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Everything Everywhere: A Night of Poetry
Thursday, May. 5, 2011In the past two years Carroll Kearley '52 has published two collections of poetry: Deity-Alphabets and The Armenian Watchmaker (Tebot Bach, 2009 and 2010), which both portray vivid portraits of humanity from varied spectrums.In the first, Kearley depicts the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles and evokes themes of endurance, creativity, and beauty. For his second collection, he takes to a global stage to emphasize the fortitude of the human spirit amid a century strife with tragedy.Kearley is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, where he taught for 30 years and currently resides in Los Angeles.Folks in the LA area: Hear Kearley read on May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center located at 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291. General admission for the event is $7, students/seniors/children are $5 and members are free.Here's a taste of Kearley's work, from Deity-Alphabets:Sleeping ArrangementsI have known numerous homeless:here for a while, most move on.If you talk about them,Tell it right or tell it not.Just find an overhang,a space for crawling in,a doorway to an establishmentwhere somebody says, "Okay."Pulled each day by necessity'sgravitation, each lodgerseeks a place for night-long rest,before getting on the next day.Like boy scouts on a weekend trip,many sleep in the open air.A few have a bed inside somewhere,but many roll up in a sleeping bag.Billy D is not a pleasant person."Life sucks," is his appraisal."You ask where I sleep a night?Right here, in my godamned wheelchair."He leans back rigidly defiant,speaks his mind, keepsdirect eye contact, beyond deception,no frills of customary propriety."Right here on this stinking sidewalk.Nobody takes care of me.An extra buck would be a signof your genuine concern."— Liz Carney '11Santa Clara Mag internPosted by Liz Carney | Permalink | Comments (0)
Three women, three miracles ... and a bookstore near you
Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011A pair of Santa Clara alumnae—Katie Mahon '78 and Mary Beth Phillips '76 are on tour for the book they co-wrote with friend Joan Luise Hill. The Miracle Chase: Three Women, Three Miracles and a Ten Year Journey of Discovery and Friendship (www.themiraclechase.com) centers on the stories of three women, who each overcome tragedy—an escape from serial killer Ted Bundy, the blindness of a daughter, and the catastrophic illness of a son. They're tales of faith, friendship, and survival.You can meet Mahon and Phillips in person in California, Colorado, and Massachusetts in the months ahead at these readings and talks.St. Monica's and Santa Maria Churches — Moraga and Orinda, Calif.Faith SharingTuesday, May 3, 10 a.m.1001 Camino PabloKepler's Books — Menlo Park, Calif.Reading and Book SigningThursday, May 5, 7 p.m.1010 El Camino RealA Great Good Place for Books — Oakland, Calif.Reading and Book SigningFriday, May 6, 7 p.m.6120 La Salle Avenue, Montclair VillageAbbot Public Library — Marblehead, Mass.Reading and Book SigningWednesday, June 15, 7 p.m.Denver Eclectics — Denver, Colo.Lecture and DiscussionFriday, September 9, 10 a.m.-- Liz Carney '11Santa Clara Mag internPosted by Liz Carney '11 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Radio, radio: SCM Editor on KQED
Monday, Apr. 25, 2011
What do Keith Richards and Mary Baker Eddy have in common? The folks at Amazon.com have some ideas. And a little bit of digging in the musings of the Rolling Stone guitarist and writings of the founder of Christian Science reveals a few more surprises -- and, I hope a few laughs on a spring day.
Take a listen to this "Perspective" I recorded for KQED Radio and that airs on April 26 at 7:35 a.m. and again on Saturday morning. Or download the podcast at your leisure.
-- Steven Boyd Saum, Editor
Photo courtesy David Marks, KQED
Literary Orange: Hansen in the House
Monday, Apr. 4, 2011
SoCal readers mark your calendars: The 5th annual Literary Orange festival happens Saturday, Apr. 9 with Santa Clara Magazine's own Ron Hansen M.A. '95 delivering a keynote address. The festival takes place in the U.C. Irvine Student Center 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hansen's forthcoming novel is A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion, a tale of illicit passion and murder set in hard-drinking, fast-living 1920s New York. It's due out in June from Scribner. Check your hip flask at the door.
Hansen is the bestselling author of Atticus (a finalist for the National Book Award), Exiles, Mariette in Ecstasy, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, among other works.
He is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor of Arts and Humanities at SCU, and he serves as literary editor for Santa Clara Magazine.More information | Posted by Steven Boyd Saum | Permalink | Comments (1)
Spring is Sprung: Meet the New Mag
Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011Hope is the thing with feathers, Emily Dickinson wrote. And there, on the cover, captured by the lens of Susan Middleton '70, behold: What feathers! There's a story behind them, of course. It's a story about a male trying to impress a female, and wouldn't you know it -- this dazzling multicolored beauty is what turns her head, perpetuates the species. In this case, the (threatened) species is Gallus varius -- a Green Junglefowl, from Indonesia. But it's a bigger story than that. Hope is a hefty part of it.Inside the print mag -- and here on the Web, too -- you'll find a photo essay by Middleton. Life Cycle draws from two projects, Evidence of Evolution and Spineless.You'll also find a meaty feature by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Brazil '85, who asks: "Can newspapers & journalism survive the digital age? Does it matter?"And you'll find some reflection on what matters most in a tribute to Richard Coz, S.J., a Jesuit who so inspired generations of Santa Clara students that they created a scholarship in his name in 2007. Hundreds of folks have given gifts big and small to pay tribute to a resilient man who cheered for them on the playing fields and counseled them and wed them and baptized their kids, who traveled the world and brought back pictures to share, and to say: Look! Isn't it wonderful? Fr. Coz died on New Year's Eve, but he touched the lives of thousands.Do you have a Fr. Coz story to share? Or read something in this issue that fires your imagination or causes you concern? Let us know.And definitely let us know what you think of the redesigned santaclaramagazine.com. We hope it better captures the look and feel of the print mag while leveraging some of the nifty stuff that only the Web makes possible. (Check out the interview with Middleton and the incredible Q&A array that Brazil shares.)
Awardified: SCM again the most bemedalled university mag in the West
Monday, Mar. 7, 2011A wise man once said: He who tooteth not his own horn remains in a state of untootedness.With that as our cue, we're happy to share some news from the regional awards for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): Santa Clara Magazine is once again the most lauded mag in the West. At an awards ceremony hosted in Los Angeles on March 4 by CASE's Region VII, SCM was honored with seven medals, including top honors for staff writing and a silver medal for overall excellence.At the ceremony, the 2009 SCU President's Report, "Keeping Our Commitment to Students," was also honored with a bronze medal for excellence. The CASE District VII competition includes more than 100 colleges and universities from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah.Gold for staff writingFive articles from 2009–10 earned SCM a gold for staff writing—with articles running the gamut from a look at "Bad Journalism 101" by Mansi Bhatia to a profile of Barry O'Brien '79, an executive producer for CSI: Miami and co-creator of Hannah Montana.
Triple silverSCM earned a silver in the category College and University General Interest Magazine with a circulation of over 75,000.Another silver for Excellence in Editorial Design honored the photo essay on Haiti by Michael Larremore '08, "Courage in the Face." Larremore went to Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January 2010 as part of a medical relief mission. His photos capture resilience and strength in the face of disaster.The cover illustration by Keith Negley for our Winter 2009 issue — "Imagine. Go. Do." — earned a silver for cover design. Last fall, the University and College Design Association selected Negley's cover illustration for a national award for excellence as well.And triple bronzeFor overall design SCM landed one bronze medal.A second bronze honored the Spring 2010 issue, Home: a house, a land, an idea, in the category special issues, for its many-faceted exploration of home — from the cover story on the SCU Solar Decathlon team to a profile of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano '79, with an essay by Kristina Chiapella '10 on how some Native Americans in the Bay Area define (and try to reclaim) home in the 21st century.Lastest but certainly not leastest: Photographer Bud Glick's portrait of Pat Mangan '84 for the article "Hold the line" was awarded a bronze in the photography category. Mangan, athletic director and basketball coach at Frederick Douglas Academy in Harlem, has built a stellar high school hoops program by putting emphasis on family first, school second, then basketball.—Jon Teel, Editorial Intern, Santa Clara Magazine
- "Bending light" (Spring 2010) — SCM Editor Steven Boyd Saum chronicles the adventures of the 2009 SCU Solar Decathlon Team.
- "Home is" (Spring 2010) — a meditation on what we talk about when we talk about home, by Steven Boyd Saum
- "Bad Journalism 101" (Spring 2010) — Mansi Bhatia takes readers inside the journalism class taught by Sally Lehrman to ask: What's the news? And do you know it when you see it?
- "Everything is illuminated" (Winter 2009) — Christine Cole traces the story of the creation of the St. John's Bible — a project involving rewriting the Bible in its entirety in calligraphy for a 21st-century world.
- "Season premiere: Resurrection / Hatching Hannah Montana" (Fall 2009) — Karen Crocker Snell offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of Barry O'Brien '79. He's an executive producer for the stylized CSI: Miami. And he's the guy who hatched the idea for Hannah Montana.
Transform: Peace Corps 50
Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011
"I really loved my term of service in Peru," John Johnck '60 says of his years with the Peace Corps in the mid-1960s. "It was ennobling and enabling – and humbling. It's really a transformational experience for anybody who goes into it."Answering Kennedy's call took Johnck into the Peace Corps. In Peru, he had audited credit unions. (See previous blog post.)Back in the States, he went to work for Del Monte International's management training program. That took him all around the world – from the Philippines to Italy, from Mexico to England – training staff in financial analysis and capital asset budgeting.For three years he returned to Latin America, serving as controller for a corporate subsidiary in Caracas, Venezuela.A buyout brought retirement, so Johnck went to work in construction: supervising a team remodeling Victorians in San Francisco and running a hot tub business in Berkeley with one-time colleagues from Del Monte. Since 1994 he's been retired.Along with working he got involved in Republican politics in the Bay Area, serving a few years as chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party.Back in the day, he worked for California Governor Ronald Reagan and considered himself a Nixon Republican. He still has his finger on the pulse of politics: These days, he's proud to call himself a Tea Party Republican.He splits his time between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe. He and his wife are currently remodeling a house in Reno.When we caught up by phone, he was in the middle of buying windows for the place.Santa Clara grads who also attended St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco have another fellow alumnus in Johnck. He and his Class of '56 buddies from SI (and they were all boys back then, just as Santa Clara was all-male) like to catch up at Caesar's Italian Restaurant in San Francisco — a North Beach institution, it so happens, that opened its doors the same year he graduated from high school.— Steven Boyd Saum, Editor
Peace Corps Five-O
Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011
Peace Corps Five-OFifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy signed the Peace Corps into existence. Since that time, more than 300 Santa Clara grads — as well as faculty, staff, and current students — have served (and are serving) as volunteers across the globe: from Africa to Latin America, Asia to the former Soviet Union.This month kicks off a worldwide launch of "Peace Corps Month." For us here at Santa Clara Magazine, it also inaugurates the beginning of a series of blog entries from returned and current Peace Corps volunteers spanning nations and decades, with plans for a special feature in the summer magazine.For your humble editor, this is a bit of a labor of love: The Peace Corps took me to Ukraine in 1994, so I bring both an earned respect and clear-eyed assessment of what is good and bad and beautiful about the Peace Corps and what it does — whether the experience is the toughest job you'll ever love or, as you cope with what is an enormous government bureaucracy in its own right (with all attendant acronyms and responsibilities), the longest vacation you'll ever endure. Like so much in life, what you get out of the experience has a fair amount to do with what you put into it. Plus a bit of context.Kicking things off for our first-person accounts is an entry from John J. Johnck '60, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru in the mid-1960s.Do you have a Peace Corps story or photos to share? Write us at firstname.lastname@example.com. And read on.— Steven Boyd Saum, Editor• • •AGENTS OF CHANGEJohn J. Johnck '60Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru — 1964–66When President Kennedy was assassinated, I was at work as a back office assistant at the stock broker Reynolds & Co. in San Francisco. I heard the news and recalled his famous line: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." So, at the age of 26, I filled in the Peace Corps application and was accepted to join a university education program as a math teacher targeted for Peru. I was elated that I could give back.Sixty of us were trained for Peace Corps work as teachers and "agents of change" at the University of Washington in Seattle. In order to teach in Spanish, it was mandatory that we be fluent in Spanish to graduate and go to Peru. We were immediately thrown into Spanish class from 3 to 11 p.m., five days a week — and eight hours each on Saturday and Sunday. The immersion worked for me. However, 15 fellow trainees were "de-selected."When I first arrived in Peru, I had to use Spanish immediately. It was scary to walk into a meeting and try and understand and communicate at the same time. Jokes were impossible to understand. Fortunately, the Peruvians I spoke with realized I was new to their language and were patient with me. Slowly I learned and even dreamed in Spanish.The assignment collapsesDuring 1964 and 1965, the Vietnam War had a powerful affect on America's image overseas. In Latin America, the Peace Corps was pegged as an arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, especially on college campuses in Peru. Those of us assigned to public universities were met with sit-ins, anti U.S.A.–Peace Corps graffiti, and protests. My Peace Corps teachers college assignment collapsed. It was left to me to find alternative work.In Lima I met some fellow Peace Corps volunteers who were leaving after their two-year assignment. They were auditors for the Peruvian National Association of Credit Unions. They introduced me to the association president, who immediately asked me to join and help to protect the work they were doing. Credit Unions played an important role in Peru, because the banks only catered to the upper classes and to Lima's professional business and government employees. That meant 98 percent of the country had limited access to banking. Churches, unions, agricultural workers, and farmers turned to credit unions.I performed about 10 audits of credit unions all over Peru from January 1965 to December 1966. A third were so poorly run that I recommended they be shut down. In these instances, a follow-up audit by my superiors usually validated the lack of ledgers, bank statements, board minutes, and cooperation from those particular credit union leaders.I traveled with my sleeping bag and slept wherever I could—so long as it was free. My Peruvian Peace Corps stipend was only $100 per month. The Peru National Association paid nada for Peace Corps assistance. I was responsible for my own shelter, food, transportation, and other living expenses. I sometimes slept in a priest's rectory, credit union office couch, or in other Peace Corps volunteers' rooms. Occasionally, I would find a dump for $5/month during an audit.Save the credit unionMy most interesting audit was for six months in Iquitos, at the headwaters of the Amazon River. I assisted the association president and vice president with a four-week audit. After their board approved the audit, they left me behind to implement the audit recommendations. This credit union was the second biggest in Peru, with 5,000 members and a capitalization of U.S. $5 million. It was founded by Padre David, a Spanish missionary, 15 years prior; he was still on the board of directors and served as treasurer.The padre built this credit union with deposits from Iquitos businesses, doctors, pharmacists, teachers, working people, and small farmers. Small loans were made out the back door by the padre, with the credit committee only told weeks later. Needless to say, the padre was not pleased that I was assigned to stay and implement the audit.My work there was difficult; we had shouting matches in public. However, there were many credit union committee members who approved the audit, and who were concerned about the solidity and future of their credit union.Padre David was demoted during my tenure there; lending policies were tightened; interest rates on loans and dividend rates increased; and uncollectible debts were written off. I slept next door to the credit union office, sandwiched between it and the outdoor fish market that set up every morning at 4. With that location, many flies lived there, too; the chameleons who fed there ate well.I returned to San Francisco in December 1966. The credit union in Iquitos is still in existence in 2010, despite the efforts of the leftist government that took over Peru to close it down in the 1970s. This is an "AMDG" outcome which gladdens the heart of a Class of 1960 old alum of Santa Clara University.John J. JohnckSan Francisco
Tomorrow, read about what John Johnck has been doing in business and politics since finishing his Peace Corps service in Peru in '66.Posted by Steven Boyd Saum | Permalink | Comments (373)
In Print: JOLT! by James Billmaier '77
Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
It's taken more than a century, but the auto industry is about to come full circle. Introduced in the 1890s, electric vehicles (EVs) soon eclipsed gasoline cars in popularity. By the end of the decade, EVs outsold gasoline cars 10 to 1. The trend did not hold. Henry Ford's gaspowered Model T appeared in 1908, igniting the century-long reign of the internal combustion engine. But, according to James Billmaier '77, EVs are poised to dominate once more—this time for the long haul.
Billmaier, a Silicon Valley veteran with three decades of experience in the computer systems and software industries, is the author of JOLT! (Advantage, 2010), a primer on the coming dominance of the electric car. An unabashed EVs enthusiast, Billmaier does have a stake in the outcome he prophesizes; he's a founding partner of Charge Northwest, a company focused on hardware, software, and consulting solutions for charging EVs. But he is also a reliable guide for consumers seeking answers before deciding to invest in the first wave of the new generation of EVs—the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt or all-electric Nissan LEAF— or those to follow.
One of the strengths of JOLT! is in dispelling myths that threaten to slow the adoption of EVs. Billmaier raises, and deftly dispatches, nagging questions: Won't EVs merely swap emissions at the tailpipe for emissions from a (likely coal-fired) smokestack? Aren't EVs much more expensive than gas-powered cars? Will an EV leave me stranded roadside? Won't EVs overload the electricity grid? The answer in each case, writes Billmaier, is a resounding "No." Take just one: cost. After the (for now) higher upfront cost, which is offset by government tax incentives, EVs are cheaper to maintain—with 70 percent fewer parts than gas-powered cars, and no smog checks or oil changes either—and cheaper to drive each mile. At $3 a gallon for gas and 10.2 cents per kilowatthour for electricity (the average U.S. price), "a highly efficient gas-powered car getting 30 miles to the gallon costs around 10 cents per mile; an EV running on electricity costs just 2.5 cents per mile," writes Billmaier. And it's a cost differential that will only grow as oil becomes scarcer and batteries cheaper over the next couple of decades.
Billmaier is confident that within the next 20 years all of us will be driving electric cars. "Electric vehicles are our future no matter who builds them," he says—but he also believes smart incentives can speed their adoption in the United States and ensure we don't cede market advantage to competitors such as China. In the last chapter, Billmaier outlines the "JOLT Program for America," a policy framework for government, business, and consumers that aims to have 100 million electric cars on the road by 2020. Get the incentives right, Billmaier believes, and the market will flip. He predicts electric cars will make up 60 percent of all new car sales by 2030.
"By 2021," he writes, "there will be no reason not to buy an EV."
Justin Gerdes
Prepare for a JOLT!
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011
With gas headed toward $4 a gallon, that's put a charge on one of the news stories that closed out 2010: the re-emergence of the electric car.
Born before the Model T, given up for dead a decade ago by General Motors, the electric car is now roaring... make that gliding back to life. In the closing weeks of 2010, a few hundred plug-in hybrid Chevy Volts and all-electric Nissan Leafs were delivered to U.S. customers.
The trickle of deliveries presages a coming deluge. Nissan has already booked 20,000 reservations for the LEAF, plans to make 50,000 in 2011, and expects to sell 500,000 annually by 2013; G.M. plans to make 10,000 Volts this year, and recently boosted 2012 production from 30,000 to 45,000 units.
Watching the developments is Silicon Valley veteran and electric vehicle evangelist James Billmaier '77, author of JOLT!: The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car (Advantage, 2010).
Santa Clara Magazine spoke with Billmaier a few weeks before the delivery of his very own Nissan LEAF. He won't be the only EV early adopter in the family. Billmaier's father, 92, is the oldest customer to have reserved a LEAF.
SCM: Why will consumers choose electric vehicles over the gas-powered cars they now drive?
Billmaier: The short answer for the consumer is better, faster, cheaper – and electric vehicles are a blast to drive. But, the great thing about plug-in vehicles is that there are so many reasons for consumers to buy them – and the reasons vary based upon the individual. This was a major reason for me writing JOLT!
I discovered that while the planetary reasons, what I call "the Al Gore arguments," were a huge motivator for a certain set of people, those same arguments were polarizing for another set of people.
The father of the Chevy Volt, G.M. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz [now retired], believes that human-caused climate change is a hoax. However, Bob Lutz is a huge fan of electric vehicles.
In Bob's case, it's all about eliminating our dependence on foreign oil and the problems associated with defending the part of the world where we source 30 percent of our petroleum.
The meta-level arguments for Americans buying electric vehicles are reasons of national security, economic recovery and expansion, competition with China – but mostly EVs are a blast to drive. EVs are addictive in a good way.
SCM: One of the strengths of JOLT! is in dispelling many of the myths that threaten to impede the adoption of EVs – that they are prohibitively expensive, that you are merely trading emissions at the tailpipe for those at the (likely coal-fired) smokestack, that drivers will be stranded by a dead battery. How will EV supporters overcome these misconceptions?
Billmaier:: These types of myths have existed for every previous technological paradigm shift. When I was running the software networking group at Sun Microsystems at the outset of the Internet revolution, every week the media would run doom and disaster stories of how the entire Internet infrastructure was about to explode.
The Chevy Volt was just named North American car of the year; the Nissan LEAF was just named European car of the year.
Both cars are sold out.
Every major car company in the world is bringing a plug-in car to market this year or next year. High-information consumers who understand the benefits of EVs are buying these cars.
Those consumers are the most influential component of the adoption food chain. The influencers are buying the cars, they will drive the cars, and they will tell their family, friends, and neighbors to do the same.
The transition of personal transportation from one powered by petroleum to one powered by electricity is "impending." It is not a question of if; it is only a question of how soon.
SCM: Better Place CEO Shai Agassi has predicted that by 2020 electric cars will outsell gas-powered cars. Is that timeline too ambitious?
Billmaier: I agree with Shai's prediction. Based upon the predictable technology advancements of electrical energy storage combined with all of the other significant advantages of electric drive trains vs. internal combustion drive trains, by 2020 the advantages of EVs over gas-powered cars will be so significant that even the most naïve consumer will choose a plug-in car.
SCM: Speaking of Agassi, the Better Place model (miles as a service comparable to minutes and mobile phones; the use of battery swapping stations) is not mentioned in JOLT! Can the Better Place model work? Is there room in the marketplace for competing EV networks and technologies?
Billmaier: There are many different business models being tested right now.
I believe that the Better Place battery swap concept has huge adoption challenges throughout the auto value chain. I think this model will only be successful in small market niches.
There are some models, such as what NRG is trying in Houston, based upon a monthly subscription, that are interesting.
However, I believe that the EV will be treated like any other electric appliance (air conditioner or computer) and the electricity will be paid for in a similar way.
As for competing EV networks and technologies, just like the cell phone business, there will be competitors. At a high level, there will be cooperation, just as you can roam from a Verizon cell network to a Sprint cell network.
SCM: How long do you think EVs will need government support such as tax incentives and grants for charging stations? Billmaier: The interesting thing is that EVs would need no government support if we would just remove taxpayer subsidies paid to offset the true cost of gasoline.
U.S. taxpayer dollars used to protect oil pipelines and oil-tanker shipping lanes, combined with direct subsidies paid to oil companies, amount to about $2 per gallon of gas. We are really paying at least $5 per gallon each time we fill up our tanks with gasoline.
That equates to about $12,000 in taxpayer subsidies over the life of a gas-powered car.
Many argue that the true cost of gasoline is much higher due to downstream health and environmental impacts.
That said, I do not believe it is politically feasible to remove taxpayer-provided subsidies to the oil industry at this time.
However, in an effort to level the playing field and allow accurate market forces of capitalism to occur, U.S. and state governments should offset the taxpayer subsidies being provided to gas-powered cars for the next 5 to 10 years – or until we find the courage to remove the oil-industry subsidies.
SCM: Has the landscape changed even in the few months since the publication of JOLT last fall?
Billmaier: The manufacturing capacities of both Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF have increased multiple-fold.
Nissan is now talking about a 500,000-unit worldwide production capability by 2012; Chevy has increased their manufacturing capacity plans four times, based on the demand they're seeing.
To put this in perspective, Nissan has a worldwide manufacturing capacity of this first-run car of about 20,000 cars, which sold out. In just the Seattle area, where I live, we had 2,200 reservations – 10 percent of global capacity – and 11,000 households did a "hand raise" to say they were interested in buying one. The demand is huge.
-- Justin Gerdes, freelance writer for SCM
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I'm embarrassed to say I had lived in Alberta for more than 20 years and never tasted that humble prairie staple, the saskatoon berry. The city of Saskatoon is named after it, indigenous people have used it as food and medicine for centuries, yet it has eluded me all these years. I decided to rectify the situation by going directly to the source, the Yakimetz saskatoon berry farm, to see how the berries grow — and taste.
Located 110 kilometres east of Edmonton, the 15-acre farm is picturesque: an antique windmill, charming wood benches, well-manicured grounds and 40 perfectly straight rows of berry shrubs planted with military precision, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Darlene and Steve Yakimetz first planted their saskatoon seedlings in 1999. As we tour the orchard, 13 years of their hard work literally stands before them — those tiny sprouts have suckered into thick, eight-feet-tall hedges.
The Yakimetz family grows four varieties: Smoky, Thiessen, Honeywood and Northline. We pluck handfuls, tasting the subtle differences of each. Fingers sticky and juice dripping down our chins, we see why the Smoky, first domesticated at the Beaverlodge Research Station near Grande Prairie in 1952, are the most popular: sweet, tangy and meaty.
Every year, the family grows 25,000 pounds of these juicy morsels, which are native to Canada's north, the prairies, British Columbia and parts of the United States. The plants are hardy and can withstand temperatures up to -60 C because "the fruit ripens early and it knows how to close down really quick and become dormant," says Bob Bors, assistant professor of plant sciences at the University of Saskatchewan.
These purple-skinned, gold-fleshed pomes love the alkaline prairie soil. Historically, Saskatoon berries were an important plant for Plains Indians and early pioneers. The flowers, leaves, bark and roots were used medicinally, in traditional ceremonies, and steeped as tea. The fruit was eaten fresh, or used in pemmican — an indigenous winter staple, made of a mixture of dried meat, dried berries and melted fat moulded into cakes.
"They have the sweetness of blueberries, the sourness of black currants and the dryness of chokecherries," says Brad Lazarenko, executive chef and co-owner of Edmonton's Culina restaurant. Lazarenko has just put Yakimetz berries on his menu.
"I treat saskatoons like any other berry, and any berry or fruit complements meat because you get the balance of sweet and savoury," he says. "The berries are naturally sweet and sour, so they also serve as a good base for additional flavours ... We make compotes, chutneys and sauces to extract the flavour of the fruit."
He takes it further by sweetening saskatoons with honey, making them more sour to add balance, or seasoning them with vanilla, star anise, fennel or herbs.
Nutritionally, saskatoons are on par with other berries as a good source of antioxidants, including vitamin C and carotene, iron, manganese and calcium.
Last year, the Yakimetz family sold 90 per cent of their crop to the Summerland Sweets syrup company, and the rest to U-pickers at the end of July, during the short, two-week harvest window. This year, they want to reach chefs like Lazarenko with a passion for sourcing local foods, to bring the berries — and awareness — directly to our plates.
The Yakimetz sons now run the farm, which originally belonged to Darlene's Ukrainian parents. Brett, 37, and Adam, 33, bought the farm from their retiring parents two years ago.
"Baba and Gido would be so proud to see these trees now," says Darlene.
"And we are so proud to own it, to have a connection to the land our parents and grandparents worked. It's part of our heritage," Brett adds.
In fact, Adam and his wife, Amy, now live on the farm in Adam's childhood home. As third-generation farmers, they are bucking the trend of young people moving to the city, in exchange for a simpler life.
"We don't want to see this lifestyle die. And it's really exciting. We have an opportunity many don't get — to plant and see what grows, to be more self sustaining, and be closer to where our food comes from," says Amy.
Sauteed Trout with Saskatoon Berry Butter and Fresh Corn
Culina restaurant serves this saskatoon berry butter with corn bread. Here, co-owner and executive chef Brad Lazarenko uses it as the base of a rich sauce for fresh fish. The secret: coat the fish in sugar and corn starch, and use high heat. It's a Chinese cooking method, he says, that will give you a perfectly seared crust and a moist, tender fillet — as long as you don't overcook the fish, so watch it closely.
4 trout fillets
½ lb (1 cup/250 mL) butter, room temperature
¼ cup (50 mL) fresh mashed saskatoon berries
1 cup (250 mL) corn, kernels cut fresh off the cob
¼ cup (50 mL) white wine
4 tbsp (50 mL) canola oil
salt and pepper
Whip softened butter and fresh berries in a bowl until well blended; set aside.
Cut corn kernels off the cob into a bowl and season with salt; set aside.
In a bowl, combine 2 tbsp (25 mL) canola oil, 1 tsp (5 mL) sugar and 1 tsp (5 mL) corn starch. Add the trout, coating each fillet. Heat a large saute pan on high heat with 2 tbsp (25 mL) canola oil. Add trout fillets, season with salt and pepper, and saute for 2 minutes. Flip over fillets, and add the wine to deglaze the pan. Add corn and saskatoon berry butter so it melts into a sauce.
Spoon corn onto a plate, top it with trout and finish with remaining butter sauce. Garnish with sauteed green beans, kale or spinach, and serve immediately.
Serves 4.
Saskatoon Berry Lemonade
"We served this lemonade at Culina's booth at the Edmonton Folk Festival, and it was a huge hit," says Lazarenko.
4 lemons
1 cup (250 mL) saskatoon berries
2 tbsp (25 mL) sugar
mint, for garnish
In a sturdy heavy bowl, thoroughly mash the fresh Saskatoon berries with sugar. Divide mixture into four tall Collins glasses. Squeeze juice of one lemon into each glass. Fill with ice and top with water. Stir, garnish with mint and serve immediately. Serves 4.
Cook's Note: Add a splash of red wine and a few fresh or thawed berries for an impromptu sangria.


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What planes faster...?
My wife has progressed quite rapidly on her GO170 and I have a question. If we dont want to buy a bigger sail than the 7,5 we have now, will she plane faster if we trade in the Go170 to a carve 145 or a GO 139? She weighs 62kgs and is capable of sailing in the harnes and the front foot strap.
I have read several places that the reduction of surface in contact with the water plays a role when getting planing, and since she is quite ligth and does not need the 170 liters or 90cm of width I hope she migt get plaing with less effort and perhaps have more fun on a slightly smaler board.
|23rd August 2006, 11:55 AM
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RE: What planes faster...?
Hi Erling,
I would agree, with a 7.5 m2 rig your wife might get a smaller board going at less windspeed due to her light weight now that she has skills.
I can't say whick would be better the GO 139 or the Carve 145, but does she want to sail in more wind, or just be the earliest planing woman on the water.
If she wants early planing, then the GO 139 would be a good choice.
If she wants a bit more higher wind range, then I think a Carve 122 (or perhaps the 133) would be a better choice and not really affect her early planing, on a 7.5 m2 rig as much as you might think.
What windspeed does she get planing, on the 7.5 m2 now?
Hope this helps,
|23rd August 2006, 12:20 PM
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Hi Roger,
Thanks for your fast reply. I think she needs 6-7meters pr second of wind to get planing. She still has a lot to learn about early planing, but I think a board that gives less resistance might help.
It's the early planing she's after. When we go sailing together and I'm on my 114liter board I'm usualy planing before here even thoug I use a smaller sail than she does(if I use a 6,2 and she's on a 6,6). It seems to me that she has to use a lot of effort to get the board planing with the sails we have at our disposal.
So our main objective is to get planing with as little effort as possible. The second goal is also to get a board that is a bit more responsive to foot stearing when she gets planing, but still has good stability.
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|24th August 2006, 02:55 AM
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RE: What planes faster...?
Roger is certainly the expert in this category, so please listen to him first. But I thought I'd chime in here since I sailed the GO 139 a lot this year. I am fairly light guy at 72 kg, just a little heavier than your wife. I used 8.5/7.3 mostly with the GO 139 and found it to be an early/easy planer. I also used it successfully with sails as small as 6.0/5.4. So not a bad choice.
I have the Carve 122 as well, and find it needs to really be lit up to plane, and it is more of a "traditional" feel to get on plane (versus her GO 170) where you have to let the board get on plane out of the straps (versus being able to have the front foot in on a wide board) and only move back once the board is at speed and the fin has "grab". I would bet (and have read in tests) that the Carve 144 is much like that versus the Carve 121. But at 78 cm wide, I would bet the Carve 144 planes up almost as early as the GO 139, just with a little more technique required.
I would also consider the F-Type 138 for her. I have the 148, and sail it mostly with 9.5/8.5, sometimes 7.3. That thing is an early planing machine! With her small size and likely smaller sails, the 138 might be better for her (88 cm wide versus 96) (for 2007 it is now the iSonic 145). It requires a more technique (a little pumping and awareness to what is going on), but will plane way earlier IMO versus a GO 139 and any Carve. Because of the width it doesn't like heavy chop as much as a narrower board, but my F-Type 148 isn't that much worse in chop that the GO 139. If chop is a problem you typically need to be on something 70 cm or less or even 65 cm or less wide.
At 222 cm short, the F-Type is also more sensitive to front/rear foot placement, but after getting used to it it is no problem.
I think the F-Type 138 would probably match up well with the 6.6 and 7.5 sizes you mention above, and could take an 8.5 for even earlier planing if she wanted to.
I sold my GO 139 and now have the F-Type 148, iSonic 125, and Carve 121, and quite frankly I sail my F-Type 90% of the time as it is in 7.3/8.5/9.5 conditions, flat water to mild chop, and I just love that board.
So the net is, based on what you describe, I would suggest you consider in this order:
1. F-Type 138 (2006) /iSonic 145 (2007)
3. Carve 144
My other comment is with regards to your comment:
"The second goal is also to get a board that is a bit more responsive to foot steering when she gets planing, but still has good stability."
Stability rank will be F-Type 138 (due to the width, once you get used to the shorter length), then GO 139, then Carve 144, but foot-steering and manuerability/jibing will be the opposite order with the Carve on top, so that complicates matters a bit and maybe pushes you back to the GO 139 and Carve 144 as the top contenders...
The bonus of the F-Type is if you are an more advanced sailor you might steal it from her on lighter days and have a blast on it!
Good luck with your choice...
|24th August 2006, 03:05 AM
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RE: What planes faster...?
I will also add that she will need to get the rear foot into the strap to make the F-Type "work" well.
But it does have an inner step of strap holes, which I used for a while when I first got the board and was trying to figure it out and get used to it.
BTW I just started shortboarding last year, and went from a Start to the F-Type (similar to her GO at 90 cm wide). Remembering that transition myself, going to a GO 139 would probably being the easiest transition for her, but going to the F-Type or Carve would push her to progress more if you think she is capable of it. (It did push me to progress, but was tougher at first.)
If you want her to be able to just leisurely plane around in the front strap only, and work her way up to getting in the back strap, then maybe the GO or Carve is a better choice.
|24th August 2006, 02:08 PM
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Hi Pete,
Thank you for your input. I guess the Go139 seems to be the most sensible choice for now.
|25th August 2006, 09:44 AM
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I recently got a go 139 and can get it planing with a 6.6 metre sail in about 6-7 knots. I hang a lot of my weight on the boom while being neer the mast base and then pump. I get going then move back making sure not to push down on either rail. The go 139 also comes with a 480 fin as well as a beginner 410 fin. I am a sailer who has sailed 8 times and for my eigth time my cousins were up at my trailer and they wanted to see me go. there was around 5 knots so I went out. I practiced some flip 360s and sail body 360s and then the wind picked up a bit to around 6 knots gusting to 8 at the most. I could get planing easily with the go. This time was my first time to also use the gos 480 race fin. What a difference!!!!!!! I could plane way eisier. I am thinking of getting a 50 cm fin or maybe a 54 cm fin to get planing even earlier.
I suggest the go 139 more than anything as I am 16 and way 130 pounds (57 kg i think) with the tufskin and the two fins it is a great board to get planing in light winds. Think of the winds I could get planing in with a 9.0!
I might even go with the 2006 model. That is the one I got and they say they didn't really change it that much. I have used it with a 5.0 and 6.6 metre sail. In around 17-20 knots mostly. Its a fun board which as the website says, jibes really well too.
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FREDERICK, Md.—A scholar with two decades of experience in higher education has been named dean of the Graduate School at Hood.
Maria Green Cowles comes to Hood from American University in Washington, D.C., where she held a number of teaching and administrative positions, including associate dean for academic affairs at the School of International Service and associate director of the university's honors program.
Cowles earned her doctorate in international relations and her master's degree in European integration at American, and her bachelor's degree in international business and French from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. She served as an SSRC-MacArthur Fellow at Harvard University, University of California-Berkeley and the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, Belgium; and as a post-doctoral Fellow at the Georgetown Center for German and European Studies and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington, D.C.
She is an expert and prolific author in the areas of U.S.-European relations, the European Union, international relations, governance, public policy, business-government relations and e-commerce. She has co-edited three books on Europe and the EU and has written scores of articles, book chapters and papers.
At Hood, Cowles will oversee 15 master's degree and six certificate programs. About 1,000 students are currently enrolled in the graduate school, which was established at Hood in 1971.
Cowles, who is the 12th dean of the graduate school, succeeds Allen Flora, professor of physics, who will continue teaching at Hood.


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Friday, March 28, 2014
Lacing up for kids' care
INSPIRING:From left, Chapin, Timulty and MacDonald
For marathoners Jeanne MacDonald, MD, of the MGH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Catherine Chapin, MD, a pediatric resident, and Kevin Timulty, a Braintree police officer, giving back is part of their everyday jobs. But this year, they are taking their role one step further by running the Boston Marathon on behalf of the services provided by MassGeneral Hospital for Children's (MGHfC) Coordinated Care Clinic and Pediatric Palliative
Care Service.
The two departments often work together to care for children with serious illnesses. The Coordinated Care Clinic works with pediatric patients facing chronic and complex health issues, helping them navigate the often confusing system of health care specialists. The Palliative Care Service focuses on maximizing a child's quality of life by providing pain and stress relief, smoothing transitions in care, making difficult choices, and giving the family a better patient experience.
Timulty learned about the team last year from his fiancée who works at MGHfC. "I just thought what a great experience it would be to raise money for all these kids, and I knew I had to do it this year," he says.
For Chapin, the decision to run came from her personal experience seeing the Palliative Care Service in action across the hospital. "They help ensure that kids with often-debilitating conditions have the best possible quality of life," Chapin says. "I thought it would be great to support them."
MacDonald says there is a common misconception that the palliative care staff only helps families at the end of a child's life. "We can't predict who's going to die and who isn't. Supporting a child with a life threatening illness can go on for years," she says. "Pediatric Palliative Care recognizes that fact and supports the family and cares for the life of the child."
MacDonald also has seen first-hand how the palliative care staff serves as an anchor to families. When children have complicated medical issues, parents can be overwhelmed by the information provided by varying specialists. She says the medical team tries to stay positive for the families, but it is the palliative care team that allows the families to ask the bigger questions, like "What if this gets worse?"
"I think the families appreciate having someone who will have difficult discussions, if need be, about end of life situations or talk to them about options for different types of care," Chapin says. "Doing the maximum type of care isn't always the best option for some families. The pediatric palliative care staff will bring in alternative options for families along with what the medical care team is planning."
They also talk about what is important to the families – from medical care to emotional experience.
"They sort of open our eyes," MacDonald says. "They help us step outside our own little world and step into the family's world."
For more information about this year's teams visit, www.runformgh.org.
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Game Analysis of Promoting Substitute Public Goods Provision
A game with parameter for substitute public goods provision is constructed by using non-cooperative game methods. During the voluntary provision of public good, the influence to individual action of the government behavior and strategic selection of contributors are analysed. Further, incentive mechanism for public goods provision is discussed. For this problem, a cooperative game for public goods provision is constructed, in which the core of game are coincident with Lindahl allocation. So this allocation meets individual rationality and collective rationality.
Key Words: Substitute Public Goods; incentive mechanism; core; Lindahl allocation
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Reviewing the wreckage of the Eagles' 24-23 collapse to the 49ers while wondering how many hours Juan Castillo plans to go without sleep this week:
By the Numbers
--LeSean McCoy, who entered Sunday's game as the league's second leading rusher, had just just nine carries against the Niners and only four in the second half of a game in which the Eagles had a 20-point lead. Andy Reid, who repeatedly has said over the years that he likes to run the ball in the second half after getting a lead, denied that Monday. Must've been another Andy Reid.
--The Eagles' offense has converted just 3 of 12 red zone trips into touchdowns in the last two games. They were 1-for-5 against the Giants and 2-for-7 Sunday. They've gained just 15 yards on 13 carries in the red zone the last two games. Mike Vick's passing numbers in the red zone against the Giants and Niners: 9-for-13 for 41 yards, 2 touchdowns, one interception.
--The Eagles have what is considered the best cornerback trio in the league, yet have just two interceptions in four games. They're on pace for eight picks.
--All 15 of the Eagles' sacks have been recorded by their front four, including seven by Jason Babin. A breakdown of Babin's seven sacks:
By quarter
By down
First down: 2
Second down: 1
Third down: 4
Pass Defense
In the Niners' first three games, Alex Smith had averaged just 168 passing yards per game. Against the Eagles, he threw for 291. In the third quarter alone Sunday, he completed 9 of 9 passes for 179 yards and 2 touchdowns.
A season-long problem covering – and tackling – opposing running backs and tight ends continued in the loss. Twelve of Smith's 20 completions and 154 of his 291 passing yards went to backs and tight ends.
In the first four games, running backs and tight ends have 40 receptions for 478 yard and 6 touchdowns against the Eagles.
On Kendall Hunter's 44-yard catch and run in the third quarter, which preceded the Niners' first touchdown, Jamar Chaney abandoned his coverage responsibility on Hunter when Smith broke containment, and pursued Smith. As soon as Chaney committed, Smith dumped it to Hunter.
On Smith's 30-yard touchdown pass to Josh Morgan, the Eagles blitzed safety Jarrad Page and cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha off the same side. With no inside safety help on Morgan, Asante Samuel, the corner on that side, should have been playing inside leverage on the Niners' wideout. But he didn't. He stayed outside, allowing Morgan to run a slant into the hole between he and linebacker Brian Rolle, and Smith delivered an strike to him. It helped that the blitz didn't work. Both Page and Asomugha were easily picked up.
On another one of the completions to a Niners running back, linebacker Brian Rolle was late getting over to pick up fullback Bruce Miller in the left flat, then tried to push the 250-pounder out of bounds rather than wrapping him up and tackling him. Miller stayed in bounds and picked up 15 yards on the third-quarter play.
The Eagles dealt with Niners tight end Vernon Davis in several different ways, including putting cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on him. Davis was targeted by Smith six times and had four catches for 45 yards and a touchdown. He hurt them just twice . He had a 26-yard catch late in the first quarter that set up a David Akers field goal. Davis beat safety Nate Allen with an effective in-and-out move on that one. His other big play was his nine-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter that got the Niners within six points. On that one, he beat middle linebacker Jamar Chaney.
While Asomugha did a good job on Davis, he got beat by wide receiver Michael Crabree on a 38-yard completion four plays before Davis' touchdown. Asomugha has said several times in recent weeks that he knows teams are going to try and attack the Eagles corners with double moves. Yet, he bit on one by Crabtree who beat him with a stutter-and-go move. Asomugha caught Crabtree after the catch, then blew the tackle on him, allowing him to pick up seven more yards. Asomugha's tackling skills in his first four games with the Eagles have not been impressive.
Run Defense
The Niners came into the game averaging 2.5 yards per carry. Even with their star running back, Frank Gore, playing with a sore ankle, they rushed for 164 yards on 25 carries against the Eagles. Gore had 127 yards on 15 carries. The Niners had six double-digit runs, including 40- and 25-yarder by Gore.
One hundred thirty of the Niners' 164 rushing yards came in the first and fourth quarters. In the first four games, 391 of their opponents' 558 rushing yards have come in quarters 1 and 4. Opponents are averaging 6.6 yards per carry against the Eagles in the first quarter.
A breakdown of the Eagles' run defense after 4 games:
By Quarter
By Down
1st down – 56-334 (6.0)
2nd down – 35-118 (3.4)
3rd down – 13-105 (8.1)
4th down – 1-1 (1.0)
Key Play That Got Overlooked
Linebacker NaVorro Bowman's impressive play on Michael Vick on a third-and-three play with 6 minutes left in the third quarter and the Eagles up 23-10. Vick bolted the pocket and looked like he was going to be able to outrun Bowman and pick up a first down. But Bowman took a good angle to the quarterback, made a diving tackle and held him to a one-yard gain, forcing an Eagles punt. The Niners promptly drove 77 yards on five plays and scored on Davis' nine-yard TD catch to make it a six-point game.
Spotlight On. . . Jamar Chaney and Kyle DeVan
Neither of these guys had very good games. Chaney, the starting middle linebacker, led the Eagles in tackles. But his fingerprints were on far too many of the Niners' big offensive plays.
There was Vernon Davis' touchdown catch. Playing inside leverage, Chaney was unable to stay with Davis, then failed to tackle him when he got his hands on him at the three-yard line.
There was his poor decision to abandon coverage on running back Kendall Hunter on his 44-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter. And there were the numerous times he was unable to get off blocks.
Fullback Bruce Miller took him out of the play on Frank Gore's game-winning 12-yard touchdown run. Earlier in that drive, Chaney couldn't get off a block by left tackle Joe Staley on a 21-yard run by Gore.
And on the Niners' first possession, both he and weakside linebacker Brian Rolle were effectively blocked, creating a huge running lane for Gore on an inside trap play that gained 40 yards.
DeVan, who was claimed off waivers from the Colts just before the start of the season and immediately inserted as the starting right guard because rookie first-rounder Danny Watkins wasn't ready for prime time, played pretty well in the Eagles' first three games, but struggled Sunday.
He was involved in that ill-conceived Ronnie Brown goal-line play in the second quarter. DeVan was supposed to come across the formation from his right guard spot and pick up linebacker Parys Haralson. But he tripped over somebody's feet and never made it, which allowed Haralson to come in clean and blow up the play.
In the second quarter, he appeared to make an assignment error that allowed Niners left end Ray McDonald to come into the backfield untouched and get a hand on Vick. In one of his many Houdini acts Sunday, Vick spun away from McDonald and ended up completing a 29-yard pass to DeSean Jackson.
On the very next play, DeVan again was supposed to come across the formation and pick up the Niners' rookie linebacker, Aldon Smith. But he failed to effectively block Smith, who sacked Vick for a 10-yard loss. DeVan also was called for holding on the play.
In the third quarter, McDonald, who was a thorn in DeVan's side most of the game, split the gap between the right guard and center Jason Kelce on a second-and-11 and blew up a handoff to LeSean McCoy. He hit Vick just as he was handing off to McCoy. McCoy was promptly dropped for a five-yard loss by linebacker Ahmad Brooks.
Late in the third quarter, with the Eagles facing a second-and-seven at the San Francisco 22 two plays after Vick's 61-yard completion to Jackson, DeVan was again flagged for holding after McDonald beat him on an inside rush. The penalty negated a six-yard run by Vick and pretty much stalled the drive. Shortly after that, Alex Henery missed the first of his two costly field goal attempts. – Paul Domowitch


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Santa Barbara, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara (4-7) baseball team started off a long eight-game home stand with a win against visiting UCLA (5-6) on Tuesday. Freshman Michael Martin pitched five innings to improve to 1-0 this year. The right-hander surrendered three runs and struck out four in his first collegiate start.
Sophomore right-fielder Matt Wilkerson led the Gauchos' charge by collecting three hits and driving in three runs in four at bats and a hit-by-pitch. The slugger just missed going perfect on the day when a towering fly ball in the sixth inning was caught up against the right field fence, negating a possible two-run homer.
The Gauchos struck quickly off of Bruin starting pitcher Hector Ambriz (0-2). Lead off hitter Blair Havens and Nate Sutton reached on a single and a walk to open the first inning. A wild pitch and a balk brought in Havens, and a triple by Wilkerson plated Sutton. Unfortunately, the rally died quickly as two strikeouts and an infield popup ended the inning, stranding Wilkerson at third.
UCLA fought back in the second inning. Two quick strikeouts looked promising for Martin, but three singles coupled with a hit batsmen drove in two Bruins. Outfielder Adam Simon singled to left bringing in Wes Whisler and Ryan McCarthy. Simon and Whisler both finished the day 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Bruins.
Santa Barbara took the lead for good in the fourth inning. With the score tied 3-3, a dropped throw by Bruin first-baseman Whisler allowed leadoff hitter Matt Emerick to reach base. The error lead the way for four unearned runs to score. With two outs, Wilkerson singled to left field bringing in Emerick and pinch-hitter Bryan Adams. Adams had walked to reach base. After DH Taylor Vogt singled, catcher Chad Ziemendorf launched a double off of the wall in left, clearing the bases and giving UCSB a 7-3 lead. Ziemendorf had already drawn a bases-loaded walk in the third inning, giving him 3 RBI on the day.
The Gaucho bullpen took over for Martin in the sixth inning. Mike Sutherland surrendered a homerun to the first batter he faced, pinch hitter Matt Thayer. After that, the Bruins could only muster three more hits and one run to finish the game.
Steve Morlock stood on the mound in the ninth and closed out the Bruins' afternoon 1-2-3 by striking out all three batters he faced. The freshman from Ross, Ca earned his first career save with his performance.
UCSB continues their homestand on Friday when Santa Clara comes to Ceasar Uyesaka Stadium. Game time is at 2:00 pm. Junior right-hander Matt Vasquez will take the mound. Games two and three of that series are at 1:00 on Saturday and Sunday at Ceasar Uyesaka Stadium.


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Linked by Michael Reed on Thu 7th Feb 2008 17:21 UTC
Last month, IBM made an announcement that put an end to any hope of an open source OS/2. Responding to requests from an online community that had previously collected 11,600 signatures in support of its cause, the company confirmed that they would not be releasing the source code of their OS/2 operating system. I used OS/2 as my main operating system for about four years, and unlike some former users, my reaction to the news sits somewhere between disinterest and relief.
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by rhyder on Thu 7th Feb 2008 19:43 in reply to "eComstation"
I am aware of eComStation. I would argue that, like IBM after 1996, they're maintaining a version of OS/2 rather than developing it further.
Have they even explicitly stated that they have access to the OS/2 source code? If not, the situation is rather like the situation with BEOS and Zeta.
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US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the inspiration behind the novel and film The Devil Wears Prada, has a reputation for being, shall we say, intimidating to work for. She has nothing on her predecessor - the witty and articulate arbiter of taste and style, Diana Vreeland.
With no formal tertiary education, Diana Vreeland rose to the top of the fashion publishing industry where for 25 years she was the fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar and then the editor-in-chief at US Vogue. Thanks to her reputation as a formidable boss, she too inspired a film character, Maggie Prescott in 1957's Funny Face.
Diana Vreeland passed away in 1989, and this documentary was produced and directed by her grandson's wife, Lisa Immordino Vreeland. It features conversations recorded between Diana and writer George Plimpton, who assisted Vreeland in writing her memoirs, archive footage (the television interviews are the best), family photos, and interviews with those who knew her best.
Thanks to the all this footage, Vreeland is able to tell her story in her own words, from her childhood in Paris and then chronologically through her life and career. It's a classic American self-made success story, a woman who went to work to support her lifestyle and found herself "mad" for it, and transformed herself into the "Empress of Fashion".
Immordino Vreeland's tone is one of admiration, but she doesn't avoid the controversial aspects of Vreeland's personality. She was by no means the most beautiful woman in the fashion industry, but she learnt how to make her mark with intellect and wit. She was never short of a smart quip and never afraid to speak her mind - if she was still with us she would no doubt be tearing it up on Twitter.
But there is more to Vreeland than a few good lines. She was the first to see fashion and photography as a form of art, loathed nostalgia and was a great trendsetter. She popularised the bikini, the blue jean, gave Jackie Kennedy her style, and launched the careers of models and actors such as Lauren Bacall and Angelica Huston. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel does a good job of explaining how Diana's artistic vision and fashion sensibility revolutionised the modern fashion magazine.
The film focuses mostly on her career, and given the access Immordino Vreeland has to Diana's family it's a shame there isn't more personal material from Diana's children about the impact of having a workaholic mother. You get the feeling those thoughts have intentionally been left unsaid.
Stars: 4/5
Cast: Diana Vreeland, Anjelica Houston, Manolo Blahnik, Calvin Klein
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Running Time: 86 mins
Rating: G
Verdict: An engaging, enlightening biography.
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The next time you happen to be at the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island, take a peek across the water at Saltspring. If your gaze lands on the right spot, you'll see something that resembles a medieval castle.
It's actually a Scottish-style tower house.
"Tower houses look like they emerge from the landscape, and were commonly constructed for defence," explains George Grams, a principal of Inveresk Design Build, based on Saltspring Island. "They're built out of stone, on cliffs or rocky outcrops, not on soil."
The owners of the home – a retired computer industry professional and his wife – have close ties to the United Kingdom, and had seen tower houses in Scotland. They had been considering contemporary West Coast architecture for their 65-hectare Saltspring Island property, but ultimately decided they wanted something unique. The terrain in one particular area – a cliff with a spectacular view of the water – reminded them of Scotland, so they arrived at the idea of going with a building style dating back hundreds of years.
Grams received his architectural training in the United Kingdom more than 40 years ago, and his entire career has been focused on working with stone buildings. Based on his experience, he convinced the owners that a tower house was the way to go.
That meant including the traditional defensive features seen in tower houses, even though there is clearly little chance they would be needed in as peaceful a place as Saltspring.
And those features are numerous.
A traditional metal gate known as a "yett" marks the entrance; bars woven horizontally into the design meant it would be very difficult for hostile fighters to pry the gate open.
A spiral staircase gave defenders the advantage of higher ground in a sword fight. They would be able to feel their way upward with their dominant hands while having higher ground.
"They were built clockwise ascending so that you could use your right side to help find your way," Grams explains. "In families where people tended to be left-handed, the stairs were built the other way."
The home has a turret, where combatants could cast projectiles down on an angry horde of invaders. Corbels – which look almost like upside down staircases – are on strategic points of the exterior of the house, and there to prevent attackers from using grappling hooks.
The tower house also has two fireplaces – one large enough to roast an ox in, if the owners are so inclined – and sliding bookcases that lead to an area of concealment known as a priest's hole. They date back to the Scottish Reformation of the 16th century, an era of religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics.
The home has some other noteworthy features, as well.
Stone tends to be used on the West Coast mainly as a decorative feature on exterior walls, or a feature element for floors and countertops, but Grams makes the case that entire stone construction makes sense from a sustainability standpoint.
"Think about it in terms of durability and longevity," he says. "Stone buildings will be around for three or four hundred years. Most of the energy use associated with stone is with the transporting of it, but amortize that against the life of the building and it really ends up being very little."
He points out that stone homes require little maintenance, other than an occasional washing and a check of the mortar once a decade for signs of cracking.
Grams says it's a misperception that stone buildings are drafty or damp, since modern thermal insulation techniques have taken care of that. Potential seismic issues have been addressed by anchoring the home with rebar set into a solid metre of rock, and using reinforced concrete in the walls.
A home designed for defence could come across as grim — not to mention unnecessary — but there's room for whimsy here. A weather vane atop the roof looks like a kipper, with penguins, polar bears, quails, and camels pointing the cardinal directions. Seven gargoyles are beautiful rather than frightening, drawing on influence from first nations art as they represent a salmon, an orca, an eagle, a bear, a seal, a raven and a raven mask.
The majority of the exterior walls were built out of ledgestone, with the decorative elements made out of yellow sandstone. Floors are green sandstone, and concrete walls have been rendered in lime to echo a traditional look.
It took just over four years to take the home from concept to completion, and getting the heavy stone into place had its challenges. But considering the end product and how long it will last, Grams says it was worth it.
"Stone isn't a material you can hurry. If you want a medium boiled egg, you have to wait three and a half minutes. If you want it in two (minutes), it won't be right. Stone is the same way."


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In the past month, Tuscaloosa city schools curriculum employees completed an examination of student academic performance and class enrollment that has taken place in the past three to five years. The study examined results from numerous standardized tests, graduation rates and how many students are prepared for future changes in education.
TUSCALOOSA | Students in the Tuscaloosa City School System have made progress on standardized test scores and advanced placement class enrollment in the past year, but there are still many subjects that students have consistently struggled in. About half the system's high school students are also not prepared for the significant changes in education that will begin next school year.
In the past month, Tuscaloosa city schools curriculum employees completed an examination of student academic performance and class enrollment that has taken place in the past three to five years. The study examined results from numerous standardized tests, graduation rates and how many students are prepared for future changes in education.
Elisabeth Davis, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the system, said the purpose of the analysis was to discover what areas the system is performing well in and what areas need additional work.
"We wanted to see where our areas of growth have been consistently," Davis said. "Since this is my first year here, I wanted to examine data for the past few years, but from now on I'll provide an annual report on this."
Davis said that this past year, high school student enrollment in AP classes grew from 267 students to 500. Another bright spot for the system that occurred in the past year was that between 8 to 10 percent more students in third through eighth grades met state math standards than in the previous year.
But while middle school students overall have progressed, most 10th-graders have struggled in almost every academic area.
"Our passage rates in all three high schools in 10th grade have consistently been low," Davis said. "On average, only 40 to 55 percent of the kids are proficient in math, reading, language and social studies. In science, however, we've averaged between a 65 and 75 percent passage rate. That's still not good, but it's better than the other subjects.
"This (information) is one of the main reasons we made the schedule change from the (four period) block to the seven period day," she said. "These are the type of decisions we make based on data."
ACT and Plan 2020
Starting next school year, all 11th-graders will be required to take the ACT, a standardized test for high school achievement and college admission. The ACT will be given in lieu of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam.
According to ACT standards, for high school students to be considered college- and career-ready, they must pass the following courses before graduation: English in 9th-12th grades, biology, chemistry, physics, algebra I and II, geometry, pre-calculus and U.S. history.
These classes will also be required for students to graduate from high school next year as part of Plan 2020 — students who are juniors and seniors this school year will still take the Alabama High School Graduation Exam and graduate under the current system.
Plan 2020 is an accountability system created by the Alabama Department of Education that will emphasize individual student performance and readiness for college or career after high school graduation. Plan 2020 will take eight years to fully implement and will concentrate on improving high school graduation, all students performing at or above grade level, getting students prepared for college and career, and closing the achievement gap — the gap between how well students from certain racial and economic backgrounds perform academically compared to students from high income socioeconomic backgrounds.
With the adoption of Plan 2020, school systems in Alabama will no longer use Adequate Yearly Progress, which is an accountability measurement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which requires states to create a report card that measures its public K-12 schools' yearly progress in meeting standards in math and reading, as well as reaching target attendance and graduation rates.
Davis said students who don't plan to attend college will still have to pass the ACT. They'll also be required to take an industry credential test for the job field they're going into after high school.
Davis said the school system will really have to push to get students prepared for the new graduation and college preparedness standards, because presently only 49 percent of high school students — or 1,367 out of 2,762 students — in the system have taken the core courses that will be required for them to graduate next year.
Broken down, 28 percent of high school students in the system have taken biology, 14 percent have taken physical science, 20 percent have taken chemistry and only 1 percent have taken physics.
The 1 percent, or 23 students, who have taken physics all attend Northridge High School. Central and Paul W. Bryant high schools have no students enrolled in physics.
"Teachers, parents and school counselors really need to know this because it's crucial for their students and children to graduate and get into college or start a career," Davis said.
"We need students to get the foundational skills for these classes in middle school, especially math and science," she said. "Some of these courses have prerequisites. For example, to take chemistry you have to have Algebra I taken by eighth or ninth grade to be on track."
To help prepare students for the changes in graduation requirements coming next year, Davis said city school officials will meet with every student in eighth-11th grades individually starting in February to discuss their grades, career interests and suggest that they take Advanced Placement classes if test scores indicate that they're capable of taking them.
"We're going to come up with a four-year plan for them on what they'll need to take to make it, and we'll revise those plans every February to keep them on track or tell them how they can catch up," she said.
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Use this list of symptomatic behaviors to determine the probability of noise phobia. Remember, these signs must occur when the noise or storm is present.
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Rob Gronkowski underwent surgery Monday to repair the left forearm he broke again in the Patriots' 41-28 playoff victory Sunday over the Texans. Apparently, cutting Gronkowski out of the Patriots' offense qualifies as a minor operation by comparison.
Patriots followers seem generally unfazed and unconcerned by the loss of Gronk.
There was more consternation and fretting when Kendrick Perkins went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals than there is over the loss of the Patriots' force of nature tight end heading into Sunday's AFC Championship game replay with the Baltimore Ravens.
I don't get it. When did Gronkowski's contributions become so fungible? When did losing the preeminent red zone threat in all of football and one of the best blocking tight ends in the game become no big deal? Strange times we live in on the Boston sports scene; Avery Bradley is sine qua non to the Celtics' success and Gronkowski is a negligible part of the Patriots'.
It's one thing for the Patriots to act like losing Gronkowski is no more important to the Super Bowl quest than losing a shirt-button. In pro football, once you're not able to play you might as well walk around with a toe tag because your head coach pronounces you dead to the team.
But the rest of us can exist outside Fort Foxborough's alternate reality. Gronkowski's loss is like one of his titanic spikes — it leaves a big hole to fill. At least in Super Bowl XLVI, the Patriots had a gimpy Gronk as a decoy. They won't even have that Sunday.
As a quick aside, let's put to rest the notion that Gronk's re-injury is comparable to what happened with Robert Griffin III in Washington, which was coaching malpractice by Redskins coach Mike Shanahan.
In the case of Gronkowski, there was nothing coach Bill Belichick could have done to prevent this injury, unless he was a faith healer. Gronkowski had an extra week off. But broken bones need more than byes.
The Patriots still can defeat Right Reverend Ray Lewis and the Ravens Sunday at Gillette Stadium without Gronkowski. But it certainly would be easier with a player who averaged a touchdown per game this season (11) and has caught more touchdowns over the last three years than any player in the league (38).
The games between the Patriots and the Ravens usually come down to a play or two, instances where it's not about scheme or calls, but skill. Gronkowski is that most vital of NFL entities, a player who can make plays that defy coverage and nature. The only players in NFL history to catch more TD passes in their first three seasons are a couple of guys named Moss and Rice.
"Certainly, Rob is a unique player and he has some skills that allow you to do special things with him. I don't think it's really fair to say you just plug somebody in and off you go," said Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. "But I thought Michael [Hoomanawanui] did a great job with the things we asked him to do [Sunday]. He certainly did a good job in protection and in the running game and really played a valuable role for us there."
The counterargument is that the Patriots' offensive numbers didn't change appreciably without Gronkowski in the lineup. No Gronk, no problem, the statistics say.
In the 11 regular-season games the Gronkster suited up, the Patriots averaged 35 points per game and 432.9 yards of total offense. Without Gronkowski, Tom Brady and the Patriots rolled up 34.2 points per game and 416.8 yards per game.
The numbers are fibbing because the playoffs are different than the regular season.
When the Patriots were living large without their big-time tight end it was predominantly against non-playoff teams. They hung 49 on the Jets with help of Mark Sanchez's bumbling fumble and a fluky fumbled kickoff. However, they also struggled in 23-point performances against the Dolphins and Jaguars.
As Belichick said after the win over the Texans, the games just get tougher, bigger, and harder in the playoffs. The soft-toss portion of the schedule is over. It's nothing but Justin Verlander fastballs the rest of the way with the AFC title game and, hopefully, a return trip to the Super Bowl.
The Patriots didn't need Gronkowski against the Texans. They scored 42 points on them the first time and dropped 41 on Sunday, after Gronkowski reinjured his forearm on the second offensive series. But the Texans still have the Super Bowl-contender training wheels on.
The Ravens are riding in on Harleys.
It's a testament to Brady and the Patriots' coaching staff that New England still had the league's most productive offense despite not having the tight end tandem they wanted it to revolve around completely healthy for more than the season opener.
The good news is that Aaron Hernandez, who has been hobbled by an ankle injury since the second game of the season, appears to be as healthy as he has been all year. The sharp cut he had on his 40-yard reception Sunday was vintage Hernandez.
Much of the burden of replacing Gronk's production will fall to his fellow tight end.
"It's hard to replace a player like him because he's a freak of nature," said Hernandez, after Sunday's win. "Everyone has to step up, and everyone has to keep making plays so we can keep it rolling."
This is also why the Patriots went out in the offseason and signed wide receiver Brandon Lloyd. Sunday is a great opportunity for Lloyd to earn his Patriots wings, once and for all.
The Patriots have to move on without Gronk.
But like his broken forearm, that doesn't mean it's not going to hurt.Christopher L. Gasper can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cgasper.


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LA JOLLA, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ALLP) announced today the results of the vote of its shareholders on the two proposals put to the shareholders at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held Friday, May 30, 2008.
The first proposal related to the re-election of each of the six sitting directors of the Company to serve an additional term of one year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All six directors were re-elected by the requisite vote of the shareholders.
The second proposal related to the approval of a reverse stock split to be effected at a ratio of ten shares to one share of our common stock. As disclosed in the Company's proxy statement related to the Annual Meeting, the Company has determined that in order to obtain additional financing to further the development of Oxygent(TM), the Company's outstanding indebtedness must be converted into common stock. The holders of substantially all of this outstanding indebtedness have agreed to convert such debt into common stock at a conversion price of $0.17 per share. The material conditions to such conversion are: (i) that the company effect a reverse stock split in a ratio of ten shares of common stock to one share of common stock in order to allow for enough authorized but unissued common stock to enable such conversion; and (ii) that the Company raise at least $3 million in new financing from investors.
The shareholders of the Company approved the reverse stock split by the requisite vote. The Board of Directors of the Company is now authorized to set an effective date for the reverse stock split, and such reverse stock split will become effective on such date and at the time the Company files an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation effecting such reverse stock split. The Company expects that its Board of Directors will set the effective date of the reverse stock split in the near future.
Oxygent Development Update
Alliance has been transferring the manufacturing technology to enable its partner Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Double-Crane) to manufacture Oxygent in China. To date, Double-Crane has built out the manufacturing facility and has ordered the key equipment, such as tanks, process mixers, pumps, etc. It has also produced the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), perfluorooctylbromide, in pilot scale quantities. Following the manufacture of clinical supplies in China, Double-Crane plans to submit an IND to the SFDA, which is anticipated to be completed in 2008. Alliance has provided Double-Crane Phase 1 and Phase 2 with clinical trial protocols for translation and eventual submission.
About Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
Alliance is a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is currently focused on developing its lead product, Oxygent, which is based on its proprietary perfluorochemical technology. Oxygent is being developed as an intravascular oxygen carrier designed to augment oxygen delivery in surgical patients.
Except for historical information, the matters set forth in this release are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth herein. Alliance refers you to cautionary information contained in documents Alliance files with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the last Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB. Alliance is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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