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Retired USI Professor Larry Goss will lead discussion “Traveling at 33 RPM in an IPad world”

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The Tri-State Genealogical Society will have a brief business meeting followed by our program:

TSGS has announced that the program will feature Retired USI Professor Larry Goss. He will lead a discussion “Traveling at 33 RPM in an IPad world.” That single phrase describes the situation we as an organization and as individuals find ourselves. The technological changes that have occurred in storage technology, computing, and archiving in general are forcing us to migrate our methods for genealogical research and communication away from a heavy reliance on print media toward the faster (and cheaper) methods of storage and distribution that are becoming commonplace with the use of smart phones, androids, iPads, and digital readers. His discussion will focus on using Digital technology to the advantage of TSGS. Ask him questions… so you will understand the full impact of what changes digital publishing, archiving, etc. will mean in financial changes and all of the other benefits. Mark this date & time in your calendar!

This is a program you don’t want to miss. The time has come for us to take full advantage of all the computer age has to offer. Looking forward to a big crowd so we can learn together what changes need to be made for the growth and future of our society. We will be looking forward to seeing you at the meeting and enjoying a very interesting and informative program.

You do not have to be a member to come and participate at the society’s monthly meetings (except, no meetings in July and August).

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This time of the year, weather conditions may cause the society to cancel meetings… the decision to cancel usually is determined the day of the meeting, providing short notice. Since a bad weather system may develop later in the day (or that night), check our blog (http://tsgsblog.blogspot.com/) for cancellation notice or call Willard Library (812-425-4309).

United Caring Shelters Fundraiser

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Journey concert may have been cancelled

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Sources just informed the CCO that the Journey Concert to be held at the Ford Center may have been cancelled. Sources said that they proformed last night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. We will keep you posted.

EVSC Administrators Named Principals of the Year

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Two Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation administrators have been named Principals of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP). Thompkins Middle School Principal Bryan Perry, and former New Harmony High School Principal and now Assistant Principal of Lodge Community School, Douglas Mills, will officially be named District 11 Middle School Principal of the Year and District 11 High School Principal of the Year, respectively, on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the 2012 Principals of the Year Recognition Celebration.

District Principals of the Year are elected by their peers and one principal at each school level – elementary, middle and high – is selected in each of the 12 districts. Out of the 12 principals selected at each level, one will be selected as the State winner at the award celebration.

District 11 is located in southwest Indiana and is comprised of Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Darrel Bruce Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Mischief – Class A Misdemeanor

Adam Brandt Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in a Schedule I Controlled Substance – Class B Felony
Dealing in a Schedule I Controlled Substance – Class B Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor (Two Counts)

Rodney Cooper Possession of Methamphetamine – Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Habitual Substance Offender Enhancement)

Cierra Cooksey Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury – Class C Felony

Jessie Cronin Neglect of a Dependent – Class C Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

Tomorrow Gaines Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury – Class C Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony

Isaiah Holland Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor
(Two Counts – Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor

Michael Hughes Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in a Schedule I Controlled Substance – Class B Felony

Donovan Jarvis Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class A Felony

Jason Leasure Neglect of a Dependent – Class C Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

Bonnie Stanley Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

Coalition and Chamber Win International Award for “Business Hotspot” Television Commercial

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Coalition and Chamber Win International Award for
“Business Hotspot” Television Commercial

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Nov. 7, 2012) — The Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana and The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana announced Wednesday they were named 2012 Gold Winners of the international MarCom Awards for the collaboratively created “Southwest Indiana: The New Business Hotspot” television commercial.

The 60-second commercial, produced by Evansville-based Oswald Communications, premiered in June during the United Leasing Championship at Victoria National Golf Club, an official event of the PGA’s Web.com Tour that was televised on the Golf Channel to 4.5 million viewers in more than 175 countries. Three additional commercials were also created focusing on education, health care, and quality of place.
Over 6,000 entries for the 2012 MarCom Awards were received from throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Coalition and the Chamber were the only recipients from Indiana to receive an award for the TV (Broadcast & Cable)/Single Spot category.

The internationally televised commercial spotlights Southwest Indiana’s quality workforce, high-level education, advanced technology, solid financial foundation, and the region’s access to intermodal transportation systems.

With cameos from Norm Bafunno, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana and Bob Jones, president and CEO of Evansville-based Old National Bancorp, the award-winning spot solidifies businesses’ commitment to Southwest Indiana. The commercial may be viewed at www.youtube.com/southwestin.
About the MarCom Awards

The MarCom Awards is a creative competition for any individual or company involved in the concept, writing, and design of print, visual, audio, and web materials and programs. Administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, MarCom entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies, and freelancers. The MarCom competition has grown to the largest of its kind in the world with about 6,000 entries per year.

IS IT TRUE November 7, 2012

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE November 7, 2012

IS IT TRUE that the people of Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville went to the polls yesterday and dealt the referendum to consolidate local government a solid defeat by a 2 to 1 margin?…we have not examined these results precinct by precinct to see if there were any wards or precincts that actually voted YES but that will be an interesting part of the autopsy of this four year “machine” supported saga to “reorganize” the County into a single government unit?…there have been promises and threats coming out of the YES camp for the last several week along the lines of “you folks better vote YES or we will annex you against your will”?…those who would start any annexation efforts at this point had better take this thrashing at the ballot box as a firm warning that elected or even appointed officials who support annexation of anything in the short term will do so at their own political peril?

IS IT TRUE that there are also a number of elected officials that just gave their future opponents the political nuclear weapon they will use to defeat them?…a future opponent of the rabid supporters of consolidation like Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Sheriff Eric Williams, Commissioners Marsha Abell and Joe Kiefer, former Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, and assorted but less recognized others will be pounded again and again over support for a referendum that clearly stuck a middle finger in the face of the will of the people of Vanderburgh County?…some of these people just got their second poison issue as three of these (Winnecke, Weinzapfel, and Abell) were also in on the secret meeting to take away the Homestead Tax Credit?…in most places this combination of arrogant and misinformed positions would eliminate them from ever being elected to anything?…if you add that to the Ford Center that is now losing money which was orchestrated by the same cast of characters and their surrogates in a city that thinks, feels, and remembers this elite club would now be political roadkill?…the future will come and one of these people will run for something as they always seem to do?…that then and only then will we find out if Evansville is a city that thinks, feels, and has a memory?

IS IT TRUE that the governance of the City of Evansville needs to look at the overwhelming rejection of consolidation as a mandate to heal the City of the malaise that is obvious to any informed observer?…the easy money route to paying for the City of Evansville’s legacy problems just slammed shut?…the problems like having a horrible plan that offered nearly no savings and spared numerous sacred cows is the principle reason that consolidation failed?…there are a group of young Chamber of Commerce types who vocally supported consolidation who may live to fight another day politically when they are in their fifties but in the near term they will be judged by the company they kept and will have a big target on their back in any political endeavor they attempt to seek?

IS IT TRUE that outside of the consolidation effort the people of Evansville and Vanderburgh County substantially voted for the STATUS QUO?…from the County Council, to the School Board, to the Coroner’s Offices, to the Judgeships the people of Evansville went for the incumbents lock, stock, and barrel?…this seems to indicate that whatever Evansville and Vanderburgh County are right now is how the people of this part of the world intend to keep it?…on a national level Vanderburgh County did not go with the STATUS QUO giving President Obama only 43.7% of their votes to 54.3% for Republican Mitt Romney and Libertarian Gary Johnson a relatively high share of 2.8%.

IS IT TRUE that the country on the other hand did vote to give President Barack Obama a new four year contract with a slim margin with only 50.3% of the popular vote with the final electoral totals still not established at the time of this writing?…this means that 49.7% voted for someone other than President Obama and kept the House of Representative in Republican hands while leaving the Senate in Democrat hands but with substantially less than 60 votes needed to ram things through along party lines?…the divides and differences in different regions of the country are quite stark?…in the South and the Grain Belt you can easily travel over 2,000 miles without going through a state that even cast 40% of their votes for President Obama?…it is clear that the United States is a sharply divided nation and that Republican members of the Congress will have the strong support of their constituencies to oppose President Obama’s will for the next four years?…as was stated in yesterday’s IS IT TRUE we are poised for four years of no legislation and endless executive fiat?…this is sad but true?

Luciano Floridi to Deliver UE’s Crick and Ethics Lectures

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Luciano Floridi, professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire in England, will travel to Evansville this month to present two free, public lectures at the University of Evansville.

Floridi will deliver “The Varieties of Complexity,” UE’s Crick Lecture in the Cognitive and Neural Sciences, at 4 p.m. Monday, November 12 in Room 100 of the Koch Center for Engineering and Science.

For the annual Ethics Lecture, Floridi will present “Information Ethics and the Political Foundations of the Information Society” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 13 in Eykamp Hall, Ridgway University Center.

Floridi is a professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, England, where he holds the Research Chair in Philosophy of Information and the UNESCO Chair of Information and Computer Ethics, and a fellow of St. Cross College, University of Oxford.

Floridi is best known for his foundational research on the philosophy of information and information ethics, two new research areas that he has significantly helped to establish. He has published more than 150 articles in various anthologies and international peer-reviewed journals.

His most recent books are The Philosophy of Information (Oxford University Press, 2011), Information – A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010), and the Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (edited for Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Floridi is currently the principal investigator of the project “Understanding Information Quality Standards and their Challenges” (2011-2013), in collaboration with Google UK. He has delivered more than 200 talks, including recent public lectures at the World Science Festival in New York in 2010 and a TEDx in 2011, both available on YouTube. In 2012, he was a keynote speaker at the EU Digital Agenda, during which he addressed European Union leaders on education issues in the information society.

Floridi’s lectures at the University of Evansville are sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, UE’s programs in cognitive science and neuroscience, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the Kern Family Foundation.

Source: Evansville.edu

USI Empty Bowls event is Saturday

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USI
University of Southern Indiana students and other volunteers have created more than 500 ceramic bowls for Empty Bowls, a charity event to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 10, at Adams Art Gallery, 56 Adams Avenue in the Haynie’s Corner Arts District.

Purchase a hand-made ceramic bowl for $10, and the bowl will be filled with soup provided by Twilight Bistro. Several types of soup will be available. The bowl is yours to take home after the event.

All proceeds will benefit Tri-State Food Bank and United Caring Shelters of Evansville.

Empty Bowls is a national non-profit organization that lends its name to any organization willing to raise funds to combat hunger by making and selling ceramic bowls. Alisa Holen, USI assistant professor of art, has organized two previous Empty Bowls events. This is her first at USI.

USI ceramics students began making bowls for the event at the beginning of the fall semester, and have trained students at Central, Harrison, Bosse, and North high schools, as well as volunteers at USI, Deaconess Health Services, and Heritage Federal Credit Union.

Holen was awarded a Lilly Endowment-funded $1,550 Scholarship of Engagement (SOE) Faculty Grant from Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) for the project. The grant allowed her to restructure Ceramics I into a service learning course based on the mission of Empty Bowls, giving students the experience of serving the needs of their community through art.

Source: USI.edu

Mayor Winnecke’s Statement Regarding Reorganization Referendum

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Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
“While I am disappointed by tonight’s outcome, I am equally optimistic that we can continue to have a productive dialogue about how to improve the structure of government in Evansville and Vanderburgh County. We’ll return to work tomorrow with the continued mission focusing on the same goal: How do we improve our city and build a vibrant economy that continues to be a great place to live, work, and raise a family. Thank you to everyone who invested so much time and effort on behalf of their city and county.”

– Mayor Lloyd Winnecke

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