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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. cable group Liberty Global is in takeover talks with Dutch operator Ziggo, its latest move to consolidate the sector in Europe with a deal analysts say could cost around 5 billion euros ($6.9 billion).
Ziggo, which rejected an approach from the company controlled by U.S. tycoon John Malone in October as too low, on Thursday said no decision has yet been made about a full takeover offer.
Liberty, which makes more than 90 percent of its revenue in Europe, has been driving consolidation of the fragmented market there seeking to profit from rising and largely recession-proof demand for faster Internet and digital television.
The U.S. company has built its leading position in a broad stretch of Europe from Ireland to Romania via acquisitions over the past decade, and already owns 28.5 percent of Ziggo.
Buying the rest would increase Liberty's presence in the Low Countries, where it owns Ziggo's Dutch competitor UPC, as well as a majority stake in Belgian group Telenet, the main cable group in the north of Belgium.
Liberty, which also owns Germany's second-largest cable operator UnityMedia and bought Britain's Virgin Media in a $15.8 billion deal in February, declined to comment on Thursday.
Its finance chief said last month the company saw few remaining opportunities for another big deal in Europe and while it was still interested in taking over Ziggo it would only do so at the right price.
Ziggo's shares, which were listed in March 2012 when private equity groups Warburg Pincus and Cinven took the group to the Amsterdam bourse, have benefited from the takeover speculation, rising 10 percent to an all-time high of 33.98 euros on Thursday. It pared gains to trade 5.9 percent higher at 1459 GMT.
ABN AMRO analyst Marc Hesselink said Liberty could bid as much as 37 euros per share, based on a value of 32 euros for Ziggo and 5 euros of cost gains from combining the networks of Ziggo and UPC.
That would value Ziggo, which from January will be headed by former Deutsche Telekom boss Rene Obermann, at 7.4 billion euros, and the share Liberty does not already own at 5.3 billion euros.
Analysts at Bernstein said Liberty could bid up to 35 euros, implying the cost to Liberty of 5 billion euros.
Ziggo did not say in October how much Liberty had offered to pay then.
Shares in European cable companies trade on about nine times enterprise value to forecast EBITDA, according to Thomson Reuters data, which compares with about five times for telecom operators.
At 10.2 times, Ziggo's multiple is below the 11.9 times value for Kabel Deutschland, which is now majority-owned by Vodafone. Liberty paid about eight times forward EBITDA for Virgin Media.
At a price of 35 euros per Ziggo share, the multiple would be about 11 times.
Investors have shown a strong appetite for European cable companies because of their promise of superior growth and merger prospects. Cable firms have attracted the interest of mobile companies like Vodafone, as all-inclusive bundles of television, Internet, mobile and fixed-line telephone services gain in popularity with consumers.
The share price for France's Numericable has risen by about 11 percent since its market debut a month ago.
While Liberty has been a consolidator in Europe, it also has a reputation for resisting pressure to pay what it considers to be too much for its targets.
In January it halted a bid to take full control of Telenet after increasing its stake to 58.3 percent from 50.4 percent, refusing to pay more even though an independent advisor and large shareholder had said the offer was too low.
It also walked away from Kabel Deutschland, when Vodafone boosted its bid to 7.7 billion euros ($10.62 billion) for full ownership.
UBS analyst Polo Tang wrote in a note to clients that Liberty might be content with a majority stake below 100 percent, with a Ziggo-UPC combination still listed.
($1=0.7251 euros)
Additional reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Erica Billingham


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This third card is similar to the first card, in that I tangled in an image, but I wanted it to be a bit different, so here's what I did. I stamped the image in Memento black, then stamped it again on paper and cut it out to make a mask. I put the mask over the image, then made a square around the image with post it notes, covering part of the image so that it would "hang" off the edges of the inked square. I sponged some DI - wild honey and barn door around the edges. The image is from Flourishes as is the word "peach". After sponging the color around the image, I pealed off the masks and added tangles to my peaches. I added a little shading with a pencil. The leaves and stems I colored with Memento markers. I drew a black line around the sponged background, then added another frame and filled it in with tangles. The word "peach" is stamped in black. Not sure what I'll use this card for, but I'm sure I'll think of something.
Needless to say, I've spent most of the day in my craft room playing. Here's a layout I finished this afternoon.

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I'm launching a 100-page Internet marketing ebook at winningtheweb.com and I need a cover for it. The book is called "The Winning Way - Ultimate Checklist of 500+ Proven Internet Marketing Strategies". I need both a 3D version of the book and a flat cover for the actual book cover in the PDF file.
I'm launching an Internet marketing ebook at Winning the Web (http://www.winningtheweb.com) and I need a cover designed - both a 3D version and a flat version for the PDF cover.
The book is called "The Winning Way - Ultimate Checklist of 500+ Proven Internet Marketing Strategies". The cover design should incorporate similar colors as the site http://www.winningtheweb.com.
- Some kind of blue background gradient - use the same colors used here: http://www.winningtheweb.com
- The main title is "The Winning Way"
- The subtitle is "Ultimate Checklist of 500+ Proven Internet Marketing Strategies"
- Written by Gyutae Park
- Incorporate the Winning the Web logo somewhere (maybe in the footer) - http://www.winningtheweb.com/wp-con…s/logo.gif
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Sometime after the Shahar Peer/Serena Williams match at the Australian, the internet was abuzz with how Mary Carillo had reached Paula Abdul-like status; she made comments, one more ridiculous than the other, and at one point — presumably thinking that her mic wasn't hot — could be heard saying "I'll be fired for this."
While I didn't follow the end of the thread to see if her job was indeed threatened — and really we won't know until Roland Garros rolls around in the summer — I will post about her receiving the Gracie Allen award for her coverage of the Olympics in Torino.
Here's a great profile of Mary published in the St. Petersburg Times right before last year's U.S. Open. Cool tidbits, including how she got started as a tennis commentator. (After she'd retired, a producer placed her on the air as they scrambled to fill airtime before a match at MSG.)
Edit: Sports Media Watch gives us a little more insight into what viewers (and players) dislike about Ms. Carillo. le sigh.
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Bethany College Softball picked up a pair of signees recently, including Smoky Valley High School standout Jurnee Gregg.
Bethany College Softball picked up a pair of signees recently, including Smoky Valley High School standout Jurnee Gregg.
Gregg, of Marquette, has signed a letter of intent to play softball at Bethany College for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Gregg, a 5-9 first baseman, comes to Bethany from Smoky Valley. During her time at Smoky Valley, Gregg played both volleyball and softball.
Gregg earned second team All-Central Kansas League honors as a senior, posting a .370 batting average, .432 on base percentage and 11 runs batted in.
Gregg is also listed in the Smoky Valley High School record books; she is third in career fielding leaders (.980), third in single season fielding percentage (.992) and tenth in single season put outs (124).
"We are excited to add Jurnee Gregg to our softball family," Swede coach Janice Esses said. "She is an athletic first baseman with some pop in her bat. Jurnee has a lot of potential as a student-athlete, so we are excited to see how she develops through our program."
Gregg is the daughter of Jill and Chris Gregg.
She plans to study accounting during her time at Bethany.
Also joining the Swede program is Deanna Van Poucke of Tonopah, Nevada.
Van Poucke, an outfielder and utility player, comes to Bethany from Brown Mackie College in Salina, where she was the starting outfielder on the Lion softball team.
She hit .368 with an on base percentage of .406, tallying 10 RBIs and seven stolen bases.
Prior to her time at Brown Mackie, Van Poucke attended Tonopah High School. During her time at Tonopah, Van Poucke was a four year starter on the volleyball team as a middle hitter, basketball team as a post player and softball team as a right-handed pitcher and shortstop.
Van Poucke was named first team All-Conference as a volleyball middle hitter from 2009-2011, and was the 2012 League Most Valuable Player.
In basketball, she was named first team All-Conference in 2011-2012, and was the 2013 League Most Valuable Player. In addition, Van Poucke earned second team All-Conference honors as a softball pitcher in 2011, and first team All-Conference honors as a shortstop from 2010-2013.
Van Poucke was also involved in FBLA 2012-2013, Pep Club 2011-2012 and Leadership Club.
"We are excited for the commitment from Deanna Van Poucke," Esses said. "Having played a year at a junior college, she will bring experience and add depth to our program. Deanna has a strong arm and her quickness allows her to cover ground as an outfielder. She is coachable and eager to sharpen her skills on the softball field. We look forward to seeing Deanna grow and develop as a student-athlete."
Van Poucke is the daughter of Cassandra Craig and Terry Rice. She had a 3.9 college grade point average and a 3.5 high school grade point average.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 4, 2010) - If the Lady Bucs want any chance of making a third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, they better find a way to strengthen its defense - especially in the post.
USC Upstate's 6-foot post player Chelsea McMillan went off a for a game high 31 points and 11 rebounds, and the Spartans gave the Lady Bucs an early wake-up call in conference play with a 85-78 loss on Monday evening inside the G.B. Hodge Center.
The Lady Bucs were led by senior TaRonda Wiles' (Danville, Va.) 25-point effort. Wiles, who shot 10-of-22 from the field, also finished with five assists and four steals in 38 minutes of work.
With the loss, ETSU dropped to 4-7, 2-1 in A-Sun play; while Upstate picked up its first win (in five tries) over the Lady Bucs and improved to 7-6, 1-3.
The Lady Bucs came out ice cold to start the first half, as ETSU missed eight of its first nine shots, resulting in USC Upstate taking an early 13-7 lead at the 13:43 mark. Over the next 5 minutes, 2 seconds the Lady Bucs used a brief 12-4 spurt to regain a 19-17 advantage, but McMillan rattled off the next five points for the Spartans - forcing ETSU to burn a 30-second timeout after USC Upstate recaptured a 22-19 lead with 7:32 remaining before the break. Fortunately, for the Lady Bucs, they were able to put McMillan on the bench with her third foul at the 5:34 mark, and ETSU took a 34-30 lead into the locker room.
ETSU shot 39.4 percent (13-33) in the first half and missed all eight of its three-point shot attempts. The Spartans, meanwhile, took advantage of their shot opportunities - connecting on 50 percent (13-26). The Lady Bucs did a better job attacking inside, resulting in 10 more trips to the free throw line than Upstate. ETSU was 8-of-12, while the Spartans made both of their attempts. Wiles led ETSU with 10 points and McMillan paced Upstate with 13.
Upstate wasted little time evaporating its four-point deficit, as the Spartans scored nine of the first 13 second half points to take a 39-38 lead, following McMillan's lay-up with 16:24 showing on the clock. From there, both teams traded six leads over the next 4 minutes, 3 seconds - but with the game tied at 47-all - the Spartans got hot from 3-point range. Kendra Wallace nailed back-to-back treys and extended the Upstate lead to eight, 62-54 with 6:43 left in the contest.
ETSU was able to clip the deficit to four, 64-60, when Gwen Washington (Manassas, Va.) sank a jumper with five minutes to play, but the Lady Bucs weren't able to get any closer.
The Lady Bucs pulled to within 75-70 on Wiles' second three-pointer of the game at the 1:08 mark; however, the Spartans made their free throws down the stretch to capture the seven-point victory.
For the game, ETSU shot 45.3 percent (29-64), but finished 3-for-16 from beyond the arc. Upstate recorded a 48.3 shooting percentage (28-58) and were slightly better from long range (6-of-19). Both teams recorded 35 rebounds apiece, and the Lady Bucs posted 14 fast-break points to Upstate's zero. The Spartans ended 23-of-26 from the free throw line, compared to ETSU's 17-for-25 showing.
Senior Siarre Evans (Griffin, Ga.) had her double-double streak come to a halt at eight straight games after finishing with 13 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Junior Tara Davis (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) netted 14 and dished out five assists in the ETSU loss.
Wallace joined McMillan in double figures with 20 points.
The Lady Bucs have little time to dwell on this loss, as ETSU continues its five-game road swing on Thursday afternoon at Kennesaw State. Tip is set for 3 p.m. inside the KSU Convocation Center.
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What's this... snow in Oxnard, California? Yep, it was trucked in from the mountains' last storm in celebration of the Santa to the Sea Half Marathon, which the above unnamed clowns actually ran. :) We were all stoked to finish ahead of a certain Academy award-winning actress (below) who was running stealthily, and the unnamed male in the photo above (rumor has it his name is Garbonzo McFuddlebaum) got second place in his age group although he claims to not have run a road race in 10+ years. Yay Garbonzo!!
We had a lot of fun manning the turnaround aid station for the Red Rock 40 miler on the tough trails of Santa Barbara. Again, we were treated to a celebrity sighting! I think these ladies finished 2nd and 3rd.
Yesterday we got out on the Ojai Ridge to do a bit of road clearing, fluid stashing, and trail work for the fast approaching Coyote Blue Moon. We lucked out with perfect weather and hard workers. Thanks guys!
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British Columbia Day Holiday Loaves
It is a long weekend here in B.C. Tomorrow marks our much anticipated summer statutory holiday, British Columbia Day. This gives me some nice rest from work, perfect for me to produce some bakes worth posting.
After my whole wheat problems of late, I had to redeem myself with a festive B.C. themed bake to rejuvenate my confidence. My recent trip to a local organic mill proved worth while, picking up enough flours to last me well through the winter. I picked up some never used before flours such as sprouted whole spelt flour and stone ground whole wheat.
Using the spelt flour, I tried my first go at a 100% Spelt Loaf. I also made a few sourdough loaves, I will fittingly call B.C. Sourdoughs, since every ingredient that went in them were from here in beautiful British Columbia. Thought I would add in some eye candy of this wonderful province.
And finally crumb photos...and a Canadian holiday is not complete without a Caesar...a Canadian cocktail similar to a Bloody Mary. Ceasar ingredients: Clamato, vodka, dash of tabasco sauce, dash of Worcestershire sauce, celery/pepper salt rim, garnished with a celery stick, spicy pickled green bean, lime, and pepperoni.


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Course 1: Quantitative Reasoning in the News
Presenters: Stuart Boersma, Ph.D., Central Washington University and Caren Diefenderfer, Ph.D., Hollins University
Brief Description: Quantitative literacy is necessary for a well functioning democratic society. However, many educated adults remain functionally innumerate. Many mathematics departments at our colleges and universities have been asked to help address this problem by teaching quantitative reasoning courses. These courses vary greatly in content and pedagogy, are often considered "terminal" courses, and are frequently used to "teach" remedial algebra skills.
As dedicated and passionate teachers of mathematics, we should use these courses to give our students the tools they need to think for themselves, ask intelligent questions of experts, and to confront authority with confidence. Newspapers can provide a surprisingly wide variety of study materials for a quantitative reasoning course.
In this minicourse, the presenters will describe the mechanics of using newspapers for a quantitative reasoning course and the participants will work through a variety of case studies associated with media articles.
Course 2: Teaching Mathematical Modeling through Patterns in Nature
Presenter: John Adam, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Brief Description: This mini-course is intended for those who teach, or plan to teach a course in mathematical modeling. This presentation identifies some of the underlying mathematical and physical principles undergirding some of the common and not-so-common patterns in the natural world around us. The word pattern implies an underlying scientific and mathematical basis for describing and explaining what we see (to some degree, at least). Indeed, mathematics has been called the science of patterns. I am convinced that the beauty of nature can be further revealed by mathematics, and the beauty of mathematics is revealed in nature, if we are prepared to study it, and further, that this can be a source of fascination for students, at any academic level - nature is a resource for teaching mathematics, and it's free! Examples will be taken from a senior/first-year graduate level course taught by the presenter, possibly supplemented by some basic principles of "Guesstimation".
Since the ability to see is dependent on the light that reaches our eyes, it is perhaps not surprising that several of the examples considered in this mini-course come from the field of atmospheric optics. We will examine some ray-theoretic models of rainbows, ice-crystal halos (including circum-horizontal and circum-zenithal arcs) and "glories", and along the way discuss a model of some shadow-related phenomena, namely crepuscular and anti-crepuscular rays. Fermat's Principle of Least Time and the Euler-Lagrange equation enable us to discuss many of these and other phenomena in mathematical terms, and in particular, mirages and what I refer to as the "mirage theorem". By condensing the relevant fluid dynamical equations we will examine the idealized behavior of linear waves on the surface of puddles, ponds, rivers and oceans, and the delightful "ship-wave" patterns that are readily noticed from the air. Time permitting, we may also look at the importance of dimensional analysis in modeling, certain types of cloud pattern, a mathematical model of river meanders, the Fibonacci "Golden Angle", models of bird eggs, tree 'tumors', to name but a few possible topics.
About the Instructors
John Adam: Please see the Invited Speakers page.
Stuart Boersma: Stuart received his B.S. from The University of Puget Sound, Ph.D. from Oregon State University and is currently Professor of Mathematics at Central Washington University. He was Department Chair at CWU from 2004-2007 and chair of the Pacific Northwest section of the MAA from 2005-2006. Currently, he is the chair of SIGMAA-QL, the Mathematical Association of America's special interest group on Quantitative Literacy, and a Governor of the MAA.
Together with Bernie Madison, Shannon Dingman, and Caren Diefenderfer, he has been designing and teaching introductory college level quantitative reasoning courses based on the critical reading of newspaper articles. In addition to these QL courses, he enjoys teaching vector calculus, topology, and cryptology courses.
Stuart enjoys writing expository papers for undergraduates and received the 2005 Trevor Evans Award for one of his Math Horizons papers. His most recent publications have appeared in Math Horizons, SIURO, Primus, and Numeracy.
Caren Diefenderfer: Caren Diefenderfer received her A. B. (1973 - summa cum laude) in the first coed class at Dartmouth College, and her M.A. (1975) and PhD (1980) from University of California at Santa Barbara. Currently Dr. Diefenderfer is a professor of mathematics at Hollins University, where she joined the Hollins University mathematics faculty in 1977. Her two terms as chair of the mathematics and statistics department at Hollins were preceded by a term as chair of the division of natural and mathematical sciences.
Professor Diefenderfer has been involved with the AP Calculus program since 1969, when she took the AB exam as a high school senior. She served as Chief Reader for AP Calculus from 2004-2007. She also has a long-standing relationship with the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). She was the Secretary of the MD-DC-VA Section, was Chair of SIGMAA QL, the quantitative literacy special interest group of the MAA, is currently Chair of SIGMA TAHSM, the special interest group on teaching advanced high school mathematics, serves on several MAA committees, and has been a consultant and speaker at numerous institutions who are interested in learning about Quantitative Literacy/Reasoning.
Professor Diefenderfer sings with her church choir, is a member of the Bahama Mamas (a female steel drum band), loves to swim and enjoys reading fiction. She lives with three baseball enthusiasts; her husband, David, and her two sons, Mark and Joseph.


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Joseph Bell (1837-1911)
The surgeon Joseph Bell was a Scottish medical lecturer. He had a reputation as an excellent diagnostician for his ability to observe and interpret the appearance of patients. He achieved fame as the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1859. He then worked as a house physician and medical lecturer, and became a senior surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1872. He supported the professionalisation of nursing and became the founder and Vice-President of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute of Nurses. He also campaigned for the admission of women to medical school.
Arthur Conan Doyle met Bell when he studied medicine in Edinburgh. He was impressed with Bell's ability to observe minute details in a person's appearance and draw conclusions about the person's occupation or origin. This diagnostic ability later distinguished Conan Doyle's most famous fictional character, Sherlock Holmes.
Related Themes and Topics
R B Duthie, 'Bell, Joseph (1837–1911)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37175, accessed 30 Sept 2009]
E Liebow, Dr Joe Bell: Model for Sherlock Holmes (Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1982)


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I would recommend this book because it is fun to read. You can learn about counting and numbers.


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I haven't done my usual blogging about teaching yet this term, mostly because I spent so much time trying to put a couple of new classes together that the idea of writing about it all wasn't very appealing. But now the classes are up and running, and so I can at least share some syllabi and thoughts with those of you who are curious.
The classes, with links to their syllabi, are:
- Writing and the Creative Process (a general education, "intro to creative writing" sort of class)
- Currents in Global Literature (a required course for English majors)
- Media and Popular Culture (an upper-level Communications & Media Studies class)
The only one I've taught before is Writing & the Creative Process, a course I keep fiddling with in the hopes of one day getting it right. The progression and goals have basically been the same every time, but I've changed a lot of the content, and have used a number of different books in an attempt to find stuff that gives the students a wide view of how writers write -- I actually disagree with the title of the class, because I don't think there is "the creative process", just "lots of different creative processes". (At least it's not "the writing process", a label that makes me gag). One term, I used Lynda Barry's marvelous What It Is, but found two problems with it: 1.) I don't know how to teach from it, because really I just wanted the students to read and enjoy it; 2.) all copies of the book seemed to evaporate when I assigned it, so it was impossible for the bookstore to get more than 5 copies (even Amazon had none in stock), and I had to rearrange the entire schedule of the course until more copies could be found when there were only a few weeks left in the term. That was a disaster, and though I expect it wouldn't be repeated, I'm not taking the chance of it happening again, so the book is no longer required.
I've also reduced the amount of formal workshopping we do in the course, because I'm not the world's biggest workshopping fan anyway, and it's especially not my thing with students who are just starting to think about writing as something other than research papers for school. If they like the taste of workshopping that they get at the end of my class, they can take full workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and scriptwriting with other teachers, since we offer them all. I prefer to use the majority of class time to think about ideas, play around with different types of writing, look at a wide array of examples, and generally improvise our way toward something resembling enlightenment. (On a good day.)
Currents in Global Literature was not a class I was expecting to teach, but some sudden personnel changes in the English department dropped it in my lap, and I was excited to take it on, because I don't usually get the opportunity to teach major-specific courses.We don't have a Comparative Literature department at Plymouth, so the majority of our literature courses are focused on American and British lit, which is what the English faculty are mostly trained in. I have at least amateur knowledge of other literatures, so, well, here I am.
Of course, "global literature" is an impossible topic for a single term. Even the course description notes that there will be a particular theme of the instructor's choice. My choice was to use a basic theme of "revolutions". I also knew I wanted to include texts I was pretty certain there was no chance the students would encounter in any of our other classes, no matter what. I was certainly tempted to go for Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Kafka, Borges, Marquez, etc. -- some of my absolute favorites -- but there's at least a chance the students will hear those names in other courses. (And this was confirmed on the first day of class, when I asked students about their experiences with non-American, non-British books; while certainly some had no experience at all with such things, at least half talked about the Russians, Kafka, magical realism, etc.)
I knew I wanted some historical sweep, and wanted to avoid making the class another iteration of our Postcolonial Literature course (taught by a friend of mine, so I got her syllabus the second I knew I was teaching Global Lit, just to make sure I differentiated enough, since all my instincts for global lit are those of a postcolonialist). Tempted as I was to cover 500 years or so of material, I decided it was probably best to stick to about 200.
Thus we have A Sentimental Education as a big, juicy 19th century novel, one that, among other things, stands as a revolution in fictional technique and a representation of people living during the revolutions of 1848.
Additionally, I decided to use Rothenberg & Robinson's Poems for the Millennium 3, which offers a global view of the idea of 19th century Romanticism(s) and post-Romanticism. We'll mostly be looking at this material in class, using it to get a general overview of the century of poetic production, with students following their own interests and curiosities into specific areas.
Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom of this World, though written in the 1940s, is set in Haiti in the 19th century, and so allows us not only to continue thinking about themes of political and aesthetic revolution, but also to look at how the past beyond the author's own lifetime is represented and used. It's a short, rich, stunning book, and I'm very curious to see how the students react to it.
I ended up including more African novels than I planned to, but after making one list after another, this set just wouldn't leave my consciousness: Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer, Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar. Really, those three books should be a course of their own, but I am somewhat insanely going to try to take the class through them all along with the other books. From our first few days, I think the students are up to the challenge, but I've been asked to teach the course again next term, and I expect I'll probably have to drop something, because the schedule is so tightly packed. But we'll see.
If you look at the syllabus, you'll see I'm also including some discussion of the nature of translation and distribution of books from outside the U.S. and U.K. That could be a course unto itself, but I think it's important for the students to think, even briefly, about the forces, assumptions, concessions, and desires that make some books prominent and some not.
Media as Popular Culture is another course that didn't have a whole lot of definition when it was given to me. It used to be "Film as Popular Culture", but the department thought it would be more useful to open it up to other sorts of media as well, which only makes it more difficult to define. But I like a challenge.
I'm not sure my approach to the course is entirely coherent, but it will, I hope, at least be fun and provocative.
We begin with explorations of ways of defining the words in the title -- "media", "popular", "culture", and "popular culture". Though the students are mostly in the last year or two of being Communications & Media Studies majors, they don't seem to have a solid grasp of some of the basic terminology of their field (or they just don't want to share that knowledge with me), and so my instinct to start with definitions turned out to be a good one. They didn't particularly enjoy having to read Dwight Macdonald and Raymond Williams, but it at least gave them some sense of the traditional points of conflict within this area of study, and I think we had a good discussion of the applicability of, especially, some of Williams's concepts to our own era. (I hadn't read Culture & Society for about six years, and until I reread it this summer, I had forgotten how many of the book's insights I had just absorbed and taken for granted.)
On Monday, we'll be discussing the first half of Let's Talk About Love, which should be fun. That will extend our discussions of how we decide things are worthwhile, and especially how we decide what is worth studying, and how we study it. From there, we'll be looking at a variety of items from online and from our big textbook, Gender, Race, and Class in Media, to try to get a sense of some of the various forces and ideologies that create and regulate cultural production.
Then on to Henry Jenkins's Convergence Culture, supplemented with the movie Gamer, which will then lead in to a discussion of media franchises, looking particularly at the Predator franchise via the original movie, Jeff VanderMeer's Predator: South China Sea, and examples from some of the comics. I knew I wanted to include something on franchises, and I settled on Predator because it's somewhat less vast than, for instance, the Star Wars or Star Trek universes, so we could potentially do it in a couple weeks. Also, Jeff might be willing to answer occasional questions about the novel if I ask him nicely and bribe him with chocolate weapons.
But we're not done yet! We'll finish up the course with a different look at franchises, influence, remixes, and popular culture by talking about melodrama -- specifically the films All That Heaven Allows, Fear Eats the Soul, and Far from Heaven. I'm going to resist my urge to gush about these films when it comes time to watch them, and try to tell the students as little as possible, because I'm very curious what their initial reactions will be.
So that's the term. My tendency to cram to much into classes is entirely on display, but I always find it preferable to have a too-full syllabus than one that feels empty, since we can always adjust a little bit as we go along.
Next term, in addition to reprising Intro to Film and Global Lit, I've got a general education Communications & Media class called "Outlaws, Delinquents, and Other 'Deviants' in Film". The possibilities for that one are nearly endless...


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A winner was selected from 185 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
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• WideAwake.org embraces values of inclusion and desires to convey neutrality on divisive issues and unity toward the common goal of kindness, stewardship, compassion and change.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Please, no
And while the question is valid, because there's not much else to talk about, Fallas lays out the pros and cons.
For one, he is a known commodity.
And he would bolster the outfield depth.
Also, if healthy, he can put up decent numbers - his career high for stolen bases is 68 in 2008. He is a career .276 batter with a .321 OBP.
Taveras is due to make good money this year (about $4 million) under the contract he signed with the Reds...
...Also, the Astros don't have room on the 40-man roster and would have only a minor-league spot to offer him. With an invitation to spring training, of course.
And finally, the Astros already signed Cory Sullivan and Jason Michaels for outfield depth. Taveras does provide something the other two don't: speed.
You know who else would fill all of these needs: Yordany Ramirez. Young, cheap, fast. Just look:
I would think about using my Lucky Astros Shirt as a poo-scoop if the Astros entertained the idea of signing Willy Taveras.
11 comments:
- tpack said...
Agreed. Especially considering the potential logjam we have building for those AAA OF spots.
Maybe we give Fallas a reprieve as news is slow and he's new on the job
- February 3, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- OremLK said...
I agree completely. The possibility crossed my mind too, when I saw he'd been DFA'd, but then I looked at the cliff he'd fallen off the last couple years (not that he was ever what I'd call "good").
.559 OPS? Mike Hampton is a better batter than that.
- February 3, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- The Constable. said...
+1 to each of you. One for Fallas' clemency (I agree - there's not a whole lot going on). One for Hampton's great OPS comment.
- February 3, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- tpack said...
How do yall see the
1) 2 OF reserve positions in Houston
2) the 3 starting OF positions at RR
filling out?
- February 3, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- The Constable. said...
Good question. Some quick thoughts:
Two reserve OF positions:
Michaels is a lock, and I would guess that OF5 would go Bourgeois or Ramirez. With the odd man out filling one of the three Round Rock positions, leaving...
Drew Locke and Brian Bogusevic to be your RROF.
- February 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- tpack said...
I like that. Will be fun to see what Locke does in AAA and if Bogusevic improves in his second full season as an everyday player. Not to mention if Ramirez ever puts it all together.
Do you think DeLome gets to AAA this year/does he deserve to?
- February 3, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- The Constable. said...
DeLome is a good question. He'll be 24, and with his .788 OPS and his position, I could see it going either way. Maybe another year in Double-A, where he can play every day, wouldn't be the worst thing.
- February 3, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- OremLK said...
I hope we sign Felipe Lopez for a discount one-plus-option deal and run with four outfielders on the 25-man, personally.
- February 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Not that it'll make much of a difference, but I'll bet a nickel on Sullivan winning the job out of ST. He hits left-handed, plays all 3 outfield positions, and has big-league experience off the bench.
Blum will likely be getting a fair amount of starts, during which the team would be left with no left-handed bench options. I have a hard time believing they'll go forward without the ability to call on another lefty PH. Sullivan's the player who best meets the needs of the team right now in that regard.
- February 3, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- OremLK said...
Peanut, that's another reason I'm favor of a Felipe Lopez signing. Both Lopez and Matsui are switch hitters, which is nice to have off the bench. So whichever one wins the starting 2B job (probably Lopez), the other one is a valuable pinch hitter/utility infielder.
Sure, we only have four outfielders, but if it comes down to that I'm sure Lopez or Keppinger could jump into the OF without damaging our win probability by an significant amount.
- February 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- The Constable. said...
+1 to Peanut for the Cory Sullivan prediction. Excellent point.
And let's not forget that, in a pinch, Berkman can play RF if needed, and Keppinger/Blum could slide over to first. This is your typical worst-case scenario, but four OFs isn't the worst thing.
- February 4, 2010 at 2:35 PM


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the first time since 2012, a women's golfer won an individual title as freshman Matilda Castren won the Florida State Match Up by six strokes. The Seminoles finished the tournament third at the Southwood Golf Club, a 72 par 6,113 yard course.
"It was a really great weekend," said head coach Amy Bond. "The girls competed really well and we proved we could play with the best teams in the country. We had some great individual performances. Overall it was a hugely successful weekend and something that will help propel us the rest of the spring. I'm extremely pleased with the tournament results and the direction the team is heading."
The team posted their best round of the tournament with a 1-over 289 on Sunday to finish the tournament with a 17-over 881. Sunday's round was the best the team has posted at Southwood since the first Match Up last season. The team finished 10 strokes behind first place South Carolina and eight behind Clemson.
Castren played a solid round of golf with three birdies and one bogey for a 2-under 70. Her three-day total of a 10-under 206 set a tournament low record. Her first collegiate win also marks the first time a Seminole won an individual title since 2012 when Maria Salinas won the Lady Gator.
"Matilda came in with a game plan and executed it perfectly," continued Bond. "It's great that she got her first collegiate win at home and I hope that this is the first of many."
"My putting was good throughout the round even when my shots were not that good," said Castren. "I'm very happy with the win and I gained some good experience and confidence. Our finish as a team was very good even though we could have done better but we are definitely more ready for the next challenge."
Jumping 16 spots in the standings was junior Carlton Kuhlo who shot a 1-under 71 Sunday. With her improvement, she finished the tournament tied for 16th with an 8-over 224. She started the day with two birdies in her first four holes to give her a boost on the day.
"Carlton put together a very well round of golf today as well," concluded Bond. "Having walked with her every hole, it was great to see her battle through some ups and downs and to have a solid finish to the day. It was a big confidence boost for her to finish under par."
Also finished for 16th was junior Alex Milan who shot her best round of the tournament, a 1-over 73. Freshman Anna Sophia Bohmer's 75 was added to the team total as she finished the tournament tied for 35th with a 230. Freshman Lydia Gumm finished weekend tied for 32nd with a 229.
Playing as an individual, junior Laure Castelain finish her day with an even par 72 to finish the tournament tied for 10th with a three-day 221.
Check back to Seminoles.com for all your information on the golf team and follow the team at twitter.com/fsugolf.
2nd Annual Florida State Match-Up/February 14-16, 2014
Southwood Golf Club/Tallahassee, Fla./Final Round Florida State Results
3/11. Florida State 294 298 289 881
1. Matilda Castren 68 68 70 206
T16. Carlton Kuhlo 76 77 71 224
T16. Alex Milan 76 75 73 224
T32. Lydia Gumm 75 78 76 229
T35. Anna Sophia Böhmer 75 80 75 230
T10. * Laure Castelain 74 75 72 221
60. * Sherrell Buckley 87 88 87 262
*playing as an individual
2nd Annual Florida State Match-Up/February 14-16, 2014
Southwood Golf Club/Tallahassee, Fla./Final Round Team Results
1. South Carolina 871 T7. Mercer 900
2. Clemson 873 T7. Furman 900
3. Florida State 881 9. Kansas 921
4. Virginia 888 T10. Kansas State 923
5 Texas A&M 893 T10. Florida Gulf Coast 927
6 Mississippi State 895
2nd Annual Florida State Match-Up/February 14-16, 2014
Southwood Golf Club/Tallahassee, Fla./Final Round Match-Up Results
1. Clemson/Virginia 1092
2. South Carolina/Mississippi State 1094
3. Florida State/Texas A&M 1099
4. Mississippi State/Kansas State 1127
5. Furman/Kansas 1139
6. Mercer/Florida Gulf Coast 1143


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Anthony DeLuca, 62, of Albrightsville, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown.
Born on Feb. 22, 1950, in Newark, N.J., he was a son of the late Salvatore DeLuca and Elizabeth Denenberg and lived in the Poconos for more than 32 years.
He was an avid fisherman and hunter who loved the outdoors, socializing, food and spending time with his family.
Anthony was in the real estate and modular-home business for years.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen DeLuca of Albrightsville, with whom he shared 43 years of marriage; his three children: Anthony DeLuca Jr., Heather DeLuca, and Michelle DeLuca Jones and her husband, Mark; his brother, Salvatore DeLuca Jr. and his wife, Charlene, of Bartonsville; his six grandchildren: Alissa Poster; Katie, Anthony and Nicholas DeLuca; Michael Anthony Nocera; and Madison Jones; and his nieces and nephews: Joanne Transue and her husband, Scott; Nathan and Nicole DeLuca; and Harold Feuer.
There will be a memorial service from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 31, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Gilbert. There will be a luncheon following the service.
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Anthony DeLuca, 62, of Albrightsville, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown.


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It doesn't seem that long ago that 500 hp was the entry level for the top rank of supercars. McLaren's F1 changed that by upping the ante to 600 hp nearly two decades ago.
Today, the big number is 1,000. Since the Bugatti Veyron's 1,001-hp output made motoring headlines, a small handful of challengers in the form of the 9ff GT9 and Shelby SCC Ultimate Aero have poked their heads above the parapet. Now there's a new kid on the four-figure block, and it is wrapped in Mercedes-Benz AMG clothing.
It's not the first time we've met; our paths crossed at Nardo last October when its V12 bi-turbo motor produced a mere 816 hp, which took it to a 205-mph recorded v-max.
The handicap stopping it from going faster was that the Continental Sport Contact Vmax tires were not available in the correct size for the Black Series, so the car was under-geared by tires with a too-small rolling radius, and the motor revving past peak power. With the correct sized tires, it would have achieved 208 mph.
The other major problem for the Black Series is a substantially greater frontal area that produces far more drag than a normal SL. Since drag increases with the square of speed, you need substantially more power to push the car through the air at a slightly greater speed.
"Its coefficient of drag is 0.84, compared to 0.60 for the Brabus Rocket," explains MKB boss, Pano Avramidis. "It's an air brake on wheels. If you lift off at 200-plus mph, the car slows like it has hit a brick wall."
Thus, when the MKB SL65 P1000 recorded its impressive 219-mph run at the Papenburg test track recently, its output was dyno confirmed at a staggering 1,015 hp at 5700 rpm, with 959 lb-ft of torque from 3300 to 6000 rpm!
In the interim, the 9.5x19 and 11.5x20 MKB alloy wheels had been fitted with the latest 255/35 and 335/30 ultra-high-speed Michelin Pilot Sport 2 rubber, rated to 248 mph. These are the correct sizes for this car, and work optimally with the 10 percent taller rear axle ratio to achieve its impressive top speed.
The problem is that the Mercedes V12 is simply too powerful for the 7G-Tronic gearbox and so has to make do with the old five-speeder. Despite the massive power, the car feels like it could do with at least one more ratio to optimize performance and top speed.
However, even though the taller gearing blunts acceleration, the numbers are still impressive. Zero to 62 mph takes 3.6 seconds, 124 mph falls in 8.9, and 186 mph comes up in 21.5, with the quarter-mile marker passed in 11.1. With the normal rear axle ratio, the P1000 would be able to post even quicker times, but at the expense of top speed.
With the standard KW coilover suspension and AMG brakes under the big arches, the concentration of MKB technology is under the carbon-fiber bonnet. While the SL65 Black Series M275BS motor is specially built with sufficient headroom to handle its 670 hp output over a long service life, 1,015 hp is another matter altogether.
To ensure that the engine is as robust over time as the standard article, MKB paid a lot of attention to the details centered on keeping things cool. The first step was to strip the motor to its component parts and strengthen or replace the reciprocating parts that handle the most stress. The Mahle forged alloy pistons were retained, but balanced as a set. The steel billet crankshaft was also balanced, and the steel connecting rods balanced and shot-peened for extra strength.
The cylinder heads were polished, ported, and gas-flowed, and the combustion chambers equalized to ensure that the forces pushing down on each piston are as equal as possible. The compression ratio remains at 10.0:1. The camshafts were replaced with a pair of MKB's specially ground units with more overlap, accompanied by stronger valvesprings.
The intake system was also examined for areas where it could be improved, and the molded plastic component that splits the air to each cylinder bank was replaced by a hand-made alloy unit designed to channel airflow more effectively.
On the other side of the engine, special MKB headers extract the spent gases more quickly and direct them to two new KKK turbochargers built to MKB spec to flow about 35 percent more than the stock turbos. The new intercoolers have almost exactly 100 percent more cooling capacity than the stock ones, but still fit under the molded engine cover on top of the big 6.0-litre V12. Thanks to these massive intercoolers, MKB can safely ramp up the boost pressure to 1.5 bar, with 1.6 bar available on overboost.
The fact that intake temperatures were measured at just 56 degrees C, when the car was flying around Papenburg at over 215 mph is a testament to the effectiveness of the intercoolers. Out the turbos, the exhaust gases pass through 200-cell metal catalytic converters, and then exit through MKB's bespoke stainless steel exhaust system.
While MKB claims 1,015 hp and 959 lb-ft, this is actually wound down from the 1,048 hp and 1,180 lb-ft seen on the engine dyno. The peak torque in particular would simply blow the gearbox and rear axle to pieces. As it stands, the gearbox has many of its internal components beefed up and a larger oil cooler fitted to replace the factory unit. The rear axle also benefits from a pair of oil coolers. Finally, the ECU is extensively remapped to supply appropriate fuelling and spark to keep this monster motor happy.
It took the MKB engineers a year to reach this high. The new SuperFlow dyno they acquired during the project certainly helped, but it was a long and arduous process to ensure that everything was right with this €86,000 motor. Even now, with all that experience behind them, it still takes three months to build an engine like this to perfection.
From behind the wheel, there is absolutely nothing to give away the fact that this car is not a normal SL65 AMG Black Series. In normal driving, the car is as docile as you'd expect, and you can just leave it auto and drive around like you would in any SL.
Find an open stretch of road, or better still an airfield runway however, and witness firsthand this car's transformation from sophisticated hot rod to wingless jet fighter. Because the power delivery is so progressive and consistent, the P1000's ability to warp time and space is not as obvious or spectacular as one whose turbos come on song suddenly after a lull. Instead, the thrust is of the kind that epitomizes the mailed fist in a velvet glove.
The other thing to bear in mind is that for all its carbon and other lightweight bits, the 4,100-pound SL65 Black Series is a lot of weight to push around. In addition, this car does not have the all-wheel-drive advantage of the similarly heavy Veyron to help it leave the line cleanly, deploying all its power effectively on any road surface.
Thus, you can feel that some of that massive grunt is being lost when conditions are not quite right, and the traction control light flashes insanely, threatening to burn itself out. And when you demand power on the fly, you can feel the monster motor take a deep breath to fill its huge lungs before spitting you down the road like an F-16 on afterburner.
If it is instant response you're after, then the P1000 will never match a much lighter machine with a large-capacity, naturally aspirated engine. But while such a car would respond more instantly, once the bi-turbo motor spools up, it delivers hits at a level that no normally aspirated motor can hope to match, and keeps on going with the momentum of a runaway train.
With such huge twist on tap, you soon learn to stop chasing the redline and just ride the beefy torque curve. This is especially important on a twisty road, since lighting up the fat rear tires coming out of bends is a fruitless exercise that only results in speed reduction, rapid tire wear, and maybe even some heart-stopping moments.
While the MKB P1000 is the most powerful road-legal Mercedes-based car ever, because of the massive drag from its widebody, this is arguably the wrong SL model to use for top speed. And while I respect the mission, as a die-hard torque junkie, I just prefer the idea of using the normal factory axle ratio to experience its potential acceleration more of the time.
Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
6.0-liter V12, sohc, 36-valve. Balanced internals, handmade alloy intake tract, custom MKB-spec KKK turbos, custom intercoolers, ported and gas-flowed cylinder heads, MKB camshafts, custom springs, 200-cell metal catalysts, custom MKB exhaust, custom MKB software
Five-speed automatic
KW coilovers
OEM AMG assemblies
Wheels and Tires
MKB alloys, 9.5x19 (f), 11.5x20 (r)
Michelin Pilot Sport 2, 255/35 (f), 335/30 (r)
Peak Power: 1,015 hp @ 5700 rpm
Peak Torque: 959 lb-ft @ 3300 rpm
0-62 mph: 3.6 sec
Top Speed: 219 mph


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Smartphones and laptops are not only driving people to work longer hours but also encouraging them to take their job on holiday.
One third of people surveyed by BT said they were planning to check their work emails and voicemails while on vacation. These workers say they check in while on holiday because they feel a responsibility to do so and worry about missing important information.
Men find it more difficult to switch off from work, with 37 per cent checking office emails compared with 28 per cent of women.
This inability to leave the job behind creates friction with family members, the survey found, with one quarter of those who check work communication admitting to doing so surreptitiously to avoid causing tension.
Psychologist Corinne Sweet said: "If you can't stop yourself logging on or texting and it's affecting your personal relationships, then you need to think twice. Holidays should give you a chance to turn off and become aware of your behaviour.
"Try to spend a day offline and more time just hanging out with family and friends, or simply being alone. Holidays should be about recharging your own batteries, not just those of your laptop or smartphone."
Two in five, 41 per cent, of Brits also admit to logging onto social networking sites when holidaying with friends and family.
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WIU Alum Wins Pulitzer For Local News Reporting
April 20, 2011
MACOMB, IL – Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mark Konkol, a Western Illinois University alumnus, learned April 18 that he, and his reporting team, received the highest honor awarded to American journalists – the Pulitzer Prize.
Soon after the news of the Pulitzer Prize erupted throughout the Sun-Times newsroom, Konkol was asked what this meant to him. His response: "This is totally unexpected, and it's a great thing. I'm just glad that I work with such great people, and it's about time the Sun-Times got some recognition for the work we do every day." (see Sun-Times news release at suntimes.com/news/metro/4900802-417/sun-times-reporters-win-pulitzer-prize-for-local-reporting.html)
Konkol, colleagues Sun-Times crime reporter Frank Main and photojournalist John J. Kim won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Pulitzer judges recognized the trio for "their immersive documentation of violence in Chicago neighborhoods, probing the lives of victims, criminals and detectives as a widespread code of silence impedes solutions." (see pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Local-Reporting)
The impetus for the series of local stories that were published over nine months came from an April 2008 weekend in Chicago when 40 people were shot and seven died. Only one alleged shooter awaits trial. Three others who were shot said they know the shooters, but they refuse to testify. Konkol and Main examined how difficult it is for the police to solve cases because of this prevalent "no snitch" culture in many neighborhoods.
"We spent last summer (2010) burning shoe leather," Konkol said. "We were telling the stories of what it's like to catch a killer from the law enforcement perspective, and how difficult that is because of the unwritten 'no snitch code,' which they discovered in victims and criminals."
The award-winning stories and photo essay are available at suntimes.com/pulitzer.
Konkol's Korner
Born and raised in south suburban Chicago, Konkol's assignments include Chicago neighborhoods and his blog, Konkol's Korner. He has also covered transportation, courts, Chicago City Hall and Cook County government in his 16-year reporting career.
As a teenager at Thornwood High School (South Holland, IL), Konkol was on the football team and was in many gifted classes. He asked his counselor what careers don't require a lot of math and science, and the counselor handed him a journal of careers and their academic requirements.
"I found journalism had the least amount of math and science," said Konkol, who then began learning the craft of writing with his first Konkol's Korner column in the school's paper, The Arrow.
Konkol and College: Lineman to Newsman
The 1991 Thornwood High graduate first chose Culver-Stockton College (Canton, MO), where he was a two-year starting left guard for the football Wildcats and a communication major.
In 1993 he crossed the Mississippi River to look at Western Illinois University's academic programs. That's when he met former Western Courier adviser Terry Lawhorn.
"Terry told me he needed a news editor, and I signed up," said Konkol, who served as the Western Courier news editor from 1993-May 1995.
"The Western Courier was a good experience for me," he added. "It was a good place to do journalism and to learn."
He was a news reporter for the Macomb Journal (now McDonough County Voice), covering city and county government. Konkol graduated in Fall 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication, with an option in public communication and human relations, and a second major in journalism.
The News Beat on Chicago's Southside
With his diploma in hand and good experiences in news editing and reporting, Konkol landed his first job with Star Newspapers, a Chicago Sun-Times publication. He wrote for the Daily Southtown and the former Sun-Times Red Streak before joining the Chicago Sun-Times news staff.
What story line does Konkol consider his personal favorite? Covering the Chicago White Sox winning the 2005 World Series – a Southsider's dream come true.
Social Media vs. Print
"Social media is necessary. It's faster; it will always be there," Konkol said. "But it can't change the press. Newspapers are vital. They are from professional organizations that expect accuracy and timelines. We still need writers to tell stories, to have a chance for depth to keep news alive."
Advice to Journalism Students
"Have a 'plan B.' It's tough. There are layoffs, pay cuts and you will probably be overworked," said Konkol. "Be passionate; keep your eyes open; be well rounded; and never give up.
"Early in my reporting, I wanted to be Mike Royko (the Chicago columnist who won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and a best-selling author). I wanted to go after the big story," Konkol added.
"I finally realized it's not getting the big story that I should think about. Instead, I turned my focus on writing the best stories possible," he said.
And now he has a Pulitzer Prize.
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Clarksville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State men's basketball team escaped Clarksville, Tenn. with an 88-82 overtime victory over Austin Peay on Thursday night.
With the score tied at 65 with only five seconds to go in the game, APSU's Will Triggs stole the ball and passed it up ahead to Herdie Lawrence. Lawrence scored a layup, giving APSU a two-point lead.
On TSU's inbound play, the Tigers threw the ball down the court and Jordan Cyphers caught the pass and attempted a triple. The shot fell short of the rim, but right into the hands of Kellen Thornton. Thornton tipped the ball in the hoop with just tenths of a second remaining in the game to force overtime.
In the extra period, Patrick Miller scored nine points and led TSU (14-10, 8-3 OVC) to the six-point victory. Miller's dunk with 27 seconds left in the game made the score 86-77 and ended all hopes of a miracle by the Govs.
Miller ended the game with a team-high 25 points on 7-of-15 shooting. The guard also notched seven assists and four swipes.
Cyphers added 19 points while M.J. Rhett canned 18 and was 7-of-8 from the field.
The first half was a see-saw affair with neither side gaining much of an advantage over the other. In fact, there were 10 lead changes and six ties within the first 20 minutes of the game.
Cyphers and Thornton got the Tigers started by each canning a triple. However, a three from APSU's Travis Betran a minute later made the score 7-6 in favor of the home team.
Thornton finished the game with nine points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
From that point, TSU went on a 6-0 run that was led by a pair of hoops from Robert Covington. His first was a strong two-handed slam that was set up by a Rhett steal.
Covington had 10 points and five boards in 17 minutes of action.
The Tiger run put TSU up 12-7 with 16:56 left in the first. The five-point lead would be the biggest point spread of the first period.
The Govs (5-19, 1-9 OVC) responded to the Tennessee State streak with a 9-1 run that featured a pair of back-to-back dunks from Chris Horton.
Again the Tigers came back to pull off another long run. This one had TSU pouring in 11 points compared to just four for the Govs. A jumper by Miller ended the string of TSU buckets and left the Tigers up 27-22 with 7:47 left in the opening stanza.
After Miller's hoop, neither side led by more than a field goal for the remainder of the first half, and a pair of free throws from Miller made the score 36 all heading into the break.
Miller ended the first half with a team-high ten points on 3-of-8 shooting and a steal. TSU swiped five balls during the first 20 minutes and caused nine APSU turnovers.
TSU came out strong to start the second half and led by five at 45-40 when Cyphers drained a triple with 17:25 to go.
The Tigers continued to lead throughout the frame and eventually went up by six when Miller converted on a layup with 9:47 left.
From that point, the Govs chipped away at the Tiger lead and eventually tied the score at 63. That basket set up the wild final two minutes that featured three ties and two lead changes.
TSU was outrebounded 41-36 during the game, but the Tigers shot 49.2 percent (30-of-61) while the Govs were held to a 43.3 line (29-of-67).
The Tigers next travel to Murray State on Feb. 9 for a matchup against the defending OVC Champions. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game can be seen on the OVC Digital Network.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
Willits meets the S-curve
Brian Weller arrived in Willits, California 12 years ago. A transplant from England, he brought with him corporate training experience which has come in handy in his work with Willits Economic Localization (WELL). The project is an attempt to implement one of the key strategies for meeting the challenges of world peak oil production, relocalization.
The critical question, Weller says, is, "How do we enroll whole communities to take charge of their civic life in such a way as to prepare the groundwork for a more balanced life?" The answer is more nuanced than most activist groups realize.
Weller explained that it has been a hard lesson for many involved in the WELL project that rational explanations of such threats as peak oil and climate change can only get one so far. People in any group or community adopt ideas at different paces based on their orientation toward change. Using terminology from the famous compendium of diffusion studies, Diffusion of Innovations, he explained the various layers which can be found in any community.
The earliest adherents to any kind of innovation including a social one are appropriately called "innovators." They rush headlong into anything new trying to discover what threats or opportunities it offers. The next adherents, the so-called "early adopters," take the alarm out of the innovation and figure out how to turn it into an opportunity. The adopters in the great middle are ones who have to see things to believe them. This middle group (which is often broken up into "early majority" and "late majority") will join in once the early adopters show that an innovation can work. The very latest adopters, often called "laggards," are suspicious of change. The key for these people is simplicity. The innovation must be easy to understand and use. The pattern of adoption of a successful innovation when plotted cumulatively on a graph very often looks like an S-shaped curve. It rises slowly at first, then reaches a sharp takeoff point as the early and late majorities adopt the innovation, and finally levels off as the innovation reaches saturation among the population.
Though it might be tempting to think of the late adopters, especially the laggards, in negative terms, Weller warns against this. Each group has something to offer in cementing the innovation into society. Once the laggards, who are society's traditionalists, decide that a change is okay, they will go about institutionalizing it in ways that will make it stick. If those in the peak oil and relocalization movements understand this, they can actually engage the late adopters in their communities with a more positive attitude that recognizes their critical role in institutionalizing change.
Weller points out that traditionalists actually share many values friendly to relocalization including self-reliance. These traditionalists are also very concerned about security. By framing relocalization in terms of food and energy security, the traditionalists can over time be persuaded.
One of the ways WELL enlists these traditionalists is through a program called Elder Talk. The elders of the Willits community share their knowledge about subjects such as how food was grown, preserved, stored and prepared in the past and what kind of transportation people used before the widespread introduction of the automobile. The talks are videotaped to make them available to a wider audience.
In a way, Weller explains, Willits is an exceptionally good place for relocalization to take root. It has one the highest concentrations of patent holders in the United States. Naturally, these people fall into the innovator category. In addition, Willits was a destination during the "back to the land" movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and thus attracted a large number of people looking for new, more self-sufficient lifestyles. "We have a lot of people already off the grid," he remarked.
But even Willits has those who don't take readily to change. For them certainty is very important. Will relocalization actually work? Does it really have advantages over the globalized economy we now live in? Is the change consistent with values I already hold?
If such questions can be answered patiently and convincingly in the affirmative--not only with words, but also with deeds--the S-curve of adoption can reach the takeoff point which almost always assures swift and widespread acceptance. Relocalization advocates wake up each morning hoping that that day will come sooner rather than later.
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- Kiashu said...
Interesting stuff. Obviously we're on the first shallow part of the S-curve of change to a lower-energy, less Earth-damaging way of life. I think that perhaps the 1970s were just the start of it, and now we're at the point where the shallow part turns sharply upwards.
It's at this key point that we start to see that quick adoption of new stuff, or else see the whole thing turn to poo.
Of course, climate change also has an S-curve for rate of change; the rate of change begins low, but then when a tipping point is reached it becomes very sharp and sudden.
Let's hope that our social S-curve has the turnaround before the climate S-curve does.
I have been in Willits for 40 years and I find all the publicity about our localization accomplishments curious. WELL received a 50k grant from an out of town benefactor, an offshoot of the benefactor sent someone here, and paid his salary, to help set up the CSA. Outsiders dump money to help us localize?? Now the same group is touting our accomplishments.
In your study of Willits did you not hear that about the dope economy, the one real localization accomplishment. Marijuana, according to local wisdom, accounts for at least half of the local money flow.
I was there when WELL began and advised that we stay away from the media. No one listened and now we are dealing with the one real achievement of WELL PR--- growth.
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