MNUFC2 announced today the club has signed forward Luke Hille and midfielder Curt Calov to MLS NEXT Pro contracts “Luke joins our team as a natural goalscorer who makes it difficult for opponents to play against because he loves to compete and has a high energy and great work ethic that will be a threat in our attacking third,” said MNUFC2 Head Coach Jeremy Hall “Curt is gifted technically when it comes to his passing and ability to connect scoring chances,” added Hall “He will provide a strong presence in our midfield and has experience winning championships at a high level I’m looking forward to seeing both of these players impact our squad not only on the field when it comes to results but also in leadership roles they can hold throughout the season.” joins MNUFC2 on a one-year contract through December 2025 after recently playing his senior season collegiately for the University of North Carolina During his time with the Tar Heels in 2024 where he scored eight goals and provided one assist Hille played three years with NC State University from 2020-2023 the forward made 42 game appearances and tallied 15 goals he was a member of North Carolina Football Club’s Youth Academy and additionally earned a call-up to the United States U14 Boys National Team camp in 2017 “I’m incredibly excited to begin my professional career here in Minnesota with MNUFC2,” said forward Luke Hille and I’m grateful for the chance to grow both as a player and a person at such a fantastic club None of this would have been possible without God’s guidance and the coaches who’ve helped shape me along the way joins MNUFC2 on a one-year contract through December 2025 Calov was previously a midfielder for Rutgers University from 2023-2024 totaling eight goals and five assists provided Calov attended Syracuse University from 2021-2022 scoring eight goals and providing eight assists He notably scored during regulation time of the 2022 NCAA Tournament Championship Game against Indiana University and bagged his penalty-kick shot during the eventual shootout helping Syracuse win the national championship that season Calov played for the Players Development Academy in New Jersey “I’m super excited to join MNUFC2 and Minnesota United and be a part of such a great club,” said midfielder Curt Calov “I am grateful for the opportunity and can’t wait to get started I’m also excited to work hard and grow as a player – and as a person – to help the team have a successful season.” Transaction: MNUFC2 signs forward Luke Hille and midfielder Curt Calov to MLS NEXT Pro contracts 2025 at home with her family by her side after facing metastatic cancer with courage May Andrea’s memory be a blessing to all who knew and loved her and earned a BS in Forest Management from University of Colorado in 1987 Shortly after graduation Andrea began her career with the US Forest Service and California before transferring to the Allegheny National Forest in 1992 and as the Forest’s Ecosystem Staff Officer especially for her work to combine forest management with efforts to sustain and improve forest health She was a leader of the Hemlock Initiative which brought the region’s forest managers together to coordinate identification of the most important hemlock groves and strategies to protect them from hemlock woolly adelgid and other threats She was also a leader in the Forest’s efforts to conserve beech that showed resistance to beech bark disease She was a co-founder of the Allegheny Forest Health Collaborative Andrea worked regularly with scientists and was a coauthor on several papers about forests of the region She was recognized for her insight and knowledge about the forest and for her care and mentorship of all she worked with She retired in 2022 but continued to contribute through her participation in the Allegheny National Forest’s Centennial Celebration in 2023 Andrea loved everything about The Great Outdoors and deeply appreciated the beauty of the natural world She enjoyed years of outdoor activities in all seasons with her partner of 29 years boating on the Allegheny Reservoir and River and outdoor adventures with those she loved Left to cherish Andrea’s memory are Rose and Trevor and her friends in the Forest Service and the wider forestry community Andrea was beloved and she will be missed in ways big and small A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date Memorials may be made in Andrea’s memory to the Warren Cancer Care Center (1 Lee St. PA 16365) or to Hospice of Warren County (1 Main Ave. PA 1635) or by planting a seedling tree in a meaningful place The Nelson Funeral Home & Cremation Services Condolences to the family may made at nelsonfuneralhome.net Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Pennsylvania LLC | https://www.timesobserver.com | PO Box 188 « Back Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application She attended schools in both Iowa and Wisconsin before moving to Denver In September of 1954 she was married and had two daughters Norlene married Willard Hille and they started their lives together raising their children Norlene was known for her immense love of animals horses and birds in her home throughout her life and valued their companionship up until her passing and Valerie Smith (Ted); her grandchildren and Matthew Smith; and her great grandchildren She was predeceased in death by her husband Norlene will be laid to rest beside Willard at Crown Hill Cemetery the family requests donations be made to an animal shelter of your choice Norlene will be remembered for her kindness This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInEVANSVILLE (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man they say was involved in a drive-by shooting this morning leading them to find over 300 grams of marijuana Officials say 22-year-old Jacob Hille was charged with attempted murder this afternoon following a search across Evansville authorities received a shots fired call in the 2000 block of Wyoming Avenue just before 9:30 a.m where they found a bullet hole near the front door of a victim’s home They say the victim was home at the time of the shooting and witnesses on scene saw a white car leaving the area Police say they were able to locate the white car registered to Hille near 1200 block of Woodbine Lane and they saw a black car with an orange front fender leaving the area They say Hille was later found in the Timber’s Apartment Complex getting back into the black car where he was then taken into custody A court-ordered search warrant was issued for Hille’s car and home which found a spent shell casing a semi-auto pistol and several plastic bags of marijuana totaling 384 grams Officials say they later learned Hille and someone in the home that was shot at had a previous dispute over a drug deal criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and possession of marijuana We keep you informed. When UNC forward Luke Hille's name was announced in the starting lineup a chorus of boos rang out across Dorrance Field They came from a scattered number of Wolfpack fans who jeered at Hille for his decision to transfer from N.C Those boos continued every time the senior touched the ball — until he silenced them in the 11th minute.  Hille struck an uncleared ball with a first-time half-volley into the bottom corner of N.C prompting an “I can’t hear you” celebration as he passed by his former team's bench.  “The cheers overshadowed the boos,” Hille said.  His early goal paced UNC's 2-0 win over the Wolfpack on Friday night at home It was the Cary native's fourth goal of the season establishing him as the second-leading scorer for North Carolina and a prominent addition to the Tar Heel attack.  in the week leading up to Hille's first game against N.C head coach Carlos Somoano chose to avoid the elephant in the room altogether UNC every game and outside distractions — even rivalries and history with former teams — have no place in the locker room.  this meant separating his emotions from his mindset So even though he became the recipient of a few hard fouls and plenty of choice words from former teammates you learn how to compartmentalize and concentrate on what's gonna help you be successful as opposed to just [being] emotional,” Somoano said.  And Hille's ability to do so has led to his success That's why when he put his name in the transfer portal at the end of last season Somoano already knew what the striker was capable of.  Not only had his staff seen Hille play against UNC on two separate occasions but Somoano heavily recruited Hille throughout high school Yet the relationships he built during that time played a crucial role in Hille later transferring to Chapel Hill.  Hille arrived a semester early to better assimilate to his new environment — which Somoano credited as the reason for his quick success.  “[When] transfers are able to come in the spring and they're able to get used to what we’re doing it's a whole different ballgame,” Somoano said “I think that's been very valuable.”  stating how demanding Somoano's coaching style can be and how helpful the extra months were in reaching the level of play expected of him Not to mention how important the time was for Hille to build chemistry with his new team.  they'll tell you how grateful they are that he's no longer on the “wrong” side of the rivalry When Hille departed from the Wolfpack in 2023 he was their leading goal scorer — a threat redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Cordes is thankful now plays in their favor.  “[I'm] glad I don't have to play against him,” Cordes admitted.  Hille is one of North Carolina's most dangerous offensive threats.  He's accepted his new role and the attention that comes with it — he'll continue to block out the outside noise.  Only then will he welcome the commotion with a hand cupped over his ear.  @cadeshoemaker23 @dthsports | sports@dailytarheel.com EVANSVILLE — A 22-year-old Evansville man faces an attempted murder charge after deputies accused him of firing a high-caliber rifle at a woman's home during a drive-by shooting Sunday morning Deputies booked Jacob Austin Hille at the jail on a preliminary charge of attempted murder hours after the 62-year-old woman said she heard a gunshot just before 9:30 a.m and then discovered a bullet lodged in her wall according to a sheriff's office news release Prior to hearing the blast of a gun outside her Wyoming Avenue residence the woman said she heard the blare of a car horn Detectives later tracked down their suspect with help from a network of AI-powered cameras The bullet lodged in the woman's wall was fired from a high-caliber rifle and slammed through an exterior door frame before hurtling through the kitchen and finally coming to a stop in the laundry room who was also home at the time of the shooting After interviewing neighbors and obtaining a general description of the suspect vehicle deputies leveraged Evansville's dozens of Flock Safety cameras to trace the car seen fleeing the scene and to obtain its license plate number which led them to identify Hille as a suspect Flock cameras can work like virtual trip wires notifying police when a specific vehicle passes by or can serve as valuable repositories of information about past trips taken by Tri-State drivers solar-powered devices record the license plates of passing vehicles and log other information Investigators can then scour the network in search of a suspect's car More: Evansville police to install license-plate cameras in 'high-crime' areas Deputies and Evansville Police Department officers worked together to take Hille into custody at an East Side apartment complex with the help of an aerial drone Sheriff Noah Robinson credited the Flock system − and the "diligent" work of his office's detectives − with speeding the investigation along "A search of Hille's first vehicle yielded a spent shell casing and a 30-round AK-47 magazine," the VCSO news release states deputies recovered a gun box and instruction manual for a pistol-style AK-47 along with approximately one pound of suspected marijuana." While Hille reportedly declined to speak with investigators deputies believe the shooting traced to a "dispute over a marijuana debt." "Additional interviews suggest the shooting may have been retaliation for a previous incident in which Hille was allegedly shot at by an unknown assailant," the VCSO stated Hille also faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office must file formal charges within 72 hours of a person's arrest Hille was scheduled to appear before a judge Monday afternoon Houston Harwood can be contacted at houston.harwood@courierpress.com at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney with family by his side the son of Henry and Josephine (Krhut) Hille Charles graduated from Trego Community High School in 1952 Following a short stint at Kansas State University in Manhattan Charles returned to WaKeeney to marry his High School sweetheart Darlene Folkers on December 27 They resided on the Hille ranch where they raised their 4 children Charles and Darlene celebrated 70 years of marriage Charles dedicated his entire life to the family’s Quarter Circle O Ranch where he was committed to preserving the family heritage of ranching and farming Charles loved being a cattleman and farmer He was a lifelong member of WaKeeney Presbyterian Church and a believer in Jesus building/flying model airplanes and cheering on K State Wildcats Charles is survived by his wife of 70 years donations are suggested to Shriners Hospitals for Children https:/www.shrinerschildrens.org Please dedicate donations to: In honor of Jackson Schroeder or in memory of Josephine and Henry Hille Recipient’s email: deeradem@yahoo.com Dee Rademacher Memories and words of comfort may be shared on Charles' tribute page at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com.  Services are in care of Keithley Funeral Homes and Crematory - Brock's Chapel Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text he was a member of North Carolina Football Club’s Youth academy and additionally earned a call-up to the United States U14 Boys National Team camp in 2017 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page UNC graduate student midfielder Jameson Charles defends the ball at the men's soccer game against NC State at Dorrance Field on Friday ACC 1-1-0) on Friday night in a 2-0 decision on Dorrance Field UNC’s defense was in high gear from the opening kick dominating possession and pressuring turnovers near the midfield marker.  Senior forward Luke Hille was the first to attempt a shot in the match after just seven minutes of play the Cary native’s kick was off high to the left of the post thanks to a headed ball from a member of N.C Hille — a former Wolfpack member who led N.C State in goals with seven during his 2023 junior campaign — lifted his new Tar Heel squad to an early 1-0 advantage.  but we stayed strong to what was the game plan and it worked for us tonight.” North Carolina kept the control on its side with junior defender Charlie Harper and senior midfielder Andrew Czech each notching a shot to the net over the next few minutes Harper’s attempt landed into the hands of N.C and Czech’s soared past the top right of the frame The Wolfpack delivered its first attempt in the 23rd minute but the shot landed behind the goal’s mesh and back into the possession of the Tar Heels.  With under two minutes to go in the first period UNC goalkeeper Andrew Cordes deflected a one-on-one shot from the right side in close range The redshirt junior barely pushed the ball away from the mesh in a diving effort with his right glove to keep the Tar Heels ahead going into halftime.  “We’ve been working really hard at trying to stay compact limit the balls over the top and behind and we’re really good at stepping off and pressing balls that are through and over the top,” Cordes said.  State had the first quality window to score after less than 10 minutes of second half play A Wolfpack opponent kicked the ball straight into the hands of Cordes from close distance and a trailing player let a powerful kick loose sending the ball high to the left of the post.  North Carolina broke through back-and-forth action when graduate forward Ahmad Al-Qaq netted a goal in the 74th minute native avoided defenders with fancy footwork and bounced the ball in from post to post en route to his first goal of the season and the UNC's second of the game.  “We try to evolve to what’s going to be best for us to be successful very rarely coming up with a game plan for an opponent,” head coach Carlos Somoano said “It’s more coming up with a game plan that we can be the best version of ourselves.” North Carolina looks to remain undefeated as the Tar Heels host Mercer for an out-of-conference match on Tuesday at 7 p.m @meganosmithh @dthsports | sports@dailytarheel.com Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country Digital access for organisations. 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Volume 8 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1089577 This article is part of the Research TopicScience, Technology, and Art in the Spoken Expression of MeaningView all 12 articles The increasing prevalence of audio advertising has provided a challenge to find out more about voices and performance styles used in advertisements we were interested in the listeners' preferences when a synthesizer performs the advertisements As training an advertisement style synthesizer requires big corpora the creation of which is time-consuming and expensive we have chosen to use less resource-intensive style transfer on already extant synthesized voices trained on neutral speech We used a corpus of advertisements created out of 120 male and 120 female voices reading one text in both an energetic and calm advertisement style the styles most commonly provided by advertising agencies to train four style transfer models: energetic and calm for both male and female voices These were used to convert two synthesized female and two male voices that had been created using a Merlin-based speech synthesizer for Estonian Each converted voice performed three short advertisements Adult listeners rated the likability of the performances on a 7-point Likert scale The results showed that the calm performance style was overwhelmingly preferred We also ascertained the acoustic features of the calm and energetic performances using the open-source toolkit openSMILE to calculate the 88 parameters of the extended Geneva Minimalistic Acoustic Parameter Set The calm style differed from the energetic in acoustic features that are related to a lower and more sonorous voice and a more neutral speaking style Considering the difference in style ratings it is worth taking the target audiences' style preferences into account In our own study, we set the goal of determining which performance style of advertisement is preferred in Estonia when the advertisement is performed by a synthesized voice. For human voices, we know that Estonians prefer speech styles that do not require a loud voice (Altrov et al., 2018) It is not known what kinds of voices Estonians prefer in advertisements nor whether the dominant sales strategy in Estonia is hard or soft sell but the voicebanks of media companies offer voices in two styles – energetic and calm and advertisements of both types can be heard on the radio we used human-like female and male synthesized voices on which we applied two style models trained on a multi-speaker corpus – an energetic and calm one We formulated the following research questions: Q1: Do Estonian listeners prefer synthetic voices speaking in an energetic or calm synthesized advertising style Q2: What speech features differentiate the calm and energetic synthesized advertising style Four voice models were trained on existing available Estonian corpora of emotionally neutral sentences: Female 1 (365 min one sample sentence and three short advertising texts were synthesized with every voice to train the style transfer models we used voice samples of 120 female actors and 120 male actors reading the same Estonian pretend-advertisement in two styles – calm and energetic – which were sourced from the database of the audio-visual post-production studio Orbital Vox Studios (wav 44.1 kHz We trained the style transfer models (CycleGAN) between energetic and calm female voices and between energetic and calm male voices Then we applied these models to neutral style synthesized advertisements the likability of two male synthesized voices (M1 and M2) and two female synthesized voices (F1 and F2) had to be rated on a 7-point Likert scale where 1 = not likable at all … 7 = very likable this sentence was provided for listening to: Olen kõnerobot (nimi) ja õpin reklaame lugema [I am speech robot (name) and I am learning to read advertisements] an energetic and calm advertising style had been applied to the synthesized voices and every voice read aloud the following three advertisement fragments in both styles The fragments were selected to avoid their Estonian semantic content from clashing with either performance style: - Hullud päevad kolmapäevast pühapäevani Vesiku kaubakeskuses [Crazy days Wednesday to Sunday at Vesiku shopping center.] - Sinu tegemiste õnnestumised saavad alguse heast ideest Laenumarket – kõik tarbimislaenud ühest kohast [The success of your endeavors starts from a good idea Loan market – all consumer loans from one source.] [Come to Deal and swap the old one for a new one!] Both performers and sentences were listened to in a random order The rating had to be assigned to the likability of the performance on a 7-point Likert scale We are teaching speech robots to read advertisements We need your help to find out which advertisement style you prefer as performed by a robot Please listen to the advertisement fragments and give a rating to the performance style of the advertisement First get to know the robots that are learning to read advertisements and let us know how you like their voices You do not have to listen to all of the performances at once The test was designed to have a duration of ~10 min. The audio files for the listening test and the data of the listening test are included in the dataset (https://figshare.com/projects/Robot_reads_ads/151404) The participating raters of the listening test were adults with tertiary education The listening test caused no harm to any participant the identity of the participants has been kept confidential and no conflict of interest can be identified All scores for each rater were normalized using the formula X is the mean of the rater's scores and s is the standard deviation of the rater's scores We classified performances with scores above zero as likable To find out the degree of agreement among the raters (inter-rater reliability), the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC2k) was calculated using the “psych” package in R (Revelle, 2021). A Welch Two Sample t-test was used to determine whether the advertisement style affected likability ratings (R Core Team, 2022) A moderate to good reliability was found within rater measurements The average measure ICC2k was 0.81 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.70 to 0.90 F(27 The normalized likability scores for the original synthesized speech and the style-transferred calm and energetic advertising styles The normalized likability scores for the original synthesized speech and the style-transferred calm and energetic advertising styles for each voice separately We trained transferrable style models on 120 advertisements in the calm style and 120 in the energetic style These were then transferred on already extant voices trained on a neutral speech text-to-speech synthesizer corpus Using eGeMAPS makes the results from the various studies that use it easy to compare but it is not always obvious how these parameters link to acoustically perceived speech characteristics The use of eGeMAPS would also provide a framework for comparing advertisement styles performed by synthetic voices and humans it is not known whether advertisements performed in the calm style may be a better fit for listeners in other cultures as well Our study reaffirmed the necessity of studying style preferences intraculturally advertisers can make audio advertisements more palatable for the listeners of the corresponding cultural environment and thereby more effective The impact of language alongside culture could also be further researched by studying the style preferences of listeners from different language groups within one culture From a technical standpoint, our study has shown that style transfer has potential and an effect can be achieved even when training style models on small corpora. Yet, the styles were rated significantly lower than the original neutral synthesized voices and the effect of style transfer was different on every voice (Figure 2) the scale of the training corpus could be increased to see if that would improve the quality of the transfer the original voices should be trained on an equal amount of emotionally neutral sentences so that style characteristics would not be amplified to different degrees the advertisement fragments that are synthesized for rating should be longer than a sentence or two so as to highlight the applied style model better Using style transfer on already existing text-to-speech synthetic voices we discovered that Estonian listeners prefer a synthesized voice performing in a calm advertising style over an energetic one We conclude that when using synthesizers for voicing advertisements they could benefit from using a calm style when advertising in Estonia Further research could show if there are differences between listener preferences of advertisement styles as performed by synthesized voices and humans The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found below: https://figshare.com/projects/Robot_reads_ads/151404 Ethical review and approval was not required for the study on human participants in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements Written informed consent for participation was not required for this study in accordance with the national legislation and the institutional requirements and RA contributed to the conception of the study IK and JP were responsible for the speech stimuli generation HP and RA compiled the listening test and conducted it HP and JP did the data analysis and interpretation All authors contributed to the manuscript revision and had full access to all the data in the study This work was financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (Center of Excellence in Estonian Studies) by the National Programme for Estonian Language Technology 2018–2027 and by basic governmental financing of the Institute of the Estonian Language from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research for the opportunity to use their voice database in this study The authors wish to express their gratitude to the participants of the listening test The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1089577/full#supplementary-material CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Forming social impressions from voices in native and foreign languages CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Google Scholar CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Determination of the impact of spokesperson on advertising effectiveness PubMed Abstract | Google Scholar Kiissel, I. 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A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Interment will be at a later date at Oak Hill Cemetery in New London Arrangements are entrusted to Peterson Brothers Funeral Home the son of Sigurd and Jennie (Stromme) Hille He grew up in the Spicer community and graduated from New London-Spicer High School in 1954 Cloud Teachers College and began teaching industrial arts but his lifelong interest was in construction management  First working in the family construction business he moved on to work for numerous other companies including Nelson construction in Willmar.  Over the years he worked as project manager in other locations including Omaha and Minneapolis Peter was united in marriage to Joyce Lorraine Hovland and they made their home in the Willmar area and he and Peter took great pleasure in the many outdoor activities available to them in Minnesota He served in the Minnesota National Guard for over 15 years and was a member of the New London American Legion Post He was a highly skilled woodworker and many family members and friends are blessed to have pieces of his lovely work Nebraska and Barbara Leukuma (and Michael Houser) of Camarillo He was preceded in death by a baby boy brother in infancy in 1938 Peterson Brothers Funeral Home & Cremation Service The Cultch has added a second concert for Veda Hille Sisterhood and P:ano after the first show sold out faster than you can say fans can catch the bands the following day as well—double the music These two iconic East Vancouver indie acts are performing in celebration of P:ano’s first album release in 19 years and recording a live album for Veda Hille Sisterhood Expect fresh tracks mixed with old favourites played by musicians who’ve been crossing paths since the late ‘90s—as well as some new faces It’s the perfect mix of nostalgia and novelty a six-piece band that started in 2022 (because what else do you do after a lockdown?) has already released one EP recorded at The Cultch the chamber pop band that first formed in 1999 just in time for their only live shows of 2024 When: September 14 at 8pm (sold out) and September 15 at 2pm Tickets: $35+ available here Vicki Duong is a writer and a self-proclaimed girl-about-town always down for a local comedy show or an iced matcha latte Your hair was short-cropped and dyed orange Hille Haker, PhD, who holds the Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Endowed Chair of Moral Theology in the Department of Theology within the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago, was awarded the honorary title of Doctor theologiae honoris causa from Uppsala University. This honor granted by the third largest public research university in Sweden founded in 1477 not only recognizes Haker’s academic achievements but shows appreciation for her professional contributions to international academic networks and projects Haker received from this world-renowned university is not only a reflection of her impressive academic career and her leadership in the field of moral theology and ethics but a true honor for the College of Arts and Sciences,” said Peter J Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago Haker’s scholarly work and her ongoing efforts to build interdisciplinary and international bridges in order to drive transformative justice on a global scale.” who is the first to receive this distinction in three years traveled to Uppsala University in January of 2023 to accept the honor among her academic peers in the arts and humanities “Being awarded the title of Doctor theologiae honoris causa from Uppsala University makes me proud and humble at the same time,” Haker recounted after returning from Sweden I have been connected to the academic community of one of the oldest universities in Europe with a celebration that was overwhelming in its ceremonial dignity Not only did Haker receive an honorary diploma but a ceremonial hat and ring that served as a reminder of the tradition Uppsala University has preserved over the past 400 years “I cherish the recognition of my scholarly approach: bringing together the traditions of Catholic moral theology and social ethics with philosophical and literary ethics,” Haker said.  Haker gave a lecture at Uppsala University touching on her current research in which she develops theological ethics in relation to present-day challenges particularly those of scientific and political nature and applying Christian ethics as critical political ethics Haker’s work has brought her from her alma mater her expertise has driven her participation in academic such as her recent role as president of Societas Ethica and as long-time editor of Concilium: International Journal for Theology she was affiliated with the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women Studies the Frankfurt School Institute of Social Research and the Forum Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg she served for the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission the highest ethics committee of the European Union and for the German Bishops Conference on bioethical questions “The award strengthens my existing ties to Europe,” said Haker “I hope that I can continue to create opportunities for transatlantic scholarly exchange.” Learn more about Hille Haker, her academic career, and her current work here The College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest of Loyola University Chicago’s 15 schools the College is home to 20 academic departments and 37 interdisciplinary programs and centers The 2,000+ classes that we offer each semester span an array of intellectual pursuits ranging from the natural sciences and computational sciences to the humanities Our students and faculty are engaged internationally at our campus in Rome as well as at dozens of University-sponsored study abroad and research sites around the world Home to the departments that anchor the University’s Core Curriculum the College seeks to prepare all of Loyola’s students to think critically to engage the world of the 21st century at ever deepening levels and to become caring and compassionate individuals and students view service to others not just as one option among many but as a constitutive dimension of their very being our graduates strive to be “individuals for others.” 773.508.3500 casloyola@luc.edu What Makes GIA Special - David Hille's Double Disqualification in Bedlam May 17 Terms of Use Scott Hille a power hitter from Michigan passed away from complications after a recent heart attack I remember Scott the most for just plain having fun being around the game and his clutch pinch hit homers during the 2008 'B' World Championship run he had with Bud Light USSSA Playing History GoSoftball.com Player Page Who is the best softball player you have ever seen play? 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MenuPapersTranslateSearch SiteThe Plainview NewsNewsPirates Win Track ChampionshipPirates Win Track ChampionshipStaff The Plainview Pirate boys’ track team made a run the second day of the State invite in Omaha last Saturday and capped off their individual medalist total with Plainview’s first-ever State Track Championship title The Pirate boys had 53 team points at the end of the last race putting them an even 20 points ahead of the competition in a three-way tie with Riverside and Mullen Sterling was fifth with 32 and the remaining field of 46 scoring teams trailed down from there Point-scoring performances from junior Spencer Hille who returned home with four state medals and two first-place finishes; and three medals between seniors Kyler and Jordan Mosel bolstered the Pirate team score and was topped off by a fifth-place medalist finish by the 4x800 team – giving the boys the points needed to win the Pirates scored with medalists:Spencer Hille – 1 with the 4x100m relay team on a sixth-place finish by Peighton Arlt Madelynn Dougherty and Teya Boyer on a 51.89s run.Abbie Kromarek also placed in her Triple Jump attempt – coming in seventh with a jump of 34’1.25” Complete results from the 2023 State Track Invite were (* Indicates Medalists):100m dash: 22 Kyler Mosel broke a 51-year old Plainview Pirate school record with his 1600m run at the 2023 State Track Invite last weekend finishing two seconds ahead of his predecessor in the record Lingenfelter still holds the 3200m run record at 9:52.1 family and friends gathered for a special "welcome home" event on Saturday evening between the schools Spencer Hille at the high jump at the State Invite For more photos from the event, be sure to visit SmugMug and consider purchasing custom prints: https://paperandink.smugmug.co... 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Box 9Plainview, NE 68769(402) 582-4921(402) 582-4922plvwnews@plvwtelco.net now a linebacker at Franklin & Marshall leads the Diplomats in tackles.David Sinclair | Peak Action Photography .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Brad Wilson | For lehighvalleylive.comJacob Hille said everything’s bigger in college “I played at about 190 pounds in high school,” said the 2021 Phillipsburg graduate now a sophomore linebacker at Franklin & Marshall As F&M (5-4) prepares to travel to Gettysburg (1-8) Saturday at 1 p.m to play for the Lincoln Football Trophy in its regular-season finale the former Stateliner standout stands at the core of the Diplomat defense at middle linebacker averaging 7.6 tackles per game for a stingy defense that allows just 97 rushing yards game but one of our linebackers is more or less a safety,” Hille said “I line up to the field – the side of that has more ground is where I am.” It’s a spot that requires physicality and strength I spent a lot of time in the weight room with (strength coach) Craig Merrick they had a really good weight program and nutrition,” said Hille who played mostly special teams as a freshman and still does some specials this season That’s just what Hille needed to be to deliver what he needs to for the Diplomats and we allow less than 100 rushing yards a game Our linebackers have to really play downhill and be able to handle bigger offensive linemen I focused on getting bigger and stronger in the offseason and getting in the best shape of my life so I could play a full 60 minutes I have worked on getting off blocks every day in practice Franklin & Marshall linebacker Jacob Hille (center) makes a defensive call against Lebanon Valley.David Sinclair | Peak Action Photography Hille also faces a mental challenge in his role “All the calls and checks on our defense come through the linebackers,” he said “You have to have good general communication skills and knowledge of the whole defense – not just your spot and be able to communicate with your teammates.” Take last weekend’s 56-7 wipeout of Centennial Conference foe Moravian 12 rushing yards and 122 yards of total offense “I think Moravian was our most complete game as a defense,” Hille said “I don’t think they crossed the 50-yard line all game Our third down efficiency (Moravian was 4-for-15 on third down) Moravian has a running back (Tamaqua graduate Nate Boyle) who was second in the conference in rushing so to hold the team to 12 rushing yards (Boyle had minus-2) not every game has gone as well for the Diplomats F&M is hoping for a bid to the Centennial-Middle Atlantic Bowl Series on Nov but Saturday’s trip to Gettysburg could be the final game of the season “We’re not too happy with how this season turned out,” Hille said “(But) we went through a lot in the offseason and we have a lot of young guys in key positions We have the talent on this team to earn a (championship) ring and new F&M head coach Tom Blumenauer came in from Williams with a whole new staff including former Colgate head coach Dan Hunt as offensive coordinator “We couldn’t ask for a better coaching staff; they’re excited to be here and really involved,” Hille said “You’re never sure what to expect when a coach leaves but we couldn’t ask for a better spot to be in Hille and his teammates could sweep the Diplomats’ two trophy games Their 28-17 win over Dickinson allowed F&M to retain the Conestoga Wagon Trophy and a win Saturday secures the Lincoln Trophy “I think Dickinson is the bigger rival,” Hille said especially for the first home night game for F&M on Sept is a senior starting linebacker for the Stateliners “My parents’ weekends are all football,” he said is a cheerleader for the Lopatcong youth team I was able to get back and see Connor play against Bridgewater because that was our bye weekend but other than that I livestreamed every one of Connor’s games what’s there to do?’ But Lancaster’s a beautiful city I came to F&M because I could see myself spending four years here and it being where I could be serious about athletics and academics and I am making life-long relationships here.” As much as Hille is a Diplomat and Lancastrian now “We have a kid from Easton (freshman wide receiver Kyle Evancho) on the team Spoken like a Stateliner and Phillipsburger Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. 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