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Top students, faculty recognized at Stetson
During its convocation and commencement ceremonies, held Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11, Stetson University presented several awards to exemplary students and faculty.
William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching is considered Stetson's most prestigious award for faculty. It is awarded to a faculty member chosen by students and other faculty. Excellence in classroom teaching is the primary criterion, though other factors, such as intellectual growth, professional competency, academic activities outside the classroom, and service to students and the university as a whole may be considered. The recipient of this year's McEniry Award is Harry Price, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry. The award was presented at the Saturday commencement ceremony by Terry Farrell, Ph.D., professor of biology, and last year's recipient of this award.
"I believe education is as important as personal freedom," said Price in a recent interview with Stetson University magazine. "I decided to become a college professor so that I could pass on my love of learning, my love of science, and my knowledge and insights to my students just as my professors had done for me. Teaching for me is my way of giving back, my way of changing a life for the better."
"[Price] has an incredible ability to not only understand life in its most minute details—he can also relate biochemistry to the major challenges our society faces," said Farrell. "More impressively, he also constantly inspires his students to do the same."
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award is presented annually to the man and the woman in the graduating class whose nobility of character and dedication to service sets them apart as examples for others. This prestigious award is among the highest recognition given to a graduating senior and is given jointly by Stetson University and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation in New York. This award was created nearly 100 years ago to honor Sullivan's life of service to others. This year's awards go to Lauren Dunn and Kai Eckenrode, and were presented at the Friday Honors Convocation by Beth Paul, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.
As a J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholar, Lauren Dunn's resume is replete with the names of organizations she has not just been associated with, but has held leadership roles in: president and vice president of the Honor System Council; secretary of the Order of Omega Greek Honor Society; clerk of the Senate for the Student Government Association; and secretary, Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology. Dunn received her B.A. degree in psychology from Stetson, graduating magna cum laude.
"Lauren's success as a leader, in part derives from her ability to cooperate and work with a variety of people," said Paul, "a talent which stems from her open-mindedness and respect for others and her ability to understand their feelings."
Dunn has served her community both here and abroad. She volunteered with the Woodward Elementary after-school program, read with elementary students at Starke Elementary, worked with the Volusia County Literacy Council teaching adult women practical reading and writing skills, cleaned up and removed branches and other obstacles from the handicap trails at Lake Woodruff, served as tutor in the Psychology Department here, and volunteered with the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, helping them fight for workplace rights.
Kai Eckenrode "represents the best of the Stetson student experience," according to Paul. "Overall, he is an outstanding student and a well-rounded, thoughtful person who is committed to living out his values." Eckenrode received his B.A. in communication studies.
Eckenrode is an NCAA soccer player, who previously played soccer in the United Kingdom. He is an activist on social issues, evidenced through his involvement with environmental activism, gender issues and politics. Research Eckenrode did in summer 2012 (supported by a SURE Grant) will be presented at the undergraduate honors conference at Stetson's regional communication conference this month in Louisville, Ky. Eckenrode also is president of the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society and has served as a teaching assistant helping mentor younger students.
Etter McTeer Turner Award is named for Stetson's first woman dean of students, and is presented to the student who shows outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service to the community. This year's recipient is Tara Formisano. This award was presented at commencement by Provost Paul.
Formisano received her B.S. in integrative health science with minors in French, chemistry, and women and gender studies. She is an exceptional student, graduating summa cum laude, who is motivated by a love of learning. Formisano has received several awards including first place in the Anne Morris Research Essay, first place in the duPont-Ball Library Research Essay, and was recognized as an Outstanding Junior/Senior in the Integrative Health Science Department. Formisano is also an Atlantic-Sun Conference Scholar Athlete, as a member of Stetson's softball team. Formisano was recently inducted into Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.
"It is evident from her experiences that her motivation to pursue a career in medicine stems from genuine interest, altruism and advocacy," said Paul in presenting the award. "Her path is filled with volunteer experiences that fuel her passion to help and empower others providing her an understanding of the service side of medicine…It is these experiences that fuel her passion to pursue a career in medicine and research."
Formisano participated in a Global Medical Brigades trip to Panama to assist in the administration of health care to the less fortunate in that country, exemplifying a commitment and passion for helping others, strong personal and leadership attributes, and superior academic achievements.
The John Hague Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrates Stetson's tradition of excellence in teaching and its devotion to scholarship, morality and friendship. These are the guiding principles of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honorary society. Kimberly FlintHamilton, Ph.D., professor of sociology and anthropology, is this year's recipient. The award was presented at Honors Convocation by Karen Ryan, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
"A lover of the past and the very origins of liberal education, [Kimberly] is praised for helping students to find eureka moments in their undergraduate education," said Ryan when presenting the award. "As a mentor of senior projects or a steadfast counselor of students and colleagues, this professor is someone who truly embodies the values of liberal, or liberating education."
FlintHamilton received two nominations for the award from Phi Beta Kappa students who praised her "clear and contagious enthusiasm for every subject she teaches, every single day," adding that "she engages with all of her students on a level I have never experienced in any other classroom, and more than anything, she just has this innate capability to bring people together and lead them in meaningful discussion."
Established in 2007, this award is named in honor of the late John Hague, professor emeritus of American studies, and a widely admired teacher, scholar and academic leader. Hague led Stetson's application to earn a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1982, which became the first chapter established at a private university in Florida. The initial gift allowing Stetson to honor the career of John Hague was made by William and Margaret Dunifon.
The Hand Awards were established by Stetson Trustee Emerita and College of Law alumna Dolly Hand and her husband, Homer, to applaud faculty members who are not only dedicated teachers but also who have notable achievements in scholarship or creative work in their areas of expertise and who have made a difference in their local or larger communities. These awards were announced at Commencement by Provost Paul.
The Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity honors outstanding faculty. This year's recipients are Mark Powell and Michael Rickman.
Mark Powell, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, is the author of four novels: Prodigals (2002, nominated for the VCU First Novel Award), Blood Kin (2006, received the Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel), The Dark Corner (2012), and The House of the Lord (2012). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Breadloaf Writers' Conference, the Collegeville Center for Ecumenical Research and the Vaclav Havel fellowship in playwriting to the Prague Seminar. For the past three years, Powell has taught a fiction workshop at Lawtey Correctional Institute, a Level II prison in Raiford, Fla. In spring 2011, Powell took his students to the prison to participate in a Creative Writing course called "Creative Outreach." Powell compiled the resulting work of the inmates into an anthology and had it published. Powell and his students continue to work with the inmates to help them with their creative writing.
Michael Rickman, Ph.D., professor of music, has been hailed by the New York Times and newspapers around the globe for his brilliance on the piano. One of his most significant achievements came in 2009 when Rickman was named to the prestigious roster of Steinway artists, consisting of only 1600 pianists worldwide. With international performances in Latvia, Chile, Bolivia, Italy, Germany, Austria, Toronto, London, and Paris as well as throughout the United States, Rickman's performances have received exceptional praise from audiences and the media worldwide. This year marks Rickman's 30th at Stetson. A highly sought-after performer and teacher, he maintains a studio of prize-winning students, preparing them for musical studies in noted graduate programs, competitions, and positions in the professional musical world.
The Hand Community Impact Award celebrates the achievements of faculty serving the needs of the community – the Stetson community as well as the community beyond campus. This year's recipient is Robert Sitler.
Robert Sitler, Ph.D., professor of modern languages and chair of Stetson's Latin American Studies academic program, fell in love with the Mayan world in the mid 1970s while visiting Ch'ol villagers in the rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico. Sitler's ongoing academic passion for all things Maya has been complemented by numerous immersion experiences in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize, where he travels frequently. These student trips provide substantial "real world" exposure for Stetson students to Native American cultures and languages as well as Spanish and Hispanic culture. Sitler also serves as chair of Stetson's Values Council. His work on behalf of environmental initiatives and his commitment to the Latin American community both in our region and beyond, is an "orchestra of outreach, cultural understanding, and development that draws town, gown, and others together," said Paul. "Bob's commitment to both is immersive and comprehensive: his impact on the community has been profound."


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DETROIT – The Ford Foundation is boosting the struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a three-year, $1 million grant to help expand its donor base.
The money from the New York-based foundation will support the symphony's fundraising and marketing initiatives based around music director Leonard Slatkin.
Symphony President Anne Parsons tells the Detroit Free Press that Ford foundation officials see the symphony "going in the right direction."
The symphony has seen its donations fall, endowment shrink and ticket sales soften. It has had layoffs, pay cuts and canceled programs this year.
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Cambodia: Court tries former Khmer Rouge
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A UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia begins proceedings against four senior Khmer Rouge members.
Nuon Chea sits in the courtroom at the ECCC in Phnom Penh, June 27, 2011. AFP PHOTO / HO / MARK PETERS / ECCC
Four surviving senior members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime have shown little interest in cooperating as their trial gets underway in Phnom Penh.
Present at the preliminary hearing were Pol Pot's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, 84, former head of state Khieu Samphan, 79, former foreign minister Ieng Sary, 85, and his wife Ieng Thirith, 78, who was minister for social affairs.
The defendants are charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in overseeing the deaths of as many as two million Cambodians when the Khmer Rouge ruled from 1975-1979. All four deny the accusations.
But soon after the UN-backed proceedings began at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday morning, the defendants, all of whom are in or near their 80s, began to complain that their health conditions made them unfit to stand trial.
In his opening statement, Noun Chea, asked the court to allow him to wear a knit hat, sweatshirt, and sunglasses in the courtroom due to health concerns.
"I am not happy with this hearing. I would delegate the duty of presenting the reason for my unhappiness to my lawyer," Nuon Chea told the court.
Shortly after, Nuon Chea and two other defendants left the courtroom, saying they felt unwell.
Chum Mey, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's notorious Tuol Sleng prison, said the failing health of the four defendants should not be grounds for delaying their trial.
"[Nuon Chea] is not happy with the court. Well, I am not happy with him either," he said.
"Why isn't he happy? Is it because the court is going to try him?"
Double jeopardy
During the proceedings, the defense attorney representing Ieng Sary argued that his client was being unfairly subjected to double jeopardy because he had already been tried and accused of genocide by a Vietnamese-sponsored People's Revolutionary Tribunal in 1979.
Ieng Sary received a royal pardon in 1996 as part of a bargain which resulted in the surrender of the remaining Khmer Rouge military units.
The court prosecutor has responded that under ECCC codes, the concept of double jeopardy does not apply.
The hearing for the four defendants will last four days, during which the court will listen to witness and expert testimonies and preliminary legal objections. No evidence will be presented.
The regular trial is expected to begin in September.
Cambodians hope the trial, which is being broadcast on national television, will help to explain the actions of the Khmer Rouge during their bloody four-year rule of the country and bring some closure to the era.
Nearly 4,000 victims will also be allowed to participate as civil parties.
But the judicial process is expected to take years due to the complexity of the case and it is unknown whether the four defendants, who have been in custody since 2007, will live to see the end of the trial.
Second trial
The new trial follows the sentencing of former Khmer Rouge prison warden Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch, to 30 years in prison last July for crimes against humanity, torture, and premeditated murder as overseer of the Tuol Sleng, or S-21, torture prison in the late 1970s.
Thousands of inmates were taken from S-21 to a nearby orchard for execution.
Duch, 68, had his sentence reduced to 19 years due to a lengthy detention period before his arrest. He had been detained in 1999, but was not formally arrested until 2007.
He is expected to stand as a witness in the current trial.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen criticized the tribunal after a co-prosecutor recommended that more suspects be investigated in addition to Duch and the four most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders now on trial.
According to the Associated Press, Hun Sen is "presumably wary that political allies who once served with the Khmer Rouge – as he did – could face prosecution" if the court allows further indictments.
Former Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, and several other possible defendants, including Pol Pot's former right-hand man Son Sen and senior military leader Ta Mok all died before they could be brought to trial.
Reported by Leng Maly for RFA's Khmer service. Translated by Sok Ry Sum. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
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He was born Nov. 10, 1940 in Taylor, Arkansas to Ira Martin and Mattie Jordan Martin. Elbert worked for over 20 years for the City of Karnes City retiring as Code Compliance Officer. He was a former member and officer for the Karnes City Town and Country Days organization, and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Karnes City.
Survivors include his wife Lillian Martin of Karnes City; daughters, Debra (Ronnie) Buehring of Karnes City, and Carolyn (Kenneth Henry) Chesser of Round Rock; son, Randy (Pam) Martin of Louisiana; sister, Liz McCray of San Antonio; grandchildren Travis (Kristen) Buehring, Jordan Buehring, and Matthew Sullins; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Margie Hamm; and brothers, Wayne and Samuel Martin.
Visitation began at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Rhodes Funeral Home Chapel in Karnes City. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Karnes City. Interment followed in the Karnes City Cemetery. Pastor David Collins III officiated.
Pallbearers were Travis Buehring, Jordan Buehring, Matthew Sullins, Lorenzo Saenz, Shelby Buehring, and Gordon Walleck; and honorary pallbearers were Lillian Lyssy, Alvin Pawelek, Frankie Opiela, Randy Witte, and Marvin Witte.


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Brig. Gen. David Wheeler (left) Combined Air and Space Operations Center Director, Maj. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air Forces Central Command deputy commander (center) and Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins (right) 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, watch the U.S. Marine Corps birthday message video at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing during the U.S. Marine Corps 238th birthday cake cutting ceremony in Southwest Asia, Nov. 10, 2013. It is customary for Marines to cut a birthday cake during the ceremony. The passing of cake from the oldest Marine to the youngest symbolizes the passing history and tradition from the outgoing generation of Marines to the incoming. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo)
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After more than a year of tracking Alex's behavior during and days before the full moon, I have confirmed that he indeeed reacts very strongly to it. Last month's full moon went a lot smoother than it has been for very long. As I have mentioned before Alex was on a powder called diatomaceous earth for the worm issue. He was on it from January full moon till after February's full moon. This was the very first time in a very long time that Alex was able to sleep through the night, stay dry during the night Alex is fully potty trained but during the full moon for some reason he wets his bed). So I would have to say this worm powder sure did it's job last month, we were only going to keep him on it for 4 weeks so like I said before we stopped after last month's full moon. I have been nervous about this months full moon, like many other ASD parents you know how tough this days can be. I spoke to our acupuncturist about this issue also, and she decided last Saturday to use a needle on a point in Alex's head that targets the bed wetting problem. And believe it or not Alex hasb been staying dry this past few night, I know the full moon is until tomorrow but the prior months Alex would have been having rpobelms with this by now. He was awake on Monday night for about an hour or two, so then Tuesday night I decided to give something Melody (acupuncture) had recommended. She told me that if Alex was having trouble sleeping to put his feet (ankle depth) in cold water for a minute or two, than dry them and warm them with a towel or blanket and put him to sleep after this. I tried this Tuesday night and it worked beautifully, he went to bed at 8pm and woke up at about 6am the next morning went potty and went right back to sleep till 10am. Success if you ask me. Last night we soaked his feet in water again, hoping it would help him sleep through the night. He woke up at 3am on the dot, lucky for us all he wanted to do was jump in our bed, as soon as he got under our covers he was asleep, he woke up again today at 10am once again. So judging by our past experiences with the full moon and the last two I think we are doing much better, hopefully the next 3 days (full moon from 18-21st) are as good as this past few days.
Regarding Alex's water issue I can say it's truly getting better, even his teachers have noticed that he is not complaining about washing his hands, and we have noticed showers are better too. His hyperactivity is gone also, he has been very good the last couple of days, all week we have been getting good reports from his teachers, today is not so good though. From 10am to noon he did good, his apetitte has been a little small today but other than that he was ok. We got ready for school and left the house, but as soon as we got to school he lost it. He started screaming (really, that high pitched scream that leaves your ears ringing minutes after it's over), he refused to go into his classroom, and could not tell me what he wanted nor needed. His teacher joined us outside the classroon and offered Alex a few options of what he could do, reading, or snack, Alex picked neighter. I then asked him if he just wanted to go back home and he agreed. His teacher and I talked about what could be happening to him today, but came up with mothing. Yesterday he had an awesome day, he was smiling from ear to ear and had an amazing day at school. His teacher even said to me yesterday, "Lucy who is this kid you brough to school today?". Very sad that today was not the same, days liek this truly take a toll on me, its so hard to see him doing so good for a while and then we have a setback. I know we have all experienced this but I also know that it still hurts when it happens. Once home I told Alex to take a nap, he was screaming and yawing at the same time so I though a nap was the best thing for him and my sanity. It took him a bit to finally fall asleep but thank god he did, my poor baby was having such a hard time, don't even ask how I felt. Watching him go through this sure kills me inside, all I can do is think that all this will pass, all this is just getting us closer to recovery, full recovery. I wish there was another way of doing this but there isn't, all I know is that this will end, I now it will.
Hopefully the next few days are not so tough on him, I hate to see him struggle, I was so happy about his last few days.Seeing him struggle is very hard for me, I hope that I can find the strenght in me to help him get through this. I pray for patience and strengh daily, god and my faith will help me get through our day.


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The Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea, will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from 7 to 23 February.
This exhibition reveals the specificities of this 22nd Winter Games and the Olympic icons, including the torch, medals, mascots, emblem and pictograms.
This unique concept, known as the "Look of the Games", is a "patchwork" of crafts from fourteen regions in Russia. This visual identity will be seen across the city, in the stadiums and on souvenirs.
The exhibition also follows the route of the 123-day-long torch relay - the longest relay in the history of the Winter Games. But also presents the twelve new events making their debut at the Sochi Games - freeskiing halfpipe (men and women), women's ski jumping, biathlon mixed relay, luge team relay, figure skating mixed team event, snowboard parallel special slalom (men and women), and slopestyle skiing and snowboarding (men and women) - as well as the competition venues, including the Olympic Park with the Iceberg Skating Palace and the Bolshoi Ice Dome.


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Chanel Summers has worked as a designer and producer of large-budget games involving many different disciplines and competing priorities. She's also worked as an audio director and sound designer, working with designers and producers to create a sense of priority around the overall sound of a game and the ability for sound to shape the player's experience. During her career she has been forced to create new methods of project workflow, and has seen first-hand how it can be improved and made more efficient. The focus of this installment of the Session Spotlight is her 2014 SXSW Interactive session, "A Sound Collaboration - Audio in the Design Process."
SXSW: Can you tell us more about audio in the design process?
Summers: Wondering about the methods and benefits of integrating sound from the very beginning of a production? How to remove the language barrier between you, your composer and sound designer? This presentation will demonstrate how to integrate composers and audio specialists into your projects in the pre-production phase and promote healthy collaborations between the design/production team and the audio team, how to master the art of sound concepting, and what it means to create an audio aesthetic.
SXSW: Have you spoken on this topic before?
Summers: I have spoken on this topic to game industry professionals, aspiring game designers, and producers at industry gatherings and educational institutions around the world. It is always gratifying to me to hear that the ideas explored have opened their eyes to a new way of thinking about audio in the game design process and have changed the way they intended to approach their next project.
SXSW: What kinds of people should plan to attend this session?
Summers: This session is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about how to integrate audio into the creative design process. Creative directors, project managers, game producers, designers, and of course anyone working in the field of audio production will be challenged and invigorated.
SXSW: Why will they want to hear your dual presentation?
Summers: Anyone who wants to learn precisely how to create more compelling projects by integrating audio right from the start, right from the pre-production phase, and by promoting healthy collaborations between the design, production, and audio teams, needs to attend this session. Currently, in various digital and media circles, you might hear many designers, creative directors, and producers opine that the purpose of the audio team is to work miracles quickly and cheaply at the end of production with as little oversight as possible in the early stages of planning. Sound is sadly an afterthought. We will show them how to change this attitude and as a result, optimize their workflow.
SXSW: What will the biggest take-aways from your session be?
Summers: This session will be packed with specific take-aways. After attending our session you'll learn about specific challenges teams face when attempting to integrate sound and audio personnel into the pre-production process; how a creative director or producer can promote healthy collaborations between the design, production, and audio teams; practical exercises that promote better communication and an understanding of the vocabulary used to express concepts to a composer or sound designer; what is meant by sound concepting; and how one goes about creating an audio aesthetic that can enable sound to contribute to a deeper meaning within a project, establishing and reinforcing the core experience that the project is trying to convey.
SXSW: What is the best book or magazine article or web post that you have read in relation to the topic you are speaking about?
Summers: I was recently interviewed for an issue of MusicTech magazine on this topic and participated in a lively discussion with some innovative game audio designers in Vancouver where we discussed a number of relevant points.
SXSW: Aside from your own, which session at SXSW Interactive 2014 are you most excited about and why?
Summers: I am looking forward to Pete Horner's session, "The Emotional Language of Film With Skywalker Sound," as he is also reinforcing the concepts of sound's power to elicit and influence emotion and be a strong storytelling agent.
Watch this website for more installments of the 2014 SXSW Interactive Session Spotlight. Click here for the complete list of programming for March in Austin. For tips on interesting sessions to attend, visit the new Recommendation page. Register now to attend "A Sound Collaboration - Audio in the Design Process" and other incredible programming at SXSW Interactive 2014.


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This concentration is designed for students interested in specializing in K-12 education. The program includes a specialization component in K-12 education, allowing students to develop a program of study to meet their professional goals and interests in education. The concentration is often multidisciplinary, and students may choose to incorporate courses from many active partnerships including PBS TeacherLine or e-Learning for Educators.
Curriculum Requirements
- Master's Core Component – 15 credits
3Seeks to examine the manner in which the behavior, feelings, or thoughts of one individual are influenced by the behavior or characteristics of others. Topics to be considered include social perception, attitudes, gender, social cognition, conflict, social influence, intercultural awareness, prejudice, discrimination, aggression, and group behavior. Fall, spring, and summer.
3This course will provide an in-depth study of the social/cultural basis of behavior and examine the role of mythology as a vehicle for intrapersonal and interpersonal understanding. The major theoretical, empirical, and applied lines of work in the following topics in contemporary social psychology will be explored, including social cognition, interpersonal perception, attitudes, stereotyping and prejudice, the self, and interpersonal and group relations. Mythology will be employed as a mechanism for cross-cultural comparison and as a unifying construct to enhance multicultural understanding.
3A study of the historical, philosophical, and social-philosophic foundations of education. Emphasis is placed upon the ideas of the classical, medieval, Enlightenment, and post-Enlightenment periods that have influenced types of American educational systems relative to their mission and purpose. Analysis of how these systems have defined ethics and the characteristics of the virtuous person.
3ED 5030 Research DesignKnowledge and understanding of the commonly accepted research designs. Study of research instruments and statistics used in educational research. Wide reading in various types of research design. Critical analysis of research design.
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Daphnis, legendary hero of the shepherds of Sicily and the reputed inventor of bucolic poetry. According to tradition, Daphnis was the son of Hermes and a Sicilian nymph and was found by shepherds in a grove of laurels (Greek daphnē). He later won the affection of a nymph, who swore him to eternal fidelity, or perhaps chastity. A king's daughter got him drunk and seduced him, so the nymph blinded him. Daphnis tried to console himself by playing the flute and singing shepherds' songs, but he soon died or was taken up to heaven by Hermes. According to Theocritus (Idyll 1), Daphnis offended Eros and Aphrodite and, in return, was smitten with unrequited love; he died, although Aphrodite, moved by compassion, unsuccessfully attempted to save him.
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The bad news: When switching the script source back to https://swww.tokbox.com/v1.1/js/TB.min.js, and reloading the page, no flash is getting injected into the video div element. Browser caches all cleared, server cache was also purged as a sanity check. The code worked fine before switching to WebRTC. NO code changes were made aside from switching the source TB.min scripts back and forth. I'm not even trying to do a browser sniffer yet - just trying out WebRTC by hard coding the script. I would expect this to NOT be a cacheing issue even on opentok's end, since I assume that the flash version is handled by a flash server of some kind and the WebRTC is handled by a separate STUN server. Nevertheless, the flash is not getting injected for some reason, and I'm not seeing any flash objects coming in my network traffic.
Which component is this for (JS API/AS3 API/iOS SDK/Server-side SDK)?
What steps will reproduce this problem?
1. Switch script to web rtc
2. Load a video chat successfully
3. Switch back to flash version of chat (NOT P2P)
What is the expected output?
Switching back should work, since no code changes are made
What do you see instead?
Flash objects are not getting injected into the publisher or subscriber HTML elements.
Checking the net traffic, there is no response body on the following GET (I don't know if this is the root cause tho):
Here are the headers for the above URL:
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Connection keep-alive
Content-Length 691
Content-Type application/xml
Date Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:07:29 GMT
Server nginx
X-TB-HOST fms401-oak.tokbox.com
Request Headersview source
Accept text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Encoding gzip, deflate
Accept-Language en-US,en;q=0.5
Connection keep-alive
Host anvil.opentok.com
User-Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 FirePHP/0.7.1
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MacOS, have not tested on others
Which browser and version are you seeing this problem with?
Chrome and Firefox
What Flash Player version are you seeing this problem with? (http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/ ... layer.html)
What camera and microphone were you using? N/A
What session ID (and archive ID if relevant) did you see this problem on? What token did you use? What date did you encounter this error?
sessionId: '2_MX43MjM0MDMyfjEyNy4wLjAuMX5XZWQgTm92IDE0IDE2OjQ4OjM0IFBTVCAyMDEyfjAuODI4MDM1NX4',
NOTE: WebRTC is working fine, no flash object is getting injected when switching back to https://swww.tokbox.com/v1.1/js/TB.min.js
Does your computer pass the diagnostic tool? (http://www.tokbox.com/user-diagnostic/)
Have you tested this on other computers and browsers? If so, list them:
NO, only as mentioned above
Please give any additional info that can help solve this. It would be helpful if you could provide a session id or do command+shift+click (ctrl+shift+click) the tokbox logo on the top left of the publisher stream and give us a ticket id.
https://anvil.opentok.com/session/2_MX4 ... ended=True
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From https://anvil.opentok.com/token/validate
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I am Chuck and I am most interested in cartography to map out some of the stories i write.
This is such a wonderful font of knowledge that I was in dire need of, so thank you for all the inspiration so far.
a few hours later
This is a very rough start but i definitely am going to be sticking to a 2d style, much inspired by the maps in the Wheel of Time series.
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Although it accounted for just over 1% of U.S. births in 2005, assisted reproduction has fascinated the media and public. It has received less attention from lawmakers. In contrast to virtually every other developed nation, U.S. jurisdictions have enacted only piecemeal legislation to deal with assisted reproduction.
There are two significant respects in which assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) differ from standard medical interventions. First, for the most part, ARTs do not treat the biological problems that give rise to infertility but circumvent them—most ARTs offer ways to create children despite underlying fertility problems. Second, ARTs sometimes require the use of reproductive resources—sperm, eggs, or wombs—from third parties who are not expected to play a role in raising the resulting children. Third party assistance is sometimes required by the infertile heterosexual couples whom ARTs were developed to serve. But they have also enabled same-sex couples and single people to have children to whom they have a biological connection.
The more limited use of ARTs to help infertile couples have children with their own reproductive resources poses ethical issues. These are compounded by the more difficult and complex problems raised by the expansive uses of ARTs: to enable any prospective parents, regardless of age, sexual orientation, or marital status, to have genetically or biologically connected children.
Infertility is commonly defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse. It also refers to an inability to sustain a pregnancy, which is demonstrated by repeat miscarriages. Approximately 7.3 million women and their partners (about 12% of the reproductive-age population) is infertile. Infertility affects men and women in equal numbers.
Both men's and women's fertility is affected by workplace and environmental toxins. Two leading causes of women's infertility are delayed childbearing and blocked fallopian tubes (often due to untreated pelvic inflammatory disease). Delayed childbearing is more prevalent among white women than among Hispanic and African American women, whereas tubal impairment is more prevalent among Hispanic and African American women than white women.
When partners expecting to become parents discover that one or both of them have fertility problems, they confront a variety of options to bring a child into their lives. They may try to adopt, or they may choose from an array of medical technologies. They must decide whether they prefer the uncertainties and complexities of the adoption process or of the medical response to infertility. Medical responses run the gamut from noninvasive to highly invasive. All carry significant risks for both the mother and fetus. They may also be expensive, and many of the more invasive techniques are not covered by insurance policies. The three primary means of assisted reproduction are:
Medication. Drugs such as Clomid, Serophene, and Pergonal can be used to stimulate ovulation and increase a woman's chances of conceiving. These drugs can also increase the likelihood that the woman will have multiple births, which is potentially risky for both the woman and the fetuses.
Although the use of IVF by heterosexual couples has gained wide acceptance, it nonetheless raises vexing questions concerning embryo creation, selection, and disposition; cost, coverage and access; and resource allocation.
Not only do the expense and lack of insurance coverage deter many infertile couples from pursuing treatment, these financial disincentives encourage the practices of implanting multiple embryos at one time and creating more embryos than the couple will ever need. Patients reduce their costs by fertilizing many eggs at once and implanting several embryos in the hopes that at least one will be carried to term. Multiple implantation increases the chance of multiple births; in 2005, 11.2% of ART cycles resulted in multiple-fetus pregnancies. IVF practice raises questions about how many embryos should be created and stored for future use, what to do when couples disagree on the disposition of unused embryos, and when or whether it is appropriate to use preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) as a means of selecting characteristics of the embryos to implant. These concerns are heightened in a country vexed by the moral status of embryos (see box, "Lack of Oversight").
The 422 infertility clinics in the United States operate without any regulation of cost, access, or scope and quality of treatments. The average cost of an IVF cycle in the United States is $12,400. However, it can often take multiple cycles for a couple to achieve pregnancy and birth. The specific laws concerning coverage of infertility treatment vary widely from state to state. Currently, 15 states have laws that require insurers to cover some form of infertility diagnosis and treatment. These cost concerns affect access. Poorer women and those without health insurance are less likely to go to a doctor for fertility assistance. This trend demands that our society confront the question: should we mandate that insurance companies provide coverage for infertility treatment? Mandatory coverage could suggest that conceiving a biologically connected child is preferable to adoption—there is no standard coverage for the expenses incurred in typical adoptions. If coverage is not mandatory, however, the disparity in access to infertility treatments will likely persist. Infertility treatment is seen by many as a luxury, not a medical necessity. Several theorists, however, argue that procreation and parenting are of such central importance to an individual's identity and life goals that medical insurance should pay for infertility treatment.
Because the creation of genetically related children for infertile couples has been viewed as a medical issue, the laws, policies, and practices bearing on ARTs have developed separately from the state and national child welfare systems. In a country concerned about ever-increasing health care costs, unregulated infertility medicine results in expensive treatments for difficult pregnancies with multiple fetuses—treatments that might have been avoided by more conservative implantation practices and by efforts to alleviate the conditions that give rise to infertility in the first place.
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has created guidelines for practitioners about how many embryos to implant in any in vitro fertilization cycle and about treating people whose medical conditions may complicate the typical course of IVF (such as those who are HIV-positive). However, the ASRM lacks the ability to enforce these guidelines. Without governmental oversight, clinicians may practice medicine in accordance with their own beliefs. Variability in the beliefs of different practitioners permits most patients turned down by one clinic to find another where practitioners will feel comfortable treating them.
Nevertheless, the lack of regulation and practitioner variability means that individual decisions about eligibility for ARTs may be arbitrary, biased, and inconsistent, shielding practitioner prejudices, subjecting prospective parents to great uncertainty, and avoiding public discussion of difficult policy issues in reproductive policy.
ARTs are increasingly sought by those who cannot reproduce using only their own genetic and biological capacities. Heterosexual and same-sex couples and single women and men who seek to have biologically connected children frequently turn to clinics and agencies for "donors" who provide sperm, eggs, or gestational services, usually for a fee.
Twelve percent of IVF cycles in 2005 used "donor" eggs, most often for women in their forties who discovered that they could not achieve pregnancy using their own eggs. Although the development of ICSI has reduced the number of heterosexual couples requesting sperm donation, IVF is still sought by those who cannot produce sperm at all, as well as by lesbian couples and single women seeking a child genetically connected to at least one rearing parent. If about 52,000 infants were born through IVF cycles in 2005, it is possible that some 6,200 children were born through "donor" eggs; numbers of births through donor insemination are not reported in data on ARTs, but it, too, is probably responsible for several thousands of children annually.
The last, least used, but perhaps most controversial form of third-party reproduction is known as surrogate, or contract, motherhood. It is typically employed by heterosexual couples in which the woman can produce her own eggs but cannot carry a pregnancy to term. The partners contract with a woman to carry the fetus formed from their gametes. Some heterosexual couples, single men, or gay male couples achieve parenthood using the services of a woman who provides both genes and gestation and then surrenders the baby upon birth to those who intend to raise the child. Only 571 surrogacy contracts were reported in 2001, accounting at that time for less than 1% of known ARTs. But the recruiting and hiring of women who will gestate children for pay and then turn them over to others has occasioned intense legal and ethical controversy. Few states now accept surrogate motherhood or gestational carrier arrangements. Many states ban them outright; others refuse to enforce contracts if disputes arise among the parties. In contrast, for several decades all 50 states have had laws ensuring that sperm donors who follow prescribed procedures remain anonymous and free of parental rights and duties. Those laws have been readily adapted to cover egg donation.
In an effort to avoid confusing state regulations in the United States and the high cost of surrogacy, couples are seeking aid overseas; the president of PlanetHospital, a "medical tourism" agency in California, expects to send at least 100 couples to India this year for surrogacy, up from 25 in 2007. In contrast to the estimated $50,000 spent in the United States, surrogacy in India can typically be done for $10,000–$12,000.
Selection and sale of gamete
Rights and duties of collaborators
The variety of options available to prospective parents now enables as many as five people to play some sort of role in the conception, birth, and raising of a child. A sperm and egg donor can each supply gamete that can be fused and then implanted in a surrogate, who will carry the fetus. Upon birth, one or two more individuals can take custody of the baby and raise her. Law and policy have still not grappled adequately with the relationships, roles, and responsibilities in these collaborative arrangements that create children with several people who could claim some parental involvement in their births. The number of people that can now be involved biologically and socially in the creation of a child raises difficult issues about which sorts of reproductive collaboration will be permitted, who can participate in third-party reproduction as a provider or recipient, how the market in reproductive services should be regulated, and what rights and duties should be recognized for collaborators with respect to the children that result.
For example, a number of difficult questions are raised by the marketing of reproductive material and services and the selectivity it permits. Although the United States prohibits sale of kidneys or bone marrow, it has taken no position on markets in sperm, eggs, or wombs, thus tolerating a flourishing market in genetic material and reproductive services. Sperm, eggs, and gestational services command different prices from one another; their cost also varies based on the traits of the individuals who offer them. For example, an egg from a Harvard-educated, five-foot-nine pianist might very well cost more than an egg from someone without a college education or without musical or athletic ability.
Legislators and policymakers confront a plethora of difficult questions about the creation of children and families through ARTs (see box, "Questions Raised by Third-Party Assisted Reproduction"). Perhaps the use of reproductive technologies is best left to the choice of individuals and the vagaries of the market. But if so, that is a decision that should be arrived at by vigorous public debate, not by thoughtless default.
The authors would like to thank David Wasserman for discussion and editing of this essay
Adrienne Asch, PhD, a Hastings Center Fellow, is director of the Center for Ethics and the Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics at Yeshiva University, and Rebecca Marmor, formerly a research and program assistant at the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva, is a medical student who is also pursuing an MA in bioethics at Case Western Reserve University.
Adrienne Asch and Rebecca Marmor, "Assisted Reproduction," in From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns, ed. Mary Crowley (Garrison, NY: The Hastings Center, 2008), 5-10.
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Adrienne Asch, PhD, Director, Center for Ethics, and Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics, Yeshiva University
Rebecca Marmor, Student of Medicine and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University315-427-1859Contact
Josephine Johnston, LLB, MBHL, Research Scholar and Director of Research Operations, The Hastings Center
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CBS sent "Joan of Arc," Michael Landon, "Dr. Quinn" and the Daytime Emmys to do battle with NBC last week, but it wasn't enough to win the monthlong May sweeps war.CBS topped the Peacock in May 17-23 primetime Nielsen household results, but is coming up short in its attempt to steal the month's sweeps households crown from NBC. The Peacock has dominated both last week and the sweeps in the key adults 18-49 demographic, and is off to a hot start for the current week with the series finale of "Mad About You." The farewell episode streaked to a 13.6 rating, 20 share in homes; it nailed a 9.4/22 in adults 18-49 for NBC's best regular-sked household results in that Monday 9-10 p.m. hour since "The Odyssey" last May. Last week's adults 18-49 averages were: NBC, a 5.9 rating, 17 share (up in rating by 18% vs. results for the same week last year); Fox, 4.9/14 (up 23%); ABC, 4.3/12 (up 10%); CBS, 3.7/11 (up 9%); WB, 1.8/5 (up 20%); UPN, 0.9/3 (down 36%); Pax TV, a 0.3 rating.
MondayNBC's "Mad About You" finale upstaged the season finale of "Ally McBeal" (10.0 rating, 15 share in homes, 8.2/19 in adults 18-49) and kept the second part of "Cleopatra" (10.0/15 in homes, 5.6/14 in adults 18-49) third for that hour. Fox's farewell "Melrose Place" (7.3/12 in homes, 5.9/16 in adults 18-49) surged to that series' best numbers since its year-ago season finale. The second part of "Cleopatra" tumbled 26% below its Sunday 18-49 result, ending its two-night run with an average 6.6/16 in adults 18-49. The Nielsen congress impeached CBS' cable-worn "The American President" (8.3/13 in homes, 3.6/9 in adults 18-49), probably ending any realistic hope CBS had of winning the sweeps in households.
SundayFox conquered the night in adults 18-49 with "Independence Day," though the film started slowly. Discounting the 4.1/14 from 7-8 p.m. in the 18-49 demo, "Independence" averaged a high-flying 8.2/21, 8 shares better than any 8-10 p.m. rival programming. ABC's first part of "Cleopatra" failed to conquer "Independence" head-to-head in adults 18-49 or the Michael Landon biopic in homes, but managed the week's top movie rating in adults 18-49 and ABC's best score in that slot since February's "Storm of the Century." NBC's "Jesse Ventura Story" and ABC's "Hercules" both proved to be Nielsen weaklings, settling for the two lowest ratings among all the nets' Sunday films during the sweeps. The WB's "Sister, Sister" finale and a subsequent rerun earned that series two highest homes ratings in three months. "Unhappily Ever After" exited with its highest rating in just six weeks.
SaturdayNBC's combined three hours of "The Pretender" with a National Basketball Assn. overrun to take Saturday in adults 18-49. The 9:18-11:18 "Pretender" season finale nabbed that series' best 18-49 results since November. CBS won in homes with its "Dr. Quinn" vidpic, which stitched up CBS' best nonsports homes rating in that slot since November. But "Quinn" proved incompatible with "Walker, Texas Ranger," which slipped to its lowest firstrun regular-slot rating since Oct. 17.
FridayNBC held on to the night in adults 18-49, but CBS walked off with household honors thanks to the Daytime Emmys (Daily Variety, May 24). CBS improved by 2% on NBC's year-ago homes rating for the kudocast, but declined by 10% in adults 18-49. ABC dipped to its lowest Friday 18-49 average since Christmas week, as a "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" spec commanded a 33 share among teens, but just a 10 among adults 18-49. NBC's farewell "Homicide" locked up that series' top homes rating since Feb. 19.
NBC's Thursday schedule wrapped up its season with that lineup's highest 18-49 share of the campaign, a 40. That was good enough to triple the 13 of second-place Fox (Daily Variety, May 24).All four WB sitcoms stumbled to their lowest firstrun ratings since last Sept. 24.


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(July 12, 2014) - Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer scored his 14th goal of the season, and sixth of the year against Montreal, in the 89th minute as the reigning MLS Cup champions earned their third straight road win with a 2-1 result over the Montreal Impact on Saturday at Stade Saputo. With the victory, Sporting Kansas City sweeps the season series with a perfect 3-0-0 record against the Canadian club and remains in second place in the Eastern Conference.
The visitors took the lead less than four minutes into the match when Dwyer beat Troy Perkins to a long throw-in from Matt Besler for the earliest goal scored in a Sporting KC game this season. Now 8-0-4 when scoring first in 2014, Sporting Kansas City's unbeaten streak was put in danger when Montreal pulled level in the 28th minute.
The equalizer came on Montreal's first shot of the match and one of only two attempts by the Impact in the first half. Marco Di Vaio directed a perfectly placed header inside the far post after Justin Mapp did well to pick out the 37-year-old Italian with a header of his own. Di Vaio -- a 20-goal scorer in 2013 -- is the Impact's all-time leading scorer with 28 goals, while Mapp recorded his 63rd career assist (fourth most among active players) and 10th against Sporting KC.
Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made his first MLS start for Sporting KC on Saturday, replacing the injured Eric Kronberg in net, and improved to 4-1-1 all-time against Montreal with the win in his debut. The Overland Park, Kansas native denied Andres Romero in the 33rd minute for his lone save of the match and made an important intervention to thwart Jack McInerney minutes later.
Sporting Kansas City started the second half as the more dangerous of the two sides but it would take nearly the full length of regulation to capitalize with the match-winner. Aurelien Collin's header carried narrowly over the crossbar off a free kick from Graham Zusi and Perkins did well to make a one-handed stop on Antonio Dovale's effort at the 60-minute mark.
Besler, making his first appearance since returning from the 2014 FIFA World Cup, again proved to be dangerous on the attacking end with a trademark long throw in the 63rd minute. His delivery struck the arm of Krzysztof Krol, making his Montreal debut, but the infraction went unpunished by referee Hilario Grajeda.
Montreal's attack awoke with their first shot of the second half in the 67th minute from the foot of Felipe Martins. The attempt rolled wide, as did an attempt from McInerney shortly thereafter. The 21-year-old threatened again in the 78th minute and earned a corner when his shot deflected wide of its target before Hassoun Camara curled his shot just beyond the far post in the 86th.
Sporting Kansas City punished the last-place Impact for the missed opportunities by capitalizing on a moment of indecision between Perkins and veteran defender Heath Pearce in the 89th minute. Pressure from second-half substitute C.J. Sapong produced the decisive goal as the ball fell to Dwyer with Perkins caught out of position.
The Englishman took one touch to settle and sent his shot into the empty net for his fourth game-winning goal and fourth multi-goal game of the season (both MLS highs), including braces in each of the team's three meetings with Montreal. His 14 goals are one shy of Bradley Wright-Phillips for the MLS lead and rank third on the club's all-time single season goal scoring chart, trailing only Eddie Johnson (15 in 2007) and Preki (18 in 1996). Dwyer leads all MLS players with four game-winning goals.
As a result of the second half away goal on Saturday, all fans can text BWWSKC to 72727 to receive a buy one, get one free snack size wing order at all Kansas City area Buffalo Wild Wings locations.
Sporting Kansas City remains on the road, where they have won five times in 2014, for their next MLS match at the Columbus Crew on Wednesday, live locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV. The team's official watch party will be held at Turn 2 inside Hollywood Casino (777 Hollywood Casino Blvd.) in Kansas City, Kansas with doors opening at 4 p.m. CT. All in attendance can take advantage of $3 Boulevard Pale Ale and Boulevard Wheat drafts, as well as $6 wings, and will be entered to win an autographed soccer ball and Sporting KC jersey.
Sporting Kansas City earned a 2-1 victory at Stade Saputo on Saturday.
With the win, Sporting KC is in second place of the Eastern Conference with 29 points and trails only D.C. United (31).
Dom Dwyer opened the scoring for Sporting KC in the fourth minute of play before tallying the game-winner in the 89th minute.
With two goals on Saturday, Dwyer moves into sole possession of second place for the most goals scored in the League with 14. He trails only Bradley Wright-Phillips (15).
Dwyer has now scored six goals in three meetings against Montreal this season, with two goals scored in each of the three matches.
Dwyer's 14 goals rank third most on the team's single-season goal scoring chart all-time, behind Eddie Johnson (15 in 2007) and Preki (18 in 1996).
Matt Besler earned the assist on Sporting Kansas City's first goal from his long throw-in. The assist was his first of the season and seventh of his career.
Montreal Impact striker Marco Di Vaio put Montreal on the board in the 28th minute.
Di Vaio's first half goal was assisted by Justin Mapp and Patrice Bernier.
The goal was Di Vaio's 28th career goal, most by any Montreal player, but first career goal against Sporting KC.
Justin Mapp recorded his 63rd career assist, fourth most among active players. Ten of his 63 career assists have come against Sporting KC.
Saturday's meeting was the third between Sporting KC and Montreal this season. Sporting KC swept the season series by a combined scoreline of 9-1.
Sporting KC is 8-5-5 in 2014 and 5-4-0 on the road. The team has won three straight road MLS matches.
Sporting KC is 237-221-121 all-time and 84-140-66 all-time on the road.
Sporting KC is undefeated (8-0-4) when scoring first in 2014 and 3-3-4 when tied at the half.
Sporting KC is 5-3-1 against Montreal all-time and 3-1-1 at Montreal.
Sporting KC is one of two teams with multiple victories at Stade Saputo since the Impact entered MLS in 2012. Montreal holds a 23-12-8 regular season record at home over the last three years.
Since MLS expanded north of the border in 2007, Sporting KC has a 7-4-5 road record versus Canadian clubs (Toronto: 3-3-3, Montreal 3-1-1, Vancouver 1-0-1).
Sporting KC's seven regular season victories all-time on Canadian soil are second most from an American MLS club.
Sporting KC was without goalkeeper Eric Kronberg for the first time this season on Saturday. Kronberg fractured the fourth metacarpal bone on his left hand during training on Wednesday.
Midfielder Toni Dovale returned from his two-game suspension.
Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum started on Saturday, marking his first appearance for Sporting KC in the MLS regular season. He becomes the 13th goalkeeper to start an MLS match for the club in team history.
Gruenebaum made 54 starts the previous two seasons with Columbus and led MLS with 124 saves in 2012.
Igor Juliao led all players on Saturday with 13 duels won.
Montreal defender Krzysztof Krol made his Montreal debut on Saturday after being added to the roster yesterday.
Juliao and Krol led all players with four tackles won on Saturday.
Aurelien Collin led all players with five interceptions on Saturday.
Lawrence Olum led all players with 76 passes (86.84% passing accuracy) on Saturday.
Graham Zusi led all players with three chances created on Saturday.
Sporting KC leads all teams with 42 chances created from set plays.
Sporting KC is tied with Seattle for the most away wins this season (5).
Sporting KC leads MLS teams in possession (57.73%).


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Abby Cadabby is Sesame Street's newest beloved Muppet. As a fairy-in-training, she's always practicing the magical spells she learns at Mrs. Sparkle's Flying Fairy School. But more often than not, her spells go a little bit awry. Sometimes Abby is frustrated by her mixed-up spells, but Elmo and all of her other Sesame Street friends are always delighted by what results instead. This sweet story about perseverence, self-confidence, and friendship taps into the fairy craze and will appeal to any toddler who loves Sesame Street, fairies, and make-believe, and who believes in the power of magical spells.
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Greenville, SC (Sports Network) - Clide Geffrard, Jr. led all scorers with 19
points as the Samford Bulldogs defeated the Furman Paladins, 64-53, in a
Southern Conference tilt at Timmons Arena.
For the Bulldogs (10-17, 8-6 SoCon), Raijon Kelly added 17 points and Tim
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held scoreless but handed out six assists for Samford, which has won back-to-
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Colin Reddick led the Paladins (6-19, 3-11) with 14 points, Bryant Irwin
finished with 13 points and Kendrec Ferrara chipped in with 10 points.
Samford took a 31-26 lead at the break. It shot 46.4 percent from the field in
the first half, including 4-of-9 from beyond the 3-point arc. Furman was close
behind, shooting 43.5 percent from the field and 5-of-12 from 3-point range.
After intermission, the Paladins went ice-cold, making only 31.8 percent of
their field goal tries. The Bulldogs were consistent from the field,
connecting on 47.8 percent of their shots in the second half. After the teams
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Teen Mom 3's Mackenzie Douthit and Josh McKee are gearing up for their big white (by which we mean red, white and blue) wedding this year, and it looks like the happy couple are ready to settle into domesticity! Mackenzie and Josh don't currently live together (because their homeboy Jesus doesn't want them to, natch), but they'll be moving into their very first house as soon as they tie the knot. In fact, it looks like they're already decorating!
Mackenzie and her man recently purchased their first home accessory, and it's obviously a giant horn centerpiece. As if anything else was even an option.
"Me an josh just bought our very first house decoration for when we move in together :)" Mackenzie posted to Instagram along with a picture a terrifying bull horn. "Its for the center of a table, I love it."
These two are proud country folk through and through (we fully expect Mackenzie's guests to sit on hay bales during her wedding), and this fabulous decoration is clearly a shout out to Josh's career as a bull rider. Sure, Mackenzie might not like the fact that her hubby-to-be risks his life while riding around on a giant cow, but at least she's being supportive!
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Rugby League has today set a new standard in Australian sporting rights, guaranteeing the game?s financial future for the next seven years.
Contracts have this afternoon been renewed with both the Nine Network and FOX SPORTS until the end of 2012 in a rights negotiation that will see more matches on free to air television, more live games on subscription television and more investment in every level of the game.
The early renewal is a clear sign of the confidence in Rugby League?s growing attendances and its ratings dominance among more than half Australia?s population in NSW and Queensland.
NRL Chief Executive, Mr David Gallop, said the decision by both Nine and FOX SPORTS to renew their Rugby League rights as a number one priority was especially significant.
?Rugby League is a way of life for more than half the people in Australia and these contracts recognise that fact.
?We have growing crowds and an expanding competition ensuring that the game?s popularity will continue to rise.
?Our existing agreements expire at the end of 2006 and 2007 but in negotiating an early renewal we have ensured financial growth both in the short and long term.
?We will see some revenue increase in 2007 with the major growth from 2008.
?Changes to the competition format and scheduling will begin from the 2007 season.
?But the security of these contracts between now and 2012 ensures that we can divert much needed funding to clubs immediately raising the grant by $250,000 in 2006 and $500,000 in 2007.
?While that will ensure better security and services for players, we will also be in a position to discuss direct Salary Cap increases during next year?s Collective Bargaining Agreement talks.
?Importantly the game?s national development plan and five year strategic plan will also enjoy greater certainty and resourcing.?
Key components of the deal include:
- A 50% increase in free to air matches with the introduction of a Friday night double header on the Nine Network. - At least one live Friday night broadcast each week. - Live Monday Night Football nationally on subscription television. - Commitment to maintain FOX SPORTS ?Super Saturday? format. - Advance scheduling of matches for up to 11 weeks during the year with 17 rounds scheduled at 6 weeks or more. - A 25 Round Telstra Premiership with each club receiving one ?bye?. - A 65% increase in the game?s direct television income - Revenue to begin increasing from 2007 (before the termination of existing contracts). - An increased commitment to the promotion of Test Football. - A guarantee of live Grand Final coverage in Melbourne with a commitment to work with the NRL to improve scheduling of major events in Victoria and other states. Executive Director of PBL Television, Sam Chisholm, said that the contract renewal continued arguably one of the most outstanding partnerships between the Nine Network and a sporting body.
"The contract will see Nine complete 21 consecutive seasons of broadcasting the premiership and continues a State of Origin tradition that dates back to 1983.
?Nine and Rugby League have together set new standards for sporting broadcasts and we will continue to do so in the years ahead.
?An extra free to air game each week from 2007 and the addition of the Gold Coast should significantly increase network exposure for Queensland teams and indeed the opportunities for Melbourne.?
The Chief Executive of FOX SPORTS, Mr David Malone, said today that the renewal of its contract was confirmation of the astounding popularity of Rugby League on subscription television.
The NRL attracts over 1.1million viewers a week on FOX SPORTS with audiences increasing at the rate of 19% year on year.
?Monday night football will be an extremely exciting opportunity for the code and a great opportunity to further expose the code on a national basis,? Mr Malone said.
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?In securing the rights until 2012 we are convinced we can generate the same enthusiasm around Monday night from 2007.
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The US administration has come up with a list of possible changes for Iraq's political transition, with several American and British officials acknowledging for the first time that the original plan could even be scrapped altogether if Washington is to "preempt the growing clamor for elections", according to the Washington Post.
In its Sunday edition, the newspaper, citing UN and US officials, said that in the course of two rounds of talks recently at the UN and Washington, the United States told UN representatives that everything is on the table except the June 30 deadline for handing over power to a new Iraqi government.
"The United States told us that as long as the timetable is respected, they are ready to listen to any suggestion," the paper cited a top UN official as saying.
Washington, according to the report, is publicly "talking tough" about clinging to a "refined" variation of the November 15 accord signed with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) that outlines the terms of a hand-over.
Iraq's top Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani has rejected a US plan for transferring power through a provisional legislature selected by 18 regional caucuses, insisting on direct elections instead. Sistani's demand for direct elections has rapidly gained wide momentum this month in cities from Baghdad to Najaf and Nasiriyah.
The changes could include expanding participation in 18 streamlined caucuses that would select representatives for a national assembly, which would then pick a cabinet and head of state, US officials said.
However, in private conversations with the United Nations and its coalition partners, the Bush administration has started to review the viability of abandoning the complex caucuses outlined in the agreement and even holding partial elections or simply handing over power to an expanded Iraqi Governing Council, an old proposal currently back on the table, the Post cited US and UN officials as saying. (Albawaba.com)
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SMS Supercars pulls the wraps off White, Yellow and Black Label Mustangs
Last week SMS Supercars announced that they would soon be unveiling their new line of performance Mustangs, and we got our first look at the cars at the Fabulous Fords car show in Southern California this past weekend. While the new cars look nearly identical to the SMS 302 Mustang that debuted last year, they now come in three flavors or "Labels" – White, Yellow and Black.
The White Label is the base Mustang and includes only the bare essentials – a reprogrammed PCM good for 440 horsepower, sport suspension, exhaust system and interior and exterior styling enhancements. Priced at $35,540 (plus transportation, tax, title, registration), the White Label represents the most affordable aftermarket Mustang available.
The Yellow Label takes things a step further, adding an SMS supercharger system good for 545 horsepower as well as 19-inch wheels and tires. Pricing for the Yellow Label is set at $45,540.
Finally, the Black Label Mustang is the flagship model of the SMS lineup. The car adds features like the SMS S4 suspension system, full leather interior upgrade, the full SMS body kit and more. The optional supercharger system paired with the 5.0L V8 is good for 575 horsepower. The Black Label is priced at just over $48,000 for the naturally aspirated model and around $58,000 for the supercharged version.
SMS had four different cars at the show including two Black Label Mustangs and a pair of White Label Mustangs. You can see each of the cars in detail in the gallery below.
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