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WOODSTOCK – Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Thursday, police entered a Woodstock home on Seminary Avenue. A heavy-set man, wanted on felony drug charges, was ushered quietly through the dense fog and into a squad car in what would be the first of more than a dozen drug-related arrests across McHenry County.
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office, along with officers from Lake in the Hills police, Woodstock police and U.S. Marshals from the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, apprehended 16 of the 20 suspects they intended to arrest during a warrant roundup Thursday.
The majority of arrests were heroin related and involved street-level drug dealers. Of the 16 arrests, 10 individuals were charged with additional crimes, most of which were for paraphernalia possession.
"We're really happy with that," said Lt. James Wagner of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, adding that arresting more than 50 percent of the suspects during a roundup is considered a success.
"People who live this lifestyle don't have regular habits and addresses," he said.
The arrests were the end result of months-long investigations by local police. Using confidential informants and tips from neighbors, officers spent many hours monitoring and interacting with the drug dealers leading up to Thursday's arrests.
Thirty-five law enforcement officers split into three teams covering Woodstock, Algonquin and Lake in the Hills, and Hebron and McHenry. The Northwest Herald was invited to join the officers during the warrant roundup.
While attempting to arrest a heroin dealer on Rolla Farm Road in Woodstock, officers discovered a marijuana growing operation valued at $30,000, said Sgt. Michael Muraski of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.
Fifty plants in three growing stages were found at the home, and officers found an additional growing location in a cornfield next to the home. The man officers intended to arrest was not there, but another man, who said he did not live at the residence and was just baby-sitting a child, let officers in the home where the marijuana was found.
The marijuana growing operation is a Class 2 felony, punishable by 3 to 7 years in prison depending upon prior criminal history, Muraski said.
Many of the people arrested had a long criminal history, mostly involving drugs and theft. The man authorities attempted to arrest on Rolla Farm Road had 11 prior charges involving drugs, theft and obstruction of justice. A woman who lives on Lincoln Avenue in Woodstock had 10 prior charges and was arrested in her car with her child in the back seat. An officer drove the child home to his father while the woman was arrested.
One of the men arrested Thursday on felony drug charges on Hoy Avenue in Woodstock had posted bond and left jail Wednesday night for an unrelated crime. Authorities said he is a known gang member and a registered sex offender.
A 17-year-old was arrested while in class at Great Expectations School in Union. He is charged with dealing hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The names and exact addresses of those arrested were withheld by the sheriff's office Thursday.
Although a majority of the arrests were heroin related, officers recovered more marijuana than any other narcotic at the suspected felons' residences. This is not uncommon, said Wagner, because many of the heroin dealers are also users themselves.
"If they've got [heroin], they are selling it or using it," Wagner said. "They're generally not holding a lot."
Along with using information from tips and informants, the McHenry County Sheriff's Office has increasingly used social media to monitor suspects. Some drug dealers will post pictures of undercover cars to Instagram as a way of alerting other dealers that police are in the area, Wagner said.
Thursday's warrant roundup was a success, said McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke, and more arrests are likely to come in the future.
But he acknowledged that arrests are by no means the only tool for curbing heroin use in McHenry County. It takes a community effort involving drug prevention, education and treatment programs, Zinke said.
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With consumers and businesses more confident, the U.S. economy continues to expand modestly. An improved – but still weaker-than-desired – jobs picture is part of that. The U.S. added 227,000 net new jobs in February, or 1.2 million in the past six months. Manufacturing has played a significant role in the recent rebound and since the end of the recession. In fact, over the past three months, manufacturers have added 111,000 new workers as overall activity has picked up. The manufacturing sector has contributed over 13 percent of all net new jobs created in the nonfarm economy since December 2010.
To be fair, the recent job gains in manufacturing have not been as broad-based as we might prefer. They have stemmed primarily from durable goods producing industries, with nondurables continuing to lag. This trend has been fairly consistent over the past two years, yet it would be nice to see greater employment gains across-the-board. Of course, this also mirrors industrial production data, with stronger growth tending to concentrate among the motor vehicle, aerospace, fabricated metals, machinery and primary metals sectors.
One of the larger threats to growth is a slower global economy. Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, announced a lower forecast for real GDP growth, with output slightly contracting for the continent as a whole this year. Meanwhile, other economies are also slowing. China, for instance, just cut its growth target to 7.5 percent. This slower growth shows up in the international trade figures released on Friday. Goods exports dropped in most regions of the world, including those to China and Europe. Increased imports of petroleum were another factor, with the overall trade deficit widening for the third consecutive month.
This week, we will gain further insights into the strength of the current rebound. New industrial production figures will be released on Friday, following regional survey data from New York and Philadelphia. The Federal Reserve Board will also announce on Tuesday whether or not it intends to pursue any new monetary policies. As always, the Fed will be mindful of inflation, and later in the week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue updates on both consumer and producer prices. In addition to those releases, other highlights for the week include updates on consumer and small business sentiment, job market turnover and retail sales.
Chad Moutray is chief economist, National Association of Manufacturers.
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Talk:Firmware update
I was just wondering if anyone has created a custom firmware (at minimum allowing ssh) that can be upgraded through the Terastation Web Page?
Is there a language difference between the Japanese firmware and the European versions? I mean, is the firmware's GUI in Japanese, too?
Does anyone know what kind of encryption the zip file uses? Will fcrackzip be of any help?
--Hanno 17:48, 12 May 2005 (CEST)
Yes, the webinterface would be Japanese, too. On the Japanese site there is a picture guide showing how to switch it to English, but I did not bookmark the link. And the installer is already in Japanese, so I did not even understand that.
$Someone is currently trying some windows based ZIP cracktools, no success yet.
I'm quite sure I know how to get the password, I only have to update my TeraStation ... I'll do that if I find the time. If I lock myself out, I can actually try Moving disks.
--Bg 21:14, 12 May 2005 (CEST)
I have a US model (orig firm 1.03). I updated firmware with v1.07B and the web interface is in English with an option to switch to Japanese (TeraStation > Basic > Text Display Settings > Display Language > Japanese English). Update added pcast server.
--Cukagek 21:58, 13 May 2005 (CEST)
I've updated my UK model 1.0TB TeraStation (Flash 1.05 and disk 1.03) to a modified v1.07 beta.
v1.07 beta contains a v2.00 bootloader and v1.07 disk fir 5A8 mware. Thanks for all the work getting the passwords Sec


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An OS Enthusiast created a page displaying the modal restart prompts from many of the top OSes/versions from the last 20 years. It brought back a flood of memories. The best part is when you click on the "ok" button. It "restarts" the web site for you. Gizmodo's instincts were to make it a game, by asking: how many can you identify?


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What do you want from your Postal Service? It's a simple question, yet it is probably one that few citizens have pondered – even as our nation's policymakers consider how best to reform the U.S. Postal Service. The voice of the American public has largely been absent from the debate about what role the Postal Service should play in meeting modern communications needs.
To better understand how Americans view the Postal Service now, as well as what role it could play in their future lives, the Postal Service Office of Inspector General commissioned a web survey of 5,000 Internet-connected Americans aged 18 years and older. The survey explored areas such as: perceptions of the Postal Service's role, access to postal services, cost reduction efforts, comfort level with online interactions, and future growth opportunities.
The survey yielded several interesting results. For one, the overwhelming majority of respondents think their lives would be hurt if the Postal Service did not exist in 5 years. Most respondents also consider Postal Service delivery a public service that should be maintained, even if it is not profitable. While most respondents were satisfied with the service and accessibility of their Post Office, a strong majority indicated they would be interested in more self-service options. Respondents were not generally opposed to closing post offices to reduce costs, but were less likely to support cost reduction measures such as delaying mail delivery or reducing delivery to 3 days a week. Many interviewees, especially younger ones, expressed interest in the Postal Service offering new nonpostal products, including some digital services. (Link to "What American Wants From the Postal Service – A Survey of Internet-connected Americans")
This week, in a series of daily blogs, we are going to ask you to weigh in with your opinion. Each day, we will feature some of the questions from the survey in a poll we hope you will answer. We also welcome more detailed input in our comment section. In particular, we would like to know your thoughts on reinventing the Postal Service in an era of digital communications. If you were going to reshape the nation's postal system, which parts would you keep and which parts would you change? And is there some aspect of today's Postal Service that you would absolutely insist on retaining.


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Miserable and Alone?
She's always miserable but the foul mood seems even more amped than usual. Michelle Williams in Brooklyn with Mathilda yesterday… and the buzz is getting louder. Rumour is she and Heath have spent little time together as she was shooting with Ewan McGregor until a few weeks ago and he continues to work on Batman right now.
Some UK gossips are even hinting at a Heath/Kiki hook up as both were in London recently and spotted hanging out innocently – others were around, nothing smutty by appearance but you know how this sh-t works. You will recall, I reported a few weeks ago allegations from sources on the set of Incendiary that Michelle was spending a lot of time with the compassionate Ewan, suggesting that he was a shoulder to cry and more re: her marital woes.
Nothing slamdunk just yet…will keep you posted.
In the meantime, everyone keeps raggin' on Michelle's hair. I'm all over her hair. If it weren't for the Asian follicles, I'd rock that hair in a heartbeat. Note also her eyewear – looks like the new "It" shades. Rayban Wayfarer throwbacks as seen recently on Brad Pitt and the limited edition red ones were the must have item at the MuchMusic lounge this weekend. Pains me to say but Avril looks cute in hers. I'm packing mine for London later this week… can't wait!


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Motobi 250.
We have been working to re-home a large private collection of 350 motorcycles during the last 12 months. Around two thirds of these interesting machines have now found new owners throughout the UK & Europe. We will be working through the remaining third during the early part of 2016.
Sold with the new owner having to register their purchase in the UK with the DVLA or apply for a new V5 document. A letter of ownership / entitlement will be supplied with each machine requiring registration to assist the new owner in this process.
Limited information supplied to be sold 'as they stand' on sale day.
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We are open 7 days a week here at Thornton Le-dale for pre-sale viewing, although a quick phone call prior to travelling is advised.
Saturday 15th December 2018
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SALEM, Ore. – In the first of two meetings between the programs this season, Willamette took advantage of a rash of Pacific turnovers Saturday to break away from a close first quarter to score a 51-17 victory over the Boxers in football action at McCullough Stadium.
The Boxers (1-2) finished with six turnovers on the afternoon, four of which led to Willamette touchdowns in the second and third quarters. The opportunities allowed the Bearcats (3-0), under first year coach Glen Fowles, to show off their new potent passing game. Willamette finished with 559 yards of total offense, 448 of which came in the air.
Pacific returned to the passing game as well after gaining the majority of their offense two weeks ago on the ground. Quarterback P.J. Minaya (Jr., Wahiawa, Hawaii) threw of 260 of the Boxers' 360 yards, completing 22 of 36 passes and one touchdown, but was intercepted four times. Darin Kamealoha (So., Waipahu, Hawaii) was Minaya's top target, finishing with 112 yards on six catches.
Willamette quarterback Josh Dean completed 33 of 46 passes for 353 yards and four touchdown while Jake Jones completed 7 of 11 for 95 yards and a score. Jake Kencht led 13 Bearcats' receivers to catch balls with 106 yards and a touchdown on 10 receptions.
The Bearcats' made the most of the first possession of the game with a one-yard Dean run capping an 11-play, 72-yard drive. Likewise, Pacific drove into the red zone on their first possession, but came up scoreless as Moses Villareal-Gomez (So., Stockton, Ore.) missed a 26-yard field goal. The kicker earned redemption after a Willamette three-and-out, connecting on a 23-yarder with 2:35 left in the first quarter to make it a 6-3 game.
Willamette would then score on their next three possessions to break the game open. Kyle Derby opened the second quarter with a 30-yard field goal. An interception by Dominic David at the 11:18 mark gave the Bearcats the ball on the Pacific 17-yard line. Dean needed just four plays to march Willamette to the score, with a 22-yard pass to Dylan Jones making it a 15-3 lead.
The Bearcats' offense was back on the field right away with the Boxers fumbling just two plays into the ensuing possession and used six plays to march 32 yards before Jones rushed three yards for his second touchdown of the game with 7:12 to go in the half. Ladiges accounted for Pacific's first touchdown on the game, capping a 10-play drive that took over five minutes that allowed the Boxers within 23-10 at halftime.
After Pacific went three-and-out on their first possession of the second half, Willamette posted the first of their two third quarter touchdowns when Dean found Kencht for a short one-yard scoring reception to extend the lead to 30-10. After the second interception of the period, Dean finished off a three-play drive with a 44-yard touchdown bomb to Benny Weischedel to make it a 37-10 Willamette lead with 6:46 remaining in the quarter.
Dean rushed in himself for the first fourth quarter score and the Bearcats' third in a row, scampering four yards for a 44-10 game. Pacific finally found the end zone again on their next possession with Minaya capping the drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jakob Lawrence (So., Sherwood, Ore.). Willamette added one more score with Jones finding Beau Smith for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 3:53 left.
Josh Brinkworth (So., Elk Grove, Calif.) led Pacific defensively for the third straight game with 11 tackles and an interception. Brandon Harms (So., Canby, Ore.) and Austin Brown (So., Klamath Falls, Ore.) each had seven tackles. The defense had four sacks on Dean and forced two fumbles. Jack Nelson and Ben Lyons had eight tackles each to lead Willamette.
Pacific opens Northwest Conference play at home next Saturday as the Boxers celebrate homecoming by hosting Whitworth. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. A live audio and video webcast will be available at goboxers.com. The game will also air live in the Portland area on 1360 AM KUIK.
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I'm going to do something a little different today - I'm turning my blog over to someone else, that person being Jerry Osteryoung, the Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida State University.
Osteryoung is also the director of the entrepreneurship program at FSU and executive director of the Jim Moran Institute of Global Entrepreneurship. What all that "high falutin" stuff means is Osteryoung is devoted to teaching people about the guts of business - any business, actually. He writes constantly on every aspect of business, from how to ease new employees into the workplace to gaining the financial know-how to make sure your chosen business runs correctly and profitably.
That's critical stuff, especially for small fleets and owner-operators alike. For if you can't correctly tell if you are losing or making money, you're going to find yourself in an awful lot of trouble very, very fast.
Now, I am NOT math or financial wizard (My wife, the math major and M.B.A. holder, keeps the family finances on track - without her, I'd be lost) so that's why I am not going to even begin to go down the accounting path. I'm going to let Dr. Osteryoung take you there, as he's a lot more surefooted than I am. I've also had the great pleasure of meeting him in person and let me tell you THAT is a real treat - he's smart, funny, and most of all makes you THINK about all things business, because he sticks with the "King's English" and doesn't rely on acronyms or indecipherable phraseology.
For your information, he can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 850-644-3372.
Dr. Osteryoung, take it away:
"One of the problems that I continually see in both my students at FSU and in entrepreneurs is the lack of understanding of financial statements. These are the core elements of any successful business and, honestly, it is almost impossible to manage a business without a complete understanding of them.
Now, the majority of my entrepreneurship students go out of their way not to understand numbers as they are marketing driven or "big picture" folks. It is my job to get them excited about entrepreneurial finance, which at times can be quite a challenge. Grade motivation does wonders for them; however, it is much harder with entrepreneurs.
I was meeting with a very nice man who had been an entrepreneur for over 30 years. Somehow he had been able to exist with very little knowledge about his financials. When I met with him to look over his financials, he knew that they were not right, but he had no idea how to make them correct. The most incredulous thing was that his accountant (a CPA) either saw no problem in how the financial statements were constructed (negative accounts receivable) or did not really care how the firm was doing.
This entrepreneur had no idea what his financial statements were telling him, and his only measure of financial viability was whether he had enough money in the bank. He thought this method had served him well, but he quickly realized that something was not right when I began asking him how different parts of his business were doing.
Just because you have money in your checking account or can make payroll does not mean that your business is doing well. I have seen countless businesses have strong cash flow one month because they were collecting on the accounts receivable; yet, no cash flow the following month because they were unaware that they were losing money until it was too late. Having money in the bank, just does not tell you how the firm is doing today or how it is going to do in the future. The only way to really understand this is to have monthly financial statements and to really, really understand what they mean.
What are some critical things to look at when evaluating financial statements? First, you need to understand what your gross and net margins are. Gross margin is just gross profit divided by sales, and net profit margin is just net profit divided by sales. Net profit margin tells you the net amount of profits you made on every dollar of sales.
You should be able to compare both of these figures against your industry information. For example, if your gross profit margin is 20% and the industry average is 40%, you are either selling your product too cheaply or paying too much for your products. With regard to net profit margin, I encourage firms to get as close to 10% as possible.
The next critical thing to look at is your expenses. I encourage each entrepreneur to go through all of their expenses line by line to make sure that they are what they should be. So many entrepreneurs just have no clue. When I have them do this drill, they wonder why their expenses are so high. If you do not watch out for your financial well being, who will?
The other thing with which you should be vitality concerned is the amount of debt your business has. A little bit of debt is fine, but too much debt could lead to the demise of the firm. Debt - both interest and principal - must be paid off, no matter what. In the case that you cannot pay it, the bank has the option of forcing you into bankruptcy. Obviously, this situation would not be good! Generally, depending on the industry, I recommend that firms keep their debt under 60% of total assets.
Looking after your financial assets is your job. You must have an understanding of financial statements to be successful. Now go out there and make sure that you understand your financial statements as they are so critical to your business."


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It's an early Sunday morning but leaks are leaks and they know no boundaries. Tonight (or this morning), two more photos of the Lumia 1520, Nokia's 6-inch phablet device due in November, have come forward from China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center—basically their FCC.
The photos themselves don't reveal too much more on an initial pass, just what we already know: the world is about to gain a really big Lumia Windows Phone. The specs for the 1520 should bump Windows Phone into the forefront of large screened devices, especially with its 1080P display, Snapdragon 800 CPU, 32GB of storage (and microSD). We recently revealed that the device will also feature an industry leading 3400 mAh battery to power the device for an extended period.
Combined with its rear 20 MP camera (dual shot 16 MP + 5 MP, akin to the Lumia 1020), the Nokia Lumia 1520 is expected to go on sale for AT&T in early November with a later release for Verizon. Since China is evidently testing the device as well, it's safe to assume that this massive Windows Phone will launch worldwide in the near future.
The Lumia 1520 along with Nokia's tablet were expected to be revealed later this month in New York City, but Windows Phone Central has heard this event was cancelled and now @evleaks suggests an October 22nd date. It would make sense for Nokia to announce the Lumia 1520 in late October with a two week lead before an actual release. That is how the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925 were recently handled too.
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Baltimore Ravens: B-
The Ravens deftly moved out of the first round after realizing one of the players they were targeting was going to slip into the second. Having lost outside linebacker Jarret Johnson to the Chargers though free agency and unable to wait any longer for former second-round pick Sergio Kindle to return to his playmaking ways, the Ravens nabbed one of the safest pass rushing OLBs in the draft in Courtney Upshaw (above) at No. 35 overall. Upshaw will erase any doubts about his ability to transition from Alabama to the NFL when he makes an immediate impact for Baltimore. Four-year Iowa State starter Kelechi Osemele won't be asked to remain at left tackle in the NFL and will move either to the right or compete with second-year pro Jah Reid to take over for another free agent defection Ben Grubbs (Saints) at left guard. Of the Ravens' later picks, watch out for Temple running back Bernard Pierce and Cal-Poly cornerback Asa Jackson to emerge as strong contributors in backup roles.
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Amityville student helps educate about AIDS
Amityville High School senior Jana Jackson has helped educate people about HIV/AIDS since she was 10 years old. Jackson, 18, was honored for her contributions to HIV/ AIDS education by the State Health Commissioner Richard Daines at Plaza Convention Center in Albany for World AIDS Day in early December.
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Futuristic Robotic Soldier 3D model with 5 different skins included!
Character is low poly game ready and can be seen in free game demo. Less than 2,500 polygons. Jointed animation reduces CPU cycles required for mesh deformations for fantastic in game performance!
Each component is modular and all the pieces for head, chest, arms and legs etc... have been exported to 3ds format for use in other modeling tools.
Model is in 3DS and Max Format, it has been rigged to the max biped, and exported to DTS format for the Torque Game Engine. Download free preview to play the robot in game! The Robot Also Exports well to Half Life / Counter Strike, Quake / Doom and the Unreal Tournament game engines.
3 Skins Included. Red, Blue and Green... Model dynamically changes skin in downloadable demo.
The robot makes a great in game companion, standing at a little over two meters tall he is a high performance player chararacter.
Bot has it where it counts for game optiomization. The 'High poly version' of the robot has a poly count a little over 1500. You could easily have 10 robots running about in game for the performance hit of one standard character.
In addition to the robots low poly feature he is a segmented model. This means that his bones move one and only one segmented piece of his mesh. There are no skin or physique modifiers which cause the mesh to deform in real time. This means that additional CPU and graphics card processing cycles are saved. The robot is lean and mean when it comes to performance. You should be able to have hundreds of robots running about in your game.
The Robot has been built with a standard naming convention for his skins. His default skin is the black skin named 'base.bot.png.' His skin can be swicthed out dynamically during the game by using the 'setskin' command in game. If you are using the latest version of the TGE head you should be able to call the setSkin('red'); function on the robot model to switch to his red uniform named 'red.bot.png'. Calling setSkin('blue'); during the game will switch him to his blue skin.
Purchase price includes the source files for modification. These include the Max Files, 3D studio files and the default Adobe Photo shop files used to create robot's skin. The Max files are made with Max 9 and character studio. A sample file with an older bot created in max 5.1 is included. The 3ds shapes can be imported to the 5.1 format for older versions of Max.
This Robot is 100% game ready for the Torque game engine. He has already been exported to DTS format for you.
You will need to copy the .dts file and the 'base.bot.png, red.bot.png and blue.bot.png files to the /starter.fps/data/shapes/player directory. The quickest way to see the robot in game is to move the old player.dts to another folder, and rename the robot .dts to player.dts. Stop your game and then restart it and smpe bot should be there ready to go.
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Andrews University is pleased to welcome faculty member Dominique Wakefield as the new director of fitness and exercise studies and assistant professor of physical education. She begins teaching classes fall semester.
Wakefield was born and raised in Germany. She moved to the United States as a teenager and attended California State University at Chico where she received her Bachelor of Arts in physical education. She then continued on at Cal State where she earned a master's degree in teaching international languages.
As an undergraduate, Wakefield competed in collegiate tennis. She brings this passion to Andrews University and plans to introduce tennis intramurals. Wakefield will teach tennis, volleyball, badminton, cardio kick, personal fitness plan, weight training for women and walking for fitness. In her role as director of the fitness program, Wakefield also hopes to reintroduce degrees in physical education. By 2009 she aims to implement a minor. "The eventual goal of the program," she says, "is to produce professionals in fitness."
Wakefield comes to Andrews from Munich where she spent the last year as a German and English language trainer. Her husband, Keith, is a master's of divinity student at the Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University.


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We invest through fund managers into listed and unlisted investments. We are open to direct co-investment opportunities presented to us by our fund managers or others.
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The Pause in Global Warming is finally explained. It is well known that the planet is getting hotter. The so-called pause, or hiatus, in global warming means the rate of temperature rise has slowed. The average global temperature is still going up, but in the past 10 to 15 years it hasnt been going up as quickly as it was in the decades before.
Although the ongoing increase is trouble, a slower rate is preferable. The question is: Why did the slowdown occurand how long will it last? We now have an answer. Three well-known climate researchers have combined actual temperature readings from 1880 to 2010 with a slew of climate models and have concluded that the slowdown is caused by the timing of two large ocean cycles, known as the Pacific multidecadal oscillation and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. And their analysis, published online in Science, suggests that the slowdown will end in the next few decades.
More details@ Steinman et al., Atlantic and Pacific multidecadal oscillations and Northern Hemisphere temperatures Science 347 (6225): 988-991


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Fla. man suffers burns lighting Halloween display
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man suffered second-degree burns over roughly half his body after accidentally setting himself on fire while lighting a Halloween display.
Authorities say Ron Nielson of Palm Bay was using gasoline, a wooden cross and candles.
Palm Bay Fire Rescue spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez tells Florida Today (http://on.flatoday.com/GSc54M ) it's not clear whether Nielson was trying to light the cross or the candles Tuesday night. She says Nielson's clothes caught on fire.
Nielson was airlifted to an Orlando hospital. His condition early Thursday isn't known.
One of his neighbors said Nielson had put up ghosts, a scarecrow and other Halloween decorations earlier in the day. Brenda Lister says she heard an explosion and ran outside to find Nielson lying in a ditch with burns over much of his body.
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WASHINGTON — A Republican senator today called for a delay in confirming President Barack Obama's pick for CIA director until the administration provides answers on the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said this morning that his support for delaying the nomination was not a reflection on John Brennan, who Obama tapped on Monday, but rather the only recourse to get information on the raid on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
"The stonewalling on Benghazi by the Obama administration must come to an end," Graham said in a statement.
Republicans have argued that the administration tried to downplay that the attack was an act of terrorism in the weeks before the November election, even though Obama used that term in the days after the raid.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice relied on talking points from the intelligence community to say on Sept. 16 that the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. Rice's incorrect explanation likely cost her a chance to be nominated as the next secretary of state.
Graham said he wants answers on who changed Rice's talking points and deleted references to al-Qaida. He pointed out that lawmakers were told that the director of national intelligence deleted the references, then were told it was the FBI.
Hours after a meeting with Rice, Congress was told that the CIA had changed the talking points.
The South Carolina lawmaker said. "It is imperative we understand who changed the talking points just weeks before a presidential election and why."


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What: Opera Colorado stages Mozart's "Don Giovanni"
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30, Tuesday, April 2, and Friday, April 5; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 7
Where: Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis
Tickets: $20-$160
Info: 303-468-2030 or operacolorado.org
"Updating" an opera is always a tricky business. Some concepts can have a great impact, while others fall flat.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni" is one of the most beloved and perfect operas ever composed, and according to stage director Kevin Newbury, "an amazing opera can withstand an amazing update."
Newbury, who directs Opera Colorado's production of the classic, was asked to put his own take on a previous conception of the story that sets it in the 1960s and imagines the Don as a James Dean type of character.
"It works because there's very little that's specific to the late 18th century," said Newbury, whose production premieres Saturday and runs for four performances through April 7. "It's about hierarchy, sex, death, class, and how they interact. Giovanni and his servant, Leporello, are outsiders and foreign to the prevailing morals. It's like imposing the changing scene of the early 1950s, as seen in Dean's and Marlon Brando's characters, to the more rigid morality of the late 1940s. In the end, it's about innocence lost."
Among the updated images will be Giovanni and Leporello traveling in a sports car and a duel scene that might have had a place in "West Side Story." All that matters, said Newbury, is that Giovanni's privileged background is clear.
Newbury said that the morally rigid characters of Donna Anna and Don Ottavio work well against the changing standards of the mid-20th century.
"Donna Elvira fares even better," he said. "She comes across as Giovanni's female counterpart, and even in Mozart's original, it's clear that she is a bit of a sex addict who cannot resist the Don. In this setting, she seems right out of 'Desperate Housewives.' "
Newbury mostly works with world premieres and new operas, including Mark Adamo's "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene" in San Francisco, which was conducted by Colorado Music Festival director Michael Christie.
"I like controversial and edgy new stuff," Newbury said, "but once in a while, it's fun to do a little Mozart."
From the musical standpoint, a resetting also plays a role. New York conductor Ari Pelto will be in the pit for the Denver production.
"As a conductor who approaches the score from a dramatic point of view, I think about this all the time," Pelto said. "Every production, singer, and concept is different, and every moment on stage is different in each production.
"I try to create the most beautiful way for the music to express what the director is looking for, but on the other hand, I also see myself as the caretaker of Mozart's vision. I need to maintain that in the face of the dramatic direction that every production takes."
Pelto also discussed specific conducting problems in the opera, most notably the extremely complex overlapping dance rhythms with onstage orchestras at the end of Act I.
"In their own right, these dances are relatively simple, but it's complicated getting them all to go together," Pelto said. "The key is to find the right gesture for each of them, putting it together so that the musicians and singers can each hear their own dance. If I'm doing my job right, it should be easy for each of them to play in their own tempo, and the singing is superimposed on the 'hypermeter' of the whole thing."
The cast includes seasoned veterans in the roles of Donna Anna, Don Ottavio and Donna Elvira, with relative newcomers playing the Don, Leporello, Zerlina, and Masetto, all of whom are playing the role for the first time. Zerlina is portrayed by Boulder favorite Maria Lindsay, who recently graduated from the University of Colorado opera program and performed memorably in several roles.
Pelto said the balance of veterans and newcomers is a wonderful and clever approach to casting.
"If everybody's doing it for the first time, it's exciting and fresh, but you're missing a certain depth," he said, "whereas if nobody is new, there is the danger that they are all simply rehashing their old ways of doing it, and it's harder to find that ensemble quality that is essential in all of Mozart.
"It's difficult when everybody comes in with strong preconceptions. It's important that everybody involved feels that this particular production has never existed before and never will again."
Of interest to those who know the opera well is the decision whether to include two arias that were late insertions by Mozart but then became extremely popular. They used to be included all the time, but more recently, one or both is often omitted. Pelto omits the lyrical tenor aria "Dalla sua pace" for Ottavio but includes Donna Elvira's virtuosic "Mi tradi."
"The later aria for Ottavio, 'Il mio Tesoro,' gives a more complete picture of Ottavio, whereas 'Dalla sua pace' doesn't really add anything except a pretty song," Pelto said. "By contrast, 'Mi tradi' provides a very important development for Elvira that adds depth to her final appearances."
This development seems to fit with Newbury's conception of the character.


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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
R.I.P. Alabama Pink
My blogger friend and running inspiration, Amanda, passed away tonight, almost a year after being diagnosed with leukemia. I keep trying to remind myself that she is no longer suffering the indignities of a body that didn't appreciate her spirit, but it isn't stopping my tears. I am thinking of her husband, who humored me and my rambling inquiries; her little boy who brought her so much joy.
Right now, my brain is flooded with our conversations while she was sick; her faith and her laughter despite the pain. I recognized something almost immediately in her that is completely lacking in myself--courage. She always seemed positive and upbeat, no matter how bad things got.
I joined TNT in her honor last May, soon after she was diagnosed and was hoping so much to meet her in San Francisco. She was a runner in training and I wanted to entertain her with stories of doing something she enjoyed. I had heard of the masses of people participating in the Nike Marathon, raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and wanted her to see it. I wanted her to watch 20,000 people running to give her hope. She couldn't make it to San Francisco because of her treatments, so I called her the minute I walked into my room. I honestly felt her with me from the time I woke up to go to SF, and wanted to share every moment with her. She answered the phone and told me she was being injected with what looked like toilet bowl cleaner.
And so I described the view, the masses, the excitement and my plans to get her there next year. "I am NOT running next year unless you either run with me or wear an ugly green wig and cheer me on! Lil' A will love this place! He can dance on the streets along the way." She promised to be there and I accepted. During our calls we talked about religion, faith, baking, pets, her adorable son, shooting, my attempts at running and just about anything else I could think of. I left her more voice mail messages than I can remember, because I had a horrible sense of timing and rarely called when she was actually available.
I wanted to see her when I was visiting Washington DC, but didn't want to push in case she wasn't up to it. I never got to see her.
In all this time, I only heard her cry once. This, despite knowing what she did. She had courage.
She had the courage to fight with grace and humor, to dress up for Halloween for her son, to talk to well meaning (but clueless) strangers; to laugh at the absurdities.
So tonight, I mourn the loss of a stranger who inspired me and taught me more than I can ever thank her for. I want to be glad that she didn't suffer in her final moments and will no longer have to deal with the indignities of cancer. But for now, I'll cry for the loss of a friend.
12 comments:
- TK said...
Oh, Bama. I haven't the words for how sad this makes me. In fact, for right now, I haven't any words at all. Rest in peace, and best to her family.
Thanks for letting us know, P.
- March 26, 2009 at 4:06 AM
- Jeremy Feist said...
I'm in shock right now. Oh God, her poor son, and her husband...I'm sorry, I really am.
- March 26, 2009 at 6:39 AM
So beautifully said, Girl. I have no words, so thank you for saying what is in my heart.
- March 26, 2009 at 7:47 AM
I stand with you, P. She was special, and she was awesome, and that was a lovely tribute. Thank you for connecting with her like you did. My deepest sympathies and condolences to the Pink family.
- March 26, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- Julie said...
That was a lovely tribute to a sweet and wonderful woman.
- March 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- meaux said...
Beautifully said.
- March 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Nicole said...
That was beautiful, P.
- March 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- MelodyLane said...
Lovely tribute, P.
- March 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Lainey said...
Both of you amazing women are in my thoughts and in my heart.
- March 26, 2009 at 8:56 PM
- apadams said...
Such a beautiful tribute, for such a strong beautiful woman.
Thank you!
- March 26, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- slouchmonkey said...
Hang in there. So sad. Best to her son and loving husband. Always remember the 'Bama.
- March 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM
'Bama was simply awesome!! Her essence and spirit lives.
- March 28, 2009 at 9:07 AM


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|2012-04-05, 04:21
|Link #41
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
There's an interesting duality in that "moe anime" tend to either feature girls being either extremely charming and cheerful or going through hell.
Personally, I associate moe with charming, cheerful girls and a warm fuzzy feeling. However, when a girl with moe potential is distraught, it's usually deeply moving. It's an entirely separate feeling though.
I'm also not sure I'd call the feeling protective. I usually want to see the girl get hurt - not for sadistic reasons though, more like a masochism by proxy because of what it makes me feel. I suppose that others may have a different stance on that though.
P.S. I remember that on the occasions that I've discussed Matsuri Shihou - one of my favourite characters from a moe anime - with other fans, some of them seem to like her as a tragic character, which would of course probably involve the second feeling. Whereas for me, I strongly associate Matsuri with liveliness and charm regardless of what she goes through at times in the series.
|2012-10-02, 08:25
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Ossan Sasha
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Okinawa
Age: 28
The funny thing is actually living in a Japanese speaking culture, you never hear the term moe. Everyone uses the word "kawaii" to the point that it is near-sickening. Being that it is considered a more feminine word, its typically the women who use it (and drag out the last vowel sound -_-) while the men stick to a rushed utteration of "sugoi" that comes out sounding more like "sugeh." Honestly, it wasn't until i started getting into the otaku culture that I even heard moe.
|2012-10-02, 14:34
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|2012-10-03, 00:00
|Link #45
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
For a clear disconnect between moe and cute (kawaii) just look at the series Kaiji.
No one, ever would call the style cute (well, maybe Fujoushi) but it is very moe. The moe here is instilling protective feelings from the viewer. Kaiji is going through hell, and the viewer is intended to have protective feelings for Kaiji, and to see him get out of whatever predicament he ends up in.
|2012-10-03, 15:54
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Ah, yes, who could turn this poor moe Kaiji away?
|2012-10-04, 19:08
|Link #48
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: In line to confess his sins.
Age: 30
Poor Kaiji, I just want to give him a pat on the back and tell him it'll be alright!
I don't think I'm allowed to though, if I recall correctly the Japanese Kaiji commercial told me that the show is the "anti-moe anime."
|2012-10-05, 15:31
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Otaku Apprentice
|2013-03-18, 06:10
|Link #50
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Kawaii is dead, Long Live Moe?
This is going to be a very generalized question. But, is Kawaii dead in Japan, and has moe superseded Kawaii? I've noticed is dead in the English Speaking anime community, since... well an Internet Eternity. Is moe deeper, broader and more complex as a concept than Kawaii? Is Kawaii a sub-set swallowed into the broader umbrella of moe?
And do you think a Post Moe era is possible?
|2013-03-18, 09:38
|Link #51
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
^No. What Japanophiles, including but not limited to anime fans, call the kawaii aesthetic is alive and well today in Japan.
However, the general Japanese public don't always understand what "moe" means -- it's a subculture word -- whereas "kawaii" is positively ubiquitous, as it's a daily use common word. Don't make the mistake of thinking that the otaku culture equals all of Japan.
Naturally, in otaku parlance, moe and kawaii are really rather interchangeable to a point. There are times when you can't replace one word with another, and there are times when you can.
Some example uses:
If you think about cosplaying maids or AKB48, yeah that's kawaii and moe. Don't bother distinguishing semantics there.
You can't say (without irony) that Fist of the North Star is kawaii, but I'm sure someone out there is totally moe for it. Oh, and if you say you're imouto-moe, you like younger sisters you damn pervert.
On the other hand, a typical Japanese (female) teenager on a window shopping trip will say "kawaii~" at a cute handbag or stuffed animal. But unless she is a fujoshi she will most likely have no idea what you're on about with your "moe" stuff ("What are you talking about, what's on fire [moeru]?"). Moreover, calling children "kawaii" comes naturally (they're cute...technically speaking), while saying you're "moe" for children is...um...dependent on context interpretation.
But as for the rest of the thread that this question is merged into, I'm of the opinion that moe has a use as an import word for a concept that is rather difficult to shoehorn into an existing English word (a.f.k.'s "turn-on" was actually pretty clever and conveys the right meaning for the translated scene, though not for all usages of the word). On the other hand, "kawaii" literally means cute; you'd only use that word legitimately in English if you're trying to draw attention to a certain kind of Japanese cuteness aesthetic.
|2013-03-18, 11:19
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|2013-03-18, 14:18
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Any pack of Japanese women spotting a kitty and you'll be buried in squeals of "Kawaii!!!" The word hasn't "gone away", it is as mainstream as you can get. And it simply means "so cute I want to squeal". There's even official government entities that use the concept to boost tourism.
sigh ... "moe" is a feeling evoked in the viewer and though cuteness can evoke moe in the viewer, anything that evokes the "blooming feelings and desire to protect" has generated moe. There is no direct translation for it and as Irenicus says, it is valuable as an import word for that reason (the same as tsunami or sushi or umami).
There is an overlap of something cute can generate moe ... but people can be moe about things that other people don't find cute at all.
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|2013-03-18, 20:36
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Senior Member
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Oh btw, I've seen Fujoshi call Kuroko Moe
|2013-03-19, 03:15
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Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
I tend to agree with Irenicus that as the word is used, sometimes it's completely interchangeable with kawaii and sometimes isn't, leading to some confusion. And when I throw ossan's post about kawaii being quite feminine into the analysis, the reason why otaku might often use it as a stand in for kawaii becomes clear.
Which, of course, can create confusion with the feeling/subculturalist quasi-religious experience sense that many of us use the term for.
Also, regarding "blooming (burning too, remember?) feelings and desire to protect" thing - for me, there's an actual sensation I associate with moe, which in a strong case will manifest in a warm gut/melted brain kind of feeling. And I still find that my feelings towards a moe character are more likely to take the form of compassion, being charmed, or "adoration" (in the sense of "bask in her glorious precense") than a desire to protect. Sorry, but for some reason constructing it that way irks me. It probably doesn't help that I usually do hold my peace when someone explains it that way at anime club meetings because I fear coming across as a blathering idiot.
|2013-03-19, 08:49
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Senior Member
The main issue I have with the "desire to protect" construction is that there's many anime girls that I find moe that, well, simply don't need protection.
Does Yui Hirasawa need protection? What does she need to be protected from? Nodoka? Her sister?
I'd only feel a desire to protect someone if I felt that someone was in actual danger, or likely to be subjected to significant harm.
With the above in mind, I have to admit that for most of the times that I use "moe", "kawaii" would work just as well.
|2013-03-24, 15:48
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Also a Lolicon
Join Date: Apr 2010
A lot of us would try to protect people in the spur of the moment if they were about to be subjected to major harm regardless of how moemoe they are.
moe is when you feel the want to guard them from hypothetical harm.
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Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, hope and giving, when families are together in love.
How did it become a time of sadness, loneliness and materialism instead of a season to rejoice for the end of darkness?
Are you sad because you cannot be with those you love? Where was the holy family on that first Christmas? Many miles from home with no place to rest. Where were the magi? How far from their homes?
Are you distressed because you are hounded by enemies, perhaps ones of your own making? What king was hunting for the innocent baby Jesus intending to kill him?
Are your gifts inappropriate? What would a baby to do with hard, cold jewels or incense to burn? He needed a fire for warmth. Myrrh, a bitter perfume, would irritate his little nostrils and tell him of coming pain before he has known the pleasures of life.
Can't communicate with your spouse, friends or family? Jesus' parents needed an angel go-between in their most important conversations.
Tired of the incessant Christmas carols? Try sleeping in a cold, smelly barn with lowing cattle and bleating sheep — and a host of angels singing at the top of their voices.
A bleak picture? No. Picture the faces of the holy family and their guests. They do not see the roughness of the stable, notice the smell of the animals or hear the cacophony of bawling beasts.
Love has blessed and warmed them. Giving has replaced their greed for gifts for themselves. The babe has filled their hearts with warmth and peace. Nothing more is needed. Their tomorrow will not be a letdown. They will carry the peace of this night in their souls till the day they meet Jesus in Heaven.
Nothing has changed but everything has changed.
God love you and bless you.


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In the living room of his Ellicott City home, Christopher Shih sits with his legs curled beneath him on a beige leather love seat. Relaxed in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, he speaks humbly of his accomplishments as an amateur pianist.
In the kitchen Shih's two eldest daughters, Nina and Elena, sing and play, and upstairs his youngest daughter, Sonia, sleeps.
"During the six months prior to the competition, I essentially have no time," Shih says, and then stops mid-thought after hearing a roar of laughter from one of his daughters.
"Girls, what does the clock say?" he asks.
"It's 8:18," 9-year-old Nina reports eagerly, wanting to delay bedtime.
"Okay, you have until 8:30," Shih says, and then, without missing a beat, he continues talking about his recent preparations for one of the world's most competitive amateur piano competitions: "It could be midnight, it could be one in the morning before I go to bed."
Balancing the two conversations, one with a reporter and another with his children, comes to Shih with an ease that is the mark of an accomplished and effectual multitasker.
Over the past year, Shih has masterfully juggled his roles as husband, father, gastroenterologist and pianist.
But like everything Shih does, the Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine graduate has taken his amateur piano playing to an unmatched level, practicing on average two hours a day and winning four amateur piano competitions in the past five years.
Most recently, Shih traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, in May and took first place in the sixth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, referred to by many as the Olympics of amateur piano.
Shih also has repeatedly soloed with the National Symphony Orchestra and has performed at the Aspen Music Festival and the Banff Chamber Music Festival in Calgary, Alberta.
"I guess he doesn't sleep," surmises Van Cliburn juror Shields "Buddy" Bray, who said that the ease of Shih's piano playing surpasses that of many formally trained pianists. Bray said Shih outshone other contestants early in the competition.
"He just sits down and plays. The most difficult pieces in his repertoire look easy for him; it's a very honest representation," Bray said of Shih's May performance, which included a rendition of Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Handel, which won him the final prize, and music by Tchaikovsky, Bach and Wagner. "For somebody to get up and play like that is amazing. I don't know when he practices, but as a gastroenterologist, I would not think that all of his time is his really his own, and he has three kids besides."
Critics agree. The Washington Post has called Shih's piano playing "fluent, gracious, miraculously light, and a joy to the ear," and the New York Times has described Shih as "an intelligent and thoughtful musician."
Shih says that while he's always had an appreciation for music, he has never trained professionally.
"I've always just done it on the side," Shih says of his piano playing. "However, I've always done it very seriously."
In 1997, Shih took a year off from medical school between his third and fourth years and competed in the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
The competition, Shih says, is intended for career musicians who have trained at many of the world's top conservatories, and entering it as an amateur was a risky move.
"It was my one last chance before my internship and residence to see where I could take this," he says.
Though Shih made it into the final 30 contestants — a feat for an amateur — he did not place.
"That was it. I went back to medical school, finished my fourth year, did my residency, got married and started a family," Shih recalls. "It's very difficult to make a career in music, and it's not always rewarding."
But after nine years of devoting his full attention to the field of gastroenterology (treating digestive disorders) and playing the piano only nominally, Shih once again felt the pull of the ebony and ivory keys and his desire to play them competitively.
While working full time as a doctor in Howard County, Shih began competing again in 2006, and that year brought home the top prize at the Washington International Piano Amateurs Competition.
The next year he went on to win the Boston International Piano Competition for Exceptional Amateurs, and in 2008 Shih faced his biggest artistic challenge since 1997: the Concours des Grands Amateurs de Piano, which, like the Van Cliburn competition, is known among musicians for its difficulty. Unsurprisingly, Shih tackled the challenge and won the competition.
"The winning really isn't the goal," Shih says. "The goal is to play this music at the highest possible level that it can be played at."
Shih, who has played the piano since he was 5, says he has a love-hate relationship with the art.
Balancing hours of practice with his family and professional life is exhausting, he says.
"When the competition is finally over, it's more of a relief than anything else," Shih says. "Ultimately what I like about it is being able to explore this body of incredible literature that exists and being able to learn it and practice it and to really get it into my blood."
Shih's wife, Maya, a violinist with the Peabody Preparatory Institute in Baltimore, says that even when her husband is preparing for a competition, he is able to strike a careful balance between family time and practice time.
"I don't know exactly how he does it," she says. "He squeezes every second out of every day."


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Game of Death (UK - BD RB)
All Marcus remembers about Game of Death is his name is said way too much
Wesley Snipes plays an undercover CIA agent Marcus (badass name right?) recounting a story to a priest (Ernie Hudson) about how bad the situation he's in is. He's taken a mission and got his team together, but he's been screwed over for the money element floating around in the plan and his colleagues (Gary Daniels and Zoe Bell) are just too tempted by the big numbers not to try and take it. As the story unravels we watch Marcus deal with the double cross and watch as his mission falls apart.
Other than some of the style choices of this movie, consisting of a nice, broody, atmospheric unfolding story intercut with some flashy edits, unnecessarily showy camera techniques and some atrocious dialogue, Game of Death (nothing to do with Bruce Lee by the way, but I'm also not sure what the title actually refers to in the movie either) was a whole lot more watchable than I thought it was going to be at least for the first half.
The story works much like a Mission Impossible movie in regards to Marcus assembling his team for a mission (and then one or more of them screw him over), but being a DTV release it was never going to turn into a full on Tom Cruise affair, instead keeping to the basics of car chases, gun fights and of course some old fashion fisticuffs.
I've never been a Snipes fan. I don't care for Blade aside from the first one, and other than White Men Can't Jump I can't think of one of his movies I've seen more than once... maybe Demolition Man. Nothing in Game of Death has really changed my opinion, but there's no denying the man can look cool while kicking a whole lot of ass, plus he's aged better than most of the other action stars still knocking out the shelf fillers, so the action star illusion wasn't quite as hard to swallow.
As the runtime slips on by, Game of Death progressively got less interesting. Seeing Zoe Bell follow Snipes around a hospital while they both take random pot shots at each other felt drawn out and hearing my name said at the start or end of every sentence, an increasing event in movies of late (seriously over the last year or so there have been so many characters called Marcus) got tiresome to the point where I got sick of hearing the sound of it. Also with Wesley barely talking and every character babbling on about the plot in every scene, the clunky forced feeling dialogue also started to grate.
The last half hour of the movie brings all the elements together pretty well and I really wanted Snipes to put the beat down on his crew (even if it only to shut them up talking). It's far from being a slick affair and spends too much time talking up the suspense of a scene that doesn't have a big enough pay off but really what started out as a DTV title that had promise ends up being a DTV that felt exactly like a DTV title.
Game of Death has a mixed bag of visuals, opening with a very stark, very gritty shooting outside of a club, we move into a cleaner looking autumnal scene with bright morning sunshine and a nice sharp image. This intercuts with some rough looking close ups in a church and some weird 'shot from afar' angles. This mishmash of techniques continues throughout the movie with fades, dissolves, playful cuts and slow motion used like director Giorgio Serafini had a quota to fill.
The visual tricks may very well have let the film down but the transfer itself is pretty consistent. Colour filters make scenes look a whole lot more filmic than most DTV titles I've seen, and even though nothing looks all that natural because of them the image is still rich in textures and detail, when it's at its best and the contrast between the deep blacks and pale colours in some shots are excellent.
The majority of this DTS-HD Master Audio track sits in the front speakers with the odd wave of the synth sounding score spreading into the rears in the action sequences. The moody feel to the movie creates a nice atmosphere and its sudden change of pace when the action kicks off can sometimes work but often feels jarring.
Dialogue sits well in the mix and the clicking of guns and boom of gunshots all have a nice presence but generally speaking I wouldn't say the track was doing all the much beyond delivering the basics.
The disc opens with the Steven Segal flick Born to Raise Hell (he fights like a he's made of wood nowadays doesn't he?), The Losers and Dog Pound.
The 'Behind the Scenes' (11:44 SD) is the cast telling us the story and is just an EPK really and the only other extra is the trailer (02:01 HD).
Maybe if Game of Death came out fifteen years ago it would have felt a little fresher, but to be honest fifteen years is probably still being too kind. This is yet another movie that harks back to the golden age of action hero flicks when they were awesome, and as with the rest of the DTV action crowd it doesn't really capture what made that 80s golden age work. Snipes does his usual thing of not very much beyond looking cool and getting the job done and the rest of the film is about as forgettable as most of the other not-so-good movies in his filmography.
The disc's AV is passable, the extras are fluff at best, and really I'm not sure who these action titles are targeted for anymore because I'm the nostalgic demographic this sort of thing is aimed at and I honestly couldn't care less.
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Review by Marcus Doidge
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 21st February 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, LPCM 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Behind the Action: An Explosive Look Behind the Scenes, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Giorgio Serafini
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Zoë Bell, Ernie Hudson
Genre: Action and Drama
Length: 97 minutes
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July 2012
Luce Foundation Grant Will Help Nuns in Asia Attend the Jesuit School of Theology
Deborah Lohse
BERKELEY and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 25, 2012 — To support the role of Catholic women religious in China, India, and Vietnam as agents of social change, the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a four-year grant of $375,000 to the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University.
The grant will fund a pilot program enabling a small group of Catholic nuns to pursue advanced theological degrees at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif. It will also enable them to receive support from the worldwide network of Jesuit institutions and missions when they return to their home countries.
"We are extremely grateful to receive this grant, which allows us to establish relationships and build the infrastructure for a most promising initiative," said Thomas Massaro, S.J., dean of the Jesuit School of Theology. "Our faculty are especially enthusiastic about building up the worldwide Church by expanding opportunities for excellent theological education to religious sisters in underserved communities in Asia, where the potential for supporting positive social change is extraordinarily high."
In Asia, vocations to religious life are flourishing, but due to poverty or politics there are few venues for advanced theological training or spiritual leadership development. With the education that will be funded by the Luce grant, some nuns or sisters will be able to become educators in their own countries, such as at a new theology center for women in Pune, India.
Others could better support important changes to their modernizing societies. Historically in the U.S. and developed nations, women religious have been at the forefront of social change, serving as teachers, nurses, or social workers and building schools, hospitals, shelters, and other enduring institutions long before women in general had broad rights.
"We are delighted to be supporting this initiative, which addresses the theology program's interests in fostering links between scholars and religious leaders in Asia and the United States, and in preparing women for ministry," said Lynn Szwaja, program director for theology at the Henry Luce Foundation.
"This is a great contemporary example of the positive multiplier effect that Jesuits have always pursued in our educational ministries," added Massaro.
About the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, located in Berkeley, Calif., is a preeminent international center for the culturally contextualized study of theology. Its mission is to inspire and prepare men and women to become leaders in the Church, academy, and society, serving others through a faith that does justice. Rooted in Ignatian spirituality, JST educates and trains Jesuits, religious, ordained, and lay students from across the United States and from 40 other countries for lives dedicated to ministry and scholarship. For more information see www.scu.edu/jst.
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TEMPERATURES are set to soar to 30 degrees as Essex gears up for a scorching week.
However, forecasters at the Essex Weather Centre, are also predicting a return to the stormy weather as temperatures continue to rise.
At the weekend the Basildon area was hit with intensive electrical storms and the area could face it again as more hot and humid weather moves in.
Tom Defty, of the Essex Weather Centre, said: "It looks set to be the hottest week of the year with a repeat performance of storms as the heat and humidity build at the end of the week.
"River levels are quite low but there is a risk of surface flooding and frequent lightning.
"Pollen levels will be high so hayfever will be off the charts and temperatures will be around 20 degrees at night so there will be some sleepless nights.
"The next month or so look good though, with more warm weather forecast which is good news for businesses after four years of wet summers."


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"I was extremely proud of all the hits the guys recorded behind me," Merry said. "Coach Wheeler and Caleb [Joseph] did a great job calling the game. I felt good. I was able to locate my pitches and the guys did a great job playing defense behind me."
Merry received the honor after throwing a complete game five-hitter to defeat East Tennessee State University 6-1. In a rain-shortened eight inning game he gave up one run while striking out a season high ten.
"Taylor did a great job of getting ahead early in the count and changing speeds," pitching coach, Lantz Wheeler said. "He really attacked hitters and forced the tempo of the game, making the ETSU hitters uncomfortable."
Merry was named Pitcher of the Week, just a week after his teammate, and fellow freshman, Rex Brothers received the honor. Brothers was awarded after defeating Mercer 7-2. In eight innings he gave up two runs, one earned, while striking out eleven.
"It's nice for the guys to receive the national attention, they really work hard and compete every time out," Wheeler said. "As far as being a freshman, the staff realizes that has nothing to do with success and failure. You are either a pitcher or a thrower."
Until that time, the only Lipscomb baseball player to receive the honor was Matt Schnelly, who was awarded Pitcher of the Week in February of 2006 after shutting out the Pittsburgh Panthers 3-0.
On the season, Merry is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA. In 12 appearances, including two starts, Merry has struck out 27 while holding batters to a .224 average.
Merry, who started the season as the Bisons' closer, accumulated four saves in that role, before recently moving to the starters position.
"Coach Forehand and I have a tremendous amount of confidence in Taylor," Wheeler said. "He is a competitor that attacks the strike zone and has four pitches he can throw for strikes. He really has a great understanding of how to pitch and does a great job of controlling the tempo of the game.
"We couldn't be more pleased with the way Taylor has pitched as a starter, however, we didn't expect anything else. He's a special player and one of the most competitive guys I have ever coached. Coach Forehand and I look forward to great things out of Taylor over the next few years."


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Quad Named to Honor Tim '58 and Sharon Ubben '58, Who "Fundamentally Altered the History of DePauw"
May 2, 2013
"It's a rare day that any college or university marks off a part of its campus in honor of those who have changed an institution, and today is one of those rare days," DePauw University President Brian W. Casey said this afternoon as he formally dedicated the Ubben Quadrangle. Known before as the North Quad, the expanse of land in front of Mason Hall, Lucy Rowland Hall and Rector Village now honors Timothy H. and Sharon Williams Ubben, both 1958 graduates of DePauw.
The president noted that in 2002, DePauw's academic quad was named in honor of Philip Forbes Holton '29 and Ruth Clark Holton '29, who left the University a gift exceeding $128 million for scholarship endowment. The generosity of the Ubbens, Casey stated, has also "fundamentally altered the history of our University."
The president noted, "Tim and Sharon made their first gift to DePauw University when, in 1958, they sent a check to the Annual Fund in the amount of $26." The gifts continued, and grew. In 1983, the Ubbens made their first six-figure contribution to their alma mater to fund the Ubben Scholarship program, which supported more than 140 DePauw students. Their generosity endowed the Ubben Lecture Series in 1986, which brings leaders such as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and Jane Goodall to campus each year. A 1996 gift of more than $5 million created Alumni Legacy Scholarships. In 2000, the couple created more than 15 endowed faculty chairs. The Ubbens have also contributed to renovations of Harrison Hall, Olin Laboratory, the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center, and Blackstock Stadium.
On February 4 of this year it was announced that Tim and Sharon Ubben committed $20 million to the University's endowment to provide need-based financial aid for DePauw students.
"You can total up all of their gifts and find that Tim and Sharon Ubben have committed over $76 million to DePauw University," Casey told the crowd assembled in a tent on Ubben Quad. "But it's not the total that's the most striking thing, as stunning as that number is, but the realization that there is no facet of the essential elements of this University that have not been made stronger by the Ubbens' support. The support offered to students, the experience our students have here and abroad, and the very nature of our campus have all been profoundly and strongly shaped by the Drs. Ubben," Casey said of the couple who received honorary doctorates at last May's commencement exercises.
"We didn't seek this recognition, but believe me it's very nice, thank you," Tim Ubben told the crowd after a new sign for the Ubben Quadrangle was formally unveiled. He said he and his wife "have so much affection and respect" for DePauw and joked that he had always assumed "you had to be dead" to be honored in such a way. As the crowd roared, he took the gag further, adding, "I want to give honor to my predecessor, Mr. North of the North Quad." For the uninitiated, the old name cited its location.
"I feel like I'm back home again in Indiana, for I lived in Rector Hall, on the second floor just above the doors," Sharon Ubben told the gathering. In the 1950s Rector Hall was a dormitory for first-year women students; it was destroyed by fire in 2002 and was replaced by Rector Village. "And my room was a meeting place. because everybody came every night to see who went out with whom, see all the hanky-panky that was going on
... I have fond memories being back here, and this is indeed an honor."
Tim Ubben pointed out that the quad is "surrounded by students. And if there was anything dominant about our investment in DePauw it's that we've endowed so many student scholarship so that kids who otherwise couldn't come here can. So we find this space very, very appropriate."
"Today the Ubben name joins the names of the Rectors, Roy O. West, and Lucy Rowland and Bishop Roberts as names forever enmeshed in the very fabric of this campus," said President Casey.
After graduating from DePauw, Timothy H. Ubben received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University and served in the U.S. Army while Sharon Williams Ubben taught school in Elkhart, Indiana, and Tampa, Florida.
Tim Ubben founded Lincoln Capital Management, a Chicago-based investment firm, in 1967. When he retired in 1999 as chairman, Lincoln had over $50 billion in assets under management. Sharon Ubben owned a tour company, Hearts Desire, from 1983 to 1990.
Tim Ubben co-chaired DePauw's Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2001 and continues his service as an advisory trustee; he was a member of the Alumni Association Board from 1983-87 and served as chair from 1985-87; chaired The Campaign for DePauw: Leadership for a New Century; was a member of the presidential search committee in 2007-08; and was awarded DePauw's Old Gold Goblet for "eminence in life's work and service to alma mater" in 1993. Sharon Ubben served on the Alumni Association Board from 1988-94.
Last summer, Tim Ubben was honored as the recipient of the Ernest T. Stewart Award for Alumni Volunteer Involvement, presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). He has also served on the national board of directors of the Posse Foundation since 2004, founded the Chicago Posse in 1999, and was named a "Posse Star" in 2009, among other honors.Back


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Communications company AT&T reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street analysts' expectations on Wednesday on strong revenue from its wireless operations.
The company said it earned 63 cents a share, compared to expectations of 60 cents, though revenue was about flat at $31.5 billion, which met analyst estimates.
After the earnings announcement, AT&T's shares rose nearly 0.7 percent in pre-market trading. (Click here to get the latest quotes for AT&T.)
The company reported record cash from operations of $11.5 billion and free cash flow of $6.5 billion.
Wireless revenues rose 6.6 percent while wireless service revenues gained 4.5 percent.
Subscriber base including television and Internet rose to 7.4 million, representing a gain of 200,000 in TV and 613,000 in high-speed Internet.
"We had another impressive quarter with strong earnings growth, record cash flows and solid returns to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks," Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
On the downside, the flow of customers into AT&T's wireless stores slowed further in the latest quarter, putting the company far behind rival Verizon Wireless.
AT&T said it added a net 151,000 new customers on contract-based plans from July through September, the lowest number for that period since at least 2003.
The Dallas-based company is blaming short supplies of the iPhone 5, but that didn't hold back Verizon, which last week reported adding 10 times as many contract-signing customers.
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This past May we ran our Small Cool Kitchens contest, and had the opportunity to peek into a lot of small yet bright kitchens. From a unique kitchen in Brussels, to the winning kitchen in East Boston, and lots of other small cool kitchens in between, here are 15 of our favorites from this past year's contest.
• 1 Inés' Opened-Up Barcelona Kitchen
• 2 Megumi's Hand-Made Brussels Kitchen
• 3 Tanya's Former Light Bulb Factory Kitchen in East Boston
• 4 Theresa's Sweet and Modern San Francisco Kitchen
• 5 Cindy's Tiny Yet Complete Austin Kitchen
• 6 Nikki's San Francisco Kitchen with Character
• 7 Matt's Fun and Vintage Minnesota Kitchen
• 8 Lucy's Classic Yet Modern Kitchen in Washington D.C.
• 9 Finch's Sunny San Francisco Kitchen
• 10 Ina's Semi-Outdoor Kitchen in Jakarta
• 11 Kevin and Kelly's Overhauled Victorian Kitchen in Virginia
• 12 Carin's Light, Bright Vermont Kitchen
• 13 Joi's Cleverly Renovated Virginia Kitchen
• 14 Alice's Light and Casual Las Vegas Kitchen
• 15 Addie's Charming Columbus Cape Cod Kitchen
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