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Dilated cardiomyopathy
Other Names for this Disease
- Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Related Diseases
See Disclaimer regarding information on this site. Some links on this page may take you to organizations outside of the National Institutes of Health.
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Organizations Supporting this Disease
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231-4596
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Cardiomyopathy Association
Chiltern Court
Asheridge Road
Unit 10
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United Kingdom
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Fax: +44 1923 249 987
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Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 925
Bethesda, MD 20817
Toll-free: 888-213-4417
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Montgomery Heart Foundation for Cardiomyopathy
1830 E. Monument St./Suite 7300
Baltimore, MD 21205
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Social Networking Websites
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Genetic Alliance
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Suite 404
Washington, DC 20008-2369
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Global Genes - Allies in Rare Disease
World Headquarters
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Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
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National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
55 Kenosia Avenue
PO Box 1968
Danbury, CT 06813-1968
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Website: http://www.rarediseases.org
Other Names for this Disease
- Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
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Spanish Filmmaking Team; and New Boyle Film Set at Fox
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>> Parker & Stone's "Orgazmo" Facing NC-17 Rating
"Orgazmo", the new film from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, has received an intial NC-17 rating from the MPAA. "'Orgazmo' so
far has been rated NC-17," an October Films spokesperson told indieWIRE on
Friday, "The company is not prepared to accept that at this point and
they're not happy about it."
The news comes on the heels of October's recent decision to drop Todd
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Matt Stone.
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The Spanish filmmaking team of writer/director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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Miramax and Dimension, the company announced last week. The duo's first
film as part of the deal will be a project called, "Handicap." The film will
be managed by executives from both Dimension and Miramax. Fresnadillo
and Toledo are best known for the Oscar nominated short, "Esposados."
>> New Boyle Project, "The Beach", Headed to Fox
The worldwide rights to "The Beach", a new project by Danny Boyle
("Trainspotting"), have been acquired by 20th Century Fox, according
to today's Hollywood Reporter. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and
is expected to go into production early next year according to the
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When Massachusetts football coach Charley Molnar referred to the 2013 recruiting class as the best in UMass history, these are the kind of conversations he was probably hoping to have.
Molnar highlighted a handful of rookies on both sides of the ball that have impressed him through the first week and a half of camp and said that each of these players will play this year.
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Hello screeners and aviation photographer,
I was wondering if an airline changes the titles on the fuselage and relocates the airline's website on the fuselage, does that qualify as a priority screening?
I'm talking about my below photo in the queue:
The airline's name used to be Tiara Air Aruba and the website was mentioned on the engine cowlings while the airline titles now are actually the airline's website and the website is removed from the engine cowlings. See below photo:
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Index of the Biographical Encyclopedia
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Index of the Biographical Encyclopedia
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The entire Biographical Encyclopedia of the MGG is now accessible through a 100,000 key word index. This index volume comprises all the important names and subjects which can be found in the 18,000 MGG biographical articles. It systematically indexes all biographical references, now making it easy to locate names not given a separate entry.
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The volume contains separate indices for biographical groups, including composers, choreographers, librettists, teachers, rulers and art patrons.
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
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The Supplement Volume adds 800 new biographical and subject entries to the MGG's rich array of material. Special attention has been given to entries on contemporary artists and new concepts as well as more substantial articles on the history of genres. Only with the supplement will your knowledge of music be completely up-to-date. The volume contains:
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Had Utah's SUBROSA come across my radar during my shaggy-haired and red-eyed teenage years when the only things that mattered were my guitar, my bong and girls who were impressed with my ability to handle either object, I'm sure my bedroom walls would have been heavily adorned with images of these sirens of psychedelic stoner rock. Alas, those days of hormone-fueled chauvinism (a.k.a. the "Beavis and Butthead" era) have long since past and adulthood has at least changed my taste in home décor. Feeble attempts at tasteless humor aside, SUBROSA is one pretty damned intriguing collective of musicians.Built around the KYUSS-like riffage of guitarist/vocalist Rebecca Vernon, SUBROSA fills that swirling mass of space between THC-enhanced ethereal doom, indie rock and the growing number of bands that employ classical string instruments in very non-classical ways (e.g. LOOM, GRAYCEON, et al). The latter element comes from an underlying layer of electrical violin, which serves as an effects-laden, ambient distraction from the melancholic distortion at times, and a source of eclectic and ghost-like melody during the disc's more chilling moments. While it might be easy to pinpoint some repetitiveness in violinist Sarah Pendleton's playing from song to song (though an argument could be made that she provides a thread that somehow thematically ties each tune together), her contribution to "Strega" is the X-factor that keeps the album from being lumped in with a slew of other stony soundscapes. Well, that and Vernon's hypnotizing vocals. Like a detached PJ Harvey with a bit of attitude via L7's Donita Sparks — especially on "Black Joan" — hers is a voice that could easily draw in unsuspecting souls. This allure is amplified on the a cappella "Go Down Moses". Layered with rich harmonies, this track is worlds apart from the bottom-heavy and aggressive "Christine" or the sullen crush of "Sugar Creek", which had me frantically searching for my SPIRITU disc. "Strega" is an album with plenty of high points, yet the lows are obvious enough to balance those out. As unique as SUBROSA strives to be within their doomy confines, they can tend to go to the well once or twice too often, creating moments that blur together with little fanfare. Repeated listens act as a double-edged sword that allow the good blossom into great, but also shed more light on the less consistent passages. However, for an enjoyable 41-minute span of your (ahem) "altitude adjustment rituals," "Strega" fits the bill nicely.
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Ronn Moss' Tribute to Bill BellBy SOD Posted: Jun 2, 2005
We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors...but they all exist very nicely in the same box.
Bill Bell, and his powerhouse of a life partner, Lee Phillip Bell, created that box of colorful characters. We all existed in his brilliant mind...as those people. He would see us in the hallway and he would unconsciously refer to us by our character name. We all got used to it. Because we knew that's how he saw us. That's how he lived with us every day. Sitting at his antiquated IBM Selectric typewriter, we were characters of his constant imagination. Woven into a web of daily human drama. Bill is the best there is. We miss him. We love him. We're glad he added such color to our lives.
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Nursing is very rewarding to most of us, but it's good fun to laugh at a few nursing related jokes that are on the cynical side.
Besides, who there isn't near enough nurse humor on the internet and there certainly aren't enough funny nurse videos.
Patient, Nurse, and Technology Advocate.
Nursing is very rewarding to most of us, but it's good fun to laugh at a few nursing related jokes that are on the cynical side.
Besides, who there isn't near enough nurse humor on the internet and there certainly aren't enough funny nurse videos.
If you work in the medical profession then you have likely had to work your share of holidays.
Many nurses, paramedics, doctors, and other members of the healthcare team choose to make the best of this time and have quirky medical fun.
The following are some excellent examples of the weird sense of humor that many of use in the healthcare environment share.
I present to you Medical Glove Christmas Trees:
There's no denying that the iPhone 5 is the "tallest" thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone, but biggest? eh… I'd argue that the first iPhone was thicker and gaudier, and therefor "bigger". But semantics aside, Apple did extend the screen of the iPhone, making it noticeably larger.
But Apple's promotional videos lend themselves to parody quite easily. So without further delay, enjoy this spoof of the iPhone 5.
when fumbling through twitter today, looking for interesting people to follow, I happened upon Matthew Carpenter's Twitter @MatCar35. In 160 characters he convinced me to now only follow his twitter, but to check out the book's facebook page, and even share with you his book: From the Trailer Park to the E.R.
I live in Georgia. Not only is it sweltering here, but the air is thick and at times feels as if you could slice it and serve it at a party with fruit and crackers. I wouldn't quite call it cheese consistency, because that would make it solid, but some odd science-fiction melding of gas, liquid, and solid, that is breathable, sticky, and inhumane -yep, that's what this heat is like.
I suppose this is the best example of the quirky relationship I had with my mother, but I can't help but think of how she would have enjoyed today with Ty. I remember being small and she also spent so much time on my Halloween costumes. From a homemade spider costume, witch, Aunt Jemima, ballerina, […]
The new os4 for iPhone can be summed up in one word: buggy. While I am excite about all the new features, including folders, the insanely better camera functionality, and the capability of using a bluetooth keyboard, I am upset at the lag I am experience in my once lightening fast device. I must say […]
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This is a delicious juice that wakes you up quick! The ginger and lemon give it a nice zing and the apples sweeten it up enough that if you are new to juicing this won't be too strong. Feel free to experiment with the types of apples you use. Red/pink apples make it a bit sweeter whereas the green makes for a tart drink.
I started juicing and this combination is surprisingly tasty. I thought the kale would be very bitter, but the apple and lemon takes the edge off, and a surprise of some heat from the ginger root. love it love it love it...
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A little getting used to is all it took to get me started on a healthier and happier path. VERY green in flavor... I omit the celery as it has a VERY strong flavor and frequently overpowers the entire juice. Add an extra apple for more zing and sweetness. ENJOY!!
I use a bunch of kale, 4 celery stalks, 1/2 lemon, 2 medium size granny smith apples, 2 cucumbers, 1/2 ginger root and put all in the juicer. The amount of juice I produce is about 1-1/3 cup. I never realized that the points total 4. OUCH that is too much for juice, but I need the vegetables and I need the fruit, so I will continue to use.


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I'm currently 19 weeks and I'm a larger girl. I have not felt my baby move- should I be worried?
I'm just concerned that I have not felt my baby move- I know that since I'm a larger girl it might be harder for me to feel it, but everyone (all of my friends) are telling me I should have felt something by now.- I'm starting to stress a little. Please note every ultra sound I have had shows the baby is doing great and is moving all around. -thanks for your time.
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I'm a healthy girl ;) girl myself and i'm 23 weeks with my third pregnancy. I feel movement but i guess i'm what they call a seasoned mom so I should. I was told not to expect to feel a lot since I'm overweight until at least 22-24 weeks so don't be alarmed.posted 05/18/2010 by j_78_s
With my first two I didn't really feel either of them move until the sixth month which is 23-27 weeks. I was about 105 to 110 pounds when I got pregnant with each. I wouldn't worry so much the baby will be proud to let you know it is there and active when it's time. Both of mine were born just fine. The third one I'm pregnant with now is a little wiggle worm, I began feeling him at about four months pretty actively. So really just every pregnancy is different and if you stress too much the baby will feel that as well.posted 05/18/2010 by Gina112
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Advanced Rippin' Endurance Shakes ftw!
Advanced Rippin' Endurance Shakes ftw!
kinda cool
Hmm, looks interesting :P
Like in Ares, the god of war ?
Main character should've been a little faster, but this is my kinda game
Anybody else hear hints of Summer of Angst in the music in this?
Im an ares
An endurance run of this game would take about an hour.
Oh, sweet, so this is an actual thing now! I saw some videos of it a long time ago before I'd heard anything about it being.. actually sold. First thought was "Oh, it looks like Mega Man Zero", quickly followed by "Oh, it sounds like Mega Man X" and then "Oh, it kinda plays a bit like Mega Man..."
I like Mega Man, so... I consider those good things! But for some reason, the S in the logo reminds me of "forever alone"... I've been Internet brain damaged...
played the demo.. game stinks
What an awful name for a game.
I'm proper enjoying this. The default control scheme is a little odd given the 360 shooting angle idea (although it can be changed) and it is probably kinda short for people who are good at games like this (luckily, I am terrible at games like this). But as the lovechild of Mega Man X and Abuse then it is pretty damn fun to blast through. Didn't know it was intended to be episodic, rather glad for more from this series.
Captain Saver.
Yup, that boy's got a bad case of Anime Face.
Game looks alright.
This game looks a mess.
" :) Advanced Rippin' Endurance Shakes ftw! "Actual Reasons Exist, Son
Hah. Just seconds ago finished the demo! Watching the QL anway.
They did a QL of this but not Magicka?
if this was a downloadable game for the ninendo DS it could be a must buy
Anime Robot Exterminates Sentries.
Seems alright, though I probably won't want to play it without a gamepad, of which I have none.
Army of Rage Elite Soldiers
What's with Giant Bomb videos that stop partway through as if they're finished? Is it on my end, or your end?
The character design looks so goofy.
I think it looks alright specially since we don't see those kinds of games often.
Damn. Every time I hear about robot on robot violence, I keep hoping for a Tech Romancer sequel.
" The character design looks so goofy. "Agreed. They're very blatantly american imitation-anime.
" @GAZERK said:Too bad it's not made by Americans." The character design looks so goofy. "Agreed. They're very blatantly american imitation-anime. "
When Ryan said, "kinda Mega-Man"-y, it gave me a great idea for a game called "Mega Manny" where you play as a Hispanic super robot/handy man.
I think I saw this advertised as a new news note on moddb, seemed alright, didnt know it was coming via steam.
Armored Robot Evil-Shooter
I agree, 8-bit is the oldschool one.
" What's with Giant Bomb videos that stop partway through as if they're finished? Is it on my end, or your end? "It's on your end.
When Ryan said, "kinda Mega-Man"-y, it gave me a great idea for a game called "Mega Manny" where you play as a Hispanic super robot/handy man.Indeed!
Great game. The soundtrack is amazing.
This game looks B.A.D.
I hope you get to fight Kratos in this game...
Not into the gameplay but really feeling the music.
the art assets are pretty good, but it makes you want to see this developer make something distinctive, rather than T.A.U.R.U.S.: Expedition Assault or whatever this is called
robot shooting boxes in a warehouse
Bastion may look boring as shit, but at least it's got flavor
" Great game. The soundtrack is amazing. "I was about to say this. Great tuuuuuuuuuunes.
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The death of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde in a road accident in Delhi today comes as a huge setback to the Maharashtra BJP, which is aiming to wrest the power from the Congress-NCP combine -- ruling the state since 1999 -- in the Assembly elections.
Munde, a leader with a mass base, was the face of the party in the state and played a crucial role in the performance of 'Mahayuti' (grand alliance of opposition parties in Maharashtra).
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Keen to expand the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance's base in western Maharashtra and North Maharashtra, the strongholds of the Congress-NCP, Munde brought into its fold Raju Shetty, the MP of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana from Hatkanangale, and Mahadev Jankar of Rashtriya Samaj Paksh who had polled over 90,000 votes in Maadha against NCP chief Sharad Pawar in 2009.
Political observers say that Munde had the knack of recognising potential of workers, and provided them a right platform.
He was also instrumental in bringing NCP leader Sanjay Patil, a local rival of Home Minister R R Patil in Sangli district, into BJP. Patil, as the BJP candidate from Sangli Lok Sabha seat, a Congress bastion, trounced Pratik Patil, grandson of former Chief minister Vasantdada Patil.
In tribal-dominated Nandurbar, Munde roped in Heena Gavit, daughter of NCP minister Vijay Kumar Gavit, to contest against Congress veteran Manikrao Gavit who was seeking a tenth term in the Lok Sabha. Heena went on to win the seat.
Other prominent BJP leaders in Maharashtra may not be able to match up to Munde's mass appeal, political observers say.
Munde's rival in the state unit and now a Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari, may have emerged among the top leaders in the BJP in Narendra Modi regime, but he is not known as someone with a mass-base.
Devendra Phadanvis, the state BJP chief, is relatively a newcomer, while the influence and reach of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Vinod Tawde among the party workers is limited to Mumbai and some urban areas.
It also remains to be seen how the ally Shiv Sena deals with the void in the alliance leadership, created by Munde's death.
State BJP had said recently that Assembly campaign would be led by Munde, but the decision on the Chief Minister will be taken after the election results.
On the other hand, Shiv Sena declared its president Uddhav Thackeray as the Sena-BJP's


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Congratulations! Nicolas.
Nicolas Renaud (Director of Brave New River) wins the
Documentary Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award
at the HOTDOCS.
Nicolas Renaud (Director of Brave New River) wins the
Documentary Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award
at the HOTDOCS.
Upcoming screenings:
* HOT DOCS – Canadian Spectrum official competition, Toronto, May 2 & 4, 2013.
* MUNICH DOK FEST, Germany, May 12 & 14, 2013.
* CINÉMA EXCENTRIS, Montréal, May 17, 2013.
Before the new dam was built, the Rupert River was a majestic torrent; today, it's barely a big creek. The land surrounding this river in the James Bay basin is home to both Hydro-Québec workers and the Cree. Steering clear of reductionist arguments or activist rage, Nicolas Renaud listens to people and explores the landscape and its history in all their depth. Thanks to expert editing, he is able to capture the complexity in all the power relationships in play, while his sensitive portraits and excellent observational sequences expose the human issues behind an ecological transformation. The big picture emerges as a poignant story about identity, and a celebration of the place's almost poetic beauty.
Country : Quebec
Year : 2012
Language : Cree, French, English
Subtitles : French
Duration : 68 min
Picture : Carlos Ferrand
Editor : Nicolas Renaud
Sound : Kyle Stanfield
Original Music : Steve Rioux
Production : Isabelle Grégoire, David Pieropan
Brave New River Soundtrack is Available.
Director: Nicolas Renaud
Screenplay: Nicolas Renaud
Original Music: Steve Rioux
Producers: Coop Vidéo de Montréal, Nicolas Renaud
Distributor: Vidéographe Distribution


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The Staff Cup is back!
posted by Chris.Warrior, 2 years ago
The fourth edition of the Staff cup organised by 'Kibyu' is just around the corner. This Friday October 4th it is again time to shine for those, that usually work behind the scenes: casters, team managers, editors, tournament admins and many others, who volunteer their free time. 16 teams will join the fun competition, that will kick off 17:30 CEST. While most teams will provide first-person streams, anyone interested in streaming is free to do so.
The tournament features a group stage followed by a Single-Elimination play-off bracket for the win. There will be four groups containing of four teams each. Only the two best team of each group advances to the playoffs. Besides the best-of-three grand final, all matches will be best-of-one and contrary to the last edition, game mode for all matches will be the classic captains mode.
It is yet to be announced, who will play for the joinDOTA team, that so far only showed disappointing performances. That could be the reason behind the changement of HolyMaster, who will be leading The Defense in this edition instead of joinDOTA. Alongside these two teams, TobiWan will again try to secure the victory with the team with a bound Drow Ranger as a banner. Last time they were stopped by the GD Studio, who will send their strongest players into the battle lead by PyrionFlax. However, since last edition's winner Keita-League disbanded, there are also a few new teams joining the competition. Please note that more organisations such as DotaLounge, WePlay and BeyondTheSummit have been invited but had to decline due to schedule conflicts!
- Fnatic: Noname, Nachi, StreeT, Carn, ANdre
- GosuGamers: Ingik, zicomo, helldisaster, wicsic, godcounter
- STL: CaspeRRR, GodHunt, x3mcheg, Faker
- Team Navi: ZeroGravity , Versuta, marchello, Ash
- Prodota.ru: LGK42, Starseed, puppee, Falc, collector
- GD Studio: Pyrion Flax, 2GD, Weppas, Draskyll, skrff
- 4 guys, 1 girl and a DOTA cup: TobiWan, Purge, B2RU, Durka, the capitalist
- The Defense: HolyMaster, d3r_I3enny, Kibyu, Trickster, Xenorath
- joinDOTA : Woodsy, h0ly, EmptyForge, Tower, MrBlue, P4iN
- Readmore: MyLife4IU, Nico, Valicious, bury, liebessaft
- GetDota2.ru: aw, ANJELA_LONDON, The Destro, h4v3, ART-MART
- A France Team: Elha, Bartsake, Syaska, Nyrlaas, D.King
- Eu Manager Team: Inmate, NeStlik, Jeez, DrunKin, Antony
- Team Liquid: Bumblebee+4, ez
- Antena Dota: ZipOone, Daelin, Charanini, Spectrum, Frozen,
- Twitch: chirashi, Eleine, shiftkeyisbroke, huked, Moldy, Leftovers
- joinDOTA #2 Chris.Warrior, BenQ, FenFen, SedulousPanda, hjort, Chris_92
Unfortunately, the teams from Team Na'Vi and STL couldn't make it, but good news there is a hell of a replacement team: joinDOTA #2.
Group A
GD Studio (3:0)
joinDOTA (2:1)
Team Liquid (1:2)
getdota2.ru (0:3)
GD Studio (3:0)
joinDOTA (2:1)
Team Liquid (1:2)
getdota2.ru (0:3)
Group B
4 guys, 1 girl and a DOTA cup (3-0)
France (2-1)
Prodota.ru (1:2)
Fnatic (0-3)
4 guys, 1 girl and a DOTA cup (3-0)
France (2-1)
Prodota.ru (1:2)
Fnatic (0-3)
Group C
Manager Team (1:1 -> 36seconds Rosh Race)
Readmore (1:1 -> 37seconds Rosh Race)
The Defense (1:1 -> 49seconds Rosh Race)
Manager Team (1:1 -> 36seconds Rosh Race)
Readmore (1:1 -> 37seconds Rosh Race)
The Defense (1:1 -> 49seconds Rosh Race)
Group D
GosuGamers (3:0)
joinDOTA #2 (1:1)
Antena Dota (1:1)
Twitch.tv (0:3)
GosuGamers (3:0)
joinDOTA #2 (1:1)
Antena Dota (1:1)
Twitch.tv (0:3)
The main coverage of the event will be provided by Eyal 'KokoStern' Stern.
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#2Bob_Loblaw wrote at 30.09.2013, 20:38 CEST:
#3stinkor5 wrote at 30.09.2013, 20:39 CEST:
#4oPPaKappa wrote at 30.09.2013, 20:39 CEST:
No Kappa on twitch staff ??? Twitch disband plox
#5laowai wrote at 30.09.2013, 20:42 CEST:
I'm not an admin anymore so I can't defend my title :(
#6YethHound wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:02 CEST:
ez for 2GD
#7maximalist wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:02 CEST:
Starladder guys got this. If it is a feeding contest
#8Torchy wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:11 CEST:
LGD Managing squad : Sayuri + 2200, ez
#9benderok37 wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:16 CEST:
staff cup aka boring cup
#10TideisSyllainDiguise wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:30 CEST:
Carn from CS :D
#11bergstrom wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:31 CEST:
yeeeeeeeeeeeey a cup where people cant play, only thing im excited about is 2gd streaming the match
#12Dyspathy wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:31 CEST:
2GD studio got this .. why aren't Beyond the Summit and Sheever in this.. should be a lot of fun.. looking forward to this
#13v0lumE2H wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:31 CEST:
Maelstorm V1lat versuta casper m4trx? uSNP
#14AngelBeats wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:33 CEST:
ez 2gd !!! drazkill the most try hard ever !!! he is not bad !!
#15TheJuggernaut wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:45 CEST:
lol cArn from legendary cs 1.6 fnatic team :D
#16Izydor Czerstwy wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:48 CEST:
2gd got dis
#17Slappy--- wrote at 30.09.2013, 21:57 CEST:
GD Studio: Pyrion Flax, 2GD, Weppas, Draskyll, skrff
#18atph120890 wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:01 CEST:
the good studio , draskyl ftw !
#19Rancore wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:04 CEST:
why isn´t bts there ? they got merlini so insta win^^ and i´m sure lumi wouldn´t be that bad aswell :D
#20Kibyu wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:08 CEST:
first merlini wouldnt be allowed ;)
second i ask BtS seraval times they cant play. Mb we will meet them in the next edition
second i ask BtS seraval times they cant play. Mb we will meet them in the next edition
#21Miineur wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:09 CEST:
Team GD Studio gogo!
#22fredchen777 wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:11 CEST:
noone else wondering about the GD Studio, PFlax and no Bruno? GD Studio disband?
#23Moukaneleos wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:11 CEST:
joinDOTA : Lineup TBA
#24anon3na wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:11 CEST:
no BTS = not watching
#25Drako159 wrote at 30.09.2013, 22:38 CEST:
You are not logged in! To become part of the awesome, create your GameSports account here.


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Regan's Story
Regan Judd was a young, energetic college athlete who learned the hard way that heart disease does not discriminate. Her story is a cautionary tale to all women that listening to your body and seeking help when necessary is important at any age.
Excited to be entering her junior year in college, Regan was in the middle of her dance team practice when she experienced chest pains and shortness of breath. Having danced her whole life and not wanting to look weak in front of her coach and fellow teammates, she attributed the symptoms to being out of shape due to the summer break.
But even after practice, the symptoms persisted – and got worse. "I really thought I could sleep away the pain, but it became unbearable," Regan says.
Though her mother was adamant about her going to the emergency room, it wasn't until Regan received a firm phone call from her father that she decided to go to the emergency room.
"I now know that I should have taken it much more seriously," she says.
Regan knew she'd had a heart murmur since birth, so she quickly dismissed the doctor when he brought it up.
"I told him the murmur was functional and I had been living with it for years," she says. "I was annoyed when he recommended I see a cardiologist right away. I just wanted to get on with my life and back to my dance team since the school year was about to start."
Little did she know, her junior year of college would need to be postponed. What she assumed would be a quick visit to the cardiologist turned into a four-hour ordeal. She was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart defect that was causing a severe leaking heart valve and enlarged heart. Her only choice to repair the damage was open-heart surgery. Just 19 years old at the time, Regan found the news completely devastating. The doctors told her it was just a matter of time before she would have become a statistic.
"I began crying immediately," she says. "I kept thinking of my grandpa because he had open heart surgery when I was a kid. But he was so much older than me that I just couldn't grasp it."
Six weeks after her initial visit, Regan underwent open-heart surgery at the age of 20. Though her heart was successfully repaired, she had to take the semester off of school and went home to be with her family and begin the long rehab process.
For Regan, rehab not only included rebuilding her physical strength, but also her emotional strength. Her college life had been abruptly interrupted, and everyone around her seemed to be going on with their lives and having fun without her.
"I hated Facebook during that time," she says. "I was stuck at home recovering from this ordeal and all I could see were photos of people doing all the things I wanted to be doing."
Once back at school, the recovery process continued. And because Regan was so young, the idea of heart disease was very abstract to her friends.
"My friends thought I was back to normal, but I was still recovering in many ways," says Regan. "It was hard to explain that I was tired and needed time to adjust."
Determined to make up for lost time, Regan eventually rejoined her dance team and managed to finish college in just four years – an amazing feat considering she had taken a full semester off. After graduation, her life-changing experience and healthcare knowledge made her a natural fit for a job at a medical communications firm.
Regan attributes much of her success to the support network she found in other survivors. She has volunteered for local American Heart Association fundraisers and lobbied lawmakers in Washington, D.C. for more heart disease research funding.
"This work is so important because people don't look at heart disease as something that young people have – especially young women," Regan says. "I think it helps being a younger face for this cause. I always tell people that I was healthy, a dancer and doing all the right things, but I still had heart disease. It can truly happen to anyone."


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A shard of Grecian pottery. An ancient scroll, only a few words visible. The nascent emergence of a figure from a block of
marble. Abandoned brushstrokes on a canvas.
Unfinished artworks carry within them the
energy of creation. They engage our curiosity, prompt us to imagine
ourselves as the artist, poised in mid-thought. They seduce us into imagining
what might have been. Perhaps, in the right circumstance, we might imagine we
can seduce the fragmentary artwork, start a relationship with it, envisage a
completion. Billy Collins imagined just such a thing:
A poem is never finished, only
That winter I had nothing to do
but tend the kettle in my shuttered
on the top floor of a pensione near
a cemetery,
but I would sometimes descend the
unlock my bicycle, and pedal along
the cold city streets
often turning from a wide boulevard
down a narrow side street
bearing the name of an obscure
I followed a few private rules,
never crossing a bridge without
mid-point to lean my bike on the
and observe the flow of the river
as I tried to better understand the
In my pale coat and my Basque cap
I pedaled past the windows of a
or sat up tall in the seat, arms
and clicked downhill filling my nose
with winter air.
I would see beggars and street
in their bright uniforms, and
I would see the poems of Valéry,
the ones he never finished but
wandering the streets of the city
Most of them needed only a final
or two, a little verbal flourish at
the end,
but whenever I approached,
they would retreat from their
makeshift fires
into the shadows—thin specters of
forsaken for so many long decades
how could they ever trust another
man with a pen?
I came across the one I wanted to
tell you about
sitting with a glass of rosé at a
café table—
beautiful, emaciated, unfinished,
cruelly abandoned with a flick of
by Monsieur Paul Valéry himself,
big fish in the school of Symbolism
and for a time, president of the
Committee of Arts and Letters
of the League of Nations if you
Never mind how I got her out of the
past the concierge and up the
flights of stairs—
remember that Paris is the capital
of public kissing.
And never mind the holding and the
It is enough to know that I moved my
in such a way as to bring her to
a simple, final stanza, which ended,
as this poem will, with the image
of a gorgeous orphan lying on a
rumpled bed,
her large eyes closed,
a painting of cows in a valley over
her head,
and off to the side, me in a window
blowing smoke from a cigarette at
It's not often we have the chance to see or hear incomplete thoughts of great
composers. Completed works come down to us having been considered,
reconsidered, polished, and readied for presentation. But how fascinating it
can be to get a glimpse into the workshop, into the process, into promising
beginnings that never grew into their full selves. And how intriguing it would
be to have composers of our day reach back and hold hands with some of the
great composers of the past, entering, after their own fashion, thoughts
started and left dangling, suggestive and mysterious.
For this Fragments project, we are exploring the idea of this linkage,
reentering abandoned imagined spaces to discover what they might suggest
when examined from a fresh perspective. Incomplete works are paired with new
compositions by some of our most thoughtful and imaginative composers to form
hybrid creatures. Traditionally mythical beasts of this persuasion, living in
two worlds at once, have been believed to have magical powers. We are hoping
for some magic here as we find out how today's composers collaborate with their
predecessors. As a celebration of the quartet's 20th anniversary season, we
have asked composers whose music speaks to us—some of whom we know well, some
of whom we are working with for the first time—to write pieces to be played
alongside incomplete works from the past. All have responded with vivid works
which we are excited to present, new and old music speaking to each other as if
the chasm of time were to vanish. For the duration of the program, at least,
all the works coexist in the present moment.
Below are program notes for most of the music presented. Each new piece follows
the fragment on which it reflects, with the exception of Charles Wuorinen's Marian Tropes, in which the older music
of Josquin and Dufay is embedded within the new work only.
—Mark Steinberg
are no surviving unfinished works from the 15th
century, as there are no scores, only part-books. By the time a composition of
this period is copied or printed into a set of parts, the original score (if
there ever was one) has been discarded; and clearly no one bothered to produce
a part-book for an unfinished work.
What we do have by way of fragments, however, are orphan movements intended for
larger structures, most often fragmenta missarum, parts of the Mass Ordinary.
Here I have interwoven two such, a Gloria of Josquin and a Kyrie of Dufay. The
Josquin contains interpolated passages with texts dedicated to the Virgin Mary,
and these Marian Tropes I have decorated
with glissandi, which subsequently spread into other parts of the composition.
Much else is added to and changed
from the sources, and I have not hesitated
to emulate the indifference of the period to the casual interpenetration of
sacred and secular.Marian Tropes is dedicated to
the Brentano String Quartet, with deep affection and gratitude for their many
fine performances of my work.
—Charles Wuorinen
in the set of three great string quartets Schubert wrote at the end of his life
is a torso of a work, the "Quartettsatz" (quartet movement) in C Minor, written
in 1820. This powerful movement was originally intended to be the first
movement of a full quartet, and there exists a sketch for the opening of a
second movement as well. It is not known why Schubert never completed the work,
but the movement he did write is a masterpiece fully worthy of being in the
company of the later, last three quartets.
The conflict between desire and reality is very often at the heart of
Schubert's music, a conflict at the root of what it is to be human. For we are
rarely masters of Fate, and mortal longing defines the painful space between
possibility and imagined fulfillment. By way of exploration, one can look at
the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, as related by Ovid in the Metamorphosis. Pyramus and Thisbe, two of the most beautiful people
in the land, are desperately in love, yet forbidden by their fathers to wed.
Their sole communication is through a small hole in a wall, large enough to
transmit a whisper, small enough that lips that offer a kiss will never know a
response. They decide to steal away in the darkness of night and meet. On her way
to meet her lover, Thisbe espies a lion who has recently feasted on prey, his
mouth still awash in blood, and she runs off, inadvertently dropping her cloak.
The hungry lion chews on the cloak, drops it, and leaves. Pyramus, looking for
his love, stumbles first upon the bloody cloak and, thinking Thisbe was eaten
by a monstrous creature, uses his sword to join her in death. Then, upon her
return, Thisbe finds Pyramus dead and leans on the sword herself.
Terrible, incomprehensible forces coexist here with the beauty of tender
vulnerability. The stranglehold of authority, the physical presence of the
wall, the violence of nature, the impossibility of omniscience: All these are
external obstacles interfering with the purity of love. But still the shadows
they cast upon that love, spawning yearning and hope, introduce a fragility and
an aching quality to that love that we recognize as deeply human. The
renunciation of life as a reaction to thwarted love also exalts this love.
In the "Quartettsatz," such elements exist in close juxtaposition. The piece
begins with a tremulous figure reminiscent of the opening of that other great
uncompleted Schubert work, the "Unfinished" Symphony; there is a sense of
instability created that permeates much of the work, even in anxious figures
that accompany otherwise lyrical themes. It is a precarious and poignant
ambiguity that is quintessentially Schubertian, the song that is even more
beautiful because it exists only in memory or in imagination. Yearning and
desire are even more moving when one dares to hope despite being confronted
over and over by unforgiving realities. In Notebook
/ To Lucien Freud / On the Veil from School of the Arts, poet Mark Doty
speaks of "no hope / without the possibility of a wound." Schubert shows us the
forces that wound, and the immense sensitivity of the soul that hopes. In this
piece, Fate deals the final blow.
was delighted to be given the task of working with the unfinished Andante from Schubert's "Quartettsatz," D. 703,
composed in 1820. This movement was to be the second (he completed the first)
of the String Quartet No. 12. I chose to use the lovely theme Schubert wrote
for this Andante as the basis of my
piece, and I also incorporated the more urgent, dramatic configuration Schubert
wrote as the beginning of a second section that he never completed.
I must confess that I started three versions of this composition based on the
Schubert before arriving at the approach that I finally used and completed.
Schubert's graceful tune did not immediately suggest rhythmic variants to me,
and my first attempts were to place the tune in a variety of surprising
harmonic contexts, as if the tune, an intact 19th-century creature, were
visiting distant harmonic worlds. These ideas did not work for me, as they were
too deliberate, too self-conscious, and not truly inspired.
What finally worked was for me to liberate
the tune from its 19th-century German rhythmic uniform and to allow it to dance
naked in patterns of 11 notes grouped as four, three, and two plus two. For
some reason, I have always enjoyed rhythmic groupings of 11. In fact, my piece And All Is Always Now, which I composed
for the Brentano Quartet's first violinist, Mark Steinberg, and my wife,
pianist Marija Stroke, back in 1992 features some music in 11/16. When I set
poems by Bronzino and Petrarch to music for the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence in
2010, I learned that Petrarch's poetry scans in 11 pulses per line, as opposed
to the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's poetry. This was a wonderful
discovery for me, and I again used a meter of 11/16 for an entire movement,
setting one line of Petrarch's. Another recent work of mine, Drumming a Dream, with choreography by Preeti Vasudevan, is based on Indian rhythms, including
a culminating dance in patterns of 11 (Takadimi, Takita, Takadimi), which is
closely related to the music in Fra(nz)g-mentation.
Back to Schubert: Once I set Schubert's tune spinning in 11, I became
inspired and the music flowed. Then, at a crucial point in the unfolding of
ideas, I inserted another motif from the Schubert fragment, a chromatic phrase
that Schubert left hanging on the page like a flag blowing in the wind. This
motif also could spin and twist in a newly energized rhythmic wind, and this
brought a new mood to the music.
Most inspiring of all for the composition of this piece, however, was the
extraordinary playing of the Brentano String Quartet. I have known the quartet
since its very first concert (in fact, I helped present that concert), and I
have known Mark Steinberg since he was a kid in my theory classes at
Juilliard's Pre-College Division, where he already clearly showed the
brilliance for which he and his Brentano colleagues are justly renowned today.
Fra(nz)g-mentation is perhaps a
complex title, but it accurately reflects the goal and nature of the piece. The
music is based on a fragment by Franz Schubert, hence the name Franz imbedded in the Frag. Mentation, in addition to being the end of the word fragmentation,
is a word in its own right, of course, meaning
mental activity or, more simply, to think. This, then, describes
both my task and its source—to think about and react to the fragment by Franz Schubert
given to me by the Brentano String Quartet.
—Bruce Adolphe
this piece, Sofia Gubaidulina reacts to the great unfinished fugue at the
conclusion of The Art of Fugue, which
comprises expositions of three fugal themes but curiously excludes the original
Art of Fugue theme. At the end of the
extant section of the fugue, Bach combines these three themes, and in fact it
has been shown that it is possible to further combine them with the Art of Fugue theme as a fourth, as most
scholars believe Bach intended had he completed the work. The third of the
themes spells out Bach's name in musical notes (B being used in German for our B-flat, H for our B-natural), thus adding to the mystical nature of this
fugue. Sofia Gubaidulina's piece responds with music of heart-wrenching
intensity, using the Bach themes involved, often obfuscated by wailing,
writhing figures of her own. Searching glissandos, ghostly ponticello tremolos,
and poignant, intense silences color a response to the Bach which amplifies and
sheds new light on the deeply spiritual and enigmatic music of Contrapunctus
Debussy was no academic. Fed up with the rigors of conservatory training, he
longed to compose in a style that was distinctly French, as opposed to the more
Germanic intellectual and aesthetic ideals of his teachers. He was very much
involved with the artistic currents of his time in his native country,
especially Symbolism in poetry and in the visual arts. Attention was being
shifted from concrete meanings and associations with reality toward meanings of
a different sort. Symbolist art was to be understood as metaphorical and
suggestive, pointing toward truths inaccessible through direct description.
Thus, a poet such as Mallarmé or Verlaine could shift attention toward sounds
of words and mystical images—a new, more purely sensual poetry. The painter
Odilon Redon, who had enormous appreciation for Debussy, might depict a giant
eyeball aloft in the manner of a hot-air balloon (or a cactus-man, or a crying
spider) and in doing so shift the viewer's understanding toward the exotic
world of fantasy and the quirks of free association. Symbols, no longer
referencing or tethering us to reality, were set free to engage our senses in
new, foreign ways. Historically, the symbolist movement was a precursor to
surrealism, and entering the dream world of later surrealist painters is not
entirely divorced from the feeling of listening to Debussy's music. Even within
received forms there is often a sense of following the dictates of
free-association rather than consciously constructed architecture.
Ironically, exoticism and what we now call "world music" furnished a large part
of Debussy's vocabulary in his quest to create something distinctly French. A
Javanese gamelan (a sort of colorful percussion orchestra) performance at the
Paris Exposition in 1889 left a strong impression on the composer, as did the
music he came to know on a trip to Russia. Debussy's creed was that French
music should above all else exist to give pleasure, and the flavors of foreign
lands were exploited for their sensual novelty, in the manner of the best
fusion cuisine.
Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor, written in 1893, has become one of the
most beloved in the repertoire, partly because of the stunning sensual beauty
and variety of textures Debussy manages to create with these four homogeneous
string instruments. The sounds he creates flutter and undulate; his harmonic
language is often iridescent. Turner was one of Debussy's favorite painters,
and the sense of motion and activity one sees in Turner's skies and seas has
aural analogues in so many moments of this piece.
The piece has as well a dramatic arc reminiscent of an epic journey in that one
"motto theme," proclaimed boldly at the opening of the piece, appears
throughout in different guises and in a variety of settings. This theme is
transformed rather than developed in the traditional sense. Because of this, a
listener may feel he is following a protagonist through travels in unexpected
lands, in the manner of Homer's Odyssey
or, to get back to France, Voltaire's Candide.
As any hero feels on his home turf, the initial statement of the theme is forthright and self-assured, but it
quickly slips away into uncharted territory. Already after its first encounter
with alien material, the theme is more uncertain, modulating through various
key areas looking for a way to understand new surroundings. Often one
recognizes the theme in flight, or at sea, in transition from one experience to
the next; other times it is self-assured again, as if settled in a new
territory, albeit temporarily. The first movement ends with a furiously
brilliant version of the motto theme in double notes, fully mobilized, in
contrast to its more stable, if full of potential, version at the opening.
The scherzo movement features many new versions of this theme: one playful and
jaunty that becomes an ostinato background; a more seductive, drawn-out
version; plus a bravura, declamatory version on the lowest string of the first
violin. This last, somewhat unexpected, version is perhaps a tip of the hat to
Eugène Ysaÿe, the great Belgian violinist whose eponymous quartet premiered the
work. Besides partaking, with its pizzicatos and repeated ostinato patterns, of
the flavor of the Javanese gamelan, this movement also has a somewhat Iberian
character, with rhythms and guitar-strums suggestive of flamenco.
The thoroughly enchanting slow movement is
the only one in the work not truly having a version of the motto theme. Here,
instead, there is an encounter with the new, the other. In the same key (very
distant from the opening key of the work) and meter as the corresponding, and
likewise profoundly eloquent, movement of Beethoven's last quartet, Op. 135,
this movement also starts out with exploratory bars that lead into a
broad, poetic theme. This, plus the addition of mutes, gives a distant,
introspective quality to the movement. The only reference to the motto theme is
in the build-up to the climax in the contrasting middle section, where the
quick three-note turn of the theme helps to propel the motion forward, perhaps
another possible, yet somehow impossible, transformation of the hero as seen
only in a dream. When the opening theme returns, it is with a foreign note left
over in the cello, suggesting that that which has been imagined and yearned for
is not to be had in the end. The movement closes with an endlessly touching,
ethereal sense of floating free from any reality-based problems, content and
absorbed in a glowing vision.
The most uncertain part of the piece is the start of the last movement, for,
while basking in the glow of a peaceful vision is pleasurable and liberating,
eventually there is the moment of awakening. Here we have the return of the
motto theme, chords that slip languidly, even groggily, and a section that
builds up steam with the main theme gathering momentum to lead into the main
section of the movement proper. There is a sense of preparing for a homecoming
with the recounting of adventures, and there are two major climaxes that both
feature the motto theme in full splendor. When the pace quickens twice as the
piece nears its conclusion, there is a sense of great excitement and triumph.
The hero has returned home, and this home is now bright with the possibilities
of lessons won through experience—now G major rather than G minor, as it was at
the start.
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Bradley among the top 100 private universities in the nation
November 7, 2012
Peoria, IL (November 7, 2012) Bradley University is ranked among the top 100 private universities in a new ranking released by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
Bradley is ranked 86th in the nation based on academic quality and affordability. The publication considers such factors as admission rate, test scores of incoming freshmen and graduation rates, as well as cost data, including tuition, fees, room and board and financial aid. This is the fourth consecutive year that Bradley has been recognized by Kiplinger's.
"We are delighted that Bradley continues to be recognized for the distinctive educational opportunity we offer students," said Bradley President Joanne Glasser. "This ranking is particularly meaningful because it represents independent confirmation that the Bradley Experience is an outstanding value in the educational marketplace."
Bradley received further national recognition this fall when it was ranked the sixth best Midwest regional university by U.S.News & World Report's annual college guide, "America's Best Colleges." In addition, the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked Bradley's undergraduate entrepreneurship program among the top 25 in the nation for the second consecutive year.
The complete list of "Best Values in Private Universities" is available online atKiplinger's website - http://www.kiplinger.com/
Bradley is a private, independent university in Peoria, Illinois, offering 6,000 students the choice of more than 100 academic programs. Bradley links academic excellence, experiential learning and leadership development with an entrepreneurial spirit for a world-class education. Its size provides students with extensive resources not available at most private colleges and the personal attention not commonly found at large universities.


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AUSA on the Hill. AUSA President Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., and the director of government affairs, Bill Loper, recently met with Rep. John Carter, R-Texas. Carter represents the 31st Congressional District which includes Fort Hood.
Sullivan briefed Carter and his staff on the status of the AUSA Fort Hood Chapter Victims Fund which to date has collected more than $350,000 for the families of victims of the recent shooting at Fort Hood.
They also discussed other issues important to AUSA constituents. Sullivan particularly urged Carter to support an increase in the Army active component end strength to 700,000.
He also stressed the need to boost the defense and Army budget in the coming years to match increasing Army requirements.
Carter signaled his support of those and other AUSA issues.
In addition to the Carter meeting, Sullivan met with Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas. Edwards, chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, and Sullivan discussed various military construction issues.
Sullivan also shared his concerns about the defense and Army budgets and the continued need to increase the size of the Army.
Edwards is a long-time supporter of increasing the size of the Army and is known as a national champion for America's veterans, troops and their families.
He is a former recipient of AUSA's Outstanding Legislator Award.
The AUSA vice president for education, Lt. Gen. Theodore Stroup, USA, Ret., and Loper presented Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., with his copy of the AUSA publication "Once a Soldier ... Always a Soldier."
The book devotes two pages to each member of Congress who served in the Army. Rooney is one of six new members of the 111th Congress who was added to the book's newest edition.
Rooney served on active duty for four years in the Judge Advocate General's Corps at Fort Hood and taught constitutional and criminal law at the United States Military Academy. He is an advocate for many of the issues that are important to AUSA.
Rooney has been a strong supporter of the advanced appropriation process for the veterans' medical system. He is deeply concerned about the need for diagnosis and treatment for soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.
He is also supportive of legislation that will end the SBP DIC offset for survivors that will provide assistance dogs for wounded veterans and that will provide concurrent receipt of retirement and disability compensation for all disabled longevity retirees and medical retirees.
Senate passes the Fiscal Year 2010 defense spending bill. The Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2010 defense spending bill, and the president signed it on Dec. 21.
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The bill also includes a provision that would delay the scheduled 21.2 percent cut in Medicare physician payments to Feb. 28, 2010. While we are glad the cuts will not take effect on Jan. 1, we wish the Senate would follow the House's lead and fix this once and for all.
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Above & Beyond award honors community volunteers
ROC-NH's Above & Beyond award honors members of New Hampshire's manufactured-housing co-ops who go above and beyond in their willingness to pitch in for their communities, and to assist their neighbors.
The selflessness, dedication and heartfelt commitment of these quiet and often-unsung heroes bind their communities and make co-ops great places to live.
Honorees are nominated by people living in resident-owned communities and receive their awards at ROC-NH's biennial Co-ops Celebrating Community gathering.
Any member of a resident-owned community in New Hampshire is eligible, and any member can nominate another. Nominees are not required to hold a board or leadership position in their communities.
2014 awardees in photo above, left to right: Kim Woods of Aberdeen West Cooperative in Stratham, Natalie Sheldon of Pleasant Valley Estates Cooperative in Claremont, James R. Hanlon of Sugar River Cooperative in Claremont and Robert Hebert and Raymond "JR" Davis of Windswept Acres Cooperative in Rochester.
2012 awardees: Richard "Dickie" Williams of Acorn Terrace Cooperative in Rochester, Barbara Giordani of Medvil Cooperative in Goffstown, Donald A. LaValley of Pine Grove MHP Cooperative in Swanzey, John F. Balser Jr. of Exeter River MHP Cooperative in Exeter and Arie Keus of Tamworth Pines Cooperative in West Ossipee.
2010 awardees: Daniel Ducharme of South Weare Mobile Home Cooperative in Weare, Jeremiah Bentley of Freedom Hill Cooperative in Loudon, Tom Dawson of Catamount Hill Cooperative in Allenstown, Marjorie Andrews of Forest Park Tenants Association Cooperative in Jaffrey and Kenneth Dame of Windy Hill Cooperative in Tilton.
ROC-NH™ is a program of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc. and a ROC USA® Certified Technical Assistance Provider. ROC-NH is a registered service mark of ROC USA, LLC.


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Art, BA & BS
Expand your knowledge of the art world and strengthen your creative skills by majoring in art. The Bachelor of Arts degree requires a foreign language. The Bachelor of Science degree pairs the art major with Taylor's systems curriculum. Both degrees offer concentrations in the following areas:
- 2D Studio Art
- 3D Studio Art
- Graphic Design
- Photography
Art Education, BS
The art education major is designed to prepare students to acquire their teaching certification in art. The major requires professional education and art courses, making way for you to grow both as an artist and as a teacher.
A concentration in visual arts is also available with a bachelor's degree in elementary education.
Studio Art
Learn the basics of different concentrations of art through our studio art minor.
Art History
Art history provides context for the way we view art today. Learn how our culture has been formed by artists before our time through Taylor's art history minor.
If you love photography but plan to major in another area, consider a photography minor. Required courses cover the fundamentals of photography and how to use digital tools.


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This book provides 200 questions and answers - forty each in five different categories - the Law, the Prophets, Wisdom, the Gospel and the Epistles. The book is designed to be used as a quiz game - keeping score (based on the difficulty of the questions - each question is awarded a particular point value) to determine the winner. It could just as easily be used as an informal reinforcement of Bible Study. It is very similar in format to the New Catholic Quiz listed above.
Sample Questions from this book: (page one)
What is the first book of the Bible?
Who was the pagan God of the Canaanites?
(a. Dracula, b. Beelzebul, C. Baal)
What book of the Bible has the shortest title?
To whom was Joseph engaged to be married?
(a. Martha, b. Mary, c. Elizabeth
How many days did Jesus continue to appear to his apostles after the resurrection?
(a. sixty, b. forty, c. fifty)
This book includes nearly 100 word puzzles (for ages seven to adult - varying levels of difficulty) based on Catholic beliefs, prayers, litanies, precepts of the Church, famous Catholics of the past and present (nice to have some current material sometimes!), the Popes, etc. The book is organized by topic (not difficulty level) and includes five main sections - God, Scripture, the Blessed Virgin, the Saints and Virtues, and Catholic Life and Traditions. Types of puzzles include: Connect the words, Restoration, Vowelless, Purgation, Cryptogram, Which Way? Pictures to Color, Logic Puzzles and at least one maze. Permission is included to photocophy the pages for your own family.
Do your children like to play Monopoly&trade? Then, they might enjoy this Catholic alternative. Rather than encouraging children to attain as much wealth as possible as in Monopoly&trade, the goal of the game is to build as many churches and cathedrals as possible in order to "spread the Word of the Lord."
Each game comes with instructions, game board, play money, churches and cathedrals instead of houses and hotels, "Biblical" tokens, such as an angel, ark, or chalice, to move around the board, Faith cards, Community Service cards, deed cards, and dice. The game board includes countries of the world, such as Poland and Ireland; continents, such as South America and Africa; and famous or important Catholic sites, such as the Vatican, Jerusalem, and Mount Sinai, instead of streets; and famous shrines and cathedrals instead of utilities and railroads. The alternative to "Go to Jail" is "Go to Confession" and the alternative for "Just visiting" is "Just Praying."
On the back of the "deed cards," are several interesting Catholic facts, such as the Apparition at Fatima on the Portugal card or the first parish established in the U.S. on the U.S.A. card. Biblical locations include facts about why these places are important, such as "Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist at the river Jordan", and a scripture passage to look up in the Bible. An example of a Faith card, which replaces a Chance card, is "Your novena has been answered. Advance to 'In The Beginning.' Collect $200." An example of a Community Service card, which replaces a Community Chest card, is "collect $30 as a blessing for being Youth Group leader.
As you move your token around the board, you will be learning interesting Catholic facts on the back of the various deed cards as you collect them and build churches and cathedrals. For those who don't want to spend hours playing the game, a shortened version is also offered.
if ordering from the publisher that in at least one place on the website, the phone number is incorrectly listed. The correct phone number is 971-506-5615.
This book provides 200 questions (50 each in four different categories based on the four sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church - Beliefs, Sacraments, Morality and Prayer) to help children reinforce basic points of Catholic doctrine. Each page has a question from each category with answers on the back of the page. The color-coding makes for easy reading and checking of answers. My children really enjoyed the sometimes humorous choices for the multiple-choice questions. I thought these made the Quiz more engaging and helped them be more memorable for children. Quiz questions can be answered informally or in a game format where scores are kept. My children enjoyed this quiz book very much.
Sample questions from this book: (page one)
Belief: God created the universe and everything in it. True or false?
When a man and a woman get married they ________.
(a. promise to love each other always, b. promise to drive the same car, c. promise to buy a house together)
Why is life holy?
(a. becaues it is short, b. because God let us do anything we want, c. because God, whog ives life, is holy)
Who leads our prayers at Mass?
(a. the priest, b. the server, c. the lector)
Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. See description above.
Sample questions from this book (page one)
God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are called ________.
(a. the Communion of Saints, b. the Most Holy Trinity, c. the Beatitudes)
The Eucharist helps us to ___________.
(a. dream, b. think. c. love)
Jesus teaches that forgiving others is better than revenge. True or false?
Prayer is more like _________.
(a. running away, b. looking for fun, c. thirsting for water)
This is a lovely and inexpensive Rummy game that also teaches the mysteries of the rosary. It includes two colorful cards, illustrated with Old Masters paintings, for each 0f the twenty mysteries of the rosary. The Rummy game requires both matching and ordering the mysteries. Instructions are included.
So far, we've been using it as a memory game - and even my five year old (who admittedly is a memory enthusiast) loves it. It actually has some weaknesses as a memory game (too busy on the backs of the cards, images are rather small) that don't detract at all from its intended purpose.
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"I'm staunchly in the 'avoid the book' camp. As a critic, inevitably, you'll end up comparing the film to the book as you watch -- which could be fruitful territory to explore but in my mind doesn't give the book a fair chance to work on you as a piece of art/entertainment. It's virtually impossible a film will contain more than the book, so enjoy the film first and see what the book 'adds' rather than what the movie subtracts."
"In the case of 'Mystic River,' I read the book first. In the case of 'No Country for Old Men,' I saw the movie first. I guess it comes down to how excited I am by the prospect of a certain filmmakers' new work. Or maybe I'm an illiterate. Either way, Dennis Lehane is a good writer."
Eric Havens, Downright Creepy:
"Since we're all friends here I'll be honest: I very rarely visit a novel once I have seen the film or vice versa. It's not out of laziness really (well maybe a little laziness), but more out of a sense of the narrative version of the uncanny valley. The first method of delivery of a story tends to stick with me, causing the secondary method to seem similar, but slightly different and strange. Different and strange enough to cause me to feel a little uncomfortable. The only exception to this that I can think of is 'The Lord of the Rings' films and books. That is the only time I can say I enjoyed both properties nearly equally. There it is, my neuroses all laid out in survey form."
"Once I hear a movie is being made, I usually avoid the book because they tend to get mixed up in my mind if I read and watch too close together."
Russell Hainline, The Password is Swordfish:
"I've seen great films based on great books, bad films based on bad books, great films based on bad books, and bad films based on great books. I've seen films that struggle due to straying too far from the source material, I've seen films that struggle from staying too faithful to the source material. I've seen film adaptations in which the best scenes weren't anywhere to be found in the book. Great art should stand on its own, period. I would only read a book first if I'm choosing to write specifically about the story's adaptation from book to cinema. Otherwise, I like as a critic and a general moviegoer to judge a film's storytelling on its own merits."
Jason Gorber, Twitch/Filmfest.ca:
"I very rarely will read the book, both as a factor of just not reading very much fiction combined with a desire to approach the work on its own terms. In fact, I often find getting through the book version quite a chore even if read after seeing the film -- I couldn't get through McCarthy's 'No Country For Old Men,' finding all the subtle changes that the Coens made far more satisfying than anything I was reading. Similarly, I don't read scripts ahead of time, and in the best case scenario avoid all summaries or even trailers. I love to experience a work as fresh as possible, and some of my most extraordinary filmgoing experiences have been from this positions of being pleasantly surprised from the first frame. Whether or not I see the original film before a remake is a harder, case-by-case decision, one I'll leave to another Criticwire survey."
"It's never made a huge difference to me one way or another. If I know a film is coming of a book that I already wanted to read, then I'll make an effort to read the book first. Mostly, though, the film's the film. Typically movies based on books are either different enough to be taken on their own terms or similar enough to have the same strengths and weaknesses."
Kenji Fujishima, The House Next Door:
"Honestly, for me it depends on the book being adapted into a movie. I didn't go out of my way to catch up with Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code' before seeing Ron Howard's film adaptation of it, and I don't really feel like I missed out (if anything, the revelations about Ian McKellen's character late in the film probably worked better for me because, unlike the many who had already read 'The Da Vinci Code,' I had no idea about them going in). However, when it comes to film adaptations of 'classic' works of literature -- like, say, 'Anna Karenina' and 'Wuthering Heights' -- I do feel a need to be at least somewhat familiar with the source material going into it, if only because of their reputation. Of course, whether such a familiarity necessarily enhances a film adaptation or not -- well, some films try to be faithful to literary source material, while others not only flagrantly depart from the text but play off our knowledge of it. It all depends on the film, basically."
Mario Alegre Femenías, Primera Hora:
"I don't mind reading the book if the movie's release is at least a year or two away. If I hear about a filmmaker or studio contemplating adapting a novel, I will probably pick it up before production even begins. I really don't like having the book fresh in my mind when I see the film. Otherwise I can't avoid nitpicking it to death and it gets in the way of me enjoying the film for what it is."
Jessica Elgenstierna, The Velvet Café:
"I'm actually fine both ways. I don't go out of my way to read a book before I watch a film adaptation of it, but on the other hand I don't avoid it at all costs either. I try to think of the film as a work in its own, not bothering too much about whether it's faithful or not to its origins. Of course I fail at it sometimes, especially if it's an adaptation of a book that I love deeply and that has made a very strong impression on me. My experience is that the version of the work that I encounter first -- be it the film or the novel -- is what I'll end up loving most."
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap/What The Flick?!:
"I make it a point whenever possible to avoid reading the book when I know there's a forthcoming movie version, because I think the movie has to exist on its own, independent of the source material. (Odds are also good that, among readers of the review, more of them won't have read the book as well.) When it's a book I know, then I'll talk about the film's specific strengths and weaknesses as an adaptation, but all things being equal, I'd rather avoid the book the same way I'd avoid spoilers or trailers or leaked screenplays. Tabula rasa, for me, is always the ideal."
"I've gone a lot of different ways on this and there have been many examples where reading the book before seeing the movie spoiled the experience of enjoying the movie. For example, 'The Silence of the Lambs.' I really liked that book a lot and when I saw the movie right after finishing it, I was disappointed because it didn't live up to what I had read. Yes, you read that right. I was disappointed with 'The Silence of the Lambs,' but that was only the first time I saw it. The movie's grown on me the more distance I had from the book. On the other hand, I really wasn't into 'Hannibal' as a book and it took me over a year to finish reading it. By comparison, the film by Ridley Scott was a lot more exciting and I liked it better. Then we get to something like 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' which I read before seeing the movie and that book was way better than the movie. So going by these examples, I've sort of learned my lesson about reading and falling in love with books before seeing the movies. Now I'll read most of a book but not finish it until after I see the movie so it leaves something to enjoy. This is how I did 'Cloud Atlas' and 'Jack Reacher' (based on the novel 'One Shot') and for the most part, this gave me the best of both worlds but also allowed me to enjoy how the movie ends without having already read it in the book. Does that make sense? Probably not. But whatever."
Billy Donnelly, Ain't It Cool News:
"In the past, I've been one to read or have read plenty of books ahead of time before seeing their film adaptations, both by choice or by some sort of duty to put in the research to know exactly what I'm getting myself into ahead of time -- after all, there is going to be a segment of your readership that has read the book already, too, and, as fans, might want some perspective on if the movie holds up to what they liked about the book to begin with. However, I think I'm starting to veer in the direction of avoiding the book, if possible, before seeing and ultimately reviewing a film adaptation, because, in many cases, it just ruins your experience with the movie. Let's face it: as hard as they try, they're just not going to be able to make the book exactly (with the exception of 'The Perks of Being A Wallflower' which came about as close as I've ever seen, thanks to the author being the one behind the creative decisions of the film). And, while we all go into films with our own baggage to begin with, this adds an extra layer, because it sets us up for the inherent comparisons between page and screen that the film can never win. There are going to be changes for time purposes or cinematic effect that fans of the book aren't going to like, and, if you enjoyed the book, you'll find yourself focusing on a lot of those alterations that may make for a weaker story -- not necessarily a weaker film, but, compared to the book, a lesser experience. Therefore, if you're going in looking at a picture as just that -- a movie -- you're probably better off never cracking open its source material's cover."
Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal/GreenCine Daily:
"If it's a book I haven't read, I don't read it before seeing the movie (unless, maybe, it's something I wanted to read anyway). The only exception is when the movie is inspired by a short story, since it's revealing to see how the filmmakers interpret and expand on the source (and it's not time-intensive to do so). I do a little research on the book if it feels necessary or worthwhile, but it's really apples and oranges -- unless your piece is specifically focused on adaptation."
"For me, there's no magic formula. If I've read the book or have never even heard of it, I remind myself that they're two different works in two different media, each with its own unique set of challenges and attributes. I think reading a book first has rarely negatively impacted my enjoyment of a film, and adds an extra layer of understanding to see the decisions that were made in adapting the book. However, recently I've enjoyed going back to the source material after loving a new film. For example, I've read some John le Carré since I saw 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' and that film only grows in my estimation understanding all the complex le Carré mythology that's peppered throughout that elliptical film."
Michael Dalton, Movie Parliament:
"I used to attempt to read the book before seeing the movie. However I now prefer to avoid the book until I've seen and reviewed the film. I believe that film adaptations should stand on their own and have failed if they rely on the book to explain elements of its plot. Concurrently I believe a critic should be as untainted as possible by preconceptions when reviewing a film. Overall, I find the viewing experience more enjoyable and the reviews more apt when a film is experienced as such and not as an adaptation of a book. I find myself frequently annoyed by those who point out the differences between the film and book rather than discussing the film itself and its merits (or lack thereof) within its own medium. Films and books are two different kinds of art and an attempt should be made to approach them and discuss them as such."
Marc Ciafardini, GoSeeTalk.com:
"Easy. See the movie, then go read the book. To make something screen ready, film adaptations sometimes commit near criminal acts refining or reworking a well-received book. Unless you're Peter Jackson and have the studio's patience for 10 hours of story you'll never get everything from the book on the screen. It's a necessary and sometimes unfortunate evil in the editing process. But it's not all bad because let's face it, not everything in a book is geared to or needs to be told cinematically. So to avoid the heartache in the theater it usually pays to see it onscreen first and then, if you like it, seek out the novel. I'd much rather say 'that wasn't in the movie' but have the book make more sense than say 'oh, they changed/omitted that' and be disappointed by the adaptation any day of the week. It's not a foolproof stance to take but it works most of the time."
"I prefer watching the film and then maybe checking out the book. In college, I had to read the books and then watch the films for my movie classes. I remember having to read books like 'The Shining' and 'War of the Worlds,' and then watching the films. I wasn't particularly fond of that. Nowadays, I prefer to just watch the movie and then maybe read the source. For example, I remember watching 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and then going back to read the books. Most recently, I've done this with the TV show 'Game of Thrones.'"
Christopher Campbell, DocBlog:
"Currently I'm way too busy and am a very, very slow reader, so it's very rare that I am able to read the book before seeing the movie. Last time I could was with 'The Hunger Games,' because it's so short and I read it on my honeymoon in between beach naps. I wish I could do it more often with more substantial works, especially nonfiction titles associated with docs. When I was young I read everything beforehand, including (and especially) novelizations. Now I can barely get through a magazine article sourced as the basis for a film. Any films based on haikus coming out soon?"
Danny Bowes, Yahoo! Movies/Movie Mezzanine:
"I never avoid a book because there's a movie adaptation coming out, nor do I usually go out of my way to read something I haven't yet read. I say usually because when that first six-minute 'Cloud Atlas' trailer dropped, I went 'Oh, wow, I should read that book,' but that was only because I'd owned the book for eight years and never made it past the first twenty pages. And I read 'The Hunger Games' because it only took about a day and it helped me keep a straight face when those names were said out loud in the movie. But as far as reading the book first being an across-the-board preference, no. There's a lot of compartmentalization involved in watching a movie adaptation that deviates from the movie one imagines in one's head while reading, and sometimes it's easier to just watch the movie."
"Neither. I like for movies to surprise me, so I prefer to know as little as possible going in. If it happens that I've read the book before the movie is released, hopefully enough time has passed so that I will have forgotten nearly every aspect besides the basic outline (That's what happened with each 'Harry Potter' film and 'Life of Pi'). As for reading a book after seeing the film, unless the writing is radically different (i.e.'The Prestige') or in the super rare case where I like the film so much that I simply have to experience it on the page, I'd rather just watch the movie again. Otherwise, I'm going through the motions of a story I already know when I could be reading a different book or watching another movie."
The Best Movie Currently In Theaters on January 7th, 2013:
The Most Popular Response: "Django Unchained"
Other Movies Receiving Multiple Votes: "Amour," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Argo," "Holy Motors," "Lincoln," "Rust and Bone."