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Plans to establish a citywide energy services company for Bristol will lead to lower household fuel bills, 1,000 new green energy jobs and up to £2billion investment in the city economy.
That was the message from Bristol City Council leader Barbara Janke after the city was awarded a £2.5 million grant from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The plans were launched last week at Redland Green School – the first secondary school in the city to install solar photovoltaic modules on its roof.
As part of this programme, schools will also be installing energy efficiency works such as energy efficient lighting and insulation and rolling out energy awareness activities with staff and pupils in the school. It is planned that the proposals announced will enable this programme to be massively expanded.
The Bristol energy services company will be owned by the City Council. It intends to secure half of its funding – about £70million – from the EIB and the rest from private sector investment. It would be an arms-length organisation and generate income through energy savings and energy generation.
Bristol City Council Leader Barbara Janke said: "This is a bold but necessary move for the city and we will be one of the first local authorities in the country to drive forward with such ambitious energy efficiency and renewable energy plans.
"In practical terms this will lead to cheaper bills for thousands of residents through investment in energy saving measures. This will also mean that as a city we will be generating our own energy, primarily
through a major investment in solar energy generation.
"It will help generate up to 1,000 new jobs in the construction and environmental technologies sectors – many I hope going to local firms and employees. The investment programme should also kick-start and attract much bigger investment in the city potentially up to £2 billion."
The investment programme will initially be focused on:
- Improving the energy efficiency of over 6,000 homes and public buildings through wall insulation and other measures;
- Installing over 7,000 renewable energy generating systems on homes and public buildings such as solar panels and wood fuelled heating
- Developing small district heating networks where several buildings are heated from a single, efficient boiler. These will be located in areas where there are several high-energy users close together such as in the city centre.
This investment programme would:
- Invest up to £140 million into the city, creating up to 1,000 new jobs, many locally – in the environmental technologies and construction sectors;
- Reduce the carbon emissions from homes by up to 3% – helping to achieve the city's ambitious carbon targets;
- Improve energy security and reduce fuel poverty in the city by making buildings more energy efficient;
- Support the market for renewable energy systems and develop Bristol's position in environmental technologies.
Simon Brooks, EIB vice president said: "The launch of the European Local Energy Assistance programme in Bristol will
both improve energy efficiency and ensure supply of low carbon and renewable energy in the city. The broad range of projects planned in Bristol will inspire similar cities in the UK and across Europe to look at ways to accelerate deployment of feasible energy efficiency and renewable energy schemes."


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GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) At least eight players will sit out Thursday night's exhibition opener for the Green Bay Packers.
Receiver Greg Jennings is still feeling the effects of a concussion suffered at last Friday's Family Night scrimmage. Tight end Ryan Taylor also has a concussion. Running back Du'ane Bennett and tight end Eric Lair will miss the contest at San Diego with knee injuries. Also out are receiver Tori Gurley with a groin pull, fullback Jon Hoese with a bad hamstring, guard Ray Dominguez with an ankle injury, and offensive tackle Mike McCabe with an injured hip.
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This Week's Sports Illustrated: Fun and Games in L.A.Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Albert Chen, Grant Wahl, Lee Jenkins, Magazine, Sports Illustrated Cover, Tim Layden, Weekly Press Release | Tags: Bayern Munich, Belmont Stakes, Champions League, Charles Barkley, Chelseas, Drogba, I'll Have Another, Indy 500, JR Hillenbrand, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Doddgers, Los Angeles Kings, los angeles lakers, Magic Johnson, Matt Kemp, Preakness Comments Off
Can Los Angeles Become the Sports Capital of the World? It Was Last Weekend
Chelsea's Didier Drogba Excels in Soccer and Humanitarian Efforts
After Winning the Preakness Stakes, I'll Have Another Looks Toward the Elusive Triple Crown
JR Hillenbrand Eyes Redemption at This Weekend's Indianapolis 500
The Undefined Path of the Transgender Athlete
(NEW YORK – May 23, 2012) – Six playoff games in four days from their professional basketball and hockey teams, a baseball team leading its division by seven games hosting another division leader and 114 cyclists competing in the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California (the biggest bike race in North America) created a great sports weekend for sports in Los Angeles.
Senior writer Lee Jenkins (@SI_LeeJenkins) was on hand for all the madness. Jenkins talked with team executives, players, coaches, workers and fans to gain perspective on this time extraordinary weekend. New Dodgers minority owner Magic Johnson, who appears on the cover of the May 28, 2012 issue of Sports Illustrated, said, "When fans fall in love with their teams, it's not just because they're winning. It's also because they are part of their community. That's where we lost our way a little bit. We need to sign autographs. We need to give to charity. We need to embrace our community again."
Much of the action took place in downtown Los Angeles at the Staples Center, home arena for the Lakers, Clippers and Kings. It was a crowning moment for Tim Leiweke—president and CEO of AEG, which owns the Staples Center. He had imagined a weekend like this back in 1997 when AEG first announced its redevelopment plans for this area. When construction started, the surrounding neighborhood was filled with liquor stores and rent-by-the-hour motels. AEG transformed the space into a four-million-square-foot entertainment district called L.A. Live, with 19 restaurants, two hotels and a public plaza. The hotels were so crowded this past weekend, even the Kings couldn't get in (page 38).
Leiweke said, "I don't think it is lost on Roger Goodell and the NFL owners what is going on. I don't know if it's a showcase or a defining moment or an exclamation point, but we have a chance to prove what we have been saying for years: 'Of course football should be here. We have the infrastructure. We are built for this.' "
On the Tablet: Time lapse video of all the activity at the Staples Center.
Dodgers centerfielder Matt Kemp is one of the best baseball players in the game, but the fact that he is still learning the game is a scary thought for opposing teams. As a teenager growing up just outside of Oklahoma City, Kemp loved basketball and played on his AAU team all summer. Baseball was strictly secondary. By his junior year in high school though, Kemp realized that his build would limit his basketball potential, and he began to focus on baseball (page 46).
In many ways, Kemp is still new to the game. What the Dodgers see now is a player whose mental skills are catching up to his physical skills. Manager Don Mattingly said, "This game is not so much physical. It's when the mental side and physical side connect, that's the most important part. Everyone's road takes them on a different path. And with Matt, we're beginning to see everything connect, and it's a beautiful thing."
IN PRAISE OF DROGBA – GRANT WAHL (@grantwahl)
Last Saturday, Chelsea defeated Bayern Munich 4—3 in penalty kicks to win its first title in the prestigious UEFA Champions League. Striker Didier Drogba scored the equalizer in the 88th minute and later scored the winning penalty kick. Senior writer Grant Wahl reflects on a conversation he had with Drogba two years ago in Angola's province of Cabinda in southern Africa (page 56).
In that interview, Drogba spoke of his humanitarian efforts to fund and build a hospital in his native country of Ivory Coast and his interest in helping the poor, especially in earthquake-torn Haiti. Even though Drogba is nearly done with his soccer career, he believes he has much more to do with his life saying, "I want to help with a lot of things: my charity, the hospital. I hope to keep learning. For me it's important to open my mind. I love to meet people and listen to their stories."
On the Tablet: Champions League slideshow.
LET'S ALL HAVE ANOTHER – TIM LAYDEN (@SITimLayden)
A generation of American adults is nearing middle age without having witnessed a Triple Crown winner. It has been 34 years since Affirmed outdueled Alydar to take the 1978 Belmont Stakes and wrap up racing's third Triple Crown in six years, a period that started with the great Secretariat in '73 and included Seattle Slew in '77. Eleven times since '78 a horse has won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but fallen short in the Belmont. I'll Have Another will be the next to try. He won the Preakness the same way he won the Derby, by wearing down the speedy Bodemeister, this time just three strides from the finish (page 52).
I'll Have Another faces his toughest challenge, the Belmont. The failures at Belmont have not been coincidental. John Servis, who trained Smarty Jones, which lost its bid for a Triple Crown in 2004, said, "You get to the Belmont at the end of a long campaign, with a bull's-eye on your back. I know I felt a lot of pressure."
On the Tablet: A look at Triple-Crown near misses.
BACK IN CONTROL – LARS ANDERSON (@LarsAndersonSI)
JR Hillenbrand's final-lap crash in the Indy 500 last year could have been a career-defining moment, for all the wrong reasons. The initial reaction from media and pundits was that he had committed the biggest blunder in the history of American racing. Hillenbrand climbed from the ruined Panther Racing car that slid across the finish line in a hail of sparks and rode in an ambulance to the infield care center physically fine but emotionally broken. But JR Hillenbrand handled his heartbreak with grace. After the race Hillenbrand refused to blame anyone but himself, speaking eloquently to all who had questions for him.
Hillenbrand said, "The worst feeling in the world as an athlete is not closing things out. But I knew it was in my hands how people reacted to me, so I wanted to be thoughtful and serious about it. I accepted the situation."
THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETE – PABLO TORRE (@SIPabloTorre)AND DAVID EPSTEIN (@SIDavidEpstein)
Playing fields have long been segregated on the basis of sex. But what happens to the athletes whose physiology doesn't match their gender identity? Against whom do they compete? What obstacles do they face? And how are they being treated by sports' governing bodies? One transgender scenario currently unfolding involves the U.S. Olympic women's track and field team. Keelin Godsey, formerly known as Kelly, was born as a female and competes as a female but identifies as a male. Godsey will continue to compete as a female, in hopes of making the team heading for London, but will later undergo sex reassignment surgery to make his biological and gender identities match (page 66).
The UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, which studies gender-identity issues, pegs the size of the U.S. transgender population at 700,000; how many are athletes is difficult to determine. The most contentious recent case was in November 2010. Kye Allums, a starting guard for the women's basketball team at George Washington University came out before his junior year, making him the only open transgender Division I athlete. Allums said, "Yes, I am a male on a female team. And I want to be clear about this: I am a transgender male, which, feelings wise … I feel as if I should have been born male with male parts.
On the Tablet: Podcast with Richard Deitsch, David Epstein and Pablo Torre.
Who is your favorite NBA announcer?
Charles Barkley 20%
Jeff Van Gundy 14%
Steve Kerr 10%
Reggie Miller 9%
Mike Breen 6%
[Based on 124 NBA players who responded to SI's survey]
FAST FACTS: In Barkley, Kerr and Miller, TNT announcers landed three of the top five spots. ESPN is represented by Van Gundy and Breen (who also handles play-by-play for the Knicks on MSG). . . . Former Knicks star Walt Frazier, Breen's broadcast partner at MSG, placed 10th, with 2% of the vote. . . . Bill Walton, whose bad back forced him to retire as an analyst for ESPN in 2009, placed eighth, with 3%, ahead of Shaquille O'Neal. . . In a similar poll on Facebook, Sir Charles ruled again, as he was named favorite by 52% of SI readers.
Last week, during the Roger Clemens federal perjury trial, three jurors fell asleep. Senior editor Dick Friedman believes that this perfectly illustrated the boredom that some sports stories entail. Stories that he believes have been over-reported include the prospects for a Pacquiao-Mayweather "fight" and when will Los Angeles get an NFL team (page 15).
Contributing writer Roy Blount realizes there are many basketball stats already, nevertheless, he invents a stat for a player who, based on his effective field goal percentage, makes more shots than he takes. Blount calls the stat Over the Top (OTT) (page 74).
- MLB (page 33): Excitement in the Air – The Orioles currently have the best record in the American League, but their chances at contending may still be a year or two away. (@Joe_Sheehan)
- NHL (page 35): Block Busters – The Rangers lead all postseason teams with 328 blocked shots. Some feel they are ruining the game, but for New York, it's all about winning. Michael Farber
- NBA (page 36): Help Wanted – With Chris Bosh injured, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade will have to play an even larger role for the Heat.
THIS WEEK'S FACES IN THE CROWD (page 24)
- Bernie Montoya (Yuma, Ariz./Cibola High) – Track and Field
- Stephanie Canfield (St. Joseph, Ill./St. Joseph—Ogden High) – Softball
- Marvin Kimble (Milwaukee/Hamilton High) – Gymnastics
- Ryan Skomial (Hartland, Mich./Hartland High) – Lacrosse
- David Pless (Atlanta/Bates College) – Track and Field
- Caitlin Racich and Summer Ross (Santa Barbara, Calif./Pepperdine) – Sand Volleyball
To submit a candidate for Faces in the Crowd, go to SI.com/faces. Follow on Twitter @SI_Faces.
Finally, It's Hip to be a Clip – Lee JenkinsPosted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: Lee Jenkins, Magazine, NBA, Weekly Issue | Tags: Bill Walton, Blake Griffin, chris paul, Clippers, LA Clippers, Lakers, Lee Jenkins, Los Angeles Clippers, los angeles lakers, NBA, NBA Insider, sports illustrated Comments Off
For the first time since 1979, the Lakers' little brothers (the Clippers) are finally relevant in Los Angeles, thanks to current commissioner David Stern. Since the controversial acquisition of Chris Paul, the Clippers are the hot ticket in town with local television ratings up 150% and prices of tickets on the secondary market up 50% to 75%, all because players and fans now have a reason to believe in their team. Sports Illustrated senior writer Lee Jenkins sat down to discuss the genesis of the story, what he learned, and if its truly, "Finally Hip to be a Clip."
Inside SI: What interested you about this story?
Lee Jenkins: Whenever you have a long-suffering team experiencing success for the first time, or at least the promise of success, you have the backdrop for an entertaining story. The Clippers have finished with losing records in 29 of the last 32 seasons. They have wasted more draft picks, suffered more torn ACLs and made more curious trades than any team in pro sports. They make the Cubs look lucky. But the Clippers essentially remade themselves last month into one of the most dynamic teams in the NBA, signing Caron Butler, picking up Chauncey Billups, and most important, trading for All Star point guard Chris Paul. I wanted to retrace those steps and show how the Clippers became a credible landing spot for a superstar. With Paul throwing ally oops to Blake Griffin, the Clippers have earned their nickname "Lob City," but they are producing much more than highlights. The Clippers could realistically contend in the Western Conference, this year and for years to come.
What did you learn about the Clippers that you may not have necessarily known prior to writing the story?
I grew up in San Diego, and when I was very young, the Clippers were competitive. Then something happened and they weren't anymore, but I couldn't remember exactly what it was. I learned their downfall began shortly after they signed Bill Walton – a San Diego native – as a free agent from Portland. In those days, Commissioner Larry O'Brien could award free-agent compensation where he saw fit, which is unthinkable now. It's like the Heat signing LeBron James and having to send Dwyane Wade to Cleveland. O'Brien stripped three members of the Clippers core, and five years later, the team moved to Los Angeles. Last month, another commissioner made another strange decision, only this one actually benefitted the Clippers. David Stern rejected a trade by the Lakers for Paul and approved the deal that sent him to the Clippers.
The Clippers have certainly had their share of difficulties over the years. Do you sense a cultural change within the organization?
For a franchise that has lost as much as the Clippers, it's strange that so many members of the front office are the same. The owner has been there 30 years. The team president has been there 27 years. Several vice presidents have been there about as long. But three events really changed the culture and paved the way for Paul. 1) The Clippers built a $50 million practice facility that is probably the fanciest in the league and signaled to players that they were serious. 2) They won the 2009 draft lottery and selected Griffin with the No. 1 pick. 3) They hired Neil Olshey as general manager, even though Olshey comes from an unorthodox background. Olshey was a soap opera actor who made himself a workout guru for NBA players. He has a different perspective of the league and has pursued players who really want to be Clippers.
As a West Coast native I am sure you can provide some insight, is LA a divided city right now?
No, Los Angeles is a Lakers city, and it will take generations to reverse. In New York, the Mets would have to overshadow the Yankees for many years to change the dynamic, and the same is true here. But L.A. is a great NBA town, with room for two teams, and both the Lakers and Clippers are selling out virtually every home game. People are talking about the Clippers, even more than the Lakers, because their story is so new and their style so upbeat. The Clippers are a trend with a chance to become much more. The Lakers are still an institution.
That being said, in your opinion, are the Clippers currently the strongest team in L.A.?
They're very even, and at the end of this compressed season, I think the records will reveal that. There's a good chance the Clippers and Lakers will meet in a playoff series, and I'd give the Clippers the edge, because the Lakers have no one who can keep up with Paul. The Clippers beat the Lakers in both pre-season games and again in the first regular-season meeting. They are not a perfect team, but given how quickly they were mashed together, they've adapted smoothly. Their defense has improved, center DeAndre Jordan has emerged, and they've won even when Paul has been injured. Lakers-or-Clippers is the great debate in L.A. right now, and when you review the history of the teams, it's remarkable that the Clippers are in the conversation.
For the First Time Ever YOU Pick the Cover of Sports Illustrated By Choosing The Best Sports Moment of 2011Posted: December 9, 2011 Filed under: Facebook, Magazine, Sports Illustrated Cover | Tags: aaron rodgers, Abby Wambach, Barcelona, Blake Griffin, boston bruins, Dallas Mavericks, David Freese, Derek Jeter, Dirk Nowitzki, Eric LeGrand, green bay packers, Kelly Slater, Kemba Walker, Lionel Messi, Los Angeles Clippers, Michigan State Football, nascar sprint cup, New York Yankees, Rory McIlroy, Rutgers, st. louis cardinals, Tim Thomas, Tony Stewart, uconn basketball, us open, US Womens Soccer Comments Off
For nearly 60 years the cover of Sports Illustrated has defined the story of the day in sports. Upon its release, the iconic cover image stirs a spectrum of passionate dialog, debate, celebration, criticism and for those who believe in jinxes, fear. But there has always been one constant in that the cover choice has rested in the hands of the SI editorial team. Today, that all changes. Beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST, sports fans can visit SI's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/sportsillustrated) to rank the top five sports moments from 2011 drawn from a selection of 15 images which correspond to the editorial staff's selections for the best sports moments of 2011. The moment that receives the most votes will be featured on the cover of SI's year-end issue. Voting begins today and will end on Friday, December 16th, the magazine cover that YOU picked will hit newsstands on Wednesday, December 21st.
Why is picking the cover a big deal? Listen to what some of the great athletes who have graced the cover had to say:
"To be on the cover of Sports Illustrated it's kind of a stamp of approval that you've made it," said Sugar Ray Leonard who has appeared on the SI cover 12 times.
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Clippers forward Blake Griffin graces the cover of the Dec. 5, 2011, issue of Sports Illustrated, on newsstands now. It is the fifth time that Griffin has made the cover and his first as an NBA player. For the Clippers, it is their first cover since Darius Miles appeared on the Oct. 31, 2000, issue.
The NBA and its players spent five months flirting with basketball apocalypse. Was it worth it? Speaking with senior writer Lee Jenkins (@SI_LeeJenkins), commissioner David Stern assessed the new labor agreement: "It's nothing anybody can see when they get back on the court, but we will be a better league over time. The league will be stronger and our fans will like us better if they feel the competition is better."
Blake Griffin: Dunk Machine – iPad Extras of the WeekPosted: February 2, 2011 Filed under: Chris Ballard, Chris Stone, iPad, iPad Extras, NFL Playoffs, Peter King | Tags: Art of a Beautiful Game, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Los Angeles Clippers, Manu Ginobili, Peter King, Richard Deitsch, Roger Goodell, Super Bowl, Timofey Mozgov Comments Off
There is food porn, which has its own Wiki page , guitar porn, apartment porn and, of course, porn porn.
Then there is this porn. Blake Griffin dunk porn.
The Clippers' rookie is the subject of Chris Ballard's entertaining profile in this week's iPad issue. Ballard, the author of the artfully crafted "Art of a Beautiful Game", eschews the more conventional profile route and seeks out the small nation of ballers, scrubs and stars alike, who have been posterized by Griffin, among them Kevin Love, Manu Ginobili, Anthony Tolliver (who shares a particularly amusing tale of his personal posterization) and, of course, the Knicks' Timofey Mozgov, who carries upon his shoulders this everlasting sorrow. Even the generally laconic Griffin can't help but delight in his oeuvre. Supplementing the piece are additional video clips of Griffin's signature dunks and a podcast with Richard Deitsch that offers the excellent story behind an excellent story.
Deitsch double dips this week, yakking with Peter King about his cover story on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, one of several revealing interviews in this week's iPad. Video analysis of the Super Bowl from Cris Collinsworth, Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms is included in the issue. And in addition to profiling standout Washington guard Isaiah Thomas, college basketball writer Pablo S. Torre, in an iPad exclusive, interviews Thomas's namesake, the NBA Hall of Fame guard who has been closely following the arc of the 21-year-old's career.
Next week will offer plenty in the way of the Super Bowl, in addition to a look ahead to next season. Maybe even some early spring training talk. And in two weeks: the inaugural SI Swimsuit iPad edition.
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Forgettable Songs #2
Second blogpost, this song was released around early 00's, MTV broadcasted it almost every night, if you remember, before the Reality shows were hot :)
Still a nice "dance" song
Forgettable Songs #1
My first blog about songs that we kinda forgot, i hope you remember this one :) came out in 2001, and it was one of the most downloaded mp3 in the napstar era.
Every year i make predictions on the upcoming Academy Awards.
This years nominations are terrible, i miss Ben Affleck as best Director, The Master as best Picture and Hans Zimmer as best composer.
My predictions (Bold with a * is my prediction)
Amour (2012): Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz
*Argo (2012): Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Life of Pi (2012): Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
Lincoln (2012): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
The Intouchables
Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Cast: Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot
IMDB: 8,6 (120,617 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.
My Verdict:
This is a small movie in the USA, but this is one of the biggest movies in Holland, a lot of people went to see it in the Cinema.
But what about the movie, yes it's much better than Dark Knight Rises and all.
It's based on a true story, Philippe wrote a book about his friendship with Driss and his life, and couple of years later they made a movie.
The movie is really funny but the acting performance of Cluzet and Sy are a-ma-zing!
There is nothing much to say about this movie, but i saw it already like 4 times.
But also, he got nominated for the best Foreign movie at the Golden Globes.
Maybe he will be nominated for Academy Awards in 2013.
Last Words:
That was my Top Ten List of this year, it was not hard to make it this year because there weren't enough good movies released, actually 2012 was a bad year for the movies.
In the next following days i will post more blogs, about the worst movies of 2012, and what we can looking forward to in 2013.
Thanks for all reading my Top Ten List, and see you next year!
The Dark Knight Rises
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway
IMDB: 8,7 (477,332 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
My Verdict:
Finally, the waiting was over last summer, after 2008's Dark Knight the sequel The Dark Knight Rises came out.
And yes, Christopher Nolan did it again, he never disappointed me with his movies.
First of all, The Dark Knight was a Joker movie, thanks to Ledger the movie was great but now we'll get a new villain, Bane.
Tom Hardy is about to break through in Hollywood and he was casted as Bane.
Hardy put so much effort in the gym that he became kinda large, and im happy with it that Nolan didn't did the same what they did in 1997's Batman and Robin.
Bane is a Mercenary, it gave me sometimes the creeps, but he was really bad ass. Great one lines, but what i liked the most is, that you really can read Bane's eyes what he thinks or what his emotions were, great job by Hardy.
Also his voice is incredibly awesome! My friends thought that the voice was spoken by Sean Connery.
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kayle aka Catwoman which will not be named in this movie. She's is a thief, but not a superhero.
I like Hathaway, she is gorgeous but she did a great job!
But, i think many people would not agree with me, but i liked this movie more than The Dark Knight, because The Dark Knight didn't really had a depth in a story. In Rises the story continues after Batman Begins. You know about Rha's Al Ghul etc.
Almost every movie from Nolan ended in my top 10 list. And this movie deserver the second spot.
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Hans Zimmer, one of my favorite composer's, composed this movie again, he did a great job again and i really really hope, that he finally deserves an Academy Award in 2013.
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer
IMDB: 7,9 (168,551 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
My Verdict:
I never saw the original Swedish version Män som hatar kvinnor, it was a big hit in Holland were i live, there are 3 movies, but The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first one of the three.
David Fincher is one of my favorite Directors, after Se7en, Social Network etc. he came up with this one.
And yes, this is an incredible good thriller, the movie was really interesting, like Silence of the Lambs.
Daniel Craig, we know him as Bond plays a Journalist who has been kinda corrupted after a fail report.
He plays pretty good, but still i see him as a secret agent:)
Rooney Mara, as Lisbeth, i know that Noomi Rapace plays Lisbeth in the original version. Checked some youtube vid's about Noomi Rapace's acting performance and it was pretty good!
But Rooney did it great as well, she was really bad ass in this movie, especially of that one scene that she take some revenge.
The setting is great, in a snowy Sweden on an island.
What i also like is the mystery on that island.
I hope that Fincher will direct the second one as well, this movie wasn't a big hit in the Cinema, but the critics were really positive.
But The Girl Who Played With Fire is announced half year ago. Well see how it goes.
Extra bits:
The opening scene reminded me a lot of a Bond opening sequence, the song is also awesome, its a cover from Led Zeppelin
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The Avengers
Director: Josh Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
IMDB: 8,4 (415,251 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.
My Verdict:
Finally, after so many years waiting, The Avengers came out last year.
And yes, this movie rocks, only the story was kinda straight forward. But the humor and action scenes were entertaining.
Nothing more to say, but this movie deserves a spot in my top 10 list. So as many other people will do.
Looking forward to Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 in 2013.
Director: Rain Johnson
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt
IMDB: 7,8 (104,640 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.
My Verdict:
Finally, a good movie that isn't a sequel, prequel or a movie from a book.
And also i love Sci-fi movies.
Cast is great, Joseph is doing great again. Bruce Willis is bad ass as usual.
Great story, with some twists. And it's fun to see Jeff Daniels again:)
Definitely a movie that i am going to re-watch again.
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
IMDB: 7,6 (134,399 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
My Verdict:
Another baseball movie, but this isn't the same as an average baseball movie.
This is about how Brad Pitt put up a baseball club with a really small budget, and thanks to Jonah Hill with his geeky math's they made together a professional club.
Thanks to the acting performance and the story this movie was really good.
It was interesting, and also the first time i saw Jonah Hill in a drama, and he did actually pretty good.


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Also, the Bible is a best-seller, but it still seems unlikely as the center of a game show. But it is, and it's a BIG hit. GSN is finding success in its faith-based game show, "The American Bible Challenge," where host Jeff Foxworthy says, if you don't know your Bible, you don't have a prayer. Harry Smith goes to the set to find out what in Heaven's name is going on.
Plus, with less than 1,600 pandas left in the wild, China is trying to save its national symbol from extinction by breeding them in captivity. At the Chengdu Research base for Giant Panda breeding, they've developed a state-of-the-art fertility clinic where high-tech science is used to create as many baby pandas as possible. It's one of the most massive and expensive efforts to save a species; some scientists are not in favor of the movement. Meet the baby pandas and the critics of the breeding program.
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The villa has two double bedrooms both are air-conditioned to ensure you have a good nights sleep. Each has an en-suite bathroom, one with a large walk-in shower, the other with a bath and shower. All linen is provided.
Bathrooms 3 in total
There is also a further guest bathroom right next to the swimming pool, great for a shower before or after swimming.
Swim any time day or night in your own private pool. Unlike a hotel with rules and regulations the pool is yours to do as you wish. The temperature in Krabi doesnt drop more than a couple of degrees in the evening, so a midnight swim followed by a few glasses of wine sittin...Read more
Andaman Villa and Private Pool
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Ao Nang is busy but hasn't lost that laid back, friendly small-town feel; it is developed but still retains its original beauty and charm.
Ao Nang is, along with Chiang Mai, one of Thailand's two most exciting soft and extreme adventure sports destinations.
The home of two of the best beaches on the planet, Railay, is fifteen minutes away by boat. The town's location on the eastern coast of Phang Nga bay puts it within easy reach of all the fishing, diving and kayaking sites in the bay. A day-trip to Koh Phi Phi is a better way to visit the place than staying there.
Ao Nang has numerous spas, beauty shops and massage parlours to offer you a little bit of pampering. Thai full- body massages lasting an hour cost around 250 Baht and, though you may feel that you have been pushed and pulled in improbable directions, you will feel rejuvenated afterwards.
Ao Nang itself has two idyllic, unspoilt beaches, which are lapped by clear, warm water. Other, pristine beaches are located on a number of outlying islands which can be accessed cheaply and quickly from Ao Nang by local longtail boats.
Ao Nang offers a wide range of activities and attractions, including snorkelling, kayaking, island-hopping, climbing, diving, spa/massage/beauty, shopping, white water rafting, hiking, kayaking, snorkelling, temple visits, fishing parks, elephant trekking, cooking classes, massage classes, market exploration and fishing.
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PCU Mississippi Progresses Toward Completion
By Lt. Patrick Evans, Public Affairs Officer, Submarine Group Two
GROTON, Conn. - Progress continues this month for PCU Mississippi (SSN 782), the latest Virginia class attack submarine.
The first 40 crewmembers took up office space in General Dynamics Electric Boat's shipyard on Jan. 4, and they are establishing their normal daily routines. When fully manned, Mississippi will have a crew of 134: 14 officers and 120 enlisted. In December, the crew was in training in Pittsburgh, PA.
"Forming a new crew and establishing a ship's identity is an amazing process," said Cmdr John McGrath, Mississippi's commanding officer. "While the crew was in Pittsburgh, we ran into a Navy retiree who had served as the Command Master Chief of the USS Mississippi (CGN-40) when she was decommissioned. He gave us some great mementos and made us all honorary CGN-40 crewmembers."
According to McGrath, the submarine is more than 50% complete and is on schedule. Currently, there is a small section of the boat at EB. In the coming months, additional sections will be floating up the Thames River to be joined together at Electric Boat. Delivery and commissioning are set for early 2012.
The ship's sponsor will be Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) Ship Programs.
Next month, McGrath plans to visit the state of Mississippi to meet with community members of the boat's namesake as momentum builds toward forming a commissioning committee.
The contract to build Mississippi was awarded to Electric Boat on Aug. 14, 2003. Construction began in Feb. 18, 2007. Mississippi is the fifth Navy vessel to carry the name of the Magnolia State. Upon completion and commissioning, Mississippi will join the other subs of her class as flexible, multi-mission platforms designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the Submarine Force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; special operations forces; strike; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and mine warfare.
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Just a few days ago, we reported that the newLaFerrari supercar will be on display at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello as a part of the "Ferrari Supercar. Technology. Design. Myth" exhibition. Today, the exhibition officially opened its doors and will stay like this until September 30th.
Next to the new LaFerrari supercar, visitors will also be able to admire other great supercars offered by the Italian company, including the 250 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, GTO Evoluzione, F40 Competizione, 599XX, FXX and many more.
At the same exhibition, visitors will also have the opportunity to learn about the entire process from the car's initial conception to the final approval, and they will have the opportunity to see two full-scale models showing the car in various stages of its development process.
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Lars Vilks Mohammed Cartoonist Attacked By Lunatic Muslims Again
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was pelted with eggs during a university lecture when he presented another drawing of Islam's revered prophet, police and the artist said Wednesday.
Lars Vilks told The Associated Press that he was not harmed in Tuesday's attack at Karlstad University in central Sweden and that he continued his lecture on the limits of free speech after police evicted the protesters from the building.
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Great topic. This is what happens when you get a bunch of 10-17 year olds whos parents havn't taught them any social manners. Honestly it seems at least on the sever i play on the majority of the population are self important preteens. You know, the ones whos parents led them to believe they were more important than anyone else and could do no wrong.


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Thirty years ago the Hongs, both alumni of St. Olaf (classes of 34 and 38 respectively), who had amassed the core of the collection in their work as scholars and translators of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (the first volume of their edition of his Collected Works won the National Book Award in 1968) donated their library to the college. Today it numbers over 10,000 volumes.
After a piano prelude by Nicholas Klemetson 07 and an invocation by Pastor W. Bruce Benson, President David R. Anderson 74 gave a brief welcome to Ambassador Petersen, calling the collections donation and its anniversary "an important moment in the life of the college."
He noted that the United States has had diplomatic ties with Denmark since 1791, making it the country with which America has maintained unbroken relations the longest. Fittingly enough, he remarked, the largest celebration of the Fourth of July occurring outside the United States takes place every year in Denmark.
After Anderson finished Ambassador Petersen addressed the Chapel crowd. He began by saying that this event meant a lot to him, just as it had meant a lot to the Danish ambassador 30 years before, as he could see from the embassy archives in Washington, D.C. He noted that the Kierkegaard Library is the "greatest collection on Kierkegaard outside Denmark," and said that the dedication of Finholt House for Kierkegaard Scholars would "keep alive and rejuvenate" research on Kierkegaard.
He described Kierkegaard as an "important bridge" between the modern age and the past, noting humorously that the one great love of Kierkegaards life left him to marry a diplomat, and saying that he hoped that Kierkegaard would not have disapproved of all members of Petersens profession despite that.
The ambassador said that when he received the invitation in February, he "knew right away this would be special," since Minnesota was one of the states that absorbed the greatest number of Danish immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries, and that it was no coincidence that "such firm roots" had been so lovingly maintained at St. Olaf College, confirming again "how deep and strong" U.S.-Denmark ties are.
He also discussed the controversy over one Danish newspapers editorial cartoons depiction of Mohammed, saying that Denmark had just concluded its most turbulent year on a foreign policy level since World War II. That controversy, Petersen declared, was a sign that Denmark and the West needed to build a "better bridge" between our secular world and the Muslim world.
Petersen closed by expressing his pride that in his country and that it "can make an active contribution" despite its small size:
"Denmark seen from a foreign land/looks just like a grain of sand,/But Denmark as the Danes do see it/is so big you wont believe it," he rhymed.


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The Fog of War (2003)NYT Critics' Pick
Alternate title: Logic of War, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons of Robert S. McNamara
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers.
8 Readers' Reviews
April 23rd, 20096:38 pm
In my opinion,this is a required DVD for anyone contemplating the office of the presidency and/or any president thinking about war regardless of who initiates it. In fact,Anyone w/ half a brain ought to see it & think seriously about it.
— Yaly445, NYC
January 18th, 20081:00 pm
Ex secretary of defense Robert McNamara speaks freely on his life and the mistakes. He gives fascinating first hand accounts of his days at Ford, the Cuban missile crisis and the Vietnam war. What makes this man great is his desire to go back and revisit the mistakes, to talk directly with former foes and to get their side of the conflict. He frankly admits they misunderstood the Vietnamese. This film can be watched several times. Its food for thought!
— edwardare, San Francisco
March 10th, 20041:27 pm
As a boy growing up in Philadelphia during the 60's and 70's, I was too busy trying to get through school to concern myself with the Vietnam War. That's not to say I was totally incogniznant of it. I just didn't pay that much attention to it. And before I had graduated high school in 76, it was over.
Later through the years, songs like Charlie Daniels' "Still in Saigon" and Paul Hardcastles' homage to young Vietnam vets, "19", sparked my interest in the conflict. I'm sorry this intrest hadn't happened sooner.
Errol Morris's 23 hours with former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was well spent. Of course he had to shorten this academy award winning documentary to 105 minutes. However, this interview with one of the most significant players during this era is quite provocative.
McNamara is remarkably candid as he expounds his 11 lessons based on his experiences with war and politics. He comes across as both teacher and mentor, reminding all of us of the tragic costs of war and how some decisions can lead to bad consequences. Professionally and personally.
Morris supports his film with clear cut archival footage covering the Presidents McNamara served under along with the war itself.
This 87 year old veteran of Washington D.C.offers good lessons for the future by helping us learn from our past. The Fog of War should be on the must see list of every war history buff.
— edwinknc
March 6th, 20042:41 am
I am sorry to say that, although I am almost a history ignorant, I absolutely learned nothing from this movie. All facts and opinions presented were the basics one learns in HISTORY 101. To all 11 lessons, I could just reply with a simple "daaa". It doesn't take an award winning documentory to show that a lot of "rationally unevitable mistakes" have been and are still committed in politics and war throughout the world. The first 20 minutes of the movie tell us nothing much then what has been entertainously described in the movie "Thirteen Days", which never got that much recognition. It is not the only time a corporation leader becomes a political leader either. So many parts of this feature didn't bring me anything. I would be glad to know what makes this documentary so special.
— webxmoviesrnr
February 6th, 20045:11 am
A couple of you have written that we dropped "Nuclear" bombs on Japan...that's Atomic not Nuclear. Had we dropped Nuclear bombs there would be no Japan! I will see this documentaty though on your good and rather intelligent reviews. We were wrong in Viet Nam and so was MacNamara..period.
— censored-03
January 27th, 20041:10 am
This is a brilliant documentary film about Robert McNamara's views on war and peace in the nuclear age based on his experience as Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and his service as a staff officer to General Curtis LeMay during WWII. General LeMay's command was responsible of the fire bombing of Japanese cities (bombing that in the aggregate did more damage and took more lives than the nuclear bombing).
The premise of this film is that given human fallibility and the power of nuclear weapons to destroy entire nations in a few minutes we must be better prepared to solve international problems through diplomatic means or mediation by third parties. Further if there is to be a war it has to be done with multilateral consent.
The film is an interview with Robert McNamara juxtaposed with archival footage of the events in his life that led him to his conclusions. Conclusions that include his belief that the Vietnam War was a mistake and that in the case of Japan, General Curtis LeMay's comment that they would all be prosecuted as war criminals, if we lost the war, because of the fire bombing was probably correct. This is balanced by the fact, he points out, that sometimes you must do evil to accomplish good i.e. countless lives were saved by the fire and nuclear bombing of Japan.
If I only had one movie to see this year this would be the one. I wrote a longer review of this film at www.mechanical-al.org/Ed
— fsteddle, California
January 25th, 20049:06 pm
It was inevitable that Robert McNamara would at some point make his plea for history to forgive his role in America's Vietnam legacy.
Here he is sufficiently remorseful, oftentimes emotional, tears brimming, but the leader of the 1960's "Best and Brightest" brat pack edits history a bit too recklessly and hues the receding horizon with soft tones intended as this, his "mea colpa."
To the uninitiated, which apparently include film maker Morris, Mr. McNamara comes off as a contrite, grandfatherly giant of a man forced to do the ill bidding of a confused and politically desperate President Johnson, entirely against his will and best judgement.
Others will not be as easily fooled and the best this pat departure from reality will sound like is Mr. McNamara's "nolo contendere."
— dpromano, Lexington, MA
January 22nd, 20046:07 pm
If you have ever wondered how we arrived in Vietnam or said we dropped the H bomb on Tokyo to save lives. Watch this movie. Robert McNamara talks about his part in Vietnam and how that his view might speak to the United States in a Time of war. "Do you have to do Evil to Do Good?" "We were wrong." I am only 32 and never truly understood WW2 or Vietnam. We murdered 50% of most of the cities of Japan before we dropped the H bombs on Japan. Maybe he is trying to clear his name but his thoughts on War are cause for thought.
I hope that our leaders will watch this movie and I hope you do too.
If your allies don't agree with you, shouldn't that give you pause.
— jhdemous, Los Angeles, CA


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Hixson-Lied Graduate Fellows
These prestigious awards are given to a select number of new graduate students in each academic unit in the College. Funding for up to 32 fellowships over the next eight years has been allocated by the Hixson-Lied Advisory Board. Applications undergo rigorous evaluation by members of the graduate faculty, who look for evidence of outstanding past achievement and the potential for excellence in scholarship and creative activity at the highest level.
- Awards range from $3,500 to $4,500 in addition to the graduate assistant stipends already provided by the University, creating nationally competitive stipends in the range of approximately $12,000 to $14,000.
- Individual academic units set additional threshold admissions criteria beyond those that are normally required for graduate assistantships.
- Awards continue for a maximum of three successive years, renewable annually based on performance and fulfillment of assigned duties. Chairs/Director recommend renewal based on rigorous assessment of the student's performance by the faculty.
- Students must be pursuing one of the terminal degrees offered by the College, or, in the case of Music Education, the doctoral degree offered in conjunction with College of Education and Human Sciences.
For information about other fellowships (Departmental and University-wide), contact the respective department within the college and the Office of Graduate Studies.
Department of Art and Art History
Kendall Johnson
Kendall Johnson is pursuing his Master in Fine Art in Printmaking from the department of Art and Art History. Kendall received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas State University in December 2012. Most of his work is a combination of multiple processes, including woodblock, monotypes, etchings and digital. Kendall uses these processes to make geometric shapes and line to capture time and change.
Joyce Taylor
Joyce Taylor is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the Department of Art and Art History. Taylor received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with concentrations in Printmaking and Painting from Houghton College in 2012. While at Houghton, Taylor spent a year as a Teacher's Assistant for the introduction to Printmaking courses. Shortly after graduation, Taylor interned at the Women's Studio Workshop during 2012 in Rosendale, New York. A highlight of her internship was teaching serigraphy classes to children from the local high school. Following her internship, Taylor worked as the resident artist during the spring of 2013 at the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill in Hardwick, Massachusetts. While there she taught serigraphy classes to students with learning disabilities.
The majority of Taylor's artwork is done with the silkscreen process of printing. She explores formal compositions through the use of found imagery and has worked with images found on floors and tables in her past work. She has a passion for teaching, papermaking, and silkscreen printing and is looking forward to blending these practices throughout graduate school.
Glenn Korff School of Music
Nicaulis Alliey
Nicaulis Alliey has performed at the UNESCO Hall and Grande Salle de la Sorbonne (France); Universidad Nacional (Colombia) and other prestigious halls in Venezuela, France, Colombia, and the Caribbean. As soloist, Nicaulis has performed with the Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional de Venezuela, Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho and Orquesta Sinfónica de Maracaibo, Orquesta Sinfonica de Lara, Orquesta Sinfonica de Merida, Orquesta Sinfonica "Simon Bolivar" del Tachira, and with conductors Helmut Rilling, Eduardo Rahn, José Luís Castillo, Arnaud Pairier, Eduardo Marturet and Rodolfo Saglimbeni. Nicaulis has performed in recitals with Armand Simon, Alessio Bax, Monique Duphil, Alain Marion, Alan Weiss, Marlon Titre, Luis Quintero, and in popular productions with some of the most prominent Venezuelan musicians.
She received First Prize of the Ville de París –Unanimous- in 1994, and First Prize at the Latin American Flute Competition (Caracas, 2000). She also has been Flute Solo at the Orchestre International de Paris (1994-1995), Assistant Flute at the Orquesta Sinfónica de Lara(1996-1998), Flute Solo at the Orquesta Sinfónica de Maracaibo (1998-2010). As flutist of La Cuadra Venezolana (since 1998), she has recorded on their two CDs.
Since 2004 she has developed a pedagogical career in flute in her country: Universidad de Los Andes (Faculty), Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira (Visiting Professor), and at the Music School of the Universidad del Zulia (Faculty), where she was appointed Founder Director (2005-2009). Her academic work has won her the Rafael Rincon Gonzalez Award 2011, offered by the Universidad del Zulia. Nicaulis Alliey holds a Maitrise en Musique at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne (1995), Etudes Superieures de Flute(1994) in Flute with M. Raymond Guiot at Hector Berlioz Conservatory (Paris), and the Degree of Profesor Ejecutante at the Escuela de Musica Jose Reyna, in Caracas.
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Max Stehr
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Max Stehr is a bassist, pianist and composer who holds a BM in jazz performance and an MM in jazz arranging from William Paterson University of New Jersey. He is a former member of the Erica Seguine Jazz Orchestra, the Ba Ban Chinese Music Society and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. He has premiered works by Peter Jarvis, Du Yun and David Saperstien, and has performed with Kevin Norton, Peter Jarvis, Pete McGuinness, Du Yun, Zhou Yi, Abigail Fischer, T.V. Gopalakrishnan, John Handy, Don Peak, Scott Reeves, Steve Wilson, and Mulgrew Miller. Max worked as a freelance musician in the New York area for 8 years and has performed in Japan, India and Kenya. While in India, he studied with the renowned Carnatic mridangam player and singer T.V. Gopalakrishnan. His time in Kenya was spent studying and documenting the music of the Maasai and Luo tribes through the help of a research grant. In addition to his DMA studies, Max continues to write music and perform regularly in the area.
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Chadric Devin
Chadric Devin is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from the Department of Art and Art History. Devin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Northwest Missouri State University, where he was also hired as an adjunct instructor shortly after graduating. He has had various solo shows throughout Missouri, including Kansas City, and has had work in national and international exhibitions from Santa Monica, Calif., to Kashmir, India.
The majority of his artwork is done through traditional darkroom practices, such as processing and printing 35mm and medium format film. Throughout graduate school, Devin will be focusing on combining digital media with historical and alternative photographic processes along with organizing and curating his own exhibitions.
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Masayoshi Ishikawa
Masayoshi Ishikawa is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in jazz composition in the Glenn Korff School of Music. He holds two Master of Music Degrees—one in jazz composition from University of South Florida (2012) and one in jazz piano performance from University of Northern Colorado (2008).
Ishikawa, a pianist, has been involved in several jazz ensembles within the United States and has performed at many festivals throughout Italy. As a native of Japan, Ishikawa recently premiered his original jazz big band suite dedicated to the victims of the tsunami that occurred in 2011. In this multi-movement work, he incorporated a taiko drum (a traditional Japanese instrument) into the American standard big band setting.
Janka KrajciovaOriginally from Senica, Slovakia, Janka Krajciova is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance in the School of Music. She received her Master of Music in piano performance and pedagogy from Kansas State University and her Bachelor of Music summa cum laude in piano performance from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, where she also received an Associates Degree in criminal justice. She has served as an adjudicator for the Manhattan (Ks.) Area Music Teachers Association Music Fair, The Federation of Women's Clubs Music Auditions and the Greater Shreveport Music Teachers Association Piano Festival.
She is the recipient of First Prize in graduate piano at the Kansas Music Teachers Association Honors Auditions in 2011 and a Kansas State University Concerto Competition Winner in 2011. She received the Alice L. Pipes Award for Excellence in Music Performance at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2010. Krajciova also won 2nd Prize in 2010 and 3rd Prize in 2008 at the Caudell Cup Piano Competition in Pineville, La. Krajciova is a member of the Music Teachers National Organization and Pi Kappa Lambda honorary music society.
Linda LairdLynda Laird is pursuing her Ph.D. in Music Education in the Glenn Korff School of Music, where she received her Master of Music Education in 2005. She received her Bachelor of Music from Hastings College in 2002. Laird taught Elementary general music and Middle School Choral music from 2005-2010 for the Bellevue Public Schools in Bellevue, Neb. Laird served as organist for Grace Lutheran Church in Omaha, Neb., from 2008-2011. She conducted children choirs for Sing Omaha from 2009-2011. Most recently, Laird served as the adult choir director at St. Timothy's Lutheran Church in Omaha, Neb., from 2011-2012.
Chris VargaChris Varga's musical background is widely varied, ranging from jazz, classical, church, rock, pop, 20th century avant-garde, trip-hop and other unclassifiable genres. His formal education includes a B.M. in percussion from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, an M.M. in jazz studies from DePaul University in Chicago, Ill., plus a few months at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied vibraphone with Victor Mendoza.
His informal education includes freelancing on vibraphone and drums in the Chicago area, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival in Seoul and the Singapore International Jazz Festival. Chris has released two self-produced albums as a leader, "Inertia" and "Dancer In," which include his original compositions and arrangements. He has also contributed as a sideman to numerous records and movie soundtracks, and has also performed with Peter Bernstein, Steve Slagle, Dave Stryker, Howard Levy, Ulf Wakenius, Darren Barrett and many others in the jazz music field.
Joshua ZinkRising young baritone, Joshua Zink is beginning to make a reputation on the stage and in the concert and recital hall. 2013-2014 will bring Joshua to Opera Omaha in the role of Band Leader in John Harbison's opera "The Great Gatsby." In addition, he will sing Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Dayton Philharmonic. Other recent operatic engagements have included Marullo in Verdi's "Rigoletto" with Nashville Opera and "Don Giovanni" on tour as a Mary Ragland Young Artist. Other recent operatic engagements have included "The Mikado" and "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" with Opera New Jersey. As an advocate for new works, Zink collaborated with composer Michael Ching to workshop a new opera, "A Midsummer Night's Dream;" an a-capella opera which was showcased at Opera America in New York City in the summer of 2009. At Dayton Opera, Zink was an Artist in Residence with for the 2008-2009 season and covered Belcore in "L'elisir d'amore" and performed Kromov in "The Merry Widow." Joshua has also performed as a Resident Opera Artist at Pine Mountain Music Festival. In a summer tribute to Leonard Bernstein works included "Trouble in Tahiti" and "Candide."
Recently on the concert platform, Zink has sung with the Dayton Philharmonic in Bach's "St. John Passion;" also as a soloist in Handel's "Israel" in Egypt. Other concert repertoire with various symphony orchestra's include: Mozart's "Requiem," "Mass in C minor" (The Great), Beethoven's "Mass in C" and "Missa solemnis," Handel's "Messiah," and Mendelssohn's "Elijah." An avid song lover, Zink has performed some of the great repertoire with pianist John Wustman, including Schubert's "Winterreise" on the Crescendo Concert Series in St. Louis, Mo., in 2011. In 2007 Zink participated in "The Song Continues…" given by Marilyn Horne at Lincoln Center to promote and preserve the art of song recital.
Zink is a 2008 alumnus of The University of Illinois where he studied with his mentor John Wustman and a 2005 alumnus of Bowling Green State University.
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Victoria HalversonVictoria Halverson is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in scene design from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. She received her Bachelor of Science in theatre design and tech from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Halverson was also the scene shop student supervisor from 2010-2012 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Halverson was the scenic designer for "The Drowsy Chaperone," "Shakespeare in Hollywood", "Urinetown" and "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" (an American College Theater Festival Regionals participant) for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Toland Theatre. She has also worked as an assistant scenic designer, assistant technical director, scenic artist and props for Toland Theatre and Frederick Theatre.
Michaela Lynne SteinMichaela Lynne Stein is pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in Scenic Design in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. Stein received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., where she studied Technical Theatre with an emphasis in Scenic Design. She has worked for the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Okoboji Summer Theatre, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Theatreworks (Peoria, Ariz.), Stageworks and the Phoenix Metropolitain Opera.
In the last three years she was the scenic paint charge and resident Theatre for Young Audiences scenic designer for the Arizona Broadway Theatre. Her previous scenic designs include "Anastasia," "Steel Magnolias," "Grease" and "The Celebration of Christmas" at Phoenix First Assembly of God. Stein will serve as the Scenic Charge Artist for the JCSTF and will be designing "Candide" this year. In addition to painting and scenic design, she also is a freelance electrician, seamstress, scenic carpenter and foodie.
David Bruce TousleyDavid Bruce Tousley is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in scenic design from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from San Jose State University in 2009 where he designed the sets for "Mummified Deer," "Death of a Salesman," "Urinetown, the musical" and "Six Characters in Search of an Author."
Tousley has trained under Bay Area set designer Erik Flatmo working on numerous plays and operas such as "Scapin," "La Běte," "Tosca," and "La Traviata." Tousley is the recipient of the 2008 Randy Earle USITT Award for Excellence in Production Design as well as the 2009 Wendell Johnson Award for Excellence in Stage Design. He is also a recurring member of the design team for San Francisco's premiere sketch comedy group, Killing My Lobster.


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Fletcher Keel is a junior broadcasting student at Western Kentucky University. He is from Atlanta, Georgia, and came to the Bluegrass specifically for WKU's broadcasting program. He has aspired to do play-by-play of any kind since elementary school, and is thrilled to be apart of the Sporting Times Broadcasting Network. Fletcher kept stats for Jason Martin and the flagship GoRaiderNation.com during the football season, and was a color commentator across the network during the basketball season. Outside of play-by-play, he is the editor of WaveTheRedTowel.com, a Western Kentucky blog site, as well as a contributor to several other blogs as well. Fletcher grew up, and remains to be, a huge Atlanta Braves fan, and baseball has been his passion ever since he can remember. Hope you enjoy the calls, and thanks for listening.