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Trump's Plan for Iran: Put Terrorists in Charge
Trump's Plan for Iran: Put Terrorists in Charge
Back in the 2008 presidential race, I explained to then-candidate Rudy Giuliani the concept of "blowback." Years of US meddling and military occupation of parts of the Middle East motivated a group of terrorists to carry out attacks against the United States on 9/11. They didn't do it because we are so rich and so free, as the neocons would have us believe. They came over here because we had been killing Muslims "over there" for decades.
How do we know this? Well, they told us. Osama bin Laden made it clear why al-Qaeda sought to attack the US. They didn't like the US taking sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict and they didn't like US troops on their holy land.
Why believe a terrorist, some responded. As I explained to Giuliani ten years ago, the concept of "blowback" is well-known in the US intelligence community and particularly by the CIA.
Unfortunately, it is clear that Giuliani never really understood what I was trying to tell him. Like the rest of the neocons, he either doesn't get it or doesn't want to get it. In a recent speech to the MeK – a violent Islamist-Marxist cult that spent two decades on the US terror watch list – Giuliani promised that the Trump Administration had made "regime change" a priority for Iran. He even told the members of that organization – an organization that has killed dozens of Americans – that Trump would put them in charge of Iran!
Giuliani shares with numerous other neocons like John Bolton a strong relationship with this group. In fact, both Giuliani and Bolton have been on the payroll of the MeK and have received tens of thousands of dollars to speak to their followers. This is another example of how foreign lobbies and special interest groups maintain an iron grip on our foreign policy.
Does anyone really think Iran will be better off if Trump puts a bunch of "former" terrorists in charge of the country? How did that work in Libya?
It's easy to dismiss the bombastic Giuliani as he speaks to his financial benefactors in the MeK. Unfortunately, however, Giuliani's claims were confirmed late last week, when the Washington Free Beacon published a three-page policy paper being circulated among National Security Council officials containing plans to spark regime change in Iran.
The paper suggests that the US focus on Iran's many ethnic minority groups to spark unrest and an eventual overthrow of the government. This is virtually the same road map that the US has followed in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and so on. The results have been unmitigated disaster after disaster.
Unleashing terrorists on Iran to overthrow its government is not only illegal and immoral: it's also incredibly stupid. We know from 9/11 that blowback is real, even if Giuliani and the neocons refuse to understand it. Iran does not threaten the United States. Unlike Washington's Arab allies in the region, Iran actually holds reasonably democratic elections and has a Western-oriented, educated, and very young population.
Why not open up to Iran with massive amounts of trade and other contacts? Does anyone (except for the neocons) really believe it is better to unleash terrorists on a population than to engage them in trade and travel? We need to worry about blowback from President Trump's fully-neoconized Middle East policy! That's the real threat!
Originally posted at the Ron Paul Institute
Daniel Lacalle on Trump's Deal with China
Our friend Daniel Lacalle was interviewed recently by BBC to discuss recent developments between trade negotiations between the US and China.
On his blog, he goes on to further explain why a trade war would be particularly devastating for China.
What the Trump administration was doing was a negotiation tactic. Aggressive, bulldozer-type and, of course, questionable. But a tactic to address the massive trade deficit with China, the largest in the world, at $375 billion. The negotiation tactic is clear, as proven by the tariff moratorium on the European Union, Canada, Mexico and South Korea.
China needs the U.S. surplus more than the U.S. needs China's trade and finances. And that is why the trade war will not happen. Because China has already lost it.
This is a duel at dawn in which it is most likely that no one will shoot … Because the pistols are loaded with debt, not with gunpowder.
The trade war will not happen for various reasons:
- China badly needs the surplus with the United States to keep its extremely indebted growth model, way more than the United States needs China's purchases of debt of goods. China added more debt in the first quarter of 2018 than the U.S., Japan and the EU combined, and it has reached an estimated 257% of GDP. If it does not grow exports to its main customer, the U.S., its problem of overcapacity and debt soars, and the economy crumbles.
- China cannot win a trade war with high debt, capital controls and US exports' dependence. A massive Yuan devaluation and domino defaults would cripple the economy. The U.S. dollar is the most traded currency in the world, and growing according to the Bank of International Settlement. The Yuan is 4% of currency trade.
- China's currency is not backed by either global use nor gold. At all. It is as unsupported as any fiat currency, like the U.S. dollar, but much less traded and used as a store of value. China's gold reserves are an insignificant fraction of its money supply. Its biggest weakness comes from capital controls and intervention. However, even with capital controls, capital flight has continued. $51bn outflows in the first quarter of 2018, according to Natixis.
- China does not have a nuclear option on the U.S. debt. For once, it is not the main owner of U.S, bonds, not even close (China is less than 8.6% of U.S. bonds outstanding). The United States can guarantee the demand for its debt issues even if China sells. But, in addition, China has increased its purchase of U.S. bonds by $168 billion dollars since the U.S. elections. If China sells its Treasury holdings, its own currency would massively appreciate and the domestic risks, lower exports, lower growth, outweigh the threat. Even if it sold, the demand for U.S. bonds has increased and when China has reduced Treasury holdings, Treasury yields have fallen. The Federal Reserve and the main U.S. Fixed Income funds could buy the bonds in a very short period of time, a week at most. Remember that 2018 has seen a record pace of inflows to U.S. Treasuries. $3.4 billion inflows in one week, with year-to-date inflows of $18.6 billion (data April 14th, 2018).
- China cannot maintain its growth – based on a huge debt bubble – if its exports fall. And its trade surplus with the United States has been growing while its trade surplus with the rest of the world shrunk. A drop in the growth of China's exports would mean a collapse of foreign currency reserves. These reserves have been recovering a bit recently, but have fallen 21% since the 2014 highs.
A collapse in the reserves of foreign currency would accentuate the capital flight that is already taking place, which would lead to increasing the already disastrous capital controls in China, and with it, three effects. Lower growth, higher debt and the risk of a very important devaluation of the yuan.
For China, a trade war would be devastating.
Of course, there are important negatives for the U.S. but not as dramatic.
The United States exports very little (12% of GDP), so any threat that leads to a positive agreement is an exponential improvement. But the duel is loaded with wet gunpowder.
Ryan McMaken on The Ingraham Angle
Man Shoots Intruder, Turns Out to Be Cop — Gets 13.5 Years
Tyler Harrell was found guilty of a charge of aggravated assault today in a case that should concern anyone who cares about the right to self-defense.
Back in 2016, Harken grabbed his AK-47 after being awaken by a loud bang. With him and his mom believing his house was being broken in to, he went on to shoot one of the intruders in the knee. Unfortunately for Harken, the people that broke down his door had government badges. The Austin SWAT team, allegedly responding to Snapchat photos of Harken with drugs, guns, and cash, were conducting a no-knock raid on the house. Their search found no drugs, but Harken faced the assault charge as well as an even more ludicrous charge of attempted capital murder, of which he was found not guilty. He now faces thirteen-and-a-half years in prison.
While it's a shame that someone was hurt during the police raid, Harken is the clear victim in this situation. After all, what is a reasonable person supposed to do when armed men knock down your front door without any sort of announcement? Anyone who favors gun rights must concede that the natural reaction is to defend yourself and everyone else in the home. Unfortunately, the overlap between the Blue Lives Matter and NRA crowds mean we are unlikely to hear many national voices come to Harken's defense.
Unfortunately situations like Harken's are not all the uncommon, as the government continues to wage its absurd war on drugs. As Tate Fegley noted following the disastrous Utah vs Streiff Supreme Court case:
To read the decisions of the Court regarding the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits the government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures, is to read of its slow death, with drug prohibition playing a role almost every step of the way.
Consider, for example, one of the most odious developments in modern American policing: the no-knock SWAT raid. There are, on average, over 100 raids per day and the majority of them are to serve low-level drug warrants. Such a dangerous procedure inevitably has led to a huge number of botched raids, resulting in unnecessary property damage and death. It is a common law principle that officers of the law "knock-and-announce" themselves prior to the search of a dwelling in order to give the occupant time to compose himself and answer the door. The Supreme Court has created exceptions to this principle, such as the possibility that suspects could destroy drug evidence, thus providing a necessary condition to the environment that allows a raid-happy style of policing to exist. In consideration of this, it is not hard to imagine how the Strieff decision could lead to widespread pretext stops and ID-checking in order to go on fishing expeditions for evidence.
Pope Francis Endorses Slower Growth, More Poverty
I almost feel guilty when I criticize the garbled economic thoughts of Pope Francis. After all, he was influenced by Peronist ideology as a youngster, so he was probably a lost cause from the beginning.
Moreover, Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell have already dissected his irrational ramblings on economics and explained that free markets are better for the poor. Especially when compared to government dependency.
But since Pope Francis just attacked tax havens, and I consider myself the world's foremost defender of these low-tax jurisdictions, I can't resist adding my two cents. Here's what the Wall Street Journal just reported about the Pope's ideological opposition to market-friendly tax systems.
The Vatican denounced the use of offshore tax havens… The document, which was released jointly by the Vatican's offices for Catholic doctrine and social justice, echoed past warnings by Pope Francis over the dangers of unbridled capitalism. …The teaching document, which was personally approved by the pope, suggested that greater regulation of the world's financial markets was necessary to contain "predatory and speculative" practices and economic inequality.
He even embraced global regulation, not understanding that this increases systemic risk.
The supranational dimension of the economic system makes it easy to bypass the regulations established by individual countries," the Vatican said. "The current globalization of the financial system requires a stable, clear and effective coordination among various national regulatory authorities.
And he said that governments should have more money to spend.
A section of the document was dedicated to criticizing offshore tax havens, which it said contribute to the "creation of economic systems founded on inequality," by depriving nations of legitimate revenue.
Wow, it's like the Pope is applying for a job at the IMF or OECD. Or even with the scam charity Oxfam.
In any event, he's definitely wrong on how to generate more prosperity. Maybe he should watch this video.
Or read Marian Tupy.
Or see what Nobel Prize winners have to say.
P.S. And if the all that doesn't work, methinks Pope Francis should have a conversation with Libertarian Jesus. He could start here, here, and here.
Originally published at Dan Mitchell's blog International Liberty
Federal Reserve Nominee Wants To Take Your Cash And Track How You Spend
Central banks are shrouded in secrecy and few understand how they operate. These institutions handle economic matters that we're told are far too complex for average people to understand.
The Federal Reserve's secrecy originated from its inception, when created by a group of elite men using secret code names at a place named Jekyll Island a century ago. No doubt at least one mustache was twirled mischievously. Of course the day to day of monetary policy is far less thrilling, but that doesn't mean the consequences of these bankers' actions are any less dramatic.
A decade after the latest financial crisis — fueled by the cheap money policies of former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan — low interest rates and "quantitative easing" have continued to inflate what Donald Trump once rightly called a "big, fat, ugly bubble." The monetary policies that the Fed imposes bring significant harm to many Americans who are impacted by the whims of bureaucratic economists with unchecked egos.
For all the secrecy afforded to the Fed and other central banks, most of these decisions are made in plain view of the public, enjoying the protection that comes with dreadfully dull technical language of modern economics. For an example, look no further than the nomination battle going on right now over Marvin Goodfriend to the board of governors.
Read the full article at The Federalist
Ron Paul, Populism, and the Fed
I've been really enjoying David Beckworth's Macro Musings podcast - a nice, conveniently way of hearing some good econ discussions outside of my own personal bubble.
There was an interesting interview with Neel Kashkari who talks about why there has been very little movement within the Fed to really explore NGDP Targeting or pushing up the inflation target, in spite of the large amount of chatter about those topics among academics. He explains that it's because when Fed officials actually talk to real people in communities, in particularly community bankers, any discussion of playing around with inflation is instantly rejected - in part because the public as a whole has so much inherent skepticism and mistrust of the Fed as it stands now. (I'll also note that while I obviously don't like Kashkari's views on monetary policy, his candor and transparency in his Fed role has been great.)
I think this plays back to the success of Ron Paul's libertarian populist campaign, and a good push back to the argument that he never accomplished anything while in office. While it's certainly true that there aren't many legislative achievements to his CV, he effectively used his platform to push the Fed and money into public discourse and effectively won the argument. The impact isn't limited to simply the "public" either. Fed skepticism has become status quo GOP orthodox - to the point where some Republicans on the Hill have been frustrated with Trump's status quo Fed picks. We've also seen legislation advanced by House Republicans to reform the Fed (even though I don't think that highly of them) and Dr. Paul's Audit the Fed Bill has received the support of the majority Republican legislators when it has come up to vote.
In fact, when you consider that Bitcoin was built on explicitly Austrian origins, it's possible that Ron Paul's impact didn't only help restrain the Fed, but actually inspired very real solutions to government-controlled fiat currency. The grassroots movements to legalize gold and silver at state levels obviously plays into this as well. All in all, by effectively using a populist appeal to engage and educate the public - rather than focus on trying to impose top-down reforms through legislation - Dr. Paul was able to have as large an impact on American monetary policy as perhaps any single legislator since the creation of the Fed.
DeLong is Wrong on Trump's Tax Cuts
Bradford DeLong posted a vicious rant on his blog recently accusing the signatories of a letter in support of President Trump's economic policies of being "both 100% cynical and 100% deluded" as well as "moronic and easily grifted." However, it turns out that Delong himself suffers from the delusion that a president gets to write and pass legislation exactly as he sees fit. In reality, the Washington swamp is under almost complete control of lobbyists and special interest groups. We would wager that very few of our fellow signatories are completely satisfied with these pieces of economic legislation as they were passed. However, Delong claims the signatories are:
1. Cynical and delusional to think the 2017 tax reform legislation is a middle-class tax cut.
Well first you have to understand that nearly half of American taxpayers pays no federal income tax at all while the top 10% of income recipients pay over 70%. The middle class will receive a 1-4% cut in their federal income taxes. That's not much but it's a step in the right direction. The corporate income tax represents double taxation of profits, which are taxed again as dividends at the personal level. Most economists recognize that the corporate tax is a counterproductive tax that stifles economic growth and needs to be changed, if not abolished.
2. Cynical and delusional to claim that Trump's regulatory relief is anything but "Berlusconi-like corrupt advantaging of favored clients."
It is regulation itself that is corrupt because the regulators are invariably "captured" by the regulated industry. The result is that regulated industries gain protection from competition and government largess and bailouts at the expense of consumers. Thus regulation did not prevent Bernie Madoff's scam or the financial crisis, nor does it protect the American consumers from skyrocketing health care costs. Even a moderate dose of regulatory relief will produce lower prices, more jobs, and economic growth.
Washington has always been a swamp where the political elites and their connected financial and business cronies enrich themselves at the expense of the American people. Unlike the delusional Delong, we fully recognize that Trump's legislative accomplishments fall far short of the ideal but they do represent a step in the right direction.
Spare Me Claims Gina Haspel Will 'Speak Truth to Power,' Real Truth-Tellers Go to Jail
In the Senate Intelligence Committee secret vote today on whether to confirm Trump nominee Gina Haspel as chief of the CIA, she will likely again be praised for promising to "speak truth to power." This has recently become one of the favorite accolades in the least trusted city in America. But will Americans be as gullible this time around?
When 7-term congressman and dutiful Republican functionary Porter Goss was nominated in 2004 to become CIA chief, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) endorsed him after he promised to "always speak truth to power." Fat chance: after he was confirmed, Goss speedily sent a memo to CIA employees muzzling them, declaring that their job was to "support the administration and its policies in our work." Goss bungled the CIA so badly that the Bush administration heaved him out after less than two years on the job; Goss later became a lobbyist for the Turkish government.
"Speaks truth to power" had a starring role in the 2005 Senate coronation of John Negroponte, America's first Director of National Intelligence. While working as Reagan's ambassador to Honduras, Negroponte perennially denied that the Honduran regime was committing vast atrocities, despite its killing of tens of thousands of its own citizens. (Honduras was aiding the Nicaraguan Contras at the time.) But that did not deter Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., and Sen. Mikulski from recycling the "truth to power" phrase in speeches endorsing Negroponte.
When Michael Hayden was nominated as CIA chief in 2006, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) vouched that Hayden would "speak truth to power." But Hayden profoundly misled Congress regarding the CIA's torture program and his credibility was demolished in the 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee report on the enhanced interrogation program.
Read the rest at USA Today
Money-Supply Growth Slowed in April
Last month, we reported that money-supply growth accelerated for the first time after a year-long period of falling growth rates, at the end of which money-supply growth fell to a near-ten-year low of 2.6 percent, year over year.
In March of this year growth rates had headed upward, rising to a year-over-year growth rate of 5.1 percent.
In April, however, growth rates lessened again, coming in at a rate of 4.3 percent, year over year.
(The money-supply metric used here — an "Austrian money supply" measure — is the metric developed by Murray Rothbard and Joseph Salerno, and is designed to provide a better measure than M2. The Mises Institute now offers regular updates on this metric and its growth.)
Meanwhile, the more commonly used measure of money supply, M2, continued to experience falling growth rates through the first part of this year. In April, M2 increased 3.7 percent, year over year, making it the smallest increase in M2 since 2011.
Part of what has pushed the Austrian measure of money supply above growth rates from last year was an increase in treasury deposits at the Fed.
The inclusion of deposits at the Fed is a key difference between M2 and the Austrian measure of the money supply, and growth in these deposits has added to the differences seen in growth between M2 and the Austrian measure.
In April, treasury deposits at the Fed hit a 16-month high, rising to $324 billion. The highest level for treasury deposits ever reported occurred in November of 2016, at a total of $394 billion.
What does the trend in money supply indicate?
Historically, a sizable drop in money supply growth rates suggests that a recession is on the horizon — but not on the immediate horizon.
In this graph, provided by RealForecasts.com, we see how dips in the money supply growth rate often precede recessions, but with a lag period of a year or so. In many cases, money supply growth is trending upward again by the time the recession officially begins.
Moreover, if we look at TMS totals (in terms of dollar amounts) we can see that flattening in the money supply has occurred to varying degrees on three occassions over the past 20 years. There was a slight flattening leading up to the 2001 recession, and then another in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. And we are experiencing some flattening now — although to a lesser extent. It's unknown if this trend will continue or if growth will pick up again.
So does the recent downturn and subsequent uptick indicate a recession?
It's difficult to say how long the current boom period will last. Home prices continue to sail upward for now, although we do see volatility in the stock market. Unemployment data doesn't point to anything catastrophic at this time.
Some indicators suggest problems, however. Delinquencies in auto-loan debt continue to trend upward, household formation is stagnating, and growth in commercial loans — a factor in expanding the money supply — remains near multi-year lows:
Russia First: Putin Continues to Pull Back on Military Spending
Last year I noted that America would benefit from Trump acting more like Putin - at least in terms of military spending. After all, while Trump and Republicans were pushing for a $80 billion increase in the
defense war budget, Putin's government had reduced their's to a total of around $50 billion.
As Frank Weir notes at the Christian Science Monitor, Putin appears prepared to continue that trend:
It may sound contrary to Western perceptions of Russia's global intentions. But the priorities listed in the new Kremlin strategic program suggest that Mr. Putin has decided to use what seems likely to be his final term in office to cement his already substantial legacy as a nation-builder.
The projected surge in spending on roads, education, and health care will have to be paid for. A key source of that funding will be the military budget, which had been growing by around 10 percent annually for much of the Putin era.
"The times when the external threat was used to make cuts in social expenditures palatable has passed. We can't go on like that any longer," says Pavel Zolotaryov, deputy director of the Institute of USA-Canada Studies (ISKRAN), which is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "A lot of the goals of military modernization have already been accomplished, so we can afford to slow it down, make selective cuts to fund social goals, while continuing the basic path."
Weir goes on to note that along with a desire to focus more on their domestic economy, Putin's actions may be influenced by Russians growing tired from war:
Recent opinion polls suggest that Putin's priority shift coincides with a war weariness on the part of Russians, who have indulged their president as he shored up Russia's great power status in the face of Western hostility and sanctions, by annexing Crimea and intervening in Syria. A survey last month by the independent Levada Center found that at least half of Russians appreciate their country's return to great power status. But 45 percent fault Putin for "failing to ensure an equitable distribution of income in the interests of ordinary people," up from 39 percent in March 2015 when the last survey was conducted.
It's also worth noting that the Kremlin's strategic plan also includes a desire to "speed up the introduction of digital technologies in the economy and the social sphere."
For the past year the Russian government has continued to show interest in blockchain technology, including Putin sitting down with Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin last June. Others in the Russian government have made it clear that they see blockchain technology as a sphere important to Russia's long term economic interests.
This does not mean, however, that Russia will follow the lead of countries like Japan and Estonia in liberating cryptomarkets, which they view as distinct from blockchain itself. While Russia sees the potential for a crypto-ruble to help them navigate past international sanctions, they are unlikely to embrace the freedom true monetary competition would allow its citizens. If Russia does indeed launch their own digital currency, don't be surprised to see it escalate their crackdown of private cryptocurrencies.


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The St George Illawarra Dragons have crushed a dissapointing North Queensland Cowboys 45-18 at chilly WIN Stadium tonight.
Saints opened the scoring after just eight minutes when Ben Hornby, standing in for an injured Trent Barrett raced over to score under the posts.
Origin forward, Jason Ryles crashed over three minutes later and this opened the floodgates with Jason Hooper and Justin Smith crossing for four pointers. After 26 minutes, The Cowboys with the wind at their back trailed 22-0.
But the visitors finally got some possession and managed to hang onto the ball long enough for Bowen to score a runaway try in the 32nd minute.
St George forward, Shane Millard however scored on the stroke of halftime and at the break the locals led 28-6
Saints came out in the second half and scored almost immediately with lanky winger Matt Cooper leaping high in the air to take a Hornby cross field kick. That made it 34-6 in favour of the Dragons.
Matt Sing scored for Cowboys in the 54th minute and the score was 32-12
But Saints broke any resistence with two fine tries from man of the match, Mark Riddell who after a stepping run of 30 metres scored under the posts, jumped the fence, and sat down to applaud his effort, much to the delight of the small crowd.
A field goal to Riddell took the score to 45-12. The Cowboys however scored a late consolation try and at fulltime it was a impressive win to the Dragons 45-18
Sat 5:30 PM, 29 June 2002 WIN Stadium Referee: M Cecchin
Dragons 45 - Cowboys 18 St George Illawarra Dragons (Tries: Hornby, Ryles, Hooper, Smith, Millard, Cooper, Riddell x 2. Goals: Riddell 4/4, 1 FG, Gorrell 2/4) Nth Qld Cowboys (Tries: Bowen, Sing, Fien. Goals: Hannay 3/3)

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Bob Ufer: There will never be another like him
UPDATE: The excellent clip above was done by our pal, Andy, who wrote: "I posted it on youtube last week. I was pissed about Ryan Mallett calling himself a 'michigan man' and I put something up to remind me what a real 'michigan man' was."
24 comments:
- JPCauz said...
Chills just chills whenever I hear that call.
- January 22, 2008 7:57 AM
- Joe said...
Gee Whiz. That man sounds drunk, high, both. Did they have crack back in 1979?
- January 22, 2008 8:54 AM
- Andy said...
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- January 22, 2008 9:34 AM
- Andy said...
"I'll always be a Michigan man, even though for the next few years I'll be wearing the colors of a different school."
Bob Ufer = Michigan Man
Bo Schembechler = Michigan Man
Anthony Carter = Michigan Man
Ryan Mallett = Arkansas Man
- January 22, 2008 9:39 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Ryan Mallett couldn't handle the transition, so he wimped out. Revisionists will say that he was pushed out by RR, but apparently Mallett was not well-liked by his teammates. My friends who were involved with the team told me this before he transferred. I also know that he has been involved in some altercations with students in Ann Arbor. He's a cocky little asshole, albeit a talented one.
Joe, don't diss Ufer.
- January 22, 2008 11:39 AM
- dtw2phx said...
Emotional/bad news day here at the office so your post brought tears to my eyes -- the floodgates are now open. I LOVE that clip! No one like him, no one.
A couple things: I totally dig the 70s porn-esque theme music for M-Replay back in the day (lol), and I can't get over how low the wall/how high the field was in those shots. Oh, I remember it...but just so funny to see it now.
Thanks for posting, Yost!! :-)
- January 22, 2008 11:59 AM
- Andy said...
A couple of things about this clip:
1) Obviously this is Bob Ufer at his best. No one has ever come close to his style. I miss him.
2) The gutless decision by IU coach Lee Corso to go for the tie rather than the win.
3) The now illegal intentional fumble by Larry Reid the play before the Wangler to AC miracle. Reid actually threw the ball to Corso to stop the clock.
4) Bo's reaction immediately after the touchdown. He just didn't know what to do.
- January 22, 2008 12:25 PM
- Reed said...
It's an amazing play. I wrote about it over here from my road trippin' perspective.
- January 22, 2008 12:44 PM
- Joshua said...
Leave it to a Bama fan to associate childhood memories of "special times" with an old drunken guy.
- January 22, 2008 2:52 PM
- jteras2000 said...
Actually, Reid throwing the ball out of bounds on purpose was illegal then too. Lee Corso went ape sh-t on the sidelines but the refs didn't call it. Still drives Corso crazy.
- January 22, 2008 3:21 PM
- Breaston154LIFE said...
Great great clip. Even though this happened way before time, this could pass in today's sports nation as 1 of the greatest calls.
Hey who knows, maybe I'll match up to Bob Ufer down the road. Jeez how old is Jim Brandstatter?
- January 22, 2008 3:27 PM
- 616goblue said...
Yost, special props to Andy for his youtube video! I found it the other day and sent it to you (Andy, you should have sent it to Yost instead of me). How I found it was my nephew will be a freshman at Michigan this fall and when I asked him about Bob Ufer, his response was "who is that?"
this was the first time I was in The Big House. I was 12 and sat in the student section with my older brother...ran on the field at the end of the game (I cant find me on the field in the video) and I still have the ticket stub to prove I was there!
- January 22, 2008 8:01 PM
- Joshua said...
God I wish the stadium was still like that today? Obviously no room for things on the sidelines, but that's like being court-side at a BB game. Can you imagine? It'd be crazy.
- January 22, 2008 8:48 PM
- LyndaC said...
I'm old enough to remember hearing that on the radio live. I loved listening to Ufer back in the day. I still remember most of his Woody Hayes poem. "Ohio came to bury Michigan all wrapped in maize and blue...."
- January 22, 2008 8:53 PM
- 616goblue said...
check out www.ufer.org and click on "sound clips" for the rest of that Woody Hayes poem--enjoy!
- January 22, 2008 9:25 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Hey Joe...You don't diss Ufer and we don't diss Bear Bryant, deal?
Or better yet, imagine someone going to an Alabama board and dissing Bear Bryant. But the Alabama folks may not understand words longer than 3 letters.
- January 22, 2008 11:09 PM
- Joe said...
Oh guys...I wasn't trying to diss any one. Sorry that I seemed to have done so. That was just my first thought when listening to it and I thought I'd make a funny. Sorry I offended you guys.
- January 23, 2008 6:22 AM
- Joe said...
Mikoyan, people come to our boards ALL of the time and diss the Bear.
And I am a grad student at Bama. So I will have you know that I am perfectly capable of understanding words that are at least 4 letters long! lol
- January 23, 2008 6:25 AM
- LJTunes said...
I've heard the audio 1000 over the last 25+ years but that was the first time I have seen the video. Very cool. I could even hear the crowd make some noise. :)
- January 23, 2008 2:06 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
ljtunes... I was thinking the same thing. I have the CD and the MP3 but I have never seen the video before. And this was in the days of there was only one or two college games on TV all weekend.
Andy. You made my day. Anytime I hear Bob Ufer (wasn't he from WV as well) it give me chills, makes me cry, make me proud to be a Michigan Man. And you left one thing out:
5) The legend of #1 jersey was born.
- January 23, 2008 7:11 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Oh... ljtunes... back then, I've actually heard Michigan got penalized as a team for too much crowd noise.
- January 23, 2008 7:12 PM
- TitleIX said...
- January 24, 2008 12:08 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Nah...Joe Buck is the best announcer ever....I love his pairing with Troy Aikman. His coverage of the Tigers World Series was so awesome that I had to turn it off because my brain was going to burst from all the pleasure he was....
Your right Ufer was awesome. I have a CD of a show they did about him (from WJR, I think).
- January 24, 2008 1:42 PM
- Buccaneer_9 said...
"...football Valhalla..."
Classic Ufer.
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Tips for smoothing the way for your tax return filing
The tax filing deadline of March 17 for corporations and April 15 for individuals, partnerships and trusts is fast approaching. In order to make your life and your accountant's life easier, here are some tips to facilitate the preparation.
What can I do in February?
Begin to gather your tax information.
Employers need to send their employees their W-2 forms and 1099 forms by January 31. Investment firms start sending out their form 1099s around this time also. Put these documents in a folder to send to your accountant.
Look through these documents carefully to be sure that income and withholding amounts look correct. Look through your investment statements to see that you have cost basis for any sales made during the year. If the cost basis is missing, start to gather that information now.
Your mortgage company will send a form 1098 listing the interest expense paid and the principal balance at the end of the year. This is typically the largest deduction for an individual taxpayer.
Meet with your accountant now. In February, he or she will have more availability than in March and April and can meet with you to discuss your tax return, to plan for the current tax year, and to review any changes or significant transactions.
You can also ask your accountant what is the best way for you to send him the information you are gathering. For example, my firm, Kaufman Rossin, has a secure portal that our clients can post their documents to as they receive them. We then organize the documents and prepare the return or part of the return when we have a sufficient amount of information. Other accountants may want you to send the information only when all the information is available.
Business owners can make a New Year's resolution to gather addresses and social security numbers or federal identification numbers for all independent contractors paid during the year to prevent scrambling for this information next January. Technically, you should not release a check to an individual without this information.
What can I do as the deadline gets closer?
You have until April 15 to fund your IRA contribution for the prior year. Start setting aside money to maximize your contribution and save the proof of the contribution for your accountant.
Gather work-related receipts in a format that is easy to submit to your accountant. Preparing a summary in Microsoft Excel, in QuickBooks, or simply in a legible list with detailed supporting documents will save your accountant time and save you money.
Typical work-related deductions are: computers, furniture and fixtures, tools, advertising, car expenses, utilities, cell phone and professional fees. List all of your potential expenses and work with your accountant to determine their deductibility. Documenting the information is the key.
Gather up your receipts and records documenting your charitable donations.
Gather proof of purchase for energy-efficient goods purchased during the year. There are many credits available that you should discuss with your accountant.
Business owners should check to see if they qualify for tax credits for 2013. Gather the necessary documentation for these credits now.
Remember, the more information you can gather in advance and the earlier you start meeting with your accountant, the easier your 2013 tax filing will be.
Lisa Kahn Little is an associate principal in the Entrepreneurial Services department of Kaufman Rossin. She works with entrepreneurs, high-net worth individuals, and nonprofits. She is a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida, and a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.


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Summer Quandaries #53
September 23--4 days to camp
Flash Forward
March 11, 2011 Philadelphia
Tonight the Boston Celtics brought the full force of their lengthened and strengthened roster into play. Facing the dismal 76ers, Doc Rivers gave his two oldest big men, Garnett and Shaquille, the night off as the C's approach the last month of the regular season. Kendrick Perkins played 20 minutes in his longest outing since game six of the finals last June. Turkish rookie Semih Erden played another 24. The final eight minutes of the game found three rookies on the floor with Perkins at center, Erden at PF, Harangody at SF, Bradley at SG, and Delonte West manning the point. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen played only 15 minutes each, mostly in the first half. Tony Gaffney, a long shot to make the roster at all, turned in his most extensive and probably best performance playing 30 minutes, mostly at the three. He made the squad on the strength of his long-armed, active defense and where better to show it than against Philly where three of their best five players all play small forward. With such a strong showing from the bottom of the bench expect to see pairs of the aging stars in street clothes for one game in most of the remaining back-to-backs, say NJ on 3/14, NO on 3/19, and Washington on 4/8. This team is tuning up for the post season and look to arrive there fresh and feisty.
Summer Quandaries #53
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And Rondo... Don't tell me he would be traded?! I'm worried...
Bohemian says:
You forgot about Sheed coming back to the C's by then :DD
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I like it and can see it playing out just like that this season. Sheed would already be suspended for 16 technicals in the 3 weeks since he returned.


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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Stocks of some of the leading apparel and accessories makers reached records this week as investors continued to take heart that the global economic drought was not drying up demand for fashion goods.
Luxury watchmaker Movado Group Inc. MOV, -0.73% and PVH Corp. PVH, -0.45% , which markets the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger labels, were the latest to join the growing group. Shares of both companies rallied Tuesday after they reported strong-than-expected quarterly earnings and raised their outlooks.
Movado, which also sells watches under brand names such as Concord and Coach, saw its shares shoot up 17% to $35.41 on Tuesday, on track to close at a record. The stock has soared 43% over the past 30 days and is up 95% since the beginning of the year.
PVH, which markets the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger labels, has also been on a roll, climbing 5% Tuesday, also heading for a record closing level. PVH shares have risen 15% over the past 30 days, and 32% since the start of 2012.
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. KORS, +0.39% has also been basking in the sun. Shares of the fashion house hit their 52-week peak of $54.92 on Monday, helped by a strong earnings report released on Aug. 12. Kors shares have rocketed almost 100% since early January.
Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc. FNP, -1.51% formerly Liz Claiborne, has also enjoyed a brisk run, with shares leaping 50% year-to-date. The company released an improved earnings report in July, helped by strong sales growth for its trendier brands: Lucky Brand, kate spade, and Juicy Couture.
Ralph Lauren Corp., RL, +1.85% meanwhile, has still seen gains, despite warning in early August that demand in Europe could soon weaken. The stock is still up 16% since January, with shares climbing 8% over the past 30 days.
Swatch watchmaker Fossil Inc. FOSL, -0.19% has seen its shares advance 14% over the past 30 days and 10% since the start of the year. The stock hit a 52-week high of $139.20 on April 5, but plunged nearly 40% in early May over fears that European sales were slipping. The company's latest earnings report helped alleviate those concerns, sending shares soaring over 30% shortly after its release on Aug. 7.


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Thank you! I was able to get an Up and Up Stomach Relief for .37! We just ran out of the Pepto so the timing is perfect. I also picked up the Up and Up dishwasher detergent — got two for 4.98 with a $1 TQ. I think that's a great deal!
Has anyone tried these brands? I have never tried them, so wondering if they work just as good as the name brands
my husband uses the pepcid like up and up, doesn't know the difference… works just the same.
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I use the Up & Up antacid tablets (just like Tums). They're great & I'm happy to see this coupon. I hope they don't give me any trouble when I use it on the antacid since the coupon shows a box & I'll be buying a bottle. (My Target is sometimes picky like that!)
Does anyone know if Epsom (sp?) salts are included as a digestive aid?
My local Target (MA) had the Women's Laxatives at $1.47 on price cut. I didn't grab them, but that info might help someone else!
I used mine on infant gas drops – those things are so rarely on sale and the up & up work fantastic. They also have more doses for cheaper price than pharmacy brands. Such a great deal. Regular price is $3.64 so getting them for $2.14 is amazing!!!
Got the up and up Tums, they were $1.96 so .46 cents after coupon. No beeping yeah!
The Up & Up version of 72 ct Tums were on sale at my store for $1.79!!! So, after the coupon, I only paid 29 cents! Yeah!!!
The berry-flavored up & up Tums are far superior! Plus, it's a 96 count bottle instead of just 72 for a few cents more.
My local Target had the 96 count Up & Up version of Tums (same ingredients) on sale for just $1.93, so after using the $1.50 Target coupon, ending up getting it for just $0.43!
Awesome! I wait for the up and up digestive health coupons to load up on generic Tums….. Im pregnant and popping at least four of these suckers a day!
I found the 96 ct up and up version of tums on sale for $1.93 too! Made for an awesome deal after I compared and saw they were the same as Tums. I also found the bulk bags of cotton balls (600!) on clearance for $2.48 and used the .50/1 coupon. made for a good deal! I think i am stocked for life now!


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Last year the Parnell administration threw a bomb that could blow up all your rights and protections under our State Constitution. The State House passed Parnell's HB 77, "The Silencing Alaskans Act." It sits in the State Senate now, fuse burning, ready to explode in our face with the opening of the 2014 Legislative Session.
HB 77 ignores Constitutional protections.
According to Article 1, Section 1 of the Alaska Constitution, "... all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protections under the law..." Section 2 goes on, "All political power is inherent in the people. All government originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the people as a whole." The various sections in Article 8 reserve Alaska's natural resources for the maximum benefit of its people for our common use and require conservation measures including utilization of "replenishable" resources on a sustained yield principle (fish, wildlife, surface and subsurface waters). Article 8 also requires prior public notice and other safeguards when disposing or leasing of state resources.
Why worry?
So much for all that. Under HB 77 the Commissioner of Natural Resources could authorize any activity on state land by fiat (general permit). The decision would override any other state law as long as the Commissioner decides it will not result in "significant, irreparable harm to state land or resources." Those terms are not defined, of course. At the same time, HB 77 would blindfold and gag Alaska citizens by allowing the Department of Natural Resources to bypass normal public notice and comment practices. This could even mean elimination of the present requirement for a "best interest finding" before DNR proceeds with land and resource sales or leases. HB 77 would make it very easy for outside corporations to get anything they want but very hard for an ordinary citizen to even know about it, let alone successfully challenge anything authorized by DNR.
Clearly Governor Parnell and too many of our Legislators have come to feel that Alaska's resources are theirs to do with as they see fit, which seems to focus mostly on rewarding corporate campaign funders.
Do you value your Constitutional rights? Worried about government overreach? Why not start making some noise. Peter Micciche was one of the two Senators who stalled passage of HB 77 last session. He has arranged for hearings/stakeholder discussions at the Kenai Borough Assembly Chambers on December 9 and at Homer's Islands and Ocean Visitor Center on December 10. Both meetings start at 4:00 p.m. It's a chance to let Senator Micciche know you appreciate his efforts and to tell him how you feel about HB 77.


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A special kind of community chorus, Voices of Hope, performed in Naperville Sunday to show that while cancer changes the life of those it touches, so too does music.
Voices of Hope is comprised of members of the Naperville Men's Glee Club and other singers who have been affected in some way by cancer -- as a patient, a relative, a friend or a caretaker. The chorus performed Sunday in front of a full house at North Central College's Wentz Hall.
The group was convened in part as a way to mark the glee club's 25th anniversary.
"We wanted to do something special, something that would give back to the community that has supported us all these years," glee club member Tom Harle said immediately before the show. "We thought, cancer touches so many different people, and in different ways. And music can be such a powerful form of comfort. This seemed like a good way to bring hope to people who have gone through something very difficult."
Hale said he didn't feel any unusual preshow jitters, but he expected to be moved once the performance got under way.
"I know when we go out onstage in front of that full house, it's going to give me chills," he said. "I'm getting them now, just thinking about it."
Voices of Hope performed a variety of songs Sunday, including Bruno Mars' "Count on Me" and the 1980s hit "Africa," by the group Toto. Also part of Sunday's program were solo performances by the glee club and the Young Naperville Singers' Boys Choir.
Naperville Mayor George Pradel spoke to the crowd after the first few songs.
"If you need a lift, you'll definitely find one here!" he said. "Sitting in the front row, I got goose bumps listening to this music."
Carly Zabinski attended the show with her young son. Her husband, Larry Zabinski, is a Voices of Hope singer and a cancer survivor; Larry was diagnosed 10 years ago with Stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma.
"It's amazing to see him sing now," said Carly. "We started dating shortly after he finished chemo, and at the time we didn't know how long we'd have together. We look at every day of good health as a gift."


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Well, the Dolphins offense came to life toward the end of the first half and went on an impressive TD march, culminated by Reggie Bush's 21-yard TD.
On that score, center Mike Pouncey led the run with a sweep while tight end Charles Clay also got a great cut block at the line of scrimmage. The Dolphins led, 7-0.
But then something went wrong with a defense that had been outstanding.
The Seahawks went 80 yards on the ensuing kickoff and tied the game at 7-7 on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Anthony McCoy.
The drive included an interesting non-call against Golden Tate on a 32-yard completion. Looked to me like Tate pushed off defender R.J. Stanford.
Oh well.
The second half is coming up. The live blog continues in the comments section.


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MWC 15 Special
Sometimes it takes a little bit longer and this time it feels like it took forever but finally, Microsoft showed its hart for its own mobile OS and released Photosynth for Windows Phone. Available since last year for iOS, Photosynth is a pretty popular panorama app that makes it easy and fun to capture and share interactive panoramas of places, people and events. Using the latest in computer vision techniques, Photosynth is the acknowledged leader in mobile panorama creation. It is said to be the only app available on any mobile platform that allows users to capture 360 degrees horizontally and vertically, making a perfect "sphere".
Once a Photosynth was created, users can share it as an interactive panorama experience on Facebook and Twitter (using Microsoft's free Photosynth.net service) or as a simple image. Furthermore, Photosynths can be publish to Bing where millions of people will see the panoramas, on Bing Maps and in Bing search results for the places where it was captured.
Photosynth for Windows Phone required Windows Phone 7.5/Mango which every Windows Phone should have received by now. It took Microsoft a little bit longer to release it due to the pretty restrictive APIs in Windows Phone 7 which were only opened a little in Windows Phone 7.5, allowing third party apps to do cool stuff with Windows Phone cameras. However, since Photosynth requires significant memory for stitching the photos, it's only available for phones with at least 512 MB of RAM.
Cheers ~ Arne
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Finally!!! One of the few apps I'm really missing since I switched from my iPhone to my Windows Phone! Thank you Microsoft!


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UConn Holds Off Iowa St 81-76 In Sweet 16 At MSGDeAndre Daniels scored 26 points, 18 in the second half, and UConn held off Iowa State 81-76 on Friday to reach the East Regional final a year after the Huskies were barred from the NCAA tournament.
Syracuse Overcomes Poor Shooting To Top Cal 66-60C.J. Fair scored 18 points, James Southerland added 14 and the fourth-seeded Orange survived a second-half drought of more than 12 minutes without a field goal to beat No. 12 seed California 66-60 on Saturday night in the NCAA tournament.


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Turkey Meatballs
Makes about 36 to 45 1-inch meatballs
1 tablespoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic® OR
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground star anise
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup finely diced onions
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 pound freshly ground turkey breast
1½ tablespoons tamari
¼ cup defatted chicken stock
¾ cup toasted unseasoned bread crumbs
¼ cup evaporated skim milk
vegetable oil cooking spray
how to prepare
Combine the first 5 ingredients in a small bowl to make the Seasoning Mix.
Pour the olive oil into a nonstick 10-inch skillet and heat to 400° over high heat, about 5 minutes. Add the onions and ginger, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the seasoning mix, and stir. Sauté until the onions become translucent and tender; let cool.
Combine the onions and ginger with the remaining ingredients, including the remaining Seasoning Mix, in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
Preheat a nonstick 10-inch skillet over high heat to 400°, about 4 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375°.
With a teaspoon form the turkey mixture into 1-inch balls. Brown the meatballs, a few at a time, in the skillet, then reshape any that fall apart.
Coat a baking pan, large enough to hold all the meatballs, with vegetable spray, and place the meatballs in it. Bake until done, about 20 minutes. Do not overbake!
Serve with Chef Paul's Magic Fresh Marinara as an appetizer or over rice or pasta as an entrée.
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Could another classic Disney platform be getting a revival? Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse looks to be getting a current-gen re-release, but will it be an HD remake a la DuckTales?
Developed and published by Sega, Castle of Illusion was originally released in 1990 for Genesis. Most recently, Disney attempted to recapture the spirit of the classic with a 3DS follow-up, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.
A PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Vita version of the game has been outed by the Brazillian ratings bureau. Additionally, NeoGAF has discovered XBLA promo art for the game (above), suggesting its impending release.
Here's a look at the 1990 original:


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FLORENCE, S.C. – The No. 5-seed Georgia College women's tennis team (17-7) rebounded from a Thursday morning loss in a big way, shutting out No. 8-seed USC Aiken (13-10) 5-0 in the backdraw of the 2014 Peach Belt Conference Tennis Tournament.
The Bobcats now advance to the fifth place match, taking on No. 6-seed Lander University tomorrow, April 18 at 9 a.m.
Two of the three doubles squads got through easily, with one winning in a tight contest.
Camille Clausse-Pujo (Bourdeaux, France) and Ivana Marevic (Rottweil, Germany) got the rout rolling with an 8-2 victory over Julia Arruda and Victoria Jasko in the first slot, improving the Bobcat pair to 5-4 on the season.
Macy Polk (Powder Springs, Ga.) and Hannah Serdinia (Suwanee, Ga.) buzzed through with an 8-4 win in second doubles over Nadine Tusiama and Shanna Williams. The Bobcat freshmen are now 6-3 on the season.
Katie Krupp (Evans, Ga.) and Cristalei Polk (Powder Springs, Ga.) needed additional points to get past Margot Simon and Franziska Regel in, taking a 9-8 victory. Krupp and Cristalei Polk are now a team-best 8-1.
Needing just a pair of singles victories, Krupp and Marevic, the team's two returning starters, provided the necessary wins.
Marevic beat Arruda with a shutout in the third slot, improving the senior to 13-7. Krupp then provided the fifth and deciding team point at sixth singles, holding down Regel 6-2, 6-1. The Bobcat sophomore improves to 12-5 on the season.
The battle for fifth place in the PBC starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center. The Bobcats and Bearcats squared off less than a week ago, Georgia College picking up a 6-1 victory Sunday.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa's oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, despite this outspoken support that showed that the station is worth saving, its future remains uncertain.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Girlie Men in Ann Arbor?
Now the injury bug has hit the Wolverine basketball team. Currently three players are out, including two starters. Granted, one has mono, but Lester Abram has missed numerous games and his ankle injury has lingered longer than one of Wangs' farts.
What do these have to do with each other (the injuries, not Wangs' farts)? Well, maybe it's just bad luck that both Wolverine teams' seasons were sabotaged by injury. But maybe there's something more to it: conditioning. Every team has injuries, and some just won't allow the players back on the field of play. But maybe there's something in the Michigan Athletic Department's theories of conditioning that keeps some players out longer than at other schools. Maybe they're not in the best shape before their injuries, or maybe poor conditioning results in some of these injuries taking place. It was also evident that the Wolverine defense tired in a number of games, leading - along with passive play-calling - to the late blown leads.
There's been a fair amount of talk on the Web about the strength and conditioning program for the football team, and I don't claim to be any sort of expert. But I'm tired of injuries killing what would otherwise have been far more enjoyable seasons in Ann Arbor.
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- IC said...
Part of the reason our football injuries seem to linger is because we as fans have no clue regarding their severity, due to the program's Soviet-style control of information and lackluster at best beat reporters.
For all we know, Hart may have come back early from his ankle injury last year. It seemed like it was taking forever to heal because it was initially reported as no big deal, but my guess is that it was always a serious injury and the coaches knew it.
- February 15, 2006 10:40 AM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
This has been my impression, too. This is one of the reasons I'm not doing the Happy Dance of Celebration over Jim Herrmann's departure even though I think it is a good move.
Watching the Alamo Bowl, I couldn't help noticing that Gabe Watson seemed to play only one down at a time before shuffling over to the sideline to chug down some Gatorade and catch his breath. Although he could be very effective when on the field, it appeared to me that he lacked the conditioning to stay in the game for any significant amount of time. Now, conditioning will always be problematic with someone weighing in excess of 300 pounds, but he seems to me to be just an extreme example of a more widespread problem with the team.
I am certainly no expert when it comes to strength and conditioning, especially when discussing sport specific training techniques. From my limited knowledge, Michigan is one of the few schools that still uses machine based High Intensity Training or H.I.T. I have no idea what the techniques other schools use are called or which schools use what.
I have read articles and interviews critical of machine based H.I.T. for football, but those are usually from trainers who use other techniques and could simply be self-serving. One, a guy named Joe DeFranco, worked with Dhani Jones and Brandon Short (Penn State also uses machine based H.I.T. which must seem positively science fiction like to Joe Paterno, I half expected him to just have his players toss medicine balls back and forth) and he takes a lot of credit for overcoming the effects of machine based H.I.T.
Now, H.I.T. is the gospel for bodybuilders, but bodybuilders are simply looking for mass and care little about actually performance. My experience with guys who take up fairly serious bodybuilding in the military is that many completely lose the ability to run for any distance, have almost no flexibility, and frequently have injuries (usually knee problems).
One problem that I do know of with using machines to train is that they general focus only on the larger muscles. Conversely, using free weights works the smaller muscles that frequently support and hold joints together. Thus machine based training can lead to injury since those joints are where the injuries occur and the larger muscles are over developed in proportion to the smaller muscles that support them.
Another apparent problem with H.I.T. is that the athletes work to muscle failure which means they need a longer recovery period. I'm just guessing here, but I imagine running drills without fully recovering from a H.I.T. workout would 1) mean it can't really be done at full speed and 2) lead to injury due to the fatigued muscles.
Again, I have no clue what specifically Michigan does or doesn't do or what other schools do, and am not an expert on all this--consider this my sweeping disclaimer that I could be totally wrong about everything--but I do think that a lot of the areas Michigan has struggled in recently—poor defensive performance late in the game, giving up big plays, poor tackling, an abundance of injuries, highly ranked recruiting classes not quite living up to expectations—could be traced back to inadequate strength and conditioning training.
- February 15, 2006 1:24 PM
I understand your lack of enjoyment due to injuries. However, sports enjoyment is a finite commodity that many groups stuggle to control (much like oil).
It seems that other groups have taken some of the enjoyment normally held by UM fans. There are several options available to alleviate the situation:
1. New sources: The UM Hockey team is usually top-ranked, baseball will be starting soon, and for the desperate, the Winter Olympics (a very inferior source, but a few drops could be gleaned if processed sufficiently). Or, pick a secondary team, like Chaminade, that you can root for without interfering with your UM ties.
2. Alternative types of enyoyment: Instead of UM wins, enjoy OSU & MSU losses. YOu can root for them to get crushed, or alternatively, beaten by a last-second half court buzzer beater. You can get a lot of enjoyment out of watching their players collapse on the floor in dejection, or even better, when the cheerleaders cry.
3. Conservation: Recycle old wins on ESPN Classic.
4. War. Well, it's what large groups of people do when they are denied a resource they feel they need. So, invade East Lansing, declare it "Ann Arbor Annex", dress their teams in Maize & Gold, & root for them as well. Or, just make them pay tribute (3 players a year, something like that).
Otherwise, hope for a mild winter & an early Spring Game.
And remember, it could be worse. The UK Wildcats haven't had a shipment of sports enjoyment in months.
- February 16, 2006 10:57 AM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Your suggestions are much appreciated, however, suggestion #3 doesn't work. ESPN Classic generally shows old Michigan LOSSES, generally focusing on the most painful, last second defeats that catapulted some other team or player to fame and glory (i.e. Kordell Stewart, Vince Young).
Me, I'm going for the cute U.S. women's Curling team and that callipygian German speed skater with the belly tattoo and naughty pigtails.
- February 16, 2006 11:20 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
glad i'm not the only one that appreciates the winter olympics. did you catch the us-sweden women's curling match thursday night????
enough to make you want to go out and get a broom.
- February 21, 2006 8:24 PM


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Donald Taylor, 49, of Leigh St. in Pikeville was arrested Friday. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office says the victim told detectives the sexual abuse started when she was six years old and continued until she was 12, at Taylor's home. It's not clear how old the victim is now.
Taylor is charged with four counts each of first degree sex offense with a child and indecent liberties with a child. His bond was set at $4.1 million. Taylor was scheduled for a first court appearance Monday.
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Students Lead Charge to Make Microscope Exchange International Lab Project a Reality
- 01-03-2013
- By Jennifer Nachbur
In today's high-tech society, even the formerly essential microscope has become somewhat obsolete, but not so in resource-poor countries, where a single microscope can serve as the seed for a potential lifesaving diagnostic laboratory. Third-year University of Vermont medical students Adam Ackerman and Peter Cooch created The Microscope Exchange (TME) to create a pipeline that brings microscopes, laboratory skills training and manuals to countries like Guatemala and Haiti.
Diagnostic laboratories are primarily clinical and used for the diagnosis of disease, but can also function as data collection sites. Using laboratory techniques and technology helps ensure a more accurate diagnosis and treatment. According to Ackerman and Cooch, "Studies show that one microscope can significantly change diagnosis and treatment." In one study of cases in Tanzania, out of about 4,500 patients treated for malaria, only 46.1 percent had malaria; the rest had other conditions, like bacterial sepsis, that had been misdiagnosed.
The two medical students, who are mentored by Majid Sadigh, M.D., director of Global Health at the UVM College of Medicine's clinical teaching partner Danbury Hospital/Western Connecticut Health Network, learned that "simply bringing a microscope into an established clinic changed everything 180 degrees." However, they also determined that there is a lack of supplies and training to gain the necessary skills to conduct lab tests using microscopes. Among their objectives is to distribute microscopes – several dozen of which they have received via College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education William Jeffries, Ph.D. – and others from the UVM/Fletcher Allen Department of Pathology, create a lab manual that is region-specific, and provide the new laboratory sites with funding.
With assistance from Sadigh, they have developed a relationship with physicians at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, via email communication, and have been invited to set up labs in strategic locations throughout that country.
Over the past several months, first- and second-year UVM medical students have participated in a series of basic microscopy and laboratory techniques sessions in conjunction with the project. First, Cooch and Ackerman led a basic microscopy session reviewing the parts of the microscope and trained their fellow students in tissue examination approaches. At a second session, Christine Griffin, M.S., senior lecturer in medical laboratory and radiation sciences in the UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences, taught students how to make peripheral blood smears – something they do not get to do in medical school. The participating students returned a week later to learn how to interpret the slides they made on the microscopes. Mary Tang, M.D., associate professor of pathology, who trained Cooch in blood smear and diagnostic techniques, and Abiy Ambaye, M.D., associate professor of pathology, have assisted with this training effort.
"I came away so empowered with these techniques," says Cooch, who has volunteered at clinics in Guatemala prior to and during medical school. Ackerman, who was a classical musician before learning laboratory techniques at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston prior to coming to UVM, agrees. "These simple laboratory techniques give us a world of information about our patients," he says. "If you're working overseas with limited resources, being able to do a blood smear on your own is invaluable."
The next training session, which is tentatively planned for February 2013, will focus on how to perform fine needle aspirate (FNAs) – drawing out cells for examination under a microscope – and will be led by Ambaye. Students will learn this technique by either working with cadavers or using a simulated method that will allow them to practice the procedure and analyze the cells. Medical students and residents are eligible to apply for a microscope from TME and use the techniques they have learned to set up laboratories.
"UVM medical students and residents may be able to travel to labs around the world to share their technical skills and bring needed equipment and reagents, which will foster retention of the onsite technicians," says Cooch.
In the meantime, Ackerman is working on gaining access to cytogenetics (fluorescence microscopes), and he and Cooch will be co-authoring (with Ackerman's former MGH mentor, Dr. Aliyah Sohani) a chapter on essential laboratory skills for global health for a textbook being published by Wiley-Blackwell as part of their Essentials series. The lab manual, which is being worked on with pathology faculty, "will be heavy on photos and pictures, and simplified and translated so that everyone can understand it," says Ackerman. UVM medical students, led by second-year medical student Elizabeth Landell, have also been assisting with conducting a literature review regarding setting up labs in resource-poor regions.
Cooch and Ackerman plan to travel to Haiti in March 2013 and then spend a month in Uganda during their fourth year of medical school. Any spare time they can find while in the middle of clinical rotations is spent soliciting more donations of lab materials and funding from outside institutions. In addition, the TME has a website, developed by first-year medical students Taylor Goller and Colette Oesterle, and Cooch and Ackerman have applied for a 503c tax ID number so that The Microscope Exchange is eligible to receive financial gifts to help propel the program – and its mission – forward.


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Shelby County home building activity was relatively flat in August, with builders pulling slightly more permits while selling fewer new homes compared to August 2012.
A crew works on cornices and windows on a home at Woodlands of Cordova by Regency Homebuilders. Permits were up slightly in August.
(Daily News File/Lance Murphey)
Homebuilders pulled 72 permits in August, up 9 percent from 66 permits filed in August 2012, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.
The average permit in August measured 3,090 square feet and $217,548, compared to 3,255 square feet and $251,064 in August 2012.
The 72 permits pulled in August was down 6.5 percent from 77 permits in July. The average permit in July measured 2,958 square feet and $225,199.
The home building market has vastly improved since the dark days of 2009 and is now more organic and sustainable when compared to the inflated numbers of 2004 to 2006, said Don Glays, executive director of the West Tennessee Home Builders Association.
"We're climbing out of the doldrums," said Glays. "Nobody is jumping up and down saying we're back, and we never want to get back to where we were in 2005 and 2006 with the predatory lending and subprime loans."
Glays is predicting that Shelby County could see 1,000 permits pulled this year, the first time the county has reached that mark since 2007.
Year to date, builders have filed 629 permits, a slight increase from 618 for the same eight-month period in 2012.
Homebuilders didn't sell as many homes in August as they did the same month a year ago. Builders sold 59 new homes in August, down 23.4 percent from 77 new homes sold in August 2012. The average sales price of a new house in July was $262,778, down 0.7 percent from $264,593 in August 2012.
The 59 new homes sold by builders in August was down 8 percent from 67 sold in July.
"It's pretty flat, and flat is good at this point," said Keith Grant of Grant Homes. "We're not going down anymore. It's stable."
Rising interest rates have had an impact on the market, but limited supply and demand are keeping pricing healthy, said Grant.
"You have a limited supply for a limited demand, which is good as far as pricing is concerned," said Grant. "The rates have impacted it some, but not enough to where it brought our market down in any significant way."
Regency Homebuilders LLC was the top builder as tracked by permits in August, with 20 averaging 2,767 square feet and $197,474. Regency was followed by Grant Homes (six; 2,823; $120,000) and Charles Morgan of Vintage Homes (five; 2,833; $196,733).
Regency Homebuilders led the way in sales, with 15 averaging $264,810. Charles Morgan of Vintage Homes sold seven homes averaging $148,189, Grant Homes sold four homes averaging $204,216 and Karen Garner of Magnolia Homes sold four homes averaging $419,515.
The Gerland Creek subdivision in Southeast Shelby County saw the most activity in August, with five permits averaging 2,833 square feet and $196,733. The Uptown development Downtown was second, with four permits averaging 1,590 square feet and $110,561. The Wolf River Ranch subdivision in Collierville also saw four permits; those averaged 3,966 square feet and $398,750.
Three ZIP codes led the way in permits with 11 each. The 38002 ZIP code (Arlington/Lakeland) had 11 permits averaging 2,594 square feet and $169,933. The 38016 ZIP code (Cordova North) had 11 permits averaging 2,539 square feet and $183,160. And the 38125 ZIP code (Southeast Shelby County) had 11 permits averaging 2,841 square feet and $197,009. They were followed by the 38017 ZIP code (Collierville), which had nine permits averaging 4,059 square feet and $370,125.
The Memphis market remains on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index. The index measures three sets of independent monthly data – employment growth, house price growth and single-family housing growth – to identify improving markets.
Chandler Reports is a division of The Daily News Publishing Co.


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Today at CES, Otterbox, partnering up with AT&T, announced their toughest case for your Apple iPhone 4/4s, iPhone 5, and Samsung Galaxy S3. This case meets the IP68 specification for pressure, dust, and water resistance. It is built to withstand up to 2 tons of crushing pressure, and be submersed in water up to 6.6 feet and up to 30 minutes. This case will be totally dust tight, which will be great for our troops overseas. The iPhone 4/4s and GS3 cases will have two color options, while the iPhone 5 case will have three. Two of the three colors are displayed in the photo below, and the third option for the iPhone 5 is a gray and orange case.
The Otterbox Armor Series case will be available February 22nd at a retail of $99.95 for the iPhone variants. Unfortunately the GS3 version still has a TBD release date, but will carry the same $99.95 price point.
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Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, February 3, 2016 12:55 PM
France is getting serious about locally grown, organic sustainable food...
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 24, 2015 7:44 AM
Credit is just as good as money. We can give each other credit. That means we can use our own money, no longer depending on the banks and the speculators...
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 22, 2015 1:32 PM
What's good about this is that it will decrease the load of microwave energy we absorb from the ever expanding network of WiFi routers and perhaps in time the mobile phones as well.
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 23, 2015 1:40 PM
We are a bit slow to realise it, but what is the use of money or an economy if the majority of people are excluded from participation because they have no or too little money?
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, June 12, 2016 12:43 PM
This should ease the pressure on having to use antibiotics for surgery ...
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, May 8, 2016 10:43 AM
"If you're depending on someone else to set up everything for you, then they're in control."
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, April 10, 2016 12:53 PM
How come you allow and even recommend (it's the harvest 'protocol') glyphosate poison to be applied to a food grain 7 to 10 days before harvest?
Is it any wonder people get sick eating foods containing wheat?
Naomie Mullins's comment, April 10, 2016 7:13 PM
Fructose inhibits the stimulation of insulin by glucose, so this means that eating ordinary sugar, sucrose (a disaccharide, consisting of glucose and fructose), in place of starch, will reduce the tendency to store fat. Eating "complex carbohydrates," rather than sugars, is a reasonable way to promote obesity. Eating starch, by increasing insulin and lowering the blood sugar, stimulates the appetite, causing a person to eat more, so the effect on fat production becomes much larger than when equal amounts of sugar and starch are eaten. The obesity itself then becomes an additional physiological factor; the fat cells create something analogous to an inflammatory state. There isn't anything wrong with a high carbohydrate diet, and even a high starch diet isn't necessarily incompatible with good health, but when better foods are available they should be used instead of starches. For example, fruits have many advantages over grains, besides the difference between sugar and starch. Bread and pasta consumption are strongly associated with the occurrence of diabetes, fruit consumption has a strong inverse association.
Naomie Mullins's comment, April 10, 2016 7:24 PM
Dr Ray Peat also says...
After decades of "education" to promote eating starchy foods, obesity is a bigger problem than ever, and more people are dying of diabetes than previously. The age-specific incidence of most cancers is increasing, too, and there is evidence that starch, such as pasta, contributes to breast cancer, and possibly other types of cancer.
The epidemiology would appear to suggest that complex carbohydrates cause diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. If the glycemic index is viewed in terms of the theory that hyperglycemia, by way of "glucotoxicity," causes the destruction of proteins by glycation, which is seen in diabetes and old age, that might seem simple and obvious.
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, February 14, 2016 6:18 AM
We might become complacent at times and think that our doctors must know what they are doing, that what they are prescribing is gong to help us.
Naomie Mullins's comment, February 14, 2016 11:28 AM
this film illustrates the same thing
Sylvana Simon's curator insight, February 25, 2016 4:26 PM
Scary but so true - as a registered nurse I have seen the negative effects of prescription drugs on health over and over and over again...of course they have their place sometimes, and in emergencies they can save lives. For most long term prescription drugs there is a price somewhere else in the body. I lost my father last year, and I know in my heart of hearts that his total compliance with medication prescribed for him by his well intentioned doctor, finally led to the complications which ended his life.
A doctor once told me a true story about a woman he knew in a nursing home that was dying - the whole family were called to be with her, and medication was ceased while they waited for her to die. For a few days she got worse each day and then better, and better, and better. So much so that she was able to leave the nursing home and go to live with family!!
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 25, 2015 4:41 PM
"We think of the tree of life, with genetic material passing vertically from mom and dad," said Boothby. "But with horizontal gene transfer becoming more widely accepted and more well known, at least in certain organisms, it is beginning to change the way we think about evolution and inheritance of genetic material and the stability of genomes. So instead of thinking of the tree of life, we can think about the web of life and genetic material crossing from branch to branch. So it's exciting. We are beginning to adjust our understanding of how evolution works."
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 23, 2015 8:24 AM
Co-operatives are one face of a networked society, but there must also be freedom to act and experiment on an individual level and in small, informal groups, which will allow us to bring what we learn into the network...
Sepp Hasslberger's curator insight, November 18, 2015 7:17 AM
Citizens' initiative in Switzerland to take money creation away from commercial banks. Next step is debate and then a referendum of all Swiss citizens.


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Tech Fest 2013 at WIU Set for April 24
March 29, 2013
MACOMB, IL -- Mark your calendars and join faculty and staff members from several Western Illinois University departments and west central Illinois education and business communities to celebrate WIU's College of Education and Human Services' 14th Annual Tech Fest, which is set from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24 in the Horrabin Hall gym.
Tech Fest 2013 will feature exhibitors and participants, including exhibits and presentations from area schools, Western Illinois University faculty, staff and students, area businesses and many more. TechFest exhibitors will showcase and demonstrate how technology is changing and how it affects the classroom, learning and business practices.
Members of the WIU and/or Macomb community who are interested in exhibiting can still submit a presentation at www.wiu.edu/coehs/tech_fest/index.php (click on "Call for Presentations").
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We recently purchased, from you, and installed a GAC-20 filter upstream from our laboratory RO pretreatment system. Immediately we started to find ammonia in the output. Troubleshooting the system led us back to the GAC filter.
We hoped the contamination would decrease with time, but that does not seem to be the case. We are finding levels in excess of 1 ppm.
This level may not be a concern for homeowners (especially if they do not know it is there), but as a water treatment plant laboratory that critically analyzes for ammonia hourly, it is.
Are you aware of this contamination?
Is it within your specifications, or is this unit defective?
If it is within your specifications, can you recommend a higher quality replacement? FYI this fitler (GAC-20) is a direct replacement of the previous unit.


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Submission + - MIT: Future Smartphones Will 'Listen to Everything All the Time' (infowars.com)
dryriver writes: Ubiquitous surveillance to 'detect your moods', 'pinpoint the sources of your stress', and 'present relevant information'. — The development of new smartphone technology that constantly records your private conversations in addition to all ambient background noise in order to 'detect your moods' could mean the NSA might not have to bother with tapping actual phone calls at all in future. A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hails the era of 'technologies that emphasize listening to everything, all the time', ubiquitous surveillance aided by microphones installed on new smartphones, such as Google's Moto X, that do not run off the main battery and can, 'continually monitor their auditory environment to detect the phone owner's voice, discern what room or other setting the phone is in, or pick up other clues from background noise.' While the article fails to mention the nightmare privacy implications that this technology would engender, it focuses on the innumerable apparent benefits. The technology could, 'make it possible for software to detect your moods, know when you are talking and not to disturb you, and perhaps someday keep a running record of everything you hear.' It sounds like Big Brother and invasive Minority Report-style advertising rolled into one. Chris Schmandt, director of the speech and mobility group at MIT's Media Lab, relates how "one of his grad students once recorded two years' worth of all the sounds he was exposed to—capturing every conversation. While the speech-to-text conversions were rough, they were good enough that he could perform a keyword search and recover the actual recording of a months-old conversation."


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Is it possible for a person to bleed to death from the palms of his hands and the souls of his feet?
Don't worry; I write fiction. I had this happen in the first draft I just finished and just need to know if the 2nd draft requires a quick stab to the carotid artery. I hope not--this is more poetic.
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On December 4th, join us at the northeast corner of the Sonoma Square in the historic Mission Solano de Sonoma for the Blessing of the Olives, a traditional ceremony held once a year to mark the beginning of the Sonoma Valley Olive Festival. Celebrating the rich history, culture, and cuisine surrounding olives, Sonoma's second crop, this beautiful event is one that draws both locals and out-of-towners. The blessing ceremony includes music, speeches, and refreshments—and the chance to experience first-hand a bit of old world ritual.
Afterwards, swing by The Olive Press for our Open House celebration and complimentary olive oil tasting. We'll be sampling our freshest extra virgin olive oil, Olio Nuovo, along with our finest tapenades, cured olives, and flatbreads. Joining us for the day will be local artist Lisa Ryman, showcasing her handmade cruets, as well as our culinary lavender mixologist, offering a hand-crafted culinary menu for our guests.
Kick off the Olive Festival with the family, and join us for the Blessing of the Olives on December 4th at 11:00am.
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Jan. 25, 2009
BOSTON, Mass. - The Yale women's track and field team competed at the Boston University Terrier Invitational on Jan. 24-25 in Boston, Mass. The trip is highlighted by being able to compete on Boston University's indoor track, purportedly one of the fastest tracks on the east coast and very similar to Harvard's indoor track, where the indoor Heptagonal Championships are being held this year.
The women competed across a myriad of distances and the highlights were just as diversified. Senior Jennifer Lin had a fantastic weekend in the long sprints, where she ran 57.84, a new personal best, in the 400-meter dash (11th of 76), as well as contributing an impressive 57.3 relay split to the 4x400-meter relay. Lin's time is number five all-time at Yale.
Sophomore Kate Grace continued to impress after her ECAC qualifying time in the 1,000-meter run last week (2:54.55, 7th all-time) with yet another qualifying performance in the mile run, where she ran 4:58.35, good for 7th place.
Interestingly, the sprinter and middle-distance runner were able to use their talents together in the 4x800-meter relay. The team of Stephany Reaves, Lin, senior Kelli Buck, and Grace combined for 9:01.89, losing only to a very good Duke team (8:52.90). The time is nearly 24 seconds under the ECAC standard, and sixth all-time at Yale.
Freshman Alexa Monti made her spot on the all-time list with a 26.00 performance in the 200-meter dash, making her the 8th fastest Bulldog in school history.
The Bulldogs now have two weeks before their next meet, the highly competitive Giegengack Invitational hosted by Yale at Coxe Cage on Feb. 6-7.
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Sales of new vehicles are coming on strong.
An assessment of November sales prepared by J.D. Power and Associates� Power Information Network and Troy-based LMC Automotive indicates that sales are recovering from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which had closed dealerships up and down the East Coast.
November is expected to have the highest retail selling rate since January 2008, which was before the financial crisis triggered a plunge in car sales and pushed the American auto industry to the brink of bankruptcy. Retail transactions are the most accurate measurement of true underlying consumer demand for new vehicles, according to the analysis by J.D.Power and LMC.
�Sales have strengthened each week in November, which bodes well for a strong finish to the month and the year,� said John Humphrey, senior vice president of global automotive operations at J.D. Power.
�We expect healthy sales in December, as the industry continues to recover from Sandy and leads into its year-end sales events.�
Total light-vehicle sales in November are expected to increase 12 percent from November 2011 while fleet sales are expected to hold steady below a 17 percent share of total sales, which is the same level as October, but lower than the 18 percent share last November.
LMC Automotive is maintaining the 2012 forecast for total light-vehicle sales in the United States at 14.4 million units and the forecast for retail sales at 11.7 million units. While the forecast still rounds to the same numbers as it did in October, the overall outlook is more favorable.
The U.S. sales forecast for 2013 remains stable at 15 million units for total light-vehicles and 12.2 million for retail sales, but represents a slower growth rate of 4 percent from 2012.
In addition, LMC senior vice president Jeff Schuster said there continues to be the possibility of accelerating the growth in 2013, as the current level of uncertainty is expected to decrease in the first half of the year.
�The irrepressible need and willingness of consumers to replace aging vehicles is stronger than the effects of natural disasters and fiscal turmoil both here and abroad,� Schuster said.
�A sustained recovery pace in auto sales is expected over the next six months, barring any fiscal cliff hangover, but the medium-term forecast is still dependent on more pronounced economic activity and growth.�
North American light-vehicle production volume remains up 20 percent through the first 10 months of 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. Volume through October is at nearly 13.1 million units, the same volume level as in all of 2011.
Vehicle inventory in early November rose to a 71-day supply � the highest day supply level in 2012 � compared with 59 days in October. The supply growth is a result of an increase in inventory ahead of anticipated year-end sales, as well as the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which caused significant damage along the East Coast and slowed demand in the last week of October.
�The continued pace of demand in North America, with sales up 13 percent through October, is supporting the short-term production plan and volume at the highest level since 2005,� said Schuster.
�Production levels continue to be managed to demand, so a growing level of inventory is not setting off any alarms, as some inventory building is normal as a year closes.�


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Travis Alexander's younger brother, Steven, paused to choke back tears and regain his composure as he recounted the phone call he got from his sister the day his brother's body was found.
"She told me, 'Steven, Travis is dead,'" he said. "I thought I was dreaming."
The same jury convicted Arias of first-degree murder last week after about 15 hours of deliberations. During the trial's ongoing final penalty phase, the panel will decide whether to sentence Arias to life in prison or death for the 2008 murder of her one-time lover.
Arias cried periodically during the testimony and looked away from jurors.
"The nature of my brother's murder has had a major impact on me. It's even invaded my dreams," Steven Alexander testified. "I've had nightmares about somebody coming after me with a knife, then going after my wife and my daughter.
"I don't want these nightmares anymore. I don't want to see my brother's murderer anymore."
In opening statements, prosecutor Juan Martinez said there are no mitigating factors that should cause the jury to even consider a sentence other than death. The judge had instructed jurors that they could take into account certain things that might help them make a decision, such as Arias' lack of a prior criminal record and assertions that she was a good friend, had an abusive childhood and is a talented artist.
Martinez said none of that matters in regard to the brutal killing.
"The only appropriate sentence ... is death."
Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi opened his part by explaining to jurors that their decision ultimately would be the final one.
"Your verdict, ladies and gentleman, will determine whether or not Jodi Arias spends the rest of her life in prison or if she is sentenced to be executed," Nurmi said.
He then told the panel they would later hear directly from Arias.
"When you understand who Ms. Arias is, you will understand that life is the appropriate sentence," Nurmi said.
Alexander's sister Samantha later described for the panel how their grandmother, who raised the victim, saw her health fail after the killing and died around the time of jury selection.
"Travis was the glue in our family," Samantha Alexander said. She also recalled her brother's charisma, sense of humor, insight and "huge smile."
"Travis was our strength, our beacon of hope, our motivation," she said through tears. "Our lives will never be the same. ... We would give anything to have him back."
Steven Alexander recalled seeing his brother for the last time over the Christmas holiday in 2007. "Now when I want to talk to or see my brother, I have to go to a ... 6-foot-deep hole in the ground," he said.