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Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer's baseball history is a fascinating story of outstanding pitching highlights, unconventional training techniques, personal conviction, endless commentary and differing opinions. Lots of differing opinions.
From a scouting perspective, Bauer offers a compete package of qualities and tools to evaluate and project. He has a vast repertoire of pitches that are under construction and refinement.
Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer's baseball history is a fascinating story of outstanding pitching highlights, unconventional training techniques, personal conviction, endless commentary and differing opinions. Lots of differing opinions.
From a scouting perspective, Bauer offers a compete package of qualities and tools to evaluate and project. He has a vast repertoire of pitches that are under construction and refinement.
Bauer went to Hart High School in Newhall, Calif. From his own admission, Bauer didn't like or fit in with the environment of high school. As he is now, he was very much an individual seeking his own peace of mind.
A successful starting pitcher for Hart, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Bauer decided to attend UCLA.
In his freshman year, Bauer went 9-3 with a 2.99 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 105 1/3 innings.
As a sophomore, Bauer had a 12-3 record with a 3.02 ERA and 165 strikeouts in 131 1/3 innings.
Named the All Pac-10 Pitcher Of The Year in 2011, Bauer went 13-2 with a 1.25 ERA. He had 203 strikeouts in 16 starts.
The First-Year Player Draft of 2011 was a much-discussed, much-debated and much-anticipated event. Pitchers such as Danny Hultzen (University of Virginia), Dylan Bundy (Owasso, Okla., High School) Archie Bradley (Broken Arrow, Okla., High School) and Bauer's own UCLA teammate Gerrit Cole were all being discussed as possible top Draft selections.
The Draft order went as follows: Cole to Pittsburgh, Hultzen to Seattle and Bauer to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bundy followed Bauer at No. 4 overall and went to the Orioles. Bradley went No. 7 to the D-backs as their second of three picks in the first and supplemental rounds.
Scouts and team personnel were well aware of the traits, quirks, training regimens and backgrounds of all the premier pitchers being considered for the Draft. Bauer's unconventional training tactics were well-chronicled.
One pitcher Bauer has always admired is San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum. Lincecum uses an unorthodox delivery, making the most of his smallish frame and big arm. It is understandable that Bauer feels he can have the same type of success as Lincecum, the pitcher who has influenced much of his style.
In 2011, Bauer began his professional career playing at two D-backs classifications. He was a starting pitcher at both Class A Visalia and Double-A Mobile in his age-20 rookie year. Combined, Bauer made seven starts, throwing 25 2/3 innings. He had a record of 1-2 and an ERA of 5.96. Bauer struck out 43 while walking only 12. His WHIP was 1.51.
Last season, Bauer pitched again for Mobile (eight starts) and then he was promoted to Triple-A Reno, where he started 14 games. In the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, Bauer threw to a 2.85 ERA at Reno, winning five games while losing once. He struck out 97 batters and walked 35 in 82 innings.
On June 18, 2012, at age 21, Bauer had impressed the D-backs enough to earn a promotion to the Major League club. He had pitched less than 180 Minor League innings when he was summoned.
Bauer's early Major League experience set the tone for a rocky few months in his overall development. At the time of his promotion, he had little background, knowledge and understanding of the expectations and nuances of being on a big league club.
I believe Bauer tried to throw too hard and show too many different types of pitches to be effective. He made some mistakes. He didn't follow usual clubhouse and on-field protocol in every situation. It had negative ramifications.
Realizing an opportunity to fill a team need at shortstop by obtaining Didi Gregorius in trade, the D-backs sent Bauer to the Cleveland Indians in a three-team offseason deal that also involved the Cincinnati Reds.
As a member of the Indians, Bauer has made spot starts this season and has shown some rough edges and some very fine moments, allowing 15 walks in 16 1/3 innings.
Bauer has a strong arm with a repertoire that includes a wide variety of pitches. Not all are perfected. Not all are effective. His upside is evident and obvious.
Bauer throws his fastball a little less than half the time. He has variations of the fastball, but most are four-seamers that sit around 93 mph. Bauer takes something off that pitch when he throws his slider at 81 mph and his curve at 77 mph. Those changes of speed do alter the balance and eye level of the hitters and make his fastball more effective. Bauer also throws a quality 82-mph changeup and an 86-mph screwball, which reverses the motion of his slider.
In my opinion, on too many occasions in the past, Bauer has started his pitch sequencing with a changeup or another secondary pitch.
The keys to potential success will be Bauer's command and sequencing. If he can throw his fastball for strikes and use that as a solid base from which to work his secondary pitches, he will be more effective. Bauer has to throw strike one to gain control of at-bats. He has to dominate the hitter with quality pitch sequencing. Bauer has to be more economical with his pitch count and allow fewer bases on balls.
Called to make a spot start for the Indians recently, Bauer showed much better command and outstanding progress.
It must be remembered Bauer is only 22 and is not, in my opinion, a finished product. He's getting much closer.
I believe Bauer can be effective as a starting pitcher. He will mature and gain the experience needed to partner with his intelligence and desire.
Bernie Pleskoff has served as a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. Follow @BerniePleskoffon Twitter.


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Join volunteers on the first Saturday of the month to help restore and maintain the habitat of the Adriana Hess Wetland Park in University Place.
The Adriana Hess Wetland Park is a small park with loop trail, a shelter, benches and a viewing platform over Morrison Pond. An ADA-compliant leads visitors through a demonstration backyard habitat area along the Donna Cooper Pepos Native Plant Trail.
The Park includes the Adriana Hess Audubon Center, home of Tahoma Audubon Society and its offices. At the Center, open weekdays from 10 am - 1 pm, you can browse birding and conservation resources, pick up the latest issue of the Towhee newsletter, see bird specimens and nests up close, watch the birds at the feeder, and talk with the volunteers on duty. On the second Monday of the month, Tahoma Audubon also offers a monthly Beginning Bird Walk from 10 - 11:30 am.
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The primary focus of habitat stewardship at the Adriana Hess Wetland is currently removing ivy and English blackberry.
Volunteers are asked to bring their own tools, depending on the type of job they would like to do. Recommended tools include:
Sally Larson is the volunteer leader of this work party with support from Tahoma Audubon Society and Pierce Conservation District. If you have questions about the work party, please contact Belinda Paterno, Pierce Conservation Water Quality Technician, at 253.845.9770 x117 (office), 253-722-7639 (cell) or belindap
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Rio+20 and the road ahead (PERSPECTIVE)
By Antonio Patriota
Rio+20 is a landmark for the future. As more than 190 countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro last week for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, we witnessed a historic moment. The recent global crisis shows that old-fashioned views about development are misleading. It is now time to rethink the very foundations of how we consider development, wellbeing and wealth.
Over the past four decades, the world has increasingly realized that our natural resources are under serious pressure.
A growing awareness of the need to ensure sustainability has led a new generation to consider the requirements of sustainable development in its decisions to produce or consume. This is no small achievement. Rio 1992 was a major step forward. Important legal texts on key issues were adopted. These conventions ensured important progress that we must maintain and build on.
We now face a complex challenge. Protecting the environment is not enough. We need to encourage public and private decision-makers to incorporate environmental and social concerns into economic planning and growth strategies. This will require a new thinking from policymakers, experts, business people, project managers and many other public and private actors in order to plan and implement sustainable development initiatives.
From now on, a three-dimensional approach to development is crucial, one that combines social, economic and environmental concerns. Rio+20 is the launch pad for this new development model. This is why one of the main topics of Rio+20 was to build consensus around the need for "sustainable development goals". They offer a blueprint for international cooperation on sustainable development for years to come.
In order to achieve this result, Brazil decided to adopt new methods. Innovative tools for multilateral meetings were introduced, bringing national governments and global civil society together. Through an online platform, more than 1 million votes were cast, expressing views on 10 issues related to the conference. Topics ranged from energy and water to sustainable cities and food security. During four days in Rio, sharing the venue of the summit, experts, businessmen, activists and journalists engaged in live debates and streamlined the proposals that will be handed to the heads of state and government. It was so successful that the United Nations is now considering turning this initiative into a standard practice for future summits.
Rio+20 involves an assessment of the past 20 years and allows for a look into the next few decades. We are confident that this message will echo through the years, fostering new initiatives which can lead to a more sustainable future for all.
-- Antonio Patriota is minister of external relations, Brazil. The views expressed by the author are personal. This commentary originally appeared HERE in the Hindustan Times.


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Chris Powers, is; a high school science teacher, an 18 year basketball coach, a 17 year active basketball player, a graduate student in educational leadership, a biomedical science degree holder, a midwesterner living in the south, and a fan of excellence in sports or life. He aspires to be a college basketball coach, an educational leader, a published author, and a competitive swimmer. He recently started a non-profit organization called Coop Basketball AAU for kids who can not afford to play on the high profile travel teams.
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POETRY: Death & Transfiguration by Paul Mariani
Down the precipitous switchbacks at eighty
the pokerfaced Palestinian cabby aims his Mercedes
while the three of us, ersatz pilgrims, blank-eyed, lurch,
and the droll Franciscan goes on about the Art Deco Church
of the Transfiguration crowning the summit of the Mount.
Up there I'd touched the damp stones of the old Crusader fount,
paced the thick walls, imagined Muslims circling below
on horseback, muleback, then ascending for the final blow.
A decent pasta and a dry wine, thanks to the Fratelli who run
the hostel at the site, followed by an even drier lecture in the sun-
drenched court, then back down to the glinting taxis, ready
to return us now to the same old, feverish, unsteady
world half a mile below. I thought of the old masters, so
many of them who had tried to ignite this scene: Angelico,
de Buoninsegna, Bellini, Perugino, the Frenchman John of Berry,
the Preobrazheniye (Russian, Novgorod, sixteenth century),
and thought at last of what Raphael had wrought. It was to be
his final work, commissioned for some French cathedral, his early
death at thirty-seven intervening. For those who only dream
of some vertiginous, long-for transfiguration, he would seem
to hold out something magnanimous and large: the benzine brightness
of the Christ, eyes upraised in the atom flash of whiteness,
that body lifted up, cloud-suspended feet above the earth. There,
on either side, with the Tablets and the Book: Moses and Elijah.
Below, his fear-bedazzled friends: Peter, James, and John. And though
paint is only paint, we can almost hear the Father's words again, so
caught up in the vision was the artist: This is my beloved Son,
on whom my favor rests. Listen to him. Meanwhile, someone
in the lower half of the picture is gesturing toward the transfigured
Christ. He is part of the curious and anxious crowd
that surrounds the epileptic youth, whose eyes, like Christ's are wide,
but wide with seizure like some frenzied Sibyl's: the great divide
that separates him from the others, as if he understood the same strange
thing Raphael came to see as he composed this scene: that the deranged
youth has somehow come upon a mystery. Like us, he has been bound
round with fear, and only the One descending as he comes can sound
those depths of cosmic light and dark, in which the young man
writhes honeystruck in death, though he will—the gospel says—be raised again
to health and to his father, in this prologue to the resurrection.
That's it, then, it would seem: first the old fears descending, then dejection
and the dunning sameness in the daily going round and round of things.
Then a light like ten thousand suns that flames the brain and brings
another kind of death with it, and then—once more—the daily round
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The Queen's household finances were at a "historic low" with just £1 million left in reserve, MPs said on Monday. Her courtiers were advised to take money-saving tips from the Treasury.
A report by the Commons public accounts committee found that the Queen's advisers were failing to control her finances while the royal palaces were "crumbling".
MPs said her advisers had overspent to such an extent that her reserve fund had fallen from £35 million in 2001 to just £1 million today.
The Royal household had made efficiency savings of just 5 per cent over the past five years compared with government departments, that are cutting their budgets by up to a third.
MPs on the committee said the Treasury must "get a grip" and help to protect the royal palaces from "further damage and deterioration".
Margaret Hodge, the Labour chairman of the committee, said: "We believe that the Treasury has a duty to be actively involved in reviewing the household's financial planning and management — and it has failed to do so."
Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are reported to be in urgent need of repair. Staff must catch rain in buckets to protect art and antiquities, while the Queen's old boilers were contributing to bills of £774,000 a year.
Mrs Hodge said: "The household must get a much firmer grip on how it plans to address its maintenance backlog. It has not even costed the repair works needed to bring the estate back to an acceptable condition. Again, the Treasury has an oversight role here."
In April 2012 the Sovereign Grant replaced the old way of funding the Royal family through the Civil List and various Government grants.
The Sovereign Grant represents 15 per cent of the net surplus income of the Crown Estate, land holdings that generate money for the Treasury.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the sovereign grant had made the Queen's funding "more transparent and scrutinized" and was resulting in a "more efficient use of public funds".
He said that repairing the royal palaces was a "significant financial priority", and that the Royal household had almost doubled its income to £11.6 million since 2007.
The spokesman said: "The move to the Sovereign Grant has created a more transparent and scrutinised system, which enables the Royal household to allocate funding according to priorities. This has resulted in a more efficient use of public funds."
A Treasury spokesman said: "The new arrangements established by the Sovereign Grant Act have made the royal finances more transparent than ever while providing the long term stability necessary for good planning."
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Doceri is a scalable suite of products that allows a teacher or presenter to control a computer's desktop, to control audiovisual technology, and to annotate any presentation in real time – all through the Apple™ iPad™. Doceri is an intuitive interface that can replace interactive whiteboards and expensive AV touch panels.Read more...
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The SP Controls Pixie (PXE-DCM) is an elegant and complete control system in an astonishingly trim form factor: so small, it fits in a standard single-gang back box.
One Pixie can control two or more display devices (click here for details).
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Education is important to everyone and the use of technology in the classroom releases more creativity, more attention to detail, more colorful innovation in every student. California Vision Technologies is continually pushing the envelope of service, training and product support for all of our clients.
We offer a complete service to the educational institution, corporate boardroom, or meeting facility; from initial design consultations, installation, training, continuing to all follow-up services.
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Happy accident 2 – Garden Snake
My landlord has this wild garden where flowers, vegetables, small trees and big plants share the same small space. One late night of Summer, she was still gardening and I could barely see her. She accidentally dropped the hose on the ground resulting in a sound that I interpreted as a hissing snake. It was actually the small stream of water that fluttered a big leaf. I waited until she was done and I went outside playing with this intriguing reptile.


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YAM - Yet Another Mailer (#2) - Missing icon for attachments (#25) - Message List
I just noticed that there is supposed to be an icon at the bottom of the mail window for mail attachments. I saw this in the screenshots on the YAM website.
On my YAM 2.5, there is only a small square next to attachments, I can't click on this icon so when I try to use the context menu "Save selected" is ghosted.
I couldn't see anything missing when using SnoopDos.
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I you click in the attachment area while *not* being over an icon you should get a context menu to save all attachement.
YAM tries DefIcons first to determine an appropriate icon for the attachment. If that didn't work out then icons like ENV:sys/def_(picture|audio|html|text|ascii).info are tried next. If that still didn't succeed then ENV:sys/def_project.info will be used.
Maybe YAM cannot find an appropritate icon or it is some kind of NewIcon icon or a PNG icon, which you system cannot handle.
If you don't mind and the attachment doesn't contain any private data or sensible stuff, then you could open a bug report on YAM's bugtracker and add the raw mail file as an attachment to the report. Alternatively you can forward the mail to me and/or Jens in private.
If you want to investigate yourself, then download the debug version of YAM 2.5 from sf.net and create a "GUI" logfile. See YAM's FAQ for more information about debugging stuff.thboeckelMay 11, 2008, 11:05:10 PM (11 years ago)
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My def_project icon is a "Glowicon" and I am running MorphOS.
I'll look into using other icon types. ThankskoanMay 13, 2008, 11:58:54 PM (11 years ago)
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To be honest, with MorphOS and Ambient the problem is worse. Ambient only implements the functions of OS3.1's icon.library. All extensions done for OS3.5/3.9 are either not implemented at all or buggy. This can very easily be seen when Ambient provides its own ugly internal icon.
Glowicons are standard Amiga icons. "glow" just means that they have a specific optical style, but the file format is still the old one.thboeckelMay 14, 2008, 7:18:08 AM (11 years ago)
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I tried both Amiga icons and PNG icons and both failed. I confirmed that YAM loaded def_project.info
I guess I should try looking at using the debug build to find out why.koanMay 17, 2008, 7:52:57 AM (11 years ago)
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I tried both Amiga icons and PNG icons and both failed. I confirmed that YAM loaded def_project.info
I guess I should try looking at using the debug build to find out why.
It doesn't matter if you use Amiga icons or PNG icons as the problem Thore tried to explain to you is a problem in the icon.library of MorphOS. The MorphOS version of icon.library/DefIcons is unfortunately missing some important features which are the reason why you always see the def_project.info file instead of the icon you define for a certain file type. So please, instead of trying to find a bug in YAM you should better send a bug report / feature request to the MorphOS crew so that DefIcons will be updated and works as expected in future.Jens MausMay 18, 2008, 9:22:40 AM (11 years ago)
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Hi, sorry it wasn't clear to me; I thought that reply meant that OS3.1 icons should work.
Just to conclude my previous post, using a PNG icon results in the pseudo icon (text) so it seems like some component (Ambient or YAM) knows it's PNG but doesn't render it.
I'll send a feature request to support Ambient icon types.
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"Girls" star Zosia Mamet has given up dating because she is convinced the traditional courtship ritual is old-fashioned, uncomfortable and awkward.
The actress, who is rumored to be involved with her former Off-Broadway play co-star Evan Jonigkeit, has offered up love life advice in a column for the latest issue of British magazine Glamour.
Mamet admits she struggles to plan dates because she doesn't drink alcohol, and she urges other women to follow her lead by moving away from the well-worn model of romantic outings with a prospective lover.
She writes, "I don't date. I can't remember the last time I went on a date. … The reason I don't date is because the first few times I did it, I hated it. I despise the first date – and all the uncomfortableness that goes with it. … I'm a little awkward meeting new people. Other issues: I don't drink."
Mamet also warns fellow women of other dating perils, including the use of the Internet to research a prospective partner, having sex on a first date, and splitting the bill.
She concludes, "The sweetest thing someone can do is listen to you. To be thoughtful. To accept your neuroses. That's love, isn't that what we all want?"


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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 1, 2010 – More than 10,500 Oklahomans have enjoyed the convenience of renewing their vehicle registration tag online since Oklahoma's official Convenient Auto Renewal System (CARS) launched on February 17, 2010.
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With made in the USA craftsmanship, Hestan combines the ultimate in precision performance with innovative design, delivering outdoor kitchen accessories to meet your every need. This Hestan Double Drawer and Door Tower Cart is specifically designed to house the Hestan 36-Inch gas grill. Featuring heavy gauge, welded body stainless steel construction for long lasting durability, two fold down side shelves providing valuable workspace, fully extending soft-close drawers and a soft-close access door with recessed Marquise style panels and commercial grade handles. It includes a propane tank tray that easily converts to trash storage when not used for propane tank storage and commercial grade casters that offer smooth cart movement with 360 degree maneuverability. This grill cart features Durable, Marquise accented & powder coated stainless steel panels in Froth signature color finish.
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Cole expecting classic United surge
Manchester United favourite Andy Cole has backed his former side to come good in the second half of the season after a topsy-turvy run of results that have seen Sir Alex Ferguson's side exit the Champions League at the group stages.
United's 2-1 defeat against Basel last week meant they were dumped out of European football's premier club competition at the group stages for only the third time in 17 years, while they still trail fierce rivals Manchester City by two points in the Premier League.
However, Cole points to United's previous resilience in the league that has seen them overcome an indifferent start to the season before powering on to the title, saying he believes they can repeat the trick this season.
"I always look at December and January as being key months in the season." Cole wrote in his column for United Review.
"Easter time is always a period I remember as being a huge part of the campaign as well but, if you can get the right results in December and January, it sets you up for the rest of the season.
"It is important to be in good form at the right time and the time to do that is always in the second half of the campaign.
"There's no point running away with it now. Just look at what happened to Newcastle in 1995/96 - they were 12 points ahead when we went there and, after our victory, we went on a great run, whereas they pretty much capitulated after that."
United were buoyed by City's defeat at the hands of Chelsea that meant the Red Devils finish the weekend just two points behind their rivals.
However, there was more bad injury news for Ferguson as Darren Fletcher was ruled out indefinitely after a statement revealed he was suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition.
However, Cole believes that despite the mounting injury woes Ferguson faces, the mentality "ingrained" in the club will help them push City all the way.
"I don't know why we've always done well in the second half of the season," he added.
"I think it's just ingrained in the DNA of the players. They know they have to deliver and that when the New Year comes round, it is time to really focus, get your heads down and kick on."News Now - Sport News


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Connectivity: At the International Builder's Show, connectivity was the hot topic everyone was talking about. Consumers can interact with products like they've never done before. Everyone was impressed by standby generators that can be monitored remotely from a smart phone or computer while also amazed by Schlage's Touchscreen Deadbolt Lock that gives you peace of mind when you are out of town.
Smart Appliances: With the advancement of technology, appliances are continuing to become smarter. Now you can control your oven by your smart phone through Wi-Fi and refrigerators can display recipes and photos. Centered around energy savings, smart appliances such as dishwashers, water heaters, and clothes dryers can directly communicate with your utility company and operate when electricity rates are lowest. Now that's smart!
Outdoor Kitchens: It is time to move out of the house and into the refreshing outdoors. Cooking outside is a great way to lower your energy bill because it can reduce the amount of heat generated by indoor cooking that results in higher air conditioning costs. You can install a simple grill or build an elaborate cook's station with a sink, storage, pizza oven, refrigerator, and countertops. More homeowners are moving their cooking outdoors, so why don't you? You can read more about outdoor kitchens from our past blog post.
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A feature-rich training tool
Linde developed this innovative simulation software specifically for air separation and hydrogen plants. It builds on the UniSim software from US technology company Honeywell. Like in the actual plants, the Siemens PCS7 system is used for process control. Leveraging its own, extensive technical know-how, Linde adapted both building blocks to its particular requirements. "Building the dynamic processes of a real-life plant into a simulation was challenging," confirms Christian Gobert, Sales Customer Services at Linde Engineering. The team of developers and engineers bundled their know-how in technology and physics to master this ambitious challenge and deliver a feature-rich and versatile training tool.
Virtual step-by-step tour of real-life situations
The software not only simulates the day-to-day running of a plant, but also allows users to work through a variety of possible scenarios. This is enabled by the huge volumes of data generated by a plant. Over 10,000 sensors transmit measurement signals, and operators can control up to 1,000 parameters including pressure, temperature and load. Any of these values can be individually adjusted in the simulator in real time. "As well as being a really useful tool for newcomers, OTS can also give experienced operators valuable insights," maintains Gobert. Extreme situations which hopefully will never occur in reality can be played out in the virtual world. Then if an emergency does arise, operators will be fully equipped to deal with it thanks to their OTS training.
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"All a client needs to take part in the training is a laptop and an Internet connection," explains Gobert. Linde's servers provide the computing power for the simulator. The training sessions can therefore take place either at the Group's training centre in Leuna or at the customer's site. The user can access the software remotely from their PC. On request, the service can be provided in Linde's training facilities or by trainers on the customer's site. "We always recommend the on-site option – and most of our clients prefer that as well," says Gobert.
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Linde offers different software models to suit all needs. The standard version provides basic training on air separation and hydrogen plants. It presents the operating interface to newcomers, simulating processes in the background and replicating the dynamics of standard real-life plants. With this version, both new and experienced operators can simulate all workflows and processes to deepen their knowledge. Linde also offers a customised version of the software, adapted to precisely mirror the customer's plant.
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In an ideal world, all processes have been designed to maximise a plant's service life, combining optimum performance with low energy consumption and minimal wear-and-tear. The operator's job is to achieve these goals even in exceptional circumstances or if an individual component fails. "Operators who are familiar with their plant's processes will also know its load limits. More experience means more reliability," says Gobert. The best thing about the training is that it forgives mistakes, since no actual damage occurs. In a real-life situation, operator errors can quickly lead to a bill running into tens of thousands of euro. In the OTS training simulator, limits can be selectively tested to improve the plant's efficiency while maintaining safe, reliable operations.


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Wiker's The Darwin Myth, despite its arguably inflammatory title, attempts to find a middle course between the two prevailing interpretations of Darwin. Thus Wiker writes in the Introduction: "It is high time we understand who Darwin really was, and what he really did. Distinguishing the facts from fancies is no easy matter for two related reasons. First, Darwin himself is often positively misleading about his own life.... Second, biographers of Darwin have too often taken him at his word when they should have exercised a little more skepticism; moreover, they have tended toward hagiography, making Darwin a kind of secular saint who singlehandedly brought enlightenment to a world shrouded in the darkness of superstition and ignorance." On occasion, however, Wiker seems to succumb to the hagiographic urge himself; thus he concludes his book with the declaration: "As for me, I shall always prefer a theory of evolution that can explain so great a man as Charles Darwin" — a statement which seems simultaneously cloying and patronizing, for it is hard to praise a man's greatness in a book that focuses on that same man's mendacity.
The Darwin Myth is littered with references to Darwin's Whiggish moralism; Wiker assures the reader that Charles Darwin was a loving husband and father and in many regards a swell guy. At the same time, the book is built around documenting a dark side to Darwin, revealing a man who misrepresents the development of his own thought (especially his belief in evolution before approaching the evidence), the extent to which his theory relies on predecessors, and his vanity in defending "his" theory. Wiker amply demonstrates that Charles Darwin was dependent on the writings of his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, in developing his theory; "One of Charles Darwin's very few character flaws was this: he was oddly possessive about his theory, so much so that he failed to acknowledge his predecessors, including his own grandfather, until his detractors pointed out the glaring omissions."
In addition to confronting Darwin's elastic understanding of his intellectual debts, Wiker offers some useful insights regarding the difficulties of the Darwinian dogma. Wiker notes the virtual deification of death which takes place in Darwin's system; "Death, Darwin thought, was the key to life, a complete inversion of Emma [Darwin]'s superstitious belief in a creator God and the idea that death was the punishment for original sin. Death was, is, and always will be, the creator. Unlike the biblical God, it does not pronounce everything good, it does not demand peace; instead it is the winnower of dross and imperfection, and by this means of culling surplus populations it creates a fitter species. War, the incessant struggle of creature against creature, species against species, is the true furnace of creation and progress." Darwin's deification of death gives Wiker the opportunity for a double-entendre in the title for the chapter detailing the last years of Darwin's life: "Darwin Meets His Maker." Certainly Wiker is not the first to observe the perverse character of such a destruction-as-creation motif at the heart of Darwinism, but it deserves repeating.
Wiker's emphasis on the moral vacuity of Darwinism is also an important element of The Darwin Myth: as"'progress" is an essentially meaningless term when applied to an unguided process, attempts to define "morality" in a Darwinist system finally boil down to "what is, is good." In Wiker's words, "There is no 'higher' in evolution according to Darwin. Evolution doesn't aim at anything. It is governed by blind chance variations and ruthless cutting off of the unfit. If it did aim at some predetermined moral goal, one would immediately have to assume — as did Lyell, Gray, and Wallace [other evolutionary theorists who were contemporaries of Darwin] — that a divine hand had stacked the deck." Wiker's brief chapter on the influence of Darwinism on the doctrines of Nazism is succinct and measured, as is his summary of the entire dilemma of the problem of morality in the Darwinist system: "The fundamental problem with Darwinism is not that it leads to Nazism, but that it can lead to anything." The point is that since Darwin maintained that moral values are biological in origin and change in the course of the evolutionary process, "values" that survive are superior, and since morally "inferior" peoples (according to Darwin) cannot be reformed, they are simply eliminated. As Wiker quotes Darwin:
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes [like the gorilla, orangutan, or chimpanzee] ... will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.
The identity of Darwinism per se and so-called "Social Darwinism" is carefully documented and established from Charles Darwin's central works. The ghastly implications of Darwinism are manifest; "For all these reasons, we must also reject the caricature of Darwin as representing the righteous struggle of science against dread superstition.... First of all, his theory brings no march of moral progress, or righteousness. Despite his intentions, Darwinism leads to the defeat of morality and the victory of a sophisticated kind of barbarism. Second, his theory certainly appears to be ideologically bent, rather than scientifically straight. It may just be the case — and I think it is — that Darwin's theory of evolution itself was formed to fit into the Whig history of materialist science triumphing over spiritualist superstition. That is why he felt he had to make it godless."
Although The Darwin Myth does summarize the life and work of Charles Darwin, it is clearly not intended to serve as a comprehensive biography or as a detailed examination of his works. Instead, the underlying task of the work is to separate the concept of biological evolution from the theory known as Darwinism. Wiker insists "Darwinism is not a synonym for evolution. Darwinism is a particular approach to the evidence for evolution, a reductionist, materialist approach that excludes the Divine on principle. Evolution is a complex and difficult thing we are still trying to understand." Indeed, Wiker concedes, "Those Christians who reject evolution because they believe that it leads to atheism are indeed proceeding from a proper fear." However, Wiker then ridicules Creationists for "appear[ing] entirely irrational and unscientific," while those who "accept evolution and deny that it leads to atheism" are "of the more sophisticated sort." Ultimately, Wiker's position appears to be to uphold a form of evolution that is divinely directed and in which man's "peculiar moral and intellectual capacities are not up for negotiation." It is difficult to say how many readers will find such argumentation theologically or scientifically compelling, but Wiker's book will remain a helpful summary of the life and teachings of Charles Darwin, and the manner in which Darwin's striving to create a godless evolutionary model influenced his own and subsequent generations.
Benjamin Wiker, The Darwin Myth - The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin (Washington: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2009), hardcover, 196 pages, $27.95


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The French Pigeons Are Revolting -- And That's Good
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One of the reasons the copyright lobby has been able to get so far with Net-hostile legislation like SOPA/PIPA and treaties like ACTA and TPP is that the companies affected adversely -- both big Internet players and smaller startups -- have failed to make their voice heard effectively. That's finally starting to change, as Google ramps up its lobbying efforts, and Net entrepreneurs start to get organised.
But in Europe, things still have a long way to go in terms of providing a digital perspective on legislation and treaties that can counterbalance the powerful lobbying machine of the old media industry there. That's what makes the following story about a revolt by French startups against a proposed tax rise, reported here by David Meyer on GigaOM, rather remarkable:
Arguing that there would be little point in being an entrepreneur in France anymore -- particularly with the UK offering a much better deal just across the Channel -- the startups organized themselves into a largely online movement called 'Les Pigeons', or 'the suckers'.
Now, admittedly this was a fight over money, rather than policy or anything more noble, but the point remains that for the first time, French entrepreneurs came together to make the government change its mind, and succeeded. If nothing else, that creates a precedent for them to do the same in the future when they might wish to persuade ministers not to bring in particularly harmful legislation, or support damaging treaties. As Meyer comments:
They were set for a street protest this weekend, but yesterday they met with finance minister Pierre Moscovici…and won.
It's quite refreshing to see European startups flexing their political muscle. Now if those in Germany can just do the same in their own fights against counterproductive freelancer taxes and crazy ancillary copyright proposals, we can call this a trend.
Here's hoping.
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A DIY Civilization
A baker's oven, a backhoe, a well drilling rig. According to social entrepreneur Marcin Jakubowski, these are a few of the 50 machines essential for any society to sustain a modern, comfortable lifestyle.
But these machines are not only essential, explains Leifur Thor, they're also expensive, hard to repair and designed to be obsolete in a few years. Thor volunteers with Open Source Ecology, a non-profit Jakubowski founded to develop the Global Village Construction Set. The set will comprise durable, modular machines that people can build and maintain themselves with sustainable, locally available materials—often scrap metal. OSE will give the plans away to anyone who wants them. The money a farmer would have sent to a large corporation to buy a hay cutter will stay in the community. The environmental impact of shipping heavy equipment long distances will disappear. These machines are designed to cost roughly a fifth of what factory-produced models do.
"We're obsessed with the idea that whatever we're creating is going to have the maximum benefit, for the lowest cost, for the longest time," says Thor.
Preliminary drawings for a steam engine recently went up on the group's website. Comments are welcome. "We're involving the entire world in research and development," says Thor. Though the Global Village Construction Set is still being designed, enthusiasts are already thinking about how to use it. Through OSE's web forum, people interested in creating sustainable communities are reaching out to others in their geographical areas. A California company plans on using OSE's modular tractor to build sustainable pressed earth buildings.
OSE is a reaction to the "tremendous inefficiency" of mass production, Thor says. "This is a natural evolution of technology. If we didn't come along, someone else would have."
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The No-Evictions Sheriff
There's a new sheriff in town—or there could be soon. Cheri Honkala, a single mom, sometimes homeless, who launched one of the country's biggest multi-racial movements led by the poor and homeless, is running for sheriff of Philadelphia.
Her platform? No evictions. No throwing people out on the street because of a financial crisis that they didn't create. Her slogan: "Keeping families in their homes and protecting the 'hood."
Cheri knows a few things about evictions. As a homeless mom, she faced a stark choice when the shelters filled up: a night on the frigid Minneapolis streets with her young son, or breaking and entering a vacant HUD-owned house, where the heat was left on to prevent the pipes from freezing. Cheri chose the latter.
Thus began a series of home occupations, evictions, and arrests. Eventually, Honkala joined with others to form the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, whose members work together to defend their basic right to health care, housing, education, and living wage jobs.
If elected, Cheri will bring more experience from the other side of the bars than most law enforcement officials.
I caught up with her after her keynote speech to the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin, in late August.
Sarah van Gelder: Why are you running for Sheriff?
Cheri Honkala: For 25 years I've been trying to change things in the halls of Congress—trying to find a politician with a backbone to say that we have to have a moratorium on foreclosures. The banks are continuing to do whatever they want with the bailout money; they're not modifying loans or finding ways to help people stay in their houses.
As Sheriff, I will use what's known as "selective enforcement"—I will refuse to rip down families' doors and refuse to have my deputies throw them out. Instead, the Sheriff's office will work with families that are in trouble: help them access resources; help them figure out how they can pay their mortgages.
Sarah van Gelder: Are there other aspects of your platform, besides not enforcing foreclosures?
Cheri Honkala: We're working hard at developing community land trusts where neighbors will be in charge of determining what will happen to abandoned properties or vacant land in their neighborhoods. The idea is to produce long-term affordable housing, and to make sure that a Walmart or something like that can't just come in and say "I'm here! Live with it."
In the meantime, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights campaign is turning a long field—about the size of a football field—into a farm. We don't like being the second hungriest city in the country. Nobody has granted us permission to have that field, but we believe that if you have land just sitting there abandoned—in Philadelphia, that's about 40,000 properties—you might as well put it to good use.
Sarah van Gelder: That kind of action—taking over abandoned land or buildings for the benefit of the homeless—is a big part of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign's work, right? Could you tell me more about how that works?
Cheri Honkala: We do two different kinds of actions. One is a "housing takeover;" that's what we call it when public housing—properties owned by the people—are just sitting there vacant and we use them until our country gets its act together and provides affordable public housing.
The other kind is "foreclosure defense"—helping families that are in foreclosure stay in their homes.
We encourage people across the country: if the bank sends you papers and says you have to leave, don't go! Stay in your home. The banks, most of the time, don't even know who owns the property anymore because there are so many owners involved [due to the securitization and trading of mortgages]. With the bailout, banks were supposed to modify families' loans. I've been doing this work a very long time and I only know a handful of people who have gotten their mortgages modified.
Sarah van Gelder: You've been doing home occupations for years, in fact. How is it different today?
Cheri Honkala: Nowadays we're very clandestine. Back in the day, we would hold press conferences and publicize it—try to spread the word about the economic injustice that was happening. Now we wouldn't dare do that because people need to stay in these properties for as long as possible; they don't have the luxury of getting kicked out to make a point. There is so little affordable housing left. There are no open slots for victims of domestic violence. Families who are dying of AIDS remain on waiting lists for housing. The situation is just really bad. So now we teach people to stay the hell away from the media.
Sarah van Gelder: There's a lot of shame associated with being poor in this country. Middle class people who might have looked down on poor people before are now finding themselves poor; is that causing a shift in perspective?
Cheri Honkala: Definitely. People who have invested their entire lives in their homes are losing them. It's a really common experience. Every 13 seconds a family is going into foreclosure—it's not just "other people" anymore.
During the Great Depression there was this sense that we have a responsibility to each other; all over the country families got together and took on the Sheriff's department and moved property back into the homes. That same kind of fight is happening again, maybe even more so now.
In my sister's neighborhood in Minneapolis, seven women—white, Native American, African American—who were facing foreclosure ended up coming together to support each other. If this movement hadn't been consciously putting them into a relationship with each other, they would have just participated in short sales in the middle of the night, returned their keys, and never told their neighbors that they were being forced out.
Sarah van Gelder: You have succeeded in doing multi-racial organizing, which is often a stumbling block for movements. How have you been able to make that work?
Cheri Honkala: I think we've been successful because we've tried to take up where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left off: uniting people around things that they have in common. Even if people may not like each other or hold backward ideas, when it comes to trying to get health care for a mother who is dying of cancer…or to help a woman losing her home after spending 30 years helping everybody in the neighborhood…we step up. We find our humanity and transcend our differences.
I think the majority of people in this country are really good people; if they knew that all of us had the opportunity to stop—not rhetorically but for real—home foreclosures in a part of the country right now, I think that they would get on the bandwagon and make it happen.
Find out more about Cheri Honkala's campaign for sheriff!
With the housing crisis nationwide driving struggling families from their homes, Boston's creative Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative shows how communities can hold their ground.
Why are mortgage holders suspending foreclosures? And what will happen to homeowners?
In Miami, homeless citizens didn't wait for the city. They created their own home and found dignity and safety.


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Kudos to Matt Miller in the Washington Post for asking the $295 billion question– WHO'S GOT THE GUTS TO FINALLY GET TOUGH ON CHINA?
While ManufactureThis has been saying for years that it's time to tackle China's egregious cheating at world trade, it's nice to see the message taking hold. Miller's basic concern is very similar to that of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM): "Currency manipulation is responsible for millions of lost jobs in the United States."
As Miller sees it, both the Democratic and Republican parties "have caved for years in the face of China's bare-faced mercantilism — thanks to risk aversion and negotiating incompetence that have betrayed American workers."
Here's where America is at with China right now:
- The U.S. racked up a $295 billion trade deficit with China in 2011.
- The ongoing U.S. trade deficit with China has cost 2.8 million jobs since 2001.
Essentially, the U.S. imports far more from China than it exports, which results in a bilateral trade deficit that dwarfs any trade gap that America has with other industrialized nations.
This shouldn't come as a total surprise since China has built such a massive export machine, in part by deliberately undervaluing its currency, in violation of world trade law.
This cheating has paid off for China, and Miller cites the work of H.W. Brock, who sees China's currency so undervalued that it is "arguably one-sixth of what it should be." Brock calls Washington's failure to do anything about it a "political disgrace."
The bottom line, according to Miller, is that "China's brazen currency manipulation and routine theft of American intellectual property has tilted the playing field unfairly against U.S. jobs."
So what will either Obama or Romney do?
Obama talked tough on China in the 2008 campaign, especially on China's deliberate currency manipulation. However, he has not designated China as a currency manipulator since taking office. His administration has filed trade cases against China, though, and has instituted safeguards on surging Chinese tires.
Romney has been taking flak lately for his record at Bain Capital, which has been characterized as very pro-outsourcing. However, Romney has been campaigning on a very hard-line China message. Specifically, he has promised to designate China as a currency manipulator and has also vowed to bar China from access to U.S. government contracts until U.S. firms receive reciprocal access.
Miller concludes by wondering if either Obama or Romney can really take effective action on China:
On Tuesday, Romney, who called China a currency manipulator early on, repeated the charge in his speech to the VFW. He plans on painting Obama as soft on Beijing.
Still, if Romney got rich at Bain in part by tapping China's unfair advantages, how can he offer himself as the man who can bring China to heel?


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This weekend I worked with the incredible celebrity make up artist AJ Crimson and his makeup team at LeToya Luckett's Lady L Boutique in the Houston Galleria Mall. We were a part of the Glam Slam Beauty Suite event that allowed clients to get a total makeover in one location. Teams were led by celebrity Hairstylist Kiyah Wright, Celebrity Lash Guru Jamaal Buster, and Celebrity Manicurists Skyye.
Above I'm with AJ Crimson wearing his Limited Edition Allstar Weekend Kissable Couture Lip Colors. I created a blue ombre lip. Below I'm with Platinum recording artist LeToya Luckett.
Words can't express how grateful I was that AJ Crimson selected me to be a part of his makeup team. This experience was spectacular! I was able to become more familiar with his Kissable Couture Lip Colors. I was introduced to his pressed powders. I also got to really work with the AJ Crimson Creme Foundations (which I reviewed a couple months ago here). We provided makeovers Fri-Sun.
Above is a picture of my makeup station set up. Below is a picture of AJ's makeup station set up. Ha ha! I've got a long way to go. ;-p
Below is Faith all ready to make up clients.
I'm holding the brand new AJ Crimson CCC palette. It's a convenient compact with all 8 shades of his Creme Foundation. I'd highly recommend it for makeup artist who want great foundation in a condensed form. I'd also recommend it for makeup lovers who want to have versatility with creating looks. You can do your overall skin color, highlight, contour, add cheek color, do lips, etc… So many options with this product.
Here are the Kissable Couture Lip Colors and AJ Crimson Creme Foundations and Pressed Powders. I really, really like his lip colors. They range from sheer glosses to liquid lipsticks. They all feel very comfortable on your lips without being too sticky or tacky. My favorite is Fantasies, which I purchased 2 tubes at The Makeup Show Orlando. It's a beautiful red…but they're currently out of stock so we didn't use it for the event. 🙁Here is Aj doing a lip demo
Above I'm giving one of my clients a Purple Lip Demo using AJ Crimson Kissable Couture Limited Edition Allstar Weekend Purple with the regular Kissable Couture lipgloss in Tyler applied in the middle for an extra pop. 🙂
My client posted this on her instagram. 🙂
This is my client who was in the chair in the above picture. She posted this on her instagram. I just love seeing my clients happy with their makeovers. 🙂
Below I'm using AJ Crimson Kissable Couture Limited Edition AllStar Weekend Lip colors in Blue and Purple to create Shasie's lip. These pictures are courtesy of my fellow MUA Faith. 🙂
This is a picture of me with the uber fab Celebrity Hairstylist Kiyah Wright! She works wonders with hair. 🙂 Faith did her makeup and used the Limited Edition Allstar Weekend Orange lip color.
I learned a new technique from Jamaal and his team this weekend. Instead of waving the lashes back and forth while you're waiting for the glue to get tacky, just use a small hand held fan to quickly dry the glue. He's a genius! I've been doing makeup for 6yrs now, this has never crossed my mind. Totally going to get a little fan for my kit now. 🙂
Be sure to watch the video above the title of this post to see footage of this phenomenal beauty event. Shout out to Charles and Brittany of Ambient Noir and Coeus Magazine for the great footage. 🙂


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Four Receive Sophomore Honors Awards
Rising juniors Kimberly Homan, Hannah Kuelbs, Brennan Olson, and Erika Zetterlund have been selected to receive the prestigious Sophomore Honors Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding achievement, scholarship and character.
Undergraduate Research Participation Jumps 54 Percent
This summer, 92 Augustana students are working alongside faculty members and mentors throughout the U.S., exploring and researching everything from platelet-biogenesis to the impact of ultrafast laser pulses on molecular fragmentation – an increase of 54 percent from last year.
Augustana Finishes Third in Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings
Augustana has finished third in the 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, a program best and the year's highest finish for an NSIC institution. During the 2010-11 season, the College also won the U.S. Bank/NSIC All-Sports Award and captured seven conference crowns.
The Augustana: Summer 2011
The summer issue of The Augustana, the magazine for alumni and friends of the College, features the work of alumni, students and faculty who are paving new frontiers in science, medicine and research, including 1978 grads Dr. Tom Braithwaite and Dr. Patrick Casey.
Grant Will Promote Student Teaching in High-Needs Classrooms
Thanks to a new Service Learning grant, 30 Augustana education majors who volunteer to conduct their student teaching in high-needs classrooms will now be eligible to receive a $2,000 voucher good toward their outstanding student loans or graduate school.
Fuller Named Associate Dean for Rider University's School of Fine and Performing Arts
Dr. Ivan Fuller, professor of theatre and chair of Augustana's Performing and Visual Arts Department, has been named Associate Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Rider University. In his new role, Fuller will also serve as Chair of Rider's Department of Theater, Music Theater and Dance.
Stained Glass Features Creation, Christ, Church
The chancel facade at the new Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls features a 24-panel ecclesiastical stained-glass design, created by Augustana's Scott Parsons, assistant professor of art. "It is .. my hope that this design will resonate with each viewer as a celebratory offering of thanksgiving for all that God has given to us," Parsons has said.
In the News: Augustana Grounds Crew Members Rescue Man During Flood
With the rain crashing down and water gushing through the streets, Larry Kraemer and Kent Wilson raced to rescue a man trapped in his car near the Elmen Center yesterday afternoon.
Robert Aldern, Professor Emeritus of Art, Dies at 82
Called a "guiding light for the Art Department and for Augustana College," Robert Aldern, professor emeritus of Art, former department chair and Artist-in-Residence, died on Saturday, June 11. He was 82. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
Gift Will Name Soccer Field
"Today we celebrate the leadership and generosity of Kent and Judy Morstad, two of our own whose fond memories of their time at Augustana and their love of athletics inspired them to give back ... We are deeply grateful for this gift," said Rob Oliver, president of the College.