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ROME — Rome's mayor, police chief and the pope's right-hand man have all refused to grant Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy. Now comes the question of where to bury him, since neither Rome, nor his adopted homeland of Argentina, nor his hometown in Germany wants him.
The former SS captain spent nearly 50 years on the run before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial for the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, in which 335 civilians were killed. He died Friday at age 100 in the Rome home of his lawyer, Paolo Giachini, where he had been serving his life term under house arrest.
Rome's archdiocese made it official Monday, saying it had told Giachini to have the funeral at home "in strict privacy" and that Pope Francis' vicar for Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, had prohibited any Rome church from celebrating it.
But Giachini refused, pressing instead for a private church Mass. The archdiocese responded by reminding all Roman priests that they must abide by Vallini's decision.
Separately, Rome's police chief and the government prefect for the capital announced they would prohibit "any form of solemn or public celebration" for Priebke. Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino said the city would accept neither a church funeral nor a burial for him.
It was a stunning rebuke by both church and state that was greatly appreciated by Rome's Jewish community, which has long resented having Priebke living in its midst, particularly after he was granted small freedoms from his house arrest like going to church.
"Any demonstration of honor — civil or religious — would be an intolerable affront to the memory of those who fell in the fight for freedom of Nazism and fascism," said the head of Italy's Jewish communities, Renzo Gattegna.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center also hailed the solidarity shown by both civil and religious leaders to deny Priebke a funeral.
During his trial, Priebke admitted shooting two people and rounding up victims in retaliation for an attack by resistance fighters that killed 33 members of a Nazi military police unit. He insisted he was only following orders.
In a telephone interview, Giachini said he never intended to make a political or public event out of the funeral, but said that as a practicing Catholic, Priebke deserved a Catholic funeral and burial.
"It's a question of a right to religious liberty," he said.
But not even Priebke's adopted homeland of Argentina, where he lived as a fugitive in the mountain resort of Bariloche, would take him: Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said his remains wouldn't be allowed in Argentine territory.
Giachini suggested Priebke might be buried in his native land, noting that he "really loved Germany."
In Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said a German citizen could be buried in Germany but that no request had been made about Priebke.
Priebke was born in Hennigsdorf, a small town north of Berlin. The town administration pointed Monday to local rules that give only residents a right to burial in its cemetery, German news agency dpa reported. Exceptions are possible in cases where people have family graves there, but the Priebke family doesn't have any.
Geir Moulson contributed from Berlin and Mike Warren from Buenos Aires.

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South Bay &mdash: An estimated 4,000 people are expected to participate in a charity race Sunday morning in the South Bay.
The Allstate Life Insurance Los Angeles 13.1 Marathon & 5K will wind along the beach in Venice, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey and El Segundo before it concludes in Playa del Rey with a post-race party.
The event features celebrity guests, live music, food and refreshments.
The half-marathon starts at 7 a.m. on the Venice Boardwalk and ends near the beach in Playa del Rey. The cost to enter is $95.
The 5K starts and finishes at Dockweiler State Beach. It starts at 7:15 a.m. Cost is $25.
For more information, visit 131LosAngeles.com
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I'd like to use scummVM with DreamInducer, but I can't get that binary to work. I did try to unscramble the SCUMMVM.BIN file found on the dreamcast archive, whithout success. It works good when scrambled, so that's a bit odd.
I remember some time ago Erwan from DC-France did nighty builds of scummVM, and those were given with an unscrambled file and a .elf file. So I guess it's possible.
Could somebody test it and compile me an unscrambled binary ?
Thanks !
I didn't compile ScummVM from scratch, but here's a SBI for the last stable version '1.0.0' that I made. I hope it works for you.
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... But I can't download it
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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2749. Approximately 36" diameter:
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2751. Over 12 feet long:
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2752. Around 24" long:
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2753. 6" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:
2754. This is a museum display, I'm mostly interested in the two small pieces in the foreground, no one has been able to determine their purpose:
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2749. A surveyor's Land Measuring Instrument, when rolled along the ground the counter would show the distance in feet, patent number 2,121,867:
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2750. This is a clamp for holding a log on a one-man bucksaw, also called a drag saw, patent number 420,115:
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2751. A hand for a large clock with a 15' diameter dial, made by Verdin:
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2752. No answer yet for this tool:
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2753. This is a grapefruit knife, patent number 2,637,899:
2754. The plaque at the museum said this was a 'German Bleeder Set', the two glass items are blood-letting cups and the three large brass devices are multi-bladed mechanical scarificators. Haven't yet identified the two small parts, the one on the left looks like it could fit into the holes of the other piece. Closest that I could find to them is the small ring torch on this page.
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To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile, please include dimensions, any text on the item, and where it was found.
Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.
More discussion and comments on these photos can be found at the newsgroup rec.puzzles.
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- AnonymousDecember 27, 2012 at 7:16 AM
2751 looks like the hand of a tower clockReplyDelete
2752 could be a spanning tool...
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- AnonymousDecember 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM
guessing here, is 2749 a wheel for measuring distances? Considering the cupping and scarifyers in the back ground, I'd guess that the bras devices in the foreground are handles for cranking down on torniqits.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, 2749 is a land measuring instrument. Still not sure about the brass pieces in 2754 but I'll do some searching on your idea.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2012 at 4:53 PM
2753 I think "Parrot Head"'s answer at neatorama is the most plausible one...ReplyDelete
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Other winners include Camion, Piazza Fontana, House With a Turret and Sofia's Last Ambulance.
The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held its closing cermony last night with the Crystal Globe (and $25,000) going to Martin Lund's The Almost Man from Norway. The film is about a 35-year-old man on the verge of fatherhood who has trouble growing up.
The jury, led by the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Richard Pena, gave a special jury prize (worth $15,000) to Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy by Marco Tullio Giordana from Italy.
Best Director was Rafaël Ouellet for Camion.
Best Actress went to Leila Hatami for The Last Step from Iran. Best Actor was shared by The Almost Man's Henrik Rafaelsen and To Kill A Beaver's Eryk Lubos. A special mention was given to Yannis Papadopoulos for Boy Eating The Bird's Food and the four Czech actors from Polski Film: Pavel Liska, Tomáš Matonoha, Marek Daniel and Josef Polášek.
The East of the West Competition Award (worth $20,000) went to House With A Turret by Eva Neymann from the Ukraine. A special mention went to Vanishing Waves/Aurora by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper (Lithuania-France-Belgium).
The documentary jury gave its prizes to Sofia's Last Ambulance by Ilian Metev (Bulgaria-Croatia-Germany) for film over 30 minutes; and Story for the Modlins by Sergio Oksman (Spain) for film under 30 minutes. A special mention went to Private Universe by Helena Třeštíková from the Czech Republic.
The Independent Camera Jury for the Forum of Independents section gave its prize to Death of a Man in the Balkans by Miroslav Momčilović by Serbia.
The Audience award went to Come As You Are (Hasta la vista) by Geoffrey Enthoven.
The Fipresci award went to The Last Step (Peleh akhar) by Ali Mosaffa from Iran.
The Ecumenical prize went to Rafael Ouellet's Camion with a commendation for Hay Road by Rodrigo Areias.
The FEDEORA award went to Flower Buds (Poupata) by Zdeněk Jiráský.
The Netpac jury honoured Beyond The Hill by Emin Alper (Turkey-Greece).
The Europa Cinemas Label went to Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy.
As previously reported the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema went to Helen Mirren and Susan Sarandon while the Festival President's Award went to Josef Somr.


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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
The UWRF snow removal policy is in effect from November 1st through March 31st each year.
Employee lots and service roads will be plowed first, followed by the main aisles in student lots. These actions are necessary to attempt to preserve access for emergency vehicles. Vehicles parked illegally in these areas will be towed at the owner's expense. If excessive snow exists in employee lots making parking impossible, contact the Parking Department for alternatives.
When it is necessary to plow student lots completely, students will be notified prior to the plowing date. Notices will be posted on the parking information boards in each residence hall, which are located by exit doors leading to the parking lots.
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Daniel Day-Lewis has joined a select group of Academy Award recipients with his third Oscar, taking the best-actor trophy Sunday for his monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War saga "Lincoln."
"Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence has triumphed in Hollywood's big games, winning best actress as a damaged soul in "Silver Linings Playbook," while Ang Lee pulled off a huge upset as best director for "Life of Pi."
In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread Sunday's honors among a range of films, with "Argo" winning three trophies but "Life of Pi" leading with four.
At 22, Lawrence is the second-youngest woman to win best actress, behind Marlee Matlin, who was 21 when she won for "Children of a Lesser God." Lawrence also is the third-youngest best-actress contender ever, earning her first nomination at age 20 two years ago for her breakout role in "Winter's Bone," the film that took her from virtual unknown to one of Hollywood's most-versatile and sought-after performers.
"Argo" was the surprise winner for best picture and also won adapted screenplay for Chris Terrio, who worked with Affleck to create a liberally embellished story based on an article about the rescue and part of CIA operative Tony Mendez's memoir.
Terrio dedicated the award to Mendez, saying "33 years ago, Tony, using nothing but his creativity and his intelligence, Tony got six people out of a bad situation."
Lee won best director for the shipwreck story "Life of Pi," taking the prize over Steven Spielberg, who had been favored for "Lincoln."
"I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this incredible journey with me," Lee said to all who worked on the film, a surprise blockbuster about a youth trapped on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
Winning the Oscar for best live action short film was Shawn Christensen, a native of Wappingers Falls, for his film, "Curfew," which he directed. It was shown at the Woodstock Film Festival in October.
Broadway veteran and Middletown High School grad Aaron Tveit, who plays Enjolras in "Les Miserables," put his vocal skills to work Sunday night as the "Les Miserables," cast performed a medley from the movie. He joined stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and others.
Anne Hathaway went from propping up leaden sidekick James Franco at the Academy Awards to hefting a golden statue of her own with a supporting-actress Oscar win as a doomed mother-turned-prostitute in the musical "Les Miserables."
"It came true," said Hathaway, who joins 2002 supporting-actress winner Catherine Zeta-Jones for "Chicago" and 2006 recipient Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls." Hathaway had warm thanks for "Les Miz" co-star Hugh Jackman, with whom she once sang a duet at the Oscars when he was the show's host.
Christoph Waltz won his second supporting-actor Oscar for a Tarantino film, this time as a genteel bounty hunter in the slave-revenge saga "Django Unchained." Tarantino also won his second Oscar, for original screenplay for "Django."
With a monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln, Day-Lewis became the only performer to win three best-actor Oscars, adding to the honors he earned for "My Left Foot" and "There Will Be Blood." He's just the sixth actor to earn three or more Oscars, tied with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman and Walter Brennan with three each, and just behind Katharine Hepburn, who won four.
A veteran performer in Germany and his native Austria, Waltz had been a virtual unknown in Hollywood when Tarantino cast him as a gleefully evil Nazi in 2009's "Inglourious Basterds," which won him his first Oscar.
There was a rare tie in one category, with the Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" and the James Bond tale "Skyfall" each winning for sound editing.
The performance-heavy Oscars also included an opening number featuring Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum, who did a classy dance while MacFarlane crooned "The Way You Look Tonight." Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt then joined MacFarlane for an elegant musical rendition of "High Hopes."
Barbra Streisand injected some musical sentiment into the show's segment memorializing Hollywood figures who died in the past year as she sang "The Way We Were," the Oscar-winning song.
A salute to the resurgence of movie musicals in the last decade included Oscar winners Zeta-Jones singing "All That Jazz" from "Chicago" and Hudson doing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from "Dreamgirls." Hathaway and Jackman joined cast mates of "Les Miserables" to sing songs from their musical.
'Argo' wins Best Picture at Oscars
Daniel Day-Lewis has joined a select group of Academy Award recipients with his third Oscar, taking the best-actor trophy Sunday for his monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War saga "Lincoln."


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Please sign the petition to stop the criminalisation of the homeless and buskers in Chester
Cheshire West and Chester Council have decided that it would be a good idea to deal with homelessness not by providing shelter for the vulnerable but by making it a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to £1000 to 'lie down or sleep in any public place'.
In a wide-ranging proposal to tackle 'antisocial behaviour' in the city using controversial new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) powers they are also planning to criminalise buskers who haven't passed a 'quality assessment' first though the private business group CH1 BID company. This proposal turns council officials into civic Simon Cowells with a nasty twist, the power to give musicians a criminal record for singing songs on the streets. It is attack on the spontaneity and informality which is part of what makes busking such an integral part of Chester's cultural heritage. Ludicrously, the proposed PSPO would also make it a criminal offence to 'feed any bird' in the defined area.
When Oxford City Council introduced similar proposals over 72,000 people signed a petition asking them to think again and Liberty issued a legal challenge calling on them to abandon their unlawful attempts to criminalise homeless people and buskers.
As Rosie Brighouse, Legal Officer for Liberty rightly pointed out in that challenge:
"If somebody is forced to beg or sleep in a public toilet, that's not antisocial behaviour – it's poverty. Oxford City Council should focus on finding ways to help the most vulnerable people in their city, not slapping them with a criminal record and a fine they can't possibly afford to pay.
One of the architects of Cheshire West and Chester Council's proposals, Chief Inspector Jez Taylor, a partnership officer with Cheshire Police, has justified them in the following terms:
"Chester is one of the best preserved medieval walled cities in the United Kingdom. Its Roman heritage and many assets including the cathedral, the walls, the racecourse, the zoo and the river…a PSPO will…improve the image of the city centre'
But this approach to policy making privileges the appearance of Chetser and surrounding areas over its' citizens' wellbeing, and risks treating rough sleepers, the vulnerable and even buskers as a problem to be dealt with, as an inconvenience, as a threat, rather than as individual human beings.
The Keep Streets Live Campaign is a not for profit organisation which advocates for public spaces which are open to informal offerings of art and music. We have successfully overturned policies which criminalised buskers in Liverpool and York where we now work with the councils to design best practise policies for street culture alongside groups like the Musician's Union.
We are calling on Cheshire West and Chester Council to abandon their plan to criminalise rough sleeping, begging and busking. The council and police have strong existing powers to deal with the small minority of people who cause genuine antisocial behaviour, they have no need for the proposed sweeping and arbitrary measures. We have seen public pressure prevent similar measures being adopted in Oxford, Westminster and Hackney and know that public pressure can stop this from happening in Chester too. Please take a moment to sign and share this petition to stop Cheshire West and Chester Council from making homelessness harder than it already is.


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Dear Amy: Is there a particular age that a child should stop showering with a sibling of the opposite sex?
I have a 9-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy. The majority of the time, probably 85 percent to 90 percent, they shower or bathe separately. However, there are times when I just want to get showers done and I have them shower together in my larger shower.
Other times they may ask to shower/bathe together, although this is probably only every few months. When together, they tend to just act silly or play with random bath toys while shampooing and washing up. They don't grab at each other, nor do they talk about their body parts.
My thought is that showering together will just naturally stop, most likely when my daughter hits puberty or when she feels her body is changing. My husband, however, is vehemently opposed to the kids continuing to shower together because they are of the opposite gender, and he thinks it is inappropriate.
My husband thinks I should defer to him on this issue since it is important to him, but I am having a hard time seeing his side of things.
What do you think?
-- Tired Mom
Dear Mom: My instinct about showering/bathing is aligned with yours: It will naturally stop when your daughter hits puberty and starts feeling strongly about body privacy.
However, I agree with your husband that because this is important to him, you should defer to him.
He has instincts, too, and they should be respected. After all, he is the only person in the room who used to be a little boy.
Dear Amy: I have another suggestion for the granddaughter of "Too Much Contact," who is bothered by her parents' daily phone calls.
Back in the olden days of the 1980s and '90s, my mother would speak to her parents at a set day and time each week. Every Sunday evening at 9 p.m. (after we kids were in bed), the phone would ring, and my mother would have a nice long chat with her folks for 30 or 40 minutes.
I found out later that my grandmother would keep a notepad by the phone and jot down topics that she wanted to cover during their conversations to make sure nothing was left out. This system worked for them for more than 20 years.
-- Eavesdropping Granddaughter
Dear Eavesdropping: Scheduling calls is a great idea because everyone involved can count on it.
Sunday was the day I always spoke with my mother. We talked at other times, too, but I hold special memories of our Sunday calls because they were long, lingering and meandered from topic to topic (I should have had a notepad on hand).
I also love the image of a young girl eavesdropping on her mother's chats with her own parents. I think it's a great opportunity for a kid to witness this loving generational dynamic.
Dear Amy: I'm responding to "Carpool Mom," whose 14-year-old son's childhood friend now seems to ignore him during their carpool rides to school.
This was so familiar for me. I met my best friend in third grade. She was new to school; our teacher got us together, and we were inseparable for about four years.
Once we were in junior high, she wanted to be different from me. She wanted to start smoking and hung out with a different crowd.
We carpooled for about the first half of the year but then decided to get to school on our own. I was lucky because my parents let me make that decision and never questioned it.
Years later we reconnected through social media, and I am happy that she is doing well. It just goes to show that people do grow and change.
-- Former Carpool Kid
Dear Former: It can be quite painful for a parent to watch her child be ignored or treated badly by a friend, but childhood friendships do have a natural course and they do break down, often when kids reach middle school age and start to move in separate social circles.
� Amy Dickinson is a Tribune Media Service national columnist. Send questions via email to firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611.
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Dear Amy: Is there a particular age that a child should stop showering with a sibling of the opposite sex?


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Admissions » Graduate » Jack C. Massey College of Business » Massey Graduate School of Business » Programs » PMBA » PMBA Curriculum and Required Core Courses
PMBA students complete an MBA business core that includes content coverage in each of the basic functional areas of business: accounting, business law, finance, management, marketing, business technology , and strategic management, plus required courses in other critical areas such as leadership. Part of what also makes the Massey MBA different, though, is its threading of business ethics, entrepreneurial thinking, and international business concepts throughout the program. And Massey is one of only a handful of MBA programs in the U.S. that requires an international business study-abroad experience (MGT 6350) of each student prior to graduation.
In addition to the completion of a required common business core curriculum, PMBA students have the option of selecting any one of the following areas of focus through which to customize their degree programs: Accounting, Business Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare Management, International Business, Marketing, Music Business or a student can choose a General Business focus that offers maximum flexibility by combining those electives that best fit one's desired career path.
ACC 6480. Corporate Financial and Managerial Accounting (2). This course addresses the three main purposes for which managers use accounting: (1) accounting information allows managers to understand, and learn from, the effect of past decisions; (2) managers use accounting to communicate with external constituents; and (3) managers use accounting to communicate plans and goals to subordinates and to monitor their performance over time. The course illustrates the use of financial reports to communicate a view of the firm to outside parties. Students will explore the benefits of financial reports as well as their limitations. The course also addresses some difficulties managers and accountants face in measuring and describing the economic substance of an organization. The course develops an understanding of how formal management systems can be used as levers to implement strategy and demonstrates how accounting data can be used to control operating performance.
ETP 6500. The Entrepreneurial Challenge (2). This course explores the contemporary view of entrepreneurship as a method of management applicable in enterprises of all sizes and stages of development. Within this view, entrepreneurs are "made, not born" as they develop different strategic orientations, different patterns of commitment to opportunity and differing perspectives on resource control, management structure, and compensation/reward policy. This orientation may be summarized as being more nimble with a persistent emphasis upon innovation. Completion of an entrepreneurship project is an integral part of the course.
FIN 6100. Financial Management (2). Prerequisite: Must pass entrance exam. This course contains the basic financial concepts, tools, and techniques used by financial managers. The topics covered include cash flow analysis, stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, the cost of capital, long-term financial planning, and strategic financial decisions.
MKT 6450. Marketing Management (2). This course provides students opportunities to study and practice the managerial approach to marketing. Marketing managers are viewed as decision-makers and problem-solvers. The course includes lectures, case analysis, guest speakers, and team projects, which integrate the student's marketing background. Strategic choices of marketing mix variables are investigated in the context of industrial and consumer goods companies of various sizes.
MGT 6650. Organizational Behavior and Management (2). This course provides a foundation and understanding of human behavior in organizations, including the effect of organization structure, design, systems and culture on that behavior. The course explores current approaches, successful practices and models that managers use to influence individuals and groups within and outside the organization.
MGT 6710. The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (2). This course examines how the legal environment shapes managerial decision-making and the ethical issues that emerge. Topics include the regulatory environment, contracts, business torts, partnership and corporations, anti-trust, environmental law, employment law, and ethical considerations in business from a stakeholder theory perspective. Key philosophies of ethics and social responsibility are examined through class exercises and case analyses providing students with the opportunity to identify, understand, articulate and model ethical behaviors in decision-making.
MGT 6720. Leadership in Organizations (2). This course explores factors that contribute to effective and ineffective leadership within organizations. The varied facets and components of leadership will be considered, and current trends and developments in theory and practice will be discussed, with an emphasis on learning about ourselves within a leadership context. The class involves a combination of lecture, discussion, presentations, case analysis, videos, guest speakers, and in-class exercises.
MGT 6300. International Business (2). This course consists of an overview of the environmental framework in which global firms operate. The course focuses on the opportunities and issues of entry into global markets and operation of global firms. These issues will be explored within the context of the economic, financial, governmental, cultural and social environment.
MGT 6350. International Business Study Abroad (2). Prerequisite: MGT 6300. Students travel overseas with a group to gain practical experience in an international environment. Prior to departure, students research the country and businesses to be visited to gain a better understanding of the working environments of their host. Once in the country, students explore and visit cultural, social, educational, and business environment in the one-week visit. A final class project, based on the student's research and experience is required.
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Washington Democrat Patty Murray told reporters that she "got really excited" when she heard Boehner talking about Plan B.
But then, she kidded, she learned it didn't signify progress for women after all.
Boehner had a backup plan for his fight over the "fiscal cliff" with President Barack Obama and dubbed it Plan B. House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote on the measure Thursday night after they failed to round up enough votes for it to pass.
The "fiscal cliff" refers to huge tax increases and spending cuts that take effect in early January unless lawmakers can head them off.
Plan B is also the name of a contraceptive pill that some conservatives oppose because it can be used after unprotected intercourse.


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Alfred C. "Derk" Derkaz, 85, died October 15, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Marilyn A. (Charves) Derkaz.
Born in Providence, he was a son of the late John and Theresa (Onysko) Derkaz. Derk had owned various businesses including Cowesset Shipyard and Marina. He was a World War II Army veteran.
He was the father of Jerold A. Derkaz, MD; and grandfather of J. Garrett Derkaz; brother of Dolores McVicker and the late James and Joseph Derkaz.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says his supporters should continue to fight for the conservative values he championed in Congress despite his defeat at the hands of a little-known tea party candidate.
Cantor told glum supporters Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia, that "obviously, we came up short." He said it was the highest honor of his life serving as House majority leader.
The congressman was defeated by economics professor Dave Brat. He conceded to Brat with his wife at his side at a suburban Richmond hotel, offering only brief remarks. He refused to take questions from reporters and drove away in a black SUV.
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In the last chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses ascends to the top of Mount Nebo; from the east side of the Jordan, God shows him the land promised to Abraham and all his descendants. The view of this territory is one of the last things Moses sees in this life, but he never sets foot there. It is left to his descendants to cross over the river and enter the land of promise.
I had a chance recently to look at the world from atop Mount Nebo. I went there as part of a delegation, led by Bishop Anthony Taylor, with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Refugee Services. We were sent to the Middle East to examine the situation of refugees in the countries around Mount Nebo, particularly Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. Our mission was to better understand the Syrian refugee crisis, strengthen networks of support between the bishops and other relief organizations, stand in solidarity with the people who suffer and recommend possible durable solutions to policy makers.
The surrounding land shows that little has changed since biblical times. Brothers here are still selling brothers (Gn 37:27-28); families are still enslaved (Ex 1:1-22); people are still in captivity (2 Kgs 25); Rachel is still weeping (Mt 2:18); nations are still living in exile (Ps 137); refugees are still wandering in the deserts (Dt 2:1-37); and refugee cities are still being created (Dt 4:41-43). Only now these narratives are echoed by contemporary stories: of trafficked victims in Egypt, tortured Eritreans in the Sinai, persecuted Christians in Iraq and Iran, unaccompanied minors throughout the region and displaced Syrians in the crossfire of a civil war. Throughout my time there, I kept wondering: Is it still possible to see the land of promise amid this desert of human suffering?
The situation is critical. The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that the number of Syrians fleeing their country's violent conflict could reach 700,000 by year's end and 1.5 million by June 2013. Some refugees are twice displaced: first from Iraq to Syria, then from Syria to anywhere they can find protection.
At a makeshift camp on the Lebanon-Syrian border, inside a precarious, plastic-covered shelter, we visited a number of families displaced by the fighting. Three sisters-in-law, each in her early 20s, had just lost their husbands in the Syrian war. One widow showed us a cellphone video taken just after their husbands had been brutally killed. Then the mother of those men came in, weeping and sobbing uncontrollably, holding in her hands the heart-breaking report that her grandson had been killed the day before. Until that moment I had only seen pietàs carved out of stone. There I saw one carved out of the suffering of Syrian refugees.
A Mission of Refuge
As Syria plunges deeper into chaos, many churches, mosques, nongovernmental organizations and governments of some Middle East countries are doing their best to respond. But the scope, severity and urgency of this crisis require much broader international collaboration because the pressing human needs far outstrip the available resources. The official camps set up by the governments of Turkey and Jordan offer a thin line of protection for these refugees, providing some basic shelter, security, food and medical assistance. But the camps are inadequate to rebuild shattered lives. They are, at best, a stopgap solution for what is likely a long-term issue. In these camps we met people recovering from blasts, bombardment and battles. In a tent a baby had just been born and wrapped in a blanket, a sign that the persistent power of life still bursts forth even amid this deadly reality.
The mission of the church in this part of the world extends not only to other Christians but to any human being in need. As one organization put it, "Being Syrian does not make you our client; being extremely vulnerable does." As the church drills down beneath the complex historical factions, religious differences, social crises and economic problems of this situation, its missiological foundation rests on the bedrock of the gratuitous love of God and the human face of the refugee. When viewed from the perspective of those who are most vulnerable, the issues are indeed very basic. The refugees wanted us to bring back the message that they are hungry, needy, homeless and moving into the winter months, with little protection from the elements.
"We are human beings," said one woman, and "the hardest part is not knowing when this conflict will end." "We are not living here," said another refugee. "We are dying here."
Crossing the Jordan
Even though refugees are not a new phenomenon in this part of the world, each generation defines itself in relation to how it responds to them. According to stipulations of the covenant, inheritance of the Promised Land is inextricably linked to care for those who are most vulnerable (Dt 10:12). Our spiritual ancestors were once refugees in these parts, and God heard their cries (Ex 3:7). Others are living that reality right now. Memory plays an important role in biblical spirituality precisely because it helps us see something of our own lives in those who suffer. When the plight of such suffering fails to move us, then something inside us has become alien, for we have become disconnected from the fundamental bonds that join us not only to God but to one another.
Biblical faith also reminds us that the true greatness of a nation is measured not by its military might or economic assets but by the wealth of its character, expressed particularly in its responsiveness to human need (Mt 25:31-46). Movement toward the Promised Land is not simply movement toward a physical location but also toward a place of human solidarity. We cross the Jordan River, a symbol of our baptismal commitment, every time we create a safe space, foster human dignity, fight for human rights, provide basic needs, advocate for just systems, create opportunities, build networks for resettlement and integration, join people in a shared human vulnerability, denounce injustices like human trafficking, challenge attitudes of xenophobia and create an oasis of hope.
The work of the U.S. Catholic bishops, which resettles about 20,000 refugees each year (more than any other organization in the world), is a step in the right direction. But it is only a small step in relation to the overall need. The humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis requires not only faith-based actors but also governments and nongovernmental organizations, indeed the whole human community. In the face of the world's many needs, this suffering can overwhelm us and make us numb, at times. Yet even if we cannot do everything, we can do something.
A View of the Promised Land
Before leaving the United States, I anticipated that our delegation would help me understand the refugee situation in the Middle East. After speaking with political leaders I attempted to analyze it. In talking with U.N. officials I tried to evaluate it. In conversations with faith-based organizations I faced the scope of it. But conversations with refugees and seeing their plight made me progressively more silent as time went on. The more I heard, the more speechless I became, recognizing that no thought or words could touch the pain of the people we encountered. By the end I was weeping. For a moment I could feel God's heart breaking over what is happening there.
God continues to offer his life not only for those who are trying to help but also for those who are struggling to hope. As people's lives are torn asunder, faith is all many have left when everything else has been taken from them. God remains a refuge for all who place their trust in him (Ps 16:1), even as these refugees do from the exile of their shattered lives.
Christ himself not only migrated to this territory but also became a refugee in these parts. And Christ still migrates into these broken territories of human existence, especially through those who reach out to the refugees in their need. But whether there is room for these refugees in the "inn" of our human community (Lk 2:7) remains an open question. Perhaps, like Moses, some future generation will see a territory of human solidarity on the horizon, where each person's basic needs are met for protection, food and shelter. But the view of the Promised Land from Mount Nebo today—and the situation of refugees surrounding it—suggest that we still have a vast desert in front of us and a long road ahead.
Syria in Brief
General: Arab republic under authoritarian regime; Independence, 1946; Approx. pop. 22 million; majority Muslim, 10% Christian; Basher al-Assad president since 2000.
The Conflict: Commenced with pro-democracy protests in March 2011; expanded to all-out civil war. Government crackdown denounced by many in the international community.
The Costs: Nearly 40,000, mostly civilians, have died; 1.2 million displaced internally; 2,000 refugees flee to Jordan nightly; number of refugees could reach 1.5 million by June 2013. Most refugees are women and children.
This is a timely topic 'We Are Dying Here,' provoking the question "why" that we and many throughout history wrestled with abroad, trying to remain in the tension of Christianity in conversation with culture. Similarly, Professor Groody, it's a question asked by the Peruvian poet, Cesar Vallejo in his poem "Agape"—self-less love in a dynamic and changing world.
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Doris Ruth Emmons
May 11, 1925- Nov. 13, 2010
PLYMOUTH — Doris Ruth Emmons, 85, of Neidlinger Garden Court, Plymouth, died at 1 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, following a traffic accident in Marshall County Friday evening.
Doris, a vibrant and talented woman who enjoyed taking care of the elderly with love and compassion, was born in Culver May 11, 1925. She was the daughter of Earl D. and Artie A. (Wooldridge) Zehner.
She lived in the area most of her life. She attended Argos High School, dropping out before graduation and in 1980, almost 50 years later, showing her determination to succeed, Doris earned her GED and then attended Ivy Tech, earning a Technical Degree.
On March 1, 1942, in Plymouth, Doris and Raymond L. Ringle were married. She then married Ward L. Emmons on March 10, 1961, in Walkerton who preceded her in death Feb. 17, 1998. For the past 18 years Floyd (John) Bottorff was Doris' companion.
Doris was an active member of the Moose for over 50 years, the VFW, the American Legion and the Eagles lodges.
She loved to golf and was talented in embroidery, crocheting and sewing.
Surviving her death are two daughters and three sons. They are Jerry R. (Christine) Ringle, South Bend; Kerry G. Ringle, San Diego, Calif.; Todd A. (Tina) Emmons; Rita A. (Rodney) DeBard, LaGro, Ind. and Cindy S. (Bill) Rash, Plymouth.
Nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive as well, together with many friends and family.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, and siblings: Virginia Miller, Garland Zehner, Robert Zehner, and Gerald Zehner.
Time to share memories and visit with the family will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010 with a Moose Auxiliary Memorial Service held at 8 p.m., in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, IN 46563.
Funeral services will be at the same location at 10 a.m. on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010 with the senior's pastor of Plymouth Wesleyan Church, Ed Friberg officiating.
Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth
Memorial gifts in Doris' memory may be made to the Christina Pochert Ringle – Jerry R. Ringle Scholarship Fund c/o Dina Harris, IU South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN 46634.
You may visit the website: www.johnson-danielson.com to send condolences to the family.


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Sometimes called the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement," Murie served as secretary and governing council m
Today it submitted a notice of intent to begin an environmental scoping on a proposed lease sale that could be held as early as next year.
Most of us are aware that the Earth is rapidly changing and that natural resources are dwindling.
Aldo Leopold co-founded The Wilderness Society in 1935, but his influence stretches far beyond that.
Thanks to the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, the U.S.
Loop hikes are considered to be the pinnacle hiking experience.
With fresh views at every step, none of your time or energy is wasted.
This wilderness area was not only America's first wilderness, it was the world's.
One more hint: The wilderness is strongly associated with Aldo Leopold, one of the 20th Century's foremost conservationists.
For Valentine's Day, the Department of Interior has started a tradition of asking the public for something rather romantic - photos and videos of marriage proposals and weddings.
The measure failed to reach the 60-vote threshold required for inclusion thanks to a bipartisan effort, as both Republican and Democratic senators opposed it.
New research and maps released Nov. 19 outline with new clarity the exact routes that big-game species use to migrate to winter and summer ranges.
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Transferring / Re: Transferring, NYC law school to BC or BU« on: July 25, 2006, 11:17:55 AM »
From all rankings I've ever seen, BU is the better school
This is where current law students post. Most current law students applied when BU was ranked in the 30 to 40 range. BU is not a good school. it merely cutt its class size in half to better compete with Harvard and Boston College which have dominated the boston legal market for the past two decades. EX = Ropes and Gray Boston, highest vault rating for a firm in Boston, hired practically all Harvard and BC alumni this summer and only around four BU grads.


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If so, must one continue to work in ProPhotoRGB when in PS to realize this advantage? Can Adobe RGB also preserve exact hue?
2) ProPhoto and Adobe RGB(98) are both RGB colour working spaces, the former being much wider than the latter. It stands to reason that if by converting your working space from the former to the latter you clip a channel or two in ARGB(98) that were not previously clipped in Pro Photo, the affected pixels should have a hue shift because the colour composition has changed. But to see this in a print, the affected hues would have to have been in printer gamut.
Thanks, Mark. I think I need my answers before I can clearly phrase my question: I am wondering if the improvements (in the ability of the curve to preserve hue) in ACR/LR are dependent on the much larger ProPhoto RGB color space? It seems as if a larger color space would mean more leeway in absorbing some of the stresses like contrast and and saturation adjustments without noticeable hue changes?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=129927\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I often wonder why Adobe don't make it simpler by providing separate curves tools, such as one for tone, one for hue and one for saturation. I also wonder why such side effects are not treated more thoroughly (or at all) in the 500+ page PS books.As mentioned earlier, the kind of images being used for comparison makes a huge difference. With an agreed upon set of baselines or images for this purpose, comparisons and discussions can be made with more context and objectivity. BTW, this is a generic problem when subjective comparisons are made online, and you are by no means being singled out. But since you must have put lots of efforts into this article, I thought it's worth my $.002.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=129984\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Adobe could always add more tools, but with Photoshop having gone through 10 versions by now and given the tools it already has for achieving this objective, perhaps simplifying this separation is either not high on their list of priorities, or customer demand has not made it so, or both.with the exceptions of Dan Margulis and Michael Kieran, most of the authors devote most of their space for Curves on showing how to adjust contrast with the composite curve and colour balance with the individual channel curves. It seems as if the saturation boost from Curves just hasn't had much traction as a big-ticket issue.
S: I have to write one day the saturation histogram routine and repeat the tests.
OK I will do so, but please tell me how to take indidivual HSB samples in Photoshop
If you wish to separate luminosity from colour using curves you can create two curves adjustment layers, one in Luminosity mode and one in Color mode, then vary their opacities to taste. Or you can do what I demonstrated in the article working with a combination of Curves and HSB adjustment layers. Adobe could always add more tools, but with Photoshop having gone through 10 versions by now and given the tools it already has for achieving this objective, perhaps simplifying this separation is either not high on their list of priorities, or customer demand has not made it so, or both.
And that of course is not unrelated to what you say about the 500+page books not exploring this issue very much; you are right - with the exceptions of Dan Margulis and Michael Kieran, most of the authors devote most of their space for Curves on showing how to adjust contrast with the composite curve and colour balance with the individual channel curves. It seems as if the saturation boost from Curves just hasn't had much traction as a big-ticket issue.
You are right about the hazards of selecting images for making demonstrations. I mentioned that twice-over and I explained the criteria for the images I used. I don't know with whom I was supposed to obtain an authoritative agreement on "baseline" images, or whether such a thing would even be an operationally fesible approach.That said, there are some kinds of images which we know in advance would fare poorly without complex correction procedures that go beyond what we can do within a raw converter or relatively straightforward curves moves in Photoshop. I mentioned some of the more obvious ones just to make the point that no one piece of software or one approach is the be-all and end-all for every conceivable situation. The article is long enough just covering its basic intent. I could probably generate another ten pages or so demonstrating both how to select very breakable images and then proceed to break them - but who really needs that?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130021\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
When it comes to subjective evalutaion, nothing beats having someone pointing out a problem or difference, and then comparing two edits side by side. Once I'm aware of a problem that was unnoticed before, it can stand out like a sore thumb. If more users are made aware of the same, a traction will build up. I value writers who are able and willing to disclose and educate, much like I value MDs who alert me of a prescription's side effects.
(did you know PS makes 15-bit edition? half of the levels in the 0..65535 range are automatically set to 0 as soon as you load a 16-bit TIFF in Photoshop).In the last times I have become a fan of linear images and linear edition, where curves have a very straight forward interpretation.One of the things than can easily and perfectly be done in linear using curves is exposure correction. Surely ACR performs exposure correction in linear mode.With a line curve in Normal blending mode, exposure adjustment can be done like this:[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130098\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I'm doing exactly what you suggested. Create and close an unmodified curves adjustment layer, change the layer's blending mode, activate and modify the layer. Even with an action, I think this can be "simpler". In addition to curves, it would be nice to have tools that are specific for luminosity and color corrections separately.My suggestion for you to include a set of images for your article is perhaps unrealistic. But I do believe for digital imaging tools evaluations and comparisons, a set of images can be really helpful. [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130122\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I am wondering about the difference in the histograms that Guillermo provided illustrating the difference between "normal" and "luminence" blending mode in ProPhoto RGB. These were done in PS. If they were produced in ACR/LR, would the hues show a shift in response to a curve adjustment?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130127\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Actually the bit depth and number of resulting levels is even a bit more complicated than what you describe - as you most likely know. Our best Canon DSLRs, for example, capture in 12-bit depth. That gives us 2^12 or 4096 layers of "real" information. Then somehow - and I'm not sure how the "somehow" happens - this gets translated by Camera Raw into 15-bit depth, giving us 32,768 levels, but in Photoshop this is called 16 bit depth which in theory is 65536 levels - and again I'm not sure exactly how those additional 32768 levels get "filled". Whatever, 4096 levels of originating data is surely much better than the 256 to which we would be limited with 8 bit files.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130135\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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Quote dazgonby:Quote allmylovingdays: What is this woman going to do, go around town telling everyone her story until they all beg Sonny & Justin to forgive her. ~)
If she thought that what she did was the right thing to do then why is she trying so hard to find someone to agree with her?
She got Kayla to cave but did not find that too surprising since Kate is also "controlling" Kayla.
But really why go bawling all over town if you 'KNOW' you did the right thing???
Good post and I agree! :)


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Bella Thorne: Friday Flight to Mexico
Bella Thorne goes backless for a flight out of LAX airport in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (November 23).
The 15-year-old actress is off to Mexico to film a new commercial for yogurt brand, Danimals.
"I'm excited to be traveling to Mexico City! My airplane takes off soon! I hear it is beautiful. I am documenting my trip to share #danimals," she tweeted.
Bella added after arriving, "I LOVE Mexico! Food is amazing and spicy! People are so friendly, city is beautiful! te amo mexico! #danimals."
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago heard arguments Friday in a case that challenges whether President Barack Obama had the authority to appoint three people to the National Labor Relations Board without Senate approval — and who gets to decide whether the Senate is in session.
At issue are three NLRB appointments Obama made in January under a provision for filling vacancies when Congress is in recess.
The Senate had taken a 20-day recess, but Republican leaders and right-to-work groups claimed it technically stayed in session because it was gaveled in and out every few days, and therefore Obama's appointments were unconstitutional. Obama lawyers argue the Senate itself had called for a recess, no business was conducted and attendance wasn't required during the brief "pro forma" sessions.
Republicans had vowed for months to block any appointees to the NLRB, which was down to just two members, because of what they considered the board's pro-union decisions. The five-member board must have at least three members to function.
Obama has said he made the appointments to prevent the board from effectively being shut down, leaving it unable to referee labor-management disputes or rule on unfair labor practices.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the matter under advisement and first must decide whether petitioners have legal standing to bring the case.
Glenn Taubman, an attorney for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund, argued that the Senate has the power to make its own rules and set up any sessions as it sees fit, "and it is not up to another branch to say they are a sham."
Judge Ann Claire Williams suggested if the Senate was in session but not conducting business, it was "having its cake and eating it too."
But Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner asked the Justice Department why the court "should be in the position of determining" whether the Senate was in session.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Beth Brinkmann said there was no doubt that the Senate was in a recess, including under its own analysis, so there was no clash between legislative and executive branch authority. She said the Senate called for a recess, said no business would be conducted during that time, and did not require senators to attend the brief sessions, some of which lasted less than a minute.
In fact, she said, messages from the president and the House of Representatives were not "laid before the Senate" until it returned from recess on Jan. 23.
"Given the Senate's declared and actual break from business over this 20-day period, the president plainly possessed the authority to exercise his recess appointment power," according to a legal brief for the NLRB.
Challenges in more than two dozen labor cases around the country have been winding their way through the legal system since the Jan. 4 appointments. The Chicago court was the first to hear oral arguments on the issue, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will take up a similar case on Wednesday.
Legal experts say the outcome is uncertain because there is little precedent, and the issue likely will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court sometime in the next year.
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The Football Association is set to honour former England manager Sir Bobby Robson as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday.
The association will be holding an event in central London on Wednesday evening, to which every living former England manager is invited, with the centrepiece expected to be the naming of a National Football Day in honour of Sir Bobby.
The aim of "Sir Bobby Robson Day" will be the advertising and promotion of grassroots football, and will incorporate numerous clubs of all levels. It will take place on August 10 of this year, in concurrence with the beginning of the 2013-14 season.
Sir Bobby, who died in 2009, was one of the national team's most popular and successful managers, taking the Three Lions to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup.
His widow, Elsie, has not held back in expressing her support of the event.
"I'm thrilled that the FA is involving my family," she said. "Bob launched his cancer charity [the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation] in 2008 and right from the start the FA has been on hand to support us.
"He'd have loved this and I think it's very fitting as it will be a day celebrating and encouraging grassroots football.
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BERKELEY, Calif. – Gennifer Brandon had 23 points and a career-high 26 rebounds, and No. 7 California held USC without a basket in overtime to beat the Trojans 71-63 on Thursday night.
The Golden Bears rallied from six points down in the final 1:42 of regulation before outscoring the Trojans 9-1 in the extra period. Brandon scored all six points to tie it then added a key block and also scored on a putback in overtime.
Layshia Clarendon added 27 points and six rebounds for Cal (14-2, 4-1 Pac-12), which looked sluggish early while coming off an emotional win over No. 6 Stanford four days earlier.
Kate Oliver had 10 points and 10 rebounds for USC (7-9, 4-1) and Cassie Harberts added 15 points.
Brandon did most of her damage in the final nine minutes of the second half. She scored 12 of Cal's final 18 points and finished 9 of 18 from the floor while grabbing 15 offensive rebounds.
The Bears needed every one of them after the Trojans controlled the tempo for nearly 35 minutes. USC packed its defense tight into the key, controlled the boards and kept Cal from getting much going in the interior.
Aliya Crook's 3-pointer with 2:43 remaining in the second half gave the Trojans a 58-53 lead. She later made two free throws with 1:42 left but USC went scoreless after that while Brandon scored six straight points to force overtime.
It was all Cal in the extra period.
Brittany Boyd took a short pass from Brandon and hit a fastbreak layup before Clarendon scored on a reverse layup. After Crook's free throw pulled USC to 66-63, Brandon scored on a putback and Clarendon followed with three free throws.
The Bears, who came in ranked third in the country in rebounding margin, were outworked on the boards and allowed the Trojans to build an 18-14 lead following a putback by Harberts.
Alexyz Vaioletama later hit an 18-foot jumper for USC to make it 27-24 before Cal closed the first half on a 12-4 run. Clarendon scored four points during the run before Boyd's 3-pointer capped it and gave the Bears a 36-31 lead at the break.
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The little known Society of Singers (SOS) is a high note when a singer hits a low note, metaphorically speaking.
Founded in 1984 by Ginny Mancini (Henry Mancini's widow), SOS, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, is the only charitable organization of its kind-dedicated exclusively to the needs of singers who have fallen on hard times.
To date, the Los Angeles-based organization-with offices in New York-has serviced, in various capacities, over 2,000 singers.
"The biggest problem is a lack of housing for destitute singers," says Fran Warren, a legendary Big Band singer, who serves on the SOS board. "In California, although not yet in New York, some subsidized housing is available through SOS. Other problems that singers face are illness, accidents, drug and alcohol abuse. The problems run the gamut and so do the singers who represent a cross-section, age-wise and in terms of professional experience and background."
Still, to qualify for SOS help, singers have to have made their livings singing for at least five years, although not necessarily five years in a row. In many ways, SOS functions similarly to the Actors' Fund, albeit on a smaller scale. Indeed, many singers have gone to the Actors' Fund in times of need, but these singers (those who utilize the Actors' Fund) are, for the most part, Broadway singers and/or cabaret singers (most of whom are Broadway performers) and members of Actors' Equity.
"What makes SOS unique is that we service all singers-jazz, rock, pop, and of course those who perform in musical theatre and cabaret-regardless of their union affiliation," explains Warren, adding that singers who contact SOS often have no health insurance or benefits of any kind. "Even the most successful singers may work sporadically and/or find themselves abruptly unemployed. Like actors [and other artists], they may not have saved any money and are unable to make a living at anything else."
Not unexpectedly, SOS now has a Singers' Work Program on the boards that will offer career retraining, counseling, computer classes, and tuition assistance, if necessary.
SOS operates on an annual budget of approximately $550,000, monies coming mostly from members' dues ($50 a year), private donations, and fund-raising galas that honor singing stars. Upcoming galas will pay tribute to Julie Andrews (in Los Angeles on April 25) and Bobby Short (in New York on Oct. 22), respectively.
SOS is staffed predominantly by volunteers, although the organization boasts four full-time paid employees-including an on staff social worker-out of its Los Angeles flagship office, reachable through a toll-free singers' help line (888-570-1318).
Singers who call will talk with social worker Wendy Garfinkle, who'll ask for some general background-like how did you hear about us and why did you call? If, after a brief conversation, Garfinkle feels the singer has a valid claim, an application will then be sent to the singer.
"Once we receive the application, processing time will take a day to a week, although we prioritize," says Garfinkle. "Obviously, if someone is about to be evicted, have his lights turned out, or is in a medical crises-that takes precedence over non-emergencies. We spend on monthly emergency grants approximately $35,000."
Applications are screened in Los Angeles and then may be referred to volunteers in other states. On occasion, SOS will contact the
charitable arms of the various entertainment unions if a singer needs more money than SOS can provide. SOS's cap is currently $3,000, recently raised from $2,500. For singers who require life-time assistance, the cap is now $10,000, raised from $7,500.
SOS is actively helping 48 singers, 17 of whom need long-term assistance of one kind or another. It should be stressed that SOS honors its clients' privacy and is determined to protect it.
Down the road, SOS looks forward to the time when the organization has branches worldwide, in addition to myriad retreats, workshops, and outreach programs for singers-before they become singers in need of SOS.


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Brussels By Way of Paris: Almine Rech's Guide to the Belgian Capital
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Pedestal designed by the artist and included in the price of the work. Size of the pedestal : 33 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches / 200 pounds approx
Socle conçu par l'artiste et inclus dans le prix de l'oeuvre. Taille du socle : 85 x 50 x 60 cm / 90 kg approx
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"Clay is excremental, it's the ashes of the dead," Johan Creten says. "At the same time it's mother earth, it links the sacred and the profane, in a brutal way, disgusting and magical at the same time." The Flemish sculptor, known for his semi-abstract, viscerally biomorphic works, has been credited by none other than the director of Sèvres Porcelain Factory as instrumental in elevating ceramics to the level of high art. Working alone in his studio, Creten crafts unsettling works whose contorted shapes and intricate surfaces explore heady themes like sexuality, social injustice, and Creten's perceived position as an outsider looking into the art world. However, it is beauty that forms the heart of his practice: "Beauty becomes a lubricant for me," he says. "Beauty can help convey difficult meaning." Though he works almost entirely in clay, Creten is constantly experimenting with new materials and glazes, drawing inspiration from the centuries of art history in his native Flanders.
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The objectives of the Economics program are to (a) provide the theoretic and quantitative tools necessary to understand the development, structure, and operation of the contemporary economy; (b) develop skill in using those tools to analyze economic problems and to critically assess proposed solutions; and (c) provide information and guidance as students explore career opportunities in economics and develop their own post-graduate plans.
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Sakic will make $6 million
I'm on vacation, but will chip in with a quick blog here.
Sakic will make $6 million this coming season, on the deal he just signed a few minutes ago. The deal also comes with another no-trade clause.
This obviously is not a big surprise that he signed. Two weeks ago I wrote a column saying I thought he'd be back, but didn't know when they'd announce it. Today was the day.
Sakic taking six mil obviously puts aside any speculation he might take a hometown discount to allow the Avs to sign some other players (Mats Sundin anyone?). Not that Sundin couldn't still sign here (I don't think he will), but Sakic isn't going to be the one to take the smaller salary if anybody big does come here. Sakic did take a little discount, I guess. He made $6.75 million last year.
Well, so much for all the stories I wrote a couple months ago, which would have run IF Sakic retired. But I won't delete them either! Might be running this time next year.


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Kristen Wiig Joins 'Anchorman 2' Cast — See her 5 Best Looks!
(Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Let's be honest, don't you wish Kristen Wiig was your best friend?
As if the cast of Anchorman 2 wasn't hilarious enough, the comedy gods decided to ensure the film's success by adding Kristen Wiig to the cast!
After a recent tweet from Veronica Corningstone herself, Christina Applegate, it was announced that funnylady Wiig would be joining the crew. "So excited Kristen Wiig has joined our cast for Anchorman 2," Applegate tweeted to fans. Paramount later confirmed the tweet. Cue applause!
Wiig will join Applegate along with Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, who are all slated to return to the flick. Although the details on Wiig's character haven't been confirmed, there's a rumor that the Bridesmaids and SNL star will play the wife of Brick Tamland (Carell). Guess we'll have to wait until December 20th to find out!
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Wiig looks angelic in this flowing Balenciaga cocktail dress, which she wore to the 2012 Emmys.
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For a night out at the Met Gala, Wiig chose a bright orange lace Stella McCartney cocktail dress, proving she's not afraid of a little color!
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Who says you can't show some leg on a red carpet? Wiig shows off her amazing figure in this shimmery Theyskens' Theory cocktail dress at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. Work it girl!
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Wiig chose an elegant J. Mendel tiered dress for her Oscars look in 2012. Paired with a long wavy 'do, Wiig simply shined.
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Opinion: Faith
Looking at the Pew Study: Danger Ahead?
What are we to make of the negative Catholic headlines last week from the Pew study of religious affiliation? "Catholicism has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes" … "Approximately one-third of the survey respondents who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic" …… READ MORE >
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JFK, Barak Obama and the role of religion in American political life
When Democratic presidential nominee Barak Obama spoke in mid-March about race, the speech was hailed as a watershed moment in American politics. Laudatory comparisons were made to John F. Kennedy's speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12, 1960, where he addressed head on the question of whether a Catholic could… READ MORE >
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There's a segment of the Tonight Show called "Jaywalking," where Jay Leno asks regular Joes ("Joe Sixpacks"?) simple questions about history, politics, geography, etc. Considering the answers he gets, you'd think Burbank a social experiment gone wrong. Bill Maher, host of Politically Incorrect, adopts the… READ MORE >
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Bishops' statements on sentencing of Rev. Msgr. Arsenault
April 23. 2014 12:31PM
On being advised that the Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Arsenault pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, Catholic Medical Center, and the Estate of Rev. Msgr. John Molan, the Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, Bishop of Manchester, made the following statement:
This is indeed a sad day. Foremost on my mind are the more than 275,000 Catholic faithful in our state. Every week, parishioners freely give their funds to support the mission of the Church to worship, evangelize, and serve the poor and vulnerable. They place their trust and confidence in the Church that these contributions will be safeguarded and used for its good works.
Msgr. Arsenault's criminal actions profoundly betrayed this trust and confidence by diverting substantial amounts of diocesan funds for personal use. While the sentence imposed by the court today includes restitution, the loss of diocesan funds is not the full measure of the damage that has been done. Many of the faithful and former co-workers inevitably will be left with a profound sense of betrayal and mistrust. They are very much the victims here.
It is important to acknowledge another reason for feelings of sadness and betrayal. I know that many people benefitted from Msgr. Arsenault's ministry over the years. As a pastor, he served his parishioners as a source of spiritual guidance and support. As a leader in the Diocesan Administration, he was dedicated and hard-working, managing the establishment and implementation of diocesan policies and procedures that provided for greater efficiency, accountability, and transparency. That Msgr. Arsenault would use his many skills and talents for improper purposes is tragic.
The Catholic community in New Hampshire is grateful for the work of the Office of the Attorney General and the law enforcement agencies that assisted in this difficult, painful case. We believe that the sentence imposed by the Court serves justice.
I ask that you keep in prayer those who have been affected by Msgr. Arsenault's conduct, particularly his brother priests and those who worked closely with him. I also ask that you pray for Msgr. Arsenault. He has made some terrible mistakes, and he will be held accountable for them. We hope and we pray that by taking responsibility for his actions and the harm he has caused, Msgr. Arsenault will achieve redemption and spiritual peace."
Bishop Emeritus John B. McCormack said:
"The revelation of these charges is disheartening to me and many people who know or benefitted from the service and ministry of Msgr. Arsenault these many years. For those who have been directly affected by the actions with which he is charged, I pray for them, that they may find peace. For Msgr. Arsenault, I pray for him too that he will find peace as he seeks to make recompense in a spirit of repentance."


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Sophomore local product takes home third collegiate A-Sun weekly honors
MACON, Ga. (April 11, 2012) – After setting her personal record in the triple jump this past Saturday at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn., sophomore Lexie Burley (Johnson City, Tenn.) was named Atlantic Sun Women's Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday.
The honors are Burley's first of the outdoor season and her second through 2011-12 competition after earning the weekly recognition on Jan. 18 of the indoor season. Burley was also named A-Sun Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 26 of her freshman season, making this her third collegiate weekly award.
On Saturday at Tennessee's Tom Black Track inside LaPorte Stadium, Burley posted her best collegiate mark in the triple jump with a leap of 12.29m. The distance earned the former Science Hill High School standout second place in the event and increased her A-Sun lead to 0.30m above Jacksonville's Shanique Walker. The jump also ranks Burley No. 44 in the East Region, and No. 73 in the NCAA.
Burley and the ETSU men's and women's track and field teams now look ahead to the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., which take place Friday, April 20, through Saturday, April 21.
For more information on ETSU track and field, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the track and field links.