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Fall: March 1 [December 15 for international applicants]
Spring: December 1 [August 1 for international applicants]
Applications are processed as they arrive up to the deadline date.
Number Required: 2
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from evaluators who are able to provide insight into your abilities and talents, as well as comment on your aptitude for graduate study.
All applicants must present credentials that are the equivalent of the appropriate Bachelor of Music degree at Temple University, which is based on a curriculum of 124 to 135 hours.
A degree in music is expected.
The Statement of Goals should include your special interests within the discipline and expectations for the program.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
575 paper-based, 233 computer-based, or 90 internet-based. Any students admitted with a TOEFL score below 600 on the paper-based, 250 on the computer-based, or 100 on the internet-based examination must pass an English skills course during their first semester at Temple University.
All works are to be performed from memory:
1. A complete work by Bach (Well Tempered Clavichord, prelude and fugue, suite, toccata, etc.).
2. An entire sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert.
3. A large Romantic work.
4. An Impressionistic or Contemporary work.
A resume is required.
Students who wish to transfer credit should speak with their academic advisor and obtain a transfer of credit form, available at www.temple.edu/grad/forms/documents/Transfer_Grad_Credit_05.pdf Transfer credits must be approved by the Advisor, the Department Chair, and the Associate Dean. The maximum number of credits a student may transfer is 6.
Due to the large number of applications for admission and the competitive nature of its music programs, the College admits only a portion of its applicants. In addition to the general admissions credentials required of all Temple University graduate applicants, Boyer College of Music specialized admission criteria (i.e., auditions, portfolios, interviews, recommendations, departmental term papers, and standardized examinations) are very heavily weighted in Boyer College of Music admission decisions. Applicants may be rejected for admission for failing to obtain the required level of proficiency in any one area of the specialized admission criteria regardless of the level of success in meeting the Temple University general admission criteria. In addition to the level of success demonstrated in the above-mentioned criteria, a final admission factor is the College's Optimum Enrollment Policy. This Policy may preclude the admission of any student who meets the minimum requirements.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses (26 s.h.):
Music 404 (2) Piano for Pedagogy Major
405 (2) Piano for Pedagogy Major
406 (2) Piano for Pedagogy Major
407 (3) Piano for Pedagogy Major/Recital
408 (2) Piano Pedagogy
409 (2) Piano Pedagogy
428 (2) Class Piano Pedagogy
429 (2) Class Piano Pedagogy
777 (3) Baroque Keyboard Performance Practice
778 (3) Classical Keyboard Performance Practice
Music Studies 700 (3) Research in Music
Elective Courses (4 s.h.)
Select from Music, Music Education, Music Studies, or other graduate departments. Approval of advisor required.
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Diagnostic Entrance Examinations:
Harmony, Counterpoint, Aural Theory, and Music History. Remedial coursework may be required.
Public Recital:
Fourth semester of lessons (Music 407).
Comprehensive Listening Examination
Except as noted, all degree credits are to be earned at Temple University.
All incomplete grades and keyboard proficiencies must be completed by the 1st day of the month in which the student expects to graduate.
Independent Study Courses:
Independent study courses provide a special opportunity for graduate students to work in a highly individualized setting with one or more faculty members. All such study must receive the approval of the faculty member providing the instruction, the students' major advisor, and the Associate Dean. Approval will be granted only after the student has presented a detailed description of the intended independent study project. Approval of independent study projects will be granted only for students whose academic and musical record provides substantial support for the benefits of this type of study. In no case may more than 20% of a graduate student's curriculum be taken as independent study. Private lessons beyond those required in the curriculum are not an appropriate form of independent study.
Professional Development Policy:
All students in the Boyer College of Music, in addition to the required subjects toward their degrees, are obliged to serve in a number of capacities in order to enrich their academic and musical expertise. The Boyer College believes that such experiences give impetus to successful professional careers. Among the duties that may be required are conducting laboratory classes, tutoring, teaching private lessons, coaching, participating in the distribution and inventory control of University-owned musical instruments and instructional materials, participating in ensembles, accompanying, performing at admissions and open house events, supervising performance classes, and other academically related activities.
All entering Master of Music students are required to take Diagnostic Examinations in Harmony, Counterpoint, Aural Skills, and Music History prior to the first semester of graduate study. The purpose of these examinations is to determine weaknesses in undergraduate preparation.
Depending on the examination results, students may be required to take one or more remedial courses. In these instances, the remedial courses will be graded on a "Credit / No Credit" basis and the official university transcript will indicate "CR" (for "Credit", meaning that the deficiency has been satisfied) or "NC" (for "No Credit", meaning that the deficiency has not been satisfied). Students must have a "B-" or better average in any remedial course or section thereof to earn the grade of "Credit" and to satisfy the requirement. Students who earn a grade of "NC" (that is, having a class average below "B-") must retake that course or section until an average of "B-" or higher is achieved and a grade of "CR" is recorded on the official university transcript. Remedial courses are offered for undergraduate credit only, and may not count toward graduate degree requirements.
1. All entering MM students must take the harmony, counterpoint, and aural skills examination prior to the first semester of graduate study unless conditions for exemption have been met (see below). Students may take the test only once, and if they do not pass the test or any portion thereof, they must enroll in the remedial course(s) during their first semester of study.
Depending on which section(s) of the examination are failed, the examiners will stipulate which sections of remedial coursework the student must take. The courses are "Diatonic Harmony Review" (Music Studies 201), "Chromatic Harmony Review" (Music Studies 202), "Counterpoint Review" (Music Studies 203), and "Graduate Aural Theory Review" (Music Studies 204).
2. Music History
All entering MM students are required to take Diagnostic Examinations in Music History prior to registering for their first semester of graduate student, unless conditions for exemption have been met (see below). If the student is unsuccessful in passing any portion of the Music History examination, the student may select one of two options. (Option A): Register to take Music History Review (Music Studies 253 for 1 to 5 undergraduate credits, with 1 credit assigned to each of the following five periods: Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. Students may register for a maximum of 3 credits of Music History Review in any semester; thus, it is possible to extend the remediation over two semesters. (Option B): Students may study independently and retake the failed sections of the examination at the end of the first semester of study. Students may retake the examination only once, and if any section is failed a second time, they must take the assigned remedial sections in their second semester of study.
3. Conditions for Exemption
The requirement to take the Examination in any of these areas is waived only for graduates of the Boyer College of Music who:
1) matriculate and enroll in the semester immediately following completion of all undergraduate degree requirements, and
2) received grades of "B-" or better in every undergraduate course taken in each individual examination area to be waived.
Graduate Private Lesson Policy:
Weekly one-hour private lessons are provided for all matriculated master's and doctoral performance majors in good standing, provided at least three additional credits of programmatically required graduate level study are taken simultaneously. A $200 per semester lesson fee (subject to change without notice) is charged for all private lessons. Tuition remission may not be used to cover the private lesson fee.
Performing Ensembles:
1. Touring-All students in touring performing ensembles are required to participate in all scheduled tours. These tours, usually one or two weeks in length, often take place immediately after termination of semesters. Students must arrange their schedules to accommodate this requirement.
2. Non-Credit Participation-With special permission, graduate students for whom there is no ensemble requirement, or where previous ensemble credits exceed the graduation requirement, may participate in choral and instrumental ensembles without cost, with prior permission from the ensemble director, the department chair, and the Associate Dean.
Acceptable English:
All students, including those for whom English is not the native language, are expected to present all written work in acceptable English. No double standard exists to differentiate students on the basis of proficiency in the use of the English language. Students are also responsible for becoming familiar with the College's statement on plagiarism and academic honesty.
1. Lessons: Private applied lessons beyond the four-semester requirement currently in effect for graduate performance students, may be extended with the permission of the jury, department chair, and the Associate Dean or Dean of the Boyer College of Music. Students withdrawing from recital requirement during the recital semester will receive an incomplete and must register for extended study for non-degree credit (course number: Music 300 "Recital Extension" for two credits). Recital Extension must be taken each semester until the recital has been presented. This course will be offered on a credit/no credit basis only. At the satisfactory completion of the recital, the "Incomplete" for the recital course will be replaced by a letter grade and "Music 300 Recital Extension" will then be issued a grade of "CR." Credit derived from Recital Extension will not be counted toward degree requirements.
2. Recital Extension Fees: Tuition for these additional terms of private study will be the cost of two graduate credits plus a $400 Recital Extension fee. Graduate assistantships and other forms of university-sponsored financial aid do not cover the Recital Extension fee.
3. Exceptions to Recital Extension-The exceptions to the Recital Extension Policy are as follows:
a. Students who perform their recitals during the first three weeks of the spring semester are not required to register for Recital Extension that semester.
b. Students who register for Recital Extension during the summer may perform their recitals during the first three weeks of the fall semester. However, if the student does not take Recital Extension during the summer, he or she may not present the recital in the fall semester-regardless of the date-without also registering for the fall semester of Recital Extension.
4. Failure to Present Recital-The degree status of students who are unable to present a recital after one semester of recital extension will be reviewed by the Associate Dean and the major advisor, who, in consultation with the major teacher and department, will determine whether or not the student may continue in the program. Inability to present the recital after one semester of Recital Extension may be grounds for dismissal from the degree program for failing to maintain reasonable academic progress.
Comprehensive Examination:
All candidates for the Master of Music degree are required to take a one-hour comprehensive examination in music literature and theory. It is a list of 100 musical works of the standard literature from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. It is suggested that this examination be taken in the penultimate term of study. A list of the works is available to the student when admitted to the College as an aid to preparation for the examination.
The examination is in three parts: identification of specific selections from a list of 100 works, identification of a "mystery" selection, and score analysis.
Students should plan to take the examination in the penultimate semester of study.
Members of the graduate music history and music theory department select the music scores and musical selections.
Two graduate faculty members grade the examination.
Students must pass all three sections. A score of 70% or better must be achieved in the identification section, and a "pass" or "weak pass" must be achieved in the "mystery" selection and the score analysis section.
The examination is administered approximately ten times each year. Students notify the music graduate secretary no later than one week prior to the requested examination administration date.
For examination dates, visit the Graduate Music Examination Schedule page on Boyer's website.
Public Recital:
Music 407. Performance majors present a public recital as the culminating event for the master's degree. Graduation recitals are typically one-hour in length, and are typically presented on-campus in either Rock Hall or Klein Recital Hall. The student must show evidence through Temple University transcript records of having taken private lessons up to the time of the graduation recital. Students who wish to play a recital in the early fall should plan to register for and complete the final semester of lessons during the preceding summer months. Graduation recitals are adjudicated by three full-time music faculty members.
Dept. of Keyboard Studies
Boyer College of Music
and Dance
2001 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
James Short
Program Coordinator:
Professor Harvey Wedeen
Graduate Chairperson:
Professor Harvey Wedeen
Professor Harvey Wedeen
The master's degree in piano pedagogy expands the resources, the skills, and the insights of pianists who wish to be teachers, either in a private studio or at an institution, and who--in addition to having a comprehensive knowledge about teaching children and adults at an elementary level--are equipped to teach intermediate and early advanced students.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 6 years
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m. Students are also able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Dept. of Keyboard Studies
Boyer College of Music and Dance
2001 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Not applicable.
The Boyer College of Music has been ranked
among the top 30 music schools in the country
by U.S. News & World Report.
This degree program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
While private lessons and ensemble participation are required each semester, a major concentration of the curriculum is the study and practice of the teaching of the piano. Included in this concentration are coursework and fieldwork through the College's preparatory division.
The program prepares musicians for teaching careers, professional activity, or doctoral study.
Non-matriculated students may enroll in selected courses in music with permission, but may not take applied lessons until they have been fully admitted and matriculated.
Boyer College offers a number of assistantships and academic internships to matriculated graduate students. Full awards carry a cash stipend plus full tuition remission for the fall and spring semesters. Partial awards also are available in values of 1/4 or 1/2 of a full award. Duties for assistantships and internships vary, but typically include teaching, tutoring, classroom assistance, research, artistic performance, and/or direct service related to academic programs. Applicants must submit an assistantship/internship application by March 1 to obtain priority consideration for an award.
Applications are available online at the Graduate Financial Aid page of Boyer's website. Typically these awards are made only in the fall semester for up to two semesters, fall and spring. Awards may be renewed on an annual basis (typically up to one additional year for Master's students and up to three years for Doctoral students) based upon departmental needs as well as satisfactory academic and musical progress by the recipient.
February 2006


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Bobby Henline walks out and faces you, his hairless head misshapen by flames that burned down to his skull, continued over 38 percent of his body and required 46 surgeries to patch. His ears are nubs, or nonexistent. His eyes are distorted. His left hand is gone.
He is silent for a long, awkward moment, then leans toward you, and whispers into a microphone: "You should see the other guy …"
Yes, you can laugh.
Henline is a former Army truck driver who was a passenger in a Humvee that rolled over an explosive device along a river outside Baghdad in 2007 on his fourth tour of duty. The blast threw the truck 20 meters through the air, leaving Henline and four comrades in a ball of flame. Only Henline survived.
But the Desert Storm veteran and father of four, who settled near the military hospitals in San Antonio on his return, is also a standup comedian who uses humor to inspire others in similar circumstances. Based on a riff from his act ("We're in a restaurant and my wife orders a steak, and I tell the waiter, 'She wants it well-done. Like her man.' "), Henline bills himself as "The Well-Done Comedian."
This weekend, Henline will join four other injured service members at the Palm Beach International Film Festival for world-premiere screenings of the documentary "Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor." The film follows the four men and a woman as they attempt to use standup comedy to help the healing process, with mentoring from comics such as Bob Saget, Lewis Black, B.J. Novak and Zach Galifianakis.
The screenings, which include an audience Q&A with the five, plus director-producer John Wager and co-producer Bernadette Luckett, are at 2 p.m. Friday at the Frank Theatres CineBowl and Grille (14775 Lyons Road, Delray Beach) and 6 p.m. Sunday at Muvico Parisian 20 at CityPlace (545 Hibiscus St., West Palm Beach). Tickets: $10, $8 for military, seniors and students.
The group also will be honored at the festival's Silver Screen Splash party at 9 p.m. Saturday at Deck 84 (840 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach). Tickets: $50 (includes two cocktails and light bites from the menu). Info: PBIFilmFest.org.
Henline, a Navy brat who joined the Army at 17, always had a sense of humor growing up (in the San Francisco Bay area), and jokes with his intensive-care-unit nurses were one of the first indications that he would survive his injuries.
When he was headed to Los Angeles for further treatment, a therapist he'd charmed while learning to use a prosthetic hand made him promise to look up her sister, who might connect him to a comedy club. ("She made me pinky swear, so I had to" Henline says.) A few weeks later, less than two years after he was wounded, Henline was onstage at an open-mic night at the Comedy Store.
Comedy isn't paying the bills, but his military retirement allows him to keep at it. He also makes motivational-speaking appearances. Money, however, isn't why he's onstage.
"I said, 'Yeah, I'm deformed, but I can't just sit there. I have to make a difference,' " Henline, 41, recalls. "To me, that's the best revenge I can get for those guys [in the truck]."
The Palm Beach International Film Festival runs through April 11. Info: 561-362-0003, PBIFilmFest.org. More on the film: ComedyWarriors.com, BobbyHenline.com.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Group of 20 policymakers have an ideal chance in Moscow this week to ponder whether monetary policy largesse will blunt their will to carry out the economic reforms needed to put global growth on a sustainable footing.
On their drive from the airport to the city center, down highways clogged with luxury cars, it may dawn on finance ministers and central bankers that Russia, this year's G20 host, got there first.
Some will check in to the five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel near the Manezh, the former 19th-century cavalry stable by the Kremlin walls where they meet this weekend. But convenience comes at a price: almost $17,000 per night for a luxury suite.
The world's largest oil producer has, through much of the Vladimir Putin era, been minting money as its central bank bought up hundreds of billions of export petrodollars, and the government spent its way out of the 2009 slump.
But the side-effects — political complacency, declining competitiveness and a misallocation of capital towards conspicuous consumption and prestige projects — increasingly outweigh the benefits to Russia's $2.1 trillion economy.
Some economists say Russia's story could foretell the outcome of ultra-loose monetary policy in the United States, Britain, Japan and symbolized by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's vow last July to do "whatever it takes" to see the euro through its debt crisis.
"Russia has oil; Europe has Draghi," Tim Ash, the London-based head of emerging markets research at Standard Bank, said on a recent trip to Moscow. "Europe is catching up to all the problems that Russia has done nothing about for the past decade."
Others say that may be stretching the point but there are certainly signs that the zeal for major economic and regulatory reforms in Europe has faded somewhat since Draghi took the sting out of the debt crisis.
The G20 accounts for 90 percent of the world's economy and two-thirds of its population. Russia has taken the helm this year as the group has split between borrowers seeking to grow out of a debt trap and surplus countries keener on austerity.
Gone is the shared sense of purpose that embodied the G20 summit in London of 2009, which created a huge financial backstop to stem the crisis that resulted from the collapse of Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers.
"The G20 has really struggled in the past couple of years after its really great 2008 and 2009," Jim O'Neill, the outgoing chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and leading emerging markets economist, told Reuters.
"It's already desperately searching for an identity."
Russia, holder of the world's fourth-largest gold and foreign exchange reserves, also finds itself on the barricades in an as yet merely rhetorical "currency war" after its central bank accused Japan's new government of protectionist monetary policy.
But, G20 sources and economists say, officials are likely to tone down their rhetoric over competitive currency devaluations.
"I don't see how anybody can complain. Washington is keeping quiet because that's what it has done for the past 30 years," said O'Neill.
For its G20 presidency, Moscow has drawn up an agenda focusing on jobs and investment, improved financial regulation and deficit reduction that is enthusiastically backed by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
But in a world suffering a dearth of demand, there is likely to be pushback, again led by the United States, against Russia's push for "binding and realistic" goals to cut borrowing.
A target set at the G20's Toronto summit in 2010 to halve budget deficits expires this year, and one G20 source told Reuters there could be heated debate as the euro zone's dominant economy, Germany, calls for new deficit targets to be set.
Here, at least, Russia can show some leadership by pointing to its own balanced budget, and its adoption last year of a so-called fiscal rule intended to reduce the dependence of its public finances on oil and gas revenues.
"Russia's agenda reflects their own policy preoccupations. To the extent that it is relevant to a broader global forum, that will be a fluke," said Christopher Granville, managing director of Trusted Sources, an emerging markets consultancy.
"But it's not an agenda that's way off in outer space."
Policymakers will hope to set aside friction between Russia and the West over trade and human rights during the build-up to this September's G20 summit in St Petersburg, given the forum's focus on economic issues.
Russia, a country of more than 140 million people, says it is up to the task of leading the G20, not least thanks to its experience as half of the 'G2' that once dominated global diplomacy during the Cold War.
"It's used to thinking kind of big," said Russia's top financial diplomat, summit 'sherpa' Ksenia Yudayeva.
But things may be more tricky next year, part two of a double-header, when Russia chairs the G8. Moscow is the odd one out in what Granville calls "a group of like-minded Western countries with Japan as an honorary member".
Putin, elected for a third term as president last March after four years as prime minister, has made international summits and sporting events an important part of his development agenda for Russia.
He will host the G8 summit in the summer of 2014 in Sochi, the venue of the next Winter Olympics, and hosts the World Cup soccer finals in 2018.
Russia expects to spend $50 billion on preparing for the Sochi Games, a sum that would make it the most expensive Olympics. That is progress at a high price.
Additional reporting by Lidia Kelly and Lesley Wroughton, editing by Mike Peacock


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"Justice League: Doom" will make its West Coast premiere on Feb. 16 with a Hero Complex screening at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills with a limited number of free tickets available for fans.
Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex lead writer Geoff Boucher will moderate a Q&A with the filmmakers and members of the cast after the screening.
"Justice League: Doom," the latest DC Universe animated original movie from Warner Home Video, takes its core plot from Mark Waid's memorable "Tower of Babel" story arc (which was published back in 2000 in the pages of DC Comics) although there are considerable differences. In both the comics and film, the world's greatest heroes are all placed in danger when villains get their hands on Batman's secret files — which indexes the weaknesses of all his teammates and precise tactical plans for taking them down.
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The filmmaking team includes executive producer Bruce Timm, director Lauren Montgomery, producer Alan Burnett and dialogue/casting director Andrea Romano. "Justice League: Doom" also represents the final DC Universe film script from the late Dwayne McDuffie.
"Justice League: Doom" arrives Feb. 28 as a Blu-Ray Combo Pack or as a DVD; it will also be available On Demand and via download.
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Memorial Stadium, situated in scenic Strawberry Canyon at the base of the pine-forested foothills overlooking the Berkeley campus of the University of California, was designed by world-famous architect John Galen Howard. Construction commenced in December of 1922, and the stadium was completed in time for the "Big Game" between Stanford and California in November of 1923. With its multi-tiered arches, oval shape, and the cut-stone appearance of the concrete façade, it has the classic look of the Roman Colosseum, after which it was modeled.
Due to the stadium's architectural design, excellent sightlines for the fans, and idyllic location, it was rated by Sports Illustrated as one of the nation's top venues for experiencing college football, and it is included in the National Register of Historic Places.
In recent years, however, the stadium had become virtually obsolete owing to the passage of time, and to its location, which straddles both sides of the ever-dangerous Hayward Fault. Its interior corridors were constricted and dark, its paucity of restrooms Spartan, its narrow, wooden bench seats laden with splinters, its scoreboards outdated, and its exterior crumbling. In fact, due to "fault creep", there was a nine-inch gap in Section KK dramatically demonstrating that the stadium was not seismically up to current safety standards. And so it was that in December of 2010, the venerable stadium was closed and a comprehensive $321 million renovation project was begun.
The scope and intent of the renovation were threefold: First and foremost was safety—the stadium would be re-engineered so as to be able to withstand a major earthquake. Second, the stadium would have refinements such as seats with seatbacks, aluminum benches, a multitude of easily accessible concession stands and modern restrooms, even better sightlines, wider, brighter concourses, permanent lighting, and luxurious seating located outside the exclusive University Club perched atop the new, state-of-the-art press box. Lastly, all of the enhancements would be in keeping with the classic design of the original stadium. As Bob Milano, U.C. Berkeley's Assistant Athletic Director, stated, "The new façade and seating bowl will look like a restored antique, but brought up to modern standards to create a facility that will significantly reduce seismic risk, and ensure life safety."
At a media tour of the stadium conducted on August 24, we were told by the construction engineers that the biggest challenge facing them was the time constraint—the university did not want the football team to be away from Memorial Stadium for more than one season (they played the 2011 season at AT&T Park in San Francisco), and so the construction that began when the 2010 football season ended had to be completed by the beginning of the 2012 season, which is September 1. This challenge might not have been so daunting if it were not for the problems presented by the fact that the Hayward Fault literally runs through the middle of the stadium, going north-south from one end zone to the other. In as much as this slip fault is capable of displacing the earth above it by as much as six feet, a creative solution needed to be found to prevent the stadium from collapsing. David Friedman, a principal with the San Francisco firm Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc., explained that the stadium is now essentially built upon four seismic blocks with enough clearance between them to allow the stadium to shift and tilt without coming apart at the seams.
While the engineering that provided seismic safety was invisible to the eye, what was visible was a spectacular modern stadium surrounded by the restored iconic design of the original one.
The new field is Matrix Turf, which looks as much like real grass as a synthetic field can look. Under the turf is a spongy-feeling Cushdrain pad that provides shock absorption, and under it lies a series of drains and many layers of compacted stone and sand. And, to improve sightlines for fans sitting in the lowest rows of seats, the field has been lowered by four feet.
One of the most notable improvements is to the main concourse which, prior to renovation, had been so narrow that gridlock was a common feature. Now, the western side of the stadium has been widened, the offices that obstructed the corridors and hid the open-air archways have been removed, and modern concession stands and an ample number of restrooms have been constructed along the concourse's inner walls.
One of the most attractive features of the refurbished stadium is the new, 300 foot-long two-story press box, itself an engineering marvel that seems to float above the western seats.
Its first level is for the press, radio and TV announcers, camera crews, score keepers, and coaches. The top tier is the luxurious University Club that boasts several rows of large padded seats, and a spacious foyer that opens to a promenade commanding a sweeping view of not only the campus, but of San Francisco in the distance.
In addition to the University Club, there is also a Field Club for those who have purchased premium seats near the field, and a Stadium Club for those with mid-field seats located higher in the bowl. Both of these clubs, plus the University Club, are replete with distinctive wooden paneling, enormous televisions, and numerous places to obtain food and beverages.
While the old stadium had more than its share of attractive features, it also had a fair number of warts. In the redesign, the wonderful architectural features were indeed preserved, and each and every one of the blemishes was not only removed, but replaced by eye-pleasing and up-to-date amenities. Without doubt, the 63,000 fans who gather together to watch the Golden Bears play football will be delighted by the multitude of modern enhancements.
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Worldwide PC shipments increased 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011 (2Q11), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The results are just short of IDC's May projections for 2.9 percent growth and represent a combination of a hangover from the more than 20 percent growth in the first half of 2010, as well as competition from smartphones, other consumer products and pressure from lackluster economic conditions. As in 1Q11, the United States and Western Europe were among the weaker regions, reflecting constrained demand in more mature markets, while emerging regions - particularly Latin America and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) - fared better.
"These preliminary results continue to reflect pressure from competing consumer and business products as well as cautious spending," said Jay Chou, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. "Nevertheless, product refreshes and promotions in the second half of the year as well as easier year-ago data should boost growth in the second half of the year."
"The U.S. PC market continued to contract in 2Q11, largely as a result of three factors. The first is an ongoing contraction in the Mini Notebook (Netbook) market and related inventories. The second is the impact of 2Q10's difficult-to-sustain 12 percent growth. And third, demand has softened as corporate buyers continue to focus on increasing share of their IT budget in new IT solutions such as cloud and virtualization, and consumer interest shifts to media tablets," says Rajani Singh, research analyst, United States Quarterly PC Tracker. "Given the weakness of 2H10, we expect a better market environment in 2H11 with mid-single digit growth rates in the third quarter's back to school and fourth quarter's holiday season."
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The New England Patriots' cheerleaders spent two weeks in Beijing recently, leading pep rallies and cheer clinics.
Former San Francisco 49ers superstar quarterback Joe Montana toured the Great Wall of China in between visits to local flag football games. They're both examples of an outreach effort by NFL China, the NFL organization tasked with recruiting NFL fans and introducing the game of American football to China's young atheletes.
Richard Young, managing director of NFL China, says the number of Chinese football fans has doubled in the past three years to more than nine million, including three million who have a favorite NFL team they watch regularly on TV. As evidence that football is growing in popularity in China, Young points to the league of flag-football teams at 36 universities and the number of fans coming out to watch. Online streaming of football games, and promotional visits by former players like Montana, have also proven popular.
Slowly, but surely, Young believes NFL football is taking root in big cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. But he says the sport has to overcome some big cultural hurdles.
"Team sports aren't big in China, and the one-child policy has made parents more averse than ever to subjecting their kids to potential harm," he said. "And beyond all this, there's football itself, which has never been an intuitive product for American export. Even nations with an appetite for American things have traditionally found football exotic and inscrutable, one of those aspects of the culture that simply doesn't translate well."
In China's big cities, youth leagues are forming, he says. The highlight of the season was the flag football championship in Guangzhou. It was televised to 138 million people in the province, as well as nationally on one of China's digital cable channels. This season's fifth-annual University Bowl of China champion was Chinese Traditional Medicine University. They executed plays brilliantly; the defense gave their opponents different looks to keep them off balance.
The teamwork — which is what American football is all about, Young adds — really was apparent.
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Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today (Oct 11, 2011) announced positive results from its Phase 2a clinical trial of ALV003, which demonstrated the ability of ALV003 to attenuate gluten-induced intestinal mucosal injury in serologically negative celiac disease patients maintained on a gluten-free diet for one or more years. The study findings will be presented in a late breaking oral session at the 19th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) in Stockholm on October 24. The full abstract (#OP050B) can currently be accessed on the UEGW website at http://www.uegw11.uegf.org/ .
"There are currently no approved therapies for celiac disease. Strict, life-long adherence to a gluten-free diet (GFD) is the current standard of care and the only treatment option for these patients, but this does not offer a comprehensive solution," said Peter Green, M.D., director of The Celiac Disease Center and professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. "A GFD does not completely prevent exposure to gluten and does not affect the underlying cause of disease, potentially leaving patients vulnerable to gastrointestinal symptoms and serious long-term medical consequences."
Phase 2a Trial Design and Results In the double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2a clinical trial, 41 well-controlled, well-characterized adult celiac disease patients were randomized to receive ALV003 or placebo daily for six weeks at the time of ingestion of 2g of gluten (bread crumbs). Study participants underwent small bowel biopsy at the beginning of the trial and
after being given the daily gluten challenge for six weeks. The primary endpoint was intestinal villus morphometry (villus height:Crypt depth)(or vh:Cd) measured at baseline and at six weeks. Secondary endpoints included intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) density, gastrointestinal symptoms as measured by Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) scores, celiac serologies, safety and tolerability.
Biopsy results from 34 evaluable patients with celiac disease showed that there was significantly less small intestinal mucosal injury in patients treated with ALV003 than in placebo-treated patients at six weeks (p=0.013). In addition, the data showed statistically significant differences in changes in IEL and both alpha/beta and gamma/delta T-lymphocyte subsets.
GSRS scores were directionally consistent with the morphologic changes in the intestinal mucosa (i.e., with less intestinal mucosal injury there was a directionally consistent lower GSRS score). No significant changes were observed in the celiac serology tests. Adverse events consistently occurred more frequently in the placebo-treated patients. Adverse events that occurred in 10 percent or more patients included abdominal distension, flatulence, eructation, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
"Based on the results of this rigorously conducted trial, we believe that clinical proof-of-principle has been achieved. We are currently preparing for a Phase 2b trial of ALV003 in celiac disease patients targeted to begin in 2012," said Daniel Adelman, chief medical officer at Alvine Pharmaceuticals.
UEGW Data Presentation and Conference Call Information The abstract, titled "ALV003, a Novel Glutenase, Attenuates Gluten-Induced Small Intestinal Mucosal Injury in Celiac Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Phase 2A Clinical Trial," will be presented on Monday, October 24, at 2:12 p.m. CEST during the Free Paper Session: Late breaking news in Hall K1/2 by Dr. Markku Maeki, chair and professor of pediatrics at the University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital in Finland, and lead investigator of the ALV003 Phase 2a trial.
Alvine will host a conference call and webcast to discuss these data and the overall celiac disease space. In addition to Alvine management, Dr. Peter Green will also participate in the conference call. The call will be held Thursday, October 27, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT)/1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The live event will be available from Alvine's website at www.alvinepharma.com , under the News and Media section, or by calling (866) 582-8907 (domestic) or (678) 825-8232 (international). The access code is 15752879. A replay of the
webcast will be available from Alvine's website.
About Celiac Disease Celiac disease is the most common autoimmune disease, affecting approximately 6 million people in the U.S. and E.U. Celiac disease is an acquired autoimmune disorder that develops in genetically susceptible individuals after exposure to dietary gluten, the difficult to digest protein found in wheat, rye and barley. It is a systemic illness that affects many organ systems, causing chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, diarrhea, and constipation, and can potentially cause serious medical consequences, including malabsorption, osteoporosis, anemia, infections, end-stage renal disease, malignancies and an increased mortality rate. Currently there is no approved therapy for celiac disease and the only treatment option for patients is to attempt to follow a strict, life-long gluten-free diet (GFD).
ALV003 is an orally administered mixture of two recombinant gluten-specific proteases, a cysteine protease (EP-B2) and a prolyl endopeptidase (PEP). ALV003 targets gluten and degrades it into small fragments, which, in vitro, diminishes immunogenicity. ALV003 is being developed as a potential treatment for celiac disease patients in conjunction with a gluten-free diet and is currently in Phase 2 clinical development.
Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a private, clinical-stage, specialty biopharmaceutical company located in San Carlos, Calif., focused on the development of biologics targeting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including celiac disease. Alvine is focusing clinical development efforts on ALV003, an investigational drug in Phase 2 trials that could potentially be the first approved therapeutic treatment for patients with celiac disease. For additional information about the company, please visit http://www.alvinepharma.com/ .
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McHENRY – William Busse and Dr. James Mowery are troubled by a proposed plan for the ongoing Route 31 improvement project, which is more than halfway into its phase one stage.
Both men commute along Route 31, near Bull Valley Road, to get to work. Busse works at First National Bank, at the corner of Routes 120 and 31; Mowery, at Centegra Primary Care, near Bull Valley Road and Route 31.
"This is a draconian plan," said Busse, who served as McHenry mayor from 1985 to 1993. "It's way over-engineered. Local businesses and property owners need to say 'Let's wait a second and work out a solution to [accommodate] higher volume of traffic without knocking buildings down.'
"This design will change the character and the landscape of McHenry."
The Route 31 project length spans seven miles, from Route 176 in Crystal Lake to Route 120 in downtown McHenry. The objectives of the project is to solve "congestion (existing and future), safety for multimodal users, accessibility for all users, and existing design deficiencies," according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. In addition, it aims to minimize overall environmental impacts.
In 2009, the average daily traffic rate for Route 31 from Route 176 to Half Mile Trail was 23,500 vehicles. By 2040, IDOT projects the rate to reach 32,000 vehicles. Further east, from Bull Valley Road to Route 120, 17,500 vehicles passed through the north-south corridor. By 2040, the rate is expected to jump to 21,000 vehicles.
In early 2011 IDOT began gathering information and identifying traffic issues affecting Route 31 in McHenry County. The "preferred alternative" could be decided by the end of this winter with final design approval scheduled for summer 2014.
IDOT has since proposed alternatives, including "full-build" and "minimum build" options for the project's Route 120 intersection.
Busse, who has resided in McHenry for 35 years, is primarily concerned with "the how and the extent of how they're going to improve it."
He says he's not "anti-growth" and acknowledges that future traffic patterns call for improvements.
At the Route 120 - Route 31 intersection from the south the average daily traffic rate is projected to reach 43,000 vehicles, an increase of 10,300 vehicles from 2009's rate.
Busse objects to the proposed "full-build" model for the Route 120 intersection. This option, estimated to cost $15 million, involves a 30-foot median to accommodate left turn lanes, and could impact a dozen existing buildings nearby. Estimated to cost $12 million, the "minimum-build" option restripes the intersection approaches to include additional, but narrower, lanes without affecting buildings.
"Concerning the full-build construction, it'll change the landscape and character of our downtown district," Busse said. " ... To have 45,000 cars a day come through the city's central business district ... will affect the community's quality of life."
IDOT held two public meetings in June 2011 and November 2012. The next public meeting is expected to take place later this winter.
Busse, a member of the project's Community Advisory Group, urges residents to keep up with the ongoing developments and offer feedback to project planners before the project's design gets approved in 2014.
At last month's McHenry City Council meeting, Busse and Mowery presented their concerns to city officials and encouraged the board to consider the future impact of what's being considered.
The city is "definitely a part if the process," City Administrator Derik Morefield said.
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SKILLMAN, N.J. – The Georgia College men's tennis team (7-3, 2-1 PBC) has been ranked fifth in the 2013-14 Division II Men's Regional Team Rankings for the Southeast by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Wednesday March 20. Seven of the 10 ranked teams are from the Peach Belt Conference (PBC).
Individual and doubles rankings were also released with good results for Georgia College. Previously-ranked No. 16 Yannick Hass (Troisdorf, Germany) has climbed five spots to No. 11, and previously-unranked senior Alex Schubert (Frankfurt, Germany) has cracked the last spot on the top-20.
Hass has beaten nationally-ranked No. 28 Laurent Galarneau from No. 37 Ferris State University, and yesterday became only one of two players to take a set from undefeated nationally-ranked No. 1 Bruno Savi of No. 3 University of West Florida.
The pairing of Hass and Schubert in first doubles for the Bobcats has also gotten the attention of the vote getters. The pair which had previously been unranked, jettisoned to No. 5 in today's poll.
The Bobcats remained in the fifth slot from the last poll Feb. 19. The Division II National Poll will be released next Wednesday, March 26. Ahead of Georgia College in the most recent poll are four PBC teams. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Lander University, Columbus State University and USC Aiken are the top-four teams in that order.
The Bobcats are in action later this afternoon at Tuskegee University at 2 p.m. After today the team travels to GRU Augusta on March 22 beginning at 9 a.m.
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Robert Horry's name is being bandied about for Springfield. So, what are some of the names that make your Role Player Hall of Fame?
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: Downtown Freddie Brown. And here's why: Most specialty players earn their keep as starters, their egos sufficiently stroked. But a great sixth man is best left as a substitute forever. So guys like J.R. Smith and Monta Ellis (he'd be terrific in the role but refuses to consider it) need to see it honored, even revered. Yes, the Celtics built a tradition of great sixth men but it took Brown and the Seattle SuperSonics to update the role in the late 1970s and early '80s. They went to two straight Finals and won in '79 with Brown in reserve of Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson. Then over his five final seasons, from age 31 to 35, the laconic gunslinger averaged just 20.5 minutes but scored at a 36-minute pace of 20.2 ppg. Brown lived up to his nickname, leading the league in 3-point percentage the first year the shot was instituted. And he spawned not only the instant-offense future of Vinnie Johnson, a young Sonics teammate, but the Sixth Man Award idea itself.
Fran Blinebury, NBA.com: Maurice Lucas. The 1976-77 Trail Blazers were a championship puzzle where all of the different pieces fit together perfectly — Bill Walton, Johnny Davis, Bob Gross, Lionel Hollins, Dave Twardzik, Larry Steele, Herm Gilliam, Lloyd Neal, Robin Jones, Wally Walker, Corky Calhoun. But in addition to being their leading scorer, Lucas was the Enforcer, who gave the Blazers their sneer, swagger and hard-edged toughness and carried that role on through his entire career.
Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: To narrow the field, I'll stick with players I grew up watching to the present: On my big-shot, big-game performer list is Steve Kerr, Michael Cooper, Cedric Maxwell, Vinnie Johnson, Ray Allen, Jason Terry and Robert Horry. Kurt Rambis, A.C. Green, Charles Oakley and Joakim Noah are on the all-blue-collar team. Bruce Bowen and Bill Laimbeer (he's not in the Hall of Fame, so he qualifies here, right?) co-captain the all-agitator team, and Rick Mahorn and Maurice Lucas lead the all-enforcer squad with Ben Wallace taking the lead as an all-time intimidator.
Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com: I have to start with Robert Horry for big-shot specialist. Too many fans in opposing cities are nodding their head in agreement right now to have to ask why Horry is the ultimate role player at making shots. Mark Eaton is the shot blocker. What a difference-maker for someone who was considered a complementary player. Enforcer? Larry Smith. "Mr. Mean" was a description of Smith on the court, not just a nickname. Kenneth Faried is the hustle guy. His second and third efforts make a difference on both ends of the court -– offensive rebounds, screens -– and his first effort isn't so bad either.
John Schuhmann, NBA.com: I'll give one retired player and one current player. Retired: Bruce Bowen, who basically created the "3 and D" role as the defensive stopper and corner 3-point shooter for a perennial contender. Current: Shane Battier, for basically taking that role to another level with several different playoff teams. Neither guy would have been as good without their star teammates, but nobody played their roles better. And those roles were critical parts of five championships.
Stefanos Triantafyllos, NBA.com Greece: An easy one. Robert Horry! One of the greatest clutch players of all time and one of the few that needs two hands to wear his championship rings. It is no coincidence that he had played in championship-caliber teams in all of his career in Houston, Los Angeles and San Antonio. A great player, an even better teammate and a notorious winner. Is If you could pick five players to finish a Game 7, would you dare not have Horry on the floor?
Adriano Albuquerque, NBA.com Brasil: If there was such a Hall of Fame, there would be plenty of inductees: Vinnie Johnson, Bobby Jackson, Manu Ginóbili, Bill Laimbeer, Dan Majerle, Dikembe Mutombo — heck, even Brian Scalabrine! If I had to nominate a current player, out of all the possible answers, I'd go with Manu Ginóbili, because he transcends the sixth man role and is also a hustle guy. Maybe he shouldn't qualify because he's a star and his sixth man status is merely a decoy. If not, I'd go with Ben Wallace, who was a leader via shot-blocking, hustling and defense, but wasn't a true star, even though his appearance was imposing and unique and made him famous.


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This is a quick start guide for installing TuxOnIce (formerly suspend2), an advanced suspend/hibernate framework which supports suspending to a swap-disk or a regular file with fast LZO-compression. Visit the TuxOnIce website for a full list of features.
Preparing the kernel
TuxOnIce consists of a kernel patch, plus an optional user interface. Only the kernel patch is necessary, the user interface merely provides a graphical interface displayed during the hibernation/resume cycle.
You can use the linux-iceAUR or the linux-pf packages available in the Arch User Repository. They automate all the patch routines, the compilation and installation of the kernel, the regeneration of the initramfs with an appropriate hook. You maintain control over the install process, and its easy to make changes if you want to repeat the process. More detailed information at installing linux-pf and configuring it with TuxOnIce can be found at its wiki page.
Otherwise, you need to patch, configure and compile your own kernel, visit Kernel Compilation From Source and Kernel Compilation with ABS for instructions. The required patch can be obtained from the TuxOnIce website mentioned above.
Next, install the hibernate-scriptAUR package from the AUR which we will use to call TuxOnIce. Hibernate-script is the default script developed by the TuxOnIce development team.
The configuration files for hibernate-script are in
/etc/hibernate, we will get back to them shortly.
Recreating the initramfs
If you use an initramfs (default Arch systems do), you must add the resume hook in the HOOKS in the configuration of mkinitcpio. Additionally, if you want to speed things up by using LZO compression, add the lzo module to the MODULES array in the same file.
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf example:
MODULES="lzo" HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata resume filesystems"
(for linux-pf you also need tuxonice_compress, tuxonice_swap and optionally tuxonice_userui in MODULES)
Rebuild the initramfs:
# mkinitcpio -p linux-ice
# mkinitcpio -p linux-pf
Setting up the bootloader
Before your can use the suspend function, you need to add the
resume parameter in your bootloader (unless you have hard-coded your swap partition during the kernel configuration). The resume parameter points to the swap partition or swap file, below are the steps involved for both methods.
Suspend to swap partition
Set the swap method (make sure the right partition is indicated) in
SuspendDevice swap:/dev/sda3
Suspend to swap file
If you use a swap file instead of a swap partition, you will need to pass the location of its header to TuxOnIce. TuxOnIce can list all available swap headers.
cat /sys/power/tuxonice/swap/headerlocations
Use the given string as-is in both
/etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf and passed to your kernel as a resume parameter.
SuspendDevice swap:/dev/sda7:0x1087070
Append the following to your kernel parameters in your bootloader's configuration file:
/dev/sdxx should work in all cases though.
Suspend to file
For the file allocator, you will have to prepare a hibernation file. This is different from the standard swap file in that this file is ONLY used for hibernation and not as a general system swap file. The previous method is recommended as being more efficient in terms of disk space. First configure the
/etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf file, uncomment the "FilewriterLocation" option:
FilewriterLocation /suspend_file 1000
1000 is the amount of disk space reserved for the hibernation file, in this case 1000 megabytes. Usually an amount of 50% - 75% of your total amount of RAM will suffice.
Next, run the following command to create the hibernation file:
# hibernate --no-suspend
Take a look in
/sys/power/tuxonice/resume for what to pass to your kernel. You should see something like
file:/dev/hda7:0x10011f, in which case you should append
resume=file:/dev/hda7:0x10011f as a kernel parameter in your
/etc/lilo.conf file (for LILO) or
/boot/grub/grub.cfg (for Grub2).
Suspending and resuming
With hibernate-script, your preferred hibernation method can be set in the file
/etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf. If you list several methods, the first one will be used. Note that hibernate can also be used with Suspend to RAM or vanilla swsusp, but this is not part of this guide.
For TuxOnIce use:
TryMethod tuxonice.conf
Specific settings for TuxOnIce are in
/etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf. Make sure that the following lines are uncommented and appropriately configured:
UseTuxOnIce yes Compressor lzo
There are a number of additional settings and tweaks which you can set in
/etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf and
/etc/hibernate/common.conf, more information about these can be found on the TuxOnIce website and on the Suspend to Disk page of this wiki.
Now try TuxOnIce hibernation with the following method:
# hibernate -F /etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf
You can abort a suspend cycle if you press the escape key. If you press a capital R, you will force the system to reboot after hibernation.
If all goes well, you should be able to resume using the same GRUB menu selection. If you make that option the default for GRUB, you will always default to resuming if a resume image is available. It is recommended that you test the suspend/hibernate from a text console first and then once you have confirmed that it works try it from within X.
You can make this practice safer adding the hibernate-cleanup daemon to your DAEMONS array in
/etc/rc.conf. This script will make sure that any stale image is deleted from your swap partition at boot time. This should make your system safe also in the case that you have chosen the mistaken kernel at the GRUB prompt. The hibernate-cleanup service is included in the hibernate-script package.
Additional pm-utils setup
If using GNOME as your DE, or using any other environment that uses pm-utils to shutdown and suspend the system, some additional setup is required for TuxOnIce.
Configuration made in
/etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf is still useful, but some options don't seem to be used by pm-utils. Compression, for example, will default to lzo unless more action is taken.
Editing files under
/etc/pm/sleep.d/ is a good way to make sure wanted settings are used.
To change the compressor used by TuxOnIce, for example, edit
/etc/pm/sleep.d/00doit and add a line like so:
#!/bin/bash case $1 in hibernate) #Possible compressors include lzo, lzf, and none echo none > /sys/power/tuxonice/compression/algorithm ;;
Additional lines can be used to change other options, such as the default logging level (found in
userui - user interface for TuxOnIce (optional)
Optionally, you can use a text or graphical (Fbsplash) interface with a progress bar with TuxOnIce. To do this, install the tuxonice-useruiAUR package from the AUR. This package depends on the static freetype2 library that is provided by freetype2-staticAUR (also in the AUR).
/etc/hibernate/tuxonice.conf, set the desired user interface:
ProcSetting user_interface/program "/usr/sbin/tuxoniceui" # Text interface
ProcSetting user_interface/program "/usr/sbin/tuxoniceui -f" # Graphical fbsplash interface
The fbsplash interface also needs a symlink to the fbsplash theme, like so:
# ln -s /etc/splash/arch-banner-noicons/ /etc/splash/tuxonice
Without this symlink, there will be no progress indicators during suspend/resume.
It is probably necessary to regenerate the initramfs after changing the symlink above.
The text interface may be good for debugging TuxOnIce, as it displays some messages.
You won't see a user interface for the first few seconds of the resume process unless you add the userui hook to your mkinitcpio (before the resume hook) configuration and regenerate your initramfs, but this is also optional.
Generate initramfs:
# mkinitcpio -p linux-ice
To test if userui works, switch to a text console and run:
# tuxoniceui --test
For the graphical interface run:
# tuxoniceui -f --test
- The TuxOnIce website and TuxOnIce wiki are excellent sources of documentation.
- More general information about suspend/hibernate with hibernate-script can be found on the Suspend to Disk page of this wiki. This also covers some advanced topics like problems with specific hardware and configurations.
- Another good source of information is the Gentoo wiki


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Monday, May 14, 2012 5:45am ET by Newsdesk
Siva from The Wanted asked to star in a Bollywood film
The Wanted's Siva Kaneswaran has been tapped for a role in a Bollywood movie.
The sexy singer was scouted by a talent agent from an Asian film company recently and was even told that his four bandmates could appear in the background of the proposed motion picture as extras. Kaneswaran told The Sun newspaper:
"It was so funny. He approached me and gave me this long speech about making me a star over there and that they wanted me to be the lead in the film"
"He said he wanted the other lads too, but only as pretend group members in the background in a few scenes."
When asked about the other lads' feelings on the potential project, he added: "They saw the funny side."
The Wanted performed at Wango Tango in Los Angeles on May 12 and told their 560,000 Twitter followers that they had an "amazing time".
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By Sandra A. Thompson, RN., BSN., (Case Manager at John C. Lincoln Hospital-North Mountain, in Phoenix, AZ).
References : AMERICAN JOURNAL NURSING, AGUST 2004, VOL. 104, NO. 8.
1. The number-one quality a good nurse manage must have : respect staff as professionals
Nothing is worse than being treated like a child in the work-place. A manager who disrespects her staff, especially in front of others, loses staff respect in return. Nurse managers should refrain from micromanagement; nurses are professionals who can think for themselves. Restraining or limiting nurses because of a lack of trust is deadly to the relationship between staff and manager. Nursing autonomy is promoted at the professional level; it must be promoted at the managerial level as well.
2. Set standards and a clear professional example.
Nurses are expected to behave professionally, and the same holds true for managers. A nurse manager needs to be professional in her appearance, language, and behavior, just as a staff nurse must be. Coming to work disheveled or inappropriately dressed, using improper language, or failing to follow standards for attendance or behavior are a few examples of the do-what-I-say-and-not-what-I-do double standard. What goes for the nurse must go for the manager.
3. Be organized, yet creative and flexible.
Many workers have unusual organizational methods, but employees are effected when a nurse manager can't find an evaluation or forgets a deadline. The manager needs to be organized in a way that her staff can follow. She also needs to establish clear rules that she must be willing to adjust when necessary. For example, if a nurse's child has a school event that conflicts with the posted schedule, the manager must understand its importance and try to resolve the dilemma. Of course, the manager must also recognize when staff members abuse such flexibility and set limits accordingly.
4. Be an effective decision maker, as well as a conflict and crisis manager.
The nursing staff expects the manager to make intelligent decisions when conflicts and problems arise. For example, managers should expect employees to attempt to resolve conflicts among them-selves. But manager needs to realize that she might be asked to assist. No one likes confrontations, but nurse managers who shrink from problems will only create more discord among the staff. When a serious problem arises on the unit, the nurse manager is looked to for leadership and support. If the manager responds by disappearing, crying, or exploding, the staff has diminished resources for handling problems. Timeliness is another factor. If the nurse manager judges too quickly or delays decisions, the entire unit suffers. Nursing staff and administrators agree that the ability to make good decisions is essential for a successful nurse manager.
5. Motivate and empower staff
Change is a necessary part of business, even the business of health care. The nurse manager needs to find ways to motivate and involve staff. If a nurse manager displays a hopeless, cynical, or dispassionate attitude, so will the staff nurses. The effective nurse manager is involved with the nursing staff on all levels, welcomes their input, and works with them to ensure excellence, create autonomy, and increase job satisfaction and opportunities for advancement.
6. Have a good sense of humor
Nursing is one of the toughest and most stressful jobs around. Tension can become so overwhelming that laughing is the only alternative to crying. An affective manager understands this; we are all human, and sometimes appropriate humor can be the healthiest and most compassionate way to help staff and patients cope.
7. Be honest, fair, consistent, and reasonable
Lying is one of the quickest ways to break someone's trust, as is showing favoritism toward particular members of the staff. Deceit of any kind is devastating to the relationship between manager and staff. A good nurse manager knows that consistency matters-working for an unpredictable manager escalates tension and inhibits work. Being unreasonable in expectations and day-to-day dealings can also be harmful. A manager who wants to have an effective and cohesive team needs to be up front, realistic, and fair when it comes to interactions and expectations. Honest, sincere communication is always the best practice.
8. Be reliable resource and staff advocate
A nurse manager needs to have a solid clinical background, preferably in the specialty of the staff. Administrators often feel this is not necessary as long as the manager possesses strong managerial skills. From a staff nurse's perspective, however, respect is lost if the manager is out of touch with what the specialized nursing staff does. The manager also needs to support nursing staff. A manager who does not back up staff loses their respect. A manager who supports staff and is an advocate for them gains loyalty.
9. Be available and accessible to staff
Admittedly, meetings and other managerial responsibilities are important, but the nursing staff needs to know that the manager is available when needed. Acknowledging and incorporating staff suggestions, whenever possible, is also important to nurses.
10. Be a great communicator
Effective communication is one of the most important tools for a leader or manager. Information should be conveyed in a clear manner. Staff should be informed of expectations and upcoming changes (not reprimanded after they've unknowingly done it wrong), be given timely and accurate information and updates, be listened to, and receive positive feedback, one of the most frequent complaints from nurses is that their managers only talk to them when they are in trouble. The nursing professions has a reputation for "eating its young," and breaking this cycle can begin with positive interactions from the nurse manager.
While it's the responsibility of the nurse manager to develop these qualities, staff nurses have a role in fulfillment of the top-10 list as well. What can staff nurses do to support these qualities in their nurse managers?
First, seek educational and practice opportunities to develop these attributes personally.
Second , communicate honestly with the nurse manager about your professional needs. Let the manager know what it is you need to be successful in providing good nursing care.
Third, patiently allow for mistakes and misjudgments, just as you would like manager to do for you. Above all, show respect, support, and appreciation especially when the manager has exhibited or practiced one of the qualities of a great nurse manager.
It's logical that a good nurse manager will attract and retain nurses, and a bad one will drive them away. In light of the current nursing shortage, this issue becomes particularly important. What separates the good from the bad? Nurse managers who want to keep nurses will make it a priority to find out. Staff nurses who want good nurse managers will make it a priority to help them become so.


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From BGS member, Bette Ward:
A new United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is being formed in Hoover. There will be a meeting Saturday, September 29, 2007 from 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Hoover Public Library. The purpose of this meeting will be to work on UDC and DAR application papers, accept names for the new UDC chapter, and consider officers for the new chapter with the election taking place after chapter is formally accepted.


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Paris Hilton Sophisticated, Braided Updo
Paris Hilton's braided, chic updo is the perfect sure-to-impress look for a prim and proper party. Get her look: 1. To get started, apply a straightening serum and blow dry hair straight with a paddle brush.2. Then, use a comb to create a side part (you're going to want to part it pretty severely).3. Next, pull your hair back into a tight ponytail below the crown of your head, making sure your side part does not get slicked straight back.4. Take your hair in the ponytail and braid hair into tiny braids (you're going to want to make each the size of your pinky).5. Take the ends of the braids and twist them around the base, and secure in place with pins. 6. Finish with a holding spray to keep flyaways at bay. See More Paris Hilton Hairstyles
Paris Hilton Long, Blonde Half Updo
Paris Hilton's sleek blonde half updo is a perfect choice for a girls' night out. What to do: 1. To get the look, apply a straightening cream to damp hair and blow dry straight with a paddle brush.2. Use a straightener to touch up any wavy sections.3. Then, create a side part with a comb (it doesn't have to be a perfectly straight part), and tease the hair near the back of your crown with a teasing comb.4. Pull some of the hair in front of the teased section over, and pin back the sides of your hair, securing with pins. 5. Finally, mist finishing spray to keep hair shiny. See More Paris Hilton Hairstyles
Paris Hilton Curly, Blonde Half Updo for Round Faces
Paris Hilton's glamorous half updo is a great choice for a formal, dressy function. A.K.A. the perfect wedding hair. How to do it: 1. To start, apply a smoothing cream and blow dry hair straight, using a paddle brush. 2. Then, tease the hair at the crown of your head with a teasing comb until you get the height you want (which for this look, should be pretty high). 3. Smooth the top layer of hair (from ear to ear) over the teased section, making sure it's perfectly straight and smooth, and secure with pins at the back of your head.4. Next, with a slender curling iron, curl 2-inch sections, and let cool to set the curls in place.5. Finally run your hands through your hair to loosen the ringlets, and mist with a holding spray. See More Paris Hilton Hairstyles
Mischa Barton Long, Curly, Sexy Hairstyle
Mischa Barton's sexy curls are a hot party look, from a prom to a wedding. Steal her style: 1. Starting with damp hair, work a volumizing mousse through your locks. 2. Part hair to one side, and, working in sections, blow dry hair with a diffuser and a large round brush. Pay special attention to the hair at the crown of your head, starting the brush at the root and slowly working it through to the ends, adding height and body to that section. Also use the round brush to blow dry the bangs forward, curling them under at the ends.3. Once hair is dry, use a large-barrel curling iron or hot rollers to curl sections of hair all over sides and the back. 4. Finger comb the curls loose softly; you don't want to uncurl them, but you want to lift and separate them to add more body all over. If you want individual curls to stand out, apply a small amount of wax to your fingers and run it over those curls. Finish the look with shine spray to make it pop.
Mischa Barton Long, Curly, Romantic Hairstyle
Mischa Barton's pretty curls frame her face and show off her bright eyes and big smile. To get the look: 1. As always, when volume is key, apply volumizing mousse to wet hair at the roots. Blow dry with a diffuser and a large round brush, creating body and waves.2. Part hair slightly to one side, and, using a large-barrel curling iron, curl 2-inch sections of hair all over the sides and back of head. Don't curl the bangs.3. From the middle of your head on each side, gather a 1- or 2-inch section of hair towards the back of your head, halfway down between your crown and the nape of your neck. Form it into a ponytail and secure it with an elastic band or a pretty clip. 4. Lightly separate curls with your fingers; don't break up the curls, but break large sections of curls into several smaller ones, pointing in various directions to create a fuller look. 5. Use a straightening iron to smooth out your bangs, sweeping them off to each side of your head. Set the whole look with a medium-hold hairspray.
Mandy Moore Long, Tousled Updo
Mandy Moore's chic updo works for a casual or more glam event. Steal her style: 1. Use a volumizing spray before blow drying hair with a diffuser, for maximum body. 2. Part dry hair on the side, pull it back into a ponytail halfway between the crown of your head and the nape of your neck and secure it with an elastic band. 3. Twist the end of the ponytail around the base of the ponytail loosely, and secure it into place with bobby pins. It's okay if it looks slightly messy; this is not a sleek look. In fact, you can even massage the bun with your hands to make it looser and more messy. 4. Using a small amount of hair wax, smooth down any hair strands that are flying out on the front and sides of your hair, and use hairspray to lock the look in place.
Lindsay Lohan Red, Wavy Half Updo
Lindsay Lohan's half updo is a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll, and perfect for wavy or curly hair. To get the look: 1. Work a bit of curling lotion through damp hair and blow dry with a diffuser, scrunching any natural waves to make the most of them.2. Using a wet comb and some gel, slick hair back on the front and sides, poofing hair up at the crown (you can tease it to get the job done) for a heightened effect.3. Pin hair in place with bobby pins and set with strong-hold hairspray.
Lindsay Lohan Romantic Updo for a Wedding
Lindsay Lohan's side chignon works great on day-old hair. To get the look: 1. Gather hair into a side pony, leaving half of your hair out at the front. Secure with an elastic.2. Curl ponytail with a 1-inch curling iron.3. To get a bit of texture, grab random sections of the ponytail and tease them with a comb, then gently smooth out with a brush. Mist with hairspray.4. Tie the ponytail into a knot, pinning into place with as many pins as it takes. If a few strands pop out, leave them. You want a slightly messy finish.5. Part the front of your hair in the center and gather the sides loosely back, wrapping ends that are long enough around the elastic to cover it. Pin into place.6. Set with more hairspray.
Lindsay Lohan Romantic, Brunette Updo
Lindsay Lohan's wispy low bun is perfect for date nights. Steal her look: 1. Blow dry hair straight with a round brush and apply shine serum.2. Backcomb (tease) hair at the crown of your head and set with hairspray. Smooth the top with a comb or paddle brush.3. Pull hair back into a ponytail at the nape of your neck, securing with an elastic and leaving out 2-inch sections (to frame your face) plus a 1-inch section of hair underneath.4. Wrap the sections of hair that were left out of the ponytail around a one-inch curling iron.5. Start making a bun by pulling the ponytail through the elastic -- but not all the way through. The end of the pony should be sticking out of the bun, close to your neck. 6. Wrap the section that was left out beneath the ponytail around the elastic to disguise it. Secure with a bobby pin.
Lindsay Lohan Long, Wavy Half Updo
Lindsay Lohan's sexy half updo is all about illusions. Sexify your look: 1. Set hair with large rollers and release when cool.2. Backcomb (tease) hair at the crown and set as you go with lots of strong-hold hairspray (or if you're a sucker for time-consuming hair experiments, stick a prop in there like a Velcro roller or a Bumpit and cover with teased hair). 3. Smooth top of hair over with a brush to cover the evidence.4. Fasten long, wavy, clip-in extensions from ear to ear. This makes it look like you still have a lot of hair once you put the other half up.5. Leaving a few face-framing pieces out, brush sides of hair back to cover the extension clips and pin into place. (Angle bobby pins up toward the center of your head.)6. Set with more hairspray.
Lindsay Lohan Long Ponytail
Lindsay Lohan's bushy, side ponytail is a great way to salvage day-old curls. What to do: 1. If you're starting from scratch, set hair with hot rollers first, then release when cool. If you already have day-old curls, spritz roots with dry shampoo and brush through strands.2. Part and brush hair neatly to one side, and create a ponytail behind one ear with a pretty elastic. (Only have ugly elastics? Leave a piece of hair out of the pony to wrap around the elastic instead, fastening the "cover-up" in place with a bobby pin.)3. Pin bangs behind your ear (or as close as possible) and set the style with firm-hold hairspray.
Lindsay Lohan Curly, Blonde Ponytail
Lindsay Lohan's blonde ponytail has a Taylor Swift-like sweetness -- great for meeting the parents. What to do: 1. Coat hair with a heat-protective, texturizing spray.2. Wrap 1-inch sections of hair around a half-inch curling iron to get tight, spiral curls. Continue until your whole head of hair is done.3. Finger-comb curls to stretch them out, then mist with hairspray.4. Gather hair into a side ponytail, leaving out a handful of tendrils to frame your face. Secure beneath one ear with an elastic.5. Wrap one tendril back and around the elastic to cover it. Secure beneath your ponytail with a bobby pin.
Lindsay Lohan Wavy Half Updo with Bangs
Lindsay Lohan's half updo is perfect for a wedding. To get the look:1. Set dry hair with jumbo hot rollers. Release, then mist with hairspray and finger-comb.2. Tease hair at the crown until it's a few inches above your head, misting with hairspray as you go.3. Smooth the top half of your hair (leave out about two inches on the front and sides) back over the crown of your head to form the half-up portion. Puff forward with your fingers and secure with bobby pins, hair combs or a decorative clip.4. Spot-curl any sections that are left hanging and set with hairspray.
Kate Winslet Blonde, Prom Updo
Kate Winslet's 'do is an Oscar favorite -- but you can wear it anywhere. What to do: 1. Apply mousse to damp hair and blow dry with a round, mixed- or boar-bristle brush.2. Work styling gel through hair (from ear-length down).3. Part hair in the center and brush back into a low ponytail, leaving out some strands out near your temples. Secure the pony at the nape of your neck with an elastic.4. Braid or twist the ponytail to wrap it around the base. Secure with bobby pins.5. Twist the hair you left out back and over the top of the bun. Pin into place.6. Tame flyaways with finishing cream and apply hairspray for extra hold.
Kate Winslet Chic, Blonde Updo
Kate Winslet's chignon is sleek and perfect on the surface but unruly from behind -- just how we like it. Get the look: 1. If you're hair isn't naturally straight, apply straightening balm and blow dry it straight with a jumbo-sized round brush.2. Work a palm full of styling gel through hair, slick hair (and bangs) back with a comb.3. Gather hair into a ponytail and secure with a clear elastic just above ear level.4. Twist the ponytail into a bun and pin into place, leaving the ends untucked. If a few pieces pop out, that's OK -- you want a little messiness back there.
Kate Bosworth Wavy, Formal Half-Updo
Kate Bosworth's wavy hairstyle can be done on naturally wavy hair or straight hair. What to do: 1. If your hair is wavy, apply a curl enhancing cream to start. If you hair is straight, apply a styling mousse to hold curls better instead. Blow dry with a diffuser to bring out curls. 2. Curl your hair using a curling iron, but leave out the ends -- you want a messy look. 4. Now pin hair back into a half updo.3. Don't forget to pull out some strands near your ear and curl them.
Jennifer Hudson Long, Curly, Formal Hairstyle
Jennifer Hudson's curly, side-swept, long hair is a glam choice for your next dressy event. Steal her style: 1. To get the look, apply a curling cream and blow dry your hair at the roots with a diffuser -- no need to brush. 2. Once it's dry, create a dramatic side part. With a teasing comb, tease the roots of the hair on the main side-part for some added height, then smooth over the top layer.3. Using a curling iron, curl 1-inch sections, making sure to curl from top to bottom of the section. In the front, you