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Exports That Aren't Going AnywhereAmy Borrus
It seemed like the perfect opportunity to break into an important emerging market. At least that's what LifeScan Inc., a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, thought when it agreed in 1993 to sell $400,000 worth of glucose test strips at half the U.S. wholesale price. The buyer, Swiss-based Anglo-American Foundation, promised to distribute the Milpitas (Calif.) company's devices to needy diabetics in the former Soviet Union. But the deal was costly--particularly when LifeScan discovered that its strips never even left U.S. shores. Instead, they allegedly were diverted by Anglo-American to a New Jersey warehouse and then resold to local distributors for a tidy profit.
LifeScan is just one of a growing number of U.S. companies claiming to be victimized by a little-known crime called export diversion. At first blush, the fraud might seem like just another petty rip-off. In reality, export diversion presents an enormous danger to business and the public. "This is a sinister and evil form of fraud that threatens the health and safety of consumers and costs taxpayers millions of dollars," says Noel L. Hillman, an assistant U.S. attorney in Newark who is at the forefront of a nationwide crackdown on export diversion.
Consumer-product giants, including Borden, Nestle USA, and Procter & Gamble, have been hit hard by such schemes recently. Diverters buy premium-brand goods, such as Alpo dog food and Trek bicycles, at the deeply discounted prices typical of orders bound for untapped markets. During shipment, the goods are turned around at foreign ports and illegally resold to dealers and retailers in the U.S. for a sizable profit--stealing domestic customers from the original manufacturer as well, say the feds. "Diversion has become increasingly expensive for legitimate American exporters," says Donald E. deKieffer, a Washington attorney who has investigated dozens of such cases.
No one knows for sure how widespread the problem has become. Says one U.S. Customs official: "It's like asking how much narcotics are coming into the U.S." But another Customs Service agent estimates that nearly $100 million worth of imported goods that entered the Port of Newark, N.J., alone in the 12 months through September were false exports. Attorney deKieffer thinks at least half of the $15 billion in goods returned to the U.S. in 1994, or 3% of all exports, could be fraudulent.
BILK MAN. Harm to big business is bad enough. But discrepancies in the data may mean that government economists are overstating figures used to tally closely watched trade-balance statistics. Taxpayers, too, get the shaft when export-incentive payments are made to victimized companies. The government provides a variety of financial inducements to manufacturers to spur them to export. First Brands Corp. in Danbury, Conn., the maker of Glad plastic bags, got a $238,316 rebate on duty paid for imported petroleum resin used to make the bags the company thought it was exporting to Nigeria. But it turned out a New Jersey food broker, Steve Lasala, had sold the bags back into the U.S.
First Brands wasn't the only company bilked by Lasala. The food broker was charged with cheating 39 corporations out of $20 million. The victims included Quaker Oats, P&G, Duracell, and Hormel Foods. Lasala pleaded guilty in 1994 to a number of charges, including wire and customs fraud. His punishment: $1.9 million in fines and restitution and four months in jail.
The diversion game also puts consumers at risk because companies don't always know where their products end up. "A company distributing food in the U.S. is supposed to be able to tell the government where it goes in case of a recall," explains Nancy G. Brown, vice-president and general counsel for Borden Foods Corp. "If the stuff is being diverted, you lose that control." In August, Borden Inc. filed civil charges against two companies for allegedly selling Realemon juice in the U.S. after agreeing to export it to the Czech Republic. The defendants could not be reached for comment.
RX RISK. The Food & Drug Administration needs to keep track, too. The agency is focusing on the way in which export-diversion scams skew statistics medical experts rely on to determine a drug's safety. The FDA regularly monitors the adverse side effects caused by drugs, in case it needs to pull dangerous medication from the market. "Those statistics could be off if there's actually more of the drug being consumed in the U.S. than we know about," says James Dahl, assistant director of the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations.
With so much at stake, law enforcers who once cast aside export-diversion cases are clamping down. In recent months, trade sleuths from Customs and the FDA have joined forces in dozens of ongoing investigations in Miami, San Diego, and Newark to nab diverters.
In one of the biggest busts to date, three people were indicted in July for their alleged roles in a slew of export scams, including the one that allegedly ripped off LifeScan. The 122-count indictment, which includes wire fraud and money-laundering charges, accuses the three of defrauding Nestle, J&J, Bayer, and ICN Pharmaceuticals out of $19 million. Two defendants deny the charges, while a third, awaiting extradition in France, declines comment through his lawyer. The three are scheduled to go to trial on Jan. 16 in Newark.
Until recently, most trade-diversion cases have been handled by companies internally or in civil court. Johnson & Johnson's international sales staff, for example, refer about a dozen suspicious foreign orders every month to the company's executive director for security, Wayne Gilbert, who says at least a couple turn out to be bogus. But the Lasala case has emboldened angry executives to get the government more involved. "Now, companies are coming out of the woodwork, saying, `Can you help us?"' says a Customs agent who tracks export diversion. "I could easily spend the next 20 years doing this."
J&J collaborated with U.S. authorities in a sting in 1994 that nailed Anglo-American and helped crack other allegedly fraudulent operations, the Justice Dept. says. Customs strongly suspected Anglo-American was selling the glucose test strips it purchased from LifeScan in the U.S.--not in the former Soviet Union. So the next time the group offered to buy more, Customs investigators secretly tracked the shipment from the New Jersey warehouse to a storage site in New York and finally to U.S. distributors. How did they do it? At the feds' suggestion, LifeScan stuffed coupons for a free box of strips intm the shipment. When users around the country started phoning in for their freebie, Customs traced the purchases back to specific pharmacies and from there to distributors and to the phony foundation.
SKIN DEEP. In the LifeScan case, the elaborate plan did the trick. But given the far-flung nature of many of these operations, most export diversion goes undetected. That's because once a sale is made, diverters often mask their fraud by using "U-boat" schemes. These involve shipping the goods abroad to an intermediate port, such as Rotterdam, where they are rerouted back to the U.S. duty-free as "American goods returned." In other scams, the goods never leave the U.S. The diverter tells the manufacturer to deliver the products to a warehouse near a port for consolidation with other shipments. From there, they are trucked to another location and parceled out to the diverter's customers.
Regulators suspect that export diversion also provides organized crime with a new technique for laundering money. The appeal of the scheme has grown as reporting requirements for bank-wire transfers have stiffened. Under a typical scenario, a drug kingpin wires $10 million to a Swiss bank account and directs a front company to buy $10 million worth of shampoo purportedly for Tajikistan at 50% below U.S. wholesale prices. He then has the money sent to the shampoo manufacturer's bank account. Now, the druglord has a paper pedigree for his cash. But instead of sending the goods to Tajikistan, he resells the shampoo to U.S. distributors and pockets a substantial profit. "Product diversion is the perfect device to launder money," says prosecutor Hillman. "A diverter sitting offshore may launder millions of dollars a day and earn a substantial profit through two telephone calls and two wire transfers."
Being duped into serving as laundromats for dirty money only adds insult to the multitude of injuries U.S. exporters suffer at the hands of diverters. And as these schemes proliferate, companies are starting to wonder whether some of the risks of exporting to developing economies are just too great. For the moment, benefits still outweigh potential harm. But should that change, U.S. exporters may not feel so adventurous.


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By Ballah Kollie, LINA Bong County Correspondent
GBARNGA, May 26 (LINA) – The National Rubber Planters Association of Liberia has ended its 4th National Congress with a call for the association to be included in the national budget.
The newly-elected vice president Wilhemina G. Mulbah observed that including the association in the national budget will enable its members to increase their production.
She observed that many rubber farmers want to increase their production but lack the financial capacity to do so.
Mulbah told the Liberia News Agency Saturday following the close of the congress in Gbarnga that her ascendancy to the leadership of the organization paves the way for the voices of "lay or smallholder farmers" to be heard.
This year's annual event was held under the theme: "Our rubber, our future," and brought together a cross-section of rubber farmers from around the country.
She indicated that gone are the days when the leadership of the association were elites who did not open up their activities to members.
Also speaking to LINA, the elected treasurer, Carlos Wallace Smith, promised to ensure the safety of the association's funding.
Smith, who also serves as the Government of Liberia External Relations Manager to Firestone Liberia, attributed the reduction in the price of rubber to the increase in the supply of the commodity, caused by many farmers abandoning other forms of farming for rubber.
The National Rubber Planters Association of Liberia Inc. is an advocacy group that speaks for the well-being of rubber farmers.

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First term down…..
The first term of the Manchester MBA is now officially over. Five exams in four days have been successfully (I hope!) negotiated, ten-thousand word reports have been submitted, celebratory beers have been drunk and temporary farewells wished. Continue reading
Venturing forth with the Manchester MBA
24 hours on from the climax of the Manchester MBA's Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) school heat and I'm still numb with fatigue and disappointment. Our team came within a gnat's leg hair of snatching the prize. First place was tied with another team so it went to a judges vote. We were pipped to the title on a split decision. Continue reading
Manchester MBA Not-For-Profit Project
A key part of the Manchester MBA's first term is the not-for-profit project. At its core it basically involves five strangers bonding together in record time in order to complete a fully fledged consultancy project for a charity.
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The Manchester MBA begins in earnest
The full time MBA at Manchester has finally started in anger. The pre-MBA stage with its fun in the rain at Brathay and gentle warm ups in Accounting is no more. We're now a week into the real thing. For those of you who aren't familiar with what the first term at MBS involves, here's a quick run down:
The Invasion Begins
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UK should do high-tech the Israeli way, say Labour shadow ministers
Britain should follow the successful blueprint of Israel's high-tech sector to repair its battered economy, according to leading members of the Shadow Cabinet.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said the "remarkable story" seen in Israel's start-up technology industries could be combined with British skills to boost both countries' global business appeal.
Mr Umunna was speaking at a Labour Friends of Israel event at Google's Tech City campus in London. It used video links with teams in Tel Aviv and Lagos, Nigeria, to discuss "tech-cities" and start-up businesses.
Participants included experts from Google's projects in Israel, the British Embassy's UK-Israel Tech Hub, and Tsofen, an organisation boosting Arab Israelis' opportunities in high-tech industry.
Mr Umunna praised the projects he saw during a Shadow Cabinet trip to Israel last year. He said: "We all share a desire to see more start-ups in Britain and need to see far more of that in our economy. We want to increase our trade and we are seeking to learn from others."
The British government must set up more tech-hubs and do more to back young entrepreneurs, he added.
Liam Byrne, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said: "One of the most exciting things we saw in Israel was the risk-taking, high-energy tech culture. We have big lessons to learn."
Mr Byrne said he wanted to create "trade corridors" between British cities which are home to global businesses and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
"There's the potential for a win-win with Israel where we take great ideas and energy and unite them with our strength in global business. We need to find ways we can make that happen faster," he said.
Tsofen's Smadar Nehab predicted that Israel's highly-educated Arab population would play a key role in the next stage of high-tech growth.
Businessman and philanthropist Sir Trevor Chinn, who was part of last year's delegation, said: "I've been going to Israel for 50 years and this trip was an eye-opener. Britain has people, similar to Israel, who are individualistic, clever and innovative. It could be phenomenal in this country.
"The government has to ease the way and we have to find a way to encourage people that it is worth having a go."
Tuesday's event was chaired by former Innovation Minister David Lammy MP.
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Cancer program taking registration
Registration is being accepted for Look Good, Feel Better, a free program that teaches beauty techniques to women facing the side effects of cancer treatment. Participants will learn skills to cope better with hair loss and skin and nail changes. All classes are taught by trained, licensed cosmetologists. Free cosmetic kits are provided to each participant.
The next session is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Kona Community Hospital Radiation Oncology conference room at 79-1019 Haukapila St. in Kealakekua. Registration is required by calling Cecily Nago at 935-0025.
Ocean festival slated Saturday in Kawaihae
The annual Malama Makalii Ocean Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Halau Kukui, Kawaihae Harbor. The festival, a day dedicated to celebrating the gifts of Kanaloa, is a gathering of communities on the Big Island to increase awareness of malama kai concepts and responsible stewardship: caring for the oceans and maintaining a healthy relationship with the environment. Every year, the festival celebrates the life of waa kaulua Makalii, Hawaii Island's voyaging canoe, which is 18 years old in 2013.
There will be hands-on workshops in seamanship, knots, noninstrumental navigation, safety, lashing, canoe maintenance and care through drydock activities, sailing and other ocean activities available for the public. The event is free for all families and community members.
For more information, contact the Na Kalai Waa office at 885-9500 of email@example.com, or like the event on facebook at facebook.com/pages/Malama-Makalii-Ocean-Festival-Feb-2-2013/285669174792735?ref=ts&fref=ts.
Exhibit extended at Lyman Museum
Lyman Museum's "Sasana: The Burma Portfolio," exhibit has been extended through March 9. "Sasana," meaning acts of kindness, is a collection of large-format black and white photographs of Burma's people, landscape and local culture taken by Dr. Steven Garon, a volunteer with Aloha Medical Mission.
The museum, located at 276 Haili St. in Hilo, is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For admission rates and information, call 935-5021 or visit lymanmuseum.org.
Jeep trip explores historic dairy
The Kona Historical Society will lead a jeep trip to historic Pauahi Dairy from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 23. Maile Melrose, historian and great-granddaughter of Henry Nicholas Greenwell, who founded the dairy in 1884 with his partner, Manuel De Gouveia, will share the history of Pauahi and other Kona mauka dairies.
The $70 fee includes lunch. Reservations and society membership are required. The registration deadline is Feb. 18. A four-wheel-drive vehicle is required; limited space is available for those without four-wheel-drive.
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Little kids will enjoy saying good morning to the day with this Sun Calendar that tells them the day of the week and the date.
Card Stock: 8 ½" x 11 ½" of White, Yellow,
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Click on Printables and transfer and cut out all shapes.
Trace patterns onto card stock. Cut out all pieces following pattern instructions. Punch hole on medium Yellow circle with 3/8" Hand Punch. Punch one tiny hole in center of each circle using pointy tip of scissors.
Draw details.
Draw outlines around edge of Orange and Tangerine sun, Yellow circles, edges of eyes, mouth, "GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE" on small Yellow face and one month on each point of Orange sun with Black fine tip marker. Dot freckles and highlight mouth with Red fine tip marker. Attach small Yellow circle on front of small White circle with one Brass fastener. Use fine tip Black marker. Print "Mon." inside mouth opening. Turn face just enough to hide Mon. so that mouth opening is clear. Print "Tues." inside mouth opening. Continue same process for Wed. thru Sun. Attach large Yellow and White circles together in same manner. Print 1 thru 31 inside 3/8" opening in same manner as for days of the week.
Complete eyes.
Use Black Paintastics brush pen to paint a 1" x 1" piece of White card stock Black. Let dry. Punch out two 3/8" circles from Black with Hand Punch. Glue Black circles in place on eyes. Glue eyes in place on face.
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Remove brass fastener from large White and Yellow circles. Open brass fastener on back of face and one at a time add large Yellow circle, large White circles, Tangerine then Orange sun shapes. Turn White circles to set the day and date. Turn Orange circle to set the month.
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Michelle Brady (Baby Signs®: Sign, Say, and Play) has been teaching baby sign language classes since 2008. As a mother of three, Michelle has used the Baby Signs® Program with all of her children with great success. She has seen and experienced the many benefits of baby sign language and loves to share this knowledge with growing families who are interested in communicating with their babies. Michelle is a Certified Baby Signs® Instructor, Birth doula, Certified Prenatal/Postnatal/Children's Yoga Teacher, Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner® and childbirth educator. You can find out more about Michelle and her offerings by going to MichelleBradyWellness.com. Return to top
Nicole Bruno (Preparing for Childbirth) is a certified Doula and childbirth educator supporting the DC area. As co-owner of Doulas of Capitol Hill, she helped dozens of families attain their birth vision through support and education. Her hands-on birth experiences bring a unique perspective to her classes and provide a wealth of knowledge and experience about the various choices, obstacles and solutions surrounding birth in the DC area. When Nicole is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 4 year old daughter. Return to top
Dr. Heather Diamond (Beyond the Bump) is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in downtown Washington, DC. She earned her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from The George Washington University and has several years of experience working in community mental health, college counseling centers and court settings. She completed her residency at The Catholic University of America counseling center, providing psychotherapy to the undergraduate and graduate student population. As a mom of three young children herself, Dr. Diamond has a special interest in adjustment to parenthood concerns and in developing a sense of community for young families. Return to top
Dave Greenfieldboyce (Music with Mister Dave) is a stay-at-home dad, musician, puppeteer and artist. He has been performing "Songs, Stories and Puppets" at Bloombars in Columbia Heights since 2012 and is the mastermind behind the Mount Pleasant Children's Puppet Hour. He completed "Music Together" training with the Center for Music and Young Children in 2013. Return to top
Jay Gruber (Infant and Child CPR, Pediatric First Aid) has been an American Heart Association instructor for over 20 years. He has taught hundreds of classes and has been the CPR instructor for the EDCJCC Preschool and Summer Camp for the past several years. He has served the Montgomery County community for over 25 years as a volunteer EMT-B. He is also the Chief of Police at Georgetown University. Return to top
Ari Jacobson (Music Time with Ari!) has been working with young children since he was in high school, and loves to combine his early childhood educational background with his fifteen years of guitar experience to provide the musical enrichment he truly believes is essential to a well-rounded education (not to mention having a rocking great time). After a varied career as a camp songleader, substitute teacher, toddler music provider, hebrew school musician, and private guitar instructor in both NYC and Massachusetts, he is now the EDCJCC Preschool music specialist as well as teaching various classes and lessons all over the DC area. Return to top
Kit Leininger (Getting Ready for Preschool) graduated from The College of William and Mary, where she received a degree in Early Childhood Education as well as a BA in Psychology. She taught elementary school for 10 years, most recently 1st grade at Beauvoir, before becoming a full-time mom to Jack and Ben. She is a strong advocate of a structured and organized classroom environment and believes children learn best when they are familiar with the routine and feel comfortable with what is expected from them. She also loves incorporating books, songs, and stories into her classes. Return to top
Robyn Lindsey (Dance Together, Pre-Ballet) graduated from John Moores University in 2004 with a degree in Ballet and Contemporary Choreography and Performance and has been teaching various dance forms to all ages since. She especially enjoys sharing her passion for the art of dance with little ones. See more at robynlindseydance.com Return to top
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Nagpur, Oct.9 (ANI): The four policemen badly injured in an attack by Maoists in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra are responding to medical treatment, said doctors attending them in Nagpur on Friday.
Maoists rebels had killed 17 policemen in Maharashtra on Thursday, a couple of days after they had beheaded a police officer in Jharkhand.
Over 100 Maoists ambushed an elite police team that was conducting regular exercise from Laheri Police Outpost in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state.
Later, the gun battle between the Maoists and the policemen lasted for more than four hours, resulting in the fatal injuries to 17 cops and injuries to many other personnel.
Seventeen cops including a sub-inspector were killed in the ambush and there were no reports of any causality from Maoists side.
The police team had gone to the spot to take a stock of preparedness for the October 13 assembly elections.
"When we came to the police station, we learnt that the Maoists had laid an ambush one kilometre away from the police station. We went there and an encounter took place. We recovered grenades and other arms from them. Then we carried out a search operation in the forest area and found two Maoists, we opened fire and one was injured. Then we found ourselves surrounded by about 200 Maoists," said Rajendra Sariya, one of the injured policemen receiving treatment at a local hospital in Nagpur.
The doctors said that all the four were recovering.
"Two have been operated and they are recovering and other two are all right, we will be doing MRI on them. All four are expected to recover soon," said Dr. Shishir Shrivastava, medical officer at a civil hospital in Nagpur.
The Maoists, who say they are waging war on behalf of the poor, the landless and the marginal farmers against the state, have taken effective control of large swathes of the countryside, scaring off potential investors while in control of land, rich in minerals.
Hundreds are killed in Maoist violence each year, as security forces clash with rebels and civilians get caught in the crossfire.
The Maoists also extort money from businesses community and they have opposed industrialisation.
Meanwhile, Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra BJP's State unit chief visited the injured police personnel undergoing treatment.
"It is a situation where we find police unable to counter Maoists attack and the reason is political interference in the working of the police department, wrong people are given postings, which has led to the demoralisation among the forces. That is why they are unable to counter such attacks," said Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Earlier this week, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had said that the Government was willing to talk to the Maoists about issues such as poverty and corruption that are often blamed for stoking the insurgency, but insisted that the rebels must first stop violence and also surrender all their arms and ammunition. (ANI)


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Nevermind I found the link to the 4 motor drive board on that English site. Thanks for the link. Yes, sparkfun should sell that board if they're offering the 4 motor/encoder version of the Dagu Rover 5.
So what motor driver(s) should I get to work with this platform and my Arduino Uno board? Will you be selling any of these items at the upcoming Maker Faire in NYC in September?
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Representing your country at the Olympics is a huge honor. It takes hard work, intense training, plenty of sweat and honor for your country. The opening ceremonies were just tonight, and USA Basketball looks tough this year. Think about it, all the NBA's most elite players, teaming up to make one giant dream team, then wearing the red white and blue to London to compete in the Olympics. Imagine, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, way to many to even name, wearing the same uniform and playing against teams from all over the globe, trying to get the gold. A few players we know as all-stars from the NBA will not be able to play for team USA this year, however, for different reasons. Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls Point Guard, was chosen to play for Team USA, but screwed up his knee in the NBA Playoffs and will miss both the Olympics and a good chunk of the 2013 NBA season. Pau and Marc Gasol, two NBA all-stars, will not be playilng for team USA because they will be representing their home country of Spain at the Olympics this year. Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, and Dwayne Wade will all also not make the trip due to injury. But that will not keep Team USA from taking a good, hard look at that gold medal, and giving it all they have to bring it home. Remember, USA Basketball got the gold in the 2008 Olympics in Bejing, and they didn't look quite as good as they do this year. They also won a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. But in the exhibition games played before the Olympic games this year, Team USA rolled over the competition with ease, not losing a single game. They're looking like a gold medal team. Let the games begin.
Derrick Rose, former MVP and all-star Point Guard for the Chicago Bulls, injured his left knee in the NBA Playoffs. Now, he's paying the price for it. Rose will miss the Olympics, which he was selected to play for Team USA and represent America in London at the Summer Olympics this month. Oklahoma City Thunder Shooting Guard Kevin Durant said of Rose missing the Olympics, "I feel so bad for him, man. An unfourtunate injury; I wish it never happened to him. I wish he could be here with us, but it's given us more motivation to try and win it for him. We know that he belongs here, along with a few other guys as well... Hopefully, we get it done for him." Rose will also miss a good chunk of the 2013 NBA Season, a big blow to the Chicago Bulls. To fill in for Rose this season, in the 2012 NBA Draft as the 29th overall, the Chicago Bulls select Marcus Teague, a Point Guard out of Kentucky. Rose was the 2009 Rookie of the Year and was on the All-Rookie First Team in 2009, and he won the MVP Award in 2011 and was named to the All-NBA 1st team in 2011 as well. Rose needs to get better for two reasons. Number one, he was the key piece of the Bulls success last year, and they need him. Number two, this guy is fun to watch.


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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Downgrades Chesapeake Lodging Trust to Hold on Valuation
In a report published Thursday, Deutsche Bank analyst Tim Wengerd downgraded the rating on Chesapeake Lodging Trust (NYSE: CHSP) from Buy to Hold, but reiterated the $24.00 price target.
In the report, Wengerd noted, "Despite another solid quarter with significant margin growth, we are downgrading CHSP from Buy to Hold. CHSP's acquisitions through the lodging cycle have proven to be smart thus far. We expect CHSP's hotels to continue performing well given CHSP's under exposure to Washington DC and group business, but after two years of RevPAR and margin outperformance vs. peers, we believe y/y growth may moderate. CHSP's valuation relative to peers is fair, in our view, and we believe the risk/reward is balanced as risks from renovation disruptions increases in 2H 2013 and 2014."
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This MATLAB function expresses the antenna radiation pattern pat_azel in φ/θ angle coordinates instead of azimuth/elevation angle coordinates. A radiation pattern defines the variation of the power radiated by an antenna as a function of the direction away from the antenna. (for a fixed azimuth angle). Antenna Radiation Patterns: This figure shows a rectangular azimuth ("E" plane) plot presentation of a typical 10 element Yagi. The detail is good
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Keith Urban & Miguel: Teaming Up For Grammy Nominations Concert
They couldn't be farther apart style-wise, but Keith Urban and Miguel are cooking up something special for the Grammy Nomination Concert in Los Angeles.
Slated to go live Friday (December 6) at 10pm, the country crooner and the R&B star have worked out their own version of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine."
For the performance, Keith will sing and play guitar, while Miguel also sings and plays sequenced tracks from his computer. The duo will be backed by a cellist as well.
Pointing to Miguel's laptop, Urban told press, "That's our whole band right there," before breaking into some Christmas songs on his six-string.
The "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" will also feature performances by Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Lorde, and Robin Thicke.
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Launch in Africa of the Vía Campesina Campaign condemning violence against women
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At the 2011 World Social Forum held in Dakar, we, the African peasant organisations members of la Vía Campesina, have decided to launch and communicate on behalf of our continent the campaign of our movement condemning violence against women, a campaign which was officially launched on an international scale at our fifth international conference in Maputo, in 2008.
In all societies, to varying extents, women and girls are victims of economic discrimination and physical, sexual and psychological violence, in both public and private spheres. Domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual harassment, genital mutilation, women being deprived of food, forced or early marriage, "honour" killings, femicide and rape as war weapons are all part of this horrific scenario. Furthermore, on the world scale, 70% of people who live in extreme poverty are women.
To this end we undertake, as member organisations of La Vía Campesina, to carry out, during the coming years, activities on a national and regional scale, including:
● Starting or taking part in national campaigns in order to pass legislation guaranteeing women's rights and denying impunity to those who commit violence against women and children.
● Organising public actions condemning violence and its causes, in order to prevent violence before it occurs.
● Reinforcing alliances and partnerships with national, regional and international organisations which fight violence against women and for the defence and respect of women's rights, particularly the World Women's March.
● Fight for parity in our organisations, guarantee women's participation in decision making and their visibility in public events, and encourage the creation of specific women's areas.
To end it we must understand the causes, break the silence and organise ourselves in order to fight it collectively, men and women together, by striving to create a new society based on equal rights for both sexes.
The right to live and grow up in safety, peace and dignity, as well as the right to work and education are fundamental human rights. If they are threatened or flouted it is our duty to condemn it and to break the silence.
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The LXM Pro Tour players are once again receiving the special treatment with their LXM 610 gear as they follow up their most recent Laxie 2011 nomination effort (LXM 410) with these Philly sports team inspired kits.
The second annual LXM 610 event, being held at Philadelphia's Radnor High School this Sunday, October 9th, is the third stop in 2011 and seventh since the beginning of the LXM Pro Tour in 2009. You'll see some of the best players in the world rocking customized Cascade CPX-R's with throwback Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles inspired decals, brand new chromed out STX K18 gloves (complementing the arm pads/guards they unveiled at LXM 410), throwback style uniforms donning the liberty bell LXM 610 logo and upping their footwear game with Adrenaline Breast Cancer Awareness Socks this Sunday, Oct. 9th. Adrenaline Movement apparel will also be available at the vendor village including the Philadelphia inspired t-shirt designed specifically for LXM 610.
The one-day all-inclusive professional lacrosse festival will again feature a showcase game between forty of the top professionals in lacrosse, clinics with the pros and live musical performances from some of Philadelphia's hottest up-and-coming artists. Shutting down this year's Philly event will be performers OCD Moosh & Twist and Fortune Family, performing for the second year in a row at their alma mater.
Below, the IL Gear Zone gives you the first exclusive look at the gear and uniforms that some of the most creative and electrifying players to ever play the game will be rocking this weekend in Philadelphia for LXM 610.
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Tom Albanese, the mining boss ousted from Rio Tinto in the wake of multi-billion-pound writedowns for ill-judged takeovers, has landed the top job at the controversy-ridden Vedanta Resources.
Albanese left Rio in January last year after the company booked a $3 billion (£1.8 billion) hit on the value of coal assets in Mozambique that he had bought just two years earlier.
He resigned amid a total of $14 billion in writedowns.
However, he was one of several chief executives caught out by the industry's downturn.
At Vedanta, he will work under the watchful eye of the hands-on founder Anil Agarwal and have the task of turning around a business that has been at the heart of environmental disputes and corruption investigations in India.
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This poll defeated my attempt to answer it. So I didn't vote.
It's not that I couldn't decide, it's that the question itself is miserably, utterly wrong. While I'm as imaginative as the next fellow, I cannot get into the headspace of a person who could ask a question like this.
Weapons are organic things. They are part of your mind and body. You train with them until they are as familiar to you as the sound of your voice and the sight of your face in a mirror. Guns, like swords, are individually unique - each has its own character and personality. As you train, you learn its particular idiosyncrasies and quirks, the things it does well and the spots where extra care is needed.
Any gun, right out of the box, is an unknown quantity. You'd want to clean a semiauto thoroughly and examine each part, oil it and reassemble, check for magazine retention and drop, spring strength, ejection path, and sight accuracy. Eventually, over time, it will become known to you.
Given today's quality of machining and manufacturing tolerances, I would assume any gun off the shelf, NIB, loaded with standard ammo probably would fire and that wouldn't be a particular concern. Same with a sword. Out of the box, I'm sure it would cut things and be capable of wreaking tremendous havoc. But until I "know" a blade through extensive work with it, I don't imbue it with my trust.


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Sue Tran cracks eggs as she preps breakfast for the South by Southwest strangers invited into her home by her son.
Passed-out SXSWers sleep in the bedroom while an air mattress in the closet awaits its next visitor.
The front den of the Tran home is sectioned off with curtains and filled with sleeping bags and mattresses for weary SXSW attendees.
Inside the curtains at the Tran house, engineer James Levy prepares a place to crash while StartupBus participant Ricky Wong sleeps nearby.
Hua Sue Chang makes an unconventional-yet-delicious sausage scramble using hot dogs.
Off the master bath in the Tran home, a walk-in closet provides space enough for two air mattresses. Crasher Joe Skerbec wakes at the sound of photos being taken.
Laptops and bags litter the Trans' dining room. A temporary picnic table nearby is set up to accommodate even more coders.
The calm exterior of the Trans' neighborhood belies the chaos inside one of its houses.
AUSTIN, Texas — What would your mom say if you said you were to turn your house into a five-day, revolving-door youth hostel with beds in every room and even in the walk-in closets? What if you used Twitter to invite anyone at South by Southwest who needed a place to stay, and left the door unlocked 24/7?
[eventbug id="sxsw2011″]Web developer Will Tran's mom, Hua Sue Chang (everyone calls her Sue), not only said, "Yeah, OK" — she's making everyone breakfast.
"I'm just trying to help their dreams come true," says Chang in a Vietnamese accent as she cuts up hot dogs and scrambles eggs at her home here. In the next room, SXSW Interactive badge-holders are passed out after a late night of work and partying.
"I'm trying not to disturb them, but I have to feed them," she says.
Every March, thousands of tech professionals, filmmakers, musicians and media types swarm into Austin for SXSW, the annual conference that's grown to outlandish size over the past 25 years. The sea of web and app developers who descend on the city during the Interactive segment of the conference, which ends Tuesday, turns SXSW into a kind of spring break for geeks, with constant parties raging and hotel rooms selling out quickly.
In this turbulent environment, Sue Tran's motherly spirit and willingness to open her home to strangers has turned her into a patron saint of temporarily homeless coders.
Will Tran says that's just how his mom is — it's part of her Taoist beliefs. She escaped Vietnam on a boat during the war and spent time in terrible conditions in a refugee camp in the Philippines, an experience that made her want to help the less fortunate.
His dad was less enthusiastic about the idea of turning the Tran homestead into a SXSW flophouse but agreed to the proposal. He used to work at Motorola and is enthusiastic about the technology scene.
"I told him to think of it as knights of the roundtable, where you have to help each other out, " says Will Tran. "I know how hard it is to book hotels [during SXSW]."
When I visit the Tran household, the few people awake are not waking up — they are still up from the night before. They report that fireworks, guitars and heavy drinking kept the backyard hopping most of the night. All this in a sleepy suburb of Austin.
Will Tran participated in the StartupBus competition, leaving from his home in San Francisco on a two-day ride to Austin that was filled with nonstop business development. Before he left the West Coast, he let everyone know the Tran door was open if they needed a place to stay. The only crashers that took him up on the offer were StartupBus refugees.
The photo gallery above peeks inside the Trans' geek crash pad. Marvel at an epic triumph of mom-itude.
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I ordered these online for a weekend hiking trip we had coming up. I was so excited when the came in and decided to wear them on a practice hike. I am so glad I decided to try them out before my trip because after a short morning hike they already had a hole in the leg. It appears that the seam came apart. The pants were very comfortable and I always but BCG brand but I am very sad that the quality of these pants is low. I hope to find time to return these and find something that will last through my trip.
Bought these online without trying on (although I know BCG brand fits me) and I love them!! So comfy and they're Actually. Long. Enough. I'm 5'9 and 130lbs with long legs - so I run into that problem a lot. These are great though! Have in 2 colors and am looking for more!!
They fit excellent and shipping was very fast. I am always pleased with Academy
I like adidas pants. I will to buy again. Thanks.A+++++
My girlfriend left these tights at my apartment and after I tried these on they fit and felt so comfortable I wore them the whole day. I don't think she's getting them back. :)
I LOVE these!!! The fit is perfect, doesn't show throw, keeps me warm and I receive tons of compliments....they're very slimming! Wished I'd bought two pair...matter of fact, I think I'll order another now!
I own 3 pairs of these & absolutely love them. They're comfortable, flattering, and a good price
I have the same pair in pants and they are dressy enough looking to wear to work but these are too sporty for that. I bought them for a 3 month work trip in the middle east where my knees have to be covered but it's 100+ every day. So far so good, they are are light weight, whatever wrinkles wear themselves out once you put them on and they are comfy. I am a solid size 10 and these are a nice causal fit, I need the tie but I like that they are loose due to the heat I'm in.
I bought these capris for a trip to Disney World. I wanted comfortable, cool pants to wear. These caris were perfect.
I really like these capris! An XL fits me great, not too tight, not too loose, I usually wear 16/17 women's. Very comfortable, nice soft matireal. I really like the wide elastic waist band, stays up very well with the elastic itself even though they have a drawstring too.
Bought these a while back and had an issue with a lost package. Immediately got the help team to send me a new pair and they're great. I've got a bit of a butt so I always worry about things being see through, but not these. I'm 5'7" and 160lbs adn I carry my weight in my limbs, I got a medium and its maybe a smidge snug but I wouldn't want to get a large.
The leggings are awesome! Fit great and are comfortable. I would definitely recombined them!
I like the look of these grey heather pants and the length is surprisingly attractive. I bought them to match the jacket which I'd previously purchased elsewhere. The set is great for traveling. The pants run a bit small, so I went up a size and use the drawstring to cinch it tighter.
i love this item ! even got it in the other color.
Tried on in store to get size & ordered online. Love them.
Bought these about a month ago, wasn't too sure about the material; however extremely surprised by the comfort...will definitely be getting more.
I am glad I took a chance on this product. It is a good buy for the money.
I bought one pair of these pants in the store and fell In love with them. I immediately ordered three more online--2 in black and another grey pair. They are so comfortable and wear very well. I can wear them out to lunch and exercise in them. They are not tight like yoga pants and that's one of the main reasons I like them so much. And they have pockets! They are the perfect everyday wear pants for me!
Bought these for around the house. They are very comfy and not too warm. They are the perfect weight and the right length.
These pants are great for your power walking days or just running errands on the weekend. Highly recommend as I now have three pair!!
Great for sudden movement, great for coaching, and very cooling
The fit is great. I love the waist being a little higher than others and the lattice design on the legs makes them very cute.
Love love love the fit!!! I ordered black but also comes in other colors.


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Bought an 02 E46 316i with the N42B18 engine around 2 months ago. At first all was well, I took it to an idependent BMW specialist for a check, it came back with a few things wrong but I was OK with it, it's a 10 year old car.
2 months down the line and I'm sick of it, replaced spark plugs, fixed leaking solenoids and vacuum pump, the radiator blew a week ago, now I checked the coolant today and there's some missing again! Looks like the expansion tank is on the way out as it's wet on top. Now I've read the Wiki, and browse multiple forums and this is really not what I was expecting of a BMW. I had less hassle with a 1979 E21 320 I had 10 year ago!
Now my car only has 75k miles so I've decided to sell it as I'm really not ready to be a full time mechanic in my spare time. I don't mind it and even like it but every now and again and not all the time.
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More than a third of the staff members at a Harlem charter school run by the Success Charter Network have left the school within the last several months, challenging an organization that prides itself on the training and support it offers its teachers.
The unusually high turnover at Harlem Success Academy 3 and the network-wide issue of teachers quitting mid-year led the founder and chief executive of the Success Charter Network, Eva S. Moskowitz, to express concern in an October newsletter.
"This is not a 'gig' " she wrote, informing staff members that by breaking their commitment to the schools and families midyear, they were acting unethically.
At Harlem Success Academy 3, 22 of the school's 59 administrators, teachers and classroom aides left between the end of the last school year and the beginning of this one, according to the school's records. Some took jobs at other schools, some moved to new cities and some said they quit out of frustration with the school's tightly regulated environment.
The loss of more than 30 percent of its teachers distinguishes the school within its network of six other schools, where turnover is less common. At Harlem Success Academy 1 and Harlem Success Academy 2, the attrition rates were about 19 percent between June and this month. And at the network's two Bronx schools, few faculty members left.
Charter schools have generally experienced relatively high teacher turnover. From 2008 to 2010, charter schools' average attrition rate was 25 percent and district schools' was 14 percent, according to state data.
Among those who left Harlem Success Academy 3 was the school's principal, Emily Rodriguez, and its assistant principal. Ms. Rodriguez is now the director of literacy for Explore Schools, a growing network that now has three charter schools in Brooklyn. Seven Harlem Success Academy 3 teachers have also departed for jobs at Explore Schools between June and this school year.
Ms. Moskowitz said the teachers left in part because Ms. Rodriguez was a popular principal, and in interviews, several teachers supported the explanation. The teachers said Ms. Rodriguez's departure, which followed a maternity leave, had prompted some teachers to look for work elsewhere.
Ms. Moskowitz said some staff had also quit to pursue graduate school or move outside the city.
"It's hard for kids and families when you have an exodus," she said. "My focus when this happened was really to make sure that it's a great school and the kids had teachers when they started."
She said that the school is doing well under its new principal, Richard Seigler, a former dean of students and teacher at Harlem Success Academy 4. At 25, Mr. Seigler is one of the city's youngest principals.
Few of the teachers who left Harlem Success Academy 3 would speak about why they quit, and those who did refused to be named, citing fear of retribution or concern that they could lose their new teaching positions.
Morty Ballen, the founder and chief executive of Explore Schools, said he had not intentionally poached Success Academy's teachers.
One former Harlem Success Academy 3 teacher who quit at the end of last school year said she had left because she felt "micromanaged."
"You couldn't teach in the way you wanted to teach," she said. "If your kids weren't sitting perfectly, looking straight at the teacher, not saying a single word, then you weren't doing your job."
Monica DeFabio, a third-grade teacher who is in her second year at Harlem Success Academy 3, said she did not know why many of her former colleagues left. "I really can't say anything has suffered," she said. "Richard's come in, and he's hit the ground running."
Ms. Moskowitz said she was aware that some teachers had left because they wanted to work in a different type of school, yet she stressed that with 57,000 applications for 256 jobs this year, her schools were in demand.
"We believe in teacher choice just like we believe in parent choice," she said. "Some teachers want a single-sex school, or a progressive model, or a traditional model of education."
In her October newsletter, Ms. Moskowitz said that the network was working hard to retain its teachers, but had struggled this year with the issue of teachers quitting after school was already in session.
"We have had a number of teachers quit the night before schools starts — after midnight!" she wrote. "We have had teachers quit two weeks into school. A quick e-mail reads 'sorry for the inconvenience. ...' "
It is not merely a logistical predicament, the message continued. "Breaking your commitment in the middle of the year is a big deal and frankly, unethical," Ms. Moskowitz wrote.
Available data does not indicate how many of the network's teachers left in the middle of this or last school year. In an interview, a former Harlem Success Academy 1 teacher who quit several months into last school year said it was a decision she made only after realizing there was an impassable gulf between how she wanted to run her classroom and the teaching and discipline methods her supervisor insisted on.
By the time Thanksgiving rolled around and she decided to leave, several other Harlem Success Academy 1 teachers had already quit, she said.
"I got the impression very early on that there were a lot of people wanting my job and that if I left, they would find someone else to do it," she said.
This fall, the Success Academy Network opened two new schools, one in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and the other on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Next year, Ms. Moskowitz plans to open three new schools in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg.


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I was on the turnpike yesterday going about 70-75 mph and driving for about 1 and a half hours strait and my little computer that does my gas milage said I got 19.3mpg on the turnpike. Is that good for my car? Also,I just realized that I have a O2 sensor and I have 150,000 miles on my car. Should I replace it sometime soon? Steve
what kind of car you have man, if it is a 5.o and you get 19.3 miles to the gallon, going 70-75, that is pretty good, my truck get 9 miles to the gallon going that fast!!!
88 Towncar. I have about a 17-19 gallon tank(estimated by the amount I put in gas) and I can get all highway miles out of about a little over 3/4 of a tank and go about 275-300 miles. Steve
What about the O2 sensor? I wouldn't want to do it because it might be rusted on and I don't want to break anything. About how much are they for an 88 Towncar?
as for the 02 sensor i have no clue on that one, if it is rusted on there try to find a way to get the rust of so you can take it off, "WD 40???"
My wife's Expedition w/ the big V-8 gets 21mpg on the freeway. My PT Cruiser get 19mpg. Go figure. Algore would throw my wife in prison if he had his way and give me an award for the cars we drive, yet her's is more fuel efficient than mine! Let 'em try! I'd rather die fighting for freedom than live under tyranny! Seems like I have heard something like that B4. Hmmm . . . .
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My 86 T-bird with a 302 only gets 17-20 on the highway at 65MPH. I think your car is getting good fuel economy.
Dont let that little computer fool you. It dosnt actually calculate the amount of fuel it uses or knows how much you put in. It is programed by the factory with a set MPG ratio that calculates the MPG. The calculation is based on that MPG ratio engine speed and miles driven. The best way to get your real MPG to to keep up with your starting gallons and ending gallons at fill ups and the miles driven between the fill ups. I deal with this every day with my truck drivers they average about 6.5 miles per gallon. The best one we have gets about 8 miles to gallon!
My fuel gage is electronic. So I really can't get it just perfect. Steve
Damn i'm not sure whats good milage apparently my car got good milage on the highway... 150km on quarter of a tank 8 bucks canadian and it cost like 35 to fill it ... 30 when gas was cheap
You should change your 02 censor. And don't worry about it being rusted in. All the ones I have seen actually come with anti seize on them right when you buy them. But most important you need to know when to stop reifing on anything in order not to break it off. The general rule of thumb is 1/4 turn before breakoff. Just kidding. It shoukd be easy if not heat it up before you try to take it out if it doesn't go easy.
Yea... thats about right. Most of those got 21 - 23 at 65 mph. Does it have 1 or 2 oxygen sensors. If you dont know if the sensor is working, test it. If its a one wire sensor, disconnect the sensor wire w/ the eng warm. Put a digital voltmeter between the disconnected sensor end and ground. Leave harness end disconnected. Start eng and watch readout. If its working, it will vary between .1 and .9 volts. No need to replace. (This goes for all O2 sensors). If its a 3 wire sensor, check all three wires, one of them should give a voltage reading just like the single wire reading. The other 2 wires are for the O2 heater circuit. With the O2 disconnected for the test, the heater circuit will get no reading.
Went on a run with a bunch of new Corvettes and average 70 to 75 MPH -- the Autos were getting around 27 to 29 MPG and the six speeds were getting 31 to 33 MPG. We had one Z06 405 HP and it was getting between 26 and 27 MPG. My wife Grand Prix GTP gets about 21 or 22 MPG and that's a 6 cycl and my SUV is around 15 to 17 MPG.
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4Jaw; Don't you know that tin foil hats are only good for fending off black helicopters and space alien invasions? No, what I need is a ball cap with signatures from my two pals Smith and Wesson!!!!!!
I have a 61 Chevy pickup that seems like it gets 5MPG. I guess she's a little thirsty.
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Published October 14th, 2013
MIAMI (AP) - Carnival Cruise Lines says a 6-year-old boy drowned in one of its pools while at sea.
The company said in a statement that the Carnival Victory ship was on the last leg of a four-day Caribbean cruise on Sunday when the boy drowned. He was at the pool area with other family members.
The ship arrived Monday morning at Port Miami.
The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating and identified the boy as Qwentyn Hunter of Winter Garden. Investigators say the boy was with his 10-year-old brother in the pool at the time. Passengers immediately pulled the boy from the water and began CPR, but the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Gerald Swindle may have missed the win by 1 ounce Sunday in the TroKar Battle on the Bayou, but he was one of the biggest winners of Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year points.
Swindle's second-place finish in the Toledo Bend event jumped him from 34th into 12th place in the 2011 points race, now at the halfway mark.
The race will determine three prizes at the end of the season: the TTBAOY award, worth $100,000; eight spots in the postseason, another $100,000 contest; and 28 qualifications for the 2012 Bassmaster Classic.
Swindle already owns a Classic berth. He earned it when he won the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open early in the season. Having the Classic in the bag has helped him relax as he competes in the Bassmaster Elite Series, he said. And, ironically, not obsessing over points has helped him win more points.
"I'm learning now: Don't worry about points," Swindle said. "If there's any way, keep it out of your mind; fish each day to win."
Last Sunday's winner, Dean Rojas, advanced even more places in the points standings than Swindle did. Rojas improved by 23 spots, from 31st into that magic eighth place, the cut line for an automatic berth into the July 23-31 Toyota Trucks All-Star Week postseason.
"I've got to keep up the momentum from here on out and fish well and make it to the postseason. That's my next goal," Rojas said. "My first was to make it to the Classic, and now I've done that."
He was referring to the Bassmaster Classic seat he was awarded by winning at Toledo Bend. At the same time, Rojas pushed aside the suggestion that the Angler of the Year prize was on his radar.
"Now, I'm looking at the postseason," he insisted.
Rojas may be feeling the caution of the slow starter. After the season's first event, he was 51st in points. His gains have been steady: 44th after the second event; 31st after the third; and now eighth after four tournaments.
If Rojas and Swindle are the hares, points leader Alton Jones is the tortoise. This season, he's traveled only forward, nose up and trained on the finish line. After his 16th-place finish on Toledo Bend, Jones not only maintained at No. 1, he put 26 more points between himself and No. 2, Terry Scroggins.
Jones, now with a total of 1,096 AOY points, has held the lead for three tournaments running. Ditto for Scroggins in second, Kevin VanDam in third and Jeff Kriet in fifth. The only change Sunday in the Top 5, in fact, was Chris Lane moving into fourth, a spot relinquished by Sunshine Showdown winner Shaw Grigsby, who slipped to 10th.
Besides Rojas and Lane, new to the Top 8 were Fred Roumbanis (seventh, up from 19th) and Steve Kennedy (in sixth from 13th).
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One of those receivers was Brandon Myles, who caught the first pass of the season, then a touchdown against Central Florida, and seemingly disappeared for the rest of the season. Dwayne Thompson, who broke into the rotation late in the year, was a converted quarterback, and is spending this spring back behind center. Joe Hunter wasn't even moved to receiver until fall camp last year. And then there's the big guy, Rayshawn Bolden.
Perhaps no other Mountaineer player will be under the microscope of the coaching staff as much as Bolden. He's shown flashes of being a good player in the past, but has yet to put his size and speed together. This spring though, he looks to be taking form.
"We don't have very many veterans at receiver. He's a talented guy, and he's had a great off-season," said head coach Rich Rodriguez. "He needs to be committed to be a better player and a better leader.
"He's played a lot of football for us in the past, and started a few games. We're excited for him."
Bolden sees this spring as an opportunity to show what he can do.
"I want to come out here everyday, practice hard, catch a few balls, and make the team as best as we can make it," says the 6'5" Bolden.
Bolden started a couple of games in the 2003 season, and had one catch against Pitt. Last season, he fell off the radar and didn't dress the first few games, but began to pick it up around mid-season. He showed what he could do in the Gator Bowl by hauling in a 49 yard strike from Charles Hales. During Monday's practice at the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility, Bolden outjumped cornerback Dee McCann, caught the ball, and sprinted into the endzone for a long touchdown during drills.
In Coach Rod's eyes, a lot of the offensive success will rest squarely on the broad shoulders of Rayshawn, and Brandon Myles.
"For us to be good at receiver it's probably going to rely on Brandon Myles and Ray Bolden to be two big play guys for us."
Adds Bolden, "We did lose a lot of big name guys, but we have a lot of guys ready to step up."
If he can do just that, the Mountaineer offense will be the better for it when the season rolls around.


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