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Philadelphia, PA – He probably would never admit it, but Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ray Shero had to know this day would come.
Sooner or later, his team would need a better option in net than Marc-Andre Fleury.
That's why last summer, after years of using low-priced journeymen to back up Fleury, Shero finally signed a No. 2 with a wealth of starting experience. The Penguins bucked up $4 million over two years to acquire the services of Tomas Vokoun, who became an insurance policy for when, not if, Fleury stumbled.
Sure enough, after an ineffective performance from Fleury at the start of Pittsburgh's first-round series against the New York Islanders, Vokoun was called upon to steady the ship.
With the best-of-seven series tied at two games apiece, the Eastern Conference's top seed tabbed Vokoun to start Game 5 and the results were even better than expected. The 36-year-old Czech turned aside all 31 shots in Thursday's 4-0 win, moving Pittsburgh one victory away from ending an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series that's been more competitive than most people would've guessed.
Considering the way Fleury floundered in front of his net for the first four games of this series, it's almost a lock Vokoun will be the starter when the Pens try to eliminate the upstart Islanders in Saturday's Game 6 on the road.
Still, Vokoun's clutch performance in Game 5 was anything but a certainty. Although a veteran of 700 regular-season NHL contests, his start in Game 5 in Pittsburgh was just his 12th appearance in the playoffs and the first since spring 2007, when Vokoun was the No. 1 option in net for Nashville.
He even copped to having a case of the butterflies heading into the big start.
"I was a little bit nervous, to be honest, the whole day," Vokoun said after the win. "I think you wouldn't be human if you weren't."
Vokoun's strong performance in a pinch came at just the right time for Pittsburgh, but the Pens' need for another veteran net presence like his was a long time in the making.
The realization that Pittsburgh required a better backup only came after Fleury already proved he could reach the top of the NHL's mountain. The last several years have seen Fleury's reputation go from proven winner to somebody who can't be counted on in big spots.
Fleury was superb in helping Pittsburgh get to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2008, when it lost to Detroit, and he was a solid backstop the following spring when the Pens exacted revenge on the Red Wings to win the franchise's first championship since the halcyon days of Mario Lemieux.
In the afterglow of that impressive two-year run, it appeared Fleury was an invaluable piece to the future success of the Penguins. Not as important as Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin, but not too far behind, either.
However, Fleury's playoff results following the 2009 championship have been nothing short of alarming, causing a necessary shift in how Pittsburgh thinks about a player once considered a franchise goaltender.
In his first three postseasons, a run that culminated with the Stanley Cup crown, Fleury was 31-18 with a 2.45 goals against average and .915 save percentage. In four playoff appearance since then, he is just 14-16 with a 3.15 GAA and .881 save percentage. Fleury's GAA jumps up to 3.46 if you count only his last three spring performances.
A perennial pre-season favorite to win it all, Pittsburgh managed to make it to the second round in 2010 but suffered first-round exits in each of the past two postseasons. The recent playoff struggles combined with Fleury's start to the 2013 postseason was enough for head coach Dan Bylsma to finally utilize the Plan B put in place when Shero signed Vokoun.
However, while the switch to Vokoun was imminent, it's not necessarily permanent. In fact, it wouldn't be shocking to see Pittsburgh go back to Fleury in a Game 7 should Vokoun and the Pens fall on Saturday.
And even if Vokoun posts another shutout to close the series in Game 6, Bylsma may opt to give Fleury another shot to start at the beginning of the second round.
After all, the switch to Vokoun is not about giving up on Fleury, it's about realizing from his recent playoff runs that he might need help. In previous years, there was little faith in the second option, but that all changed with the addition of Vokoun.
Shero received tons of deserved praise for adding veteran skaters like Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and Douglas Murray at this year's trade deadline, but his move to get Vokoun in the offseason came and went with little fanfare.
However, if Vokoun's first playoff start for the Pens is an indication of things to come, Shero's decision to bolster the net situation could become the stuff of legend.


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Pronunciation: kwer-yê-lês. • [...]
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Whiny, grumbling, continually complaining about everything
Notes: This good adjective supports an adverb, querulously, and a noun, querulousness. Other forms of the noun, such as querulation, querulity, and querulosity have come and gone over the past 300 years and today are considered vagrant oddities. This word looks so much like quarrel, it is difficult not to confuse it with quarrelsome. But please don't; they are as semantically distinct as they are phonetically.
In Play: First of all, you can never be too polite: "Please don't think me querulous but these are my feet you are standing on." For sure, querulousness is generally not involved with politeness: "The querulous ninny criticizes everything his wife does for him when he should thank her for tolerating him." And what could be worse than a querulous quidnunc, who pries into everyone else's business and complains about it?
Word History: This Good (if used properly) Word came to us via Old French from Latin querulus "querulous", an adjective based on queri "to complain". The original Proto-Indo-European root, *kwes- "to pant, wheeze", is lurking in both English quarrel and question. The latter came from Latin questio, questionis, a noun based on an old past participle of Latin quaerere "to ask, seek", questus. (Today's Good Word came from a long-time Agora contributor who goes by the pseudonym, Ekkis. Why don't you drop by the new Alpha Agora today and say, 'Hello'?)
Perhaps it's worth mentioning another noun derived, as Douglas Harper points out not from a participle, but from the imperative form of quarere, quare, i e, query. Nor should we forgot the word quest, about which much could be said (but not here)....
PS : Let us hope that ekkis does indeed decide to pay us a visit !...

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This February 13, 1900 letter from George W. Holley to George Sheldon laments the fact that the trolley is certain to come through the village street of Deerfield, since "the whole business element is on that side." Mr. Holley is not a Deerfield resident and, although he is an admirer of Mr. Sheldon, argues that it is a matter for the citizens to fight out among themselves. Public opinion in opposition to that of the Railroad Corporation is a good thing in Mr. Holley's view, "for it will show the R.R. Corporation they cannot ride rough shod over us."
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Severe Weather Likely in East Texas This Afternoon [UPDATED]
UPDATE 8:10pm
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee County until 9:15pm
UPDATE 6:30pm
Tornado watch extended until 1:00a and now includes Camp, Cass, Framklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Wood, Nacogdoches, Shelby, Cherokee, Panola and Rusk.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect until 7:00pm for Franklin, Red River and Titus Counties and until 7:30pm for Smith and Wood Counties.
UPDATE 1:30pm
All of East Texas has been put under a slight risk for severe weather this afternoon. Areas from Titus County southeastward to Marshall are under a moderate risk. A Tornado watch remains in effect until 7pm for areas along and north of Interstate 20.
UPDATE 11:30am
A tornado watch has been issued until 7pm for parts of East Texas along and north of Interstate 20. This watch includes the following counties: BOWIE, CAMP, CASS, FRANKLIN, GREGG, HARRISON, MARION, MORRIS, RED RIVER, SMITH, TITUS, UPSHUR and WOOD
Quarter size hail, winds in excess of 70 mph and isolated tornadoes are possible across East Texas this afternoon (Jan. 29). The main threat is early this afternoon north of Interstate 20 ahead of the main line of storms which should move through the area later this afternoon and into the evening.
KLTV 7 Meteorologist Grant Dade says the greatest tornado threat is still to our east in Louisiana and Arkansas. The main concern is going to be the gusty winds.
Grant says the line of storms can be expected around 4 to 6 p.m. this afternoon in the Tyler and Longview areas, and Around 6 to 8 p.m. for deep East Texas.


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General David Petraeus' surprise resignation from the CIA in light of an extra-marital affair sent shockwaves through Washington as details were still emerging this Sunday morning on Meet the Press.
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward reported that Petraeus had just gotten back from Benghazi, Libya where he was personally looking in to the situation that lead to four American deaths there.
Woodward said Petraeus "knows the full story" of what happened during the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission and, if he were allowed, his testimony "would essentially back up the White House."
More news this morning came from Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who announced that he, along with South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, have put together "a comprehensive, detailed blueprint for immigration reform."
Schumer said the two senators have been talking to their colleagues and believes the Senate has "a darn good chance, using this blueprint, to get something done this year."
You can watch the entire program on our website including our roundtable for more on the Petraeus news as well as the pending fiscal cliff deadline set for the end of the year. The question is whether or not both sides can come to an agreement on a grand bargain in time to avert economic calamity.
Both sides have signaled this week that they are ready and willing to come to the negotiating table and, thanks to documents obtained by Bob Woodward, we can have a clearer idea of the kind of proposal the White House may make.
This morning was also significant for everyone here at Meet the Press; we celebrated our 65th anniversary and continue to be the world's longest running television program.
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Designed by Tōru Iwatani for Namco in 1980, Pac-Man is one of the earliest, most-recognizable, and iconic arcade games. The player is in a maze alternately fleeing from and chasing 4 "ghosts".
Description of AI Behavior
The ghosts in Pac-Man act as threats requiring the player to avoid them ("chase" mode). However, when the player "eats" one of the power pills and, becomes invulnerable for a period of time, the ghosts change roles and must avoid being caught ("flee" mode).
The AI for the Pac-Man ghosts is a collection of very simple rules. Each of the 4 ghosts has their own ruleset that differs significantly from the others. When used in combination, however, they give the illusion of complex behavior. Because each ghost's behavior is specific to only that ghost, each will be listed separately.
There are some general principles about how the game works that need to be understood before one can discuss how the actual decision AI of the ghosts operates.
There are some general rules that the ghosts follow when navigating the maze. The game space is broken up into "tiles" that the ghosts use to navigate. This is different than if they were to use a per-pixel location system.
Target Tiles
The current navigation of the ghost is based upon a "target tile" which serves as a goal for the ghost to move toward. This system is used regardless of whether the ghosts are in chase or flee modes. Selection of the target tiles is based on the individual ghost logic (below).
Navigation decisions are made just before a ghost reaches an intersection. Note that there is no decision made at the intersections other than how to get to the current target tile. Therefore, this phase can adequately be compared to steering behaviors.
When in the tile prior to the intersection, it looks at all the exit options from that intersection. It then measures the euclidean distance from that tile to the target tile and selects the tile that has the shortest distance. If the ghost is faced with 2 options that are the same distance from the target tile, the tie is broken by preferring directions in the following order: up, left, down, right.
The normal state for the ghosts is the "chase" behavior. Note that this term is used loosely because not all the ghosts are actually "chasing" the player. The word "chase" is used more as an identifier of the game state.
The red ghost's AI is specifically designed to be aggressive towards the player due to the fact that its target tile is set to the tile that Pac-Man is currently in. It is the only ghost that is actively pursuing the player.
Additionally, Blinky is the only ghost that changes speed throughout the course of a single level. The timing of the speed change is based on the number of (non-power-up) dots remaining. On the first level, for example, Blinky will accelerate to be as fast as Pac-Man when there are 20 dots remaining and again to be slightly faster than Pac-Man when there are only 10 dots remaining. The result of this is an increased sense of tension as the player is finishing a particular level.
These two thresholds for speed changes differ by level, happening earlier as the level number increases.
The pink ghost's AI is designed to "feel" opposite of the red ghost's behavior. Pinky actually attempts to get out in front of Pac-Man. This is accomplished by setting the target 4 tiles ahead of Pac-Man's current location in the direction that Pac-Man is travelling. One exception to this is when Pac-Man is traveling up. Due to an overflow bug in the code, the calculation includes a left offset equal to the expected up offset.
The use of Pac-Man's expected position allows the player to exploit the navigation code for Pinky. This was most often seen in situations where Pac-Man and Pinky are in close proximity to each other. For example, if they were headed toward one another, once they are less than 4 tiles apart, the target tile is now behind Pinky. If he encounters an intersection while in this configuration, he will attempt to double-back (by turning) in order to reach the target tile.
Player's would often perform what was referred to as a "head fake" by changing directions rapidly just as Pinky was approaching an intersection. By displacing the target tile just as Pinky was doing the distance and navigation calculations, the player could often force Pinky to move in certain directions. These techniques quickly became part of advanced players' strategies.
The blue ghost uses the most complicated targeting scheme of all the ghosts. Despite being perfectly deterministic, due to the more complex nature of the calculations, Inky is actually the least predictable of the ghosts.
The location of the target tile is actually a hybrid of two calculations. In order to arrive at Inky's target tile, you must use two pieces of data:
First, in a similar manner to Pinky, extend Pac-Man's current direction out two tiles (similar to Pinky's four-tile lead) to arrive at an "offset". Second, draw a vector from Blinky's current position to this offset tile. By doubling the length of this vector, we get Inky's target tile.
Note that depending on the configuration of the actors, this target tile may be in front of Pac-Man (such as when Blinky is pursuing behind Pac-Man), behind Pac-Man (when Blinky is approaching from the front), or deflected to one side or another. Additionally, as this configuration changes, the target tile may vary rapidly. Note also that because Pac-Man's current direction is used as part of the calculation, Inky is susceptible to the "head fake" in a similar way to Pinky. Because of the inclusion of Blinky's location, however, trying to control Inky's movement is far less practical.
The orange ghost is the least aggressive of the ghosts due to his target tile code. There are two parts to Clyde's chase calculations separated by a simple IF statement. If Clyde's location is greater than 8 tiles (Euclidean) away from Pac-Man, he uses the same targeting as Blinky (head directly towards Pac-Man). Once he is within 8 tiles, however, Clyde switches his target tile to his normal patrol corner as per his "flee" behavior. This means that Clyde will never directly encounter the player unless the player makes a poor decision and gets between Clyde and his corner.
When the player eats one of the "power pills", the ghosts change into "flee" mode. When this happens, each ghost's target tile is changed to a location outside the maze. These targets are positioned with one outside each corner. The result is that each ghost will go to a different corner and, because they can't actually reach the target tile, will circle in that corner until they go back to chase mode.
Note that the ghosts are not really "fleeing" from the player but merely scattering in 4 different directions. Another result of this is that, as time passes and the ghosts move apart during "flee mode", it is more difficult for the player to reach all 4 of them.
What Worked
Simple Rules Create Complex Environment
The careful construction of simple rules for the 4 ghosts provided myriad gameplay scenarios.
What Didn't Work
Predictability Leads to Exploitation
While the behaviors of the ghosts seemed complex and almost sentient, there was very little decision-making going on. Novice players felt that there was more AI happening than was actually present. Indeed, the differing rules for the ghosts made for very complex combinations of behaviors. However, as these patterns were discerned and shared between the gaming community, the game quickly became "broken". The designers thought that by simply increasing the speed of the game as levels progressed, they would prevent players from "beating" the game. This however, was not the case.
Every level beyond the 21st was identical -- both in maze construction and the speed of the ghosts -- therefore, the optimal pattern to "solve" the level was the same. At that point, the game devolved into an endurance test to see how long a player could go before making a mistake.
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- The Pac-Man Dossier, Jamey Pittman, web,
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BoltonGary Megon's doing a decent job. They had a sticky period where they lost six out of seven games but that's happening to everyone. It is how you come out of that and how your confidence is restored that makes the difference. I saw them draw 1-1 with West Brom at the weekend and they were very unlucky not to take all three points.
I think their style of football will ensure they get out of this position in the relegation dogfight. Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander up front are a real handful and Matty Taylor, who scored his 50th league goal in 350 league appearance on Saturday, is getting his fair share of goals as well. There are enough goals still to come from those three for Bolton to stay up.
PortsmouthPaul Hart has brought a lot of organisation to Portsmouth's play. That great win against Everton last weekend has got them to 32 points, three points off the drop zone. They've also got two crucial home games coming up in the next four weeks. They have got one against Bolton and one against West Brom - two victories there will keep them up. The fact Peter Crouch is scoring goals is also important.
BlackburnI believe Sam Allardyce will do it again, as well. If you look at Blackburn's strikers they'll be good enough to keep them up. They have Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts at the moment, with Roque Santa Cruz to come back from injury. Add Morten Gamst Pederson into the mix and the different, more direct, style of play Allardyce has brought to the team and they are so hard to play against. I can see them picking up more victories both at home and away which will get them to safety. I think Allardyce is going to do the trick.
SunderlandI think Sunderland, three points off the relegation zone, is about where they should be. There is obviously no time to invest now so they've just got to get on with what they've got - and I think that's enough. The likes of Kenwyne Jones and Djibril Cisse upfront may get the goals to get them out of trouble. If you said are they going down? I would say 'no'. Sunderland to survive.
Newcastle I do fear for Newcastle. The fact Joe Kinnear got ill hasn't helped and it has been a difficult task for Christ Newton and Colin Calderwood to fill in. If you look at their run-in it is not an easy one at all and the ones they might think as 'gimme' ones at home are not too easy. The games the fans might expect them to win against Fulham, Boro and Portsmouth are not so easy, for me. I see big problems for Newcastle.
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough have been the same all season - they can't score goals. That's been their problem. Afonso Alves hasn't really worked for me and as a team they simply haven't scored enough goals. They've been playing enough decent football between the penalty areas but conceding silly goals, as they did against Stoke City at the weekend, and I think they are leaving themselves too much to do. I think that's sad from a club that is brilliantly run from the top. I think they are right to stick with Gareth Southgate, believe they will stick with him should they go into the championship and I think that would be the right choice.
HullThe season started off brilliantly for Phil Brown. He couldn't have envisaged it was going to go so well. Then they hit that rocky period - which everyone knew was going to happen - where they has six or seven games on the trot where they didn't get a victory. The win against Fulham was vital and maybe just turned things around a little bit and, although they lost to Wigan it wasn't such a bad performance. They will look at their home form to pick up the last five points and I think they'll be ok.
Stoke CityWhat a feat that would be for Tony Pulis and Dave Kemp his assistant. They, out of all the teams in the relegation battle, have been working with the least talented players but they've done well this season. That's down to organisation, discipline and a style of play which really gives teams problems. Their victory at the weekend against Middlesbrough, which was crucial, was in typical Stoke fashion. You know what is coming with the Rory Delap long throws, but can you stop it? I think they can produce that for two more games at the Britannia, get two more wins and they will be ok.
West Bromwich Albion If Tony Mowbray had his time again he would do things differently. His philosophy on football is great but the creation of chances and bad defending at the other end haven't been good enough. You might get away with it in the Championship but you can't in the Premier League. I'm afraid it is too late for them but I think he'll be a better manager for his time in the Premier League and they will bounce back I'm sure. I hope they do because they are a good club.
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In rule number 11 it states that we will delete any post that requests cheats and does not supply a save. We have not been enforcing this rule but it has become a problem. There are probably 15 cheat requests for every one save uploaded.
Therefore, I will be enforcing this rule starting today! If you have a problem with this you are welcome to take it up with Gaarasaiyan, although I'm pretty sure he is behind me 100% on this.
It's really simple... UPLOAD A SAVE WITH YOUR REQUEST!!!! If you don't know how to upload a save, the easiest thing to do is create an account on a file hosting site such as MediaFire and then zip your file and upload it to there. Copy the link to the file and paste it in the post. Also, your save file MUST HAVE all relevant information for the save. That means HP/MP/EXP/$/AMMO/ITEMS (name and amount) /HEALTH/basically anything that has a value and can be modded.
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Jobbuzzs is an online procurement specialist system that revolutionizes the traditional way of contract hire by introducing collaboration as the new way of doing contract hire for both clients and vendors.
Name: Jobbuzzs
Slogan: Contract Hire Redefined
1. Vendors (Very traditional recruitment agencies varies in size and experience. Most of them are not young generation.
2. Clients (Corporate from different industries including IT, Health Care etc. Most likely from HR or Procurement Department. )
3. Consultants (Experienced Recruitment Consultants)
The logo will be used in digital materials such as icons, favicon, proposal documents,emails etc.), the logo will also be used on business cards, printed documents. (This is a important requirement)
1. Do not use the words "job" and "buzz" together.
2. Do not use ".com" in this logo.
3. We prefer modern distinguished colors.
4. It would be nice to have symbols in the logo related with the word "job" or "buzz". e.g. Use bee(s) to represent the word "buzz".
5. Design must be SIMPLE to read and understand.
6. You should submit your logo in .png (without flatten) or .psd (without flatten) format (minimum size 512px*512px)
7. These are the brand attributes we want in the logo design:
collaboration and hard working.
8. We want reusable logo design. Here is one example:
9. Logo font must be readable and formal
10. Many designs do not have fulfill my important requirements (pls read requirements)...as at 17 Oct 2009.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
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PaulMort needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Help me stand out from the crowd. More work for the winner, home page design, bonus design, cd cover design etc.
The Stubborn Fat Challenge
I'm after a ebook cover and banner for my new fat loss ebook and site- 'the stubborn fat challenge'
The product is aimed at frustrated women aiming to lose stubborn fat from there butt, hips and waist.
Products like truthaboutabs.com and turbulencetraining.com are the stand out products in my field
- The Stubborn Fat Solution as the title
- Insider Secrets to Blowtorch Butt Hip and Belly Fat- tag line
- A photo
- Colour scheme is negotiable
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Billing and Game Server Downtime (1 October) Plus 17.6 News
On Monday, the billing system and game servers will be down for a few hours (for more details, click that More link right there).
On Monday, the billing system will be down starting at 9am Oslo time (for what that means in your local time zone, click here) while we put in the new billing system. The billing system will be down for 6-8 hours and during that time, you will be unable to register new accounts or reopen old accounts. We would also ask that you make sure your account info is updated, current, Ts crossed and Is dotted, to make sure this transition is as smooth as possible and your service goes uninterrupted.
Also on Monday, we will be doing some work on the server hardware starting at 2pm Oslo time (for your local time, click here), so the servers will be down. We estimate 4 hours of downtime.
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Current Point Park graduate student Panther Bior (center) at the 2006 Los Angeles premiere of the film 'God Grew Tired of Us,' with co-producer Catherine Keener and executive producer Brad Pitt. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc/Getty Images)
The Spotlight on Africa film and event series finale is this weekend at Point Park. The series is part of a multi-disciplinary collaboration of the University's organizational leadership, global cultural studies and cinema production programs.
Sat., April 28, 2 p.m., JVH Auditorium Thayer Hall
Presentation followed by screening of Staging Hope: Acts of Peace in Northern Uganda (Uganda/USA, 2010, 100 min.), refreshments and Q&A with the producer.
Melissa Fitzgerald is an American actor, producer and activist who co-founded Voices in Harmony, a non-profit organization that works with at risk teens on a mentoring theater program. Her work also includes travel to northern Uganda as a volunteer with the International Medical Corps.
Other events in the Spotlight on Africa series included:
Tues., April 17, 6:30 p.m., University Center 212
Screening of God Grew Tired of Us (Sudan/USA, 2006, 86 min.), a Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary, and a celebration recognizing the achievements of Point Park graduate student Panther Bior.
God Grew Tired of Us follows Bior and two fellow Sudanese "Lost Boys," in 2001 as they begin new lives in Pittsburgh.
By 2007, Bior had earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from Point Park. This May he will complete a master's in organizational leadership from the University's School of Business.
Sun., April 22, 1:30 p.m., University Center 212
Presentation and screening of Where are you taking me? (Uganda/USA, 2010, 72 min.) and Q&A
Kimi Takesue is an award-winning filmmaker and the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Filmmaking. In 2010, she was awarded her second artist fellowship from the New York Foundation in the Arts. Her films have been televised in the U.S. and screened at over 200 film festivals and museums.
Tues., April 24, 6:30 p.m., University Center 212
Screening of The Destiny of Lesser Animals, Sibo ne kra Dabo ne kra (Ghana/USA, 2011, 89 min.), followed by refreshments and Q&A with director/producer and lead actor.
Deron Albright received a Senior Fulbright Scholarship to teach filmmaking at the National Film and Television Institute in Accra Ghana and simultaneously produced his directorial, feature debut film with Ghanaian-born screenwriter and actor, Yao B. Nunoo. Point Park cinema faculty member Dede Maitre was a producer and post supervisor on the film.
Spotlight on Africa is a collaborative project of the cinema production program in Conservatory of Performing Arts, the global cultural studies program in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the organizational leadership program in the School of Business. For more information, contact Assistant Professor Dede Maitre, Assistant Professor Dwight Hines or Assistant Professor Helena Knorr.
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BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Long-time official Rob Manfred was elected the next commissioner of Major League Baseball in a vote by team owners on Thursday.
Manfred, MLB's chief operating officer and its chief labor negotiator for 15 years before that, will succeed 80-year-old Bud Selig, who is retiring in January after 22 years as commissioner.
Manfred, 55, came to the owners' quarterly meetings as favorite to take over for Selig, but fell one vote short of the 23 he needed from the 30 clubs to win on the first ballot, according to sources with knowledge of the vote.
The choice was down to Manfred or Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner after the third candidate recommended by a search committee, MLB's vice president for business Tim Brosnan, withdrew from the election before the voting began.
After more than four hours of wrangling, Manfred was elected.
"I think the owners elected a very confident, strong leader and I think he's going to make a real difference in the future and can build on the accomplishments of the previous administration," Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos told a small group of reporters.
Said Werner: "I think Rob will make a great commissioner and I'm going to support him."
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Morris Men perform rite of spring on Lantern Hill
North Stonington — Most of us wait passively for spring, if impatiently, crossing off calendar days, grumbling over electric bills, forgoing jackets on the days when 40 degrees feels balmy.
But the Westerly Morris Men rush to greet the season with bells on — literally.
For the 28th year running, the Morris Men made their annual trek to the top of Lantern Hill in the minutes before dawn Thursday, joined by an audience of a couple dozen — a mixed crowd of devotees and first-timers — to usher in the sunrise of the first day of spring with traditional English song and dance.
Geoff Sewall, 74, of Charlestown, R.I., was the first to arrive around 5:30 a.m., having set his alarm for 4:10.
Though not new to the hike — this is a trail he often takes with his hiking group, or with his daughter for mid-winter strolls — this was to be his first vernal equinox with the Morris Men, whom he's performed with for years as part of the Chorus of Westerly's annual celebration of Twelfth Night.
He came, he said, for his granddaughters ages 4 and 7, whose mother called him the day before to inform him it was likely he'd have to carry one of them.
"We'll see how that goes," he said.
As the silhouettes of still-bare trees came into relief against the slowly lightening sky, a few began the climb early, flashlight beams disappearing over the first steep heel that juts up from the trailhead on a curve of Wintechog Hill Road.
Others joined, seeming to ascend into the fog, punctuating an unsteady drizzle with the squish of mud underfoot.
At the top, a short 15-minute hike, the Morris Men stretched, their audience sipped coffee and strained to make out the view. On a clear day, it's trees for miles, but on this particular morning, there was little to see past the outcrop of quartz except a thick, pale haze.
Peter Leibert, the group's founder and musician, gave brief history lessons between numbers — quaint country dances with plenty of skipping, kerchief-twirling, and clacking of wooden staffs. Besides the straps of dozens of tiny bells around the dancers' shins and the occasional singing — or, rather, enthusiastic shouting — the only music came from Leibert's accordion, accompanying every song.
Their outfits — called Morris kits, Leibert said — feature green from top to bottom, bowler hats rimmed with ribbons and vests plastered with buttons from fairs, events, and competitions the group has performed in over the years.
The bells accentuate rhythm, perhaps dispel bad spirits.
And the dancing itself was once a ritual to ensure a fertile spring, he said, before offering an even simpler explanation:
"We dance because we have a good time," Leibert said.
Sometime around 10 minutes to 7, someone called out, "Sun's up" — the only visible cue that the wall of mist had lightened from blue to gray.
And with two final dances and raucous applause, the group began their descent.
Daniel and Jocelyn Rzewuski, 40 and 37, also of Charlestown, have come to welcome spring this way a handful of times now. Both are experienced hikers. He scales Mt. Washington at least twice annually; she made her first summit last year.
But more than the first hike of the season, they like the idea of an old tradition preserved, kept alive.
"There's something romantic about that," he said.
Never forgive, never forget: Trump once again bashes John McCain over health-care vote
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BlackBerry Outage Hits Europe, Mid East, Africa
Research in Motion's BlackBerry phone experienced a service outage affecting users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Photo: Getty Images.
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WASHINGTON — Common wisdom holds that an automobile's piston engine can purr, rattle or — particularly in the movies — explode.
While the U.S. secretary of transportation would rather your engine do the former than the latter, he believes that a car in motion ought to make enough noise to be noticed.
"This proposal will help keep everyone using our nation's streets and roadways safe, whether they are motorists, bicyclists or pedestrians, and especially the blind and visually impaired," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
He is worried that electric and hybrid vehicles can sneak up on people without warning, putting walkers and bikers at risk. He endorsed a proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that would require vehicles capable of moving in stealth to make enough noise so that people can sense them coming.
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LaHood, who walks when he can and likes to ride his bicycle, joined a conversation among pedestrian and cycling advocates this week.
"I've heard that talked about at conferences in the past, but I haven't seen any evidence of it here yet," said Jim Sebastian, who coordinates the District of Columbia's bicycle programs.
Vigorous efforts to make Washington a safe city for walking and bicycling have contributed to a sharp reduction in overall traffic fatalities in the past decade, but eight of the 19 people who were killed in 2012 were pedestrians. Two of those deaths were hit-and-run accidents, but none appeared to involve a hybrid electric vehicle.
John Townsend II of AAA Mid-Atlantic sees an "ongoing concern" with quiet cars.
"Even if you're not wearing ear buds as you cross the street, you can be deep in your thoughts, and it's easy to walk in front of a car that you can't hear approaching," he said.
The sound of rubber meeting the road generally can be heard when a vehicle is moving above 18 mph, but federal research found that battery-powered cars were less likely to be heard at lower speeds. For example, hybrid electric vehicles were twice as likely to be in a pedestrian crash when the vehicle was backing out.
After hearing from pedestrian advocates, particularly those who seek to protect the interests of the blind, Congress ordered NHTSA to come up with guidelines.
The federal agency said it would leave it to auto manufacturers to figure out how to make the vehicles more noisy, but it said the noise must be loud enough to be heard amid a wide range of street noises and other background sounds. Vehicles of the same make and model would have to make the same sound or set of sounds, and those sounds would need to meet certain minimum requirements.
"Our proposal would allow manufacturers the flexibility to design different sounds for different makes and models while still providing an opportunity for pedestrians, bicyclists and the visually impaired to detect and recognize a vehicle and make a decision about whether it is safe to cross the street," said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland.
Statistics on national traffic fatalities take several months to compile after the end of each year, but preliminary data on the first nine months of 2012 indicate that deaths rose sharply after six years of steady decline.
The 7.1 percent increase was the biggest jump during the January-through-September time span since 1975, when federal officials began compiling traffic-death data. The increase, however, was in comparison to deaths in 2011, when they reached an all-time low.


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KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A man from Johnson County, Kan., has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, including images of an unclothed two-year old boy in a roaster pan in an oven, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Michael D. Arnett, 38, Roeland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography. In his plea, Arnett admitted that investigators found child pornography on his computer when they served a search warrant May 15, 2012, at his home in Roeland Park.
The case began when Homeland Security Investigation's Operation Holitna seized child pornography including images of victims who appeared to be from the area of Overland Park, Kan. Investigators focused on a water bottle in one of the photos bearing the words "Midwest Aquatics" and a phone number beginning with the 913 area code. Midwest Aquatics is a swim and scuba center located at 7565 W. 160th Street in Overland Park.
With the assistance of teachers at an elementary school in Shawnee Mission, investigators ultimately identified three boys who been photographed at Arnett's home at 5451 Juniper Drive in Roeland Park. At the time the photos were taken, the boys were 11, 8 and 2 years old.
Among the images investigators found was one of a naked boy about two years old lying in a roaster pan that was placed inside an open oven. Another image showed the same boy in the roaster pan with the oven door shut.
Investigators learned that Arnett met the children while he was driving for Kaw Valley Health Systems, a nonprofit corporation that provides medical care and social services for children. He drove them to family visitations, counseling and other appointments.
Sentencing is set for May 13. Arnett faces a penalty of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Grissom commended ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Martin for their work on the case.


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Ideation34 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 150 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Executive Producers
leadership development and consulting focused on front line, second line and aspiring leaders. My work is focused on positive organizational psychology, strengths, and employee engagement. I believe in the science that supports the fact that people perform at their highest levels when they can develop their natural talents and strengths and when managers can be true leaders that tap into the BEST of their employees as well as create engaging and healthy work environments. I am a strong believer in solid principles of leadership that include vision, knowledge of yourself, trust, integrity, learning, etc. Our focus is creating customized solutions for businesses who are looking for moving themselves to the next level. I am particularly passionate about the pivotal role front line managers play in an organizations success. I am looking for a modern design that emphasizes all of these aspects but is not too "out there". It should be refreshing, clean, principled, and conservatively progressive to a point but not stoic or banker look. It should also speak to innovation. fInally, I also do executive coaching focused on four levels. Self, Team, Organization, and Market. I hope this helps
Executive leaders, front line managers, second line managers, HR personnel, individuals who seek self improvement, other consultants, Biotechnology companies and other high tech, innovative companies. Perhaps even some specialized healthcare providers
I am open to ideas. One key thing is that with the name Executive Producers we will need to stay away from anything that could be construed as a film company. We are not that. The tagline is "Premier Leadership Development and Consulting" The other tagline is "Producing Executives who Produce Results" While neither one of these will be in the logo (Perhaps the first one), I will require each phrase in a similar font as the logo for business cards etc.
I am attaching a prior design that I am currently using as a logo. I don't think it is as modern as I like. Again though, I don't want to get to crazy. I did like the focus on triangles because of the stability. I am open to bright, softer palettes or your ideas. I will provide feedback along the way. You can look up an earlier design created SightBytes. that won. I would like something totally different but at least you will see what I liked.
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From superhero epics and edgy indie thrillers to animated gems and mainstream comedies, Lehigh Valley-affiliated actors and filmmakers added the necessary razzle-dazzle to scores of big-screen efforts.
A trio of Valley natives and former residents — Amanda Seyfried, Dwayne Johnson and Dane DeHaan — are among the biggest stars in Hollywood. Right beneath them are dozens of other hard-working actors, animators, composers, costume designers and cinematographers.
If that wasn't enough to be excited about, there are also a handful of area filmmakers who set and shot their movies right here in the Valley.
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About Marian Anderson and Her Lincoln Memorial Concert
D. Antoinette Handy
Anderson, Marian (27 Feb. 1897-8 Apr. 1993), contralto, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Berkeley Anderson, a refrigerator room employee at the Reading Terminal Market, an ice and coal dealer, and a barber, and Anne (also seen as "Annie" and "Anna," maiden name unknown), a former schoolteacher. John Anderson's various jobs provided only a meager income, and after his death, before Marian was a teenager, her mother's income as a laundress and laborer at Wannamaker Department Store was even less. Yet, as Anderson later recalled, neither she nor her two younger sisters thought of themselves as poor. When Marian was about eight her father purchased a piano from his brother; she proceeded to teach herself how to play it and became good enough to accompany herself. Also as a youngster, having seen a violin in a pawn shop window, she became determined to purchase it and earned the requisite $4 by scrubbing her neighbors' steps. She attempted to teach herself the violin as well but discovered that she had little aptitude for the instrument.
Anderson joined the children's choir of Union Baptist Church at age six. Noticing her beautiful voice and her ability to sing all the parts, the choir director selected her to sing a duet for Sunday school and later at the regular morning service; this was her first public appearance. Later she joined the senior choir and her high school chorus, where occasionally she was given a solo.
While she was still in high school, Anderson attempted to enroll at a local music school but was rejected with the curt statement, "We don't take Colored." She applied and was accepted to the Yale University School of Music, but a lack of finances prevented her from enrolling. Although she was not the product of a conservatory, Anderson was vocally prepared by Mary Saunders Patterson, Agnes Reifsnyder, Giuseppe Boghetti, and Frank La Forge. Over the years she was coached by Michael Raucheisen and Raimond von zur Mühlen, and she also worked briefly (in London) with Amanda Aldridge, daughter of the famous black Shakespearean actor Ira F. Aldridge. Boghetti, however, had the greatest pedagogical influence.
Anderson's accompanists (with whom she enjoyed excellent relationships) were African Americans Marie Holland and William "Billy" King (who for a period doubled as her agent), Finnish pianist Kosti Vehanen, and German pianist Franz Rupp. Between 1932 and 1935 she was represented by the Arthur Judson Agency; from 1935 through the remainder of her professional life, the great impresario Sol Hurok.
One of the happiest days of Anderson's life was when she called Wannamaker to notify her mother's supervisor that Anne Anderson would not be returning to work. On another very happy occasion, in the late 1920s, she was able to assist in purchasing a little house for her mother in Philadelphia. Her sister Alyce shared the house; her other sister, Ethel, lived next door with her son James DePreist, who became a distinguished conductor.
For many, including critics, an accurate description of Anderson's singing voice presented challenges. Because it was nontraditional, many simply resorted to the narrowly descriptive "Negroid sound," Others, however, tried to be more precise. Rosalyn Story, for example, has described Anderson's voice as "earthy darkness at the bottom ... clarinet-like purity in the middle, and ... piercing vibrancy at the top. Her range was expansive--from a full-bodied D in the bass clef to a brilliant high C" (p. 38). Kosti Vehanen, recalling the first time he heard Anderson's "mysterious" voice, wrote, "It was as though the room had begun to vibrate, as though the sound came from under the earth.... The sound I heard swelled to majestic power, the flower opened its petals to full brilliance; and I was enthralled by one of nature's rare wonders" (p. 22). Reacting to his first encounter with the voice Sol Hurok wrote, "Chills danced up my spine ... I was shaken to my very shoes" (Story, p. 47).
In 1921 Anderson, who was already a well-known singer at church-related events, won the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) competition. Believing that she was ready for greater public exposure she made her Town Hall (New York City) debut in 1924. Disappointed by the poor attendance and by her own performance, she considered giving up her aspirations for a professional career. The following year, however, she outcompeted 300 other singers to win the National Music League competition, earning a solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic at Lewisohn Stadium.
In 1926, with financial assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, Anderson departed for Europe for further musical study. After returning to the United States, she gave her first Carnegie Hall concert in 1930. That same year she gave her first European concert, in Berlin, and toured Scandinavia. In 1931 alone she gave twenty-six concerts in fifteen states. Between 1933 and 1935 she toured Europe; one of her appearances was at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where the renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini uttered the memorable line, "Yours is a voice such as one hears once in a hundred years" (My Lord, What a Morning, p. 158). Another exciting experience took place in the home of noted composer Jean Sibelius in Finland. After hearing Anderson sing, he uttered, "My roof is too low for you," then canceled the previously ordered coffee and requested champagne. Sibelius also honored Anderson by dedicating his composition Solitude to her.
Anderson's second Town Hall concert, arranged by Hurok and performed on 30 December 1935, was a huge success. A one-month tour of the Soviet Union was planned for the following year but ended up lasting for three months. She was a box office sensation as well in Europe, Africa, and South America.
Anderson's seventy U.S. concerts in 1938 continues as the longest and most-extensive tour in concert history for a singer. Between November 1939 and June 1940 she appeared in more than seventy cities, giving ninety-two concerts. Her native Philadelphia presented her with the Bok Award in 1941, accompanied by $10,000. She used the funds to establish the Marian Anderson Award, which sponsors "young talented men and women in pursuit of their musical and educational goals."
During 1943, a very special year, Anderson made her eighth transcontinental tour and married architect Orpheus H. Fisher of Wilmington, Delaware. The marriage was childless. In 1944 she appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, where she broke a ten-year attendance record. In 1946, 600 editors in the United States and Canada, polled by Musical America, named Anderson radio's foremost woman singer for the sixth consecutive year. Anderson completed a South American tour in 1951 and made her television debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show" the following year. Her first tour of Japan was completed in 1953, the same year that she also toured the Caribbean, Central America, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, France, and Spain.
Anderson sang the national anthem at the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957, and between 14 September and 2 December of that year she traveled 39,000 miles in Asia, performing twenty-four concerts under the auspices of the American National Theater and Academy and the U.S. State Department. Accompanying Anderson was journalist Edward R. Murrow, who filmed the trip for his "See It Now" television series. The program, which aired on 30 December, was released by RCA Records under the title The Lady from Philadelphia. In 1958 Anderson served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Three years later she sang the national anthem at the inauguration of President John R Kennedy, appeared in the new State Department auditorium, and gave another concert tour of Europe. Her first tour of Australia was a highlight of 1962.
In early 1964 Hurok announced Marian Anderson's Farewell Tour, beginning at Constitution Hall on 24 October 1964 and ending on Easter Sunday 1965 at Carnegie Hall. The momentousness of the event was reflected in Hurok's publicity: "In any century only a handful of extraordinary men and women are known to countless millions around the globe as great artists and great persons.... In our time there is Marian Anderson." After the tour she made several appearances as narrator of Aaron Copland's A Lincoln Portrait, often with her nephew James DePreist at the podium.
Although in her own lifetime Anderson was described as one of the world's greatest living contraltos, her career was nonetheless hindered by the limitations placed on it because of racial prejudice. Two events in particular that illustrate the pervasiveness of white exclusiveness and African-American exclusion--even when it came to someone of Anderson's renown--serve as historical markers not only of her vocal contributions but also of the magnificence of her bearing, which in both instances turned two potential negatives into resounding positives.
In 1938, following her numerous international and national successes, Hurok believed it was time for Anderson to appear in the nation's capital, at a major hall. She had previously appeared in Washington, D.C., at churches, schools, civic organization meetings, and at Howard University, but she had not appeared at the district's premiere auditorium, Constitution Hall. At that time, when negotiations began for a Marian Anderson concert to be given in 1939 at the Daughters of the American Revolution-owned hall, a clause appeared in all contracts that restricted the hall to "a concert by white artists only, and for no other purpose." Thus in February 1939 the American who had represented her country with honor across the globe was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall simply because she was not white.
A great furor ensued, and thanks to the efforts of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, the great contralto appeared the following Easter Sunday (9 Apr. 1939) on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before an appreciative audience of 75,000. She began the concert by singing "America" and then proceeded to sing an Italian aria, Schubert's Ave Maria, and three Negro spirituals, "Gospel Train," "Trampin,"' and "My Soul Is Anchored in the Lord." Notably, she also sang "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." Commemorating the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert is a mural at the Interior Department; it was formally presented in 1943, the year that Anderson made her first appearance in Constitution Hall, by invitation of the Daughters of the American Revolution and benefiting United China Relief.
The second history-making event came on 7 January 1955, when Anderson made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, becoming the first black American to appear there. Opera had always interested Anderson, who tells the story in her autobiography of a visit with the noted African-American baritone Harry T. Burleigh, during which she was introduced to and sang for an Italian gentleman. When she climbed the scale to high C, the man said to Burleigh, "Why sure she can do Aida," a traditionally black role. On her first trip to England, Anderson had visited a teacher who suggested that she study with her, guaranteeing that she would have her singing Aida within six months. "But I was not interested in singing Aida," Anderson wrote. "I knew perfectly well that I was a contralto, not a soprano. Why Aida?"
Anderson's pending debut at the Met was announced by the international press in October 1954. As educator-composer Wallace Cheatham later noted, the occasion called for the most excellent pioneer, "an artist with impeccable international credentials, someone highly respected and admired by all segments of the music community" (p. 6). At the time there was only one such individual, Marian Anderson. About Anderson's debut, as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (The masked ball), Time magazine (17 Jan. 1955) reported that there were eight curtain calls. "She acted with the dignity and reserve that she has always presented to the public.... Her unique voice--black velvet that can be at once soft and dramatic, menacing and mourning--stirring the heart as always."
In addition to her other awards and honors, Anderson was a recipient of the Spingarn Medal (NAACP), the Handel Medallion (New York City), the Page One Award (Philadelphia Newspaper Guild), and the Brotherhood Award (National Conference of Christians and Jews), and she was awarded twenty-four honorary doctorates. She was cited by the governments of France, Finland, Japan, Liberia, Haiti, Sweden, and the Philippines. She was a member of the National Council on the Arts, was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, and in 1978 was among the first five performers to receive the Kennedy Center Honors.
Several tributes were held in the last years of Anderson's life. In February 1977 the musical world turned out to recognize Anderson's seventy-fifth (actually her eightieth) birthday at Carnegie Hall. On 13 August 1989 a gala celebration concert took place in Danbury, Connecticut, to benefit the Marian Anderson Award. The concert featured recitalist and Metropolitan Opera star Jessye Norman, violinist Isaac Stern, and maestro Julius Rudel conducting the Ives Symphony Orchestra. Because Anderson's residence, "Marianna," was just two miles from the Charles Ives Center, where the concert was held, the 92-year-old grand "lady from Philadelphia" was in attendance. Educational television station WETA prepared a one-hour documentary, "Marian Anderson," which aired nationally on PBS on 8 May 1991. She died two years later in Portland, Oregon, where she had recently moved to live with her nephew, her only living relative.
Many actions were taken posthumously to keep Anderson's memory alive and to memorialize her many accomplishments. The 750-seat theater in the Aaron Davis Arts Complex at City College of New York was named in her honor on 3 February 1994. The University of Pennsylvania, as the recipient of her papers and memorabilia, created the Marian Anderson Music Study Center at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Of course, the greatest legacy are the ones who came after. As concert and opera soprano Leontyne Price, one of the many beneficiaries of Anderson's efforts, said after her death, "Her example of professionalism, uncompromising standards, overcoming obstacles, persistence, resiliency and undaunted spirit inspired me to believe that I could achieve goals that otherwise would have been unthought of " (New York Times, 9 April 1993).
Anderson's papers and memorabilia are housed at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library at the University of Pennsylvania. Shortly before her death a birth certificate was located, verifying her year of birth as 1897 rather than the 1902, 1903, or 190? listed in various biographical sources. Her autobiography is My Lord, What a Morning (1956); several of her life philosophies are shared in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World (1989). Very complete entries are included in the Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians, ed. Eileen Southern (1982); Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, ed. Darlene Clark Hines et al. (1993); Donald Bogle, Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars (1980); Rosalyn Story, And So I Sing (1990); and Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History, 2d ed. (1983). Of tremendous value is the biography by her early accompanist Kosti Vehanen, Marian Anderson: A Portrait (1941; repr. 1970). As a valuable reference, see Janet Sims, Marian Anderson: An Annotated Bibliography and Discography (1981). Wallace Cheatham's comments about Anderson's debut at the Metropolitan Opera House are included in his "Black Male Singers at the Metropolitan Opera," Black Perspective in Music 16, no. 1 (Spring 1988): 3-19. An excellent, front-page obituary is in the New York Times, 9 Apr. 1993. See also the appreciation by Joseph McLellan, "TheVoice That Tumbled Walls," Washington Post, 9 Apr. 1993.
From American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by the American Council of Learned Societies.
A Photo-Essay on Marian Anderson
The following images are all excerpted from the much larger online exhibit "Marian Anderson: A Life in Song," curated by Nancy M. Shawcross at the Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Pennsylvania. Click here to visit the exhibit.
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Before last weekend began, I was all set to write about our domination of professional sports. The Kings were looking like royalty on ice. The Lakers were back in their series against Timbucktu City, or whoever they were playing.
And despite still being owned by Donald Sterling, even the Clippers were still playing ball in late May. All in all, it was a great time to be a sports fan in Southern California.
That was the state of competition when I left Saturday for a motorcycle ride up to San Francisco. As of this morning, the Lakers and Clippers are now on vacation — like me.
I had planned my itinerary around the Kings schedule — this is how rabid a hockey fan I am. Instead of winding up the coast for a couple of days, I powered up Interstate 5 so that on Sunday I would be safely entrenched in San Francisco, where I'd have no problem securing a seat for the game at a local drinking establishment.
Had I taken the slower route up Highway 1, I would have been somewhere in Big Sur. No TV. No way of watching the Kings eat the loathsome Phoenix Prairie Dogs for lunch. Clearly, I have my priorities in order.
I arrived in plenty of time to find the Burger Bar in Union Square — a cool little spot tucked six floors up inside Macy's. I tried Lefty O'Doul's just up the street, but for reasons I could not fathom, none of the 20 flat-screens there had the Lakers on them. I'd soon understand why.
A couple of Burger Bar martinis into the game, I noticed a disturbing trend: People around me were rooting for Dustbowl City. Every time Michael Westbrook would score, they'd cheer. And every time Kobe Bryant would miss, they'd cheer even louder.
For me, this seemed truly bizarre. The Lakers were from California. It seemed to me the purple and gold should be considered the home team.
I'm an avid UCLA fan, but I'm also a Southern California native. So if it turns out that USC represents the Pac 12 in the Rose Bowl, I cheer them on in favor of whatever team comes from that part of the country east of Riverside. I do so because I want my city to win.
For me, sports loyalty goes like this: team, then city, then state, then time zone, and after that, if none of my teams are still playing, I might cheer for Chicago because I love that town.
By halftime, the "Beat L.A." chant had finally worn me down, so I began to cheer for every Pau Gasol rebound and Metta World Peace basket. And when the Lakers had the lead with a couple of minutes left, I was the one at the bar whooping it up like a frat boy.
But then, as fate would have it, Tumbleweed City came storming back to win the game, leaving me all alone, buried in an avalanche of finger pointing and "in your face" cat calls.
Of course, I did remind a few of the more vocal Laker haters that we have a whole lot of banners flying in Staples Center and were still alive.
"So how are the Golden State Warriors doing in their playoff series?" I asked.
GARY HUERTA is a Glendale resident and author. He is currently working on his second novel and the second half of his life. Gary may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Last May, when Marilyn MacGregor first offered her "Midnight in Paris" workshop at Chestnut Hill Center of Enrichment (CHCE), participants didn't know quite what to expect. In keeping with Woody Allen's film of the same name, MacGregor started with Paris in the Roaring 20s and each week worked her way back through time, including the Belle Epoch, French Renaissance and the Gothic era.
MacGregor's workshop was no ordinary art history presentation of slides, accompanied by names and dates of artists – which those of us who took art history in college slept through. A professional artist and author who lived in Paris for ten years, as well as an art history instructor at Drexel University, Macgregor brings to her workshops a passion that goes beyond the usual academic fare.
"When I teach French art and culture I try to bring in a vivid sense of the fabric and texture of current places and bring them to life through my experience as well as my research and knowledge," she said.
MacGregor relishes the opportunity to sharing her knowledge with the adults who attend CHCE workshops.
"I love teaching adults and really enjoy the people who come to classes at CHCE. Not only are adults more open and curious than full-time college students, probably because they don't have to worry about grades, but they bring so many insights from different personal and professional areas. The atmosphere is relaxed and discussions are interesting," MacGregor she said.
In addition to her busy schedule of teaching, writing and creating art, MacGregor recently started leading small group art tours to Paris.
For more information about her art tours, visit www.artsmarttalk.com
MacGregor will offer a new four session lecture series called "Art at the Barnes" on Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m. Feb 13-March 6. Her popular 5-session "Midnight in Paris" workshop will be offered again on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., March 5 through April 2. Both workshops will be held at CHCE, 8431 Germantown Ave. To register, call 215-248-0180.


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Who am I kidding? It's time to wipe that snotty nose off your toddler (wipe the snot off, that is, not the nose off...), reach for the screaming baby, and pray for the sun to peak out just a tad so that you might remember you are not living in the far north. If you can find that warm drink that you made an hour ago, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be lukewarm. However, I have learned to appreciate lukewarm drinks now that I have two little one's to chase after; taking slow sips of cocoa doesn't have the same appeal when you have spit-up running down your arm, and your toddler is glancing at your paints and the family pet with a gleam in her eye. When your two year old's precocious nature is leading her to experiment with fur and paint, lukewarm drinks are definitely better, they go down quicker and don't keep you tied up for long.
Just don't fret, my pet, all us mother's here on the prairies need to unite. Remember that these winter months are fleeting. *insert awkward laughter* Soon enough the calves will be laying on the ground and the crocuses will be popping up. For now, try and embrace the living room forts, play dough you hope won't get eaten, and the Dr. Seuss marathon that will ensue. Cozy on up with your babes and cuddle their warm little bodies. Stare into their big, trusting eyes, and laugh at their antics. Know in your heart of hearts, that these are the good years. It might be chilly outside, but the sticky fingers on your clean windows, pointing at the snowflakes in wonder, are what will haul you through these long, Old Man Winter months.
If you are struggling with little sunlight, cyclical housework, and summer's opposite-remember we're all in this together. Find a neighbour mom to chat things over with or join a mom's group in town. You can always do what I do, lay back in that fort, and stare up at the stars on that crazy quilt's back and let your heart swell with the knowledge that you are exactly where you should be in life.
Now, wipe off your counter, make that warm drink and recollect the fact that there are only five or six months until we might see a break in the weather. That ain't nothin'...
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