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The goal of the MIS program is to prepare students for challenging positions in the application of information technology to solving business problems. Specific objectives of the program are 1) to provide students with the analytical and practical frameworks and methodologies necessary to analyze, design, implement, and manage complex information systems in contemporary organizational structures, 2) to provide knowledge of the principles necessary for understanding basic computer hardware and software systems to ensure the data quality, transmission, processing, and storage necessary to facilitate organizational decision making and general operations, 3) to enable students to develop competencies in applying systems analysis and design strategies and techniques in realistic marketplace environments, and 4) to provide a balance between technical and organizational knowledge for a variety of professional organizations.
The master of science degree in management information systems may be earned online, on campus, or through a combination of online and on-campus courses.
New students must contact the department for initial advising to plan a program of study that reflects their interests and satisfies degree requirements.
The Management Information Systems Program is designed to provide the professional administrator/manager a balance between technical expertise and organizational knowledge in the application of information technology to solving business problems.
Applicants must complete the following (or equivalent) coursework: introductory courses in managerial and financial accounting (or ACC 311), one semester of production/operations management (such as BUS 322 Operations Management), one semester of statistics (such as ECO 213 Statistics for Business and Economics), one semester of college algebra or mathematics, and competency in a structured high-level programming language such as Java, C++, Visual Basic, COBOL, C, Fortran, etc., either through coursework, such as MIS 322 Structured Programming, or practical experience. All students applying for admission to the MIS department are expected to submit a Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score or a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score. Students may take their required prerequisite courses while they are waiting to submit either of these test scores.
Entering students are required to pass a diagnostic writing examination administered by the Center for Teaching and Learning. Students with deficiencies in writing may be required to take ENG 375 Expository Writing or ENG 474 Professional and Technical Writing.
MIS 502 Technical Foundations of Information Systems 4 Hrs.
MIS 513 Management Information Systems 4 Hrs.
MIS 523 Managerial Decision Support Systems or
MIS 531 Strategic Decision Support Systems 4 Hrs.
*MIS 542 Management of Database Systems or
CSC 572 Advanced Database Concepts 4 Hrs.
*MIS 552 Systems Analysis and Design 4 Hrs.
MIS 564 Telecommunications 4 Hrs.
MIS 573 Project Management 4 Hrs.
One approved non-MIS elective (see important notes below) 4 Hrs.
One approved course in organizational behavior (see important notes below) 4 Hrs.
MIS 583 Graduate Project and Seminar or
MIS 584 MIS Capstone 4 Hrs.
**One approved MIS elective 4 Hrs.
or MIS 585 MIS Thesis and Seminar 8 Hrs.
Total 44 Hrs.
*Students must take MIS 552 before MIS 542.
**Those who write a thesis are not required to complete the MIS elective.
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Electives: MIS 571 Electronic Commerce: Business Uses of the Internet and MIS 574 Marketing on the Internet may be taken either as MIS electives or non-MIS electives.
Organizational Behavior: Students may take BUS 541 Organizational Behavior, PAD 502 Organization Dynamics, MIS 575 Technology Management and Organizational Transformation, or an approved alternative. Students who have equivalent experience in all but MIS 583, MIS 584, or MIS 585 may substitute an approved elective but must complete 44 hours for the degree.
At least 24 hours of the courses required for the degree must be completed following matriculation into the department.
All MIS graduates must complete MIS 583 Graduate Project and Seminar (4 hours) or MIS 584 MIS Capstone (4 hours) or MIS 585 MIS Thesis and Seminar (8 hours). The nature of the project is contingent on the individual's career goals and may or may not include a practicum experience.
Projects may involve, for example, design/analysis of an information system for an existing organizational need; development of one or more databases for a potential organizational need; analysis of managerial needs or uses for information that is accessible in an existing database; or analysis, design, security, and management of networks. If the project/thesis is not completed during these initial four or eight hours, students must register for MIS 586 Graduate Project and Seminar Continuing Enrollment/MIS 587 Thesis and Seminar Continuing Enrollment (zero credit hours, one billable hour) each semester the project/thesis remains incomplete.
UIS policy precludes students who are not registered from using campus resources. If a leave of absence is requested and approved, continuous registration is not required. Failure to obtain a leave of absence will require retroactive registration of one credit hour per semester.
MIS department majors must maintain a minimum 3.00 grade-point average in all MIS degree requirements. Two successive semesters of probation may lead to a one-year suspension. One C (2.00) in an MIS course is acceptable. An MIS master's degree candidate may not take any of the 44 semester hours required for the degree on a credit/no credit or pass/fail basis. A grade of C (2.00) is not acceptable for a project (MIS 583), MIS capstone (MIS 584), or a thesis (MIS 585).
To earn an undergraduate minor in management information systems, students must complete a minimum of four courses totaling 15 semester hours, at least 11 hours of which must be upper-division coursework taken at UIS. Prerequisites include proficiency in a spreadsheet and/or a database package or completion of CSC 317 Software Packages.
Required courses include at least four credit hours selected from the following courses:
ACC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ECO 201 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECO 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECO 315 Economics for Administration
Completion of the following three MIS courses:
MIS 352 Principles of Management Information Systems 3 Hrs.
MIS 423 Decision Support Systems 4 Hrs.
MIS 424 End User Systems Development and Implementation 4 Hrs.
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Christian Persecution: A Call for Believers to Aid One Another
I'm so heated up right now, I just don't even know where to start!
"This is just one guy's passion. Others feel differently."
"This was written in 1967 (revised 1997). It isn't pertinent today."
"Sure someplace is like that, but I don't know where; world's always changing."
"Ok, I get it, but there isn't anything that I can do about it, so why should I even know this stuff?"I held on to these excuses for a little while. A very little while. Not long after I read Tortured for Christ, Michael received his latest Newsweek which contained the article Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World.
Pastor Wurmbrand said that, when his foot was clubbed, his tongue cried out. Why would his tongue cry when it was not clubbed? It cried out because the foot and the tongue are part of the same body. So also are we part of the same body. And they are hurting. We cannot just ignore (abandon) our brothers and sisters in Christ.
I implore you, friend, do not stay silent, do not stay blind, do not choose to remain ignorant to this. Please, take an inventory of your own resources and see what you can do to help our brethren. Of course, money is a huge help, but I'm broke, so I'm looking into anything else I can do to help. There are particular things that are always desperately needed from us:
Prayer. (Voice of the Martyrs has a public prayer bulletin if you want specifics. General prayer is needed as well; the Lord knows)
Bibles and Christian literature. (There are plenty of organizations that will get them into the closed countries and distributed.)
Letters to prisoners. (They thirst for the encouragement. Again, Voice of the Martyrs has a sign-up that you can use for this, but there are other ways of gathering information on how to send letters to our captive brothers and sisters.)
Money. (I don't have any, but there are plenty of other people that do. Maybe you're one of them!)
Stay informed. (Know what's going on in the world, so that when the opportunity arises for you to help, you can!)
Tell others. (Now that you see, don't let others remain blind. Our brethren need all the help they can get.)This information is all very new to me, so I'm sorry if I failed to make sense, or didn't provide a thorough checklist, or more precise details. But this little bit is what I know. They need help. I can help them.
Were you aware that Christian persecution exists in a very big way in other parts of the world? What can we as Christians do to help? How has Christian persecution affected your life?
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I didn't love Copenhagen that much. I'd heard that Danes were the happiest people on earth. If that's the case, it's not because their capital city is overly nice to look at it. I thought Copenhagen was a bit rough around the edges, especially the part in which we found the Mikkeller beer bar. If you've never heard of Mikkeller, let me fill you in. They are legendary craft brewers from Copenhagen who brew a lot of very different, some might say crazy, beers. If you ever come across them upon your travels or in your local speciality beer store, give them a try and you won't regret it.
True to the Danish reputation, the Mikkeller beer bar in Copenhagen was definitely cosy. It was also very exciting to me, mostly because of the epic beer menu. I took a picture of it, but we lost our camera at an earlier destination on the trip, so you probably can't make out all the beers in my fuzzy iPhone picture. There were twenty odd craft beers on tap, half of which were Mikkeller concoctions, the other half was comprised of outstanding examples from the States, Belgium, and England. I ordered a barley wine called Oatgoop, a collaboration brew between Mikkeller and Three Floyds in the US (legendary craft brewers in their own right). Rachel ordered a Mikkeller IPA that was listed as Texas Ranger, which my internet searchings tell me is supposed to be a porter. In any case, both were flavourful and delightful beers to drink. I would have spent a lot of time at this bar had I not already been a bit looped upon arrival. The bar is near the main train station, so definitely worth checking out if in Copenhagen.


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8/27 Pirates @ Brewers
Friday's Pitching Matchup:
James McDonald 2-2, 3.97 ERA
Chris Narveson 9-7, 5.69 ERA
McDonald's command issues during his last start against the Mets cost him in the loss, the game was called after six innings due to several rain delays. J-Mac went five innings, gave up five runs on six hits, walked five and struck out four.
Narveson threw 64 pitches in his last start against the Padres. He lasted just three innings, gave up three runs on four hits, walked three and struck out zero. In his last three starts Chris has only six strikeouts and a 5.79 ERA in just 14 innings.
News and Notes:
- LHP Rudy Owens and C Hector Gimenez were named to the Eastern League post-season All-Star team.
- Pirates' Hanrahan finds direct route to strikeouts -Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- Brandon Moss' confidence returns with hitting stroke -MLB
- Everything I learned about Baseball I learned from my Grandmother -Cardinal Diamond Diaries
Pirates Lineup:
McCutchen 8, Tabata 7, Walker 4, Jones 3, Milledge 9, LaRoche 5, Cedeno 6, Snyder 2, McDonald (2-3, 5.04)
*Pedro Alvarez is batting just .171 (6-for-35) his in last seven games, 0 HR and just three RBI.
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Weeks 4, Hart 9, Braun 7, Fielder 3, McGehee 5, Dickerson 8, Escobar 6, Lucroy 2, Narveson (9-7, 5.69)
- (via @RobBiertempfel)Pirates mgr re:starting LaRoche @ 3b: "It's not so much Pedro (Alvarez) needs rest; it's more about getting Andy in there."
- RHP Jeff Karstens threw bullpen session today w/out problem. He's in line to start as scheduled Tuesday.
- Triple-A Radio Broadcaster, Scott McCauley spoke with Brandon Moss regarding September call ups and International All-Star Nod. You can read the whole interview on his MLB Blog
Tell us your feelings on a September call-up (Brandon would need to be added to the 40 man roster)
I'm pretty sure the season is going to come to an end and I'm not going to be a call-up guy. Strictly because they have to make a move and I'm not on the roster. The Pirates have guys they envision being there a while. They are trying (Ryan) Doumit in the outfield; they have Lastings (Milledge) and Garrett (Jones) who needs at-bats and I don't think I'm a call-up guy because there is no room to play me. I'm pretty sure they don't want to call a guy up to sit and get paid. I really envision September 6th is going to come, we are going to play our last game at Louisville and I'm going to go back home to Georgia. With that said I'm proud of the year I've had and no matter what will happen in September I've put myself in a good position for next year. Will I re-sign with the Pirates if I don't get called up? Who knows, that will be a decision I make with my agent and my family and will be decision based solely on what best for me and my family. Everything will play out over time and I'm happy with the position I have put myself in and will go into Spring Training with the plan of winning a Major League job somewhere.
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Local school systems are closing early in preparation for the expected winter weather. School officials said Mount Airy schools will be closing at 1:30 p.m. while Surry County schools are closing earlier, at 1 p.m.
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5:30 p.m.: The Laura Farr Sunday School Class of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church holds a Poor Man's Supper. The menu includes vegetable and potato soup sandwiches, cornbread and tea. Desserts are extra. Elaine Galston will be guest singer starting at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds will go to Jacob's Well (the old Hope Hospital in Lockhart). Takeouts call 427-5319. Donations accepted and appreciated.
Thursday, Feb. 7
Noon: The Community Prayer Meeting will be held at the USC gazebo. All are invited to participate in a brief time of prayer for our community, state, and nation, and for the church. You do not have to pray out loud to participate. Just come and join in silently if you like. If you can't be at the gazebo, set aside some time during the day to pray for our community, state, and nation. All are welcome.
Saturday, Feb. 9
9:30 a.m.: The Missionary Auxiliary of the Pacolet River Baptist Association will hold its quarterly meeting at Bethel Baptist Church, 904 Pea Ridge Highway, Jonesville. Minister Brenda W. Byrd, President of the Missionary Auxiliary. Rev. James Mason, Moderator of the Pacolet River Baptist Association. Rev. J.E. Tillotson, Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church.
10 a.m.: Corinth Baptist Church, 302 N. Herndon St. in Union, will had a Health Watch. Teacher will be Libby Wittker of SAFE Home Rape Crisis Coalition. Topic will be Sexual Assault and Abuse. Facilitators are Louis Lyles and Amelia Glenn. Rev. J. Archie Calhoun, Pastor. All are welcome.
1 p.m.: The YPD of Jeter Chapel will holst a chicken stew at the home of Pat and Bennie Dawkins on the Joe Walker Road. The stew will be ready around 1 p.m. Anthony Washington, Pastor.
Sunday, Feb. 10
Noon until: Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 1622 Kelly Road in Union, serves Sunday dinner consisting of fried chicken, roast beef, steak and gravy, creamed potatoes, rice and gravy, macaroni pie, green beans, Lima beans, slaw, rolls, tea, and dessert. The cost is $8 per person. Call 427-1622 for takeouts which will be ready at 11:45 a.m.
Noon until: Hebron Baptist Church, Whitmire Highway, Union, will be having a soup and sandwich lunch following morning worship service in the church social hall. The menu will consist of chicken stew, vegetable soup, potato soup, cornbread, pimento cheese, deviled egg sandwiches, tea, and dessert. Eat in or takeout. Tickets are $5. The lunch is part of a fund raising effort by the church to raise funds for its pastor, the Rev. Brian Childers, to participate in a mission trip to Nicaragua in June.
2 p.m.: Antioch AME Church hosts a Matters of the Heart program featuring Sister Patricia Davis, Sister Melinda Wickes, Sister Penny Bellensen and Sister Angela Scott.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
7 p.m.: Philippi Baptist Church, 327 Philippi Church Road in Union, holds its 2013 Sportsman's Supper Family Night. Michael Roth is the guest speaker. Tickets are $10, which includes dinner. Call (864) 398-6188 for tickets or more information.
Thursday, Feb. 14
5 p.m. until 7 p.m.: True Light Ministries, 2407 Fair Avenue, Newberry, will sponsor a Valentine's Day Free Giveaway and Concert at the Whitmire Community Center. Dinner is on us and everything is free. You can dine in with us or have it to go. There will also be great gospel singing. Troy Price, Pastor.
Saturday, Feb. 16
5:30 p.m.: Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church will hold its 11th Annual Wild Game Supper with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and dinner beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children (8 and under). For tickets contact Melvin Shelton at 864-426-3251, Randy Lawson at 864-576-0368, Alan Harvey at 864-585-5974, Barry Carroll at 864-427-9974, or Otis Hembree at 864-427-4419. Guest speaker will be Chris Wells of Well Spoken Ministries (an avid outdoorsman).
Sunday, Feb. 17
12:30 p.m.: Covenant Baptist Church will hold a Relay For Life dinner.
2:30 p.m.: James Chapel Baptist Church, 527 Pinckney St. in Carlisle, celebrates the eighth anniversary of its pastor. The guest speaker is D.S. President of St. Matthews First Baptist Church. The public is invited.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Sardis United Methodist Church, 976 Sardis Road in Union, holds a Mission Soup and Sandwich Lunch. The menu will include vegetable beef soup, cornbread, chicken salad or pimento cheese sandwich, dessert and tea for $7 per plate. The church is also selling chicken salad and pimento cheese for $6 per pint and vegetable soup for $6 per quart. Call (864) 427-9676 for carryouts of 10 or more. All sales go to the missions of the church.
Saturday, March 2
6 p.m.: Lockhart United Methodist Church will host a gospel singing with the southern gospel group The Pathfinders. Also appearing will be Union's own Heath Walker. A love offering will be taken. Come for a relaxed evening.
Revivals/Other events
Foster's Chapel United Methodist Church, 392 Pea Ridge Hwy. in Jonesville, hosts a Consignment Sale from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 8 and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 9. Anyone can enter items in the sale. Vendor booths will be set up for products and the women of the church will sell hot dogs and snacks. All proceeds are to help buy new playground equipment. Contact Heather Sealy at 864-251-3631 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
The Kingdom Hearts Ministry of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Jonesville, S.C. will celebrate its 2nd Annual 3-Day Conference beginning Friday, February 22 at 6 p.m. with Minister Kim Glenn as keynote speaker. On Saturday, February 23, there will be a workshop on various topics at 10 a.m. and lunch will be served following the workshop. On Sunday, February 24 at 3 p.m. keynote speaker will Sister Catherine Moore from White Plains Baptist Church, Laurens, S.C., and Sister Carla Jones and the White Plains Mass Choir will render songs and praises. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Edward Pressley, Pastor.
McBeth Baptist Church will hold a Deacons Training Workshop each Tuesday beginning February 12 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The four-week workshop on February 12, 19, and 26 and March 5. The public is in invited to learn and gain acknowledge about being a deacon. Rev. Freddie L. Wicker Jr, Pastor.
Ongoing Events
A Moms in Prayer group meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the Family Ministry Center of Bethel United Methodist Church, 1705 Lockhart Highway. All interested persons are invited to participate.
The Missionary Auxiliary of the Pacolet River Baptist Association has an Emergency Food Pantry in the rear (annex) of the town hall in Jonesville. The pantry is open Friday from 9:30 a.m. to noon and other times by calling the numbers posted on the sign at the entrance of the annex. Bring identification and proof residence.
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David Ashton
Thanks Bert - that's what I get too. And yet the video in Sylvie's article on ...
Videoconferencing gets real
Sylvie Barak
Panacast is a new system meant to emulate human visual perspective, in order to achieve real-time video streaming with a 200° field of view.
In other words, you see what you want to see, giving users the ability to literally feel as if they were in the room, and able to focus their gaze wherever they wanted within that room.
The way this works is largely down to the camera itself, an ultra-low latency panoramic-HD multi-imager video camera integrated with a powerful streaming server.
The images captured are then crunched by a custom made multi-imager video processor, which synchronizes and stitches the video input from six camera modules in real-time to create the panoramic 200° field of view. That's pretty much a full range of human head motion, unless you're Meryl Streep in the movie Death Becomes Her.
It also works at a resolution of 2700x540 pixels at up to 60 frames per second.
The video stream is encoded by an ultra-low latency H.264 codec into an efficient payload that can be transported over the existing network, meaning the video can then be viewed on anything from a mobile phone to a mac or PC.
Users simply change their view, or field of view, with a pinch or a swipe.
What's the hardware behind this visionary feat? Surely some supercomputing data cruncher? Nope. It's apparently not much more than dual ARM microprocessors integrated to run the Linux operating system and a bit of real-time firmware.
The performance-optimized software helps a bit, of course. But the end result is what can reasonably be considered a fully-fledged visual computer at a price point below $700.
By comparison, conventional telepresence solutions cost up to $300,000 and require maintenance and dedicated bandwidth in addition.
The more expensive telepresence products on the market today also require participants to be physically present in dedicated rooms to get the full experience, something that is not the case with Panacast.
Altia Systems says the product has been in "stealth development" for three years now, in order to bake its custom silicon and novel algorithms, as well as security features which give it full VPN support for privacy and IT compliance.
Thus far, the Cupertino, California based firm boasts it has had one patent granted with 14 more pending and has already scored a round of venture funding.
Altia Systems has also taken its funding efforts to Kickstarter, where it recently launched a campaign.
The product is set to ship in Q1 of 2013 and the firm says it already has 15 cameras from its contract manufacturer in China with another 20 units expected in December and a further 100 cameras in January 2013.
For those keen to snap up the first few units, the firm said it is offering a "significant discount" to early adopters.
Check out the video below to get a better view:
David Ashton
Hi Sylvie....I wanted to "Check out the video" but there is nothing there....or am I (or my ancient PC) missing something?
hmmmm.... I can see it, David.... Maybe you need to change browser? I'm running chrome and Firefox and can see it in both.
David Ashton
And BTW there's one of Brian Fuller's DFI videos immediately to the right of yours, and IT works fine....
David, I believe that the video works fine with IE9, but doesn't show up at all with IE8. Or at least, I saw it a couple of days ago using IE9, but now in this PC, with IE8, I just get a blank rectanlgle.
David Ashton
Thanks Bert - that's what I get too. And yet the video in Sylvie's article on fuses works just fine in IE8.
Very cool, IMO. I've had fun creating panormaic photos by attaching a camera to a tripod, then taking a series of pictures, swiveling the camera between each pic. The results are super. This combination camera does the same thing automatically.
I agree that a better view and better video resolution is sorely needed to make videoconferences better, but you know what? Always forgotten in these videoconference improvement discussions, and I mean always, is a discussion about the audio. I would venture that what is needed even more than the better images is to get beyond the 4000 Hz telephone quality audio in just about every teleconference system I've used. Heck, if nothing else, Skype sessions, in which the audio is better than telephone quality, ought to give a hint, no?
Teleconferences would be immeasurably better if the audio portion would include at least up to 10 KHz acoustic frequencies. IMO, this is even more important that the panoramic view, to give the impression of "being there." And if you're carrying HD video anyway, surely something at least aproaching hifi sound won't take up a lot of extra bandwidth?
I'll grant that people who limit themselves to smartphones and tablets won't notice the difference. Then again, I don't see how anything approaching a "being there" experience can possibly be achieved when videoconferencing with the handhelds anyway.
All you have to do, to witness the huge difference audio makes, is to listen to a typical call-in show on a decent sound system. The guests in the studio, or even guests in remote studios linked into the program with high capacity feeds, sound like they're right there with you. The ones calling in on the phone sound pathetically bad, sometimes even hard to understand. Unfortunately, all too often, the audio quality achievable with the ancient 4 KHz analog telephone standard is still being used as the reference standard. And digital audio made to emulate that primitive quality level.
David Ashton
Good point Bert, when you can stream CD-quality audio with even a bad broadband connection, you wonder why someone doesn't update the system. I guess the answer is standards - the 4 KHz phone bandwidth standard has hung around longer than most.
It's a pity they didn't up it to 10KHz when ISDN came in, but I guess bandwidth was still too valuable then to waste it.
True, David. ISDN limited itself to 8 KHz sampling frequency, like just about all digital telephony standards, so the audio limit was 4 KHz. But the reason I mentioned Skype was, why the slavish adherence to that inadequate standard?
When videoconferencing can be made to use broadband Internet links, and not circuit-switched telephone links, the equipment in the use premises should allow for decent audio quality.
And it's not like you need to send that audio uncompressed, like in a CD. DVD movies have very decent sound quality, it uses perceptual compression, and only takes up maybe 384 Kb/s of transfer bandwidth.
Sure, cell phones use maybe 9.6 or 14.4 Kb/s for voice. But a videoconferencing system that will dedicate maybe 4 Mb/s or more, to H.264 compressed HD video, can certainly afford to dedicate 384 Kb/s to the audio? (Maybe they do offer decent audio, and it simply was not covered in the article.)
David Ashton
Your figures are spot on Bert. My employer used to use a Polycom ISDN videocoference system that had 2 versions - one used 384 K (6 ISDN channels) and could conference 5 sites on a 30-channel Primary rate connection, and the other used 128k - 2 channels or one basic rate connection (these are Euro standards, not US). Picture and sound quality were both good, especially on the 384K links.
We now use a networked system which uses a lot more network bandwidth - though the sound and pic quality don't seem a lot better than the old Polycoms....
Is that what they call "HD Audio" Bert? I agree with you that good audio makes a huge difference. It's currently the worst part of conference calls. Having some decent cinematic surround sound would really help who was talking and where they were in the room!
Don't know about "HD audio," Sylvie, but what they call "HD Radio" in the US is actually a particular version of digital audio broadcasting (they call the Euro version of this DAB and DAB+).
The US version of DAB was contrived by a company called Ibiquity. It (optionally) retains the analog broadcast for FM or AM radio pretty much as is. If the analog spectrum is retained, HD Radio adds a digital channel by using the analog guard bands. If analog is not retained, then you get that much more digital capacity, because the slice of spectrum used by analog could instead be used for more digital space.
The audio codec used is the same as what DAB+ uses in Europe (it's called AAC+, or HE-AACv2). So this codec, or other similar ones, would be used to get good audio quality from a relatively narrow digital channel.
Matter of fact, since you brought up this subject, I discovered that the digital version of an FM station sounds very similar to a good analog rendition (although of course now you get more channels, in addition to the main one). But in the AM band, the quality difference is tremendous. Typical AM sound is limited much like telephone and videoconferencing, in practive to about 3000 Hz in each case. When you get the digital version of an AM station, it's strikingly better. Maybe not quite as good as HD Radio in FM frequencies, but pretty darned close. In my experience, you only see one digital program for each AM station, though, and three digital programs is common for each FM station.
Back in the 80-ies when I was a student I already worked on video conferencing. I never understood the attraction. A good audio link with screen sharing is much more useful, cheap and available many years.
A tip for those who like video, hook up a couple of skype or other cameras and a couple of scrrens and you can get widescreen video.
depends what kind of a meeting it is, I suppose. Sometimes it's more useful to see the faces of the people in the room. Think Sales meetings, etc.
My god. Why don't we spend time actually making the tech we already "have" work? I have yet to experience a video-conferencing system that worked even remotely close to expecations. Rather, we swear and curse trying to get it set up, swear and curse again when it drops out, or the audio garbles up or starts echoing, or the video freezes, or who knows what else. I think too many of these systems are designed in a "lab" environment with extremely high speed, low latency, and robust connections, and ignore the real world that is nothing like that.
PS: Web-site developers suffer from the same mis-conception. SURE your page is all flashy and cool...but not if it is too bloated and slow to run on the connections that many of us have.
Duane Benson
My video conferencing experience had been similar until I decided to give up on having video and audio in one system. Now I just use a standard telephone conference and separately set up a video conference. Usually the video will be through Skype or Turbo meeting, but the audio will be dial-up phone. That doesn't help with the telephone bill, but it does give good performance. I just have yet to see an economical system that lives up to its claims in the real-world.
I am working at Altia Systems.
We choose to keep audio separate for a good reason allowing the use of Wide band audio E.g. with Skype.
To address the problematic setup issues Altia is using a cloud model which makes setting up supper easy.


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Boston Children's Theatre production of Honk features a 9- and 10-year-old from Wellesley, show starts Feb. 9.
Below is a press release from Boston Children's Theatre AUDREE HEDEQUIST AND ALEX HUDEPOHL OF WELLESLEY TAKE THE STAGE IN BOSTON CHILDREN'S THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF 'HONK!' Performances February 9 – 24 at the Boston Center for the Arts. Tickets On Sale Now! Be sure to HONK! when you see 9-year old Audree Hedequist and 10-year old Alex Hudepohl of Wellesley in Boston Children's Theatre's (BCT) hilarious family musical HONK!. The production that runs February 9 – 24 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Playing the role of the investigative reporter 'Jay Bird' in HONK!, Audree Hedequist is no stranger to the Boston stage. Most recently Audree played the role of 'Helen' in Wheelock Family Theatre's production of The …
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The Rise of the Female Distance Runner
"It takes getting used to, seeing young women run long distances, gasping and gagging and staggering around and going down on all fours at the finish line, pink foreheads in the mud," began an article in Sports Illustrated in 1966 about the National AAU Women's Cross-country Championship. "But they are young women, all right, make no mistake.The shaved legs, the singlets that actually do a service, all that symmetry, that fragrant hair." One athlete's coach, "a practical man, says it is good that she is trimmer, too, because she is going to be a woman much longer than she is going to be a runner."
So what exactly were the "long distances" writer John Underwood was referring to? A mile and a half. For even the most recreational of racers set to compete in this Sunday's 2011 ING New York City Marathon, that would barely even constitute a warm-up.
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1) justice, rightness, righteousness a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) b) righteousness (in government) 1) of judges, rulers, kings 2) of law 3) of Davidic king, Messiah 4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 5) of God's attribute c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) d) rightness (in speech) e) righteousness (as ethically right) f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 2) in name of Messianic king 3) of people enjoying salvation 4) of Cyrus
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Winter is a slow time of year in the Columbia River Gorge. Fruit orchards are not yet in blossom; waters haven't warmed sufficiently for river sports.
Some residents of Hood River and The Dalles may tote their skis or snowboards uphill to Mount Hood Meadows resort, but many more simply bide their time, enjoying the region's beers and wines as they wait for spring sunlight to once again kiss the apple and pear trees, and sparkle off the crests of breaking waves.
In the meantime, visitors may still enjoy the dramatic views for which the Gorge is so well known. Multnomah Falls and dozens of other waterfalls, especially west of Cascade Locks; vantage points such as Rowena Crest, between Mosier and The Dalles; and the ceaseless flow of one of America's great rivers will inspire awe at any time of year. Most museums and historic attractions are open year-round, albeit with abbreviated winter hours.
The main streets of Hood River and The Dalles are well known to regular visitors. Shops, restaurants and hotels on main streets and at Interstate 84 exits attract business like a magnet draws metal. But there's much more to both of these Oregon communities, and to the 22-mile drive between.
On my own recent mid-winter swing through the towns on the Oregon side of the Gorge, I found an opportunity to look beyond the obvious, to gaze into back streets and basements, to drive into neighborhoods that are not as often seen by casual tourists. And I found a number of places worth the extra exploration.
Central The Dalles
Perhaps no community in Oregon brings so many key chapters of regional history together as The Dalles.
From the Lewis and Clark expedition and Oregon Trail immigration through late 19th-century urban development and mid-20th-century hydroelectric development, this city of 12,000 people displays its heritage in a majestic riverside setting.
Nearly 70 historic commercial buildings, more than two dozen of them dating from the 1800s, are preserved within The Dalles National Historic District. In its pioneer heyday, the town had its share of hotels, banks, mercantile stores and theaters — as well as saloons and brothels, the last of which closed as recently as the 1950s.
Among them is the Baldwin Saloon, built in 1876 at East First and Court streets. It's a full block off the main drag beside the railroad tracks, but its red-brick exterior is not hard to spot. The Baldwin was a working saddlery for decades before new owners stripped and refurbished the old building and turned it into a restaurant in 1991.
Now a popular stop for lunch and dinner, the Baldwin serves a steak-and-seafood menu every day but Sunday. Behind its 18-inch-thick stone walls, the restaurant displays a fine-art collection of landscape art by Joseph Englehart (1867-1915) and several nude portraits by noted California painters.
Not far around the corner is Oregon's oldest bookstore. Klindt's Books was established in 1870 by Frisian immigrant Inwer Nickelsen, who moved his shop across the street to its current location after an 1891 fire. It has had only three owners in 143 years. (Nickelsen sold in 1927 to the Weigelt family, which transferred title in 1981 to Linda Klindt and her late husband, Philip Klindt.)
Today the store continues to exhibit new books and classic used editions in its original 19th-century bookshelves, with stationery and greeting cards.
Historic homes
In an 1865 Victorian home, hidden away in a residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown, is the ANZAC Tea Parlour. Although she was born and raised in Hermiston, owner Bev Eagy spent her young adulthood in Sydney, Australia, and this small cafe — open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays — pays tribute to that time of her life.
The Parlour serves more than three dozen teas in quaint tea sets with handmade lace doilies. Lunches may include fresh Devonshire cream scones, chicken-almond tea sandwiches or even traditional Australian meat pies. But Eagy's specialty is ANZAC cookies, rolled oat-and-coconut pastries that honor the famed World War I Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.
Nearby in the Trevitt's Additional Historic District is one of The Dalles' most charming bed-and-breakfast inns. The Windrider Inn B&B, a 1921 Dutch Colonial-style home on the National Register of Historic Places, was converted to a four-room guest house in 1987 by an avid local board sailor named Chuck Langley. It continues to cater to river-sports lovers with its low rates and sailboard storage.
A little farther west is Nichols Art Glass. It wasn't easy to spot on the drive-by, but having been inside, I won't soon forget this 2,700-square-foot room. Blown-glass forms of salmon and flowers, as well as various abstract forms, occupied the flashy gallery inside the street entrance. In the rear, two artists created their own forms in a working studio. On another visit, I hope to meet the owner, former restaurateur Andy Nichols, who built his own equipment and taught himself the art of glass blowing.
The Dalles' east side
The tallest structure in The Dalles is the old Sunshine Biscuit Mill at the east end of downtown. Located at the foot of Brewery Grade, it was originally built as a steam-powered flour mill in the late 19th century. After a 1911 fire, it was rebuilt using new hydroelectric technology from the White River Dam in Tygh Valley.
Today, more than a century later, the 125-foot-tall building still houses the equipment that was built into it. In fact, new owners have developed a design that incorporates the unique and historical mechanical shaft-and-belt drive system, powered by electric motors said to have been designed by Thomas Edison himself.
Today, the building is known as the Historic Sunshine Mill Artisan Plaza. On its ground floor is a boutique winery and retail space. Live music is performed here several nights a week, and there is a short menu of small plates to accompany wine tastings. Long-range plans are for offices and condominiums on the upper floors. But visitors can still explore the original inner workings of the wheat mill on a self-guided tour.
Another historic structure, and one several blocks "out of the way," is the Riverenza Cafe and Gathering Hall. Eight blocks uphill from the Sunshine Mill, this century-old stone church, once home to a Church of Christ congregation, was purchased in 2004 by Greg and Molly Ott, who moved into the basement and turned the former sanctuary into a space for weddings and other events.
For casual weekday visitors who may not have a wedding in the works, there's still ample reason to visit Riverenza: A stone courtyard has been converted to an espresso bar, open until 4 p.m., where Stumptown Coffee is served with pastries and bagel sandwiches.
Further east — across U.S. Highway 197, which connects The Dalles with Bend — is my favorite restoration project in The Dalles. Three years ago, new owners converted the hillside Celilo Inn from a tacky 1950s motel into a beautiful boutique property with a view overlooking the Bonne-ville Dam. It even offers complimentary wine tastings each afternoon.
Midway surprises
Often overlooked by Gorge visitors is tiny Dufur, 13 miles south of The Dalles on Highway 197. The farming town of 600 is especially proud of its Dufur Living History Museum, which each August hosts the Dufur Threshing Bee — perhaps the only threshing event in the United States to use horse-drawn machinery.
Just down the street is the Historic Balch Hotel, built of bricks in 1907. It was purchased in 2006 by Jeff and Samantha Irwin, who continued an ongoing restoration and opened the old hotel on its 100th birthday as a 19-room bed-and-breakfast inn. With no TVs, radios or telephones, it's truly a getaway, although it does have wireless Internet.
Another tiny community is Mosier, population about 450. It's worth a brief detour off Interstate 84 between The Dalles and Hood River, as much for its quaint historic buildings as for its location at the west end of the historic highway that climbs to Rowena Crest and the Tom McCall Preserve.
Cyclists, in particular, love the Rowena Crest hill climb. And at the end of their workout, as often as not, they find a stool or a table at the Thirsty Woman Pub. There are actually two pubs here — the rustic, European-style "Little Pub" and the spacious "Bigger Pub," where full meals are served at large antique tables. Owners Manda and J.R. Frakes promise "great beer, good food and amazing people."
Hood River's main drag
About five miles west of Mosier, Interstate 84 races past Hood River. Famed worldwide for its windsurfing and kiteboarding, the town of 7,500 offers lots of distractions even when the weather isn't optimal for water sports.
A half-dozen blocks of shops and cafes along Oak Street, the principal thoroughfare, make it an easy place to spend several hours browsing. Most establishments could be described as cozy, their wares packed into limited floor space.
That's not a problem for the imposing Gallery 301, however.
Lodging in a historic bank building, its Grecian columns rising high above Hood River's main street, this combination art gallery, wine and tapas bar displays an intriguing variety of creations — canvas, metal, fabric — including co-owner Claudia Lane's own collection of 1960s' psychedelic concert posters. Yet I always get a sense that potential patrons are intimidated by the building's size. They shouldn't be.
Across Oak Street, at the rear of a courtyard behind another wine shop, Zella Shoes and Treasures has a great selection of women's footwear and handbags. It's not obvious to casual foot traffic, but seems to have no problem attracting business.
I'm sure the same philosophy is true for women's shoes as it is for Knot Another Hat, located on the second floor of an office-and-retail building a few blocks east. "You don't need foot traffic when you are a yarn shop," owner Sarah Keller told me. "They sniff you out." Knitting enthusiasts love the wide choice of colors and fabrics sold here with a view toward the Columbia.
Side streets extending north of Oak enclose several notable hideaway restaurants. There's the North Oak Brasserie (now under renovation) on Third Street, Nora's Table on Fifth, and a block further, the Sixth Street Bistro. As well, Feliza Greenwald's outstanding Knead Bakery caters a steady clientele just south of Nora's.
The Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom, at the foot of Fourth Street by Columbia Avenue, is a destination well-known to Oregon beer lovers, even if its cobalt-blue building takes a little extra effort to find. And the Stella Fino winery tasting room, in a basement unit on Second Street, is worth searching out for its Italian-style varietals from Walla Walla vineyards.
Continue downhill and east from here, past the seasonal Mount Hood Railroad depot, to find Springhouse Cellar. Ensconced in a converted 1920s cannery, Springhouse is more than a winery — it's a major event venue, where live music several nights a week, especially Tuesdays, inspires a party atmosphere.
On Cascade Avenue, almost opposite the train depot, the discreet Waucoma Club is a classy and classic bar and grill that seems to belong in the speakeasy era. Opposite is Artifacts, a store whose tag line — "Good Books and Bad Art" — could not be more appropriate. It does, indeed offer a fine selection of used books and some very amateurish canvases.
Away from the core
Outside of downtown Hood River, several venues are worthy of special note.
Among them is my favorite Gorge restaurant, Stonehedge Gardens. Mike and Shawna Caldwell — Mike is a Hood River native, a former winery cellar master and a published author — bought a large estate in a private woodland at the western edge of Hood River in 2000. Today it is a continental-style, fine-dining restaurant where garden weddings are booked throughout the summer. Look for a small sign pointing up a gravel road, into the trees, off East Cascade Avenue.
I was delighted to stumble upon Marley's Corner Pub on my last trip through Hood River. It's on 13th Street in the neighborhood known as The Heights. This tiny pocket pub, which can expand outdoors with a few more seats in summer, specializes in serving Cornish pasties of beef, chicken and vegetable. It's the sort of place where I could become a regular.
Destined to become a major attraction in Hood River — but for now, a hidden discovery — is Pfriem Family Brewers. It's a brand-new brew pub in a brand-new office-and-warehouse complex beside Hood River Waterfront Park, the top local venue for water sports. Board sailors no longer have to climb the hill to downtown to relax with a frothy brew.
I find good motel value at the Vagabond Lodge. Owned by the same family since it opened in 1954, this accommodation has five blufftop acres overlooking the river near the much-more-famous Columbia Gorge Hotel. Yet rates begin at just $55 a night.
For upscale bed-and-breakfast lovers, the Sakura Ridge B&B offers a taste of farm life in the heart of a 72-acre cherry orchard just outside of town. It's a beautiful spot, and not easy to find. Make a reservation — rates start at $185 a night — and call for directions.
Like much of the best of the Gorge, it's off the beaten path.


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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alvin Nance of Peachland announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Nicole Nance, to Randall William Thigpen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy David Thigpen Sr. of Milledgeville, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Smithey, of Boomer. Nance is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nance of Peachland and Betty Lockhart of Polkton.
The bride-to-be is a 2000 honor graduate of Anson High School. She earned her B.A. degree in public policy in 2004 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2009 with her Master of Social Work degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She is currently employed with New Hanover County as a child protective services social worker in Wilmington and is pursuing her Clinical Social Work licensure.
The groom-to-be is the grandson of Marilyn Durden and the late Otis Thigpen of Milledgeville, Ga. and Elton and Elsie Widger of Boomer. Thigpen is a 2003 graduate of Wilkes Central High School and a 2007 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he earned his B.A. degree in criminal justice. Thigpen served a tour of active duty in Afghanistan with the United States Navy. He is currently in the United States Naval Reserves and is employed with Brunswick County as a child protective services social worker in Bolivia.
The wedding is planned for Oct. 20, 2012 on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington at The Watermark Marina and Yacht Club.


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Originally Posted by shelke Sasuke can take out all of them in one go except for Itachi, and Pein. All of them have no counter for Amatersu and arrows. Amatersu eats through chakra and is unaffected by any water-based attack, so Kisame sure as hell is not winning and nor are any Sasori puppets or Sasori. Hiden cannot attack or draw blood and Sasori cannot use his poison needles. A few arrows and Magatama's should be enough to take out all of them including Konon. After that, he'll lose to Pein alone. If this was a 1 vs 1 fight, then Sasuke wins against all of them. Amaterasu is not instant, they can dodge or put a shield
Originally Posted by Bogard Amaterasu is not instant, they can dodge or put a shield I doubt they are as fast as V2 A. Sasuke wins against any Akatsuki member, aside from Obito and Pain.
Amaterasu is not instant, they can dodge or put a shield Yes, it most certainly is. Some Amatersu Points: http://www.mangareader.net/93-395-6/...apter-390.html - Black Flames will burn on the point wherever the eye is focused. http://www.mangareader.net/93-395-19...apter-390.html - Amatersu almost as fast as Kirin. Amatersu goes wherever the eye goes: http://www.mangareader.net/93-31674-...apter-463.html Otherwise, A wouldn't have used two techniques to barely dodge it. Even then, the flame appeared exactly at the point where he was standing. http://www.mangareader.net/93-31674-...apter-463.html http://www.mangareader.net/93-31674-...apter-463.html - The flame appearing exactly where he was standing. None of these characters have two techniques that give them massive speed boosts to dodge Amaterasu and shield won't do jack to stop it as it eats through everything including flames.
Kakuzu could probably just dislodge whatever part of his outer layer (I hesitate to say skin) got hit by Amaterasu and go on with his life. Sasori can shed Hiruko, as well as nearly all of his actual puppet body, or he can just eject himself. I am uncertain as to whether Konan gets injured if superfluous parts of her paper angel form are burnt, but she could discard them and bear it in any case until a large enough fraction has been destroyed. Kisame could just tank Amaterasu if he has enough chakra stored in Samehada (he might not survive the match, but he might be able to secure a mutual destruction). In any case he tends to flood the battleground with a brand new ocean as an opening gambit, which renders Amaterasu (and most other Uchiha classics) entirely useless. Deidara is screwed unless it's a clay clone (which are good enough to fool the Sharingan). Pein absorbs or Shinra Tensei's it. Itachi has to erect Susan'o, but once it's up he's pretty safe. Obito just stays intangible. Hidan tanks it and charges, screaming in pleasure. Zetsu dies. Now that I think about it, Akatsuki are remarkably resilient towards Amaterasu.
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Sasuke would get his ass ****ed up badly by Kisame and Sasori.
Originally Posted by Silverblade Sasuke would get his ass ****ed up badly by Kisame and Sasori. Not really because sasuke can use amataretsu to defeat sasori and kisame use genjutsu and the flmaing arrow he has from susanoo!!
Originally Posted by Cosmic Path Sasuke Uchiha vs Aktasuki sasuke can defeat and kill 1) Sasori 2)Deidara 3) Hidan 4) kakuzu 5) Itachi 6) Zetsu 7)Kisame I'm assuming this is one-on-one because Sasuke would get his ass handed to him so hard vs all of them at once. 1. Sorry but completely objectively gonna say Sasori beats Sasuke. a. Amaterasu-- iron sand could block it as we've seen Gaara do so. Against the 100, there are too many puppets to amaterasu, and even if Sasuke hit Sasori he could just switch bodies. b. Genjutsu-- nonfactor here due to puppets. c. Susano'o-- doesn't defend against poison gas, even in full form because there has to be breathing holes, and hey, maybe even iron sand can gum up its joints. d. Other-- too many puppets to arrow plus iron sand could block them. Fire is blah, kirin isn't workable especially if they're in a cave. Sasori is at least as smart as Sasuke if not smarter, so he's not getting tricked. 2. Yeah, we've seen this one. 3. Okay, agree. 4. High difficulty but okay. 5. No. Sasuke has not surpassed Itachi. He has the same freakin susano'o even though he has EMS. Itachi had tsukiyomi, totsuka, yata mirror, even izanami, all of which I've yet to encounter convincing evidence that Sasuke possesses. Sasuke got his ass handed to him vs Kabuto while Itachi pulled his dead weight at the same time he bossed it up in beating Kabuto. Itachi is ten times smarter and until Sasuke gets perfect susano'o, destroys his little brother. 6. Vs 10K he doesn't. 7. Interesting battle but most likely Sasuke. Kisame is stupid, first of all. And I think genjutsu works on him. However, Samehada eats amaterasu, arrows, fire, etc. Kisame can swamp the battlefield with water so Sasuke can't use susano'o, or put him in a water bubble. But Sasuke always has genjutsu and I think that gives him the win here. So in my opinion by no means can Sasuke beat them all 1v1. 4/7 if there's 10k Zetsu, 5/7 if there's only 1.
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So sidestepping the aspartame and other stuff in diet drinks etc, i KNOW they aren't that great for you etc etc etc...but
do they contribute to the body holding onto stored fat? or at least some water rentention?
I have no problem admitting I drink diet drinks to possibly major excess (4L a day-ish)
even though they contain no sugar calories or carbs (or much of anything) will the enforce a stall/bloat or whatever you want to call it?


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Stevenson student and her sister live out their acting dreams
Rehearsing a scene from "Fiddler on the Roof," Jim DeSelm (left) as "Perchik" lectures "Shprintze" and "Bielke" played by Jennifer and Julia (right) Baker. | Jon Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
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LINCOLNSHIRE — Real-life sisters Jennifer and Julia Baker were selected to act as sisters Shprintze and Bielk in Paramount Theatre's musical production of "Fiddler on the Roof" March 6 – 24 in Aurora.
Jennifer, a Vernon Hills resident and sophomore at Stevenson High School, currently sings in SHS's Advanced Chorus and has already appeared in a number of professional productions that include the Drury Lane Theatre's "Ragtime" and the Porchlight Music Theatre's "A Wonderful Life." She will be playing one of lead character Tevye's daughters, Shprintze.
Younger sister Julia, a fourth grader at Half Day School, will be playing another one of Tevye's five daughters, Bielk. Julia is happy to have been given the chance to share the spotlight with her sister, and is excited to join the rest of Fiddler's A-list cast and theater professionals.
Artistic Director and seasoned Broadway productions veteran Jim Corti said that he
"These girls are very special young ladies; I think the most remarkable thing is that they understand—they get it and they know what their part is," said Artistic Director and seasoned Broadway productions veteran Jim Corti. He said had the parts in mind for the sisters after watching Jennifer in "Ragtime" and Julia in "A Wonderful Life."
Q: Are you involved in theater and musicals at your school too?
Jennifer: haven't done musicals at Stevenson because I haven't had the time, but I might try out for them next year.
Julia: I do chorus and musical shows.
Q: When did you start doing musical theater and why?
Jennifer: I started doing theater in first grade in this camp in Northbrook because my friend said that her friend was a camp counselor at this place, and I had been taking singing lessons so I thought "sure, this will be fun because I can act and sing at the same time!" I ended up really liking it and doing that for a few years until I was in about fifth grade, and I was thinking that I wanted to be on a really big stage and get more into theater. I did a show around then called "A Wonderful Life" at Porchlight and really liked it, and I kind of went from there.
Julia: I used to watch Jennifer act and thought "oh, I want to join," so I did Drury Lane's "The Sound of Music. Then I thought "oh I should do 'Fiddler on the Roof' with my sister, that would be so fun if I could get that part."
Q: Do you plan on pursuing musical theatre long-term?
Jennifer: I definitely plan on doing this long-term and I'm hoping when I'm older I can move to New York and try Broadway there, actually. I like acting and singing, and I also like to dance. I've been taking dance lessons since I was about five-years-old. I heard that the University of Michigan actually has a great acting program and so does Carnegie Mellon University, so I'm starting to look into those two because now that I'm a sophomore, it really feels like it's coming up quick.
Julia: Definitely!
Q: Aside from your musical involvement, what other extracurricular activities do you do for fun?
Jennifer: I actually just joined PIVA club because my friend's brother told me it was really fun. We've hosted things like "S Factor"—instead of "X Factor." It's really fun. In fifth grade and before that I used to play soccer and basketball, which I really enjoyed, but when I got older I had to find a balance. I definitely like acting better, but sometimes I'll still go and just kick the ball around and play basketball
Julia: On Wednesdays I do basketball and on Saturdays, too. It's really fun because I get to be with all of my friends.
Q: What is your proudest moment or greatest achievement?
Jennifer: When I was younger I saw "Annie" at Drury Lane, and I thought "gosh, I really want to be on that stage one day." Then, when I was in "Ragtime" in seventh grade at Drury Lane, it was such a great feeling to know that I was doing what I had always dreamed of every time I was on stage.
Julia: Being an actor because not everybody gets to be one and it's just so fun.


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Your daily wake up call with updated traffic, weather and few fun things to get you through the morning.
C-City Blogger
Presenting Chester City's news and views to Delco Times web visitors who want to know more of what's going on in the City besides the stories they read in the paper.
Fun Things To Do With Kids In Delaware County
Promotes family friendly events and activities held in and around Delco on a weekly basis.
Cliff's Notes
Cliff Wilson served as chairman of the Delaware County Democratic Party for 16 years (1994-2010). He will write on politics and other issues he feels strongly about.
Animal Coalition of Delaware County
Offers timely health advice for pets, behavioral tricks of the trade, follow-up success stories, and more. Updated regularly by ACDC's all-volunteer staff that includes long-time foster parents and pet owners who have years of experience.
Media, PA News
Kent Davidson covers local politics, events, and goings-on in the borough of Media, PA.


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