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that gives us great confidence we can build scale in the US
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Lange was most recently senior director of federal affairs for the Washington
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“Annie’s deep understanding of the policy landscape and experience in government affairs uniquely positions her to advance the confectionery industry’s standing with key stakeholders in a significant way,” said NCA president and CEO John Downs
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daughter of the late Clement Emery and Gladys Catherine (Ploof) Raymond
entered first grade at the age of five and skipped third grade
She graduated from Enosburg Falls High School with the Class of 1942 and continued her education at the State Normal School in Johnson
receiving her diploma to teach in June of 1944
Her first position was at a one-room schoolhouse in Fairfield
where she discovered an aptitude for working with numbers
where Jean worked at the various hospitals
including Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
retiring from her position of Accounts Payable Clerk in 2018
Jean’s great loves were her work and her books and her family
She is survived by her son-in-law Robert Harkins (Jane Stowell) of Williston
her sister Linda MacDonald (Stephen) of Hampstead
her three grandchildren Heather Murdough (Kevin) of Essex Junction
She was predeceased by her husband Russell in 1988
her sisters Dolores (Raymond) Miller and Muriel Raymond
A Graveside Service will be held at 12PM Saturday
Anthony’s Cemetery on Mill Street in Sheldon
immediately followed by a reception at The Abbey Pub & Restaurant on RT 105
There will be no calling hours at this time
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at SaylesFH.com
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It is with deep sadness that we share the loss of Camie Lund
Minnesota who passed away unexpectedly on January 23
A Celebration of Life will follow at the Broadway Bar and Grill
Minnesota and graduated from Park High School in 2011
She leaves behind a legacy of kindness and giving
putting others first through her compassionate
She once said that if she were to win the lottery
she would have to work part time because she loved the people so much
Camie is survived by her loving parents Leonard and Kay Lund; best friends and "sisters in crime" Sam Svien and Megan Nelson
as well as their daughters that she adored - Skylar Svien and Oliva Nelson; aunts and uncles Terry (Bev) Lund
Victoria Hornby and Elizabeth (Travis) Kizirian
She was preceded in death by her grandparents Helen and Mike Blair and John and Mavis Hornby; uncles Joe Lund
John Lund and Tom Lund and cousin Derrick Lund
This week the world became a little less bright and heaven gained a special young woman
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Hayes Carll and Corb Lund hadn’t played a concert together since 2018
but they came to the Bijou Theater in Knoxville
Tennessee for their “Bible on the Dash” tour
We quickly became best friends and would go and trade tours with each other
He would bring me up to Canada and then I would have him come down to Texas or in the States
We collaborated on a number of songs over the years.”
so I’m gonna take a break and we’ll have Corb play for a while,” and walked off the stage guitar in hand
leaving Lund to entertain the audience with his brand of folksy Americana
a prairie poet who is a generally funny and charismatic singer/songwriter that can go toe-to-toe with the best storytelling musicians such as Todd Snider or Loudon Wainwright III
If Ryan Bingham hadn’t already been cast in “Yellowstone,” Lund would have been a great fit in the Dutton ranch bunkhouse
If the call went out for the stereotypical guy sitting in a rocker on the back porch spinning yarns
The two musicians had an easy conviviality to their back and forth
the banter never sounding forced or having a hint of one-upmanship
Carll informed the audience this was only the second night of their tour
This would be all well and good but not worth the time if the songs were weak
Carll brought his best material as did Lund
and both musicians also brought their A-games
For 90 minutes it all felt intimate and relaxing but energetic as well
Lund got the show underway on an ominous tone with a dark song about suicide
He was writing songs in a middle-of-nowhere cabin and
“After being out there by myself for a few weeks
you start to feel a little snicky,” Carll took over to play ‘You Get It All’ from the album of the same name
It’s a sparse country ballad about the challenges and rewards of a life devoted to one person
“from the chapel to the hearse / you get it all”
Lund is from Alberta province North of Montana where people need to be self-sufficient
“You have to have all kind of skills when you’re out there ranching,” he said
“He even makes his own ammunition.” Lund agreed that was so
and introduced his next song as “kind of an end to civilisation sort of song
It’s a canned food and guns and ammo rocker” and struck the first chord to ‘Getting’ Down on the Mountain’ from his excellent “Cabin Fever” album
also off Carll’s “You Get It All” album
and is one of his finest compositions where God is a woman who comes down to Earth to check out her creation and meets with the kind of situations humans face regularly
The two played their first duet on Carll’s ‘Little Rock,’ trading verses as his disillusioned character travels from place to place seeking something more meaningful in life before coming to the conclusion he may as well “make it back to Little Rock” because whatever he’s looking for isn’t out there
Carll was from Houston and when it came time to go off to college
The school did have a radio station and a hacky-sack club
he met another student who was into reggae and had long dreads
which somehow turned blue because of a dye in the bed sheets
“There was an opening in a time slot on the radio station,” Carll continued
“so we wound up with a show called The Rasta and the Redneck.” After a bit of give and take about Lund cleaning fish he caught while Carll wrote a song
Carll then introduced a song intended for a new album coming out in August (2025) called ‘The Progress of Man.’ It’s his typical social conscience with a twist tune and starts off like this: “Man on TV he’s making strange faces/ folks flying rockets to faraway places / The world’s getting turned on by assholes and racists / It’s all for the progress of man.”
Carll’s songs have a country simplicity that can sometimes hide the social conscience and sharp humour that runs through them
Lund’s songs are peopled by interesting characters that put a smile on your face hearing of their escapades
or you may recoil in horror at some unfortunate turn of events
infectiously funny and full of momentum that lasted through the evening
The mutual respect was on display for all to see
“I’ve always been drawn to Corb’s writing,” Carll said
“He writes passionately about the things that are important to him — the western culture
I think he’s one of the best when it comes to writing about life
and he happens to have an interesting life
He’s also a really clever wordsmith and is funny
Lund graduated from an Alberta band called the Smalls to becoming a heck of a musician
and he’s got the raucous following to prove it
He told the audience he considered Carll to be one of the musicians he looks up to
although both have a healthy strain of self-deprecation running through their bloodstreams
Much of the evening’s magic came from the spontaneous interplay you can only get from two friends with mutual respect for what they do
Lund admits to not doing well with co-writers except for Carll and a friend of theirs
“She’s got a lot of irons in the fire,” he said
“writing a bunch of hits for Luke Bryan and those country people
And she’s also quite successful in the multi-hundred thousand dollar show horse world
kind of George Strait meets the Texas Tornados.” ‘Was Fort Worth Worth It?” is one of those guy and a girl and horses tunes (Did the Stockyards turn us into somethin’ / to where we should be ashamed?) that sticks to you for days like one of their other classics
each time one song ended there were random song titles being shouted out from the audience
Carll had thought about adding a request portion
“The silver lining about being on the fringes of the music business like we are,” he allowed
but we can also play whatever we want and not be in a box on the radio
but I’m going to play that one I heard someone ask for
I want to preface it with a quote from my friend Ray Wylie (Hubbard)
I wanted to play him this song because he has one called ‘Redneck Mother’ which in many ways served him well
But it has been attached to him for the rest of his life
I played this one for him and he looked at me and said
the problem with irony is not everybody gets it.’ I found that to be true.” The song attached to Carll forever is ‘She Left Me for Jesus,’ and it’s chorus is ripe for sing-alongs
One of the priceless stories Lund told had to do with the fine Knoxville musician
“Scott made me appreciate how big a deal Tennessee football is (Go Vols!)
He wears UT socks at gigs and shows them to the audience on game days
One time we were down in Texas in the early aughts
and the Texas music scene was kinda at war with the Nashville scene
Those people just thought Nashville was all of Tennessee
so when Scott gets up on stage and says “Hi
people booed.” Lund paused for a moment and then said
“I’m gonna curse here just for emphasis of the story
you motherfuckers would be speaking Spanish.” (Sam Houston
commander of the Texan army that helped win Texas’ independence
friends.) “That was one of my all-time favourite moments,” Lund said
the last song of the evening was the title song to the tour
Lund said he’d been working on the song for six years and still hadn’t finished it
so he took it to Carll and it was done in a half hour
It’s another one of those “irony” songs Carll spoke of earlier about motorists putting a bible on the dashboard as a way of appearing righteous church-going people should they get pulled over by the police
I looked at the huge tour bus parked outside and couldn’t resist taking a peek to see if there was a bible on the dash
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Great review of two of my favourite singer/songwriters
Unfortunately they rarely come across the pond anymore
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President Steven J. Lund, Young Men general president, spoke during the Saturday afternoon session of April 2025 general conference. President Lund spoke of the power of the Aaronic Priesthood and those whom God entrusts it to
The following is a summary of what he said
To watch young men be ordained as holders of the Aaronic Priesthood is to be a “witness to the disruption of the very patterns of this world by godly authority spreading across the earth.”
teacher and priest helps young men prepare for a lifetime of service to others
“They will find themselves in consequential times and places where their presence and prayers and the powers of the priesthood of God they hold will profoundly matter.”
Priesthood holders from the Old Testament to today are entrusted by the Lord to teach and administer Heavenly Father’s ordinances to remind His children of the Savior’s Atonement
“The Aaronic Priesthood is called the preparatory priesthood partly because its ordinances allow them to experience the weight and joy of being on the Lord’s errand
preparing them for future priesthood service
when they may be called upon to minister in unforeseeable ways — including pronouncing inspired blessings in times when hopes and dreams
Those blessings bless both those served and those who are being served through the power Heavenly Father has trusted to be worthy to act in His name
“Such serious expectations require serious preparation.”
“Serious expectations require serious preparation.”
“[Priesthood holders] will find themselves in consequential times and places where their presence and prayers and the powers of the priesthood of God they hold will profoundly matter.”
“The Aaronic Priesthood is called the preparatory priesthood partly because its ordinances allow them to experience the weight and joy of being on the Lord’s errand preparing them for future priesthood service.”
Read President Lund’s previous general conference address, or follow him on Facebook and Instagram
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Radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer relies on computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for segmentation of target volumes and organs at risk (OARs)
Manual segmentation of these volumes is regarded as the gold standard for ground truth in machine learning applications
but to acquire such data is tedious and time-consuming
A publicly available clinical dataset is presented
comprising MRI- and synthetic CT (sCT) images
and radiotherapy dose distributions for 432 prostate cancer patients treated with MRI-guided radiotherapy
An extended dataset with 35 patients is also included
with the addition of deep learning (DL)-generated segmentations
and DL segmentations manually adjusted by four radiation oncologists
The publication of these resources aims to aid research in automated radiotherapy treatment planning
The dataset is hosted on the AIDA Data Hub and offers a free-to-use resource for the scientific community
valuable for the advancement of medical imaging and prostate cancer radiotherapy research
and requires precise diagnostic and treatment strategies
Prostate cancer can be treated with surgery
The radiotherapy treatment planning process includes several steps
and many steps can be considered labor intensive
is used to define the treatment planning geometry and patient positioning during treatment
These 3D images are annotated through segmentation
where the target of the radiotherapy is referred to as the clinical target volume (CTV) and is manually defined by radiation oncologists
Segmentation of organs-at-risk (OARs) is needed in the treatment planning process to allow for sparing of radiation dose to healthy tissues
A treatment plan is subsequently created and optimized using established clinical dose-volume criteria for the targets and the OARs
This treatment plan will determine how the linear accelerator should deliver the radiotherapy treatment to the specific patient
prostate cancer patients undergo imaging and treatment planning
often referred to as fiducial or implanted markers
These serve as reference points for image registration
patient positioning before treatment delivery
It is important that the prescribed radiation dose is accurately delivered to the target volume as specified in the treatment plan
The fiducial markers are used as a proxy for the location of the prostate and are imaged with the built-in X-ray acquisition hardware on the linear accelerator
each patient had three gold fiducial markers inserted into the prostate
measuring 5 mm in length and 1 mm in diameter
It can therefore be beneficial to use MR images alone for treatment planning
MRI cannot be used directly for dose calculation and must therefore be converted to synthetic CT (sCT) images
This is referred to as an MRI-only workflow or MRI-guided treatment planning
this solution has been used routinely in clinical practice to treat prostate cancer with ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy at Skåne University Hospital
and in 2023 the routine was clinically implemented for treatment of brain gliomas
but the clinical implications for end users remain unclear
and clinical segmentations for 48 patients
The dataset did not include any MR images and the small size of the dataset might limit the use of the dataset for DL model development
there currently does not exist any publicly available datasets that include medical images
and dose distributions alongside multi-observer segmentation
there are no public datasets offering DL segmentation uncertainty information in addition to showcasing the impact on organ segmentation when DL uncertainty information is available to the radiation oncologists
and provide a publicly available radiotherapy dataset consisting of MR images
The base part of the dataset consists of clinical data from 432 MRI-only radiotherapy prostate cancer patients
an extended cohort of 35 patients is also included with DL-based segmentations of the prostate and rectum together with associated DL uncertainty calculations in addition to the same features as the base cohort
manually edited segmentations of these organs are included where the DL uncertainty both have and have not been presented to the four involved oncologists
This data thereby constitutes a complete radiotherapy dataset that can be used by the community for a multitude of different objectives and tasks
including development of novel DL models and advancing prostate cancer radiotherapy research
A hierarchical overview of the dataset and its content for base part (n = 432
The content in the base part was included in the extended part for each patient
All patients in the dataset were prescribed a radiotherapy fractionation scheme of 42.7 Gy in seven treatment fractions for intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer according to the Swedish national guideline
targeting the prostate gland only and excluding seminal vesicles
Radiotherapy planning was performed with the treatment planning system Eclipse (version 15.6
USA) using 6 MV or 10 MV flattening filter free (FFF) delivery
Treatment was delivered using single or dual volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technique on Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators (Varian Medical Systems)
Ethical approval for this study was provided by the regional ethics review board in Lund
which enabled the waiver of consent for retrospective collection of clinical data
In an amendment to this ethics application
sent to the national ethics review authority
it was requested to share anonymized clinical image data of the pelvic region
As the data of interest was fully anonymized
the ethics review authority replied that sharing anonymous personal data was not subject to the Swedish Ethics Review Act
an additional amendment application was not required for this purpose
according to the national ethics review authority
The T2w image volume comprised a large field-of-view (FOV) of 44.8–48 cm and was acquired in the transverse plane to encompass the whole pelvic contour
MRI T2w data was acquired with a 2-dimensional (2D) based fast spin echo acquisition with an in-plane resolution between 0.6 × 0.7 to 0.8 × 0.9 mm and a slice thickness of 2.5 mm
The output reconstructed in-plane voxel size in the dataset is slightly smaller than the MRI acquisition voxel size due to up sampling of the image matrix in the MRI reconstruction software
Further details are provided in the section Data Records
Some of the sCTs in the dataset contain a warning text message that was inserted onto the image stating “Synthetic CT
This was initially included to avoid misuse of sCT as an ordinary CT for radiology diagnostic tasks
The sCT voxel size was thereby not the same as the MRI data voxel size
of the sCT has therefore been provided to match the MRI voxel size and geometry
A high-density sphere with 2.5 mm radius was thereafter created at each center-of-mass point in the sCT image by the MriPlanner software
Spatial locations for these fiducials are also available in this dataset as DICOM coordinate points in the MRI geometry space
the fiducial marker location is provided in the dataset as a binary segmentation mask in the MRI geometry
where each fiducial center-of-mass defines the center of a spherical object with 3 mm radius
This segmentation mask thereby defines three spherical objects
Please observe that these spherical objects are not the same size as the high-density spherical objects created in the sCT
Provided segmentations for the radiotherapy treatment plan were approved in the clinical review process and the plan was thereafter used for the delivery of the treatment
All target and OAR segmentations in the dataset were also resampled to the MRI volume geometry
as the sCT and the MR image volume did not have the same matrix or voxel size
This ensured accurate alignment and consistency for further use of the dataset image and segmentation data
The dose distribution from the optimized treatment plan was calculated with the Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA
algorithm version 15.6) using the treatment planning system Eclipse
the dose distribution is included with the original dose voxel size of 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 mm or 1x1x0.83 mm in a separate file
Dose distributions were also interpolated and resampled to the same voxel size as the sCT
This was performed to provide a voxel-to-voxel oriented pair of sCT and dose data in the dataset
the dose distribution was also interpolated and resampled using the same settings as above to the MRI geometry
All dose distributions in the dataset were rescaled to the unit Gray (Gy) using the Dose Grid Scaling DICOM attribute
The extended part of the dataset contains patient data with the same type of data as the base part but extended to include additional features: DL generated segmentations
and DL segmentations reviewed and adjusted by four radiation oncologists
This data has been generated and utilized in another study investigating DL segmentation uncertainty
The following section will describe the methodology used to generate these extended features
Model training data utilized the 432 patients in the base dataset
employing a 10-fold cross validation (CV) approach instead of the default nnUNet 5-fold CV
nnUNet relies on model ensemble and calculates the average predictions from all trained folds to produce the final segmentation
This approach leverages the variability between models trained on different data splits
improving robustness and accuracy by combining their outputs
The average validation Dice score of the prostate CTV and the rectum models
was 0.89–0.90 (n = 10 CV-folds) and 0.86–0.89 (n = 10 CV-folds)
The validation Dice score range on patient level over all folds were 0.68–0.96 for prostate CTV and 0.63–0.95 for rectum
The extended part of the dataset was used for DL model inference and served as an independent test dataset
To estimate the DL uncertainty for the prostate CTV and rectum model
the SoftMax values (ranging from 0 to 1) by each of the ten CV-models after inference were stored
the SoftMax standard deviation was calculated voxel-wise for each patient within the prostate CTV and rectum regions
The extended dataset includes the final DL segmentation generated by the model ensemble for each patient as well as the individual segmentation produced by each of the ten CV model folds and the calculated uncertainty map
This comprehensive inclusion enables for detailed analyses of both the segmentation performance and the associated uncertainty
The uncertainty study was designed to evaluate the impact of uncertainty in DL generated segmentations of the prostate CTV and rectum on oncologists
Step 1: Four oncologists were tasked with editing the DL generated segmentations without access to segmentation uncertainty information
the same oncologists repeated the same task as in step 1
this time with the uncertainty information presented as an image color overlay (heatmap)
Edited DL segmentations for prostate CTV and rectum
from both steps are available for all four oncologists in the extended part of the dataset
in which the relative location of the data within the dataset is specified
Not all patients in the dataset had a complete set of radiotherapy segmentations, as defined in Supplementary Table S1
In the base part of the dataset with 432 patients
29 patients did not have the penile bulb segmented
and 24 patients did not have the genitalia segmented
A file called missingStructures_basePart.json in the dataset defines this missing data
one patient had a missing PenileBulb segmentation
defined in the dataset by the file missingStructures_extendedPart.json
From a clinical radiotherapy planning perspective
it is desirable that each segmentation should be defined in every image slice of the encompassing organ volume
a data quality assurance step for this purpose was implemented by analyzing whether any segmentations contained empty slices
utilizing a 26-connected component analysis
Segmentations deviating from this standard
such as those with slice gaps in the segmentation
were identified and added to the files StructuresMoreThan1ConComp_basePart.txt and StructuresMoreThan1ConComp_extendedPart.txt for the base and extended part of the dataset
when using segmentation data for ML training and evaluation
21 segmentations in the dataset were identified as having one or several missing slices in the encompassing organ volume
The MR images from the oldAcq and newAct acquisition protocols had slightly different reconstructed voxel resolution where the oldAcq had a voxel resolution of 0.4375x0.4375x2.5 mm and the newAct acquisition protocol had 0.4688x0.4688x2.5 mm
Deviations from the above were observed and we therefore recorded the matrix and voxel size for sCT and MRI for each patient in the files patGeometryInformation_basePart.csv and patGeometryInformation_extendedPart.csv
These files also contain the matrix size and voxel size for the original dose distribution file
To facilitate a voxel-to-voxel correspondence between the sCT and MR images
a registration and resampling of the sCT to the MRI geometry was performed for each patient and saved under the file name image_reg2MRI.nii.gz
For the 35 patients in the extended part of the dataset
which were also used in the mentioned uncertainty study the nnUNet segmentations and uncertainty maps are provided in the folder “nnUNet” accompanied by the individual segmentations for each CV-fold in the subfolder “folds”
The edited DL segmentation in Step 1 and Step 2 is saved in the folder “observerData” where the file prefix also defines the oncologist who performed the adjustment of the DL segmentation
The four oncologists are referred to as obsB
Prostate segmentations. (a) MRI T2w image slice with prostate CTV deep learning segmentation uncertainty map overlaid. (b) T2w MRI zoomed in with prostate deep learning CTV segmentation. (c) Four different oncologist’s individual prostate CTV segmentations on zoomed in T2w MRI, visualized in separate colors. (d) deep learning prostate CTV segmentation uncertainty map visualized in color, zoomed in from (a). Corresponding data for rectum is available in the dataset.
One patient volume oriented as demonstrated by the green model
Overlaid are the available prostate targets where PTVT_427 (dark blue) encompasses the prostate CTVT_427 (purple) together with the Bladder (yellow)
left (FemoralHead_L) and right (FemoralHead_R) femoral heads (green-yellow)
all available with respective name in the dataset
encompassing the whole scanned patient volume
Fiducial marker delineations are not shown
The dataset is held under a Data Usage Agreement to ensure compliance with GDPR requirements
as anonymization requires ongoing safeguards
This agreement ensures proper data management and controlled access in line with these requirements
The dataset may be used for free in legal and ethical medical research and commercial applications
Data access is managed by AIDA To request access to the dataset, follow the email instructions provided at the AIDA Data Hub LUND-PROBE repository (https://datahub.aida.scilifelab.se/10.23698/aida/lund-probe) using an academic or company institutional email account
the user will find instructions on how to email aida-data@nbis.se using the provided email template
which includes the necessary user information
the user can also preview the data usage agreement via the same link
AIDA will return the completed data usage agreement for user signature
after which the user will receive a password-protected link for data access
Applicants who meet the requirements and agree to the data usage terms will typically receive access within one week
Although all clinical structure segmentations were reviewed and approved within the clinical workflow
differences in image interpretation among radiation oncologists persist
particularly in anatomically complex regions
Python code for loading, visualizing, and handling the data is provided in a Jupyter notebook, available at the GitHub repository: https://github.com/jamtheim/LUND-PROBE
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San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the club has signed forward Cameron Lund to a standard entry-level contract
“Cam is a very talented player who brings speed
“We’re excited to have him join the organization and look forward to watching him develop.”
led Northeastern University with 18 goals and finished second for both assists (22) and points (40) this season
A Hockey East Third All-Star Team selection
Lund recorded five multi-point efforts over his final nine collegiate contests and totaled 13 games with two or more points for the year
highlighted by a career-best four-point game (one goal
He found the score sheet in each of NU’s three postseason contests
posting two goals and three assists in the Hockey East Tournament
Lund finished his collegiate career as a two-time nominee for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award
earning the nod in each of his final two seasons with the Huskies
57 assists) with a pair of hat tricks in 107 games over three seasons
earning a spot on the Hockey East Rookie All-Star Team as well as Northeastern Rookie of the Year in 2022-23
Lund competed for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League in 2021-22 and recorded 50 points (25 goals
leading the team in goals and finishing second in points
Massachusetts was originally selected by San Jose in the 2022 NHL Draft (second round
director of the Heersink School of Medicine Immunology Institute
will deliver her Distinguished Faculty Lecture on March 18 at the Alumni House.Environment matters
whether you are an immune cell responding to an infection
a bright student looking for a major or a veteran scientist hoping to follow your discoveries from a lab dish to a patient’s bedside
happy accidents may lead in new directions you never expected
especially if you are willing to follow your interests
Looking back at the past 30 years of progress in immunology
She found immunology after picking microbiology out of the course catalog in college
both an essentially random choice and one guided by the fact that the major was small and sounded interesting
the antibody-producing arm of the immune system
because the rise of molecular biology meant that you could tackle big
then only recently discovered and attracting the bulk of attention from young immunologists
B cells seemed to offer more scope for exploration
the HSOM Immunology Institute includes more than 350 members in seven UAB schools and 51 divisions and departments
Active funding of these researchers totals $110 million
Lund’s contributions as a researcher, collaborator and educator, and her service to UAB, have earned her recognition as the 2024–2025 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. This is the highest honor bestowed by UAB’s academic health center on a faculty member who has advanced the frontiers of science and made outstanding contributions to education
Lund will deliver her Distinguished Faculty Lecture on March 18 at the Alumni House
“She is an internationally recognized scientist whose outstanding research accomplishments have been central to our understanding of how adaptive immunity works,” said Anupam Agarwal
senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the Heersink School of Medicine
Lund is also an accomplished scientific leader
the department climbed from #33 in NIH rankings to #8 in the country,” they wrote
UAB’s tradition of collaborative science was one of the main attractions when Lund and her scientific partner and husband
came to Birmingham in 2012 from the University of Rochester
and now as director of the Immunology Institute
Lund says she has been able to “help other people do science
The UAB HSOM Immunology Institute is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary hub for faculty
health policy experts and educators to advance the study of immunology and improve human health through immune-based therapies
it includes more than 350 members in seven UAB schools and 51 divisions and departments
Lund is quick to point out that her work represents a team effort, starting with her scientific partner and husband, Troy Randall, Ph.D., professor and Meyer Foundation William J. Koopman, M.D., Endowed Chair in Immunology and Rheumatology in the UAB Department of Medicine
The two met on their first day of graduate school at Duke University
trained in the same lab and have worked out of a joint lab throughout their faculty careers
“I really consider what we do team science,” Lund said
it will be the story of what these two labs have done over the past 30 years.”
Immunology is so complex and multifaceted that research progress always depends on collaborations
UAB’s tradition of collaborative science was one of the main attractions when Lund and Randall came to Birmingham in 2012 from the University of Rochester
“If you are at a major clinical center like UAB
getting patient samples for multiple sclerosis
“But finding age- and sex-matched controls for those patient samples is much more difficult.” More than 850 people at UAB have joined the cohort
which will soon expand its recruitment outside the campus on its way to a goal of 5,000 participants
Researchers who want to examine the immunological differences in blood samples between patients with an autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis
and healthy people of the same age and sex
can get those samples through the Immunology Institute in a streamlined process
More than 850 people at UAB have joined the Immunology Institute's Healthy Donor Cohort
Participants in the Healthy Donor Cohort also have the option to agree to be contacted about other studies where they might be a good match
“That has turned out to be really helpful,” Lund said
“I was working on a study on flu vaccination
and I needed people in specific age ranges up to 90 years old
It would have taken me months to recruit participants by putting out flyers around campus
I had my entire study enrolled within hours.”
Almost every basic scientist has the desire to see their work move from lab dishes and animal models into human studies
“But the activation energy to do it is big,” Lund said
“We want to make that as simple as possible; we help with the IRB
and we help people isolate and interrogate primary human immune cells — whatever shortcuts we can create to make that translational work happen.”
One of the great things about immunology “is that it is truly a system,” Lund said
pulmonary specialists and many more experts looking at the role of the immune system in health and disease.”
This is exactly the sort of atmosphere that Lund finds fits her best
“I find it exhilarating to engage with scientists who tackle similar questions but bring diverse approaches and mindsets to the table,” she said
Work in the Lund-Randall Lab is following three general lines
The first focuses on memory in the immune system “and understanding what is important for the development and maintenance of those cells,” she said
A normal B cell has a lifespan of three weeks
those are the cells that you are trying to generate,” Lund said
They are also one of the cells responsible for damage in the context of autoimmunity
“I find it exhilarating to engage with scientists who tackle similar questions but bring diverse approaches and mindsets to the table,” Lund said
The second area of interest for the lab is how inflammation
“can change how easily they become antibody-secreting cells” and more
“What are the cytokines that do the programming
and particularly “how to get one that will cover the respiratory tract,” Lund said
The mucosal immune response in the nose and lungs is very different from the systemic response in the rest of the body
you get a systemic response that is good.” But the memory B and T cells
which will respond when the body meets the real virus you have vaccinated against
and it will take a couple of days for them to react
An intranasal vaccine that promotes resident memory cells in the respiratory tract
“We are working mostly now in flu vaccines and deliver them in different sites” using many different platforms
including the RNA-based vaccines that proved successful during COVID
along with adenovirus- and RSV-based vaccines
“We are interested mechanistically in why they work or not
and that comes down to spatial biology,” Lund said
equipment has become available to allow researchers to zoom in on the interactions between individual cells in the context of their native three-dimensional environments
Spatial transcriptomics lets scientists see what genes a cell expresses in response to cytokines and other signals from surrounding cells
Spatial proteomics allows them to analyze what proteins are being made
and what is it seeing in its neighborhood?” Lund said
These environmental factors could offer a way to improve beneficial immune responses
far more precisely than current treatments
That is one of those big questions that attracts Lund
“I have kept a love of the same cell type over the past 30 years
but I have also done lots of different things,” Lund said
“I like that about science; you can be very curious and have the ability to ask very wide-ranging questions.”
passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday
to William and Clara (VanSickle) Lund in Alexandria
He graduated from Brandon High School in 1955
Dennis grew up attending the Calvary Covenant Church in Evansville
Dennis was united in marriage to Colleen Rossum in 1958
and they lived on the family farm north of Brandon
They had six children and also fostered children for many years
He was a dairy farmer and worked for Strom Construction as a heavy equipment operator
Dennis developed an interest in the motel industry and eventually owned a couple himself
He loved visiting with the employees and guests
and humble man who always had a smile on his face and a story to tell
and Anthony (Jennie) Lund; 59 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; godchildren
and Jon Rossum; and many nieces and nephews
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother
a memorial service will be held on Saturday
Pastor Greg Lund and Jared Lund will officiate
memorials are preferred to Teen Challenge in Alexandria or a charity of choice
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As a newly appointed judge in the 19th Judicial District Chancery Court
Judge Kimberly Lund will get to do something she’s never done before in her legal career.
I’m excited to work in the county where I live
so I’m looking forward to serving those folks
it’s what my days have been like for a long time.”
The 19th Judicial District Chancery Court covers both Montgomery and Robertson counties so Judge Lund took the oath of office twice
“We had the first one on September 13 in Robertson County and Judge [William] Goodman did that swearing in for me,” she said
we went to Montgomery County and Judge Goodman did that one as well
I’ve practiced in his court since he took the bench
He’s a great mentor and an excellent friend
Judge Lund heard her first cases just four days later.
“I’m just ready to get going and see what this new adventure looks like,” she said
It's an adventure she’s wanted for a long time.
“I never had any wavering on what I wanted to do
all the way through school,” said Judge Lund
“I just always knew I wanted to be a lawyer and
She also credits a popular 1980’s mystery legal drama for her desire to become a judge
“I used to watch Matlock as a kid,” said Judge Lund
but I always thought being a judge would be one of the best honors ever
Judge Lund served as an assistant district attorney for the 19th judicial district
She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky and her juris doctor at Michigan State University College of Law.
“I would like to think that I will take wisdom from everyone around me,” said Judge Lund
The biggest thing I’m trying to keep in mind is just to absorb everything that I can
All judges who are here and all attorneys in both counties are all very well practiced
I’m excited to work with them in a different capacity.”
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said he was inspired by the characters he’s met on the field and in the dugout
“All the downtime that happens during a baseball game is such an opportunity for
That was sort of the starting point for writing the script,” he told GBH’s The Culture Show
“Eephus” was shot at a ball field in Douglas
And there’s another local tie to the film: former Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee
Lund wanted to find someone known for throwing an eephus to be part of the film
so they recruited Lee to appear for a single inning
And a script is a form of authority for him
and then he’ll come back with his own ideas
What he says in the film — it’s better than anything we could’ve written,” he said
“He comes with all this baseball lore and all these quotes and memories
and he brings that into the performance in this film.”
and a sense of timelessness permeates the film
“I think this film’s so much about the importance of being present in the world ..
among the communities that we value and doing the things we love,” said Lund
“I think if this film were set in the modern day
Lund sees baseball as a useful framing mechanism
better suited to telling a story than other
“Up until very recently it had no clock attached to it
which is an attempt to speed up the game and make it fit modern attention spans
there comes some losses in terms of the poetry of the game
“It’s a game that links us to American history
“There’s this sort of time warp that happens with the game of baseball relative to other sports ..
that makes it very unique and makes it a really fascinating space for reflection and for character and for drama.”
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In addition to receiving that overwhelming assignment
President Lund said President Nelson went on to reiterate many of the key points from his 2018 message
including the fact that this generation was reserved to come forth at this crucial time
blessed with unique gifts and talents to gather Israel before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
“You are among the best the Lord has ever sent to this world,” President Nelson said in 2018
“You have the capacity to be smarter and wiser and have more impact on the world than any previous generation.”
President Nelson’s talk provides detailed guidance for Latter-day Saint youth about their divine identity and their purpose on earth
devotional at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo
The Young Men General President encouraged missionaries to study President Nelson’s “Hope of Israel” talk often and keep a copy with their patriarchal blessing
“He tells you who you are and why you are here
I hope you will respond in every way possible to that divine identity as children of God.”
President Lund was accompanied by his wife
For those who might think President Nelson was exaggerating or speaking flattering words about the rising generation, President Lund cited research by Kenda Creasy Dean
a Princeton University professor and an ordained Methodist minister
who studied the religious practices of teenagers in the United States
Dean wrote that Latter-day Saint youth are the “spiritual athletes” of their generation because of their sacrifice
along with a high level of devotion and commitment to their faith
plan activities and demonstrate the highest degree of religious vitality
salience and understanding of Church teachings
and it is the kind of faith that moves mountains,” he said
have come into this earth and into this gospel with an intensity rarely seen.”
President Lund repeated President Nelson’s words about the gathering of Israel being the most important work taking place in the world today
Absolutely nothing,” President Nelson said
“This gathering should mean everything to you
This is the mission for which you were sent to earth.”
President Lund has witnessed the gathering in his various Church assignments around the world
from Pakistan to Mongolia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and in all locations missionaries are serving today
“These miracles are happening here and everywhere,” he said
Learning to be a valiant missionary in the Lord’s youth battalion may initially seem daunting
President Lund related his wife’s diligent efforts to learn to play the organ
but the piano is to the organ what a bicycle is to flying a helicopter,” he said
with determination and consistent practice
Sister Lund has achieved a kind of “virtuosity” with the organ
“Here is my promise: This is going to happen to you,” President Lund said
‘Look unto Christ’ in all things; doubt not; fear not
In days ahead you will find yourself in places the Lord
and your offerings will light fires of conviction that will amaze you and change you.”
President and Sister Lund served as mission leaders of the Georgia Atlanta Mission from 2003 to 2006
Drawing upon scriptural insights from the New Testament story of Peter walking on water
gives us power to do impossible things like walking on water and talking to strangers about the gospel when we feel like that is the scariest thing in the world,” she said
we must remember that He knows who we really are and what we are capable of.”
missionaries spoke of their learnings from listening to President Lund
preparing to serve in the Honduras Comayagüela Mission
filled pages of notes during the devotional
“I love how he told us that we have the capacity to become the generation that can have the greatest impact on the people that we’re going to serve
That was just so powerful to me,” she said
“It was the motivation that I needed to get through today.”
preparing to serve in the Thailand Bangkok East Mission
appreciated the personal insights President Lund shared about President Nelson
Being part of the Lord’s youth battalion and gathering Israel is something he has heard often in recent years
“It’s nice to be reminded because sometimes I forget this is a very unique generation and work,” he said
preparing to serve in the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission
was a bit overwhelmed by President Lund’s remarks but also found hope in knowing it is part of the Lord’s plan
“I am going to do my best to fulfill those desires of our Heavenly Father,” he said
is preparing to serve in the Guyana Georgetown Mission
She was inspired by insights shared about Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 as she learned a new language and prepared to enter the mission field
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after a 5-year courageous battle with Cancer
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in the Battle Creek Fire Station of Battle Creek.
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Jared Allen “Monk” Lund was born on April 28
and graduated from BCIG High School with the class of 1998
Jared married his soulmate and love of his life Sarah Welte on Feb
The couple were blessed with a blended family of 8 children and Jared took his role as a rent-a-dad very seriously
Over the years Jared was passionate about driving truck
As Jared would say “There ain’t no feelin’ like Petermobilin!”
he also had a love for farming and John Deere tractors
Jared’s favorite John Deere tractor was the 4440
A member of the Battle Creek Fire Department
Jared served his community proudly for 10 years before retiring in 2018
During Jared’s time on the BC Fire Department
his favorite thing to do was light off fireworks on the 4th of July from the middle bunker
“the BEST bunker!” He also became a part of an amazing Brotherhood
especially giving tractor rides to the kids and spending time with family
Left to cherish his memory are his wife Sarah Lund of Battle Creek
parents Larry and Susan Lund of Battle Creek
parents-in-law Bob and Sherry Welte of Danbury
sister-in-law Teresa (Kevin) Reitz of Spirit Lake
grandson Creed Rutar and Baby Rutar #2 due in August; many aunts
Jared was preceded in death by grandma Laura Fitzpatrick; brother Larry Lund Jr; cousin Kara Pithan; and his little buddy Jordan Reed
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at Avera Majestic Bluffs Hospice House in Yankton
A Celebration of Life will be held 11:00am
She graduated from Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing on August22
Marcy married Robert Lund on April 11
Marcy was Clay County Community Health Nurse for 25 years in Vermillion
When she retired from Community Health in July of 2001
she took the Parish Nurse preparation course at Augustana College in Sioux Falls
Marcy was the first Parish Nurse at Trinity Lutheran Church and in Vermillion
She started Health Ministry through Parish Nursing
She was awarded the Community Health Service Award by the Dakota Hospital Foundation
and later received the Joy of Nursing Award from the SD Nurses Association
Marcy held special memories of the “special weekends” with each individual grandchild
annual Family Vacations at Lewis and Clark Lake
and their Family Winter Vacations for a weekend at a motel with their children and grandchildren
She also enjoyed celebrating very special memory events such as birthdays
weddings and holidays with family and friends.
Marcy is survived by her three daughters: Lori (Kirk) Guymon
Others surviving include sister Diane (Gene) Ekhoff
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert
the family requests that memorials be directed to the Trinity Lutheran Church Roof Fund
After serving in the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission as a young man, Young Men General President Steven J. Lund followed the Spirit’s guidance and enlisted in the United States Army
where he served from 1975 to 1979 (three years active duty and another year of active reserve)
President Lund was especially grateful for the opportunity to visit Latter-day Saint cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point
“I related to these young adults on a different level than some might because I have worn the uniform too,” President Lund told the Church News following the ministry visit
“It was a joy to go and witness some truly great Saints doing great things.”
they met with more than 40 cadets and faculty who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
They held a devotional with members of the Hudson Valley YSA Branch
and a multistake youth devotional attended by 450
President Lund said he was “deeply moved by the West Point community of Saints who operate under such extraordinary
and yet are still maintaining balance and discipleship in their lives.”
Some of the cadets are considering or preparing for missionary service
Others are currently serving missions and hope to reapply and return
“Those are all cadets who have had to get congressional appointments to get to West Point,” President Lund said
They have got to pass a very challenging physical fitness test and go through several interviews
they are willing to step away to go serve a mission with no guarantee to return
The visit by President and Sister Lund was deeply appreciated
an academy professor of Russian at West Point who serves as president of the Hudson Valley YSA Branch in the Newburgh New York Stake
sometimes you can feel easily forgotten because Church membership is sparse
especially for young single adults,” Ellett said
“So having these visits and letting them know that
West Point is located north of New York City on a scenic bend in the Hudson River
The United States military academy has produced numerous notable military
In 1871, Willard Young — a son of President Brigham Young — became the first Latter-day Saint to join the West Point community
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What's the typical diet for a Wall Street investment banker
self-professed vinophile by night — it's a lot of protein bars
airplane snacks to power him through the roughly third of the year he spends traveling
and a glass of Bordeaux or Burgundy to cap off a long day if he's home
is the cohead of US technology and global software banking at Houlihan Lokey
the restructuring and M&A advisory firm he joined last year to expand its dealmaking practice and win competitive mandates
He is responsible for helping run a team of roughly 150 bankers worldwide
John Lambros and Jason Hill; and Sasha Pfeiffer
either working from his Tampa home or the firm's office in Miami
Lund's journey to Wall Street began as an undergrad at Harvard where he was studying economics
he cold-called the office of the CEO of Raymond James
where he eventually interned and landed his first full-time job
He worked his way up to cohead of the enterprise software IB team before leaving Raymond James in 2020 for RBC Capital Markets and then the Swiss banking giant UBS
where he was the global head of technology
He's also worked on transactions that have enabled private asset giants
Houlihan Lokey has advised on 20 M&A transactions in the global technology sector since the beginning of 2025
The firm has advised on 97 deals so far this year
the bank worked on 99 global tech M&A transactions worth more than $18 billion; and 421 deals overall
This interview has been edited for length and clarity
Tell us how you got your start in investment banking
My dad told me: "If you ever want to get something
I cold-called the office of the CEO of Raymond James — an investment bank that was local for me in the Tampa Bay area since it was headquartered in St
But his admin allowed me to leave a voicemail
I knew there were Harvard alums at Raymond James
I got a call back from somebody in the organization who said
I heard you called Tom about an internship
What did you have in mind?" And that's kind of where it all started
I started as a full-time analyst in Raymond James' technology and communications group
I was always a team sports guy growing up: I played football in college
There was a really consistent feel and messaging of the type of people here
the posture of how they want to do business and build teams — extremely collaborative and collegial
They put a lot of thought into how they built the business to incentivize collaboration and teamwork
What does a typical morning look like inside the Lund household
I'm usually greeted by my 6-year-old daughter at about 6:30 in the morning
I'm a protein bar guy — they're easy and efficient — and I have some espresso
I look at my calendar to make sure I know exactly what the day looks like
and what I need to prepare for — assuming it's something that I haven't already been preparing for multiple days
I start my mornings by triaging emails and reviewing my calendar
I try not to schedule any meetings before at least 9 o'clock
There's quite a bit of internal and admin work that we do
including personnel factors that take up a lot of time
We're meeting with the staffers to make sure our team is not overworked or underworked
I spend a good chunk of my time meeting with clients and private equity sponsors
specific companies — a broad swath of topics
Tell us about the tech and software team at Houlihan
The team is global and primarily split between the US and Europe
but I'll just call it 150 to 160 people at any given time throughout the past 12 months
but we've got a fairly sizable office in San Francisco as well as some bankers like myself that are in neither
although I tend to be on the road more or in Tampa where I live
Europe has the balance of our team outside the US
Having bankers live in geographies where there's a concentration of activity or where their focus is key
and we're human beings who communicate non-verbally in a significant number of ways
Walk us through the vision you have for the team and its growth
We could easily double the size of our team and commensurately double or more of its revenues
More of that growth is likely to come from the US than Europe
just because the US is a much bigger market and there's a lot of room to capture market share
Last year we hired five MDs on the technology team
We've not yet formalized our hiring plans for the coming year
but we are actively looking to hire additional senior folks — whether that's one
Whether in the office or working from home
My home office is the one that I put the most effort into
I've got a Florida Gators helmet — I grew up a big fan of the Gators
and I'm excited because my son's going there — signed by Tim Tebow and Steve Spurrier
My wife and my oldest son both went to Florida State
So offsetting that helmet is a signed Florida State helmet and a ball from a game
I've got a bunch of my favorite deal trophies in the cabinet
which is fun to reminisce on the challenging but fun transactions
And many of those — I still stay in touch with the CEO or business owner who have become friends of mine
Most important are the pictures of my family behind me
I can always glance over and see my beautiful family
Must-have snack when the mid-afternoon work munchies set in
It's been like this for at least the last 10 years
ever travel with a backpack that doesn't have at least a couple snacks in it
You never know when you're going to miss a meal
I've got lots of protein bars and cashews and things like that
butter popcorn — not movie theater style; it's too salty — or it could be a KIND Bar
What helps you manage stress and decompress after a long day or during a deal
My philosophy in life is that every day is a privilege
when something's not going right in a deal
I can pretty easily reflect and be like: "I know this is really important in the moment
but this isn't actually what's most important in life."
I get stressed during the heat of the moment
I like to go for long walks outside; fresh air has a way of clearing the mind
Is there anything you obsess over outside of work
My wife and I are big Napa fans — Napa is where my heart lives — but I also am a big fan of Bordeaux and Burgundies
You have to think about which wines are ready to drink
Sometimes it's a 15- or 20-minute journey to decide what to open and why
I tell her the story of where I got the bottle
I always ask my wife: "What would you like to open tonight?" And she says: "You pick." Happens every time
What is an example of a particularly challenging deal you worked on at Houlihan or over the course of your career
The nature of the company's VC shareholder base is what made it so complex
RetailNext had raised money multiple times over the last 10 years — some very large growth rounds and smaller bridge rounds
It created what I would call a very complex Rubik's Cube
The company was a venture-funded business that had many
many different owners with different hold periods at different valuations and at various raises with different terms
A situation like that can be more challenging than if you are selling a business for private equity firm "A" that controls 85% of it
This year hasn't delivered the surge in M&A and public offerings that some were hoping for
Buyers are hungry for high-quality deals and want to put capital to work
But we're seeing a meaningful uptick in interest from strategic buyers as well
for instance — that's an example that could lead to others
sellers are moving more slowly to bring them to market because of all the uncertainty
People are being cautious and delaying the launch of the process
We're encouraging clients that have identified quality assets they like to spend their time wisely with doing the work before they launch
You want to give yourself the best chance to win
Do the work upfront so you can put yourself in a position to
Wall Street has been promising better days for several years
Why should investors believe the more optimistic sentiments this time
I think the definition of "it's coming back" is what's misplaced
If people think it's going to be like 2021 again — that's not coming back for a really long time
If you were to look at the M&A volumes
But to me this feels like maybe it's like '16
but what you can do is build client relationships
put yourself in a position to be a valued partner to your sponsor clients or your companies
you're in a position to win that piece of business
What advice would you share with your younger self
You're not going to love every part of your job — if you did
they'd call it a hobby — but you need to love your industry segment or the material that you're consuming
That will keep you going more than high comp or prestige
Don't be afraid to ask questions at the appropriate time — the questions that you truly want to understand the answers to
It shows you're paying attention and you're being thoughtful
I really value when we walk out of a pitch or out of an important meeting and the junior folks will pull me aside and say
"You said this in there: Why did you say it that way?"
you may not understand why you're being asked to do all of this analysis
This business is a grind and it's a lot of hours
But if you're intellectually curious about the stuff you do
That's the secret to my longevity in the business — about 27 years
Lund started his coaching career at his alma mater for one season (2012-13) before stints at St
Thomas (2013-15) and Abilene Christian University (2015-16)
serving as an assistant for both the men and women at each institution
Lund then served an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Whittier with an emphasis on sprints
Lund coached 18 student-athletes to All-Conference status and 12 USTFCCCA All-Region selections
A three-year captain and four-year student-athlete for the MSU-Moorhead track & field team from 2008-12
Lund was a two-time All-American as a part of the 4×400 relay team at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships
Lund also set the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) record in the 600-meters
He won the 2010 NSIC championship in the indoor 600-meters and set school records in both the indoor and outdoor on 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams
Lund earned a Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership with emphasis in Higher Education in May of 2013 from MSU-Moorhead and graduated Summa Cum Laude with his B.A
in Communication Studies with minors in Leadership Studies and Coaching in May 2011
He received the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2012
Lund holds certifications in USTFCCA Track & Field
and has attended the USATF Podium Education Project as well as multiple USTFCCCA National Conventions
was an All-Conference runner for Gustavus in 2010
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Published 5:15 pm Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Ryan Lund has come from strong hockey roots in Warroad and he has brought a winning attitude to the Austin Bruins. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Austin Bruins defenseman Ryan Lund has grown up on hockey in Warroad, Minn. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Austin Bruins defenseman Ryan Lund grew up in a place dubbed Hockeytown, USA and in his first season in Austin, the game he loves is already taking him places.
Lund, a 6-foot, 4-inch, 205-pound player from Warroad, Minn., broke through as a Top Prospect selection recently and Austin head coach Steve Howard thinks it won’t be the last honor for Lund.
Lund has fit in well with the Bruins, who like Warroad, have been a consistent winner on the ice.
“It’s super nice to go from a winning high school hockey program to a winning team here in Austin,” Lund said. “We’ve got a great group of guys here.”
Warroad is 443 miles north of Austin and the town of 1,959 people that lies just miles from the Canadian border is famous for its success as a boys hockey program. Often playing against bigger schools, the Warriors have played in 21 overall state tournaments, 10 state finals and won four state titles, with the last championship coming in 2005.
Warroad offers free ice time for players of all ages throughout the winter, which means that younger players and older players often share the ice together.
“I played there my whole life and I wouldn’t have done it any differently. For me, growing up in Warroad meant going to the rink every day and everything revolved around hockey,” Lund said.
Lund, who also played football, baseball and lacrosse at Warroad, said about 13 of the 90 students in his grade were boys hockey players and they all grew up on the ice together.
Warroad has produced five NHL players – including T.J. Oshie of the Washington Capitals and Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders. Warroad has also produced 80 Division I college hockey players.
“You just try to master your own craft and be your own player. Looking up to those guys is a great way to become a better hockey player,” Lund said. “A lot of those guys visit for celebrity golf tournaments so we get to see a lot of NHL guys in the summer. That’s a lot of fun.”
Lund has played in 46 games this season for the Bruins and he’s compiled four goals and 15 assists. Howard said that Lund was used to playing 20 minutes per game in high school and the Bruins have had to pull back his shifts to 45 seconds to keep him fresh.
“He’s a new guy this year, but you wouldn’t guess that he’s a new guy,” Howard said. “He plays veteran minutes and he’s an all situations guy. He’s got the size, the skill and he’s got everything he needed to succeed at the level. He just had to get the reps.”
While Lund’s parents have to watch most of his games online, he does have family in Rochester and he does like the small town atmosphere of Austin.
“Living up there and not being in a huge town is kind of like playing here,” Lund said. “You see a lot of familiar faces around town.”
Howard has learned a little about Warroad from Lund and his Lund’s dad, Tom, who played at St. Cloud State University. Bringing in the tradition of Warroad is one of many examples of how the players bring their background to the NAHL for the betterment of the league.
The Bruins are currently tied for second place in the NAHL Central Division with the Minot Minotauros at 71 points, while the Bismarck Bobcats lead the division with 72 points.
Austin will play at Bismarck Friday and Saturday and its next home game is against the Aberdeen Wings at 7:05 p.m. on March 14.
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the implementation of a pitch clock in 2023 effectively transformed the experience of both playing and watching major league baseball
By undermining the pitcher’s authority on how the innings flow
as filmmaker and recreational ballplayer Carson Lund points out
America’s pastime has become just another transactional activity — something you can schedule to get in and out of
A once leisurely sport has been forced to fit the demands of our hyperspeed culture
tells me as we sit on a picnic table in Elysian Park across from a field with teenage boys at baseball practice
It created its own sense of time and theoretically could go on forever.”
The desire to portray baseball’s enrapturing quality propelled Lund to co-write and direct his debut feature, “Eephus” (now in theaters)
an amusing and delightfully acted dramedy set in the 1990s about two adult recreational teams in suburban Massachusetts playing one last game before their local field is demolished and turned into a school
Jeff Saint Dic and Ethan Ward in the movie “Eephus.” (Music Box Films) As day turns into night
never quite managing to express their shared sorrow over the loss
Their friendships are bound by baseball and might not extend beyond the field
yet Lund thinks of these team-driven relationships as authentic
“You work through your feelings through the language of the game and competitive banter,” Lund says
a place where sports are so much a part of the culture that they’ve infused the vernacular.”
Lund says he never much cared for baseball movies
they are “ultimately subservient to the demands of Hollywood narratives.”
“They’re so often fixated on individuals who are going through some sort of transformation and the game is simply a metaphor for that,” explains Lund
“I wanted to immerse you in this single day on a single field and create a more collective experience with a large ensemble who are all dealing with the same thing
saying goodbye to a version of themselves that they create on that field together.”
Dragon Inn,” about the last showing at a movie theater about to close
funeral quality that suffuses Tsai’s film,” Lund says
“The films I love the most are the ones that privilege some degree of distraction or floating attention and allow you to luxuriate in the atmosphere.”
An avid cinephile whose broad smile often illuminates his face
Lund started watching Stanley Kubrick and Ingmar Bergman movies at a young age through his father’s recommendations
He’s especially confident when talking baseball
Lund found the ideal field for “Eephus” in the small city of Douglas
after visiting more than 100 diamonds across New England
“I wanted a field that felt like it had been degraded by time with old wood
chipped paint and a sense of history,” he says
“over the hill” — adult men ranging from rusty to out of shape
in a recreational league where the stakes are as low as they can be — Lund could focus on conveying the feeling of community by embracing a bit of chaos and capturing the action in wide shots
“I wanted to see the interaction between all these different bodies moving around and the distance between everyone,” he explains
“There are many qualities of baseball that aren’t shared by any other major sport
Born into a Boston Red Sox-loving household
and played shortstop in a traveling league
who played throughout his life until recently due to an ailing knee
encouraged Lund and his brother to do it out of love for the game
Lund played the coveted infield position in part because he looked up to Nomar Garciaparra
star player for the Red Sox in the late ’90s and early aughts
Lund eventually found the competitiveness among young men with similar ambitions too toxic
“I was more interested in exploring creative outlets.” A high school job at his local library fed Lund’s growing appetite for international cinema
Moving to sunny Los Angeles, where the fervor for the Dodgers is palpable wherever you go, rekindled Lund’s fondness for the sport. For the last eight years he’s played recreationally in the Soldiers, a team that’s part of the Pacific Coast Baseball League
Some of his longtime Soldiers teammates were aware he was making a baseball movie
and they all attended the AFI Fest screening of “Eephus” in Hollywood in October
“There’s no competition in this league,” Lund notes
but the meditative qualities of baseball really started to stand out to me
The screenplay for “Eephus” emerged from the collaboration with childhood friend Michael Basta
part of the independent film collective Omnes Films with Lund
with whom Lund first became acquainted while attending screenings at the Harvard Film Archive
The writing started over Zoom at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with them asking each other what they would want to see in a baseball game
a visual map of the fictional game that would unfold throughout the film
trivial parts of baseball and I had the off-the-field stuff,” says Basta via Zoom
“It was a funny mix of different baseball minds.”
The trio first figured out what happened inning by inning
the process entailed discussing when and how to spend time with each of the characters without prioritizing one over another
“It was about negotiating the push-pull between speed and stasis,” says Lund
These long periods of nothing happening and then bursts of action
I wanted to tease out those passages of nothingness and show that there’s actually a lot happening.”
Fisher agreed to participate as long as he could cast himself playing a character based on his all-time favorite player
a prodigious pitcher known for his deadpan sense of humor and idiosyncratic personality
Greinke still occasionally throws the archaic “eephus” pitch that lends the movie its title
“We needed a guy to sit on the sideline and explain the whole theme of the movie in three minutes or less,” Fisher says during a video interview
“I gave that to myself because it’s really easy to act when you write your own lines
Merritt — who wears the number 21 like Greinke did when he played for Fisher’s beloved team
the eephus is “a type of curve ball that is pitched so unnaturally slow that it confuses the batter … makes him lose track of time.”
Notable among the many cast members is the voice of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman (“Titicut Follies,” “Central Park”) as a radio announcer
Lund intended to have him play an on-camera role
but Wiseman’s advanced age — he is 95 — complicated his involvement
Lund would love to see the veteran nonfiction storyteller make one of his acclaimed observational works about baseball
“It wasn’t just that I liked his voice,” Lund says about reaching out to Wiseman
I was telling the audience that this is more of an anthropological film than it is a traditional narrative
Directed by Carson Lund in his feature debut
the indie has a relaxed air and an appreciation for cherished rituals that never announce themselves too boldly
Red Sox fans also will delight in a late cameo by Bill Lee, nicknamed “Spaceman,” an eccentric baseball luminary who, quite famously, also threw the eephus to catch people off guard. “Having his name attached helped us secure financing,” Lund recalls.
While none of the adult characters in “Eephus” serve as direct proxies for Lund (“If I were in the film, it would be a better shortstop,” he boasts, endearingly), he did find a way to obliquely put himself in the film. Halfway through the game, a kid and his father show up to practice but discover the field is occupied. It’s a brief but personally significant moment.
“It’s actually my dad playing the dad and the kid is wearing my jersey of the New Hampshire Grizzlies from when I was in my traveling league,” Lund recalls, smiling. His proud father attended the film’s premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Baseball, now filtered through filmmaking, seems to function for Lund as an unspoken gesture of genuine love. What could be more precious than time shared on a field? He bleeds Red Sox blood, so you won’t catch him cheering for the Dodgers any time soon, but L.A. has grown on him nonetheless. “At Dodger Stadium you can watch the sunset over the mountains,” he says, painting a scene. “It’s a beautiful experience.”
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Gerald "Jerry" Lund of Montevideo died on Tuesday
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday
2024 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev
Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Friday
2024 at Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Home in Montevideo with a prayer service at 6:45PM
Visitation will continue one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday
In lieu of flowers family encourages memorials to Centra Care Hospice
Our Savior's Lutheran Church Senior Lites or Our Savior's Lutheran Church Youth Programs
He went to a country school until 4th grade and then later attended and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1953
At a very early age Jerry knew that he wanted to be a farmer
He enlisted in the Minnesota National Guard and served over eight and a half years
They were united in marriage at Big Bend Lutheran Church on May 16
Jerry and Janice had four precious children: Susan
cattle and their growing family until “retirement” in October of 1996 when they moved into Montevideo
Jerry continued to stay active in the family farming business for many more years
Jerry’s strong faith and sense of community inspired him to give generously of his time and talents
Jerry was an active and faithful member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Jerry served on the Leenthrop Farmers Mutual Board of Trustees for over 20 years
He was also active in the Montevideo Chamber of Commerce
Wegdahl Elevator Board and the Yellow Medicine County Planning Board
Jerry volunteered pushing wheelchairs at Luther Haven
visiting homebound friends and serving at funerals
His sense of humor and smile would make anyone feel better
Jerry was an avid fisherman and loved fishing trips with family and friends
They fished in many favorite and beautiful places
the family would pack up for an adventure and take many road trips together
Family holidays were always a very special time for Jerry
a time when family and friends would gather together and share food and laughter
Jerry and Jan were the lefse and donut making team and many family and friends enjoyed their delicious baked goods
Jan and Jerry loved to travel the world together to places like Canada
They would make friends wherever they went
Jan and Jerry spent the winter months enjoying the warm
family was the most important part of Jerry’s life
He cherished the time with his beloved wife
grandchildren and great-grandchildren and they cherished their time with him
Jerry was so proud of them all and supported them in all their activities
Michael (Dee) Lund all of Montevideo; grandchildren: Cameron (Meghan) Vien
and Conner Vien; sister: Lois Dyshaw and numerous nieces and nephews and extended family and friends
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter
John Dyshaw and Marvin Jerve and mother and father-in-law
the family encourages memorials to Centra Care Hospice
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Senior Lites or Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Youth Programs.
SC passed away at the Greenville Memorial Hospital on 4/12/2025
MN to Betty Mae (Olson) Lund and Carl Rudolph Lund on 1/12/1966
Lund Boats has expanded the Lund Champion’s Club contingency program to approximately 100 tournaments throughout the U.S
The Lund Champion’s Club rewards anglers fishing from their Lund boats who place first in program tournaments with payouts ranging up to $10,000
“We piloted our Lund Champion’s Club contingency program last year
offering payouts on a few select tournaments to acknowledge top-placing Lund owners and give them a chance to level up their prize money,” Jeromie Johnston
“The program was so popular right out of the box that we decided to expand it greatly for 2025.”
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Cameron Lund (SJS) scores power-play goal against Jonathan Quick (NYR) to make it 1 - 6
GM Mike Grier speaks to the media following the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery
Brodie Brazil talks with Sharks President Jonathan Becher after the 2025 Draft Lottery
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Brodie Brazil talks with forward Collin Graf about the SJ Barracuda's playoff run
Take a look back at the past few NHL Drafts and the Sharks stars who came from them
Brodie Brazil chats with Barracuda HC John McCarthy ahead of their first home playoff game
Brodie Brazil sits down with head coach Ryan Warsofsky to recap his first season at the helm
Marc-Edouard Vlasic sits down with Brodie Brazil for a State of the Sharks update
Brodie Brazil sits down with forward Will Smith on locker clean out day
Brodie Brazil sits down with Sharks Assistant General Manager Joe Will to talk Barracuda hockey
Brodie Brazil sits down with Barracuda goaltender Gabriel Carriere
Tim Grewal is growing the game and breaking barriers in the South Asian community
Brodie Brazil sits down with forward Tyler Toffoli for a State of the Sharks update
Quentin Musty in Tank Talk with Brodie Brazil
Brodie Brazil gets an end of season update from William Eklund
Warsofsky speaks at locker clean out on 4/18
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Brothers Håkon and Aasmund Lund discuss their family’s entertainment empire in Norway and Sweden
Hákon Lund is the owner and ‘master of fun’ at Lund Gruppen and the current Europe
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) chairman of IAAPA
The group has its headquarters at Kongeparken (King Park) near the southwestern Norwegian city of Stavanger but also operates Skånes Djurpark in southern Sweden
Aasmund Lund runs the travelling carnival Lunds Tivoli
Lund Gruppen Arrangement (LGA) organises three music festivals in Norway as well as Oslo’s Christmas celebration
the Lund family’s diverse but complimentary entertainment interests have served them well over the years
Håkon Jæger Lund founded the family business in 1895 when he operated rides at parks and pleasure gardens in Oslo
father of the current Håkon and his brothers
“I think the legacy of our father is the quality of operations and human resources,” says Aasmund
“And giving away responsibility,” adds Håkon
“There are so many examples in our industry where a generation is not letting go
He was always very good at letting the family
we may fail four or five times before hitting a home run.”
Kongeparken is now a finely tuned operation
Rescued by the Lund family in 2007 after going bankrupt under its founder
it now entertains around 250,000 guests a year
Clinging to the hillside at the foot of a mountain
The terrain makes for an interesting stroll through the 26-hectare property and its seven lands
a Zamperla Disk ‘O Coaster), Stupet (The Plunge freefall tower
by Funtime) and some camping lodges feature wilderness/explorer theming
a Reverchon spinning coaster that has lived at Kongeparken since 2008
was refurbished recently with a medieval look inspired by the tales of Norweigan author Peer Gynt
the park’s bear mascots feature on several attractions
Storytelling is important to Kongeparken, and this extends to more than just theming
one of the most enduring experiences is the Freia Sjokoladefabbrik (Chocolate Factory)
Close by is the Barnas Bank (Children’s Bank)
which teaches young visitors about the importance of saving money as they are issued with their own bank card
In the Thea Award-winning Barnas Brannstasjon (Children’s Fire Station)
kids are given firefighter training before descending down the pole to board fire trucks and extinguish a “blaze”
Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of Lund’s reign at Skånes Djurpark. Located in the Swedish county of Skåne, the animal park has been in business for over 70 years but was somewhat directionless before the change of ownership
adventure and nature now underpin the stories told in the park
Five years ago
Håkon Lund told blooloop: “I want us to become the number one outdoor exploration destination in Sweden
and maybe even Denmark and Northern Germany.”
annual attendance has grown from the tens to early hundreds of thousands
But by focusing on families rather than non-paying school groups
management has been able to boost revenue seven fold
The work doesn’t stop: “It’s a continuous investment to ensure our guests have more experiences
Some imaginative camping concepts have turned Skånes Djurpark into an attractive overnight proposition for families
The latest is the Shaun the Sheep shepherd wagons
was also playing a starring role in the park’s Halloween event at the time of writing
Dinosaurier was the last project to leave the drawing board of revered theme park designer Eric Daman (Phantasialand) before he died
Guests encounter 15 dinosaurs from an adventure trail through the forest and witness the feeding of a T-Rex at the end of the experience
“Skåne is one of the few places in Scandinavia where dinosaurs definitely lived, so the attraction fits very well within the main theme of the park,” explains Glenn André Viste Bøe
began his career at Kongeparken but has risen quickly through the ranks and now acts as managing director of the park division at Lund Gruppen
he has witnessed the roll out of glamping accommodation to both Skånes Djurpark and Kongeparken
which has been partnering with hotels in and around Stavanger for years
but both have benefited from the staycation trend since the the pandemic
how far do guests travel for such an experience
“It’s about two hours,” says health and safety manager Egil Ravndal
“But we also get quite a lot of families from the local area who want to treat themselves to a night away with a difference.”
Sleeping among the wolves and bears in the forest
certainly ticks that box for overnight guests at Skånes Djurpark
One type of accommodation you won’t find in any marketing material, but which is important to the smooth running of Lunds Tivoli is the housing provided to employees of the travelling show
Not only is each worker given an air-conditioned room
but meals are served in a state-of-the-art mobile canteen
“We have two chefs and serve 150 meals a day,” says Aasmund
there is sunrise lighting and bird whistles on the speaker system
There are also five rooms of accommodation
and a roof where staff can go and take it easy between shifts.”
Such investment helps foster a loyal workforce
I think we are the only carnival in Scandinavia
that does not have issues with staff.”
because investments like the recently purchased Opera observation wheel take some work to get around the country
One of two giant wheels now operated by Lund Gruppen
the 45-metre construction from Mondial has opened up new opportunities for Lund’s
appearing as a standalone attraction in city centres as well as at fairs and festivals
Lunds Tivoli’s regular itinerary sees it clocking up about 10,000 km a year
Journeys between locations have become more comfortable since the arrival of a fleet of 15 brand-new Scania trucks
“It was a massive investment,” says Aasmund
We are not fixing trucks all the time; it increases safety on the road and makes the working day better for the staff.”
Tivoli and festival employees do not train at Lund’s Big Bear Academy
“But Aasmund hires a lot of our staff,” says Håkon
“It’s a great recruitment pipeline for the whole group.”
aims to create first-time leaders and has achieved recognition beyond the attractions industry
check if they have been in Big Bear Academy,” says Aasmund
“It has a very high standing in the local community.”
It was after attending various festivals with their rides that Lund’s decided to start putting on their own events
“but we said we will own the whole value chain
Then it is up to us if it is successful or not.”
The family gained some expertise in this field after acquiring the Landstreff music festival when they bought Kongeparken
The three-day event sees thousands of teenagers flock to the park to party ahead of their exams
It is the one event that brings together all three parts of the Lund Group
since a handful of the park’s attractions open for the occasion
Lund Gruppen Arrangement is also responsible for the Fornebu Music & Arts Festival near Oslo
Magnus Lund continues to be involved behind the scenes at Scandinavia’s largest beach festival
Now owned by Superstruct Entertainment and backed by the investment funds KKR and CVC
Lund’s were once partners but retain a minority stake
“So much has changed in the music industry
with the likes of Live Nation owning festivals
“You either need to become bigger or move on
But we still own 100% of the other festivals and see scope for development.”
A selection of Lund’s travelling rides will be appearing again this festive season in the centre of Oslo for Jul i Vinterland (Christmas in Winterland)
as well as at events in Bergen and Trondheim
LGA has grown attendance at the seven-week event in the Norwegian capital from 500,000 to 3 million
it is nevertheless equivalent to over half the country’s population
And that’s just for our equipment because we rent out the stalls
and you have to own the whole chain – the food
Kongeparken’s Christmas celebrations are a much shorter affair. Held for just 10 days each December, they are nevertheless an important revenue stream for Lund’s flagship park, where it is difficult to grow attendance due to the low local population base. Guests pay a premium price for a three hour session in which they can enjoy a selection of rides and attractions
Last year’s Jul i Kongeparken season was fully sold out with 30,000 guests
and this year’s already looks headed in the same direction
with less than 6 million across the other side of the Øresund Bridge in Denmark
“Our focus now is on acquisition and partnerships,” says Håkon
“We constantly evaluate opportunities for new parks
Scandinavian culture is the culture we know so well.”
Whilst he expects the fifth generation to inherit the business one day
Håkon adds that he is quite happy to divide ownership and operation
“An owner is not necessarily the best operator and an operator is not necessarily the best owner
while I am introducing my kids into the industry as long-term custodians of our family’s heritage
I want to assemble the best possible teams to deliver the best possible experience to our guests
and we should let them develop and grow.”
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Paul Felten is a writer and filmmaker based in New York City. He wrote and codirected (with Joe DeNardo) the feature Slow Machine and has contributed to 4 Columns, the Brooklyn Rail, and Metrograph Journal.
plainspoken approach to the indignities of aging and the damnable passage of time
funny movie that you probably won’t notice the cumulative power of it sneaking up on you
you too may find yourself surprised by how early it has gotten late
lyrical film follows the last game played by two adult Sunday league baseball teams on a field slated for demolition in Douglas
while the other bears the name of its sponsor
drinking beers and smoking butts between at-bats in their mismatched
they do this for the love of the game and mainly
It’s telling how few friends and family members are there to cheer them on
A still from Carson Lund's film "Eephus." (Courtesy Music Box Films)Director Carson Lund co-wrote the screenplay with Nate Fisher and Michael Basta
juggling an Altman-esque ensemble of 18 players and assorted colorful side characters from the community dropping by to watch for an inning or two
They don’t have the backstories or cleanly defined arcs we’ve come to expect from sports movies
This isn’t the kind of film where old conflicts will be resolved during the big game
and these aren’t the kind of guys who are going to keep in touch after hanging up their cleats
We eavesdrop on their banter while they play together for the last time
the men expressing a full range of feelings through the narrow outlet of busting each other’s chops
“Eephus” is nothing if not a marvel of emotionally constipated New England masculinity
Dragon Inn” by way of Artie Lange’s “Beer League.”
The film takes its title from a high-arcing
low-velocity pitch that moves so slowly it lulls the batter into a dulled complacency
Co-writer Fisher plays a pitcher for Adler’s Paint who
and it’s impossible not to be tickled that these filmmakers are self-aware enough to have one of the screenwriters himself explaining their central metaphor
the game remains tied and the players refuse to leave the field
They pull up their cars and play by the glow of their headlights
staving off the dying of the light to try and finish one final inning
A still from Carson Lund's film "Eephus." (Courtesy Music Box Films)“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Brad Pitt asked in “Moneyball.” The national pastime is inherently nostalgic and “Eephus” is set during an unspecified year in what looks to be the 1990s
judging from the automobiles and electronics onscreen
the characters listen to rebroadcasts of old games from the ‘70s — occasionally interrupted by spot-on recreations of chintzy radio ads for local businesses — because there’s something perpetually backward-looking about baseball in all its legends and lore
One of the script’s smartest choices is that Soldiers Field is being bulldozed not to make way for a shopping mall or greedy condo development
It’s an investment in a future that for these men has already passed
Lee emerges from the woods behind the field like one of the ghosts in “Field of Dreams” to dispense some foul-mouthed advice and fan three batters before disappearing just as mysteriously
a playful part of the film’s beguiling tapestry
As the shadows on Soldiers Field get longer
“Eephus” is more than a movie about a game
it’s about reaching a time in your life when it feels like it’s getting late earlier and earlier
Sean Burns Film CriticSean Burns is a film critic for WBUR
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