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Alex Okuda, MA
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Alex H. Okuda joined Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo in August 2002 as the Director of SAII and International Internships. Previously, Okuda worked at the University of Macao for eight years as a full-time lecturer in Japanese Studies and Business Administration. He went on to serve as the Japanese Business Studies Major Coordinator and Academic Counsel Member at the University of Macao in 1999 until his employment at Soka University of America. He also serves as a member of Board of Directors at an N.P.O, "Art Peace," Hiroshima, Japan.
While teaching at the University of Macau, Okuda was very active in the area of business consulting for groups that included Macao-Japan Foreign Investment Committee, Macao; CEM (Macao Central Energy) Ltd., Macao; and Be 1 Ltd. & Macao Productivity Center. He was also appointed as special taskforce advisor at the Institution of Asian Development Bank in 1998 and Macao Trade & Investment Promotion Center, Macao in 1995-97. Okuda also served as Adjunct Faculty at such universities in Asia as University of Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines, Nanyang Technological University "MBA Mission to Japan" Program, Singapore, and Adult Education Program at Polytechnic College, Macau. At the time of the Macau's hand-over to China in 1999, he reported the historic event on-site as a commentator at NHK-Japan TV broadcasting, NHK radio and NHK World Premium.
Okuda has worked extensively in the field of international exchange and business. Beginning his early career as a part-time English Communication Instructor at Waseda Pre-university, Tokyo, he started a foundation for his work in intercultural dialog. He then began to work as a freelance Japanese-English interpreter in Japan while also employed as a part-time Research Assistant at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. Throughout his career, he has taught such subjects as International Management, Cultural Influences on Management, Japanese Economy and Management, Practical Business English, Culture and Communications, and Japan and its Culture.
Okuda's undergraduate years were spent as a scholarship student of Management Studies in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He attended Soka University, Tokyo Japan, where he received his BA in English, Social Science in 1992 and his MA in Economics and International Business in 1994.
Okuda has received numerous honors and awards for his performance as both a student and teacher. During his time in the University of Arkansas, he was awarded the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from the Intensive English Language Program and the Overseas Student Scholarship. Soka University granted him the Best Scholastic Achievement in Graduate Study Honor in 1994 and later the Soyukai Award (Outstanding Graduates) in 2000. He has received multiple teaching awards from the University of Macao for his work there, including the Best Teacher of the Year in 1996 and Outstanding Teaching Award: Among Highest Teaching Evaluation in 1997-2001.
Okuda has been a prolific writer in the study of International Affairs and Business. He has had many of his articles published on his research and ideas on language and cultural transferability as it relates to business affairs. Several articles and conference papers concerning cultural differences found in business were published, including "Improving Japanese Business Communication in a Global Age," that featured in Toyo Magazine in 1997 and "Is Cross-cultural Communication a Big Deal for the Japanese?: The Way of Effective Organizational Communication Between Japanese and Non-Japanese," from the International Management Conference in Manila in 1999. In addition to these writings, Okuda has been featured in a number of journal publications. Some of published journals articles are as follows: "Organizational Process of Japanese Multinational Firms in the Asian Context: Transferability Issues," Asia Journal of Management, vol. 4 Macao (1996), "Organizational Process of Japanese firms in China: Effective Roles of Japanese Managers," Journal of Asian Management, vol. 2 (1997), and "Cross-Culture Communication in Organization: How Can Japanese Firms Survive in Global Business?" English Communication Journal, vol.7, Japan (1998). His first collaborated Japanese book on "Perspectives on English in Asia" was published in November, 2002.
Okuda speaks both Japanese and English on a native level and is proficient in Chinese.
He lives with his wife Junko, two sons Mark and Andy, and daughter Karen in Aliso Viejo.
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Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo is a private, non-profit four year international liberal arts college dedicated to providing future students with an outstanding education, preparing them for the workplace and responsible, effective citizenship in the multi-cultural world of tomorrow. SUA features a 9:1 student-faculty ratio and the comparative study of Eastern and Western perspectives across the liberal arts curriculum. All students concentrate on a second language and participate in a semester of internship/SAII during their junior year. Founded on the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life, SUA offers a non-sectarian curriculum and is open to students of all nationalities and beliefs. The first 14 buildings on SUA's 103-acre Aliso Viejo campus are complete. Classes opened to the first freshman class of 120 students from 18 countries and 18 states in fall 2001.


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In accordance with Islamic law (sharia), Islamic financial products are based on specific types of contracts. These Sharia-compliant contracts support productive economic activities without betraying key Islamic principles as some conventional financial products do. Sharia-compliant contracts cannot create debt, cannot involve the payment of interest, and must provide for a sharing of risk and responsibility between the involved parties.
To be valid, an Islamic contract must feature subject matter that is lawful, has value for a Muslim, and is specific enough to avoid uncertainties. The service or asset described in the contract generally must exist when the contract is being created, must be owned by the seller (hence prohibiting short sales of stock, for example), and must be deliverable.
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Contracts of partnership allow two or more parties to develop wealth by sharing both risk and return:
Mudaraba: One party gives money to another party, which invests it in a business or economic activity. Both parties share any profit made from the investment (based on a pre-agreed ratio), but only the investor loses money if the investment flops. The fund manager loses the value of the time and effort it dedicated to the investment. (However, the fund manager assumes financial responsibility if the loss results from its negligence.)
Musharaka: This contract creates a joint venture in which both parties provide investment capital, entrepreneurial skills, and labor; both share the profit and/or loss of the activity.
Contracts of exchange are sales contracts that allow for the transfer of a commodity for another commodity, the transfer of a commodity for money, or the transfer of money for money:
Murabaha: In this cost plus contract, an Islamic financial institution sells a commodity to a buyer for its cost plus the profit margin, and both parties know the cost and the profit in advance. The buyer makes deferred payments.
Salam: In this forward contract, the buyer (or an Islamic financial institution on behalf of the buyer) pays for goods in full in advance, and the goods are delivered in the future.
Istisna: This second type of forward sale contract allows an Islamic financial institution to buy a project (on behalf of the buyer) that is under construction and will be completed and delivered on a future date.
Contracts of safety and security are often used by Islamic banks; these contracts help individual and business customers keep their funds safe:
Wadia: A property owner gives property to another party for the purpose of safeguarding. In Islamic banks, current (checking) accounts and savings accounts are based on the wadia contract.
Hiwala: Debt is transferred from one debtor to another. After the debt is transferred to the second debtor, the first debtor is free from her obligation. This contract is used by Islamic financial institutions to remit money between people.
Kafala: A third party accepts an existing obligation and becomes responsible for fulfilling someone's liability. In conventional finance, this situation is called surety or guaranty.
Rahn: A property is pledged against an obligation. A customer can offer collateral or a pledge via a rahn contract in order to secure a financial liability.


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Junior Dos Santos
- Full name Junior Dos Santos Almeida
- Nickname Cigano
- Birth date September 12, 1984
- Birth place Caçador, Santa Catarina
- Current age 35 years 62 days
- Height 6 ft 4 in
- Weight 239 lb
It's a well-known fact in MMA that if you land a leg kick perfectly, it sounds different. Rather than the more spectacular-sounding slap, you get an understated but ultimately bone-crunching thud. The same can be said of Junior Dos Santos' punches, which sound different to any thrown by his rivals, and he has a rapidly-growing casualty list to prove it.
The former UFC heavyweight champion is arguably the least likely individual on the entire UFC roster to carry a lethal streak. The Brazilian never stops smiling, he freely admits he hated fighting as a child, yet when he steps inside an Octagon his currency is pain.
Blessed with some of the best boxing skills the sport has witnessed, it's difficult to know which punch is Dos Santos' best. He announced his UFC arrival with an uppercut knockout of Fabricio Werdum, before going on to batter Stefan Struve and Mirko Cro Cop into submission (the latter quite literally did submit to the onslaught).
Gilbert Yvel was taken out with one brutal hook, Shane Carwin was picked apart by the Dos Santos jab, and in between there were further wins over Roy Nelson and Gabriel Gonzaga.
Quite simply, every punch thrown by Dos Santos carries bad intentions, and his footwork makes it tough to stop.
Certainly Cain Velasquez could not get near him in the UFC's debut on Fox, the biggest fight in UFC history according to president Dana White. Taking on the then-reigning champion, Dos Santos dispatched the favourite in 64 seconds to clinch UFC gold.
However, Velasquez later took revenge on Dos Santos, snatching back his title at the end of 2012, so JDS is set for the first rebuilding period of his UFC career.
Career high
Truly the night Junior Dos Santos announced himself on the global stage. The Brazilian was a heavy underdog - only one of 11 UFC fighters interviewed before the fight tipped JDS to beat Velasquez. However, in a 64-second striking clinic Dos Santos peppered his target before slamming an overhand right into his rival's temple to spark victory.
Career low
If Dos Santos' victory over Velasquez was emphatic, the rematch was just as lop-sided in the other direction. The Brazilian was battered for 25 minutes as his cardio and grappling failed to hold up under Velasquez's incessant pressure.
"Will I finish with the left one or the right one? Probably both."
Junior Dos Santos confidently predicts his knockout of Cain Velasquez.
Dos Santos got the nickname "Cigano" after showing up to Brazilian jiu-jitsu practice with long hair put in a ponytail. He was told he looked like the character Cigano from a Brazilian soap opera.
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Q. What's the government's position on the gassing of badgers as an alternative to free shooting?
We are opposed to the gassing of badgers for any reason due to the unnecessary suffering caused. Gassing badger setts with hydrogen cyanide was stopped in 1982
because research showed that it was inhumane. The gassing of badgers in their setts is not regarded as an acceptable method of killing them. Main badger setts have been recorded with up to 80 entrances so it is extremely difficult to ensuring the correct concentration of gas throughout the sett, using the methods of delivery and gas combinations that are currently available.
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Game 35: New York at Toronto pregame
There is obvious hype coming into tonight's game. Not only is it the first matchup of the season between the Blue Jays and the Yankees, but the baseball gods thought it'd be great to have it be Doc Halladay against A.J. Burnett right out of the gates.
After three years as the No. 2 behind Halladay, Burnett opted out of his deal with Toronto and signed a 5-year, $82.5 million deal with the Bronx Bombers over the winter. That left Halladay and a rotation filled with question marks. Manager Cito Gaston downplayed the "importance" of tonight's contest.
"I think they're all big games," Gaston said. "I think if you win one in May, you don't have to win one in September. I take from Day 1 as being all big games. You play them and play each day and play as hard as you can to win them. All games are big games for me. The only difference is who's pitching tonight."
Fair enough.
As for some news today, Gaston and GM J.P. Ricciardi both said that B.J. Ryan will not be Toronto's closer when he returns from the 15-day disabled list, and he could "conceivably" be activated before the end of this homestand, according to Ricciardi. Downs will remain the closer. Ryan's role is uncertain.
"Ultimately, I thinnk B.J. will get back to being a closer at some point," Ricciardi said. "But right now Downs has got the role and it's tough to argue with the club playing so well. That's the thing that you respect about B.J. is he's a team guy and he understands that."
Casey Janssen is starting for Double-A New Hampshire tonight and Ricky Romero will follow suit tomorrow. Both are set to rejoin the rotation some time in the near future. As for Jesse Litsch (right elbow), Ricciardi said that it's now looking like he won't be back until June: We might as well take our time and get him right."
It helps that pitchers Scott Richmond, Brett Cecil and Brian Tallet have pitched so well with all the other arms out. That also says something about a staff that was riddled with question marks after Burnett's departure. Burnett is 2-0 with a 5.26. Toronto's four rookie arms (Richmond, Cecil, Romero and Robert Ray) have combined to go 7-2 with a 2.85 ERA this year.
Today's lineups:
1. Brett Gardner, CF
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixiera, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, DH
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Melky Cabrera, RF
8. Kevin Cash, C
9. Ramiro Pena, SS
Starter: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-0)
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Travis Snider, LF
Starter: RHP Roy Halladay (6-1)
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I don't know how wide-spread steroid use is in the major leagues, especially among pitchers. But if a pitcher was using steroids, then stopped using them, perhaps due to fear of being caught due to increased testing, do you think that might explain a sudden drop in velocity?
The Master did it again! Burnett didn't pitch badly, but aside from a mistake to Hill, everybody hit pretty good pitches. Great game!
Steroids work by allowing the body to heal faster, which allows more intense and frequent strength and conditioning sessions. It might allow a pitcher to achieve higher velocity, but pitching is more about speed and flexibility. I think it would more likely allow a pitcher to extend his career by allowing better recovery between starts. I may be wrong. Case in point: 200 lb Brandon league throws 98 mph, and 250 lb Ryan throws 90 on a good day.
It was really nice to see AJ, love him. didn't like the mean signs, but hey, also good to see a huge crowd at the SkyDome, ooops, Rogers Centre. If only we can get crowds like that into the future. These Jays are exciting, so exciting, its quieted the bloggers. Where are you bloggers?
I bet the Skankees would like to have some of our "question marks" right now. Hee, hee.
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I bet the Skankees would like to have some of our "question marks" right now. Hee, hee.
Great game last night and another stellar performance by Doc . Burnett hugging Doc after the game and congratulating him was a class act . Let's keep it going tonight …..Go Jays
Phenominal game last night. I got there late (about 3 innings in) but it was still well worth it. The atmosphere was terrific with no incidents that I saw. I especially loved the 2 guys a couple of seats away from me with the plastic syringes. The Jays should focus on re-signing Halladay this offseason before even pursuing any other guy.


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The Life of Kingsley Amis
Jonathan Cape, 2006 - Authors, English - 996 pages
The eagerly-awaited authorized biography of Kingsley Amis.
In this, the authorized biography, Zachary Leader argues that Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but the dominant figure of post-war British writing.
Drawing not only on interviews with a range of Amis's friends, relatives, fellow writers, students and colleagues, many of them never before consulted, but also on almost a thousand previously unpublished letters, Leader's biography will for the first time give a full picture of Amis's childhood, school-days, life as a teacher, critic, polemicist, professional author, husband, father and lover. He explores Amis's fears and phobias, and the role that drink played in his life. And of course he pays due attention to Amis's work.
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At his Chilton preparatory school ten-year reunion, writer Tom Robinson Lee reminisces about his eventful year at the school: As a new student, shy and sensitive Tom acquires a romantic crush on Laura, the wife of dormitory headmaster Bill Reynolds. In the dorm garden outside her downstairs apartment, Laura draws Tom out, learning that he barely knew his mother and has never before been in love, having lived the previous decade in a series of all-male boarding schools. After Tom reveals that he hopes to escort her to Saturday night's dance, which will follow opening night of the school play, Laura tries to teach him to dance, but Tom is too shy. Later, he follows her to the beach, where Laura sews with faculty wives Lilly Sears and Mary Williams. Although Bill and the other boys are roughhousing nearby, Tom prefers to sit with the ladies, and when some of the boys spy him helping them to sew, Tom earns the nickname "Sister Boy." 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When she later complains to Bill, he reveals that Tom's outcast status is a stain on the dorm and a grievance to Herb, and that rather than becoming emotionally involved, her only role is to provide "tea and sympathy" to the boys. Laura brings up her first husband, a sensitive boy she married when they were eighteen, only to lose him the next year in the war, but the subject infuriates Bill. Upstairs, meanwhile, upon learning that Tom is to play a female in the school production, Herb forces him to decline the role. Tom is disappointed and humiliated, especially after Herb admonishes him to "fight tonight, or else." At the bonfire, the boys march Tom out to the field, but once there, refuse to touch him, a slight more shameful than the hazing that the other boys are enduring. Unable to bear it, Al rips off Tom's top, prompting the others to join suit. As Laura runs off in revulsion, Tom rushes back to the dorm. In her rooms later, Al confesses to Laura that his father has insisted that Al change roommates the following year, and when Laura threatens to besmirch Al's reputation to show him how easily false rumors can start, Al responds heatedly that she has nothing to lose and so cannot understand. Realizing the truth of Al's statement, Laura apologizes. Al then attempts to teach his friend how to appear manlier, but Tom knows that it is too late for him to gain the boys' comradeship, and refuses the lessons. After Al reveals that he will switch dorms, however, Tom, in desperation, considers his friend's parting advice: to visit Ellie, whose bad reputation will give credence to Tom's heterosexuality. Soon after at their apartment, Bill tears up a book of poetry Tom has given Laura. Laura begs to know why Bill hates Tom and what has driven a wedge in their young marriage, but Bill refuses to talk to her, stating only that he does not want Laura to see Tom alone. When Laura then hears Tom making a date with Ellie, however, she tries frantically to detain the boy, inviting him into the apartment and informing him about her husband, who was killed trying to prove his bravery to disbelieving peers. Tom, assuming Laura pities him, tries to leave, prompting her to beg him to dance. Instead, Tom asks why Bill hates him and his father is ashamed of him, and breaks down in tears. When Laura holds him, Tom impulsively kisses her, but runs off when Bill and some boys return early from their weekend mountain climb. Tom sneaks off to Ellie's, where he is awkward and repulsed by her slatternly ways. He tries to kiss her, but after he pulls away, she recalls his nickname and shouts "Sister Boy" at him. Tom breaks down, grabbing a knife from her kitchen drawer to attempt suicide. Ellie screams out to her neighbors, who call the campus police, and Tom is arrested. The next day, the campus hears the story of Tom's humiliation, and although Herb is at first proud of his son, when he learns that Tom pulled away from Ellie, he crumples in grief. Laura, overcome with sadness and anger, tells Bill in private that she blames him for bullying Tom by imposing a rigid definition of "manliness," and insists that real men can be gentle and considerate. She then declares that she is lonely and depressed and wishes she had helped Tom prove himself with her, after which Bill retorts that she wants to mother a boy rather than to love a man. When Laura asks why he refuses to let her love him, Bill storms off without reply. Laura looks for Tom in his room, only to discover a series of half-finished suicide notes. She searches the school grounds, finally locating him alone in the woods. There, Tom expresses his deep shame, and as Laura consoles him, her sympathy and loneliness cause her to reach out for him. As they kiss, she says, "Years from now, when you talk about this¿and you will¿be kind." In the present, Tom visits Bill, who now lives alone in the dorm apartment. Bill, still cold, gives Tom a letter he found among Laura's belongings. In the garden, Tom reads the letter she wrote to him stating that she appreciates the loving novel he wrote about their relationship, but feels that she sacrificed Bill for Tom, because the boy was easier to save than the marriage. Now sad and alone, Laura wishes Tom a full and understanding life, and assures him that, as he wrote in his book, "the wife always kept her affection for the boy."
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For the record, I do think the Southern States were fighting specifically to preserve the economic institution of slavery. Although, the average white southerner who fought and died on front lines did not own slaves (it was a 1%-er thing)... so it was a bit more complicated than that. Part of it was "patriotism" for the state, and so forth.
All I'm saying is that the North, in general, wasn't fighting the Civil War out of some sort of moral abolitionist high ground. It was basically the culmination of a trade war. The moral objection to slavery came as an after-the-fact justification... just as in many wars all around the world there's the "justification" which often is different than the "reason."
Basically, it was a complicated, messy, war. I don't think there was any real moral high ground to be had, other than probably in the average soldier simply doing his duty. But again that's true everywhere, even today.
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery has been collecting Inuit art since 1957 and now has the largest collection of contemporary art in the world. So what better place to build an igloo. Two, in fact, courtesy of the Manitoba Urban Inuit Association (MUIA). A visit to the igloos is included with the cost of Gallery admission.
Members of the MUIA have been busy constructing two igloos or iglus on the WAG rooftop, next to an inukshuk by Manasie Akpaliapik. And just in time for the opening of Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art, an exhibition highlighting 115 works from the WAG's collection.
"Because we have so much happening here involving Inuit art, we felt we wanted a connection to the Inuit people themselves," says Aline Frechette, WAG Art Educator. "So we contacted the MUIA and Fred Ford, one of their board members, became our liaison. We discussed a number of issues, and Fred made this great suggestion of building an igloo on our roof."
Ford, along with Nicky and Annie Noolook, has constructed one igloo measuring approximately 9 feet in diameter and 7 feet tall. They will be working on another later this week. The frigid temperatures of the past few days have not deterred them. "For those of us raised in the North, the weather down here is what we are used to," says Ford. He adds that, "Although the Inuit no longer live in igloos, they are part of our culture and it's important for us to keep the art of igloo-building alive. Last Saturday Nicky and Annie brought their children with them to help, and the kids loved it."
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Asian American Christianity is one of the fastest-growing forms of American Christianity, and it has already proven to be one of the richest and most innovative movements in North American religion. With a deep understanding of their roots in classic Christianity as well as the diversity of Asian culture, these theological voices have contributed some of the freshest and most provocative work of recent decades. This volume brings together women who are searching for authentic Christian dialogue in a world of hybridity and changing context, and it represents one of the most significant areas of growth and vitality in contemporary Christianity.


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Liberty alumnus Kevin Michael "Toby" McKeehan — known as "tobyMac" in the Christian music world — was honored at the 40th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards on Thursday, winning Long Form Music Video of the Year for "Alive & Transported," along with Eric Welch and Tameron Hedge.
The award follows another honor at the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) annual Christian Music Awards on April 16 in Nashville, Tenn., where Toby made BMI's 2009 Christian Music Awards Song List with his hit single "I'm For You." The awards salute the writers and publishers of the past year's most performed songs on Christian radio and television.
When it comes to radio success, sales power and critical acclaim, TobyMac ranks among the most successful artists in Christian music history. In his career he has been awarded with two Gold albums, six number one singles and two Grammy nominations.
As a student at Liberty University in the 1980s, Toby met Michael Tait and Kevin Max, who formed the chart-topping Christian rock/rap band dc Talk. Before the band went on hiatus in 1999, it sold 7 million albums, including the double platinum album, "Jesus Freak," and won multiple Grammy and GMA Dove Awards. Toby made his solo bow in 2001 with the Grammy-nominated "Momentum." He has gone on to win several Dove Awards, including Producer of the Year, and two BMI honors as Christian Songwriter of the Year.
Toby will have a chance to take the stage once again as dc Talk is inducted into The Christian Music Hall of Fame in November.


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USTFCCCA All-Region (triple jump) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Spring All-Academic ... Represented UCSD in the triple jump at the CCAA Championships, finishing in second with a distance of 38' 7.5" ... Best long jump of the season came at the All-UC Championships when she cleared a distance of 38'7.75" ... Earned an individual victory at the Pomona Preview with a distance of 38'4" in the triple jump ... Gained another individual win in the triple jump with a mark of 38'7.75" at the All-UC Championships ... Member of first-place 4x100 relay at Pomona Preview (48.20).
USTFCCCA All-Region (triple jump) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Athlete of the Week (4/28) ... Improved existing NCAA provisional qualifying mark in triple jump with winning leap of 39'3" at the Triton Invitational (4/26) ... Best effort in the long jump (18'7.25") came at the CCAA Championships (5/2) ... Also won the triple jump (39'1") at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/15) ... In addition to sharing win in the triple jump with teammate Chantia Justice, won the long jump at the San Diego Challenge (18'0.25"), and also ran third leg of first-place 4x100 relay (47.35).
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A 2012 graduate of Valley Christian High School in San Jose ... Earned Athlete of the Year Award during her senior year (2012) ... Placed 13th overall in the long jump, leaping a distance of 17'11.5", at the California CIF State Meet after finishing second at the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships with a personal-record mark of 18'5.5" as a senior (2012) ... Was champion in both the long jump (17'10.75") and triple jump (35'8") events at the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) Finals during her junior year (2011) ... Jumped to a personal-best measure of 37'5.75" in the triple jump en route to a fourth-place finish at the CCS Top 8 Classic as a senior (2012) ... Won the long jump at the CCS Championships Finals with a season-best mark of 18'3.25" as a junior (2011) ... Her 4x100 relay team placed second at the CCS Finals during her senior year at VCHS (2012) ... Ran the Warriors' third leg of the 4x100 relay at the West Coast Relays, finishing in first place with a time of 49.47 seconds during her senior year (2012) ... Sprinted to a personal-best time of 26.53 in the 200 at the K-Bell Invitational to finish sixth overall as a senior (2012) ... Took sixth place in the 100 during the CCS Frosh/Soph Classic for a personal-record time of 13.24 as a freshman (2009) ... Also played Varsity volleyball all four years for the Warriors (2008-11) ... Additionally, competed with the East Bay Express Track Team (2011-12) and the Stingray Volleyball Club in San Jose (2009-11).
Born Jan. 31, 1994 in San Jose ... Parents are Steve and Kim Sato ... Human development major at Revelle College ... Has aspirations of becoming a physical therapist ... Making it to nationals in 2013 is her most memorable track and field moment ... Hobbies include surfing, volleyball, reading and cooking ... Jonathan Edwards is her favorite athlete ... Favorite movie is Guardians of the Galaxy ... Listens to Sleeping at Last ... Loves sushi ... Her family and coach Greg Marshall are her greatest influences.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Cordarrelle Patterson's rookie year for the Minnesota Vikings produced plenty of reasons to be confident and satisfied.
The flashy wide receiver and kickoff returner has brought some perspective and humility with him for his second NFL season, however.
Patterson said Wednesday his work ethic wasn't good enough last year. He also revealed he took offseason classes at Tennessee, with the goal of finishing his degree in communications. After only one year of major college action, the first-round draft pick had a lot to learn last season and his playing time early in the year was limited because of that.
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Gloucester flanker Andy Hazell has been given a 14-week ban following his red card against Mont de Marsan on October 11.
Hazell was dismissed after he punched and kneed the French club's prop Sebastien Ormaechea in the ill-tempered match. Ahead of the hearing and in support of the flanker, Gloucester submitted evidence to the disciplinary panel following Nigel Davies' post-match claim that foul play provoked Hazell's furious reaction.
But the independent disciplinary panel failed to find any evidence of foul play and Hazell has been hit with a lengthy ban. Hazell pleaded guilty "to striking Ormaechea", according to the statement released by the body in charge of European rugby, and Gloucester boss Nigel Davies also spoke in support of the flanker.
But Hazell was found guilty of intentionally striking the prop "with both first and the knee" and was handed a 16-week suspension. A further two weeks were added due to Hazell's "failure to uphold the image of the game" but the 18-week sanction was reduced to 14 recognising the flanker's guilty plea.
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One year and eleven months ago, the Federal Communications Commission made a decision that Hollywood hailed as a huge breakthrough and reform groups called a setback for consumer rights. The FCC gave the studios and cooperating pay television companies permission to shut down the analog streams to HDTV home theaters. The technical term for this is "selectable output control"—until May of 2010 forbidden by the Commission; now available via waivers.
"This action is an important victory for consumers who will now have far greater access to see recent high definition movies in their homes," declared Bob Pisano, then President of the Motion Picture Association of America, shortly after the ruling. "And it is a major step forward in the development of new business models by the motion picture industry to respond to growing consumer demand."
MPAA lobbied for selectable output control for two years. The studios contended that they wanted to offer their movies to the pay-TV subscribing public on a pre-DVD release basis, but only if they could do so exclusively on the encryptable digital connection to HDTV home theaters, not the less secure analog connection.
"The Petitioners' theatrical movies are too valuable in this early distribution window to risk their exposure to unauthorized copying, redistribution or other unauthorized activities," MPAA's original petition noted. "Distribution over insecure outputs would facilitate the illegal copying and redistribution of this high value content, causing untold damage to the DVD and other 'downstream' markets." Millions of lower income families would be served by being able to view early release movies in their comfort of their homes, the argument went.
But groups like Public Knowledge and the Consumer Electronics Association pushed back that the move wouldn't be fair to tens of thousands of consumers who had bought analog only HDTVs and similar devices. CEA went so far as to contend that the change would "disable" crucial features for the video gear that millions of consumers had bought in stores. Ars itself and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association went head to head on the issue, debating the question on the op-ed pages of this site.
Yet almost two years later, there are few signs that Hollywood and the cable companies have followed up on their hard-won opportunity. To be fair, it's very difficult to know what is in the production mix, unless you are an insider. Still, our inquiries to the top studios and cable companies elicited no evidence of significant selectable output control offerings.
Nothing to report, but thanks
"We don't know offhand of any providers that are utilizing the SOC waiver for early-release movies," the NCTA's Brian Dietz told us, "so you probably will have to check with MPAA and some of the companies themselves, both cable and DIRECTV." And so we did, first talking to MPAA Vice President Howard Gantman. Gantman cited early VOD releases like Margin Call, which he acknowledged wasn't streamed on an SOC basis. Comparing notes, it was clear that he hadn't seen much development in this area, either.
"It's now up to our studios and other film distributors," Gantman noted. His and the NCTA's comments were the most forthcoming responses that we received. No studio responded to our query; a few cable companies did. "Nothing to report on this. Thanks for checking in," a representative for Comcast told us. "Let me look into this and see what I can find out," a Time Warner Cable person replied. That was the last we heard from him.
You would think that the CEA would know if something was coming down the pipe. "I'm afraid we don't have much to add at this time," a spokeperson confided.
So the big question is why, after all that sturm und drang, are the fruits of this battle so difficult to discern? We've got two tentative answers. The first is that significant opposition to digital-only early-release video on demand hasn't subsided just because the MPAA won its SOC waiver.
The second reason is broader and perhaps more important. One of the challenges that the FCC faces is that by the time it vets a proposal to regulate or deregulate some aspect of the telecommunications industry, the relevant markets and technologies have sometimes so evolved that the decision can lose its significance. This appears to be one of those cases.
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During the great debate over SOC, the movie theater operators also weighed in. The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) represents that group—over 600 movie theater companies that collectively run about 30,000 movie screens across the United States.
The trade association's June 2008 filing tried to be diplomatic about the MPAA's proposal, but what stood out in the comment was fear. "The American cinema industry certainly does not appear to have been in the Commission's contemplation when crafting either the underlying rule or the standards and procedures for obtaining a waiver," NATO wrote, adding that the proposal contains the "alarming threat of collapsed distribution windows."
It's not hard to discern the problem from NATO's standpoint—fewer consumers paying money to attend big box theaters, and more staying home. The business model described in the MPAA's petition "could have a devastating effect on the member companies we represent as well as consumers of motion pictures," NATO's filing warned. "While NATO and its member companies generally support their studio partners on measures designed to protect intellectual property, it is not yet clear to us whether the underlying business model driving this IP-protection effort is in the public interest."
NATO may have lost this game in the FCC's court, but one Hollywood insider told us on background that the industry is still "adamantly" exerting pressure on the studios. There are a lot of "business involvements still being worked out," this person explained. Agreed, someone associated with the theaters told us. "Any attempt to close the window from the time between when the movie comes out and it goes to DVD will be opposed by the theatrical industry," he noted.
120 days later
The biggest part of this episode's irony is probably found in that DVD observation. When the MPAA first petitioned the FCC for selectable output control in May of 2008, DVDs were still a huge force in movieland. They generally came out about 120 days after a theatrical release. But a year earlier, we started noticing that DVD sales were starting to peak.
And by 2010 it was obvious that the DVD business was in real trouble as Netflix put more and more of its resources into online streaming. The SNL Kagan media tracking company, after following the fate of 415 titles, reported that wholesale DVD sales had dropped by over 40 percent from 2010—$7.97 billion in 2009 to $4.47 billion the next year. A year later, the Sandvine research company pronounced Netflix "the unquestioned king of North America's fixed access networks." Sandvine's measurements of total traffic averaged over the full day indicated that the online video provider even outpaced BitTorrent as the top data provider on North American wired systems. Netflix scored a 22.2 percent share, as opposed to BitTorrent's 21.6.
Bottom line: as the antagonists debated the selectable output control question, the Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, Boxee revolution raced along, making the SOC debate less relevant, and early release windows more difficult to define. The FCC's Order on SOC requires any company that takes advantage of the option to file a report "two years from the first use of SOC pursuant to this waiver." It may be that no studios will file a report over the coming months.
"We do believe that SOC was significant and important," the MPAA's Howard Gantman told Ars. No question about it. The FCC clearly agreed that secure outputs trumped the options for analog only HDTV owners. But as old home pay-TV gear gets shelved and new equipment comes in, the analog numbers are doubtless dwindling. The Selectable Output Control debate is now an obscure chapter in the history of the 'Net. What remains is a troubling question—will our ability to oversee this remarkable media landscape ever keep pace with our zeal to create it anew?
Postscript: 4/2/12
After we went to press on this story, DIRECTV responded to our inquiry. "Sorry, this got buried in an avalanche of email last week," a press contact explained. "Our first run movies we offer are done this way [selectable output control]."
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A controversial program that gives young unauthorized immigrants a temporary waiver from deportation has attracted far fewer people than was initially projected after its launch last summer.
The factors may be President Barack Obama's re-election, a $465 application fee and the prospect of large-scale immigration reform this year, immigration experts said.
In addition, a considerable number of people meet all of the program's requirements except for not yet being 15 — the minimum age to apply. And some have not satisfied the education standard because they are not currently enrolled in school or lack a high school diploma or General Educational Development certification.
The result: As of March 14, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program had received 469,530 applications since it began in mid-August. That compares with the Migration Policy Institute's estimate of 1.7 million unauthorized immigrants who would be eligible immediately or eventually.
Applications to the program peaked in October — with more than 113,000 submitted — and have fallen to less than a third of that count in recent months, according U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. As of mid-March, the agency had approved 245,493 cases and rejected 15,941.
Locally, Daniel Alfaro has noticed a clear drop-off in the number of youths attending workshops about the program that are hosted by Alliance San Diego. Nearly 9,000 people have attended seven information forums, 11 assessment forums and eight application workshops led by the affiliated Dreamer Assistance Network since last summer.
"I think the main reason for the slowdown is a combination of the applicant, families not having the money to cover the cost to apply and the belief that immigration reform is just around the corner," said Alfaro, who oversees Deferred Action outreach for Alliance San Diego. "I try to explain to them the benefits of applying for (the program) and encourage them to apply now and not wait for immigration reform, which may or may not benefit them and may or may not come into effect until next year."
Local attorneys who have been helping unauthorized immigrants with the Deferred Action application process, either directly with clients or by volunteering through nonprofit community workshops, said the slump began after the November presidential election. They said before Obama won a second term, people were rushing to lock in Deferred Action's two-year deportation exemption — with potential renewal — because they feared that Republican nominee Mitt Romney would discontinue the program.
Deferred Action status also grants a work permit — and the chance to obtain a driver's license if the applicant is from California.
"When this came out, everyone was a little afraid or uncertain. Then there was a big push to get people educated and let them know this is a safe thing to do if you were qualified," said Anna Hysell, an immigration attorney who runs the North County Immigration law firm in Cardiff. "It's not cheap. Sometimes people have limited means, so they might be holding off waiting to see if immigration reform will pass. ... The danger is that there is no guarantee of reform, and they don't have protection in the meantime."
A request to interview officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services about Deferred Action was referred to the Department of Homeland Security, which did not respond to phone calls and emails seeking comment.
Of the projected 1.7 million unauthorized immigrants who would qualify for the program, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that about a third of them have not reached the minimum age to apply.
An additional 350,000 are old enough but have not finished high school, have not earned a GED or are not enrolled in a qualifying education program. Immigration experts said that anecdotally, they are hearing about spikes in enrollment for adult-education programs nationwide as unauthorized immigrants seek to qualify for Deferred Action. No official study has been conducted on that issue.
Since the application period opened, California has ranked as the state with the highest number of applicants — more than 128,000. Texas ranks second with slightly more than 72,000, followed by New York, Illinois and Florida.
Mexico has topped the list of applicants' countries of origin, with 338,334 applications. The other nations in the top five are El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Peru.
The application process includes a biometrics appointment with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to take fingerprints, verification of various categories of information and a background check.
Immigration attorney Vidal Cordova has been volunteering at the Alliance San Diego workshops for the law firm Jacobs & Schlesinger in downtown San Diego, which cohosts those events. Cordova helps prescreen applicants and assists with filing applications for youths who are ready to do so.
The initial workshops were daylong events that attracted hundreds of young people, and now up to 50 come per session, Cordova said. The next workshop is set to take place Wednesday.
One workshop participant has been Alejandra Garcia of Chula Vista, who is in the process of applying after saving enough money to pay the $465 fee by doing graphics design work on a contract basis. Garcia, who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 9, is now 21 and a student at Southwestern College.
"I believe a lot of undocumented youths are scared, and also one of the biggest issues is the fee," Garcia said.
One trend seems to be that students have an advantage in the application process, said attorney Rose Kasusky of the firm Kasusky Law in downtown San Diego. Those who are in school have a more ready stable of documents to show they have been in the United States continuously since arriving here — another requirement for the Deferred Action program.
Among her cases, "(the government is) quickly adjudicating applications for when the person is in school and taking a lot longer when the applicant is no longer in school," Kasusky said. "Maybe it's some way of rewarding applicants who are currently in school or encouraging them to continue. It's a really good program, it's giving these young people a chance they didn't have before."


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Game #120: Angels at Jays pregame
Los Angeles (69-49) at Toronto (61-58)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Chone Figgins, 3B
Orlando Cabrera, SS
Vlad Guerrero, RF
Garret Anderson, DH
Gary Matthews Jr., CF
Casey Kotchman, 1B
Maicer Izturis, 2B
Jeff Mathis, C
Reggie Willits, LF
PITCHING: RHP Kelvim Escobar (12-6, 2.74 ERA)
Reed Johnson, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Troy Glaus, 3B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Ray Olmedo, SS
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan (8-6, 4.12 ERA)
NOTES: Toronto GM J.P. Ricciardi said on Thursday that the Jays are leaning toward having LHP Gustavo Chacin undergo exploratory surgery on his throwing shoulder, which would effectively end the pitcher's season. Chacin has been out since late April, and Ricciardi said the only throwing he might be doing from here on out is rehab work. Chacin would undergo surgery before the end of the year, and that would hopefully have him ready by Spring Training. … Toronto has only hit four homers in August — the lowest total in baseball. … The Jays have 39 doubles in August (second in baseball) and 258 on the year (first in the AL). Toronto also is riding a streak of 22 games with at least one double.
entering Thursday
1. Boston 72-48 (–)
2. New York 67-53 (5)
3. Toronto 61-58 (10.5)
4. Baltimore 56-63 (15.5)
5. Tampa Bay 46-74 (26)
entering Thursday
t-1. Seattle 66-52 (–)
t-1. New York 67-53 (–)
t-3. Cleveland 66-54 (1)
t-3. Detroit 66-54 (1)
5. Toronto 61-58 (5.5)
6. Minnesota 60-60 (7)
7. Oakland 59-62 (8.5)
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I just read about how the Rockies could be interested in Towers. That would be awesome, unload Towers — hey JP could ask for Kaz Matsui for SS, but in the end settle for the salary dump. Don't know how the Rox's stadium would help Towers homerun tendencies.
Hey Jordan, it was reported on ESPN.com that both Josh Towers and Troy Glaus were put on and cleared waivers in the last little while. Although Towers is not surprising, why did the Jays put Glaus on waivers? Thanks for your help!
Colorado announced today they had aquired Raomon Ortiz from Minnesota-so I think their deal is done. So I doubt whether they will be doing a deal for Towers.
No need for Johnson to try for third a grade school player could have read that one way to kill a rally.
That puke pitcher when he was in Toronto was no good he was paid a lot of money to pitch here and was a flop I have nouthing good to say about him.
McGowan is pitchen like a jerk tonight and you can bet the Jays bats will be quiet tonight just like the last 2 nights it's almost like they don't want to win.
Now I will shut the game off and go outside good luck to the rest of you.
Teams usually put players on waivers when they have no intention of trading them to disguise they guys they do want to trade.