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U.S. Women's National Team Hosts Japan in Inaugural USA Volleyball Cup
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 8, 2013) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will renew a long-standing series with Japan this summer as the two teams take part in the inaugural USA Volleyball Cup with three matches scheduled for the Southern California market in July.
The USA Volleyball Cup series opens July 10 in San Diego on the campus of UC San Diego, followed by a July 12 contest at the Walter Pyramid on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach. The two teams conclude the series on July 13 at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano. All three matches have start times of 7 p.m. PT.
"The USA Volleyball Cup is a fantastic event connecting our Women's National Team with the Southern California community in which we're based, and of course providing competition against one of the world's great teams," U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly said. "To inaugurate this Cup, it is an honor that Japan has accepted to compete and renew a storied rivalry of tours across the United States and in Japan."
General admission ticket prices are $20 for adults and $5 for youth ages 18-and-under for each match, online or at the door. Children 3-and-under will be admitted free. VIP tickets, which include pre- and post-match hospitality, VIP parking, special court-side reserved seating and a chance to meet Coach Kiraly and some of the U.S. Women, will be sold for $150.
Tickets for all three events, which go on sale May 8 at 10 a.m. PT, can be purchased by going to usavolleyballcup.com.
The U.S. Women are ranked No. 1 in the world by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), while Japan is ranked No. 3. The Americans finished the 2012 season with their second consecutive Olympic Games silver medal, one spot ahead of the Japanese who claimed the 2012 Olympic Games bronze medal.
The USA Volleyball Cup is a new initiative that will draw elite teams to the United States to compete in an annual tour series with the U.S. Men's and Women's National Volleyball Teams. Such events will help foster local community ties to the two National Team programs and the City of Anaheim where the teams train. It is foreseen that there will be one U.S. Women's match each year in Southern California and a second one to be held in different venues each year throughout the country – and the same for the U.S. Men's Team.
To follow the USA Volleyball Cup and the series with Japan, visit the dedicated Facebook community page or the USA Volleyball Cup event page by clicking here.
"I think first of all, it's great for us from a team perspective to be able to host a world-class competitor, but in particular to be able to do so near our host city of Anaheim at least once a year," said Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympic Games libero. "Anaheim has provided so much support and so many resources to us over the last four years; resources that have given us a huge competitive advantage in our preparation for the past and now future Olympic Games. It's nice to showcase the city and our facilities, and show appreciation for their support by competing as best we can. Likewise, anytime we can put on a USA jersey and compete in front of a 'home' crowd, it's a huge benefit to us in terms of growing the game in our country! It is a special opportunity for us to be able to connect with the volleyball community that we otherwise wouldn't be able to do!"
"It is a wonderful opportunity to prepare for tournaments by hosting quality opponents beforehand," said Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a five-time Olympian who also played at Long Beach State University. "Having a chance to compete in front of our family, friends and fans is awesome and far too rare. So we are totally excited. Long Beach State did an outstanding job hosting the men's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2012. I am looking forward to playing in the Pyramid again."
The USA-Japan series has been a storied rivalry among friendly countries. Since 1983, the U.S. Women and Japan have played 211 matches – the most with any U.S. opponent - with many of the contests in the 1980s and 1990s taking part in similar tours in either the United States or Japan. The U.S. has played Cuba 148 times since 1983, which ranks as the second most matches in an all-time series.
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team hosted Japan most recently during the spring of 2000 with matches in Burleson, Texas, Pueblo, Colo., Colorado Springs and Denver. Japan won three of the four matches with three of the matches extending to a fifth set. In the second contest in Pueblo, Japan won the match with a thrilling 25-23 fifth-set score, while the U.S. bounced back in Colorado Springs with a five-set victory for its lone victory.
Since 2000 without a USA-Japan Tour series on the schedule, the U.S. holds a 13-7 record with most of the matches coming in FIVB events during the 13-year period.
"There has always been a fierce rivalry with Japan, well known for their fabulous defense, precise ball control and total dedication to their team concept – they're one of those teams that's always greater than the sum of their parts," Kiraly said. "In our recent matches, Japan defeated the USA Women for the bronze medal at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball World Championship and also prevented us from winning America's first-ever FIVB World Cup gold medal on the final day of the 2011 event. Their defense and effort, combined with how well the teams know each other, makes for wonderful, exciting rallies."
Both teams will use the USA Volleyball Cup as final preparations for the 20-team FIVB World Grand Prix that takes place Aug. 2 to Sept 1 in various countries. The U.S. has won the last three FIVB World Grand Prix events, which is the top annual international volleyball competition for women. In the third and final preliminary round weekend Aug. 16-18, the U.S. will travel to Sendai, Japan, to take on the host nation, Czech Republic and Bulgaria. The FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round, with the top five teams plus Japan comprising the field, will take place Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Sapporo, Japan.


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Motorola has confirmed that the Webtop is dead. Don't remember the Webtop? It allowed you to plug in your Motorola smartphone to a laptop shell and effectively convert it into a PC. When the company first showed it off with the original Motorola Atrix, we weren't alone in thinking that the idea had some potential. Unfortunately, the price was too high and the device ended up being too limited and slow. It never took off, despite several revisions.
The Webtop originally launched as a dock for the Motorola Atrix 4G which hit AT&T in February 2011. It is now being scrapped going forward; starting with the Photon 4G, Droid Razr HD, Droid Razr M, and the Droid Razr Maxx HD no new Motorola smartphones are going to support the Webtop peripheral.
Speculation at CNET and Phone News suggests that Google is holding the smoking gun. The Motorola statement mentioned a lack of adoption and said "We have also seen development of the Android operating system focus on the inclusion of more desktoplike features." So the development direction of the Android platform has rendered it obsolete. Android 4.0 smartphones can adapt themselves to larger screens without a custom second operating system being built in — a major weakness of the Webtop accessories. The lapdock may also have been killed off as part of a cost-cutting exercise at Motorola Mobility.
Pricing was Motorola's first stumbling block. Despite some critical plaudits, the first Webtop dock cost $500. That eventually dwindled to below $200, but it was too late to spark any real interest. Why pay out for a lapdock when you can buy a cheap laptop for the same price?
There was an expectation that it would be an ideal purchase for business travelers because they wouldn't need to carry a separate laptop. Instead, they could just plug in their smartphone and get to work. It simply never caught on. With the meteoric rise of tablets, the chances of the lapdock taking off look even more remote so we aren't surprised to see Motorola making this move.
We have reached out to Motorola for comment but have not heard back as of time of publication.
Update by Jeffrey VC 12:15pm: We asked Motorola representatives about the death of webtop. The official word is below.
"Motorola's webtop app helps users extend their smartphone experience to larger screens. While consumers around the world have adopted webtop and the concept spurred a lot of innovation in the industry, the adoption has not been strong enough to justify continued resources being allocated to developing webtop on future devices. We have also seen development of the Android operating system focus on the inclusion of more desktop-like features. Beginning with Photon Q and Droid Razr M/Droid Razr HD/Droid Razr Maxx HD ATRIX HD, we will no longer be including webtop on our products moving forward."
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Eyes had to be raised when after Oliver Perez, who so vehemently refused a demotion to the minor leagues, suddenly came up lame with patella tendinitis after a MRI the day before the Mets activated Jon Niese from the disabled list.
Major League Baseball reviewed the MRI because, shall we say, of the convenient timing of all this for the Mets.
Manager Jerry Manuel said Perez complained of knee pain Friday when he arrived at Citi Field, then had a MRI than revealed the tendinitis.
"He says he's not able to pitch the way it is right now,'' assistant general manager John Ricco said. "When a player tells you he's injured and a doctor confirms that, from where I sit, that's what the DL is for.''
Maybe it is convenient, but the truth is Perez had surgery on the same knee in the offseason and this spring has had nothing on his fastball. To say it's coincidental would be true; to say there is a link would also be true.
"I thought that with the velocity not ever getting to what I saw in 2008, that always concerns me to some degree,'' Manuel said. "But the athlete tells you that he's fine, he's fine, doesn't feel anything, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt.''
Perez will rehab his knee at Port St. Lucie, but the team does not have a timetable for when he'll throw again.
Perez is 0-3 with a 6.28 ERA in 11 appearances, seven of them starts, and has allowed 76 base runners in 38 2/3 innings.


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Professor Jeff Drury had a great idea for his Rhetoric 201 class, a course that focuses on the process of constructing, analyzing, and evaluating public arguments. Professor Drury decided to have the students form into teams and address a real world opportunity at Wabash.
That opportunity came in the form of planning an event that would focus on a new program just unveiled by the college's Alumni and Parent Relations Office. The new program, called Wabash 4-LIFE, has been developed to communicate and educate our young men on the lifelong relationship of Wabash men to the college and to each other. To learn more about Wabash 4-LIFE, click here.
Professor Drury turned to Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Mike Warren '93 to develop the concept. The six student teams each envisioned an event that would use at its core the theme of getting alumni and students together to discuss what Wabash means to them.
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Discipline is a requirement for musicians, whether they are playing in an orchestra, soloing or conducting. Sometimes, though, adhering to strict control can subdue the emotional level — as it did in the major work on the program of the New Valley Symphony Orchestra heard Sunday afternoon at the Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.
Conductor Armen Garabedian was firmly in control of his 40-member orchestra, using his baton with surgical precision throughout the concert. The result was satisfying and smooth playing from the strings and extraordinary performances from the woodwinds and brass sections in the program of the music of George Bizet, Johannes Brahms and George Gershwin.
The power of his baton drew on the talents of his musicians in the Bizet Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2, but a precise rendition of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", with pianist Nazeli Atayan soloing in the concert's opening work, never caught fire.
Gershwin's composition is considered America's unique jazz music couched in a classical format. The idea whether "Rhapsody" is serious classical music or a simple linking of tuneful melodies has been debated from its inaugural performance in 1924 to now. Many younger pianists of today are experimenting with the score by adding individual cadenzas, something Gershwin is thought to have done when he performed the piece with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at its debut.
By the 1950s or so, the Gershwin work had taken on a more somber tone and was taken both seriously and literally. Atayan stayed with that style on the "Rhapsody in Blue" written score, hewing to a strict interpretation with controlled playing. Atayan's treatment of this celebration of American brashness lacked the energetic, frenetic sense of the jazz scene it attempts to exemplify. Nevertheless, her playing skills are unassailable.
Her note-perfect playing was what many in the audience had come to hear from the widely respected teacher and music consultant and at the conclusion they leaped to their feet to show their approval with enthusiastic applause. She was surrounded on stage by friends, students, family and admirers who showered her with flowers as the applause continued to honor her. The seasoned pianist was overwhelmed to the point of tears. She encored with a dashing version of Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance."
Following intermission, Garabedian was back with his perfect tempos, this time with Bizet's Carmen Suites No.1 and No. 2 , the often-performed music that includes songs from his 1875 opera, "Carmen," linking together such hummable tunes as "Habañera" and "Song of the Toreador."
Garabedian led with vigor and determination. His woodwind and brass principal chairs followed his lead, impeccably demonstrating the depth of talent residing in this orchestra. Flutist Robert Shulgold, oboist May Crosby, bassoonist Don Fisher and trumpeter Emily Lawyer were excellent, but clarinetist Tom Jones, who was heard in the Bizet work with solid results, also produced right-on accuracy in the famous opening solo clarinet in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
Garabedian concluded the concert with Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 using measured tempos and a lively beat that drew cheers from the audience.
BILL PETERS has reviewed the classical music scene in Southern California since 1998.
What: New Valley Symphony Orchestra
When: 2 p.m. April 10
Where: Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles
Tickets: Admission is free
Contact: (818) 789-5466; (818) 421-5583; www.newvallysymphony.org


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OCALA, Fla. - UFOs flying over Central Florida have now been identified almost certainly as military aircraft.
Residents in Marion County earlier this week reported seeing unidentified flying objects in the skies over Ocala.
The UFOs, described by residents as military-style aircraft, are, in fact, believed to be military aircraft, according to Air Force officials.
The public spokesman of the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force base in Tampa said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters have been training over Ocala for the last week.
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Officials said the aircraft, which have been flying with no or minimal lighting, are more than likely the UFO sightings.
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Episode 2: The Awakening
I know that it's happening now, that I'm really getting married, because I've had my first anxiety dream about the big day. In it, I opened my suitcase on the morning of my wedding and realised with a sickening jolt that I'd packed my dirty gym kit instead of my suit, shirt and tie. It didn't require the services of a psychoanalysist to work out what it meant.
Since the birth of our first child five months ago I have put on weight at an alarming rate. So much so that doing up my trousers now calls for an exclusion zone to safeguard my future wife, and any sundry houseguests unfortunate enough to witness the scene, from injury caused by the Exocet missile of another button pinging across the room after capitulating under the pressure of what can only be described as a middle-aged paunch.
Suits that once made me feel like a million dollars now mock me from the rail in my wardrobe, alongside shirts that snigger in the knowledge that their collars would cut off all blood supply to my head. For the first time in my life I'm seriously contemplating the prospect of trousers with elasticated waistbands.
Like any man, I want to look my very best on my wedding day; to show my wife that she's made the right choice and to be able to prove to our children what a good-looking guy their dad once was. I've been assured that three-piece suits are slimming, and that the sins of a lifetime of childish snacking might be safely concealed under a waistcoat. The problem is, I'm now deeply worried about blinding one of my in-laws if I give in to the dessert course at the reception.
For the first time in my life I'm seriously contemplating the prospect of trousers with elasticated waistbands
The answer, of course, is to make more of my gym membership than the single calorie I might burn a year from carrying around the membership card in my wallet. The problem is, I detest gyms as much as I love bacon sandwiches.
But there is more to my rising stress levels than simply the question of whether I will be able to fit into the marquee without the assistance of a flat bed truck. The romantic, idealised version of my own wedding has always involved being somewhere beautiful and bathed in sunshine, surrounded by my family and friends. And despite being occasionally downbeat enough to make Nostradamus look like a poster boy for Prozac, I pride myself on having rather a lot of the latter.
Unfortunately, budget dictates that friendships have to be weighed. In effect, it's like editing down all the enjoyment and treasured experiences in your life to a point where who remains on the list is determined by one question: when did you last see them? It has taken on the form of the most awful reality TV show elimination process, measuring the fun had with some against the time spent with others. It makes me think that, subconsciously at least, it is why I have put off getting married for so long - that and my questionable taste in women.
If I'm to invest in an ensemble capable of concealing my newly earned bulk I want something I'll wear again, without looking like a member of staff at Downton Abbey
I have been invited to weddings in the past, only to be later uninvited because the couple in question had made a mistake and gone over their limit on numbers. All that left me feeling was that I ranked somewhere between 130 and 140 on their league table of friends. Similarly, I have been to others where I've looked around and wondered how many guests were charging a day rate to attend.
As it stands, we've decided to avoid the issue completely by inviting far too many people in the hope that a) we're getting married in a remote corner of Scotland and that will put a lot of people off, or b) I might be very wrong about the number of friends I have.
At least we've now found a church big enough to accommodate everyone. The drawback is that it comes with a minister who is insisting that we let the "light of the Lord into our lives" before marrying us. He's adamant that we go on a weekend-long religious refresher course in order to remind ourselves why we're getting married and what commitment really means. I would have thought our baby daughter and the combined bill for the marquee and catering would have sufficed. I simply cannot wait for our next trip north when he suggests "we get to know each other better".
Of course, a site visit will involve a continuation of the rumbling spat with my future in-laws over my point blank refusal to wear a morning suit. None of my family and friends owns one and if I'm to invest a four-figure sum on an ensemble capable of magically concealing my newly earned bulk, I want something I'm liable to wear again without looking like a member of staff at Downton Abbey.
I keep telling them that if nothing else it will help the ushers distinguish the guests of the bride and groom: penguins on one side, extras from The Sopranos on the other. There'll be no problem spotting me, however; I'll be the one in the dirty gym kit.


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I've started to become more and more used to making creatures as a prop for action events in my adventures so I've done more experimenting. I've wanted to do a creature lying flat with their feet and legs going up, which you can find here:
I couldn't add feet onto these limbs. It wouldn't let me at all so I had to use other parts, and you can't use the bottom part of the limb on the leg to move it. Making it near impossible. I think this happens when you move the legs off the ground the first time you do it.
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Finally, a Hometown Honor for Husker Legend
More than a century after one of Nebraska's most legendary football players graduated from high school, a monument will be dedicated on Saturday, Aug. 16, in Blue Springs, Neb., the hometown of Guy Chamberlin, who became a Nebraska football All-American in 1915.
The red-veined granite monument that honors Chamberlin will be placed at the Southern School District's elementary facility in Blue Springs, a town of only 383 people. Chamberlin's hometown residents now attend high school in nearby Wymore, but local planners wanted to connect his accomplishments and fame to where he grew up and in the roots that launched his induction into both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame. The only other Husker to achieve such status is the legendary Bob Brown. Chamberlin's Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame bio calls him "perhaps Nebraska's all-time best football player" who was all-state in 1908, '09 and '10.
Chamberlin was such a legendary figure that his name has honored one of Nebraska's top individual awards presented annually for nearly half a century. Guy Chamberlin Trophy winners include the likes of Jeff Kinney, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, Dean Steinkuhler, Will Shields, Trev Alberts, Grant Wistrom, Mike Brown, Eric Crouch and Barrett Ruud, not to mention Ndamukong Suh, Alex Henery, Lavonte David and Rex Burkhead.
Ritch Bahe Enjoyed Going Back in History
Lincoln's Ritch Bahe, a former Husker split end, was the eighth of 47 Chamberlin Trophy winners, who are now honored annually at the Outland Trophy Banquet in Omaha. When Bahe saw a Facebook post about what he knew to be a Husker legend, he was almost stunned by Chamberlin's accomplishments and got a real kick reading what was published in the 1915 Cornhusker Yearbook after he became a first-team All-America end:
This is the "guy" that crimped the Kansas farmers
And trampled on the Michigander's hopes.
This is the "guy" that kinked the cunning Hawkeyes
And shoved the shivering Jayhawks through the ropes.
If you boast about the Huskers, and a stranger asks you why,
Just point to Mr. Chamberlin and murmur "He's the Guy!"
Berlin "Guy" and "Champ" Chamberlin is a Nebraska football great who graces a bronze gate that opens the door for the Huskers' fabled Tunnel Walk into Memorial Stadium. Flanked by George Flippin, Nebraska's first-ever black football player, and Sam Francis, the 1936 Heisman Trophy runner-up, Chamberlin joins three other ageless legends – Bob Brown, George Sauer and Bobby Reynolds on that important gate.
Guy Chamberlin Story a Fascinating Journey
"I've always thought we must have had some great teams that came before Bob Devaney arrived or we wouldn't be ranked among the top five college football programs of all time in terms of winning," Bahe told me en route to a Sandhills golf outing in Valentine this week. "I mean, we had to win a lot of games in those early eras, too."
A Fremont native and CPA who has lived in Lincoln since his college graduation, Bahe makes a good point. Chamberlin became Nebraska's second All-American one year after tackle Vic Halligan became the first Husker to earn that honor.
Chamberlin and the Cornhuskers capped a 29-game unbeaten streak with a 52-7 Homecoming win over Iowa. Midway through that 1915 senior season against Notre Dame, Chamberlin scored Nebraska's first two touchdowns on runs of 20 and 10 yards before completing two passes for 49 yards and the winning touchdown in a memorable 20-19 triumph over the Fighting Irish in Lincoln. He was also part of the defense that shut out five opponents (including Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State) in an 8-0 season.
29-Game Winning Streak Longest in NU History
Did we mention that the 29-game winning streak Chamberlin left at Nebraska 99 years ago still has not been topped? And that's not all. Berlin (his real first name) Guy (his middle name) Chamberlin was the first Husker ever to play in what is now the National Football League. As a player-coach at Canton, Ohio, he helped lead his team to 21 wins and 3 ties in a two-year stretch. Of the coaches in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 50 or more victories, Chamberlin's 58-16-7 record and .759 winning percentage still ranks among the very best. In his six coaching seasons, Chamberlin's teams won four NFL championships and one APFA title (the American Professional Football Association was the predecessor to the NFL). With five national championships at the highest level of football, Chamberlin was called "The Champ" by fans, coaches and athletes in Chicago.
We also acknowledge Chamberlin's contributions after his All-American career and before he became a professional player and coach. In 1918 and 1919, he was a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army, where he served his country in World War I. In 1932, Chamberlin returned to Blue Springs to become a farmer, stockman and businessman. A well-known authority on football, he also became a popular public speaker and radio broadcaster. He died in Lincoln on April 4, 1967, the same year the Guy Chamberlin Trophy was born.
Tom Novak's Son Supports This Important Cause
Bahe remembers Nebraska's 1974 football banquet when he won the Chamberlin Trophy and teammate Tom Ruud won the Tom Novak Award. Those two awards were, and still are, the top two individual honors presented annually at Nebraska. The late Tom Novak was the first Husker to have his number permanently retired, and only his and Bob Brown's number are circled in red in the North Stadium to designate such status.
Terry Novak, son of the legendary "Trainwreck" Novak, has a friend, Gene "Radar" Reedy, on the Blue Springs City Council. Reedy helped promote a local fundraiser to pay for the nearly $4,000 monument that will remind fans of a rare athlete who grew up in a small town and returned home when his football days ended. Like Bahe, Novak made a generous donation and local organizers now have received enough to cover more than one-third of their costs to honor Chamberlin. Blue Springs native Jan Morris, who now lives in Lincoln, has led the recognition project with vision, zeal and passion.
"Folks have asked me why I think the Guy Chamberlin monument is important, especially friends who know I am most definitely not a sports fan," Jan told me. "Everyone knows that I do love history, particularly Southern Gage County history." Jan's hours sharing Guy Chamberlin stories that she's collected and posted are designed to help people understand how predecessors carved out and built their towns right out of the prairie.
Jan Morris Finds Magic, Attention in Huskers
Jan leads fourth-grade history tours of Blue Springs and decided to add the site of Guy Chamberlin's farm to the tour. "Teachers worry that the kids won't find the history of their towns very interesting, but kids do love to hear about pioneers and Indians and things were going along well until I asked if there were any Husker fans on the bus," she said. "Immediately, I had everyone's attention. When I showed them Guy Chamberlin's UNL football picture and pointed to the site of his family farm, their eyes got big and they strained in their seats to catch a glimpse of 'The Champ's' former farm. I've learned that pretty much all children share their parents' love of Nebraska football."
In researching Chamberlin for her tour over the last several weeks, even Jan the non-sports fan was inspired by the story of a young farm boy, much like the boys who came to help her dad in the hay fields; a young man who played choose-up games in Arbor State Park after school and seemed to have a natural talent for sports without much formal training. "When Guy graduated from Blue Springs High School with the class of 1911 and went on to college, his talent made a name for him that every Husker player sees when they run through the tunnel onto the field at Memorial Stadium," she said. "This fall will mark the 100th anniversary since that farm boy first played varsity for the University of Nebraska (N-Sider note: the legendary Chamberlin played two years at Nebraska Wesleyan University before transferring to Nebraska)."
The Ultimate Motive: Inspiring Someone Else
When Chamberlin died, Jan's research showed that he wanted his ashes spread on the farm on a hill overlooking Blue Springs, and family members accompanied representatives from the University of Nebraska to honor that request. "If the kids take away anything from these wonderful stories, it's important to me that they realize that their beloved Huskers are not just players in a big stadium in a town far away," Jan said. "They can be found growing up in Southern Gage County, and if one child finds a monument to this great football player to be their source of inspiration, well, to me, that's priceless."
The Ultimate Amazement, a Century Later
There is an astonishing twist for a legendary hometown hero's monument that will live in the heart of the Blue River Valley. There are plans to attach a black-and-white picture of Guy Chamberlin from his Husker playing days, along with the date of his birth near Blue Springs and a list of the four halls of fame in which his memory lives on. "For the high-tech genealogy community," she said, "we're ordering a small emblem with a QR Code for the base of the stone to direct phone apps to all things Chamberlin on a proposed Guy Chamberlin page on BlueSpringsNE.com." One thing about a small town that waited nearly a century to honor a legend. When the community finally decided to commit, Blue Springs came up with something very, very special for the next century to enjoy. Guy Chamberlin is the benchmark for all Nebraska natives who gave their hearts and souls to a football program that is like no other … anywhere!
Editor's note: For more information on the monument and dedication ceremony go to BlueSpringsNE.com.
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1999 Started three games, but had ten other appearences out of the bullpen...Finished the season with a 5-1 record, the best ratio on the team...His only loss came against nationally ranked Cal State Fullerton...Beat Cal Poly twice in one weekend series.
1998 Gave up 43 earned runs in 63.2 innings...Struck out 40 batters...Started 11 out of 12 games...Gave up no runs and only one hit in first outing vs. Westmont...Gave up three runs in a complete game against New Mexico on February 21, striking out six...Struck out five or more batters four times ...Did not give up an earned run in five innings vs. Cal Poly of in six and a third innings vs. Pacific...Was third on the team with a 6.08 ERA.
High School Played for Laddie Richardson and Jim Purkey at Sir Francis Drake...Went 9-2 as a senior with a 1.30 ERA and 44 strikeouts...Was named team MVP his junior and senior years...Threw a no-hitter his senior year.
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What About Brisenia?
January 26, 2011 § 1 Comment
by KATIE E.
Story via Crooks and Liars.
I think it's highly unlikely any of you have yet to hear the details of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, and almost as unlikely that any of you didn't hear the details about Christina Taylor-Green.
Before the inevitable cries occur, yes, I think the shooting was a tragedy. I think the death of this clearly very bright, enthusiastic young woman was a tragedy. I think the media was right in covering her life and her story.
But frankly? It cannot be denied that Taylor-Green received the attention she did because her death didn't reflect as badly on the rhetoric and policies we hold so dearly in the United States. You know, the ones that routinely lead to people of color being attacked?
Brisenia Flores was nine. Same age as Taylor-Green. She lived in a town on the Arizona border with her parents and sister. Shawna Forde led a vigilante unit who patrolled U.S. borders with weapons. For patriotic "fun," she says.
Forde decided to lead her absurd group in attacking supposed drug smugglers and using their money to start a "border race war." One thing or another led to them heading for the Flores home, which had no drugs whatsoever in it.
They entered the home under false pretenses, leading Mr. Flores into believing that they were law-enforcement officials. When he questioned their motives, the group immediately shot him fatally in the head and went on to wound his wife, Gina Gonzalez. Bresenia pleaded for her life, but she was also shot fatally in the head. (Her sister was at a sleepover at the time.)
Brisenia and Mr. Flores were murdered because of the color of their skin. Someone has lost their father, daughter, sister, and husband because a group of people decided they looked too un-American.
Where were the headlines? Where were the feature stories about what Bresenia liked, what she did at school, what she wanted to do with her life? Where are the interviews with her family? Why wasn't the president calling on us to make the future the way she would have wanted it?
It's the simple, ugly truth: As Nathan at Dissenting Leftist put it, it's only a national tragedy when a politician dies. And I'd like to throw in that yes, it's often only a national tragedy when someone who's white dies. Or when someone who's death would not spark more opposition to current immigration policies. Someone who's death would never inspire us to maybe change our rhetoric about the undocumented workers we, as a nation, so love to virulently hate.
What killed Brisenia and her family? Racism. Xenophobia. Hateful rhetoric. Constant promotion of illegal immigration as the worst thing that's happened to this country, and even more promotion of the idea that anyone with brown skin must be a part of it.
And now, for the same reasons, her death is being put aside for ones that reflect on the U.S. a little better. After all, that's always where the government and the mainstream media value.
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In this brief reflection Marco Pellerey explains why the international political chessboard should be understood as a set of straight lines, circles and triangles: a place where different forms of thought and expression intersect to form an intricate web of actual interests and perceptions which are, to say the least, ambiguous.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the perpetual conflict between realists and the various schools of constructivism in international relations, the former are often accused by the latter of oversimplifying reality, cynically reducing and shaping every situation to strip political protagonists of every psychological dimension that is not rational, calculating and clearly self-serving. Here I would like to propose an extension of this reasoning, adopting a geometrical perspective in order to underline certain cultural aspects that I believe hold great relevance to the current international context.
I invite the reader to imagine the importance that the straight line (and the ideal of total inflexibility that it represents) have had in the development of the so-called "West". Consider the Macedonian phalanx, with soldiers arranged in neat rows ready to confront the enemy standing directly before them. And so too it was in the trenches of the First World War and in the skies of the Second World War: courage, glory and victory only spring forth from head-on and decisive conflict. The game of chess embodies the epitome of the West in its binary arrangements: blacks and whites, 'winning' or 'captured' pieces, aristocracy and humble pawns. Nature's metaphor would be that of the majesty of an oak, whose straight and unyielding trunk defies the elements, splitting rather than retreating.
The eastern equivalent could be represented by the bamboo. A flexible plant which, rather than resist with head held high, instead bends to the wind, adapting in order to then raise itself once more, tracing a wide circle in the air. The superlative quality transforms itself from rigidity to flexibility; a quality which is inherent to the Chinese strategy of war, as Sun Tzu stated in some of his most celebrated aphorisms:
The art of war lies in subduing the enemy without having to confront him;
In every conflict regular manoeuvres lead to confrontation, whilst unexpected manoeuvres lead to victory
This asymmetry is incompatible with linear European logic and has often been interpreted-especially by travellers in the 19th century-as a sign of unreliability, almost genetic ambiguity and therefore inferiority with respect to Europeans. On the battlefield it has been interpreted as cowardice typical of those wishing to avoid exposure to conflict.
The perceptual differences are primarily cultural and have deep implications for daily life. Whilst Asia seeks harmony between forms, always seeking to establish a cosmic equilibrium between the parts (Yin and Yang), avoiding verbal and physical conflicts as far as possible, on the contrary Westerners believe that from direct confrontation –above all in politics-new and innovative ideas arise, denouncing anything which does not proceed in a direct and unambiguous manner. Could we not term America the country of straight talk?
To these geometric metaphors, on which numerous scholars have commented at length, can be added a third, which is essential in order to better understand the political games in Asia: the triangle. How to resolve conflicts between individuals or nations without being too overt and therefore running the risk of causing offence, or worse, causing one 'to lose face' to the adversary? The solution is to delegate to third parties who act as intermediaries. It is a game which enables parties to lessen their exposure to risk but which allows greater efficiency and frankness. There is a need, however, to find a reliable interlocutor who enjoys the confidence of both sides.
The recent strengthening of regional agreements in East and South-East Asia should also be understood in this context. The ASEAN (The Association of South-East Asian Nations), for example, counts among its members nations who have gone to war with one another in the last thirty years. Vietnam's invasion of Kampuchea in 1978 was particularly bloody; the centuries-old conflict between Thais and Burmese; border disputes which continue to this day between Thai and Cambodian control of a temple which lies on the border, or even the invasion of East Timor by the Indonesian Army from 1975-1999. Although it is perfectly normal that an air of reciprocal mutual mistrust still lingers, ASEAN serves an additional purpose for its members, as it is able to act as a lubricant on the area's political tensions, offering an ideal forum in order to abate conflicts between governments and institutions.
Other similar regional forums have been created with the intent of promoting a multilateral solution to problems regarding rival countries. The Mekong River Commission and Sustainable Development (MRC), based in Vientiane, is another sub-regional body, used as a diplomatic support to heal conflicts by way of intermediaries.
It would not, therefore, be incorrect to depict the international political chessboard as a geometrical set of straight lines, circles and triangles, where different forms of thought and expression intersect to form an intricate web of actual interests and perceptions which are, to say the least, ambiguous.
Original Article: Asia and the Rest: Linee, Cerchi e Triangoli
Translated by Lois Bond
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by Walter Fox
John Francis Collins, 75, formerly of Mt. Airy, a landscape architect and urban planner who founded the landscape architecture program at Temple University's Ambler Campus, died from complications of Parkinson's disease Aug. 5 at his home in Glenside.
Mr. Collins had been a principal in The Delta Group, a regional landscape architecture, planning and engineering firm, until his retirement in 2004. He had won many awards in his 40-year career and had directed a host of major design projects in the Delaware Valley and beyond.
Among his local projects were the Rittenhouse Square Master Plan, Schuylkill River Park, the Philadelphia-Valley Forge Trail, Market Street East and Chestnut Street Park. He was also involved in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visual Engineering Program and the Conceptual Design/Master Plan for Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Mr. Collins co-founded the firm of Adleman, Collins & DuTot in Philadelphia in 1963. The firm later became Collins DuTot & Associates, and in 1971 joined with others to form The Delta Group.
He joined the Temple faculty in 1988 as the first chair of the new department of landscape architecture and horticulture. Under his leadership, the department obtained accreditation for its programs and won many prizes at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
He had also taught at the School of Architecture and Planning in New Delhi, India, and had served as a lecturer, professor and visiting studio critic for landscape architecture programs at many American universities. He developed programs to train prison inmates to be nurserymen and established community and teaching gardens in Philadelphia for public school children
Mr. Collins was born in Norristown and raised in Conshohocken, where he became interested in horticulture as a teenager and started a commercial nursery in his parents' backyard. When he retired from Temple in 1998, he returned to his lifelong passion for horticulture, operating the Collins Nursery from his home in Glenside until his death. He and his wife, the former Sandra Snowdon, had previously lived in Mt. Airy for 34 years.
He received a bachelor of landscape architecture degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a master's in landscape architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Harvard also awarded him the Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship, which resulted in an extended tour of Italy with his family.
In addition to his wife of 52 years, Mr. Collins is survived by a daughter, Kathleen Collins Hoffman, of Denver, Colo.; sons John R., of Philadelphia, and Christopher and Matthew, of Glenside; sisters Elizabeth Knighton, of Philadelphia, Margaret Kennedy, of Glenridge, N.J., and Alice Wager, of Havertown; brothers Peter M., of Limerick, Francis R., of Lansdale, and Joseph F., of Conshohocken, and three grandchildren. A brother, William F., preceded him in death.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 154 E. Mt. Airy Ave., in Mt. Airy.
Memorial donations may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.


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2010-11 Appeared in 19 of the 25 games played in her junior season ... Combined for 47 points (2.5 ppg)and 137 rebounds (7.2 rpg) .. Finished the year with 10 or more rebounds in four games ... Recorded a season-high 13 rebounds on January 18 at UMass Dartmouth ... Earned her first career double-double on November 23 at Fitchburg State with 10 points and 11 boards ... Finished the year with 32 steals, nine blocks, and 22 assists.
2009-10 Missed the first three contests with a knee injury but returned and saw action in the final 22 games, receiving the starting nod in seven contests ... Averaged a team-high 29.5 minutes per game ... On Jan. 14 vs. Bridgewater State, scored a season-high 12 points while grabbing eight rebounds for her best overall performance of the year ... Snagged a career-high 14 rebounds on Feb. 9 vs. UMass Dartmouth ... Ranked second on the team in rebounding, finishing the season with 125 boards which averaged out to 5.7 per game, good for 16th best in the Little East Conference ... Led the team in blocked shots with 29, while ranking third overall in the LEC with 1.3 blocks per game.
2008-09 Started more games than any player on the team with 23 starts in 26 games played ... Led the Beacons with 19 blocked shots and ranked eighth among Little East Conference leaders with 0.7 rejections per game ... Placed second on the team and 13th among league leaders with 5.5 rebounds per game ... Averaged 4.3 points as well ... Ranked third on the team among players with 30 or more attempts with a .641 (25-39) free throw percentage ... Netted a career-high 13 points to go with eight rebounds and a pair of steals at Plymouth State University on January 13 ... Netted nine points, grabbed eight boards, handed out two assists, made a steal and blocked a shot to cap the season at Western Connecticut State University on February 24 ... Set career-bests with nine rebounds and three blocks on February 14 vs. Plymouth State University and added four points and an assist.
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By AnnaMaria Andriotis
Up to 1.5 million cards may be impacted by a data breach at one of MasterCard and Visa's third-party processors. For individuals, data breaches are often far less scary than they sound — at least for credit cards.
Consumers are actually well-protected against fraudulent credit card charges. In general, card issuers hold customers liable for up to $50 of unauthorized credit card transactions and often times they waive that as well, says Carol Kaplan, a spokeswoman for the American Bankers Association. In this case, if it was strictly credit-card information that was compromised, consumers won't be on the hook for charges they didn't make.
However, when a data breach involves debit cards, consumers could be at a much greater risk. With debit-card breaches, protections are minimal and consumers are advised to contact their card issuer quickly. Consumers who wait more than 60 days after receiving a checking account statement that shows fraudulent withdrawals could be at risk of losing hundreds of dollars. In the worst-case scenario, they could lose all the money in their account, says Jay Foley, identity theft expert and founder of the ID Theft Info Source, a consulting firm.
A Visa spokesperson says the company has provided card issuers with the affected account numbers "so they can take steps to protect consumers through independent fraud monitoring and, if needed, reissuing cards." MasterCard didn't respond immediately to requests.
For now, consumers should contact both their credit and debit card issuers to confirm their cards haven't been compromised. They should also review their checking account regularly online to make sure fraudulent withdrawals aren't occurring.


text: Power Hour: Corn Planting Back on Track May 21, 2013 09:30 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email Jerry Gulke provides a special analysis of this week's record-breaking jump in corn planting progress. After nearly two months of being dramatically behind schedule for corn planting, U.S. farmers are nearly back to average. According to USDA's May 20 Crop Progress report, 71% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground. A record-high 43% of the corn crop was planted last week. The five-year average for this time of year is 79% planted. Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says traders were expecting a large jump and current prices show it. "The market handled the big jump in planting progress pretty well," he says. "But, the market still realizes there is corn to plant and the weather doesn't look very good in the short-term." Gulke says the good news is that most of the crop should be in good condition. "It looks like we're getting off to a really good start. It is hard to find any real dry areas in the country. Last year we already had dry areas creeping into southern Illinois by this time." He says that once you have a wet atmosphere, it is really hard to develop a drought, at least in the next 30 days. "What is in the ground, I think, has an above-average chance of yielding well." The Case for Corn Even though the end of May is almost here, Gulke doesn't expect to see many farmers switch corn acres to soybeans. According to a recent AgWeb Poll, of the nearly 500 respondents, 64% have no intention of changing their corn acres. Around 20% said they would. "Because of the economic difference between corn and soybeans, most guys will continue to plant corn," Gulke says. "Some people are saying you can take a reasonable reduction in corn yields from planting it late and still make more money than you can with beans, based on today's prices." Additionally, prices are supporting the decision to stick with corn. "Unless corn would really fall out of bed here, I think we'll plant more corn," he says. "The market is giving us an incentive to go ahead and finish the rest of the corn acres." Listen to the audio report with Gulke: See more Power Hour news, blogs and videos. Back to news


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If I had to choose a single word to sum up the upcoming astronomical events of 2014 to fellow skygazers, I'd choose the word "close."
On Jan. 5, the giant planet Jupiter will reach opposition. "Opposition" means the orbit of the Earth and that of Jupiter will be their closest approach of the two planets and the best opportunity for skygazers to study the giant planet and four of its largest moons.
Think of two track and field runners as they run around a corner on an oval track. The Earth is on the inside, shorter lane, and Jupiter on the outer and longer lane. "Opposition" occurs just as the two runners are side by side.
But since the length of Earth's inner lane — its orbit — is shorter, we will quickly approach and then pass Jupiter. After Jan. 5, the Earth will slowly begin pulling away from the fading Jupiter, leaving it far behind until we repeat it again just over another year later.
On April 8, a similar opposition will occur between Earth and the red planet Mars. Even though it will appear pretty tiny compared to Jupiter, even when seen through a small telescope, it might present an opportunity to see one of Mars' white polar icecaps.
Then on May 10, Saturn also will reach opposition with its rings tipped toward us and on full display like a prideful peacock.
These planetary oppositions for residents living in North America can be seen high in the east or southeast. Monthly publications like Sky and Telescope or Astronomy will tell you where exactly to feast your eyes.
Using a pair of binoculars is a good first step in discovering these outer planets. If you should one day decide that a telescope would give you a better view of the heavens, and it will, just be sure to do your homework before you buy. Seek the assistance of amateur astronomer groups like Sidewalk Astronomers or Griffith Observatory's Los Angeles Astronomical Society. Every amateur has his or her own opinion of what telescope is best so don't rely on that of only one person. Some telescopes are better designed for use on stars, galaxies and nebulas. Others are better suited for planets and the moon. Every telescope is a little bit of a compromise as no telescope is perfect for everything.
The inner planets Venus and Mercury, which are on closer orbits around the sun than Earth, do not reach opposition for best viewing, but what is called "elongation" instead, when those two planets will be placed highest above our horizon. Venus is the most brilliant planet in the sky and quite impossible to miss. Its greatest "western" elongation, when it is positioned highest in the southwestern sky right after sunset, occurred on Nov. 1. It then slowly descends, passing between the Earth and the sun only to reappear in the morning sky at greatest "eastern" elongation on March 22.
Then there's speedy little Mercury. Much closer to the sun, it never rises very high above the horizon, but it's still worth a look. April 15 will give most of North Americans a break from tax-deadline worries with a nice lunar eclipse. As the moon passes through Earth's dark shadow, it will slowly become a rusty or blood red color. It's quite a sight.
On June 7, the moon and Mars will have a close "conjunction" as they appear only two degrees from each other from just after sunset and continuing through most of the evening. There is no real astronomical significance to the event other than it being pretty cool to witness.
Venus and Jupiter also will have an even closer conjunction when they appear only a quarter degree apart. And for an extra treat, the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer (a wonderful open star cluster in its own right), will make it a splendid trio as it sits just one degree away from the pair. Look for them in the east just before sunrise.
If this isn't enough for skygazers, we have the promise of the Perseid meteor shower under warm summer skies. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the dust trailings of past comets. The "shower" part is when Earth's upper atmosphere encounters tiny leftover bits of dust and sand-grain-sized pieces of a comet and they burn up, sometimes leaving very brilliant trails, often mistakenly called shooting stars. The Perseid shower will appear to originate from or near the constellation Perseus.
Late in the night of Aug. 12 or 13, from midnight to a few hours later, will be the best time to see up to 60 meteors per hour left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle. Set out lounging chairs or even a blanket, invite friends, neighbors and significant others to add their watchful eyes and enjoy the show.


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Christmas Lottery Winner: Mark Coel - 12-25-2009 , 01:25 AM
1. Tell us a bit about yourself.
I'm a 19 year old geek/nerd who tries to do a little bit of everything. I'm a math major and comp sci minor at SUNY Geneseo. If it wasn't already obvious, I love math.
2. How did you find High Impact Halo, and when?
I'm pretty sure I came across it via HBO. I saw a video on how to do the glitch on Burial Mounds that creates a giant dummy of you outside the map. I think that somehow linked me to HIH. That was somewhere around the january after halo 2 came out. I proceeded to lurk around HIH for a while trying to figure out what the hell a forum was before finally joining.
3. What is it that you like about Halo tricks, and what kind of tricks are your favorite to do or see?
I just love how tricks expand the game. It felt like a whole second game to me. I also love the social aspect of it. Tricking and jumping made halo 2 like a second world to just hang out in. As for favorite tricks, I don't even know. I'm obviously partial to jumping because I did that myself but I also love the vehicle collections. Almost anything coming out of here amazed me.
4. Have you discovered any Halo tricks or glitches yourself?
Well, I was with the guy who discovered suiciding yourself on wood pallets but that's a really lame one. I also figured out how to trick jump with oddballs but I'm not sure that counts.
5. What is your favorite game from the halo Series?
Before last night I would have said halo 1. I just went back and played it though and realized that I like it more for nostalgic purposes. I would have to go with halo 2.
6. What other hobbies do you have?
I love photography, graphics, and write some music. I also play(ed) trumpet and piano. Oh, and I play Ultimate Frisbee. Thats about it.
7. If you could choose, what would you choose and why?
Naked women with pizza
8. What is the first video game you ever played?
Sonic ftw.
9. (From last week's winner) What is your favorite brand of socks? -Jamie Maddrox
I have this one pair of adidas socks that are made of pure heaven I think. Crazy expensive and I wouldn't ever get more but they're definitely my favorite.
10. If you could ask the next lottery winner one question, what would it be?
A particle of mass m is in the ground state of the infinite square well. Suddenly the well expands to twice its original size-the right wall moving from a to 2a-leaving the wave function (momentarily) undistrubed. The energy of the particle is now measured. What is the most probable result?
If this can not be answered, are you sure thats a good place for the dead cat?
You mispelled Ceol, arsonskie.
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October 2, 2008
Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
The Wabash College Theater Department will present its first production of the season, The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. The play will run from October 8-11 in Ball Theater in the Fine Arts Center. The performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. each evening.
Check out the actors and their characters in photo albums here and here.
When the corrupt mayor of an unimportant Russian town discovers the Tsar has sent a government inspector to examine the local bureaucracy, the panic-stricken town officials set about wooing a mysterious stranger who has just taken residence at the inn. They offer the stranger food, drink, bribes, and the mayor's daughter to influence his report, only to find out the supposed inspector is a penniless con artist. In this 1836 farce, Gogol holds up to ridicule everything rotten in Russia.
The cast list includes Wabash students: Matt Goodrich as the Mayor; Jorge Rostro as the Judge; Luke Robbins as the Superintendent; Ronald King as the Warden; James Brazill as the Doctor and Grisha; Reed Hepburn as the Postmaster; Jon Hogge as Bobchinsky; Clay Zook as Dobchinsky; AJ Hudson as Svistunov; Jake Peacock as the Chief of Police and Gendarme; Mark Lewellyn as Derzhimorda; Jake Sauer as Osip; James Morey as Khlestakov; Korey Jones as Mishka; Jacob Nettnay as Korobkin and waiter; and Patrick McAllister as Abdulin. Wabash faculty and staff includes: Kristen Willkins as Anna; Macie Rudoff as Marya; Crystal Benedicks as the Locksmith wife and Korobkin's wife; and Amina McIntyre as the Corporal's wife.
Wabash Assistant Professor of Theater James Phillips is the director.
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Other theater productions for the 2008-2009 season include: Studio One Acts on November 5-6; The Pillowman on February 18-21; and The Importance of Being Earnest on April 15-18.


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June 2005
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Christopher's Big Cherry is Big Peanuts
Name: Big Cherry
I had no idea there were made right here in Los Angeles. I also didn't know that the Ben Meyerson Candy Co. is also behind all those Sunkist candy treats. It only makes sense then, that they'd have a big chocolate covered cherry in their repetoire. The primary curiosity of this candy, as Amy pointed out, is that the first ingredient on the label is not chocolate or cherries, but peanuts. Then sugar, corn syrup, CHERRIES and four items later is Cocoa. Hmm, might not be real chocolate on the outside.
It certainly smells nutty. Peanuts and cherries sound like a good combo. The wad is pretty big, picture a lumpy golf ball. Maybe it's a bit bigger than that. It smelled chocolately and nutty and sweet.
I really should have taken a photo of the inside, because that's the most interesting part. Inside is a bright pink cream - yes, pink like the package ... maybe brighter. The outside shell is thick and soft and the inside is well, thick and softer. There, far at the center was a dark, plump, red maraschino cherry.
I'm not overly fond of cherries and when I have chocolate I prefer the real stuff. The combo of peanuts and cherry cream was pretty good though a tad sweet without allowing the flavors to come through.
Rating: 5 out of 10 (because I don't like cherries that much).
POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:37 am Candy • Review • Adams & Brooks • Chocolate • Peanuts • 5-Pleasant • United States •
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Japanese Treats
I made an order a few weeks ago from an online place called jbox. They'll ship just about anything they can get their hands on from Japan. Most notably for me, candy.
At the moment I'm interested in Black Sugar Candy. This is something I don't see in the states and I was curious about it. It's basically brown sugar or molasses hard candies. Very nice, with great smokey overtones. I got five different kinds of that. There are also some caramels and some gum in there and one other chocolate bar I wasn't able to find in Little Tokyo.
I'll have full reviews later, but here's a photo of what came in the box:
Monday, June 27, 2005
London Mint is really from Ohio
Name: London Mint
I've seen these bars a few times in the store and didn't really "get" them. I figured, why buy a candy bar that looks like a $100 bill? But that's not quite what they are. It's a package of five little chocolate covered chocolate cream mints.
I also didn't get the whole London thing and then it's an American bill. Well, it's from Harry London chocolates ... duh. Usually boxed chocolate companies don't even enter my radar, but a few years back Trader Joe's started carrying the best candy invention ever, the Mint Cookie Joy! Because of that, I'll give anything with their name on it a try. Okay, now that I'm beyond the name and packaging, I can get to the tasting!
Inside are four square chocolates. Milk chocolate covering a fudgy chocolate/mint cream center. Perfection really.
The snackability on thise is pretty high. If the package were larger, I could probably shovel about a dozen of these down without a problem. They're not heavy or cloyingly sweet, but friendly-sweet.
If you like really soft centers, just leave it in your un-airconditioned office on an 85 degree day near the window. If you prefer a chocolate with a snappy center, then you might want to stick these in the fridge during the warmer months.
Rating: 8 out of 10.
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Friday, June 24, 2005
The Real Nestle Swiss
Name: Nestle's Original Swiss Chocolate
Nestle is known for their milk chocolate and for good reason, the original Swiss chocolate that made them famous is a great chocolate bar. It's consistently good with a strong milky flavor, smooth and sweet. It's not easy to find in the states, and if I'm feeling like a European-style milk chocolate bar I usually pick up a Cadbury.
I found this assortmet at Target. (I actually saw it a few months ago but waited until last weekend to pick it up.) The little box says that it's the perfect gift to share a perfect expression of authentic Swiss chocolate taste. I'm prone to agree that this is a nice hostess gift for someone that likes milk chocolate. Easy to share, and a good assortment.
Inside are seven different varieties, with what seemed like a majority of them being lavender-wrapped lait-milch. There are also milk with almonds, milk with hazelnuts, extrafine dark chocolate and white chocolate. The other curiosities within were one called Dessert which was milk chocolate with hazelnut creme (kind of like a nutella bar if they made them). I really love the combo of hazelnuts and chocolate (Nestle also owns Baci/Perugina now). The nutty, roasted notes of hazenuts go so well with chocolate. If I had my druthers I'd put more of them in the package than the plain milk bars. The other bar that I loved was the one called Chocmel which had chopped almonds and honey. Well, I don't think it was just honey, I think it was some sort of honey nougat chips. It was very similar to a Toblerone bar, but the honey notes in the nougat chips was much more pronounced. Very good, in fact much smoother and less waxy than a Toblerone. I might pick up a bigger bar if I see this sometime.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Reese's Pieces with Peanuts
Name: Reese's Pieces Peanuts and Peanut Butter
Introduced last year, Reese's Pieces Peanuts and Peanut Butter are a natural evolution of Reese's Pieces (which have been around since 1978 ... why didn't they do this sooner?).
They're just Reese's Pieces with a whole peanut at the center. The colors are the same RP colors, except for some reason they don't quite have the consistent sheen to them, they're slightly speckly. I don't think it's bad for the flavor or anything, they just aren't as pretty as they could be.
I bought these at Target in a "theater box" and they're a pretty good deal at 89 cents. I've not seen them in smaller bags anywhere. Actually, until I saw them at Target I didn't even know they existed. The Reese's site says that they're a limited edition. Reese's seems to be trying out a lot of different variations on their products lately, the inside out peanut butter cup, the white chocolate peanut butter cup and the Swoops. I still prefer just plain old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Not just for the nostalgia, but it was just a great combo and sometimes you get it right the first time.
I always found regular RPs just a little too artificial in the peanut butter part, a little too sweet, a little too creamy. Well, that an all the hydrogenated oils. Where these succeed is the pure peanut taste of a real peanut in the center. It really balances out the greasiness of the RP filling and makes a nice combo. I'm still not likely to buy these over Peanut M&Ms for movie snacking, but I'm not sorry I tried them. If I went to the theater and these were available, I might pick them up. Unless they were like, $3 a box, which they'd probably be. Then I'd regret not sneaking them in.
The other thing is that the name is just too long.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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It was inevitable, we suppose, that 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick would be questioned and/or criticized for filing an application for trademark protection of the term "Kaepernicking."
Skip Bayless of ESPN tweeted today that the effort to secure legal rights to the term "scares" the opinionated analyst.
"Stay focused, win Super Bowl first," Bayless said.
This assumes that Kaepernick has eschewed his playbook for the paperwork that need to be filled out when applying for federal trademark protection. Surely, his lawyers and agents handled that for him, with minimal involvement from the player.
Besides, it's smart to protect Kaepernick. If he doesn't file for the trademark rights, someone/anyone else could do it. Failure to take those steps would be, frankly, malpractice.
Thus, while Kaepernick focuses on practice and film study and everything else, the people he has paid to take care of these things will take care of them.
So don't be scared, Skip. Or if you're going to be scared, find something more scary.


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New England is in its record sixth consecutive AFC title game, 11th overall for the duo of Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick. They've had a relatively easy path so far this season, which began with a four-game "Deflategate" suspension for the 39-year-old QB, but Pittsburgh's defense and versatile offense could present a challenge.
Steelers RB Le'Veon Bell already has run for 337 yards in two playoff games, while WR Antonio Brown has a pair of 100-plus-yard games, too.
New England is missing TE Rob Gronkowski, but its star in the divisional round was Dion Lewis, who became the first player in the Super Bowl era with TDs via catch, run and kick return in a postseason game.
Count on Belichick to make his players pay after a lackluster game against Houston.
"We have a lot of work to do. We made a lot of mistakes," Lewis said. "I'm glad we got a win, but in order to advance next week, we've got to play a lot better."
The Patriots are 5-1 at home in AFC championship games, with their lone loss coming in 2013 against the Ravens in Ray Lewis' final trip to Foxborough.
While being at home doesn't guarantee victory, playing the game at Gillette Stadium is welcomed by a team that has been on the road in two of their past three trips to the AFC title game.