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Faculty Research
The faculty at USD's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering conduct research and publish their findings in prestigious journals and at technical conferences. They also consult with industry and government organizations. Their current interests and areas of recent research are summarized below.
Bradley Chase, PhD (ISyE)
Bradley Chase directs the Ergonomics Laboratory at USD and has an appointment as a Research Scientist at the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego. He is an active consultant in the area of Performance Improvement. He has consulted on projects with Active Input Solutions, SAIC, and Consolo Systems, a local software startup. His research has been supported by the Army Research Institute, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Navy, and the American Society for Engineering Education.
Daniel Codd, PhD (ME)
Daniel Codd's research focuses on renewable energy systems, advanced manufacturing and precision mechanical design. Recent collaborative research projects funded by the California Energy Commission, ARPA-E, and MIT include concentrated solar power systems with integral high temperature thermal energy storage. He has served as a consultant and maintains active ties with several technology development firms in the energy, materials, automotive, consumer product and medical device industries. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE).
Odessma Dalrymple PhD (ISyE)
Ming Huang, PhD (ME)
Ming Huang's research interests are in the area of mechanical design with special emphasis on robotics and computer aided design. Problems considered include optimal design and coordination of novel robotic mechanisms with hybrid series and parallel structures. He has directed five (5) applied research projects in robotics, simulation, and computer-aided design and two (2) educational research projects supported by NSF, State of Florida, IBM, and Motorola. He was a consultant to China Productivity Center in Taiwan, a research fellow at Armstrong Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, and consulted as well as worked as a technical staff at Motorola. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE).
Frank Jacobitz, PhD (ME)
Frank Jacobitz pursues research that focuses on numerical simulation of fluid flow. Problems considered include turbulent mixing processes in density stratified and rotating flows with geophysical applications on the atmosphere and oceans, as well as biological flows of blood in skeletal muscle and muscle fascia vessel networks.
Imane Khalil PhD (ME)
Ernest Kim, PhD (EE)
Ernest Kim was principle Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer at Lightwave Solutions and has previously consulted with a variety of companies including All Optical Networks and Ascom Technologies and remains active consulting engineering. He has designed and verified such circuitry as RF predistortion circuits, fan control circuits, power supply circuits, backplane layout, electromechanical interfaces, hot swap control, and power redundancy circuit. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE).
Jae Kim PhD (ISyE)
James Kohl, PhD (ME)
James Kohl has research interests in mechanical properties of UHMWPE fibers in Failure Analysis, Silicone Coatings, Tribology, and Adhesion. He has significant industry experience, including serving as Vice President of Airfoil Operations and Engineering, Technical Director, and Program Coordinator at Chromalloy Dallas.
Kathleen Kramer, PhD (EE)
Kathleen Kramer has research interests in the areas of multisensor data fusion, digital systems, and communications systems. Recent research projects concern neural-extended Kalman filter use for target tracking and intercept, level 2 data fusion for composition estimation, and use of fuzzy logic for data fusion of multiple sensors. She has consulted or worked as a member of technical staff at ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, Northern Telecom, and Bell Communications Research.
Susan Lord, PhD (EE)
Susan Lord's research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways, diverse populations including Latinos and military veterans, and cross-cultural studies with non-U.S. students. Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and is active in the engineering education community including serving as President of the IEEE Education Society, General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference, and as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education. She also directs the Optoelectronics Laboratory at USD.
Mikaya Lumori, PhD (EE)
Mikaya Lumori has research interests that include Gaussian beam modeling of electromagnetic field sources, applied electromagnetics, electromagnetic hyperthermia, ultrasonics (underwater acoustics and medical applications), and system parametric identification. He has held research positions at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center ( Tucson, Arizona ), at University College London ( London, England ) and with the University of London, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Medical Research Council Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital ( London, England ).
Matthew McGarry, PhD (ME)
Dr. Matthew McGarry studies heat transfer enhancement via natural and forced convection. In addition he examines alternate energy systems.
Michael Morse, PhD (EE)
Michael Morse has ongoing research that includes studying pathways followed by current during an electrical accident and analyzing the potential for injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Dr. Morse has published much of his work focusing on the effects of electricity on the human body and diffuse electrical injury (DEI).
Truc Ngo, PhD (ISyE)
Dr. Ngo's research interests are in the areas of green materials and sustainable processes involving polymers, composites, organic semiconductors, and supercritical fluids. She has also led several humanitarian engineering service learning trips with undergraduate students to the Dominican Republic. Before joining academia, Dr. Ngo worked as a Senior Process Engineer at the Portland Technology Development Group and the California Technology Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation, developing cutting-edge manufacturing processes to manufacture microchips for computers and mobile devices.
Rick Olson, PhD (ISyE)
Dr. Olson's general teaching and research interests are in the area of applied operations research. He has particular academic interest in modeling, heuristic optimization and sustainability. He is also active in initiatives that encourage pre-college students to consider engineering careers and in retention of engineering students.
Leonard Perry, PhD (ISyE)
Leonard Perry has research interests in the area of system improvement via quality improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical process control, and design of experiments. Dr. Perry consults, instructs, and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from biotech, health care, defense, and traditional manufacturing institutions. He has been an instructor for the Six Sigma Black belt training at the Six Sigma Institute for three years. He is a UCSD Certified Six-Sigma Master Black-Belt and an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
Thomas Schubert, PhD (EE)
Thomas Schubert has research intrest in analog electrics and electromagnetic fields and engineering education. He has previously consulted with Planar Systems, Inc. concerning the efficient electronic driving of electroluminescent panels, and with Teledyne-Ryan Electronics concerning the analysis and design of layered Luneburg lens antennas in the microwave region.


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Super nice Noel set in the original box! Made by Relco, this is Santa with his package laden sleigh being "pulled" by four reindeer. Noel set uses the small (birthday cake size) candles – there are 4 (have been lit) in the box. Item is in excellent condition with only "use" evidence being few flecks of missing red paint (cold paint and is easily removed). Lovely addition to a collection.
Neat trees! There are 3 in listing – green, silver, and a gold color – and each has attached multi-color glass bead "ornaments". Measure 8" tall and have a gold color wood disc type base that is stamped Japan.
This is an unusual and very pretty Gurley candle! It's a red candle in a red "candleholder" base with 2 green oak leaves and a red acorn. The leaves and acorn have silver glitter on them. Candle measures 7 1/8" tall, has always been pampered, and has original Gurley cardboard label/base. Looks new!
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Two Lefton Angel Bells
Two Lefton Angel Bells
This listing has 2 lovely angel bells made by Lefton! One girl holds a prettily wrapped package and the other has a handled basket that "holds" a star shaped cookie and a candy cane. Measure 4 3/8" and are stamped on inside: Geo. Z. Lefton. Girl angel with basket is in excellent condition. Angel with package has a super tight crack in her skirt that I would say was caused by vigorous bell ringing. The damage is not visually distracting and is not easily seen but the bell has a dull ring. T...
Another very nice Gurley candle listing from the candles I purchased that had been stored away in an outbuilding! I've grouped several together – there are 4 trees and 2 Rudolph candles. Trees measure 3 ¼" (2 red ones), 5" and 8 ½" tall. Deer are 3" tall (at tallest). One red tree has lost cardboard label/base. Candles are as shown in photo.
These are unusual Gurley candles! They're shaped like a bedchamber style candleholder with a "chimney" and a red candle in the center. Measure 4" tall (at tallest), one has a red base while the other has a green base. Both have Gurley cardboard label/bases. I purchased a number of Gurley candles a couple of months ago and they had all been stored in a storage shed for quite some time. These candles are from that purchase and, as with all the candles, I have washed them but they could us...
This is another outstanding ornament listing! There are 6 little angels kneeling in prayer. Measure 2 ¼" tall, each "wears" a pink gown with gold color accents at wrist and neckline, and has gold color wings. The detail is absolutely outstanding – their faces are lovely. The ornaments are in their original box that states these are "Hand Decorated Adoring Angels" and were made in Hong Kong. The cellophane cover has torn and has been taped to prevent angels falling out of box. Very p...
I have two of these lovely ornaments available! Made by Bing & Grondahl, ornaments measure 3 ¼" long (at longest), 1 ½" wide (at widest). They have original boxes. Ornaments appear unused, boxes show some wear. Very pretty, very collectible!
Neat retro Christmas listing – tinsel garland still in original Woolworth's box! Tinsel is green and silver and (per box), measures 24 feet x 1 ½". Very colorful!
This is another unusual Gurley candle – a tall choirgirl still in her original cellophane packaging! She has a bright red "robe" and long yellow "hair" – she's a later production because the color is on front half of candle only, the back of candle is white. Neat item!
This is an unusual Gurley candle – a Santa holding a couple packages! Measures 6 ¾" tall and has original Gurley base that prior owner trimmed to shape of the candle bottom. The candles red color is just a tad lighter on front than on back – the color is even and was produced that way (as opposed to fading) because other colors are not faded. Unusual. Santa is in excellent shape but he has sustained a bump (just below the rim of his hat) that caused a small piece of wax to go inside – c...
This listing has 5 beautiful ornaments made in Romania for Commodore Mfg. Corp! Ornaments are a dark red color with silver and gold glitter design. They are in wonderful condition – one has a small chip just below the metal cap – that's it! Very nice!!
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Holt Howard Poinsettia Girls
Holt Howard Poinsettia Girls
Beautiful color and excellent detail on this Holt Howard shaker set!
These are poinsettia girls, measure 4" tall (at tallest), have Holt Howard red and gold foil label/sticker, numbered 6216, and are in excellent condition.
They are missing stoppers but I will add a set of new food grade rubber stoppers at no charge.
Great collectibles!
These are poinsettia girls, measure 4" tall (at tallest), have Holt Howard red and gold foil label/sticker, numbered 6216, and are in excellent condition.
They are missing stoppers but I will add a set of new food grade rubber stoppers at no charge.
Great collectibles!
Excellent condition brush wreath! Measures 5" diameter and is decorated with little fruits – apples and bananas – and tiny pinecones. Wreath has "snow" and gold glitter accents with a gold ribbon at top. Neat item!
This is an unusual Bradford tree topper! Made of hard plastic, it's gold color and has two starburst type indents. Not only is the design unusual, it has a "tinsel waterfall" that goes on top of the topper.
Per box, this is "no 44 – 12" tree top with tinsel waterfall". Box is a little smooshed from storage but topper and waterfall are in great condition. Neat item!
Per box, this is "no 44 – 12" tree top with tinsel waterfall". Box is a little smooshed from storage but topper and waterfall are in great condition. Neat item!
Beautiful pair of M.I. Hummel ornaments in their original boxes! Both are dated 2000, one ornament has a little boy with an umbrella and the other has a little girl with an umbrella. The boy ornament is number H294, "Have the Sun in Your Heart". The girl ornament is number H296, "Umbrella Girl". Both are in excellent condition and are wonderful collectibles!
Another very pretty listing of Bradford ornaments! These are bell shape and are a beautiful bright blue color with glitter. Made of plastic and still in their original container. Super!
This listing has 2 boxes (4 ornaments per box) of Jewel Brite plastic ornaments! Ornaments are open in front and inside each is holly berries with greenery and a plastic gold color musical instrument. Ornaments and boxes are in wonderful condition!

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What is the deepest-living fish?
The deepsea has long held a fascination for people. What is the 'fishy depth record'?
The fish that currently holds the depth record is a species of cuskeel (family Ophidiidae) called Abyssobrotula galatheae. This 20 cm long fish has been collected from the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of 8,370 m (27,455 feet).
The cuskeel in the upper image is Barathrites sp. It was collected at a "mere" 3,300 m. The fish is registered in the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection (AMS I.28746-002). View the factsheet for this species.
Dr Shillito of the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, recently used a new device called an abyss box to capture and bring live to the surface a deepsea zoarcid fish, Pachycara saldanhai. The fish was caught, and filmed, at a depth of 2,300 m on the hot vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
More deep fish links
Further reading
- Neilsen, J.G in Paxton, J.R. & W.N. Eschmeyer (Eds). 1994. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Sydney: New South Wales University Press; San Diego: Academic Press [1995]. Pp. 240.
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San Jose State hires Jamie Craighead as coach
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose State has hired Jamie Craighead as its women's basketball coach.
Spartans athletics director Gene Bleymaier made the announcement Monday. Craighead replaces Tim La Kose, who resigned for personal reasons Aug. 30.
Craighead spent the past four seasons coaching Sacramento State, where she guided the Hornets to the Big Sky Conference tournament for just the fifth (2012) and sixth (2013) times in program history. Sacramento State earned its first tournament wins and reached the semifinals both years.
Craighead's fast-paced offense led the Big Sky in scoring in each of her four seasons. She also played basketball at Oregon and was an assistant at Seattle Pacific University for three years.
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When Good Things Happen to Bad Ideas: Time and chance happeneth to
economists, too.
By Paul Krugman
A few weeks ago, I was looking for something to watch on television
while I made dinner, and there was CNN's Lou Dobbs introducing
financial columnist James K. Glassman, identifying him as the
author of Dow 36,000 (presumably a forthcoming book ). I
immediately switched to the History Channel. But over the next few
days I found myself thinking, one might almost say brooding, about
the sighting.
You see, last fall, Glassman--who has used such forums as the Wall
Street Journal editorial page to propound his view that the
prospect of future earnings growth justifies much higher stock
prices than anything yet seen--participated in a Slate "Dialogue"
about the subject. His sparring partner was Clive Crook of the
Economist, a publication that has repeatedly asserted that U.S.
stock prices are not only excessively high but dangerously so and
that the history of Japan's notorious "bubble economy" is being
repeated. Alas, the dialogue came to a sudden screeching halt when
it became clear that Glassman's views were based not on some at
least debatable vision about America's economic prospects but
rather on a simple misunderstanding of corporate accounting (in
essence, Glassman was claiming that businesses can eat their seed
corn and plant it too). It is unclear from that exchange whether
Glassman understands even now that his famous calculation involved
naive double-counting--he certainly did not concede any
mistake--but an embarrassed Crook saw no point in continuing the
(I'm sure Paul is second guessing here)
It isn't all that unusual a story. Indeed, it is quite commonplace
for influential people to propound economic doctrines that are "not
even wrong," that is, that involve a basic conceptual or accounting
impossibility. But there is a kicker in this case. Imagine a Slate
reader who for some reason just could not grasp Crook's point, who
despite everything found Glassman's position convincing. That
reader would presumably have invested heavily in the stock
market--and profited handsomely as the Dow rose from around 9,000
at the time of the dialogue to more than 11,000 by May. Meanwhile,
someone who did understand Crook's logic, and who therefore
understood why even the most optimistic economists have been
finding it increasingly hard to justify current stock valuations,
might well have shifted heavily into cash, perhaps even shorted the
market, and would soon have been gnashing his teeth. The guy who
had no idea what he was talking about gave what turned out to be
good advice. (This would be me). The guy who made sense got the prediction
all wrong. (This would be _ _ _ _ _ ).
How could such a thing happen? One reason is that since last fall
the economic news, both at home and abroad, has been better than
most people expected. But, anyway, stock prices are at best very
loosely related to fundamentals--if people believe they are going
higher, they do, at least for a while. And so it is very easy for
someone who is completely wrong about the fundamentals to make a
correct prediction about the direction of stock prices, and
But the Glassman-Crook episode set me thinking, for it is not the
only recent case in which good things have happened to bad ideas.
And as you might guess, another major example involves yours
truly--and the debate over the so-called New Paradigm.
The basic idea of New Paradigmatics was and is that the old speed
limits on U.S. economic growth have been repealed. In the past,
sustained growth at more than about 2.5 percent eventually led to
an overheated economy, one in which the pressure on scarce capacity
led to accelerating inflation. But according to believers in a "new
economy," those constraints were a thing of the past: Because of
rapid productivity growth--much faster than the official statistics
indicated--and globalization, rapid growth would no longer lead to
Now to anyone who was prepared to do a few thought experiments, it
was immediately apparent that this argument was logical nonsense.
As many economists (including me in a Slate article) tried to
explain, measured productivity and measured growth are constructed
from the same data. Even if there was an unmeasured acceleration in
productivity, it would not allow the GDP numbers published by the
Commerce Department to grow any faster than before. And global
economy or no global economy, a national economy has a speed limit
determined by the sum of labor force and productivity growth. And
so, a couple of years ago, when the measured rate of productivity
growth showed little sign of increasing, it was natural for people
like me to dismiss the New Paradigm argument as silly.
The trouble is that since then the U.S. economy has in fact grown
rapidly, without any signs of inflation until very recently. This
performance has been made possible partly by an acceleration of
measured productivity growth, partly by the surprising quiescence
of wages (so sad), despite a very tight labor market; but the effect is that
those who believed in the New Paradigm feel vindicated, and those
of us who made fun of it have some explaining to do.
(No, I feel clueless but lucky)
To be fair, you can make a better case on behalf of the New
Paradigm than on behalf of the hapless Glassman. While the NP crowd
may have engaged in some garbled logic, they were nonetheless onto
something--namely, businessmen were telling them tales of a
"productivity revolution," and even if the data didn't show any
evidence of that revolution, they felt sure that somehow growth was
going to accelerate. They couldn't articulate their feelings very
well, and what they actually said didn't make any sense, but they
were nonetheless right in their sense that something new and good
was happening to the economy.
Still, both cases show that in the buzzing, blooming confusion that
is the economy it is all too easy for those who would make economic
predictions to be right for the wrong reasons, and conversely.
Confused thinking does not necessarily lead to disaster; steel-trap
logic is no guarantee of success. Or to quote a more authoritative
source (see the note at the end of the article):
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,
nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of
skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
But there is also, I think, another moral. If being smart is no
guarantee of being right, having been right is not necessarily an
indicator that someone is smart. Suppose that you hear someone
making what sounds like a dumb argument, but you know that he has
an impressive track record at market or economic prediction. Guess
what: The argument may be as dumb as it sounds.
In his classic essay "Politics and the English Language," George
Orwell translated this verse from Ecclesiastes into modern
officialese: "Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena
compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive
activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate
capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must
invariably be taken into account." Now that sounds like an
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Latest Agreement Between Commission and Corporate America Bolsters Trend
HOUSTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Halliburton today jointly entered into a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to resolve workplace disputes informally through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation. The NUAM with the Houston-based energy services giant is the 91st such agreement between the EEOC and corporate America, bolstering a recent trend.
"We commend Halliburton for partnering with us and recognizing the many benefits of mediation to resolve workplace disputes in a mutually beneficial way," said Mike Fetzer, Director of the agency's Dallas and Houston District Offices, who signed the NUAM on behalf of EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez. "Mediation often results in win-win outcomes by saving time and money and preserving employment relationships – all of which enhances organizational performance."
Weldon Mire, Halliburton's Vice President for Human Resources, said, "Our goal is to resolve disagreements as quickly as possible. We view this agreement with the EEOC as a tool for helping us to meet that goal because when we deal with conflicts appropriately, we increase understanding among everyone included."
Under the terms of the NUAM, all eligible charges of discrimination filed with the agency naming Halliburton as the employer/respondent will be referred to the EEOC's mediation unit as appropriate. The company will designate a corporate representative to handle all inquiries and other logistical matters related to potential charges in order to facilitate a prompt scheduling of the matter for EEOC mediation.
Expanding mediation is a key component of Chair Dominguez's Five-Point Plan to improve the EEOC's overall operational efficiency and effectiveness. In addition to the 91 universal mediation pacts with employers at the national level, EEOC district offices have entered into more than 770 local mediation agreements with large companies within their respective geographic jurisdictions.
The benefits of universal mediation agreements include eliminating the time between serving a charge and getting it to the appropriate employer contact, and facilitating the scheduling of the mediation sessions. A NUAM is flexible in that it allows both the EEOC and employers to opt out of mediation on a case-by-case basis if either believes the claim is not appropriate, thus protecting a key component of the voluntariness.
Since 1999, when EEOC's National Mediation Program was launched, the Commission has mediated more than 72,000 cases with nearly 70% being successfully resolved in an average time of 85 days - nearly half the time it takes to resolve a charge through the investigative process. Additionally, EEOC's experience over the years has shown that 13-20% of mediated cases are resolved based solely on a non-monetary benefit. A comprehensive survey conducted by independent researchers showed that 91% of charging parties and 96% of employers would use EEOC's mediation program again if a charge were filed - irrespective of issues, bases, size of employer, or whether the charge were resolved or not. The study concluded that the parties saw the EEOC's process as fair, neutral and efficient.
Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and KBR. The company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at www.halliburton.com.
The EEOC is the federal government agency responsible for enforcing the nation's anti-discrimination laws in the workplace based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, retaliation, age and disability. Further information about the EEOC's mediation program is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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69% of B2B Companies Ignore Social Media Feedback !
A majority of B2B companies are not paying enough attention to their customers' social media activities and managing them for effective business outcomes. A recent study by Satmetrix shines some light on worldwide social media practices. Many B2B companies are just plain ignoring social media in their day to day operations. Satmetrix is the company responsible for the NetPromoter score, which measures customer satisfaction based on how likely customers are to recommend a business. It is a measurement of advocates and detractors, but it has been correlated with business success. The survey data is based on 1180 responses from businesses around the globe, who are all part of the NetPromoter.com community. This adds some extra weight to these highly negative results because it comes from a pool of companies that care deeply about customer satisfaction.
- 51% of B2B companies have no social media tracking in place at all.
- 69% for B2B companies ignore customers who provide feedback via social media – by having no process in place to respond.
- 75% of B2B companies do not measure or quantify social media.
- 56% of companies who measure social media just count the comments and followers.
- Only 4% of companies who measure social media have any form of sentiment analysis.
- 60% of businesses do not have an integrated social media strategy (either do nothing, track or follow up only).
How do these stats compare to what your B2B company does, or what you are seeing from other B2B companies you interact with? Share these stats with your followers and see which ones resonate most with them.
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science: Key Programs and
Events - February
Included in this advisory are key programs and events at the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which aim to inspire
curiosity and excite minds of all ages through scientific
Opens March 12 - BODY WORLDS &
The Story of the Heart
This all-new exhibition will reveal - through the
lenses of anatomy, cardiology, psychology and culture - how the
heart nourishes, regulates and sustains life. The exhibition
will give Museum visitors profound insight into the human body,
health and disease, and the intricate world of the cardiovascular
system. The exhibition will awe visitors with more than 200
human specimens, including whole-body plastinates, organs and
translucent body slices.
Coming February 19 - Arabia IMAX
Go behind the veil on a journey into the exotic world of Arabia
and experience the culture, history and religion of this unfamiliar
region of the world. Explore the ancient tombs of a lost city, dive
into the shipwrecks of the Red Sea with underwater archaeologists,
and experience the extraordinary pilgrimage known as the
hajj-the largest gathering of people on Earth.
Coming March 19 - Hubble IMAX
Experience a gripping story full of hope, crushing
disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery and triumph. Hubble
recounts the amazing journey of the Hubble Space Telescope,
arguably the most important scientific instrument since Galileo's
original telescope and the greatest success in space since the Moon
landing. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Hubble will change
the way you see the universe.
Space Science - Colorado Skies
Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m. - $8 for members, $10 for
nonmembers, $5 for children (ages 3-12)
Join Larry Sessions from the Metropolitan State College and
Community College of Aurora for a night of stargazing. Stay
warm in the Planetarium while you embark on a cosmic journey
through the wintery night sky.
Arabia IMAX Premiere with Robert Lacey
Friday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. - $15 for members, $18
for nonmembers
The Denver premiere of the new giant-screen film Arabia
includes a chance for further exploration as Robert Lacey, an
international best-selling author and the film's leading expert and
narrator, shares insights from his years of studying the region.
Lacey, who lived for a time near the Red Sea, will unlock the
secrets of a complex society in the midst of monumental change
Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Rare Books and More from the
Library Collections
Tuesday, February 16 at 6 p.m. - $20 for members, $25 for
Librarian Kathie Gully invites you into the hidden storage spaces
behind the Museum's walls. Peek into rare treasures like
Captain Cook's chronicle of his voyage around the world, the first
two volumes of National Geographic, and Darwin's natural selection
The Science Lounge: Life Out There
Thursday, February 18 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Enjoy a mind-expanding experience with cocktails and entertainment
every third Thursday of the month. Ages 21 and up. This
month, Astrobiologist David Grinspoon, PhD, and space scientist Ka
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to search for clues to life. Your journey will include
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SCFD Free Day
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Explore the wonders of the universe at the Denver Museum of Nature
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including Expedition Health, Space Odyssey, Prehistoric
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Arts & History - Conversations with
Thursday, February 25 at 7 p.m. - FREE
Listen in as Patty Limerick, faculty director and chair for the
Center of the American West and professor of history at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, interviews the 26th president of
the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. Famous for being one
of the first conservationists, Roosevelt (played by actor Clay
Jenkinson, a humanities scholar, author, and social commentator)
offers insight as to how yesterday's perspectives can help us solve
today's problems.
Children's Workshop - Weather Wonders
Saturday, February 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - $40 for members, $50
for nonmembers
Have fun and get your hands wet while we learn about the wonders
of weather. Study storm clouds and rainbows with entertaining
and interactive experiments. Ages 4 and 5.
Children's Workshop - Cave Explorers
Saturday, February 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - $40 for
members, $50 for nonmembers
Find out why you shouldn't eat cave popcorn as we study the
exciting underground world of caves. Put on your spelunking
cap and construct your own cave craft to take home. Grades K
and 1.
Children's Workshop - Crazy Chemistry
Saturday, February 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - $40 for members, $50
for nonmembers
Pretend you're a mad scientist for the day as we mix up crazy
concoctions and learn about the basics of chemistry. Watch
what happens as cream transforms from a liquid to an icy solid and
enjoy a tasty sweet treat. Grades 2 and 3.
Children's Workshop - Natural Disasters
Saturday, February 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - $40 for members, $50
for nonmembers
Explore the colossal forces of nature through hands-on experiments
to determine how disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian
earthquake occur. Grades 4 - 6.
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Problems with the Dictionary
Shouldn't the distance between impossible
and improbable be widened? Might miracle
deserve its own appendix: the ease with which night
becomes winter? There must be a word for it,
a term unique and apropos to star-pocked sky
and village roads blanketed by snow,
a good-naturedbut stone drunkschoolteacher
leaving a warm bar. It is improbable she will drive.
She does. North of town, wind uncovers ice-sheets.
A drift swarms ditch to ditch and the street
becomes impassible (see also impossible). She cannot
u-turn and begins walking home. She forgets
her headlights and roadside crops go miraculous:
snowed-in corn pastures awash in shadows
from her halogen bulbs. Another driver
would not see her. None come. The night is nothing more
than boot-prints in fresh powder, a wobbly path
tracking to back-patio where she frees the latch
and lets herself in. Her high-beams will burn
to sunrise. Her frozen steps will melt beyond definition.
Luke Johnson
Southwest Review Volume 96, Number 4
Volume 96, Number 4
Copyright © 2011 by Luke Johnson
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Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Countdown Continues... with 'The 12 Famous Artists of Christmas'
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Though it ran a year later this looks to be the original face. Looking perhaps a bit too smug.ReplyDelete
That Fawcett ad is painful. The man was a genius, but for some reason he could not draw a light romantic scene to save his life. Seems we can add warm, endearing Christmas scenes to the list.ReplyDelete
It looks to me like the face was patched (rather clumsily) to satisfy a client's taste. Did Fawcett do it? Once a client asked Fawcett to modify his illustration of Napoleon's face. Fawcett refused to do it, and when the client insisted, Fawcett took back the illustration and told the client he should start fresh with someone else.
It's pretty clear that Fawcett didn't care as much about this ad, so it's hard to tell if he did a haphazard job or if the art director had someone patch it.
Love the VonSchmidt art.ReplyDelete
- Rich3:33 PM
Love the Von Schmidt art as well.ReplyDelete
Love these those reindeers overflying a somewhat ghostly town.
So well drawn, the reindeers, anatomically correct as they are; painted in cool shades of blue, including faint Santa under a full moon.
And then the only warm shades of ochre and yellow in the picture, in sharp contrast to all that cold blue. See that lonesome person, tinged in ochre and yellow, looking out from that window in sheer amazement
Perhaps thats what's nowadays called a "window of opportunity";?


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Guatemalan President Argues Drug Legalization and Calls Out US Anti-Drug Effort
New York – While touting himself as one of the most popular leaders in Latin America, the newly elected President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, defended the legalization of drugs as part of his new "iron fist" approach toward fighting drug violence during a one-on-one interview with Fox News Latino.
"It's the first time that a president in power dares to say that other routes have to be found for the war on drugs," Perez Molina said in Spanish. "And that's part of what we always said: the iron fist is character, it's firmness, it's determination and it's the political will to want to do things."
Perez Molina and other Latin American leaders harped on the war on drugs and the need for a candid conversation about new ideas for the war on drugs in their speeches to the United Nations General Assembly.
"Something about what we are doing is not working," said Perez Molina of the last 20 years, "I find that drug trafficking has increased; that crime has increased; that violence has increased."
Perez Molina said he is looking for drug regulation; a middle ground between full "liberalization," where drugs are sold on every corner store and the current prohibitionist stance. He suggested regulations be put in place based on how addictive or how dangerous drugs are.
"In the case of marijuana, there are scientific studies that state that it creates less addictiveness and it's less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco," he said. "There are, then, tiers that can be established, that can be regulated, and I believe there's space there for dialogue with a foundation."
The president who at one point served as the nation's intelligence chief and was a general during the country's civil war also denied accusations of human rights abuses. Perez Molina has been accused of involvement in scorched earth campaigns during the early 1980s in the country's Ixil Traingle - a region of Quiché that saw 2744 people killed between January 1982 and late December 1983.
"Any accusation that has been leveled against me is not credible because it's not true," he said. "So not only are there no accusations, much less trials for human rights violations, on the contrary: [my administration has] the recognition of Guatemalans for having been a negotiator and a person who signed the Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace."
He also brushed off accusations that people are wary of his presidency, because of of his past.
"I found out about a survey that Mitofsky conducts... results place me as one of the three most popular presidents in their own country out of all Latin American presidents," Perez Molina said. "So this is recognition that Guatemalans approve of the good work that we're doing."
While much of the media attention has concentrated on President Felipe Calderón's aggressive war against drug cartels, much less has been said of the affects the war has had on its Central American neighbors - especially Guatemala.
According to UN statistics, Guatemala's murder rate was 38.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011, more than seven times higher than in the U.S. and more deadly than Mexico, but significantly lower than neighboring Honduras, which logged one of the highest murder rates in the world at 91.6 per 100,000. Criminal groups exploit the porous border Mexico and Guatemala share, which counts only 11 formal ports of entry along its 600 miles.
A UN official estimated in 2011 that traffickers controlled up to 60 percent of Guatemalan territory. An estimated 14,000 people, mostly young men, belong to gangs in Guatemala.
Since the end of Guatemala's civil war ended in 1996, the US has spent $85 million fighting drug traffickers in Guatemala. Last year spending was $16 million and is budgeted to decline to 9 million in 2013. Meanwhile the U.S. dramatically stepped up counter narcotics funding to Mexico under a five-year program called the Merida initiative that will send a total of $2 billion to Mexico from 2008 to 2013.
The president credits his administration and iron fist approach for 13 percent less murders, 25 percent less kidnappings and for bringing down murders of women by 20 percent.
Perez Molina acknowledged, however, that the relationship between the US and Guatemala could improve.
"If I had to grade what we've been working on with the United States, well, I would give it, on a scale of 1 to 10 I could say a 6; we could be working together and we could reach a 10 level," he said.
Perez Molina even offered his own specific proposal in improving the relationship with the U.S. against the international drug trade.
"Look, for each kilo of drugs seized in Guatemala or in any Central American country, I think that the United States should provide some financial assistance so we can continue carrying out this war because currently, resources that we could be dedicating to education, to health, to hunger or poverty in our country we have to channel to this effort."
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Fox News Latino: Mr. President, thank you you so much for being here today.
President Otto Perez Molina: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Fox News Latino: You know, you are in New York City to address the United Nations for the very first time as President of Guatemala. What message are you hoping to send to the world?
President Perez Molina: Well, the message I bring with me and which I believe is important is, first, to invite all Chiefs of State and all Member Countries of the United Nations General Assembly, to invite them to review the outcome of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which was in 1961 and which was later modified in 1971, meaning 40 years ago. And the invitation I come with for them now is -- and that's the core of the message -- is to tell them, an invitation for us to review what we've done well, what other things can be done. Many things have changed in 40 years, and now let's find other paths and other routes so we can pursue a more efficient, more efficient war on drugs.
Fox News Latino: Security has been a major issue in your country. Uh, we're talking about violence that has especially escalated in the last few years, particularly because of the drug, drug cartel, Los Zetas, from Mexico. When—you know, how has Mexico's drug war affected Guatemala?
President Perez Molina: Well yes, the war in Mexico has affected Guatemala, obviously, and not only Guatemala, I would say all of Central America. 40% of all acts of violence in our countries have some tie to drug trafficking and, of course, with the displacement of drug cartels from Mexico to our country. So this has brought about an increase in acts of violence. However in the almost 8 months since we've been in power we've not only managed to stop the escalation of violence, but we also started to bring the levels down. In 8 months we've registered 13% less murders than the number we had last year. We have 25% less kidnappings and we've managed to bring down the number of extorsions. So, murders of women we've also managed to bring down by 20%. I believe these are very important facts, that in a mere 8 months we began to provide results for Guatemalans. But there's something else: it's a struggle which, because it's associated with transnational crime and particularly with drug trafficking, we have to carry it out on a regional level and that's something contained in the proposal that we're setting forth.
Fox News Latino: You won the presidency this past year with a campaign message that said that you were going to govern with an iron fist. What exactly does that mean?
President Perez Molina: Well, what it means is commitment. Commitment, political will, and compliance with the law. What we're saying is we're not going to do things that are outside the law because then we'd stoop to doing the same things as those people who commit illicit acts. We're going to enforce the law, we're going to have the commitment and the will to continue doing the things we must do to fight the drug traffickers, and as far as this goes you have to remember that in this fight we're partners with the United States. We're putting forth a proposal and a discussion based on analysis, but in the meantime, while we reach a consensus, we're going to continue this effort on a joint basis with the United States, with Mexico, with Central America, with Colombia, with the entire region, which is necessary: coordination, the exchange of information, of intelligence, and joint action.
Fox News Latino: Before we can be f—move forward with you, uh, in your presidency, you were a General in, in the Armed Forces for a long time in Guatemala. There have been accusations leveled against you, Mr. President, about human rights abuses under your tenure, uh, during the civil war, even suggestions – suggestions – that you were involved in a massacre in your country. How do you respond to those accusations, Mr. President?
President Perez Molina: No, I would tell you no. They don't cast a pall over my credibility. And, and they don't cast a pall over it because once you say something, you have to support it for it to be credible. Any accusation that has been leveled against me is not credible because it's not true. Now in Guatemala there are people who have been judged for the abuses that took place, there are trials. I don't figure in any of them. They've wanted to level these accusations which come more from certain people who want to inflict harm but which have no grounds, which have no argument, and so there's no credibility in that. But on the other hand what we can remind you of, and I've said it, is that wherever I went, I always defended the population's rights and I always concerned myself with watching over their human rights. And on the other hand you have to remember that I'm one of the signatories of the Peace Accord, that I was the army's representative not only at the negotiations, but I also signed the Peace Accords in representation of the army on the Negotiating Commission that represented the government. So not only are there no accusations, much less trials for human rights violations, on the contrary: we have the recognition of Guatemalans for having been a negotiator and a person who signed the Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace.
Fox News Latino: Are you prepared to work with Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz and the UN to actively ensure that human rights are being protected as you fight this war on drugs?
President Perez Molina: Yes, we're prepared, and not only prepared, we're already working with the Attorney General Claudia Paz. We've been working for 8 and a half months already. There's been excellent work done. The Executive branch has shown the ability to respect the financial and operational independence of the Public Ministry, but to achieve coordination. That 13% I'm talking to you about in terms of the reduction in murders, the 20% reduction in the murder of women, the reduction in kidnappings, that's been achieved through efficient, coordinated work with Attorney General Claudia Paz and her staff and, elsewhere, with law enforcement respecting human rights. We hope to continue working that way, which we've done very well, very well coordinated and efficiently.
Fox News Latino: Your message to those who are still hesitant of having you in power, what is it?
President Perez Molina: Well, uh, the message for those who doubt, I think the best thing is to look at the results of what we've been doing, the three major Pacts we're working on. The Anti-Hunger Pact, where we've managed to involve the private sector, where we've managed to involve Guatemalan society and of course, the government's responsibility; the Pact for Security, Justice and Peace, which we're working on; and of course the Pact for Economic Development. But for those who still doubt and question Otto Perez's presence, just today I found out about a survey that Mitofsky conducts, and it's not out of any glory that I want to claim for myself, but the results place me as one of the 3 most popular presidents in their own country out of all Latin American presidents. So this is recognition that Guatemalans provide to the good work that we're doing, that we have to continue doing, and we still have a long ways to go.
Fox News Latino: Since taking office, Mr. President, you have been the leading voice in the decriminalization of drugs internationally. Can you explain that? Why?
Well, I would tell you why that makes sense. 15 or 20 years ago I was in the army. I was the Intelligence Chief. I had to work with United States agencies to fight drug trafficking, and now, 20 years later when I come in as President, I find that drug trafficking has increased; that crime has increased; that violence has increased. So I myself reflect and say "Something about what we're doing is not working." 40 years since the last review of the United Nations Convention, which is the one that gives life to this whole war that's been going on, and that's why today I come to issue a call for us to review it, to see what other things we can do. And I'm not necessarily talking about decriminalization. You can talk about regulation but you can also talk about us finding other paths, other routes that are more effective in this war on drug trafficking, and that what we have to do for that is be open to dialogue, be willing to do it, and this is something important I mention again: we're not against the policy the United States is carrying out because we've worked side by side with this policy. We're, we feel like partners of the United States in this war, too, and with the shared responsibility that each party should have. We as transit nations, the United States as a consumer nation, Colombia as a producer nation. Each one with its responsibility, both shared and differentiated. But what I am going to tell you all is that here too, in the United States, we extend an invitation for all of us to carry out that reflection, that candid, open, sincere dialogue with statistics and with numbers so we can find more efficient routes to take in the war on drug trafficking.
Fox News Latino: Yes, but many were also surprised that, you know, about you making this decision because you also ran on an iron fist approach, and now all of a sudden you're talking about a decriminalization of drugs.
Well, I want to tell you that this is part of the iron fist. In other words, daring to say it publicly, daring— it's the first time that a President in power dares to say that other routes have to be found for the war on drugs. And that's part of what we always said: the iron fist is character, it's firmness, it's determination and it's the political will to want to do things. So for us to search and to say it and to raise our voice, for us to have taken it to the Summit of the Americas and now to bring it here to the United Nations General Assembly is also part of that firmness and character that we talked about in our campaign.
Fox News Latino: You have mentioned the relationship with the United States. What can the U.S. do better in helping you fight the war on drugs in your country, and can you give us a grade?
President Perez Molina: Look, many things can be done better. I believe that above all what I mentioned previously the responsibility, or shared responsibility, which we have to share but which must be differentiated between those who produce, countries like Guatemala and Central America are transit countries, and the countries that consume it. I think that's— we share the responsibility but we have to differentiate it. And I would say that many things can be done here. We've brought other proposals here, for example, in saying "Look, for each kilo of drugs seized in Guatemala or in any Central American country, I think that the United States should provide some financial assistance so we can continue carrying out this war because currently, resources that we could be dedicating to education, to health, to hunger or poverty in our country we have to channel to this effort, which we're willing to continue carrying out but we would like to see more of that effort, of the shared, differentiated responsibility among countries, so we could take joint action. So I would say to you, if I had to grade what we've been working on with the United States, well, I would give it, on a scale of 1 to 10 I could say a 6; we could be working together and we could reach a 10 level, which would be our desire as Guatemalans and which I'm sure is also the desire of United States authorities.
Fox News Latino: Finally, you know, the U.S., you've talked about the fact that the U.S. is a consumer of drugs. How much are consumers in this country to blame for the drug war?
President Perez Molina: I do know that the United States is against—the thing is, you also have to manage—concepts are important. Liberalization is one thing, and liberalization means that here, on a corner or in any store, I can come in and buy drugs. We don't share that belief. And at the other extreme, you have what we have today, which is prohibitionism. Everything is prohibited. I believe in the middle ground, and that's where spaces exist for discussion and analysis and proposals which can lead to the route of regulation. Meaning, which drugs are more dangerous, which are most addictive. For example, the case of marijuana. In the case of marijuana, there are scientific studies that state that it's less, it creates less addictiveness and it's less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. There are, then, tiers that can be established, that can be regulated, and I believe there's space there for dialogue with a foundation, with analysis, with statistics, scientific investigations that can orient us as to what other routes we could take.
Fox News Latino: Mr. President, we really appreciate your time. Thank you for being with us here today.
President Perez Molina: Thank you very much to you, I thank you for this opportunity and I hope to be able to share the results we get from this dialogue.


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Start Date: 10th September 2018
Course Code: C01665 CRD1A
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Duration: 2 Years Part-time
Number of weeks: 32
Start date: 10th September 2018
End date: 29th May 2019
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8 modules of study
Year 1 PT (or Semester 1 FT)
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• Maths 1
• English
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• Sociology
• Psychology (FT only semester 1)
Year 2 (or Semester 2 FT)
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• Social Policy
• Psychology
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Research
• Statistical Research and ICT
• E-Business
• Applied ICT
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The aim of the course is to enable mature students to study for a University Access Diploma in Social Science. This will give students the opportunity to progress to higher education, or alternatively, to enhance their academic qualifications and consequently improve their career prospects. It is a modularised course and is set at A level standard. The modularised structure offers greater flexibility and is particularly important for mature students who have to fit their study around their commitments.
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• Associate student of Ulster University
• Option of participating in a physiology lab at Ulster University in year 2
Assessment Methods
Variety of internal assessments including essays, reports, case studies and projects. All modules have an examination with the exception Statistical Research with ICT and E-business which are examined by coursework only.
University Connections
All applicants are asked to complete an application form and questionnaire. They then meet with the Course Director to assess their suitability for the course. This allows for self-selection by the candidates.
• Applicants must normally be 19 years or over at the date of entry to the programme.
• Applicants should not have had any recent experience of formal education.
• Applicants must provide evidence of a basic competence in written and oral communication. Students are asked to undertake a short, written assessment regarding this. (APL for this process applies for those with a "C" or above in English language or a Level 2 Essential Skills Communications or equivalent. Exemptions must be agreed by the college and the University.)
• Applicants must provide evidence of a basic competence in numeracy skills. Students are asked to undertake a short, numerical written assessment regarding this. (APL for this process applies for those with a "C" or above in Maths GCSE or a Level 2 Essential Skills in Maths or equivalent. Exemptions must be agreed by the college and the University.)
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The new college try.
While the NBA has enforced a mandatory dress policy to reel in the thuggish look of its players, college basketball has maintained a downy, innocent appeal, holding fast to the traditions of fair play and teamwork that has always been at the heart of basketball.
Or maybe not.
Still, any true college hoops fan will yell until the face paint runs into his frenzied eyes that the college game is not just different, but better than the NBA. The players have more pride in their school, more tenacity in their defense, and much less legal tender. It's difficult to say who, exactly, the college purists are arguing against, but they would be plenty mad at College Hoops 2K6, a bachelor degree version of NBA 2K6. The gameplay is pretty much identical, except it uses halves instead of quarters. Oh, and the cheerleaders are less sultry.
[image1]The big innovation this year is the "shot stick." No longer used as the clunky "Isomotion" juke control, the right thumbstick is now the shoot button. Pulling it back and releasing takes a jump shot. Pushing it forward shoots a lay-up or a runner. Pushing it to either side will initiate a turn-around jumper or a left or right-handed lay-up. When it works well, it gives you a lot of welcome offensive options. Still, it wasn't a perfect science in NBA 2K6 and it isn't any better for the tuition at the college level.
Despite the improved control over which kind of shot you take, it is still strangely difficult to get your 6'10" center to power up for a dunk in traffic instead of prancing around like a prissy lay-up fairy. It's also not clear when you are supposed to release the shot stick during certain shot types. Do you let go of the stick at the beginning of the turn-around jump shot, at the very end, or at some vague moment in between? Since your performance with the stick seems to have a big impact on the algorithm deciding whether or not you score, its lack of consistency can be a bit frustrating.
As is playing defense, in which you are unaided by the ingenious lockdown stick in EA's most recent March Madness. Your defenders seem powerless to stop drives, and guarding the ball-handler feels like manipulating a weightless, jittery cursor. Trust me, run zones.
The prime selling-point for College Hoops 2K6 is its focus on coaching. In the new College mode, you get to coach your team from the sideline, making substitutions and calling out plays and presses. It's meant to mimic real coaching, but there is no "argue the call" button, or "throw your chair" button, or even a "throttle your shooting guard" button. Bobby Knight will hate this game.
[image2]And unlike the fiery Texas tyrant, Coaching mode is thoroughly boring. It pretty much boils down to you watching the computer play with itself, occasionally making little tweaks, like substitutions, which you were always able to do anyway. What's next? A "Fan" mode where you get to watch the games, press A for cheer, press B for boo, or press Y to flash your man-boobs? Once you take player control out of the equation, the possibilities are endless, unlike my patience.
To be fair, this new emphasis on coaching isn't all bad. In the new Legacy mode, the usual multi-year Dynasty is reconfigured to focus on your rise from Cinderella coach to Final Four mastermind. When you begin, you are a C/C- level coach forced to select from a group of small, equally bad schools. As you complete seasons, you recruit and play your way to new and better jobs, hiring better assistants and developing your own coaching skills. This rags-to-riches storyline makes sure that you lose a few games, learn more about the glory of Division II basketball, and play a ton of seasons before you win a championship.
It's a good idea and works well enough on the play level, but is a little dry. That's because, as coach, you will have to do all of the recruiting associated with your job, meaning a lot of shuffling between menus filled with numbers. Seriously, this game has more digits than a phone number in Mongolia. Is it just me, or is a rating for an "Intangibles" grade laughably paradoxical?
Also, the recruiting process is needlessly complicated. You can choose specific actions like visiting the recruit or calling him at home…every single day of the recruiting season. Somehow, e-mailing a recruit every day actually increases his interest in the school. I always thought there was a fine line between "recruiting" and "spamming." Speaking of which, your coach's e-mail box will sometimes also fill up with spam, which you can read if you want. Don't ask me why. Spam doesn't listen to reason. And even when you get your top recruit's interest to 100%, he might still go to a different school. 100% seems pretty high.
Other modes include Tournament, Rivalry, and a number of Practice drills. The practice drills are actually very deep thanks to little mini-games like "knockout" and "monkey in the middle." It's a nice feature, and including these drills in the recruiting camps where you can try out high school recruits is also pretty neat.
[image3]For all the peripherals, the bulk of the game will be won or lost on the court. The games, in general, are a lot more exciting than what the EA college game offers. The computer A.I. is smart: breaking presses, exploiting weaknesses, and double-teaming your star player. There are not as many exploitative plays or controls to guarantee points or turnovers, so you're actually forced to play a dynamic and balanced game. Not all of the outcomes are nail-biters, but the computer is a good match-up for the human brain.
But while the computer plays the game well, it doesn't always look good doing it. Visually the game is bumpy, and often will hitch noticeably as the game loads the "replay" reel. Since dunks are regularly replayed, almost all of them hitch just as the player gets to the rim. It kills the mood.
The players look passably decent, even if their noses are just a little too Michael Jackson pointy. Offensive animations look pretty good, especially when a player shot-fakes, pivots one way then the other, and finishes with a fade-away jump shot. The defensive side of the court looks lame in comparison, as players stand around idly and occasionally swat at the ball, which is about the only useful defensive button.
Though the Xbox is bit brighter and features shorter loading times, the two versions look and play identically. Both versions also have decent online play, although an elaborate "feedback" menu after every game is cumbersome and often abused.
Pitting 2K's college game against EA's is a close call, but ultimately I suppose that this game's better price and A.I. give it the edge. Someone needs to fire the coach before it's guaranteed a tourney berth, though.


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BART and Unions sign extension, preventing strike through the weekend as talks continue
BART spokesman Rick Rice issued the following statement as the cooling off period ends and labor negotiations are extended:
"BART and its unions signed an extension of talks through Sunday night, averting a strike through the weekend as negotiations continue. The unions announced that if there is no agreement by Midnight at Sunday, they will strike on Monday."
"We are grateful the Bay Area will not be impacted by our unions for the next few days and that the trains will be running while we continue to negotiate. BART was prepared to offer a new proposal today but the unions told us they were not ready for it. We will continue negotiations tomorrow at 10am."


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Junior setter Erika Moss did it all for the Tigers (13-10, 7-3 OVC), leading the team in assists (37) and tying for the team high in digs (16). She also had two kills and no errors in six attempts.
Moss shared the dig lead with sophomore outside hitter Naomi Wells who also led the squad in kills with 15. Fellow sophomore Sherryce Butler also finished in double-digits with 10 kills from the middle blocker position.
Seniors Britani Hathorn and Calasia Williams also had double figure dig totals in the match, but Hathorn's biggest impact on the match was her serving. Hathorn came into the match ranked fifth in the conference with .3 service aces per set and she finished this match with four aces in three sets.
TSU jumped out to 7-5 lead in the first set, but had five errors in the early going. The sides played to a 9-9 tie later in the frame, but the Tigers quickly broke the tie with a 3-0 run that featured a kill from Butler and a one from sophomore Rachel Ambroch. Those two then picked up errors and TTU (2-20, 0-10 OVC) scored a kill to tie the game yet again. The teams went back-and-forth tallying scores until a rotation penalty on TSU made the score 19-19. From that point, the Tigers rattled off five consecutive points on the backs of three TTU errors to take a commanding lead. The Golden Eagles recorded a kill, but Wells added her fourth kill of the set to put TSU up, 1-0.
The Tigers dominated the first set, hitting .244 while holding TTU to just a .053 line during the opening period.
The Tigers started strong in set number two as well and soon led 5-1. Three more TTU errors and an ace from Hathorn sparked the run. TSU added to its lead later in the frame when Wells had a kill sandwiched between two from Ambroch to put the Tigers up 12-5. Tennessee Tech called time to stop the run, but it did not stop the Tigers. Butler, Ambroch and Wells all recorded kills as TSU scored five of the next seven points after the timeout. With TSU up 20-13, TTU used its second timeout of the frame and the Golden Eagles responded by outplaying the Tigers 6-5 down the stretch. Unfortunately for TTU, the Tigers only needed five points to win the set and a Golden Eagle error gave TSU a 2-0 lead in the match.
Wells had seven kills in the set, helping the Tigers hit a game-high .256.
With its back against the wall, Tennessee Tech finally had a solid start to a set, scoring the first three points of the third frame. The Golden Eagles even held an 8-3 advantage before TSU head coach Kathy Rouhlac called her first timeout of the match. The Tigers scored the next four points coming out of stoppage, and eventually tied the score at nine with an assisted kills from Ambroch. From there, the Tigers went on a 6-2 run that ended with a pair of aces from Hathorn to take a big lead. This time it was TTU's turn to call time, but Hathorn recorded another ace following the timeout to make the score 16-11. A little later, Tech used three kills by Kelsey Gray to go on a 6-1 run that put TTU down by just one. Rouhlac called time to regroup and her team replied by forcing TTU into errors that eventually allowed TSU to hang on for a four-point set victory.
TSU next plays this weekend when the team takes on Murray State at 7 p.m. on Friday night. The Tigers will then play Austin Peay on Saturday, Oct 27.


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