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Fantastic! I can't wait.
According to Edward Villella, in a pre-performance talk, this will run on PBS stations in the fall.
MCB films PBS Great Performances specialCorps member blogs about the experience
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 05:30 PM
According to Edward Villella, in a pre-performance talk, this will run on PBS stations in the fall.
Thanks, Bart.
Posted 24 June 2011 - 06:17 AM
Broadcast date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:00 p.m. ET
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Posted 28 October 2011 - 07:42 PM
The freeze at the end , hats thrown in the air and pose, doesn't work at all, nor did the way the end of Golden Section was handled. I had to explain to my partner what the respective endings are in fact; he was quite surprised and disappointed.
How is it possible that the union is not all over MCB and Great Performances like flies on excrement for the APPALLING omission of any principal casting in the entire broadcast, either verbal or visual? This is beyond inexcusable. I recognized, of course, Jeanette Delgado in Square Dance, Jennifer Kronenberg and I believe Carlos Guerra? in Western I, and Callie Manning in Western III-- but otherwise, who knows? With corps parts as demanding as those in Square Dance, we should have known the names of ALL the dancers. I have yet to find the info, by the way, anywhere online. Perhaps MCB's website has it buried somewhere?
Posted 28 October 2011 - 07:57 PM
Great to finally have a full telecast Square Dance & very nice to have the 3rd movement (Scherzo) of Western, which is omitted by most companies. I could have done without the Tharp but, hey, another ballet on DVD. The back projections were funky, including the ever-changing clouds for Square Dance. (Did anbody on the production team even think about plain pale blue?) And the Western dancers now perform in a cactus field...not to mention wear derivatives of the original NYCB costumes that can best be described as "Karinska on Acid."
Posted 28 October 2011 - 09:45 PM
This isn't my favorite Tharp work but watching Twyla Tharp's "Golden Hour" made me realize how many choreographers have since copied the blocking and moves used by her in this work and others. Can't contemporary choreographers come up with their own moves anymore? A borrowed move, or even series of steps maybe, but the blocking of whole sequences? Come on! Where is the originality? Or do newer choreographers believe they are just rehashing a 'classic' a la a new version of SL that still retains the requisite set pieces? But if they copy Tharp, she should get the credit. Personally, I preferred "Square Dance" -- but then again, there are a lot of standard 'Balanchine' moves in that, too, which get repetitive when seen in many many other works by him.
I've never seen "Western Symphony" before and agree that in this case dancing in a cactus field may not have been the best choice for a 'translight' projection. I did appreciate the choreography (of course) and the MCB dancers seemed to enjoy dancing it, which given the constraints of filming, was probably asking more than the norm.
Thanks again to PBS for remembering to include ballet in its arts fest, and finally showing another company than 'the usual suspects' in NYC.
Posted 28 October 2011 - 10:38 PM
(Did anyone notice what I wrote many years ago about diagonals adding depth to tv's 2-D image?)
I've never seen "Western Symphony" before and agree that in this case dancing in a cactus field may not have been the best choice for a 'translight' projection.
Would you like to post a link to what you wrote about putting dance on screen, 4mrdncr? I thought the excellent company deserved better than what it got - a choppy, sometimes distorting treatment, with a number of good moments showing that that could be done.
For instance - writing from memory at a late hour after the broadcast, without reviewing my recording of it, there are moments in the fourth movement of Western where two lines of dancers arranged on a diagonal dance toward and through each other which are shot along the other diagonal, so that their "diagonality" is destroyed - we see them square on as though they were across the stage. Whatever sense of variety Balanchine had for us at that point was erased.
In the first movement of Western, Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra get an uninterrupted, undistorted stretch of time and space to dance in (and to dance beautifully, too; she especially was in fine form). So this was well shown. But then, at the end of the second movement, we see a closeup of - whoever he is - turning his head this way and that, and then his partner, also in a tight shot, waving; we have to figure out they're across the stage from each other, and finding each other. (Did you get that, 4mrdncr? I was expecting it, because I know the ballet well enough.) I think the relation of dancers to one another in the stage space should have been clearer, as it is on stage.
Another dancer I'm sure I recognize in this is Renato Penteado, in the third movement. His easy, clear dancing identifies him before I get a good look at his face.
As to that cactus field, it doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Originally, and when MCB dances it in the theater, Western takes place in a street in a western town, in front of painted and weathered store fronts. You can understand that people would gather there.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 03:47 AM
I'm very happy to have this recording, but I thought the backdrops for both Square Dance and Western Symphony, by their colors and their busyness, made the dancers hard to distinguish clearly. And I hated all the jarring above-the-waist shots in Square Dance. I also wish the director had taken a look at NYCB's 1991 (?) recording of Western Symphony, where close shots - but not head shots - of the principals at key moments give us a lot more personality than we saw last night.
Overall I was thrilled by the performances, especially that of Delgado in Square Dance. I wanted my emphasis, more stretch in the male solo in that ballet, more of what I remembered from Manuel Legris in the Balanchine Celebration. But that may be my problem. I've only seen that ballet a couple of times live, and his interpretation may grow on me.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 03:53 AM
1st movement: Jennifer Knonenberg and Carlos Guerra
2nd movement: Katia Carranza and Renan Cerdeiro
3rd movement: Jeanette Delgado and Renato Penteado
4th movement: Patricia Delgado and Yann Trividic
Posted 29 October 2011 - 04:55 AM
I saw Western- the casting was:
1st movement: Jennifer Knonenberg and Carlos Guerra
2nd movement: Katia Carranza and Renan Cerdeiro
3rd movement: Jeanette Delgado and Renato Penteado
4th movement: Patricia Delgado and Yann Trividic
Thanks, liebling. JSMU, above, mentioned that he recognized Callie Manning as Western's 3rd movement lead & Bart had reported Callie for this movement in his Sept 24th post, above...so is it Jeannette or Callie?
From the responses, I'm assuming it is indeed Jeannette Delgado leading Square Dance...but who is the elegant leading man?
Kfw, yes, we noticed the entire company listed at the end of the rolling credits...which doesn't help one iota. Instead of 7 minutes of 'intro chat' from Andy Garcia, then more useful comments from Edward Villella, couldn't the producers have added 5 seconds to the very start of each ballet to show the names of the leading dancers? Or are we now 'going socialist' and only caring about the team and not individuals? Gee, even in Soviet times, the USSR at least gave the INITIALS of principals, if not full names.
re. the crazy editing - Has anyone thought that perhaps this is mandated by the Balanchine trust whenever they grant permission for commercial filming of a "full" Balanchine ballet...to edit in a way that makes it tough for renegades to use the DVD to do their own stagings? Some key bits of movement in Square Dance were omitted due to editing decisions.
re. the 'SkyCam' on wires above the stage - At least it was judiciously employed, unlike the obnoxious zoom-ins and zig-zags around the stage in the Mariinsky's recent Jewels DVD.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 06:08 AM
Renan Cerdeiro, a Brazilian student who transferred to the MCB school and was -- only two years ago -- a student apprentice. Cerdeiro danced in all three of the works. He's made amazing progress in Balanchine especially, in a very short time.
From the responses, I'm assuming it is indeed Jeannette Delgado leading Square Dance...but who is the elegant leading man?
As for Delgado, I'm glad that more Ballet Alertniks are now able to see the qualities -- the speed and accuracy of detail, the total concentration which comes across as, simultaneously, casual and joyful -- that Cristian and I have been talking about ad nauseum over the past few years. Jeanette Delgado is a star, in my book. It's been wonderful watching her develop. One of the best parts of this coming season will be the chance -- frequent, I hope -- to see what else she can do.
One of the ironies of the wonderful Square Dance cast was that a number of the dancers, especially the corps men, will are no longer with the company. Paris was their farewell. Economic problems, which remain serious despite the Paris triumph, are probably behind the decision to rely more and more on students and recent MCB school graduates.
I hope we get to talk more about the detailing of these works. I'm especially curious to see what Balanchine experts thought of Square Dance and Western Symphony. Sometimes, when you get to know a company and its dancer's too well, it's almost impossible to look at them objectively. That's why I rely on the eye and the judgment of those who don't know MCB or have seen it only rarely.
The camera work, as has been mentioned, did no favors to Western Symphony. It's among my least favorite Balanchine works, but it's tolerable on stage where your eye can wander. These cameras led us by the nose, including too many upper torso shots and a tendency to lose action at the sides. ALL the principals came across better on stage last season than the did in this filming. Kronenberg (luscious on stage in the first movement) and Carranza (quite funny, actually) were especially ill-served by the film. On the other hand, Patricia Delgado (in the bit-hat role) looked great, just as she did on stage. Her beau, Yann Trividic, was charismatic on-stage but seemed slightly tentative here.
Unlike many on BA, I really like the Tharp piece, especially as it comes across on stage. On film, you could see too much of the difficulty factor. For example, the set-ups for some of her more difficult acrobatic effects were exposed and obvious. The energy and spontaneity on stage was non-stop and exhilerating. Not so on film.
As for the dancers -- Daniel Baker was back as a guest. (He's the very blond young man whose compact body seems about to explode with drive and concentration. He also danced this in Paris.) Others I recognized were, in no particular order: Isanusi Garcia-Rodriguez, Renato Penteado, Carlos Guerra, Renan Cerdeiro, Yang Zou Alexandre Ferreira, Patricia Delgado (the girl who dives off into the wings on several occasions), Jeanette Delgado, Jennifer Kronenberg, Tricia Albertson, Callie Manning, Sara Esty, and (I think) Christie Sciturro. This is the kind of work that let's dancers stretch their range. Penteado, Albertson, Manning, and Ms. Esty brought out aspects of their dance personalities in this that I had never seen before.
Like kfw, I was able to record this. I'll be looking at Square Dance again and again. Golden Section, occasionally, for the fond memories. Western Symphony, not at all.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 07:41 AM
The corps in both Balanchines are FANTASTIC and spot on! THAT's what I noticed most upon 2nd viewing, especially when compared to recent NYCB performances. The Miami corps is (was? - they've changed a lot since filming) second to none, IMO.
It's amazing that the male lead in Square Dance was someone who, at the time of filming (Sept 2010?) was just out of the apprentice ranks. Kudos to him! I also see that liebling lists Renan Cerdeiro as the lead in the 2nd movement of Western (with Carranza). He looks taller & a bit 'larger' overall there. Must be the different style of costume.
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March 12, 2013
Cape Town on a budget: nightlife
Cape Town loves to party (many would say the city is the party capital of South Africa), but with iconic places like the V&A Waterfront, Long Street and Camps Bay, it may seem that it only caters for the rich and famous. That notion, however, is easily dispelled.
With favourable exchange rates – the rand currently hovers at around R13.50 to the pound, R9 to the US dollar and R11.80 to the euro – one's buying power can be maximised. Scores of backpacker lodges in and around the city centre, stunning beaches, hikes, markets and local cuisine cost little or nothing, meaning that there is much to see and do when you are on a tight budget.
Visitors to any city always hanker after the nightlife; that is, after all, where you will meet locals letting their hair down. In Cape Town the nightlife is not centred in one place: across the city there are "party hubs", which means that if you want to club or bar-hop, it does not need to cost you a fortune to move from one place to the next.
As the sun sets over Cape Town, places like Long Street and Observatory come to life. While the V&A Waterfront is busy from morning till late at night, the crowd changes as the day progresses, from people enjoying high-end shopping and long lunches to the crowd that arrives for cocktails and candlelight dinners.
Observatory is close to the University of Cape Town, which means that the suburb is a popular hang-out spot for students, and this is where one's rand really can be stretched. Shoot a game of pool at Stones, where they have a very long daily happy hour from 5pm to 9pm seven days a week, drinks specials and free late-night pool on Wednesdays. Both Observatory and Long Street have scores of pubs and clubs, most of which have happy hours where you can get two drinks for the price of one.
If you look closely you will see little "holes-in-the wall" like Abantu, which is on the corners of Long and Leeuwen Streets; Carnival Court, a backpacker's lodge with a balcony bar overlooking Long Street; Bob's Bar, unmistakable with its wooden barrel tables outside, and the deep-purple building which houses the Purple Turtle, set slightly down from upper Long Street.
Locals will tell you that those are the places where the drinks are cheap, the music rocks and an assortment of fun people hang out.
If you want to go clubbing, then go before 10pm. Many clubs, like Deco Dance in Sea Point, allow ladies in for free before 10pm and offer a hefty discount for the guys at weekends.
At night the Waterfront lights up, and while many people enjoy gourmet restaurants and shopping until 9pm, a firm favourite is catching a cold beer at Ferryman's while sitting outside soaking up the vibe, window-shopping and chilling at sports bars. There is also a strip of fast-food joints – buy your meal and sit on one of the outside benches or at the ampitheatre, which is also regularly used for free concerts.
Sushi restaurants often have all-you-can-eat specials, and local steak and pizza joints have standing weekly offers, like two burgers for the price of one or all-you-can-eat pizza nights.
Nightlife in Cape Town has also come to mean viewing the city when it is dark. Every full moon scores of people hike up Lion's Head to take in Cape Town from a unique point of view.
Partying on a budget in Cape Town has never been easier!

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WEIRTON - Eleven employees of the ArcelorMittal Steel Corp. have been recognized by the United Steelworkers Local 2911 for their ideas to improve productivity and save money.
A ceremony this week officially unveiled the USW Local 2911 Wall of Recognition in the West Street union hall that will be dedicated to the efforts of employees of the Weirton steel mill.
"We all know we are competing in a highly competitive industry and we must remain on top of our game in order to remain competitive. Our employees have always played a key role in our mill and now more than ever their involvement is even more important for the future of our plant. That's why our union has really stepped up our employee recognition program," said Local 2911 President Mark Glyptis.
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RECOGNITION — Eleven employees at the ArcelorMittal Weirton plant were recognized this week by United Steelworkers Local 2911 officials for suggestions to improve production and save money for the corporation. Taking part in the recognition ceremony in the local union hall were, seated, from left, Larry Kaser, Larry Jones, Mike Peterson and Bruce Costello; and standing, Local 2911 President Mark Glyptis, Local 2911 Training Coordinator Nick Butto, Tom Safreed, Ronald Blair, George Slanchik and Local 2911 Employee Involvement Coordinator Ed Conley. -- Dave Gossett
"Because of our employees we are able to compete on a global basis. We are a better steelmaking operation because of the men and women who work every day in our mill. Our employees are extremely smart and they have wonderful ideas on how we can continue to get better," Glyptis said.
"We have spent many, many, many hours gathering ideas from the employees throughout the mill and then bringing those ideas to fruition. Our Local 2911 Employee Involvement Coordinator Ed Conley has always worked diligently to draw the best out of the employees and he has brought their ideas to the plant management that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings," Glyptis explained.
"I am fortunate in my job to work with the best steelworkers in the industry. The men and women at Weirton are passionate to keep our plant moving forward in a positive manner. I take ideas from the employees that will eventually save millions of dollars for the plant and the company," Conley said.
"We have Bruce Costello who came up with an idea to eliminate a waste stream and reduce costs through a roll grinding project. And Larry Jones who pushed for years to change the process of taking trash from the mill to a location where an outside contractor picked it up and transported it to the Weirton landfill. Now we have our truck drivers take the trash from the mill to the city landfill thereby eliminating the outside truck and saving money," cited Conley.
"Larry Kaser put together an idea at the No. 5 pickler that improved our productivity by 30 minutes. I appreciate everything these union members have accomplished. I believe you have to recognize people and thank them. That's why we have created our Employee Wall of Recognition here at the Local 2911 union hall. We hope our families, our children and grandchildren will stop at the union hall to see the people we recognize today and in future years," stated Conley.
"I have always believed that in order to have a strong union you need a strong company. Our company and our union goes together hand in glove," added Conley.
"The differences our employees have made in the mill can make the difference between success and failure. We have the best steelworkers in the world right here in Weirton. What happens every day in our mill will create a strong longterm future for all of us as well as the next generation of steelworkers," remarked Glyptis.
"Our grandchildren will thank you for what you have done to make our mill strong in the future," Glyptis said.


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Richard "Dick" Teigi Miyoshi, 86, of Nebraska City died at the Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth Oct. 16, 2012. He was born July 31, 1926 at North Platte to Takihiko and Takeyo (Shiroyama) Miyoshi. He married Rosemary G. Beers Oct. 28, 1949 at Council Bluffs.
He is survived by sons John Miyoshi and wife Carol of Wahoo, Dan Miyoshi of Harrisonburg, Va., and Kelly Miyoshi and wife Carmen of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; daughters Pam Smith and husband Harry of Salina, Kan., Ree Shirley and husband Matthew of Nebraska City, and Laura Laing of North Reading, Mass.; 13 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; sisters Kathrine, Sara, Alice and Patricia; many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded by his wife Oct. 23, 2001; brothers Edward, Miles and Alfred; sister-in-law Dorothy; brothers-in-law Kei and Kie; and son-in-law John Laing.
He moved to Nebraska City in 1960. He formerly worked in the UNL Horticulture Department; owned and operated the Catron – Miyoshi Orchard and worked in the restaurant business for several years and served as manager of the Nebraska City Elks Lodge and Steinhart Lodge. He was also formerly employed by the Union Insurance Company and Old Republic Insurance Company.
Dick was a member of the St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Western Star Lodge No. 2, A.F. & A.M.; Queen Esther Chapter No. 1, O.E.S.; and American Legion Post No. 8. He was a former member of the Arbor Shrine Club, Nebraska City Elks Lodge and the Nebraska State Horticulture Society.
Dick loved fishing, hunting and spending time with his family. He also coached Legion Baseball.
He served in the U.S. Army.
Memorial services are at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Nebraska Masonic Home, 1300 D St. in Plattsmouth.
Graveside services are at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City.
Rev. Joel Lundak will officiate. Urnbearer will be Josh Shirley.
Visitation is 1-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. A Masonic Service will be held at 7 p.m. followed by an Eastern Star Service. The family will greet friends from 6-8:30 p.m. There will be no viewing.
Memorials are suggested to the Nebraska Masonic Home.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.marshallfuneral.com.
Marshall Funeral Chapel of Nebraska City is in charge of arrangements.
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The next guide and outfitter written examination is May 16 at 1 p.m. at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department office in Bismarck. The test is given periodically to anyone interested in becoming a hunting guide or outfitter in the state.
In addition to passing a written exam, qualifications for becoming a guide include a background check for criminal and game and fish violations; certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and standard first aid; and employment by or contract with a licensed hunting outfitter.
Nearly 550 archers registered to compete in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament March 21-22 in Minot.
Winning back-to-back titles in the high school (grades 9-12) and middle school (grades 7-8) divisions were Hankinson and Wahpeton. Taking top honors in the elementary school (grades 4-6) division was Hankinson.
Overall male and female winners were Spencer Brockman of North Sargent and defending champion Lisa Buckhaus of Hankinson.
As snow geese continue to make their way through the state, hunters are advised to properly identify their target as whooping cranes could potentially be in the same areas.
Whooping cranes are also in the midst of their spring migration and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be tracked.
Two mule deer taken during the 2014 deer gun season from unit 3F2 in southwestern North Dakota have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the State Game and Fish Department.
The total now stands at seven deer to test positive for CWD since 2009, and all were from the same general area within unit 3F2.
Applications for this fall's moose and elk hunting seasons must be in the mail and postmarked before midnight March 25.
To apply online, or to print out an application to mail, access the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov. Applications are also available at Game and Fish offices, county auditors and license vendors.
A total of 43,500 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 26,300 deer during the 2014 deer gun hunting season.
The State Game and Fish Department made available 48,000 deer gun licenses in 2014, and all licenses were issued. Overall hunter success was 60 percent, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in the field.
Hunter success for antlered white-tailed deer was 60 percent, and antlerless whitetail was 56 percent.
Jack Fletcher's catch on Feb. 28 broke a state record for cisco that was established nearly 15 years ago.
The Fargo angler reeled in a 2-pound, 9-ounce cisco from Beaver Bay, Lake Oahe, breaking the old record by 1 ounce.
The previous record was held since 2000 by two family members from Pick City, Tylor and Scott Borup Jr., who each reeled in a 2-pound, 8-ounce cisco from the Garrison Dam Tailrace on the same day.
Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend a North Dakota Game and Fish Department spring advisory board meeting in their area.
These public meetings, held each spring and fall, provide citizens with an opportunity to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions of their district advisors and agency personnel.
The governor appoints eight Game and Fish Department advisors, each representing a multi-county section of the state, to serve as a liaison between the department and public.
Spring light goose hunters, anglers and trappers are reminded that 2015-16 licenses are required starting April 1.
The 2015-16 small game, fishing and furbearer licenses are effective April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
Licenses can be purchased online by accessing the online services link at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.
Wildlife, shooting, fraternal and nonprofit civil organizations are urged to submit an application for the Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters program, a State Game and Fish Department grant program developed to assist recruitment of the next generation of hunters and shooters.
The maximum grant allowed is $3,000. The program currently helps fund approximately 40 club and organizational events and projects, with an average grant of $1,550.
North Dakota's elk and moose hunting seasons are set with more licenses available in 2015 than last year. However, the bighorn sheep hunting season will be closed for the first time since 1983.
A total of 301 elk licenses are available to hunters this fall, an increase of 40 from last year. Unit E1 has an additional 15 any-elk and 15 antlerless licenses, and unit E3 has an increase of 10 antlerless licenses. In addition, the split season antlerless elk only portion of E1 is eliminated to provide additional hunting opportunity and address late-season depredation issues.
The 2015 spring wild turkey lottery has been held and hopeful hunters can check individual results by accessing the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov.
A total of 700 licenses remain in nine units. The governor's proclamation allows a maximum of two licenses, and hunters who did not apply in the first drawing are also eligible.


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14 Must-Buy Organic Foodsby Lindsay Hutton
Pesticides help protect crops by warding off damaging weeds, diseases, and bugs, but they also leave a residue on our produce. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, certain fruits and vegetables consistently carry much higher levels of pesticide residue than others, even after washing. Originally dubbed "The Dirty Dozen," the list of the top offenders has grown to 14 fruits and vegetables. Researchers at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) recommend avoiding pesticide residue by choosing organic versions of these 14 foods. Print out our handy list to take along with you to the grocery store.
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The EWG found that 98 percent of tested apples were contaminated. Even peeling a conventional apple won't completely eliminate chemical residue, so it's best to buy organic. The two types of fiber in apples — soluble and insoluble — can reduce cholesterol levels and the risk of hardening of the arteries, heart attack, and stroke. Apples also keep blood sugar levels stable, and can help prevent kidney stones. Bonus: You'll find that organic apples taste sweeter than conventionally grown.
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Calvin hosts Symposium on Common Grace in Business
Theologians, scholars and business people convened at Calvin College for conversations about the application of Abraham Kuyper's theological work on common grace to the business world.
November 01, 2014 | Grace Ruiter
Elevator Pitch
Ten students representing four academic majors pitched their bright ideas in Calvin's first-annual Elevator Pitch Competition.
November 11, 2010 | Myrna Anderson
Making t-shirts Kalvin Kultural
At the beginning of the fall semester, Nehemiah Chu and Eric Nondahl started a company. At the end of fall semester— two weeks ago, to be exact—that company broke even.
December 17, 2008 | Myrna Anderson
Senior wins regional BizPlan
Calvin senior business major Kelly LeCoy bested the field at the 2011 Regional BizPlan.
April 13, 2011 | Myrna Anderson
Making sense of the financial crisis
Calvin business professor Leonard Van Drunen and economics professor Scott Vander Linde sat down with communication and marketing's senior writer Myrna Anderson for a conversation about the crisis.
October 08, 2008 | Myrna Anderson
Marketing Uganda-style
Calvin senior Ashley Luse spent February in Uganda, trying to create a market for amaranth.
May 14, 2010 | Myrna Anderson
Interim: Student blogs
Interning in India, excavating in Jordan, exploring development in Cambodia and engineering firms in Europe. And they're blogging!
January 06, 2012 | Myrna Anderson
Student uses Pepsi grant to care for strays
Alissa Hoekstra's 5k grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project will be used to help her local animal shelter.
December 13, 2011 | Myrna Anderson
Immersion into India
During interim, some Calvin students worked in business internships in Hyderabad.
March 09, 2012 | Myrna Anderson
Professor of the Year: Cal Jen
The Professor of the Year is selected through a vote of the Calvin graduating class. Jen, a business professor, is the 12th winner of the award.
May 22, 2009 | Matt Decker
Stock market game creates online traders
The student organization Calvin Business Forum has kicked off the stock market game for spring semester. The organization hosts the game for interested students each semester.
April 25, 2009 | Matt Decker
From pursuing business on a whim, to leading hundreds
Jared English has been the Shanghai general manager of CMP since November 2014.
June 23, 2016 | Jacquelyn Hubbard
Finishing near the top
Calvin junior accounting major Jake Mantel took fourth place at the 2012 Regional Idea Pitch competition held on Wednesday, November 7, at Aquinas College's Wege Ballroom.
November 08, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
Innovation Encounter
A team of six Calvin business, engineering and computer science majors took first place in the 2010 "Innovation Encounter"—an inventive problem solving competition hosted by Lawrence Tech University. Calvin competed with five other colleges and universities in developing a new idea for a smart phone application to interface with vehicle systems.
November 05, 2010 | Matt
Uptown Kitchen opens
"I don't know in school if I ever thought I would do this so soon."
March 30, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
Open for business!
"We determined that if we were going to become what we wanted to become — that is, the best Christian college to study business at, anywhere — we would have to raise the bar on a couple things."
February 15, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Fiske Guide highlights Calvin's business, engineering programs
The 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges highlights Calvin's business and engineering programs as some of the best among small colleges and universities.
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30 Nov 2012 5:37 AM #1
Trigger with modal window and autocomplete
I have to implement trigger that shows modal window when it's clicked and that provides remote autocomplete. As far as I know, autocomplete is implemented for comboboxes with query mode 'local', but combos don't allow to show modal windows. Otherwise triggers don't provide autocomplete.
Could you please help me with some source code or advise for this task?
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Why not show the combobox within a floating panel or window?
Also, combobox can do autocomplete with remote. It will fire off requests to the server.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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Thank you for answer!
For now I decided to use combobox with 2 triggers. First allows autocomplete, and second shows modal window.


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Police said the man was traveling south (toward Scituate) with traffic when he was cut off by a 2008 Mazda sedan that was coming from Scituate and attempting to make a left into the plaza.
Police said numerous 9-1-1 calls came in following the accident. The operator of the Mazda, a 75-year-old Scituate woman, was cited for failure to yield to oncoming traffic. The motorcycle driver was taken by Cohasset ambulance to South Shore Hospital. Police said he was hit so hard that he came right out of his sneakers, one of which landed about 70 feet from the crash.
The motorcycle was totaled and the Mazda had minor damage; both vehicles were towed. Police said the victim was wearing a helmet.
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I want to get the IP address I am being NATed behind (e.g. the one presented to the outside world, rather than my local IP).
Something like the result you get from www.ipchicken.com.
How can I get this? The local IP info is easy to find, but I have no idea how to go about getting the IP assigned from the ISP.
The reason I need it is that my network infrastructure is such that I have two gateways out of the network. If one fails, it trips over transparently to the other. All well and good, but there is no alerting mechanism to tell me that I have failed over.
I believe it's quite hard to get this information. I guess another approach I could take is by putting a webservice on an externally hosted webserver - the idea being that it returns the IP of the querying host. (However, I have no idea how to do this either!) I suspect this might be the easiest way to go.


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Taste Buds: Perkins
Buds find plenty to love at restaurant/bakery
July 11, 2013
Last week, while Bud Em was enjoying what was left of her 'stay-cation', the Buds decided to meet for lunch so the two could catch up on all the juicy office gossip Em had been missing....
I agree that these columns are overly enthusiastic. I understand the Buds do not want to offend the establishment, but I too,have followed some of their recommendations only to find my experience very disappointing.I also agree that they are not at all in tune with the economics that many readers have in this area. The lunch reviewed in this column would be $25.00 plus tax and a tip and a beverage was not mentioned. How many people drop that kind of money on a lunch for two? That would mean a five day work week lunch expenditure would approximately $150.00.Not in my category for sure.
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Talapia????? Really? Garbage! There is no one fish known as Talapia. It is a name given to many species of fish known as chichlid fish. : any of a family (Cichlidae) of mostly tropical spiny-finned usually freshwater fishes including several kept in tropical aquariums Basically Garbage fish. Yes, they are now farm raised, but you should know where it is farmed at. China? Taiwan? Where is Perkins Talapia farmed at? This, is something that the readers should research before eating. Talapia and Swai Fish( once served to unknowing customers at a local fish market) should be banned from the US market.Swai might be OK if farm raised in the US, but a lot of it comes from Viet Nam and is very dangerous.
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Do the Buds ever not like anything? These reviews would be much more beneficial to the reader if they were more balanced. The efficiency, helpfulness and knowledge of the wait staff should also be reviewed. The reviews also are always overly positive; they need to be directly honest. If the service is slow and the food needs work, please tell us that. As someone who eats out quite frequently, I have tried many of the places that consitently get raving reviews from the Buds. Some of the time, they are right on the money. But, a lot of the time, the food and service is not good. The readers want to know what is both good AND bad about these restaurants. The benefits of this would be two-fold: 1) the restaurants would have the opportunity to receive constructive criticism so that they could improve their food and service and thus, increase revenue and 2) the readers would be more trustworthy of the Buds opinions and more apt to try restaurants they recommend.
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$12.00 bucks? Too PRICEY. I'll go to Ponderosa between 11/ 4 and get ALL you can eat+ dessert, for $5.79.
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October 24, 2011
New York University and Manhattan Community Board 2 will host hundreds of children, moms, and dads at the 21st Annual Greenwich Village Children's Halloween Parade. Led by the Soul Tigers Marching Band, children and families will march around Washington Square Park. Following the parade, the children will be treated to candy, face-painting, rides and live entertainment, including a special performance by the NYC based children's music band, Shira and Friends.
The Grand Marshals for the parade have been selected for their commitment and service to the Greenwich Village community:
· Honi Klein, former Executive Director of the Village Alliance Business Improvement District
· Brandon del Pozo, Deputy Inspector of the NYPD's 6th Precinct
· Maria Skouras, former Senior Policy Analyst of NYU's Office of Government and Community Affairs
Monday, October 31, 2011; parade starts at 3:30 pm; marchers start gathering at 3:00 pm; festivities end at 6:00 pm
The parade assembles along Washington Square North, near the Arch and ends at LaGuardia between Washington Square South and West 3rd Street where various activities await the children.
The parade provides very good, cute, daylight shots of kids in costumes parading around the park accompanied by parents. Good complement for coverage of the adult parade.
Shira and Friends will perform followed by NYU students– including NYU music groups, and cheerleaders– and assist with distributing treats.
The 21st Annual NYU and CB2 Parade is sponsored by: The Villager Newspaper, Lucille Lortel Theatre, Washington Square Hotel, NYU Family Care, McDonald's, Morton Williams, Con Edison, Washington Square Association, Bedford Barrow Commerce Block Association, NOHO NY BID, Kmart, Bob and Elaine Schneider, The Village Alliance, McBurney YMCA, Collins Building Services Inc., Murphy & Gonzalez, Sky Management Corporation, M&M Sanitation Corporation, NYU Parenting Club/Office of Alumni Relations, NYU Administrative Management Council, and NYU Bookstores.
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Mochida, S., Tsuzuki, S., Inouye, K. and Fushiki, T.
Notes: The authors determined that a recombinant catalytic domain of rat matriptase (His6t-S-CD) caused detachment of small-intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6 cells) from laminin-coated plates. His6t-S-CD was expressed in the yeast P. pastoris and purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration through a PD-10 column, then Ni2+-chelating chromatography using HisLink™ Resin. The authors also treated IEC-6 cells with purified His6t-S-CD to determine if this domain induced apoptosis by monitoring annexin-V staining, DNA fragmentation and caspase-3 activity. For the DNA fragmentation analysis, IEC-6 cells were treated with His6t-S-CD, then harvested, and genomic DNA was purified using the Wizard® SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System. DNA fragmentation was assessed by agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining. (4100)
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Wei, L., Guo, J., Ouyang, M., Sun, X., Ma, J., Chi, W., Lu, C. and Zhang, L.
Notes: To help understand the molecular mechanism behind the biogenesis and assembly of photosystem II (PSII), the authors characterized the high chlorophyll fluorescence low psii accumulation19 (lpa19) mutation, which results in defective PSII biogenesis. To examine Lpa19 expression patterns in lpa19 mutant plants, the authors performed Western blot analysis using an anti-Lpa19 antibody raised against purified recombinant His-tagged LPA19 protein. This antigen was purified using the HisLink™ Resin. (4101)
Herold, S., Paton, J.C. and Paton, A.W.
Notes: To try to understand the mechanism by which certain strains of Shiga-toxigenic E.coli adhere to host intestinal epithelium, the authors characterized the novel autotransporter protein Sab. Expression levels and protein localization were examined by Western blot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The mouse anti-Sab antibody used in these studies was raised against an N-terminal His6-Sab fusion protein purified using the HisLink™ Resin. (4102)
Tsyba, L., Gryaznova, T., Dergai, O., Dergai, M., Skrypkina, I., Kropyvko, S., Boldyryev, O., Nikolaienko, O., Novokhatska, O. and Rynditch, A.
Notes: The authors examined protein interactions between splice variants of the SH3A domain of intersection 1 (ITSN1) and the main ITSN1 protein partners using protein pull-down assays. In one set of pull-down assays, SH3A splice variants were expressed as polyhistidine-tagged proteins, and the proline-rich domain of dynamin 1, a known ITSN1 protein partner, was expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein. In a second set of experiments, the SH3A domain variants were expressed as GST-fusion proteins, immobilized, then used to capture endogenous dynamin 1, SOS1, c-Cbl and Cbl-b from cell lysates. Recombinant GST-fusion proteins were purified using glutathione-Sepharose® 4B or the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. Based on the data, the authors concluded that alternative splicing of ITSN1 can change the binding properties and its protein partners. (3950)
Kojima, K., Tsuzuki, S., Fushiki, T. and Inouye, K.
Notes: The authors determined the role of various domains of the hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) in the inhibition of the protease matriptase. HAI-1 mutants lacking one or more domains were expressed as His-tagged fusion proteins in CHO-K1 or COS-1 cells, and proteins were purified using the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. Purified proteins were then used in protease assays with recombinant matriptase. (3788)
Gioannini, T.L., Teghanemt, A., Zhang, D., Prohinar, P., Levis, E.N., Munford, R.S. and Weiss, J.P.
Notes: The authors examined the deacylation activity of acyloxyacyl hydrolase (AOAH) against a protein:lipooligosaccharides (LOS) complex. A soluble, truncated form of endotoxin-binding protein CD14 (sCD14) was expressed with a hexapolyhistidine tag from a baculovirus vector in High Five insect cells and used to form [3H]LOS:protein complexes. These complexes were incubated with AOAH for 4 hours, then purified using the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. The degree of deacylation of the LOS was determined using liquid scintillation spectroscopy. No imidazole was used in the binding buffer or rinses. The buffer did contain 0.1% bovine serum albumin. (3698)
Cáceres, A.J., Quiñones, W., Gualdrón, M., Cordeiro, A., Avilán, L., Michels, P.A. and Concepción, J.L.
Notes: The authors cloned and characterized glucokinases (GlcKs) from Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania major. Recombinant GlcKs were expressed in E. coli as His6 fusion proteins and purified using the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. Pellets of GlcK-expressing cells were lysed using lysis buffer (100mM Hepes [pH 6.7], 2.0mM MgCl2, and 10mM imidazole) and a French press, and His6-tagged protein was purified from the cleared lysate as directed by the manufacturer using an elution buffer (100mM Hepes [pH 7.6], 2.0mM MgCl2 and 350mM imidazole. (3916)
Cordeiro, A.T., Cáceres, A.J., Vertommen, D., Concepción, J.L., Michels, P.A. and Versées, W.
Notes: The authors expressed Trypanosoma cruzi glucokinase in E. coli BL21(DE3) cells as a polyhistidine-tagged protein and purified the protein using the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. BL21(DE3) cell lysates were generated using a French press, and soluble protein was purified using 1ml of HisLink™ resin as directed by the manufacturer. (3915)
Kimata, Y., Ishiwata-Kimata, Y., Ito, T., Hirata, A., Suzuki, T., Oikawa, D., Takeuchi, M. and Kohno, K.
Notes: The authors examined the mechanism by which the signal transducer Ire1 senses the accumulation of unfolded proteins during endoplasmic reticulum stress. The authors tested the hypothesis that the core stress-sensing region (CSSR) of Ire1 binds to unfolded proteins by monitoring the ability of purified CSSR and mutant CSSRs to prevent aggregation of denatured firefly luciferase and porcine citrate synthase. CSSR and CSSR mutants were expressed as maltose-binding protein fusions or His8-tagged proteins; the His8-CSSR was expressed in BL21(DE3) cells and purified using HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. Cell pellets from 400ml cultures were resuspended in 15ml of E. coli lysis buffer (50mM Hepes, pH 8.0, 300mM KCl,5mM MgCl2, 10mM imidazole, 1% Triton X-100, 2mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 0.4mg/ml benzamidine, 0.4mg/ml pepstatin A, 0.4mg/ml leupeptin, 0.3mg/ml lysozyme and 14U/ml DNase I), then disrupted by ultrasonication. Lysates were clarified by centrifugation and incubated with 0.5ml of HisLink™ Resin for 12 hours. The resin was packed into an 8mm-diameter column and sequentially washed with 1) 50mM Hepes (pH 8.0), 1M KCl, 5mM MgCl2, and 0.1% Triton-X 100; 2) 50mM Hepes, 300mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, 0.1% Triton X-100, and 20mM imidazole; 3) 50mM Hepes, 300mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, 0.1% Triton X-100, and 40mM imidazole; 4) 50mM Hepes, 300mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, 0.1% Triton X-100, and 60mM imidazole; 5) 50mM Hepes, 300mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, and 10mM ATP; and finally 20mM Hepes, 100mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, and 50% (vol/vol) glycerol. Bound proteins were eluted with 50mM Hepes, 100mM KCl, 5mM MgCl2, 200mM imidazole and 50% (vol/vol) glycerol. (3914)
Wu, S.C., Halley, J.E., Luttig, C., Fernekes, L.M., Gutiérrez-Sanchez, G., Darvill, A.G. and Albersheim, P.
Notes: The authors characterized a cell-wall degrading enzyme, endo-ß-1,4-D-xylanase (XYL-6), from the rice pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. Recombinant XYL-6 with a His6 tag was expressed in Pichia pastoris. A 1-liter culture of electrotransformed Pichia cells was grown at a density (OD600) of 2U at 30°C for 3 days. After induction, culture medium containing secreted proteins was concentrated to 100ml, and the polyhistidine-tagged protein was purified by nickel-chelate affinity column chromatography using the HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. (3565)
Bretscher, L.E., Morrell, M.T., Funk, A.L. and Klug, C.S.
Notes: The inner membrane protein 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose transferase (ArnT) catalyzes the final step in the polymyxin-resistance pathway in S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli. The authors expressed and purified ArnT as a His6-tagged protein in E. coli. Briefly, 2 liters of cells expressing ArnT were grown overnight and induced for 3 hours with 1mM IPTG. A French press and pressure cell were used to lyse cells, and the membrane fraction was pelleted using a high-speed centrifugation. Membrane proteins were extracted using 1% dodecylmaltoside, followed by another high-speed centrifugation. The solubilized membrane fraction was passed through a 3ml Q-Sepharose® column. The flowthrough was incubated with 1ml of HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin overnight with gentle mixing. The HisLink™ Resin was washed with a wash buffer containing 10mM imidazole, and the ArnT protein was eluted in a two-step elution using an elution buffer with 100mM and 200mM imidazole. The Q-Sepharose® column was added to the protein purification scheme to eliminate the copurification of E. coli elongation factor Ef-Tu, which contains a cluster of histidine residues and can bind to the HisLink™ Resin if not previously removed. (3854)
Huynh, F., Tan, T.-C., Swaminathan, K. and Patel, B. K. C.
Notes: To learn more about the molecular mechanism of thermostability of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) from Halothermothrix orenii, the gene was cloned in the pTrcHisA expression vector by PCR, transformed into E. coli and induced for 4 hours with 1mM IPTG. The cells were lysed by sonication and freeze/thaw cycles, and the bacterial lysate was cleared by centrifugation. The HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin was added to the cleared lysate and incubated for 1 hour with gentle agitation. The mixture was transferred to a chromatography column and washed with at least 50 column volumes of 20mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 500mM NaCl, 10mM imidazole. Recombinant SPS was eluted in 20mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 100mM NaCl, 500mM imidazole and the imidazole removed by diafiltration. The purified protein was then allowed to crystallize and used for X-ray diffraction to determine structure. (3281)
Teghanemt, A., Zhang, D., Levis, E.N., Weiss, J.P. and Gioannini, T.L.
Notes: The role of various Neisseria meningitidis serotype B [NMB lipooligosaccharides (LOS)] in TLR4-dependent cell activation was investigated. A known protein binding partner, myeloid differentiation protein 2 (MD-2), was expressed in a baculovirus system with a 6X-His tag and the insect medium incubated with purified hexa-, penta-, and tetra-acylated endotoxins metabolically labeled with [3H] or [14C] acetate. These complexes (containing 0.2–1ng of radiolabeled LOS) were then incubated for 1 hour at 25°C with 100µl of HisLink™ Protein Purification Resin. After the incubation, the resin was centrifuged, the supernatant removed and the resin washed 3–4 times in 500µl PBS containing 5mM imidazole before elution with 2% SDS. The presence of radiolabeled LOS was evaluated by liquid scintillation spectroscopy and results were expressed as the percentage of LOS captured. (3317)


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Mark Fredrick Bence, 78, retired electrician, Augusta, passed away, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
A memorial service will beheld at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel, Augusta.
He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur Edgar and Clara Etta (Beard) Bence; spouse Marilyn; children Loree and Dan; brothers Edgar and Robert Bence.
A memorial has been established with Amedisys Hospice, 2733 W. Central, El Dorado, KS 67042, or in care of the funeral home.
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When we want to compute the multiplicity of an eigenvalue of a 0-1 symmetric matrix (viewed as the adjacency matrix of an undirected regular graph), we commonly resort to the know lemma of Feit and Higman which states the following:
Let $\theta$ be a simple root of the polynomial $p(x)$, and set $p_{\theta}=p(x)/(x-\theta)$. If $M$ is a matrix satisfying $p(M)=0$, then the multiplicity of $\theta$ as an eigenvalue of $M$ is given by $\frac{tr(p_\theta(M))}{p_\theta(\theta)}$, where $tr$ gives the trace.
The complication with this approach is the computation of the traces, especially when the degree of $p(x)$ is much higher than the girth of the corresponding graph.
If the graph is distance-regular then an alternative (and simpler) approach could be used.
My question is the following:
Is there any other way to compute the multiplicity of an eigenvalue for such a matrix if we know the girth, diameter and degree of the corresponding graph (and possibly other properties)?
[EDIT:] I think it is best if I now give a bit more information of what I actually have.
My hypothetical graph is bipartite of degree $d$, diameter $k$ and girth $g=2k-2$. Furthermore, every vertex is contained in exactly two $(2k-2)$-cycles, and its eigenvalues satisfy the following polynomial equations:
$n/4-1$ eigenvalues coming from $H_{k-1}(x)-2$,
$n/4-1$ eigenvalues coming from $H_{k-1}(x)+2$, and
$n/2$ eigenvalues coming from $H_{k-1}(x)$, where
$H_{0}(x)=1$, $H_{1}(x)=x$ and $H_i(x)=xH_{i-1}(x)-(d-1)H_{i-2}(x)$ for $i\ge 2$.
Thus, the polynomial $p(x)=(x^2-d^2)H_{k-1}(x)(H_{k-1}(x)-2)(H_{k-1}(x)+2)$ is a multiple of the minimal polynomial of the graph.
Feit and Higman's method would have been fine if the degree of $p(x)$ were close to the girth of the graph as the trace computation would then be manageable.
I would appreciate any help I could get in this regard...
Thanks in advance, and regards, Guillermo


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Dave Brubeck took his last "Five"
Brubeck died today at 91. Would have been 92 tomorrow.
His popular hit Take Five became his theme song.
RIP Mr. Brubeck. Thanks for introducing so many to your special form of jazz. And thank you for sharing your talent w/us.
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Love Burkeck's work.
Sad part is, many know and heard his music, but didn't know who he was.
Sad day, I'll have to take a "Time Out" and listen to some of his albums. Take Five is one of my all time favorite songs in my favorite time signature.
Please phrase this in the form of a question...Did you know that Dave Brubeck took his last "five" today?
@kelomaki: Who is "Burkeck" ?
Definitely one of my favorite musicians, especially when he played with Paul Desmond. Take Five is great, but Blue Rondo a la Turk is one of my favorites.
@luvche21: Yeah, Blue Rondo a la Turk has been the song stuck in my head since I heard the news.
@michaelkriss: Not a good song to have stuck in your head when you're trying to sleep (according to me).
There's just something amazing about that whole Time Out album - even with the "crazy" time signatures, it was so musical, so catchy, and so amazing!
A Brubeck double album was the first jazz cd I bought.
Blue Rondo A La Turk (so good & I never listen to jazz anymore):
An aside: For those of you who did not like Mr. Brubeck. And those who don't like notifications of deaths...
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D'Antoni's L.A. Comeback
He went away mad. It was weird and sudden. It was as if he hopped in a getaway car and sped over the George Washington Bridge, waving a lonely middle finger out the driver's side window. Mike D'Antoni put New York City and the Knicks in the rear view, the latest basketball brain undone by a mind-numbing franchise.
That was March.
It went very south very quickly. In February, the Knicks were the most thrilling story not just in the NBA, but in global sport—a mediocre team startlingly revived by the infusion of a no-name point guard. It wasn't just Jeremy Lin's Cinderella narrative—the bench-warmer Harvard grad twice abandoned by NBA clubs, so insecure about his long-term chances in New York he was sleeping on the couch. In Lin, D'Antoni had found an ideal valve for his hyper-dynamic, full-court, passing offense. It was a perfect philosophical melding of player and coach. The Knicks—so overpriced and moribund most of the decade—were shockingly fun to watch. The frenzy probably peaked with Lin's extraordinary 38-point performance over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden.
And then it crashed, hard. Carmelo Anthony returned from injury, the offense decelerated, Linsanity became bluntly sane. The Knicks lost six in a row. Vultures circled or swirled or did loop-de-loops—whatever it is that metaphorical vultures do. The stifled Anthony denied he wanted D'Antoni to go, but then, quickly, D'Antoni was gone, resigning abruptly, just hours after an unknown executive director had done the same from Goldman Sachs. GS -1.07 %
It was a strange day.
Now D'Antoni has resurfaced, the benefit of another coach's hasty misfortune. He has been hired to replace Mike Brown, dismissed after only five games as the leader of the Los Angeles Lakers.
D'Antoni's L.A. installation is (sort of) a surprise. Many people went to bed Sunday assuming the Lakers were closing in on hiring Phil Jackson to coach the team for a third time. The franchise reportedly wanted it; Jackson was said to want it; the return of the Zen Master had the blessing of the Lakers' best player, Kobe Bryant, who won all of his five rings with Jackson on the bench.
Phil made sense. Phil had to happen. Then Phil didn't happen.
At the moment there's confusion—did Jackson overreach with demands? Were the Lakers unconvinced that Jackson's fabled "triangle offense" was the answer for this revamped roster, which includes center Dwight Howard? For a day or three, the story in Los Angeles won't be that D'Antoni got the job. It will be that Jackson did not.
Then it becomes D'Antoni's very high-profile problem. There's already some hopeful revisionism—perhaps the Lakers are better suited to run D'Antoni's offense, especially with an old D'Antoni hand, Steve Nash, running the point once he heals a fractured leg. Kobe is said to be OK with the switch—his appreciation of D'Antoni dates back to his childhood in Italy, where D'Antoni and Bryant's father both played. D'Antoni was also an assistant on the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's team in London, where Bryant collected a gold medal.
This is where we are in November, nearly nine months to the day from the night when Lin dropped 38 on Kobe and the Lakers at the Garden.
Lin, deemed too expensive to keep, is running the point in Houston. The Knicks—the imperfect, Carmelo-powered, easy-to-ridicule Knicks—are undefeated at 4-0, their best start in nearly 20 years.
And Mike D'Antoni is coaching Kobe in Los Angeles. An old friend has traded up for a new mess in a starry town.
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Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Fourth Annual Protein-Device Combinations conference will cover the latest trends and challenges in integrating protein formulations with parenteral and alternative administration devices. In addition to focusing on parenterals, non-invasive and alternative routes for delivery will also be discussed. Specific considerations for formulating protein delivery systems so they maintain their stability and remain within their efficacious and safe target doses will be discussed. The meeting will feature in-depth case studies and discussions on the design and development of protein-device combinations that are safe and effective, compliant and commercially successful.
Join colleagues from around the world in this discussion of the key challenges and solutions in protein-device combinations development, and see how experts like you are integrating protein formulations with parenteral and alternative administration devices.
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8:15 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
David Cipolla, Ph.D., Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aradigm Corp.
Co-Chair:Robin Bogner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut
Keynote Presentation
8:20 Stabilization of Proteins by Freeze Drying: New Guidelines, or "Formulation and Process Heresy"
Michael Pikal, Ph.D., Pfizer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology & Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Connecticut
Commonly, "rules" for formulation and process design include the "command" to freeze dry below the Tg' to insure product quality. Moreover, formulations should have very high Tg's to insure good storage stability. These "rules" mean that more than trace levels of amorphous low Tg solutes or electrolytes should be avoided. However, recent data indicate that these rules can often be relaxed greatly without damage to critical quality attributes.
9:00 FDA Regulatory Requirements and Guidance for the Development and Marketing of Prefilled Syringes and Advanced Drug Delivery Devices
Michael Gross, Ph.D., Owner and Principal Consultant, Chimera Consulting North America
This presentation will consider recently issued FDA regulations and guidance for the development and marketing of drug delivery devices which are either indicated for, or co- packaged or prefilled with drugs and biological products. It will include good manufacturing practices, scientific and engineering information to be included in marketing applications and the reporting of manufacturing and design changes to approved applications.
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9:30 Commercial Considerations that Drive Protein Device Combinations Strategies
Sesha Neervannan, Ph.D., Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, Allergan, Inc.
This presentation will discuss the marketing and commercial considerations that are driving research and development of protein device combinations strategies.
10:00 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
10:45 Rethinking Systemic Delivery Approaches for the CNS
Pankaj Karande, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The blood brain barrier (BBB) poses a formidable challenge for delivery of biologics to the central nervous system. Current clinical approaches for brain disorders bypass the systemic delivery route in favor of brute-force approaches such as intra-cerebral catheters and drug releasing implants. I will discuss our work on targeting the paracellular route of the brain microvascular capillary vessels that facilitates the delivery of systemically introduced biologics through the BBB.
11:15 Needle-Free Injection of Viscous Biologic Formulations
Brooks Boyd, Ph.D., Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Development, Zogenix, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Amy M. Heintz, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Battelle
Advances in formulation technology have allowed biologics to be formulated at ever higher concentrations, where viscosity becomes limiting, often necessitating large bore needles or longer injection times. Needle-free injection can resolve those issues by delivering viscous formulations in a fraction of a second, while providing market advantages via product differentiation. The impact of needle-free injection on protein activity and integrity following administration is evaluated at both aqueous and elevated viscosities.
11:45 A New Technology for High Volume/High Viscosity Biologics
Michael D. Hooven, President and CEO, Enable Injections, LLC
A new wearable Bolus Injector technology for subcutaneous delivery of high-volume/high-viscosity biologics has been developed that utilizes standard vial container closure. The system uses simple mechanical means to deliver 20+cc of high viscosity fluid with automated mixing of two vials and point-of-delivery dose adjustment. The unique power supply allows for very high pressures to be achieved, allowing rapid delivery though a 29-33g needle.
12:15 pm The Importance of Considering All Aspects of an Integrated Delivery System to Help Optimize Patient Outcomes
Graham Reynolds, Vice President, Marketing and Innovation, West Pharmaceutical Services
Optimal outcomes can only be achieved when all aspects of drug delivery are considered as an integrated system. The four key elements are the drug molecule, the primary container, the delivery device and the patient. For any treatment to be effective these elements have to work in harmony. This presentation will highlight the importance of this approach, with examples of systems designed to optimize the patient experience.
12:45 Luncheon Presentation (Sponsorship Opportunity Available) or Lunch on Your Own
Next-Gen And Alternative Delivery Technologies For Biologics
2:00 Chairperson's Remarks
2:05 Improving Patient Compliance through Alternative Formulation and Pulmonary Delivery Technologies
This talk describes the use of the inhalation route for delivery of proteins and peptides. Patient preference for inhalers over injections may lead to greater compliance and thus improved outcomes translating into a pharmacoeconomic benefit. The pitfalls and opportunities to develop an inhaled protein product will be summarized. Molecular optimization, formulation development, and device selection are essential factors when developing an inhaled product. Case studies, including in vitro and in vivo data, will be shared.
2:35 Oral Inhalation as a Delivery Option for Protein and Peptide Drugs
Kieran Curley Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Formulations Development, Mannkind Corp.
Almost all protein and peptide drugs are delivered by injection. Unfortunately, this invasive route of administration is a barrier to initiation of therapy and a hindrance to compliance once therapy has started. As an alternative, the oral inhalation route, integrating protein/peptide formulations with simple inhalers, provides a viable delivery option. The development of these non-invasive, patient-friendly combination products will be discussed.
3:05 Implantable Miniaturized Biosensors for Metabolic Monitoring
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D., Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
A totally implantable miniaturuzed biosensor is being developed by our group for metabolic monitoring. This device utilizes immobilized enzymes for monitoring glucose and other metabolites. To prevent the foreign body response to the implanted sensor, we have developed a biocompatible coating that releases drug, (dexamethasone) and other tissue response modifiers (such as VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor). This presentation will focus on the biocompatible coating as well as the biosensor composition and functionality.
3:35 Selected Oral Poster Presentation: Lyophilization in Plastic versus Glass Syringes and Cartridges
Timothy Dutill, Associate Scientist, Lyophilization Technology, Inc.
Lyophilization in pre-filled devices is a growing interest in the field of parenteral lyophilized products. The behavior during processing is influenced by the unique geometry and construction of the containers. In these studies, the sublimation rate and finished product attributes of model systems where evaluated in plastic syringes and glass cartridges. The studies show a direct comparison of the effects of the heat transfer characteristics of plastic versus glass syringes /cartridges. The processing data and finished product attributes will be presented.
3:50 Refreshment Break
4:15 Achieving Long-Term Antibody Release from Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Systems
Karthik Rajagopal, Ph.D., Scientist, Drug Delivery, Genentech, Inc.
This presentation will discuss our work on slow release formulations of proteins for ocular delivery. Formulations are prepared by first spray-drying followed by hot melt extrusion to produce a slow release formulation for proteins.
4:45 Extended Q&A Session
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When I first thought of this concept, one of my biggest fears was that all of the professional concept artists out there were going to reject it and I would anger all of the talented folks I so looked up to. So... Thanks! I honestly believe that together we can make something revolutionary and I am currently working on something HUGE that will combine all of the sites into one great big NETWORK.
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National Parks
Our national parks are the ultimate eco-destinations in America. The national park system spans more than 84 million breathtaking acres and there is at least one national park in every state - except for Delaware. Whether you travel to Yellowstone National Park or the Great Smoky Mountains, you can find activities perfect for each family member - everything from overnight camping trips to cave exploration. Even the affordable entrance fees go to preserving our national parks for future generations.
Portland, Ore.
Portland is known for being one of the most sustainable cities in the country. For one, it has 30 active farmer's markets, roughly 200 miles of bike lanes, and a zoning plan to keep urban sprawl at bay. The city is easy to navigate by public transportation (light rail, buses, streetcar, or commuter rail) or on foot.
Austin, Texas
I'm a Texas girl at heart - so I'm proud to put Austin on my list. Austin is one city striving to be the "clean energy capital of the world" and is always expanding its renewable energy programs. The city also started the first Green Building Program and all city owned buildings must be LEED certified. Austin also treats all of its sewage sludge and sells it back to the public as fertilizer. At the center of this city is the Colorado River, which means there are plenty of areas to hike and swim.
Imagine a country where protecting the environment is actually written into the constitution. Imagine no more. Namibia is committed to preserving its deserts and mountains. In fact, 15 percent of the country's land is legally protected. Namibia is home to Etosha National Park where those on safari can spot everything from the endangered black rhino to herds of elephants.
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Costa Rica is known around the world for its ecotourism. In fact, it was the first country in Central America to focus on growing its sustainable tourism industry back in the 1970's. While it is a small country, it is actually home to 5 percent of the world's biodiversity, and 26 percent of its lands are government protected.
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"Elayne Angel is the EPITOME of knowledge/professionalism/excellence and everyone should tip their hat to what she has done to educate the world in this trade that she is THE QUEEN OF!!! Love You Angel!!! Thank You For Helping Make Me Who I Am! Your Friendship/Advice/You As A Person is SO Appreciated!!!" Jeremy Youngman
Hi Angel,
I can't thank you enough for your help finding Clay at Infinite!! I went and had it done Saturday, he was really fantastic. He performed the VCH on me, it went very well, no problem at all. The placement looks just where it should be! You were so right he is a very cool and funny guy. I actually took a friend with me and she was thinking about getting the VCH but after Clay took a look at her, he told her she was perfect for the Triangle, and so she had him do it. It went perfectly, no problem for her either! You have helped me so much finding the right piercer, I truly thank you for all of your efforts. You know without your website I would have never been able to gather all the information I needed to know about these types of piercings, I would have stopped thinking about it years ago. So you have helped me on all levels. I hope you are doing well and that the book is coming along just fine, it will help so many people like me.
Take Care Angel,
Hi Elayne,
Wow, I feel like I've spent a lot of time with you this week! That's how well your fabulous voice shines through in this manuscript. It's clear, authoritative, informative, with little bursts of humor to keep the reader interested. Well done!
I was hoping that you could please give me some advice.
I'm wanting to get a tragus piercing but am still breastfeeding my second child who is now 12 months old. (I have had a navel piercing for many years with no problems and had a tattoo many years ago as well.) I read the website on safe piercing and it suggests to wait for 3 months after the birth before getting any form of piercing. My son is 12 months. I was speaking to the piercer at Polymorph in Sydney today and they mentioned a few things that I was hoping you could clarify. Firstly they suggested that there is an issue of adrenalin going through my breastmilk which could send my baby hyperactive. I'm not so concerned with that as an issue unless you suggest it's a major, major problem. Secondly, the piercer was hesitant to pierce my tragus while I'm still breastfeeding as a concern of acquiring an infection and it passing through my breastmilk to my son. I am only feeding my son still on average twice a day and he is on full solids as well. The website on safe piercing doesn't seem to suggest not piercing at this stage. What is your opinion? The guys at Polymorph were very helpful in trying to help me make my decision but I thought I would enquire further before making my choice to pierce at this point as I obviously don't want to risk an infection and then passing it on to my child. Please advise?? Do you think it is safe to pierce now? Look forward to hearing from you.
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My name is Alyssa and I'm a piercer from Toledo, OH. I first heard of you during my apprenticeship; my mentor insisted I read your articles to familiarize myself with commonly asked questions and your after-care instructions. This might seem a bit weird and perhaps unorthodox, but you are truly an inspiration to me! I hope that after I'm in this business for as long as you are I could help and inspire someone the way you have for me!
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WACO (September 26, 2012)-A local judge has set a hearing date in the search for what might be new evidence in a 30-year-old triple murder case that could result in the last living defendant being freed from state prison.
Judge Matt Johnson set Nov. 16 as the date for California scientist Alan Keel to appear in the 54th State District Court in Waco in a defense effort to have Keel turn over evidence the might led to freedom for Anthony Melendez, the last living defendant in the 1982 Lake Waco triple murder case.
Melendez, 53, and his Waco attorney, Walter S. "Skip" Reaves, are hopeful that Johnson will order Keel to turn over new evidence that he says was discovered by the California laboratory that Keel owned.
On Sept. 18 Contra Costa California Superior Court Judge Diana Becton ordered Keel to appear in Waco's 54th State District Court for a hearing after a contempt of court hearing that was held after Keel ignored a subpoena to appear in Waco last March.
Reaves, working through San Francisco attorney Mark Vermeulen, asked Becton to order Keel to send all remaining evidence to him via overnight mail.
Becton didn't grant that request, but did order Keel to come to Waco to testify in the hearing and to bring with him whatever evidence Johnson orders.
Keel, who represented himself, told the judge he would comply with the order, depending on what Johnson orders him to bring.
The judge told Keel that Johnson could specify what Keel should bring and said if Keel defied that order, he would do so at his own peril because he would be in Johnson's jurisdiction and at his discretion.
Keel said, as he has before, that he could not comply with Reaves' request for additional information until he is paid an additional $15,000 to $20,000.
But Reaves said he already has paid the lab in excess of $35,000 and already is entitled to whatever additional information Keel has.
Vermeulen said he was pleased with the outcome of the hearing, during which he said Becton sternly admonished Keel to take her ruling seriously and to adhere to any instruction that the Waco court gave him.
Reaves, meanwhile, said the outcome of the hearing must be considered at least a partial victory.
"I think its positive. I am glad to know there is a judge in California that will uphold the issues presented by a Texas court," he said.
Melendez was one of four men charged in the July 13, 1982 murders of Raylene Rice, 17, Jill Montgomery, 17, and Kenneth Franks, 18, in what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme gone wrong.
Fishermen found the bodies of the three teenagers the next day at Speegleville Park on Lake Waco.
They had been stabbed repeatedly and the two girls had been raped.
Melendez and his brother Gilbert were sentenced to two life terms after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the murders.
Gilbert Melendez died in prison in October 1998.
David Wayne Spence, who prosecutors said was hired by Waco storeowner Muneer Mohammad Deeb to kill a female employee, Gayle Kelley, in order to collect on her insurance policy, but who mistook Montgomery for the woman and killed her and the other two teenagers in a case of mistaken identity, was executed in April 1997.
Spence was twice convicted of capital murder in trials in 1984 in Waco and the next year in Bryan.
After the first trial, the Melendez brothers agreed to a plea deal that would spare them from the death penalty in exchange for their testimony against Spence in the second trial.
They both later said they had nothing to do with the murders of the teenagers and pleaded guilty because they believed they would have been sentenced to death if they had gone to trial.
Deeb was also convicted and sentenced to death, but won a new trial and was acquitted in 1993.
He died in Dallas County in November 1999.