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Phillip W. Vaughan
posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 10:02 pm
Dear Drs. Muthén,
How might one go about calculating the expected value of chi-square (for both WLS and WLSMV separately) when a model is known to be misspecified in a Monte Carlo study?
(Sorry if I have missed this elsewhere in the discussion. I have searched a few times recently but haven't found it.)
Curran, West & Finch described a method in 1996 that they used to approximate the expected value of both the ADF and S-B chi-square. I was wondering if it could be adapted to both WLS and WLSMV, or if perhaps there is a better way. (Or if there is no way at all!)
As I understand the Curran, West, & Finch method:
1) Fit the misspecified model to an extremely large data set (e.g., 100,000 cases) that was generated in accordance with the true model.
2) Get the minimum of the fit function.
3) Scale this fit function according to the sample size to be used in the misspecified MC runs (e.g., 200, 1000, etc.)
4) Add this value to the misspecified model's degrees of freedom.
5) The resulting value is a reasonable estimate of the expected chi-square given that particular model misspecification, that sample size, that estimation method, and the particular distributional characteristics of the variables involved.
Of course this would be somewhat complicated in the case of WLSMV, since the df vary across repetitions.
Do you think this is a reasonable way to proceed? Or is there a better way?
If this is a good way to go, would handling WLSMV be as simple as just adjusting the expected chi-square value according to the df estimated for that particular repetition? (Accommodating #4 above)
Anything you could say would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 8:11 am
I don't know the answer to that. With WLSMV we only use the p value which might complicate considering the expected mean. I would ask if it is necessary to get the expected value, or if the problem could be approached differently.
Phillip W. Vaughan
posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 11:20 pm
Hi Dr. Muthén, thank you for your comments. My aim in trying to figure it out is to compare the two methods for bias in chi-square when a model is misspecified.
I need to play with it some, but I suppose this can basically be done about as well with the p-values instead of the actual chi-square values. I could start by using the technique above for WLS. Then I guess that information could be used to provide a point estimate of what the p-value should be in any particular cell if WLS were performing in an unbiased fashion.
I could also then compare the empirical WLSMV p-values to both the empirical WLS p-values and the "ideal" WLS p-values, but then this means that I am using WLS standards of unbiasedness for WLSMV p-values. This seems reasonable, but what do you think?
I'm not quite sure what to think of this. Applied in this context, the Curran, West & Finch method basically seems to assume that an estimation method asymptotes to the correct place. From what I have read about WLS, that seems reasonable. And if WLS is in fact asymptotically unbiased, then it seems fine to use its ideal p-values as a yardstick for WLSMV also. This makes sense to me because the two methods are both designed for use in the same situations.
Does anyone have any views on this?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 2:58 pm
I would have to think about it some more.
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MILTON — There's no place like home, but that's something the Nute High School baseball team may not be able to experience for the remainder of the 2013 season.
On Wednesday, the Town Beach Field, where Milton high school, middle school and Babe Ruth teams practice and play their home games, was closed by the town indefinitely due to liability concerns — liability concerns which have been ongoing for many years.
"It had to be closed due to an increased liability risk," said town administrator Liz Dionne.
The decision was made Tuesday by the town's three selectman: Tom Gray, Bob Bridges and Mike Beaulieu. When contacted by phone Thursday, Gray directed all questions to Dionne.
Because the field has always been in close proximity to Route 125, there has been an ongoing concern about foul balls bouncing onto the road and endangering motorists (home plate is located approximately 100 feet from the road).
"It came to our attention last year that a couple balls went out onto Route 125," Dionne said. "That's a concern for the town if someone were to get hurt or killed."
She added that there have been broken windshields and last year there was a problem with a motorcycle.
"(Route) 125 is a busy road," she said.
The timing, however, could not be worse for the Nute baseball teams, particularly the high school team, which had already played two home games there (April 16 and 17) and had a third with Pittsfield postponed on Wednesday when the town's decision was initially enforced.
Dionne, who was hired earlier this month as town administrator, was not familiar with the background of the field and could not speak to why the town has decided to act now that spring sports are in full swing and why they did not act at the end of summer or during the fall when the baseball season was done.
For the moment, Milton baseball teams have has no place to practice or play home games.
"We don't know," said Nute Athletic Director Howie Drolet. "There's the elementary (school) playground/field we've used before (for practice). Right now we're in a holding pattern."
Lockhart Field, where the high school girls' softball team practices and plays games, may also be an option.
It has become an emotional issue in town.
"They've known about this for the last couple years," said Nute High varsity baseball coach Paul Chiasson. "Why didn't they do something at the end of last season after baseball? Now they've waited to the middle of the baseball season to do this because of liability."
Both Chiasson and athletic director Howie Drolet expressed their displeasure with how the town has handled the liability issue in recent years. Drolet, who was a Nute varsity assistant and head coach from 1994 to 2008, said the town has made several decisions without consulting baseball people like himself that, he feels, have adversely affected the liability issue."They put up the nets, but they didn't ask the coach or the AD for input," Chiasson said Wednesday.
Drolet, when interviewed Thursday, pointed to the netting added to the field in 2012, which is located along the backstop behind home plate up the first base line. He said it should have been located back up the hill near the fence which borders Route 125.
He and Chiasson also questioned the leveling of tree buffering in 2011 along the first base line, which had served to knock down some of the foul balls — 30 to 40 percent in Drolet's estimation.
"I was astounded when they cut them down," said Drolet, who was equally surprised when he showed up and saw the poles for the netting in place. "I was never consulted."
Drolet was also upset at how he found out the field had been closed. He was getting Lockhart Field prepared for a varsity softball game with Pittsfield when a school janitor stopped by to tell him of the town's decision.
Drolet's frustration was shared by the Milton School Department as a whole. Superintendent of Schools Jay McIntire issued a news release Friday afternoon, which stated, "The school department was neither invited to participate in discussions about the town's concerns, nor informed of the decision as promptly as would have been helpful. The town's process was not inclusive and its decision was unnecessarily unilateral. Our staff and team will adjust as necessary, but (we) are frustrated by the distraction, inconvenience, and lack of teamwork demonstrated by our town's leaders."
The high school baseball regular season runs through May 25 and Nute still has five home games on its schedule, including its next one on May 6 vs. Epping, the same day as the next regular meeting of the selectmen. Dionne is hopeful the town might have a solution by then.
McIntire's release said, "One Milton official has stated that his goal is to have the safety hazards corrected in time for the Rams to host their next scheduled home varsity baseball game on May 6. This aggressive time line is appropriate and appreciated."
Drolet also added that this coming Monday morning there's a special meeting between school officials and the town to possibly reach some accord moving forward.
"I'm hoping it will be resolved," Drolet said, adding that neighboring Farmington has generously offered its field for games if it comes to that. "I hope the town sees the light and lets us finish the season."The town did offer a compromise later Wednesday, which basically said the team could practice on the field, but only the coach could hit balls to the infielders and the outfielders and there would be no batting practice. Some parents took exception to that, according to Drolet, saying, "that's not baseball." The offer was later taken off the table and the field is now completely closed to anyone.Dionne said the town would like to take care of this situation as soon as possible, but could offer no specifics on timing.
"We're working as fast as we can," she said. "We're hoping we can do this quickly. We've received some offers of assistance from around town. The goal is to fix the problem, fix it quickly as we can and fix it for good."
When asked about moving the netting back, closer to Route 125, Dionne said there were setback and right of way requirements that had to be explored, so there was no decision on that yet.
"The timing is unfortunate," added Dionne.
"It's lunacy shutting a field and a season down until further notice," Chiasson added. "It's mind boggling. This issue should have been taken care of last fall. The kids are being punished for something that the town did not take care of."


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Chapel Hill police continue to investigate the death of Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old UNC student whose body was found in her apartment in early September.
Early in the investigation, and without releasing details about the cause of Hedgepeth's death, police indicated they believed her death was not the result of a random act of violence.
Hundreds of students gathered on Sept. 10 in the Pit to mourn. Hedgepeth, who grew up in Halifax County, had long been active in the American Indian community.
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A reward of up to $39,000, including $25,000 pledged by the Board of Trustees, has been offered for information leading to an arrest. The police department has appealed to anyone with information about the death to call the police department's tip line at (919) 614-6363 or the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers at (919) 942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential.
Hedgepeth was part of the Haliwa-Saponi American Indian Tribe in Warren County. At Carolina, she was involved with Unheard Voices, an a cappella group; Carolina Indian Circle; and Alpha Pi Omega sorority.
She received a Gates Millennium Scholarship and an Alston-Pleasants Scholarship to attend UNC.Via CBS News Crimesider
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An Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit can save your life!
An Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit is the mastermind process of domestic violence expert Susan Murphy Milano that combines video taping of the victims actual words attesting to the abuse coupled with creative witnessed and notarized legal documents that successfully satisfy legal hurdles often faced in these intimate partner violence and stalking cases. Susan has worked countless hours to move mountains in the way an abuse situation is handled.It combines past history of abuse, testimony,documentation, and evidence in a all in one video to support your statements of abuse as well as satisfy the courts.
The EAA was born out of the Stacey Peterson case. It was created to make sure if you disappear your fears and words do not. Stacey's case reminds us we need the words of the victim otherwise even if everyone knows it is the abuser they get away with it. Proof is needed. Murphy-Milano says, "Had either Kathleen Savio or Stacy Peterson prepared an EAA, there would be no question of a prompt arrest. The EAA also gives law enforcement and investigators information about the alleged perpetrator allowing the victim to speak from the grave on her own behalf, should that be necessary. Think of the millions saved in taxpayer dollars!"
Susan has worked with prosecutors and victims all over the world. Since her creation not one of the people she has worked with has been killed. That in itself is a miracle since the U.S. Surgeon general finds domestic violence as the leading cause of health problems in our country. One in every three women will be victimized.
The EAA is easy to use, very detailed and walks the victim through the steps needed to cross any line drawn in prosecutions case. It contains the evidence and statements necessary to prosecute should the victim be harmed.
Until now the response when you are abused has been:
- victims are told to report (but action is only taken if you can show evidence of the abuse).
- Victims are told to go to a shelter.
- Victims are told to get a restraining order (but usually only granted if there is evidence of the abuse)
- Victims are told to move away (but leaving behind careers, family, and assets).
- Victims are told to stay with someone else.
- Victims are told stalking is hard to prove and stalking laws are often weak and poorly defined.
Now the solution is at your hands easily downloaded and process detailed. The EAA is now available on Apple products for download. It is simple, and I tried it myself. With the ease of an App, a victim can download the app and be guided through the process of creating the E.A.A. on a Smart Phone. Any Smart Phone with a camera will be able to video tape the recorded testimony of her abuse experiences. The person will simply fill out the E.A.A. documentation pages, and the pages will be notarized and instructions for where thecompleted documents are sent will direct the victim through the completion process. Utilizing cloud technology, the E.A.A. is stored safely in a forensically secured database.
It was released on July 4th, 2012. How fitting the day for freedom is the day the app becomes available. After 20 years of working on Intimate partner violence she sees her dream come true.All information on the EAA can be found on Susan's website at: www.documenttheabuse.com. Please check out her latest book now available by download, Time's Up: A Guide on How to Safely Leave an Abusive and Stalking Relationships. Susan Murphy Milano is a true hero to millions and her newest creation can and will save lives. If you are in dangerous situation call local authorities and seek help. Always document everything. It can change the outcome.
This is an example of an Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit for individuals who perceive they are at risk. By creating a file like this and giving it to specific people, any later events could be answered. A video like this could solve a crime later on. For more information visit www.documenttheabuse.com or Susan Murphy Milano's Journal.
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My Letter to Michelle Obama by Amy J. Matthews…
Dear Mrs. Obama:
I am writing to you today because I respect you very much, and I know how important both the issues of Domestic Violence and the right of everyone to have Affordable Health Care are to you.
I want to introduce you to an amazing woman and advocate Susan Murphy- Milano. Susan is currently dying of Cancer due to the lack of Health Insurance. Everywhere she applied for help turned her down and she was informed that she did not qualify for their services. I know you agree that there is something terribly wrong when a country as great as ours can let this happen to anyone, yet alone someone who has devoted her entire life to saving the lives of others and without once thinking about what it could mean to her own.
Susan grew up in Chicago, the daughter of a 30-year veteran Chicago Police Detective and Violent Crimes Investigator Phillip Murphy. Susan's father murdered her mother in 1989 and then turned the gun on himself committing suicide. His intent was to kill his daughter as well. On the way to the house to try to save her mother something made her take an unexpected turn on the way. This decision is the only reason Susan is alive today. Had she taken her normal route Susan would not be with us now! Susan lived a life of trying to keep her mother alive her entire life and after her mother was murdered she devoted her entire life to saving others.
This most amazing woman is now on her last days after putting up a good fight. I am writing you today because I know you care. I know you care about the women and children in this country, the state of our health care, and every person's God given human right. It is not just women and children that Susan has saved; there is no gender bias when it comes to abuses towards another.
Susan is the leading expert on Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence, and at the time when she discovered she had Cancer she was already in stage 4. This all happened just as her lifelong dreams were coming true. Susan is the women who mentored Rev. Neil Schori , Stacy Peterson's Pastor and taught him everything he knows about Intimate Partner violence. Together they created The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit which is a legal document that can be used in court as legal testimony even if the victim is murdered or missing.
This tragic news about Susan came just as her lifelong work was getting known. Susan was getting invitations from law enforcement agencies all over the country to come and train Law Enforcement and first responders what to look for when they answer a call, or respond to a crime scene. She was preparing to start working at a University where she was given Carte Blanche and offered full use of the Universities resources to help her with her work. She did not apply to work at this University they came to her asking her to please come and head this project. Susan was offered her own Television Show which was scheduled to air this winter. Again she was approached by the producers she did not seek them they sought Susan. These are just a few of the triumphs that have a major impact in the field of Intimate Partner Violence! Susan was now in high demand all over the country. But her work was suddenly halted in its prime due to her health.
Susan had a good chance to recover had she had the treatment she needed. This is a disgrace and an embarrassment for this Country which I know you and the President both agree. I am so sorry that the President's Health plan has been fought against and has not been put into place. This is something that may have saved not only the life of this amazing woman but could have saved countless other people both through Susan's work and the health plan combined.
This is what Susan said when she made the announcement about her Cancer:
"My dreams and hard work are now becoming reality.
In early fall there will be a national announcement about the Intimate Partner Violence Institute with two major universities.
A national conference and training hosted by the Naperville Christian Church is scheduled for the first week of October on the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit for law enforcement, prosecutors and first responders.
The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit APP will be at the Apple Store on Monday July, 2, 2012.
Holding My Hand Through Hell will be released nationwide October 1, 2012.
Everything will still happen as scheduled".
Susan Murphy Milano June 27 2012
Please check out these links and Google her name for more on Susan. I know you will love her as much as I do and as the countless women she has saved
Susan's Cancer blog Conquering Cancer which she started to try to change the way society looks and Cancer treatment
Susan's Main Blog Susan Murphy Milano's Journal to educate the public on Intimate Partner Violence
Document the Abuse website for the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit
Susan's latest book "Holding My Hand Through Hell" is about her life and what it was like for her growing up in an abusive home. She wrote this book for the purpose of helping others who are living the same hell that Susan grew up living in. After reading this book people will know why Susan is the who she is.
Chicago Tribune article and interview with The Rev. Neil Schori.
Listen here to Rev. Schori interview after the trial of Drew Peterson
Susan Murphy Milano and her work in Chicago. Please watch this video and you will see the great work she has done in the past!
Thank you for taking the time to read this and listen to the interviews.
I would like to invite you to the Facebook prayer page for Susan. You will be in awe of the outpouring of prayers and thoughts of people whose lives were changed just by knowing her.
God Bless you and The President for all the work that has been done and is being done to make our lives better.
Amy J. Matthews
"FEMALES & GUNS", Myths=Excuses / Facts=Reality
Even though I have shot guns since I was in junior high school, had a concealed carry permit in my lifetime and I support the Right To Bear Arms; I do not support the myth, "I own a gun and that is the best possible method of self-defense. If someone attacks me, I can use it to protect myself."
Let's take a look at why not……the facts/reality of such myth. First, I say congratulations! I have heard this comment from females and males on behalf of the women in their lives with a cavalier attitude – all thinking/feeling that if owning a gun is the only sufficient method of personal safety/self-defense. Weapons are advantageous and necessary when situations demand their use. Our military are not equipped with bottles of pepper spray, really loud whistles and table knives. Our soldiers are armed with top-of-the line deadly weapons in order to fulfill their duties to be able to fight defensively during wartime. Good common sense.
Supporting the right to bear arms comes in when you wake up in the middle of the night, you hear a strange noise, having a gun safely in your night stand is a good thing. You will probably have enough time to make a 911 call; get your weapon, gather up enough courage to head toward the direction of the noise and attempt to intimidate and stall him until the police arrive. A gun is a handy when it is used with KNOWLEDGE, GOOD JUDGMENT AND RESPECT. Most important…….it's best IF you have time to use it.
Realistically, when you are attacked by an assailant, it happens without warning. You are not given the smallest margin of time to prepare your defense. I don't care what your weapon of choice is you will not be given the time necessary to pull it out and use it. If you are unexpectedly pushed or ambushed to the ground, even if you have your weapon in your pocketbook, it's not going to help the situation. When faced with predicaments the call for immediate personal safety training/self-defense, only two thing are readily available – your MIND AND BODY. That's all you have.
Guns are useful in certain situations or as a means of intimidation; the odds of being able to access a weapon in enough time so that it retains its benefits are pretty damn slim. A gun in your safety box or save at your home won't help you when someone attacks you while you are jogging in the park.
Learn how to use yourself as a weapon and you might not have to worry about owning a gun. This same principle applies to any weapons – including pepper spray, Mace or knives.
Food for thought…….why do you think our military and law enforcement are taught "hand-to-hand combat" extensively in training? Simple answer…….they may not have enough time to draw their weapons to defend themselves in an altercation. They must know how to protect and defend themselves "realistically" with their minds and bodies rather than depending on their weapon.
So, why wouldn't you do everything in your power to learn how to use your mind and body "realistically" to defend yourself?
Take care and STAY SAFE!
Warning Signs of Teen Dating Violence…
Warning signs to watch out for teen dating violence include: sudden loss of interest in activities, low grades, changes in appetite, changes in sleep patterns, loss of regular friends and drastic changes in clothing.
Often victims will wear long sleeves, long pants and scarves to hide bruises and marks. If you as a parent suspect that your teen is in an abusive relationship, encourage zero tolerance for inappropriate dating behaviors.
If you suspect that your teen is being violent to their dating partner, talk to them. Let the teen know that love is about respect. Sometimes it is difficult to realize that your child is being mean or violent. Do not allow aggressive behavior in the home. Talk to the teen about emotional abuse and how it is unacceptable in any relationship. You could say something like, "It bothers me when you yell at so-and-so." Express concern and talk to the teen about appropriate behavior. You may even want to seek professional help for your teen.
Teen dating violence is a problem that parents can help prevent. Talk to teens about the different types of violence. Be alert for warning signs and let the teens know that you care. Most of all, show teens the appropriate way to behave by being respectful and caring towards other people.
Encouraging teens to have healthy relationships before they begin dating is important. Be aware and keep the lines of communication open with teens about their relationships.
Signs of an abusive relationship
There are many signs of an abusive relationship. The most telling sign is fear of your partner. If you feel like you have to walk on eggshells around your partner—constantly watching what you say and do in order to avoid a blow-up—chances are your relationship is unhealthy and abusive. Other signs that you may be in an abusive relationship include a partner who belittles you or tries to control you, and feelings of self-loathing, helplessness, and desperation.
To determine whether your teen relationship is abusive, ask her/him to answer the questions below. The more "yes" answers, the more likely it is that your teen may be in an abusive relationship.
Your Inner Thoughts and Feelings
Do you:
- feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
- avoid certain topics out of fear of angering your partner?
- feel that you can't do anything right for your partner?
- believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
- wonder if you're the one who is crazy?
- feel emotionally numb or helpless?
Your Partner's Belittling Behavior
Does your partner:
- humiliate or yell at you?
- criticize you and put you down?
- treat you so badly that you're embarrassed for your friends and family to see?
- ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
- blame you for his/her own abusive behavior?
- see you a property or a sex object, rather than a person?
Your Partner's Violent Behavior or Threats
Does your partner:
- have a bad and unpredictable temper?
- hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
- threaten to commit suicide if you break up with him/her?
- force you to have sex?
- destroy your belongings?
Your Partner's Controlling Behavior
Does your partner:
- act excessively jealous and possessive?
- control where you go and what you do?
- keeps you from seeing your friends or family?
- constantly checking up on you?
- excessive texting or calling you?
If your teen is afraid for her/his safety or has been assaulted by her/his partner please dial 911 or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-787-3224.
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Kyle Flack, 28, of rural Ottawa, is charged with one count of capital murder for the deaths last spring of Kaylie Smith Bailey, 21, and her 18-month-old daughter, Lana-Leigh Bailey. He also is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Bailey's boyfriend, Andrew Stout, 30, and his roommate, Steven White, 31.
Franklin County prosecutor Stephen Hunting said the deaths of Bailey and her daughter qualify for the death penalty in Kansas because they were killed as part of the same occurrence for the same reason, the Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/1lBIEXZ) reported.
The deaths of Stout and White did not qualify for capital punishment, but Hunting filed a motion Tuesday seeking two Hard 50 sentences against Flack for those killings. Under those sentences, he would not be eligible for parole for 50 years.
At his arraignment Tuesday, Flack stood silently as District Judge Eric Godderz entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. His jury trial is scheduled to begin in September 2015.
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Prosecutors have said they believe the killings happened in late April and early May of last year.
During a preliminary hearing last month, Franklin County Sheriff's Detective Jeremi Thompson testified that Flack told investigators during questioning on May 9, 2013, before he was formally charged, that Stout argued with White over rent and followed him to the garage carrying a shotgun.
Flack told authorities that Stout fired on White, hitting him in the chest, and then handed the gun to Flack.
"I shot him, he dies," the investigator said Flack told him.
Erik Mitchell, a forensic pathologist and physician and former Shawnee County coroner, testified at that hearing that all four victims were killed by shotgun blasts.
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Sundance 2012: Ava Duvernay Becomes First Black Woman To Win Best Director Prize For 'Middle Of Nowhere' [HuffPo]


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Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. '80
A native of Warwick, R.I., Father Shanley has served as the 12th president of Providence College since July 1, 2005.
He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Toronto and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Notre Dame's Center for Philosophy of Religion. After completing undergraduate studies in history at Providence College in 1980, he earned a licentiate degree in philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He also holds a master of divinity and a licentiate degree in sacred theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
Ordained a member of the Dominican Order of Preachers in 1987, Father Shanley taught philosophy at Providence College and was a visiting professor at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. He most recently served as an associate professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America.
A member of the Corporation of Providence College and the Board of Trustees — with prior service as chair of the board's Strategic Planning Committee — Father Shanley also has served on the executive committee of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. As former regent of studies for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph, he held a seat on the Provincial Council, a body of 12 Dominican friars serving as cabinet-level advisers to the prior provincial. He advised the prior provincial on all matters pertaining to the intellectual and academic life of the province.
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Pedro the Best!!
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Pedro is the best and will have a steering wheel in the season 2006-07 without doubt.
C�¡lico for Presindet!!
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That is the sensation that Pedro transmits us that the thing already this made, now lack to know when, as and where.
It is changed year, of dreams and illusions, of objectives, of attitude...
But it is never changed friends.
GO Peter
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Peter of the rose!! the one and only!!!!!
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Following his three day stint at this week's test Jerez , Pedro took some time out on Friday 21 st July to conduct an exclusive interview for the Team McLaren members to update them on his role as Team McLaren Mercedes race driver for the forthcoming Grands Prix.
How did it feel to be back racing in Magny Cours last weekend?
It felt very good to be back and to get the rust away! It was also great to get some points for the team.
How did your family react to you being back in the race seat at Team McLaren Mercedes?
My wife was delighted, she is a big race fan so she was excited from that point of view, but also we have been together since I was in Formula Renault and she knows how hard I have worked to get to this position in the sport. She was very, very happy, I think she was happier than me!
The kids were also really excited, but I don't think they really knew why, they just knew that everyone at home was happy so they were happy also. They watched qualifying, and they were cheering at me, but didn't want to watch the race as they wanted to play!
Was it a busy weekend for you?
Yes, you realise when you jump into the race seat how much more media attention there is on you, how different it is and how many more requirements you have, at Magny Cours I was quite surprised, but I guess that is the normal situation.
After there race I came straight to Jerez for the test and there were spectators for me at the test. Normally they only come down when Alonso is there, but this time there were at the track for me, which was fantastic.
There has been a lot of reaction in Spain , from the spectators and the media. It is a very big thing for Spain to have two Grand Prix drivers, especially one who is the reigning World Champion and the other is in a leading team such as Team McLaren Mercedes. Formula 1 is very big in Spain at the moment and it can only continue to grow from here.
What do you think of the 2006 qualifying system now you have participated in it?
It is very good, I think from a driving point of view it is very demanding because it doesn't allow you to make any mistakes. Also, the quicker you are, the less sets of new Michelins you have to use and so the more you can save for the race.
It is very important to make it to the top ten knockout using the least amount of sets possible, because then you can have brand new sets for the race.
The French Grand Prix was a physically demanding race for all the drivers and team personnel because of the intense heat, were you exhausted after the race or feeling ok?
It was ok for me, there was no issue at all. It was hot yes, but it has been as hot and probably hotter at Jerez . You know the good thing about testing is we do so many kilometres each day that your body is prepared enough to cope with racing.
Looking forward to Hockenheim, what are your expectations for the race?
The expectations are to improve from Magny Cours. We proved that the race pace was quick as I had the third fastest time overall at France and Kimi had the fourth. So we are also focused on being quick during qualifying.
Do you like racing on the Hockenheim circuit?
Hockenheim is a good circuit, I raced there after it had been revised in 2002 but unfortunately didn't make it past the first corner, so I know it a little bit as of course I ran in qualifying and free practice there.
What has been your focus at the test in Jerez this week and has it been a positive session?
We have been doing a lot of work on aero and mechanical modifications this week in Jerez , there are some new parts that I think will suit Hockenheim, but we will have to wait and see. We did tyre selection for Germany , and also Hungary and Turkey with Michelin.
What is your schedule between now and Hockenheim, will you be coming to MTC to work with your race engineers / training?
Over the weekend I will be going to Majorca with Maria and the girls to spend some time relaxing with my family. Then on Tuesday I will be at the McLaren Technology Centre to work with the engineers, before leaving for Germany as we have some promotions to do on Wednesday with Mercedes-Benz. Then of course on Thursday I will go to Hockenheim.
Do you have a summer vacation planned for the August break with your family?
After Hungary I will be going back to Majorca to spend time with my family there. My parents have a house there, and since I was a kid I spent every summer in Majorca as my grandfather is from the island.
There have been a lot of good luck and support messages posted on the forum on McLaren.com, what would you like to say to your fans?
I am very excited as well and all I can say is thank you to all the people that have sent me messages and given me their support. The response has been incredible, and I just want to tell these guys that I will do my best and I hope I can give them some good results, because I can feel that people have been supporting me so much.
Q. Looking back at the French GP, how happy are you?
Pedro de la Rosa: I am very satisfied. It was a good race. I did some overtaking, and I enjoyed it too. The team were happy with the results. In fact, for the car we have, we had some competitive results. During the weekend I did what I was capable of, and the team said they were content with what I did.
I went ahead of people at the pit stops, which means the team did a good job too. That is part of racing. It is not only overtaking on the track in a spectacular manner, it is all about strategy too. And okay, I got stuck behind some slower cars, but again that is part of racing.
Q. Did you enjoy it?
PDLR: Qualifying was very interesting, and very intense. The new format is very entertaining for the drivers but there is no time to think. You just get in the car and the first and second sessions are very similar - you go out and attack.
Then in the last one, you carry more fuel with old tyres before changing quickly to new ones. It is exciting and does not allow any margin for errors for anyone. It just went on non-stop. It was very exciting for the team and the drivers. You have got to be so well prepared to face this session that it is almost like a small race.
Q. Was the French experience different to what it was like for you in Bahrain last year?
PDLR: It was the same really, except that the qualifying was different. We only had one lap to try then. To get it right after a long break was a bit hard. The most difficult thing in Bahrain was probably that I was still new to the team, and I had to go out on the track when it was very, very dirty. I was just cleaning up the track for others. Also there were two qualifying sessions, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, and no error was allowed.
Q. At the test here in Jerez you are preparing for yourself and not just for Kimi Raikkonen or Juan Pablo Montoya any more. Is there any difference in the approach?
PDLR: Yes, it is different. Preparing the basic set-up is the same for Kimi or myself, but now I am thinking about myself only. Whatever Gary (Paffett) does and he does well, I want to know and I want to have that on my car tomorrow too! I want to use it at Hockenheim to give me that little bit more of an advantage.
As a test driver, one has to be very adaptable and I ask a lot more if there is anything interesting so that I can try it. I now have to have the mentality of a race driver, to prepare everything for my race.
Q. So are you being a bit more selfish?
PDLR: Not quite. Kimi is also thinking about his own things, which is normal. I am not a selfish person.
Q. But doesn't it help your chances of winning if you are selfish?
PDLR: Maybe, but that is only when the race weekend begins. However, preparation does not require selfishness. I think we have to share to move forward as a team.
Q.Are you doing more preparation work on pit stops and starts?
PDLR: It is just a matter of practicing. I have done that many times, in every test anyway. There is one thing that a test driver does have to learn though, which is starting off the grid with other cars. That is something big. As for other things, they are more or less the same.
After 2002, the only thing that is difficult for test drivers is how to regulate the flow of the race. I am physically strong, and psychologically too, and I have not encountered any difficulties. Mentally I feel stronger every lap I do.
Q. Do you feel any pressure at all?Are you just thinking about the next race, or are you thinking more about your long-term future?
PDLR: I have to think I can change things, and that I can change things for the better. I am thinking about Hockenheim now and after I have done that I will think about the following race, that is all. It is the best way to go about things. There is no point in thinking about anything else, and there is no meaning to think about things so far ahead.
It will not do me any good. I am just thinking about the present and enjoying it. This is something that is so exceptional – to be able to compete in such a competitive team like McLaren in F1. If there is anything more, then it is a bonus.
Q. Yet you are the one who probably knows the MP4-21 more than Raikkonen and Montoya ever have. It is like a second skin to you, isn't it?
PDLR: That is true. I have done more mileage than anyone in a McLaren. I am really comfortable in the car. I liked the car last year and also this year, it seems to really suit me. I am very familiar with it. In fact, I was nervous a little bit in Magny-Cours until I got in the car. Then I was so relaxed and tranquil, and it was almost like I was back home.
When I left the pit lane for the first time, I felt so, so comfortable. It felt like I was at my own home, because just driving the car is what I have always done. I think my attitude towards Germany and Hungary will be the same. I have some more fresh memories of the track, as I did them as third driver last year, so I am not expecting any difficulties.
Q. Do you feel any pressure at all?
PDLR: The pressure is only from myself, to show what I can do. I will do whatever I can do and I am going to work on myself to get the best out of me – that is it. Anything else doesn't matter. I am very happy. I have been happy with this team since I joined them, and there is no difference now.
This opportunity is just a nice chance, a nice bonus for me. If it comes off well then that is great, but even if it doesn't then it does not matter. I do not feel the need to demonstrate to anyone. I am aware there is a certain pressure coming from the media, but it does not affect me. It does not worry me at all. We will find out all in November and then we will talk.
I am not expecting anything and asking for anything, as there are so many factors that could affect the team, and there are so many things the team does not still know. So it is impossible to think more about the future. I do not know what is going to happen, the team does not know. Only time will tell. Kimi has to think and decide, and the only thing I know is that I have to do the best I can for the team until whenever I am told.
I am not guaranteed to race until the end of the season, but only for the coming races, and they are the ones I am working on. There is an air of calmness about it and no hurry, no worry and no questions.
I am 35 years old and I do not want to put any extra problems on myself. I want to enjoy what I have and I am enjoying it. I think I am driving well, I am happy and I am very calm about it.
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Next step: win in turkey!!!
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It is interesting besides convenient, to be able to maintain the official forum of PDLR lives, so much in Spanish as in English.
Up to now it has been our illusion, but it is supposed that they will be added but people....
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It is interesting that everyone who has posted in this topic usually posts on the spanish forum...
Un saludo:
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omg '>
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Very interesting
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family..."
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i don't know, did Pedro read this topics or not, but...
i want to wish him be himself, be lucky and lead an incredible season!
and we all hope that in this year it was in Sakhir the last breakdown for Sauber: Swiss team has to be like swiss watch or swiss knife safe =)
Be luck!
Sorry for my english =(
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güan chu zri... probing probing... "me se escucha"... canyujirmi?
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(me canse de ver el otro titulo en el foro en ingles)
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(me canse de ver el otro titulo en el foro en ingles)
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(me canse de ver el otro titulo en el foro en ingles)
Y yo de ver los ataques de spam.... en estas fechas tan señaladas.
F1 - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai
En el deporte, el pesimista ha perdido ya antes de empezar a competir.
Quizás por la misma impaciencia, muchos de aquellos que aspiran a resultados en corto plazo, abandonan súbitamente justo cuando ya estaban a punto de conquistar la meta. --> Un bambú japones
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F1 - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai
En el deporte, el pesimista ha perdido ya antes de empezar a competir.
Quizás por la misma impaciencia, muchos de aquellos que aspiran a resultados en corto plazo, abandonan súbitamente justo cuando ya estaban a punto de conquistar la meta. --> Un bambú japones
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Nobody reminds Grandpa to wear a condom, but maybe we should.
Nobody reminds Grandpa to wear a condom, but maybe we should.
Today�s older adults are living longer, healthier lives that often include sex. Doctors say that�s good news, because it means the physical and emotional benefits of sex aren�t restricted to the young.
But sexual freedom in the golden years has a downside, too: Physicians say they�re seeing a growing number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases among older patients.
�Age is not a reason for people to stop having sex,� said Dr. Sharon A. Brangman, chairwoman of the board of directors of the American Geriatrics Society and chief of geriatrics at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y.
�We need to counter some of the myths we have about aging and sexuality. We need to have educational campaigns so older adults continue to practice safe sex, particularly if they have multiple partners.�
Older people are at risk because many believe they need not worry about safe sex when pregnancy isn�t a possibility, said Dr. Mysheika LeMaile-Williams, medical director at Columbus Public Health.
After a death or divorce, older men and women might be dating for the first time in decades, and they missed many of the messages about protecting against disease, she said.
And with erectile-dysfunction drugs such as Viagra, many older men are back in the mix.
Heinz and Waltraud Putz live in Worthington and have been married since 1959. Mr. Putz, 77, said the couple knows a number of older people who have multiple sex partners.
�If your girlfriend is 70,� STDs are �the last thing you worry about,� he said recently as he watched his wife participate in a line-dancing class at the Griswold Center in Worthington.
�I can�t imagine any of these girls having anything like that.�
But doctors say that�s not the case.
�STDs don�t discriminate by age,� LeMaile-Williams said.
Nationally, there was a slight increase in syphilis rates for people 65 or older from 2000 to 2010 and a decrease in gonorrhea and chlamydia rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rates are still very low; the most common disease of the three, chlamydia, is reported in just 2.4 of every 100,000 adults 65 and older, or 954 cases in 2010. In recent years, people 50 and older have accounted for 11?percent of new HIV infections in the United States.
In Ohio, the rates of adults 65 and older with gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis decreased in 2006-2010, according to Ohio Department of Health figures.
In 2009, there were just eight new reported diagnoses of HIV (with or without AIDS) in adults 65 and older in Ohio, the same number as in 2000. In that time period, the number of people between the ages of 45 and 64 with a new HIV or AIDS diagnosis rose from 170 to 261.
Experts say, however, that these numbers are low because they are likely underreported. While sexually transmitted diseases are reportable, doctors often treat STDs without confirming its presence with a test. No confirmation, no reporting.
Either way, some older men and women are taking precautions.
Elizabeth Collins, 78, said she has dated 41 men since her divorce in the 1980s. She said she hasn�t been intimate with all of them, and when she does have sex, she makes her partners get tested for AIDS.
She �loves sex� but still chooses to take her relationships slowly, said Collins, who lives on the Northwest Side.
�When they start to get frisky, I say to them, �As handsome as you are ... people should be friends before they�re lovers.�??�
Rates of sexually transmitted diseases could increase among older people as baby boomers age, said Dr. Robert Murden, a professor of geriatrics and internal medicine at Ohio State University.
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And as long as they are safe, that�s fine, Murden said.
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Truth is IE6 user base is at 18.5% according to w3schools. That is about a 40% drop from last year in same month. Even though it is a sharp decline I feel that 18.5% is worth keeping the IE6 workarounds still in place. We all know what to expect with IE6 and we've all had to deal with the issues. I don't believe there is that much more effort required to make that % unworthy of our time.
One thing that is left out of this article is the demographic influence. If your site/store targets people who would be in that IE6 user base…it would be well worth your time to support it. If you know your demographic would have nothing to do with IE6 (such as this website's target demo) then great. No need to worry about IE6.
For me, until I can look at the IE6 user base and justify losing those customers, I'll keep dealing with the headaches of IE6.
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CHICAGO -- Times are different these days for Bally Total Fitness, which transformed from a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange to a private company after going through two bankruptcies in the past four years.
But remember the old days of Bally, when men such as Lee Hillman, John Dwyer and Paul Toback were running the company? It's debatable to call that period the "good" old days, since Bally was developing a reputation related to certain issues, such as member contracts, customer service and financial reports.
A recent lawsuit against Bally and those former leaders has rekindled some of those memories. The class-action lawsuit, initially filed in 2004 with roots going back to at least the previous decade, is heading for a resolution.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago was scheduled this month to determine its approval of $2 million for the lawsuit's plaintiffs, who claimed that Bally misled investors about the Chicago-based company's financial statements, including its net income, revenues and expenses.
The $2 million from the settlement would go to investors who purchased or acquired shares of Bally stock between Aug. 3, 1999, and April 28, 2004, according to court documents.
"That's just the deal that was struck between the parties," says Jon Lambiras, an attorney with Berger and Montague P.C., Philadelphia, the firm representing the plaintiffs. "There was give and take on both sides, and that was the amount that we arrived at."
The settlement represents an average recovery of 6.5 cents per share, but after attorneys' fees and taxes, it's an average of 4.2 cents per share. A stipulation of settlement was entered on June 29.
The first of several securities fraud class actions was filed against Bally on May 20, 2004. Defendants in the case include Bally, Toback (a former CEO), Hillman (another former CEO), Dwyer (a former CFO) and Bally's auditor, Ernst & Young. Of the $2 million, $95,000 will be provided by Ernst & Young, and $1.905 million will be provided by Hillman and Dwyer on behalf of themselves and Toback.
In Bally's defense, it has denied the allegations in the lawsuit, and in July 2006, the U.S. District Court dismissed the complaint, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that Bally acted with intent to defraud. In March 2007, Cosmos Investment Co., the lead plaintiff in the case, filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The settlement was reached before the appeals court's ruling.
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PresentationML/DrawingML text import
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One of the good things with being employed to work on a Free Software project like OpenOffice.org is that you can blog about it, since the code is publicly available. My day to day work is current PowerPoint 2007 import for Impress. This is a joint work between Sun and Novell.
A few weeks ago I implemented the text import from PresentationML (actually from DrawingML). It is far from perfect, but it is getting there. See the example:
It imports the text, the characters and paragraph properties, etc.


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The deadline for other teams to make an offer to Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz has come and gone without anyone stepping up with a bid to add a little salsa dancing to their offense.
That hasn't led Cruz to join his teammates for offseason work, however. He's still staying away from the team in hopes of landing a long-term contract instead of settling for the $2.879 million tender offer for the 2013 season and the possibility of a franchise tag after the year. General Manager Jerry Reese doesn't seem the least bit concerned about that choice.
"Victor has options. He is weighing all of his options and he is allowed to do that. And he should do that," Reese said, via ESPN 98.7 in New York City. "We are not mad at Victor. Victor is not upset with us. It's just business. And we are hoping things work out."
It's a pretty reasonable point of view. Cruz isn't the first player to avail himself of the limited amount of negotiating leverage provided by staying away from the team's offseason workouts and his years with the team make it a bit less vital than it might be for a player coming into a new situation.
As you might expect from someone whose face turns shades of red not usually seen in nature when he's on the sideline, Giants coach Tom Coughlin is less blasé about Cruz's absence.
"It has to be a concern because when the restricted free agency period is over, you would hope that things would move fast. What we want is exactly what I said the other day. We want a win-win. We want Victor to be proud to be a New York Giant, proud of his contract," Coughlin said, via the New York Post. "The New York Giants want him back as badly as we've ever wanted anybody."
Cruz might answer that last point with a request that the Giants make that clear financially as well as verbally, but it's really just a reminder that Coughlin just takes care of the coaching end of things. Neither Reese nor owner John Mara has put up a front that fits with Coughlin's assertion as they've dealt with Cruz's restricted free agency in a cool and calm manner that isn't likely to change at this point in the proceedings.


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LITTLE ROCK — Capacity at Baton Rouge or Tuscaloosa, you can't tell the difference from the pressbox. Loud is loud and whether it's Tiger Stadium or Bryant-Denny, a full house dwarfs the population of every city in Arkansas except Little Rock.
Recently used to rank the 14 football stadiums in the SEC, crowd noise, attendance and the like are impersonal.
Paid to visit 13 SEC stadiums in the past 11 years, this list of top five venues is based on memorable non-football moments — good and bad. And, the total package winner is … Jordan-Hare at Auburn.
Every other year, I'm in my seat in time to see the majestic golden eagle mascot descend from the second deck and circle the stadium before joining his handler at midfield. Neither a tiger in a cage nor a dog on a leash measure up to Nova (War Eagle VII).
Auburn did not win on its mascot alone.
More than once, traveling the two miles from the university's airport that handles only non-commercial traffic has been an adventure.
One year the rental car employee was nonchalant with the news that somebody had absconded with our 15-passenger van. A man hanging out in the small lobby volunteered his vehicle for $120, cash of course. Told there were nine of us, he deputized his daughter over the phone. Obviously proud of her car's sound system, she arrived in minutes.
We came up with the cash without passing the hat, but withheld payment until the return trip.
Both vehicles were waiting at the predetermined time. In the dark of night, the cash deal was consummated.
Two years later, the van driver listened to his navigator, moved into a non-existent left turn lane, and wound up on the wrong side of a road divider. Apparently wrapped up in the post-game, a cop in a car on the corner missed the move.
LSU was No. 1 and Sanford Stadium was No. 2 in Athlon's ranking of stadiums, but Tiger Stadium is No. 2 on this list. Georgia's home field is not in the top five, maybe because of limited exposure.
The trip to LSU is preceded by a communication from the publisher of Hawgs Illustrated who reminds the elderly travelers that the pressbox is open in Baton Rouge. In other words, dress warm — an insulated shirt, plus something for the ears. If the game is out of hand, retreating from the pressbox windows is an option.
Traffic to and fro is always awful. We stick with the known route to the stadium and the two lanes of vehicles crawling toward the game are exasperating for somebody who thinks three hours is ample time to play 18 holes of golf. Ignoring a one-way street sign is part of the exit strategy.
No. 3 is Bryant-Denny, where nine-foot tall, 2,000-pound bronze statues are unavoidable on the walk from the media parking lot. The tributes to Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Bear Bryant, and Gene Stallings were unveiled in 2006; the one of Nick Saban in 2011. Under those coaches, Alabama has won 15 national championships.
I'm always surprised that nobody pauses to genuflect.
No. 4 Florida and No. 5 Texas A&M on the list reflect envy rooted in a love of golf and a fear of heights.
On the 2009 trip to Gainesville, Fla. time for pre-game pleasantries was consumed by a low-handicap golfer-broadcaster who went into detail about how he played TPC-Sawgrass less than two hours away and how the island 17th made famous during the Players Championship is not that difficult. An update is expected Oct. 5.
Distributed before the 2012 A&M game, the media packet said the pressbox would sway when the Aggie faithful lock arms during the Aggie War Hymn. Suffice it to say that moving the series back to Cowboys Stadium is fine with me.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau.


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With news of Nas' upcoming anniversary reissue of his 1994 album Illmatic recently released, Deadline is now reporting that the rapper is in talks with Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studios for a planned half-hour television series.
Tentatively titled "Street Dreams," the series is apparently "loosely based" on Nas' life and rise to fame as an emcee in the Queensbridge projects in New York. Slated for a half-hour spot, "Street Dreams" will be written and directed by Jonathan Levine who is well known for his 2011 directing of the Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring 50/50. Levine, who grew up in New York City throughout the '80s and '90s, also wrote and directed a movie set in New York called The Wackness which won the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for Dramatic Film.
Besides Levine, Deadline reports that the series is being produced by indie-startup production house Electric City Entertainment. Electric City Entertainment was founded by producers Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell. Patricof has also worked extensively within Hip Hop after working at both Rap Sheet Magazine and Def Jam Recordings early in his career. He was also hired as the executive producer of a VH1 series about Run DMC and later created a series on the network called "Players" about the daily grind of a Hip Hop artist.
Deadline also reports that Nas himself will contribute music and writing to the show while his manager, Anthony Seleh, will be listed as an executive producer alongside Patricof, Howell, and Levine.
While Xbox Entertainment Studios has not yet released any content, the company is also reportedly developing a Halo-based live action television series with Steven Spielberg as well as a reality show about street-soccer that may be scheduled to air alongside the upcoming Fifa 2014 World Cup. The company was established internally in 2012 with the purpose of producing exclusive content for the Xbox Live platform.
The studio's planned series based on Nas' life presumably takes its title from the rapper's 1996 single of the same name. "Street Dreams," which was released as the second single from Nas' sophomore album It Was Written, remains one of the rapper's most commercially accomplished hits and followed the release of "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)." Nas' It Was Written single can be streamed below.
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The Kansas City Art Institute is pleased to announce the fall 2013 lineup of artists, designers and scholars who will speak as part of the college's "Current Perspectives."
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are free and open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. Thursdays in Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Sponsored by the H&R Block Artspace at KCAI
Multidisciplinary artist Judith G. Levy showcases her work in solo and group exhibtions throughtout the United States. She has received an Andy Warhol Foundation Rocket grant and a Lilly Foundation Creative Renewal grant, and in 2012, she was awarded an Artopia Award by Kansas City's Pitch magazine. Levy received a B.A. degree in visual art from Hunter College and earned an M.S.W. degree from Adelphi University.
Levy kicks off the Current Perspectives series with her film "NV in KC: A Story About Artists and Envy in Kansas City." She will answer questions following the screening. "NV in KC" is the first film screened as part of the H&R Block Artspaces' current exhibition, "Performance Now." The exhibit continues through Oct. 12.
Levy's humorous and probing film is set in the vibrant art world of present-day Kansas City. Well-known, local performers, such as Jaimie Warren, Shannon Michalski, De De DeVille and Erin McGrane, appear alongside notable arts leaders, such as Julian Zugazagoitia, Raechell Smith and Sherry Leedy, in this diary-like tale about fictional artist Lee J. Ross and her artist friends as they struggle with Ross's conceptual art project about envy. Music is by Ssion, Kirstin Paludan and Jeff Freling. For more information, visit www.judithglevy.com
Pictured: Judith G. Levy and Jaimie Warren arguing in a scene from "NV in KC: A Story About Artists and Envy in Kansas City," still from film.
Sponsored by the fiber department
Her recent exhibitions include the 2013 Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Netherlands; 40 under 40: Craft Futures at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; a commissioned work for Ballroom Marfa, Texas; and the 2012 deCordova Biennial, Lincoln, Mass. Von Mertens' work is in the permanent collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; the Berkeley Art Museum, California; the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Her work is currently on view at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as part of the exhibition "Uncontainable Portraits," and her series "Migrations, Invasions, Plagues and Empires" is currently on view at the Boston Center for the Arts. She lives and works in New Hampshire. For more information, visit www.annavonmertens.com.
Pictured: "Bacchus's aura, after Caravaggio," Anna Von Mertens, 2009, hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton, 39.75 inches by 33 inches.
Sponsored by the painting department
Pictured: Christian Rattemeyer
Sponsored by the printmaking department
Pictured: "Body Double series, #1," Ellen Ziegler, 2012, acrylic and metallic pigment on tarpaper, 36 inches by 48 inches.
Sponsored by the art history department
Stuart Hinds is the director of special collections at the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He received his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Iowa in 1994 and has been a special collections/local history librarian in the Kansas City region since that time. He is a founding partner of the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America, a collaborative collecting initiative between the UMKC University Libraries and the Kansas City Museum.
Utilizing research drawn primarily from the collections in the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America, Hinds' lecture will focus on how female impersonation has been a consistent thread in the fabric of Kansas City's rich theatrical tradition. In addition, attention will be given to the reaction of audiences to practitioners of this alternative performing art and how, over time, it ranged from absolute adoration to complete marginalization. The unique qualities of several legendary Kansas City's female impersonators will be examined, as well as how some of the characteristics of local performers reflected national trends.
Pictured: Stuart Hinds
Sponsored by the H&R Block Artspace at KCAI
Randy Regier is a contemporary visual artist living in Wichita, Kan. He has exhibited his sculptures, objects and installations in a number of solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Regier's work primarily pulls from 1950s and 1960s ephemera, with a focus on retro-inspired toys and their packaging. He creates his toys from salvaged parts and pieces from vintage household, scientific and industrial parts.
Regier's travelling installation "NuPenny" has been moving throughout the United States since 2010. Showing up in vacant storefronts, NuPenny appears to be a full-functioning toy store, filled with Regier's toys. Although the lights are always on in the building, the doors are always locked. Viewers can only look in at the all gray-scale store scene. After a few months, the installation is taken down and reinstalled in a new location.
Regier received his B.F.A. degree from Kansas State University in 2003 and earned an M.F.A. degree from Maine College of Art in 2007.
Pictured: "American Battery Using Astronaut," Randy Regier, 2004, steel, mixed media, handmade cardboard box and inkjet on paper, clear plastic, 12 inches by 6 inches by 5 inches.
Sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts
Lisa Saltzman is professor of history of Art at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in modern and contemporary art and theory. Saltzman received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1988 and a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 1994. She has received fellowships from the DAAD, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, the Clark Art Institute, and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Saltzman is the author of "Anselm Kiefer and Art after Auschwitz" (1999) and "Making Memory Matter: Strategies of Remembrance in Contemporary Art" (2006). She is also the co-editor, with Eric Rosenberg, of "Trauma and Visuality in Modernity" (2006). Drawing on materials from her new book, "Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects," forthcoming with the University of Chicago Press, Saltzman will talk about the aesthetics and ethics of contemporary art photography. Among the artists she will discuss are Jeff Wall, James Casebere, Thomas Demand, Gregory Crewdson and An-My Lê.
Pictured: Lisa Saltzman
Co-sponsored by H&R Block Artspace at KCAI
Berlin-based, international artist Satch Hoyt creates immersive installations and sculptures. With experience as a sound composer and musician, Hoyt often uses sound to create a multi-sensory experience within his artwork.
Hoyt's recent exhibitions and projects include "Newtopia The State of Human Rights" (2012), Kazerne Dossin Museum, Mechlen, Belgium; "Thrown Together" (2012), Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; "The Record Touring" (2011), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, New York; "Nomadic Settlers" (2011), Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; and "The Art is A Combat Sport" (2011), Musum of Fine Arts, Calais, France.
Hoyt has recorded sound and music projects with Louise Bourgeois, Grace Jones and other artists. He is a member of Greg Tate's band, Burnt Sugar. For more information, visit www.satchhoyt.com.
Pictured: "Say It Loud!," Satch Hoyt, 2004, 500 books, white metal staircase and microphone with four speakers, wall text; dimensions variable.
Sponsored by the photography and digital filmmaking departments
Ross Sawyers ('03 photography) began his career as an educator teaching photography at KCAI and then at the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of California-Riverside.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; the Henry Art Museum in Seattle; and the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington. In 2011, he presented his third solo exhibition at Platform Gallery in Seattle.