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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Hedge funds love consumer stocks. All told, hedge fund managers piled onto names in the consumer discretionary and staple stocks, hiking their positions in consumer stocks by almost twice as much as their next-favorite sectors.
Today, we're taking a look at five of the smart money's favorite consumer names – and whether they still make sense to buy.
Consumer names have lagged the broad market in 2012, delivering 5.11% versus close to 10% from the S&P 500 year-to-date. But that doesn't exactly tell the whole story. The non-cyclical consumer names may come with lesser returns this year, but they're also delivering a whole lot less volatility and a set of hefty dividends. Of the individual consumer-focused names that we saw get piled into the most in the second quarter, nearly all were defensive.
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So what stocks are getting the most love from hedge funds?
We're entering full-blown 13F season this month, and the early holdings being reported by hedge funds are telling, especially because they're subject to less lag right now.
And since we're looking at fund holdings in the aggregate, they're less impacted by the fact that some funds haven't filed yet. Consider it a sampling of the trillions of dollars managed by hedge funds -- a sneak peak.
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Institutional investors with more than $100 million in assets are required to file a 13F, a form that breaks down their stock positions for public consumption. From hedge funds to mutual funds to insurance companies, any professional investors who manage more than that $100 million watermark are required to file a 13F. And by comparing one quarter's filing to another, we can see how any single fund manager is moving their portfolio around.
Without further ado, here's a look at five consumer stocks hedge funds love.
There's no bigger consumer stock out there than Wal-Mart (WMT). The $250 billion retailer sells products to more than 200 million consumers each week, earning almost $450 billion in revenues across more than 10,000 stores. Those stats make Wal-Mart the biggest retailer in the world, a title that the firm has managed to barricade through impressive top line growth over the past few years.
Wal-Mart's retail crown is predicated on price. Founder Sam Walton's "Always Low Prices" slogan wasn't just lip service -- the firm is aggressive when it comes to negotiating with suppliers, a group over whom Wal-Mart typically has substantial pricing power. That's helped fuel better-than-average margins for Wal-Mart, and kept shoppers flooding the firm's big box locations for bargains. But competition remains fierce domestically, and international stores (located in 26 countries) have been a drag on performance for a decade. Margins may have to come down if Wal-Mart wants to avoid atrophying share in its core U.S. market.
Still, scale is a major advantage for the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company. The firm has the footprint to spread centralized costs across thousands of stores in order to limit the impact of things like advertising and executive pay on the income statement. And Wal-Mart's pricing power should continue to be a big boon, particularly when dealing with the many suppliers that count WMT as their biggest customer.
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So far, hedge funds picked up 1.51 million shares of the retailer, ramping up their exposure by almost 20%.
Wal-Mart is also one of Warren Buffett's holdings.
Procter & Gamble
Another prototypical consumer stock is Procter & Gamble (PG). The $182 billion is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of consumer products. Brands include everything from Tide detergent to Charmin toilet paper and Cover Girl cosmetics. All told, the firm owns 25 brands that each generate at least $1 billion in annual sales, an impressive feat.
With a big footprint, Procter is working hard to trim down its silhouette. The firm plans on cutting $10 billion in costs over the next few years, a move that would materially impact its margins and cash generation ability. Cash is one thing that Procter & Gamble is able to generate in spades: last year, the firm earned $13.3 billion in cold hard cash from its operations, leaving it with ample dry powder to return to shareholders via its 3.37% dividend yield.
Oversized international exposure has been a drag on earnings for PG. Because the firm makes 60% of its sales overseas and then has to convert its performance into dollars for financial reporting, the strength of the greenback in the last few years has been a big negative. Still, I think that the strong dollar is more a medium-term anomaly than a new normal. PG's international exposure should provide a tailwind down the road.
Early-filing hedge funds picked up 3.84 million shares of PG in the second quarter, ramping up their exposure to the blue chip by almost 25%.
I also featured Procter & Gamble, another of Warren Buffett's holdings, in "5 Rocket Stocks Worth Buying This Week."
Archer-Daniels Midland
I wouldn't exactly call Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM) a consumer stock -- after all, its direct customers aren't consumers, and you won't find the ADM logo on any consumers' shelves. Still, this firm's exposure to consumer whims is huge, and as a result, it's classified as a consumer stock along with the rest of them.
ADM is one of the world's biggest agricultural commodity producers. The firm takes raw soft commodities such as oilseed and wheat as inputs and spits out processed products like vegetable oil to flour on the other side. ADM is as tied in to global agricultural consumption as a company can get: The firm has more than 300 locations spread across the world, resulting in a network that can get cheaper access to commodities and provide finished products with fewer transportation costs factored in.
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That scale also means that ADM's trading desks are able to capture arbitrage opportunities that less tied-in rivals (or financial firms) can't.
While huge commodity exposure and paper-thin margins make ADM the least-attractive name on the list in my view, hedge funds have been snapping up shares. So far, they've picked up 5.56 million shares of ADM, ramping up their holdings by almost a third.
Dean Foods
Dean Foods (DF), on the other hand, is a food processing stock that's showing some stellar performance in 2012. So far this year, shares of the $3 billion company have rallied 47%. Dean is the biggest dairy processor and distributor in the country, with more than 50 brands and a private label business providing milk products under customers' marques.
Dairy is a fragmented business, and Dean Foods is the biggest name in town. Because the firm is so large, management has decided to unlock some shareholder value by spinning off a portion of its premium division, WhiteWave-Alpro, which owns popular brands like Horizon Organic and Silk soymilk. The unit's fast growth should help DF collect a high multiple in an IPO scenario, generating ample cash that the firm plans to use to decrease its debt load.
Relative strength has been stellar for Dean in 2012, a positive factor that statistically tends to continue to be a boost to shares. Early-filing hedge funds have been working to take advantage of that tailwind, more than doubling their ownership by buying 7.02 million shares of Dean Foods.
Dean Foods was one of the 10 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks in the Second Quarter.
Tissue and paper towel maker Kimberly-Clark (KMB) owns more than a few household name brands itself, including Kleenex, Scott and Huggies. The firm is one of the biggest names in consumer health and hygiene products, selling the consumable items that consumers need to keep stocked-up in their homes.
Unfortunately for KMB, when times get tough consumers tend to stock up the off-brand competitors. That means that Kleenex tissues often get traded down for store brand tissues, a product that consumers are more willing to switch to due to comparatively small differences between the two. KMB has been working to combat that poor stickiness by offering more differentiation between its offerings and the bargain brands. That's helped plug the holes in its sales, but ultimately, lower input costs are the critical factor that's been giving Kimberly-Clark breathing room on its income statement in 2012.
With net margins pushing back up towards double-digits again, this stock is throwing off mountains of cash and a hefty dividend payout that currently yields 3.6%. In turn, hedge funds ramped up their holdings of KMB by 25% in the second quarter, picking up 1.11 million shares of the firm.
Like most of the names that made this list, Kimberly-Clark is a defensive income-paying stock that's a solid core holding for investors in this market.
To see these stocks in action, check out the at Hedge Funds' Favorite Consumer Stocks Q2 portfolio on Stockpickr.
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-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.
Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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From the Allergic Living archives. First published in the magazine in 2010.
AVOID, AVOID, avoid. That's how Ann Jeannette Glauber had been treating her 4½-year-old son's allergies to eggs, milk, peanuts, nuts and shellfish. But at a party a few years ago, Theo grabbed and ate a handful of Goldfish crackers (which contain dairy) before she could stop him.
"I kind of freaked out," she admits, since her son had previously had an anaphylactic reaction to cottage cheese. Theo didn't react to the crackers, but avoidance remained the family watchword.
The boy, however, turns out to be among the 75 per cent of kids allergic to dairy whom researchers now believe can actually tolerate milk – provided it has been extensively heated through baking. The same holds true for egg.
While under supervision at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Theo on separate occasions was able to eat one-twelfth of an egg and a quarter cup of milk, both of which were baked into a cake. Emergency treatment was at the ready, but he didn't react. By May, the boy had started a new diet at home that includes muffins, breads, even croissants; foods thoroughly baked at 350 degrees for at least 30 minutes. There has been a sanctioned bite of lasagna and, in the next phase, Theo will be testing out pizza, which isn't cooked as long.
Allergists have long heard stories of allergic children who have accidentally eaten milk or egg – perhaps grandma fed the child an off-limits cupcake, or a daycare provider didn't realize that cookies contained egg – without reactions.
But researchers are getting closer to understanding why kids like Theo can tolerate milk or egg that has been baked, while others still will react immediately. They're also finding that introducing the baked food into the diet may actually help the child outgrow the allergy.
At Johns Hopkins, some dairy-allergic kids, including those who have had significant reactions to milk in the past, have even moved on to unheated foods such as yogurt and chocolate milk.
The best news: this is research that doesn't have to wait for clinical trials and government approvals. As long as you begin at the office of your allergist, and he or she has the resources to perform food challenges safely, introducing baked milk or egg into your child's diet is "something that can be done right now," Dr. Wesley Burks, head of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center, told the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology conference in New Orleans in 2010. He called this means of treating milk and egg allergy a "paradigm change."
Added Dr. Hugh Sampson, chief of allergy and immunology at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine and leader of the research: "What it means is that as opposed to going to birthday parties and not being able to eat cake, or going to school and worrying about somebody eating a cookie that has milk or – they can suddenly do all this."
THE CONCEPT of feeding allergic kids baked milk or egg goes against longstanding food allergy management practice and what parents like the Glaubers have been doing to protect their children. That is, they do everything in their power to ensure that not a morsel of the allergenic food crosses their child's lips. A shift in thinking began a few years ago with a study performed by Sampson and his colleagues at Mount Sinai.
They gave each of 100 milk-allergic kids a muffin to eat that contained 1.3 grams of milk protein, in the form of dry milk powder. If a child was able to eat the muffin, baked for 30 minutes, without a reaction, two hours later he or she was served a waffle, which was only cooked for three minutes.
Sampson and his team found that 75 of the 100 children tolerated milk that had been extensively heated, and they were told to keep it in their diet.
While in the past it had been believed that kids were more likely to outgrow a milk allergy if they successfully avoided it, this study suggested otherwise. In follow-up appointments three months later, those children who had continued to eat baked milk products showed a significantly smaller wheal (hive) on a skin-prick test compared to the beginning of the study.
They also had increased levels of milk protein IgG4 levels, an antibody associated with a protective effect against allergies. (A similar study, with similar results, was performed with baked egg.)
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PORTLAND, OR – The Green Building Initiative (GBI) recently announced the certification of the 100th building in the United States through the Green Globes environmental assessment and rating system. The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, located in Houston, Texas, received a rating of Three Globes for achievements in energy efficiency and environmental management practices. This medical center is one of 15 VA facilities in the United States that has received an official Green Globes certification from the GBI.
"Reaching the 100 building mark is a significant milestone for the GBI as we continue our work to make green rating tools practical and affordable," says Ward Hubbell, president of the GBI. "Projects like this that obtain a Green Globes rating demonstrate to the building community that it is possible to benchmark and improve the environmental performance of an existing building, even with a limited budget and resources."
Since it was introduced and released into the U.S. market in 2005, Green Globes has gained considerable usage and recognition and, despite the downtown in the construction industry, is a widely-accepted and credible standard for commercial green building. Twenty states officially recognize Green Globes through legislation or executive order, as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the Department of Interior. Green Globes has also been recognized by the private sector, with insurance companies such as Aon, Liberty Mutual and the Fireman's Fund offering various products and discounts for buildings that achieve an official Green Globes designation.
This latest milestone continues significant momentum for the GBI, which recently released two new personnel certification programs, called Green Globes Professional (GGP)™ and Green Globes Assessor (GGA)™. These programs were launched to further enhance green building professionals' knowledge of sustainable building practices and the Green Globes system, distinguishing them as true green building experts in the field.
The GBI is also in the final stages of establishing Green Globes as the first and only official national standard for sustainable construction of commercial buildings through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The ANSI Technical Committee recently finished the fourth round of public comments on the proposed Standard, and is now in the final stages of completing the soon-to-be released Standard, which will serve as a benchmark for sustainable commercial buildings across the United States.
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These are the leather gloves that enable complete control of touchscreen devices while keeping the hands warm. Ideal for use with smartphones, iPads, ATMs, fuel pumps, or GPS devices, the gloves' lambskin exteriors are impregnated with conductive material during the tanning process that allows their fingers to mimic the touch of human skin for nuanced, tactile control of capacitive touchscreen devices. Unlike traditional gloves that cannot interact with newer smartphone screens, these gloves allow accurate typing and enable any touchscreen command, such as zooming in or out via pinch gestures or scrolling through pictures with finger swipes. The 100% cashmere lining keeps hands toasty warm. Imported. Black. Men's. Size Small (7 1/2").
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What a great gift!
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My client requested touchscreen gloves for her directors for a holiday gift. She tried your gloves and they were just what she wanted!
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By Casey
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I am very disappointed that I cannot use my iphone with these gloves. They were purchased for me as a gift, and while they are stylish and warm, they were purchased primarily for use with a touchscreen phone.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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The space between the thumb and the fingers is too shallow so the gloves rip there in a matter of a single wear to a few days.
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the gloves seem to be of fairly good quality a little bit tight for the size but ok
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I live in Minnesota and need gloves that allow me use my phone and iPad in the cold.I have some others but they are limited to special touch areas on some fingers.These work well in normal use and below zero cold.
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Great gloves for warmth. The tips touching the screen not very accurate. Takes a few try's. Better without.
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Nice gloves, but you really can't operate your phone with them like they claim you can.
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They are nice but don't keep hands warm. The touch aspect is nice and they seem to be very good quality but not good in cold weather. I'e been trying them for about 2 weeks and it's been cold our and these have not kept my hands warm. I'm going to return them.
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I haven't yet tested the gloves in the rain, so I don't know if they'll perform then or not. I do know that they don't work on all bank touch screens - specifically Wells Fargo. And sometimes it's difficult to hit the right button on my iPhone.
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From May 31-June 2, 2013, members of the classes of 1943-2008 gathered on Emmanuel's campus for Alumni Weekend!
On Friday afternoon, alumni had the opportunity to tour some of Boston's best museums during trips to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The early evening brought a welcome back buffet for most classes and a 1990s Decade Dinner for the classes of 1993 and 1998. Evening activities included a visit to Symphony Hall to hear the Boston Pops play "Music from the Mad Men Era," or a Throwback Pub Crawl with stops at local hotspots An Tua Nua, the Baseball Tavern and Cask 'n Flagon.
For the early risers, Saturday began with the Fourth Annual Emmanuel 5K Walk/Run "The Finish Line is Just the Beginning." Afterward, alumni were able to take a trolley tour of Boston or a campus tour of the newly renovated Administration Building, led by student ambassadors.
Director of Campus Ministry and College Chaplain Fr. John Spencer, S.J. gave an afternoon lecture in the Cardinal Cushing Library titled "What Does it Mean to be Catholic in the 21st Century?"
Classes gathered on the front steps of the iconic Administration Building for reunion photos before gathering in the Auditorium for a welcome and College update from President Sr. Janet Eisner, SND. The Class of 1963 held a 50th Reunion Dinner in the Marian Hall Dining Room, while classes from 1968-2008 celebrated in the Gymnasium and our post-50th classes reminisced in the Atrium of the Jean Yawkey Center.
Before departing on Sunday afternoon, alumni processed by class into the Chapel for a special alumni Liturgy, followed by a post-50th reunion brunch for Emmanuel's classes of 1943-1958.
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If you need to upgrade geoqo from a previous version, you may want to first back up your default database:
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Movie review: 'Captain Phillips'
October 21, 2013
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Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Michael Chernus, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vazquez, David Warshofsky, Catherine Keener
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In "Captain Phillips" we meet the captain (Tom Hanks) in the office of his comfy Vermont digs as he checks his impending flight to Oman in 2009. Driving to the airport with his wife (Catherine Keener), Phillips worries that their son isn't taking school seriously. "The world we knew is gone. Getting a good job and keeping your head down no longer guarantees success," he says. With these prophetic words we are introduced to the screen adaptation of Phillips' book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea."
We next see Phillips in Oman, decked out in a captain's uniform inspecting the Maersk Alabama as he boards the modern multilevel American container ship that he will pilot around the Horn of Africa to Kenya. Aerial shots show the ship loaded with hundreds of containers, including many laden with food and fresh water, destined for African nations in need.
Phillips's routine establishes his work ethic. He notes padlocks left unhinged, and, moments after meeting crew members on their coffee break, orders the crew back to work.
In his quarters Phillips reads a corporate email containing the protocol to follow if the ship is attacked by pirates. He orders the crew to lock down the cargo and run security drills.
Meanwhile henchmen toting rifles and nasty attitudes arrive at a Somali encampment where they demand the indentured recruits secure a large haul for "the boss." Muse — played with anxious ambition by first-time actor Barkhad Abdi — is among the few to spearhead pirating operations. Muse takes his time selecting a crew of three, including his teen nephew, who brings a clump of amphetamine-laden leaves known as khat. Muse's competitor puts together a similar crew and the eight head off to a small ship that serves as their base camp.
While running his security drills, Phillips spots a pair of skiffs at the perimeter of the ship's radar. The fast-moving boats are headed directly for the Alabama. Assuming the attitude of a coiled snake, Phillips springs into action.
The movie smartly switches back and forth between the perspectives of Muse's group and Phillips, who defends his ship and his crew by every means possible, even though, for reasons never clarified, the ship is unarmed.
Through Muse's struggle to prevent his overzealous cohorts from unnecessarily shedding blood, director Paul Greengrass makes the case that many Somali pirates come from a world of few choices.
Although we begin to sympathize with Muse, we retain our connection to Phillips because Hanks emotes his character's thoughts, credibly depicting Phillips's uncertain journey.
Largely eschewing artificial enhancements, the soundtrack is punctuated not only by gunfire, but by the characters' panicked breathing as the advantage crosses from one side to the other. Rather than an action blockbuster, Greengrass delivers a thoughtful film that examines tense global politics from various individual perspectives. We root for the pirates to be defeated, but we also root for Muse, who appears to be caught in an impossible situation.
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Craig Massei, publisher, NinersDigest.com: A lot is currently being written regarding how different the Packers are now than the Green Bay team San Francisco played back in September in the season opener at Lambeau Field. What are the biggest differences between the Packers of today and the Packers of four months ago? What significant changes have taken place in those four months to make the Packers into the team they are entering the NFC's Final Four weekend?
Bill Huber, publisher, PackerReport.com: Offensively, they have a running game. No, it's not the sledgehammer attack fielded by the 49ers, but they can run the ball. It's been a season-long goal for coach Mike McCarthy, which is why the Packers signed Cedric Benson during training camp. In Week 1, it was a disaster, with 14 rushes for 45 yards. Over the final eight games, however, the Packers rushed for at least 113 yards six times, got 95 in another game and had 72 (but a 4.6 average) in a shootout at Minnesota. Two interesting things: First, it's who's running the ball. Benson suffered a season-ending foot injury in Week 5. They put him on the special IR list but the injury never healed. Alex Green, a third-round pick in 2011, never emerged after tearing his ACL last season. James Starks, a hero of the Super Bowl run in 2010, just can't stay healthy. So, the Packers added 5-foot-7 DuJuan Harris to the roster on Dec. 1 and brought back veteran Ryan Grant on Dec. 5. Harris, of all people, is the go-to back. He's extremely quick and packs a punch with his 203 pounds.
Second, why the focus on the running game with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback? Because opposing defenses decided playing Cover-2 was the way to slow the Packers' offense. The answer? Run the ball to get one of those safeties closer to the line of scrimmage. So, to finally answer your question, the offense is more diverse. Defensively, the Packers entered the season counting on a bunch of rookies and second-year players. Those players have grown into their roles. In Week 1, cornerback Casey Hayward played three snaps. This week, the second-round pick was named to the all-rookie team with six interceptions.
Craig Massei: ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer, a guy we got to know and respect during his time as a 49ers quarterback, said recently that Aaron Rodgers is "the best quarterback in the league and I don't think it's even close." That is sort of the view from my perspective as well after watching Rodgers put up another phenomenal season. What makes Rodgers so good? What kind of steps did he take in his progression as an elite QB this season? Is he a better QB now than when the season started, and how does this year compare to his MVP season of 2011?
Bill Huber: Rodgers never loses a game. Never. He's the NFL's career leader in interception percentage and passer rating. That's what stands out to me. He can throw the ball into tight windows – throw the receiver open, in the Packers' lingo – yet knows that fine line of not forcing the ball into coverage for a critical error. I point to his footwork and athleticism, as well. Yes, he's taken a lot of sacks but he's made so many big completions because of his ability to buy his receivers an extra second or two.
This season has been every bit as good as 2011, when he set a bunch of records and the Packers fielded the second-highest-scoring team in NFL history. Up until last week (and with the exception of about a dozen plays on Dec. 2), he hadn't had his full complement of receivers on the field at the same time since Sept. 30. His offensive line has been a revolving door, as has the backfield. And yet he led the NFL in passer rating and the team won 11 games.
Craig Massei: That said, what do the 49ers need to do to throw Rodgers out of rhythm and take him out of his game? How do you slow down the guy, or do you just try to contain him? What did Rodgers and the Packers learn from what the 49ers did against them defensively in the season opener? Can the 49ers follow that same blueprint on defense to success again, or will they have to change things up this time around?
Bill Huber: I'm not revealing any secrets here: Get pressure with four, drop seven into coverage and hope your four rushers can get home before his four or five targets can get open.
It's what worked for the 49ers in Week 1, when their secondary bottled up everyone other than Randall Cobb. It's what's worked for the Giants, both in the playoffs last season and in their game this year. The 49ers, obviously, are well-equipped to do just that. They only have six Pro Bowl defenders, after all. It's a winning blueprint against every quarterback in the league, not just Rodgers. So, I don't think the 49ers need to change a thing. Now, if Justin Smith isn't healthy and Aldon Smith isn't a game-changing menace, the Niners are going to be in a pickle.
Craig Massei: Knowing how much Rodgers seemed to want to be a 49er during his pre-draft visit here in 2005, this figures to be an emotional game for the Northern California native in what may be his final chance to play before local fans at Candlestick Park before the 49ers move their home stadium to Santa Clara in 2014. Have there been any signs this week that Rodgers might be extra-hyped for this game because of those circumstances? Do you believe he stills holds any grudge against the Niners because they passed him over for Alex Smith with the No. 1 overall selection that year? Will any of this be any kind of underlying factor in this game?
Bill Huber: If he holds a grudge, it's against his own head coach. McCarthy was the 49ers' offensive coordinator at the time and is as responsible for the selection of Alex Smith as anyone else. Funny how things work out. Does it bother Rodgers? Sure. He holds a grudge as well as anyone else in professional sports. Will it affect his play – good, bad or otherwise? No, I don't think so. That's a long time ago. He's won a Super Bowl and is well on his way to the Hall of Fame. Would it make a victory Saturday night any more special? Yeah, probably, but I don't think it's adding motivation or making this a grudge match or anything like that.
Craig Massei: The 49ers had a productive day offensively in the season opener and the Packers didn't do much to slow down running back Frank Gore, the guy who makes San Francisco go on that side of the ball. Green Bay appears to have made some considerable strides defensively as this season progressed, but is stopping the run – Gore in particular – still a major concern for the Packers entering this game? What can you tell us about the Packers' defense and what they'll try to do to thwart a San Francisco offense that has weapons and more playmaking potential with a more athletic QB than the Packers faced in September?
Bill Huber: Statistically, the Packers appear to be in big trouble against Gore. Defensive coordinator Dom Capers' basic plan is always the same: stop the run and make the quarterback beat him on third-and-long. In the last six games, the Packers gave up 147 rushing yards to the Giants, 240 to the Vikings, 135 to the Lions, 83 to Chicago, 79 to Tennessee (the Titans had four starters on injured reserve) and 217 to Minnesota. In the playoff game, the Packers managed to hold Adrian Peterson to 99 yards, but was that good run defense or was that the Packers taking advantage of Joe the Plumber of Spud Webb or whoever the heck was playing quarterback? We'll get into this more in our matchup series, but the Packers have three good run-stopping defensive linemen, but those guys can't play every down. So, it's going to be vital for those run-stoppers to hold firm on first and second down and the defense to get off the field on third down so the big guys don't get worn out. As for the athletic quarterback, Joe Webb ran for 68 yards on seven runs. Plus, the Packers had troubles stopping the read option. The Vikings, inexplicably, stopped running it for the second and third quarters. Granted, they didn't spend a minute preparing for Webb or the option. The outside linebackers will have to keep leverage and funnel everything inside.
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There's no law against having more or less than two given names, but as parents of a child born in North America, chances are decidedly in favor of your choosing two for the following reasons:
It's commonly accepted. Do you know anyone without a middle name, or, for that matter, with more than one? And if you do, have you ever wondered why? It's like having two eyes, two ears, and one nose. We expect it.
It fits on most legal forms. Almost every form these days provides a place to write your first and last name, as well as a spot to denote your middle name, or, at least, its beginning letter. This, by the way, is also a good reason for limiting your selection to just one middle name, as most forms don't allow for anything more than this. If your child has four names (two of them being middle names), there's a good chance that he or she will often be limited to using only one of them.
It prevents your child from receiving the middle name Nmi. This doesn't happen as much anymore, but about 20 years ago, many computer programs were coded to recognize three names and only three names. If a middle name wasn't indicated, the program would insert NMI, which is military shorthand for "no middle initial." While most folks do know what this acronym means, there are still some who don't, and if it shows up on a list of any sort, they think it's some exotic middle name. This may seem too silly to be true, but I've seen it and I've heard it more than once.
It gives your child more flexibility when it comes to deciding the name he or she wants to be called by. It's not uncommon for people to use their middle name at some point in their lives—you might even be one of them. Why? Sometimes they don't like their first name or are just plain tired of it. Or they may be asked to use their middle name to differentiate themselves from others who have the same first name (just like centuries ago!), such as in classrooms where popular naming styles have resulted in a few too many Courtneys or Michaels or Emilys.
Not giving your child a middle name can set him or her apart from the rest of the kids, just like an unusual or an uncommon name can.
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Many aspiring actors become stars when they trade their first names for middle names. Here's just a few: Warren Beatty (Henry Warren Beaty); Dyan Cannon (Samille Diane Friesen); Diahann Carroll (Carol Diahann Johnson); Faye Dunaway (Dorothy Faye Dunaway); Lauren Hutton (Mary Laurence Hutton); Gregory Peck (Eldred Gregory Peck); Robert Redford (Charles Robert Redford Jr.).
This last point may seem pretty far-fetched, but remember: if there's a reason, regardless how slight, for kids to ridicule each other in any way, they'll usually do it. It seems kind of funny that kids without middle names can become the target for as much ridicule as the ones with unusual or strange names, but it does happen. So, since you're the type of parents who want to shield their little ones from as much uncalled-for abuse as possible, you're going to choose a middle name, right? Let's make it a good one!


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I'm losing all hope in Vereen ever contributing.
Hopefully we can keep Salas on the practice squad because I think he could be a decent player. We just needed another guy we can trust NOW and Branch is better for that.
I'm losing all hope in Vereen ever contributing.
Hopefully we can keep Salas on the practice squad because I think he could be a decent player. We just needed another guy we can trust NOW and Branch is better for that.
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I am too, I really liked him coming out of college and thought he would be an impact on this offense.
I see him as a Welker replacement if Edleman doesn't work out, he was primarily used as a slot in college (Hawaii), has great hands, and lives off YAC. Pats traded for him and brought him back to the p squad. slot receiver is his ceiling but that is an important role on this offense.
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I figured the Jets or Fins would pick up Salas and try and deal him back to us..
6/27/09: We expect [Rondo] to play by the rules and be a leader as a point guard. We need him to be more of a leader, Ainge said. There were just a couple situations where he was late this year, I dont know if he was sitting in his car, but showed up late and the rest of the team was there. We have team rules and you have to be on time. He was fined for being late, he said he was stuck in traffic, and its just unacceptable.
told you all since 2010 he was a toolbag.....
RotoworldBrandon Lloyd (thigh) was limited again in Thursday's practice.
That's two straight limited sessions for New England's No. 1 receiver, but there's been nothing to suggest the Pats are doing anything other than managing his reps. We fully expect Lloyd to play and be near 100 percent against the Ravens. He's Rotoworld's No. 18 receiver for Week 3.
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I think often times we benefit from other GM's seeing Belichick release someone and assuming there is some sort of issue with the player. But then again, many times when we release someone because there actually is an issue, GM's jump all over the player just because BB saw something in them. Just goes to show you how far ahead of everyone else BB seems to be. He always has a plan, while many others just seem to be guessing.
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RotoworldBrandon Lloyd (thigh) is listed as questionable for Week 3 after being limited in practice for a third straight day Friday.
Multiple Boston beat writers believe Lloyd's injury is minor and expect him to play Sunday against the Ravens, but it's a situation worth monitoring. Through two weeks, Lloyd leads New England in targets and has just narrowly missed a few touchdown opportunities. We like his fantasy outlook if he's in the lineup Sunday night, but keep an eye out for updates the next two days.
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RotoworldShane Vereen (foot, questionable) was limited in Friday's practice.
Vereen has yet to play a snap this season, and the Boston beat writers have given no indication that he's getting any closer. Expect him to miss Week 3.
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^ Dang. I'm sick of Woodhead as the 3rd down back, I want Vereen to do that. Get healthy!
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If we are going to play 4-3 then Ninko can't play. If we have a decent replacement for him our D would be tight.
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Dana Goldstein on the implications of Martha Coakley's defeat—and female candidates to watch this year.
Dana Gluckstein has photographed indigenous peoples from America to Bhutan for over 30 years.
Steve Stockman and Dana Rohrabacher give a new definition to "dirty politicians."
Dana Loesch, the Tea Party pundit/media star, was discovered by the late Andrew Breitbart.
"Jay wanted The Tonight Show back in the worst way," says comedy writer and standup Dana Gould.
Close to dawn, after the doctor had departed and Alan was conscious, Dana went to her room to dress.
And, most incredible of all, though Dana would not speak to her, she spoke to him!
Mr. Dana is evidently a close observer of nature, and therefore his thoughts are original and fresh.
On the Dana plateau, for example, by the expenditure of 32 hours of labour 48 cwt.
Mr. Key spoke in reply to Mr. Dana, and in support of Mr. Bassett's motion.
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(Statement as prepared for delivery by Ambassador Wittig at a high-level panel discussion on "The impact of environmental degradation on disasters – Inputs for the Post 2015 debate" hosted by Germany and Costa Rica)
"Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,
Together with my colleague, Ambassador Weisleder from Costa Rica, I have the pleasure to welcome you all to the German House. A special welcome goes to Jordan Ryan, Assistant Administrator of UNDP, who has volunteered to lead us through today´s discussion. I further welcome Mr. Peter Mucke, President of the "Alliance Development Works" and co–author of the World Risk Report, our expert from the World Bank, as well as our panelists from the UN University and "The Nature Conervancy" who also contributed to the report.
Since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action in 2005, the focus on building societies more resilient to disasters has grown significantly. The devastating effects of natural disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti, the floods in Pakistan or hurrican Sandy have reminded us not only, how vulnerable this world is, but also how important it is to invest in prevention and to solidly integrate disaster risk reduction into development efforts.
The compounding effects of climate change lead to further environmental degradation and prepare the ground for more frequent and more severe natural desasters. Against this backdrop, the need for more effective disaster risk reduction is even more pertinent.
At a time, when we are trying to shape "the future we want" in the discussions on the sustainable development goals and the post 2015 development agenda, the World Risk Report and our event today highlight the importance of effective disaster risk reduction for sustainable development.
While it is clear to us that building resilience will be a growing challenge for development partners, humanitarian actors also need to take on their responsibilities in this regard. We have sufficient scientific proof showing that early action and preparedness help reduce costs of the humanitarian response significantly. We also know that many natural disasters can be anticipated. Yet, too often humanitarian assistance remains reactive.
Under our Chairmanship of the "Good Humanitarian Donorship" initiative and the OCHA Donor Support Group, we have therefore launched a discussion on the two main elements humanitarians can contribute to the broader resilience agenda: early action and emergency prepardness. Discussions with major stakeholders - including many of you - have led to a set of best practices and recommendations which will be finalised at a Conference on Emergency Preparedness in June this year in Berlin. Thus, we hope to anchor the idea of a more forward-looking, proactive humanitarian system in the upcoming discussions of the post-Hyogo Framework and the World Humanitarian Summit in 2015.
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Ping-pong programming (P3) is an offspring of two well-known extreme programming practices: pair programming and test-driven development. These practices by themselves promote intra-team knowledge sharing. But this is extreme programming, and we like to push the envelope, right?
I experienced a precursor to P3 when I visited Object Mentor in 2002. I was attending their Java Language Immersion and I was the only student of Micah Martin for the entire week. We had a great time. As we began working through the payroll exercise, Micah started by writing a test and sliding the keyboard over to me. I then tried to make it pass. At first, I took giant leaps ahead of him, coding far more than it took to get to a green bar. He patiently watched me as I stumbled around, often getting lost down rabbit holes. Periodically, he drove for a moment, doing something absurdly simple to get the test to pass.
I started getting a feel for how easy it was to take small steps. And I started to enjoy taking as small a step as possible, which led Micah to write more rigorous tests. This felt like a great way to combine pair programming with test-driven development. I took the technique back to work with me and immediately tried it on my XP pilot project. It was met with mixed reviews. Some programmers resisted the idea that they would be writing tests while someone else did all the coding.
Fast forward to the summer of 2004: my first project at ThoughtWorks.
Aslak Hellesoy had just joined our project. One fine Michigan morning, I had the good fortune to pair up with him. After a quick analysis of our task, he whipped together a brief test case and we watched it fail. Aslak slid the laptop over to me and prompted me to pass the test. I smiled, wondering whether this technique had spontaneously popped up on different continents (Aslak was based in the UK). I quickly passed the test and slid the laptop back to Aslak. He immediately slid the laptop back and prompted me to write the next test. I struggled to pick up on where he was headed with the first test, but eventually slid the laptop back to him with a failing test.
We followed this cycle all morning. It was an awesome way to work with and learn from an exceptional developer such as Aslak. This back-and-forth style of development became the standard way we developed together on the project. A few weeks later, I was once again fortunate enough to pair program with another exceptional programmer: Dave Astels.
The task ahead of us was not an easy one. We needed to integrate most of the tasks I had completed during the iteration, tying them together in two different contexts. After we had acquired our ritual morning coffee, Dave started us off with a test case [ping]. I was feeling a little grumpy (and lazy) and I passed the test by hard-coding the value with which Dave's mock object was expecting to be called. Then I wrote a slightly more rigorous test in order to force Dave to implement the code that he had tried to get me to write [pong]. He chuckled (as if to say I was in over my head), whipped together the necessary code, and wrote the next test--lickety-split [ping].
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Meyer strong in return to Rock Cats
Twins prospect allows one hit over five scoreless innings
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MiLB.com | August 24, 2013 7:55 PM ET
The Minnesota Twins got good news out of New Britain on Saturday night as Alex Meyer looked as sharp as ever in his first Double-A game in almost three months.
MLB.com's No. 35 overall prospect allowed one hit and two walks while striking out five over five innings in the Rock Cats' 2-0 blanking of the Bowie Baysox.
It was Meyer's first Eastern League outing -- and just his fourth game overall -- since going on the disabled list in early June with a shoulder injury.
"It was a pretty good night for me," he said. "I felt like the first couple innings, I was pretty excited and I walked the first guy in the first and second inning. But after that, I settled down.
"It felt like I had the world lifted off my shoulders. It was just a little inflammation and tendinitis, but when you're on the disabled list, it's never good. But it feels good and I feel like I'm back to 100 percent now. I had a scare there for a little bit when I didn't know what was going on, but the rehab guys did a great job getting me back to health."
The 23-year-old right-hander worked around a leadoff walk and two-out single in the opening inning, then rolled his second double play in as many frames to erase another walk in the second. After that, he set down the final 11 batters he faced.
Meyer hit 100 mph on the radar gun at Prince George's Stadium several times and used a fastball combination to keep the Baysox off-balance. He only threw one changeup but said he plans to throw it more in his next start, which will be his final outing of the season.
The Twins' third-ranked prospect, selected 23rd overall in the 2011 Draft, threw 37 of 59 pitches for strikes. He was on a five-inning or 75-pitch limit, whichever came first. It's unclear whether he will be stretched out on Thursday, but Meyer expects the team to keep him on a tight leash, considering the nature of the injury and the recovery time.
"That was the scary part," Meyer said of the injury. "I didn't feel anything when I was pitching [on June 1], but I woke up the next morning and it was sore, it just hurt. It was just something I had to go through that I had never gone through before. [The organization] gave me all the time I needed."
In late July, Myers began a program in Florida in which he made 20 throws a day. He started at 90 feet and gradually progressed to 100, then 120 feet. The training staff also gave him weight strengthening exercises and band work to both build shoulder strength and decrease the possibility of a similar injury in the future.
Acquired in November in the trade that sent Denard Span to the Nationals, Meyer pitched in his first game in more than two months when he allowed a run over 1 2/3 innings for the Twins' Gulf Coast League affiliate on Aug. 9.
The 6-foot-9 Indianapolis native made two more rehab starts with the Rookie-level team, working three two-hit innings on Aug. 13 and striking out nine batters over three scoreless frames on Monday.
What made Saturday's start even more special was that Meyer's father, Dave, was seated directly behind home plate.
"He drove nine hours to come watch me from Indianapolis," Meyer said. "He's a road warrior. He hasn't seen me play much this year. He said it didn't matter how far my first start [back from the DL] was, he would come and watch me.
"I just told him that when I was warming up, I better not go two innings and reach my pitch limit for the night. I wanted to give him something to watch."
Meyer wasn't the only one who put on a show for his dad.
One night after going 5-for-5, Twins No. 5 prospect Eddie Rosario had a pair of hits and scored twice. Cole Johnson allowed two hits and a walk over two innings and Dakota Watts struck out four over two hitless frames to record his eighth save.
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The voice and leadership of women of faith has too often been obscured or marginalized in the Church due to social and cultural prohibitions. This workshop will re-examine the voice and ministry of powerful women in scripture to find models for leadership in our contemporary context. Through the use of song, icon, poetry, discussion, small groups and guided meditations, we will look to our own unique gifts to strengthen our voices and discern God's call to be leaders in the Church of the 21st century.
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PHOTOS: KISS featured in designer John Varvatos spring campaign
KISS members are becoming fashion models. AdAge.com says the band has been tapped to promote the spring line from John Varvatos.
The partnership was revealed during Varvatos' show Saturday during the Milan Fashion Week. KISS also gave a surprise performance to cap off the event. Varvatos tells "Ad Age" he wanted to do "something that was against the grain, groundbreaking, and disruptive," and that KISS is "all of the above." He adds that working with the band has been one of the highlights of his life.
KISS frontman Paul Stanley says the group enjoyed working with the designer. He calls Varvatos "the epitome of rock 'n' roll fashion," and adds that KISS "couldn't be more honored to be a part of his legacy."
The campaign includes five black and white photos shot in Brooklyn, New York, of the members of KISS decked out in full makeup with Varvatos suits. The images were inspired by the cover of the band's 1975 album Dressed To Kill.
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What are the side effects of a surgery to an infant. My son had undergone a hernia surgery when he's 8 months old, he was on a general anesthesia then, does it have any effect on infant?
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I have a child who underwent open heart surgery with general anesthesia when he was 2 1/2 months old. What I found was that his immune system was compromised because of the broad spectrum antibiotics that they gave him post surgery to avoid infection. My son may also have some cognitive impairment from the anesthesia. I can't say for sure, but I can say that I know anesthesia can and does affect the brain (plus my son's body temperature was taken very low in order to preserve his organs during the surgery).
My son doesn't seem to have the same amount of "common sense" or reasoning abilities that his 4 other siblings do and it wasn't until just now that I realized that the anesthetic he was under could have contributed to this. He was only about 10 pounds when he underwent surgery and had the general anesthesia which he was probably under for about an hour and a half (I have no idea how long he was under before they started working on him).
If I had had the choice to have him undergo the general anesthesia, heart/lung bi-pass machine, broad spectrum antibiotics and all the other drugs they gave him in the hospital, or to avoid them all, I'd have chosen to avoid every one of them simply because I know there's always risk associated when we take meds/vaccines, etc. But I obviously didn't have a choice. In order to save his life he had to be exposed to those things. And I believe they affected him to some degree.
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It's good to hear that I have someone with the same case as son is. You know sometimes, it's hard to explain to people every time what my son's story is. It's nice to have this conversation with people who can really understand me.


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Jeff Badrtalei, Program Director
Program Office: SBS E-308, (310) 243-3575
Advising Office: SBS A-317, (310) 243-3448
Program Description
The Bachelor of Science in Applied Studies is a specially designed degree program that meets the needs of community college students who have earned associate degrees in technical fields for which there is no apparent bachelors degree program into which they may readily transfer and pursue upper division coursework. This program emphasizes the practical applications of academic subjects in real world situations. It enables students with technical or vocational associate degrees to obtain bachelors degrees with advanced coursework related to the associate degrees and prepares them for leadership roles in the occupations of their associate degrees.
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dependent upon close and careful advising.
Once admitted, a student's continuation in the program will be dependent upon maintaining the standards set in the university catalog, including satisfactory progress toward the educational objective and maintenance of a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0. Prerequisite requirements for courses in the major will be minimal. Through careful advising, students will be made aware of course prerequisites where they exist.
The primary criterion for admission to the Applied Studies major program is possession of a (minimum 56 semester unit) technical Associate of Science degree from an accredited community college, or the equivalent. An applicant who does not already possess this degree will be counseled to return to a conveniently-located community college to complete his/her associate degree program. The university will work closely with community colleges throughout the region to ensure that potential Applied Studies majors who are referred to community colleges for completion of their associate degree requirements are appropriately counseled to facilitate their transition to upper division status. Work experience, while highly desirable, is not specifically required for admission to the Applied Studies degree program.
Graduation with Honors
An undergraduate student may be a candidate for graduation with Honors in Applied Studies provided he or she meets the following criteria:
1. A minimum of 36 units in residence at CSU
2. A minimum grade point average of at least 3.5 in all courses used to satisfy the upper division requirements in the major;
3. Recommendation by the faculty in the department or program in which the honors are to be awarded.
Bachelor of Science in Applied Studies
Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.
Elective Requirements
Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a total of a minimum of 120 units.
General Education Requirements (55-62 units)
See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog or the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings.
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
See the "Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement" in the University Catalog.
Minor Requirements
Student completing this major will need to complete a minor in another field.
The Bachelor of Science in Applied Studies will consist of a minimum of 120 Semester units, based on the assumption that the majority of applicants will have completed a 56 unit Associate of Science degree. The major will consist of 42 semester units in liberal arts and applied component (B.,C., and D. below). All courses require a "C" or better grade to complete the major. The structure of the program is:
A. Associate of Science degree from an accredited community college, or the equivalent.
B. 18 unit upper division liberal arts component,
C. Transition to Applied Studies (3 units)
D. 18 unit upper division applied component
E. 3 unit capstone Seminar in Occupational Leadership
F. After completing the requirements for a minor, to reach atotal of 120 units, additional elective units to be taken of which at least 3 units are upper division.
Each element of the program's structure is discussed briefly below.
A. Associate of Science Degree
Most potential students will come with a
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Up to 18 units of lower division technical course work may be integrated as a part of the degree program. Depending on their lower division majors and the requirements for associates' degrees from different community colleges, some students may also be required to pursue additional lower division course work beyond 60 units. Thus, an applicant will need to have completed a minimum of 38 units of regularly transferable course work at the lower division level.
B. Liberal Arts Component (18 units)
Nine upper division units of Liberal Arts courses (*), plus the nine-unit upper division general education breadth requirements (listed below).
1. Integrative Studies in the Humanities (select one)
HUM 310. Key Concepts (3)
HUM 312. Key Movements (3)
HUM 314. Key Issues (3)
2. Integrative Studies in the Natural Sciences (select one)
SMT 310. Science and Technology (3)
SMT 312. Natural Processes and Human Welfare (3)
SMT 314. Introduction to Cosmology (3)
SMT 416. Earth Sciences for Teachers (3)
3. Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences
SBS 318. Cultural Pluralism (3)
(*) For selection of Liberal Arts courses, consult the Applied Studies Program advisor.
C. Transition to Applied Studies (3 units)
APS 300. Ethos of Liberal Arts in the Role of Work (3)
D. Applied Component (18 units)
Choose six of the following courses or other courses by advisement.
LBR 411. Contracts and Negotiations (3)
LBR 412. Labor Law (3)
MGT 310. Management Theory (3)
MGT 312. Organizational Behavior (3)
MGT 313. Human Resource Management (3)
MKT 350. Principles of Marketing (3)
PUB 302. Administration of Financial Resources (3)
PUB 303. Public Personnel Administration (3)
PSY 372. Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3)
SOC 315. Sociology of Work (3)
E. Capstone Seminar (3 units)
APS 490. Seminar in Occupational Leadership (3)
F. Electives
After completing the requirements for a minor, to reach atotal of 120 units, additional elective units to be taken of which at least 3 units are upper division.
Course Offerings
The credit value for each course in semester units is indicated for each term by a number in parentheses following the title. For course availability, please see the list of tentative course offerings in the current Class Schedule.
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APS 300 Ethos of the Liberal Arts and the Role of Work (3).
Examines the relationship between liberal arts and sciences education and the competencies required to function effectively in social and occupational settings. Readings and assignments emphasize integration and application of skills, knowledge, perspectives, and values acquired through liberal arts and sciences.
APS 490 Seminar in Occupational Leadership (3).
Prerequisites: Senior Standing.
Required of all applied studies majors. Interdisciplinary analysis of leadership in selected occupational areas. Creation and presentation of student portfolios demonstrating occupational accomplishment. Three hours of seminar per week.
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Dove teams up with architecture and design consultancy Nous Collaborative.
NEW YORK CITY – Dove® gave art and design students a license to play at the Dove Real Beauty by Design Workshop, that took place in New York from October 12-25.
Dove® asked creative minds to come together and reimagine new ways in which the Dove® Brand Mission could be brought to life. The mission invites all women to realize their personal potential for beauty.
Dove® teamed up with architecture and design consultancy, Nous Collaborative, to run the Dove® Real Beauty by Design Workshop. This partnership is a successful example of how a collaboration between a global brand and a specialized agency can bring new approaches to marketing and public outreach.
The workshop engaged the skills of young designers from the diverse fields of architecture, illustration, fashion, industrial and interactive design to bring their unique expressions and point of view on beauty to life. Dove® has found that by working with new partners, and implementing new ways of working, there is an opportunity to explore and celebrate the brand mission in new and more energetic ways.
The two week workshop brought 33 leading design students together to ideate and co-create around the Dove® brand mission. The students hailed from prestigious New York schools including: Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Students worked together and shared their knowledge to create inspiring projects which were judged by a panel of experts. Panellists included leading designers, brand representatives and journalists, including Cliff Pearson from Architectural Record and Monica Khemsurov from blog SightUnseen.com at an event held at Soho House NY.
The Dove® Real Beauty by Design Workshop in New York is part of a series of Dove workshops which kick-started in London in 2011. The workshop in London resulted in a number of successful entries which are now being implemented across the globe, including:
- Educational materials which will form part of the Dove® Self-Esteem Project and help young girls around the world develop a more positive relationship with beauty.
- Photography that captures the iconic Dove® Beauty Bar's fluid form engaging with the body.
- Experiments with brand products that produce new sensations through various textures, temperatures, and interactions.
- Portable spaces as a means of living the Dove® experience throughout the day The workshops enable Dove® to realise its commitment to innovation by engaging with a broad spectrum of design disciplines and in doing so create new ways of empowering women to reach their full potential for beauty.


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Ingrid Comes Ashore, Downgraded to Tropical Storm
Classes have been cancelled today in the Brownsville ISD and Cameron County officials over the weekend were distributing and filling sandbags as Hurricane Ingrid prepares to come ashore south of the Mexican port of La Pesca, probably later today, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Ingrid is the first hurricane of the 2013 season to come ashore, and the first to impact the United States.
The National Hurricane Center says Ingrid has 80 to 100 mile an hour winds, and am ore northerly course will mean more rain for drought-parched South Texas. Parts of Cameron County are expected to get five inches of rain.
Coast Guard Lieutenant Garreth Baker on South Padre Island says the biggest threat for the South Texas coast will be powerful rip currents.
"We're expecting high surf, as well as astronomical high tides producing coastal flooding," he said.
A rip current warning is posted from Port Aransas south through tomorrow, and Lt. Baker says a warning has been issued to all small craft to stay in port as Ingrid's strong winds begin lashing the coast.
You can imagine any vessels out on the ocean in that wind, in those sea conditions, can expect catastrophic conditions," he said.
In Brownsville, many residents were comparing this storm to 2008's Hurricane Dolly, which scored a direct hit on South Padre Island and caused millions of dollars of damage to the resort community's infrastructure, closing several hotels. Since Ingrid is expected to come ashore significantly south of the mouth of the Rio Grande, that type of destruction is not expected this time.


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(NEWSER) – Well this is one way to handle a corporate dispute. US military translation contractor Global Linguist Solutions ended its contract with its sponsoring Kuwaiti subcontractor, Al Shora, in February. So Al Shora—which just happens to be run by the Kuwaiti prime minister's sister-in-law, sources tell Fox News—refused to transfer the visas of GLS's US translators to a new subcontractor and told authorities they had violated their visas by not showing up to work. Now around 100 US citizens are stuck inside two US Army bases in Kuwait, with warrants out for their arrests and their names blacklisted for deportation, Stars and Stripes reports. And Al Shora wants $22 million to transfer the visas, reports Fox.


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Pinhole Camera Turns Empty Apartments Into Surreal, Upside-down Cityscapes [Video]
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Today in really awesome things, photographers Romain Alary and Antoine Levi create amazing works of visual art by setting up a camera obscura to pick up outdoor scenes and project them upside-down in empty indoor spaces. This video depicts a Parisian apartment, and it's basically the prettiest thing to come out of France since Marion Cotillard started an international career.Read More