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Table of contents
1 ethics: an overview
2 menu of sources
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2.1.1 key internet sources
3 other topics
1 ethics: an overview
The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek word ethos (character), and from the Latin word mores (customs). Together, they combine to define how individuals choose to interact with one another. In philosophy, ethics defines what is good for the individual and for society and establishes the nature of duties that people owe themselves and one another.
Though law often embodies ethical principals, law and ethics are far from co-extensive. Many acts that would be widely condemned as unethical are not prohibited by law — lying or betraying the confidence of a friend, for example. And the contrary is true as well. In much that the law does it is not simply codifying ethical norms.
Most professions have highly detailed and enforceable codes for their respective memberships. In some cases these are spoken of as "professional ethics" or in the case of law "legal ethics." For example, the American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org/) has the Principles of Medical Ethics and the American Bar Association (http://www.abanet.org/) has the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Other professions with codes include dentistry, social work, education, government service, engineering, journalism, real estate, advertising, architecture, banking, insurance, and human resources management. Some of these codes have been incorporated into the public law. All are likely to have some effect on judgments about professional conduct in litigation. Generally, failure to comply with a code of professional ethics may result in expulsion from the profession or some lesser sanction.
2 menu of sources
2.1 other references
2.1.1 key internet sources
Online Journal of Ethics (http://www.stthom.edu/academics/centers/cbes/onlinejournals)
Institute for Business and Professional Ethics (http://www.depaul.edu/ethics/)
3 other topics
Category: Legal Theory
Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Ethics . Content is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.


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Three suspects have been discovered in recent burglaries in NYA, with one of them charged.
Anthony Scott Christensen, 21, of St. Bonifacius has been charged with third degree burglary and receiving stolen property while two juvenile males, ages 16 and 17, are also believed to be involved in the burglaries and charges are pending.
Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson reports that on July 3, deputies responded to a report of a burglary at the West Carver County Community Pool. During the investigation, deputies discovered pry marks on the door frame and a damaged door.
On July 8, sheriff's deputies received a call of a found credit card. The deputies recognized the card as having been stolen during a recent burglary of The Olde Mill and Norah Bean Coffee.
Based on the new information, deputies executed a search warrant at a residence in NYA where Christensen was arrested. They recovered property that had been stolen during several recent burglaries, including the burglary of the West Carver County Community Pool, as well as cash that had been reported stolen from an area residence.
Deputies recovered approximately $3,100 of stolen property, including cash, metal cashbox, food items, credit card, two handbags, glass figurines, jewelry, cell phone, laptop and various other items from the burglaries.
"It is because of citizens who recognize unusual or suspicious incidents and take the time to report it to law enforcement that we're able to solve crimes and keep our communities safe," said Sheriff Olson.
If you need assistance from police, fire or medical personnel call 9-1-1. Anyone with information related to this incident or any crime is asked to contact the Carver County Sheriff's Office at 952-361-1212 or after hours call 952-361-1231. To remain anonymous you may leave a message on the tip line at 952-361-1224. You may also use the tip form on the Sheriff's Office web site at http://www.co.carver.mn.us/countygovernment/sheriff/crimetipform.asp.

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Tuition to increase at Pennsylvania-owned universities
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education board of governors on Tuesday boosted undergraduate tuition and fees by 3 percent, an increase that added to room and board and campus fees and bumps the average cost of a year at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities to slightly more than $17,000.
That doesn't count books and other expenses.
This is the second straight year increases in tuition and technology fees were capped at 3 percent under an agreement the universities made with lawmakers to rein in costs in exchange for no reductions in state subsidies.
The increases of $194 a year in tuition and $10 a year in technology fees bring tuition to $6,622 a year and technology fees to $368 a year. Room and board and campus fees vary by university and other factors. The system pegged those costs at an average of $10,210 systemwide for the 2012-13 school year.
The average tab of $17,000 a year at state-owned universities in Pennsylvania is below last year's national average for public colleges, which the national College Board said was $17,860.
"With this action today, PASSHE universities will continue to provide outstanding value, combining high-quality educational opportunities with the most affordable cost available," said Board of Governors Chairman Guido M. Pichini.
But some of the 115,000 students at the state universities are struggling.
"It seems to me that the tuition cost is always rising, while financial aid and any assistance is dropping," said James Smith, 20, of West Mifflin, a junior at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. "I know I paid almost $1,000 more in tuition and fees from my first year to my second. The costs are starting to become a hassle and make it troublesome for students to get a higher education."
Indiana University of Pennsylvania senior Joshua T. Noble, 21, of Richland said his rates have increased every year since he started college.
"I don't believe that charging more for education is the smartest path, but due to budget cuts and the unpredictable economic future, the increases are necessary. In the group of friends that I am in, everyone expects it," Noble said.
State support for the 14 universities, which peaked at $483.9 million in 2007-08, has held at $412.7 million a year since 2011-12.
Graduate students and out-of-state students also face tuition and fee increases averaging approximately 3 percent this fall. The resident graduate tuition rate in 2013-14 will be $442 per credit, an increase of $13. Nonresident graduate tuition will increase by $19 per credit to $663. Full-time, undergraduate tuition for nonresident students will range from $9,934 to $16,556.
Even with the increases, the state system faces a $50 million budget deficit attributed to a combination of flat state subsidies, increases in costs and declining enrollment. PASSHE officials said universities will have to make adjustments to close budget gaps.
Steve Hicks, president of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, said he's worried about the futures of students and universities.
"While it is important to keep tuition as low as possible, we also have made a commitment to our students to continue to provide the high-quality education that they expect and deserve from our institutions," Hicks said. "We must ensure that the state-owned universities have the resources necessary to support student instruction."
The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. PASSHE operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Freeport, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and the Philadelphia Multi University Center in Philadelphia.
Debra Erdley is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-320-7996 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What's the song played in that scene? I have had it in my mind, I suppose it came from another in the serie. DynV 09:37, May 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Moonlight Serenade and How High the Moon. Tom 23:45, May 22, 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! I've just had a little youtube journey with these. I'm so happy the Weekly Update from Wikia keep something on its list until one visit it. DynV 16:44, August 7, 2011 (UTC)


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|From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 25 07:07:51 EDT 2012
This looks like a crash that I've seen, but only a couple of times over months. For the crash I saw, control was in libpixman via libcairo during the rendering of the Plot manual, but I haven't been able to replicate it to investigate further. Are you seeing the crash frequently? Can you get a core file and/or stack trace? At Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:16:33 -0400, Danny Yoo wrote: > I'm seeing segfaults when trying to build the release on my uber > 64-bit Ubuntu box. (I'm on c9d0319a11cb2aae6d1e81d0c6465b4241a4ecff) > > > raco setup: 2 running: picturing-programs/picturing-programs.scrbl > raco setup: 1 running: plai/scribblings/plai.scrbl > raco setup: 2 running: planet/planet.scrbl > raco setup: 1 running: plot/scribblings/plot.scrbl > raco setup: 2 running: preprocessor/scribblings/preprocessor.scrbl > raco setup: 2 running: scribblings/quick/quick.scrbl > raco setup: 2 running: r5rs/r5rs.scrbl > Seg fault (internal error) at 0x2adfc19cb850 > SIGSEGV SEGV_ACCERR SI_CODE 2 fault on 0x2adfc19cb850 > Seg fault (internal error) at 0x2adfe25045a0 > SIGSEGV SEGV_ACCERR SI_CODE 2 fault on 0x2adfe25045a0 > Aborted (core dumped) > make[1]: *** [install-3m] Error 134 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dyoo/local/racket/src/build' > > > > What can I do to help provide more debugging info? > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
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ON JUNE, 27 1999, Michael Jackson nearly died for his music. But the 70,000 screaming fans packed inside Munich's sold-out Olympic Stadium that night had no idea he had just cheated death. They were all too caught up in the spectacle that was Michael Jackson & Friends, a televised extravaganza with elaborate staging.
While his fame in America had waned since child abuse allegations cut short his Dangerous tour in 1993, Jackson's '96-'97 HIStory trek played to a record 4.5 million spectators, grossing more than $165 million. But only a few of those 82 concerts were staged in the United States. Taping this all-star concert in Germany was Jackson's way of showing gratitude to the loyal European subjects who still revered him as the same King of Pop who sold more than 51 million copies of 1982's Thriller.
After a greatest hits medley, Jackson launched into an 11-minute version of his green anthem "Earth Song," which would culminate with a tank rolling on stage and Jackson standing in its path like a protester from Tiananmen Square. "Where did we go wrong?" he wailed from atop a metal platform 30 feet above the stage. "What about us?" a mighty choir answered as the audience wept and cheered. And then, somewhere in mid-song, the wires supporting the sturdy platform snapped.
"The local crew evidently put the wrong cable wire on the metal and the bridge came crashing down into the orchestra pit with Michael on it," recalls the show's producer Kenny Ortega, who would go on to direct Jackson's critically-acclaimed concert documentary This Is It. "Michael felt the fall. He knew it was happening and timed his jump as the bridge hit the ground," Ortega says, incredulous. "And he continued to do the show!"
The scrambling stagehands and tour executives were horrified. "Weren't you trembling in fear?" Ortega asked him minutes after the gig. Jackson responded like he was reading a script from one of those endearingly cheesy 1930s' musicals: "Well, Kenny, I always was taught that the show must go on."


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SISTER ACT Comes to Boston in January
Direct from Broadway, SISTER ACT, the hilarious, five-time Tony®-nominated smash hit musical, is coming to Boston for a limited two week engagement. Performances at the Boston Opera House January 22 – February 3, 2013. SISTER ACT is produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment and is part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series.
Tickets for the upcoming Boston engagement will be available through an authorized ticket seller found only at Ticketmaster 1-800-982-2787, and by visiting www.BroadwayInBoston.com. Tickets will also be sold directly at the Boston Opera House Box Office, 539 Washington Street, Boston, MA during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm) starting Monday, November 12th. Season Series patrons interested in tickets should call Broadway In Boston directly at 1-866-523-7469 and for Member tickets please call 1-866-551-7469. For groups of 10 or more call Broadway In Boston Group Sales directly at 617-482-8616 or email email@example.com.
Featuring an original score with music by multi-Academy®, Grammy® and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony® and Academy Award®-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award® winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ("Cheers") with additional book material by Tony® and Olivier Award® nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing…Forum, Smokey Joe's Café), the production features choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award® nominee Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is based on the Touchstone Pictures motion picture Sister Act written by Joseph Howard.
SISTER ACT received five 2011 Tony® Award nominations: BEST MUSICAL, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Alan Menken (music)/ Glenn Slater (lyrics)), BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Cheri & Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane), BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Patina Miller) and BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Victoria Clark).
When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place cops are sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and an uptight Mother Superior. Using her fabulous disco-ness and killer voice to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church, but in doing so blows her cover. Soon it's nun-on-the-run time but she finds salvation in the heavenly power of her newly found sisterhood. Based on the mega-hit feature film, SISTER ACT features an original Alan Menken/Glenn Slater score with a vast inspiration of musical styles from Motown, soul and funk to great big disco anthems and Barry White inspired musical comedy.
The North American tour of SISTER ACT will star Ta'Rea Campbell (Book of Mormon, Lion King) as Deloris Van Cartier, Hollis Resnik (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Les Miserables) as Mother Superior, Kingsley Leggs (Sister Act, The Color Purple) as Curtis Jackson, E. Clayton Cornelious (Wonderland, The Scottsboro Boys) as Eddie Souther, Lael Van Keuren (Sister Act) as Mary Robert, Florrie Bagel as Mary Patrick, Diane J. Findlay (42nd Street, Promises, Promises) as Mary Lazarus, Todd A. Horman (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) as Joey, Ernie Pruneda (Sister Act) as Pablo, Charles Barksdale (Fat Camp) as TJ, and Richard Pruitt (42nd Street, White Christmas) as Monsignor O'Hara.
The company will also include Melvin Abston, Brian Calì, Alysha Deslorieux, Karen Elliott, Danny George, Blair Goldberg, Erin Henry, Wendy James, Trisha Jeffrey, Mary Jo McConnell, Ashley Moniz, Michelle Rombola, Jason Simon, Angie Marie Smith, Tricia Tanguy, Kelly E. Waters, and Dashaun Young.
SISTER ACT features scenery by Klara Zieglerova, costumes by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Natasha Katz, and sound by John Shivers. The music department includes Musical Supervisor Michael Kosarin, Music Director Brent-Alan Huffman, and orchestrations by Doug Besterman.
Whoopi Goldberg (Producer) is among the most well-known performers around the world. She shot to international fame with her Oscar®-nominated performance in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple, before embarking on a prolific Hollywood career with films such as Jumpin' Jack Flash, Soapdish, The Lion King, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and, of course, Sister Act and its sequel. She has had success in virtually every area of entertainment, from film and television, to stage and recording, to radio host and best-selling author. She won the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ghost in 1991 and is one of a very elite group of artists who has also won the Grammy®, the Golden Globe, the Emmy® and, as Producer of the original Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002, a Tony Award®. She is currently moderator of the award-winning daytime talk show The View on ABC.
Stage Entertainment USA Inc. (Producer) Founded in 1998 by Joop Van Den Ende, Stage Entertainment is one of the world's largest theatrical producers with bases in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Russia, Italy and the USA, and the owner of thirty venues across those countries. Stage Entertainment employs over 4,000 people worldwide and over 10 million people visit a Stage Entertainment production or performance space each year. Headed by Bill Taylor, Stage Entertainment's US team recently produced the hit musical, SISTER ACT, on Broadway. SISTER ACT received five 2011 Tony® Award nominations and rave reviews. Stage Entertainment US is currently producing SISTER ACT on tour in the US and has several other new projects in development for Broadway and the road.
Troika Entertainment (Producer) has been the innovator in touring musical Theater Productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North America and the world. Each season, Troika tours to hundreds of cities across the U.S. and Canada. In addition, Troika produced in European markets including Russia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Central/South American and Caribbean credits include touring CATS in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. As the first U.S. Production Company to tour a musical in Mainland China, Troika has toured extensively across the Pacific Rim in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore, with productions of The Sound of Music, Swing!, 42nd Street and Chicago. The company is experienced in casino and leisure markets having produced for The Wynn, Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah's (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Biloxi, Lake Tahoe and Branson). Current and upcoming productions include West Side Story, Catch Me if You Can, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Shear Madness and The Wizard of Oz. With strong ties to the Broadway community, Troika prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide.
For more information on SISTER ACT please visit www.BroadwayInBoston.com or www.sisteractontour.com. For the latest news and announcements on all of our upcoming shows become a fan of Broadway In Boston at www.Facebook.com/BroadwayinBoston and follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/BroadwayBoston.


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Ubercart is the most popular Drupal E-Commerce platform for your website. It implements everything you need to start selling products online. Web Developers from all skill ranges can use it to support a variety of E-Commerce industries-- including physical goods, digital downloads, or even subscription based billing services. Ubercart can do it all!
For more details, be sure to visit the What is Ubercart? page for more info.
Current Features:
- Configurable product catalog includes catalog pages and a block to display product categories.
- Flexible product creation system with product classes.
- Multiple product image support out of the box.
- Flexible product attributes system.
- Basic product stock level tracking and notification.
- Product features to add file downloads, role promotions, and more to products.
- Single page checkout.
- Automatic account generation (anonymous checkout).
- Customer and administrator checkout notifications.
- Simple order processing (with workflow for automated order processing).
- Simple order creation and editing.
- Integrated payment system that acts as a bridge between acceptable payment methods (check, credit card, purchase order, etc.) and payment gateways (CyberSource, Authorize.net, PayPal, etc.).
- Shipping quotes and fulfillment, including integration with UPS, FedEx, USPS.
- Sales, product, and customer reports.
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- Much more... and more to come.
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Ubercart maintains a customized support forum at the community site. Please use the following links for support, installation, bug reporting, and showcasing your Ubercart sites.
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Reggie Warren, one of the elite forwards in bj-league history, delivered a gutsy performance in the Rizing Fukuoka's first game of 2014.
The University of West Florida product finished with 19 points, 19 rebounds and three assists in the Rizing's 80-77 triumph over the visiting Toyama Grouses in interconference play on Saturday afternoon in the bj-league.
Fukuoka (9-14) shot just 40.7 percent from 2-point range, but edged Toyama in overall rebounds (50-49).
"It just feels good to get a win and a win over a good, well-coached team at that," Warren told The Japan Times after the Rizing snapped a seven-game losing streak. "Hopefully we can build on this, gain some confidence and come out ready to play tomorrow."
Rizing guards Akitomo Takeno and Cohey Aoki scored 15 and 12 points, respectively, with Aoki dishing out a team-high four assists. Small forward Seth Tarver added nine points for the Rizing,while Jun Nakanishi contributed six points and three steals.
Toyama fell to 19-6.
Masashi Joho paced the Grouses with 23 points and Ira Brown had 19 points, 14 rebounds and four steals. Takeshi Mito finished with 11 points and Josh Gross added eight points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots. Sam Willard supplied seven points and nine rebounds. Tatsunori Fujie struggled with his shot, going 2-for-11 from the field in a five-point performance.
Toyama coach Bob Nash, a former NBA forward, provided his post-game perspective to The Japan Times.
"Tonight was not the Grouses' best game as we went down in defeat to the Rizing Fukuoka on the road," Nash told this newspaper. "Fukuoka played well together, as they had four players in double figures. They put their seven-game losing streak behind them in (the) new year and played very well tonight.
"We had our chances to take control of the game, but we made too many errors."
Nash admitted his team faced a formidable foe.
"Let's not forget Fukuoka was in the championship game last season, so they are capable of beating anyone," he said. "Tonight I give all the credit to Fukuoka, they played well and they were well-coached.
"We will correct our mistakes and do our best tomorrow and we will see if our effort is good enough tomorrow to challenge Fukuoka."
With a quality start to the season, Nash recognizes that one game does not paint an accurate picture of how his team has played to date.
"We are approaching the halfway point in the season, so it is too early to get excited or disappointed about a single game," the coach said. "We will learn from this game obviously, but we need to forget it and focus on the next game."
HeatDevils 83, Hannaryz 70
In Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, led by Gabe McCulley's 17-point effort, five Oita players scored in double figures to carry the team to victory over the Hannaryz.
McCulley grabbed 11 rebounds (six offensive), helping the HeatDevils (13-12 overall, 9-6 on the road) control the boards. Oita finished with 43 rebounds to Kyoto's 32.
Taishiro Shimizu flushed 4 of 5 3-point chances and scored 16 points while dishing out four assists. Indiana University product Verdell Jones III added 15 points and six assists and Devonne Giles had 11 points and nine rebounds. Manabu Umemiya scored 10 points on 4-for-5 shooting, canning both of his 3-point shots.
Oita drained 10 of 15 3s and made exactly 50 percent (22-for-44) from inside the arc.
Kyoto (16-9) also attempted 15 3s, but made just four of them.
David Palmer was the Hannaryz's high scorer with 13 points and Shun Watanuki had 12. Chris Holm added 11 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks and Joe Werner scored 10 points, while Edwin Ubiles had eight and Kyosuke Setoyama seven.
Five Arrows 85, Crane Thunders 75
In Takamatsu, center Paul Williams was a one-man wrecking crew against visiting Gunma.
Williams netted 25 points on 11-for-12 shooting and hauled in 15 rebounds — game-high totals in both categories — to lead the Five Arrows to a series-opening win.
Takamatsu (12-11) is now above .500 this late in the season for the first time since the 2008-09 campaign when original coach Motofumi Aoki, who's now the Tokyo Cinq Reves' sideline supervisor, was at the helm. The Five Arrows were 33-19 that season after going 25-15 in 2006-07 and 30-14 the next season.
Since then, the Shikoku-based club has been among the league's bottom-feeders, going 13-39 in 2009-10 under John Neumann as the team's financial backing plunged during the economic crisis. But the Five Arrows have enjoyed a resurgence this season under third-year bench boss Kenzo Maeda, who endured a 2-50 campaign in 2011-12, followed by last season's 22-30 revival.
On Saturday, Takamatsu's Sean Smith scored 15 points and collected four steals and Dexter Lyons had 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. Hiroyuki Kikuchi, who has played for the Five Arrows since 2006, sank 3 of 5 3s for all of his points. Yukio Kishimoto poured in seven points and Yusuke Kodera and Tsubasa Yonezawa both had six as the hosts wore down the Crane Thunders.
For Gunma (4-19), Carlos Dixon led the way with 18 points and nine rebounds. Darko Cohadarevic scored 17 points and Shingo Okada contributed 13.
The Crane Thunders missed 21 of 25 3-point attempts.
Bambitious 75, Lakestars 69
In Nara, Joe Chapman provided a spark from long range, making five 3-pointers en route to 25 points to guide the hosts past Shiga.
Chapman, who attended Marquette University, finished with six rebounds, three assists and three steals, while Anthony Brown had 15 points and eight rebounds. Former University of Florida player Adrian Moss scored 10 points, grabbed 12 boards and dished out four assists as the Bambitious (6-17) won their first game of 2014.
Nara, an expansion squad, converted 11 of 29 3s; Shiga shot 4-for-19.
Dioniso Gomez had 21 points to lead the Lakestars (11-14) and Marshall Brown scored 19 points with nine rebounds. Shelton Colwell had 12 points and Yutake Yokoe chipped in with five assists.
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Every three years music teacher Carolyn Kennedy pulls out all stops and produces a full-blown musical at Sand Creek Elementary School, Coon Rapids.
Well, this year audiences were in for a treat when Kennedy produced and directed "The Magical Land of Oz."
The play, based on the book by L. Frank Baum, is written by Tim Kelly with music by Bill Francoeur.
In addition to the eight weeks of rehearsal after school (three days a week for nearly two hours), Kennedy, along with 40 volunteers, also sewed costumes and painted scenery during five Saturday mornings.
But the show is not about the director. It's about the kids.
And Kennedy, in her 34th year of teaching, cleverly engaged 115 fifth-graders in a production they will not soon forget.
"I just like doing them," she said about putting on a musical.
'"It's like a journey. You work with talented children. It gives kids an opportunity to be in a chorus – kids who will probably never be on stage in their lives. It creates a memory."
The challenges
Sprightly songs and shiny spotlights aside, challenges come along with putting on an extravaganza with assorted and energized kids and their busy schedules.
There's getting costume pieces to the sewers, painting and building sets, teaching students how to memorize lines and trying to encourage good attendance at rehearsal.
But Kennedy in her usual manner managed to pull everything together for an audience-pleasing production.
Audiences were treated to the much adored story of Dorothy whose house was whisked away by a tornado. After a lengthy search, she and her dog Toto end up meeting Oz who might just hold her ticket to find the way home.
Along the way, Dorothy meets the usual cast of characters – Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion.
But Kennedy spiced up the production with students doubling as poppies, fighting trees, Emerald City guardians and citizens and China princesses.
And, of course, what would the show be without Auntie Em, Munchkins, Flying Monkeys and the Wicked Witch of the West? Let us not forget Glenda, the Good Witch, too.
This play followed the book rather than the classic movie version and featured silver slippers for Dorothy instead of ruby red slippers.
All 'interrelated'
Student involvement in the production teaches commitment, Kennedy said. It teaches them how to polish a piece, timing and team work.
"Everything is interrelated," Kennedy said. "The chorus and crew are as important as the main leading roles."
The two-act play was staged in the school's gymnasium March 22 and 23.
Kennedy graduated from Augsburg College with a bachelor's of music education degree. She holds a master's degree in music education from the University of Minnesota.
She started the Blaine Cluster Elementary Honors Choir 13 years ago with former music teacher Peggy Judge.
This year, she stepped down from the directing position. Cathy Yseth has taken her place.
Kennedy teaches 46 sections of classroom music to about 700 students in the K-5 Sand Creek School.
Although she produces a full-blown musical every three years, she plans to veer from her course.
She already has volunteers lined up for next year's production of "Robin Hood," another blockbuster of a musical.
"It's my 34th year of teaching and I love what I do," Kennedy said.
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The free tethering ride may be over for customers of three of the big four U.S. carriers. AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are now blocking free wireless tethering apps for Android phones on Google's Android Market, according to several reports.
Sprint Nextel is reportedly the only major carrier that isn't blocking free tethering, which allows Android phone users to turn their Web-ready handsets into mobile hotspots which can service other devices without having to pay extra carrier fees.
"[I]t it looks like your days of 'stealing data' are about to come to an end," writes DroidLife, which began investigating the blocking of free tethering apps on the Android Market several days ago.
Blocks on apps supporting tethering for three of the four major carriers have been confirmed by several sources.
All four carriers forbid tethering unless paid for as part of a user's plan. Sprint, the only carrier that reportedly is still allowing free tethering on Android phones, states its policy against such practices in its terms of service:
"Except with Phone-as-Modem plans, you may not use a phone (including a Bluetooth phone) as a modem in connection with a computer, PDA, or similar device. We reserve the right to deny or terminate service without notice for any misuse or any use that adversely affects network performance. "
So who's actually blocking access to free tethering apps on the Android Market? Based on what the principle players have said it seems like an advanced degree in spin-parsing is required to figure it out.
AT&T and Verizon have denied "blocking" the free tethering apps and say Google is the only arbiter of which apps are available on the Android Market, according to reports.
But a Google spokesperson told Fierce Wireless Monday that Google "is not blocking" an Android app called Wireless Tether that formerly allowed users to tether Android phones on AT&T and Verizon plans for free.
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The androgynous model formerly known as Andrej Pejic will now only model women's clothing going forward.
Andrej Pejic publicly comes out as transgender woman. The 22-year-old model has undergone sex reassignment surgery (SRS) and legally changed her name to Andreja Pejic. Now the Serbian-born model will only model women's clothing going forward.
Pejic became a model when she was 17. Famous for her androgynous look, she walked the runway for the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier in both men's and women's fashion shows in the past. She has also appeared on the covers of Elle and French Vogue.
The model opened up that she knew she was different since she was 13. After putting on hold her plan to make transition into becoming a woman due to her modeling career, "about a year and a half ago, I reevaluated things," so she explained.
"I was proud of my gender nonconforming career," Pejic explained in a chat with PEOPLE. "But my biggest dream was to be comfortable in my own body. I have to be true to myself and the career is just going to have to fit around that."
On Facebook, she said to her fans, "I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the love and support throughout the years. You've all helped me through this journey and I have learned a lot and really come into my own and the response to today's announcement truly overwhelmed me and reminds me of why I chose to do this publicly."
"I think we all evolve as we get older and that's normal but I like to think that my recent transition hasn't made me into a different individual. Same person, no difference at all just a different sex I hope you can all understand that."
"As a transgender woman I hope to show that after transition (a life-saving process) one can be happy and successful in their new chapter without having to alienate their past. Most importantly differences should not equal divisions, let's all stand together in union. #betruebeyou."


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We're getting an unusually sharp divergence of expert opinion on how well the iPod is likely to do this holiday season.
The conventional wisdom -- reflected in Arik Hesseldahl's "Apple's iPod Problem" in Businessweek -- is that everybody who wants an iPod already has one, and doesn't see much reason to upgrade, especially with the economy in the dumps. "As a result," he wrote, "some analysts believe this will be the first quarter since the iPod was introduced in 2001 that sales will decline from the year-earlier quarter."
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is one of those analysts. He's projecting sales of 18.6 million units in Apple's December quarter, down 16% from 2008 Q1.
A cooling off of this magnitude would mean that Apple' (aapl) other business units -- chiefly the Mac and the iPhone -- need to pick up the slack if the company is to continue the quarterly growth to which investors have become accustomed.
But the reality on the ground, according to Kaufman Bros.'s Shaw Wu, is that iPods are selling like Christmas hotcakes.
In a note issued earlier this week, he reported that Amazon (amzn), whose giant warehouses tend to have plenty of iPods in stock, was reporting a backlog of several models.
"iPod touch was surprisingly stocked out and now has lead times of 11 days for the 8 GB model and three to five weeks for 16 GB," Wu wrote. "This is likely due to unexpected strong demand and we find this interesting as iPod touch is Apple's highest-end iPod." (link)
Now AppleInsider's Katie Marsal reports that Apple is "scurrying to restock some of its reseller channels" as those iPod shortages spread.
In a new report to clients issued Wednesday, Wu writes that spot checks are turning up shortages at Best Buy (bby), Target (tgt), Wal-Mart (wmt) and Crutchfield.com.
"Frankly, we find these sell-outs on iPods surprising, given how difficult the macroeconomic environment is," he told clients. "From our assessment, we believe iPod is holding up better than most, due to its relatively low [selling price] and strong consumer understanding of the value it provides." (link)
Wu estimates that Apple will sell some 21 million iPods this quarter -- less than the 22 million it sold the year before, but not by much.


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Hard Candy Meteor Eyes Reviews
lunar eclipsei got this in lunar eclipse a really sparkly gold color.it is reaaly pretty . i love the sparkles. this is my number one eyeshadow. it has great price, good color selection, and an awesome little case. it looks so awesome in my hard candy makeup bag:] it has good pigmentation and it is really sparkly. a girl needs some sparkle — 6 years, 8 months agoaly7 | 396 reviews
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Nice color payoffThese eye shadows have really nice color payoff, which was surprising cause I found them really cheap at Wal-mart. I kind of just expected to use them as fun Mardi Gras make-up. They have great staying power, especially when used wet or over a primer. Be warned that they are not as sparkly as they appear in the pots so if you were looking for sparkly make-up then this might not deliver on the super-sparkler look. — 6 years, 3 months agorunee89 | 299 reviews
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could be better.I feel like the consistency is a bit chalky and the pigmentation could be a bit better, but the color is quite beautiful, especially the color Supernova. :) — 4 years, 9 months agoJasmineG97 | 77 reviews
Cute packaging, very mediocre productI bought this hoping it would pack the Pigment punch that it appeared to have- no dice. Although the casing designers are doing a fab job on the product appeal, the product itself is mediocre at best. If you want the hue in the package, stick to Mac, Urban Decay, or Shady Lady. For a lesser price and decent product, they the Hip line from Loreal. Hard Candy will give you a shimmer of the color in ...read morethe packaging, but not the pigment and no lasting effect. If used with water to increase pigmentation, it leads to creasing. If you want light color, it's good, but that's it. — 5 years, 3 months agoDuskkgodinez | 14 reviews
I LOVE these to death!Gorgeous colors. I've got 4. Im not sure how many they have but i would love to get the rest. But at my Walmart in the Hard Candy section everything is all unorganized. So i never find what I'm looking for. — 5 years, 3 months agoSamaraAlessaM. | 3 reviews
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Outer spaceOuter space is a dark gray/almost black color with silver and purple sparkles running through it. It looks close to black before you put it on but once its on, it is more like medium gray. Not really what I was hoping for but it's still very pretty. It takes alittle building to get the color I really want. Over all, it was a good buy. Not too expensive, a lot of product, pretty packaging and mine came with a free sample of their eyeshadow primer. — 6 years, 1 month agoJessieRae | 5 reviews
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LOVEi recently bought the sparkly purple color bc I fell in love when I first saw it in the store. The color is so pretty and a little sparkly. I LOVE this! HC is amazing. I love their packaging and product line — 6 years, 2 months agoAngelamay14 | 81 reviews
amaxinglove this texture, easily ranges from a sweeping of light color to layering up really intense. I have this in asteroid (navy blue) and feel like the sparkles aren't tacky but striking. Its compact has also held up alot better to travel than the larger baked blush compact, but theres also so much product in here. Actually going to buy more of this this weekend, as its looks better on you than in the package contrary to alot of eye shadows. — 6 years, 6 months agosuprise007 | 15 reviews
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Pretty nice :)I got the Meteor Eyes shadow in Starburst (I think that's the name... it's sparkly purple) and Outer Space (sparkly deep gray). They go on pretty well, just with the occasional fallout as with all eyeshadows. The only downsides are that they go on darker and no as sparkly as I expected. I'm a HUGE fan of sparkle (I know, I know :P ) and was excited to find these shadows. They are a bit pricey in m...read morey opinion, but I am a big Scrooge when it comes to makeup. These are good for smokey looks or as eyeliner. All in all, I would buy again. — 7 years, 1 month agoMadHattress | 2 reviews
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Tags: cake balls, cake pops, Christmas present, cooking, recipe
Got balls? Sagging cake balls?
I received a handy-dandy cake pop maker for Christmas. Here's how it works:
- Plop in some cake batter.
- Close the lid.
- Wait 7 minutes.
- Presto. Your cake balls (cake pops) are ready.
- Time to frost and decorate. Just like Martha would.
- Stick a stick in them and serve. Or gift them to your neighbors. With pride.
They are supposed to look like these:
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Taking the best from LA VIE EN ROSE and AMÉLIE, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar's GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a completely original take on one of France's greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singer-songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino). Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and finally pop superstar. Along the way he romances many of the era's most beautiful women, including Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon). Employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that includes many of the musician's greatest hits, GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a quintessential time capsule to '60's Paris.
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A 1280-kg car starts from rest and accelerates to 80 km/h in 23.0 s. Friction exerts an average force of 449 N on the car during this time. (a) What is the net work done on the car? J (b) How far does the car move during its acceleration? m (c) What is the net force exerted on...
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In a normal distribution, what z-score value separates the highest 90% of the scores from the rest of the distribution? a)z = -1.28 b)z = 1.28 c)z = -0.13 d)z = 0.13
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Arrhythmias (or dysrhythmias) are abnormal rhythms of the heart that cause the heart to pump less effectively.
Normally, as the electrical impulse moves through the heart, the heart contracts–about 60 to 100 times a minute in adults. Each contraction represents one heartbeat. The atria (the upper chambers of the heart) contract a fraction of a second before the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart) so their blood empties into the ventricles before the ventricles contract.
Under some conditions almost all heart tissue is capable of starting a heartbeat, or becoming the pacemaker. An arrhythmia occurs when:
The electrical activity of the heart is measured by an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). By placing electrodes at specific locations on the body (chest, arms, and legs), a graphic representation, or tracing, of the electrical activity can be obtained. Changes in an ECG from the normal tracing can indicate arrhythmias, as well as other heart-related conditions.
Almost everyone knows what a basic ECG tracing looks like. But what does it mean?
When your doctor studies your ECG, he or she looks at the size and length of each part of the ECG. Variations in size and length of the different parts of the tracing may be significant. The tracing for each lead of a 12-lead ECG will look different, but will have the same basic components as described above. Each lead of the 12-lead is "looking" at a specific part of the heart, so variations in a lead may indicate a problem with the part of the heart associated with that lead.
Atrial fibrillation is a type of arrhythmia. With atrial fibrillation, the electrical signals in the atria (the two upper chambers of the heart) are fired in a very fast and uncontrolled manner. The atria quiver instead of contracting normally. The electrical signals then arrive in the ventricles in an irregular fashion. When the atria do not contract effectively, the blood may pool and/or clot. If a blood clot becomes lodged in an artery in the brain, a stroke (brain attack) may occur. About 15 percent of strokes occur in persons with atrial fibrillation. Aspirin, warfarin, and other cardiac medications may be used to treat atrial fibrillation.
Current guidelines recommend a patient-specific approach to treating atrial fibrillation. A rate control (allowing the patient to remain in atrial fibrillation, ensuring the heart rate is controlled) or rhythm control (using specific medications or procedures to restore normal rhythm) strategy may be adopted. Your doctor will decide which treatment approach is most appropriate for you.
Medications are usually used with the rate control strategy, commonly including beta-blocker medication, such as atenolol or metoprolol, or calcium-channel blockers, such as diltiazem or verapamil, to slow down the heart rate.
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The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) is at the forefront of advocacy for students with disabilities and their families. COPAA works to increase the quality and quantity of representation available to students and their families and to ensure the rights of children with disabilities and their parents/guardians are protected. As an organization committed to civil rights, COPAA recognizes the relationship between discrimination and bias against people with disabilities and other forms or systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination based on race, national origin, ethnic and/or religious identity, sex/gender/gender identity/sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
COPAA is committed to the full inclusion of persons of diverse backgrounds and identities in COPAA's leadership and membership and defines inclusivity as the valuing and promotion of the perspectives of those of different backgrounds and identities. COPAA defines cultural competency as a set of values, behaviors, attitudes, and practices within a system, organization, program, or among individuals, which enables them to work effectively, cross culturally. This includes, but is not limited to race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, class, age, ability, religion, and language. COPAA is committed to the development of policies and activities to promote the participation of diverse stakeholders and constituents, and to encourage all of its members to demonstrate cultural competency and genuine sensitivity in representing and advocating for students and their families. In addition, COPAA is committed to considering fully, in all activities and programs, the intersectionality of race, national origin, ethnic, cultural and/or religious identity, sexual/gender identity/ sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, in our efforts to protect and enforce the legal and civil rights of students with disabilities and their families.
In addition, COPAA seeks to address issues affecting access to advocacy for students of color and linguistically diverse children and their families in recognition that these students are disproportionately represented in special education. Our organization also seeks to address the need for advocates, attorneys, and empowered self-advocates from diverse communities as leaders and members of COPAA to fully address the inherent inequities experienced by students of color and linguistically diverse students.
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text: Culture 16 January 2012 The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky | How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? Sign up for our weekly email * The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky: Why Simple Solutions Don't Work in a Complex World Bryan AppleyardWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 288pp, £20 How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future Edited by John BrockmanAtlantic Books, 410pp, £19.99 Nicholas Carr has a lot to answer for. In 2008, Atlantic magazine published an essay of his called "Is Google making us stupid?", in which he argued that the internet was changing the way we think - making us less reflective, less capable of sustained concentration. "The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle," Carr wrote. Thousands of readers nodded along, although the irony of doing this while reading a 4,000-word article may have escaped many of them. (Carr later expanded his argument in a book called The Shallows, which made the New York Times bestseller list. Clearly, some people were still capable of deep reading, or at least thought they were.) Both Bryan Appleyard's The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky and John Brockman's new collection were written in the shadow of Carr's question. Appleyard's book interrogates the idea that human beings have spent decades trying to create machines in their image and whether, having failed - witness the annoyance of automated option "trees" at call centres - we are trying to bend ourselves to fit with the machines. Does our technology shape us, just as we shape our technology? He notes that every time we advance our understanding of the human brain, it is shown to be even more extraordinary than we thought. Yet we continue to believe that the same brain is ultimately explicable, if only we could apply enough science. Our latest model of the mind - that it is like a giant network, like the internet, in fact - also tempts us to believe that, with enough computing power, consciousness could be simulated. This is what the futurist Ray Kurzweil calls the "Singularity", the moment when a computer develops greater-than-human intelligence and (I'm paraphrasing here) declares itself our overlord. Appleyard is sceptical and he marshals a range of dissenting voices, including Jaron Lanier, the virtual-reality pioneer who, in a book called You Are Not a Gadget, spectacularly renounced the "plugged-in" world he once championed. Appleyard doesn't much fancy being a gadget, either, particularly if it involves oversimplifying our thoughts and social interactions to fit into a machine-dominated world. It's back to those "call trees" again - why resign ourselves to a life of pressing three for the operator? Why not acknowledge that our analogue problems can't be reduced to a digital list? Appleyard is a gifted writer, able to explain both the beauty of a Hockney drawing and the mathematical unit used to measure how many computations processors like our brains are capable of performing (the charmingly named petaflop). His book takes in a sojourn in an fMRI machine to see whether creativity can be mapped, a visit to Microsoft in the 1990s to meet its techno-evangelists and a disquisition on why interviews with actors are so boring and Cheryl Cole finds it hard to eat in public. The book has a deliberately broad sweep, and Appleyard's attempts to show the ramifications of our digital collective culture occasionally go too far, leaving you stranded in the middle of a finely tuned paragraph wondering what the hell all this has to do with neuroscience. You never mind, though, because it's always fascinating, and always clearly expressed. Brockman's collection is rather more of a mixed bag. Brockman runs Edge magazine, where he is described as a "cultural impresario". Every year, he invites a bunch of luminaries to expatiate on one of the big questions vexing humanity. In 2006, it was "What is your dangerous idea?". For this latest book, he asked his panel: how is the internet changing the way you think? There are answers from physicists, psychologists, euroscientists, evolutionary biologists, artists and others - including, refreshingly, a teenage PhD student who is a "digital native" and reduces the old-fartiness level by approximately 73 per cent. One thing the luminaries mostly agree on is that the technological revolution of the late 20th century is the biggest upheaval since Gutenberg, and that growing up in a information-surfing culture is affecting us on a personal and social level. Given that I read this book on a train on my Kindle, while opposite me a stressed mother entertained her toddler - who could not yet talk - by letting the child play Angry Birds on her iPhone, I find it hard to disagree. Yet the very obviousness of this point exposes a limitation of the collection format: by halfway through, I was sighing repeatedly: "Oh, not bloody Gutenberg again!" The overlap makes this book one to dip into rather than read at one sitting, but it's bursting with quotable phrases. Here is the writer Paul Kedrosky wondering whether he could give up the internet. "Could I quit? At some level, it seems a silly question, like asking how I feel about taking a breathing hiatus or if on Tuesdays I would give up gravity." He is one of the minority who are relatively untroubled by the netpocalypse, wondering whether he really had more BDTs (big deep thoughts) before he spent all day connected, or whether his memory is playing tricks on him.It is largely the dissenters from hand-wringing who are more intriguing. June Cohen argues that "the rise of social media is really a reprise" - a return to a storytelling culture. And the psychologist and writer Steven Pinker believes that "the most interesting trend in the development of the internet is not how it is changing people's ways of thinking but how it is adapting to the way people think". He argues that the web took off because of the graphical user interface that made engaging with it more intuitive. Now we are developing interfaces based on speech, movement and even thought. Ultimately, many of the contributors conclude that we don't know how the internet is changing our brains because we don't know how anything changes the hefty lumps of fat and water in our skulls: they are still so poorly understood. Or, as Emily Dickinson put it in the poem that gave Appleyard his title: "The Brain - is wider than the Sky -/For - put them side by side -/The one the other will contain/With ease - and You - beside". Helen Lewis is deputy editor of the New Statesman. She has presented BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster and is a regular panellist on BBC1's Sunday Politics. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 16 January 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The battle for Britain More


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Please note: due to a recent cast change, Lynne Dawson will be replacing Anna Caterina Antonacci in the role of Poppea. Also, regretfully the Academy of Ancient Musics Music Director, Richard Egarr, has had to withdraw from the concert for family reasons. We are delighted to announce that Robert Howarth will now direct the performance.
Monteverdis most sensuous and scandalous- opera performed in concert by Robert Howarth, the Academy of Ancient Music and a stellar cast.
The story of the Emperor Neros intrigues, and the rise of his mistress Poppea is supposedly a cautionary tale. But Lincoronazione di Poppea (1643) tells that story in music of such beauty that audiences regularly find themselves seduced. Robert Howarth directs the Academy of Ancient Music and a world-class cast.
Power corrupts; but love can corrupt absolutely, and Monteverdis Lincoronazione di Poppea proves that point in music so dangerously seductive that it can still shock today. Following on from last years LOrfeo, this second part of the Barbicans three-year Monteverdi opera cycle is the first of three baroque programmes this season exploring the themes of Love, War, Betrayal and Intrigue. The Academy of Ancient Music are joined by leading modern exponents of these roles: Sarah Connolly sings Nerone, while Lynne Dawson's expressive soprano makes her a natural fit for the role of Poppea..6pm, Fountain RoomPre-concert talk with Anthony Pryer (Goldsmiths, University of London)Concert timings7pm 8.30pm Act 1 & Act 2
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PATIENTS and well wishers will get the chance to see fundraisers walk the high wire and zoom down a zip wire at Russells Hall Hospital this weekend.
On Sunday afternoon from 3pm volunteers will be raising cash for the Russells Hall gym and fitness centre Action Heart.
Sue Jones, who is helping organise the event, said: "There will be everyone from teenagers to pensioners raising money on Sunday afternoon and it would be great if we got lots of support."
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Stacey Robbins welcomed daylight saving time when it arrived two Sundays ago, but not because there would be more sunlight at the end of the day.
Just the opposite.
Stacey and her husband, Rock, chose daylight saving time to revisit an experiment in living without most of the electricity in their Costa Mesa home. They turned off all but a few essential breakers – for the refrigerator and two outlets in the kitchen, the room where Rock's computer is, and the washer and dryer in the garage.
Instead of plugging into all the electronics and gadgets that dominate so much of modern American life, the Robbins family treats the night like something other than what Stacey calls "a second shift of daytime."
They enjoy it for what it is: dark.
When the sun sets, Stacey, Rock and their sons, Caleb, 10, and Seth, 8, eat dinner, read books, play music, tell stories and snuggle together on the big brown L-shaped couch in their cottage-style home strictly by candlelight.
It means they also bump into furniture on occasion, step on Lego bricks that didn't get picked up, fumble for keys to open the front door without a porch light.
No matter.
Stacey Robbins says what her family discovered during a four-month stretch last year outweighs those minor inconveniences.
"Nighttime has its own personality. It's sort of inviting us into this whole other realm of experience – to slow down, to exhale – while the day is about inhaling," she says, summoning a mood as soothing as an evening breeze. "It taps that spiritual part of you where you move by feeling and trust and at a different pace."
The lights-out experiment was intended to last one month, but it wound up continuing from August through mid-December last year. And, yes, that meant not running the air conditioner during those days of record heat in September.
The family adjusted to the heat, Stacey says, although it was toughest on Rock, who would come home from working all day in an air-conditioned office.
"He'd walk in and go 'Oh, my God, it's like walking into an oven.' I'd go, 'It's only 82 in here.'"
If the heat was too unbearable, they would head to the beach or a nearby pool to dip their feet in cool water.
When Stacey's mom came from Georgia for a visit in December, they put on the electricity to heat the house.
Stacey got the idea for the experiment during a play date at a friend's house in Newport Beach.
Her friend explained how the breakers controlling the electricity to the upstairs were set to automatically go off at 11 p.m. She did that to remove her family from the hum and buzz of electronics.
Stacey had been thinking about becoming more grounded to the Earth and to nature: "I said let's try it and see if our lives will be different."
The Robbins household was already a step or two removed from the screen-centric lives of many families. The only TV they own is in the garage, used mainly on weekends when the boys are allowed to play dance or exercise video games on their Xbox. Computer time is also limited.
"We just kind of live a little bit off the beaten path," says Stacey, who has had some health issues and watches what her family eats, preferring fresh, organic or raw food and buying water with a higher pH value.
Caleb and Seth have no handheld gadgets, but they are encouraged to play music in the living room at the piano or on the drum next to it. Caleb is learning to play violin; Seth noodles at the piano but lately spends more time sinking long shots in the basketball hoop in the driveway.
Stacey and Rock, both in their mid-40s, were professional musicians for a number of years, playing adult contemporary pop and jazz at gigs around the country before their boys were born.
Rock now works for a spam-filtering company. Stacey is a life coach and a writer whose new book, "Bloom Beautiful," is a compilation of original quotations to inspire women.
When Stacey first approached Rock with the idea of plunging the family into the dark, she framed it as sort of an indoor camping adventure. The boys were promised a trip to the redwoods near Santa Cruz to get them on board.
Rock says he was game because it would mean even more time together without distractions. Trying to explain it to a co-worker, however, was another thing. "I was like, well … And he was like, 'You have a hippie wife, don't you?'"
It's not unusual for families to unplug the TV and other gadgets as a matter of rule or for brief respite.
There's the annual Screen-Free Week that comes around in April. It started off as TV Turnoff Week but now includes computer and video games. Families are encouraged to spend more time enjoying nature and each other.
Without electricity, Stacey says, she had to be more purposeful about finishing chores during the day, such as the laundry, when she could see what she was doing. "I kind of felt like Caroline Ingalls sometimes, making sure everything was done before dark."
Perhaps this time the family will continue until the winter solstice, she says. That would mean Dec. 21.
"I'd like a trip to Europe to be at the end of that," she adds with a laugh.
A star-shaped woven basket sits beneath an armchair by the front door, filled with tea candles and a few others that are taller and bigger around. They light about 25 candles at night
"The candle bill was higher," Rock says jokingly, "but no big deal." (Stacey estimates they spent about $25 a month on candles.)
As a precaution, the boys weren't allowed to have candles in their rooms until their parents were assured they could be safe around them. Stacey eventually let them use the little hurricane lanterns they got as presents one year.
One evening last week as the sun set, Caleb put aside his book and Seth left his basketball to help fire up the tea candles and place them in designated spots around the house.
Their parents had enjoyed a glass of wine with cheese and apple slices as Stacey cooked dinner on the gas stove – a simple meal of sautéed chicken, broccoli and rice with black lentils. The boys played music – Caleb coaxing the cancan song from his violin and taking requests, while Seth attempted Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major with help from his dad, and then his mom.
Avid readers, the boys said the only thing they didn't like about the dark is that it's harder to see their books.
Caleb's enjoyment of the darkness is what you might expect from a 10-year-old boy: "I kind of like it so I can creep around and then scare the poop out of them."
Seth says he felt more connected to nature from just being inside the house on chilly nights, snuggled up with his parents and brother on the big couch with the fireplace to keep them warm.
At one point during the dinner conversation, Stacey asked the boys to share the best part of their day.
The answer came from Seth, his face lit by the glow of the candles on the dining table and the warmth of the moment.
"Right now."
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With more players on Chivas USA's training-camp roster than the league-mandated quota, the time is fast approaching for Robin Fraser (above) to start making cuts in preparation for the start of the season. But that isn't preventing the rookie coach to continue to bring in new blood.
Expected to join Chivas USA training camp next week is versatile Ghanaian defender Seth Owusu, who can play left back and central defense. The 22-year-old spent last year with Ghanaian Premier League side Kessben and is set to join the Rojiblancos club on loan.
Fraser has also added forward Artur Aghasyan. The Los Angeles-area native nearly made the squad last year under previous head coach Martin Vasquez and spent time in 2009 training with Fraser's former club, Real Salt Lake. Despite the high number of players training with the team, Fraser has a set number on how many players will be on the roster at the start of the season.
"It'll be somewhere between 28 and 30," said Fraser. "We certainly have some players who we're interested in and have some spots for them, but other than that, we'll use all the resources available to us."
The most intriguing addition is that of Owusu, who has already started to impress enough to earn a call-up to the Ghanaian national team during an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan last October. Owusu did not play in the 0-0 draw with Sudan, but that match was one that featured many of the Black Stars' European talent.
The 22-year-old's loan is believed to last until December, but it's unclear whether that term will be extended. His visa has not arrived yet, but the club is expecting him to join camp next week and Fraser remains optimistic about his ability to contribute in his first year in MLS.
"I've been interested in Seth for six months," he said. "When I was with Real Salt Lake, I was scouting [him]. He's a tremendously athletic player who has good feet and is a good defender with good experience. ... We'll look at him in a number of different positions because he's a good left back and a good central defender, but the fact that he's flexible gives us some options."


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I know this is the age of the Internet and we can find much information on it. Unfortunately not everyone is able to have it, and for some of us it is a pain to figure out. Personally I like to have a newspaper in front of me so that I can highlight things that are important to me and cut out and post meetings, birthdays, funerals and other events that I need, or think I need, to attend.
The next important event is Memorial Day. When I was living in Chaska, the children all gathered at the public school and were handed a 7-by-10 flag to carry for the parade through town. It was a big event with Honor Guard, policemen, firemen, VFW, Legion and the auxiliaries and many more organizations with the children and their flags at the very end.
Now I humbly request that the editor goes back to the days of "yore" when Memorial Day was front page news and listed the time that the Honor Guard would be visiting the various cemeteries. It would also be nice to publish the order of the program and the speaker. I realize that this is an annual event, but our community is expanding and they (newcomers), as well as the "old timers" depend on the Star News for this information.
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Reason 16, 45, 80, Todd 18, Wright 41, Odubade 89
EASTLEIGH brushed the Magpies aside at the Silverlake Stadium in Hampshire, with Jai Reason bagging a hat-trick for the rampant hosts.
The Spitfires took the game out of Dorchester's reach before half-time thanks to a Reason double and goals from Chris Todd and Ben Wright.
Reason went on to net a third with 10 minutes left and substitute Yemi Odubade underlined Eastleigh's dominance by making it 6-0 late on.
Three points for the hosts took them back to the top of the Skrill South table, while the Magpies must try and put this horror show behind them with eight games of the season remaining.
Missing Mark Jermyn and Warren Byerley was always going to make the Magpies' task a hard one, and their hopes of taking something from the match were dealt another blow when Jamie Gleeson was only ruled fit enough to start on the bench.
Steve Walker and Dan Way came into the starting line-up in place of Byerley and former Eastleigh man Gleeson, while there was a place among the substitutes for youngster Oakley Hanger.
Eastleigh were without the injured Dean Beckwith and Stuart Fleetwood, as well as Reece Connolly who was suspended.
The half from hell for the Magpies began ominously and it was Eastleigh's new loan signing from Alfreton Town, Dan Wishart, who looked a good bet to open the scoring.
He forced two saves from former Eastleigh stopper Alan Walker-Harris within 15 minutes of the kick-off, and they were the precursor to Reason's and the home side's first goal.
Walker-Harris did well to keep out Wright's effort but Reason reacted quicker than any of the Dorchester defenders to make it 1-0.
Barely two minutes later, Walker-Harris had to pick the ball out of his net again when former Swansea City defender Chris Todd rose highest to head in a corner.
It would have been 3-0 on the half-hour mark had Magpies' captain Jake Smeeton not got a touch on a close-range attempt from Reason to send the ball out for a corner.
Dorchester did threaten to pull a goal back, though Elliott Chamberlain headed wide from Charlie Losasso's free-kick and then Nick Crittenden saw a shot blocked.
But any hopes they had of hauling themselves back into the game were dashed five minutes before the break, Wright showing some good close control to lash the ball into the bottom corner.
The visitors had the ball in the Eastleigh net moments later, but their joy was short-lived as referee David Woolford blew his whistle for an infringement.
Then, after Wishart couldn't take advantage of a parried drive from Reason, the latter showed his team-mate how it should be done with a superb curling effort into the top corner.
As expected, the second half was a much quieter affair, and although they had more of the ball, there was no reward for Phil Simkin's men.
A few half-chances came and went, and Jack Twyford, Dan Munday and Clive Makoni all saw some action, but the night belonged to Reason.
He thought he had netted his third on 71 minutes only for his strike to hit the inside of the post.
But, with 10 minutes left, the hat-trick goal arrived courtesy of a close-range finish and, just before the end, substitute Odubade cracked in a sixth.
Eastleigh: Flitney, Spence, Green, Strevens (Collins 46), Dillon, Todd, Reason, Southam, McAllister (Odubade 56), Wright, Wishart (Masterton 71). Subs not used: Noice, Peacock.
Magpies: Walker-Harris, Case, Smeeton, McCarthy, N Walker, Lanahan, Crittenden (Twyford 56), Way, S Walker (Munday 81), Chamberlain, Losasso (Makoni 81). Subs not used: Gleeson, Hanger.
Yellow cards: Eastleigh – None
Magpies – S Walker
Ref: David Woolford (Andover)
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'You jumped off the piano... I thought, 'Hey, this guy's going somewhere!',' the actor shares on how he becomes a fan of the British musician.
Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood has opened up about his love of jazz music in a rare interview with British musician Jamie Cullum. The "Dirty Harry" legend and Cullum became unlikely pals after the jazz pianist composed the main score for Eastwood's 2008 drama "Gran Torino".
And the actor/director has chosen the diminutive star's BBC Radio 2 show to talk about his love of all things jazz. Cullum says, "Interviewing Clint Eastwood for my Radio 2 show was a true honor. He was overflowing with stories, good humor and enthusiasm for the chance to discuss his favorite topic - music. He has spent a lifetime immersed in jazz and not only picked some great music to listen to but had superb stories to weave around them."
And in the interview, Eastwood admits he's a huge fan of Cullum's work, saying, "You jumped off the piano... I thought, 'Hey, this guy's going somewhere!' I did feel that you were bringing an entertainment value to jazz, or swing or blues or whatever you were playing... that had long been missing. I became a fan on that evening. It's a rare opportunity for me to be on the Jamie Cullum show, it's always fun to talk about music."
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'We're already working on different images. Talking conceptually,' so the Ethan Hunt depicter says when asked if there's a plan to make another 'Mission: Impossible' movie.
After making his biggest hit to date through "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol", Tom Cruise apparently has prepared to continue the famous action film franchise with a fifth installment. Sharing to Total Film, the "Jack Ryan" actor gave a little update on the planned "Mission: Impossible 5".
"We're already working on different images. Talking conceptually," the "Rock of Ages" actor told the movie magazine, which named him Icon of Our Life Time in its 200th issue. "I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city. I look at architecture, subways... coming up with different sequences."
During the chat, Cruise also gushed about the big success of "Ghost Protocol" that led him to plan the possible fifth movie. "Seeing an audience respond... to have that experience is really wonderful," he said. "I started Mission: Impossible hoping I could make many of them. It's a character that I can grow with."
He went on admitting that the "Mission: Impossible" series was very important to him. "At that time it was the most expensive film in the history of Paramount Pictures, and the first film I was producing," he recalled. "It's been pretty exciting. I'll make a bunch of those. I'll make as many as people want to see... because they're very challenging, and so much fun to make."
Being released in the U.S. on December 16, 2011, the last "Mission: Impossible" movie took in $209,3 million domestically and $693 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the highest-grossing Cruise-starring movie, knocking down 2005's "War of the Worlds".


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Federal employees, labor activists to protest sequestration, budget cuts
Aug 15, 2013, 13:36 ET
More than 400 expected to rally outside Pittsburgh federal building Tuesday
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal employees and labor activists will rally outside the Moorhead Federal Office Building on Tuesday to protest sequestration and federal budget cuts.
The rally is being organized by the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union representing federal and D.C. government workers. Hundreds of federal employees from across the country are in town for AFGE's 2013 Human Rights Training Conference.
"We are holding this rally to call attention to the debilitating budget cuts required under sequestration and to put pressure on Congress to stop sequestration and provide federal agencies with the money they need to do the government's business," AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. said. "Unless Congress ends sequestration now, these extreme budget cuts are going to continue for another nine years – decimating federal programs and services that millions of Americans rely on each and every day."
Who: AFGE President J. David Cox Sr., AFGE National Vice President for Women's and Fair Practices Augusta Thomas, AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr., Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny Central Labor Council President Jack Shea, hundreds of federal employees from across the country
What: Rally to protest sequestration
Where: Moorhead Federal Office Building, 1000 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh
When: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 20
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
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