out, and then we all moved out here. I don't really remember Georgia that much, but we go back if we can. I have 14 cousins there, because my dad's the youngest of eight kids. Some of them are my age, and then there's some that are younger or older. One of them is, like, 20-something.
TABACH-BANK: Are you and Dakota the only actresses of the group?
FANNING: Yeah, we're the only actresses. Everyone thinks it's really cool that we're in this business, but they're also just our family.
TABACH-BANK: Do you go to school?
FANNING: I do! I just started seventh grade, so, I'm like, "Oh, my god!" I was really nervous at first about the whole thing with getting to your class on time, because now we have so many different classes-that freaked me out. But I'm doing good.
TABACH-BANK: What's your favorite subject?
FANNING: Science. But I love artsy stuff, too. We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.
TABACH-BANK: I Am Sam [2001] was the first movie you did.
FANNING: Yeah, I was really little for that one. I played Dakota's character at a younger age.
TABACH-BANK: Do you have any recollection of making that movie?
FANNING: You know, I was watching the behind-the-scenes of it not that long ago. I think my sister remembers more about it, because she was older. She says stuff about it all the time.
TABACH-BANK: What's it like for you to look back and see yourself so young?
FANNING: It's so weird.
TABACH-BANK: It must be like watching a home video almost-except a very expensive one with Sean Penn.
FANNING: [laughs] Yeah, it's funny. I was so little, though. Like, "I looked like that?"
was Marilyn Monroe for Halloween when I was 7. . . . I did the makeup and the mole. I did all the poses with blowing kisses and all that.—Elle Fanning
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TABACH-BANK: It's interesting because you're so young, but you've already worked with so many great people. Is there anyone who stands out as somebody who was special to you or who has guided you?
FANNING: Oh, wow. I mean, it's amazing that I get to meet all these people. I've learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.
TABACH-BANK: Had you seen her movies before?
FANNING: I had seen Marie Antoinette [2006], and then I just recently saw The Virgin Suicides [1999], but I haven't seen Lost in Translation [2003]. Marie Antoinette was especially girly. You wanna live there, you know? It's amazing. It was so much fun making Somewhere with her. It wasn't even like filming a movie. It was more just going to the Chateau [Marmont]. The Chateau became our home. We moved in.
TABACH-BANK: So you lived there while you were shooting?
FANNING: Basically . . . You know, I came to work there every day, but I was just there from morning to night, you know? It was really cool. The whole crew kind of fit in our room-it was such a small crew. But we all felt like a little team. I think that's why Sofia's movies feel different from other movies. They feel so intimate and natural . . . just totally natural.
TABACH-BANK: Had you been to Chateau Marmont before? It's such a big place with so much history.
FANNING: I'd been there before for some interviews and photo shoots, but I hadn't spent that much time there. Now, I feel like I know it so well. When I first got there, I was like, "Am I walking where Marilyn Monroe walked?"
TABACH-BANK: How did you get the part?
FANNING: I auditioned. I met with Sofia and I didn't even know what the script was. We just met each other. And then I got called back, and we went to the Chateau and I read lines with Stephen. She wanted to see our connection, I guess. Stephen and I spent a lot of time with each other before filming. Sofia wanted us to do a lot of things together. So he picked me up from school one day, and we went and got frozen yogurt from Pinkberry. Then, another day, he came to one of my volleyball games.
TABACH-BANK: That's so sweet.
FANNING: Yeah, it was so funny. He had extensions in at the time for another movie, and all my friends were looking at this guy who was cheering me on at the volleyball game like, "Who is that guy?"
TABACH-BANK: Did they recognize him or were they just like, "Who is this really weird guy?"
FANNING: Well, he had the long hair. . . .
TABACH-BANK: You've had some hot on-screen fathers.
FANNING: [laughs] Oh, my god, yeah!
TABACH-BANK: Brad Pitt, for example. . . . But you were probably so young that it didn't resonate.
FANNING: Brad Pitt-that was really cool. I did Babel [2006] with him, but I never had any scenes with him in that movie because he was in Morocco filming and I was in Mexico. But there was one day when we were working on the same day, in L.A., and I got to meet him, so that was really cool. We're like, "We've been in two movies together, but we've never met each other!" [laughs] Because we were both in [The Curious Case of] Benjamin Button, too. He was really nice, though.
TABACH-BANK: So there's Sean and Brad and Jeff Bridges has also played your dad [in The Door in the Floor, 2004]. It's funny, they've almost all won Oscars. Do you ever bump into any of your many movie dads?
FANNING: Like, at events and stuff, I see them sometimes. Whenever we see each other, they're like, "You've gotten so tall! The last time I saw you, you were tiny." That's always the first thing most of my [movie] dads say.
TABACH-BANK: What was it like going to the Venice Film Festival with Somewhere? The movie won, didn't it?
FANNING: It was so cool. I'd been to Milan, because we had to go there to shoot Somewhere, but I'd never been to Venice before, so it was very fun and extravagant. We were like, "This is our Twilight moment!" because people were shouting our names. We were all sort of nervous. "Are they gonna like the movie?" You know? But then at the very end of the screening, people stood up and clapped, and we were like, "Oh, we did it!" It was great.
TABACH-BANK: Did you take a ride in the canals?
FANNING: Oh, yeah. We went everywhere there on a boat. It was a lot better than being stuck in a car.
TABACH-BANK: Is Sofia the first female director you've worked with?
FANNING: No, I've worked with a couple others before, but not many. Normally, they're all men. But it's cool working with female directors because I'm a girl, so you do relate to them more. You can talk to them about other stuff like clothes and all that.
TABACH-BANK: Are you into fashion? I did see a picture of you in Venice where you came out in that Marc Jacobs dress.
FANNING: I love fashion! I love clothes! I really like vintage clothes, so in my closet there's a lot of '50s stuff. I go to the stores and shop around.
TABACH-BANK: What's your favorite vintage store?
FANNING: There's this place in L.A. called Playclothes. It actually recently moved, but it used to be really close to me. I'm going to have to go and find where they moved now. [laughs]
love artsy stuff . . . But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.—Elle Fanning
TABACH-BANK: Do you have a favorite outfit?
FANNING: Um, let's see . . . I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything.
TABACH-BANK: What about designers? Who do you love?
FANNING: Lord, it's hard to say. I wore the Marc Jacobs dress, so I love Marc Jacobs. He has a vintage flair. But I've always worn a lot of vintage stuff, so it hasn't been a lot of
designers. If I see something that I like, I just buy it.
TABACH-BANK: Do you and Dakota share clothes?
FANNING: Yes. We're sort of the same size. I'm taller than her, though . . . She does not like that at all. [both laugh] She probably doesn't like me wearing her clothes either, but we do still share. I sneak into her closet and grab things out and put them on. She's a senior, so she's going to college soon. But we share a bathroom.
TABACH-BANK: Soon you'll have your own.
FANNING: Yeah, exactly. [laughs]
TABACH-BANK: What do you like to do when you're not working?
FANNING: I like to hang out with my friends, but I also do ballet. Because I'm filming now, I haven't been able to do it as much, but I normally do ballet five days a week with a teacher.
TABACH-BANK: Is there anyone you'd really like to work with? Who was your favorite actor growing up?
FANNING: My favorite actress is Marilyn Monroe.
TABACH-BANK: She's gonna be tricky to work with.
FANNING: Yeah. [laughs]
TABACH-BANK: Have you ever seen any of Marilyn Monroe's films? Or do you just like her look?
FANNING: Yeah, I mean, of course-I love her look and everything. But I've seen The Seven Year Itch [1955] and I loved that. I watched that all the time when I was little. I liked the dress. I was her for Halloween when I was 7. I did the makeup and the mole and I did all the poses with blowing kisses and all that. But also, of course, I'd love to do something with my sister. I've never really acted with her before. I've played her at a younger age, but we've never been in the same scenes together.
TABACH-BANK: If you weren't an actress, what do you think you'd want to do?
FANNING: Ballet, if I get good enough, which is the hardest thing ever. So I would probably like to do that, because I feel like you could always come back to acting. You can do it at any age. But I also love to sing, so maybe that would be something else.
TABACH-BANK: What kind of music do you like?
FANNING: I love Beyoncé.
TABACH-BANK: Have you ever seen her in concert?
FANNING: No. I've never met her or anything, but she would be the person that I'd want to meet. I bet she's just so cool.
TABACH-BANK: You know she has that dual-personality thing where she's apparently Sasha Fierce when she goes out on stage. Do you feel like you have a different personality when you're working?
FANNING: Nah. I'm more, like, my normal self all the time. I just love doing what I do.
Lauren Tabach-Bank is Interview's entertainment director.
ou've gotten so tall! The last time I saw you, you were tiny.' that's always the first thing most of my movie dads say."—Elle Fanning
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January 20, 2003
The World Christian Action Conference has come and gone, but its message remains clear as many students pursue obedience to God's call on their life. John Zumwalt, the conference's speaker from Heart of God Ministries, challenged the Bethel community to overcome fear with surrender and to follow God boldly.
Seminars and informational booths by mission agencies provided students with an opportunity to find their heart by seeking God's. Agencies from around the world were able to spark interest in those wanting to learn more and many were able to gain valuable contacts through the experience.
The variety of information available during the conference was greatly beneficial in showing students the many ways the skills they are currently studying can be used on the mission field. Opportunities include serving in such capacities as teacher or dorm parent at a school for missionary children, leading youth on short-term trip and Bible translation.
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Traffic: The council approved the retention of the recent lane configurations, including a reduction of lanes from three to four, along the Charleston-Arastradero Road corridor. Yes: Burt, Espinosa, Holman, Klein, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd, Yeh Absent: Price
Proposition 37: The council approved a colleagues' memo from Karen Holman and Yiaway Yeh endorsing Prop. 37, which would abolish the death penalty. Yes: Burt, Espinosa, Holman, Klein, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd, Yeh Absent: Price
Council Finance Committee (Oct. 2)
Trash: The committee discussed a proposed pilot program to introduce organic-waste pickup for residential customers and reduce the frequency of regular trash pickup. Action: None
Energy: The council approved a power-purchase agreement with Brannan Solar LLC for purchase of electricity over 25 years at a cost not to exceed $91 million. Yes: Burt, Scharff, Shepherd Absent: Price
Parks and Recreation Commission (Oct. 3)
Updates: The commission reviewed and commented on the ongoing Rinconada Park Master Plan and discussed the status of the Magical Bridge Playground at Mitchell Park. Action: None
Planning and Transportation Commission (Oct. 3)
Page Mill Road: The commission approved a rezoning of four parcels at the 400 block of Page Mill Road from residential to commercial to enable construction of a mixed-use building. Yes: Alcheck, Martinez, Michael, Panelli, Tanaka, Tuma Absent: Keller
Utilities Advisory Commission (Oct. 3)
CLEAN: The commission voted to recommend continuation of the Palo Alto Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) program. Yes: Cook, Eglash, Foster, Hall, Melton No: Waldfogel Absent: Chang
Efficiency: The commission recommended approving the city's 10-year energy-efficiency goals. Yes: Cook, Eglash, Foster, Hall, Melton, Waldfogel Absent: Chang
Architectural Review Board (Oct. 4)
Heights: The board held a study session to discuss making revisions to the city's building-height limit. Board members were generally in favor of allowing new buildings taller than 50 feet at certain locations, provided they include amenities and are in context. Action: None


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THE shooting of a Hells Angel bikie at his transport company in Sydney's southwest was a "brazen execution" by one of up to seven men who invaded his workplace, police say.
Dynamic Transport owner Zeljko "Steve" Mitrovic, 45, died at his work premises at Wetherill Park just before 4pm (AEDT) on Tuesday after being shot several times by a man with a pistol.
Another man, 31, was shot in the right arm and is in hospital in a stable condition.
Police believe the wounded man was caught in the crossfire after up to seven men arrived at the premises and got into a heated argument with Mr Mitrovic.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter told reporters on Wednesday that at this stage it was not considered likely that other bike gangs were involved.
He said it was "a brazen execution in someone's safe haven", their workplace, and the obviously targeted attack could have been related to Mr Mitrovic's personal or business dealings.
"All parts of his history, recent and long term, will be explored for any potential or possible motive."
"It's unclear at this stage what the exact motive might be."
Mr Cotter said police were in touch with Hells Angels members and were seeking to keep things calm and avoid any retaliation.
He said witnesses at the scene were very shaken but everyone had been very willing to talk to police.
Descriptions given of the offenders were "varied and a bit scratchy", but it was hoped further interviews on Wednesday would give a clearer idea of who the gunman and his accomplices might be, Mr Cotter said.
He said up to seven offenders had argued with Mr Mitrovic in the company yard, and after he called a halt and went upstairs to his office, three men followed him and an even more heated argument ensued.
One of the men produced a pistol and fired a number of shots, some of them hitting Mr Mitrovic, killing him at the scene.
A post mortem examination was being conducted on Wednesday.
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Moventas says the FusionDrive wind turbine drivetrain has proven to work well during testing at the company's research and development center in Finland.
Already in commercial production for DeWind, FusionDrive is a joint effort of Moventas and permanent-magnet generator supplier The Switch. Moventas says the product is an advanced gear and generator combination, and it is small and lightweight; a 3 MW FusionDrive weighs 35 tons and is two meters long and 2.3 meters wide.
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Kirkland Baskin-Robbins employee robbed at gunpoint claims he was fired the next day
A Baskin-Robbins employee claims he was terminated after requesting to have an extra employee by his side for night shifts. The request came after the ice cream shop was robbed on Wednesday night.
Kirkland police responded at 7:20 p.m. when employee Jarred Alverio, 19, called 911. A white man with a white bandanna on his face entered the Rose Hill Baskin-Robbins on N.E. 85th St., drew his gun and told Alverio, who was decorating a cake, to give him the money. Police arrived within five minutes after the man, who wore a black hoodie, black leather jacket and blue jeans, left with $200.
Alverio called his manager to get the password for the security camera so that police could obtain the video footage. Within 30 minutes, the manager walked in the door.
"She didn't seem like she was fully connected, but her husband did ask if I was okay," Alverio said.
But Alverio recalls the first thing she said to him was: "Oh, you need to put the cake back in the refrigerator."
"It seemed she was being more considerate of the cake than what was going on," Alverio said.
Alverio didn't work Thursday, but knowing that he had to work at 3 p.m. Friday, he called his manager to discuss his work schedule. And in a voicemail he asked to have a coworker with him during his evening/night shifts. He was alone the night of the robbery.
"Since that happened, I am physically and mentally not able to work in that environment. I was by myself," said Alverio.
When the manager called him back, he says she told him she would be unable to accommodate his request because "it's wintertime and it's the slow season for an ice cream shop." It was non-negotiable to move his shifts to daytime.
"She said 'thank you for your time, thank you for working with me. Your last day was yesterday and you can come in Monday to get your last paycheck. Bring in your uniform,'" Alverio said, noting that he only requested to have an extra employee with him and it wasn't a demand. "I was very puzzled… She didn't care."
Ironically, Alverio had received his six-month raise last month.
"That's really sad that a small business can't accommodate such a small request like that," said Alverio's uncle, Pedro Heredia. "This kid is the kind of kid that makes up shifts for other employees. He works as many hours as he can and then they go and shut him down like this."
Heredia said Alverio commutes an hour-and-a-half to Seattle back and forth, in addition to going to college. Sometimes Alverio gets off work as late as 11 p.m.
But when the Reporter contacted the manager, Jinny Hong, she said that she wants Alverio to work and he is not fired if he will work the night shifts. She says since Alverio is over 18 years old, she hired him specifically to work night shifts.
"I really want to work with him but problem is he doesn't want to work nighttime shift," Hong said. "I'm going to do what he wants to do."
Hong attributes the issue to miscommunication because she is not fluent in English. She says she is troubled by who will fill tomorrow's night shift.
Sunni Chung, the other manager, called the Reporter to explain Alverio will be taking a few days off work but is still on payroll and was not fired. Alverio has until this Saturday to decide whether he wants to work for Baskin-Robbins or not.
"I definitely didn't misinterpret it," Alverio said. "I would have asked her to say it again."
Alverio says come Saturday he doesn't think he will make the decision to continue employment there.
The same Baskin-Robbins has been robbed before - a couple of years ago, according to Alverio. And Lt. Mike Murray with Kirkland Police has confirmed the suspect in the recent robbery also matches the description of a suspect in his mid-20s who robbed a Texaco gas station down the street on Oct. 27.
"Similar description, close to the same area, same type of motive," Murray said.
"I don't think I'd take the job back. If I were to have that job back, I'd have the night shift by myself and knowing that something like that could happen… It's not safe."


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The Red and White Dairy Cattle Association is pleased to announce Elmo Wendorf of Ixonia, Wisconsin as Operations Manager. He will be responsible for overseeing the daily office tasks of the RWDCA including book-keeping, herdbook management and registrations. Wendorf will be working with the membership of the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association at national and approved Red and White shows.
The Wendorf family farm, Crescentmead Farms, is well known worldwide. The farm has bred and developed: 53 All-American or Junior All-American Nominations, 318 Excellent cows, 67 Gold Medal Dams or Sires and 19 cows over 200,000 milk up to 295,000 milk.
Wendorf has an extensive list of accomplishments throughout his career in the dairy industry. A few of his highlights include: Chairman of the 2008 National Holstein Convention held in Wisconsin, Director on the National Holstein Association Board for nine years, Director on World Dairy Expo Board for nine years and Chairman of the first All Seven Major Dairy Breeds' Convention in Wisconsin held in 2000. Wendorf has worked as International Sales Manager for Accelerated Genetics and has traveled to 11 countries on behalf of Accelerated.
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TRANSPORT Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited the 'Missing Link' today, Wednesday to discuss proposals for the A417 Loop to improve the 5km stretch of road.
The missing link is a 5km stretch of single carriageway on the A417 with the remaining route between the M4 at Swindon and M5 at Gloucester being dual carriageway.
With more than 34,000 vehicles a day, it is a significant bottleneck and has the worst average vehicle delay of all main routes in the south west. The road has also seen more than 340 casualties in the past 15 years.
At today's visit the transport secretary was joined on Crickley Hill by Laurence Robertson MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Gloucestershire County Council's Chief Executive Peter Bungard and Cllr Will Windsor-Clive Cabinet member for planning and infrastructure for a tour of the area and to discuss the proposed A417 Loop solution.
Gloucestershire County Council launched a campaign in January to encourage residents and businesses to back the A417 Loop - the only workable solution to the problem.
As well as an answer to the hundreds of lost business hours and the knock-on effect on the Gloucestershire economy, the loop would seek to improve the road's safety record with a number of highways improvements, from a new bypass of Nettleton Bottom to an additional dual carriageway down Crickley Hill.
In April the 'missing link' was added to a Highways Agency list of roads in the south west that need major improvements because of capacity, safety and environmental issues. This brought the scheme one step closer to finding funding when the Government allocates cash in spring 2015.
Gloucestershire County Council leader Mark Hawthorne took the county's petition to Number 10 in May, calling for £255 million in Government cash to build the A417 Loop.
Almost 5700 people and business have already signed up to show their support for the A417 Loop, and with year central government making their funding decision next year the council is calling for even more to show their support now while there is still time.
Cllr Will Windsor-Clive, cabinet member for planning and infrastructure, said, "Getting this dangerous and congested stretch of road upgraded is Gloucestershire County Council's number one transport priority. I'm delighted to welcome Patrick McLoughlin to Gloucestershire so he can see for himself just why the Government needs to fund the A417 Loop to fix this problem."
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I wonder if flow state comes from not having to think about your mechanics and being totally calm and not thinking about anything in the throwing motion. When you let automation take over, your brain isn't wasting any processing time on timing the acceleration, pinching now etc. but operates at maximum speed to git 'er done. Which is the desire to throw into a specific spot and the right angle and speed.
where the "zone" comes from varies from person to person. in most cases it's fairly similar the way it feels. i would never describe it as not having to think about it. it's more like everything that is happening is going in slow motion so that you have full control over everything that is happening.
i have felt this way in many different sports/activities when i'm performing at peak ability. in disc golf when this happens i notice a distinct feel of each finger leaving the disc individually, a hard tug of the wrist extension, etc.
i consider this to be more of a product of hyper focus than auto pilot.
a key example of this is baseball. if a pitcher is throwing over ~84mph you cannot physically see the ball during the final 15' of the pitch. hitting said pitch then requires extrapolation to where the ball is going to be as it crosses the plate and getting the bat there to hit it. at my peak in baseball when i was in "the zone" i was able to pick up the speed, trajectory, and spin on a pitch what felt like immediately upon it leaving the pitcher's hand. i would have a "trace" of the ball trajectory at this point and i would know when/where it would be so that my swing could adjust and get the barrel of the bat to the point of contact and initiate the wrist break and "drive" of the ball. if the pitch was going to a location where i didn't want to put it into play (e.g. i couldn't hit it with power) i would just foul it off to a safe location and wait for a pitch that i wanted to put into play. on days in the zone i would be able to choose almost exactly where i wanted to hit it and i would do this strategically. e.g. if it was a very fast pitcher and it was a pitch i wanted to foul off i would choose to pull it foul on a hard line drive so that he would know that i could turn on him and he couldn't blow me away. if a pitcher threw at me or hit me with a pitch intentionally (happened quite a bit my last year of ball) i would hit a liner straight back at him.
i think to truly be in the zone it requires a certain level of mastery that is difficult to attain without tons of reps and focus. even then your body and mind need to be working at a high level. days where i was tired or my body was feeling sore/sluggish, i would rarely if ever find the zone that day.


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Simple question, and it may be a dumb one, but how does a longer reachback benefit a thrower, who we will assume has their timing down (not me)?
I've read over and over not to "pull" or accerlate or really do anything until the disc is in the right pec position. I've also read that you do not want to start your pull from the reach back position, and my understanding is the disc is just guided or lofted to the right pec position, and THEN you start pulling like mad. If this is the case, then why do we even bother with reachback? Why not just start at the pec or power zone on every throw? I'm really trying to understand how a longer reachback benefits someone who has really good timing, and can really hit it well.


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I watched The Green Hornet, and I must say that I was surprised by the lack of green energy beams coming from a green ring. Obviously it was because I had The Green Hornet confused with DC Comic's "Green Lantern" which will be released in the next couple of weeks. Despite the mix up, I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was especially proud of Jay Chou (famous Chinese singer) for playing his role (Kato the sidekick) so well.
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The story is about Britt Reid (Seth Rogan) a rich irresponsible playboy seeking his calling in life. One day while traveling home with his dad's mechanic, they find themselves foiling a robbery on the street. From that point on, Britt, wide-eyed and still overwhelmed by their singular heroic act, decides to commit to a life of crime fighting. Of course, it's a decision that he puts little thought into and doesn't initially recognise the responsibility associated with such a noble choice. After sampling a few costumes, he decides on a black and green theme and dubs himself "The Green Hornet". To be honest, I liked Kato more because of his gadgets and his car "The Black Beauty" is definitely a vehicle I would like to personally own!
I won't say too much about the film in case you haven't seen it yet, but rest assured, there's some great martial arts intermingled with goofy moments by our hero.
All in all I'd give it a 8/10.
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Developers of a controversial planning application for 35 homes on land off Boreham Road, Warminster, held a custom build housing workshop on Tuesday for those interested in being involved in the scheme.
The planning application, put forward by HPH Commercial Property and Hab Housing, has been contentious with residents in Bishopstrow, after Warminster Town Council voted in favour of it last month.
However, according to Hab Housing, there are more than 1,450 people registered within a 20-mile radius of the land who are searching for a self or custom build opportunity.
The developer, which was established by broadcaster Kevin McCloud, said that 39 people attended the workshop, while a further 51 residents were in contact to say they could not make it, but were interested.
Simon McWhirter, sales and marketing director for Hab Housing, said: "The demand is massive. It is a completely different way of purchasing a new home, as rather than a volume developer offering the homes they have designed, people can design their dream home.
"I think the people against the plans are those who have not had an opportunity to look at all of the information and see what we do. Most of the primary concerns have been addressed and approved by statutory bodies."
The land, known locally as Spurt Mead, was considered for a government-backed Neighbourhood Development Order self-build scheme last year, until the council withdrew its involvement.
HPH Commercial then submitted an application for 35 homes, which was originally opposed by the town council, before the U-turn, with four councillors voting in favour and three against.
Mike Perry, chairman of Bishopstrow Village Meeting, who attended the workshop said: "We find this workshop offensive. Our main objection is that this development will close the gap between us and Warminster. It's also outside the core strategy and outside the settlement area."


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COLUMBUS -- Voters backed a new state bond issue to provide nearly $1.9 billion for roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects over the next decade.
With about 84 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday, nearly 65 percent of 1 million-plus votes cast supported Issue 1, according to unofficial results released by the secretary of state's office Tuesday night.
The lone statewide issue on the primary ballot represented the third renewal of the State Capital Improvement Program, which was initially OK'd by voters in 1987. The new amendment will provide up to $175 million in state borrowing annually for five years (up from $150 million currently), followed by up to $200 million annually for the remaining five years.
The proceeds will be used for grants for local roads, bridges, water supply, wastewater treatment, storm water collection and solid waste disposal.
Issue 1 had wide bipartisan support, with little public dissension.
"Ohio's successful public works program will be extended 10 more years thanks to approval by Ohio voters, and this is good news for our local communities who rely on this support to improve their roads, bridges and infrastructure," Gov. John Kasich, a supporter of the issue, said in a released statement. "I'm grateful for the broad, bipartisan leadership that helped us renew and strengthen this important program that creates jobs and builds stronger communities in every county of the state."
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law did issue an opposition paper late last week on the issue.
Executive Director Maurice Thompson noted in a released statement at the time, "Given recent spending increases at the state level, passage of state Issue 1 is likely, if not certain, to increase taxes, undermine Ohio's balanced budget requirement, further expand already historically large state spending and indebtedness, create perverse political incentives and cronyism, legitimize the notion of state spending as a viable means of job creation, further clutter an already bloated-beyond-recognition section of the Ohio Constitution, and redistribute wealth from poor and middle-class Ohioans to wealthy out-of-state investors."
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Curettage is the use of a spoon-shaped instrument (curette) to scrape
off a growth. A curettage procedure to remove a
seborrheic keratosis can cause pain and usually
requires a
local anesthetic for pain control. Curettage may be
combined with electrocautery to prevent regrowth.
Curettage is a quick treatment, but it can cause scarring. A fibrous
scar (keloid) may develop after curettage treatment. A
keloid can be itchy or continue to enlarge over time. Like a seborrheic
keratosis, a keloid doesn't require medical treatment but may be a cosmetic
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