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The premise of the book centers on Teddy Mentor and his sixteen year old adopted son, Jesse. Jesse has been sent away to a wilderness program in rural Montana in a last ditch effort to put an end to the drug problems that have plagued him for years. The problems escalated after the death of his adopted mother (and Teddy's soon to be ex wife), and had reached a point where Teddy had to admit he was incapable of controlling or protecting his child. With nowhere else to turn, he entrusts his only child to the professionals at the Mountain Wilderness Center.
Big mistake. Not two weeks later he gets a 1AM phone call. His son is missing. Risking his job, he books a flight away from Brooklyn and towards his son. After a couple days of searching, he gets the break he needs and tracks his son to a bus stop in Illinois, en route to Kentucky to meet his long-lost birth sister (whom Jesse leads Teddy to believe is his long-distance girlfriend). Jesse swears up and down that he is done with the drugs; in that convincing way all users seem to have. However, it isn't long before Teddy notices that he is missing some of his antidepressants and that his son occasionally reeks of beer. Jesse's lies come to a head when he OD's on heroin in the middle of the night while sharing a hotel room with his dad.Read more ›
I am going to finish the book because I want to see the development of the relationships, which is good so far, but please, try a fact checker, an editor, or write about a place you actually know! Oh, and Theresa is practically illiterate, but that would be an oddity in an area that is filled with colleges and universities, she is like a character from some past time (little dumb southern girl with a cute butt in her Daisy Duke shorts) ERG. I might change my star to a 1.
Of course, the other side of this is that the teenage character, Jesse, was quite well-written, always running off half-cocked and with only half a plan, so his "solutions" only led to bigger problems - which seemed very realistic.
My main complaint was that the plot was elusive. Bad things kept happening, and the characters kept reacting to those bad things, and then another bad thing would happen... When Teddy and Jesse and Co got a chance to regroup, they still weren't capable of any real planning, and no one seemed to learn or grow in a positive way during the story.
I thought the basic plot was for the father to save the son, and for the son to mature somewhat. But in the end, Jesse was still drinking, and not even hiding it from Teddy, and there was no suggestion that he would go into treatment for chemical dependency. Teddy had lost his job and spent every penny he had during the course of "saving" Jesse, but apparently Jesse's big inheritance heals all wounds, and negates the need for real-life consequences.
I also didn't care for the final concept that an adopted child would just shake off the parents who raised him and align his loyalty with the blood family he'd never known. Is blood (and a convenient inheritance) really that much thicker than time, attention, and love?Read more ›
I grew up with an addict for a mother and have more insite into the realm of addiction than most people. I will have to credit the author for writing something he obviously knows about. The self-destruction and constant cycle of tough love vs. enabling is consistent throughout. I have no doubt the author has a history with addiction in one way or another.
However, that being said, I HATED the beginning of this book. I felt there was not enough background and way too much anger and foul language directed to Teddy's runaway son. For goodness sake, you don't try to spook an already spooked runaway teenage addict. You try to soothe them into trusting you, then you can work with what you've got.
Once Theresa came into the picture I felt the novel got much better and was actually looking forward to picking the book back up and reading more. It stayed that way until the incident at Klaus' house. (Don't worry - no spoilers).
After the "incident" at Klaus' I felt the ending was too tangled, too many close calls, too many twists and turns. Almost a soap opera-ish feel to the ending.
All in all. It was an okay read, but I am disappointed a little because it has so much promise it could have been great!
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it was ok it went on and on i had to skip a few pages, i thought it was kinda boring and i wouldnot suggest it to my friends.Published on March 28, 2014 by Kindle Customer
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During teleoperated laparoscopic surgery with robots, periodic deformations of organs due to respiratory movements may be critical disturbances for surgeons manipulating the robot. Indeed, the surgeon has to manually compensate for these motions if accurate gestures are needed, like, e.g., during suturing. This paper proposes a repetitive model predictive control scheme for driving a surgical robot toward the reference trajectory defined by the surgeon while rejecting cyclic disturbances due to the respiratory motion. A new cost function is proposed for an unconstrained generalized predictive control scheme based on a multiple input-output model of the surgical robot. Contributions of the controller output to the reference tracking task and to the disturbance rejection task are split and computed separately, so that their respective efficiency can be independently weighted. The proposed control scheme is validated through simulations and experimental in vivo results using a surgical robot.
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Zoekmachines - en Google - voorop gaan de context van zoektermen steeds beter begrijpen, zodat gebruikers betere en op hun situatie (plek, voorkeuren) toegespitste resultaten krijgen. Omdat het daarbij om de zogeheten 'big data' draait, is onder meer het gebruik van Google+ belangrijk voor Google.
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You're all totally true. I really agree with you. I would add that "followers" are (normally, except for fake profiles...) persons. And persons MUST be respected. I agree too with you, Sigrid, concerning the fact that influence could be better mesured by interactions. Thx a lot for your reactions. It's very kind from you! Have a great week. Best regards :) Philippe
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Awesome distinctions Marty. Thank you for this insight.
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Een goed overzicht welke middelen ter beschikking staan om de volgende stappen ogv Social Business te zetten.
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Reserve Forces:
Army Needs to Reevaluate its Approach to Training and Mobilizing Reserve Component Forces
GAO-09-720: Published: Jul 17, 2009. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2009.
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The Army's strategy for training its reserve component calls for units to conduct training on the primary missions for which they were organized and designed as well as the missions units are assigned in support of ongoing operations. The training is to be conducted over a 5-year cycle with a focus on primary missions during the early years and assigned missions during the later years. In response to mandates, GAO assessed the extent to which (1) the Army is able to execute its strategy for training reserve component forces for their primary and assigned missions; (2) mobilization and deployment laws, regulations, goals, and policies impact the Army's ability to train and employ these forces; and (3) access to military schools and skill training facilities and ranges affects the preparation of reserve component forces. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed relevant training strategies and policies, laws, and data and surveyed 22 Army reserve component units returning from deployments in the past 12 months.
The Army is able to execute the portion of its reserve component training strategy that calls for units to effectively train for their assigned missions in support of ongoing operations, but faces challenges in executing the portion of the strategy that calls for units to effectively train on primary missions. Unit training for assigned missions, which is conducted in the later years of the 5-year training cycle, is generally effective because the Army prioritizes its available resources to support units that are preparing to deploy for ongoing operations--units receive increased training time; mission requirements and personnel levels are stabilized; and personnel and equipment shortages are addressed while support is increased. Conversely, units training for their primary missions in the early years of the cycle receive less time to train and experience equipment and personnel shortages, which adversely affect teamwork and unit cohesion. Also, support for their training is limited. These challenges limit the effectiveness of primary mission training and could impact their ability to conduct their primary missions within the current strategy's time frames. While DOD's current 12-month mobilization policy has not hindered the Army's overall ability to train its reserve component forces and has reduced the length of deployments, it has not fully achieved its intended purpose of reducing stress on the force by providing predictability to soldiers. Because units must spend part of their mobilization periods in training, they are actually deploying for about 10 months under this 12-month mobilization policy, whereas they typically deployed for periods of 12 to 15 months under the previous policy. Under the current policy, the Army's reserve component forces are deploying more frequently and spending more time away from home in training when they are not mobilized. Moreover, unit leaders and personnel GAO interviewed said that the 12-month mobilization policy has decreased predictability and increased stress for individuals. GAO noted alternate approaches that can improve predictability. For example, the Air Force recently developed a deployment model categorizing five grouped occupational specialties based on operational requirements and length of time home between deployments. The model is intended to increase predictability for its forces and thus reduce their stress. Reserve component forces are generally receiving access to training facilities necessary to prepare them for their assigned missions, but the Army lacks capacity to prepare all of its forces for the full range of training requirements. In addressing capacity shortages, the Army has given priority to deploying units and personnel. As a result, active and reserve component forces without assigned missions often experience delays in accessing training for their primary missions. Although the Army is reviewing some aspects of its training capacity, it has not fully identified its training requirements and capacity and therefore will not have a sound basis for prioritizing available resources and cannot be assured that the initiatives it has under way will fully address gaps in its training capacity.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Following the issuance of our report, the Army updated its training strategy and switched to a "Full Spectrum Operations" construct that emphasized the need to train for operations across a continuum rather than training for primary and secondary missions. Furthermore, in a 2010 memorandum, the Army's Acting Director of Training noted that reserve unit training strategies had universally showed increases in collective training later in the training cycle and he referenced an enclosure that showed four new training events had been added in the fifth year of the 5-year reserve component training cycle.
Recommendation: To improve the Army's training strategy and DOD's mobilization policy for Army reserve component personnel, and to better ensure the Army has an executable strategy for effectively training its reserve component forces, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to reevaluate and adjust its reserve component training strategy to fully account for the factors that limit the effectiveness of unit training for primary missions in the early years of the 5-year cycle. Elements that should be considered in re-evaluating the training strategy should include: (1) Whether the total training days allotted for reserve component training are adequate to train units for both primary and assigned missions, which may require significantly different resources and skill. (2) Whether consolidating collective training later in the training cycle, as opposed to spreading it through the cycle, would enhance the effectiveness of the training and increase predictability.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Following the issuance of our report, OSD and the Army made a number of policy changes that increased predictability for reserve component servicemembers. (Some of these changes increased predictability for active component members as well.) For example, "stop loss"--a policy that allowed the services to keep members on active duty beyond the end of their service contract obligations--was rescinded in 2011. In addition, in 2012, the Army implemented flexible deployment cycles. For certain critical forces, deployments remained at 12 months but deployments for the rest of the force were shortened to 9 months. There was also an associated change in mobilization time frames to reflect the shorter deployments.
Recommendation: To improve the Army's training strategy and DOD's mobilization policy for Army reserve component personnel, and to better ensure DOD's mobilization policy is having the intended effect of providing reserve component personnel with predictable training, mobilization, and deployment schedules while also improving DOD's ability to effectively train and employ its reserve component forces, the Secretary of Defense should reevaluate DOD's mobilization policy for Army reserve component personnel and consider whether a more flexible policy that allows greater variations in the length of mobilizations or which establishes deployment goals based on occupational specialty or unit type would better meet DOD's goals to reduce stress on the force and improve predictability for personnel.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Following the issuance of our report and the subsequent revision of the Army's training strategy, updated reserve unit strategies were used to request training requirements in the FY 12-16 POM, to include requirements for training days to execute the updated strategies.
Recommendation: To improve the Army's training strategy and DOD's mobilization policy for Army reserve component personnel, and to better ensure that the Army has a reserve component training strategy that it is able to execute, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to determine the range of resources and support that are necessary to fully implement the strategy. Elements that should be accounted for include: (1) the personnel, equipment, and facilities required to fully support individual training requirements; (2) the range space required to fully support individual and collective training requirements; and (3) the full support costs associated with the Army reserve component training strategy-- including personnel, equipment, and facilities.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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Bridge of Birds is a lyrical fantasy novel. Set in "an Ancient China that never was", it stands with The Princess Bride and The Last Unicorn as a fairy tale for all ages, by turns incredibly funny and deeply touching. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1985, and Hughart produced two sequels: The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. All present the adventures of Master Kao Li, a scholar with "a slight flaw in [his] character", and Lu Yu, usually called Number Ten Ox, his sidekick and the story's narrator. Number Ten Ox is strong, trusting, and pure of heart; Master Li once sold an emperor shares in a mustard mine, because "I was trying to win a bet concerning the intelligence of emperors."
Number Ten Ox comes from a village in which the children have been struck by a mysterious illness. He recruits Master Li to find the cure and comes along to provide muscle. They seek a mysterious Great Root of Power, which may be a form of ginseng. Of course, nothing turns out to be as simple as it seems; great wrongs must be avenged and lovers separated must be reunited, from the most humble to the highest. And even in the midst of cosmic glory, Pawnbroker Fang and Ma the Grub are picking the pockets of their own lynch mob, who are frozen in awe and wonder. --Nona Vero
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When the children of his village were struck with a mysterious illness, Number Ten Ox found master Li Kao. Together they set out to find the Great Root of Power, the only possible cure, and together they discover adventure and legend, and the power of belief....
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BRIDGE OF BIRDS was author Barry Hughart's first novel and it does start a bit slowly. Once it gets going, however, it becomes a fascinating adventure, a humorous story, and a thoughtful look at humanity and human obsession. It took me days to get through this book, not because it isn't interesting, but because it is so full. It took me a bit of recovery time to launch myself into the next adventure. By the way, there's also a bit of a mystery. See if you can figure it out before Li Kao and Ten Ox.
Hughart creates a different kind of fantasy. The protagonists aren't powerful warriors, but a peasant and an alcoholic sage. Their quest doesn't start out as saving the world from evil, but saving some children from the evil acts of a couple of misers. But the book's subtle power sucked me in, made me care about the characters and the story, and made me think that I was actually seeing something about the world for the first time.
Too heavy? Okay, the book is also a laugh. It's a series of unfortunate events in an adult style. I like this book a lot.
Ostensibly this is a book about Lu Yu, nicknamed Number Ten Ox, who travels from his rural town to the big city to engage a wise man to return with him and cure the village's children of a deadly sleeping sickness (fortunately the sickness is not so deadly that the heros cannot fart around for a year or so before actually helping the sick children). The only wise man willing to work for the paltry sum offered by Number 10 Ox is Li Kao, a twinkly-eyed old drunk who has the perplexing ability to con anyone out of vast sums of money (putting into question his insistence on sleeping on the floor in a dirty old tenement in the first place). The cure takes the two on a romp through a mythical old China peopled with the kind of moronic rubes found in all fairy tales - those greedy and stupid enough to hand over their money just because someone tells them they'll be receiving some magic beans and a donkey that poops gold coins.
Hughart stretches this hoary old chestnut within an inch of its elasticity as Master Li and Ox wander from city to city collecting bits of the Great Root of Power in order to effect the cure. But at times it appears that the only real purpose in doing all this traveling is to get Number 10 Ox laid, for he winds up in bed with a woman in every town.Read more ›
Reviewed by Randy Farnsworth, author of "A Stand Yet Taken".
This was a very fun book to read. It's not a literary masterpiece with deep meanings that your English Literature professor will ask you to dissect; it's just an enjoyable romp around ancient China with a cast of eccentric characters.
Hughart has a way of mixing fact, history and folklore with his own fiction that produces a very credible tale. He really has a grasp on Chinese culture and traditions. I truly respect a writer that is willing to do so much research prior to penning a manuscript. I think this is very much written for a Western audience. Having a limited background in Sinology myself, I wonder how a Chinese reader would accept this - especially if it is translated into Chinese, which would cause the reader to loose much of the English plays on words.
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The story is a bit crude in parts, so I wouldn't recommend it for younger children. The characters seem to have a great fixation with sex. That adds to their eccentricity, but I don't feel it really adds to the story much. But the conclusion of the book is written in a very heartwarming and sensitive way - one of those where you put the book down after the last page, take a deep breath, and thank the author for taking you on a pleasurable journey.
Bridge of Birds is a fantasy tale of Li Kao's and Number Ten Ox's quest for the Great Root of Power to save the village's children who are dying from a mysterious illness. Like Odysseus' journey home their trek traverses the breadth and depth of China's mythical landscape and folklore while engaging some of the most fascinating, humorous and irresistible characters along the way. Throw in a wonderful ending and you have a complete novel that radiates charm, wit, humor and a range of human emotions. Kudos to author Barry Hughart whose marvelous penmanship kept the characters and the plot flowing in a seamless manner.
It is a real pity that this fantastic novel hasn't found a wider audience. Perhaps with some luck Bridge of Birds will experience a much deserved revival that will keep it from vanishing off library and bookstore shelves. Meanwhile, read it for yourself and you, too, will earnestly recommend it to all your friends as I have.
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Located less than 1 km from the West Cork coastal town of Ballydehob, on the Wild Atlantic Way.
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Detached house on a hectare of beautiful landscaped gardens, just a ten minute scenic walk from the charming coastal village of Ballydehob.
Large double bedroom (with additional single bed) with view over the garden and surrounding hills. Adjoining bathroom with electric shower.
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There is ample parking & free WiFi.
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Free use of the beautiful landscaped gardens.
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Use of the fully fitted kitchen. Large fridge-freezer, dishwasher, oven, microwave, kettle etc.
Sitting room with wood-burning stove, puzzles and books.
Newly built south-facing deck area with outdoor seating, perfect for morning coffees or drinks in the evening.
Large off street parking area & free WiFi.
Towels, shampoo and shower gel provided.
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You can come and go from the house as you please. Tea, coffee and toast provided in the morning.
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Kayaking, sailing, surfing, angling, diving and sea safari available locally. Pony trekking in the area.
Live music sessions played most evenings in the many pubs in the village and surrounding towns.
There are local museums and a heritage centre in Skibbereen focusing on the Famine and history of the area.
There is an honesty stall at the end of our road where you can buy organic vegetables and honey, leaving the cost in a little tin box.
Getting Around
Ballydehob is a small vibrant village with a wide choice of cafés, bars and restaurants.
We are centrally located between Bantry, Skibbereen and Schull on the Wild Atlantic Way.
The village is a 90 minute drive from Cork City and there are direct bus links to the city. If you're arriving by bus we will collect you in the village.
The route to the village takes you past a charming little 2 classroom primary school and church. The road is lit up at night and there is a footpath most of the way making it a very safe and pleasant walk.
Other Things to Note
There are a number of festivals in the village, including the Trad Fest, Summer Festival and hugely popular Jazz Festival.
We are a ten minute drive from Schull with its fishing harbour and ferries to local islands.
In summer there is also a theatre tour which visits the local community hall weekly.


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Ex-SAAF Cheetahs arriving in Ecuador
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The first three aircraft were shipped from South Africa last week, Ecuadorian Defence Minister Javier Ponce told the El Universo newspaper on Friday.
Neither Denel, Armscor nor the Ecuadorian Air Force could be reached for comment at the time of going to press.
In December last year, Denel Aviation, Armscor and the South African Air Force (SAAF) jointly sold 12 Cheetahs to Ecuador for US$78.4 million. Both single seat and dual seat Cheetah form part of the Ecuadorian package, with ten Cheetah C and two Cheetah D being included in the package
The deal provides for five years of support in addition to the acquisition of the aircraft, support equipment, spares and training. Denel Aviation CE Mike Kgobe affirmed that the cost of the initial acquisition is US43.4 million and South African industry would receive a further US$7 million per annum for support, with a total contract value of US$78.4 million. "The deal has a benefit for the specialist South African support industry which cannot be underestimated. Their involvement is crucial to ensuring the delivery and support success of the programme over the support period," Kgobe said.
According to the Commander in Chief of the Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana (FAE), Brigadier General Leonardo Barreiro, the modernised South African aircraft would replace the twelve obsolete Mirage F1 fighters which the FAE has operated since 1979 and have completed their useful life. "Our pilots travelled to South Africa to fly the aircraft and verify the aircrafts´ condition. Their report ratified that they are in good condition," emphasised Barreiro.
The FAE has 13 Kfir C.2 and TC.2 (single and duel-seat aircraft respectively) in service, from 18 obtained directly from Israel. At least eight have already been upgraded to the latest Kfir C.10 version, known in Ecuador as the Kfir CE.
According to the FAE, the Cheetah is compatible in their electronics and weapons systems with the Israeli Kfir CE and will thus complement their supersonic fleet.
The SAAF started the withdrawal of the Cheetah aircraft in the late 1990's, with the retired aircraft utilised to support the remaining aircraft. The final aircraft were only to be retired once all the Swedish Gripens purchased under the Strategic Defence package acquisition programme had been delivered in 2012. However, the remaining 11 Cheetah C single-seat and five Cheetah D dual-seat aircraft were phased out in April 2008 to save costs. The Gripens are still in the process of being delivered, with the final delivery expected in 2012.
The Cheetah upgrade of the French Mirage III was developed by Denel Aviation and is based on the Israeli Kfir fighter, itself a development of the Mirage III. The modernisation consisted of a complete renovation of the airframe, implementation of fixed canards, two new weapon points on the wings, a new in-flight refuelling intake, new ejection seats and a more powerful engine. It also included more sophisticated avionics, radar and self protection.
Work on the first conversion began in April 1983. The type was officially unveiled to the public on July 16, 1986, although it was only declared operational the next year. Thirty-eight C-models, 16 D-models and 16 E-variants were remanufactured. In October 2003 Chile bought five Cheetah Es as spare parts sources for their ENAER Pantera aircraft. (These are Mirage 50s upgraded with Israeli assistance to Kfir standard.)
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This year's First Night® Springfield is the city's 29th Annual New Year's Eve Celebration of the Arts, presented by the Springfield Area Arts Council on December 31, 2015.
First Night originated in Boston in 1976 as a family-friendly New Year's Eve celebration. Springfield's First Night was the first in Illinois and remains the longest running.
This year's event theme is "Downtown To A Fine Art."
Major sponsors of First Night include: Horace Mann; AIG; Bunn-O-Matic; Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.; Memorial Medical Center (Children's Activities); City of Springfield; Illinois Arts Council Agency; and the Hoogland Center for the Arts.
On New Year's Eve—Thursday, December 31—we begin First Night's events with FREE children's hands-on activities and entertainment from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at Springfield High School. Performers at the school are selected to appeal to young audiences, and we'll have hands-on arts activities ranging from face painting to clay sculpture to harmonica lessons. You may either download or print a schedule below.
A buffet dinner for which reservations and payment are required before December 22 will also be available through the Hoogland Center box office or by phoning the Arts Council office (217-753-3519). The cost is $30 per person and includes an adult admission wristband ($20 for kids). Dinner will be served from 5 until 7:30 PM in the Hoogland Center Dining Room with musical entertainment from 5 until 7.
From 6:00 to 11:15 PM, the city becomes a stage, with over 30 performances taking place on eight stages in downtown Springfield. The early First Night performances, from 6:00 to 7:45 PM, include magicians, jugglers, and dancers, along with jazz and classical guitar. Locations include the Hoogland Center for the Arts, Lincoln Library (Springfield's Public Library), Grace Lutheran Church, Central Baptist Church, and the Lincoln Home Visitors' Center.
The traditional First Night fireworks display begins at 8:00 PM at Fourth Street and Capitol Avenue. Sponsored by Horace Mann, the fireworks are designed by Nostalgia Pyrotechnics under the direction of Carl Steinmacher. Following the fireworks will be the next round of First Night performances starting at 8:30 PM. We wrap up the show at 11:15, so you'll have time to get to your favorite spot to ring in the new year.
First Night admission wristbands are now available, and for adults, they're $15 in advance ($5 for children ages 5 through 18), and $18 the night of the event. Family packs (2 adults and 2 kids) are available only through the Hoogland box office or the SAAC Office at a cost of $30. Once again, we have wristbands available for purchase at both Springfield Schnuck's locations; at County Market locations in Springfield, Sherman, and Chatham; at Recycled Records; at Robbie's Restaurant; at the Hoogland Center for the Arts Box Office; and online at www.hcfta.org.
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Coach Kate Hunt is the director and lead instructor for the CrossFit Kids program. She has been CrossFitting since 2006, competed in the 2007 and 2009 CrossFit Games as well as in the 2010 So. Cal. Sectionals and is a former Division 1 college tennis player with twenty-five years of tennis coaching experience and ten years of classroom teaching experience. She has a passion for CrossFit and enjoys sharing that love of fitness with kids.


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Gustavus Set to Induct Nine New Members into Athletics Hall of Fame
The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics Department has chosen nine individuals for induction into its Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2016 inductees include Ryan Boutwell '99 (Football), Scott Crowell '01 (Soccer), Heather Fitch '96 (Gymnastics), Rick Hjelm '83 (Hockey), Molly Nemes '01 (Gymnastics, Track & Field), Bret Newcomb '92 (Hockey), Dana Peterson '96 (Cross Country, Track & Field), Rod Swenson '99 (Baseball), and Larry Zelenz (Coach). This group will be honored at the Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held in Alumni Hall at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, following the Hall of Fame football game against Saint John's at 1 p.m.
Four Women's Golfers Named WGCA All-American Scholars
The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars were announced Tuesday and four Gustavus student-athletes were recognized with the prestigious honor - senior Chloe Altmann (Olivia, Minn.), junior Mae Meierhenry (Sioux Falls, S.D.), sophomore Jessica Nelson (Wayzata, Minn.), and first-year Ellie Brandt (Wayzata, Minn.). The criteria for selection to the All-America Scholar Team includes a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. A total of 830 women's collegiate golfers make up the 2015-16 season's team.
Britt Stewart Named Head Softball Coach At Gustavus Adolphus College
Britt Stewart, a native of Minnetonka, Minn., has been named the head softball coach at Gustavus Adolphus College, which was announced Tuesday by Athletic Director Tom Brown. Stewart most recently completed her third season at Southwest Minnesota State University where she was the lead pitching and assistant hitting coach.
Gustavus Hosts ITA Summer Circuit Event
Gustavus Adolphus College is hosting an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Summer Circuit event Friday through Sunday, July 1-3. The tournament brings together college players from all divisions as well as top junior players for a weekend of singles and doubles. Play begins with play-in matches, beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday. Main draw and consolation matches continue Saturday with play beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday's matches also begin at 9 a.m.
Women's Hockey Hosts Annual Golf Tournament
The Gustavus women's hockey team welcomed 80 alumni, family, and friends to its annual golf tournament on June 20 at the Le Sueur Country Club. The annual tourney helps raise funds for the women's hockey program, which mostly includes general expenditures, but this upcoming season will help pay for the Gusties' trip to Europe.
Volleyball's Alyssa Taylor Nominated For 2016 NCAA Woman Of The Year Award
Recent Gustavus Adolphus College graduate Alyssa Taylor (Trimont, Minn.) has been selected as a candidate for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Taylor was a standout middle hitter for the Gustie volleyball team, earning AVCA Third Team All-America honors in 2015 as well as MIAC Player-of-the-Year.
58 Gusties Recognized As MIAC Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference
Remarkably, student-athletes in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) keep finding ways to achieve both in their chosen sports and in the classroom at ever-improving rates. For the first time in MIAC history, the conference recognized more than 1,000 student-athletes with Academic All-Conference honors. Gustavus has 58 student-athletes recognized as Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference.
Matthew Boyce, Alex Kopp Named Gustavus Student-Athletes Of The Year
To officially close the 2015-16 academic year, the Gustavus Adolphus College Sports Information Department is proud to announce senior football player Matthew Boyce (Excelsior, Minn.) and junior gymnast Alex Kopp (Wayzata, Minn.) as this season's Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year.
Swimming & Diving Squads Recognized As CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams
The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has designated 658 swimming and diving teams, representing 388 colleges and universities as Scholar All-America teams, and both the Gustavus men's and women's teams received the distinction. The Gustie men posted a team GPA of 3.25, while the women's team registered a 3.35 GPA. The recognition comes as a result of each team's classroom performance in the past semester. It is only the second time in the program's 30-plus year history of the program that more than 600 teams.
Sonnesyn, Welckle Named May Student-Athletes-Of-The-Month
Senior distance runner Marit Sonnesyn (Plymouth, Minn.) and junior baseball player Isaiah Welckle (Minneapolis, Minn.) have been selected as the Gustavus Adolphus College May Female and Male Student-Athletes-of-the-Month, presented by Thrivent Financial and voted on by the Gustavus Sports Information Department.


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Writer Chris Roberson's offer of a bold new Elric as struggling with notions of American identity on a grand historical scale couldn't be more timeous. But does he lose the quintessential nature of Moorcock's command over various genre?READ more
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