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Woodley films win at Teen Choice
Shailene Woodley was a big winner at the Teen Choice Awards, with two of her films dominating the movie categories.
The actress's dystopian action film Divergent and weepie drama The Fault In Our Stars both took home several surfboard trophies at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
Divergent was named Choice Movie: Action, and Shailene and her co-star Theo James both won the Action film acting gongs, with Shailene beating the likes of Emily Blunt, Lily Collins, Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie to the coveted title.
The Fault In Our Stars, which is based on John Green's bestselling book about two cancer-stricken teenagers who fall in love, won Choice Movie: Drama, and Shailene was presented with the Choice Movie Actress: Drama prize.
Her co-star Ansel Elgort won the drama acting award and the 20-year-old - who also appeared alongside Shailene in Divergent - was also named Breakout Star.
The Fault In Our Stars also won Choice Movie Chemistry, Choice Movie Liplock, plus Choice Movie Scene Stealer for Nat Wolff.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was named Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and its stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Donald Sutherland were honoured in the acting categories.
Donald was presented with the Choice Movie Villain award for his portrayal of President Snow in the big screen adaptations of Suzanne Collins' books.
The 79-year-old stayed true to his character and tossed berries to the crowd as he collected his award, referring to the poisoned berries in the first Hunger Games film.
"I wouldn't eat them if I were you," he joked.
Other winners in the film categories included The Other Woman, which won the comedy award, and 22 Jump Street, which won gongs including Choice Summer Movie and Choice Summer Movie Star for Channing Tatum.
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Pope Benedict XVI has claimed that he's resigning the papacy next week because of old age. But according to the major Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the real reason he resigned is because he did not want to deal the repercussions of a secret 300-page Vatican dossier that allegedly found, among other things, an underground network of high-ranking gay clergy, complete with sex parties and shady dealings with the already scandal-ridden Vatican bank. Here's what we know:
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The report sounds menacing. According to La Repubblica, the dossier comes in two volumes, "two folders hard-bound in red" with the header "pontifical secret."
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Pope Benedict asked for the investigation. "The paper said the pope had taken the decision on 17 December that he was going to resign — the day he received a dossier compiled by three cardinals delegated to look into the so-called 'Vatileaks' affair," according to the The Guardian's translation of the report.
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The Vatican has a Velvet Mafia — and the Velvet Mafia is being blackmailed. The dossier alleges that a gay lobby exists within the Church, and has some sort of control on the careers of those in the Vatican. The dossier also alleges that this group isn't as covert as it thinks — and got blackmailed by people on the outside. "The cardinals were said to have uncovered an underground gay network, whose members organise sexual meetings in several venues in Rome and Vatican City, leaving them prone to blackmail," reads The Sydney Morning Herald's translation of the report, and The Guardian adds: "They included a villa outside the Italian capital, a sauna in a Rome suburb, a beauty parlour in the centre, and a former university residence that was in use by a provincial Italian archbishop." Some important context on this still powerful group:
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- This isn't the first time there's been talk of a gay faction inside the highest ranks of the Church. Indeed, it isn't even the first time that La Repubblica has written about it. Back in 2010, Ghinedu Ehiem, a Nigerian clergyman who was part of one of the Vatican's prestigious choirs, was dismissed after police wiretaps found him negotiating for male prostitutes. La Repubblica had those wiretaps.
- And "in 2007 a senior official was suspended from the congregation, or department, for the priesthood, after he was filmed in a 'sting' organised by an Italian television programme while apparently making sexual overtures to a younger man," according to The Guardian — evidence the paper says connects to a gay network within the Holy See.
La Repubblica's sourcing seems to have been corroborated. So how much of this new scandal should you believe? Well, La Repubblica is not the only publication with an outline of this scandalous dossier. Panorama, an Italian weekly, has a similar report out late this week and according to the AFP, both publications have sources (perhaps the same source) who said the same thing: that the investigation shows transgressions that "revolve around the sixth and seventh commandments" — "Thou shall not commit adultery" and "Thou shall not steal." It's assumed in multiple reports that homosexual sex acts fall under the "adultery" umbrella.
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The Vatican's bank sounds fishy. La Repubblica says that the seventh commandment ("Though shall not steal") has to do with the Institute of Religious Works, the Vatican's Bank. "The three cardinals continued to work beyond 17 December last year. They came up with the latest events concerning the IOR — here you go to the seventh commandment," reads the report, according to a rough Google Translation. On February 15, Pope Benedict appointed Ernst von Freyberg, a German lawyer, to head the scandalous bank.
The Vatican's response isn't exactly comforting. They Church isn't flat-out denying the inflammatory allegations from La Repubblica, and they've pulled the classic act of neither confirming nor denying. Vatican spokesman Father Ferederico Lombardi said in a statement:
Neither the cardinals' commission nor I will make comments to confirm or deny the things that are said about this matter. Let each one assume his or her own responsibilities. We shall not be following up on the observations that are made about this.
Pope Benedict's successor will have a rough first day. If this damning dossier was really a big enough deal to have forced the first papal resignation in 600 years, who gets to deal with it? That undertaking will go to Benedict's successor. According to La Repubblica, the dossier will stay in a secret papal safe and delivered to Benedict's successor whenever he is elected — and that isn't all, La Repubblica said this gay blackmail thing is just the first in a series of articles by the paper.


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Denver Botanic Gardens' School of Botanical Art and Illustration is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The school is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide. The Certificate Program was initiated and established in 1990 by Angela Overy.


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Q: Can I continue to run my waterfall over the winter?
Constance – Broomfield, CO
A: The short answer to your question: Sure! Many pond and water garden hobbyists keep their waterfalls running all year long—of course, those in warmer climates are probably more successful than those of us further north when the temperatures dip below freezing!
If you live in a colder region that freezes and you're thinking about keeping your falls flowing through the wintertime, consider these important points:
- Is your pump in a skimmer? If so, you may want to move it to a deeper area of your pond that doesn't freeze.
- Use your bubblers wisely. Keep your air stones, like those found in the Airmax® PondAir™ Aeration Kit for smaller ponds, or your diffusers, like those found in the Airmax® KoiAir™ Aeration Kit for medium to large ponds, near the pump or bottom of the waterfall to help prevent ice from forming.
- Are you home to keep an eye on things? Ideally, someone should be home to periodically check on the waterfall and make sure it's not freezing. If it does begin to freeze, the water may begin to divert out of the pond—leaving your fish high and dry.
Keeping your waterfall running during the wintertime has some definite benefits. Snow-covered and shimmering with crystals, a partially frozen waterfall can be a stunning attraction in your backyard. But that's not all. You may also attract thirsty animals to your pond that decided to brave the winter elements!
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There are a lot of contests and awards these days, but the the one I get most excited about and the one that means the most to me is American Photography. I let out a little scream today, when I got an email telling me my portrait of Macklemore has been selected into American Photography 30.
Here is a little more from AP about this years book:
"From 9,644 pictures entered by 873 photographers, magazines, agencies, publishers and schools, the jury selected, by a majority vote or better, only 357 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2013.
American Photography 30 will be printed in full color and distributed worldwide in hardcover immediately after The Party and BIG TALK, November 5-6, 2014 – our two annual launch events in New York City that celebrate the winners. All Selected photographers and entrants will be invited to attend both events with our compliments."


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In an opinion issued late Thursday, a judge for the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court denied a motion by the American Civil Liberties Union, which had sought permission to participate in secret proceedings under the controversial FISA Amendments Act signed into law by President Bush last month.
Pursuant to the new law, the FISC is empowered to review the targeting and minimization procedures employed by intelligence agencies carrying out warrant-less surveillance of foreign targets. Almost immediately upon the law's passage, the ACLU filed a motion making two requests of the Court: First, it asked that the government release unclassified, public versions of pleadings before the FISC and significant legal opinions issued by the court. Second, it had asked for permission to submit briefs and participate in hearings implicating the "scope, meaning, and constitutionality" of the new statute. Administration lawyers had strenuously urged the court to reject both requests.
Judge Mary McLaughlin did just that yesterday in an 11-page opinion, summarily denying the civil liberties group's motion. After considering and rejecting the possibility that there might exist any common law or First Amendment right to the release of FISC records, McLaughlin declined to authorize such release as a matter of discretion, concluding that such a move "would create risks to national security that far outweigh any potential benefit to be gained by providing the ACLU with access to the requested records."
As for the request to participate in hearings, the judge noted that nothing in the provision of the FAA establishing limited judicial review of targeting and minimization procedures suggested that Congress had intended for third parties to be involved. By contrast, she wrote, other provisions—such as the one establishing a process for telecoms to appeal surveillance orders—explicitly allowed for such third-party participation, implying that in the absence of such explicit allowance, the hearings were to be ex parte affairs.
McLaughlin also appeared to accept the government's argument that the ACLU would be unable to provide "meaningful input" in such hearings without access to classified details of targeting and minimization rules. Moreover, she argued, because hearings would be limited to making narrow determinations of whether these procedures met statutory requirement, it was unlikely that the Court would need to "reach beyond the Government's procedures and conduct a facial review of the constitutionality of the statute."
ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer called the ruling "disappointing" in a statement today. The court, argued Jaffer, "should not be deciding important constitutional issues in secret judicial opinions issued after secret hearings at which only the government is permitted to appear."


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OGJorge needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 69 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Corporate logo for "Jorge Pena Enterprises". Prefer .AI or similar vector file that is adaptable enough to be used on the web or in print. Pretty flexible on colors, although I prefer blue and white schemes
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Contest for corporate logo for "Jorge Pena Enterprises". The company is an internet consultant that provides design, programming, hosting, SEO, and other internet services. I'm open to ideas on the logo design and would like to see different concepts from the designers. One idea floating around in my head is combining the initials "JPE". Use your imagination and creativity. Like I said above, I prefer blues, but I'm open to different color schemes. Also, I have the right to end the contest early if I really like a design and I also have the right to not pick a design if I'm not happy with what's been submitted.
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Rioux, Paglialunga selected to Fairfield County Hall of Fame
STAMFORD -- Appreciation for a life's work well done is something to strive for.
For those involved in athletics, the Hall of Fame is the most likely measuring stick for success.
Six more prominent sports figures from the area received their just accolades as the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame unveiled their Class of 2013 inductees Wednesday at their museum wing located at the Stamford UConn campus.
Now gracing the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing are Stamford native and Raybestos Brakettes softball legend the late Allyson Rioux as well as former University of New Haven baseball standout Dennis Paglialunga of New Canaan.
Inducted into the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing were legendary Fairfield Prep football coach Earl Lavery as well as former Fairfield University, University of Hartford and Sacred Heart University athletic director Don Cook.
And into the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing went current ATP pro tennis player James Blake of Fairfield along with former major league umpire Mark Hirschbeck of Stratford.
Rioux, who has the Westhill High softball field named in her honor, was a 3-sport standout (softball, basketball, field hockey) as a Viking. In her freshman year at the University of Rhode Island and subsequent college seasons at UMass (2nd team All-American as a senior), Rioux focused on softball.
Although shortstop was her natural position, Rioux played 10 years at second base for the fabled Raybestos Brakettes in Stratford because they had an Olympic-caliber shortstop in Dot Richardson.
With the Brakettes, Rioux played in nine ASA National Championship games with the Brakettes winning five titles.
Rioux, voted into the National Softball Hall of Fame in 2009, died prematurely at age 27 in 1989 due to an inoperable brain tumor.
She was represented at Wednesday's ceremony by her mother Barbara along with sisters Cheryl (Rioux) Tiscia and Francene (Rioux) Moavero.
"I'm so overwhelmed about the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame induction for Allyson," Barbara Rioux said. "The city of Stamford has been so good to our family."
"Allyson would be humble and shy about this honor. But she loved everything about Stamford," Cheryl Tiscia said. "Softball wasn't an Olympic sport in her day. Allyson would be happy to see it now on a worldwide stage. The Raybestos Brakettes were certainly trailblazers for female athletes. They started the path to where women's athletics is today. Allyson didn't want to play on boys teams. She was always about getting the same opportunities for girls."
Some could argue that Allyson Rioux was as talented and fabled a woman's athlete as Bobby Valentine is lauded in Stamford.
But Allyson Rioux's legacy lives on in the Allyson Rioux Memorial Foundation.
The non-profit organization has donated $750,000 over the past 24 years (1989-2013) to 29 female high school student-athletes for college scholarships as well as families dealing with medical issues. The Allyson Rioux Memorial Golf Tournament is in its 25th year.
Dennis Paglialunga was a three-sport athlete (basketball, baseball, football) at New Canaan High.
"(Former legendary NC football coach) Bob Lynch was a big influence on me. But it was Bo Hickey, my junior high school football coach, who taught me how to play football," Paglialunga recalled. "Looking at the plaques on this wall, I can't believe I'm in company with these great athletes."
Paglialunga played baseball (third base) for the University of New Haven under legendary coach Frank "Porky" Vieira from 1976-79. UNH made three NCAA Division II College World Series appearances in that span.
"Coach Vieira gave me the opportunity to be away from home, explore life and be organized," Paglialunga said. "He gave me the chance to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for three years. Guys I played with there got drafted and signed to the majors. But coach V got me a contract to play pro baseball in Italy for two seasons. I saw Europe because of him. I'm indebted to him because he opened so many doors for me."
Stratford native Mark Hirschbeck was a National League umpire from 1988-1999 and umpired in both the NL and American League from 2000 to 2003. He umpired with his brother John Hirschbeck until complications from artificial hip surgery forced his retirement.
"This is a huge honor," Hirschbeck said. "I followed my brother's footsteps into umpiring. Now I'm following his footsteps into the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame."
Even now, 11 years later, Hirschbeck's passion for umpiring still burns hot. But his current focus is on being a good restaurateur as a proud owner of Hirschbeck's Sports Bar and Grill at 882 Bridgeport Ave. in Shelton.
"I'm getting used to the restaurant. It is a lot of work," Hirschbeck said. "We've been open about 17 months and it's starting to come around. We're starting to see good things happen. Patience is a key to good umpiring. I've learned I don't know everything about the restaurant business. But I've learned from my mistakes."
Blake was the only honoree not represented at Wednesday's ceremony. But with good reason. On Tuesday, the 33-year-old Blake posted his first opening round victory at Wimbledon in five years -- a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Thiemo De Bakker.
Fairfield's Blake, currently ranked No. 87 in the ATP tennis world, has evolved into more of a family man of late. He married Emily Snider in November of 2012 in California, the couple have a daughter Riley Elizabeth and still have ties to Fairfield County.
Lavery never had a losing season in his 24 years (1968-1992) coaching Fairfield Prep football. He retired with a record of 230-54-8 and three state football titles. At the time, his 230 victories were ranked No. 1 among Connecticut state high school football coaches. At present, Lavery's total ranks No. 7.
During his 50 years in college athletics Cook was a major force across the state in his time at Fairfield University (19 seasons as baseball coach, athletic director for 15 years, 1971-86), the University of Hartford (1986-92) and at Sacred Heart University (20 years, retiring last month). Cook was the first president of the Metro Atlantic Conference and saw the creation of the $17.5 million dollar William H. Pitt Health and Athletic Center at SHU.
"This is a special privilege. It's humbling to be a part of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame," said Cook, who expanded SHU athletics from 12 to 31 varsity teams and still is helping with the transition to new Sacred Heart athletic director Bobby Valentine. "It has been a long road travelled filled with the privilege to constantly be around good people. The support of players, coaches and fellow administrators having my back resulted in my success.
"My concern always tried to be what was best for the student-athletes. There has been an explosion of TV revenue and much conference realignment," Cook continued. "I had a daughter who was a college gymnast. My son played college baseball. I felt I had a big responsibility to all the parents. Getting an education and turning out responsible human beings. That's what college and college athletics should be about."


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MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) — A massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse killed two workers Thursday, police said, leaving a huge plume of smoke blanketing an area west of Montreal.
A series of explosions spread from the charred building after the initial blast at B.E.M. Fireworks near Valleyfield, Quebec. Images from the scene showed a building near a major highway completely destroyed.
Provincial police said two bodies were found in the wreckage but they did not identify them.
Nearly two hours after the blast, fireworks could still be heard exploding at the scene of the fire that continued to burn out of control hours after the explosion, according to witnesses.
Local fire chief Stephane Massicotte said since the warehouse was filled with pyrotechnics it was difficult to battle the blaze.
"This caused a huge amount of flames and very intense heat," Massicotte told reporters.
He said 150 firefighters were used to battle the flames, which were under control by early Thursday afternoon. Reporters on the ground also indicated that there were no fire hydrants in the vicinity.
"All of a sudden I heard, 'boom, boom, bang,'" Mario Cramerstetter said from his office, which is just over a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from the site.
"Initially I thought it was a bulldozer or a tractor but then we saw a big puff smoke. We kept on hearing popping, fireworks going off all the time."
Cramerstetter said it looked like a small building caught fire first and then spread to a larger storage unit.
"We got really, really, really scared," said Ginette Liboiron, who runs a convenience store across a highway overpass.
"I thought my store was falling to the ground. It shook like you can't imagine... We all went outside to see and saw the big, incredible smoke," she said. "It went high up in the air, then it became black, black, black."
Police ordered the surrounding community of Coteau-du-Lac evacuated. A nearby highway was also closed in both directions.
Police also said low traces of metal materials were found in the surrounding area.
Video captured by a news helicopter showed fireworks igniting inside the remnants of the smoldering building.
According to its website, B.E.M. has been designing and manufacturing pyrotechnics and fireworks for 25 years.
Robert Sauve, the mayor of Coteau-du-Lac, said the business has about 20 employees and the owner lives in the community, less than an hour's drive southwest of Montreal.
"This was a very respectable business, and it seems what happened this morning was an accident," he told reporters.


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The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer and managing head of this Association and the Chairman of its Executive Board. He or she shall preside at all meetings of Members and of the Executive Board. In the absence of the President, the Vice President shall preside. In the absence of both the President and the Vice President, the meeting shall elect a presiding officer. The presiding officer at any time may request a delegate or proxy to take the chair to permit the presiding officer to take part in the meeting.
General: Ensures the effective action of the board in governing and supporting the organization, and oversees board affairs. Acts as the representative of the board as a whole, rather than as an individual supervisor to staff.
Community: Speaks to the media and the community on behalf of CFA (as does the Executive Director); represents CFA in the community.
Meetings: Develops agendas for meetings in concert with the Executive Director. Presides at board meetings.
Committees: Recommends to the board which committees are to be established. Seeks volunteers for committees and coordinates individual board member assignments. Makes sure each committee has a chairperson, and stays in touch with chairpersons to be sure that their work is carried out; identifies committee recommendations that should be presented to the full board. Determines whether executive committee meetings are necessary and convenes the committee accordingly. Serves ex officio as a member of all committees and attends their meetings when invited.
Executive Director: Establishes search and selection committee
(usually acts as chair) for hiring an Executive Director. Convenes board
discussions on evaluating the Executive Director and negotiating
compensation and benefits package; conveys information to the Executive
Board Affairs: Ensures that board matters are handled properly,
including preparation of pre-meeting materials, committee functioning, and
recruitment and orientation of new board members.
General: Acts as the President in his or her absence; assists
the President on the above or other specified duties.
Special Responsibilities: Frequently assigned to a special area of
responsibility to oversee (for example, media, annual awards dinner, facility, or Central Office personnel)
General: Is a member of the Board.
Records: Maintains records of the board and ensures effective management of organization's records.
Manages minutes of board meetings.
Is sufficiently familiar with legal documents (articles, by-laws, etc.) to note applicability during meetings.
Ensures minutes are distributed to members shortly after each meeting.
Special Responsibilities: Represent various committees as correspondent to its members.
General: The Treasurer should be bonded and is the Chief Financial Officer and chairperson of the audit and budget committees of the Association. In this capacity, he or she will have the responsibility to oversee all financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Association, and to develop and maintain an integrated accounting and financial management system. This system will include financial reporting and internal controls which comply with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements of the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) and other internal control standards.
Reports: Ensures that appropriate financial reports are made available to the Board, Club Delegates and Secretaries. Regularly reports to the Board on key financial events, trends, concerns and assessment of fiscal health.
Audit: Within ninety days after the close of the fiscal year of the Association, the Treasurer will ensure that an independent audit is obtained from a CPA firm with no conflicting interests in the finances of the Association.
Cash Management and Investments: Ensures, through the Finance
Committee, sound management and maximization of cash and investments.
I. Organization and Purpose
The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Chair of any committee that will be affected by the decision of this committee as well as any other member deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
II. Committee Duties and Responsibilities
The Executive Committee shall represent the Board of Directors in all matters of business affecting CFA when and as directed by the Board of Directors, and shall act for the Board of Directors between board meetings when it is in the best interest of CFA to do so. The Executive Committee shall work as a unit to solve time-sensitive problems when it is impossible or impractical to contact all Board Members of CFA.
The Chairperson of the Committee (President or Chairperson as elected by the Board) shall be responsible for establishing the agendas for meetings of the Committee. An agenda, together with materials relating to the subject matter of each meeting, shall be prepared to document the Committee's discharge of its responsibilities. The Committee shall make regular reports to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors must ratify such actions at its next regular meeting and be pre-noticed of these actions by email or other electronic media at the soonest date following the action of the Committee.
III. Committee Communications
To facilitate timely response, the Executive Committee should take full advantage of electronic communications as is available.
Purpose: To advise, govern, oversee policy and direction, and assist with
the leadership and general promotion of CFA so as to support the organization's mission and needs.
Members of the board share these responsibilities while acting in the
interest of CFA. Each member is expected to make recommendations based on his or her experience and vantage point in the cat fancy.
Length of term: As determined by the Constitution. Currently 2 years.
Expectations of board members:
Be a responsible board member.
In addition to the Director at Large description, a Regional Director shall:
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I don't know how my future husband could have been overlooked so many times!!!! He is the hottest guy out there. I like quirky guys...and the fact that this guy can act better that anyone lately....AND he is super hot..I think he should make the Freebie 5 list. He"s sweet, hard working, young, HOT, Mexican (I love the latin boys :) ) , you name it this boy has it, does it, or will do it. He has been in some awesome movies...mainstream and small film festival type movies....so here he is my nomination (if you"re takin them lol): Gael Garcia Bernal Dear Mandy: Y Tu Mama Tambien is my husband's favourite foreign film and I remember watching it and thinking: Damn-uh! Any time, baby. Any time. And then I found out that Gael is like 5 ft 6. And hey - there"s nothing wrong with short men. In fact, I hear the shorter they are…the more enthusiastic they get in the moment. All good. But the thing is, my father is a short man. Very short. And while, like Gwyneth, I am a total Daddy's girl, I have always gravitated towards guys who are his complete physical opposite. Which is why I've always been more partial to Diego Luna. Now THERE's a worthy candidate!


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It's a waiting game now...The Pittsburgh Steelers signed fourth round draft pick, Tony Hills, to a three-year deal on Thursday, reportedly for $1.45 million dollars, with a $304,500 signing bonus, according to scout.com. Hills played his college ball at the University of Texas.
The 6′6″, 305 lb lineman has dealt with severe injuries over his short football career. He had a career-threatening injury in his high school state championship game, that many thought he would never come back from. The Longhorns and the NCAA granted Hills a medical hardship in 2003, while he recovered from his knee reconstruction. By 2004 he was back on the team. By 2005, he was a top back-up on the line. By 2006, he was a starter. In 2007, Hills was receiving national recognition, that would ultimately see the big lineman drafted by the Steelers.
He was projected as a second rounder, before a broken leg late in 2007 ended his year, and his high draft status. The Steelers may have gotten a steal in the fourth round.
The real question about Hills wont really be answered until we can see him play once hes learned the offense. At 305, Hills isnt close to what hell ultimately weigh in the NFL. Look for him to gain 10-20 pounds in the next year, as he lifts with the Steelers strength coaches. Overall, he has good strength and movement. Hes extremely quick, but really, still learning the game.
The knock on Hills is that hes not really an Xs and Os kind of player. He relies on his strength, and technique, but struggles understanding a defensive front. This can be devastating in the NFL, if he has a hard time grasping schemes heading into Sundays. Still, this is an athletic kid, who has a good head on his shoulders. He works hard, as hes shown in rehabbing his knee in high school, and his leg in college. If he works that hard, look for the Xs and Os to come.
Hes a natural at tackle, but many scouts predict that he ultimately could be a guard. He wont learn that position until he shows a 100% grasp on his tackle position. That wont be any time close to this year.
Hes a good addition to the Steelers offensive line, so well call him a good start for the Steelers, as they continue to try and create the needed depth for the trenches.
Can He get through all the Injuries and remain Healthy..


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Disk-based backup is an attractive idea, but you'll want to get a handle on how to optimize it.
- Mark Teter, Advanced Systems Group
Traditionally, backups have been usually targeted to tape drives, but more and more disk storage is being incorporated into the backup process. One common approach with disk-based backups is using disk as a staging area before copying data to tape, which is known as a two-stage backup architecture.
Other strategies include using disk as a complete replacement for tape media. Data is archived to disk in the form of virtual copies (space-saving snapshots) or full volume, byte-for-byte copies. Often hosts will have their disk backups stored on one or two dedicated disk arrays exclusively used for backup storage.
Another backup approach balances the mix of disk and tape for data protection. Instead of implementing a two-stage backup, disk and tape are both used as archival media and are incorporated into the tape rotation and retention schedule. For example, instead of using tape solely as the backup medium, disk is substituted to store and age incrementals, allocating tape exclusively for full backups.
Disk backups have many advantages, but there's a balance between cost and business continuance that must be considered. Depending on the total data requirement, change rate of data and current storage investment, substituting tape with disk might not be realistic. As a general rule, most organizations will find a sweet spot storing and aging incremental data on disk, and use tape for full backups only.
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In the rotation schedule, incrementals are backed up and aged on disk. The schedule has the same retention policy as the one on the left, but with 257 fewer tapes.
State of the union
A typical storage area network (SAN) architecture often includes SAN-attached tape devices. However, the majority of the servers both on and off the SAN are backed up over Ethernet. As a rule of thumb, servers that have fewer than 200GB of data can back up over Ethernet sending their data to servers that have locally attached tape devices. Even in light of SANs, most organizations don't need--or can't afford--to implement SAN-based backups on all their servers. This is largely due to the extra expense of software for tape drive sharing and robotic controls, as well as additional backup hardware, such as SCSI to Fibre Channel (FC) routers, host bus adapters (HBAs) or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) edge switches. Except for large database and application servers, most hosts are perfectly suited for backups over Ethernet.
It's not uncommon during incremental backups for servers to spend an inordinate amount of time examining the file system to identify and capture backup data and then only copy 10MB to tape. As a result, most backup jobs are multiplexed. Even without compression, tape drives are too fast for a single host to stream over Ethernet. Multiplexing allows multiple backup jobs to be sent concurrently to a single tape drive in order to minimize the start-stop reposition, or back-hitching. The result is having a backup tape interleaved with multiple hosts' data.
This greatly speeds up the backup process, but unfortunately results in a less than optimal recovery performance. Restoring one stream of data that's been interleaved with other streams of data doesn't allow the tape drive to run at full speed during the recovery process. Tape backups also carry an inherent risk of media failure. Because tapes aren't RAID protected, most organizations keep multiple copies of tapes as well as minimize the use of incremental backup sets. Because a single bad tape can cause a large restore to fail, the more tapes that the backup resides on, the greater the chance a tape will cause a failed recovery. Knowing this, your policy for a typical tape rotation should be to perform weekly full backups.
Assuming a 2TB storage environment with a 50GB daily change rate using 80GB tape media, more than 541 tapes would be required using this rotation/retention schedule, as follows:
One tape for daily incrementals x four incrementals/week x four weekly retention + 25 tapes for weekly full backups x three weeks/month x three month retention + 25 tapes for monthly full x one monthly full/month x 12 month retention=541.
As a side note, tape media is inherently prone to overconsumption. Tapes are often used for personal copies, thrown away at the first sign of wear, rarely used to their full media capacity and are occasionally discarded after their retention period expires. When determining the amount of tape necessary for your backups, it's best to overestimate.
The advantage of a disk-tape backup solution is that it changes the backup schedule and the rotation/retention policy. If you back up daily incrementals to disk, you obviously save on tape media, but it also eliminates the need of conducting full backups every week. Disk-based backups don't suffer from the disadvantages that tape backups have. Disk backups are RAID-protected (no loss in data integrity using multiple incremental backup sets), don't require multiplexing (random-access device vs. serial) and are always online for quick recoveries.
In fact, using disk for backup data offers better business continuance. Disk storage can be made highly available, where most tape solutions are prone to failure. If a tape library has a channel failure with the robotics, tape devices are unavailable for backup and recovery. Using disk-based backups, the rotation schedule can leverage incremental backups more effectively by eliminating the need for weekly full backups.
To maintain proper data retention, weekly full backups are replaced with cumulative incrementals kept on disk for three months. After that time, the backup images expire and are purged from the file system (see ""Rotation schedule with incremental backups"). Not only does this save 257 tapes, it also minimizes media management associated with those tapes, improves backup and recovery performance and can reduce the need to invest in additional tape technology.
Looking at the numbers
It's generally accepted that disk storage has a lower TCO vs. tape-based storage due to its ease of use and lower management overhead. Disk is also multifunctional compared to single-use tape. However, the inconvenience of having to manage and move tapes is greatly offset by the lower cost of the media. In our example (50GB daily for incrementals x four incrementals/week x four week retention + 250GB weekly for cumulative incremental x three weeks/month x three month retention=3TB) disk storage requirements will increase by 3TB. Consequently, there's a balance between what data is backed up to disk and what data is sent to tape.
The cost of using both disk and tape for backups is not only cost-effective, but provides a higher level of availability and business continuance (see "Using disk and tape for incremental backups," this page). Specific to database environments, another trade-off is the management of database transaction logs. Normally, full database backups truncate log files after they're copied to tape. Any logs that have already committed their transactions to the database are either archived or deleted. As indicated in Rotation schedule with incremental backups", full backups are performed at the end of every month, allowing the database log files to remain on disk. As a result, database log files will be monitored and managed.
Today, most organizations perform multiple backups during the day. Generally, this is accomplished through snapshot copies generated from the file system (Network Appliance's WAFL, Veritas VxFS), volume manager and utilities (Veritas VxVM, Sun StorEdge Instant Image) or through storage arrays (Sun/HDS ShadowImage, HP Business Copy VA). Either way, the data is readily available and safely stored on disk. Most organizations will then make a tape copy from the end-of-day snapshot--or better yet, replicate the snapshot to an off-site facility where tape copies are created.
Generating incremental snapshots during the day provides an extra level of data availability and is highly recommended. These point-in-time copies, however, don't replace the need of using third-party backup software. Commercial backup software provides proper auditing, management and configuration controls as well as extensive recoverability options for data protection requirements.
Mixing disk and tape for backups provides better flexibility, improved performance and enhanced business continuance. Disk backups are based on open standards and seamlessly integrate into an existing storage network infrastructure. The costs associated with using disk for backup purposes needs to be balanced against service level agreements and budgetary constraints. It's best for organizations to invest in extra disk capacity when budgeting, designing or building a SAN. Investing in additional capacity during a SAN deployment offers a lower cost of entry for the opportunity of incorporating disk storage into backup processes. In the long run, both disk and tape offer a cost-effective, highly available data protection solution.


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Urania's Well: Astrology for Changing Times
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Coming to a Crossroads
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Astrologers are all abuzz these days about the upcoming "Cardinal Cross" in April, which involves the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square I have mentioned so frequently. Those two planets are now being joined by Jupiter in Cancer and Mars retrograde in Libra to form an equal-armed cross – the cross of manifestation. They all line up closest with each other — and with the Sun of the USA's chart — right around April 22. In addition to this, there are two eclipses coming up in the month of April. Right now though, let's take a look at the New Moon in Aries on March 30th, which is predictive for the month ahead. The chart I am working with is cast for Washington, DC, and so is predictive for the entire USA.
Why, yes — as you may have already heard if you keep up with astrology, it *is* a rather intense chart. Mars — retrograde, in its detriment, and tucked away in the 3rd house in the WDC chart — rules the New Moon. Passive-aggressive describes this placement pretty well, and given Mars' rulership of the foreign policy, higher education, philosophy and religion 9th house, we are likely to see veiled hostility, avoidance of confrontation, underhanded actions, and knife-in-the-back behavior in any of those areas, because when Mars ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Ditto for 3rd house areas of media, communication networks, transportation, early education.And, yes — the Cardinal Cross kicks ass, and Mars is part of that. But you can avoid a lot of the pain and aggravation if you get off of the aforementioned fundament and put it in gear.
You can't escape change, especially if you have key planetary placements in the Cardinal signs. In fact, many of you are right in the middle of a period of profound change. The Cardinal Cross can give you a lot of power to change your life for the better, but you'll need to participate enthusiastically in releasing the old to make room for the new. The choices you make now are exceptionally important. You'll want to have goals in mind, and a clear focus. I can't emphasize enough how much this chart requires flexibility, focus, and a willingness to act with empathy and in line with your core values.
Now, there are a couple of interesting flowing aspects in this chart as well, and I want to look at them, and how we can approach them as funnels to help us direct events in a beneficial way, but first let me get some astrology out of the way, for those interested..
Astrologers can note that MC and 3rd house ruler Venus is prominent in Aquarius in the 7th, with both that sign's rulers disposited by Mars, which is trine Venus (a separating aspect, but still close) and in her sign. Venus is also semi-square the New Moon, and tightly square Saturn, which co-rules the 7th house of other countries and open enemies. Some things that could manifest from this Venusian influence would be the notable actions of a woman or group of women, a focus on money and consumption, particularly in regards to the environment, and socially-conscious artistic/aesthetic expression. Sun-ruled Leo is rising, and given the fact that the Cardinal Cross falls exactly on the USA's Sun, which rules its 9th house of international relations, it seems likely that the international position of the USA is going to undergo tremendous change. It would be nice to think that we will have a mass awakening to the suffering in the world, and step up to take imaginative, effective action for change. That would reflect the best outcome of this chart. Or, we could be in for a rude awakening, as we find that our global "superpower" status is in question. Or we could go in for a spot of power-grabbing and empire-building. If the latter happens, the odds are not good for success.
I also can't ignore the indications of yet more environmental troubles, with transiting Saturn in the Pluto-and-Mars-ruled fourth house of the DC New Moon chart, and the transiting Sun-Moon-Uranus conjunction falling in the Mars-ruled 4th house of the USA chart. As with the Spring Equinox chart, explosions, eruptions, movements of the earth are all indicated, along with mining and underground assets. It's pretty clear that the fracking debate isn't going away anytime soon, and I have cautious hopes that we may come to our senses and begin the process of banning it nationally.
Neptune's long sojourn in Pisces will keep the focus on the poisoning of our global and national water resources for many years, and its tight sesqui-quadrate with Mars in the New Moon chart is one of the aspects that suggests both floods and drought, along with clashes over pollution. I'll be glad to see clashes and protests — corporate "persons" with their myopic and blindered focus on the bottom line, often in league with our own elected officials, are destroying entire ecosystems and natural resources that took millennia to form. That's insane, and it's past time we put a stop to it.
So, how do we each personally make the best use of this chart? Let's keep in mind that whenever we have a square or opposition aspect, we are usually dealing with planets in the same modality — in this case, cardinal for the Cardinal Cross and fixed for the Venus-Saturn square — and a good way to work with this energy is to consciously incorporate the most positive attributes of the modality and planets in question into our lives. So dig deep into your soul and learn what really matters to you, then take those values out into your world and be the change. Start creating those things you know need to happen. Make the commitment to take the actions you've been putting off. Consider carefully your place in your tribe and your society, and how we are all connected within the Universe (Thank you, Dr. Tyson). Develop a spiritual practice which will help you learn to manage your emotional state, and train to develop emotional strength, empathy and compassion just as you would train for a sport.
If there was ever a great time to have a regular meditation practice, now is that time. Yoga or tai chi can be considered meditation if they are approached as such, so you don't need to sit still to meditate. You can also meditate anywhere, any time, by simply bringing your awareness fully within the present moment. There are some great smartphone apps for meditation — I have one that rings a single, resonant bell at pre-set times of the day to remind me to take a moment to breathe, focus, monitor my mental and emotional state, and reset my intentions.
Pay attention to your guidance -- but keep it real. It's quite possible that you'll find yourself at an important crossroads at some point during this year – how will you decide which road to take? Think about where you want your life to go. Explore your core values, your deepest desires, and make sure your actions are in alignment with those values and desires. Determine what you can compromise on, and what you can't. Be clear about what you want, step into your power, and welcome change. Then walk the road you have chosen with courage and commitment.
Friday, 28 March 2014
Interesting about an alignment of larger planets. Some recent physics papers suggest that planetary alignments cause tides on the sun. Solar tides are said to have a significant effect on heat production and thus affect all life on earth. Some leading physicists suggest that the current alignment is precipitating the start of a coming "little" or major ice age. The last "little ice age" cold period caused the death of about 1/4 of all people in Europe, and unrecorded many died in other places. Humans have always suffered badly in cold times and thrived in warm times. This past winter has certainly been trending colder than average in most of the north.· Diotima likes this comment.
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WELLINGTON � The Hays Larks jumped on Wellington early, then held on for a 8-5 win Saturday in Jayhawk League action.
The win, the Larks' ninth straight, gives them a three-game lead on the field in the league heading into today's series finale with the Heat.
Nick Goza pitched six scoreless innings in the start for the victory, and
Dalton Viner pitched three innings for his first save of the season. Viner allowed all five Wellington runs as the Heat rallied with three runs in the seventh and two in the ninth.
Hays (12-1, 8-1 JL) blew the game open with five runs in the third inning.
Josh White and Desmond Roberts each had a two-RBI double in the inning. Roberts was 2 for 4 in the game with two runs scored and first baseman Cody
Daily finished 3 for 4. In the leadoff spot, Aaron Cornell finished 2 for
Wellington (9-5, 5-4) had seven hits. Goza (2-0) surrendered three hits and four walks and struck out three. Viner had four walks and four strikeouts.
He is one of three Larks with a save this season. All three saves have come in the last three games.
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Wellington 5-4 9-4
El Dorado 5-4 7-4
Liberal 4-5 8-5
Derby 3-6 5-6
Dodge City 2-7 4-8
Friday's games
Hays 12, Wellington 3
El Dorado 5, Liberal 4
Dodge City 9, Derby 6
Saturday's games
Hays 8, Wellington 5
El Dorado 9, Liberal 8 (13 innings).
Dodge City 6, Derby 3
Sunday's games
Hays at Wellington, 7 p.m.
Liberal at El Dorado, 7 p.m.
Derby at Dodge City, 7 p.m.


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Perry tweeted a photo Sunday of her and Pope Francis after they met at a three-day conference at the Vatican for "United to Care: A Global Health Care Initiative."
Pop star Katy Perry just met Pope Francis.
Perry tweeted a photo Sunday of her and Pope Francis after they met at a three-day conference at Vatican City for "United to Care: A Global Health Care Initiative."
According to the Cura Foundation press release, the purpose of the conference is "to raise global awareness and create a forum for collaboration around the wide array of powerful and promising cell therapies, gene therapies, and immunotherapies emerging from medical institutions around the world, as well as the impact new technology will have on humanity and society."
Special guests for the event included business strategist Tony Robbins, CNN reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta and CBS journalist Meredith Vieira.
Perry, though not on the schedule, attended the event to help promote the foundation, according to the Christian Post.
Perry's visit with Pope Francis comes as she is involved a protracted legal battle to buy a Los Angeles convent, Relevant magazine reported. The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have contested the purchase as they have lived there for decades.
Though Los Angeles courts ruled in favor of Perry, one of the nuns, Sister Rita Callanan, said she will appeal to Pope Francis.
Pope Francis has yet to comment on the issue.
Perry grew up surrounded by religion. In fact, it's been widely publicized that she began her singing career as a gospel singer for her church, according to the Deseret News.


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The South Carolina Democratic Primary in Black and White
Scott Keeter is Director of Survey Research for the Pew Research Center and an analyst for NBC News
The results in Saturday's Democratic primary in South Carolina offer important evidence — if not yet answers — to three big questions in this campaign: Can Barack Obama solidify all segments of the black vote behind him? Can he be competitive among white voters, especially in the South? And can we trust pre-election polls in races that involve Obama?


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The Sox infield had Bill Mueller at third, Felipe Crespo at short, Mark Bellhorn at second, and David McCarty at first. Gabe Kapler was in center, and the last two Sox pitchers were Bobby Jones (the walk ace) and Mark (rhymes with Alaska) Malaska. The Sox won on a David Ortiz walkoff homer in extra innings.
If the Sox could win with that lineup, then anything is possible.
Nothing new on the J.D. Drew watch, although we can imagine that his shoulder MRI isn't normal...
Injuries can occur from narrowing of the space between the rotator cuff elements and the bone (impingement), rotator cuff tendon degeneration, or injury secondary to trauma. A brief but informative review of the shoulder stabilizing system is referenced here. You too can talk about shoulder pathology, and know the labrum from a hole in the ground.
The bullpen battle should shape up to be one of the most competitive on the team, with three categories of players.
The Young and Unproven
- Manny Delcarmen
- Craig Hansen
- Devern Hansack
- Mike Timlin
- Brendan Donnelly
- Hideki Okajima
- J.C. Romero
Desperately Seeking Situational Outs
- Craig Breslow
- Javier Lopez
- Kyle Snyder
I've got to give the early lead to the greybeards and Delcarmen (and his curveball), who had more good moments than Hansen, who seems to have yet to figure out which is his 'out pitch'. Peter Gammons seems to think that the Sox are high on Hansack, but Kyle Snyder showed enough (for the first four innings most games at least) to wonder where he fits.
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up to 3 feet (1 m)
catsharks, including brown catsharks and deep sea filetail catsharks; Family: Scyliorhinidae
Monterey Bay, California to southern Mexico; also along the coast of Chile
Natural History
If threatened, the swell shark bends its body into a sharp U-shape, grasps its caudal fin in its mouth and swallows a large quantity of sea water, which makes it swell to twice its normal size. This behavior makes it difficult for a predator to bite or evict a swell shark from its rocky crevice.
Brown blotches and white spots decorate a swell shark's yellow-brown body. By day, this small, harmless and well-camouflaged shark hides in rocky crevices. By night, a swell shark feeds. It actively sucks in some fishes; it captures others by resting open-mouthed and letting prey wander in or be carried in by currents.
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The parent company of Scranton-based Penn Foster Career School has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of a settlement with the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York.
Education Holdings 1 Inc., filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware. In the filing, the Boston-based company claimed $100 million to $500 million in assets and an equivalent level of liabilities.
It is not known what impact the bankruptcy filing and the reorganization would have on the Penn Foster unit, which descended from International Correspondence Schools.
Penn Foster President Joe Gagnon could not be reached for comment, nor could officials with Education Holdings 1.
In 2010, the parent company, then known as The Princeton Review Inc., was accused of falsely billing the federal government for tens of million of dollars in tutoring programs to New York City students it did not provide. In a $10 million-plus settlement announced Dec. 20, the company admitted fault, including fabricating invoices and sign-in sheets to bill the federal government from 2002 to 2008. Much of the settlement money is supposed to come from the "sale of its last remaining business asset" which is Penn Foster. Penn Foster was not involved in any wrongdoings associated with the settlement.
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Music Hall and Stephen B. Humphrey Theater
The Music Hall and Stephen B. Humphrey Theater is the music department's home on the St. John's campus. The building centers around the 550-seat theater, a space often used for chamber performances, student recitals, and Fine Arts Programming events. The Music Hall is also home to faculty studios, classrooms, an array of practice rooms holding a total of 15 pianos and 3 practice organs, an electronic music lab, percussion studios, the Choral Rehearsal Hall, and the Gertken Organ Studio. The St. John's Boys' Choir and Fine Arts Programming also have their offices in the building.
Stephen B. Humphrey Theater
The primary performance space in the Music Hall is the Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, a beautiful 550-seat auditorium. The theater is used by the music department for student recitals, chamber ensemble performances, opera and musical theater performances, and recordings. Other departments, including the Theater Department and Fine Arts Programming, utilize the space. Two 9-foot Steinway concert grands are available for use in the theater.
Choral Rehearsal Hall
The Chamber Choir, Men's Chorus, and All-College Choir all hold their rehearsals in the Choral Rehearsal Hall. The space is also used for Thursday Recitals. Part of a major renovation, the rehearsal hall was added to the Music Hall in 1985. The piano in the hall is a fully-restored turn-of-the-century 9-foot Steinway concert grand.
Practice Rooms
The top floor of the Music Hall is home to a total of 16 practice rooms with 15 pianos and 2 organs, one electric and one small tracker pipe organ. There is also a larger practice organ studio on the main floor, which with the Gertken organ brings the total to four organs in the building alone. The practice rooms are divided into A, B, and C rooms. The C rooms are available for anyone to use and are always unlocked. The B rooms are equipped with upright pianos and are reserved for music majors, while the A rooms contain grand pianos and are reserved for piano majors. Keys for A and B rooms may be obtained by talking to the department coordinator.
Gertken Organ Studio
Added to the building in 1985, the Gerken Organ Studio is one of the unique gems of the Music Hall. Organ students take lessons, practice, have studio class and perform on the beautiful 21-stop tracker instrument in the studio. One Student Performance Series per semester is held in the Organ Studio and is reserved for organ students. Students also give recitals in the Gertken Studio.
Electronic Music Lab
The Electronic Music Lab is a full MIDI computer studio. The lab provides students with a space to work on electronic compositions and to record. Access to the lab requires a key from the department office and is granted with approval from composition professors Dr. Brian Campbell or Dr. David Dies.
Percussion Studios
While the main percussion studios for the colleges are located in the Benedicta Arts Center, there are also spaces available in the Music Hall for students to store and practice their own personal percussion instruments. Interested students should talk to the department coordinator for keys and access to the studios.
The classrooms in the Music Hall are used for Comprehensive Musicianship and Musicianship Skills classes, as well as a variety of other courses and purposes. Rooms have grand pianos and are occasionally used for rehearsals. One classroom also contains a piano lab with 17 electronic keyboards used for Musicianship Skills and Class Piano.


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