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With brands like Lee Jeans and Timberland, VF Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel companies. But despite its best efforts, the company's P/E multiple remained the lowest in its peer group. In 2005, VF Corporation turned its focus to TSR, driving a transformation that has allowed the company to grow its market capitalization more than sixfold.
With brands like Lee Jeans and Timberland, VF Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel companies. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S.-based company worked hard to increase growth, shifting toward more lifestyle brands and making strategic acquisitions. But despite its best efforts, the company's P/E multiple remained the lowest in its peer group.
The company turned to BCG in 2005 to find out why investors weren't giving VF Corporation the credit in the market that it thought it deserved. After analyzing the company's portfolio mix and business plans, and engaging with its investors, the team discovered that investors didn't think the company's growth strategy was credible. So they created a plan that would transform the business, thereby changing that perception and boosting shareholder value over the next decade.
The company changed its investor messaging to show that it was deeply committed to delivering strong and sustainable TSR, not just earnings growth, over the long term. To illustrate that commitment, it announced a near doubling of its dividend payout, from 23% to 45% of earnings. The increase took the company's dividend yield from about 2% to nearly 4%. Investors found this higher yield attractive and began buying the stock and bidding up its price. Over the next six months, VF's share price and P/E multiple increased by nearly 30% relative to the market, taking the company's valuation multiple from the bottom to roughly the middle of its peer group.
The next step was reshaping the corporate portfolio with a focus on significantly improving gross margins. VF started by selling off one of the company's largest legacy brands and its intimate-apparel business. It also focused more resources on its lifestyle brands and educated investors on its M&A strategy. Then, once the company persuaded the markets that it was TSR focused, it was able to make some strategic portfolio moves, such as the acquisition of bigger, faster-growing lifestyle brands.
The company trained more than 200 managers on the importance of strong TSR and how it can be used to improve decision-making. Today, VF Corporation assesses every proposed financial plan and the performance of every brand and business in terms of its TSR contribution.
People now understand that we need to be making decisions that enable their business, brand, and geography to contribute positively to TSR. It helps people understand why we are making the decisions that we make.
A TSR focus and a remixed portfolio enabled VF Corporation to grow from a market cap of $5 billion in 2005 to nearly $33 billion in 2015.
When the project started in 2005, the company's stock sold for $15 per share on a split-adjusted basis. By early 2015, it sold for $75 per share.
The same year the company began rewarding employees for generating free cash flow, total free cash flow grew by nearly 50%.
As a result of increasing its dividend payout and yield, the company's share price and P/E multiple increased by nearly 30% relative to the market.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Nov. 12, 2006) - The ETSU women's basketball fell to South Carolina Sunday afternoon, 78-53, at the Colonial Center. The Lady Bucs fall to 0-2 on the early season, and the Gamecocks move to 1-0.
The Lady Bucs kept it close for the first 30 minutes, but with the game tied at 45 and 10:56 remaining, South Carolina went on a 33-8 run to close out the game. The Lady Bucs stretched their four-point halftime lead to seven, at 39-32 with 17:28 remaining in the game thanks to a three-point field goal by Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.). However, South Carolina's strong pressure led them on a 7-0 run to tie the game at 39 with 14:40 to go in the second half. From there South Carolina's Melanie Johnson could not miss as she scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half. The strong pressure by the Gamecocks forced ETSU to turn the ball over 19 times in the second half.
The first half was as tight a contest as it could it. The Gamecocks held the largest lead with a six-point advantage, but ETSU's strong defense forced South Carolina to commit 12 turnovers. It was raining threes for junior Michele DeVault (Columbus, Ohio) as she nailed three of the four three-point field goals for the Lady Bucs. DeVault scored all of her 13 points in the half, and went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Freshman Siarre Evans (Griffin, Ga.) gave the ETSU its first lead of the season at 24-23, after stealing the ball from Stacy Booker and scoring on the fast break with 4:15 remaining in the half. The Lady Bucs would go up five at 30-25, when DeVault nailed a three with 2:02 to go before half. In the first half, the Lady Bucs were a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe.
DeVault led the Lady Bucs in scoring for the second straight game with her 13 points. Evans also was the second ETSU player to reach double figures this afternoon with 10. South Carolina out shot the Lady Bucs 42.3 percent (30-71) to 34 percent (18-53).
The Lady Bucs will head back to Johnson City and prepare for their home-opener on Friday, Nov. 17 when they host Davidson. Fans be sure to check ETSUBucs.com for updated news on the Lady Bucs.


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Initial Study of Fenoterol as a Treatment for Heart Failure
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01440335
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 26, 2011
Last Update Posted : July 4, 2018
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- Fenoterol has been used to treat asthma by opening up the airways in the lungs. It also increases the heart rate without significantly increasing blood pressure. This means that it may help improve heart function by boosting the heart's output. Researchers have developed a different form of the drug that may be given to individuals with heart trouble. This new form needs more testing. It is especially important to compare the new form with the original form of the drug used to treat asthma.
- To compare how safe and effective two different forms of Fenoterol are in improving heart function.
- Healthy people between 21 and 60 years of age who have no history of heart disease.
- People will be screened with a medical history, physical exam, blood and urine tests, and heart function studies.
- Those in the study will have two 36-hour inpatient study visits. At each visit, they will have a physical exam and blood and urine tests. They will fast overnight and then receive one of the two forms of Fenoterol first thing in the morning. They will not know whether they are getting the original or the modified form of the drug. After receiving the drug, they will provide frequent blood and urine samples for 24 hours. They will have a final exam before being discharged.
- Those who take part in the study will have a followup visit 5 to 7 days after the end of each study visit. They will provide more blood and urine samples and have a physical exam.
|Condition or disease
|Congestive Heart Failure
|Drug: Oral R,R'-Fenoterol Drug: Oral Racemic Fenoterol
|Phase 1
Fenoterol is a drug that has been used for the treatment of disease like asthma for many years. It is available in Canada in an inhaled form where it is called Berotec . Fenoterol stimulates receptors in the body called Beta Adrenergic Receptors and is therefore in a family of drugs called Beta Agonists. While one particular form of the drug, called a Racemic mixture has traditionally been used for asthma, multiple forms of the drug have now been produced and it is possible that using one of the newer forms of the drug will have benefits for people with heart failure.
Treatment for heart failure is a complex problem. It is a problem of the heart not pumping enough blood to meet the demands of the body and a number of changes that ultimately prove harmful in an attempt to compensate for this failure. Scientists have observed several effects of Fenoterol that may prove beneficial to people with heart failure. Use of the older Fenoterol (Racemic) mixture indicates that the drug causes the heart to pump more blood out to the rest of the body by increasing a person s heart rate but having little to no effect on their blood pressure. These effects provide a rationale for attempting to develop Fenoterol as a possible treatment for congestive heart failure. It is hoped that this new form of the drug will prove to have even more benefits.
However, the new form of the drug (called the R R form ) has not yet been tested in humans. Animal studies and scientific understanding of these types of mixtures suggest that it will little to no difference between it and the older Racemic form. To test this thinking and determine what doses should be used in future studies, we will conduct a Phase I, escalating dose study in healthy volunteers using the orally administered forms of the older Racemic mixture and newer R R form .
This study will consist of three groups of 6 people taking doses of the drug by mouth and then monitoring their heart rate, blood pressure, blood chemistry, genetic factors, and heart function. The first group will get a 2.5 mg dose of the R R form of the drug on one visit and then a 5 mg dose of the racemic mixture on the other visit. The second group will get a 5mg dose of the R R form on one of their visits and a 10mg dose of the Racemic mixture on the other. Finally, the third group will get a 10mg dose of the R R form on one visit and a 20mg dose of the Racemic mixture on the other. Also, blood will be collected at regular intervals to monitor levels of the drug, its rate of breakdown, changes in blood chemistry, and the testing of various genes. All research will be performed at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Clinical Research Unit located on the 5th floor of Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
Testing the safety and breakdown of this drug and comparing it to the older Racemic form will be an important first step in its development as a new drug for heart failure.
The specific aims are:
- A Phase 1 study in healthy volunteers to establish the body s absorption and breakdown of this new form of Fenoterol (R R form) in comparison with the older, established Racemic mixture.
- To monitor the effects of the drug on heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac structure and function after a person takes the drug.
Endpoint: This study will provide a safety assessment and will determine the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of (R,R )- and racemic Fenoterol in healthy subjects. In addition, information will be gained about the pharmacodynamics of Fenoterol. This will provide information for future studies that will evaluate (R,R )-Fenoterol as a potential treatment for congestive heart failure.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|29 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Study of (R, R') and (S,S': R,R')- Fenoterol: Initial Clinical Evaluation for Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety
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|July 10, 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 15, 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 15, 2014
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- Pharmacokinetics
- Bioavailability
- Pharmacodynamic effects of heart rate
- Blood Pressure
- Echocardiographic indices of cardiac structure and function
- B2-AR lymphocyte binding and function during drug exposure
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- Healthy men and women
- Age: 21-60
Screening laboratory evaluations with no clinically significant abnormal results:
- Chem-20 panel plus troponin
- Complete blood count with differential and platelet count
- Urinalysis with microscopic examination
- Electrocardiogram
- Echocardiogram: 2D + Doppler
- Urine drug screen
- Urine pregnancy test
- Able to provide written informed consent
- Agree to not participate in other clinical trials during the study period
- If in child-bearing age and participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy, agree to use a medically accepted method of contraception for a woman for at least 1 month prior to enrollment and continuing 1 month after completion of the fifth study visit, and for a man beginning immediately after the second study visit and continuing for 3 months after completion of the fifth study visit.
- Resting sitting blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm Hg, resting heart rate greater than 100 bpm
- Abnormal laboratory examination (ALT and AST greater than 1.5 times the normal range, other labs within 10% of normal range); abnormal troponin screening level will be an exclusion.
- Clinically significant abnormality on EKG (major Q waves, evidence of heart block, significant conduction disease, QT prolongation)
- Clinically significant abnormality on Echocardiogram (ejection fraction less than 50 percent, valvular heart disease of moderate severity, pulmonary hypertension with PASP greater than 40mm Hg)
- Evidence of illicit drug use or alcohol abuse
- History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection
- History of active or chronic Hepatitis B and/or C infection
- History of malignancy (other than non-invasive skin cancer)
- History of coronary disease, conduction system disease, pacemaker, atrial fibrillation/flutter, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, significant valvular disease, or other cardiovascular disease
- History of asthma -- reactive airway disease
- History of seizures or other neurologic diseases
- History of liver or renal diseases
- History of gastrointestinal or endocrine disorders (other than mild dyspepsia)
- Medication use other than occasional use of over-the-counter drugs and/or contraceptives
- Any medication or herbal drug use within the past 3 days before study participation other than contraceptives
- Any medical history that, in the opinion of the investigator(s), will make participation of the subject in the study unsafe
- Participation in another clinical trial involving any pharmacologic agents or blood loss within the past 30 days
- Donation of blood or blood products within the past 56 days
- Women who are of childbearing potential and not using acceptable forms of contraception will be excluded.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01440335
|United States, Maryland
|National Institute of Aging, Clinical Research Unit
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
|Principal Investigator:
|James B Strait, M.D.
|National Institute on Aging (NIA)
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute on Aging (NIA)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01440335 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|September 26, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 4, 2018
|Last Verified:
|January 7, 2015
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute on Aging (NIA) ):
Beta Adrenergic Agonist
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Tocolytic Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
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Sup guys, been lurking forever and finally decided to register. If you can't tell I go to WSU, about to graduate this spring GO COUGS!!! Was at apple cup btw, most amazing live sporting event ever for me.
Can only make it to one game a year since I'm living in Pullman, my girl bought two tickets for the whiners game this year. Praying its for the division lead. The stadium will be rocken.
I read on Petes twitter Q&A that he likes the chants. The SEAHAWKS!!! chant is the best and needs to be utilized more. I love hearing that during the coin flip.
Probably be at the King street bar before games. Although I guess temple Billiards is where its at.
Love reading your guy's posts and looking forward to contributing.
Not going to lie, I bought a Flynn jersey before the season started. I was never against Wilson starting though, Pete knows whats best. And now I got me a Kam Chancellor Jersey


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Champion Adonis "Superman" Stevenson (24-1-0, 20KO) and challenger Andrzej "The Polish Prince" Fonfara (25-3-0, 15KO) squared off with Stevenson's WBC light-heavyweight world championship on the line at Montreal's Bell Centre on Saturday night.
Stevenson, who was Ring Magazine and Sports Illustrated's 2013 fighter of the year, won by unanimous decision after a 12-round battle.
Here is QMI's round by round account of all the action.
ROUND 1: Fonfara comes out strong in first minute, but Stevenson keeps him at arm's length. Fonfara then lands a shot to Stevenson's stomach. That woke up the champ, who had an axe to grind the rest of the round. Knocked Fonfara down, and he may end up wishing he had stayed there. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 2: Couple of hits by Fonfara to start the round, but they do nothing to faze Stevenson. When Stevenson lands a punch, the sound ripples through the building. Fonfara didn't hit the mat, but also didn't do anything to impress the judges. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 3: Fonfara connects, resulting in a smile from Stevenson. Fonfara is averaging one decent punch per round, which is nowhere near enough against an opponent like Stevenson. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 4: The highlight of the fourth round was when Fonfara landed a punch, and Stevenson gave him a look that screamed "that's never going to work." Stevenson is toying with Fonfara like a kitten with a ball of string. 10-9 Stevenson
ROUND 5: Stevenson knocks Fonfara down, and takes the round easily. Fonfara lands a few punches, but none seem to make any dent in the champion. If Fonfara had a decent left hook, this might be closer. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 6: Stevenson almost finishes the fight with a punch to the face that sends Fonfara back against the ropes. Once again Fonfara is landing punches, but they look like they don't have anything behind them. Meanwhile, Stevenson hasn't broken a sweat. 10-8 Stevenson
ROUND 7: Every time Fonfara lands a punch, Stevenson laughs it off. Every. Single. Time. Stevenson in cruise control as the fight heads to the eighth. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 8: Fonfara is gaining fans just by staying on his feet. He didn't win the round, but landed some punches. This may the round where it appeared that Stevenson was actually involved in a physical competition. 10-9 Stevenson
ROUND 9: Fonfara finally connects, drops Stevenson, and dominates the round. The Bell Centre has woken up, Fonfara has woken up, can he keep it going? 10-9 Fonfara
ROUND 10: Stevenson takes the round, but this isn't the cakewalk it once was. Fonfara has proven himself a worthier opponent than estimated. Very few people had this fight going this deep. 10-9 Stevenson.
ROUND 11: Fonfara spends the first minute on the ropes, getting pummeled by Stevenson. Stevenson is too fast and too strong, but just the fact that Fonfara is on his feet has the crowd cheering. 10-9 Stevenson
ROUND 12: Loud cheers to start the round from a crowd possibly not expecting to get their money's worth with a 12-round fight. Stevenson was the better fighter, but by less than many thought. 10-9 Stevenson
QMI scores the fight 119-108
Judges rule the fight 115-110, 115-110, and 116-109. Stevenson wins by decision
There were two other main fights on the card: challenger and Laval, Que., native David Lemieux met American Fernando Guerrero in a NABF middleweight championship belt match. With the crowd chanting 'Lemieux, Lemieux, Lemieux', the local kid won and won big. Lemieux knocked out Guerrero at 1:56 of the third round. Lemieux's record is now 32-2-0.
And in a mid-heavyweight bout, Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo ran his record to 24-0-0 when he beat Charlie Bellamy Ohta in a 12-round decision. Judges scored the fight unanimously for Charlo, 118-109, 118-109, and 115-111.
Stevenson tweeted earlier in the day that he had gotten a phone call of support from Haitian President Michel Martelly. Stevenson was born in Haiti but is a Canadian citizen.
Earlier in the evening, Montreal's Bermane Stiverne, the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world was brought into the ring and received a rousing ovation.
Other celebs in attendance included boxers Jean Pascal and Lucien Bute, Habs Hall of Famer Yvon Cournoyer, former Alouettes coach and current Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman, and CFL legend Anthony Calvillo.
Stevenson, 36, was looking for his 11th victory in a row by knockout. He did not get it.


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Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell have joined several other governors around the country urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to use her existing waiver authority as soon as possible to adjust the corn-ethanol mandate for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). They are the seventh and eighth governors to make such a request.
"The RFS may have been a well-intentioned effort to move our country toward energy independence, but it has, predictably, done more harm than good. Not only is it driving up grocery prices for all families, it is also putting increasing strain on business," Perry says. "Good intentions and laudable goals are small compensation to the families, farmers and ranchers who are being hurt by the federal government's efforts to trade food for fuel. Any government mandate that benefits one industry to the detriment of millions of consumers is bad policy."
Gov. McDonnell's petition states, "Altogether economic harm is being experienced by Virginia's livestock and poultry production regions and important economic sectors in the state as a direct result of the implementation of the applicable volume requirements of the RFS. This harm could be alleviated by a full waiver of the RFS in 2012 and 2013. Granting a full waiver now would allow for the waiver to extend into the 2012 harvest season and a large part of the 2013 growing season."
Governors Martin O'Malley of Maryland, Jack Markell of Delaware, Mike Beebe of Arkansas, Beverly Perdue of North Carolina, Nathan Deal of Georgia and Susana Martinez of New Mexico have made similar requests. They join a growing chorus that has pushed for a waiver of the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol, including a bipartisan group of 156 members of the House of Representatives as well as 34 Senators.
A large coalition of livestock, poultry, meat, dairy and feed organizations also recently delivered a petition to Jackson asking for a waiver "in whole or in substantial part" of the amount of renewable fuel that must be produced under the RFS for the remainder of this year and for the portion of 2013 that is one year from the time the waiver becomes effective.
August's crop report released by USDA shows U.S. corn supplies for 2012-2013 will hit a nine-year low due to the nation's record-breaking drought and other factors, which will drive record corn prices even higher. According to the crop report, corn is projected at a record $7.50 to $8.90 per bushel, up sharply from the $5.40 to $6.40 per bushel projected in July.
Governor Perry's full request is available here: http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/O-JacksonLisa201208240000.pdf
Governor McDonnell's full request is available here: http://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ethanol-Waiver-Request-Letter-August-2012.pdf.


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WoW Insider posted two great little macros for turning your graphics up, and I mean way up, and down, and I mean way down. Sometimes you want to see the forest and the trees, sometimes you want to see the curvature of the planet with little else in the way. (There's probably a pvp setting you could add here with maximum distance but minimum clutter.)
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The baccalaureate degrees awarded by the School of Music represent numerous individual programs of study designed to meet diverse professional and personal interests. Specific program requirements can be found in the curriculum outlines.
Music education -- This program allows the prospective music teacher an opportunity to achieve vocal and instrumental certification for birth through 12th grade (B-12) while developing performance and pedagogical skills.
Music Education
Performance/music education (four-and-a-half-year program) -- The performance standards of this program are the same as for the performance degree, with the additional requirements of the music education program. A special audition of a rigorous nature before a committee is required of students desiring to be performance/music education majors. For entering freshmen, this may occur as their entrance audition to the School of Music. However, most students interested in the performance/music education degree wait until the end of their first or second semester for their audition. In the audition the student must exhibit the potential to fulfill, with distinction, the recital obligations of the program.
Performance/Music Education
Performance -- A special audition of a rigorous nature before a committee is required of students desiring to be performance majors. For entering freshmen, this may occur as their entrance audition to the School of Music. However, most students interested in the performance degree wait until the end of their first or second semester for their audition. In the audition the student must exhibit the potential to fulfill, with distinction, the recital obligations of the program.
Performance-collaborative emphasis -- The performance standards are the same as for the piano performance degree, with additional emphasis placed on collaborative performance. Students must meet every performance standard (including semiannual juries, proficiency examinations, and two solo recitals) expected of piano performance majors. The degree is supplemented with intensive study of foreign languages, diction, chamber music, duo sonata and art song literature, and opera. This program focuses careful attention on the technical and musical skills of the young solo pianist, while providing a solid foundation for further study as a collaborative pianist.
Performance-Collaborative Emphasis
Sound recording technology -- This degree program combines rigorous study of music with courses in electroacoustic music, audio production, and music recording. In addition to passing a standard music audition, applicants for this program must have a personal interview with the faculty and staff who teach in the sound recording technology program, and submit a letter of recommendation that supports the applicant's technical aptitude. Ideally, applicants should have completed advanced mathematics (e.g., trigonometry, calculus) and a physics course. Tape recordings illustrating the applicant's recording expertise may be submitted but are not required.
Sound Recording Technology
Music theory -- Admission to the music theory degree program requires an oral examination with a committee from the music theory faculty. This examination usually takes place during the second semester of the sophomore year. Many students in this degree program initially major in performance or music education and then elect to add the music theory major, thus working toward a double degree. This is not to say that music theory majors must be double majors. Music theory majors must maintain a minimum B average in music theory courses required for the major and meet the jury requirements of the performance instrument area. Questions pertaining to the degree should be addressed to the chair of the department.
Music Theory
Composition -- Students wishing to major in composition must submit at least two representative scores of their compositions and, if possible, a recording of these works. In addition, prospective majors must have an interview with a member of the composition faculty, during which they may take the opportunity to demonstrate their keyboard skills.
All composition students study piano; however, all prospective composition majors are given the option to audition on another instrument or voice in order to be eligible for additional study with the faculty in this secondary area. A successful audition guarantees the student two full years of study in the secondary performance area. Additional study beyond the first four semesters is possible, depending on student performance, faculty studio availability, and a performance study fee for additional credits. (This secondary performance area audition is not a requirement for entrance into the composition program; it is simply provided for those students who are already advanced performers and who wish to continue serious and rigorous study on their instrument or voice.) Pianists may also avail themselves of this opportunity and would receive an additional year of piano performance study during their course of study.
All undergraduate composition majors must take a piano proficiency examination by the end of their junior year. Graduate students must take the exam during the first year of study. The exam should be scheduled by the student with the composition faculty. The exam is pass/fail. A failure will require the student to retake the exam. The exam may be taken a maximum of three times. Failure to pass the exam will cause the student to be dropped from the composition program.
Music in combination with an outside field -- This program allows students to combine the bachelor of music with a sequence of courses in another discipline.
Music in Combination with an Outside Field
Jazz studies -- This program provides the opportunity for students to major in jazz studies, although, with the exception of jazz guitar and electric bass majors, the private performance lessons are in the classical idiom. Jazz guitar majors may study the electric instrument in the jazz idiom for this degree but must audition on both the nylon-string classical guitar and the electric guitar. Electric bass applicants follow specific audition requirements.
Jazz Studies
Undeclared -- This option provides the opportunity for incoming students to begin study in the School of Music while deciding on a specific degree program. Generally, undeclared students follow the music education curriculum for the individual's specific instrument. Students must decide on a degree program by the fifth semester of study. It is not possible to graduate as an undeclared music major.
Music -- This program provides the opportunity for students to major in music and to pursue substantive studies in the liberal arts.
Musical theater -- This is a performance-based professional program designed for the student who is interested in a career in musical theater. The program, a joint offering of the Department of Theatre Arts in the School of Humanities and Sciences and the School of Music, offers students the option of either a vocal or dance concentration within the context of an acting major. A combined theater/music audition is required of all students interested in this degree (cross-listed under the Department of Theatre Arts, School of Humanities and Sciences).
Musical Theater
By fulfilling academic requirements for the New York initial teaching certificate, this program allows the prospective music teacher an opportunity to achieve vocal and instrumental certification for birth through 12th grade (B-12) while developing performance and pedagogical skills..
The initial teaching certificate is valid for five years, during which time the master's degree in music education or master's degree in an approved related area must be attained in order to maintain teacher certification. In addition to the courses required for the undergraduate degree in music education, candidates must also attain a satisfactory level of performance on three components of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations -- the liberal arts and sciences test (LAST), the assessment of teaching skills-written (ATS-W), and the content-specific test (CST). A fingerprinting and background check of the student's judicial record is also required. Information concerning test and fingerprinting sites, dates, and cost is available in the Department of Education in 213 Muller Center and the Office of Career Services in the Gannett Center.
Senior Block Student Teaching: Vocal or Instrumental (MUED 46800 or MUED 46900) represents the culminating experience in the music education curriculum.
Students who fail to achieve the academic criteria listed must meet with the department chair to arrange the necessary remedial coursework.
In order to fulfill New York State Education Department (NYSED) policies and foster a true commitment to senior student teaching, music education senior student teachers may not participate in official Ithaca College activities related to varsity sports and registered credit-bearing coursework, including zero credit participation or auditing. This coursework includes, but is not limited to, classes, lessons, rehearsals, and performances. In addition, music education senior student teachers are strongly encouraged to consider the impact that additional non-student teaching activities and obligations (including, but not limited to, lessons, performing, rehearsing, employment, and other commitments) may have on completing a successful student teaching experience. Participating in non-student teaching activities may affect a student teacher's ability to complete senior teaching successfully and may affect the related grade negatively or result in removal from senior student teaching. Recognizing the importance of outstanding musicianship to effective music teaching, student teachers are encouraged to continue practicing and making music during their student teaching -- this is the essence of being a high-quality teacher-practitioner (music educator-musician). However, all senior student teachers are expected to consider the above-stated policy and make the student teaching experience their primary focus. (This written policy underscores the commitment expected of every Ithaca College music education student teacher; in addition, it emphasizes the responsibility that student teachers and Ithaca College have to ensure quality music education for the host site's students.)
Other than absences related to illness, which require immediate contacting of the cooperating teacher, or absences related to serious illness or accidents, which additionally require immediate contacting of the supervisor or chair of music education, all absences must be approved in advance by the chair of music education.
The senior student teaching program is based on the belief that certain competencies fundamental to successful teaching can best be fostered in the environment in which the teaching will generally occur. Therefore, the senior student teaching program is a cooperative effort on the part of this institution and cooperating secondary schools. An application requesting a student teaching assignment must be submitted by the student by February 15 of the academic year immediately preceding the student teaching assignment. Students are required to preregister for MUED 46800 Senior Block Teaching: Vocal or MUED 46900 Senior Block Teaching: Instrumental during the semester immediately preceding the student teaching assignment. Student teaching is to be completed during the fall (block I or II) or in the spring (block II). Vacation periods coincide with the calendar of the cooperating school district during the assignment. Students are not assigned to teach in a public school they attended as students.
Students are encouraged to live in the community or the school district where they are assigned to teach. Although the student is not charged for meals during the student teaching assignment period, a charge is assessed for on-campus housing commitments that students have made. Transportation and arrangements for housing in the assigned community are the responsibility of the student teacher. Help in making housing arrangements can be sought through the cooperating teacher, the principal's or superintendent's offices, local real estate agencies, or former student teachers. Commuting any great distance may be dangerous or time-consuming and could lead to an inadequate teaching experience. Most cooperating teachers are involved in some evening and weekend teaching duties, and the student teacher is expected to participate in all of these duties. Married students, if they desire, may be placed in schools close to Ithaca as a convenience to their families.
Piano, organ, and guitar majors in music education must declare, no later than during the sophomore year, whether they plan their teaching experience to be in the vocal or instrumental area.
Piano, organ, and guitar students normally receive instruction and experience in the vocal emphasis area. Piano, organ, and guitar majors who want to have a teaching experience in the instrumental area may elect the instrumental emphasis. They must have performance capability on a wind, string, or percussion instrument equal to "outstanding level" on grade IV literature listed in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) manual. This is determined by an audition with a member of the instrumental music education department and the appropriate performance faculty member. The audition determines the amount of study necessary on that instrument. The program makes provision for four semesters of secondary instrument private lessons. Deficiencies may demand further study in private lessons, subject to the elective applied music fee. Membership is required in a major instrumental performing group (on the secondary instrument) each semester and in choral ensemble for two semesters. The student must follow the curriculum of music education-instrumental.
Pianists, guitarists, and organists who elect the instrumental emphasis will, in these programs, enroll for 2 credits of private instruction on the major instrument -- piano, guitar, or organ. They have a weekly half-hour lesson, attend weekly repertoire class, and perform a jury at the end of the semester. Students may also audition for the four-and-a-half-year degree program. If accepted, the students have a weekly one-hour lesson, attend weekly repertoire class, and perform a jury at the end of the semester. Students in these programs must enroll for 1 credit of private instruction on the secondary instrument; they have a weekly half-hour lesson.
The credits earned in private lessons on the secondary instrument may be counted as music electives.
Credits earned in private lessons on the secondary instrument beyond the four semesters provided for in the program are subject to a private lesson fee in accordance with the schedule shown under "Expenses"; they may be counted as music electives.
Complete information concerning prerequisite coursework, proficiency exams, assignments, procedures and policies, and other information can be found in the Handbook for Senior Student Teaching in Music Education.


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Well, The Melbourne weather has certainly hit us hard this week and what better way to fight the cold than with a hat! I love hats not only for their practicality and warmth but because of how much personality they add to an outfit.
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The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment by Senator Coburn (R-OK) to repeal ethanol tax incentives, including the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) or the "blenders' credit" by a vote of 59 to 40.
"This vote is a major victory for the biofuels industry and American consumers and a setback for those clinging to our status-quo dependence on oil. It proves political stunts aimed at ethanol won't be tolerated in the U.S. Senate. Now we can focus on continuing our work with the White House and both chambers of Congress to support meaningful and responsible legislation to reform ethanol policy, such as S. 1185, the Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, introduced by Senators Thune, Klobuchar and many others this week," said Brian Jennings, executive director, American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE).
"The Senate's refusal to save taxpayers $3 billion by ending an ethanol subsidy the beneficiaries themselves don't want highlights the incompetence and dysfunction of this body. Many senators who opposed this policy refused to end it because Senate Democratic leaders were upset about being forced to take a tough vote," said U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK).
"However, taxpayers should be encouraged that Republican senators overwhelmingly rejected the ludicrous argument that eliminating tax earmarks is a tax increase. Tax provisions should be examined on a case-by-case basis, not receive blanket amnesty," Coburn added.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) stated, "This vote demonstrates the lack of appetite for this kind of destructive policy and political gamesmanship. The Senate and the country need to focus on a comprehensive energy strategy that seeks to expand America's ability to renewably meet its fuel needs. Initiatives like the legislation introduced by Senators Thune and Klobuchar yesterday are the exact kind of responsible policy prescriptions that will create domestic jobs and help meet the energy challenges of the 21st century."
The Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, offered by Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), proposes that VEETC would transition to a variable tax incentive tied to the price of oil. This bill also would make available funds saved by the transformation of VEETC to expand ethanol fueling infrastructure by improving tax policies currently available for blender pumps and other ethanol-related infrastructure.
In addition, the bill would extend current tax incentives for the next generation of ethanol technologies using cellulosic and other feedstocks. If passed, the bill would take effect July 1, 2011. This bill is similar to legislation introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who is a cosponsor of this bill, and Kent Conrad (D-ND).


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Christian TV facing death threat from D.C.
Future of stations at risk with new deregulation bill
By John Aman
Christian broadcasters are crying foul over a new proposal to deregulate cable television, issuing grim warnings that it will lead to the disappearance of Christian TV.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., scraps "must-carry" rules that currently force cable and other pay-TV operators to include less popular broadcasters, including local Christian stations and affiliates, in their channel offerings.
"I think it's ill advised," said Colby May, an attorney for Trinity Broadcasting Network, one of the nation's largest Christian networks.
"Anytime you decide that you're going to change the marketplace without really understanding the marketplace we think it is a mistake, and I'm sorry that Rep. Scalise didn't seem to know that. He certainly never reached out to any of us in the religious broadcasting community and certainly none of the local broadcasters that I'm aware of."
The Scalise bill is a comprehensive overhaul of what he calls outdated laws. It relies on free market principles and dismantles various FCC media ownership rules.
"Decades-old broadcast, cable and satellite laws dramatically restrict access and limit consumer choice," Scalise said in a statement.
"Valuable local affiliate programming, strongly demanded by consumers including myself, is proof that archaic government regulations are unnecessary today," said Scalise, who is chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee.
But without must-carry, the National Religious Broadcasters, the NRB, an association of Christian communicators, warns that cable and satellite companies would drop local Christian TV stations.
"There's no question in our mind that given the very unique broadcast landscape that Christian television would soon disappear from not only cable networks but also from satellite networks as well," says Craig Parshall, NRB senior vice president and general counsel.
In place of wholesome fare, the NRB predicts that cable operators will dive for the bottom and "seek profits from programming that includes sex, violence, and profanity inimical to the development of healthy families and communities."
A spokesman for the Christian Broadcasting Network predicts that the death of must-carry would make little difference to its broadcast offerings, which include the daily "700 Club," hosted by CBN founder Pat Robertson.
"A change to the must-carry laws would have minimal impact on CBN, as its programming is carried both nationally and on stations that would not be affected by the proposed changes," said Chris Roslan, a CBN spokesman.
At the same time, Roslan said CBN opposes ending the must-carry mandate, recognizing that doing so "would be devastating to many small local stations, not just Christian stations but also local news affiliates and independent stations."
While most in Christian broadcasting argue strongly for the preservation of must-carry, some industry watchers argue that cable and satellite operators should not have programming decisions made for them in Washington, even if they serve the interests of Christian broadcasters.
"No one has a right to have their particular type of programming run on any particular medium; that includes religious broadcasters," says Adam Thierer, senior research fellow at the George Mason University Mercatus Center.
"As a matter of ethics, I just don't like the idea of forcing people, forcing particular platforms, to carry content or channels that they don't want to carry."
But there's more to the issue than just the property rights of private cable or satellite TV platform owners, says the NRB's Parshall.
"We're great believers in the free market system, but we're also believers in the congressional mandate that broadcasting services provides a public interest," he said, referring to the 1934 Communications Act, which mandated that broadcasters serve the "public interest."
"We think Christian broadcasting is distinctly public interest in ways in which general market broadcasting cannot be because they're not designed to address spiritual issues of communities and their needs."
TBN attorney Colby May argues that cable and satellite systems have no financial incentive to carry Christian TV. Nearly all Christian broadcasters are ad-free, and pay TV systems cannot generate ad revenue by inserting ads into the Christian content they carry on their platforms.
That's why, May argues, consumer demand alone for faith-friendly shows "isn't going to persuade cable."
"Cable is going to be persuaded by its own bottom line," he said.
May promised that TBN will line up beside the NRB and actively oppose the Scalise bill, even enlisting its massive nationwide TV audience to call and email Congress to preserve must-carry.
"The local guy, the little guy, needs to make sure they're protected in this context."
Still, it's open to question whether Christian broadcasters still need the helping hand of government in a world where a viral video can reach millions online in just days. Jefferson Bethke's video poem, "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus," generated 14 million views in eight days and has now been watched more than 26 million times.
Easy access to video content via YouTube, Hulu, Roku and Apple TV is reshaping how viewers consume video. Glenn Beck's TV network, TheBlaze TV, uses the Internet to offer viewers more than 170 hours of new programming each month delivered via computer, iPhone, iPad or Roku.
And Christian broadcaster Sid Roth has launched the It's Supernatural Network, available at sidroth.org and via smartphones and tablets. The ministry plans in the future to deliver its content by Roku and Apple TV and grow ISN into a 24/7 network.
The "good news," says the Mercatus Center's Adam Thierer, is that "there are more avenues for religious broadcasters to get out their message than ever before, and there is a greater diversity of religious programming not just on television but on all media platforms today than at any point in history."
"It has never been easier for religious broadcasters to get their message out to their people," he said.
John Aman is a writer and communications consultant. He is the co-author of Team Obama: All the President's Real Men and Women and formerly worked for one of the nation's largest Christian broadcast ministries.


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Water Resources
Water is inarguably the most important natural resource that we use daily. Clean, healthy, safe water is required for all life to flourish, yet we take this precious resource for granted. As the human population grows, our demand for this resource is growing substantially, yet our activities past and present often limit or reduce the supply of water for our use. In fact, in parts of the United States and in many parts of the world, access to water resources is the basis for political, economic, and cultural unrest as well as environmental distress.
Traditionally the study of water is referred to as hydrology. Hydrologists investigate the source, movement, quality, and distribution of water resources throughout the globe and provide important perspectives on the supply of these critical resources. These geoscientists work in a range of environments from local to regional and national-level organizations in both the private and public sectors. Water resource specialists and hydrologists are in demand, and will be in demand as we face water shortages as a result of climate change, pollution hazards, and population growth.
Here at Shippensburg University, students interested in water resources can take a range of courses deailing with water both in its physical condition, and in terms of its geopolitical context. Students may take these courses within the context of a Geoenvironmental Studies Major or as part of the Geography: Human Environmental Systems Major. Students outside of the department may also opt to take courses toward a minor. As part of their course work, students will visit and study the conditions of our local watershed (the Burd Run) located immediately adjacent to campus. This stream has been the subject of numerous studies carried out by Shippensburg faculty and students and continues to be an important resource for research and education. Additional opportunities exist for student-faculty research in the area of hydrology and water resources. Interested students are encouraged to contact a faculty member or their advisor to discuss potential projects (see below).
Several faculty teach courses and do research in this topical area. Faculty include:
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Earth Science Courses (ESS)
ESS 108 Conservation of Natural Resources
Introduction to environmental conservation. Basic elements of the physical environment are examined in consideration of the interaction between physical and human landscape systems. Emphasis on fundamental relationship of society to agricultural, hydrologic, biotic, mineral, and energy resources. Factors of environmental quality and land use by society also considered.
ESS 220 Oceanography
Comprehensive study of the ocean and surroundings. Main topics include origin of the ocean basins; water of the sea; physiography of the sea floor; plate tectonics; marine sediments; chemical properties of the sea; ocean circulation; waves, tides, beach, and shoreline processes; estuaries and life of the ocean. Prerequisite: ESS110 or ESS111 or CHM103 or permission of instructor.
ESS 442 Environmental Geology
Deals with relationships between man and the geological habitat. Concerned with problems people have in using the earth and the reaction of the earth to that use in both a rural and urban setting. Stress placed on developing problem-solving skills in collecting, recording, and interpreting data through field investigations and simulation techniques. Prerequisite: ESS110.
Geography Courses (GEO)
GEO 105 Physical Geography
Studies way the basic natural phenomena of air, water, and ground mutually interact and the way in which these interactions vary from one part of the earth to another to yield different natural environmental regions. Two hours lecture/two hours lab/week.
GEO 226 Hydrology
Presents basic concepts of hydrology with emphasis on the relationship of water to natural and human systems. Major topics include the dynamics of surface water flow, hydrogeology, water pollution, and water resources analysis.
GEO 404 Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Examines the fundamental concepts of groundwater and hydrogeology in the context of real-world applications on the foundations of theory. Emphasis on the principles of groundwater flow, well installation, field data collection, and the analysis of physical and water chemistry as they relate to professional groundwater investigations. Grades based on exams and application-oriented assignments (problem sets). Required field trip(s) will supplement classroom material (field trip dates and times will be determined during class). Prerequisites: One or more of the following courses are suggested prior to enrolling in GEO404: ESS110 or ESS210, and GEO226 or permission of instructor.
GEO 440 Field Techniques
Studies geoenvironmental aspects of the local landscape by direct field observation. Various procedures and techniques are utilized to collect data concerning landforms, geology, soil, streams, air quality, population, transportation, housing characteristics, and land use. Instruments, maps, air photographs, and statistics are used to aid in the research, analysis, and evaluation of the field problem.
GEO 446 Water Resources Management
Roles of water resources management policies and institutions are examined within central theme of unified river basin management. Stresses interrelationships among watershed planning; relevant legislation; agency authority and coordination; and the geography of water-shed management. North American case studies used to illustrate multiple use issues, including aquatic ecology, wetlands, floodplain management, recreation, water supply, hydropower, industry, and commercial shipping.
GEO 450 Geography-Geology Field Studies
One week to 10-day regional field study observing and analyzing the physical and cultural landscape. Emphasis placed upon the physical and historical geology and geography of a prescribed route including several states, regions, or international countries. Prerequisites: ESS212, ESS311, GEO103 or permission of the instructor.
GEO 522 Geoenvironmental Hydrology
Focuses upon the continental or land phase of the hydrologic cycle and includes the study of supply and the geographical distribution of water in lakes, rivers, streams, embayments, and underground water supplies and the use and/or misuse of these water resources for urban, suburban, and rural living. Consideration given to recent day knowledge, attitudes and technology concerning these water resources. Local water resources and drainage basins are used as laboratory areas for field problems and reports.
Resources and Research Opportunities:
- Geological Society of America
- United States Geological Survey
- Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey
- American Water Resources Association


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Thor: Ragnarok, the third of the Marvel films to center on the beefy Norse demigod and the 17th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is pretty much everything you would expect such a film to be at this point, just better in most regards. One would think that a decade into the massive MCU project, the seams would be showing and the surface would be getting at least a little threadbare, but the latest Thor movie suggests otherwise. It doesn't do anything particularly new, but what it does do is find and stay largely within an enjoyable target of comic adventurousness that is more fun than either James Gunn's overexerted Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017) or Jon Watts's amusing but shallow Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
Part of this may be due to director Taika Waititi, who is a newbie in the world of big-budget blockbusters, but like many other directors tapped to helm Marvel movies (including Gunn and Watts) has an intriguing background in indie cinema that would seem to have little to do with IMAX-worthy digital bombast. A New Zealand native of Maori-Jewish descent, Waititi first gained noticed with the cult comedy Eagle vs. Shark (2008), whose droll humor and focus on social awkwardness led many to describe it as a Kiwi Napoleon Dynamite. More recently, he helmed the vampire spoof What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and the critically well received adventure comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016). None of those films have massive action sequences, digital hoards, or major stars, and Waititi's work in Thor: Ragnarok is arguably most invisible when it settles into the now familiar rhythms or action, mayhem, and destruction, the latter of which is focused primarily on Thor's home realm of Asgard. However, working from a mostly sharp script by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost, Waititi doesn't so much inject humor as he gives it his own droll spin, making Thor: Ragnarok one of the funniest of the Marvel movies without seeming to exert much effort in that regard (as opposed to Deadpool or Ant-Man, which are marked primarily by their snarky, meta appeals to our funny bone). He even manages to make Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," which should play as eye-rolling cliché, work in rollicking fashion not once, but twice.
The plot is long and heavy and probably best left for Wikipedia to explicate in detail for those who are interested. In short, the movie starts with Thor chained up in the lair of a fire demon named Surtur and ends on Asgard with Thor, his adoptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who is more often his enemy than his friend, an Asgardian warrior known as a Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) battling Thor and Loki's recently freed sister Hela (Cate Blanchett, camping it up deliciously), the Goddess of Death, whose role in Asgard's conquering of the nine other realms has been largely obliterated from the official history (this is the film's one major socio-cultural theme, and it gets a beautifully realized visualization when Hela causes a seemingly innocuous painted dome to crack open, revealing a portrait of a much darker and more violent history underneath). In between, Thor spends a great deal of time on the alien garbage planet of Sakaar, where he must do gladiatorial battle against the Hulk at the whim of the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum), a fey, smirking intergalactic gambler who runs a to-the-death Contest of Champions. Also thrown into the mix is Karl Urban's Skurge, who becomes Hela's executioner, and Idris Elba's Heimdall, Asgard's gatekeeper who manages to stave off Hela desire to invade other realms. Oh, and Thor has his cascading golden locks chopped off by none other than Stan Lee himself wielding some kind of hair-cutting device that looks like something you'd buy on a late-night infomercial to simultaneously peel and dice multiple vegetables.
Thor: Ragnarok is a significantly different (and better) film than Alan Taylor's bleaker, less engaging Thor: The Dark World (2013). Its brightly tuned, primary-color-dominant visual sensibilities suggest a tonal shift toward something lighter and less self-serious (in this regard, the destruction of Thor's hammer early in the proceedings becomes a loaded symbolic gesture, as well as plot point), even as worlds are—once again—on the brink of destruction (the title Ragnarok refers to a prophecy portending the destruction of Asgard). One of the hallmarks of the Thor films has been their good humor, even Kenneth Branagh's original 2011 film, which was at its best when it was loose and funny, rather than serious and Shakespearean. The general tendency in Marvel films has always been to balance action with more and more humor, to the point that many of them now are straight-up comedies with lots of digital effects. Thor: Ragnarok strikes a better balance than most, using the humor in often superb ways to offset the thunder of grandiose violence that might otherwise become mind-numbing. Waititi lends his own funny voice to Korg, a giant warrior composed entirely of rocks whom Thor befriends on Sakaar. He's great comic relief, and he's in the film just enough to give it a funny goof of an edge that feels unique and refreshing.
So much humor in the Marvel films of late has been sarcastic, ironic, or overly hip, and while some of that slips through here, Waititi's sense of humor feels more genial and good-natured, although sometimes socially pointed (note Thor's awkwardly opportunistic thumbs-up appeal to female empowerment). Hemsworth, who to his credit has managed to make a real character out of Thor, responds well to this tone and makes the most of it, especially in his back and forth moments with Loki (whose tangled history of avarice makes him more compelling than evil) and Valkyrie. Thor: Ragnarok doesn't necessarily invent or reinvent anything, but it certainly points in a fresh direction.
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A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Fujifilm Australia are launching a new service specialising in cloud computer solutions for their imaging, graphics and medical businesses. CloudNET will be a specialist service provider of technology solutions to large to medium business.
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In December, my cousin got married in Hoboken, NJ. Rather than get a hotel room, we had planned to take the PATH train back to NYC afterwards. However, NJ's transit system was still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, and we had to drive home instead. On our way to Queens, we dropped off my sister and her boyfriend in Brooklyn.
This is all relevant only because we ended up taking a trip we had never intended to take, driving a route we'd never driven before and don't expect to ever have to drive again. My husband's iPhone had died, and my sister and I have phones that think T9 texting is high-tech*, so my sister's boyfriend Cayce was reading the directions off of his phone in the back seat:
"Continue onto Late Street," he read.
I whirled around. "Onto what street?!"
"Did I say it wrong? It's L-A-I-G-H-T. "Lite" Street, maybe? It should turn into Canal Street."
"It turns into Canal Street?!"
At this point, I'm sure it seemed that I was having an extraordinarily difficult time understanding some fairly simple directions. Luckily, I was not behind the wheel, because though I was thinking about roads, my thoughts were not on the road.
"That's it! Cayce, you just solved a mystery!"
I have in my possession a semi-anonymous account of the history of the Mulcahy family, transcribed on my blog here. It says that my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Madigan, "was born on Lake St. in Manhattan." This was always a stumbling block for me, because there isn't a Lake Street in Manhattan. As best I could discern, there had never been a Lake Street in Manhattan. The only address I've ever actually found for the Madigans in Manhattan is 482 Canal Street. It had occurred to me that someone had confused two bodies of water and said "Lake" where they meant "Canal," but that seemed an unlikely mistake.
Although the account I had, written by an unnamed cousin of my grandmother, is not perfect, it has proved to be relatively accurate over the years. The only things that appear to be incorrect are the assertion that James Madigan was the youngest child in his family (he seems to have been in the middle) and the spelling of Loretta Madigan's married name as Rickett instead of Rickert. That last one is key, because it means I already knew that someone was writing things as they sounded, not looking at the names on documents and transcribing them accurately. (I've been told that the research was done by this cousin's wife, so either she had collected stories from people who were still alive without having them clarify spellings, or she had read out pieces of her research to her husband so he could write out these notes for his cousins, and he wrote what he heard.)
I had been aware for some time, since discovering the proper spelling of Rickert and confirming that there was no evidence that there had been a Lake Street in Manhattan in the 19th century, that "Lake" could have been a phonetic spelling of a different street name, but I had no way of figuring out which one, and it clearly wasn't similar enough that Google would return it when I searched for "Lake Street."
When Cayce read us the directions late that winter night, it all became instantly clear. Not only did Laight Street sound very much like the Lake Street I was looking for, but it also is in the correct neighborhood, only blocks from the address where I've confirmed the Madigans lived a few years later. I still use qualifying language when I talk about it, because I have no proof, but I can also tell you that I really have no doubts. I'm about as certain about Laight Street as I can be about something for which there is no definitive evidence.
If not for the fact that all 4 of us in the car that night are too "frugal" (cheap?) to spring for a hotel room when we're only 30 minutes from home; if not for the unfortunate storm damage to the transit infrastructure in northern New Jersey; if not for the fact that none of us are familiar enough with that neighborhood to be able to navigate it without directions; if not for Ben's failure to charge his iPhone, so he wasn't reading directions silently to himself but having them read aloud; if not for Cayce's innate knowledge of how to pronounce "Laight,"** I might still have absolutely no idea where my great-great-grandmother was most likely living when she was supposed to be on the nonexistent "Lake St. in Manhattan."
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**I've since looked it up; it seems that "LATE" is the correct pronunciation, but I think I'd have looked at Laight and said "LITE," and maybe never made the connection.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Laight St.: How my sister's boyfriend accidentally solved a genealogy mystery
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- Nancy said...
This story just warms my heart - to think that everything just popped into place because of several coincidences! Wonderful!
- April 8, 2013 at 7:10 PM
- Michelle said...
What a great story!
- April 9, 2013 at 7:53 AM
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Stephen King Novella Finds Haven At Syfy
Syfy will air the first episode of the supernatural drama series Haven on July 9th at 10/9c, based on the novella "The Colorado Kid," from renowned author Stephen King. "Haven is the quintessential Stephen King town, full of complex, yet identifiable, characters and compelling supernatural situations.
Deep in the heart of Maine, Haven is a town where people with supernatural abilities have migrated for generations because it mutes their powers, allowing them to lead normal lives. At least, until recently. When hot-shot FBI agent Audrey Parker is called to Haven to solve the murder of a local ex-con, she catches the killer but uncovers a much deeper mystery about this town. Each week, as the town- peoples' dormant powers begin to express themselves, Audrey will try to keep these supernatural forces at bay while unraveling the many mysteries of Haven – including one surrounding her own surprising past in this extraordinary place.
Stephen King's Dark Tower Series To Be Directed By Ron Howard
Stephen King, Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road are in discussions to create a movie trilogy initially for the big screen and then follow up with a TV series based on King's "The Dark Tower" series. Universal Pictures is in talks to distribute.
Ron Howard is slated to direct the script written by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man and The Da Vinci Code). Howard's Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer will produce with Goldsman and King.
At the age of 19, Stephen King wrote an epic that incorporated "The Lord of the Rings." The "Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone" and a poem written by Robert Browning entitled, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came".
The seven book series was written and published separately over a period of 22 years.
The first book entitled "The Gunslinger," introduces the heroic character Roland Deschain of Gilead as he pursues the "Man in Black" through the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea in an apocalyptic world that is similar to our own world.
The series was once developed by J.J. Abrams and his "LOST" team of Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse but they realized they wouldn't be able to do an adaptation justice, and they gave the rights back to King.
Dark Tower Project Next for LOST Men
Stephen King has always been my favorite author. Mainly because I attribute him to opening my eyes to the world of reading. Reading can be enjoyable, entertaining, educating—ok so you get the point, I'm out of adjectives that start with the letter e anyway. I picked up a copy of the The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger that my mom had laying around the house I was intrigued by the cover artwork.
As I opened the book and read the first line"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." I was immediately hooked and amazed at how fast I blazed through the story. I was finished in two days, a small book mind you, but up to this point I'd only read what was required in high school. But King's style of writing was something new that I really enjoyed. Next I turned by attention to the Stand and was equally impressed. Thank you Mr. King for helping to open my mind to reading. It's become a large part of who I am.
Over the years I've read King's whole collection, in addition to many other works by many different authors. I have a collection of first edition Stephen King hardbacks that is only shy four of being complete. But the "The Dark Tower series", all seven books continues to hold my attention. Several of the early books I've read too many times to count. I endured a delay of almost seven years between book three and book four, so I couldn't be more happy about the possibility of the LOST guys taking on an immense challenge like the Dark Tower. I hope they do Stephen King proud.
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof Will Work On Dark Tower After LOST Is Over
Via: LarryFire 05/01/09
Just as there are whispers in the jungles of "Lost," there have likewise been whispers in Hollywood that J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof — two of the masterminds behind the ABC television series — have been working on an adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel series "The Dark Tower." Now, those whispers are getting louder and clearer.
"Damon Lindelof and I talked to Mr. King," Abrams told IGN while promoting the upcoming "Star Trek" film. "We got the rights for ['Dark Tower'] as a film. Damon is obviously still on 'Lost' and we've been working on 'Star Trek' together. As soon as 'Lost' is done, hopefully we'll begin tackling that."
For his part, Lindelof has also been speaking about the Stephen King adaptation. As "Lost" wraps up its penultimate season and gets ready for the sixth and final year of the show, Lindelof told Lostpedia that his entire creative energy is currently focused solely on the series.
"We're just so focused on finishing 'Lost' that it's really hard to think about anything else," he said. "The last thing we want to think about is how to adapt a seven book series of, you know, basically the writer who we admire the most and look up to most and has inspired our work the most, and do anything with that. I think that it's such a daunting task. We have a pretty daunting task in front of us ourselves [with the end of 'Lost']."
Still, it's not as if the "Lost" showrunner hasn't spoken about "Dark Tower" in the past. He previously told AMC that he envisions the series on the same scope as Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
"There are always 'Dark Tower' conversations, but the figuring out of what this will look like as a movie has not begun," said Lindelof. "If 'The Dark Tower' were in the right hands, I would love to see seven movies executed just right. But you have to get people to see the first one to get them to come and see the second one."
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Stephen King's Bag of Bones To Begin Filming This Summer Via: Larryfire
The film version of Stephen King's novel "Bag of Bones" may be shot in the author's home state of Maine. Director Mick Garris and producer Mark Sennet are planning to meet Tuesday with Gov. John Baldacci and other officials about the possibility of expanding financial incentives available from the state. Maine film industry advocates say "Bag of Bones" will be a $20 million production, and half of the budget would be spent in Maine. Filming could begin as early as this summer. The novel is set in a lakeside summer home in a remote part of Maine where an author suffering from writer's block dredges up dark secrets following his wife's death.
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"The Cannibals" or "Under the Dome"
In 1983, Stephen King began a book first titled "The Cannibals" which was also known as "Under the Dome". This book remained unpublished and unfinished. According to King, the book has come back to life. He read an excerpt from what promises to be a very long novel entitled "Under the Dome". No publishing date was discussed. It looks like Stephen King is digging into his trunk of long abandoned novels and updating them like he did with Blaze. The short passage that King read dealt with the unexpected death of a small plane pilot and student.
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The Office at StephenKing.com will be a revolutionary interactive virtual world based on the office of Stephen King. This bold new experience will offer users a chance to step inside the very eclectic space of Mr. King and explore the many artifacts, memorabilia, and items housed within his office. Look for The Office to open its doors on Thanksgiving morning (11-27-08).
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N is here. The Stephen King web mini-series
A episodic graphic adaptation of the previously unpublished Stephen King short story "N." specifically developed to be delivered weekdays in 25 video installments to online and mobile phone users. The first episode will be available Monday, July 28th but viewers can go here today to watch the first episode, which will also be unveiled at Comic-Con International in San Diego today (Friday) at a panel event featuring the creators of this pioneering venture.
The original series tells the story of a psychiatrist who falls victim to the same deadly obsession as his patient—an obsession that just might save the world! There are 25 episodes in total, with each episode running around 2 minutes. The first episode will be available Monday, July 28th, 2008 with a new one released each weekday until August 29th. You can watch "N." online, on your mobile phone or download it at iTunes.
"N." is one of the stories included in "Just After Sunset", a short story collection which goes on sale 11/11/08. Stephen King and Marvel will also be releasing a comic book miniseries based on "N." in early 2009.
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APPLICANT: New York Power Authority (NYPA), 123 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601
APPLICATION No.: 2-6101-01077/00003
PROJECT LOCATION: North 1st Street and River Street, Brooklyn, New York
FACILITY: NYPA operates a gas turbine facility producing 44 megawatts of power at the above location. The facility consists of a General Electric LM6000 gas turbine which utilizes a selective catalytic reduction unit to minimize emissions of oxides of nitrogen. The gas turbines operate as simple cycle units, employing a spray inter-cooling system to optimize power output. Other on-site equipment includes gas and air compressors, a cooling tower lube oil cooling system, water treatment and storage system, ammonia storage and injection system, raw water storage, and auxiliary electrical systems. There is a facility stack approximately 107 feet tall.
REGULATORY HISTORY: In January 2001 the Department issued NYPA a State Facility air pollution control permit allowing the construction and initial operation of the subject facility. The Department subsequently issued NYPA a permit pursuant to Title IV (Acid Rain) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA). Pursuant to Section 201-6.1(a)(4) of Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), NYPA is required to apply to DEC for a federal operating permit under Title V of the CAA within one year of commencing commercial operation of the facility, which began in July 2001. This notice announces issuance of the draft Title V permit for public comment.
PERMITS: In accordance with 6 NYCRR Section 201-6.1(b)(1), NYPA filed an application for a Title V operating permit for this facility on July 23, 2002. As required by a January 22, 2003 consent order between the Department and NYPA, NYPA amended the Title V application on March 3, 2003 to request the addition of new emissions limits applicable during start-up and shut-down of the units. Department Staff has reviewed the amended application and has determined that the application is technically complete and meets all air pollution control requirements of Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 19 and 6 NYCRR Part 201, and has prepared a draft permit for public review and comment. The draft permit seeks to assure the facility's conformance with requirements of 6 NYCRR Parts 201, 225, 227, 231, and 257, and all other applicable State air pollution regulations and all Federal requirements for enforceable permit conditions. It is the position of DEC Staff that the draft permit imposes the strictest possible emissions limits on the facility's operations in start-up and shut-down modes. The requirements are consistent with those being imposed on similar facilities across the State.
In accordance with 6NYCRR Parts 621.5(d)(9) and 201-6.4(c), the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has the authority to bar issuance of any Title V Facility Permit if it is determined not to be in compliance with applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act or 6NYCRR Part 201.
SEQRA: Pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR, ECL Article 8 and 6 NYCRR Part 617), NYPA as lead agency has prepared a final environmental impact statement that addresses the facility. As lead agency, NYPA has determined that no further environmental reviews are required under SEQR for the Title V permit application and issuance of the Title V operating permit.
PUBLIC HEARING: A joint legislative hearing for receipt of public comments on the application will be held at 7:00 PM on September 9, 2003 at the following location:
IS-49 William J. Gaynor School
223 Graham Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718 - 387-7697
All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies who may be affected by issuance of the permit are invited to attend the hearing and to submit oral or written comments on the application. It is not necessary to file in advance to speak at the hearing. Lengthy comments should be submitted in writing. Equal weight will be given to both oral and written statements. The Administrative Law Judge may limit the time for oral comments to ensure that all have an opportunity to be heard. The hearing site is reasonably accessible to the mobility impaired.
DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Persons wishing to inspect the application, draft permit and relevant documents should contact the representatives listed below for review during regular business hours. An appointment may be necessary and is recommended to assure the documents are available. The documents are available at the following locations:
1. Community Board #1, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11211-2429. ATTN: Jerald A. Esposito, District Manager. Telephone: 718-389-0009.
2. Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Telephone: 718-802-3700.
3. NYSDEC Division of Environmental Permits, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-7235. ATTN: John J. Ferguson. Telephone number: 518/402-9177.
WRITTEN COMMENTS: Written comments must be sent to Mr. Ferguson at the address identified above, and received by September 26, 2003.
STATUTORY and REGULATORY PROVISIONS: The air permit application is being reviewed pursuant to ECL Article 8 (SEQRA), Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) and Article 70 (Uniform Procedures Act), and 6 NYCRR Part 201 (General Provisions - Air Pollution Control), Part 617 (SEQR) and Part 621 (Uniform Procedures).