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- This July Fourth, we ask naturalized citizens why they chose to become Americans
- Some wanted a better education or career opportunities
- Others needed to escape political or economic turmoil
- See the process of naturalization through the eyes of immigrants
The atmosphere is hushed and quiet as about 150 people take their seats. They're each clutching a folder and a tiny American flag. A few whisper about being nervous, but can't quite articulate why. It's the ubiquitous butterflies in the stomach that seem to come with any big day, any big decision.
As big days go, this is one of the biggest. All these people are about to become citizens of the United States. They'll gain the right to vote, to work certain jobs, to serve on a jury and to run for office. In about an hour, at the end of their citizenship ceremony in Atlanta, they'll officially be American by choice.
Jutka Emoke Barabas remembers that jittery feeling well. She was naturalized in 2000 in Honolulu, where she still lives, and is one of several CNN iReporters who spoke about why they chose to become American citizens. "Everyone arrived too early and we found ourselves standing and waiting, hardly able to contain our excitement," she said. "Everyone seemed to speak at the same time as they shared their stories with one another." There was a soldier from Cambodia, and Emoke Barabas herself, a political refugee from Hungary.
As a writer with dissenting views, Emoke Barabas said she had been thrown in a Romanian prison under former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Her father showed her a photo of the Statue of Liberty, telling her, "This is the place where freedom lives." After her release, she said she made it to Switzerland and, eventually, to the United States in 1990. Ten years later, she became a U.S. citizen.
"For me, American citizenship means freedom of expression and to live and work in a free country ... and not have to be afraid of being arrested or harassed because of owning certain common books or pictures," said Emoke Barabas. She also feels a sense of responsibility to her adopted country. "To be an American is not just a great honor, but also an obligation to do more and reach higher."
It has been a long wait in the Atlanta heat for the immigrants waiting to be naturalized this morning. The first in line arrived around 8 a.m. for a ceremony that starts at 9:30. But this is just the last stretch of the years-long marathon that most of them have been through to become Americans. For most people, it takes at least five years to become a citizen, and that's after you already have a green card -- permanent residency status -- a process that can take years itself. Many people at the ceremony have been in the United States for 10 years or more. One woman moved here in 1978.
Mario Imania knows how she feels. It took him 17 years to become a citizen. He came to the United States from Bolivia in 1988 for school and wasn't naturalized until 2005.
"I'm thankful for the opportunity to stay, study and work [in the U.S.], but it was not free by any means," said Imania. "The process was a nightmare that never ended: thousands of dollars and many years of fear and hopelessness."
Would he do it again? Yes, he said. Even though the United States didn't quite live up to all his expectations -- he feels society judges him based on "race, color, origin, looks and, yes, marital status" (Imania is gay) -- he still said, "I love you United States. You're home at the end."
It's almost time. Friends and family start to stream in to the ceremony room -- they had to wait until all the candidates for citizenship were seated -- and the atmosphere relaxes a little. There are waves and smiles, a few excited babies and children. The room is now full with the candidates and their loved ones. The cameras start to come out.
Roland Tadoum is one of those who clicked his camera all during his naturalization ceremony, too. He became a citizen in 2007, having moved to the United States from Cameroon 13 years earlier.
"I'd just graduated from high school, the political situation in Cameroon was evolving into a multiparty system, the country's currency had been devalued, the banks were failing, unemployment was at its highest, university officials and professors were constantly on strike," he said. "It was a simple decision."
Once in the United States, Tadoum earned his B.S. in computer science and went on to get an MBA. Today, he's a senior project manager for a large health care company.
"I don't know if my achievement could be reversed for an American moving to Cameroon," said Tadoum.
Three officials approach the podium and the ceremony begins. Lights are dimmed, and the audience rises as a recording of the national anthem comes over the speakers.
The officials say 54 countries are represented in today's naturalization ceremony. They list each one, asking the people from said country to rise, and every nationality mentioned is met with applause. Brazil, Ghana, Iran and South Korea get the loudest cheers. Everyone is standing now, all their countries' names having been listed.
The time has come. "Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your right hand."
Cameras flash, phones shoot video. Friends and family of the naturalization candidates surround them in the room, capturing the oath of citizenship. They finally finish the lengthy oath and there are claps and cheers. They are now Americans, citizens of the United States. Many are holding and waving their little American flags. Now it's time to say the Pledge of Allegiance. They stand with their hands over their hearts and face the flag.
"Pledging allegiance to the flag was one of the proudest moments of my life," remembers Stephen Park, who attended his own naturalization ceremony in 2005. Originally from Scotland, he moved to the States to be with his wife, who is from Chicago. The pair met online and decided to build their new life together in the United States.
Park had a green card, "but that wasn't enough for me," he decided. "I believe strongly in the Constitution of this country and just having the right to work here wasn't enough. I wanted the right to vote and I wanted the right to call myself American."
"No other country gives you the right to pursue happiness, and that is the right that I have grabbed firmly with both hands," Park said. "A lot of people complain about this country ... but try living elsewhere without all the rights that you take for granted. In some ways, we immigrants are the lucky ones; we see more clearly the opportunities that this great nation affords all its people."
The citizenship ceremony only takes about 40 minutes in total. The new citizens grin as they are each handed their certificate of naturalization.
Most stick around to take photos in front of the large American flag next to the podium, or a portrait of President Obama that is hanging on the wall. They proudly display their certificates of naturalization and wave their flags for the camera. They're Americans now -- Americans by choice.


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SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- A visit to Mexico -- and a lament over finding the right bathing suit -- led Lara Serebrier Paul and Judith Heimowitz to create their own business.
Joya Swim -- the name means "jewel" in Spanish and plays on their company's Mexican origins (all pieces are made there and the two women love the association of their line being a "jewel of the ocean") -- was formed in March 2016 and so far, has been taking off via trunk shows and website sales.
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Sometimes you need to feed the soul. And sometimes feeding others salads of local greens and fresh tomatoes, maybe spinach-squash lasagna and chocolate-peanut butter pie does just that, especially for the cook.
Just ask chef Mary Ellen Diaz whose desire to give back led her to create First Slice, a self-funded charity to feed the needy and homeless, more than a decade ago.
Diaz, who grew up in Virginia with mom, dad, four sisters and a brother, had trained in France (including at l'Ecole des Arts Culinaires in Lyon) and worked at multistarred restaurants (North Pond, Printer's Row), and with Richard Melman at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.
She was on a leave of absence from Lettuce (after she and her partner adopted their second child) when she began volunteering at soup kitchens, stirring her culinary experience into the meals. "It only took one night of making meals amazing for people in need and seeing the smiles that made me realize I could do something here," Diaz said.
How would she fund her dream? The stay-at-home mom knew she struggled to get family meals on the table. There had to be others. She took skills learned at Lettuce, seasoned it with research from her North Pond days and topped it with this: In the restaurants where she'd worked, "the first slice of pie was always served to our staff. ... So this symbol of pie as community was important as was the first slice being the most important."
First Slice today funds its efforts with a "shareholders program," with some 100 subscriber families receiving home-cooked, restaurant-quality meals weekly. Funds from those subscriptions are used to make the same quality meals for people in need. Community volunteers, working with First Slice staff, serve often 300-plus needy and homeless each week through several social service organizations, such as Streetwise. And there are three cafes (North Ravenswood inside the Lillstreet Art Center, North Ashland Avenue, and Manor Street).
In the past several years, a small job training program has been added. "It's not 12 people sitting around a table learning to saute a chicken breast. It's a few people sauteeing hundreds of chicken breasts," says Diaz. "We've always thought about our food as being a magnet for our services. If people know that there's a great meal waiting for them at an organization, they are much more likely to come and get the services needed."
And while there are donations, it's not the major focus: "We all feel much more driven if our mission is based on us sort of rolling up our sleeves and cooking for every dollar," she says, whether its for the subscription program or the cafes. "We find a lot of joy in that and that's why we're sort of a different organization. You can come in and have good food, and other people can have good food too."
Q: What's your professional mantra?
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Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a newspaper interview published Sunday that the devastated reaction of a victim's husband made him feel like "the worst piece of scum.''
Malvo expresses remorse in the interview with The Washington Post and urged the families of victims to try and forget about him and his partner John Allen Muhammad so they can move on. Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the deadly spree in the Washington area carried by Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. The pair has been linked to 27 shootings across the country, including 10 fatal attacks in the Washington area.
Malvo told the Post that the look on the face of victim Linda Franklin's husband right after she was shot stands out in his memory of the rampage. Franklin was killed outside a Home Depot in Falls Church, Va.
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"I was a monster," Malvo told the paper. "If you look up the definition, that's what a monster is. I was a ghoul. I was a thief. I stole people's lives. I did someone else's bidding just because they said so ... There is no rhyme or reason or sense."
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Madge Rosenberg opened Soutine on the Upper West Side over 30 years ago. But in December of last year, she sold the space to the owners of nearby Muffin Café. They renamed the shop Pain d'Epices and added a handful of their own recipes to the few Rosenberg included in the sale of the space.
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Ford announced pricing for the plug-in version of its Fusion sedan, the 2013 Fusion Energi. This car, which Ford says will achieve 100 MPGe in combined city/highway driving, will start at $39,495.
That amount buys a base Fusion Energi SE; buyers can upgrade to the fancier Titanium model for $40,995. All models are eligible for a federal tax credit, which may be $4,000, not the $7,500 other green cars get.
The Energi commands a significant premium over the Fusion Hybrid, which starts at $27,995. The two models share most powertrain components, including a 188 horsepower, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and continuously variable transmission. However, the Energi has a larger lithium-ion battery pack.
The Fusion Energi should offer significantly better mpg, though. The Fusion Hybrid is rated at 47 mpg in all three EPA categories, but Ford says the Energi will return 100 MPGe combined. The ability to charge its batteries from an outlet should stretch every gallon of gas the Energi uses, as will its roughly 20-mile electric-only driving range.
The Fusion Energi's price and estimated MPGe should put it right in the middle of the current plug-in pack. The Toyota Prius Plug-in returns 95 MPGe and starts at $32,000, the Chevrolet Volt returns 95 MPGe and starts at $39,145, and Ford's own C-Max Energi returns 100 MPGe and starts at $32,950.
On the subjective side, the Fusion Energi puts efficiency in a very attractive package. The Fusion is one of the best looking cars on the market right now and, despite not being a hatchback like the Prius, Volt, and C-Max, it still has a fairly low 0.27 coefficient of drag.
The Fusion's sedan body does come with some practicality limitations, though. The Energi's larger battery pack eats up some trunk space, and of course it doesn't have a full tailgate like the C-Max.
If the Fusion Energi can deliver on Ford's MPGe claim, then it should be able to justify its fairly high price. However, what could be a great car for individual buyers might not be a sales success for Ford. As Chevy has found out with the Volt, great mileage alone can't counteract a high price. We'll have to see if buyers pony up for the Fusion Energi, or stick with the somewhat cheaper C-Max Energi.
If you're looking for ultimate mpg and don't want the range anxiety of a pure EV, the Fusion Energi (and the Volt, Prius, and C-Max, for that matter) should be just the ticket. It's just a question of how much that extra utility is worth.


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After serious thoughts and considerations, we, along with the administrators of the MKF, have determined that it is in the best interest of this Board to close the political forum. The continual hostility exhibited here, and the numerous repeated violations of Forum rules, do not reflect what Michelle represents. Further, MKF is a family forum, and the content contained in the political discussion threads are a constant concern to us as to their appropriateness for young children who may be reading. Finally, it has become apparent to us that the political forum is no longer used except by a few MKF members. In the Rules and Guidelines for the Political Forum, it is specifically stated that the Political Forum will be closed completely if it becomes a problem. The Guidelines in the FAQ also says that "If there are any continuing problems in this section, at any time, the moderators can decide to close the section immediately." For all these reasons, we have decided that the political forum shall no longer be a part of MKF.
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Brilliant decision by NCAA to host Division II/III title games in Final Four city
ATLANTA – Aaron Toomey was talking about boyhood dreams, how out in the driveway you think about one day hitting big shots in front of a big crowd in a big arena.
"You're thinking NBA," Toomey, a guard for Amherst [Mass.] College, said before breaking into a laugh. "But this is as close as we're going to get."
Toomey is generously listed as 6-foot-1, 170 pounds and he is a decidedly Division III player. He's not going to be a pro.
Still, he was laughing and smiling while wearing a championship net around his neck after hitting big shots [16 points total] in a big NBA venue, Philips Arena – home of the Atlanta Hawks to be precise. He'd just helped Amherst defeat Mary Hardin-Baylor [Texas] 87-70 for the D-III national title.
And that, for him, was more than enough.
"It was special to play out there [Sunday]," he said.
It isn't easy to add a great tradition to an event that is already 75 years old and considered one of sports' best weekends to begin with, but the NCAA managed to pull it off Sunday.
For the first time ever, it staged the D-II and D-III national title games in the same city as the D-I Final Four. On the off day between the Division I semifinals and the championship game, the NCAA rented out an NBA arena, staged an old-school double header [two title games] and offered free admission to whoever wanted to come in and watch.
The result was phenomenal. There was an electric crowd of about 6,500 in the lower bowl of Philips for the D-III finale. Then nearly 8,000 took in a thrilling 74-73 victory by Drury [Mo.] over Metro State [Col.] for the D-II title, providing a tremendous atmosphere, and one otherwise impossible to create in small college hoops.
"We'd never have gotten a crowd that big," said NCAA president Mark Emmert.
[Report: FBI investigating Rutgers whistle-blower Eric Murdock]
The D-III final is usually played in Salem, Va., which does its best to provide a nice stage. D-II has moved around the country seeking a landing spot. However, no place can offer this much pomp, circumstance and excitement to the players.
The small-college guys were treated like big-school royalty. The hotels were plush. The meals top notch. There were police escorts for the team bus. "I haven't seen that many police lights since the last time I was in trouble," joked Amherst coach David Hixon, before noting, "I've never been in trouble."
All four teams were introduced on the court of Saturday's Final Four games at the Georgia Dome. Toomey even flashed a Syracuse shirt in honor of his dad, Kevin, an Orange alum. Amherst and Drury will be honored during Monday's national title game between Michigan and Louisville.
And finally they got to play in an NBA arena in front of not just their small collection of fans. There was also a healthy turnout of the basketball-obsessed who make annual pilgrimages to the Final Four no matter its location, not to mention local families seeking a cheap entertainment option – a chance to get in on the games. It couldn't have gone better.
"I think everyone is tickled at how it came out," Emmert said.
"It even exceeded our expectations," said Dan Gavitt, the NCAA vice president of basketball. "It just fits. It just goes with the whole feel of having a big-time event over an entire weekend with so many things going on."
About the only question was why no one thought about it during the previous 74 years. [And in seemingly typical NCAA fashion, the guy who conceptualized bringing all the divisions to the same city, Greg Shaheen, was coincidentally let go by the organization last year.]
Small colleges are always going to struggle to attract fans. The competitive nature of the games, especially with a national title on the line, is tremendous. The ability of the players is excellent, although certainly below D-I.
[More: Jim Boeheim rips into reporter in press conference]
The main issue though is marketing the teams and personalities. There just isn't much media attention. And there never will be. Rather than search for communities that might be hoops mad enough to turn out fans, the NCAA decided to bring the mountain to Mohammed and put it in the middle of the Final Four where so many potential viewers were already roaming around looking for something to do.
And then they didn't bother charging anyone a dime, using some of the money from the big event to prop up the unsung athletes of D-II and D-III.
The NCAA is under constant criticism for the extravagance and big business of its major sports. This was like a blast of feel-good enjoyment – non-scholarship guys playing their hearts out at a high level, given a stage they'd never before enjoyed.
This was one great idea.
"If this format doesn't become permanent then we are not doing a service to the student athletes in Division II and Division III level," said Mary Hardin-Baylor coach Ken DeWeese. "This is the greatest atmosphere in the world for college basketball players. Each team should have the opportunity to aspire to it, regardless of where the Final Four is.
"For Division II and Division III, this is the best thing that has happened."
Gavitt said no decision has been made on whether to keep the small-college championships tied to the D-I Final Four, such as in North Texas next year. "It's up to the membership," he said.
It shouldn't be a tough choice. It's the kind of fun doubleheader on the off day of the big tournament that could see its popularity build, with attendance increasing as word spreads.
[More: A $25 ticket to the NCAA championship? Only if you know where to look...]
It's a potentially new tradition for this old hoops weekend.
"The lights are bright, there were a lot of people there, chanting this way and that way," said Amherst's Willy Workman.
No, it wasn't the NBA. Minus the paychecks for the players though, across a long, championship afternoon of heated basketball, it might have been better.
NCAA tournament video from Yahoo! Sports
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• Controversial call ends Wichita State's title hopes


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Thanks to 3D printers, budding counterfeiters could soon create parts or goods themselves. The problem for authorities is that copying physical objects is not always illegal.
Rolex watches, Burberry hats and other fake luxury goods are increasingly becoming small beer to ambitious counterfeiters. They are now thinking on a far grander scale – both in terms of size and the tools for the job.
According to Der Spiegel, a "fake" copy of a Beijing office and retail development designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid is already being built 900 miles (1,500km) away in Chongqing. In Guandong province, also in China, builders are reportedly working on an unauthorised replica of the Austrian village of Hallstat, a UNESCO World Heritage site. And on a smaller scale, pirated petrol stations are not unheard of in eastern Europe, including fake Shell stations in Russia, and an entire fake BP station, complete with a petrol tanker decked out in BP livery, in Bulgaria.
Ruth Orchard, director general of the London-based Anti-Counterfeiting Group points the finger of blame at the internet. "The sheer number of counterfeit goods is going up, because people can now order them online and they can be sent from the other side of the world," she said. "In the past we would see a large consignment that would be shipped, and the contents sold on market stalls. But thanks to the internet counterfeiters can send out individual items. It sounds low key, but it is actually far more difficult to detect."
The fear is that budding counterfeiters could soon create the parts themselves. That's because it will be possible to make your own copies using a 3D printer – either from pirated blueprints, or from digital files containing 3D scanned images of the object in question. The internet will certainly make accessing these files straightforward: The Pirate Bay, a website that makes it easy to access pirated music and movies, has already added a section called Physibles, where people can share files for printing objects.
It's important to remember that copying physical objects is not always illegal. While songs, movies and literary works are automatically protected by copyright, functional objects like tables or chairs don't have any automatic protection, according to Michael Weinberg, a staff attorney at Public Knowledge, a Washington, DC-based non-profit public interest group involved in intellectual property law. "Patents can be used to protect useful pieces of engineering or sciencey things, but you have to apply for a patent, and it only lasts for twenty years," he says. "But the world is full of things that are not protected in any way, so anyone can make a direct copy."
Weinberg published a white paper last week that attempts to point out what is and isn't protected by copyright. For instance, there is the issue of severability, where the artistic features of an object can be separated from its functional features. A chair may not be covered by copyright, but the design on the seat cushion could be, so the design is removed from the chair and protected by copyright.
It's likely that laws relating to intellectual property will have to be updated or clarified in the future, to take in to account the capabilities of 3D printing technology, Weinberg believes. "For example, at the moment you don't have any intellectual property rights over your body parts," he said. That may become increasingly relevant, because a number of projects around the world are looking at 3D printing using biological matter, to produce anything from artificial raw meat to human organs. "If you had a fantastic heart, what happens if it gets scanned in hospital, and then someone uses that scan to copy your heart and then use a 3D printer to make a replica and sell it for a profit? At the moment there is no case law on that."
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One way of fighting the use of 3D printers for counterfeiting may be to introduce some form of copy control, similar to the digital rights management (DRM) systems that are applied to some music files, according to Bruce Bradshaw, a director of 3D printer maker Stratasys. "Much like the music industry has created mechanisms to protect the intellectual property of artists, we may see a day where designers and engineers are able to incorporate anti-piracy codes into digital design files, preventing them from being reproduced without proper credentials," he said.
In fact a patent for just such a system has already been granted in the US.
But Weinberg believes implementing copy controls on 3D printers would be a folly. The music industry has moved away from the practice of embedding DRM into music files, he says, and it is now concentrating on making it easy for consumers to buy digital music files online, as well as looking at ways to profit from merchandising and live performances.
"I hope that instead of being worried about 3D printing, manufacturers will follow the music industry by thinking about how they can benefit from 3D printing," said Weinberg. "If I was a manufacturer I would make a store that sells files that people can download and use to make my products on 3D printers. People who are interested enough in my product to make their own copies are fans, so I would nourish them, not try to sue them. "
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia recently announced that it would embrace this sort of approach. In a blog post published in mid-January, John Kneeland said that as well as selling coloured plastic cases for its Lumia 820 phone, the company plans to make it as easy as possible for people to copy Nokia's designs and make their own. "We are going to release 3D templates, case specs, recommended materials and best practices – everything someone versed in 3D printing needs to print their own custom Lumia 820 case," said Kneeland, a Community & Developer Marketing Manager at Nokia.
He hinted on the blog that fans of the company's phones might be able to produce their own handsets in the future. "We could sell some kind of phone template, and entrepreneurs the world over could build a local business on building phones precisely tailored to the needs of his or her local community. You want a waterproof, glow-in-the-dark phone with a bottle-opener and a solar charger? Someone can build it for you – or you can print it yourself."
A phone-with-a-bottle opener may sound fanciful, but it may not be as unlikely as it seems at first glance. "The ability to use techniques like 3D printing to carry out "remixing" is one of the things I am most excited about for the future," said Weinberg. He points out that in the United States there is a rich culture of remixing music and videos, but the source material is always protected by copyright – which limits how easy it is to distribute or sell these remixes. "There is a huge creative impulse, and in the physical world there are not the same limitations. So in the future with 3D printing what I hope we will see are some crazy remixes."
So why stop at a phone-with-a-bottle opener? What about a golf club that works as a phone? Or perhaps a spoon that tells the time? We'll just have to wait and see what the "physical mix-masters" and "object jockeys" of tomorrow can come up with.
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Proteins from either normal liver cells (left) or liver tumor cells (right) were separated using 2D gel electrophoresis and stained with Pro-Q® Diamond phosphoprotein gel stain (blue), Pro-Q® Emerald 300 glycoprotein stain (green) and then SYPRO® Ruby protein gel stain (red). The gel was imaged after each staining and the digital images were overlaid.
Multiplexed proteomics technology applied to 1D gels is a time- and labor-saving prescreening process
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In November of 2011, Gartner predicted that Project Portfolio Management (PPM) would go from managing just business projects to managing value and change, as well. We've seen just that with the growing number of PPM software companies and consultancies that have found success in helping businesses look at PPM from a business process perspective. Additionally, a Forrester report found that a comprehensive PPM tool investment can provide an ROI of more than 250 percent.
PPM has been valuable to businesses for quite some time now and is continuing to expand beyond project management, but why should it matter to CIOs? And, why should it matter to them in 2012? Alex Adamopoulos, CEO of emergn, an international PPM and agile consultancy, has identified five reasons why PPM will matter to CIOs in 2012.
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Robert Kulzer was able to go from script reader in Germany to executive in Los Angeles to highly successful producer, all without ever leaving the company that gave him his very first job in the film business.
For two decades, Kulzer has been the U.S. presence for Germany-based Constantin Film as head of its Los Angeles office, and he's deeply involved in the company's "Resident Evil" franchise and the upcoming "The Three Musketeers."
"It's a very unique story," he says of his career at Constantin. "I read hundreds and hundreds of scripts, then started working as an assistant for general manager Bernd Eichinger. Then they offered me a job to run development and acquisition in Los Angeles. It was with just a couple of people, and we started to develop material."
Kulzer has been a producer or executive producer on the company's four "Resident Evil" films and will soon be traveling to Toronto where the next installment begins production in October. He's also a producer on "Musketeers," set for release in the U.S. on Oct. 21, and on "Tarzan," the company's CG-animated film.
It's all part of Constantin's growing ambitions.
"We definitely want to make more international movies," he says. "We feel in Germany that we have maxed out what we can do as an independent company in production, distribution and television. The international arena is definitely where we can grow. The way we do it is to only select projects that have a very high percentage of getting made and we focus all of our energy on those projects. There's not a lot of development going on that ends up going nowhere."
He is especially bullish on "Musketeers," which is being released in Germany this summer.
The film, helmed by "Resident Evil" director Paul W.S. Anderson, is a quite a coup for Constantin, considering the company was competing with Warner Bros., which also planned to make a "Musketeers" film, to be first out of the gate.
They beat out Warners by showing up at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival with a completed script, convincing Summit Entertainment to agree to be the distributor.
"It turned out fantastic. I'm very, very excited and very, very happy," Kulzer says of the completed film. "Fifteen months ago when we were going to Cannes with the project, and we had a good script and a major studio breathing down our neck, it was a different situation. It was a David vs. Goliath situation. I don't think they took us seriously as competitors."
He says there have been no shortcuts in the journey that has gotten Constantin to where the company is today.
" 'The Name of the Rose' and 'The House of Spirits' were beautifully mounted movies tailored for European audiences. Then we went to 'Resident Evil.' You know a large part of the audience will say, 'It's not my kind of movie, I don't play videogames.' Now with 'Three Musketeers,' we have a film that is a four-quadrant movie. It's a big game-changer for us. Based on the response we've gotten from distributors, we would love to keep making these kind of big action-adventure movies. Even though they are on smaller budget, they can compete with big studio movies."


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Coach Mike McCarthy's seemingly eternal patience in Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby appears to have run out.
After Crosby badly pushed a 43-yard field-goal attempt early in the second quarter of Sunday's 21-13 victory over the Chicago Bears, McCarthy essentially abandoned the kicking game as a scoring option.
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The obvious proof came midway through the third quarter, when the Packers passed on a 44-yard Crosby attempt and opted to go for it on fourth-and-6 from the Bears' 26-yard line. Green Bay picked up the first down, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers later threw his third touchdown pass to wide receiver James Jones to push the Packers' lead to 21-7.
This is all very bad news for Crosby, who now has missed a field-goal try in eight consecutive games. McCarthy has shown great faith in his kicker, but it's hard to imagine Crosby being anywhere but on the street this time next week.
UPDATE: Surprisingly, McCarthy gave Crosby a chance to redeem himself early in the fourth quarter with a 42-yard attempt. Crosby hit the left upright for another miss -- his 12th of the season. Not good.
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Just One Question: Your Favorite Classes
We asked you to tell us what engineering classes you enjoyed the most. Here's what you said:
ENGS 15, "Introduction to Product Design"
It focused on preparing business plans for a new product that we designed and built. I thought it had a lot of relevant skills to teach and it had a lot of entrepreneurial spin to it. We had to learn how to be team players, use creativity, and overcome challenges.
—Vicente Ramos '95
ENGS 21, "Introduction to Engineering"
I discovered talents I never knew I had. Developed long-term relationships with faculty— Sid Lees, especially, and John Strohbehn — and fellow students — Dean Spatz, Chris Miller, and Hector Motroni, in particular. Discovered that learning for the purpose of creating is easier, more fun, and more productive than learning to pass a test, get a degree, or learning for the sake of knowledge itself.
—Frank Barber '66
I recall our bus trip to Crotched Mountain School to visit with students with disabilities. Our teams had to come up with a project that would help them. My team selected to construct a typewriter that would produce both Braille and typed letters. We were better designers than technicians, as we were not able to produce a working prototype, although we really tried.
—William Judd '67 Th'68
Learning engineering is a grind, but practicing engineering is fun. Having this course upfront created a vision of what I was really working for through five years at Dartmouth and two at Carnegie Mellon.
—Tom McWhorter '69 Th'70
It taught me the very important lesson that I cannot work with everybody. It wasn't a fun lesson to learn, but it's one of the most important. I think about that class every time I hire someone or come into a work team.
—Kiersten Muenchinger '93
ENGS 21 because of the entrepreneurial/creative/team components.
—Sam Winslow '94
I loved how it covered the whole product development cycle, from identification of a need to prototype and marketing. It was a great experience so early in the major.
—Elizabeth Davis '99
I didn't want to be a practicing engineer, and this class really helped me apply engineering problem-solving skills to a business settings. The option evaluation, teamwork, market research, data support, and presentation skills I learned gave me a leg up at my first post-graduation job as a management consultant.
—Lindsay (Bowen) Coe '00
I enjoyed the teamwork. I encouraged my non-engineering-major friends to take it and they all loved it, too!
—Sujan Patel '01
The projects required innovation, and students were given the freedom to find problems and solve them in their own way. At such an early part in the curriculum for an engineer, most programs would not allow engineering students the ability to be this creative. I believe this class embodies why Thayer produces phenomenal graduates. This class, as well as ENGS 190/290, prepared me for my career as a project manager for Abbott Diabetes Care. I will be forever grateful for the lessons these classes taught me, as I still use them every day.
—Mara (Bishop) Winn Th'01
My group decided to design a blind-spot detector, which involved selecting and wiring some chips together on a board. We had no idea what we were doing and thought we were doing something pretty advanced. The next year I took ENGS 31 and realized that the whole project would have been pretty easy (with many fewer sleepless nights) if we had only known something about digital electronics.
—Kelly Cameron '04 Th'05
ENGS 22, "Systems I"
We learned how to calculate the heat loss from a bald guy's head in the dead of a Dartmouth winter. Professor Hans Grethlein didn't have much hair.
—Tom McConnell '76
ENGS 22 with Al Henning was the first class that took all of that crazy non-linear math and made it "visible." The class mapped the theoretical formulas to the real world and showed how you could use them to predict a physical problem.
—Alinia Uy Asmundson '96
ENGS 31, "Introduction to Digital Electronics"
I remember the synthesizer that Nik Nesbitt, Caroline Howe, and I built for digital electronics. We went to the music department and recorded several different instruments as they were played. We captured the waveforms and programmed them into digital components. Not only could we play music using the keyboard, but we were able to record, play back, fast forward, and rewind. The look of delight on Professor Hansen's face when we presented the project is one that I will never forget.
—Brad Davis '85 Th'86, '87
In this class you could start out knowing absolutely nothing and end up creating some really interesting tools and toys.
—Krispin Leydon '99 Th'01
ENGS 33, "Solid Mechanics"
I watched Professor Kennedy weigh the bridges before the competition. He ran out of weights, so he used cups of apple cider (which he had on hand for the occasion). Nothing was better than watching Leonard's joy as he pumped up the hydraulic ram to smash our hard work to toothpicks!
—Bob Batt Th'00, '01 Tu'06
ENGS 35, "Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering"
This class is what jump started me on my current career path.
—Roberto Barbero '01 Th'02
ENGS 37, "Environmental Engineering"
As an environmental lawyer for the Ohio attorney general I brought many Clean Water Act enforcement cases against municipalities. It always helped to know a thing or two about design of wastewater treatment plants. I do similar work now with the U.S. Department of Justice.
—Jim Payne '81
ENGS 44, "Sustainable Design"
The class was filled with informal brainstorms, mind-maps, prototyping, and a lot of laughs. I continue to apply what I learned to my career in product design.
—Brian Mason '03 Th'04, '05
ENGS 50 [ENGS 23], "Distributed Systems and Fields"
Professor Laaspere's class on field theory was very difficult, but it caused me to look at the world in an entirely different way. It was inspiring.
—Bill Kellogg '73
Professor Wallis' fields class pulled together various engineering disciplines into a unifying theme. It also made me really appreciate the beauty of math. Perhaps most important, it was in this class that I learned "there's no partial credit in life" (his reason for giving us none)!
—Bill Rockwood '81
Professor Sonnerup challenged you to think about how different systems use the same underlying mathematics.
—Joyce Nagle Th'90
Professor Kennedy catered the course to the students. I felt like I learned more in his class than I did in any other course at Thayer.
—Patrick Orie '96
ENGS 51 [ENGS 33], "Solid Mechanics"
No question, ENGS 51 with Francis Kennedy.
—J. Tobias Reiley '81
From a standpoint of fun: Professor Kennedy's ENGS 51. From a standpoint of practicality and usable content: ENGS 67, "Digital Electronics."
—William Loginov '85
ENGS 52 [ENGS 26], "Control Theory"
It helped me think through problems more thoroughly and take the human element into account. We read a critique to an article and everyone in the class agreed how bad the original article must have been. We then read a rebuttal to the critique and weren't sure what to think. It is important for people to figure out the truth on their own.
—T. Mark Jones '84 Th'85
ENGS 56, "Introduction to Biomedical Engineering"
The instruction was on the engineering principles of current biomedical technologies — hyperthermia treatments for cancer, MRI, respiratory models. It was the best integration of academic and practical instruction.
—Kevin Franck '92
Professor Collier gave an overview of various aspects of biomedical engineering. The most memorable moments were getting a brain MRI scan for each student and inspecting failed artificial hip and knee joints. I also liked "Physiological Control System Modeling" with Professor Daubenspeck. We only had three students in the class, and we had extreme flexibility to choose our own models. Professor Daubenspeck was enthusiastic and fostered creative thinking.
—Jan Lammerding Th'97
ENGS 61 [ENGS 25], " Thermodynamics"
My first thermodynamics class almost took me out! Professor Ermenc knew his subject cold but had a distracting speech habit: putting in the filler word "here" every 30 seconds or so. Once in awhile he'd cross you up with a "there." With my thermo skills and his teaching, I was grateful he gave me a D in the course. The next semester I earned one of my best A's from him in heat transfer. Come to think of it, his "here" rate was lower in heat transfer.
—David Porter '59 Th'60
Thermo with Professor Richter. My only regret was that I did not take his courses earlier. He was, by far, the best professor I had at Thayer.
—Logan Bullitt '94
I liked thermo with Prof. Richter, although that was one of the hardest. I also liked building the Sterling engine in the shop. I spent three summers in the machine shop.
—Mike MacAvoy '93 Th'94, M.D.
It's a tie between thermodynamics with Professor Richter and "Organizational Design" with Professor Joyce. I use what I learned in those classes every day.
—Sean Casten Th'98
ENGS 62 [ENGS 34], "Fluid Dynamics"
My grades at Thayer were not strong and I semi-elected to forgo the fifth year and go directly to Navy flight training. After six years in squadrons I was sent to the postgraduate school in Monterey, Calif., where I and other entering classmates took an engineering record exam. I scored in the low 90s, and my fellow classmates, who had attended other major engineering schools, scored mostly in the 50s and 60s. The people giving the test suspected foul play, and I was called in to chat about the test. While my grades did not reflect it, I really did learn and retain a lot, which enabled me to enter the most difficult program (physics) and do quite well.
—Jim Vohr '57
Professor Graham Wallis derived the problems for the final exam from the The Tempest by Shakespeare. Each problem was preceded by a passage of The Tempest. Then the problem was restated with specific assumptions and values (i.e., wind velocity, mass of the angel Ariel, shape of the angel's wings, etc.). Professor Wallis ideally matched hard engineering science with a masterpiece of literature.
—William Weston '72 Tu'74
ENGS 63 [ENGS 24], "Science of Materials"
I had a huge "aha moment" when I finally understood the 3-D structure of steel, and hence understood why steel is so much stronger than plain iron. At Thayer School I learned to think in a logical and structured way that has served me well.
—Jack Oswald '84
With its blend of physics and engineering the course directed me toward my life's work.
—Ken Jones '85 Th'87
ENGS 64 [ENGS 32], "Introduction to Linear and Digital Circuits"
The professor was very good and had a wonderful sense of humor — and also took us on a hiking trip in the White Mountains.
—Bart Lombardi '52 Th'54
My best Thayer courses were taught by George Taylor. In this course we learned the fundamentals of each part of a circuit, why it existed, and what function it performed. The final exam was fun. It was open book, and we had to explain what was happening as the current flowed through the entire circuit. Professor Taylor was good at explaining the fundamentals and always challenged us to excel. He was very approachable, understanding, and helpful.
—Charlie Schneider '57 Th'58 Tu'58
Professor Stratton seemed to enjoy his subject and made the class enjoy it, and, consequently, I think we all learned more than we might have otherwise. Professor Stratton always had time for us if we needed help. He genuinely enjoyed teaching, and it came across to the students.
—Steve Askey '76 Th'77
Without a doubt, Professor Stratton's electronics class.
—Venkatesh Nagar Th'90
Professor Stratton's classes.
—Joshua McCurdy '99
No one loved his subject matter and the students more than Professor Stratton. You didn't get the full Thayer experience without getting the Professor Stratton lecture on gassing up your car the day before Thanksgiving.
—Joshua Payne '96 Th'97
ENGS 73, "Materials Processing and Selection"
We did a project where we learned to weld and study the property changes from welding on various metals. In our group presentation on our finding we learned the value of teamwork and learned to appreciate the contribution of different individuals
—David Prince '79 Th'81 Tu'81
ENGS 76, "Machine Engineering"
The class where we had a large box of parts and had to build a robot for a competition combined practicality, theory, and amusement into one package. Incidentally, I happened to win that particular competition.
—James Rourke '95
We spent endless hours teaching ourselves Pro/ENGINEER and working in the machine shop to get our "robo-hockey" player just right.
—Gus Moore '99 Th'01
Professor Kennedy's ENGS 76 was a great hands-on experience.
—Ron June '02
Tons of work but rewarding. The combination of interesting subject material and a fantastic project made it worth it. We worked extremely hard but produced a great project.
—Ariel Dowling '05 Th'05
Learning about the mechanical systems that surround us every day, then building a project incorporating all aspects of classroom learning into a friendly competition requiring dirty hands and innovative thinking. Throw in a superb professor, Kennedy, and there you have it.
—Dale Apgar '04 Th'05
ENGS 100 & 101, "Structural Theory and Design I and II"
Structures with Professor Minnich: very practical, always interesting. A class I built a career on.
—Victor Macomber '46 Th'52
While studying for the open book final exam I realized there was only one configuration of end-supported beams we hadn't already had as a problem or class example. Preparing for the exam, I carried out that analysis. It turned out that the problem on the final was the one that I had prepared; I had only to change x to -x and copy my work. That problem definitely helped my grade.
—Harris McKee '61 Th'63
ENGS 105, "Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations"
Professor Lynch's numeric methods required extensive programming and dealing with a plethora of math equations every week. I spent a whole evening just finding a bug in the program. It was fun, though, when the final result was shown in the beautiful graph. Professor Lynch made complex things simple to understand.
—Ming Qi Th'01
ENGS 116, "Computer Architecture"
Professor Linda Wilson's class explored the hardware/software system dividing line. Usually computer scientists operate on the software side and hardware engineers on the hardware side; Professor Wilson asked us to consider both to improve our understanding of computer architectures and design skills.
—John Carey Th'01
ENGS 141 [ENGS 156], "Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer"
Three courses leap to mind: Graham Wallis' "Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer," for learning how to solve PDE's with such geometries as the rolled roast and spherical turkey problems; Hans Grethlein's "Experimental Design" — or how to get the most bang out of the least buck when gathering data; and "Engineering Economics," a concise course on the time value of money in project decision-making.
—Richard Gregor Th'71
Each week Dr. Graham Wallis gave us impossible problems and encouraged us to work together to figure them out. He stimulated numerous conferences and discussions in the old "barn." To show no ill will, he invited us to his house in Norwich for swimming and picnicking. His wife was kind enough to teach me how to make bread. Besides my very average career as an engineer and surgeon, this skill has distinguished me over the years. I also enjoyed Prof Ed "Brownie" Brown's "Water Resources" [ENGG 110]. We designed Quabbin Reservoir and conduits to reach Boston, complete with pumping stations, etc. It made me feel like a real engineer!
—Peter Areson '72 Th'73, M.D.
ENGS 160, "Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering"
Professor Gerngross gave each student oral interview tests.
—Brian Graner '01 Th'02
ENGG 171/ENGM 181, "Marketing"
Engineering economics changed my entire future as I changed from a focus on surveying and construction to a focus on the financial aspects of business. I retired as the treasurer of New England Telephone Co.
—John Cogswell '55 Th'56
Marketing with the late Professor Caroline Henderson put a different perspective on problem solving — how to look at, identify, and solve non-technical problems.
—Shailesh Chandra Th'91
ENGM 176, "Total Quality Management"
Our project allowed us to visit a company and solve a problem that they had. It was a fantastic experience.
—Heather (Bartholf) Harries Th'97
ENGG 181, "Legal and Ethical Analysis"
I used George Taylor's engineering law for a whole career. That and his engineering economics (I proofed all the problems in his text before it was published) were the two most useful courses.
—Tom Jester '63 Th'64
George A. Taylor taught contract law and a return on capital investment course utilizing discounted cash flow rate of return analyses. George was straightforward and emphasized only a few basic precepts in each course. In the opening lecture he would write on one blackboard the half dozen things he wanted us to retain after taking the course. I still remember his cardinal points, and use them. My classmates referred to him as "The GAT" — a play on his direct straight-shooter style and his initials.
—Bob Woolman '57 Th'58
ENGM 183, "Operations Management"
Group activities in Professor Hall's class made it fun, interesting, and memorable. I've used material from that class in several work projects. I've also utilized information from "Issues in Engineering Management," specifically the content on TQM.
—Ashly Downey Th'03
Case study discussions were a welcome relief from the usual engineering lecture class, and Joe Hall did a fabulous job relating the material to actual business situations and his real-world experiences. Games and simulations were a great part of the class and made for a friendly competitive atmosphere among classmates.
—Kristian Lau '04
ENGG 191, "Physical Metallurgy"
Metallurgy — with a great teacher, Ed Brown. I used the basics of my Thayer courses for the rest of my career.
—Alan Wright '51 Th'52
ENGS 197/198 [ENGS 190/290], "Project Initiation and Completion&rdquo>
In my fifth-year project with George Whitehead we fabricated a silicon alloy junction diode with materials we obtained from some generous companies. It was a great learning experience that helped prepare me for graduate school.
—Ralph "Dick" Spencer '61 Th'62
ENGG 296 [ENGG 390], "Master of Engineering Management Project"
My choice: the M.E.M. project class.
—John Merhige '94 Th'95
More Faves
I really enjoyed surveying — it was as precise as we were skillful.
—Richard Livingston '43 Th'44
My favorite Thayer class during the 1946-47 year was Professor Ed Brown on "Strength of Materials" There was excellent give and take — we didn't just sit there taking notes. And we learned. As we approached finals we decided that memorizing the numerous formulae overtaxed our delicate brains. We petitioned him, forcefully, to allow us to use a helpful compendium of just about any formula we had encountered during the year. He reluctantly agreed, on condition that he prepare the list. Expectantly, we came to the exam. Sure enough, he had a stack of (folded) formula lists as well as the exam itself. We were pleased with our success. When we opened the list, it said only: F=ma. Professor Brown had won (as usual), and we had learned an important lesson: Stop moaning and get on with the work.
—Tom Streeter '44 Th'48 Tu'48
My favorite course was a tutorial with Jim Browning. I had become interested in jet engine design through one of his thermodynamics course, and I came to him with a question along the lines of, "Why don't they do such and such?" His reply began, "Well because," and ended with, "Gee, I'm not sure. I'll tutor you in a one-hour credit course and you can either figure out why it doesn't work or why it is a sound idea." We determined that the idea really would work, although the metallurgical demands due to certain heat differentials were pretty severe. The experience led to Jim Browning hiring me during my final year as a Tuck-Thayer to work on the development of his plasma jet torch, the precursor to Thermal Dynamics.
—Em Houck '56 Th'58 Tu'58
At the time our Thayer class was marching through Cummings Hall there was not yet a discipline known as "computer science." But, on the heels of an exceptional course on numerical analysis with Professor Tom Kurtz of Dartmouth's math department, I decided to pursue a career in that high-tech field just unfolding. The two mandatory summer courses between our undergraduate senior year and the following graduate year at Thayer were just what I needed to cement that career proposition into place. One course dealt with digital computers and the other with analog computers, and the syllabuses for the two were coordinated—we could solve some of the same problems in two different ways. Professor Carl Long taught the digital course, and it was absolutely fabulous. I enjoyed it so much that it was one of the few courses I aced. Professor Long was a gifted teacher and a kind and patient man. He opened up the new world of digital computers and made it exceptionally attractive. Forty years of working happily in the computer industry followed for me, I was indeed very fortunate to have had Carl's introduction.
—Peter Robohm '60 Th'61
In George Taylor's methods engineering course there were no right or wrong answers. The only requirement was to think "outside the box."
—Neil Drobny '62,Th'64
Professor Taylor's methods engineering was a favorite class.
—Rick Van Mell '63 Th'64
In Myron Tribus' thermoeconomics class we learned about the value of doing a complete input/output analysis of all the transfers of material and energy across the boundaries of a system and then tying these flows to the economics of each flow. It made such complete logical sense that it has impacted much of my view of situations during the rest of my life! Things are more complex than they appear on the surface. For example, hybrid cars seem to be more economical for society than gasoline-powered cars are, but the impact of the efforts needed to make the batteries and then to dispose of them may, in fact, be more of an environmental/economic burden than the gasoline-powered car is. The class was small and the focus was on practical applications of the theory. A truly life-changing experience.
—Steve Brenner Th'64
After 40 years, I no longer remember course names and numbers. However, it is clear that one course taught by Bob Dean to the fifth-year students was a watershed for me. Professor Dean totally shaped my career with his energy, creativity, and enthusiasm. He taught us that creativity (the sort that results in patented inventions) can be learned. He was inspiring at a very personal level. Each evening before bed he dictated notes detailing the issues that he had to deal with. That helped to make his subconscious work on the issues all night. His energy seemed boundless. I would hand in a paper late in the day and find it on my desk in the morning marked up in excruciating detail in red pen. The course itself was nearly irrelevant. The contact that it created between us and Professor Dean was life-altering.
—Robert Prescott '64 Th'67
I took only a single Thayer course after having received a double major in physics and chemistry from the College. However, I found that course so interesting that I changed my major from physics to electrical engineering at Stanford and got my Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1975. So, even though I run a Silicon Valley chip company, my engineering career began with only a single course at Thayer.
—T.J. Rodgers '70
Professor Kennedy's metallurgy class was great — working with steel samples, a furnace, and a tub of water. I also loved Horst Richter's thermo class — he kept telling us how the "wapor was doing za verk." Thermo definitely had the most interesting problem sets. I loved the bridge-building class. My group's bridge, which I still have, won for least deflection but got dead last for predicted deflection. I guess my team was good with a milling machine but not so good with a calculator. I took a class called "Corrosion" [ENGG 190] and Professor Frost managed to make rust interesting. Fluid dynamics had to be the highlight, if only because I finally understood applied calculus.
—Doug Kingsley '84 Th'85
Complex variables was the hardest course I ever took, dealing with things that I now only remember by name like Riemann sheets and Cauchy's theorem. It was my favorite because of the professor, Bengt Sonnerup, who I remember fondly.
—Doug Rand Th'85
Millet Morgan's antenna course was my favorite. There were two of us taking it. Millet, who was already retired at the time, was a lot of fun to listen to. He took us on a field trip to his property, where he had an ionospheric probe. He showed us his private antenna system, which allowed him to listen to a classical music station that broadcast from Montreal. The Morgans very graciously served us lunch on the occasion.
—Alex Hartov Th'88
I loved so many courses! Loved product design with Professor Robbie, loved working in the machine shop for thermo, machine design, intro and the project courses. Loved the camaraderie of bridge building for solid mechanics and robot building for machine design. But maybe in the end I keep coming back to manufacturing processes as the most memorable. All the field trips, seeing all the different manufacturing plants — I think about it each time I drive from the Baxter R&D building I work in to meet with some of the engineers over in the Baxter manufacturing plant down the road.
—Mariangelica Rojas '99 Th'00
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The Rev. Majdi S. Syriani, L.L.D., guest speaker for Gannon
University's 2014 Spring Commencement ceremony.
Gannon University President Keith Taylor, Ph.D., will recognize
graduates at the University's Spring Commencement ceremony, to
be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Erie Insurance
Gannon will award 769 degrees that include 44 students earning
doctoral degrees, 280 earning master's degrees, 416 earning
bachelor's degrees and 32 earning associate's degrees. Students
from 24 nations from Australia to Zambia will be earning degrees on
Saturday. Including students earning degrees at the December 2012
ceremony, Gannon University will have a graduating class of 970 for
the 2013-14 Academic Year in the University's three academic
Colleges: the College of Engineering and Business, the College of
Humanities, Education and Social Sciences and the Morosky College
of Health Professions and Sciences.
This year's keynote speaker is the Rev. Majdi S. Siryani, LLD
who directs the advancement and global office at the American
University of Madaba in Madaba, Jordan, a university with which
Gannon has an agreement for the exchange of faculty and students.
Fr. Syriani will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree,
honoris causa at the ceremony.
8:30 a.m.--Commissioning Ceremony Army
ROTC, Waldron Campus Center Room 219
10 a.m --Baccalaureate Mass, St. Peter
2 p.m.--Commencement, Erie Insurance
8:30 a.m.--Commissioning Ceremony Army
ROTC, Waldron Campus Center Room 219
10 a.m --Baccalaureate Mass, St. Peter
2 p.m.--Commencement, Erie Insurance
Guest Speaker
Fr. Siryani was ordained in Madaba by Bishop Salim Sayegh in
1986. He has been instrumental in the initiation and continued
development of Gannon University's strong partnership with the
Latin Patriarchate Schools and American University of Madaba. The
growing partnership has already included many Gannon students
sharing their talents and learning through their experiences and
service in the Jordanian schools as well as participating in study
abroad. Fr. Siryani has facilitated initial faculty scholarly
partnerships and sabbatical work as well as plans for additional
faculty travel and exchange with our partner Catholic institutions
in Jordan.
Previously, Fr. Siryani was the general manager of the legal
department of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, as well as the
legal advisor for the Rev. Michel Sabbah, Patriarch Emeritus
of Jerusalem. In addition, he has served the Holy
See as a member of its delegation for negotiations with
the PLO since 1998. Prior to his assignment in
Jerusalem, Fr. Siryani studied civil and canon law at the
Pontifical Lateran University in Rome for seven years, and also
served parishes of the Arab-American Catholic community.
He completed his dissertation, "Legal Status of
Jerusalem under International Law" in 1998. Fr.
Siryani shares his knowledge and understanding of
international law and the legal status of Jerusalem at conferences
and presentations to bring awareness of the Christian presence in
Jerusalem. In late October 1998, he organized an
important symposium on Jerusalem for the Latin
Fr. Siryani also has 13 years of experience working with
youth ministry programs and educational programs. From 1988 to
1992, he was general director of the Latin Patriarchate
Schools. From 1985 to 1990, he also served as
the assistant parish priest and director of youth
ministry in Birzeit in the West Bank. During the time he
was engaged in theological studies prior
to his ordination, Fr. Siryani worked with
the Christian Youth Ministry in the Bethlehem region. Fr.
Siryani is a graduate of the Latin Patriarchate
Seminary in Beit Jala and received his second B.A.
in philosophy.
Gannon University announces the launch of the Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge (I-HACK).


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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
A perfect balance of sky and rock formation.
Charlevoix in the Winter
The Pine River Channel in Charlevoix, Michigan filled with chunks of ice.
Black and White Driftwood
A vertical shot of a large piece of driftwood on a Lake Superior beach
Arch at Pictured Rocks
Charlevoix, Michigan in the Winter
Chunks of ice fill the Pine River Channel in Charlevoix, Michigan
Canyon Falls
Canyon Falls, Sturgeon River, Michigan
Lake Superior
A piece of driftwood and the mouth of the Two Hearted River on Lake Superior
Lake Superior and the Two Hearted River
A piece of driftwood at the mouth of the Two Hearted River
Fall Color at Pictured Rocks
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, Michigan
Twelvemile Beach
Twelvemile Beach, Lake Superior, Michigan
Pictured Rocks
Fall color begins at Pictured Rocks in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Chapel Rock
Chapel Rock, part of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Pictured Rocks in Early Fall
Fall color is just beginning at Pictured Rocks in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Fall Color on the Sturgeon River
Fall color on the Sturgeon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Grand Portal Point
Grand Portal Point, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
East Channel Lighthouse
East Channel Lighthouse, Munising, Michigan
Lake Michigan
A piece of driftwood on the shore of Lake Michigan
Icicles on a railing on Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan in the Winter
Balls of ice line the beach on Lake Michigan
Bonanza Falls
A vertical shot of Bonanza Falls, in the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Driftwood on Lake Superior
Driftwood and rocks on a beach on Lake Superior
Big Carp River
A horizontal shot of the Big Carp River in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan
Driftwood on a Foggy Morning
A black and white shot of a large piece of driftwood on a foggy morning on Lake Superior
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We are looking for Senior Consultants in Emergency Medicineto join one of the leading healthcare organisations in the Middle East...
We are looking for Senior Consultants in Emergency Medicine to join one of the leading healthcare organisations in the Middle East - Hamad Medical Corporation.
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You will be a competent and skilled ED Consultant and have worked as a Consultant, with a minimum of 6 years' experience post CCT. You will have proven leadership skills and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team. In addition, you will have an interest in medical education and teaching, providing both supervision and education to junior medical staff, medical students and other clinical staff.
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