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Hometown: Ridgefield, Conn.
Major: Elementary Education & Psychology
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education
Internships: Volunteered in numerous schools in Danbury and Ridgefield
Activities: President of WCSU Education Club that won the School of Professional Studies Club of the Year award, part-time work for the Recreation Department, Clubs Council, Campus-to-Campus 5K, Relay for Life volunteer, Best Buddies program, substitute PARAprofessional for Ridgefield Public Schools working one-on-one with children with special needs and learning disabilities, part-time work at Kumon Learning Center as a teacher for kids ranging in age from pre-school to eighth grade, adviser to the Keystone Club (high school community service group) at the Boys and Girls Club of Ridgefield, also work as a camp counselor and a lifeguard at their summer camp
Honors and Awards: Leona Bedient Crouchley/Charles D. Crouchley, Jr. Scholarship, book award from Capital University in Ohio, nominated for Education Honor Society, nominated as Connecticut Education Association Student Program State Secretary, received National Education Association CLASS Grant to put on a health fair at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, the Education Club received the award "Club of the Year in the School of Professional Studies" for 2009-10 under my presidency, and has been nominated again for 2010-11
Ridgefielder Amy Girolametti started her college career at SUNY-Cortland, where she was a cheerleader and actively involved in the Education Club. "I was there for one and a half years before transferring," she says. "I knew that WestConn's education program would provide me with the edge I would need to be successful in the ever-growing teaching profession."
Girolametti says she decided to major in education because "growing up, I had teachers who taught me so much both academically and in life, and it has definitely shaped the person I am today. I was never a 'high-flying' student, and all of my teachers provided me with the support I needed to succeed in school. After realizing all that my teachers gave to me, I decided I wanted to be able to give that to other children."
While at Western, Girolametti says she was inspired again by her teachers. "Dr. Darla Shaw, the original adviser to the Education Club, provided with me with the ins-and-outs of club and of the education program. She also has provided me with valuable information to use in a classroom." Girolametti also mentions Dr. Mary Nelson, her psychology professor for several classes: "She has the utmost patience when it comes to teaching, and she was very helpful to me when I needed it." Finally, Girolametti mentions Dr. Becky Hall, a math professor and the newest adviser to the Education Club. "As a fellow WCSU graduate and former Education Club officer, she has provided a great perspective on how to run the club."
Asked what she will remember most about her WCSU experience, Girolametti says, "One of my most memorable experiences at WestConn was being accepted to the professional semester in the education program. Winning the award for the Education Club was also extremely memorable. It was great to see everyone's efforts pay off! The club allowed me to work with hundreds of children in the Danbury area and across the state, and I am extremely thankful for that opportunity."
After graduation, Girolametti plans to attend graduate school while continuing to be a substitute teacher. "I hope to find an open teaching position, or a place as a long-term substitute."
Girolametti's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Get involved in an organization on campus — it is a great way to meet people, especially as a commuter. Keep open communication with your professors and adviser — they are the key to your success! Believe in yourself and don't be afraid to take on a new challenge! Also, enjoy your college experience! Have fun, and do what makes you happy!"

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Thousands of years ago a great warrior dipped his sword into a magical stream of power, thus gaining eternal life, but at a price. His comrades were all turned to stone in the process and thirteen monsters escaped from the inter-dimensional abyss. Now the semi-retired Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will have to overcome their differences and work as team to stop this tyrant from coming back into power.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a part of my life I cannot ignore. The original, guys in rubber suits movie was an important earmark in the last chapter of my childhood, and one of the few pre-teen favourites I can still watch without shaking my head in personal disgust. I watched the revamped cartoon series during lunch breaks with a keen sense of suspicion, but was pleasantly surprised by its more down to Earth take on these outmoded characters, and when the word of a computer animated film based on these new adventures reached my ears I thought it sounded like a pretty good idea, though not one I was willing to pay theatre prices to see.
To my delight, this new movie gets off on the right, two-toed foot by not starting from scratch. Folks from my generation already know these characters from watching their original adventures, and the kiddies watching will know the characters from the new series, from which this film takes all its cues. It takes about fifteen minutes for all of us that haven't been paying attention to the new series to catch up, but it beats another origin story, and shows much needed faith in the audience's general intelligence level. If mom and dad can't keep up that's their problem.
Writer/director Kevin Munroe takes these familiar characters and updates their characteristics without recreating them. Leonardo still leads, Donatello still does machines, Raphael is still cool, and still rude, and Michelangelo is of course, still a party dude. The difference is that now Leonardo has huge issues with his self esteem, Donatello is thanklessly stuck as a computer company customer service rep, Raphael has become a violent masked vigilante, and Michelangelo is... well he's pretty much the same. The Leo/Raph in-fighting that is the emotional thrust of the plot is a bit old hat, especially considering it was one of the main themes of the original live action film, the later Eastman and Laird comics, and both cartoon series, but this time it does carry quite a bit of emotional weight.
This isn't quite the hard 'R' Ninja Turtle film I've been waiting for since childhood (oh yeah, I'm serious), but it has its share of dark moments, and the violence has a strong 'PG' edge (if it was a live action feature it'd probably be 'PG-13'). The plot isn't particularly rich in detail, but the script is clever enough, low on bad one-liners, and filled with moments of real poignancy and good humour. We're not talking Pixar level heart-warmth or smarts, and there are plenty of lazy conveniences throughout that push the story at slight too break-neck a pace (almost all thirteen of the monsters are found in minutes, in montage, and their presence adds up to little more than a slap-dash Macguffin), but it's pretty damn good for an independent animated feature based on characters that were created by two guys desperate to pay the rent in the mid '80s.
But back to the violence. In all honesty TMNT may be the best action film I've seen this year. At the very least, it without a doubt contains the best fight choreography I've seen this year. I regret not seeing it on the big screen. Munroe and his animators know that these characters need to be three dimensional, and the story special, but the reason people are going to pay to see a Ninja Turtle animated adventure is the sceptical. The fight scenes are downright invigorating, and they just keep coming. It's more than worth the price of admission, at least a matinee or rental.
As should be expected from a digital source DVD, TMNT looks nearly perfect. Colours pop, details are sharp (sometimes to the film's detriment), blacks are rich, and highlights are bright without bleeding. Unlike some more 'high-end' releases, there is some compression noise, more specifically in warm colours. Sometimes the high detail levels lead to slight edge enhancement and blocking, but all is more or less well here. I'm sure that the Blu-ray release is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
Sometimes animated films with low to medium budgets forget the importance of layering sound to create a believable sound-scape. The sound designers behind TMNT did not have that problem, nor do they shy away from using the stereo and surround channels. This is a very lively mix, and everything within is perfectly clear. When the virtual camera is immersed in a fight sequence the channels are aggressive and well balanced. Above all the noise dialogue is clear without sounding canned, and the voice performances shine. The musical score, which is a little derivative, is very successful in mixing rock and symphonic styles. Klaus Badelt's (who is no mere pushover) sweeping hero moments remind me a bit of James Newton Howard's work on The Fugitive.
Writer/director Kevin Monroe supplies commentary for just about every feature on this disc, whether you like it or not. The first of these commentaries is the one that accompanies the film itself. Monroe is well prepared and personable, and gives the track an even amount of technical expertise, fan-boy build-up, and occasional self-deprecation.
The majority of the disc's other extras are deleted scenes, which are presented under various headings within too many menus. Monroe's commentary track is most often the only track available, even though a production track can be heard in the background. I don't think this was a good idea. Even though the commentary is welcome, the scratch dialogue would've been better, and could've been easily included as an alternate track.
The deleted/alternate/extended scenes total six. First is an alternate opening, presented in storyboard form only. This opening would've been slick, and perhaps have supplied more back data for audience newbies, but it slightly eschews the villain's back-story. An alternate ending follows, which is in a rough animated form, and features a bit more closure than the one ending that made final cut.
Next is a deleted birthday party scene, which is made up of finished animation and voice work (from what I can tell), and though it would've slowed the opening I wish it would've remained part of the final film. The scene is continued in another deleted sequence entitled Splinter Gets Cake, which is also cute, and also features finished animation. Another completed sequence is an alternate version of Casey Jones and Raphael meeting on the roof.
A rooftop work out sequence is run twice, once as storyboards, and again as rough animation, and it is accompanied by a 'fight test' which mirrors Raph and Leo's fisticuff in the final film. More storyboard comparisons follow.
There are three production featurettes, all made to sell the series. One is all technically based, another is an elongated trailer for the Internet, and the final is a series of brief interviews with the voice talent.
Boxofficemojo.com estimates the production budget at $34 million, which is about $116 million less than Ratatouille, and about $126 million less than Shrek the Third. Sometimes the lower budget shows, usually in the human characters, sometimes in a lack of texture, but the animation itself is technically very well done and the animators do a great job of adding production value by utilizing a lot of dynamic camera movement. When medium budget animation is this successful in action and at the box office, the possibility of truly adult animated films seeing the light of day in a U.S. theatre becomes a real possibility, and as an adult fan of animation I find this an exciting step. Name recognition is important, but taking in more than $30 million in the world box office is a very real possibility.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
This movie rocked. Bring on the sequel!
Cinque Member Join Date: June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 710
Kind of like Batman Begins and Casino Royale, this served as a nice "re-boot" for the the Turtles movie franchise. They got some nice grade A Hollywood voice talent for this. I really enjoyed hearing Laurence Fishbourne's narration and Ziyi Zhang doing Karai's voice....
This was also Mako's final film. RIP.
This was also Mako's final film. RIP.
bradavon Member Join Date: April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,945
It's Zhang Ziyi ;-) (except on Western film credits). I didn't realise Zhang Ziyi was featured, her English really must be much better.
Cliff23 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 85
TMNT was what I expected out of Transformers. Not compare both movies, but I totally agree with the notion, " Do not take the audience for fools." The characters stay true to what we remember them to be. Call it nostalgia, but playing on this idea goes a long way. Kudos for doing such.
Granted it's a CGI movie, but it served its purpose of creating an interest to the new generation while keeping us nostalgic folks happy.
Granted it's a CGI movie, but it served its purpose of creating an interest to the new generation while keeping us nostalgic folks happy.
Blue-Kal-El Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 602
It was good, just enought...
Bleddyn Williams Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 28
"I'm sure that the Blu-ray release is nothing short of awe-inspiring."
Its on HD DVD too, with equal quality.
Its on HD DVD too, with equal quality.
DVDSequels Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 52
I got this on blueray and its beautiful
Honestly I liked this quite a bit more than Transformers.
Pixarfan517 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,478
I'm going to have to rent this. Usually, I don't rent whatever is on Movies OnDemand, just so I can save money, but I'll give this a try on MoD.
iconoclast Member Join Date: November 2006 Location: United States Posts: 264
TMNT was freaking great. Still not as good as the first two films, though a million times better than the third. I was pleased to see it make almost $60 mill at the box office and it seems to be doing rather well on DVD
I saw it first day, and sure as as s**t, I bought it first day.
I saw it first day, and sure as as s**t, I bought it first day.
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
Nice reveiw. This is by far my favorite animated movie of the year.
I found none of the compression noise, etc you speak of on my copy. For the money I think this films looks AMAZING. As much as I love the incredibles. I think this film is textured and lit 10 times better. It's doesn't have that transparent skin quality of the humans 9 but tey are turtles)as in the incredibles but the high contrast art direction works very well for this film.
I am ready for a sequel. I LOVE this movie
I found none of the compression noise, etc you speak of on my copy. For the money I think this films looks AMAZING. As much as I love the incredibles. I think this film is textured and lit 10 times better. It's doesn't have that transparent skin quality of the humans 9 but tey are turtles)as in the incredibles but the high contrast art direction works very well for this film.
I am ready for a sequel. I LOVE this movie
On my TV there was some blocking, but I was nit-picking it a bit because I knew it wasn't quite as high quality as my Pixar DVDs, which I think I'd give a 9 or 10. It's really hard to gage this stuff sometimes.
Matt Contributor Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,113
This is a single-layer disc so the bit rate on this isn't what you would find on any of Pixar's stuff, but the video is still pretty decent.
Kyle Mertes Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 700
I wanted to go see this, but never did. Hoping to see it soon.
Excellent review, as always, Mr Powers.
Excellent review, as always, Mr Powers.
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
I enjoyed this but I thought I could have enjoyed it a whole heck of a lot more.I loved TMNT as a child and still do today.
Blue-Kal-El Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 602
I might've been tired, but I saw this one in my house and fell asleep in the middle...however, the same thing happens with movies I like, but a good movie, nevertheless.
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Matt wrote: This is a single-layer disc so the bit rate on this isn't what you would find on any of Pixar's stuff, but the video is still pretty decent.You would have thought that the production company would at least go for the full double layer hit - why couldn't they give us the best picture possible on the format? Especially from a digital source...
I know i'm being picky but this does annoy me.
Oh - good review Gabe
I know i'm being picky but this does annoy me.
Oh - good review Gabe
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
Gabe Powers wrote: On my TV there was some blocking, but I was nit-picking it a bit because I knew it wasn't quite as high quality as my Pixar DVDs, which I think I'd give a 9 or 10. It's really hard to gage this stuff sometimes.
I agree, each person's TV and DVD player will give a different result.
PS, how do you know something is single or dual layer? Look for that shift pause in the middle of the movie?
I agree, each person's TV and DVD player will give a different result.
PS, how do you know something is single or dual layer? Look for that shift pause in the middle of the movie?
That's what I do when the box doesn't say, because my Mac player doesn't tell me (or if it does I don't know how to read it). Most PC DVD players will tell you. Now that I look at the review again, I marked it as double layered as habit.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 21st August 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Extras: Director Commentary, Alternate/Deleted/ Extended Scenes, Featurettes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kevin Munroe
Cast: Chris Evans,Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart
Length: 85 minutes
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XOsoft's WANSync software comes in two flavors: WANSync High Availability software, which provides automated failover and failback for Exchange, SQL, Oracle and file servers; and WANSync Disaster Recovery software, which replicates files and databases for Exchange, SQL and Oracle.
Version 4.0 of WANSync runs on RedHat's Linux distribution and adds CDP (continuous data protection) support for Unix. The software already runs on IBM's AIX and Sun Microsystems's Solaris, as well as Windows. In the future XOsoft plans to support Novell's SuSe Linux distribution and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HP-UX operating system.
The company has also extended support in its WANSyncHA software for 64-bit architectures and Microsoft's IIS (Internet Information Services) Web server.
Brian Humphreys, IT director for outsourcing provider Affiliated Computer Services, has been using WANSync for about a year to transfer large quantities of data. "The tool is very useful for us as we are able to keep data at near real-time availability between U.S. and international locations," he said.
The company, which has been beta-testing version 4.0, was encouraged by the expanded platform support and management features.
The improved user interface and management features in version 4.0 appeal to Humphreys. The user interface provides a better view into which servers are exchanging data; the scheduling agent works well, and the remote install is a "big help," he said. He's also pleased with the 64-bit support: "We have a lot of database servers running on the 64-bit platform, and we hadn't had a good way to keep that data in sync," Humphreys said.
The WANSync software has helped the company save time by automating manual tasks, he said.
"Before, for us to keep disaster recovery data in sync between non-U.S. offshore locations and the U.S. required at least two to three days of manual intervention. At that point our data at best was a week behind, instead of 24 hours or 1 hour behind. It was quite a lengthy process. ... We just need an engineer to monitor the process once in a while and check on it, instead of spending two to three days every week to make sure data was current," Humphreys said.
XOsoft earlier this year signed a deal with enterprise management software vendor BMC Software Inc. to integrate WANSync with BMC's SQL-BackTrack backup and recovery software.
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"I get phone calls every day from landowners who say, 'I've got three sections of land - come build a wind farm,'" says David Herrick '77, executive director of wind development for NextEra Energy Resources, builder and owner of the world's two largest wind farms.
The phone calls, which often come from hard-pressed farmers and ranchers looking for supplemental income, are a sign that wind power has arrived. Vast wind-turbine farms are an increasingly common sight in parts of the nation, especially along the nation's wind alley - a block of 12 Midwestern and Great Plains' states where the wind blows hardest and longest.
Herrick's company built the world's first- and second-largest wind farms in west Texas, an area with few people and a lot of wind. 0They are the 735.5 megawatt Horse Hollow and the 662.5 MW Capricorn Ridge Wind Projects. (A megawatt is one million watts.)
The larger of the two, Horse Hollow, has 421 turbines stretching 33 miles from end to end across more than 60,000 acres. The cost was approximately $1 billion. Herrick personally attended to many of the myriad details required to bring the project online. He selected wind turbine sites and negotiated lease agreements with landowners, often at their kitchen tables. He had environmental studies done. He worked with government officials to obtain permits. And he lined up customers for the project's power.
Wind power's success is driven both by concerns over global warming and from the fact that it comes with a built-in advantage. "The fuel is free," says Herrick. Last year, the wind-power industry installed a record 8,500 megawatts of new generating capacity - enough to provide electricity to over two million homes.
Herrick, who holds a B.S. in civil & environmental engineering, was introduced to alternative power while a student at Clarkson, where he studied hydroelectric power, his field for years after he graduated. "I liked the idea that you were generating power from a natural source - not having to burn something," he says. "That seems to be more of a mainstream view now."
In 1996, he switched to wind power when the industry was an also-ran in the mix of power sources. His timing was very good. Global warming was emerging as an issue - in the years since, evidence of worldwide climate change caused by fossil-fuel usage has mounted. At the same time, there has been a growing realization that the United States has the potential to become the Saudi Arabia of wind. For example, the Dakotas, Texas, Kansas, and Montana each have the potential to produce more than one billion kilowatt-hours a year from wind.
Nationally, the wind could produce more than 10 billion kilowatt-hours of wind annually - more than twice the current electricity use, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Even New York state could play a role. It ranks 15th among the states in potential wind energy power. There is already a wind farm up and running near Herrick's childhood home outside of Syracuse.
As it is, wind is beginning to emerge as a first-tier player in the U.S. energy system. Last year, for example, wind-power projects accounted for 42 percent of the nation's new power-producing capacity - second behind new natural gas-fired plants. But because fossil fuel and nuclear plants make up the great bulk of the nation's total installed electric system, wind power still produces just one percent of the nation's electricity supply.
The percentage of power from wind should rise quickly if the industry continues to grow, however. Denmark and Germany offer a glimpse of what's possible. Denmark gets over 20 percent of its power from wind energy, Germany roughly seven percent.
In the meantime, wind power faces difficulties. For instance, it's cheaper to burn fossil fuels because wind turbines and related infrastructure are expensive. But a strict cost comparison may not tell the whole story. "If you factor in the cost from cleaning up the environment and from global warming, we expect the costs of wind power (and other power sources) will be much closer to each other," Herrick says.
The country's limited transmission system is another hindrance. The wind tends to blow hardest in isolated, sparsely populated regions where transmission lines are insufficient. The power grid in those areas was designed to move small amounts of electricity from power plants out to rural areas, explains Herrick. "It wasn't designed to take hundreds or thousands of megawatts from wind farms and move it in the other direction. The panhandle of Texas is a perfect example. There's lots of wind, but the transmission system is weak. There's no way to get the power out."
Efforts are underway to relieve the bottleneck. Until then, wind still has plenty of factors in its favor. A number of states require utilities to include renewable energy in their power mix. President Obama is on record as favoring a big expansion of the nation's renewable-energy capacity. And there's no shortage of landowners who want to see a wind farm on their property. This makes it easy for wind-farm developers to acquire the vast tracts they need.
Farmers and ranchers reap a bonanza by going along. On average, the turbines take up only about three percent of their land - leaving them free to farm or graze cattle. But the income from allowing wind turbines on their property can double their net income, according to estimates from the Wind Energy Association.
Even so, wind-power developers such as NextEra don't rush out and throw up new wind farms willy-nilly. First, the company has to determine whether there is enough wind. "If you built wind farms in places that the wind doesn't blow very much, you would have to charge a lot more per kilowatt hour to justify building a plant," Herrick says.
NextEra uses computer models to determine where the best winds are likely to be found. Then it puts up meteorological towers to conduct onsite measurements. "We like to leave them in place for at least a year," Herrick says. "Once we get a good feeling for the viability of a site, then we would go in and do land acquisition, permitting, transmission interconnection, and other preparations, including lining up customers for the power." Once the preliminaries are complete, it only takes six to nine months to build the wind farm, as opposed to years for conventional power plants.
Of course, the wind isn't the only solution to the nation's energy problems. "You will never have 100 percent renewable energy - at least not from wind," Herrick says. "There are times when the wind doesn't blow."
That said, it's also true that the wind-energy industry is poised to boom as pressures mount to control global warming. "When I started in 1996, it was a niche business," he says. "It's now become a full-blown legitimate industry. Renewables will become a bigger and bigger part of the energy mix as we go forward. How big? It's too early to tell."


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The reason is rather clear: the GNOME team wants to ensure the quality of the release is up to snuff. To make sure that it is, the release date for GNOME 3.0 has been pushed back until September 2010, while the March 2010 release will be GNOME 2.30 (in other words, 2.32 will be 3.0). The March 2010 date was clearly preliminary, so a delay is nothing surprising.
"The release date for 3.0 was not set in stone: while we're using a strict schedule that allows us to release GNOME every six months, GNOME is above all using quality-based release engineering," Vincent Untz writes, "That's why our community wants GNOME 3.0 to be fully working for users and why we believe September is more appropriate."
GNOME 3.0 will be used as an "excuse" to cut out a lot of the cruft that has accumulated within the platform over the years, but at the same time, the interface is being redone from the ground-up. The interface is built around the new Clutter-based GNOME Shell and Zeitgeist.
GNOME 2.30 will not be a lost upgrade, though. "Compared to GNOME 3.0, GNOME 2.30 will see the iterative improvements and bug fixes that people have now come to expect from our 2.x branch, in addition to some preliminary work needed for GNOME 3.0," Utz writes.


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Andrews University Provost Heather Knight has accepted the invitation to serve as the next president of Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif. She will leave for her new post at the beginning of September.
Following consultation with Cabinet and Academic Deans' Council, President Niels-Erik Andreasen announced William Richardson will serve as interim provost. Richardson has 29 years of service to Andrews both in teaching and administration, having served as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences from 1998 until his retirement in 2006. He will arrive on campus from his current home in Tennessee in time for the faculty and staff Fall Fellowship weekend, August 14–16. At that time he will begin working closely with Provost Knight to ensure a smooth transition.
"I know Dr. Knight not only welcomes the challenges and opportunities the presidency will offer, but also cherishes the opportunity to be closer to her and Norman's eight children in California as well as her aging parents and a first grandchild who will be born this December," says President Andreasen of her decision.
"I very much appreciate and treasure the three years that I have been privileged to serve as Provost at Andrews University. Together—as a campus community—we have worked hard and shared many important accomplishments as we aspired to move this flagship institution from 'good to great.' I know Andrews University will continue on this successful trajectory as members of this truly gifted learning community continue to take ownership of this vision for greatness," says Knight. "Please know that even as I accept God's call to a new assignment at Pacific Union College, Andrews University will continue to hold a very special place in my heart."
Provost Knight came to Andrews University in August of 2006 from the University of the Pacific in California where she was serving as associate provost for faculty development. During her time at Andrews University, Knight was responsible for multiple significant accomplishments. Under her leadership, the budget development process improved and financial stability was restored to Andrews, resulting in operating gains since the end of fiscal year 2007; a new strategic plan was developed and implemented; the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence was developed to centralize faculty development initiatives; a discipline-sensitive compensation plan for faculty and staff was implemented; a new Program Review process was developed; and a Sabbatical Policy for the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary was approved. Knight oversaw improvements in the areas of Enrollment Management with increased enrollment and student selectivity, and launched a new merit-based Graduate Scholarship Program. During her time at Andrews, Knight hired three new deans for the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business Administration and the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary; and a new vice president for Financial Administration. Knight made it her personal mission to improve campus morale by serving as a catalyst for positive change and oversaw the beautification of the campus, facilities improvements and new construction on campus.
Richardson will guide the work of the Office of the Provost over the next six to nine months, while the University conducts a search for a permanent replacement for the position. President Andreasen is in the process of appointing a Provost Search Committee in accordance to the committee guidelines outlined in the Andrews University Working Policy.
Bill Richardson, interim provost, is returning to familiar territory. He holds four degrees from Andrews—a Bachelor of Arts in theology, a Master of Arts in Greek, a Master of Divinity, and a doctorate in biblical studies. He taught in the religion departments at both Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, and Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif. By the time Richardson joined the Andrews University faculty in 1977, his reputation as one of the denomination's top Greek professors preceded him. Ten years after joining the faculty in the Department of Religion & Biblical Languages at Andrews, he became chair of the department in 1987. In September 1998, he transitioned to dean of the College of Arts & Sciences where he remained until his retirement. During his tenure as dean, he played a key role in helping the University transition from the quarter to semester system. His dedication both in the classroom and as an administrator was acknowledged with a 1992 Daniel A. Augsburger Excellence in Teaching Award and a 2006 Andrews University Excellence in Service Award. He was honored with the John Nevins Andrews Medallion, for his lifetime commitment to education, at the May 2006 Andrews University undergraduate commencement service.
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After a recent indicator scan, we have noted that Span A is currently higher than Span B for shares of Whitbread Plc (WTB.L). Traders may be paying close attention as this signal may indicate a possible bullish move.
Investors may have to periodically remind themselves that they don't have to be locked in to any given trade. Sometimes, even the best researched trade may go sour. Doubling down on losses can be a dangerous game even for the experienced investor. Investors may hold out exiting a certain trade with the hope that eventually the stock will bounce back and they can at least break even. Of course this may occasionally be the case, but there is also the chance that a stock may continue to spiral downward. Investors who are able to control their emotions and logically manage their positions may give themselves a slight advantage when tough decisions need to be made. Nobody can say for sure which way the market momentum will swing on any given day, but being prepared for those swings can help the trader or investor make the best possible decisions at any given moment.
Whitbread Plc (WTB.L) presently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -102.95. Typically, the CCI oscillates above and below a zero line. Normal oscillations tend to stay in the range of -100 to +100. A CCI reading of +100 may represent overbought conditions, while readings near -100 may indicate oversold territory. Although the CCI indicator was developed for commodities, it has become a popular tool for equity evaluation as well. Checking on another technical indicator, the 14-day RSI is currently sitting at 45.13.
Many traders will use a combination of moving averages with different time frames to help review stock trend direction. One of the more popular combinations is to use the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Investors may use the 200-day MA to help smooth out the data a get a clearer long-term picture. They may look to the 50-day or 20-day to get a better grasp of what is going on with the stock in the near-term. Presently, the 200-day moving average is at 4214.80 and the 50-day is 4562.92.
Taking a look at other technical levels, the 3-day RSI stands at 36.24, the 7-day sits at 39.55 and the 14-day (most common) is at 45.13. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is an often employed momentum oscillator that is used to measure the speed and change of stock price movements. When charted, the RSI can serve as a visual means to monitor historical and current strength or weakness in a certain market. This measurement is based on closing prices over a specific period of time. As a momentum oscillator, the RSI operates in a set range. This range falls on a scale between 0 and 100. If the RSI is closer to 100, this may indicate a period of stronger momentum. On the flip side, an RSI near 0 may signal weaker momentum. The RSI was originally created by J. Welles Wilder which was introduced in his 1978 book "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems".
The Williams %R is designed to provide a general sense of when the equity might have reached an extreme and be primed for a reversal. As a general observance, the more overbought or oversold the reading displays, the more likely a reversal may take place. The 14 day Williams %R for Whitbread Plc (WTB.L) is noted at -81.44. Many consider the equity oversold if the reading is below -80 and overbought if the indicator is between 0 and -20.
At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Whitbread Plc (WTB.L) is standing at 11.57. Many chart analysts believe that an ADX reading over 25 would suggest a strong trend. A reading under 20 would suggest no trend, and a reading from 20-25 would suggest that there is no clear trend signal. The Average Directional Index or ADX. The ADX was created by J. Welles Wilder to help determine how strong a trend is. In general, a rising ADX line means that an existing trend is gaining strength. The opposite would be the case for a falling ADX line.
Inexperienced investors may have the tendency to purchase stocks that have recently been on a big run higher. This may be a result of not paying close attention to the fundamentals, or simply hoping that the stock will continue the move higher. Buying after a big move to the upside may mean that the investor is essentially paying too much for the stock at those levels. Sometimes a stock will take off and get too far ahead of its underlying value which may result in the price being overvalued. Keeping a close eye on the fundamentals may be a good way for the investor to know where the stock stands at any point in time.
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Ross, 35, hit .256 with nine home runs and 23 RBI in 196 plate appearances over 62 games with the Braves in 2012. He just completed a two-year, $3.25 million deal he signed with Atlanta before the 2011 season.
Last week, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution said the Braves were interested in resigning Ross, and he was interested in returning to Atlanta.
In addition, Mike Puma of the New York Post recently said the Mets could pursue Ross this winter.
However, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports recently said the Mets are more likely to acquire a catcher via trade.
Ross has become one of the best secondary catchers in the league, and would have been a very good fit for a platoon with Josh Thole if the Mets had signed him. However, one of the worries in that situation would have been that Ross was a better hitter against right-handed pitching in 2012, and so it might not have been a strong fit for the Mets anyway. Still, I am surprised he left Atlanta, especially since he was interested in returning and would have been their primary catcher until Brian McCann returned from shoulder surgery.


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In high school a friend of mine told me that his father raised the flag on Iwo Jima. I thought he was pulling my leg but went along with the gag. Which guy in the statue is he? I asked. No, he replied the statue was the second raising. Dad put up the first. I continued to think he was just spinning a yarn until a few years later during the 25th anniversary of the raising the local TV stations interviewed a "local man who raised the flag on Iwo Jima" It was my friends father! OK, I thought, he wasn't pulling my leg after all.
Here's the scoop. The first flag raised was just a small flag one of the Marines
was carrying (probably about 5 feet in length). This act was photographed (which
is how Mr. Lindberg, my friend's father, is able to verify his claim). Later the
Marines sent the famous group up to raise a larger flag. It was the second
raising, but not for the express purpose of taking the picture.
Nathan Bliss, 01 August 1996
BOTH Iwo Jima flags are in the US Marine Corps museum at the U.S. Navy Yard in
Washington, DC. The smaller one is the one first raised.
Nick Artimovich, 10 December 1997
The US Marine Corps War Memorial webpage identifies the flag raisers as Michael Strank, Harlan H. Block, Franklin R. Sousley, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and John H. Bradley. BTW, the tragic life of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who succumbed to alcoholism, is told in "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", recorded by both Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, among others. Ned Smith, 20 February 2000
Both of the Iwo Jima Flags raised in Feb. of 1945 by the Easy Co of the 28th Marine Rgt. are in the USMC. Museum Washington Navy Yard. They were both recently conserved by the noted textile conservator Fonda Thompson.
The story that only the 1st flag survived seems to stem form the recent book
Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley. He states that the second flag was
ripped to shreds, In fact the second flag's fly end was shredded, but the flag survives.
James Ferrigan, 17 July 2000
The sizes are:
First Flag raised was an ensign from the USS Missoula measuring 28" x 54" .
The Second flag was an ensign from the LST-779 measuring 56"x 96".
Also see http://www.iwojima.com/iwojima/ which is perhaps the definitive website on the flag raising.
Jim Ferrigan, 24 July 2002
There is an article in Spanish taken from the Colombian Navy official website that tells the story about the controversy in which there were actually two pictures of the same event, one taken by Sergeant Low Lowery and the other by photographer Joe Rosenthal in which Rosenthal's shot came out better because of angle and flag size, so Lowry's picture was "no longer needed".
Charles Lindberg (not the aviator) lives in Minneapolis about 80 miles from here. He was at the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima during the battle. Here is part of the story excerpted from a special education edition of the American Legion magazine Sept, 2002, made possible by American Legion Post 12 of Long Prairie, Minnesota (where the 1st flag raising of Iwo Jima is depicted in 4 story memorial), written by Rodger Johnston.
By the end of D+3, Mount Suribachi was surrounded by Marines dying by the thousands with even more being wounded. Colonel Johnson handed a select group of Marines an American flag from the USS Missoula and said, 'If you get to the top, raise the flag'. The expectation was the enemy dug deep into the mountain would slaughter the Marines.
At 10:20am, the American flag was tied to a Japanese water pipe and raised by Marines Charles Lindberg, Harold Schrier, Boots Thomas, and Hank Hanson. Louis Carlo, James Michaels and Raymond Jacobs together with a detachment of other Marines were on hand. Lou Lowery, a leatherneck photographer, clicked his camera as ship offshore and men below sounded off a cheer that transformed the island into New Year's eve.
Aroused by the outpouring of excitement, Japanese emerged from their tunnels and the flag raisers came under heavy fire. When the battle ended, the flag remained.
When the Secretary of the Navy heard all the commotion he was advised that the Marines had raised the American flag on Japanese homeland for the first time in over 2,000 years. He immediately ordered that this most momentous flag be delivered to him.
Col. Johnson responded that his men had died by the thousands and that the flag would not be transferred out of his battalion. The Secretary of the Navy then ordered photographers and a detachment of Marines to climb the mountain to remove the flag and replace it with a second American flag. Joe Rosenthal took a photo of the second flag raising by Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Mike Strank, Rene Gagnon and Harlon Block.
The photos of the first flag raising taken by Lou Lowery were not developed until after the war. Before Lou died, he bequeathed all the photos to Charles Lindberg, the last surviving flag raiser. Fifty-seven years after the flag raising, Charles Lindberg's dream that someday the First Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima would be honored became reality.
In addition, a never before seen photo of the actual first flag raising was re-created from the photos of Lou Lowery under the direction of flag raiser, Charles Lindberg. The picture clearly and accurately reveals the faces, bodies and ground of the first flag raising that instantly became an inspiration to the combatants on Iwo Jima.
Lee Herold, 25 September 2006
Joe Rosenthal died on Sunday 20 August 2006 at the age of 94 in Novato, California.
Ivan Sache, 26 September 2006
The status of the island of Iwo Jima as part of the "Hoime islands"
not withstanding; the first US flags raised or hoisted over pre-war
Japanese territory and "home waters", occurred some months before at
the Kwajalein Atoll. At sea, it was when the USS Phelps dropped
anchor; ashore it was a flag raised by the 4th Division, 25 Regiment, 2nd Battalion
of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Jim Ferrigan, 26 September 2006
"Dont Give Up The Ship" flag of Oliver Hazard Perry (War of 1812) and Matthew
Perry's flag used to open Japan to the west (among lots of other flags) are at the
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Nick Artimovich, 10 December 1997
The U.S. flag that flew over the Capitol during attack on Pearl Harbor, then
flown in Berlin and Tokyo at the end of the war, is in the H.S. Truman Library in
Independence, Missouri.
Nick Artimovich, 10 December 1997


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures fell for a second straight session on Tuesday to settle below $1,230 an ounce, pressured by strength in the dollar as traders awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's December meeting and monthly U.S. employment data due later this week.
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