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2012 UC San Diego Triton Invitational
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UC San Diego Triton Invitational
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28, 2012
DEADLINE: Entries will close at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 24
All Entries must be done online at: www.directathletics.com
- $10 per entry or $400 per gender – whichever is less. This pertains only to athletes competing for their college.
- Collegiate teams will pay fees the day of the meet, including fees for redshirts.
- Redshirt athletes can now be entered through the team accounts, but teams will be responsible for paying entry fees on day of meet.
- TFFRS Alert: Please be sure to enter your athletes accurately on Directathletics. We will not manually enter TFRRS numbers.
- $20.00 per individual entry, including relays, must be paid at time of registration through www.directathletics.com.
- There will be NO day of meet registrations. NO refunds for scratches after entries close.
- All non-collegiate athletes are required to sign a waiver form before being allowed to compete.
- Those who are not 18 years of age are required to have a parent or guardian sign a waiver form before being cleared to compete.
Top 10 ranked U.S. and Top 50 World-ranked athletes may have entry fees waived upon request. This is based on 2010 or 2011 Track and Field News rankings. Email firstname.lastname@example.com to enter as an elite athlete.
No Entries will be accepted after the 5:00 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, April 24.
No late or day-of-meet entries will be accepted. No refunds for scratches after entries close.
Fully automatic FINISH LYNX timing system for all track races.
NCAA Rules. No false start rule. All Field events will be measured in metric.
T-Shirt Awards will be given to the winner of each event. In relay events, all team members on the winning team will receive awards.
All entries are subject to verification by meet management. All sections are considered Invitational unless indicated otherwise. Competitors will receive three attempts each in prelims, with the top eight advancing to finals for three additional attempts. The Open Sections of the Shot and Discus for both men and women will follow the Invitational. Open sections competitors will receive four attempts with no finals. If necessary, later flights of the discus for both men and women will be moved to the infield. Field event athletes must report to their event 30 minutes prior to event start time.
Will be done for all throwing events in the South Hallway of the track and field building. Implements will be certified at the hammer faciltiy on Friday.
We will run the number of races needed to accommodate all entries. Races will be run slowest to fastest with the fastest heat last. Athletes in track events must report to the clerk located at the tunnel at least 30 minutes prior to their event or they will be scratched. Athletes will be escorted to the starting line.
Please report any pre-meet scratches to the clerk's table in the tunnel. If scratches are necessary during the meet, please report them to the clerk.
Start lists will be posted on our website at www.ucsdtritons.com by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday April 25. Please enter legitimate marks from the 2012 season for your athletes. With proper planning and the submission of legitimate marks, we will be able to provide full, competitive fields for everybody. Any suspicious or unverifiable entry marks will be seeded at the discretion of meet management without notice. NCAA coaches are reminded that new rules require correct verifiable entry marks.
Coaches: due to the new TFRRS system, please be sure to enter your athletes accurately. We will not manually enter TFRRS numbers.
Results will be posted at the end of each day at the links below:
Thursday Results
Friday Results
Complete Results
Results are also available at DirectAthletics here
There will be no warm up in the stadium. The field on the south side of the tunnel will be used for warm-up though space may be limited.
Athletics Trainers will be available near the clerk's tent in front of the tunnel. Please contact Head Athletics Trainer Kevin Messey at firstname.lastname@example.com for any athletic training needs you may have. Team athletics trainers may set up in this area also.
10 lanes on the straightaway -- nine lanes on the curve track with fully synthetic javelin and high jump approach areas. Pyramid spikes only -- 1/4 inch maximum for both field and track events. 3/8 inch spikes are permitted for the high jump and javelin. Spikes will be checked by field event judges and at the clerk's table for track events. Shower facilities are available at the stadium. Hammer/Discus facility is on the West side of the track building.
All coaches and athletes should remain on the perimeter of the track with the exception athletes who are competing at that time. Team camps may be set-up in the stands or along the fence on east side of the stadium. Please do not set up team camps on the terraces next to the pole vault area.
Triton Stadium is located at the corner of Genesee and North Torrey Pines Drive. To reach the stadium, exit I-5 at Genesee Ave. and go West. At the top of the hill, turn left on North Torrey Pines Road and then left again at the first light (UCSD Northpoint Drive). Due to recent construction, the nearest parking is now in the Hopkins Parking structure about 500 meters from the track. There is no charge for parking on Saturday. Parking restrictions are enforced on Friday and permits are available for purchase.
Parking will be free on Saturday, April 28 in "A", "B" and "S" spaces. Parking restrictions will be enforced on Friday, April 27. Check at the information booth upon entering campus for parking restrictions on Friday. State vehicles displaying E plates are exempt from parking fees. Park in the Hopkins Parking Structure south of RIMAC Arena. Parking spaces on the east side of lot #359 next to the track building will be reserved for officials displaying an issued permit. Click here for parking directions.
Athletes in uniform and coaches will be allowed access to the stadium. Spectators will be charged $5.00 for adults, visiting students, senior citizens and children over the age of 7. The entry fee for students with a valid ID is $3.
Contact Tony Salerno by email at: email@example.com
We look forward to having you here for another great UC San Diego Triton Invitational!


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Early this year, saxophonist and composer Salim Washington (SW) granted Gwen Ansell (GA) an interview prior to his gigs at the Orbit in Johannesburg and the conversation went like this……. GA: Tell us a little about how you got started in jazz? SW: I decided to be a dedicated musician after a friend shared a John Coltrane LP. I was ... Read More »
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For over 30 years, Museum naturalist and diorama master Stephen Quinn has shown students the art of drawing animals—from their skeletal composition, to their musculature, to the nuanced patterns of their coats and gaits. The course always draws students with a range of backgrounds, including expert medical illustrators and comic book artists as well as enthusiastic beginners. And every year, Quinn sees a few familiar faces.
One belongs to George Corbin, who has taken the course five times and has already signed up for Animal Drawing's spring session, which will run for eight weeks beginning on Thursday, March 15. An art history professor and research associate in the Museum's Department of Ornithology, Corbin began taking the course while pursuing a certificate in natural science illustration from the New York Botanical Garden. Working full-time, he was unable to attend many daytime courses at the garden, and the Museum's nighttime option allowed him to hone his drawing skills.
"I can't easily get to Asia, Africa, or other exotic places," says Corbin. "But sketching the dioramas allows me to work with real specimens, with accurate fauna as well as flora. Steve is a master craftsman, and he's great at reinforcement and offering positive suggestions to students."
Taking the course repeatedly allows Corbin to draw many of the same animals in different media. He began with graphite and charcoal, moved to colored pencils, and now hopes to try watercolor in the next session. "I can get a good sketch in the two-hour class now," he says. "When I started, it took me two sessions."
For the final project to obtain his certificate, Corbin will be sketching a Tlingit shaman's oystercatcher rattle from the Museum's collections. The artifact depicts a variety of animals, including an oystercatcher, owl, bear, and mountain goats' horns. Fortunately for Corbin, the Museum's habitat dioramas are allowing him to fit in a little extra practice.
To sign up for this spring's Animal Drawing course, click here.
All drawings courtesy of George Corbin.


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I am a stay at home mom. While in school I took many photography classes and loved it. I haven't picked up a camera for anything other than snapshots in a long time. I started participating in photo challenges in order to give me an excuse to start taking pictures again. I don't travel at all(small children, low bank account:) so am trying to find interesting ideas and angles from everyday objects. I would appreciate any feedback that can help me improve my techniques. CRITICISM WELCOME!!


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Cracking the USMLE Step 1, 2nd Edition is an updated and thorough course review of all of the material on the Step 1 exam. Instead of the difficult to navigate continuous text typical of medical school review books, TPR's Cracking the USMLE is organized more like an outline, with bolded terms for easy reference, as well as hundreds of illustrations, charts, and diagrams.
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When I think about the Grand Canyon, many iconic images come to mind: red rocks, dry desert heat and the Colorado River snaking along the canyon floor. However, on my recent trip to the area not only did I find red rocks and dry desert heat but I was lucky enough to experience a little pocket of Eden in Havasu Canyon just off the main Grand Canyon. It was incredible! Teal blue waters, lush foliage, squash and wild grape vines growing like weeds, pomegranate and apricot trees lining the dusty path and waterfalls all around. So unexpected and so beautiful!
Havasu Canyon is carved by the sparkling, crystalline Havasu Creek which springs out of the canyon floor and makes its way all the way to the Colorado River. This creek has a unique mineral content giving it an extraordinary color and these minerals also form the striking travertine formations that adorn this canyon. It is an ever changing landscape sculpted by ebb and flow of Havasu Creek and the incredible travertine deposits. When I returned home from this beautiful area I was excited to share my photos with friends and family. The handful of friends who had been to the area several years ago hardly recognized the waterfalls in my photos. Major flooding in the area in 2008 completely changed the landscape of the canyon. One of the major waterfalls, Navajo Falls, disappeared after the river re-routed. What seemed devastating to the area just a few short years ago has proven to be just resurgence in the canyon. New falls have developed where Navajo used to thunder and they are quite stunning! This constant change is just one more reason to visit time and again.
Getting to this lush, gorgeous area is a bit of the challenge. It is an 8 mile hike to the village of Supai and another 2 miles to Havasu Falls and the Campground. You can horseback into the canyon or even hire a helicopter but I think the hike truly makes you appreciate the stunning beauty of the canyon.
If you go, be prepared for intense sun and heat. Daily temperatures can be quite warm, which makes playing in the water a necessity to stay cool. Make sure to pack plenty of sunscreen and other sun protection so you can continue to enjoy your time in the water without dealing with sunburn. Beginning your hike to the area early in the morning will help you beat the intense heat of the day. After walking 6.5 miles you will first encounter Havasu Creek. It is the perfect time to stop for lunch or a snack and cool off in the crystal clear water. This short break will leave you refreshed and rejuvenated for the rest of your hike to the falls. The rest of the hike goes quickly as you will be captivated by all the gorgeous sights of the area.
Preserving this area is extremely important. Visitors to the area are guests of the Havasupai people and should view their visit as a privilege. Remember, everything you carry in you must carry out. There is no garbage truck or waste removal in this remote region so each visitor must do their part to keep Havasupai clean so it is just as beautiful for generations to come!
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A. Yes! Think of ways favorite games can be adapted to a family-history theme. For example, gather fun facts about ancestors and hold a Trivial Pursuit- or spelling bee-style quiz. To turn the game into an icebreaker, give each person a list of questions they have to answer (in 10 minutes) by asking other relatives.
Also try games that bring back the good old days, such as marbles, Bingo, checkers, hopscotch, horseshoes and sack races. In our hometown, Cincinnati, the big family-gathering activity is cornhole—you toss bean bags at a slanted board with a hole in it. If your clan's Italian, try bocce ball.
Decks of cards are inexpensive and let people of different ages play a variety of games in groups. You could make it fun by staging tournaments with family history-themed prizes.
You also could keep people busy with arts and crafts. Kids will color with sidewalk chalk for hours (make sure you have paper towels for cleaning little hands). You could have everyone bring scrapbooking supplies and a few photos, and let each family create an album page. Later, scan or color-copy the pages to make a souvenir and mail everyone copies.
These resources will give you more game ideas:
• A Family Affair by Sandra MacLean Clunies (Rutledge Hill Press)
• Family Reunion by Jennifer Crichton (Workman Publishing)
• The Family Reunion Planner by Donna Beasley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Family and Party Games by Trevor Bounford (HarperTorch)


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Rebecca Gamboa, a fifth-grade teacher with 22 years of experience from Illinois, discusses the best practices for connecting with disadvantaged students and how to get those students involved in the classroom along with their families.
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How to store an old photograph printed on cloth.
A. The best way to store a photograph on silk, which is an animal fiber, is flat in a folder made from an unbuffered neutral pH or acid-free paper.
As with all photographs, your treasure should be kept in the dark, and not be exposed to heat and sunlight. Boxes and folders for storing textiles are available through archival products suppliers such as those listed here.
If the piece of fabric is larger than you can comfortably store flat, then consider placing it on a piece of unbleached muslin and rolling it for storage in an acid-free tube. Proper instructions appear in Caring for Your Family Treasures by Jane S. and Richard W. Long (Abrams).
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As the teacher strike in Chicago carried on for a third day Wednesday, suburban school officials, teachers and parents are keeping an eye on developments. Policy decisions that arise from an eventual contract could have an influence on future negotiations in the suburbs.
And as teachers across the state face smaller raises and changing job requirements, the potential for strikes could grow in the coming years.
Here is a breakdown of the issues on the table:
Salary and benefits:
Across the state, teachers have been dealing with smaller raises over the years. In the 2004-2005 school year, a base-level teacher got a median raise of 3.4 percent, a number that dropped to 1.4 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.
In Chicago, the school district has offered a 16 percent raise over four years -- double an 8 percent offer made earlier -- as well as "modified step increases" that it says reward experience and provide "better incentives for mid-career teachers" to keep them from leaving. The district also wants to do away with the ability of teachers to bank sick days but is offering short-term disability, including paid maternity leave.
With an average salary of $76,000, Chicago teachers are among the highest-paid in the nation, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality. To compare, the median maximum salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree in Chicago was $85,065 in 2011-12. Among schools in the Northwest and West suburbs, the similar median salary is $57,229.
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The Chicago Teachers Union is particularly concerned about a new teacher evaluation system, arguing it relies too heavily on students' standardized test scores and does not take into account external factors that affect performance, including poverty, violence and homelessness. They argue it could result in 6,000 teachers losing their jobs within two years. The district says the union already agreed to the new evaluation system, but it has offered to make adjustments.
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Worried about dozens of schools that could be closed in the next few years, the union has pushed for a policy to recall laid-off teachers when jobs open up anywhere in the district. The district says that could force principals to hire teachers they don't believe are qualified. Instead, it has said that if a school closes, teachers would have the first right to jobs that match their qualifications at the schools that absorb the children from the closed school. It also offered to put them in a reassigned teacher pool for five months or give them a three-month severance package.
Longer school day:
This central issue appeared to be solved after the two sides agreed weeks ago to a plan allowing the hiring of nearly 500 teachers to cover a longer school day without forcing teachers to work longer. But union officials remain angry about how Emanuel tried to go around them to get the longer day in place early, including offering incentives to individual schools. Union President Karen Lewis has complained about how the longer day is being implemented.
• Daily Herald State Government Writer Mike Riopell contributed to this story.


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Click here to hear Jane Lindholm interviewing Henry about Wobar on Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition on December 27, 2012.
Wobar is a fantasy-adventure about a boy, a cougar and a quest. Wobar was found on a doorstep shortly after his birth with a full head of hair – and a mustache. A big mustache. It never fell out, causing him endless trouble at school with other kids. He also has the magical ability to communicate with animals. He gets in trouble at his new school for biting his teacher when she tried to yank off his mustache (thinking he pasted one on to be funny). So he runs away from home.
In the woods Wobar meets a cougar named Roxie, and they end up going on a big adventure trying to find a magic calumet (an Indian peace pipe) after meeting the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier. The soldier was given the peace pipe and was to have delivered it to General George Washington, but it was stolen from him, and he was killed soon afterwards. Simon, the ghost, must remain in limbo until the pipe is found and delivered to the American president.
Wobar needs to get to New Orleans, so Wobar and Roxie hop a freight train, steal a small boat – and more. Disguises? You bet. A gypsy fortune teller helps them in their quest, which is full of exciting adventures.
What is fun about this book is that despite the improbability of the events, kids believe the story and plow through it – each chapter ends at a turning point. Despite the fact that my boy Josh was not a good reader, he read it all in a night or two when he was 8. He couldn't put it down. A couple of years ago when fine tuning the manuscript I read it aloud in sessions to a third grade at Cornish Elementary school, and when I meet kids from the class at Farmers Market they still ask me about Wobar, and when it will be available. Their teacher said listening to Wobar was one of the high points of the year for them.
Wobar and the Quest for the Magic Calumet is a story I told in installments one summer when I was in college and running a summer recreation program in Saxton's River, VT. That was 1966. Parents of my kids on the playground begged me to write the story as a book, so eventually I wrote it as a book in 1982. But I had not a clue how to sell a book to a publisher back then, so after a few rejection slips I put it away in a drawer. But I kept thinking about how much kids loved this book, and showed it to the publisher of my gardening books, Bunker Hill Publishing, and they agreed to publish it. I got my stepson, Josh Yunger, to illustrate it – he is an artist who has illustrated my 4 gardening books and several others.
So have a look at it. But don't start reading it unless you have time to read it all.


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Fox Takes Rove Off The Bench To Push His Political Group's Misleading Attack
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Karl Rove reappeared on Fox News to parrot his own political organization's view on the deficit negotiations without disclosing his ties to the group. Rove's commentary came just six days after it was reported that Fox had limited Rove's appearances following his "election-night tantrum" over Romney's loss -- yet Fox still failed to disclose Rove's involvement with Crossroads GPS, which has aired an ad on this issue.
Appearing on Special Report to discuss the deficit reduction negotiations, Rove pushed the Republican claim that U.S. debt is a "spending problem" rather than a revenue problem. He cited Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistics to claim that "we're back above the revenue level we had" in 2008 but that spending has increased by almost $900 billion since then:
Rove said that "Republicans are emphasizing savings" from spending cuts in social insurance programs and concluded that "[w]e got to find fundamental reforms that allow us to save money."
But economists say that decreased revenue is a major cause of the deficit. According to the Tax Policy Center, federal revenue as a percentage of GDP was 15.4 percent in 2011 and 15.1 percent in 2010. These are the lowest figures since 1950 -- and well below the post-World War II average.
And Rove's choice of numbers paints a misleading picture. The OMB's 2013 figures, which are estimates, are higher for both outlays and revenues than the latest available data, which are for 2011. Total revenues in 2011 were $2.3 trillion -- which is still less than the figure for 2008, so the U.S. is not yet "back above the revenue level we had" in 2008.
Rove's attack echoes an ad released last Wednesday by Crossroads GPS, a political organization which Karl Rove co-founded, which also attacks Obama for allegedly not cutting government spending enough. After playing a clip of Obama saying, "If we're serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue," the ad continues:
NARRATOR: But so far, a huge tax increase is his solution. No real spending reforms. Instead, more taxes. The time for politics has ended. We need bi-partisan ideas we can all support. Call President Obama and tell him it's time to show us a balanced plan. Because every day wasted is another $4 billion we're deeper in debt.
Yet Fox host Bret Baier did not disclose Rove's role with Crossroads GPS -- Baier only introduced him as a "former top adviser to President George W. Bush." Another News Corp. outlet, The Wall Street Journal, failed to disclose Rove's ties to the Super PAC American Crossroads and its related organization Crossroads GPS in his columnist bio until just weeks before the election.
Last Tuesday, New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman reported that Fox News mandated that producers "get permission before booking Rove" or Fox pundit Dick Morris. It seemed, Sherman wrote, that Fox chief Roger Ailes wanted "the faces associated with the election off the air."
But Fox News has long had an ethical problem when it comes to giving Karl Rove airtime. Fox has a history of promoting ads from Rove's Crossroads organizations. After the election, it was reported that Rove's Crossroads groups were "gearing up for a lobbying and advertising campaign focused on budget, energy and health care issues," beginning with the current deficit negotiations.
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Found on Totalgeekdom.com: this awesome wall and ceiling build area, which consists of Lego plates stuck onto convenient surfaces.
I'm an avid Lego geek; I love sitting down for a build session whenever I can fit one in. This often means pulling out the bins of Lego bricks and clearing a spot on the floor or a table and having at it. With bricks flying and hands madly building it's only a short time before robots, dinosaurs and all kinds of fun Lego creations are scurrying about. The downside to this fun is at the end of a build session you have to clean up and put away the bin of Lego bricks and even….gasp… disassemble your new creations! The horror.
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VANCOUVER, BC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC confirmed today that striker Omar Salgado has suffered a fracture in his right foot, while on international duty with the United States U-20 national team in South America.
The 18-year-old suffered the injury during a 4-2 friendly defeat to the Uruguay U-20 side on Wednesday afternoon. The native of El Paso, Texas, appeared as a first-half substitute in the friendly in Montevideo, Uruguay, before coming out of the match with the injury in the 82nd minute.
"We are disappointed to hear about Omar's injury," said Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie. "While it is a setback for him, we are confident that he will have a full recovery."
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OTTUMWA, Iowa—José Rodas moved to this blue-collar town on the Des Moines River in 2001 to take a job at the Cargill pork plant, after more than a decade eking out an existence in California and Nevada.
Within a year, the Guatemalan immigrant had saved enough money to buy a house for his family. Last March, he opened the town's first tortilla factory.


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'Monday Night Football' stays on ESPN through 2021
ESPN is betting that, yes, fans are ready for some football. More football in more places.
The network agreed with the league on an eight-year contract extension that keeps "Monday Night Football" on ESPN through the 2021 season, boosts the amount of programming shown on the already football-saturated family of networks, and brings it to phones and tablets.
The deal is worth $1.9 billion a year for a total of $15.2 billion over the length of the contract, two people with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because no money figures officially were announced.
It all got started Thursday afternoon, when ESPN's daily — even in the offseason — "NFL Live" show doubles in length to an hour-long format.
"Five hundred new hours of programming, right now, starting today," ESPN/ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer said during a conference call. "From our point of view, this is a great deal for the company. It really fuels our company 24-7."
The contract announced Thursday also includes expanded international rights, 3D distribution rights and the right to show "Monday Night Football" and NFL studio shows on mobile devices.
"Monday night, fans can watch the game on their iPad for the very first time," Bodenheimer said.
The NFL draws huge numbers for ESPN — and all of its network partners. According to the network, visits to the ESPN website spike on Sundays and Mondays. The network also says it gets heavy traffic from mobile devices and through apps that let fans monitor scores during football season.
ESPN's current deal is worth $1.1 billion a year to the NFL.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was pleased to get the deal done on the day the 2011 regular season started in Green Bay, where the Packers were set to play the Saints.
"They've taken a great brand and made it better," Goodell said. "They've had unprecedented success with what they've done. We expect to continue to grow that together."
The previous deal went through the 2013 season. After 36 years on ABC, the "Monday Night Football" package moved to ESPN in 2006.
The agreement includes 17 Monday games a season through 2021 and coverage of the Pro Bowl and NFL draft, and gives the NFL the option to show a wild-card playoff game on ESPN.
ESPN also keeps Spanish-language rights to Monday Night Football to be shown on ESPN Deportes in the U.S., as well as international rights for markets in the Caribbean, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. ESPN can also show NFL playoffs in some international markets.
"'Monday Night Football' is obviously a TV icon," Bodenheimer said. "We're very thrilled with the deal as it's constructed. I know it's going to be a very good deal for ESPN."
AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner and Sports Writer Rachel Cohen contributed to this story.
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The Pixi Plus also ships with a number of personal information management and productivity apps, including Documents to Go for viewing Microsoft Office files, a PDF reader, a memo pad, a task list, a clock/alarm clock, and a calculator.
The Palm Pixi Plus built-in media player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, and AMR music files and MPEG-4, H263, and H264 video formats. The Palm Pixi Plus does not offer an expansion memory card slot but has 8GB of storage space with about 7GB available to the user.
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Review finds mixed results for acupuncture to improve in vitro fertilization rates
June 28, 2013. Acupuncture, when used as a complementary or adjuvant therapy for in vitro fertilization (IVF), may be beneficial depending on the baseline pregnancy rates of a fertility clinic, according to research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The analysis from the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine is published in the June 27 online edition of the journal Human Reproduction Update.
"Our systematic review of current acupuncture/IVF research found that for IVF clinics with baseline pregnancy rates higher than average (32 percent or greater) adding acupuncture had no benefit," says Eric Manheimer, lead author and research associate at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. "However, at IVF clinics with baseline pregnancy rates lower than average (less than 32 percent) adding acupuncture seemed to increase IVF pregnancy success rates. We saw a direct association between the baseline pregnancy success rate and the effects of adding acupuncture: the lower the baseline pregnancy rate at the clinic, the more adjuvant acupuncture seemed to increase the pregnancy rate."
IVF is a process that involves fertilizing a woman's egg with sperm outside the womb and then implanting the embryo in the woman's uterus. According to the researchers, acupuncture is the most commonly used adjuvant, complementary therapy among couples seeking treatment at fertility clinics in the United States.
This new analysis examined 16 studies with more than 4,000 patients and builds on the Center for Integrative Medicine's 2008 review of acupuncture and IVF, published in the British Medical Journal. That study found positive results for using acupuncture for women undergoing IVF when acupuncture was performed during embryo transfer.
"The University of Maryland School of Medicine is an international leader in investigating the risks and benefits of complementary and alternative therapies. This new analysis is another example of our faculty's commitment to using comprehensive scientific study to further understanding and inform clinicians and patients who are considering these integrative therapies," says E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Maryland and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
According to the authors, international differences may be one factor in varying baseline pregnancy rates in the studies they analyzed. For example, they say European clinics may have lower IVF pregnancy rates than U.S. clinics because European countries are increasingly moving towards single embryo transfers.
"Another potential explanation for the different effects of acupuncture in trials with higher versus lower baseline rates may be that in IVF settings where the baseline pregnancy rates are already high, the relative added value of additional co-interventions, such as acupuncture, may be lower," adds Manheimer.
The researchers say that more study is needed to examine if acupuncture might be a useful add-on procedure in IVF clinics with lower baseline rates, including considerations of safety and cost-effectiveness. Although acupuncture is a safe procedure, research has not determined whether any benefits on IVF success rates resulting from adding acupuncture are worth the extra costs involved with administering acupuncture.


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5000 desktops and a virtualisation project
Real world tales from a Reg reader
Webcast If you've got 'Virtualise Desktops' on your to-do list for 2010, you might want to hold your horses a minute, because we've got something that might make that project a little more pleasant.
On 18 Feb at 11am GMT we've got the project leads from a 5,000 strong desktop virtualisation project joining us in our studio.
They come from Lancashire Constabulary and to say they know what it takes to tackle a project like this would be some understatement. They've been there, completed a successful beta program, and are rolling out the project as we speak.
The boys in blue will be joined by our usual panel of experts, Tony Lock from Freeform Dynamics and Neil Sanderson from Microsoft. As ever, the entire affair will be fronted by Reg host, the inimitable Tim Phillips. Together, the panel will run through all kinds of aspects of a desktop virtualisation project – both the theoretical and the real practicalities courtesy of Lancashire Constabulary's experience – so you know exactly what to do when you're embarking on such a venture.
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- Considering virtualisation, and how a beta program can shed some serious findings on the plans for a broader roll-out.
- Engaging with the business, including managing the costs and resources, and making sure you find the right solution for your organisation.
- Managing risks, how Lancashire Constabulary identified and managed the risks of this project.
- The operational considerations, explaining how they got the network managers up to speed, and got their storage management tuned to perfection.
Top tips from the experts: These guys are rolling out the project as we speak and can talk with considerable aplomb about the challenges they've encountered so far.
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Kit Challenge - Superlatives - Deadline Jan 31
Had to many photos of folks on the slack line to leave it at a page, so I had to do a double spread. Here's part 2, actually this will end up being the first page of the spread.
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This incredible post was originally publish over at MSOnline's sister site – SeasonedCitizenPrepper.com. It can be seen in its original form here – http://seasonedcitizenprepper.com/?p=3187. Thank you Harold for sharing.
Life's Lessons Learned
By Harold, Editor-At-Large – SeasonedCitizenPrepper.com
The War Years
Just a history in chronicle form of my life, as I have lived it as near as I can remember after all of these years. Preppers and Survivalists along with any other "back to the earth" types may find it interesting. During the scope of this essay, I will chronicle my life as I lived it including all of the oops and other mistakes I have made over the years and what I done to overcome them. I am a 73 year old male, retired and partially disabled (temporary I hope pending a back operation) and since I am tied to a chair and can't do much else, I have been lurking, surfing and occasionally posting on the blogs when something comes up that piques my interest an I feel obliged to post an opinion, rebuttal, or here's how I done it back then. You are free to quote from, post or otherwise use this information in the color it is given, as an essay on how I have lived my life so far.
I am one of eleven children of the poorest family in our little town and my father's education was limited to the third grade. He had been married twice before and I have an older half brother. My mother was his third and final wife and they were married from 1926 until his death in 1971. Mom followed him in 1986 and I guess it would be safe to say that life was hard but we met it head on and survived through the trials and tribulations of being destitute in a world lacked by the shortages and deprivation of WWII.
After all these years of carrying resentment from being forced into a position I was much too young for since I was the first boy after a succession of four girls and when the next older brother left home during the Korean war it left me to assume all of his duties, I was finally able to accept the necessity of doing so just to live. He was eighteen at the time and I was ten. He had been saddled with his older brother's duties when he left for the Army in 1946, but he was only four years younger so it was not as much of a shock on him.
When the war started my Dad did not have a steady job and when the men folk started leaving for the service he obtained full time employment at the local lumberyard. Since he was now steadily employed, the county supervisor made it possible for him to acquire the rented place we were living in for the taxes due against it and talked the local savings and loan into carrying the note. I recall dad saying it was thirty-three dollars a month; just three dollars more than we were paying for rent. Shortly after this went through, a place that had sat vacant out at the north edge of town but not in the town itself that had a bigger house, barn, and a couple of other buildings located on an acre of ground came up for tax sale and the county supervisor arranged an even trade between the places.
WWII Scrap Drives, Rationin' and Getting' By
I was three years old when this happened and my memories start about then. I recall the place had huge trash heaps on it and the scrap drives started the following year. We'd spend long hours pulling out tin cans and other pieces of metal from the piles, cutting the ends out of the cans and flattening them. The local scrap hauler would come by once a month and pick them up. This was our grocery money during that period of time.
As we got the trash piles cleaned up, the burnables burned and the metals scrapped we were able to plant gardens. There already was a small orchard remaining on the property, so after pruning and applications of soapy water during the fruiting seasons, we were able to harvest fruits from the trees. We had several apple trees, a large pear tree, several varieties of peaches and cherries. It was necessary to spray soapy water on the fruit after it started forming to keep the worms from ruining it. We had to be careful and not spray too soon or it would run off the honeybees and had to spray like the dickens when the fruit started forming and then at least once a week unless we had a rain and then immediately after the rain to preserve the fruit which was badly needed.
Dad was a skilled carpenter and often would swap his weekend labor and ours for needed items. Right after we moved there I remember he had traded labor for a young bred jersey heifer so in the spring we had fresh milk from then on. We had a cow in town prior to me being born that mom sold excess milk from, but had to get rid of it during diphtheria scare and this was the first cow we had after that. Dad also traded for an old mare and a spring wagon and the two older brothers used this rig to clean up properties and haul off junk to the scrap yard or dumping yard.
Dad walked to work daily just like we did to school through snowdrifts higher than our heads. Some local people do not remember the deep snows we had back then, but the winter of 1948 Dad had to tunnel through a drift that measured 16 feet high at the high point so we could carry water to the barn for the horse, cow and chickens and goat.
The goat was a utility goat that we used to drag things with and she had a little four-wheel wagon she would pull. Mom sold all of the milk from her since none of us cared for the taste of goat milk. This goat used to take us down the road where we would pick up pop bottles and every egg crate we found since we could cash them in for a two-cent refund. When we would do this, we were allowed to buy for each of us a pack of four caramels for a penny that we would eat and feed the goat the paper wrappings. She got so used to this that when she would see us gathering egg crates and hearing the bottles clanking would go stand between the shaft of the wagon waiting to be hitched up and driven to town.
Mom traded the goat to the McNess spice man along with her wagon one day for some badly needed spices and condiments. A year later she traded our old yellow bird dog to him for some more spices. We missed both for a short time, but the cinnamon sure tasted good on her homemade sweet rolls. Mom discovered how to cultivate sourdough yeast during the war years, but when rationing went off and yeast became more readily available she started using it again and never went back to sourdough, although we missed the taste of it.
Victory Gardenin', Seed Selection an' A Whole Lot More
On this one acre patch of ground, we planted a very large garden and my Mom was a master of intensive close gardening. We also had room to put out a small patch of white corn for mom's homemade hominy and we also put out a patch of oats several years running that we reaped, winnowed, hulled and rolled ourselves with an old washing machine hand wringer that had maple rollers on it. Those oats sure tasted good back then and after years of trying to eat cut oats, my Wife has finally found a source for those old fashioned style rolled oats that we order online. We grew several varieties of beans, peas and grew some popcorn along with the white corn she used for hominy. She also grew the white shoe peg sweet corn in such quantities that she could can it.
We never had a canner during those years. but always done all of the cooking and canning in a large witch's cast iron kettle in the yard that we had to keep the fire going just right underneath it. I can remember putting up the last of the tomatoes just after the first frost hit and Mom making ketchup out of the damaged ones. We canned beans clear up until the frost and we made kraut after the frost had hit the cabbage. That was delicious to sneak down to the root cellar and sample the kraut in the five-gallon crock containers.
We raised a couple of hogs, but only got to butcher one of them during the war since she had caught milk fever after her pigs were weaned and would not have survived the trip to the slaughterhouse. A contrary neighbor tried to have Dad arrested and thrown in jail for butchering the hog since he would not share with him, but did share with the neighbor who helped with the butchering. We had an entitlement mentality back then and had to keep constantly on guard to keep this family from stripping our garden and fruit trees and keep them from stealing chickens and eggs. The sheriff refused to arrest Dad and told the bunch to mind their own business and to keep off our property or they would be the ones in jail. The guy was supposedly disabled but could walk around in the woods all night long with the coonhounds.
We always had something to do like walking the railroad track gathering the chunks of coal that had fallen from the trains, gathering wild asparagus in season and wild grapes or other wild fruits and berries. Mom turned most of it into preserves, which she canned with honey during the war, and one local fellow had some sandy clay soil that he raised a good crop of sorghum from and sold it locally from his little mill. Sorghum grown in our black ground was too strong and bitter to use as a sweetener, but made good moonshine I have been told.
I can remember harvesting the garden produce and Mom telling us when we would shell the corn to start shelling from both ends and to leave the middle unshelled since it had the largest nicest kernels she would keep for seed. We tried out using end and middle kernels and she was right as usual. We used the same tactic keeping only the best and biggest of the seeds when we harvested, except for the small white navy pea beans, which for some unknown reason had better flavor the smaller they were. Mom had us sort them by the size and uniformity.
It was in the spring of 1945 when a bee swarm arrived and settled on the lattice work arbor over the sidewalk where there was a grapevine growing. My Dad's step-uncle happened to be there when that happened and he got an old weathered water keg with a removable lid and had us pick some fresh peach leaves and rub the interior of the keg with them. Strangely the bees went right on into the keg without even trying to sting us and we located the keg all of the way down on the corner post on the southeast corner of the property. Mom had put several spoons of peach preserves in the keg along with a tin can full of water and we had to keep the water can filled for several months. After several weeks had went by the bees got used to the keg and had started building combs and filling them with honey.
That fall after the freeze when the bees were torpid, the local beekeeper came by and showed us how to make beehives and we made four of them. He then baited each hive and transferred bees from the keg to the hives along with the honey bait. We then split the keg and mom gathered and bottled the honey that was loose out of the comb and then bottled the combs also. Three of the hives took in the spring and produced new queens in the two that did not have queens and after rebaiting the fourth hive, the bees occupied it and produced a queen for it also so we had sweetener from then on out.
One neighbor raised several fields of alfalfa and clover since he was in the hay business so the bees did not have to look far for their nectar. Our gardens always produced heavily because the bees were constantly pollinating and cross pollinating them. They even went so far one year to create a hybrid squash pumpkin product that resembled neither the pumpkin the seeds came from nor the squash the pollen came from. After that we no longer raised neither pumpkin nor squash since no one in the family really like to eat them.
Makin' Do
Life was very busy for us and since we had so much to do we never got a chance to get into trouble. If any trouble occurred it was because it found us rather than us seeking it out. I remember during this period of time that someone had demolished an old house and outbuildings and my brothers had hauled the wood to our house and piled it next to the shed where we kept the pigs housed. We made a lean-to with a tarp and side curtains since it was late fall and cold outside. We made some sawhorses and got to work cleaning the nails which we straightened, polished in a sack of sand and then repointed with a brick, sitting them on the boards and stacking them by width and length. We were allowed to burn the broken pieces of wood in an old steel barrel that had been a boiler tank at one time to keep warm and had to gather the ashes from for Mom to leach lye from for her soap making and other lye uses. I never knew how to use a new nail until I entered the Army years later as we always had a supply of used nails on hand.
We hunted wild game for table purposes and since we were not old enough to use firearms, we had to use spears, or bow and arrows. One year after watching Dad make a fish trap, I made a variation of it and successfully caught several pheasants in it. Mom wanted to know how I managed to come home with those live pheasants and when I showed her the traps I had made, she told Dad and he told me not to use them since the game warden would raise hell with me.
Life moved on in this difficult manner with us raising chickens, rabbits and a couple of geese that served as watch dogs since they told on the shiftless neighbors when they would come sneaking around. The winter of 1944-1945 was cold with deep snows and a trucker who bought some of the homemade hickory handles Dad made for axes, hammers and other handled tools came down from Green Bay, Wisconsin and did not have the money to buy the handles, so he traded Dad a couple of crates of frozen fish he was bringing down to sell. We really ate good on fish at least one a week after that and he would show up every winter from then on with fish to trade for handles until we moved away from the place in 1954.
Spring came in 1945 with a grand rebirth of growing things and that summer the war ended. We were very disappointed that the rationing dragged on and supplies were still very hard to get. School started for me in September 1945 and my narrative begins again from then.
To be continued…
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OVERLAND PARK, KS -- As many health clubs create or refine emergency preparedness plans in the aftermath of Tuesday's shooting at a Pittsburgh-area LA Fitness, many university fitness facilities already have firm plans in place as part of their school's campus-wide protocols.
The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) does not track data on which rec centers have emergency plans in case of a shooting, but many schools likely adopted broader codes of action as the result of school shootings, such as the Virginia Tech incident in April 2007, says Katherine Otten, NIRSA assistant director of marketing.
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Unlike most places in America, "Historic Newport" is not a term used to describe one street or section of the landscape. It is the landscape.
Whether investigating the oldest surviving synagogue in the nation, the oldest community library, one of the longest running taverns, the most opulent mansions of the Gilded Age, or a ballpark where Satchel Paige and Yogi Berra once swung their bats, the concentration of preserved architecture and historic structures is unparalleled in this unique city by the sea.
Since its founding in 1639, Newport has also been a city rich in diversity and religious tolerance. Its emergence as one of the five leading ports in colonial North America along with Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston ensured its place as a beacon for varied cultures and beliefs.
Today, the waterfront continues to bustle with activity. Shops, restaurants and other local businesses line the wharves, trolleys transport visitors to Bellevue Avenue's mansions and the arts flourish through museums, galleries and theatrical performances. For those embracing the great outdoors, the Cliff Walk and beaches provide easy access to ocean-side settings. Newport is also considered one of the top surfing spots in New England.
Not to be outdone, sports fans can enjoy a tennis match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, take in one of many baseball games played at historic Cardines Field or see firsthand why Newport, home to the America's Cup for more than 50 years, is also considered by many to be the sailing capital of the world.


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Types of Teaching Jobs in Japan
English Conversation School
English Conversation Schools or Eikaiwa (英会話) in Japanese are the most popular form of teaching English in Japan. These positions are usually paid by the hour with a mixed schedule involving a lot of evening and weekend work. The students usually range in age from about 2 years old in kids classes to 80 years old. Typical working hours will fall somewhere in between 10am to 9pm. Morning shifts might be from !0:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Evening shifts 1:00 pm to 9:00pm. Classes are usually around 45-50 minutes long, with class sizes typically varying from 1-10 students. Most English Conversation School positions on average will receive around 1-2 weeks holiday per year. Monthly wages on average are around ¥250,000 depending on the company. The most famous eikaiwa schools are ECC, Aeon, Nova, Gaba Corporation and Shane Corporation.
ALT Assistant Language Teacher
Most ALTs work through a dispatch company in the public school system in Japan. Typically they are placed in Elementary or Junior High with a few working in Senior High. Typical working hours will fall between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm with an 8 hour work day. Class sizes will vary from usually 20-40 students, depending on the school and location. Most ALT positions on average will receive around 8 weeks holiday per year. Monthly wages usually range from ¥200,000 to ¥260,000 depending on experience and the company. One of the best ALT companies in Japan is ALTIA CENTRAL who are based in Nagoya with contracts in the Tokai area and beyond.
Preschool and Kindergarten
Working with the students at a Japanese Preschool or International Kindergarten can be a lot of fun, but generally require specific qualifications and experience teaching children. These types of teachers typically work 8 or 9 hours a day, 5 days a week with around 4 weeks holiday per year. Monthly wages usually range from ¥250,000 to ¥300,000 depending on experience and the company. It is hard work with a busy schedule, but very rewarding with the chance to bond with your students and their parents.
Business English
This type of teaching in Japan is aimed at corporations who look to teach their employees basic English for dealing with overseas clients and connections. They are generally paid by the hour and more lucrative than both eikaiwa and ALT work. Lessons can take place either during regular working hours, or in the evening after the employees have finished work.
Basic Requirements
The basic requirements for most teaching positions in Japan include the following:
- Native English Speaker
- BA / BS Degree (in any field)
Preferences by recruiters include:
- A BA / BS in Education/Linguistics/English/Japanese/East Asian Studies
- At least a basic level of Japanese ability
- ESL or TEFL certification
- Teaching or tutoring experience
Application Process
You can submit your resume and apply for jobs any time as companies are always looking for potential applicants. The biggest recruiting periods for ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers) in Japan is November/December for April starts (school year starts in April in Japan) and May/June for September starts. Most of the major companies now recruit overseas, so you can even set up an interview in your home country, which makes the whole process a lot easier.
The Best Resources for Looking for Work in Japan
The biggest & best resource for finding a job in Japan is GaijinPot who have a large listing of jobs through-out Japan. I also recommend sites like Jobs in Japan and My Shigoto


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I'm torn.
As of today I have 226 friends on Facebook. I love the instant gratification of updating my status or posting pictures and immediately having a response to it! Whether people just click the "like" button (letting me know they were there) or comment (which makes me feel so connected to the outside world) - it makes me feel happy. My special world feels not so lonely. I have family and friends encouraging me daily....it's quick, easy, and just plain fun!
Blogging takes time. Time to pull all my thoughts together so I don't sound like a moron. Time to load the pictures into Blogger. Time to edit it all so it sounds coherent and the pictures go where they are supposed to. Time to wait for feedback. Then time to wonder why I put so much effort into my blog when the payoff is so small. I've always viewed my blog as a journal, so I rememeber dates and times of special events.....but Facebook is able to do that also, with much less effort.
Don't get me wrong! I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE HANDFUL OF YOU WHO FOLLOW ME AND COMMENT REGULARLY! I've built some great blogland friendships because of your faithfulness!
But, I'm trying to figure out how much time on the computer is TOO much time. Lonnie and I have talked about implementing one day a week where we spend it "Unplugged". I've given up reading several of my favorite blogs because it just all takes too much time!
I could be using my time to read my bible. More books. Learn about how to better care for Eli. We could go more places and meet more people and do more things.
Spring is here. Life is shifting for me. I'm not sure where I will end up, but I'm taking some time to figure it all out.....so thank you for understanding my long absences on my blog.
We did go do something fun yesterday! We have a local magazine our newspaper puts out bi-monthly called Playdate. It's full of info for entertaining your kids in our valley. Well, yesterday they had and Expo downtown at our convention center. It was full of booths of local vendors and home sales party companies....but it was also full of wonderful kids activities. There were two big jumpers. Play areas. Game areas. Arts and Crafts areas. A stage with fun shows to watch. A food court. Face painting. And the best part of all: Characters roaming around for you to get your picture taken with!
Eli finally got to meet Ronald McDonald:
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Blogging vs. Facebook
I'm torn.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Mission Accomplished
Let's call this TWO missions accomplished!
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Monday, March 8, 2010
It's been a loooooong month. Too much sickness in our house! But, I am completely well. Eli is finally back to himself. And my hubby is slowly finding relief from his ailments....now he just has to deal with the cough for a while longer. It seems to be the last thing to go.
It's been pretty quiet around here as we've been a bit housebound. But, Spring is coming early....or at least teasing us right now. We've had sunshine, 55 degree days, and it's just been gorgeous! My flowers are shooting up through the ground! My Hydrangea made it! Hooray!!! 4 of my 7 Bleeding Hearts are sprouting up. 3 of my 4 Peonies. And the buds on my Lilacs are HUGE already!
And the Box Elders came back in droves a week ago. I could totally do without those little creeps!
Eli's had a couple Bronco rides outside. He will need a little Spring Training to get back up to the speed and distance he ended with last Fall. But, for just getting over being sick - he's done great!
I'm involved in two bible study's through church...and I cannot say enough good about the study called "Downpour" by Paul McDonald! Awesome! Life Changing! Heart Changing. Phenominal.
I have some pics in the camera, but haven't loaded them on my computer yet.....so that promises you another post tomorrow! :)
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's financial markets regulator is working with authorities in other countries to investigate possible manipulation in the $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market potentially involving multiple banks.
Regulators and investors are concerned about the integrity of financial benchmarks in the wake of a global investigation into the rigging of benchmark interest rates that has so far led to four financial firms, including Switzerland's largest bank UBS, being fined around $2.7 billion and seven men being charged.
"FINMA is currently conducting investigations into several Swiss financial institutions in connection with possible manipulation of foreign exchange markets," the Swiss regulator said in a statement on Friday.
"FINMA is coordinating closely with authorities in other countries as multiple banks around the world are potentially implicated."
Switzerland's competition commission WEKO also on Friday said it had opened a preliminary investigation after learning about potential manipulation of foreign exchange markets by banks. They declined to name the banks under investigation.
The Swiss federal prosecutor's office said it was in contact with FINMA about the issue.
UBS and Credit Suisse declined to comment. Zuercher Kantonal Bank said the bank was currently not aware of a FINMA investigation. Marc Buerki, CEO of Swiss foreign exchange broker Swissquote, said it was not part of the investigation.
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in June it was examining allegations banks had manipulated foreign exchange benchmarks by trading ahead of their own customers' orders, a practice known in the markets as "front running".
A spokesman for the FCA declined to say whether it was working with FINMA on its probe.
A spokeswoman for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said the HKMA did not comment on supervisory work with other authorities.
"The HKMA will closely monitor the developments," she said.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission could not be reached for comment because of the government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Justice declined comment.
With probes already underway into benchmarks for crude oil and the swaps market as well as Libor interest rates, global regulators recently published principles to improve the transparency and oversight of hundreds of financial benchmarks, covering everything from interest rates to gold.
The key foreign exchange benchmark rates, WM/Reuters, are calculated using actual trades hourly through most of the trading day, with closing rates "fixed" at 4 p.m. in London.
Many banks provide a service to their customers where they guarantee to trade at the WM/Reuters rates. It is useful for buyside investors like large funds to value and benchmark their portfolios because most main stock and bond index compilers use these rates for their calculations.
Corporates also use the WM/Reuters rates to value currency holdings worldwide at a uniform rate. Auditors accept the WM/Reuters rates as independently fixed.
The WM/Reuters benchmark rates cover 160 currencies. Data from Thomson Reuters systems are a primary source of the exchange rates used to calculate the benchmarks. World Markets, a unit of Boston-based State Street Corp., applies its methodology and calculates the benchmark.
A report by Bloomberg in June said traders at some of the world's biggest banks had used their advance knowledge of customer orders to push through trades before and during the 60-second window when the WM/Reuters benchmark rates are set.
The report said traders had colluded with counterparts at other banks to boost their chances of moving the rates.
The currency market, the biggest market in the financial system, is one of the least regulated with most trading taking place away from exchanges.
Currency traders contacted by Reuters said it was unsurprising that dealers tried to profit from advance knowledge of client orders but given the size of the market, manipulating the benchmarks would be difficult unless the trader had a very large order or was dealing in two rarely traded currencies.
While hundreds of banks participate in the foreign exchange market, four players dominate, with a combined share of more than 50 percent, according to a May survey by Euromoney Institutional Investor. Germany's Deutsche Bank is No. 1, with a 15 percent share, followed by Citigroup with 14.9 percent, Britain's Barclays with 10 percent and UBS with 10 percent.
State Street said in a statement: "WM supports efforts by the industry to determine and address any alleged disruptive behavior by market participants. We welcome further discussions on these issues and what preventative measures can be adopted."
It said the spot fixings for major currency pairs used actual executed trade data, or in certain circumstances, order rates.
"The process for capturing this information and calculating the spot fixings is automated and anonymous and the rates are monitored for quality and accuracy," the statement said.
Thomson Reuters declined to comment.
Additional reporting by Edward Taylor in Zurich; Clare Hutchison, Jessica Mortimer and Steve Slater in London and Rachel Armstrong in Singapore; Aruna Viswanatha in Washington; Editing by Carmel Crimmins, Greg Mahlich, Patrick Lannin, Ruth Pitchford