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About the Editor
Blaise Cronin is the Rudy Professor of Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has been Dean of the School of Library and Information Science for seventeen years. From 1985-1991 he held the Chair of Information Science and was Head of the Department of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K.. He is concurrently Honorary Visiting Professor at City University, London, the University of Brighton, and Napier University, Edinburgh. For six years was the Talis Information Visiting Professor of Information Science at the Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dr. Cronin is the author of numerous research articles, monographs, technical reports, conference papers, and other publications. Much of his research focuses on collaboration in science, scholarly communication, citation analysis, and the academic reward system—the intersection of information science and social studies of science. His books include The Citation Process (1984), The Scholar's Courtesy (1995) and The Hand of Science (2005). He has also published on topics such as information warfare, information and knowledge management, strategic intelligence, and digital pornography. Professor Cronin sits on a number of editorial boards, including the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Journal of Informetrics, and International Journal of Information Management. Since 2000, he has been Editor of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology and effective January 2009 will also be Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
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New Car Review
2014 Toyota Yaris: New Car Review
The 2014 Toyota Yaris is now entering its third year on the market after updates in 2012. So how well has Toyota's smallest, cheapest car held up to competitors in the fast-moving subcompact segment?
Let's get the bad news out of the way first: The Yaris continues to use a 4-speed automatic transmission, which hinders both acceleration and highway fuel economy. Most rivals have five or six speeds by now.
But the Yaris does its best to compensate in other areas. Its feature content is a strength by subcompact standards. The interior is both stylish and spacious, a rare combination at this price point. And the suspension is surprisingly capable, delivering more fun-to-drive smiles than expected.
Indeed, the Yaris may not be a superstar, but it's a solid competitor with the added bonuses of Toyota's traditionally strong resale value and reliability. Last year's redesign continues to stand the Yaris in good stead.
What's New for 2014?
The Yaris enters the 2014 model completely unchanged after minor trim updates for 2013.
What We Like
Good overall fuel economy; standard Bluetooth and USB/iPod connectivity; accommodating back seat; stylish interior; nimble handling
What We Don't
Outdated 4-speed automatic transmission; noisy engine; steering wheel doesn't telescope
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The Yaris is powered by a 1.5-liter inline-4 rated at 106 horsepower and 103 lb-ft of torque. It's not our favorite engine in this segment. Noise is pronounced during acceleration, and there's not much get-up-and-go, either. A 5-speed manual is standard. We'd recommend it over the optional 4-speed automatic, which feels primitive to operate.
Fuel economy is a dead heat between the transmissions. The manual is rated at 30 miles per gallon city/37 mpg highway, while the automatic's rating is 30 mpg city/36 mpg hwy. While these highway figures are unimpressive for a subcompact, the city figures are robust.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 Toyota Yaris is available as a 3- or 5-door hatchback. Toyota offers a Yaris sedan, but it's only available to fleet customers. Three trim levels are offered: L, LE and SE. The L and LE trims are available in 3- or 5-door body styles, while the SE trim is only available on the 5-door.
The base Yaris L ($15,000) is well-equipped with 15-inch steel wheels, air conditioning, a 6-speaker stereo with iPod/USB connectivity, Bluetooth, a tilt-only steering wheel (a telescopic function is unavailable), side-curtain airbags and a fold-down back seat.
The Yaris LE ($16,500) adds features such as a height-adjustable driver's seat, cruise control, a 60/40-split folding back seat and steering-wheel-mounted audio controls.
The sport-themed SE ($17,000) tacks on 16-in alloy wheels, unique exterior styling cues, sport fabric upholstery, a leather-wrapped sport steering wheel and special instrumentation.
The 2014 Yaris comes with standard stability control, nine airbags and whiplash-reducing front seats.
In government crash testing, the Yaris received an overall rating of four stars out of five, including four stars for frontal impacts, five stars for side impacts and four stars for rollover safety. The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the Yaris its top rating of Good in every crash-test category, including the roof strength test -- previously a trouble spot for this Toyota.
Behind the Wheel
There's no doubt that Toyota has upped the fun factor with the current Yaris. The steering is noticeably tighter and more responsive than before, and the car zips around with an eagerness that we don't remember from the previous car.
The raucous engine is a bit of a killjoy, though, and we'd hesitate to call the ride supple. In other words, the Yaris is something of a mixed bag from behind the wheel. Make sure you take it up to highway speeds during the test drive and try to find some bumpy pavement to sample, too.
The Yaris model's front seats are nothing to write home about, though the SE model's sport fabric upholstery does seem to add a bit of grip. A potential deal breaker for taller drivers is the tilt-only steering column, which requires a serious reach forward if the seat has been moved all the way back. We love the dashboard, though, as it has far more style than ever before, vaulting the Yaris to the head of the class in this respect. The materials aren't bad, either. No, the plastics aren't luxurious, but at least they have distinctive grains and everything seems to be bolted together well.
The Yaris model's legitimately accommodating back seat is proof that subcompacts don't have to punish rear passengers. Even full-sized adults can ride back there for a while without complaint. Kudos to Toyota's engineers for figuring out how to make this happen in such a tiny car.
Other Cars to Consider
Chevrolet Sonic -- The Sonic excels at cruising on the highway, and it has some neat interior touches, not to mention superior power and fuel economy with the 1.4-liter turbo. A tough competitor for the Yaris.
Kia Rio -- Blessed with possibly the best-looking exterior and interior of any subcompact, the Rio is the runway model of this group. It's a pleasant drive, too.
Toyota Prius c -- If you've got up to $20,000 to spend and want to use less gas, check out the new Prius c, which is based on the Yaris but runs at an insane 50 mpg.
AutoTrader's Advice
We think the base Yaris L model gives the best value. But pay attention to the height of the driver's seat, because it's not adjustable in the L; you'll need the LE for that.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world's most popular dance companies, will embark on a 21-city US tour from January 30 through May 19th. Following record-breaking performances in New York City that brought full houses to their feet, Ailey's second season led by Robert Battle will move audiences in major cities across the country, including: Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Newark, NJ; Boston, MA and Robert Battle's hometown Miami, FL, among many others.
Artistic Director Robert Battle continues to surprise and delight audiences with premieres and new productions that expand his vision for the company, adding dynamic choreographic voices to the repertory that give Ailey's extraordinary artists new ways to inspire.
Another Night, by rising young choreographer Kyle Abraham, innovatively fuses the many dynamic facets of American dance and showcases the artistry and versatility of the Ailey dancers. Set to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messenger's rendition of one of Dizzy Gillespie's seminal compositions, A Night in Tunisia, the world premiere for ten dancers was created with the support of commissioning funds from New York City Center and the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, in celebration of the Center's 50th Anniversary.
Petite Mort, a ballet of breathtaking sensuality and visual surprises, marks the first time a work by renowned European choreographer Jiří Kylián appears in the Ailey repertory. Set to two of Mozart's most popular piano concertos, the theatrical work blends a classical sensibility with a bold, modern wit with fencing foils and elaborate ball gowns in an unforgettable duel featuring six couples.
From Before beautifully blends the rhythms of African dance with Caribbean influences, with movements distilled to their purest form by Garth Fagan, the Tony Award-winning choreographer of The Lion King. Featuring a jazzy percussive score by Grammy winner Ralph MacDonald, the Ailey premiere marks the first staging of this revered work for a company other than Garth Fagan Dance.
Artistic Director Robert Battle's Strange Humors is a thrillingly intense duet, set to John Mackey's propulsive score for strings and African drum that pits two men against each other. Surprising sequences ignite with aggression and discord, mischievousness and humor, as the relationship between the two dancers builds to an exciting crescendo.
Ronald K. Brown's landmark work Grace, created for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1999, has returned to the repertory in a rapturous, spiritually-charged new production. Infused with Brown's signature blend of modern dance and West African idioms, this moving journey acknowledging the grace that surrounds us all is set to Duke Ellington's classic "Come Sunday," Roy Davis' hit "Gabriel," and the powerful rhythms of Fela Kuti's Afro-Pop.
A new production of Ailey Classics features a vibrant anthology of highlights from founder Alvin Ailey's prolific 30-year career — including audience favorites and classics such as Cry, Love Songs and For 'Bird' With Love — culminating with his signature masterpiece Revelations, performed in its entirety.
"I'm thrilled to be further expanding Ailey's diverse repertory this season with new voices and talented contemporary choreographers that showcase the depth and breadth of the dancers' artistry," stated Artistic Director Robert Battle. "Audiences across the country will have the opportunity to experience these new treasures, along with encores of last season's notable works, and a program that highlights the work of our legendary founder Alvin Ailey."
Encore performances from Battle's acclaimed first season will include modern dance master Paul Taylor's Arden Court, hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris' soul-lifting Home, and Ohad Naharin's unique and innovative Minus 16, which features improvisation and audience participation. Also, a variety of repertory favorites and classic Ailey works will be performed, including the always inspiring must-see American masterpiece Revelations.
The Ailey Organization will continue its mission of using dance to educate, inspire and entertain by reaching young people through special student performances and master classes. Revelations: An Interdisciplinary Approach curriculum program will be implemented in public schools in Miami, FL; South Bend, IN; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA, and Chicago, IL. Utilizing Alvin Ailey's signature work, Revelations, the program is an inspirational framework for a comprehensive study of language arts, social studies, and dance.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater inspires all in a universal celebration of the human spirit using the African-American cultural experience and the American modern dance tradition. Having embarked on an exciting new era guided by Robert Battle's vision, Ailey's acclaimed dancers will reveal once again this season why the Company is beloved as a vital American "Cultural Ambassador to the World."
Detailed 2013 US Tour programming information and schedule is below (subject to change). For further details on the Ailey organization's performances, training programs and educational activities, visit www.alvinailey.org.
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American Express is the official card of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the lead funder of From Before. Toyota is the Official Vehicle Partner of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The 2013 U.S. Tour is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts. The creation of Another Night is supported by commissioning funds from New York City Center and by The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, in celebration of the Center's 50th Anniversary
The 2013 United States Tour: Highlights
For his second season as Artistic Director, Mr. Battle has chosen to add dynamic new choreographic voices to expand Ailey's diverse repertory. The premieres and new productions provide a platform for a rising young voice with multi-faceted choreography representing the broad range of American dance, celebrates a revered work by an American modern dance master, and exposes Ailey audiences and dancers to a renowned international choreographer whose work is being performed by Ailey for the first time. The new season presents a special program featuring eight of the founder's works, a compelling piece by the company's new leader, and a new production of a beloved repertory classic.
World Premiere
Another Night (2012) choreographed by Kyle Abraham Music: Dizzy Gillespie
The world premiere of Another Night by in-demand young choreographer Kyle Abraham innovatively fuses the many dynamic facets of American dance and showcases the artistry and versatility of the Ailey dancers. Set to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messenger's rendition of one of Dizzy Gillespie's seminal compositions, A Night in Tunisia, the new work for ten dancers was created with the support of commissioning funds from New York City Center and the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, in celebration of the Center's 50th Anniversary. Over the past few years, Abraham has received numerous accolades and awards for his dancing and choreography including the 2012 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award, which honors outstanding, visionary dance artists; a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance for his work in The Radio Show; a Princess Grace Award for Choreography; and recognition as one of Dance Magazine's 25 To Watch. A recipient of a BFA from SUNY Purchase and a MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he currently teaches his unique approach to post-modern dance throughout the United States, in addition to performing, choreographing and leading his own company, Abraham.In.Motion. Robert Battle comments: "Kyle Abraham is someone I've known and watched for quite some time. His work is provocative, with a diverse dance vocabulary that embodies a variety of traditions and styles. It is the right time for him to create a new work on the dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and I'm proud to be able to provide this platform for him."
Company Premieres
Petite Mort (1991) choreographed by Jiří Kylián Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The company premiere of Petite Mort, a ballet of visual surprises that showcases the sensuality, humor and technical prowess of Ailey's dancers, marking the first time a work by renowned European choreographer Jiří Kylián will appear in the Ailey repertory. Set to two of Mozart's most popular piano concertos (Piano Concerto in A Major – Adagio, and Piano Concerto in C Major – Andante), it blends a classical sensibility with a bold, modern wit in an unforgettable duel featuring six couples. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1947, Kylián was a long-time Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater who became recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the past three decades, receiving many international awards and honors. Robert Battle comments: "Jiří Kylián is one of the top international choreographers and Petite Mort, one of his best works, will be his first piece set on the Company. I was introduced to him when I was a student at Juilliard. I find Kylian's partnering and his movement vocabulary reflective of some of the modern dance pioneers. This exquisite work will stretch the dancers and the way people see Ailey."
From Before (1978) choreographed by Garth Fagan Music: Ralph MacDonald
From Before beautifully blends the rhythms of African dance with Caribbean influences, with movements distilled to their purest form by Jamaican-born Garth Fagan, the Tony Award-winning choreographer of The Lion King. The Ailey company premiere was the first staging of this revered work, which features a jazzy percussive score by Grammy winner Ralph MacDonald, for a company other than Garth Fagan Dance. Mr. Fagan attributed its popularity with audiences all across the world to "the fluidity of Caribbean dance, the polyrhythms of African, the precision of ballet and the strength and weight of modern dance." His many honors include the prestigious 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography for The Lion King, as well as an Astaire Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award, and he holds an honorary doctorate from the Juilliard School. Fagan recently collaborated with Grammy-winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis on the world premiere of his newest work, Lighthouse/Lightning Rod at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in celebration of BAM's 150th anniversary and Garth Fagan Dance's 40th anniversary. Robert Battle comments: "Garth Fagan has a unique and, in a way, abstract approach to movement. There is an element of purity in his work - he taps into his West African and Caribbean roots and fuses them in surprising ways. Fagan is a true original and From Before is a quintessential representation of his artistry."
Strange Humors (1998) choreographed by Robert Battle Music: John Mackey
Artistic Director Robert Battle's Strange Humors is a thrillingly intense duet set to a propulsive score for strings and African drum by composer John Mackey, a fellow Juilliard classmate of Mr. Battle. This riveting company premiere pits two men against each other in surprising sequences that ignite with aggression and discord, mischievousness and humor, as the relationship between the two dancers builds to an exciting crescendo. Robert Battle comments: "Strange Humors is a physically challenging duet containing influences of tango, Martha Graham and hints of hip hop and martial arts, with unexpected leaps and falls, that break the viewer's false sense of security. The title of this work was inspired by the writings of Maya Angelou – 'When I think of death, and of late the idea has come with alarming frequency, I seem at peace with the idea that a day will dawn when I will no longer be among those living in this valley of strange humors.'"
New Productions
Grace (1999) choreographed by Ronald K. Brown Music: Duke Ellington, Roy Davis Jr., Paul Johnson & Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Ronald K. Brown's landmark Grace, created for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1999, returns to the repertory in a rapturous, spiritually-charged new production. Infused with Brown's signature blend of modern dance and West African idioms, this moving journey acknowledging the grace that surrounds us all is set to Duke Ellington's classic "Come Sunday," Roy Davis' hit "Gabriel," and the powerful rhythms of Fela Kuti's Afro-Pop. Born in Brooklyn, Brown has created and presented dances since 1985 with his company Evidence and has received the Bessie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Dance Festival Humphrey/Weidman/Limon Award, among others. Most recently he received accolades for his Astaire award-winning choreography for the Broadway revival of The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
Robert Battle comments: "Brown's choreography uses African dance in a unique and potent way. Grace is a brilliant work, and an important part of the Ailey repertory. From the beautiful opening solo set to Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday," there are elements that represent both the religious and secular. The strong tension between these two opposites, and how they sometimes reflect one another, remains gripping right to the very end when the dancers exit upstage in white."
Ailey Classics (1971-1988) choreographed by Alvin Ailey Music: Various Artists
A new production will be staged of Ailey Classics, a vibrant anthology of highlights from founder Alvin Ailey's prolific 30-year career — including audience favorites and classics such as Memoria, Night Creature, Phases, Opus McShann, Love Songs, For 'Bird' - With Love, Hidden Rites, and Cry — culminating with the beloved classic Revelations, performed in its entirety. Robert Battle comments: "I remember being that 12-year-old boy from Miami who was bused from my school to see Alvin Ailey's Revelations for the first time and now I have the opportunity to present an evening dedicated to his work, so that others can have that transformative experience while we celebrate his genius and generosity. Mr. Ailey said it so well: 'Dance comes from the people and should always be delivered back to the people.' He wanted people to be in awe of what these dancers are able to do, along with the variety of great musicians who also inspired him, but he wanted audiences to see reflections of themselves on stage."
Repertory Favorites & Classics
Arden Court (1981) choreographed by Paul Taylor Music: William Boyce
Modern dance master Paul Taylor supervised the staging of this technically challenging work (rarely performed by companies other than his own) the first of his works to enter the Ailey repertory. Set to a sumptuous baroque score by William Boyce, Arden Court is a richly dynamic dance featuring striking duets, solos and a men's sextet showcasing the dancers' skills.
Episodes (1989) choreographed by Ulysses Dove Music: Robert Ruggieri
Ulysses Dove, former Ailey Company member, created this explosive choreographic masterpiece - a passionate interpretation of expressing feelings and power struggles involved in human relationships - set to a percussive score by Robert Ruggieri.
Home (2011) choreographed by Rennie Harris Music: Dennis Ferrer, Raphael Xavier
Bold hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris, who worked alongside Judith Jamison and Robert Battle to create Love Stories for the company in 2004, choreographed this work set to a soul-lifting score of gospel house music. The work is inspired by stories submitted to the "Fight HIV Your Way" contest of people living with or affected by HIV, an initiative of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
In/Side (2008) choreographed by Robert Battle Music: Nina Simone
The vivid emotions of Nina Simone's "Wild is the Wind" play out in this gripping male solo. Battle's bold, unrestrained signature style is displayed in this visceral cry of pure physicality.
Minus 16 (1999) choreographed by Ohad Naharin Music: Various Artists
A delightfully eclectic score ranging from Dean Martin to mambo, techno to traditional Israeli music propels Ohad Naharin's phenomenally inventive piece. Breaking down the barrier between audience and performer, this work, unlike any other in the Ailey repertory, challenges the dancers to improvise and invites the audience members to experience joining the dancers onstage.
Night Creature (1975) choreographed by Alvin Ailey Music: Duke Ellington
One of Ailey's most classically choreographed ballets juxtaposed within Ellington's jazz idiom-the dance captivates with Ailey's sexy nocturnal rituals that propel the movement into a fast paced climatic catharsis.
Pas de Duke (1976) choreographed by Alvin Ailey Music: Duke Ellington
Pas de Duke is regarded as Alvin Ailey's modern dance rendition of a classical pas de deux. Choreographed in five sections to the jazzy compositions of the late Duke Ellington, the movement depicts good-natured competition between the male and female soloists, full of dynamic steps and clean lines. Executed with absolute precision and accompanied by memorable music, Pas de Duke is an exuberant blend of orchestration and dance.
Revelations (1960) choreographed by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Spirituals
An American classic acclaimed as a must‐see for all, Alvin Ailey's signature masterpiece is a tribute to his heritage and genius. Using African-American religious music--spirituals--this suite fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul.
Takademe (1999) choreographed by Robert Battle Music: Sheila Chandra
The complex, tightly woven rhythms of Indian Kathak dance are deconstructed and abstracted in this percussive, fast-paced work, where clear shapes and propulsive jumps mimic the vocalized rhythmic syllables of Sheila Chandra's jazzy score.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American "Cultural Ambassador to the World," grew from a now‐fabled March 1958 performance in New York that changed forever the perception of American dance. Founded by Alvin Ailey, and guided by Judith Jamison beginning in 1989, the Company is now led by Robert Battle, whom Judith Jamison chose to succeed her on July 1, 2011. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has performed for an estimated 23 million people in 71 countries on 6 continents, promoting the uniqueness of the African‐American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance tradition. In addition to being the Principal Dance Company of New York City Center, where its performances have become a year‐end tradition, the Ailey company performs annually at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami‐Dade County in Miami, The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, CA and at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark where it is the Principal Resident Affiliate), and appears frequently in other major theaters throughout the United States and the world during extensive yearly tours. The Ailey organization also includes Ailey II (1974), a second performing company of emerging young dancers and innovative choreographers; The Ailey School (1969), one of the most extensive dance training programs in the world; Ailey Arts in Education & Community Programs, which brings dance into the classrooms, communities and lives of people of all ages; and The Ailey Extension (2005), a program offering dance and fitness classes to the general public, which began with the opening of Ailey's permanent home—the largest building dedicated to dance in New York City, the dance capital of the world —named The Joan Weill Center for Dance, at 55th Street at 9th Avenue in New York City. For more information, visit www.alvinailey.org.
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Evangelical Unity Week Focuses on Racial Reconciliation
By Abbey Shoemaker
CIU Student Writer
The Rev. Alvin Bibbs, the executive director of multicultural church relations for the Willow Creek Association, was the featured chapel speaker for CIU's week-long emphasis on Evangelical Unity, a CIU core value.
Bibbs challenged students, faculty, and staff to think and behave as biblical reconcilers in a world polluted by social injustice, poverty, and even segregation within churches. Through his use of the Bible, news clips, and carefully compiled research, Bibbs gave a powerful charge to the student body on how Christians can live consistently with God's Word while remaining relevant to the political, social, and economic issues of our day, especially as they relate to race.
Professor Andre Rogers, the director of CIU's Pastoral Ministries Program appreciated Bibbs approached to the subject.
"If I've ever heard a prophet speak on our campus, Alvin Bibbs spoke as a prophet with a tender heart about a sensitive subject," Rogers said.
Sophomore Olivia Reibold was encouraged by Bibbs' challenge to reach out to others in the name of Jesus, even in organizations that are not evangelically-affiliated.
"If we serve just for the sake of service, the results will be short-lived; if, however, we take steps toward reconciliation in Jesus' name, the outcome will have eternal significance," Reibold said.
Students also took part in a discussion with Bibbs over lunch as he challenged them to dialogue about the biblical principle of reconciliation.


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Looking for a tablet that offers the full version of Windows 8 rather than the scaled-down RT version? Well, a new challenger has appeared in the form of the Asus VivoTab ME400, a 10.1in slate with a dual-core Atom processor, 64GB of storage and an optional keyboard-cum-case-cum-stand (wonder where they got that idea?). The ME400 is 9.7mm thick, weighs 580g and up to 9.5 hours of battery life. Look out for it from 31st January at Carphone Warehouse and Argos, priced from £400.
Asus VivoTab ME400 rocks full-fat Windows 8
Sky Go Extra, the subscription service allowing Sky Go users to download programmes for later offline viewing, has launched today. Costing £5 a month, it lets you access stuff based off your Sky account and download it to your computer, tablet or smartphone; programmes can be stored for up to seven days, except for Sky Movies films, which can be stored for up to 30 and then accessed for 48 hours from the time you begin watching them. Sky Go Extra also lets you register up to four devices for use with Sky Go's streaming service (current Sky Go users are limited to two). If you have the Sky Go app, Extra will be available via an upgrade.
Office Cat sometimes wonders if he'd be better off leaving this idiot-ruled planet, and a newly-formed company called Deep Space Industries could provide a way off this rock. DSI plans to send ships venturing out into space to look for resource-rich asteroids by 2015, and begin harvesting them for water and metals within a decade. The idea being that these resources can be used to fuel ships in space and make exploration of the great beyond easier.
Source: space.com
Sky Go Extra is go
The name "MSI Enjoy 71" couldn't sound more Chinese if it tried, but this Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet might be more than just another substandard slate from the Far East. Tipped to cost a mere €130 (£110), it's a 7in 1024 x 600 tablet featuring an ARM-based dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage (plus a microSD slot to expand that by up to 32GB). There's a 2MP camera on the back and a low-res webcam on the front.
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Pomegranate pulled chicken
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pomegranate pulled chicken
Pomegranate pulled chicken
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That second photo is gorgeousssssss! It belongs on the cover of a cookbook! And this is just another reminder that I must find pom molasses.ReplyDelete
This looks amazing! I love pulled chiken and pomegranate anything, so looks like a great combination!ReplyDelete
Wow this sounds wonderful. I need to stop dawdling and get some pomegranate molasses (and yes, I've seen it at Whole Foods). Yum!ReplyDelete
WOW, this looks amazing! I was just thinking of pulled pork!ReplyDelete
Here is a recipe for pomegranate molasses. Having made it, however, I think I would use less sugar, especially if I was planning on incorporating it into a chicken recipe.ReplyDelete
Jill, this looks divine! Do you think this would work in the crockpot? After removing the chicken, I might let the sauce simmer on high with the lid off to reduce while chicken cools in the fridge.


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From the Zimmerman verdict to bombs in Beirut, WSJ reporters were on the scene filing video for #WorldStream. Watch some recent highlights. Photo: Associated Press
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With much fanfare and a $15 million ad campaign, Tyson Foods launched a line of Looney Tunes microwavable frozen dinners for kids in 1990. The launch of the meals coincided with the huge marketing campaign that honored Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday. The meals were promoted as being "nutritious" and each meal came with its own prize inside (the prizes varied and included trading cards, sheets of stickers, mini activity and comic books, and character-themed trivia games). The initial line-up of meals included:
Bugs Bunny - Chicken Chunks
Daffy Duck - Spaghetti & Meatballs
Wile E. Coyote - Hamburger Pizza
Sylvester - Fish Sticks
Tweety - Macaroni & Cheese
Road Runner - Chicken Sandwich
Yosemite Sam - BBQ Chicken
Speedy Gonzales - Beef Enchiladas
Sales of meals started off strong enough for Tyson to add three more dinners the following year (sorry, I don't have images of these boxes):
Foghorn Leghorn - Pepperoni Pizza
Elmer Fudd - Turkey with Dressing
Porky Pig - Pattie Deluxe
Soon after, sales started to drop off (partly due to too much competition at the time with other companies' kid-themed frozen meals). Even the addition of "Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil" and "Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk" themed pasta entrees failed to generate much interest.
Tyson finally discontinued the dinners in late 1993.
Thanks to Tim Hollis for the images.


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Mezzion Pharma Announces Collaboration With New England Research Institutes To Evaluate Udenafil In Adolescents With Single Ventricle Heart Defects
Jan 10, 2014, 09:00 ET
SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd., announced that it has signed an agreement with New England Research Institutes, Inc., who are authorized by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-supported Pediatric Heart Network (PHN) to manage and conduct clinical trials on its behalf. The clinical studies to be conducted under this agreement were developed by a subcommittee made up of representatives of the PHN. The studies will be funded by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.
The studies, which will be led by PHN researchers will assess the improvement in certain acute and chronic symptoms in adolescents who had the Fontan procedure earlier in life.
The Fontan operation is the final surgery in the strategy of staged palliation for children born with congenital heart defects resulting in functional single-ventricle physiology. Fontan patients have a significantly shortened life span, often not surviving past the third or fourth decade of life, mainly due to deteriorating ventricular performance and increasing pulmonary vascular resistance.
PDE5 inhibitors have demonstrated utility in reducing pulmonary vascular resistance and improving ventricular performance in other types of patients. Those characteristics make PDE5 inhibitors, especially a long acting compound such as udenafil, an attractive potential therapy for the Fontan population in which cardiac output is limited by the absence of a sub-pulmonary ventricle. A medication capable of allowing for more efficient transit of blood through the pulmonary vascular bed could allow for improvement in cardiac preload, and therefore improved cardiac output for any given level of systemic venous pressure.
Mezzion Pharma will file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the FDA early in 2014 with clinical studies beginning soon after. There are approximately 19,000 Fontan patients in the US and the company expects that the use of udenafil in such patients for the purpose outlined above will be eligible for orphan-drug designation.
Mr. Dean Park, Chairman, Mezzion Pharma, commented that "We are extremely pleased to be entering into this agreement with NERI and to collaborate with the PHN and the NHLBI in a combined effort to improve the quality of life and lifespan of these adolescents."
Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd.
Mezzion Pharma is a publicly-listed biotech company in Korea focusing on the development of new drugs.
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Very nice - though will probably only be great for the first year or 2, then when every high street shop is trying to grab your attention with some crazy visuals, piss annoying...!
Samsung has started to churn out 22in LCD panels. Nothing remarkable about that, you might think, but no - these ones are transparent. The South Korean giant is making monochrome and colour versions, both of which have a modest 1680 x 1050 resolution and a 500:1 contrast ratio. Samsung see-through LCD Both panels rely on a …
Very nice - though will probably only be great for the first year or 2, then when every high street shop is trying to grab your attention with some crazy visuals, piss annoying...!
Yeah, I remember thinking "WOW! I'm living in the future!" when those animated LCD advertising displays started to pop up on the underground. Now when I see them I'm more likely to muse on just how much power they waste compared to posters, and how many tonnes of CO2 per year that equates to.
hack them with pre-printed images on thin flexible plastic - or even paper and paste!
Watch the "window dresser" making a tech support call cos "the picture won't change"
They'll at least be replacing the mountain of vinyl window signs the retail sector shoves into landfill each year.
I agree that they will become very annoying very quickly though.
Can we have a "Down with this sort of thing" icon?
And a "careful now", for the full Father Ted experience.
These consume VERY little power and could easily use a small solar cell and small battery. However, the annoyance factor is still there.
And was, I believe, preceded by a good number of others.
You just carefully dismantle an LCD screen. Strip off the backlight, remove the diffusers, and remove a couple of other bits and pieces. You're then left with a transparent, colour, high-res display that requires a backlight behind it. The electronics normally just fold back on ribbon cables and can be hidden at the edge of the screen.
A bit of duct tape later, et voila! You've got a bedroom window that has the current time and weather overlaid on it, as well as being able to make it opaque or transparent at will.
Paris because... well, let's just say that she's not someone to watch on a window-screen that your neighbours can also see. Whoops!
Neat, but the only use I can see for them is in advertising. Therefore they are pointless and should be scrapped at once.
It's bad enough having moving lcd adverts on every surface without also having them ruining the experience of window shopping.
The world is turning into the web. I need adblock for my eyes.
"I need adblock for my eyes."
Easy enough, just gouge them out with Fire(fox).
If they can be made more transparent, this would make fantastic wearable displays for augmented reality stuff. For a good example (if taken a bit beyond suspension of disbelief) take a look at the anime Denno Coil.
How would you make the eye able to focus on both the augmented reality stuffs and the object its revolving around when it would be so close?
You'd have light shone through the screen (so it doesn't really need a transparent screen), through a lens, and onto a one-way-mirror positioned in front of the eye.
The one-way-mirror would mean that only the bits of your screen that were brighter than the outside world would show up (same idea as when you can see your phone reflected in the windscreen while driving at night).
The lens would modify image so that the flat image from the LCD appeared to be much further away (say, at a distance of 2 feet or so). This is the reason that when wearing a head-mounted display you don't feel like you're focussing on a display 1" from your eyes.
I guess that using liquid lenses and something to monitor where your eyes were looking you could have it dynamically refocus to match the depth that your eyes were looking at.
I still want one?
Blade and Runner
Note to self: it's too long since you last saw Blade Runner
You recognize that the signal source, the lcd and its backlight should be separate so that when one fails you don't need a whole new tv.
But you would be locked in forever.
So essentially they just removed the backing from a regular LCD panel?
If you remove the reflective layer from an ordinary TFT it is mostly transparent but the colour filters tend to refract the light differently and you end up with a diffraction grating sort of effect and objects you see behind it have coloured halos either side. Presumably Samsung would have had to develop the materials in order to cure that.
Oddly this is not apparently the case with CSTN displays, so it could be that these are actually oversized dual -scan LCDs which would be adequate if they are only displaying static images. I doubt that's the case though.
Or even just an empty directory that will make poorly written antivirus software say there's a keylogger...
They were selling these to put on to overhead projectors...
Old skool.
...in the 80s we had one at college. Must have had a contrast ratio of about 2:1 and a refresh rate of about 2 frames a second, but it was good enough for a lesson about dBase III+ and Clipper!
Really that far back? but was it in colour? If so I am impressed now..
Looks good for HUDs in car windscreens.
It's also probably far cheaper than the usual HUD projection-on-holographic-support gimmick...
but you'll also lose the collimation advantage, which is a very strong point for aeronautical applications.
A telly with a mirror behind it - It can be backlit (or use natural reflection when bright enough) when turned on if you have a 2-way type mirror dealy (possibly). When turned off you have a mirror hanging on your wall rather than a big gray rectangle. Much better.
So I can have an Avatar style operations workstation.
Nothing new here, that's how all LCD panels are without the backplane stuff. Take an LCD apart and you can use it with an OHP or as a projector.
So who is going to stick six of these on an eyefinity supporting card, then used a hacked Kinect so make the minority report interface?
Wondering if this was just a somewhat early April fools joke. Though the idea is quite cool
I think that's just unfortunate coincidence. Transparent screens are hardly a "tech breakthrough"; I'm sure if they wanted to make an April Fools joke, they would have come up with something a bit more high-tech.
There are transparent OLED screens in prototype form, by the way.
22" no where near big enough to matter for shops... They would want huge 100"+ displays to make it count...
This is temporary, the OLED panels are coming that have no frame like in Avatar!!!
How would you make the circuitstuffs clear? You might be able to work something out with the wiring without too much hassle, but what about the transistors, resistors, chips, and the batteries (which advance at a snail's pace)?
There's a video or two showing Samsung's transparent LCDs at some kind of tech convention.


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Nuggets top Rockets for 20th straight home victory
Denver, CO – Corey Brewer and Wilson Chandler had 22 and 21 points, respectively, as the Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets, 132-114, on Saturday for their 20th consecutive win at home, matching a team record.
Andre Iguodala added 18 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds for the Nuggets, who also won 20 in a row at home from Jan. 9-March 30, 1985.
Evan Fournier donated 17 points for Denver, which has won four in a row, sits third in the Western Conference. The Nuggets played their first game without forward Danilo Gallinari, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in Thursday's 95-94 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
"We have a very deep team and we had a lot of players step up. Basically the whole team stepped up," Chandler said.
Jeremy Lin ended with 23 points and eight assists for the Rockets, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. James Harden and Terrence Jones tallied 14 and 13 points, respectively.
Houston, which has lost seven straight against Denver, sits seventh in the West.
"I think throwing the ball to them was a bigger focal point," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "They had 32 points off our turnovers and 18 points off offensive rebounds. There's no defense for throwing them the ball for a layup. It's hard to overcome."
Down 12-4 with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter, Houston scored 16 straight points to grab a 20-12 lead. The Rockets held a 35-25 margin after 12 minutes.
Denver caught fire in the second stanza, scoring 39 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field. The Nuggets started the frame on a 17-4 run to take a 45-41 margin.
Chandler scored Denver's final eight points of the half to give the home team a 64-56 lead.
The Nuggets outscored the Rockets by a 38-27 margin in the third quarter to take a 102-83 margin into the fourth.
Game Notes
The Nuggets improved to 35-3 at home this season ... Denver shot 54.5 percent and went 11-of-25 from beyond the arc ... Andre Miller had 11 points and 12 assists for the Nuggets.


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March 11, 1926 - March 29, 2013
New Paltz, NY
Earl W. Harp, age 87, of New Paltz died Friday, March 29, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie.
Born on March 11, 1926, in New Paltz, he was the son of the late Frank and the late Bessie (Fredericks) Harp. He married Marian Powell November 2, 1949 in New Hurley, NY. He has lived all of his life in the New Paltz area.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
He was a retired electrician operating Frank R. Harp & Son electricians in New Paltz.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Marian (Powell) Harp; daughter, Carol Ann Greenberg and her husband, Robert of Raleigh, NC; son, Earl Harp, Jr. and his wife, Christine of Concord, VA; daughter, Mary Beth and her husband, Thomas Bradley of Hyde Park; grandchildren: Kathryn, Jack, Heather (Scott), Sara, Kyle; great grandchildren, Ava, and Charlotte; one sister, Bessie Elliott of NH and one brother, Frank R. Harp, Jr. of Boynton Beach, FL; also survived by several nieces and nephew.
Calling hours will be Monday April 1st from 4 to 7 p.m. at Copeland Funeral Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corners Rd., New Paltz, NY. The funeral service will take place Tuesday, April 2nd at 1 p.m. at the Reformed Church of New Paltz, 92 Huguenot St., New Paltz with the Rev. Howard Major III officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot at Lloyd Cemetery, Highland.
Memorial donation may be made to: Reformed Church of New Paltz, 92 Huguenot St., New Paltz 12561 or a charity of one's choice.
The Harp family would like to thank the Pine's of Poughkeepsie and especially the staff of the 6th floor for the love, caring and devotion they provided to our father, grandfather, and great-grandfather during his time there.
Funeral Arrangements are by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc. 845-255-1212. If anyone wishes to express condolences online please go to www. Copelandfhnp.com.


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I think, OLPC XO1 has big potential, we have to just use it : )
So I am going to upgrade keyboard to some "quicker" one - http://www.instructables.com/id/Install ... O-Laptop-/ and add some touchscreen layer. I saw somewhere instructions for upgrading to touchscreen - dont you know, where? O: )
Have you some experiences with tweaking hardware?


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amynkansas wrote:Welcome to Health Challenge 2013...
Be patient with us for the first 24 hours. But know that you need to start eating better, sleeping better and exercising better. The details are coming REAL soon. Or is it Really soon? I have always wondered about that. But I digress....
Start by letting us know something we don't already know about you. And maybe a goal you have for this challenge.
amynkansas wrote:since I have been here for 2 years I feel that there is little know about me... but here goes:
I too am gassy (Holla Gina!)
my favorite perfume (although I have many) is this cheap perfume called SKin
so when I'm not gassy, I smell like this.
I don't watch a lot of TV. (LIke many of you, I like to read in my free time) However I do have some guilty pleasures...
What Not to Wear
The Walking Dead
The New Girl
The Graham Norton Show (BBC)
Catfish (MTV)
Awkward (MTV)
I cannot sleep with the sheets tucked in. My feet need to know they can get out at a moment's notice.
I am a Libra (Hey MM....check this out: Both Libra and Gemini are Air Signs. Gemini loves Libra's energy and has no trouble keeping up when Libra is off and running with a new idea, art project or other pursuit. Both Signs have wide-ranging interests, giving them great material for provocative discussion.)
amynkansas wrote:I heart Dawn French!!!
Start at the 5:30 mark for the kissing bit
amynkansas wrote:Random Ron for your viewing pleasure
You'll earn points for the following activities:
1) Sleep at least 7 hrs/per night
2) Drink 64 oz. water - ideally shoot for 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water every day, and add a squeeze of lemon for an extra detox boost if you like
3) Exercise (at least 20 minutes or change to whatever value you want, just move)
4) At least 3 veg/2 fruit servings - or you can change to at least one balanced meal based on 1/2 plate veg/fruit, 1/4 plate lean protein, 1/4 complex or starchy carb
5) No eating 2-3 hours before bed - or you can change to no eating after 10 PM
6) Free / personal goal
7) Free / personal goal
8) Free / personal goal
9) At least one time each week, perform a random act of kindness: http://contests.chatelaine.com/engine/Y ... d=29418943
10) Wild Card - this will change every week
1. Because we need a day of rest, every week, you get 2 free points. You can use these to substitute anything you need a break from on any one day.
2. You will receive 3 sick days. On the sick days, you get your exercise point and one of your personal points for free
3. You will receive 3 vacation days. Use them for real vacations, staycations, your birthday or just because you feel like it. On these days you receive the full 10 points
Please remember that you're doing this for you. Cheating doesn't hurt anybody, but yourself. These are only minimum guidelines, if you can do better, do better!
Wild Cards
Week 1:(Jan 7 - Jan 13) Post at least three times this week! One post can tell us something we may not know about you and/or your personal goals for this cycle. Share some healthy tidbit you picked up on the interwebs, give us some positive words or motivation, just post something so we all know you are in for this challenge!
Week 2: (Jan 14 - Jan 20) There's something about starting the day than with a clean kitchen, kind of like starting every day with a clean slate. Let's make a commitment to clean the kitchen every night before bed - wash dishes, put away food, and/or wipe down the counters. You get a point each day you do this.
Week 3: (Jan 21 - Jan 27) Let's start off 2013 by finishing a project we've been putting off. I'm sure we all have something lingering since 2012, let's cross that item off the "to-do" list. You get all 7 points if you complete 1 project this week.
Week 4: (Jan 28 - Feb 3) Make all your meals this week! A great way to save money and ensure you're eating exactly what you want/need. No fast food, no restaurants. You get one point for each day you do this.
Week 5: (Feb 4 - Feb 10) Free WC week! This is your chance to come up with a WC that you need to get you through. Whatever you want, please share it with us and what you need to do in order to gain your points. Don't go TOO easy on yourself
Week 6: (Feb 11 - Feb 17) Tell us about a goal or resolution you can do to make your life more fulfilling, or less stressful or just to make it better. What will you do to make this happen?
JodieO wrote:amynkansas wrote:I cannot sleep with the sheets tucked in. My feet need to know they can get out at a moment's notice.
YES! It is for this reason and laziness that I never ever make my bed. At best I just throw down the quilt. The first thing I do upon entering a hotel room is to pull out all the nicely tucked sheets.
amynkansas wrote:i just got off the treadmill. Although I only set it on 2 miles an hour, I did walk for 60 minutes. I read the entire time and was suprised when I looked up and a whole hour had gone by. I am glad I got stuff done and had nothing to do after my workout so I was in no rush to stop.
My DH is gone for the entire week so I don't have to waste time cleaning or shaving my legs---- Wahoo!
Hey, I need to ask you guys something. I am hopefully interviewing for a new job this week. Here is what the position is for:
This position is for my daughter. She is almost 30, is almost finished with her associates degree, and she is a quadriplegic. The current planned schedule for the upcoming semester on MWF is for her leave the house around 8:15 to go to speech therapy from 8:30-9:15 at least 2 days per week, and then go to campus for her first MWF class for the day which starts at 10:00 AM. She will either have 1 or 2 classes, followed by lunch on campus (she brings her lunch) and an hour with the tutor. She should be ready to leave campus between 2-2:30, and be home by 3:00. If she gets done earlier than expected, she may want to stop at Target, the grocery store, etc. A family member will be at our house at that time to stay with her. The care assistant's job in class will be to keep a calendar of what is due and when, and turn in homework or papers that have been completed to the professor. The willingness to take notes in the event a notetaker is not assigned is also a plus, as is turning on a digital recorder to record class sessions. It is important that the person taking this position commits to staying on at least for the semester to provide consistency. The only personal care tasks involved are to provide drinks as needed, feed lunch or snack, push wheelchair and transport in the van owned by my daughter. Positioning, toileting, dressing, medication administration, etc. are not part of this position. There will be days when the care assistant is still needed, even though there is no class (Spring Break, Presidents Day, etc.). Those days can be spent doing lesiure activites such as shopping, lunch out, seeing a movie, etc. The candidate should act not only as the care assistant, but also as a companion. Promptness is important to insure that appointment times are met.
I have NO experience with a quadriplegic. In fact, no experience helping anyone. But this year I wanted to do something that makes me feel needed and important and this might fill that need. It is a paid position but only state hourly wage of $9.50...but right now I don't make any money during the day. This job would allow me to get my kid off to school and be there before he returns. It also allows me to still take photos in the evenings and on the weekends. I am also be able to read while she is in class (if no note taking is needed from me that day).
What do you guys think?
obava wrote:JodieO wrote:amynkansas wrote:I cannot sleep with the sheets tucked in. My feet need to know they can get out at a moment's notice.
YES! It is for this reason and laziness that I never ever make my bed. At best I just throw down the quilt. The first thing I do upon entering a hotel room is to pull out all the nicely tucked sheets.
I also need my feet free and do not make my bed with the sheets tucked in. I also cannot wear socks to bed unless it's REALLY cold out (like -20*F/-30*C)
LCneiny wrote:Wow I'm reading this and thinking I sound like a complete nutjob.
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gradhec needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 320 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Les Gradués HEC - http://www.gradueshec.ch
We are the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Business and economics from the University of Lausanne. Our old logo needs a refresh to become modern, clean and design.
Our actual logo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…es_hec.jpg The problem is: when you are a little too far from the logo (on the screen or on a poster), you only see the "HEC" and not the "Gradués" which is very important for us to communicate.
-Alumni from the school (our members)
-Students (our future members)
-What we want: a clean, clear, modern logo, which must contain: "Les Gradués" (do not forget the "Les") and "HEC". You have to keep the symbolic of the wrench in the "HEC", as it appears in the old logo. This "HEC" was the historic logo of the Faculty. However, you could do an evolution if you think it's necessary.But this symbolic of the wrench has to remain and to be recognizable by our members.
-Give less importance to the "HEC" on your concept than on the old logo. We really want to see the "Les Gradués" better than on the old logo.
-The logo is used on our website, letterheads, visit cards, posters, publications, e-mailings.
-Our main color is #96004a but #c60851 is ok too, as you want. Actually, the background is in white. In addition with the main color, you can use dark grey or black. If another idea we are takers. We want a logo that remains clean and visible, but not flashy.
-Very important: our first activity is networking. It would be good if the logo has a symbolic of networking with the "Les Gradués" and the "HEC". Instead of networking, you could maybe work with the "G" of Gradués as an icon.
DO NOT FORGET: "Les Gradués" has to be much more important than it was on the old logo compared to the HEC. We want to see it!
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2006 News Releases > April 2006 > Wayland theatre's The Nerd to leave audiences in stitches
Wayland theatre's The Nerd to leave audiences in stitches
PLAINVIEW – Dr. Marti Runnels doesn't normally do a lot of laughing during theatre rehearsals at Wayland Baptist University. He takes his job pretty seriously, and often, he's deep in concentration over lines, blocking and actor interaction.
This next production, however, blows all that away.
"I've laughed so hard sometimes during rehearsals, and it's been hard for the actors not to laugh because it is just so funny," said Runnels, theatre director at Wayland since 1989.
If that's any indication, then The Nerd will be a sure comedy treat for audiences of all ages. Performed as a dinner theatre, the production will be on stage in Harral Studio Theatre on April 20, 21 and 22, with dinner catered by Johnny Carino's nightly at 7 p.m. on the Harral Auditorium stage and the show starting at 8 p.m.
Written by Larry Shue, The Nerd is the story of a young architect, Willum Cubbert, who meets back up with a man who saved his life in Vietnam but whom he had never met. Told once he would always have a grateful friend, Rick Steadman shows up at Willum's birthday party and is a hopeless nerd. He moves in and the too-nice Willum can't seem to get rid of him, calling on his zany cast of friends to help.
"Willum is a real people pleaser who never takes much initiative. He's a nice guy but pretty wishy-washy," Runnels said. "Rick is really obnoxious and is driving everyone crazy but Willum can't tell him to leave. Things go from bad to worse, crazy to ridiculous."
All the while, Runnels said, the audience is rolling at the production which features its fair share of farcical humor stunts like pies in the face. All of this presents a challenge in directing.
"When you have a prop-intensive show – where there's lot of food that gets spilled and ends up on people – making it all fit requires precise timing," Runnels explains. "When it rolls along at a particular pace and you pause for two seconds, comedy falls apart."
Runnels said getting the show to "look like chaos, but it's very organized" requires a lot of repetition during rehearsals, and actors are pressed to stay focused and work out the cues with precision.
Shue also wrote The Foreigner, a play Runnels directed in 2000. A comedy as well, Runnels feels that play and The Nerd are two of the funniest shows in terms of pure fun in the last 40 years of playwriting. And in another coincidence, the Nerd was produced at Wayland in 1989 just before Runnels arrived, directed by Dr. Candace Keller, now professor of art at WBU, who has a master's degree in theatre.
"We were between directors at the time, and they were committed to doing a play for the American College Theatre Festival that year," Keller recalled. "I had read the play and thought it was really hilarious so we decided to do that one. They asked me to direct it."
The cast runs the gamut from Wayland theatre newcomers to veterans and graduates. Grant Jasper, a sophomore theatre major from Argyle, plays the role of Rick, the nerd, with senior theatre major Tim Fisher of San Antonio in the role of Willum. Teresa Moore, coordinator of student activities and a veteran of the Wayland stage, plays his girlfriend, Tansy McGinnis, and freshman theatre major Thomas Hoffman of Wasilla, Alaska.
Willum's boss, Warnock Waldgrave, is played by Billy Boone, a recent Wayland graduate and veteran of the WBU stage. The role of his wife, Clelia, is filled by sophomore theatre major and transfer student Rita Pitts of Plainview, in her first Wayland play. Their son, Thor, is played by 10-year-old Payton Thornton of Plainview.
The play is set in Terra Haute, Ind. in 1980, with set design by Chris Moore, technical theatre director. Stage manager is Mary Feril, a senior theatre major from Grand Prairie.
Tickets to the dinner theatre are $20, which includes the meal, play and dessert. Tickets for the play only are $8 for adults and $4 for students. Reservations are required for anyone wanting to eat and can be made by calling the theatre box office at 291-1087. Payment is required at time of reservation by credit card or other arrangements.


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The FAA certified Embraer's Phenom 100 very light jet on Dec. 12, just three days after it received Brazilian certification. The first one is scheduled for customer delivery within a few days.
Embraer, like Cessna, seems to have the certification procedure well in hand, along with the ability to deliver and service its products. Well ahead of deliveries the company had established a world-wide network of service centers and a U.S. assembly plant is being built at Melbourne, Fla., where Phenom 100 and the larger Phenom 300 aircraft will be completed.
The Phenom 100 is a $3.6 million VLJ described by Embraer as "an entry-level jet."


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D-backs announce Goldschmidt extension
Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Diamondbacks and Paul Goldschmidt have officially agreed to a five-year contract extension.
The Arizona Republic reported that the deal will pay Goldschmidt $32 million and includes a club option of $14.5 million for 2019.
Goldschmidt emerged as the Diamondbacks' everyday first baseman in 2012, his first full season in the majors. In 145 games, he batted .286 with 20 home runs, 43 doubles and 82 RBI.
The 25-year-old has had a splendid spring as well, hitting a robust .410 with a .486 on-base percentage in 28 games.
Despite his limited experience at the big league level, the Diamondbacks clearly view Goldschmidt as one of their cornerstone players.
"This is the only place I wanted to be so I'm thrilled to know that I will be here long-term," Goldschmidt said in a statement Saturday. "I can't wait for the season to start, and I hope that we can bring another World Championship to the fans of Arizona."
Selected by Arizona in the eighth round of the 2009 draft out of Texas State, Goldschmidt reached the majors two years later after posting impressive numbers in his minor league career.
Goldschmidt, who never played a game in Triple-A, batted .314 with 35 homers and 108 RBI at Advanced Single-A in 2010 and compiled a .306-30-94 line at Double-A the next year before being promoted to the majors.


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Paul P. Doghramji, MD
Paul P. Doghramji, MD, is co-founder of Brookside Family Practice & Pediatrics, a current affiliate of Pottstown Medical Specialists, in Pottstown, PA. He has also been Attending Physician in Family Practice, Chair of the Utilization Management Committee, and Physician Advisor at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. He is also medical director of health services at Ursinus College. Dr. Doghramji received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his residency in family practice at Chestnut Hill Hospital, also in Philadelphia. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Doghramji has been certified by the American Board of Family Practice in 1985, and has been recertified every six years since then.
Richard K. Bogan, MD
Richard K. Bogan, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor at the Universityof South Carolina School of Medicine and the Chief Medical Officer and a Director of SleepMed Inc., both in Columbia, South Carolina. He is one of the founders of SleepMed, the largest sleep diagnostic company in the U.S. Dr. Bogan received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics and his Pulmonary, Critical Care fellowship at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, both in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Bogan is board certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine and internal medicine with previous certification in critical care. In addition to operating a Columbia-based, accredited sleep center that serves as their flagship operation and training site, he has been involved in numerous clinical research trials and has published numerous articles in sleep medicine.
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Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD, is the Director of the Medical Chronobiology Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Scheer's work focuses on influences of the endogenous circadian system and its disruption on cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic regulation and disease states, such as hypertension, asthma, obesity and diabetes. Since 2005, Dr. Scheer has been funded continuously as Principal Investigator by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Scheer has received numerous awards, including the Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellowship by the National Sleep Foundation, the Young Investigator Award by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the Neal Miller Award by the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.


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let's face it, the highly religious, the ones we here have the biggest problem with, is the base of the Republican Party. given this, news of its imminent demise should thrill most Atheists. and make no mistake, barring a gargantuan shift in policies and rhetoric, they are absolutely on the path towards extinction.
it's common knowledge that the GOP is an old, white party. while not an absolute, that is an accurate enough description of the Republican Party today. two trends to keep in mind here. one, old people tend to die at a faster rate than young people. two, white people are shrinking as a percentage of the electorate. they are running out of supporters, and it's happening quicker than many thought.
take yesterday's election. President Obama won over 90% of the black vote and 70% of the latino and asian vote. Romney did well with seniors and whites overall. meanwhile, the country is getting browner. the GOP may end up becoming a whites only club, a nativist and pale collection of isolationists who choose to ignore the changing demographics of the country. worse, they may choose to keep it this way. if they choose this path, their extinction is all but guaranteed. their option would be to abandon their social issues, immigration policies, and economic austery programs and to open up their tent through real policy change.
anyone wanna bet which way they go?
for Atheists, either way is a win. if the GOP becomes irrelevant then the power of the religious right goes with it. if they truly make changes to make more people inclusive and begin to part with their religious base Atheists will celebrate. yesterday's election is better for Atheists than most people would think.
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Tom - You have stumbled on to the true problem here - politicians from either party do not like to say no to spending, that is where they get their power from - giving things to people.
That is why the only way they can agree to reduce the increase in spending is through things like the military base commission (a 3rd party commission decides which military bases to close) and mechanisms like the sequester, where they don't have to actually vote on specific spending reductions.
If I were the Repubs - I would give Obama what he has demanded - a tax rate increase on the 2% and nothing else, by passing a bill to extend the Bush era tax cuts for the 98%. The president already said he would sign it. Let the sequestration cuts go into effect, no additional "stimulus" spending, etc. If the economy tanks, it will be harder for Obama to blame the Repubs (of course he still will) as he has made his whole public case based on fixing the deficit by "taxing the rich folks a little bit more". When the cuts start to bite programs the Dems like they will be forced to actually negotiate. I don't know if the Repubs will go for that, I am just saying that is what I would do.
It is actually funny that for the past 10 years the Dems have always said "the Bush tax cuts only favored the rich". So then why not let them all expire ? Suddenly it appears that everyone was given a tax cut ?
Note the "Clinton surplus" was created by 1) strong economic growth due to innovation like the internet, high tech stuff and 2) the cold war peace dividend (decreased military spending).
Obama wants to take us back to the Clinton era by returning tax rates to what they were, as if higher taxes is what created the strong economy. Clinton was a centrist and picked a good time to be president. The country and the world has changed - demographic changes in USA (growing % of retired people), and growing economic powers like India, China, Brazil, SE Asia. We are in for some rough sledding in this country, no matter who is in charge.
I would also note that moderate and liberal Republicans have abandoned the GOP, primarily for the Libertarian Party (the real libertarians). The Libertarian Party is now considered a major party, as it qualifies on all fifty states' ballots.
The Modern Whigs are also waiting in the wings (founded by active duty and veterans during the Iraq War over both major parties co-opting the war to score points).
Parties have collapsed before (notably the Whigs, after the liberals abandoned it for the then-new Republican Party). That liberal Abraham Lincoln was a Republican president, but a Whig Senator from Illinois before that.
If the GOP refuses to accommodate the people of the country, it will become irrelevant as its more forthright members abandon ship.
I registered Libertarian about thirty years ago to help put the party on the California ballot, but I had no illusions that the party would become a major party.
How many candidates does a party have to run/elect before it qualifies as a major party?
Surely more than Ron and Rand Paul.
I understand that before the Civil War, three anti-slavery parties united to form the Republican Party, with Lincoln heading it.
One history of the party says its formation from several not-very-compatible parties explains why, around 1960, the far right started expelling moderates. That began the decline to the mess the Party has become.
Does anyone have another explanation?
The late 1960s Repubs screwed up when they took in the racist southern Dems, who opposed the Civil Rights laws.
Or did the Dems brilliantly dump their southern racist members on the Repub Party?
The Republican Party is an odd collection of social conservatives and fiscal conservatives and small businesses. The Democrat Party is also a strange collection of groups. Minorities, fearful of the "rich and powerful", women fearful of losing abortion rights, environmentalists fearful of the sky falling, and public unions (government workers/teachers) fearful of losing their benies, and then the youth vote which has become somewhat more skeptical of hope and change, as they are not finding jobs.
Big business supports both parties, while Hollywood generally supports Democrats. It seems that non public unions are declining in numbers and are moving somewhat toward the Republicans because they are realizing that unions are not too useful when the economy is flat or declining. As to the southern, racist members being brilliantly dumped ?? I doubt the Dems of the time were that far sighted.
The country continues to realign itself and as one party gets too powerful, the pendulum swings the other direction.
I did not say it was impossible the GOP could go extinct, just that I've heard it before and it was proved untrue then. After 2008 it was said and in 2010 Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House, 6 Senate seats and the majority of state legislatures and governorships.
And Republicans have their problems, public opinion is changing on same-sex marriage (A good thing from my perspective) and social cons will be slow if not impossible to change with that opinion. And they have nominated crazies that killed sure bets, like in Missouri and Indiana.
But Dems are just as crazy on economic issues, they want to regulate the economy to the point of choking it, they demand higher taxes but won't budge on spending, and spending is the problem. Letting the Bush tax cuts expire won't come close to significantly cutting the deficit. Entitlements are out of control and Democrats won't cut them. They want another stimulus that would eat up two years worth of the Bush tax cut expiration.
But Democrats are far better at spinning, I've seen Dem congressmen come out and pine about how much they are willing to compromise, even going beyond 50/50 on their part, even though they are unwilling to budge in the slightest. Republicans don't have a clue how to tell their side in a way that connects with the voters.
But if we continue down this path we will become Greece, not in the next four years, or the four years after that, but it will happen. Watch for another downgrade in the next four years if spending is not addressed.
You nailed it. Obama wants to continue to increase Federal spending without regard to the economy or the deficit (lip service only). The Republicans do not do a good job of telling the story, at least at the Federal level. They do a much better job at the state level. Maybe that is because the problem is more transparent and easier to grasp at the state level where they have to balance their budget. At the federal level the enormous problem is hidden by the ability to borrow without any restrain (at least that is what Obama wants - that the debt ceiling can not be questioned or restrained by the Congress).
I agree, we are headed in the direction of Greece long term - the huge difference is, there will be no one to bail us out. It will be a train wreck and everyone will be hurt. Anarchy is not too strong a word for a predicted outcome.
Jim, you, like many republicans these days, seem to not understand much of what you write about. the debt ceiling, for example, does not allow for increased spending - it only allows us to pay for what we've already spent. it is not a tool for negotiation. the GOP wants to use the threat of default, thus diminishing the full faith and credit of the US, as a way to get what they want. this is not something to play with.
the Greece comparison is idiotic beyond belief. i almost feel stupid for even discussing it, but i guess i must. their total economy is $300B. ours is $16T. we have the ability to print our own currency. they do not. we collect trillions in taxes, have robust industry, and an economic engine beyond compare. they are a tiny country with a tourism industry. they are reliant on other nations to conduct monetary policy. we are independent.
we aren't going the way of Greece. it's a conservative talking point, devoid of reason. like the talking point about us not having a revenue problem, and even if we did, raising taxes only pays for about 8 days of government. well then, if it's so meager why put up such a fight? the fact is we bring in 16% of revenue and spend 24%. both sides need to be brought toward 20%. it's obvious. now here's where republicans get crazy. they believe, down to their bones, that lowering tax rates will help us get to 20% through magical growth that will come from lowering taxes. no serious economist believes this. there are some, but not many. it's similar to how they can find a scientist or two that believes global warming is a myth or that the age of the earth is 6000 years old.
the GOP is out of good ideas. at best they are currently an opposition party who can do some good by keeping the Democrats in check. at worst they will adhere to ideological purity and do their best to wreck our country. i'm betting that America is too smart to let them.
Whether we have a spending problem or a revenue problem is purely a matter of ideology - liberals say we have a revenue problem, conservatives say we have a spending problem.
What most people would agree we have is a deficit problem. If we are going to increase tax revenue, I would prefer to see it go to deficit reduction. That would require putting a lid on spending growth or decreasing spending at the same time we are increasing revenue.
Republicans have put on the table a big compromise - limiting tax deductions. That would increase revenue without increasing the tax burden on small businesses. Obama has rejected this without offering anything. The issue of tax RATES is different than tax revenue. England raised tax rates on millionaires recently and the revenue actually dropped. Rich individuals change behavior when the rates go up, it is harder for small business to do the same. Note - no Republican is suggesting new tax cuts, just leaving the current rates in place.
I agree that the Greece analogy is not a strong one - EXCEPT for the fact that they promised more in entitlements than they could deliver (early retirements at full benefits, etc.) In that regard we are heading down the same path. Social Security can be fixed, but Medicare, Obamacare, and the new Medicaid increases can not be afforded UNLESS we get robust economic growth, 2% does not get it done. Increasing tax rates will not boost the economy. Even Obama said this two years ago. The difference now than in the past is the demographic bubble - fewer workers to support increasing percent of seniors.
I repeat - I believe Obama does not care about the deficit or whether we have strong economic growth. He just wants to win a political point. As you say - if raising tax rates on the wealthy doesn't raise much revenue, WHY would he insist on it. Why - to toss a bone to the base and to divide Republicans. If I were him, I would take the tax revenues the Repubs have offered and offer something in return - some spending cuts that will never happen. But I care about the economy. He could come out as the hero. But instead - he will overplay his hand. What does HE have to lose really ? He already won re-election, and is in the process of purchasing his post president residence far away in Hawaii.
i'll try to respond in full to this tomorrow. but let me say that that was a lucid and rational argument, much of which i agree with. consider me surprised, based on your previous comments. i disagree about Obama's desires as depicted in your last paragraph, but i have few issues with the rest of your response.
Matthew - I look forward to your reply. You also said previously "the debt ceiling, for example, does not allow for increased spending - it only allows us to pay for what we've already spent. it is not a tool for negotiation. the GOP wants to use the threat of default, thus diminishing the full faith and credit of the US, as a way to get what they want."
I do agree with you here as well. However when the Democrat led Senate does not even try to pass a budget, it leaves the Republicans few options to try to rein in spending. Actually neither party truly cuts spending, A "cut" is usually just a lower rate of growth in spending, but I am sure you know that :)
Obama tossing a bone to the base and to divide Republicans?
Ha! As if you Repubs need more dividing than you have already done...to yourselves.
Party purity has a cost, and your party is now paying it.
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My ancestors didn't come to America on the Mayflower, but that doesn't mean I can't make the ship dock in the center of my Thanksgiving table.
My ancestors didn't come to America on the Mayflower, but that doesn't mean I can't make the ship dock in the center of my Thanksgiving table.
This idea came from a photo I saw on Shelterness.com (shelterness.com/65-thanksgiving-centerpiece-ideas/pictures/13724). It's made with napkins, wood dowels and a basic basket. This Mayflower centerpiece seems like a more eclectic choice than the usual turkey or cornucopia, but, in my opinion, the design is a little boring.
The version at right can be used to display flowers, fruit and vegetables. One idea is to cut fruit and veggies into little boats with American-flag toothpicks in them. Serve with dip or use to hold plasticware or as a napkin holder, as I have here.
Granted, the ship I created here doesn't look anything like the 100-foot ship that sailed with about 130 plainly dressed Pilgrims and crew in 1620. It looks more as if it should be a float in the Macy's parade than a piece of American history sailing the Atlantic.
Maybe that's why the Berkowitzes didn't come over on the Mayflower. They were — and still are — a wild bunch.
Three paper or cloth rectangular-shaped napkins
Three wooden dowels (you can also use pencils or ice-pop sticks
Oblong bowl or planter
Polystyrene foam cut to fit inside the planter
Hot glue gun and sticks
Hole puncher (optional)
Metallic gold and bronze paint
Decorations of your choice can include rope, netting and assorted nautical decorations
For this project I used cloth napkins, but paper is fine, too. I put four holes in the center of the napkin lengthwise about 3 inches apart. For the top and bottom hole I used a hole puncher (it worked even for cloth napkins). For the other holes I used the sharp tip of a scissor. Take the sharp tip of the wooden dowel and start from the bottom. Weave the material onto the dowel to create a wind-blown effect. Drop a little hot glue on the dowel near the holes in the material to keep the sail from slipping off the wood.
Place the polystyrene foam in the planter or bowl and cut to fit in the center. Make sure it is tall enough so that the sails can be seen. Stick the three dowels in the foam. Make sure the sails are at different heights.
Take hot glue and drape rope around the edge. Tip: Put a small amount of hot glue on the end of the rope so that it doesn't fray.
I chose a wooden anchor and painted it metallic gold and bronze. I used the netting from the fake vegetables to drape on either side of the middle sail. To add color and to make the green netting appear wet, I dabbed the metallic gold and bronze on the netting. I attached rope from the sails by knotting them and hung the anchor at the front of the boat. Fill with real or fake fruit and vegetables or napkins and silverware.
This mini Mayflower can be used as a centerpiece filled with flowers, food or napkins.
Model by Amy Berkowitz
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Ten Ways to Improve Employee Retention
In a number of recent features, such as Demand for IT Pros Is On the Rise, we've reported how competitive talent recruitment has gotten. To just cite one report, seven of 10 CIOs say it's challenging to find skilled IT pros today, according to the latest IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report from Robert Half Technology. It's particularly difficult to staff networking, data and database management and help desk and tech support roles. But are you putting as much thought into keeping the talent you have, as opposed to hiring new staff? After all, the better you are at engaging valuable employees, the less effort you'll need to make in replacing them. And when you effectively engage, you immediately reap bottom-line benefiting rewards: Organizational departments that are in the top quarter of engagement will experience 37 percent less absenteeism, 25 percent less turnover and 21 percent higher productivity than counterparts in the lowest quarter, according to research from Gallup. With this in mind, Janco Associates has come up with the following 10 ways to boost your department's retention. They range from higher-minded, managerial traits—such as strategic goal-setting—to softer skills, like listening skills, fairness and a grasp of the fun factor. For more about Janco's list, click here.