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Yesterday, employees in IBM's North American Global Technology Services were told not to expect pay raises in 2012.
An IBM employee said the news was, "Just another slap in the face."
Employees even worry salary cuts might be coming. In an email to employees, Bob Zapfel, leader of IBM's North American Global Technology Services group, says that IBM wants to ensure "a competitive labor cost structure" and that "there will not be a broad-based salary program."
We asked IBM to comment on the salary freeze and were told that some employees might get a raise: "In Global Technology Services there are targeted skill groups of employees that are eligible for salary increases in 2012. No executives will be eligible for salary increases."
Employees are not really surprised. One who just quit IBM a few weeks ago after two and a half years told us, "I never got any pay increase while I was there. And it looked like I would never get one. I never heard of any one getting any pay increases while I was there."
IBM is quietly laying off workers in North America. Long-time worker who remain on the payroll are feeling trapped between the number of hours required of them and the lack of salary and career growth.
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GTS Employees, The Employee Salary Program takes into account a number of elements, including compensation competitiveness in markets we serve, our ability to attract and retain people with skills we need, our business performance, and other employee investments. It is essential for a services business to provide value-added services to clients at competitive price points. Our objective is to ensure a competitive labor cost structure while moving aggressively into areas that are strategic to our clients and require innovative solutions. This is fundamental to driving clear return on investments for our clients and to increase opportunities for all IBMers. To balance our ability to remain competitive with the need to invest in people who have high-demand skills, there will not be a broad-based salary program in GTS in 2012. Instead, we will target the 2012 investment to skill groups or focus areas as identified by each GTS line of business, based on local market needs. These decisions do not affect the significant investments IBM makes each year in talent in addition to salary, including bonus programs, recognition, promotions, and skill development. Your manager or leadership team will communicate additional information to you over the next few weeks. Bob Zapfel General Manager, Global Technology Services, North America
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A new poll for Policy Exchange shows that a gulf has opened up between politicians and the people. More than 80% of voters think that politicians don't understand the real world at all. At a time of the biggest squeeze in living standards for decades, ordinary voters don't believe that politicians understand their concerns. What is clear is that both parties are affected by the strong anti politics mood.
The stalemate at the last election showed that neither party managed to sufficiently empathise with or appeal to hard pressed voters. And our poll shows that the situation has got even worse for the political parties since the election. This presents a real challenge for both Labour and the Tories.
There's good and bad news in the poll for Labour. The poll suggests that being seen as the party of the rich remains a major Achilles' heel for the Tories, with 64% of voters thinking that the Conservatives stand for the rich rather than ordinary people. However, 28% of voters say the same about Labour – something that will probably concern Labour strategists.
Labour also has a larger pool of potential voters than the Tories. 35% of voters say they would never vote Tory, but only 24% of voters say they would never vote Labour. And that proportion is bigger in the North, where many of the battleground seats at the next election will be, with 39% of voters in the North saying that they would never consider voting Tory.
But the poll also has gloomy results for Labour. There's evidence that Labour may be losing touch with their former voters. 53% of people say that labour used to care about them, compared with 33% who say that the Tories used to care about people like them. That proportion of people who say that Labour care about people like them now is only 30% – exactly the same as it is for the Tories.
Worries about Labour's economic competence continue to be a handicap for the party. 54% of voters agreed with the statement that "the Labour party waste your money and they can't be trusted to run the economy". Only 45% agreed with the same statement for the Tories. When asked how Labour could restore their reputation for economic competence, by far the most popular response amongst all voters and 'Labour swing' voters was that Labour should pledge to control spending on welfare (45% of 'Labour swing voters' agreed with this, well ahead of other responses).
Voters' personal political priorities are pretty clear and they reflect falling real incomes and the fact that ordinary people are having trouble making ends meet. When asked what politicians could do to help them, by far the most popular responses were cutting energy bills and reducing fuel duty. Exactly half of the voters surveyed think that the priority of politicians should be reducing energy bills. This rises to 54% of voters in the North and 56% of voters who describe themselves as working class.
The poll also suggests that both political parties can do more to change the way they look and feel. Voters are clear that there should be more MPs with experience outside of politics and more MPs from working class backgrounds. They also strongly expressed the view that Labour needs more MPs with experience of business.
Our poll makes clear the major challenges facing both political parties and emphasises that ordinary voters see politicians as out of touch. The poll results are stark, but not particularly surprising. The "Westminster village" is seen as a bubble that doesn't really understand the concerns of ordinary voters who are struggling to make ends meet. Politicians need to do more to show that they empathise with the struggles of ordinary voters and are able and willing to do something to help ordinary working people.
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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The No. 18 Georgia College men's tennis team (9-4) looked impressive against Davis & Elkins College (5-3) Sunday, winning 8-1. The Bobcats dropped their final singles match and lost the shutout.
The third doubles team of freshman Kyle Kinsler (Suwanee, Ga.) and sophomore Mattia Campus (Concorezzo, Italy) got things started with an 8-1 win against William Hill and Jonathan Gainer. Sophomore Taylor Powell (Martinez, Ga.) and freshman Anton Waern (Taby, Sweden) padded the Bobcat lead to 2-0, winning at second doubles against Thomas Judd and Vincent Harmon 8-3.
The Southeast Region's No. 5 doubles team of sophomore Yannick Hass (Troisdorf, Germany) and senior Alex Schubert (Frankfurt, Germany) had the toughest of the doubles matches on the day. The Bobcat pair beat Charles Brunel and Simon Meriau 8-6, to take a 3-0 lead into singles play. The Bobcat pair improves to 10-3 on the season.
Kinsler finished first in singles play with a double shutout over Gainer in the last singles spot. Powell next clinched the Bobcat win with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Hill; giving the Bobcats their fifth and decisive point at fifth singles.
Waern, Campus and Hass then upped Georgia College's lead to 7-0, respectively. Waern beat Meriau with a pair of 6-3 sets at third singles, while Campus bested Judd with a pair of 6-2 sets. Hass defeated Harmon at first singles 6-3, 6-2.
The Bobcats suffered their only loss in three sets while going for the shutout. Schubert dropped a close first set 7-6, but came back to take the second 6-2 before dropping the third 10-5 at second singles.
Hass, Campus, Waern and Kinsler are all tied for the team lead in singles victories with 10.
The men's tennis team next hosts No. 23 University of West Alabama Friday, March 29 at 2 p.m. at the Centennial Tennis Center Facility.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced that Josh McRoberts will return for his sophomore season in 2006-07. McRoberts, a member of the ACC All-Freshman team last year, averaged 8.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game while helping Duke to a 32-4 record and the ACC Championship last season. The Carmel, Ind., native also shot 115-of-190 (.605) from the field a year ago to lead the Blue Devils in field goal percentage.
"I am very excited about my decision to return to Duke to continue my academic and athletic career," said McRoberts. "I love the atmosphere at Duke and the support the university receives from the community. There is no place better to play college basketball. I am looking forward to working with the coaching staff to further develop my skills as a player. The relationships that I have in place here played a major role in my decision. I am anxious to see my bond with Coach K, the rest of the staff and my teammates grow even stronger. Additionally, I am eager to continue to build on several relationships that I have developed in the community through working with our outreach programs."
McRoberts stepped up his play in the final two months of the season, averaging 10.4 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 59.6 percent (53-of-89) from the field over the final 14 games of the year. He had 10 of his 15 double-figure scoring games during that span, as well. McRoberts, a third team Freshman All-America by Collegehoops.net, also had five double-figure rebounding games and a pair of double-doubles on the year. The 6-10 forward was also named to the ACC All-Tournament second team after averaging 13.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in three tournament victories.
Duke won the ACC regular season and tournament championship for the ninth time in school history in 2006. In the past 20 years, only seven ACC teams have won both titles, including six times by the Blue Devils. Duke's 16th men's basketball ACC Championship also has the distinction of being the school's 100th in all sports.


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Young Talent at the Queen's Cancer Research Institute
Dr. Penny Bradbury
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Every day, somewhere, cancer researchers like Dr. Andrew Craig make a discovery deemed by their peers to be worthy of further study. This is when clinical trials come into play. Clinical trials are carefully controlled tests that provide understanding about new treatments for cancer and other diseases. Phase 1 trials take place in the early development stage of a treatment and involve a small number of patients who try it so researchers can learn more about side effects and dosage. A Phase 2 trial provides preliminary evidence of effcacy and benefit in a larger population of patients, while a Phase 3 trial may involve hundreds or thousands of patients in a single country, or many countries. It's the gold-standard test that compares the new treatment with the current standard treatment to determine whether the new one is an improvement.
"People often assume that a new drug must be better, but that's not always true," says Dr. Penny Bradbury, a practicing medical oncologist and assistant professor in the Queen's Department of Oncology. "It's critical to do clinical trials to understand what the best treatment strategies for patients really are."
Within the QCRI's Cancer Clinical Trials Division, Bradbury is the senior investigator at the NCIC Clinical Trials Group (or NCIC CTG but now known, as of January 2016 as Canadian Cancer Trials Group) for clinical trials involving lung disease. As such, she works closely with other lung-cancer experts at approximately 60 NCIC CTG-affliated hospitals across Canada and internationally to identify promising treatments – these days, typically targeted lung cancer drugs. Once a treatment is chosen for a trial, Bradbury leads a team at NCIC CTG to guide the trial from concept development to activation and analysis.
Clinical trials are complex and labour-intensive research projects. Bradbury ensures that the trial protocols are being followed to the letter, monitors safety aspects related to the trial, and ensures the data flowing in from all the different hospitals are consistent and error-free before they are analyzed and interpreted. It's incredibly detail-oriented and time-consuming – a Phase 1 trial may take 18 months or longer to complete, but a large international Phase 3 trial may take many years.
"We always want that positive study, because it may change practice and will help patients and patient outcomes," says Bradbury, who also holds a Cancer Care Ontario Research Chair in Experimental Therapeutics. "But a successful clinical trial is equally one that's been well conducted and answers the research question. It may be negative, but you can learn from it – you take what you can from it and then change tack."
See features on Dr. Chris Booth and Dr. Andrew Craig to learn more about Young Talent at the Queen's Cancer Research Institute.
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All-ACC Second Team in 2013-14 (Coaches)
Second Team Freshman All-America
2013 ACC Tournament MVP
All-ACC Freshman
Led USA Basketball to Three Gold Medals
A very athletic, diverse, crafty and attacking guard ... can play off the bounce beautifully, break down defenses and is excellent in one-on-one opportunities ... a smooth lefty ... very good in an up-tempo and transition style.
In the Duke Season Record Book: Dished 148 assists to rank ninth on the single-season charts as a sophomore.
In the Duke Single Game Record Book: Had a school-record tying 15 assists as a sophomore at Florida State ... tied a school record with 10 steals against Notre Dame as a sophomore.
In the Duke Freshman Record Book: Ranked eighth in points (342), second in assists (144), fifth in steals (63), fourth in free throw percentage (.795), eighth in three-point field goals attempted (76), tied for seventh in double-doubles (2) and tied for second in double-figure assist games (1) ... in the freshman single-game record lists, ranked tied for second with 10 assists against Miami, tied for seventh with nine assists against Maryland and tied for eighth with six steals versus Virginia Tech.
As a Sophomore (2013-14): All-ACC selection by the ACC Coaches ... Ronald McDonald Duke Student-Athlete of the Week on Dec. 11 ... started the first 28 games until being sidelined with a torn ACL against Notre Dame on Feb. 23 ... averaged 13.1 points, 5.3 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 steals ... her 5.3 assists ranked second in the ACC at the time of her injury ... drained a career-best 40 three-pointers, while hitting 38.8 percent from downtown ... notched two double-doubles on the season ... had 13 points and tied a school-record with 15 assists at Florida State ... tied a school record with 10 steals along with 15 points versus Notre Dame ... scored 20 or more points three times ... hit at least one three-pointer in her final 13 games of the season ... in the ACC stats, ranked 22nd in scoring, second in assists, sixth in three-point field goal percentage (38.8), tied fourth in steals (2.1) and tied seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) ... in ACC games only, ranked 25th in scoring (13.2), second in assists (6.5), tied fourth in steals (2.1), ninth in three-point field goal percentage (40.7) and tied eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.8).
2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team: Guided the U19 World Championship Team to a 9-0 record and the gold medal in Lithuania ... started all nine games and averaged 10.0 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 steals, while collecting her third career gold medal with USA Basketball ... her 4.3 assists per game average ranked tied for fourth among all teams ... Jones dished 29 assists, which ranked tied for the USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team record.
As a Freshman (2012-13): Full Court Second Team Freshman All-America ... Norfolk Region All-Tournament Team ... ACC Tournament MVP ... All-ACC Freshman ... a three-time ACC Rookie of the Week selection ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... started all 36 contests ... averaged 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.8 steals ... after Chelsea Gray was injured on Feb. 17, Jones averaged 13.8 points, 6.1 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals ... scored in double-figures in seven straight games during that stretch ... dished 144 assists, which is the second-most in Duke history by a freshman ... totaled 63 steals, which is the fifth-most by a Blue Devil freshman ... ranked tied for seventh in the ACC in assists (4.0) and tied for 10th in assist/turnover ratio (1.1) ... averaged 17.7 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals in the ACC Tournament ... hit 60.0 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from downtown in the ACC Tournament ... became just the third freshman in ACC history to be named ACC Tournament MVP ... against UNC in the ACC title game, registered a career-high 24 points, eight rebounds, three assists and four steals ... one of only six freshmen in Duke history to total 100 assists in a season ... closed the regular season being named the ACC Rookie of the Week in both weeks ... dished 26 assists in four NCAA Tournament games, which tied the Duke tournament record ... posted a then career-high 22 points versus North Carolina in the regular-season finale ... nearly netted a triple-double to open the NCAA Tournament against Hampton with 11 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds ... notched 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the Sweet 16 of the NCAAs versus Nebraska ... became the sixth Blue Devil under Coach P to start their first collegiate game at Duke.
Rankings: No. 3 (ESPN HoopGurlz), No. 6 (Blue Star Report), No. 7 (All Star Girls Report)
2011 USA Basketball U19 National Team: Named to the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team that compiled an 8-1 record and captured the gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Puerto Montt, Chile ... played in nine games averaging 1.1 points and 1.2 rebounds.
2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team: Guided the U18 squad to a 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas Championship and a gold medal … started all five games and averaged a USA fourth-best 8.2 points per game and a team second-best 6.4 rebounds per game.
High School/AAU: A 2012 Parade Magazine All-America ... named the Gatorade Texas Girls Basketball Player of the Year and Miss Texas Basketball as a junior and senior ... totaled nine points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal in 21 minutes in the McDonald's All-America contest ... started for the Navy Team in the WBCA All-America game, while posting 11 points, four rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one steal in a team-high 33 minutes ... 2011 ESPN HoopGurlz and ESPN Rise Underclass All-America selection … a Dallas Morning News All-Area first team pick as a junior … registered 29 double-doubles and seven triple-doubles over her career ... as a senior, averaged 22.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 4.4 steals ... a preseason Naismith National High School Player of the Year candidate ... collected a career-high 42 points against Incarnate Word along with 10 rebounds ... notched 15 double-doubles and two triple-doubles her senior year ... registered 20 games with 20 or more points and 12 contests with 30 or more points ... pulled down 10 or more rebounds in nine games and 10 or more assists in eight contests ... scored 30 or more points in five straight games ... led MacArthur to a 32-2 record ... pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds and dished a season-high 14 assists her senior year ... led MacArthur to the Class 5A state championship and an overall record of 37-2 during her junior season … voted Texas Class 5A Tournament MVP and to the All-Tournament team after notching a triple-double of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in the 2011 state championship game … a three-time Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State Class 5A selection … a three-time all-district honoree … twice tabbed TABC All-Class 5A Region … averaged 22.3 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, 4.5 steals and 7.2 assists as a junior … named District Newcomer of the Year in 2010 while leading MacAthur to a 38-2 record … started all 39 games as a freshman and averaged 13.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 5.2 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest … plays in the summer for the Texas Express AAU squad … also lettered in track & field and volleyball at MacArthur.
Personal: Full name is Alexis Michelle Jones ... born May 8, 1994 in Midland, Texas. ... daughter of David Jones and Carla Seldon ... has two brothers, Anthony (28) and Andrew (14) ... mother, Carla, was an All-America track athlete at Angelo State and Texas A&M, and was inducted into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Athletes Hall of Fame in 2003… named to the high school honor roll list ... earned ACC Honor Roll accolades as a freshman at Duke.


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"Why do I make videos? Because I can," Derek Klingenberg said during a presentation Thursday at the Butler County Conservation District Annual Meeting where he gave a talk similar to the one he gave Feb. 10 in Nashville.
Klingenberg was invited to speak to a group of American National Cattlewomen before the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and NCBA Trade Show.
There he shared his videos "What Does the Farmer Say?" and "Ranching Awesome," and told guests how he created his videos, but most importantly why.
"For the first time in history farmers can make a video and share them with the world and never leave the farm," he said. "There are a lot of farm people sharing and talking about their operations. I plan on making more videos to promote the industry, and because they're fun."
He said his talk was less aimed on how he created the videos, and more about the impact they have had. In Nashville his crowd were mostly older rancher wives who had never seen the videos.
"They got a good laugh when I duck-taped the hay bale in 'Ranching Awesome,'" he said. "They had a lot of question about how I got started."
He said unlike the group of young 4-Hers that asked for his autograph Thursday night, several women at the conference wanted to have their picture taken with him. But Klingenberg was not the only YouTube farming celebrity in attendance in Nashville.
While there, Klingenberg had a change to finally meet the Peterson brothers, fellow farm parody video producers.
"We had not met yet and figured out through social media that we were going to be there at the same time so we set up a meeting," Klingenberg said.
He also had a chance to sit in on several informational sessions including one that discussed research to make cattle more efficient eaters, what families want out of beef, and how to cut different steaks.
Since uploading "What Does the Farmer Say?" Oct. 29, it has had over 4.5 million views and has created a media storm around Klingenberg ranging from local newspapers to a live interview with a news station in Tasmania, Australia.
"After doing all the live interviews I realized something," he said, "that I was camera shy. Put me in front of a live camera and I freeze up."
He even received a call from a Hollywood producer looking to follow him for a reality series.
"She was a producer for the Kardashian show," he said. "I asked my wife who that was, and once she stopped laughing we thought about it and figured we probably better pass."
He said this has given him a great opportunity to educate people on what family farms and the people who run them are really like.


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One For All, or All For One? Solo Artistry Versus the Band in the Age of Social Media
The music industry today seems, to the casual observer, a veritable "Chicken Little" scenario, with all its members and participants, heads craned piously upward, scurrying about as if the sky were falling—the firmament of their reliable, decades-old business model crashing about them. From the haughtiest record company executive to the lowliest basement-dwelling ensemble, everyone in the music business is struggling to shore up their respective rungs on the industry ladder.


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On Dec. 21, a very cold day, Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's vice president, rendered poignant comments regarding the Connecticut school slaughter and how to solve the problem. He called for a program to arm and train guards in schools as the best way to protect children from gun violence with at least one guard in each school.
He blamed video games, the news media and lax law enforcement - but not guns - for a recent rash of mass shootings.
Let's take careful aim at those suggestions.
Since most of his ilk oppose expanded government budgets, who is going to pay for those guards? The annual cost per guard is estimated to be approximately $80,000 and most school buildings have many entrances.
Is he suggesting one at each door? Who is to foot that bill? Are the guards to wear armor and carry multi-fire automatic weapons?
Are they to undergo psychological exams to weed out the weird? Who pays for that?
Mr. LaPierre, avoiding the proliferation of weapons, referred to the makers of violent video games as "a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people."
That confronts a Bill of Rights issue - are the video producers and news publishers to be censored? If so, by whom?
Any 'weapon' can be an assault weapon
Aileen Bel in her Dec. 21 Letter to the Editor stated that she was surprised that some citizens had assault weapons among their hunting guns.
For the record, any weapon that can be used in an assault could correctly be identified as an assault weapon.
It seems to me that most people start shouting "there should be a law," and they are ignorant of the fact that there are already laws on the books. All an intelligent person has to do is a little research and he or she will find that there are laws to cover every aspect of our lives, even down to what we can legally touch with safety, even the air we breathe.
Be very careful as to banning anything, weapons or not. You may someday find yourself eating off plates screwed to the table with no knives and forks.
When the general public finally gets to the point that it knows that there is such a thing as personal responsibility, and every single person will be held accountable for his own actions, no exceptions, then and only then will this madness stop. Laws piled on top of laws, banning things do not work.
Guns aren't the problem; it's easy access to them
Gun ownership advocates in this newspaper, on twitter and in the media state that guns do not kill, but people do.
Such a statement is correct. However, if people would not have easy access to guns, they could not use them to kill.
A mentally unstable person or a person having a grudge is unlikely to commit a mass killing with a knife, baseball bat or his or her fists. Such persons might not be the bravest and would not directly confront people they disliked.
On the other hand, the availability of a gun, and especially an assault weapon, makes them feel 10 feet tall and invincible.
People will reasonably insist on owning guns for hunting and protection. All gun ownership, however, must be strictly controlled and there is absolutely no reason why civilians should own assault weapons.
The only use for such weapons in civilian hands might be a desire to overthrow the countries rulers.
But thank goodness, we have elections in this country to affect a change in government.
When all else fails, follow the directions
The following are some comments on the incarceration of Marine Cpl. Jon Hammar in Mexico.
To be sure, there is a wee bit of payback in the attitudes of the Mexican authorities in their treatment of Cpl. Hammar.
Think of 49,000 some odd Mexicans and Central Americans crossing Mexico for the U.S. who have died at the hands of the drug gangs, armed somewhat by arms purchased in the U. S. and illegally shipped into Mexico. These dead include many a courageous Mexican official who dared to oppose these criminal animals engaged in the peaceful business of supplying illegal drugs to the insatiable U. S. drug market, which in turn provides the dollars to enable them buy more assault weapons with which to kill more Mexicans who oppose them.
Not to disparage Cpl. Hammar in any way, but regarding the transport of any firearm into any foreign country, especially Latino countries with their Napoleonic Code Law. As I would tell my young soldiers, when all else fails, follow the directions.
I have legally taken appropriate hunting arms into Venezuela, hunted and fished there, lived there for several years.
I traveled and worked in Mexico for 18 years. Obey their laws and you are, or were, OK. The worldwide drug market has changed all that.
Kerry unqualified for Secretary of State
I can't let the selection of John Kerry for Secretary of State proceed and slip by all of us without bringing attention to two truths that surfaced during his campaign bid for president in 2004.
First, many will remember from extensive, trusted media coverage that his claim of war-time heroism proved to be false. It took a "battalion" of veterans who had served directly with him to step forward and disclaim the act of heroism he was insisting to be true. Result: a character flaw.
Second, it was discovered that his Heinz heiress wife had made large contributions to Hamas, an extremist faction that supports the Palestinians in their wars with Israel. At this time, Senator Kerry may or may not still support his wife on this issue.
The fact that John Kerry is considerably wealthy doesn't seem to bother President Obama, who considers "rich" people evil.
I can't believe that any of our senators would confirm John Kerry for Secretary of State.
Enter John McCain? Dream on.


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A Million Children At Risk of Deadly Malnutrition in the Sahel
More than 10 million people are at risk of food shortages across Africa's Sahel region, including communities in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. With Early Warning Systems on high alert, poor harvests across the region have contributed to food shortages and skyrocketing prices—cereal prices alone are 60 to 85 percent higher than their five year average—that threaten millions with hunger and malnutrition as tens of thousands of families exhaust their food reserves.
"Although the 2011 harvest hasn't been catastrophic, after the 2005 drought there haven't been two consecutive years of good harvests. Many vulnerable households are still extremely weak… and unable to cope with the slightest shock."
—Patricia Hoorelbeke, Action Against Hunger's West Africa Regional Office
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This year's hunger gap—that period of seasonal scarcity between harvests—will likely begin as early as March across the Sahel instead of in July, ensuring six months before the next harvest is available in October. Thousands of families were already struggling as the region experienced a series of setbacks over the past five years—drought, erratic rainfall, debilitating market fluctuations—and the cumulative impact of scarcity and sharply rising food prices impose additional hardships on already-vulnerable communities. Acute malnutrition rates have already exceeded emergency levels in many areas of Chad and Mauritania, and thousands of young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women are in need of immediate, lifesaving support.
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Hope College's annual major dance concert, Dance 35, will run Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and Friday-Saturday, March 6-7, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Hope College's annual major dance concert, Dance 35, will run Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and Friday-Saturday, March 6-7, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The program will present works created by Hope's dance faculty as well as guest faculty/choreographers Anne-Rene Petrarca, Dorrell Martin and Richard Rivera.
Rosanne Barton-DeVries will present her piece "Clap Hands" with music by Tom Waits as well as "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," and "Get Happy" by Ella Fitzgerald. Barton-DeVries says "'Clap Hands' is about the dance of life; sometimes it's extravagant, sometimes it's pure work, yet it goes on." This tap dance alternates between orchestrated and chorus tap with three sections: the first of lament, the second of a tacit spiritual, and the third that moves toward escapism with Ella Fitzgerald's "Get Happy." Dancers are costumed in traditional chorus garb, complete with fringe and a kick-line included.
Linda Graham will present "Ondegierra" with music from Saint-Saens, Tsabropoulos and Pink Martini.
Steven Iannacone will present a 20th-anniversary presentation of his 1989 work titled "Tribal Suite." The work originated in a movement workshop in Como, Italy, and was finalized in rehearsals in Brugge, Belgium.
Guest artist Dorrell Martin will present his work with help from Lindsay Lochner as assistant director and Maxine DeBruyn as rehearsal director. Martin was a soloist for the national touring company of a "Few Good Men...Dancin." He is a faculty member at the JoffreyBalletSchool and Dance New Amsterdam. Martin has performed in musicals such as "Lion King," "Aida," "Swing" and "West Side Story." He has worked with recording artists such as Emma Bunton, Jennifer Lopez and Pink. From Texas, Martin is former artistic director of Houston Metropolitan Dance Company in Houston, Texas. In 2003, the company made its first international debut performance in Veracruz, Mexico. He received honorable mention for choreography at the World Jazz Congress.
Amanda Smith-Heynen will present "What the Fluff?!" set to "Winter" and "Summer," by Vivaldi, and "Beautiful Freak," by The Eels. "What the Fluff?!" gives a glimpse into the mind of a ballet dancer; yearning to be free, yet confined by structure and discipline, pointe shoes and tutus. The piece follows her on a journey as she shatters expectations and explores new boundaries on the path to find her "inner dancer."
Guest artist Ann-Rene Petrarca will present her work with music by Balanescu Quartet and Chris Lancaster. Petrarca lives in New York City, where she is on the faculty at Dance New Amsterdam and assistant faculty at The Juilliard School. This past fall she was a visiting artist at SarahLawrenceCollege and was commissioned by Long Island University-Brooklyn to set a choreographic work on the dance department. Petrarca maintains a private Alexander technique practice in Manhattan, where her student base is primarily made up of performing artists.
Guest artist Richard Rivera will present his work "212?," commissioned by Dance New Amsterdam in 2006. Rivera's goal was to create a physical projection of three states of matter. He said, "Re-exploring this piece has been as challenging as creating a new work. There were constant questions surrounding existing structures and implementing new structures." In an effort to remain in the present, he chose to be guided by the existing material in the beginning but arrive at a new conclusion with the new set of bodies. Rivera hails from the Bronx, N.Y., and has experience performing, teaching and choreographing in the U.S. and internationally. His primary dance training is from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center with additional classical training from Peridance Studios and David Howard Ballet Studios. Rivera was a member of Ailey II and has danced for Donald Byrd, Sean Curran, Kevin Wynn, Shen Wei, Fred Benjamin and Arthur Aviles.
Tickets are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $7 for regular admission, and $5 for students, senior citizens, and Hope College faculty members and staff. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
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I've had a busy time lately. A Team Training Event all day on Sunday, a class first thing Monday morning and another class last night - phew! All very enjoyable with lots of laughs and chatting which goes without saying really.
This weeks class we revisited Vintage Vogue - loved this set when we first received it a few years back and it's one that will remain as part of my collection for every and a day I reckon. It's so easy to use - whether it's a CAS card or a full on OTT. It's beautiful.
Here's what we made...
One of the Desktop Card Holders from my template here. The measurements for this have been changed and I'll update next month when I've some exciting news to tell you about - stay tuned.
We also made 3 pretty cards to go inside.
The colour combo for this class was Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Melon Mambo & Early Espresso.
Right, I've got to get cracking. This coming Friday I have a Stamp-a Stack Event and 240 cards to prep...eeek!
Friday 20th April
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12 cards
(6 designs, 2 of each)
£15 or FREE with a £45 Order*
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Facts & Figures
President-elect: Tsai Ing-wen (2016)
Premier: Simon Chang (2016)
Land area: 12,456 sq mi (32,261 sq km); total area: 13,892 sq mi (35,980 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 23,359,928 (growth rate: 0.25%); birth rate: 8.55/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.49/1000; life expectancy: 79.84
Capital (2014 est.): Taipei, 6,950,646 (metro. area), 2,693,672 (city proper)
Other large cities: New Taipei, 3,913,595; Kaohsiung, 2,773,855; Taichung, 2,662,770; Tainan, 1,876,706; Hsinchu, 419,384
Monetary unit: New Taiwan dollar
- Taiwan Main Page
- Breaking from Mainland Influence
- New President Brings New Beginning
- Heightened Tensions
- Independence Rejected
- Political Leaders Stumble, Fall
- Taiwan and China Benefit from Trade Agreement
- Fallout over Closer Ties to China and Poor Economy
- Taiwan Elects First Female President
The Republic of China today consists of the island of Taiwan, an island 100 mi (161 km) off the Asian mainland in the Pacific; two off-shore islands, Kinmen (Quemoy) and Matsu; and the nearby islets of the Pescadores chain. It is slightly larger than the combined areas of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Multiparty democracy.
Taiwan was inhabited by aborigines of Malayan descent when Chinese from the areas now designated as Fukien and Kwangtung began settling it in the 7th century, becoming the majority. The Portuguese explored the area in 1590, naming it "the Beautiful" (Formosa). In 1624 the Dutch set up forts in the south, the Spanish in the north. The Dutch forced out the Spanish in 1641 and controlled the island until 1661, when Chinese general Koxinga took it over and established an independent kingdom. The Manchus seized the island in 1683 and held it until 1895, when it passed to Japan after the first Sino-Japanese War. Japan developed and exploited Formosa. It was the target of heavy American bombing during World War II, and at the close of the war the island was restored to China.
After the defeat of its armies on the mainland, the Nationalist government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in Dec. 1949. Chiang dominated the island, even though only 15% of the population consisted of the 1949 immigrants, the Kuomintang. He maintained a 600,000-man army in the hope of eventually recovering the mainland. Beijing viewed the Taiwanese government with suspicion and anger, referring to Taiwan as a breakaway province of China.
The UN seat representing all of China was held by the Nationalists for over two decades before being lost in Oct. 1971, when the People's Republic of China was admitted and Taiwan was forced to abdicate its seat to Beijing.
Breaking from Mainland Influence
Chiang died at 87 of a heart attack on April 5, 1975. His son, Chiang Ching-kuo, continued as prime minister and was a dominant figure in the Taipei regime. In April 1991, President Lee Teng-hui formally declared an end to emergency rule, which had existed since Chiang's forces originally occupied the island. In the first full election in many decades, the governing Kuomintang in Dec. 1991 won 71% of the vote, affirming the island's opposition to reunification with China. In Feb. 1993 the president, himself a native Taiwanese, nominated Lien Chan, another native, to be prime minister, marking a further generational shift away from the mainland exiles.
In the island's first free presidential election, voters defied mainland intimidation and gave 54% of the vote to incumbent president Lee Teng-hui.
In 1998, Taiwan renewed its push for a separate UN seat—its sixth attempt in recent years. The move has been blocked each time by the Beijing government.
President Lee Teng-hui rankled mainland China by announcing in July 1999 that he was abandoning the long-standing "One China" policy that had kept the peace between the small island and its powerful neighbor and that he would from then on deal with China on a "state-to-state basis." China, which had vowed to someday unite Taiwan with the mainland, retaliated by conducting submarine warfare exercises and missile tests near the island in an effort to intimidate its tiny brazen neighbor, as it had once before in 1996.
New President Brings New Beginning
In the March 2000 presidential race, voters elected pro-independence candidate Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party, ending more than 50 years of Nationalist rule.
Taiwan joined the World Trade Organization in Jan. 2002, just one day after China gained entry. In August President Chen outraged China when he asserted that Taiwan and China are separate countries and that a referendum on independence for Taiwan is a "basic human right."
The day before the March 20, 2004, elections, President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu survived an assassination attempt. Chen won the election over Lien Chan by just 30,000 votes out of 13 million cast. The country's first-ever referendum failed because less than 50% of eligible voters weighed in on its questions. The referendum asked if Taiwan should arm itself with additional defensive weapons if China does not withdraw its missiles and if Taiwan should continue to negotiate with China.
Heightened Tensions
Tension between China and Taiwan intensified in March 2005, when China passed an antisecession law that said the country could use force if Taiwan moved toward achieving independence. "The state shall employ non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the legislation stated. Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian called the bill a "law of aggression." Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets to protest the bill.
In 2005, China met with several Taiwanese opposition leaders in an effort to undermine Taiwan's defiant president. Lien Chan, who heads the opposition Nationalist Party, traveled to China in April and met with President Hu Jintao. It was the first meeting between Nationalist and Communist Party leaders since 1949, when the defeated Nationalists retreated to Taiwan. Lien called the visit a "journey of peace." In May, Hu met with another opposition leader, James Soong, chairman of the People First Party. In a joint communiqué intended to restart negotiations between Taiwan and China, they agreed to a principle of "two sides of the strait, one China."
President Chen tested China in February 2006, when he announced that he was rescinding the National Unification Council, a group that was established in 1990 to deal with reunification issues with China. He stopped short of abolishing the council, saying, "Taiwan has no intention of changing the status quo."
In June 2006, Taiwan's legislature initiated proceedings to oust President Chen because of allegations of corruption involving his family and senior administration officials, but the motion failed later that month. In November, prosecutors indicted Wu Shu-chen, the wife of President Chen Shui-ban, charging that she spent $450,000 in public funds on personal expenditures. Authorities also said that President Chen submitted fake receipts when drawing from the same fund and lied about how he spent the money.
Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang resigned in May 2007. President Chen Shui-bian appointed Chang Chun-hsiung as his successor.
Independence Rejected
In parliamentary elections in January 2008, the opposition Kuomintang soundly defeated Chen's Democratic Progressive Party, taking 81 out of 113 seats. President Chen resigned as head of the party. The result of vote was considered a rejection of Chen's policy of edging toward independence from China. Taiwan continued its move toward warmer relations with China in March, when Ma Ying-jeou, of Kuomintang, prevailed over Frank Hsieh, of the Democratic Progressive Party, 58.4% to 41.6%, in presidential elections. Ma's victory ended eight years of Democratic Progressive Party rule. Ma said he planned to pursue closer ties with China and spur Taiwan's economic growth. Ma, however, does not favor political reunification with China.
Ma reinforced his desire to pursue closer ties to mainland China in June when he outlined his economic plan. He called for access to China's financial markets for Taiwanese businesses, regular passenger flights and cargo passage across the Taiwan Strait, among other proposals. He insisted, however, that China remove the short- and medium-range missiles facing Taiwan before he will engage in peace talks with China. Ma realized several of his goals in November, Chen Yunlin, the head of the Chinese organization that negotiates with Taiwan, visited the island, becoming the most senior mainland official to do so since 1949. He met President Ma and signed several pacts that will lead to a signficant increase in transportion and shipments of food between the two sides.
Political Leaders Stumble, Fall
Former president Chen, who lost a reelection bid in March 2008, was arrested in November 2008 and charged with corruption and embezzling money from a state affairs fund. Chen, who has long asserted that Taiwan and China are separate countries, denied the allegations, claiming he was being persecuted to appease China. He was convicted of the charges and in Sept. 2009 was sentenced to life in prison.
In Aug. 2009, Typhoon Morakot caused a mudslide in a rural mountain village in southern Taiwan that buried schools, homes, and killed at least 600 people. Prime Minister Liu Chao-shiuan resigned in September amid withering criticism of the government's slow response to the typhoon and its failure to evacuate residents before the storm hit.
Taiwan and China Benefit from Trade Agreement
Taiwan and China signed the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement, a landmark free-trade agreement in June 2010 that lifted or reduced hundreds of tariffs for both sides. Officials from both Taiwan and China described the deal as the most important achievement since the 1949 civil war. Taiwan seemed poised to benefit more economically from the deal than China, and China saw a political benefit as the agreement brings the two closer together.
On June 30, 2011, ex-president Lee Teng-hui was indicted on charges of embezzlement. Upon delivery of the 23-page indictment, the 88-year-old Mr. Lee, accused of siphoning $7.79 million from a National Security Bureau fund during his presidency, became the second Tawainese president to be charged with fraud.
President Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected in January 2012 in a close race with Tsai Ing-wen, who was Taiwan's first female presidential candidate. The business community breathed a sigh of relief when Ma won reelection. Taiwan's economy has prospered since the 2010 free-trade agreement with China and relations have thawed. However, not all Taiwanese have benefitted as house prices have soared and the income disparity has grown. Tsai's supporters expressed fear that Ma was getting too close to China.
On February 6, 2012, Sean Chen assumed office as the premier. Almost exactly a year later, Sean Chen stepped down due to health problems. In his one year as the premier, he faced severe public criticism, partly due to the country's difficult economic issues. He was replaced by Vice Premier Jiang Yi-huah.
High-ranking officials from China and Taiwan met in Nanking, China, in February 2014. It was the first time since the 1949 split that minister-level officials held talks. While the meeting was largely symbolic, it signalled that both sides want to maintain stability and develop warmer ties.
Fallout over Closer Ties to China and Poor Economy
Hundreds of protesters, mostly students, occupied Parliament in March 2014, demonstrating against implementation of a service trade agreement with China. The deal is part of the controversial Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement Taiwan signed with China in 2010. Protesters said the trade agreement would hurt Taiwan's small businesses and give China further influence over Taiwan. They also objected to a lack of transparency in passing the agreement. President Ma defended the deal. "Regional economic integration is an unstoppable global trend. If we do not face this and join in the process, it will only be a matter of time before we are eliminated from the competition," he said. "For the sake of the nation's development, we truly have no choice."
Voters expressed their disappointment in the closer relations with China and its failure to improve Taiwan's stalled economy by voting against Kuomintang, the ruling party in the Nov. 2014 local elections. Premier Jiang Yi-huah took responsibility for his party's defeat, and his cabinet resigned soon after the election. President Ma Ying-jeou resigned as chairman of Kuomintang. He was replaced by Eric Chu, the mayor of Taipei. On Dec. 8, 2014, Mao Chi-kuo was named premier. Previously, he served as vice premier in Jaing Yi-huah's cabinet for almost two years.
In early Nov. 2015, a meeting was announced between the presidents of Taiwan and China. They met for first time since 1949, when the Chinese revolution ended. The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou was seen as a test on the thawing relations between the two countries. The two leaders met during the weekend of Nov. 7-8 in Singapore, a neutral territory on good terms with both countries. It was seen by many observers as the last chance for China to push for closer ties economically and politically before Taiwan headed into presidential and legislative elections in Jan. 2016.
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Nov. 2015
Source: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying
Taiwan Elects First Female President
President-elect Tsai Ing-wen
Source: AP Photo/ Ng Han Guan
In Jan. 2016 presidential elections, Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman and nominee Tsai Ing-wen came in first with 56.1% of the vote, followed by Kuomintang's Eric Chu with 31%, and the People First Party's James Soong with 12.8%. The first woman elected president of Taiwan, Tsai was scheduled to take office on May 20, 2016. Tsai was also the first unmarried president elected as well as the first to have never held another elected post.
Two days after the election, Premier Mao Chi-Kuo attempted to resign, but President Ma Ying-jeou rejected the resignation, prompting Mao to take a leave of absence. Vice Premier Simon Chang became premier on Feb. 1.
On Feb. 6, 2016, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan and killed at least 59 people. The death toll was expected to rise with 76 people still missing, presumably trapped under one collapsed residential building, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Interior. Three executives from the construction company of the collapsed building were arrested under suspicion of negligence. Government prosecutors made the arrests because the building, built in 1989, had not been properly reinforced.
See also Encyclopedia: Taiwan .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Taiwan
Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics www.stat.gov.tw/ .
See also Timeline: Taiwan Key Events (1945–Present) .


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James Cameron cancels Deauville Film Festival appearance
Filmmaker JAMES CAMERON has reportedly cancelled his upcoming appearance at the Deauville Film Festival in France.
The Avatar director was set to be honoured with the 40th Anniversary Award and present his new film, Deepsea Challenge 3D, at the event in September (14), but he has dropped out of appearing at the ceremony due to undisclosed reasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Deauville Film Festival will kick-off on 5 September (14) and run until 14 September (14).
Will Ferrell, Jessica Chastain and Ray Liotta will also be honoured at the French festival. Organisers are also planning a special tribute to the late Robin Williams.


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A 4-year-old boy was found dead in a Times Square apartment Wednesday with burns and cuts on his body, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York.
Police responded to a 911 call at a building on West 48th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue around 11 a.m. Wednesday. The officers found the 4-year-old boy unconscious and unresponsive.
The child was pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.
The boy had been in a babysitter's care at the apartment after his father was arrested, according to law enforcement sources.
The babysitter told police she had put him on the bathroom counter and left the room briefly. Police say the woman told them that the boy fell off the counter and landed in the empty bathtub.
Sources say he had cuts and burns -- including cigarette burns -- on his face and body, burns on his genitals and yellow foam around his mouth.
A source familiar with the case said the babysitter could not explain how the child received those injuries.
The boy's father had left the child with her in mid-December before he was picked up on a warrant in New Jersey, according to sources. The father remains incarcerated.
The caretaker does not have a history of child abuse or neglect, sources said.
The medical examiner is expected to conduct an autopsy Thursday morning. Police say charges are pending the ruling.


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Rodney Hood will enter the 2014 NBA Draft , as announced by head coach Mike Krzyzewski Friday. Hood, a second team All-ACC selection, averaged 16.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in helping the Blue Devils to a 26-9 record and the program's 19th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.DURHAM, N.C. – Duke sophomore
"Rodney had two terrific years here at Duke," Krzyzewski said. "He was an integral part of our team two years ago because he was such a great practice player and this year he was one of the best players in the country. So consistent and a great young man on and off the court. He will do really well in the NBA and obviously he will always be a part of what we do and we wish him the best."
Hood finished the year ranked among the ACC leaders in scoring (8th, 16.1 ppg.), field goal percentage (4th, .464 – 191-of-412), free throw percentage (9th, .807 – 109-of-135), three-point percentage (1st, .420 – 71-of-169) and made three-pointers (8th, 2.03). He was the only player in the ACC to rank among the top 10 in each of those categories. The Meridian, Miss., native was second on the team with 30 double-figure scoring games, including 10 games with 20 or more points scored.
A transfer from Mississippi State where he was named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 2011-12, Hood had the most points and three-point field goals in a first season by a transfer under Coach K. He was at his best in Cameron Indoor Stadium, where he averaged 17.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 51.5 percent (101-of-196) from the field, 41.0 percent (34-of-83) from three-point range and 87.2 percent (68-of-78) from the free throw line.
"I want to thank Coach K, the entire coaching staff, my teammates and everyone involved with the Duke program for giving me this opportunity," said Hood. "Playing at Duke was a lifelong dream. Everything I experienced here has helped me grow and develop as a player and as a person. The fan support during the year I sat out and the year I played was something that I will remember for a lifetime. Now it is time to move on to the next level and chase my dream of becoming an NBA player. Duke played a large part in preparing me for this step and I am looking forward to making the most of it."
Hood along with teammate Jabari Parker become the 13th and 14th NBA Draft early entrees from Duke. Eight of the previous 12 players went on to be selected in the NBA Draft Lottery, including No. 1 overall selections Elton Brand (1999) and Kyrie Irving (2011).
Duke – NBA Draft Early Entrees
Year Player Round (Pick)
1999 Elton Brand 1st (1)
Corey Maggette 1st (13)
William Avery 1st (14)
2002 Jason Williams 1st (2)
Mike Dunleavy 1st (3)
Carlos Boozer 2nd (35)
2004 Luol Deng 1st (7)
2005 Shavlik Randolph undrafted
2007 Josh McRoberts 2nd (37)
2009 Gerald Henderson 1st (12)
2011 Kyrie Irving 1st (1)
2012 Austin Rivers 1st (10)
2014 Jabari Parker -
Rodney Hood -


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Transfer Student OrientationPage address: http://www.mnsu.edu/newstudent/orientation/transfer/
Transfer Student Orientation is a one day experience designed for students transferring to Minnesota State University, Mankato. You will receive valuable information from various campus offices and departments, meet other transfer students, complete advising and registration, and work with staff members to help you with your transition to Minnesota State University, Mankato. Orientation attendance and advising is required for all transfer students to register for classes.
During your time on campus you will have the opportunity to…
- Be informed about important policies and procedures for transfer students
- Learn about how to get involved in campus life
- Receive information from various offices such as Financial Aid, Career Development Center, and more
- Review your Transfer Evaluation, and much more
- Complete advising and registration