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Depending on the source, he's either the No. 1 or No. 2 player nationally in his class.
He's won two gold medals for USA Basketball junior national teams and was named MVP of a major international tournament.
His presence at a college football game ignited a verbal altercation between Duke and North Carolina fans.
He's not always comfortable with the attention he receives, but he's well-schooled in handling it.
Simeon senior Jabari Parker fits the description, but he's not the player in question.
If not for Parker, the three-time state champion and Illinois' reigning Mr. Basketball, Young junior Jahlil Okafor might already be well on his way to becoming one of the most publicized players the state has produced.
Okafor can't thank his close friend enough for casting a shadow large enough to envelope his 6-foot-11 frame.
"Of course it is always about Jabari, but it doesn't bother me," Okafor said. "It makes it easier on me, less stressful. He tells me all the time he hates all that attention. When I do get it, I wish I didn't get it as much. I just want to be a normal kid."
"I learned a lot from him. Everything I'm experiencing, he already experienced, and he told me what was going to happen. He helped me prepare for what's coming at me."
Simeon and Young are rivals on the court, but like many Chicago basketball players, Parker and Okafor have a friendship that predates high school.
They met while playing for the Mac Irvin Fire club when Okafor was in seventh grade, and they became close while playing for USA Basketball the last two summers.
Parker was the star of that show in 2011, and when he went down in June with a foot injury from which he's still recovering, Okafor's already strong reputation soared.
He averaged 13.6 and 8.3 rebounds to lead the USA U17 squad to an 8-0 record.
"Playing with Team USA, you build a real brotherhood with those 11 players," Okafor said. "Winning the gold medal was No. 1. Being MVP was definitely an honor."
Okafor now wants to dominate the high school level like Parker, which, through no fault of his own, didn't always happen last year.
True back-to-the-basket players like Okafor are rare on any level and almost extinct in high school.
"He wants to be one of the best," Parker said. "I think he's there."
Okafor's footwork is impeccable, and he has every move in the book. He can't do anything with a ball he doesn't have, though, and he can't blow the referee's whistle.
"I've been told (the officials) don't know what to do with me (when he's fouled)," Okafor said. "You just have to play through it."
Okafor should have more room to operate this season with the improvement of junior point guard Miles Reynolds and the transfer of Top 100 junior guard L.J. Peak from South Carolina.
With the pieces in place around him — Young has a third Top 100 junior in 6-8 wing Paul White — and the rust Parker is going to have to shake off once he returns, the Dolphins could spoil Simeon's four-peat plans.
And Okafor could pose a challenge to Parker for Mr. Basketball.
"He is probably the most skilled big man the state has seen since Eddy Curry or Rashard Griffith," said Roy Schmidt, who has run a scouting service with his brother, Harv, in the area for the last 26 years.
"And with those guys, as good as they were, as productive as they were, times were different and they just simply overpowered everybody.
"There is also more hype surrounding players now, and in the case of both Parker and Okafor, they are both more than living up to the billing. I think Okafor in the end will be just as dominant or an even more dominant NBA prospect than Jabari will be. And that is not a knock on Jabari."


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jessica Cohen (Ladsen, S.C.) knocked down a pair of free throws with just one second remaining, giving the Coker women a 60-58 lead and the eventual win over Limestone College on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Cobras to 5-4 in Conference Carolinas play, while Limestone suffers their first loss in conference play dropping to 10-1.
Playing in the home of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, Time Warner Cable Arena, the Cobras had a tough time finding their rhythm as the Saints jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the opening four minutes. Coker finally got the jitters worked out and thanks to a 10-1 run, they cut the Limestone lead to just two (22-20) with just under four left in the half. The Saints added 12 more points in the final minutes of the first half taking a 34-25 lead into the intermission.
The Cobras continued to trail the Saints throughout the second half until a three-pointer by Charlotte local Kelley Godbout (Matthews, N.C.) tied the game at 56 with 48 seconds remaining. Then with the score tied at 58 the Saints sent Cohen to the line with just a second left where she put home the game winner from the charity stripe.
Jasmine Alston (Sumter, S.C.) led the Cobras with 13 points and five rebounds, while Godbout and Amber Lau (Mt. Wolfe, Pa.) had 11 points and eight rebounds each. Cohen finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
For the Saints, Tia Williams was the game's leading scorer with 14 points, while Stephanie Hayes scored 13 points off the bench with six rebounds and Lauren Pace had 10 points.
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I'm doing self study on a couple of topics in mathematics, such as real analysis, abstract algebra, and linear algebra. From time to time, there are always a couple of exercises which I found too difficult to solve. I spend quite some time to think about them. When I fail, I google to find the solutions. Most of the time, I get the solutions.
However, there are some downsides to this attitude. First, I would spend too much time on a single problem. So I feel that my progress is a little bit too slow. Other than that, when I read a solution, I don't get the real understanding of the problem. When I read a proof, my brain is working mechanically to check every statement, so I don't know what exactly is going on.
I start to wonder whether I'm doing this correctly. What I want to ask here is, what should I do when I encounter difficult exercises? Should I think about them myself until I get the answers? Or should I skip the difficult ones and move on to the next chapters, then go back after I gain more understanding?


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LA Cupcake Challenge 2012February 5, 2012 at 8:35 AM | Posted in blog event, cupcakes | 4 Comments
Tags: hollywood, LA Cupcake Challenge, renaissance hotel
This might be my favorite day of the year.
It's the one place I can wear all my crazy cupcake gear and people think it's cute instead of wanting to have me committed. Every where I turned people wanted to take my picture. It's fun being a celebrity for the day. Although, the morning after, I'm seeing white streaks b/c of all the camera flashes now. lol
Yup, it's that time again! I'm talking about the LA Cupcake Challenge 2012 in Hollywood. I am fortunate enough to be invited by Drink:Eat:Play (the event's sponsor) and Dan Silberstein every year as Judge. Yes, he's really that tall and I'm really that short.
Unfortunately last year I couldn't make it so I was even MORE excited to go this year.
I brought my friend with me since my Husband declined my guest invitation b/c "… one year is enough for me…" HA HA! Wuss. Even though I prepared her I don't think she REALLY understood the enormity of the event until she saw it with her own eyes. It might be one of the few times she's been speechless and maybe a little scared.
I love this event because it's very casual. My friend that came with me describe it almost like a wine tasting. There are various booths set up around the Renaissance hotel ballroom. After you check in at the front table you can go up to any booth, meet the bakers, sample their cupcakes, talk with other cupcake lovers and just enjoy the atmosphere. We met a couple at our table that even brought their own jug of milk! Hilarious.
(Top row: Friandise, Cake Mama's, Cake Mama's mini helpers, [Desi]gn Cupcakes, Sheree's Sweets, Frosted Heaven)
(Bottom row: Bake U Happy (?), Dulcitas, Polkatots, Sugar Babies, Sugar Jones, My Delight)
I hope I didn't make a mistake on any of the bakers above. Note to bakers: If you wear a shirt that has your cupcakery name on it it's easier to remember you! Everyone was very sweet to take the time out of the line chaos to take a picture with me. Well… most everyone. But I'm a good girl and won't mention names. All I'll say is that name dropping does not a tasty cupcake make.
One of the highlights of the night was FINALLY meeting Elise of Cupcake Activist. Check out her blog in a few days. She does a MUCH BETTER recap of the cupcakes than I do. I was too busy eating!
Yikes! I have total cupcake beanie hair. I'm bummed I left my cupcake beanie in the car by the time we took a picture. It was actually on a whim that I had already left the hotel but then came back that we ran into each other. We're cupcake friends in the blogsphere but we always seemed to miss each other every year in person. Can you believe she just had a baby?? She's as beautiful inside as she is outside. Love her. ♥
Results will be posted on Eat:Drink:Play's website on Tuesday. I will update with winners!
Everything was delicious! But you know how I know it was a success? My friend walked out with frosting on her arm. It had been there so long that it had crusted over. LOL
Wanna see who I voted for? I think I only gave out one or two 5/5 rating. –> CLICK HERE
A special shout out and THANK YOU to Rolling Stones Restaurant and Bar for letting us sneak in for Happy Hour at the last minute. After that 40 cupcake sugar rush, my belly needed the salt!
The double slider was to-die-for! (Not pictured b/c I ate it TOO fast!) And I could eat those garlic and parsley fries with spicy ketchup everyday!
[Insider spoiler: Dan mentioned to me that he's not sure if there will be an LA Cupcake Challenge 2013. Super sad face. I suggest that all my IHC minions bombard his facebook page with sad faces. Ssshhhhh. You didn't hear it from me.]
I could really go for a few more of those buffalo chicken wing cupcakes by [Desi]gn Cakes. How perfect would that cupcake be for today? I might have to see if I can recreate their recipe from memory. Until then… Here's a recipe from Stephanie of Cupcake Project for Buffalo Chicken Wing Cupcakes for your Superbowl party.
Happy Superbowl to all my cupcake minions.
We're a house divided. But that makes it more fun.
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Looks like you all had a great time! What fun, and I love your t-shirt. :)
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On Sunday night, officers were called just before 7 p.m. to the 3100 block of Artaban Place in Northwest Baltimore's Hanlon-Longwood community, where a man was found inside a residence suffering from a gunshot wound in the torso.
Police identified the victim as Lawrence M. Thomas Jr., 26, who lived in the block. He was taken to Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police believe the shooting might have resulted from a possible drug transaction, with detectives being told that a group of unknown suspects entered the home looking for drugs and money.
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As of Sunday, 187 people have been killed in Baltimore, up about 6 percent compared with this time last year.
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ELWOOD – It's not uncommon for someone to walk into Elwood Village Hall and ask for directions to the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery after being cut out of a funeral procession by a semitrailer.
"They say, 'I got cut off. I couldn't follow them. Can you give me directions?' " Max Bosso, the village's director of engineering and public works said. "We tell them how to get there, but a lot of times they end up missing the burials of their brothers, their cousins."
The ever-increasing heavy truck traffic in the area is one problem. Then, there is the growing number of funeral processions to the national veterans cemetery.
It all comes to a head at a railroad crossing over Walter Strawn Drive, which is close to the main cemetery entrance on state Route 53.
In 2013, the railroad gates at the crossing were crashed 47 times – more times than at any other crossing in Illinois – because trucks drove through them. In some cases, trucks waiting for funeral processions were stuck on the tracks and drove through the gates to avoid trains, Bosso said.
Neither Route 53 nor Walter Strawn Drive were designed to handle the volume of truck traffic coming out of CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Elwood, Bosso said. Local officials try to direct truck traffic onto Arsenal and Baseline roads to Interstate 55. Nevertheless, the trucks often wind up at Route 53 and Walter Strawn Drive.
Village officials hope something can be done to improve safety at the railroad crossing. In 2012 a semitrailer was stuck on the crossing because of backed up traffic and was nearly hit by an oncoming Amtrak train.
The railroad crossing was designed to handle only about 700 trucks a day, Bosso said. But about 8,000 trucks cross the tracks daily now.
The truck traffic and funeral processions often clash.
Brian Dames, director of the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home in Joliet, said a semitrailer breaks up about one in every four or five of the funeral processions he leads on Route 53 to the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
"It's not unusual. From my personal experience, when we approach that particular intersection, the semis will do anything they can to get over in the right-hand lane, where all the funeral processions are, because they have to turn right onto Walter Strawn Drive," Dames said. "A lot of processions do get cut off."
The situation at the intersection is unique, Dames said, with 25 to 30 processions a day to the national cemetery, and up to 37 on Mondays and Fridays.
Ongoing safety concerns at the railroad crossing has led the Illinois Commerce Commission, which governs the state's railway system, to reopen a 2001 case brought by the village of Elwood, which wants to reduce truck traffic.
An ICC public hearing is tentatively set for April 15. Representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportation, Union Pacific railroad and Elwood will discuss immediate and long-term solutions.
Some suggestions include realigning Walter Strawn Road west of the Union Pacific railroad, prohibiting certain turns on red and adding lanes in some areas to ease the flow of traffic. Lengthening the delay between the red light and the crossing bars coming down could also give trucks more time to clear the crossing, Bosso said.
The ICC has suggested closing the crossing or reducing train speeds from 79 mph to 40 mph.
Union Pacific officials are opposed to reducing speeds. Studies show such a reduction does not necessarily improve safety, said Wes Lujan, director of public affairs for the railroad company.
This summer, the village of Elwood plans to resurface the entire 1.8-mile Walter Strawn Drive because of damage caused by truck traffic, Bosso said.
"The greater the weight and the greater the number, that reduces the life of the pavement," Bosso said. "Let's say you have pavement with only cars. That lasts X amount of years. If you have overweight semis, that's basically cut in half."


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I think of all the photos I have of Military ancestors, this one of my Uncle Ern is one of my favourites.
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Ernie was my grandmother's brother and he left England for Toronto Ontario Canada in 1908. He was in the military in England (The Kent Buffs) and again in Canada, and in this photo he's at Stanley Barracks in Toronto during WW1.
My family has a long military history. My father was a Lieutenant during WW2, one of my sons is currently serving in the Canadian military.
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Volume Activation 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
Volume Activation 2.0
Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM)
Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
Additional Resources
Q. I've read the Volume Activation 2.0 guides. Where can I find support for my specific activation question?
A. General questions can be posted to the Public Windows Vista® newsgroups at http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx.
Q. If I suspect that my KMS key is leaked, can it be blocked from further activations?
A. Yes, you can work with Microsoft to block a KMS key. For more information contact your Activation Call Center. For a list of Activation Call Centers, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=107418.
Q. What does a -1 count mean?
A. A count of -1 means that no clients have contacted the KMS host.
Q. What activation reports are included in the KMS Management Pack for Operations Manager 2005?
A. The KMS Management Pack provides the following reports:
- Activation Count Summary
- Virtual Machine Summary
- KMS Activity Summary
- Licensing Status Summary
- Machine Expiration Chart
- Machine Expiration Details
Q. Can I expose my KMS host to the Internet so my outside users can activate against it?
A. You are responsible for both the use of keys assigned to you and the activation of products using your KMS hosts. You should not disclose keys to non-Microsoft parties, and you must not provide unsecured access to your KMS over an uncontrolled network such as the Internet.
Q. What provisions are available for KMS host failover?
A. Multiple KMS hosts can be registered in DNS SRV resource records. If one KMS host is down, the KMS client computer will choose another from the list. If direct registration is used on the KMS client computer, you can use round-robin DNS or network load-balancing mechanisms (software or hardware) to increase KMS host availability.
Q. Do I need to back up the KMS service data?
A. You do not need to back up KMS service data. However, if you want a record of KMS activations, you could keep the KeyManagement Service log in the Applications and Services Logs folder to preserve activation history.
Q. If a KMS host fails, how do I restore a backup KMS host?
A. You only need to replace the failed KMS host with a new KMS host using the same configuration and ensure that its SRV resource record is added to DNS, if you are using DNS auto-discovery. The old SRV record is deleted eventually, if record scavenging is implemented for DNS, or you can delete it manually. The new KMS host then begins collecting renewal requests and KMS clients begin activating as soon as the KMS activation threshold is met.
Q. I perform routine cleanup of event logs. Will I lose the activation history stored in the event log?
A. Yes. If you use a cleanup tool, consider exporting data from the KeyManagement Service log in the Applications and Services Logs folder to archive activation history. You do not need to do this if you use the Operations Manager 2005 KMS Management Pack. This Management Pack collects event log data and stores it in the Operations Data Warehouse for reporting.
Q. Why don't I see all options when running Slmgr.vbs?
A. The parameters available to Slmgr.vbs differ based on the installed product key. For example, a MAK-activated computer does not display or process the KMS-specific options.
Q. Many organizations block all ActiveX® as a security measure. Does VA 2.0 use ActiveX like Genuine Validation does?
A. Volume Activation does not use ActiveX. It uses WMI properties and methods. These are detailed in the Technical Attributes in Appendix 2 in the Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide.
Q. I inadvertently ran slmgr.vbs /ipk and installed a KMS key on several computers. How do I convert them back to KMS clients?
A. Run Slmgr.vbs /ipk <KMSSetupKey>. KMS setup keys are listed in the Volume Activation 2.0 Deployment Guide. These keys are publicly known and are edition-specific. Remember to delete any unnecessary SRV resource records from DNS and then restart the computers.
Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM)
Q. What is the difference between RFM and Notifications?
A. Under Reduced Functionality Mode (applicable only to systems running Windows Vista RTM build and pre-release versions of Windows Server 2008), the system can only be accessed under a restrictive mode with constrained capabilities when it is not properly activated within the grace period. Notification is the new experience (applies to systems running either Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 RTM builds) that replaced RFM where the user receives clear, recurring reminders about activation if activation isn't completed within the grace period.
Q. Is RFM removed from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista?
A. Yes, there is no RFM in Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. Both these releases rely on notifications to remind users about activation requirements.
Q. Will reduced functionality mode ever come back?
A. The current plan for Windows Server 2008 is to rely on notifications, a system that has worked effectively for us before. As we look to the future, we will continue to assess our program to meet the changing piracy threat. We know that notifications have been a powerful educational and engineering anti-piracy tool for us with Windows XP. However, as our anti-piracy program evolves in the future, we will continue to make decisions based on certain fundamental principles that underscore the importance of being fair, earning our customers' confidence and trust, providing them with a great experience, and continuing to take into account governments' special needs.
Q. Can I run the Slmgr.vbs script in Safe Mode?
A. No. Activation information is unavailable in Safe Mode.
Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
Q. The Error Code Lookup tool doesn't show the content of an error returned by VAMT on Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows Server 2003.
A. Volume Activation 2.0 errors are native to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. VAMT relies on the operating system to provide descriptive text for some error codes. This text is not available for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 systems. To look up the text associated with such error codes, install VAMT on a computer running Windows Vista, or run SLUI 0x2A <error_code> at a command prompt on a computer running Windows Vista.
Q. Does VAMT require Internet access to function?
A. Certain operations available in VAMT require Internet access. These include retrieving the remaining MAK activations count, and the retrieve CID step in MAK Proxy activation. However, the majority of VAMT operations do not require Internet access.
Q. Does VAMT need to be activated to function?
A. The VAMT tool does not require activation.
Q. Can I run VAMT on a virtual machine?
A. Yes.
Q. Can KMS run on virtual machine?
A. Yes, KMS can run on a virtual machine with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.
Q. Will KMS for Windows Server 2003 activate my Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Computers?
A. No. KMS is part of Volume Activation 2.0, which is only available on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
Q. Does the Language version of KMS for Windows Server 2003 need to match the Language version installed on the server?
A. Yes, the language versions of the operating system and the KMS for Windows Server 2003 must match. This requirement applies only to KMS for Windows Server 2003.
Additional Resources
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The Hope College Orchestra will present a concert on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The orchestra will perform works by Gioacchino Rossini, Johann Sebastian Bach and Alexander Borodin.
The program will open with the popular "Overture to William Tell," by Gioacchino Rossini, which highlights the cello, flute and English horn, in addition to trumpets. The next work on the program, the "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3," by Bach, which is also a familiar piece to the classical audience, will feature the strings. To close the program the orchestra will perform the "Polovetsian Dances" from the suite "Prince Igor," by Alexander Borodin.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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AstraZeneca nixes Pfizer's sweetened $106B bid
Pfizer ups its offer for AstraZeneca to $106bn in a deal that would create the world's largest pharma - but is promptly rejected. And Bayer is reported to be near to closing a $14bn deal with Merck. Video provided by Reuters Newslook
LONDON — British drug maker AstraZeneca rejected a sweetened offer from New York-based rival Pfizer, the firm said Friday.
AstraZeneca stock is down 0.2% in London; Pfizer is down 0.5% on the New York Stock Exchange.
The new offer, which came in the wake of an earlier bid rejection by Britain's second-largest pharmaceutical firm, valued AstraZeneca at 50 pounds a share ($84.47) or $106 billion.
Pfizer, which makes Viagra, had said it would seek to pay a combination of cash and shares as part of the proposal. In January, Pfizer made a bid for AstraZeneca that valued the company at just under $100 billion.
"The financial and other terms described in the Proposal are inadequate, substantially undervalue AstraZeneca and are not a basis on which to engage with Pfizer," AstraZeneca said in a statement. "The large proportion of the consideration payable in Pfizer shares and the tax-driven inversion structure remain unchanged. Accordingly, the Board has rejected the Proposal."
Earlier, Ian Read, Pfizer's chairman and chief executive, commenting on the raised offer, said: "We believe our proposal is responsive to the views of AstraZeneca shareholders and provides a sound basis upon which to arrive at recommendable terms for the combination of our two companies."
AstraZeneca's shares declined around 0.8% on the London Stock Exchange while Pfizer's New York Stock Exchange-listed pre-market shares showed little reaction to the development.
If the deal eventually goes through it would be one of the largest ever foreign takeovers of a British firm as well as one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of the drug industry.
As part of the revised offer, Pfizer contacted British Prime Minister David Cameron seeking to reassure his office over what affect a successful bid would have on the British economy, where critics fear the takeover could lead to sizable job losses.
In the letter, Pfizer vowed to keep AstraZeneca's corporate and tax residence in Britain, and promised that the "golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London would represent a vital component" of the deal.
Those three cities are seen as key parts of Britain's efforts to be a world leader in science and technology.
"Pfizer's assurance (to Downing Street) over completing AstraZeneca's move to Cambridge and the promise of 20% of the combined workforce of R&D jobs staying in the U.K. will go some way to appease the government's concerns over (lost) jobs," said Mick Cooper, an analyst at Edison Investment Research.
"The size of the bid is bound also to act as a catalyst for the government to consider introducing safeguards to vet overseas takeovers of U.K. assets and companies of strategic importance," Cooper said.


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It was an assignment for my acting fundamentals class my freshman year in college.
I was to recite something from great Western literature.
Lucian Davis Scott, head of Orange Coast College's theater department from 1955 to 1969, taught the course. He was a kick.
Known to students and fellow faculty and staff members as "Luke," Mr. Scott had a passion and flare for teaching drama.
Not only did Luke teach and direct plays and musicals at Coast, but he also starred in several campus shows over the years. He played the demanding title role in the college's 1955 production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" and received high praise from critics.
Four years later, he played the title character in OCC's "Macbeth." Scott's prize pupil, David Emmes — who went on to establish South Coast Repertory — was Macduff in that production.
I was privileged to be Luke's student from 1962 to '64 and appeared in his productions of "Peter Pan," "The Matchmaker" and "Two Gentlemen of Verona." He was one of the best teachers I ever had.
Luke was never shy about literally walking into a scene that you were performing for a grade in his class and delivering a line as you "should have" delivered it.
We had the opportunity to portray a wide assortment of characters in his classes, and he worked tirelessly with us on our scenes. He also told lots of stories about the theater. Luke had an exquisite supply of tales pertaining to the greatest names in the industry. He'd personally met many of them, including the illustrious Katharine Hepburn.
Luke performed extensively throughout the United States — including touring with his one-man show — before coming to OCC. He also spent an extended period living and performing in Paris. His Paris stories were entrancing.
Based upon his colorful accounts, I made up my mind to someday visit the City of Light. I wasn't disappointed when I finally achieved that dream decades later.
Following Luke's retirement in 1969, he performed on Broadway and was a regular for a season on CBS's "Bob Newhart Show." Scott was hilarious as Bob's aged, befuddled and bumbling therapy patient, Edgar J. Vickers.
I now turn the spotlight on Luke's 1963 acting fundamentals class:
I remember a particular assignment that semester. The class met in the 1,200-seat campus theater, and we were required to read on stage –- full-throated and with precise diction –- a poem, sonnet or passage from great literature.
So what'd I select? Chaucer? Rabelais? Balzac? No. I went with Randy and the Rainbows. I recited weighty lyrics from R&R;'s 1963 pop single, "Denise."
I know. Risky.
I donned my ascot, pseudo smoking jacket and Mid-Atlantic accent and let 'er rip:
"Oh Denise scooby doo/I'm in love with you, Denise scooby doo/I'm in love with you Denise scooby do/I'm in love with you.
"Denise, Denise, oh, with your eyes so blue/Denise, Denise I've got a crush on you/Denise, Denise I'm so in love with you. Oh, oh.
"Oh, when we walk, it seems like paradise/And when we talk, it always feels so nice/Denise, Denise I'm so in love with you. Oh, oh."
It goes on like that for four more stanzas, but you get the idea.
At first, my urbane approach was greeted by nervous titters from my fellow classmates. Alfred Lord Tennyson this wasn't. Then –- with cascading "scooby doos" reverberating from the apron of the stage to the back wall of the house –- the titters in the audience grew to snorts and, finally, chortles.
Upon concluding the final line, I said thank you and strode from the stage to my seat. You could cut the tension with a Boy Scout knife. Luke glared at me and said nary a word for interminable moments but then, at last, conceded a tiny smile.
"Not the assignment, Jim," he chided, "but clever. Read a Shakespearean sonnet at our next class meeting or you'll receive an F for this project."
I did and he didn't — give me an F, that is.
Luke was quite a guy.
JIM CARNETT lives in Costa Mesa. His column runs Wednesdays.


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DOJ Uses Congressional Hearings About Protecting Mobile Privacy To Suggest Mobile Users Deserve Less Privacy
from the we-want-to-track-you deptWith all the reports lately about mobile devices tracking people's whereabouts, Congress (of course) sprung into action to hold
That is, he used the hearings to suggest a new Justice Department proposal that would require mobile phone operators to collect even more data from their customers than they do already. Yeah, this seems to be the exact opposite of the point of this particular discussion. Of course, our own Derek Kerton has been making this point repeatedly in our comments in the various discussions about Apple and Google tracking locations... and the government grandstanding about it: the government requires that mobile operators track much of this data. And what Weinstein was pitching was that they should track even more of it.
Of course, Weinstein uses the same old excuse for why everyone should have less privacy -- to make his job easier:
Weinstein said, "when this information is not stored, it may be impossible for law enforcement to collect essential evidence.... Many wireless providers do not retain records that would enable law enforcement to identify a suspect's smartphone based on the IP addresses collected by Web sites that the suspect visited."But, of course, that totally misses the point. We have protections from government for a reason. There is no right for law enforcement's job to be easy. In fact, the rights go in the other direction. Individuals have a right of privacy from the government because we, as a society, supposedly decided that such rights were more important than an all-powerful government. That's what we thought the 4th Amendment was about, but I understand that's been excised from the document lately...
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The University of Memphis has filed a nearly $1 million permit for upgrades to the West Hall dormitory at 446 Patterson St.
The permit, filed this week with the with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement, calls for adding new HVAC units to the dormitory
The current 496-room West Hall, formally known as Living Learning Residence Complex, was built a few years for $20 million.
It replaced the original West Hall (also known as West Mynders Hall) on the west side of the Memphis campus.
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Fitch Ratings upheld its A rating on Memphis International Airport bonds following Delta Air Lines' announcement that it will end connecting activity at the airport Sept. 3.
Earlier this month, Moody's Investors Service downgraded the rating on the airport's outstanding revenue bonds to A3, from A2, and revised its investor outlook to stable, from negative.
While Fitch Ratings held its A bond rating on the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's outstanding $394.8 million in revenue bonds, the New York-based research service revised the rating outlook to negative, from stable.
Analysts attributed the rating outlook downgrade to Delta's recent move to end all remaining connecting activity at the airport and said annual enplanements may fall below 1.8 million, leaving the airport more reliant on non-airline and cargo revenue.
Fitch warned Memphis International's rating likely will be downgraded unless the airport can maintain healthy debt service coverage through increasing origination and destination traffic, boosting airline rates and charges, and decreasing expenses.
– Jennifer Johnson Backer
Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter said Monday, June 24, that he hopes the new owners of the historic Nineteenth Century Club building on Union Avenue will preserve the decaying structure.
"It is my fervent hope what we will see is an effort to save the structure," he said.
Potter was addressing John Lee, a partner in the business entity, The Union Group LLC, that purchased the building at auction in January for $550,000.
Lee said the controlling partner in the group, Shon Lin, did not appear in court because he did not speak English well. Potter reset the hearing for Monday, July 1, and said if Lin, who operates three restaurants in the Memphis area, did not appear in court he would assess a $150 fine for each day Lin does not appear.
"I'm unhappy with the fact Mr. Lin decides to ignore a court summons because he's not confident in his English," Potter said.
The owners of the historic property have been cited for owning or maintaining a dangerous or neglected building, including rotting wood, broken windows and a deteriorated roof. Power lines to the building have been severed and Potter warned Lee that the building should not be altered in any way until Lin appears in court.
"I do not want any significant steps, work or anything done without Mr. Lin being before this court," Potter said.
The stately but decaying property ay 1433 Union Ave. was built in 1907 by Rowland Jones, a Memphis lumber king.
In 1926, the 15,813-square-foot house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places was acquired by the Nineteenth Century Club, a philanthropic women's organization.
The Union Group won a competitive bidding process in January, beating out a group that offered $350,000 and wanted to turn the property into a women's business center.
The three-story, wood frame structure is commercially zoned and sits on 1.2 acres at Union between Kimbrough and Cleveland streets.
– Amos Maki
Central Defense Security, a leading provider of business, retail and warehouse security, raised more than $10,500 to support the Memphis Parks and Neighborhoods' Summer Day Camp program, which is hosted at community centers around the city.
The money will cover the cost for more than 100 campers to attend camp at several locations around the city, as well as allow the city to hire five summer employees. It's the second straight year CDS has held a fundraising drive to raise money to offset camp fees for many Memphis families, including some of the security firm's officers.
Last year, CDS collected more than $7,500, which enabled the firm to sponsor 50 campers at six sites around Memphis. The firm last year also adopted the Riverview Community Center's camp, and CDS employees visited the campers to deliver gifts and play games on what was the company's seventh anniversary. This year, the firm plans to visit campers around the city, as well as participate in several special events at the community centers.
– Andy Meek
With fewer than 100 days before uninsured Americans can sign up for health care, the Obama administration says it's gearing up with new call centers, a revamped website — and a call to the NFL.
Officials said Monday they're talking to professional sports leagues — including the NFL — about partnering to publicize the benefits of President Barack Obama's health overhaul. No deals yet.
Starting Oct. 1, consumers will be able to go online to healthcare.gov and compare private insurance plans.
Those who don't have job-based coverage can use the online marketplace to apply for tax credits to help pay their premiums.
It's the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare. And despite concerns about delays, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says it's on schedule.
– The Associated Press
Tenet Healthcare Corp. is buying Vanguard Health Systems Inc. for about $1.8 billion, helping to expand its service offerings and broaden its geographic reach, the company has announced.
Tenet, owner of Saint Francis Hospitals in Bartlett and Memphis, will pay $21 per share, a 70 percent premium to Vanguard Health's Friday closing price of $12.37.
Shares of Vanguard Health soared $8.14, or 65.8 percent, to $20.51 in premarket trading Monday.
The companies said Monday that the transaction also includes $2.5 billion in debt and value the entire deal at $4.3 billion.
Following the acquisition, Tenet will own 79 hospitals and 157 outpatient facilities. It currently has 49 hospitals and 126 outpatient facilities.
Both boards unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close before year's end.
Tenet expects annual savings of $100 million to $200 million and for the acquisition to add to earnings in the first year.
Nashville-based Vanguard Health said that its founder, Chairman and CEO Charlie Martin, will join Tenet's board. Vanguard's vice chairman, Keith Pitts, will continue in that position at Tenet.
Dallas-based Tenet has secured fully committed financing for the transaction from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council has changed its criteria for endorsing political candidates.
Council President Gary Moore told The Tennessean the group will support candidates whose voting records support labor, regardless of party affiliation.
The group represents about 300 labor unions with more than 60,000 members in Tennessee. It has traditionally heavily supported Democratic candidates for political office.
Moore said when the council checked the 2013 state legislative voting records of candidates it supported, there were some unwelcome surprises. Moore said not all Democrats turned out to be labor friendly.
The labor council changed the way it will endorse candidates at a meeting in March.
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What Is the Micro Creatinine Diabetes Test?
I have had diabetes type II for 1 and 1/2 years along with other conditions (Hypertension, High Colesteral,Aortic anuerism, bone density loss. I am being followed for all and recently changed providers do to a move from one state to anohter. My new provider did some tests at the first viasit and called me to say everything was normal and o.k. However, when I asked about mt HGB A1C he stated they they the VA use Micro creatinine instead. I have been involved with medicine for 40 plus years and always thoght the the A1C was the best test. Wold you please tell me if this is correct?
Congratulations on taking an active role in managing your type 2 diabetes! Because diabetes is a chronic disease that can affect several body organs (like kidneys, heart, eyes, feet, to name some main ones), doctors have several tests to help know how well individual organs are working.
One of the tests that can be done to see how healthy the kidneys are is to measure the number of tiny particles of protein in the urine (microalbuminuria); if there is too much, it can mean the kidneys are not functioning as well as they should.
Another test to see how the kidneys work is a blood test called serum creatinine; it rises as kidney function deteriorates. Another blood test is creatinine clearance and it measures how well the kidneys filter waste from the blood. Generally doctors look at more than a single reading; they want to see trends in the functioning of the kidneys.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure alone can cause kidney damage; uncontrolled high blood sugar is also damaging to the kidneys so it is especially important that these, as well as cholesterol (and other lipids), are well controlled in people with diabetes. In fact, the American Diabetes Association reminds people to 'mind their 'A-B-C's': A1C test (a blood test that measures the previous 3 months of blood sugars), Blood pressure, and Cholesterol.
How often these tests are done depends upon the results; abnormal results will likely mean the doctor will want to see these tests done more frequently in order to make recommendations on treating. Fortunately, there are many good medications available to manage blood sugars, blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Your doctor, being familiar with your situation, could advise you on this. If you have not had the opportunity to meet with a diabetes educator in the past, you may want to ask your doctor for a referral. Good luck!
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Scion of Missoni fashion family on missing plane
Last Updated 4:04 p.m. ET
ROME Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared in Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people.
But 24 hours after the BN-2 Islander aircraft disappeared from radar screens on its short flight from Venzuela's coastal resort island of Los Roques to Caracas, the capital, no sign of the plane had been found, officials said.
"We have no other news" about the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni, the head of the company; his wife, Maurizia Castiglioni; two of their Italian friends; and two Venezuelan crew members, said Paolo Marchetti, a Missoni SpA official. He spoke briefly to reporters as he left company headquarters in the northern Italian town of Sumirago on Saturday afternoon.
Missoni's younger brother, Luca, who is active in the family-run business, was reportedly traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to monitor search efforts.
"We're holding onto a glimmer of hope," said Oswaldo Scalvenzi , a relative of Elda Scalvenzi, one of the Missoni friends aboard the flight. "Until we can see the wreckage" hope will remain, Scalvenzi told Italian state TV on Saturday night.
The La Repubblica.it, website of the Rome newspaper said Venezuelan aircraft, motorboats and helicopters took off at dawn Saturday to resume the search for the missing plane, which had been suspended on Friday night. The Italian news agency ANSA, reporting from Rome, said a specialized ocean-searching naval vessel also was being deployed.
Vittorio Missoni is the eldest son of the company's founder, Ottavio, who at 91 still follows the business.
The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that Ottavio and his wife Rosita were at their home in Italy, along with their daughter Angela, creative director of the company, waiting for information about the search. Rosita Missoni designs housewares for the company, and Angela's daughter, Margherita, has been infusing its classic designs with fresh appeal.
The Missoni fashion house, with its trademark zigzag and other geometric patterns in sweaters, scarves and other knitwear, is one of Italy's most famous fashion brands abroad.
Vittorio Missoni played a key role in marketing the Missoni family creations in Asia, especially in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea as general director of marketing for Missoni SpA. He also spearheaded a push for the company's products in the United States and France. His efforts to expand the brand abroad led Missoni to be dubbed the company's "ambassador."
On Friday, Venezuela's Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the plane was declared missing hours after taking off from Los Roques, a string of islands popular for scuba diving, white beaches and coral reefs, and where the Missonis and their friends were on vacation.
Vittorio Missoni has been described as an active sportsman and lover of the outdoors. He and his wife and their friends from northern Italy were scheduled to fly back to Italy on Friday, but their internal flight never made it to Caracas.
La Repubblica said the plane disappeared off radar screens shortly after takeoff from Los Roques on what was to been a 90-mile (140-kilometer) flight to the mainland.
The Missoni brand is scheduled to display its latest menswear creations at a fashion show in Milan later this month.
On Jan. 4, 2008, another plane returning to the Venezuelan mainland from Los Roques disappeared with 14 people aboard, including eight Italians. The body of the plane's Venezuelan co-pilot later washed ashore, but despite a search lasting weeks no other victims or the wreckage were found.
In 2009, a small plane returning from Los Roques with nine people aboard plunged into the Caribbean Sea, but all survived.


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Let's Move! Child Care is a nationwide call-to-action that empowers early care and education providers to make positive health changes in children.
Nemours, with the support of national and state public health and early care and education partners, received a five-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support healthy lifestyles for young children in child care. The funding, $4.2 million in the first year, will be used to assist early care and education (ECE) providers in six states adopt nutrition, breastfeeding support, physical activity, and screen time policies and practices.
Nemours has been an innovator in using a structured approach to training ECE providers adapted from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series (BTS) model. Working with national and state partners, Nemours will build on this approach to positively impact children birth to age five nationwide. In the first year, Nemours will focus work in six states: Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, and New Jersey with the goal of reaching 84,500 children.
- Childhood obesity is a widespread epidemic impacting many of the estimated 12 million children who spend time in ECE settings regularly.
- More than a quarter (26.7%) of the children 2- to 5-years-old are overweight or obese.
- Evidence-based research supports the need to provide healthy nutrition and physical activity environments for children at young ages.
- Nemours is one of the nation's leading child health organizations, with significant expertise and on the ground experience promoting healthy eating, physical activity and screen time reduction in the child care setting.
- In 2009, Nemours partnered with the CDC to create Healthy Kids, Healthy Future (HKHF), a national movement to promote health and prevent obesity in children ages birth to five.
- In 2011, Nemours partnered with First Lady Michelle Obama and public and private partners, when she launched Let's Move! Child Care — a nationwide call-to-action that empowers early care and education providers to make positive health changes in children that could last a lifetime.
- Builds on a proven learning collaborative model that has been tested and implemented by Nemours in Delaware, in partnership with community and state stakeholders, where child care providers have made significant and sustained changes in healthy eating and physical activity practices. This model was the basis for the Healthy Kids from Day One Act, legislation introduced by Senators Mark Udall (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Chris Coons (D-DE).
- The project begins in October 2012, and is expected to impact obesity prevention efforts in more than 840 ECE centers in the first year.
- The project primarily focuses on helping ECE providers adopt nutrition, breastfeeding support, physical activity, and screen time policies and practices through a collaborative method where ECE centers send two to three representatives to participate in group learning and action planning, and have access to technical assistance, tools, materials, and resources to aid in their continuous improvement. Information is shared within and between teams to create progress.
- This project uses a structured approach to train ECE providers to continuously make improvements to policy and practice changes in their program structure — incorporating healthy eating, physical activity, reduced screen time, and breastfeeding support into the daily routines, curriculum, family engagement, and activities of the child care setting. The approach is adapted from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series (BTS) model, a proven model that has been implemented by Nemours since 2006. The project's goal is to spread impactful, sustainable policy and practice changes to transform ECE programs in six states (Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, and New Jersey).
- Teams of ECE providers will be trained through a combination of structured workshops, ongoing technical assistance, and access to tools, materials, resources, and curricula based on Let's Move! Child Care and the Preventing Childhood Obesity, second edition standards.
"Early childhood educators are in a position to impact the healthy development of millions of young children by teaching them the importance of good nutrition and exercise. But they can't do it alone. Nemours and our partners are committed to doing whatever it takes to support the early care and education community as they help raise the next generation of healthy Americans."
— David J. Bailey, MD, MBA, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nemours
"Reaching kids early is the key to combating childhood obesity. Providing early care and education providers with the tools they need to help families develop healthy habits will go a long way toward ensuring the long term health and wellness of children."
— Debbie I. Chang, MPH, Vice President, Policy & Prevention, Nemours
"Child Care Aware of America is committed to partnering with Nemours in its effort to improve the health of children in child care settings. Through utilization of our wide provider network and training infrastructure, Child Care Aware of America will work with Nemours to outreach to child care providers, engage families and make valuable connections that will impact young children nationwide. This work is essential to preventing childhood obesity."
— Ollie M. Smith, Interim Executive Director, Child Care Aware of America
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Nemours is an internationally recognized children's health system that owns and operates the two free-standing children's hospitals: the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla., along with outpatient facilities in five states, delivering pediatric primary, specialty and urgent care. Nemours also powers the world's most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, KidsHealth.org, and offers on-demand, online video patient visits through Nemours CareConnect. Nemours ReadingBrightstart.org is a program dedicated to preventing reading failure in young children, grounded in Nemours' understanding that child health and learning are inextricably linked, and that reading level is a strong predictor of adult health.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy and prevention programs to families in the communities it serves.


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MARION — John D. Hett was born April 4, 1930 to John and Rena (Conyers) Hett of rural Marion, Kan. He passed away Nov. 10, 2012, in Marion, after a prolonged illness.
John lived in rural Marion, near the town of Aulne, his entire life. As the youngest of nine children in a happy and loving family, there were many large and interesting gatherings involving relatives and friends. Stories about these events and the happenings spawned by lives filled with the joy of strong family relationships and a certain creative humor abound in the lives of those who had the privilege to experience and participate in this family.
John's life was characterized by an open invitation to conversation with anyone who crossed his path. He is known for his many stories and his love for telling them. Each rendition seemed to come with a new twist of humor, and an embellishment that brought a new perspective and opportunity for laughter with those who happened to be in his presence. All knew the story at hand may very well include some event or happening which included John, or perhaps even those who were present. Or, that story may even include another twist only remotely related to the main event being told. All knew those stories were never told with malicious or mean intent, but only to provide an opportunity for joy or humor in the lives of those in attendance. During his time of living at St Luke Living Center he continued to engage staff, visitors, and family in his numerous conversations and stories, endearing himself to all he encountered.
John and his brother, Jim began farming together shortly after graduating from Marion High School. Their early work together included an earth-moving business, which started John's love of using the heavy equipment necessary for such work, a love that endured the remainder of his life. However, farming remained John's primary work and his interest in agriculture persisted to the last days of his life. His work with crops and livestock was used to teach his children values of honesty, integrity, perseverance, and hard work. He encouraged each to learn skills uniquely suited to his or her personality that would help them provide for their families.
Early in life, John decided to follow Christ as his Lord and Savior. It was a decision that shaped his life as he sought to help those in difficult circumstances. Over the years, his love for children and families became apparent as adults told of his work in their lives as young children. His life was one of generous provision of time and resources for those in need. He was baptized and joined his wife at Emmanuel Baptist Church, a decision made together because the church had been through a difficult time and needed families who could support the work. It was a decision that united their marriage and was characteristic of their generous spirit to work in the place of greatest need.
While attending a wedding, John met Kathryn Popp who was playing the organ. They began a courtship that lead to their marriage on Sept. 4, 1953. Their life together was one of a gentle love for each other and a generous hospitality to all who crossed their path. Together they hosted innumerable gatherings of family, friends, and strangers. Kathryn's death May 18, 2000, left a void in his life that was never replaced.
John was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Kathryn; an infant sister, Edith Hett; a sister, Iva Unruh; his brothers, Ron, Walt, Ern, Russ, and Tom; and a son-in-law, Lance Fleming. He was joined in heaven, by his sister, Ellen Darrow, on Nov. 12, 2012.
He is lovingly survived by a brother, Jim and wife Carol Hett of Marion; his sons, Ed and wife Jean Hett of Wichita, Eldon and wife Rhonda Hett of Marion, and Dave and wife Michele Hett of Marion; his daughters, Debra and husband Wayne Geis of Durham and Janet and husband Bruce Plank of Marion; 22 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and innumerable children who call him Grandpa John.
The funeral was at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Marion, with Pastor Josh Wesner officiating. Interment was in the Marion Cemetery. Memorial funds have been established for Emmanuel Baptist Church or for the St. Luke Foundation (for a nursing scholarship) in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion, KS 66861.


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Electric Cloud has extended its developer tools in support of the public cloud. According to the company, software developers will be able to automate and accelerate the software production process on physical, virtual, or public cloud computing resources.
The company's ElectricCommander software production automation solution now features an integration with the Amazon Web Services platform. This allows ElectricCommander to dynamically manage computing resources running in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), in addition to or instead of running on in-house resources. Further, Electric Cloud's full product line is now validated to run entirely on the Amazon Web Services platform.
"Adding public cloud resources at strategic times in the build-test-deploy cycle will enable software teams around to achieve even greater efficiencies," said Martin Van Ryswyk, vice president of engineering at Electric Cloud. "But once companies move these mission-critical operations outside the firewall, it's critical that they maintain the same enterprise standards they employ inside their walls, or else the effort can be risky and costly. That's why using purpose-built automation and management solutions like ours are important considerations when contemplating running procedures such as builds and tests in an public cloud environment."
Regardless of where the computing assets are located, Electric Cloud offers the following enterprise-class features that help companies gain maximum benefits from virtual and cloud-based environments:
- Step-level parallel processing lsts developers break down a large process, such as a build or a suite of tests, into individual steps, so each can run in parallel on separate resources for faster throughput.
- Support for heterogeneous builds and tests with a single system.
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Fallacy of composition
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The Fallacy of composition is the fallacy of concluding that something that is true of the parts is also true of the whole.
The opposite fallacy is the fallacy of division, the claim that something that is true of the whole is also true of the parts.
- Every atom in my body is invisible to the naked eye. Therefore, I am invisible to the naked eye.
- Each citizen in society has a mother. Therefore society has a mother.
- In the Book of Acts, Luke's description of cities, countries and various customs is historically accurate. Therefore, everything in the Book of Acts is historically accurate.
- In 2011, presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that "corporations are people", and defended this argument by saying that corporations are composed of people.
A few obviously fallacious arguments should suffice to show that composition is not a valid inference.
- Everything in the universe is moved. Therefore, the universe is moved.
- Everything in the universe is caused. Therefore, the universe is caused.


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Corporate Resources earns 2013 Small Business Award
There was no doubt that Jan Barwick Parson was surprised when it was announced she had won the Pinnacle of Achievement award Thursday afternoon.
The award � presented annually to the top local female businessperson by the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce � is one of the most prestigious in the area.
�It�s just an honor to be with a group of ladies who have already received this in the past,� said Parson, who was presented the award by the 2012 winner, Linda Rouse Sutton. �It�s just an honor to be nominated, but to win it is unbelievable.�
Parson is the director of events and programs for the Chamber and is usually the one who orders the trophy and puts together the press release about the winner.
This year, she actually wrote a press release on someone she thought had won the award, while her boss, Chamber President Laura Lee Sylvester, wrote the �real� release and ordered the trophy behind Parson�s back.
�I was totally and completely surprised,� Parson said. �I had absolutely no idea I would be receiving this.�
Sylvester admitted the past few days of hiding the news from her friend and coworker was unnerving.
�This was close to the best day I�ve ever had at the Chamber,� Sylvester said. �The reason I�m most excited for Jan is that she does so much for this community that is not part of her job description at all. She is so deserving of this and I�m so pleased for her.�
Criteria for winners include demonstrating excellence, creativity and initiative in their profession; providing valuable service by contributing time and energy to improving the quality of life in their community; and assisting others in reaching their full leadership potential.
Tammy Kelly, the 2011 Pinnacle award winner, nominated Parson. In her nomination form, Kelly noted that Parson �could possibly be the greatest voice supporting Kinston and Lenoir County.�
Her nomination included, �She has never wavered nor given a second thought that this is a city and county worth believing in and investing in.�
Parson wasn�t the only winner at Thursday�s ceremony that took place during the Kinston Noon Rotary weekly meeting. The 2013 Small Business Award was presented to Corporate Resources; the 2013 Minority Business Award was won by PathChoice Counseling; and the 2013 Microenterprise of the Year was awarded to Fin-Tastic Fish & Pets.
Corporate Resources was founded in 1951 by Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Bowen on Caswell Street. A fire caused by a lightning strike destroyed the building in 1989, leaving the owners with a decision of whether to rebuild or not. The owners decided to stay in Kinston and paid their employees during the nine-month period it took to rebuild their new location at 704 Plaza Blvd.
The company, now headed by Scott Bowen, was recently named by Quick Printing Magazine as one of the Top 100 Printers in North America.
Evelyn Dove-Coleman, a counselor and author, is the owner of PathChoice, which was started in Chapel Hill in 1992. After being relocated to Kinston in 1996, the organization has offered cost-free counseling to individuals and families through email, in phone calls and in person. The organization also provides role model speakers to motivate inner-city, at-risk youth to �choose paths� that are crime-free, drug-free and illiteracy-free.
PathChoice, 539 Briary Run, will host a writing camp this summer designed to help youth and adults develop little books by the end of the camp.
Fin-Tastic is owned by Debbie and Stan Hauer, who have a combined 53 years of experience in horse and cattle breeding and ranching, commercial fishing and SCUBA diving to collect marine livestock. The couple moved to Lenoir County in 2006 to be closer to Debbie�s mother and opened the store at 705 Phillips Road � which sells a growing variety of fresh and saltwater fish, livestock, plants, coral, equipment and supplies for indoor and outdoor aquariums � in April 2012.
The shop also sells exotic birds, reptiles, arachnids, amphibians, hamsters and ferrets, among many other animals and supplies for them.
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at BCHanks.
Past Athena and Pinnacle of Achievement award winners:
1988: Jewel Mullinex
1989: Pat McCain
1990: Lucille Harrison
1991: Carol D. Tyndall
1992: Debbie Chused
1993: Dr. Rose Pully
1994: Alice Tingle
1995: Kay Harrell
1996: Lisa C. Green
1997: Annette T. West
1998: Nell A. Jarman
1999: Eliza N. Worthington
2000: Frances Parrott
2001: June Cummings
2002: Sandy Landis
2003: Joyce Cherry
2004: Rosalind S. McDonald
2005: Connie Nobles Mintz
2006: Leigh Harvey McNairy
2007: Brenda Canup
2008: Suzanne Gallaher
2009: Agnes Ho
2010: Shirley Herring
2011: Tammy Kelly
2012: Linda Rouse Sutton
Source: Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce


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Fox ended its Thursday CinemaCon presentation with a surprise guest: James Cameron.
He announced that there will be four Avatar sequels, not the three previously planned. "We have decided to embark on a truly massive cinematic process," he said.
Cameron said as he was planning the three sequels, he found it limiting. "We began to bump up against the limitations for our art form," he said, explaining that he decided he would need more sequels to tell the whole story.
He said each of the four sequels will be able to stand alone, but will together create a saga. His goal is to release Avatar 2 at Christmas 2018 and the a new film in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
"I've been working the last couple of years with a team of four top screenwriters," he said, "to design the world of Avatar going forward: The characters, the creatures, the environment, the new cultures."
"So far, the art I'm seeing, is in pure imagination, really far beyond the first film," he said. "It's going to be a true epic saga."
The 2009 film earned $2.8 billion worldwide.
Cameron also spoke at length in support of the theatrical experience.
"So together, we're going to continue to make this industry the greatest show on earth. That's what we do," he said to strong applause.
James Cameron also slammed the Screening Room, saying "I think it's absolutely essential for movies to be offered exclusively in theaters on their their initial release. So boom."
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Incredible waste, hardly anyone wants ONE sequel let alone four.
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Hard to get excited for stuff coming in 3-6 years
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I am interested. He's been working on this for YEARS, I feel like he's created enough layers when you will need all the sequels to express it. But it is hard to get excited about something so far away.
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There's 2.8 billion reasons why it isn't.Incredible waste
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Hubble Views Distant Galaxies through a Cosmic Lens
This Hubble telescope image of a rich cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218 is a spectacular example of gravitational lensing. The arc-like pattern spread across the picture like a spider web is an illusion caused by the cluster's gravitational field.
This cluster of galaxies is so massive and compact that light rays passing through it are deflected by its enormous gravitational field, much as a camera's lens bends light to form an image. This phenomenon magnifies, brightens, and distorts images of those faraway objects, providing a powerful "zoom lens" for viewing galaxies that are so far away they could not normally be observed with the largest telescopes.
Distant Galaxies of Abell 2218 Viewed Through a Cosmic Lens
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Silicone fingers fool punch-in clock in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Brazilian newspaper O Globo is reporting that a doctor in Sao Paulo was arrested after being caught in the act of using fake fingers made of silicone and imprinted with real finger prints to defraud a hospital's biometric punch-in clock.
The news report says the doctor, Thauane Nunes Ferreira, was detained and released Sunday. Police told the newspaper the suspect confessed to using different fake fingers bearing the prints of 11 fellow doctors and 20 nurses to pretend they were showing up to work five overnight shifts each month instead of just one. She also said the staff at the Ferraz Vasconcelos Hospital paid the director $2,400 per month to participate.
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The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, today announced that while the situation in Syria continues to be very grim, " a solution may be forthcoming.
There is no prospect for moving forward today or tomorrow, " Mr. Brahimi told journalists following a briefing of the Security Council on the issue. But I also told the Council that, paradoxically, now that I have found out a little more about what is happening in the country and the region, I think that we will find an opening in the not-to-distant future. "
More than 18,000 people, mostly civilians, have died since the uprising against President al-Assad began in March 2011. In addition, more than 260,000 Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries and an estimated 2.5 million are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Mr. Brahimi recently returned from his trip to the Middle East where he met with President al-Assad to discuss the crisis. He then visited refugee camps in Turkey and Jordan, where he heard first-hand accounts of the struggles facing those who fled the conflict in their homeland.
On Saturday, upon his return from the region, the Joint Special Representative met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to address the violence in Syria and on how to progress towards an inclusive political solution that will address the legitimate demands of the Syrian people
In his press encounter today, Mr. Brahimi acknowledged that while he did not have a full plan " as of yet on how to tackle the escalating conflict, he planned on returning to Syria soon.
I`m returning to the region and I have agreed with the Council that I will come back here as soon as I can with more ideas on how we can move forward, " Mr. Brahimi continued. I refuse to believe that reasonable people do not see that you cannot go backward; that you cannot go back to the Syria of the past. "
Turning his attention to the Security Council`s ongoing deadlock " due to differences over how to proceed, the Council has so far been unable to unite and take collective action to put an end to the crisis " Mr. Brahimi said he was encouraged by the Council members` interest in the situation and their generous support " to his mission. He also called on both the Council and the League of Arab States to remain united in their position.
I said that if I do not represent the entire Council, I`m nothing, " Mr. Brahimi stated. I need to be seen to represent a united Council and united League of Arab States. "
Addressing the press stakeout, Ambassador Peter Wittig of Germany, which holds the Council`s rotating presidency for this month, said the Council welcomed the opportunity to discuss the situation in Syria with Mr. Brahimi and that the Council members expressed grave concern about the ongoing violence in the country and its humanitarian impact. Furthermore, he reaffirmed the Council`s full and strong support " for the UN envoy`s mission.
For his part, Mr. Brahimi noted that there was no disagreement anywhere " that the situation in Syria was getting worse and that the violence had turned into a threat to regional peace and security. Nevertheless, he urged patience. Please don`t forget that I started just three weeks ago, " he noted.
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Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the works, died Sunday at his home in Potomac, Md. He was 87.
Karnow had congestive heart failure and died in his sleep, said son Michael Karnow.
A former correspondent for Time, the Washington Post and other publications, Karnow was one of the first U.S. journalists to report from Vietnam in the late 1950s, when American involvement in South Vietnam was still confined to a small group of advisors. He reported on the first two U.S. deaths in Vietnam, not suspecting that tens of thousands would follow.
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His coverage of the war spawned an epic PBS documentary series and his bestseller "Vietnam: A History," published in 1983. Even-handed and thorough, it remains a definitive work on the unpopular war.
His next book was "In Our Image," which examined the U.S. presence in the Philippines through history's long lens, starting in the late 1800s when Admiral George Dewey defeated the Spanish navy at Manila Bay. It included his accounts of the country's strong-fisted leader Ferdinand Marcos and his colorful wife, Imelda, as well as martyred opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., and Aquino's widow, Corazon. The companion PBS series aired in 1989, and in 1990 Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for history.
His other books included "Mao and China," which in 1973 received a National Book Award nomination, and "Paris in the Fifties," a memoir published in 1997.
Once described by Vietnam reporter Morley Safer as the embodiment of "the wise old Asian hand," Karnow was known for his precision and research — his Vietnam book reaches back to ancient times — and his willingness to see past his own beliefs. A critic of the Vietnam War who was on President Nixon's enemies list, he still found cruelty and incompetence among the North Vietnamese. His friendship with Philippines leader Corazon Aquino did not stop him from criticizing her presidency.
The son of a machinery salesman and his Hungarian wife, Karnow was born in New York on Feb. 2, 1925. As a teenager he wrote radio plays and edited his high school newspaper. At Harvard, he studied European history and literature and wrote for the Crimson.
During World II he was posted to Asia, where he spent much of his service living in the mountains between China and India as a weather observer, cryptographer and unit historian in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After returning to Harvard to earn his degree in 1947, he moved to Paris, where he studied at the Sorbonne and married Claude Sarraute, the daughter of experimental novelist Nathalie Sarraute. "I went to Paris, planning to stay for the summer. I stayed for 10 years," he wrote in "Paris in the Fifties."
His marriage to Sarraute ended in divorce in 1955. His second wife, Annette, died of cancer in 2009. He is survived by three children.
Karnow's journalism career began with dispatches to a Connecticut weekly, which led, in 1950, to Time hiring him as a researcher. Promoted to correspondent in1950, he covered strikes, auto racing and the beginning of the French conflict with Algeria, but also interviewed Audrey Hepburn ("a memorable if regrettably brief encounter"), fashion designer Christian Dior and director John Huston.
In 1958 he was assigned by Time to Hong Kong as bureau chief for Southeast Asia and soon began covering Vietnam. Like so many others, he initially supported the war and believed in the "domino theory," which asserted that if South Vietnam were to fall to communism its neighbors would too. But by war's end, he agreed with the soldier asked by a reporter in 1968 what he thought of the conflict: "It stinks" was the reply.
The publication of "Vietnam: A History" coincided with a 13-part PBS documentary series, aired in 1983 when the book was released. Decades later, the book has remained essential, read and taught alongside such classics as David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" and Michael Herr's "Dispatches."
"Because he has a sharp eye for the illustrative moment and a keen ear for the telling quote, his book is first-rate as a popular contribution to understanding the war," Douglas Pike, a former U.S. government official in Vietnam who became a leading authority on the war, wrote for the New York Times in a 1983 review.
The PBS series won six Emmys, a Peabody and a Polk and was the highest-rated documentary at the time for public television, with an average of 9.7 million viewers per episode. Along with much praise came criticism from the left and right. Conservatives were so angered by the documentary that PBS agreed to let the right-wing Accuracy in Media air a rebuttal, "Television's Vietnam: The Real Story." But Karnow's appraisal of the war did not change.
"What did we learn from Vietnam?" Karnow later told the Associated Press. "We learned that we shouldn't have been there in the first place."


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By CYRUS LEVESQUE
ADDISON COUNTY — A number of Addison County elementary schools were included on a watch list released by the Vermont Department of Education late last week.
While most schools in the county and in the state did not make the list, which flags schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress as required by the No Child Left Behind Act, a Department of Education official said the list will likely grow in coming years as NCLB standards get tougher.
Five Addison County schools were tagged as not having made Adequate Yearly Progress for the first time and two area schools entered year two of being targeted for school improvement. Vergennes Union High School was taken off the "needs improvement" list.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — As director of AmeriCorps*VISTA, Sen. Matt Dunne, D-Hartland, organized thousands of people to perform community service projects throughout the nation.
Dunne, 36, is now organizing a grassroots campaign that he hopes will push him over the top in his bid to unseat incumbent Lt. Gov. Michael Dubie.
Dunne was in Middlebury last week stumping for support in anticipation of his first hurdle in the election — a primary contest against fellow Democrat John Tracy, a Burlington representative in the Vermont House.
"I want the next generation to be able to earn a living and stay in Vermont, and I plan to work hard to make the state a place where our children and grandchildren can live in strong, vibrant communities," Dunne said.
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NORWICH � Three new officers have joined the ranks of the Norwich Police Department.
Two recruits, Guy Cherenfant, 29, of Putnam, and Robert McKinney, 28, of Norwich, were sworn in Friday. They will enter the Connecticut Police Academy on Jan. 3 and are expected to graduate in June.
After graduation, they will begin field training in Norwich.
�The reason they�re here today is they�re the best of the best,� Police Chief Louis Fusaro told the new recruits� family and friends at the swearing-in ceremony. �We�re very, very confident that these two gentlemen will succeed.�
In addition, Officer Michael Lax, 27, of Gales Ferry, a three-year veteran of the New London police, was sworn in Thursday and began field training.
Cherenfant was born in Cap-Hat�en, Haiti, and lived there until age 16, when he moved to Chatham, Mass. Cherenfant graduated from Chatham High School in 2005 and received an associate degree in criminal justice at Quinsigamond Community College.
Cherenfant is fluent in French, French Creole and English.
He has a wife, Jodie, and two children, Ramaya, 7, and David, 2.
Cherenfant said he is happy to have the opportunity to help people. �To give peace to a kid at night, that�s what I want to do,� he said.
McKinney was born in New London and raised in Quaker Hill. He graduated from Waterford High School in 2003 and received a bachelor�s degree in sociology from UConn in 2008.
He was formerly an assistant general manager at Best Buy in Waterford.
�It�s always been something I was considering,� McKinney said about a career in law enforcement. �I want to make a difference.�
Lax is a graduate of the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden. He graduated from Glastonbury High School in 2005 and from UConn with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics.
Lax also is a staff sergeant in the Connecticut National Guard.
Sgt. James Veiga, who is in charge of recruiting at the Norwich department, said more officers are on the way.
�We�re starting on the next round right now,� he said.