Siklus Customers refill plastic bottles with laundry detergent a company that reduces plastic waste at the source in Indonesia WHEN JANE VON RABENAU MPA/ID 2019 sees a problem when von Rabenau noticed that extra food would be discarded after meetings and lunches on campus she started the HKS Food Network notification system to make leftover food available to the HKS community she worked with low-income individuals in Chennai as a field manager for a study examining the effects of sleep deprivation making friends in South India’s surfing scene Most of her friends had low incomes typical of Indian surfers many of whom come from families that worked in fisheries—and she observed up close a purchasing habit that was new to her: “My friends were using sachets to buy 10 milliliters of shampoo Von Rabenau was referring to the single-use individually wrapped packets of essentials such as detergent that are commonly sold in developing nations especially to people with low incomes who do not have the funds or space to buy in bulk 70 percent of detergent is sold in sachets they are made from a plastic-metal laminate that cannot be economically recycled they impose a “poverty tax” on individuals because users pay more to purchase less product—not to mention that typically 15 percent of a product’s price stems from the cost of its packaging.  Von Rabenau knew there must be a better way Then she lived through the 2015 South India floods in which 1.8 million people were displaced “It was the first time I experienced an environmental catastrophe—and I saw that areas with trash problems flooded more Von Rabenau was alarmed because humans are producing more plastic than ever before with almost 360 million metric tons created in 2018—and half of this plastic is for single-use purposes Despite the difficulties of recycling and repurposing plastic the amount produced annually is expected to double in just 20 years Much of the plastic—about 27 tons a year—ends up in landfills while 8 million tons make their way into the oceans Researchers estimate that the ocean currently contains 15 trillion tons of plastic particles.  Unsightly beaches and giant garbage patches in the ocean are just the most visible aspects of the problem With marine life at the beginning of the food chain ingesting plastics given that one in three fish caught for human consumption have been found to contain plastic.  Knowing she wanted to pivot to the environment while still working on poverty issues “I had so much experience and learning from my work and being at HKS was a nice way to gain a framework and be inspired by all these amazing people in my class and the larger Harvard-MIT community” (she took one of her two entrepreneurship classes at MIT) Von Rabenau decided to do her Second-Year Policy Analysis (SYPA) on plastic pollution in the Philippines “I chose the Philippines because it is a large plastics polluter and there was a lot of data on it,” she says Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at HKS The SYPA was about what the government could do She also noticed something that gave her an idea “I saw these water refill stations in mom-and-pop stores It’s common in Asia that you have 20-liter containers of water with dispensers In these mom-and-pop stores they had a coin slot—it’s a little like candy machines where you put a coin in and you turn it—and people would come and fill up their water bottles why can’t we do this with products that are typically sold in sachets?” She says her Harvard Kennedy School network gave her the courage she needed to move to a country where she knew no one. “In the end, part of the reason I had the guts to do this is that I saw a bunch of social entrepreneurs at HKS who did similar things—they saw a problem and wanted to solve it—and this was definitely an inspiration. It gave me a framework to start the company.” When she first had the idea for Siklus, she envisioned vending machines that people would visit to refill their containers. In her research, she discovered another company, the Chilean Elgramo, with the same model—so she knew it could be viable. But she pivoted from vending machines to delivery via tricycles because it was more convenient for users, less expensive than investing in multiple vending machines, and more hygienic during the COVID era.  Although the pandemic has made it more difficult to conduct in-person research with customers, Siklus is pushing forward. It has raised a pre-seed round of capital and also has received funding from angel investors and venture capitalists plus grants from USAID and others. The company is working with some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies to provide products.  “Things are coming together,” says von Rabenau, who financed the company on her credit card before she put together other funding sources. “It wasn’t easy. We didn’t have a lot of evidence yet, just an idea”—an idea that will help our Earth and some of its most vulnerable people. Get smart & reliable public policy insights right in your inbox.  locally sourced materials to create modular roofing solutions for impoverished households the startup is now a 35-person team based in Ahmedabad They've added innovations such as solar and LED panel lighting for roofs and have made their product monsoon-friendly for the Indian climate You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience PELHAM – The people of Indian Springs Village now have a new option for delicious and fresh pizza – Marco’s Pizza The pizza place is located in the Indian Springs Village Publix shopping center next to Great Clips and provides delivery and carryout options The new owners are Richard and Paris Rabenau Richard said the process of opening the Indian Springs location has been a couple of years in the making Rabenau worked as an engineer after working in Southeast Asia for 14 years he found the opportunity to become a franchisee through a friend Rabenau said they chose the Indian Springs area because they saw it as a perfect fit for the values he and his wife share and instill in their business It’s just the perfect place to open a business,” he said Rabeneau said he and his wife are excited to bring this location to the community and they have plans to open more businesses in the future He also wanted to emphasize that Marco’s Pizza uses high-quality fresh ingredients so patrons will never have anything frozen on their pizza The Indian Springs location will provide 20 new jobs to the community with a chance for eager team members to grow their career “We are confident that everyone will enjoy what we have to offer,” Rabenau said “We’re also looking forward to providing needed employment opportunities in the area and providing young workers a positive experience at their first job.” Marco’s Pizza in Indian Springs is located at 5192 Caldwell Mill Road Just one AAC game is on Monday’s college basketball schedule That contest is the Wichita State Shockers squaring… The Memphis Grizzlies (38-22) face the Atlanta Hawks (27-33) as 8.5-point favorites on Monday take on the Brooklyn Nets (21-39).… The Wichita State Shockers versus the North Texas Mean Green is a game to catch on the Monday… The Monday college basketball slate has plenty of exciting matchups in store Our computer model has suggested picks… What would make you consider a digital subscription to Shelby County Reporter View Results 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 DULUTH — In a curtain speech before Sunday's performance of "Poe," Minnesota Ballet Artistic Director Karl von Rabenau described the work as "a banquet of death." in terms of the show's subject matter — "Poe" has a fairly high body count for a ballet — but the production is also teeming with life as the company's nimble performers delight in the opportunity to closely connect with audience members who may be more accustomed to seeing concert dance at a remove "The Masque of the Red Death," plays as both an allusion to our recent pandemic and a satire of Duluth's come-as-you-are dress code (Audience members' matinee fashion choices ranged from a hoodie to a fur stole.) joins a dance with casually clad performers who fall one by one as she reveals her true nature Each instance of the Red Death is accompanied by an offstage gong Von Rabenau and costumer Heather Boudreau are not so on-the-nose as to outfit the Prince (Brian Guerrero) in a Boris Johnson wig The deadly party certainly does look like fun incorporating elements of social dance with a speakeasy flair and demonstrating the importance of facial expressiveness in a space where it easily registers The piece also validates von Rabenau's decision to make Death a recurring character making it all the more striking when the revelers literally elevate the impassive but alluring figure at the climax of their ill-fated fete with a "Purloined Letter" that incorporates elements of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven." (The score features the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and vintage voices reading Poe's words.) The author's 1844 story is more concerned with the logistics of hiding the stolen missive than with the identities of its author and recipient where von Rabenau dramatizes a "Revenge of the Sith" scenario A queen (Ximena Azurmendi) shares a forbidden romance with a priest (Sean M smoldering as the kind of cleric my aunts back in Catholic school would have called "Father What-a-Waste") while a cloaked politician (Isaac Sharratt) schemes "Purloined Letter" gets caught up in an excess of pantomimed plot with the spoken text of "The Raven" distracting rather than enhancing but it features two superb duets exploring the queen's plight If the only pas de deux you know involves the Sugar Plum Fairy "Poe" provides an excellent opportunity to observe the potential of ballet for dynamic expression we see the queen take a tender turn with the priest (members of the court discreetly turn their backs) then she has a near-frenzied dance with the politician Azurmendi's distressed effect belied her supremely confident technique with "The Pit and the Pendulum." Although this story has the show's lightest moments due to a trio of scampering rats (Brianna Crockett it's also the point where "Poe" finds true pathos and heart-pounding horror An accused prisoner (Matthew Frezzell) and a septet of masked judges commit to the bit as a well-engineered set piece transforming from a bench into a torture table with the prisoner clinging gratefully to the sympathetic reaper Frezzell — an engaging newcomer to the company — and Olson find just the right balance of terror and tenderness with Death floating away en pointe when it seems the prisoner might have hope of reprieve This story also doesn't end the way it does in Poe's original and Sunday's audience filtered out across a stage covered in evidence of the toll taken A child wearing a Wednesday Addams dress scooped up handfuls of the stuff and declared but perhaps the delighted youngster meant that as a well-deserved compliment The Mock Trial Board hosts the annual Duke Law Mock Trial Tournament every spring Teams of four students from Duke Law compete for the prestigious Twiggs-Beskind Cup and the top competitors are invited to join the Board For questions about the 2025 Twiggs-Beskind Cup, email Fernanda Yanez at fernanda.yanez@duke.edu The Twiggs-Beskind Cup is named in the spirit of interscholastic competition Beskind LLM ’77 coached the Duke Law national mock trial competition team but believed opportunities to sharpen trial advocacy skills should be accessible to more students Beskind helped found the Mock Trial Board and start the Duke Law Mock Trial Tournament Beskind taught at Duke Law during this time his full-time job was as a partner at the then-downtown Raleigh firm of Twiggs Beskind and fellow partner Don Strickland ’84 decided that the Tournament needed a trophy worthy of the work students put into each competition their firm donated an imported English silver-plated trophy to the Mock Trial Board for this purpose Not all the partners at the firm were Duke graduates The two other named partners were alums of some of Duke’s fiercest Tobacco Road rivals: Howard Twiggs a dedicated Demon Deacon from Wake Forest University School of Law a proud Tar Heel from the University of North Carolina School of Law In honor of the founding support of Twiggs – and in keeping with the Mock Trial Board’s goal of promoting both intra- and interscholastic competition (even against schools with worse basketball teams) – the Tournament was named in the firm’s honor went on to sponsor the Cup annually for many years and their support lives on in Duke Law’s premier trial advocacy competition Former Dean Levi with the final round participants of the 2010 Twiggs-Beskind Cup For questions or more information, email dukelawmocktrial@law.duke.edu Visit the Duke Law homepage FOLLOW DUKE LAW  On Instagram  On Facebook  On LinkedIn  On Youtube 210 Science Drive | Durham, NC 27708 | 919-613-7006 Get Directions © 2025 Duke University School of Law | Duke Privacy Statement | Accessibility DULUTH — In Minnesota Ballet's subterranean studios at the St artistic director Karl von Rabenau reassured the dancers rehearsing "Poe." sitting in the Depot's rotunda for an interview about his decision to create a piece inspired by the writing of Edgar Allan Poe "I just thought that was a great way to bring in the Halloween spirit." "It's a very unique space," said company dancer Sean Sullivan "There is a stage space and a seating space but it is still in the historic train depot Studio Four contrasts with the DECC's spacious Symphony Hall from the perspective of a dancer looking into stage lights "We're trained to be big (in expression) so the people in the back can see you," said company dancer Brooke Bero there's a lot of these roles that need to be a little bit more human." really feel if I was in the space of this pit and I can't see anything there's darkness around me," said company dancer Matthew Frezzell one of the dancers performing the role of the Accused in a segment inspired by Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum." "I don't think Duluth is used to seeing dancing that close up and being that drawn into it," said von Rabenau but get to perform it again and try and add more to it," said Bero "Versus with 'Sleeping Beauty,' it's like one and done Weather led to heartbreak for that spring production which had only two performances planned for Symphony Hall on March 11 and 12 A weekend snowstorm forced the cancellation of the Sunday matinee and kept some people who'd planned to attend the Saturday evening performance from getting to the venue "That was incredibly disappointing," said von Rabenau For "Poe," von Rabenau adapted a handful of the author's eerie compositions "We're going to be doing 'The Masque of the Red Death,'" said the choreographer "'The Purloined Letter,' which into that we're going to fold portions of 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' and then the final one will be 'The Pit and the Pendulum.'" The "Pit" segment has an Accused (Frezzell and company dancer Isaac Sharratt will alternate in the role) facing a panel of masked judges dancers paid careful attention to nailing their choreography as judges since the masks will limit their ability to coordinate visually with other performers there's so much more internally that needs to happen," said company apprentice Juliana DeBellis with the judges moving in synchrony to condemn the Accused to feature a dancer personifying Death itself Bero and company dancer Kyra Olson alternate in that role I've had people pass through me over and over and over and over again," said Bero "When we're doing 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' and it's one more person pleading 'Please don't let me go,' I take pity on him .. you don't get words to express what you're doing," said Sharratt "You get to do that deep dive into the character." that's a very human experience," said Bero I can add my arsenal of technical training to (portray) that visually." because it's such an intimate space," said DeBellis "by taking these stories that are so intensely filled with all of these very there's so much opportunity for the audience to just become encompassed by that." While the dancers won't be using their voices who built the show's score from music by composers including Dmitri Shostakovich and Bela Bartok is incorporating selected texts performed by two iconic actors "I came across Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone reading Edgar Allan Poe," said the choreographer While ballet is foundational to "Poe," the piece delves into contemporary forms as well "It's very well-balanced stylistically," said DeBellis Viewers "will get a little taste of a lot of different ways of moving Bero described "Poe" as "a great starter show" for people who aren't accustomed to seeing ballet "You could familiarize yourself with the stories beforehand," said Bero 'I don't get what they're trying to say.'" "It's a lot more digestible than something like a four-act 'Swan Lake,'" Bero noted Attendees can expect some spooky atmospherics as well Von Rabenau thinks the piece will prove a draw for audience members hoping to get into the seasonal spirit as well as for fans of the author seeking a new way to experience his classic tales "We've heard from so many people talking about how much they enjoy Edgar Allan Poe," von Rabenau said "I don't think there is another company that's done an entire evening of Poe works." Given that his company will be performing in a building that's also offering "haunted history tours," von Rabenau noted the performers are taking appropriate precautions "We'll try to not make it too spooky," he said not wanting "to encourage any of the extracurricular beings that are around." DULUTH — Why set "The Nutcracker" in Duluth The world has more than enough versions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet set in 19th century Germany Minnesota Ballet's "Nutcracker: A Duluth Tale" demonstrated that the elements behind the ballet's perennial success can survive Choreographed by Minnesota Ballet artistic director Karl von Rabenau the Duluth "Nutcracker" was set in and around the city's Union Depot — the one we now know as the St Louis County Depot — in the early 20th century we met a variety of travelers and working people including a group of newsies who hopefully finished delivering all their copies of the News-Tribune and the Herald before getting into a snowball fight While this version preserved the common practice of bringing young students together with grown-up pros in a merry ensemble here the role of Clara was danced by an adult company member (on Sunday That allowed the dancer to later emerge in a tutu for the Grand Pas de Deux in the stead of a traditional Sugar Plum Fairy: quite a promotion and one after which it was a little hard to imagine Clara going back to playing with dolls the show was full of engaging tableaux that invited young and old to appreciate the artists' power to create characters through movement Letting go of some of the traditional trappings felt on Sunday) became a Wizard of Oz figure: a traveling magician with plenty of tricks up his sleeve Where a conventional "Nutcracker" has a few random Russians leaping around the "Duluth Tale" substituted lumberjacks who brought down the house Sullivan on Sunday) who made it easy to appreciate the desire of these plaid-clad ax men to show off for their commuting viewers Minnesota Ballet's "Nutcracker" also included a live orchestra in the DECC's Symphony Hall pit copious onstage snow (Brianna Crockett and Phillips a cast of gingerbread people the crowd couldn't get enough of a young child sitting behind me peppered the performance with delighted exclamations The child oohed and aahed at Drosselmeyer's tricks "Oh my gracious!" when the curtain opened on three towering Christmas trees executed a thrilling move that had Clara rotating through the air while falling from a lift only to land deftly in her dance partner's arms enthralled with the stage magic but just as captivated by the power of dance As Clara returned to her family after the show's whirlwind adventure an overhead station announcement left the Duluth audience with an implication they could appreciate: Eventually Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker As I anxiously await the curtain to open on The Minnesota Ballet’s Thursday night dress rehearsal I began to ponder how for years the Nutcracker Ballet has prepared my spirit for the holiday season There is something about this particular ballet that captivates both the novice and the pundit The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa with a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky created in 1892 Many a choreographer has taken this masterpiece and reworked it to make it their own Director Karl von Rabenau has done just that Rabenau has rewritten a steadfast tradition and created a fresh interpretation that encompasses many aspects of our local Northern culture Scenic designer Curtis Phillips and fabrication by BrownKnows Design should be applauded The set in the first act is absolutely breathtaking Alex Flinner illuminated the set brilliantly with his lighting design This large-scale production has 20 plus company members many budding young dancers from the school of the Minnesota Ballet played by the animated and dashing Sean Sullivan Sullivan has always been a captivating storyteller through movement Brianna Crockett played the role of the sweet and charming Clara The first act of this performance only gives us a glimpse of what Crockett can do Standout Kyra Olson has gorgeous lines and stunning carriage Olson has caught this reviewer’s eye before when she performed in Rabenau’s production of Sleepy Hollow The only disappointments of the show were the two corps pieces I couldn’t tell if the music was too fast or if the choreography was frantic/busy The dancers never seemed to be able to reach full length or expansion through their bodies But the “piece de resistance" of Thursday’s performance was by far the Grand Pas de Deux performed by Crockett and Isaac Sharratt These dancers complement each other very well Sharratt is the kind of partner dancers dream of having to supported arabesque were strong and attentive with no rest he performs his variation with ballon (appearance of lightness when jumping) These two brought a maturity to the production Director Karl von Rabenau’s the Nutcracker: A Duluth Tale is a delightful way to kickstart the holiday season Kelly Sue Coyle is a dance reviewer for the Duluth News Tribune read on for a slice of what’s to come Ohio-based Marco’s Pizza has found a new home in Shelby County There are now over 25 Marco’s locations in the state According to the Birmingham Business Journal, the owners of the new franchise are Richard and Paris Rabenau After working for 14 years in Southeast Asia and a longtime career in engineering they were looking for a change in pace and decided on opening a new franchise The new Shelby County spot will provide 20 new jobs to the community and the Rabenaus aren’t stopping there as they plan to open additional locations in the future You can enjoy a slice of Marco’s in Indian Springs via in-person dining Marco’s has prided each restaurant in delivering fresh ingredients and high-quality pizza Along with traditional toppings like pepperoni and cheese a crustless pizza baked in a bowl with original sauce three fresh signature cheeses and your choice of 4 toppings Marco’s Pizza in Indian Springs is now open for all your quick and cheesy pizza needs For more news like this delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our FREE daily newsletter All content on this site is Copyright ©  Rushing Waters Media LLC/Bham Now 2016-2025 Louis County Depot space now known as Studio Four originally served as a space for the handling of train passengers' baggage That history became apt on Friday night as Minnesota Ballet inaugurated the next phase of the room's life with a series of new works that are very much about where we're going and what we carry with us were packed with patrons who settled in for a generous evening of entertainment: The program began shortly after 7 p.m With five pieces and two 15-minute intermissions the program — called "Forward" — comprised what some companies would regard as two evenings' worth of dance Artistic director Karl von Rabenau and executive director Maude Dornfeld deliberately held their welcoming remarks until after the first piece von Rabenau said while standing on the newly installed dance floor We shouldn't do a curtain speech first," said von Rabenau That opening statement came via choreography by two company members "Catharis" was an exuberant burst of movement with jazz inflections building momentum reminiscent of the locomotives sitting just around the corner in the Lake Superior Railroad Museum the piece incorporated what emerged as the touchstone gesture of the evening: a supportive embrace Even as the program marked the company's confident emergence into a venue where it will build its future it also served as a space to process the lasting effects of the ongoing pandemic but lockdown found performing artists alienated from their lives' work while the organizations enabling that work faced an existential threat two pieces on the program particularly spoke to dance's haunted re-emergence onto live stages His own "Rinnovo" found the company filling the stage with a complex contrapuntal ensemble piece that earned the night's first standing ovation The benefits of the smaller space became clear as the performers' expressiveness captivated an audience near enough to read every facial expression and nuance of movement (Von Rabenau also contributed the classical "From Here" was choreographed by Jennifer Miller making it the evening's most intimate piece it found dancers falling into each other's arms with a sense of both joy and grief languid gestures unfolding before movers who held back with troubled expressions It demonstrated what an intensely focused experience Studio Four can provide one of Studio Four's most distinctive features is its series of openings to a higher level that effectively becomes a mezzanine That will present both opportunities and challenges for programming during hours when members of the public are roaming the St Louis County Historical Society exhibits located there but on Friday it added dimension to the warm sense of community as company members who had finished performing appeared overhead to line a railing and watch the evening's final piece along with the audience "Home Ablating Downstream" was created by guest choreographer Adam W who appeared in an introductory video calling Minnesota Ballet "an exceptional ballet company." After speaking about his perspective as a choreographer of color is oppressive and disallows opportunities for creativity." shared gesture of genuflection before exploding into a series of spiraling solos and fast-paced duets set to music including that of Mel Torme and "Yiddish swing" artists the Barry Sisters Incorporating classical movements performed with a desperate it ended the program on a celebratory note while also evoking the evening's sense of continuing unease: A sense that while we're moving "Forward," not all is well While work remains to be done in every sense of that word this weekend's program sees Minnesota Ballet taking full artistic ownership of a bold program and a warm new space In the words of a tween sitting near me when the lights came up the National Guard Armory on North Broad Street has been an empty brick hulk And since 2008 — when the National Guard turned the building’s deed over to the city — it’s fair to say the Armory has been a point of contention and source of disappointment A request from Trillium Dell could bring a tenant to the Armory The Galesburg City Council will vote during Monday’s regular meeting to approve the payment of $7,200 to EA Architecture and Design to assess the use of the Armory building by Trillium Dell Mayor John Pritchard and City Manager Todd Thompson confirmed Trillium Dell’s owner approached the city about renting at least part of the Armory space An established rural timber frame and restoration company Trillium Dell moved into Galesburg’s historic Old City Hall on Cherry Street in late April “We basically need some space for assembly — right now We don’t need the galleries over the drill floor Trillium Dell started as a small business that repurposed locally sourced timber and grew into a $6 million company that sources timber from the Pacific Northwest In April Collins made it clear he planned to rent another building in Galesburg to serve as a woodworking shop and logistics center as well as expanding to Old City Hall’s second floor for their offices the Armory was home to the local Illinois National Guard unit for decades “All of this is very tentative right now,” Thompson said Thursday morning “Part of the challenge right now is the fact the Armory simply isn’t code-compliant for any business “Part of what EA Architecture is going to do for us is a code analysis — especially looking hard at the use of the drill floor.” Thompson said Trillium Dell’s interest has raised the issue of turning the Armory over to “basic business use.” possible uses of the Armory have been a point of contention mayoral candidate Walt McAllister was a strong advocate for repurposing the Armory as a community center Fifth Ward Alderman Peter Schwartzman also lent some support — pointing to repurposed armories all over New York and its boroughs But the Armory lacks a sprinkle system to suppress fire It was widely viewed as being too expensive to rehab for the purposes of a community center Galesburg resident Nick Rabenau proposed to turn the Armory into an event center specializing in concerts mixed martial arts and other sporting events or “drill,” floor of the building would also be available to rent for private parties and weddings crews for both the city and Rabenau worked to ready the Armory for a Dec the Armory’s fate was rumored to be tied to that of the Broadview Inn and Suites It was believed an investor or group of investors planned to buy the hotel at auction and develop a kind of convention center using the hotel and the Armory Collins thinks the simplicity of his operation is why Trillium Dell would be a good tenant “I know that the other plans in the past brought a lot of expenses with it,” Collins said “We want to do very light fabrication — I have to stress that We aren’t looking to do heavy-duty kind of industrial work I feel like we could go to work there tomorrow We simply don’t have the demands on the building that a community or an event center do.” Thompson stressed all of the evaluations of the Armory are simply “preliminary.” “Trillium Dell isn’t locked into anything,” Thompson said “And we felt like we couldn’t ask any level of commitment from any business until we have had the codes evaluated and building evaluated we’re simply doing our homework on this.”  Treasure Coast Youth Ballet’s mission is to promote the artistry and enjoyment of dance for youth through quality dance productions and dance experiences The immediate fundraising goals are for ballet scholarships and more performance opportunities and community involvement for dancers A large portion of Nutcracker ticket sales will go toward student scholarships Professional guest artists will grace the stage in this year's Nutcracker at two theaters.Guests artists Reinhard von Rabenau and Sam Neale are from Minnesota Ballet Claudia Lezcano from Miami Hispanic Ballet Marshall Ian Levin and Tyveze Littlejohn from Ballet Palm Beach and Idael German from Ballet Florida This Treasure Coast tradition is a colorful exciting production with beautiful costumes 8 at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce; and 2 p.m The 2019 All-Metro wrestling team was released Wednesday The first team consisted of 16 wrestlers from just three schools Home / Sports / Iowa High School Sports / Iowa High School Wrestling Linn-Mar state champion Jacob Wempen was named Metro Athlete of the Year for wrestling and was one of six Lions on the first team Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Dennis Hynek was named Coach of the Year placing five Cougars on the first team and a Metro-best 11 total wrestlers honored including state medalists Austin Kegley (113) Conrad Braswell (132) and 195-pounder Ashton Stoner-DeGroot 113 — Austin Kegley (Cedar Rapids Prairie 126 — Ty Pfiffner (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 132 — Conrad Braswell (Cedar Rapids Prairie 138 — Dylan Falck (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 145 — Noah Cunningham (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 152 — Justis Kruse (Cedar Rapids Prairie 160 — Colton LaGrange (Cedar Rapids Prairie 195 — Ashton Stoner-DeGroot (Cedar Rapids Prairie 220 — Cam Jones (Cedar Rapids Kennedy Coach of the Year — Dennis Hynek and staff 113 — Dakota Tatro (Cedar Rapids Jefferson 120 — Jake McLeod (Cedar Rapids Kennedy soph.) and Austin Stuehm (Cedar Rapids Prairie 126 — Joe Foreman (Cedar Rapids Washington 132 — Christian Stanek (Cedar Rapids Xavier 138 — Johnny Washburn (Cedar Rapids Prairie 145 — Patrick Chambers (Cedar Rapids Xavier 152 — Open; 160 — Ben Gibson (Marion 170 — Nick Pearson (Cedar Rapids Prairie soph.) and Jay Oostendorp (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 182 — Cael Knox (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 195 — Cade Parker (Cedar Rapids Kennedy — Dawson Sweet (Cedar Rapids Jefferson 106 — Hunter Kalous (Cedar Rapids Prairie 126 — Colton Woods (Cedar Rapids Jefferson 145 — Antonio Pagel (Cedar Rapids Jefferson 152 — Divion Ocheltree (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 160 — Alex Koch (Cedar Rapids Kennedy 170 — Ryan Cook (Cedar Rapids Xavier 182 — Logan Andeway (Cedar Rapids Prairie 220 — Isaac Ball (Cedar Rapids 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Get the Sports Newsletter The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years independent journalism with a subscription today © 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved PORT SAINT LUCIE — Treasure Coast Youth Ballet will present this year's St Professional guest artists will grace the stage in this year's Nutcracker at two theaters with Claudia Lezcano from Miami Hispanic Ballet This Treasure Coast holiday tradition is a colorful Performances will be Dec. 8 at the Sunrise Theatre, 10:30 a.m.  for public school children only, and 7:30 p.m. for the public.  Tickets are $35, $30, and $25. Contact the box office at 772 461-4775 or http://www.sunrisetheatre.com/shows/st-lucie-ballet-nutcracker/index.html Performances will be Dec. 23 at The Lyric Theatre, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. . Tickets are $35, $30, and $25. Contact the box office at 772 286-7827 or http://www.lyrictheatre.com/ The non-profit TCYB’s mission is to promote the artistry and enjoyment of dance for youth through quality dance productions and dance experiences The immediate fundraising goals are for ballet scholarships and a goal of more performance opportunities and community involvement for dancers A large portion of Nutcracker ticket sales will go towards student scholarships For more information, contact St. Lucie Ballet at 772 708-0700 or http://www.st-lucie-ballet.com/THE_NUTCRACKER.html This website uses cookies ROSEVILLE — Monmouth-Roseville Junior High fourth quarter honor roll includes: United High School fourth quarter honor roll  MONMOUTH — United High School fourth quarter honor roll includes: United High School second semester honor roll  MONMOUTH — United High School second semester honor roll includes: MONMOUTH — Monmouth College has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester Students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average to be eligible for the dean’s list Area students named to the dean’s list include: American Legion presents Citizenship Awards MONMOUTH — Students from Monmouth/Roseville Junior High United Junior High and Immaculate Conception eighth grade were presented Citizenship Awards on June 6 at the American Legion in Monmouth The Citizenship Award is the highest award given to this grade level by the American Legion Fletcher Post 136 of Monmouth and Lawson Babbit Post 164 of the American Legion in Roseville congratulate these students on their achievement GALESBURG — Carl Sandburg College has released the names of students who qualified for the dean’s list and honors list for the 2019 spring semester a student must be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) a student must be enrolled full time and earn a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 The college also makes dean’s and honors list designations for students who were enrolled part time (less than 12 credit hours) during the semester and have completed a total of at least 12 hours overall • Area students named to the dean’s list include: • Area students named to the honor’s list include: • Area part-time students named to the dean’s list include: • Area part-time students named to the honor’s list include: Metrics details a novel cDNA differentially expressed in human gastric adenocarcinomas The DEGA gene product contains a signal peptide five leucine-rich repeat motifs and a single IgG suggesting its residence on the plasma membrane Transfection of 293 cells with a DEGA-GFP fusion construct confirmed its cell surface localization Although the cytosolic portion of the DEGA gene product does not contain known protein domains approximately one-fifth of these residues are either a serine or a threonine suggesting that DEGA may play a role in signal transduction BLAST searches revealed DEGA to be an exact match to AMIGO-2 but functionally uncharacterized protein related to AMIGO a leucine-rich repeat containing cell adhesion molecule implicated in axon tract development we show that DEGA/AMIGO-2 mRNA is differentially expressed in ∼45% of tumor versus normal tissue from gastric adenocarcinoma patients Stable expression of a DEGA/AMIGO-2 antisense construct in the gastric adenocarcinoma cell line and a nearly complete abrogation of tumorigenicity in nude mice These findings suggest a potential etiologic role for DEGA/AMIGO-2 in gastric adenocarcinoma Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Download references and Hua-Quan Miao for review of this manuscript as well as Shannon Mitchell for assistance with its preparation we are grateful to Dr Vundavalli VVS Murty Appreciation is also extended to Drs Ihor Lemischka Kateri Moore and Chris Stoeckert for development and bioinformatics support of the stem cell database Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1207681 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Proceeds to benefit art experience for local students Photo Courtesy Kent G Becker, Flickr CC Watch Ashley Bouder in Flames of Paris and le Corsaire: LEARN MORE Get the latest news from Shepherd Express delivered directly to your inbox Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder of Siklus a start-up company which refills household products in a bid to reduce plastic waste speaks during an interview at her office in Jakarta JAKARTA: Just a few hours after using a mobile app to order some dishwashing liquid Jakarta resident Juweriah opens the door to a motorbike courier who provides a direct refill in her kitchen who like many Indonesians goes by one name is taking advantage of a rise in environmentally friendly businesses in a country that is the second-largest ocean plastic polluter in the world 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