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After the huge success of its London premiere in 2007 and at the Metropolitan Opera, New York the following year, Philip Glass's operatic masterpiece returns to ENO.
Among the most visually spectacular productions for decades, Satyagraha is instilled with theatrical flair by the award winning director / designer partnership of Improbable's Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, and is performed in Sanskrit.
Returning to the roles they created in 2007 and reprised in 2009 are Alan Oke as Gandhi and Janis Kellly as Mrs Naidoo. Satyagraha is conducted by Stuart Stratford.
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Satyagraha is mesmerising musical meditation on Mahatama Gandhi's early years in South Africa and his spiritual progress towards the concept of nonviolent protest.
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Conway to speak on science and free will, Oct. 2-Nov. 20
Posted September 27, 2006; 04:05 p.m.
Princeton mathematician John Conway will deliver a series of eight lectures on the subject of science and free will at 8 p.m. Mondays beginning Oct. 2 in McCosh 50. A question-and-answer period will follow the one-hour presentations, which run through Nov. 20.
The series, which Conway has prepared in collaboration with colleague Simon Kochen, concerns the "Free Will Theorem," the topic of the mathematicians' recent paper. The theorem suggests that if humans have free will, then elementary particles must possess it as well. The lectures, which are for a general audience, will explain the theorem and the relevant science, and will provide information on its consequences.
Conway, the John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics, has been a Princeton faculty member since 1987. His fascination with games and puzzles has led him to important discoveries in areas of mathematics from number theory to geometry. He also is well known as the inventor of the Game of Life, in which checker-like objects replicate themselves and form patterns on a grid.
Conway is passionate about bringing math to the public and routinely draws large crowds from the University and the surrounding community to his lectures.
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett shares a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
Conclusion: Tussle With Russell
There was no choice. If I didn't try to get on those gobblers immediately, they'd be gone in a heartbeat.
There was an x-factor, however. Remember that 25-mph wind? It had everything in that sparse woods blowing back and forth like a carnival ride. I waited until the lead longbeard's head poked behind the only tree on the knob and then shouldered my gun. The trailing bird caught the movement, of course, but with the entire woods in tumult, he wasn't quite sure what he'd seen.
Before he could decide, the red-dot found his neck, and my first Missouri gobbler was flopping next to the decoys.
I've tried to make that move several times in the 15 years since that hunt, and it usually results in lots of putting and some cussing. Maybe Russell was a good luck charm. Or perhaps I'd just been fortunate that the circumstances were perfect that breezy Missouri day.
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I presume this will apply to Minnesota pike since it seems to apply (almost) everywhere I've fished for "spring" pike.
The water temp is a key factor, typically, when the temp goes to 60F to 68F is when the big guys come in cruising the shallows (2 to 5 feet deep). Weed growth is the other factor in shallows, you need about 4 to 6 inches of "cover" for the bait to hide in. So bring your thermometer along and check the surface temp. Also, go cruising very slowly over the shallows you plan to fish, if the big guys are around, you will often spook them away from their lies and they leave a dust cloud on the bottom.
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Posted on 26 Oct 2010 by Stephanie Geosits.
Bill Shannon, a long-time denizen of pressboxes in and around New York, passed away in a house fire yesterday. He was 69 and spent his life devoted to sports. Shannon was a free-lance writer who covered baseball for the Associated Press as well as reported on tennis, and followed Columbia and other university sports in the metropolitan area. He will long be remembered for his work as an offi...


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Students at Loyola are encouraged to pursue research beyond the classroom and present at the college, regional or national levels. Below are resources where many undergraduates can become involved in research.
If you're interested in psych research, then peruse the faculty's research interests, and contact faculty whose research interests you. Depending upon the nature of the research project and time availability of both faculty and student, you might decide to volunteer (without earning research credit) to do research with a faculty member, enroll in PY305 Research Praticum, or pursue a larger independent research project, which can take the form of an independent study, PY300 or PY400. See the Research Opportunity Inquiry Form for further instructions on working with psychology faculty on research.
Through the National Office for Psi Chi, various awards and grants are available to undergraduate students, see http://www.psichi.org/awards/undergraduate
Conventions: One of the many benefits Psi Chi (National Psychology Honor Society) offers to its members is the excellent series of programs the Society sponsors at regional and national psychology conventions. These programs provide members an opportunity to present their research in a professional setting; to participate in panel discussions, conversation hours, symposia, and lectures with eminent psychologists; and, to network with students, faculty, and other psychologists from a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. These Psi Chi programs are regularly listed in the Convention Calendar which provides the latest information about each program as it becomes available, as well as listings of other meetings of interest to members.


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The more you can have your employees working on assignments aligned with their skill set, the more productive your small business will be. Rather than have them stop every couple of minutes to work on a smaller task, it can help to find other methods to get simpler tasks done rather than have your employees stop everything they're working on to do it. Here are a few great, efficient, and more affordable ways of getting the busy work out of the way so your team can focus on their assignments.
It can be a bit of a dirty word these days, but outsourcing is an effective way to do business for not only large corporations, but smaller businesses as well. Your company should be focused on really doing one particular niche activity very well. Anything outside of the scope of that focus, or anything that your business may not be skilled at working on, could potentially be outsourced. Companies that emphasize their strength at writing code for websites, for example, could do things much better and faster.


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Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Here's a must-try cookie treat that's reminiscent of a favorite sweet cereal snack with chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar.
If using 21-oz pouch of Betty Crocker™ peanut butter cookie mix; use 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons water, and 1 egg. Shape into 42 balls. For Coating; 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 1/3 cup butter or margarine, 1/3 cup peanut butter, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla. Place 14 cooled cookies in large bowl, pour 1/3 of chocolate mixture. Repeat with 14 more cookies and 1/2 chocolate mixture. Repeat with remaining 14 cookies and chocolate mixture. Makes 42 cookies.
Place food directly on parchment paper and bake as directed. Treats will bake evenly and release from paper with ease. Plus, because you're baking right on the paper, clean-up is a breeze.
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Simple problems deserve simple solutions. One such problem that many photographers face is where to put that pesky lens cap, without leaving it behind or forgetting which pocket it in. LensCapTrap offers one solution, allowing lens caps to be attached via velcro to the camera strap.Read More »
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Gordy's Camera Straps are a fine example of what camera straps could be - natural, stylish, unique looking, and a far cry from the common nylon and faux leather variety emblazoned with the usual manufacturer names. In this review, we take a detailed look at the wrist straps and the neck straps.Read More »
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Billed as a 3-in-1 bag / sling strap / hand strap combo, the BlackRapid SnapR20 is a cleverly designed bag and strap system catering towards compact camera users. The main drawcard with this bag is the ability to use it in three different configurations - as a strap and bag combo, a sling strap alone, or just as a wrist strap if you're really travelling light.Read More »
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The Vosonic VP8870 is the flagship portable photo storage and multimedia device, for backing up and viewing photos and videos on the go. Julian Tan takes the unit through its paces in this review.Read More »
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The BlackRapid RS-7 is a modular camera strap featuring a unique upside-down design, as well as the BRAD, an optional attachment that secures the RS-7 and makes sure it stays in place. Read on for a review by Julian Tan.Read More »
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The Kata Auxiliary Pouch (AP) System uses a military-type webbing and pouch system to hold camera equipment in a versatile and modular manner. Rob Will takes us through a detailed review of the system.Read More »
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While Audio To Midi, the new effects and the various MIDI improvements might be the headline features of the latest version of Ableton Live, the updated incarnation of the DAW brought a handful of new instruments packs too.
The new packs are available for Live 9 users to download from the Ableton website. Here we explore the new grand piano and bass guitar instruments.
For more on the new features of Live 9, check out the May issue of Computer Music (CM190) which is on sale now.
Step 1: 'Grand Piano' and 'Guitar and Bass' are two sets of instrument Packs that Live 9 users can download for free from ableton.com. For the most part, these are straightforward, bread-and-butter sounds designed for composition, but there are some subtleties to them worth getting to know about. When you've downloaded and installed the Packs, they'll appear in the Packs section of Live's browser.
Step 2: Here you'll find two new folders: 'Grand Piano' and 'Guitar and Bass'. Let's take a quick look at Grand Piano first. Double-click Grand Piano to show its contents, then double-click the Sound folder to see the available piano categories. Let's try out one of the more unusual sounds. Double-click the Grand Piano Hybrid folder.
Step 3: Double-click Grand Piano Thin Air to load the patch. Try playing a chord and you'll hear the grand piano tones supplemented with a lush, processed Operator pad. You can use the Inst Balance macro knob to adjust the balance of the two sounds, and sweep the Pad Filter knob to hear the sweet-sounding low pass filter on the Operator patch.
Step 4: Let's take a look at something a bit more complex now. Delete the MIDI track with the Grand Piano Thin Air patch on it and this time open the Guitar and Bass/Sounds/Bass folder. Double-click Electric Bass to create a new MIDI track with the instrument on.
Step 5: This gives us a clean, generic electric bass sound. Place a G2 on every quarter-note as above, with gradually increasing velocity. You'll hear that the velocity layers used give each note a different feel, culminating in a slap sound at the top of the velocity range.
Step 6: Copy the pattern and velocites we've used here to get a funky slap bass part. Note that while we've got the start and end of the main notes hitting the grid, the quieter notes that rise up on the sixth beat need to overlap to sound fluid and natural.
Step 7: Let's add a higher note on C4 on the last eighth-note of the first bar. If you're after a really authentic, live-sounding bassline, you can also add various string noises and note-stopping sounds using MIDI notes A-2 to A#0.
Step 8: You can get a cleaner result (at the expense of realism) by turning down the Note Off Volume parameter. Try turning it down all the way to -36dB now. The Dead Note Vol parameter controls the volume of notes with a velocity lower than 48.
Step 9: The Articulation knob allows you to toggle between the open and muted sound. Play the bassline back and set the Articulation knob to any value over 97. You'll hear the bassline change in character dramatically, especially the slap note, which becomes a bend. By combining note velocities and manipulating the articulation knob, you can create convincingly 'real' bass parts.


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Fountain Valley High School has built a home fit for a bard.
Theater arts students and parent volunteers have resurrected the Globe Theater, an outdoor stage venue based on the first Globe Theater built in London in 1592.
And it's just in time for the Fountain Valley High Theater Arts Department's first play of the school year – William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" – which opens Tuesday.
The Globe Theater became the venue for theater troupes during Elizabethan England, but it is probably best known for being home to the plays of Shakespeare.
Limited to having to perform plays in a regular classroom, theater arts teacher Robert Zick and theater booster parent Bill Billetter came across a grassy knoll area tucked in the corner of the campus near the history classrooms and started thinking, "Why don't we do something with this open space?"
After months of planning, Zick and the theater boosters came up with three possible plans – large, medium and small –and presented them to the school and school district.
"They went with the big stage option as long as we made sure it was safe," Billetter said.
Billetter, who had construction knowledge, and other parents and students spent the last six weeks creating the outdoor stage. The grassy knoll area already had rounded cement planters that up until now mainly served as extra seating for students to eat lunch.
"It seemed to us like it was being underutilized," Zick said.
The planters can seat 130, and there's room on the grassy hill for another 70.
This week, "Twelfth Night" will be performed under the stars in Fountain Valley High's New Globe Theater.
The stage is a two-story replica of the original three-story stage, with a façade made of pallets. The murals and other painting were done by students in the school's set design class. The stage has been designed in sections so it can be taken apart easily and stored for future plays, Billetter said.
The idea of choosing to perform Shakespeare had been brewing in Zick's mind for a year.
"English classes can benefit from it," he said. "Shakespeare's plays have connections with other academics."
Plays produced by the school's theater department are usually staged in the cramped Room 309 on the high school campus. The lack of a real theater has made it tough for Fountain Valley to compete with other high schools that do have their own theaters.
Fountain Valley is among more than 30 schools that compete in the Orange County Cappies, a program started by the Orange County Department of Education in 2003 that teaches high school theater and journalism students to become expert writers and critical thinkers.
Student theater critics vie to be published in the Orange County Register by attending productions at other schools and writing reviews.
"It's been hard to compete with the other schools that have big theaters," Billetter said.
That will change this week when the theater students present the Shakespeare comedy that explores the complexities of love through the lives of a colorful mix of characters.
"The theater program here has grown so much," said Billetter, whose son Zachary has been in the theater program all four years. "It has just been phenomenal. This is a good thing for the school."
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1/2 cup chopped fresh ginger
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
8 whole star anise
1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne or sparkling wine
Bring ginger, 2/3 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce to a simmer; cook until liquid thickens to maple syrup consistency, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool. Strain syrup; discard ginger. Combine Chinese five-spice powder and remaining 2 tbsp sugar on a shallow plate. Moisten the rim of Champagne flutes with water and dip in sugar. Drop 1 tsp crystallized ginger and 1 star anise into each glass. Add 1 tbsp syrup and about 3 oz Champagne.
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Ride along the amazing Atlantic coast of Portugal. Relax at the royal pine forest. Visit the 13th century medieval village of Ă"bidos and the fishing village of NazarĂ©.
A Road Race Bike tour that starts in a small medieval town on the top of the hill, with a majestic castle that defended this small town from the Spanish people many times. You will ride along narrow roads, either sided by cork trees or stone walls.
Incredible coastal Cycle tour that will take you till the south-westernmost point in continental Europe, crossing two National Parks and a beautiful coastal line with 300km of beautiful beaches, and typical villages.
Hop on a bicycle and explore Porto's historic centre with us. You will encounter an urban city towards Art and Architecture, from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era. It has never been so easy and fun to discover Porto by bike, so don't miss the opport
The Atlantic route is a cycling tour that follows the coastline of north central Portugal discovering some of the cultural and natural beauties of this land.
This hybrid bike tour starts in Sagres, near Cape S. Vicente, the south-westernmost point in Continental Europe, and you will always ride eastwards towards the Spanish border, visiting some of the beaches of our famous Algarve.
This Road Bike tour starts in Sesimbra. You will ride to a winery where you will learn about the famous Moscatel wine and also taste it. Then you will enter one of the lushest areas south of Lisbon - the Natural Park of Arrabida and Vicentine Coast.
SW Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park extends itself along the Portuguese coast and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. This SW landscape is 300 million years old and it is one of the most preserved landscapes all over Europe. Hybrid Bike tour.
Enjoy seven days mountain biking from the Sesimbra to the Algarve along the coast cycling on dense valleys and on the top of the amazing cliffs. One of the most beautiful mountain bike tours that you can do along the most well preserved coast
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Find exciting Portugal bike tours for your vacation. Hit the pedal to the metal and experience the excitement of our bicycle tours. Our bicycle trips can be guided for beginner riders or self-guided for experienced bikers. Bike trips are a fun physical activity that can be enjoyed by anyone. Go off-road and take your wheels into the woods on our Portugal mountain biking tours. Enjoy speeding down trails and ripping through the forest on our mountain biking trips. Browse our Portugal bike tours and plan your vacation today!


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Stuffed Chiles – Chiles Rellenos
Chiles RellenosPoblano peppers stuffed with cheese and drizzled with a mild tomato sauce are a delicacy in many Mexican homes, especially in the Puebla region. Bring these authentic flavors into your home tonight with this traditional Stuffed Chiles recipe. Here, we rely on GOYA® Tomato Sauce for a smooth, velvety sauce with rich tomato flavor. For ease in stuffing and frying the chile, select shorter, plumper poblano peppers that aren't too twisted or wrinkled.
Serves 4
Prep time: 30 min.
Total time: 30 min.
2 tbsp. GOYA® Corn Oil, Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil, plus more for frying
˝ medium onion, very finely chopped (about ˝ cup)
1 can (8 oz.) GOYA® Tomato Sauce
1 tbsp. GOYA® Minced Garlic
Dash cinnamon (less than 1/8 tsp.)
1 GOYA® Cubitos Chicken Bouillon mixed with 3 cups water
1 GOYA® Bay Leaf
1 sprig cilantro
4 poblano peppers
6 oz. Oaxaca, muenster or mozzarella cheese, cut into 4 sticks (about 4"x 1" )
3 eggs, separated
Flour, for dredging
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Stuff the Peppers:
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|Heat 2 tbsp. oil in medium saucepan over medium high heat; add onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, garlic and cinnamon to saucepan; cook until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute more. Add chicken bouillon mixture, bay leaf and cilantro sprig to pot; bring liquid to boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 25 minutes. Strain sauce, discarding solids; keep warm.
Stuff the Peppers:
|Meanwhile, place poblano peppers over direct fire of stove. Cook, turning occasionally, until skin is completely charred, about 8 minutes. Transfer peppers to zip-top bags until cool. Peel peppers; rinse under cool water. Using small knife, make 2" slice on side of pepper; remove seeds and rinse under cold water. Using paper towels, pat peppers dry inside and out. Place cheese stick inside each pepper, overlapping sides of slit to enclose cheese. Transfer peppers to refrigerator.
Fry the Peppers:
|Heat 1˝" oil in heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat until temperature registers 350°F on deep-fry thermometer. In clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. In separate bowl, beat egg yolks until combined. Gently fold yolks into egg whites.
|In batches of two, dredge pepper in flour, tapping off excess; dip in egg mixture and transfer to hot oil. Fry peppers until batter is golden brown and crisp and cheese melts, about 6 minutes, flipping peppers with large metal spoon with holes. Transfer to paper towel-lined plates to drain.
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Treat your guests to these fluffy cheese puffs that are made using Gold Medal® all-purpose flour - ready in 50 minutes. A versatile addition to your appetizer plate!
Dropping these cheesy puffs into a steaming pot of boiling water before baking gives them a light, airy texture.
These airy little puffs can be cut in half and filled with 1 tablespoon of your favorite salad such as egg salad, tuna salad, ham salad or seafood salad.
Puffs can be baked in advance and stored in airtight containers. Reheat on ungreased cookie sheets at 350°F 5 to 10 minutes.
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Stingray Cove
Open Daily: 10 am-12 pm & 12:30-3 pm
What does a stingray feel like? Find out for yourself at Stingray Cove! This experience is free with admission and located in the tropical Lagoon exhibit of the South Pacific Aquarium.
In addition, two small, touchable shark species--whitespotted bamboo sharks and epaulette sharks--have joined their cartilaginous cousins in this exhibit.
Varied shapes and colors of stingrays and small sharks inhabit the approximately 1,000 gallon tank, some swimming placidly in the clear water as human hands dip in to gently touch them and feel their somewhat velvety surfaces. Others lie camouflaged in the sandy bottom, barely visible as if hiding from predators in the ocean.
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During this last years recharter we had an extremely disappointing turn in of the Journey to Excellence form. As a District committee we chalked this up to a couple of things.. perhaps it was that many people were not aware of the change in program. Maybe some Scouters did not receive proper or inadequate training on the subject. It could have been that the program was not communicated effectively. Another reason may have been that some Scouters just don't care enough to fill it out. Then again, it may have just been that there are units out there that really are not delivering the promise and would not fill out the form for any reason.
I will go on record and say that the answer is All of the Above. (In my opinion).
So rather than simply complain about it.. I figured that the right thing to do, because I love Scouting and believe in the program, would be to tackle the issues and start with training.
So I volunteered to teach about the JTE program and give out all the tools that would make a unit successful in at least getting the 2012 form in with their charter in November.
So back in January, I announced that we would hold a JTE session at the February Round table. I made arrangements with the Round Table commissioner and we decided that this would be a great class. We could have all levels of Scouting attend and present the information in a clear and easy to use format.
I made copies of all of the materials and even used my own Troop as an example. I made copies of our spreadsheet JTE tracker and our goals for this year. A sample budget was included as well as the Pack, Troop, and Crew requirements for 2012.
Last night at Round table, the room was set and I prepared to teach this subject of which I have developed a passion for. 7 people showed up for the training. 7. 2 of them were Assistant Scoutmasters from my Troop, 1 was a Scoutmaster of a high performance troop that is using the JTE tools and is delivering the promise of Scouting. 2 were Cub Scout leaders that I assume got a lot out of the class. They had great questions and seemed to be very interested in getting this ball rolling within their Packs. 1 was an Assistant Scoutmaster of another Troop that is always in the hunt for Troop of the Year, and finally a committee member from on of the LDS units in our District. She had never heard of JTE and took lots of notes. She informed me that she thought that this was all done at the Stake level.. but wanted to know more so she could get the program started with the Troops she worked with.
7 Scouters.
85 units did not bother to fill out and turn in the form during the last recharter process.
So essentially last night I preached to the choir… again.
As I drove home from Round table last night my mind was filled with disappointment which of course drove me to thinking about the other areas in which we fall short in our District, Council, and of course the BSA.
Mostly I think it comes down to training. We do a fantastic job of getting people to help. Just look at the numbers.
1.1 Million volunteers currently serve the youth of Scouting. 1.1 Million. Now I am no fool, and I know that in any population you will never get 100 % of the folks to do anything, but we need to try right?
So we have lots of Scouts that deserve the best, and we have lots of volunteers that have at some level made a commitment to give their best, and yet we don't.
Lets assume that my District (which I consider a real great district) is representative of most if not all districts in the BSA. First, lets throw out some numbers again… bear with me here. Remember that I said 85 units in my district did not bother to turn in the JTE form. My district has 129 units in it.
In 2010 the BSA reported that there were 47,259 Cub Scout Packs, 40,099 Boy Scout Troops, 8,539 Varsity teams, and 18,856 Venture Crews. That would be a total (in 2010) of 114,753 units in the BSA.
So assuming everything is equal, 40,000 units within the BSA did not turn the JTE form this last year. Now I do not know this to be true.. I am just looking for a solution. IF that big a population within an organization that makes it its business to deliver the promise of Scouting to the 2 million (plus) Scouts that come to us allows this to happen.. then I think it is worth a review. Not a change in the Journey to Excellence program. It is rock solid.. after all its all about making every unit the best. It follows the methods and places its focus on what is important.. serving Youth!. No, it does not need to change. What needs to change is how we present, train, and work with units to ensure that the program (both the Scouting program and the JTE) are being followed. Units that are in need of help need to get it.
I think this is where the commissioner service comes in… and there again.. we are preaching to the choir… assuming again that your district is like mine.. where are all the commissioners? We are in need of good commissioners that are dedicated to making every unit a great one.
There are many ways that we need to attack this. I think that we have a huge disconnect here and it will not get better as long as we keep preaching to the choir. The choir is fine and is singing loud and clear. It is the folks that don't want to sing that we need to reach. It is the people we never see, it is the countless applications that come through the council that never get a hand shake or a visit. It is the volunteers that are not reached by hands on training or a friendly invite to Round table.
As much as I am a big fan of computer based training.. I think we may have lost some of the contact by going away from class room training. We need to connect with the 1.1 million volunteers, or what ever that number is in your District and not only fix this JTE problem, but get more leaders trained, active, and taking on rolls that complement their skills, attitudes, and level of committment within the District. We need commissioners that actually pay visits to their units. Commissioners that do not wear multiple hats in Scouting. Commissioners that can take the time to work with and mentor unit leaders.
We need to get a bigger choir! I'll have more to say on this later… I am curious to hear what you have to say about all this… leave a comment!
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Preaching to the Choir
During this last years recharter we had an extremely disappointing turn in of the Journey to Excellence form. As a District committee we chalked this up to a couple of things.. perhaps it was that many people were not aware of the change in program. Maybe some Scouters did not receive proper or inadequate training on the subject. It could have been that the program was not communicated effectively. Another reason may have been that some Scouters just don't care enough to fill it out. Then again, it may have just been that there are units out there that really are not delivering the promise and would not fill out the form for any reason.


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Posted on: 05 November, 2012
High school juniors and seniors have the opportunity to learn what it's like to be a college student at East Central University by participating in Tiger Connection on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Tiger Connection is designed for prospective students to visit campus and meet with students, faculty and staff as well as connect with other potential ECU Tigers.
Teachers of the Year Reception/Marvin Stokes Lecture Set for Monday, Nov. 5 at East Central UniversityPosted on: 05 November, 2012
Eleven local and area teachers will be honored at a reception and Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year Elaine Hutchison will speak at the annual Marvin Stokes Endowed Lecture on Monday, Nov. 5, at East Central University.
The eleven teachers will be honored with a reception at the Oklahoma Regents Room of the ECU Student Union from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Immediately following the reception, Hutchison will deliver the Stokes Lecture in the Estep Auditorium of the Bill S. Cole University Center at 6:30 p.m.
Posted on: 02 November, 2012
East Central University business professor Dr. Pat Fountain was recently named Community Engagement Professional of the Year, it was recently announced at the 2012 Heartland Conference in St. Louis, Mo.
The award was presented by the Oklahoma Campus Compact organization.
It recognizes one professional from a member campus in Oklahoma, who has worked toward the institutionalization of academic service-learning.
Posted on: 02 November, 2012
Dr. Christine Pappas, associate professor of political science and legal studies at East Central University, has been elected to the National Pi Sigma Alpha Executive Council, it was recently announced.
Pi Sigma Alpha is the National Political Science Honor Society and Pappas has served as ECU advisor since 2001. She is one of 12 members named to the executive council for 2012-2014.
Posted on: 01 November, 2012
Three members of the string faculty from the University of Central Oklahoma, along with East Central University's Starla Hibler, will perform a concert of Baroque chamber music on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center, 14th and Rennie, in Ada.
Hibler will be joined by UCO faculty members Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher, Dr. Ralph Morris and Theodora Morris.
The concert is free and open to the public.
ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL INTERPRETER PACE WILL PORTRAY AMERICAN HUMORIST/POET LANGSTON HUGHES AT LITERARY ARTS FESTIVALPosted on: 30 October, 2012
Acclaimed Chautauqua historical interpreter Charles Everett Pace will portray American humorist and poet Langston Hughes as part of East Central University's 17th Annual Literary Arts Festival on Nov. 8.
Pace will be appearing in "On the Road with Langston Hughes" from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Ataloa Theatre inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center on the ECU campus.
Posted on: 30 October, 2012
East Central University faculty, staff and students, along with the Ada community, can learn about high performance computing as Dr. Henry Neeman, from the University of Oklahoma, will be speaking on the topic the ECU campus Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Room of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
With the advent of multicore technology, it won't be long before cell phones and all types of computers will contain supercomputer technology, according to Clay Carley, instructor of mathematics and computer science.
NOTED NATIVE AMERICAN CONCEPTUAL ARTIST HEAP OF BIRDS GUIDES EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN CAMPUS SCULPTURESPosted on: 26 October, 2012
oted Native American conceptual artist Edgar Heap of Birds just completed a two-week residency entitled 'Hidden Histories' at East Central University.
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Your body needs time to recover from childbirth. If you lose weight too soon after childbirth, it can take longer for you to recover. Give yourself until your 6-week checkup before trying to slim down. If you are breastfeeding, wait until your baby is at least 2 months old before you try to lose weight.
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People's Bank of China injects $42 billion into the country's banking system–the second time in two weeks, which boosted markets as investors took it as a signal officials will right the ailing economy, the WSJ's Shen Hong writes.
Downturn? Who cares! That apparently was the attitude of Chinese investors who gobbled up the secondary listing of China Molybdenum, the country's biggest producer of a steel additive, the Financial Times' Leslie Hook writes.
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Larry Hamm will reflect on his experiences as a community organizer at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building.
In April 1978, Hamm led more than 100 students as they occupied Nassau Hall as part of a campaign to pressure Princeton to stop investing in apartheid South Africa. Hamm is now a community organizer in Newark, N.J. and chairman of the People's Organization for Progress . He will recall his experiences from 1978 and will speak about the process of change at Princeton.
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If people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, what should architects do—especially those who are international leaders in urban planning, workplace and sustainable design? For Atlanta-based Cooper Carry the answer was simple: Pick up and move. After 26 years in the suburban Buckhead section of town—in an office accessible only by car—the firm set out to practice what it preaches. In the process, they created an award-winning showcase of high-end sustainable interior architecture that reduced their carbon footprint and earned LEED-CI Platinum certification.
"It was critical for us to be walking the walk and walking the talk of the practices we're involved with," says Richard Stonis, director of interior architecture. He points to urban planning as one of the firm's major focuses leading to the decision to relocate to downtown Atlanta—ultimately to Peachtree Tower, the city's fourth tallest skyscraper. Designed by Philip Johnson (creator of his own personal Glass House in New Canaan, CT), the circa 1990 building was seeking LEED-EB status during building review, which ultimately helped Cooper Carry achieve its own sustainability goals.
Indeed, the company's commitment to earning LEED Platinum presented the opportunity to shatter myths about green design, particularly in the dramatic, internally-focused reception lobby. Stepping off the tower elevators, visitors are greeted by jewel-finished black granite walls and a modular, black steel-plate flooring system. A departure from traditional high-rise office lobbies with direct line of sight to exterior views, the lobby is opaque, and bordered by a curved wall made from ebonized FSC-certified OSB [Oriented Strand Board], with a total material cost of around $3500.
"When clients walk into our space they find a very sophisticated level of refinement. And then they see that we've etched our LEED certification into the metal floor. It's a great talking point for clients who might not want to go for that Platinum certification, but do want to get in at the entry level or possibly Silver or Gold," says project architect Brian Parker. "And it dispels the misconception with a percentage of the general public that a really high level of sustainability may mean bamboo or visibly obvious cliché products, he adds.
Raising the bar in sustainable design involves a delicate balancing act, requiring judicial use of high level finishes where appropriate, and then hitting the numbers with finishes and recycled products that achieve a maximum level of sustainability, according to project manager Dots Colley. "Knowing that the carpet, the boards, the studs and doors all had high recyclable content, we were able in some special places to use granite on the walls and on some of the credenzas," she explains.
If the darkness of the arrival lobby is a surprise, then the space inside is even more unexpected in a typical high rise environment. Behind the curved black wall lies a suite of open, flexible meeting spaces of various sizes. The rooms are outfitted with state-of-the-art communications and video technology, which allows the staff to communicate through life-size video conferencing with clients as well as Cooper Carry's other offices in Washington, D.C., Alexandria, VA, New York, NY and Newport Beach, CA.
The informal heart of the office is a two-story town center directly opposite the reception lobby. Adjacent to the town center spaces on each floor are day-lit, open design studios that extend from the building core to the perimeter glass. Informal studio meeting spaces are accommodated within paired "huddle" rooms that line the circulation zone around the building core.
The decision to move away from a hierarchical office layout meant the outdated executive row had to go, a decision that opened the door to major organizational and behavioral changes, according to Stonis. "Keep in mind we were in our old office for over a quarter of a century, and it reflected an organizational and management style that came out of that period of time," he says.
To create an open and flexible space that would support a more collaborative work environment, executive offices were integrated into the surrounding millwork of the general studio workspace, separated only by frameless glazing and acoustically isolated ceilings. After interviewing staff to determine their needs and wants, the project team custom-designed low work stations that maximize daylighting and promote a more collaborative environment. They also concluded that the 18- to 24-inch-deep work surfaces available on manufactured systems were not suited to architectural work, opting instead for custom surfaces that are 30 to 36 inches deep.
Direct and indirect pendant lighting fixtures work in tandem with the work stations, which are fabricated of FSC-certified MDF and finished with five coats of water-based clear coat. Existing file cabinets were slipped into millwork envelopes for use as collaboration tables. "The materials and finishes were all about sustainability—which allowed us the freedom to do anything in terms of design," notes Colley.
Because mechanical and electrical systems were more than 20 years old, the architects had to find LEED credits in other areas. "Certainly we upgraded the level of filtration, but in terms of their overall performance, short of a complete renovation of those systems, that would have been a challenge," Parker says. Instead, the team focused on sophisticated lighting control systems with proximity and daylight level sensors that are utilized throughout the new office space, along with indoor air quality and CO2 monitors. The result is a brighter, healthier environment for the firm's staff and clients.
Unlike other Johnson skyscrapers, Peachtree Tower is not a total glass building. The team knew it was not going to earn the elusive LEED point for light transmittance through glass windows—a difficult credit to achieve even in some newer buildings, according to Colley. "We concentrated on views: 90 percent of the square footage has a direct view to the outside," she says.
Cooper Carry harvests all their daylighting with Lutron's EcoSystem, which was very new at the time of installation. "We had the Lutron photo cells factory-installed on all of our lighting systems from various manufacturers so that they communicated with a single source Lutron ballast. In our conferencing suite we have the first set of Lutron dimmable EcoSystem ballasts for recessed compact fluorescent lights. They were literally making them at the factory for the first time for this project," Parker recalls.
LEED credits were also achieved by reusing conference tables, file cabinets, wood furniture and task chairs. "Obviously the more you can reuse the better: we brought 89 percent of our furniture with us to the new space," Colley reports. The firm also salvaged interior perimeter doors from the previous tenant to create a continuous storage system. "The entire core wall is storage shelves hidden behind door slabs covered with tack-able Tessuto fabric wall covering. We made something very functional, both as a closet and a pinup display zone. But it looks very sophisticated and refined," she explains.
The move confirms Cooper Carry's commitment to reducing its own carbon footprint, with a reduction from nearly all employees commuting by car, to over 60 percent using public or sustainable transit. "We help clients with site selection all the time, and encourage dense, multiuse, transit-oriented projects. It's important to our business that we reflect that, and I'm proud that we walked the talk" Colley says.
The team is equally proud of the speed with which staff member adapted to the new open plan office system. "After all is said and done, this space still has to deliver productivity from a functional and organizational standpoint in an environment that we are successful in. Though achieving LEED Platinum is a big deal, the move also created a much more dynamic, collaborative organization overall," Stonis concludes.
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Singer/songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen, both of whom had released solo material before banding together to form folk-pop duo the Weepies, first met at one of Tannen's shows in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the time, Tannen was touring in support of his debut record, Big Señorita. Mutual admirers of each other's music, the two musicians started writing songs together, and soon the Weepies' whimsical, acoustic-based sound took shape. The pair released an independent album, 2003's Happiness, before signing with Nettwerk Records in 2005. That December, the label digitally pre-released Say I Am You, which the duo had recorded in a rented cottage in Pasadena, California, and the physical album version followed in March 2006.
After spending the rest of that year on the road, Talan and Tannen returned to California and spent the entirety of 2007 in a flurry of activity: they got married, worked on new material, wrote songs for Mandy Moore's Wild Hope, and had a baby. The following year saw the release of their new record, Hideaway. The duo hardly toured at all in support of Hideaway, preferring instead to focus on raising their new son, but a flurry of TV placements and commercial advertisements kept their music in the public eye. Meanwhile, Talan and Tannen continued writing music together, and Be My Thrill was released in 2010.


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Sounds like a happy thing, right? After all, balloons don't cost very much. A balloon payment is the final payment of a mortgage and this payment can be substantially larger than the monthly payments have been if the loan was not fully amortized. Balloon payments are typically found in Adjustable Rate Mortgages and Interest Only Mortgages. The amount due "blows up like a balloon" after a specified period of time. This final payment includes all the remaining principal and "pops the balloon," extinguishing the debt.
In property surveying, a benchmark is a permanent reference point on a stationary object used to calculate differences in elevation.
There are two real estate definitions for the term beneficiary. 1) In the case of a trust, the trust is operated on behalf of the person designated as the beneficiary and the income from the trust is drawn for the beneficiary. 2) Beneficiary can also refer to a lender when they lend money on real estate and hold a trust deed from the borrower.
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Equity loan secured to solve short-term financing problem, such as buying a home while still trying to sell another.
A firm that acts on behalf of a buyer or seller for a commission or fee, bringing together parties interested in buying, selling, exchanging, or leasing real property.
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It took them 8 hours from "Hey, let's hit the studio!" to "Track finished". There are no samples. It's Moullinex and Xinobi singing, laughing, whistling, playing bass, guitar, wine bottles and hippie percussions. Basically, doing what they do best... and churning out the new fun cut, X Marks the Spot.
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| Looking for a more waistline-friendly choice to make at cocktail hour? This refreshing apricot "mocktail" calls for an agave-based simple syrup made with fresh ginger — an ingredient which has metabolism-boosting compounds capsaicin, piperine, and gingerols. As if that wasn't enough, the drink also features ground cloves, another "warming" spice.
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| Experts seem to be in agreement that the caffeine in coffee and green tea is an effective way to boost your metabolism. "Researchers credit the boost in metabolism to tea's catechins, but you probably need two cups a day to have any effect," says nutritionist Kelly Aronica. Why drink them iced? According to Dr. Oz, "Iced drinks force your body to work to warm up, which burns more energy." And as for the green tea, some might also recommend adding in lemon juice to mix, as it is also thought to help your metabolism function better.
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| Water is arguably the most cost-effective and accessible beverage you can drink to help boost your metabolism. Studies have shown that dehydration, even in small degrees, can contribute to the slowing of your metabolism, so make sure you're not skimping on water throughout the day. Better yet, as with the coffee and green tea, drink your water icy cold to help force your body to burn more energy.
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| Eating a hearty breakfast is known to help kick-start your metabolism, so why not give your body an extra boost by making this good-for-you smoothie part of your morning routine? The inclusion of cinnamon not only makes the drink taste like a delicious Mexican horchata, it is also a member of the "warming" spices family, so it's working to rev up your metabolism, too. Not to mention, also, that bananas are packed with B vitamins and magnesium, the latter of which assists the metabolism of energy.
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| In addition to metabolism-boosting fresh ginger, this healthful and easy-to-make breakfast smoothie contains B vitamin-rich blueberries — specifically, B vitamins are said to be helpful in the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
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Australia 1834-1857, 1884-1886
Jeremiah Ware's stock on Minjah Station
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Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide , Mrs Mary Overton Gift Fund 1997
This pastoral painting is unique in Dowling's oeuvre. The cattle in the foreground are Jeremiah Ware's Shorthorns and Ayrshires. The time of day is late afternoon, as suggested by the shadows in the foreground. Beneath the homestead a woman and child enjoy the sunshine. To the left of the homestead a woman stokes a fire and another carries a basket of washing.


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Audi builds on its slogan of "progress through technology" and introduces several newly redesigned models during 2016, including the TT 2+2 sports car and the 2017 Audi Q7 midsize SUV. In addition, Audi's halo model—the ferocious R8 supercar—is updated this year as a 2017 model. For 2016, Audi offers peppier variants, including a powerful A8 L 4.0T flagship sedan that slots under the S8. Volkswagen Group's premium car brand also continues to enhance engine performance, adds more standard and optional advanced safety features, plus next-generation MMI system technology for managing multimedia and navigation. Several models, including the A6, A7, and Q3, also have visual updates.
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DeKALB – In 2006 the Oak Crest Employee scholarship program began with a generous gift from the estate of Jack Boyle. Boyle, a former Oak Crest resident and supporter of the Oak Crest community, saw an opportunity to create a legacy for future generations. The legacy took the form of an employee scholarship that would assist in defraying the costs of tuition, fees and textbooks for employees and their dependents. The scholarship was established to encourage and assist employees and their dependents in the pursuit of an undergraduate degree or equivalent program of study.
To be eligible, employees must have worked at least 1,000 hours in each of the last two years. Applicants must demonstrate acceptance into an accredited undergraduate college or program of study prior to final approval. This year, a total of $10,500 is being awarded to three deserving students.
Crystal Dalaguete, niece of food service employee Lorli MaNamara, received a $5,000 scholarship. Dalaguete is studying nursing at Kishwaukee College. She is an active member of several service clubs and volunteers for a number of service organizations. She is a frequent volunteer at Oak Crest during Open Talent Nights, coordinates a group of students who give dance performances and assists with a number of evening activity programs. In her application essay, Dalaguete said, "This scholarship will provide me with the peace of mind and security to follow my dreams."
Salvador Macias received a $2,000 award. Macias, a senior at Northern Illinois University, is studying Spanish and literature, with minor studies in Italian and foreign language development. He has worked in the food service department at Oak Crest since 2006. Macias is actively involved in the Intercultural Student Association and has worked as a volunteer at both NIU and for local organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and Hope Haven. He has also volunteered his time and talents at Oak Crest by participating in the Open Mic programs and as part of a dance presentation group. In his application, he said, "I want to be of assistance for the non-English speakers to promote effective communication and help create a more productive work force."
Paige Lehman, a food service employee since 2009, was awarded $3,500. She is studying marketing at NIU. She is an active volunteer in her church and the community at large. Her career goal is to work as a stylist or merchandise buyer. Her creativity will help her future employers take their fashion merchandising to the next level.


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Adherence problems point to patient dialogue failure
A study looking at adherence to statins shows a surprising rationale behind the astonishing number of patients who go off medication.
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of the 10,100 non-adherent US statin users surveyed by Livalo makers Eli Lilly and Kowa said they'd quit taking their meds because of side effects, while 17% cited cost, 12% efficacy, 8% "other" and 6% "I don't know/can't remember." Past studies have indicated that nearly three-quarters of new statin users stop therapy by the end of their first year.
Part of the problem is the asymptomatic nature of the disease, says Lisa Garman, associate marketing director at the Japanese pharma Kowa's US headquarters in Montgomery, AL. "For the most part," she notes, "until you've had an event like a heart attack, you don't feel a lot of symptoms to make you feel like you need to be on a medication."
Another factor Garman cites is the high rate of co-morbidity in hypercholesterolemia patients, over half of whom suffer from other chronic conditions requiring medication. "When you consider that 75% of all drugs are metabolized through this one particular pathway in the liver, you're just upping your odds for a drug-drug, interaction-related side effect," she says, noting that these patients are on an average of three medications. Only 38% said they were worried about potential drug interactions.
Kowa and Lilly developed the survey, dubbed USAGE (Understanding Statin Use in America and Gaps in Education), with the National Lipid Association. They trumpeted the results of the survey with a roll-out featuring John O'Hurley (pictured) of Seinfeld and Dancing With the Stars fame, who was diagnosed with high cholesterol five years ago.
The survey didn't go too far into what specific side effects prompted patients to go off their meds, though it did ask about myalgia, the muscle aches and pains some users experience. But patient concerns about side effects and statins belie another problem, says Judy Spann of the National Lipid Association—poor patient-physician communication. "It really illuminated the need to discuss side effects with patients, because they don't always understand side effects very well, or sometimes there's the possibility of a placebo effect, where they think they're experiencing side effects when they're not and stop taking a medication they really need." Alarmingly, 34% of those who stopped taking their statins said they did so without consulting their doctor.
To improve that dialogue around side effects and drug interactions, the survey site, statinusage.com, hosts a medication tracker with a twist—it's organized by physician, so different doctors can see what others have prescribed the patient.
There's also a patient discussion guide and resources aimed at improving patient understanding of the importance of lipid-level measures. Survey respondents were more likely to remember their pant size from high school (64%) than their most recent cholesterol level (46%). Three out of four female respondents could not remember their initial LDL-C readings, and more than half could not recall their most recent LDL-C levels.
The survey showed that patients primarily look to physicians for health info, but it also revealed another weak link in the dialogue. "One of the things we found interesting was the number of patients on statin therapy that rely on their pharmacist to identify those drug-drug interactions," says Lilly's Tina Gaines, communications manager for cardiovascular.
"It illustrates the need to further integrate the entire healthcare system so that the pharmacist, the NP, the physician are working together as a multidisciplinary team, not segmented," says NLA's Spann, "that they're aware of what each patient is taking so that when they're writing a new prescription or filling prescriptions, they have a good sense of how that's going to affect the patient's overall health."


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As a general practice, filming is not permitted within the residence halls because of the potential for disruption to the community, fire safety and egress concerns presented by lights and other equipment, and building security concerns. Requests are only considered by the Office of Housing and Residence Life when they meet the following conditions:
- A single camera on tripod or hand-held or audio recording device is utilized.
- Shoot or recording will not interfere with residence hall activities or individual student privacy or activities.
- Maximum number of (combined) cast and crew is four people.
- No peripheral shooting equipment (Nagra, cables, lights, reflectors, C-stands, etc.) is permitted.
- The filming occurs within the room of the resident making the request and does not spill out into the hallway.
- The filming can only occur if the resident's roommate(s)/suitemates agree in writing to the filming schedule and activities.
- Furniture cannot be stacked or removed from the room or suite.
- The film project must adhere to all College and residence hall rules and regulations (e.g. guest policy, prohibited items, hanging any items from sprinkler heads or pipes, etc.)
- Requests for filming from off-campus residents will only be considered if the filming is scheduled to occur in the room of a cast/crew member and that resident agrees to serve as the host responsible for the project and any non-residents involved in the shoot.
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Lehigh Valley residents prepare for wintry weather
Residents of the Lehigh Valley got off to an early start for the third round of wintry weather in about a week's time.
One of the most sought after items included ice melt.
"I just want to buy it now. We went earlier in the week and everyone was sold out," said Chris Liddick, an Upper Saucon Township resident.
Liddick walked away from Madle's Ace Hardware in Upper Saucon Township on Friday with four bags of ice melt. The store sold out completely before closing.
"Winter is coming and people are trying to rush and get ready for it because it didn't happen last year, and they are getting salt because they haven't used it in a few years," said Marissa Butz, office manager at Madle's Ace Hardware.
Drivers didn't waste any time preparing either.
"Last year during that October snow storm where we lost power for a long time…I had challenges getting diesel fuel so I want to make sure I have diesel in the car," said Billy Echols, an Easton resident.
The Wawa on Lehigh Street in Allentown was flooded with drivers looking to top off their tanks before the flurries start.
"I am getting gas before I go to work tomorrow…if I make it," said Colleen Ohl, an Allentown resident.
Karen Doney of Emmaus took care of fueling up the car and stocking the fridge.
"I went to the grocery store, got milk, bread, all of the essentials I need," Doney said.
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