text: ArcAdiA The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. http://dspace-roma3.caspur.it:80 2018-06-23T13:41:53Z 2018-06-23T13:41:53Z Mid-infrared spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies at z similar to 0.5-3 Hernan-Caballero, Antonio Perez-Fournon, Ismael Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia Afonso-Luis, Alejandro Rowan-Robinson, Michael Rigopoulou, Dimitra Farrah, Duncan Lonsdale, Colin J. Babbedge, Thomas Clements, Dave Serjeant, Stephen Pozzi, Francesca Vaccari, Mattia Montenegro-Montes, Francisco Miguel Valtchanov, Ivan Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo Oliver, Seb Shupe, David Gruppioni, Carlotta Vila-Vilaró, Baltazar Lari, Carlo La Franca, Fabio http://hdl.handle.net/2307/288 2011-12-22T13:35:27Z 2009-04-22T22:00:00Z <Title>Mid-infrared spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies at z similar to 0.5-3</Title> <Authors>Hernan-Caballero, Antonio; Perez-Fournon, Ismael; Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Afonso-Luis, Alejandro; Rowan-Robinson, Michael; Rigopoulou, Dimitra; Farrah, Duncan; Lonsdale, Colin J.; Babbedge, Thomas; Clements, Dave; Serjeant, Stephen; Pozzi, Francesca; Vaccari, Mattia; Montenegro-Montes, Francisco Miguel; Valtchanov, Ivan; Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo; Oliver, Seb; Shupe, David; Gruppioni, Carlotta; Vila-Vilaró, Baltazar; Lari, Carlo; La Franca, Fabio</Authors> <Issue Date>2009-04-23</Issue Date> <Is part of>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</Is part of> <Volume>395</Volume> <Pages>1695-1722</Pages> <Abstract>We present results on low-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of 70IR-luminous galaxies obtained with the infrared spectrograph (IRS)onboard Spitzer. We selected sources from the European Large AreaInfrared Survey with S-15 > 0.8 mJy and photometric or spectroscopic z> 1. About half of the samples are quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) in theoptical, while the remaining sources are galaxies, comprising bothobscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) and starbursts. Redshifts wereobtained from optical spectroscopy, photometric redshifts and the IRSspectra. The later turn out to be reliable for obscured and/orstar-forming sources, thus becoming an ideal complement to opticalspectroscopy for redshift estimation. We estimate monochromatic luminosities at several rest-framewavelengths, equivalent widths and luminosities for the polycyclicaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features, and strength of the silicatefeature in individual spectra. We also estimate integrated 8-1000 mu mIR luminosities via spectral energy distribution fitting to MIR andfar-IR (FIR) photometry from the Spitzer Wide-Area InfraredExtragalactic survey and the MIR spectrum. Based on these measurements,we classify the spectra using well-known IR diagnostics, as well as anew one that we propose, into three types of source: those dominated byan unobscured AGN, mostly corresponding to optical quasars (QSOs),those dominated by an obscured AGN and starburst-dominated sources.Starbursts concentrate at z similar to 0.6-1.0 favoured by the shift ofthe 7.7-mu m PAH band into the selection 15-mu m band, while AGN spreadover the 0.5 < z < 3.1 range.Star formation rates (SFR) are estimated for individual sources fromthe luminosity of the PAH features. An estimate of the average PAHluminosity in QSOs and obscured AGN is obtained from the compositespectrum of all sources with reliable redshifts. The estimated mean SFRin the QSOs is 50-100M(circle dot) yr(-1), but the implied FIRluminosity is 3-10 times lower than that obtained from stackinganalysis of the FIR photometry, suggesting destruction of the PAHcarriers by energetic photons from the AGN. The SFR estimated inobscured AGN is two to three times higher than in QSOs of similar MIRluminosity. This discrepancy might not be due to luminosity effects orselection bias alone, but could instead indicate a connection betweenobscuration and star formation. However, the observed correlationbetween silicate absorption and the slope of the NIR to MIR spectrum iscompatible with the obscuration of the AGN emission in these sourcesbeing produced in a dust torus.</Abstract> 2009-04-22T22:00:00Z


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Greg Rybarczyk, creator of the home run tracking device Hit Tracker, on David Ortiz's home run off Mike Myers:
Using 46 degrees and 16 m.p.h. wind in from CF, Ortiz's homer left the bat at 120.7 m.p.h., at an angle of 37.7 degrees (a very nice hit speed and angle for distance). It actually traveled 395 feet, and the impact from atmospherics were as follows: Impact from wind: -54 feet (as compared to no wind). Impact from temperature: -12 feet (as compared to a 70 degree day). If there had been no wind and 70 degrees, the ball would have gone 460 feet (this is what I call 'standard distance'). So far this year, there have only been 10 homers hit that had a longer 'standard distance.' Another stat: if the wind had been blowing out to CF at 16 m.p.h. instead, the ball would have gone 509 feet, and it would have landed about 25 rows up in section 37 of the CF bleachers.Theo Epstein explained the Red Sox's Belli dance:
It was sort of an ongoing evaluation process. How long was it going to take Josh to get up to a certain level? What's the acquisition cost of Mirabelli? What are our other options? The acquisition cost was pretty reasonable. We were at a point where it was getting into the season enough where we thought it was time to do something.The Globe´s Bob Ryan called Brian Cashman and asked him about the rumour that the Yankes were involved in the Mirabelli deal:
I couldn't let it be just a one-horse race. They'd have to pay the highest price. Everyone in baseball knew [the Red Sox] would be calling [San Diego]. So if I could do anything to delay it or get the price up ... I'm not saying I did any of that, but that's my job.In his last 15 games, Manny Ramirez is hitting .353, raising his average from .205 to .289.
0501, 10:12 PM -- The first one is in the books.
Before the series began, Joe Torre joked: "All the attention's going to be on Johnny Damon. I guess Mike Myers will be able to slide."
And yes, it turns out that the Fenway fans did cheer Myers, another Sock-turned-Yank. He surrendered David Ortiz's 11th home run of the season, a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning that put Monday's game on ice. Thanks, Mike!
Down 3-1, Boston tied the game in the fifth, then went ahead with four runs in the eighth. With the game on the line, Torre relied, not on Rivera, but Sturtze and Myers. Not a wise decision.
The Yankees had only four hits against Wakefield, Timlin and Papelbon.
I was surprised to see that Mirabelli is back. Was this rumoured for awhile or did it come out of the blue?
0501, 9:00 PM -- My short take on booing: If this was 2005, I would say -- I would demand! -- that Damon deserves a 5-10 minute standing ovation when he walks from the on-deck circle to the plate. Once his at-bat begins, then we cheer strikes and outs and boo balls and hits.
However, this is 2006. We thanked Damon for what he did in 2004 -- including driving a huge stake through the MFY hearts with his Game 7 Slam -- all of last season. Looking at the calendar -- and weighing all of his comments over the winter and spring -- booing is appropriate.
0430, 9:00 PM -- Hey, Johnny! Boooooooooooo!
Monday May 1 Red Sox 7, Yankees 3
Tuesday May 2 Rained out

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LOWELL -- Opponents of a plan by Boott Hydropower to replace the historic flashboard system at Pawtucket Dam got a glimmer of hope Tuesday, when a member of the national Advisory Council on Historic Preservation noted that after hearing from them, she had a new sense of the dam's significance.
"It's a part of what distinguishes this historic place from others," said Terry Guen, a Chicago-based council member who joined Chairman Wayne Donaldson and the council's Executive Director, John Fowler, in a public meeting at Boott Mills to discuss the issue.
While opposition to the plan has been ongoing, a Jan. 8 notification by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that the Advisory Council had 45 calendar days to provide recommendations for action increased the urgency for opponents of the plan.
Boott Hydropower's plan, originally submitted in 2010 by parent company Enel North America in response to FERC's efforts to address area residents' concerns over flooding of the Merrimack River in 2006 and 2007, is to replace the dam within the Lowell National Historical Park with a crest gate and inflatable balloon-type bladders that regulate high-water flow over the dam.
In a letter submitted to the Advisory Council, Boott Hydropower Project Engineer Victor Engel, said over more than a dozen meetings, the company considered various mitigation proposals, including an offer to utilize construction methods in the new crest-gate system to minimize effects on the National Park Service boat-tour program.
Donaldson said the council's recommendations, due Feb. 22, are not binding, but FERC must consider them and respond before issuing a final ruling.
Among those at the meeting were Peter Aucella from the Lowell National Historical Park, Eileen Sobeck from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Rebecca Harris from the Boston office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Amy Greenwood from the office of U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts Historical Commission Executive Director Brona Simon, Bob Gagnon from the Lowell Flood Owners Group, Janet Leggat and Fred Faust from the Lowell Heritage Partnership and Dinell Clark from the Williamsburg Condominiums Association.
"No resource in Lowell is more significant than the Falls itself," Faust said, who likened replacing the historic flashboard system to "taking the canyon out of the Grand Canyon."
Clark and Gagnon expressed concerns that the new system would lead to significant flooding.
"Enel wants to keep the dam full all the time to maximize profits at our expense," he said.
Sobeck said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the head of the National Park Service, John Jarvis, have visited the local park and have said preservation of its features is a high priority.
"Clean-energy development does not need to come at the expense of our unique historical character," Greenwood said.


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Famed explorer Christopher Columbus knew his islands. He was the first European to establish colonies in the Caribbean, and when Columbus called an island in the region "beautiful," the world took note.
One of the territories he hailed for its beauty is now known as the Dominican Republic, a country that, 519 years later, is still attracting visitors who marvel at its spectacular natural appeal.
Unforgettable beaches, lush inland landscapes, inviting waters and a colourful culture attract more than four million visitors each year, according to the government of the country commonly known as the DR.
For Canadians, it's the fourth most popular international destination, notes Statistics Canada; 876,000 Canadians visited the DR in 2009 (the most recent year for which stats are available), an 113,000-person increase from the previous year.
As the second largest country in the Caribbean after Cuba, the DR occupies two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, with Haiti comprising the other one-third.
The DR also has the second largest economy in the Caribbean and Central America. Sugar once dominated the country, but the economy is now driven by services, including telecommunication centres, and tourism, which creates one in seven jobs.
Another statistic in which the DR ranks number two is baseball. Despite its relatively small population (10 million), the DR produces the second most number of players in Major League Baseball, after the United States.
The DR is a land of superlatives. It is home to the Caribbean's largest lake, Lake Enriquillo, as well as the lowest elevation and highest mountain, Pico Duarte.
The country also can claim several important firsts. The capital city of Santo Domingo was the home of the first cathedral, first street, first castle and first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo was the first permanent European settlement in the New World, which eventually led UNESCO to declare the city's Ciudad Colonial area a World Heritage site.
This history, along with influences from Europe, Africa and native Indian traditions, have combined to create a vivid culture notable for dance, food, music and a passion for life.
"Dominican Republic is a charismatic and unforgettable island nation boasting intricate architecture, rich culture, amazing accommodations, world-class golf courses, pristine beauty and unlimited eco adventures," says Magaly Toribio of the DR Ministry of Tourism.
It also remains one of the Caribbean countries that still has many affordable offerings for tourists, providing a myriad of accommodation and dining choices, whether a visitor is on a student budget or on a luxurious splurge.
Here are four areas of the DR most often visited by tourists.
Punta Cana
Punta Cana, on the eastern edge of the DR, became one of the most popular destinations in the Caribbean for good reason: it has incredible beaches. Turquoise waters, white sand and tall palm trees are hallmarks along the shoreline.
To accommodate visitors, the area has an enviable selection of all-inclusive resorts. More than 35,000 hotel rooms are found here, including many along the beautiful beaches of Bavaro.
Visitors find an abundance of restaurants, spas, nightlife and activities in the Punta Cana area. Options include learning to paddle board, going on a jeep safari. deep-sea fishing or refining your golf game.
The Punta Espada course in Cap Cana has been named the best golf course in the Caribbean by Golfweek magazine. Overall, the DR is the No. 1 golf destination in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to the International Association of Golf Tour Operators.
Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata, on the north coast of the DR, readily fulfils Canadians' wish for a little winter sunshine and beach time, with silky soft sand and waves lapping along miles of beach. Playa Grande, lined with leafy green palms, is a popular beach choice, as is Playa Dorada just outside the city.
With so many beach areas, surfing has become a common pursuit, especially windsurfing, kitesurfing and wakeboarding.
When the sun sets, there's plenty of nightlife, bars, discos and cigar sampling to fill the hours.
Not to be missed is a dizzying cable car ride, a tour of the local rum factory and a visit to the amber museum showcasing fossils encased in DR amber that is millions of years old.
La Romana
About a 90-minute drive from the city of Santo Domingo you can find La Romana.
Once a centre for the sugar industry, La Romana (on the southeast coast) is now a centre for paradise-seekers and golfers.
Visitors often decide to check out the legendary resort Casa de Campo, which is home to two 18-hole golf courses.
La Romana also boasts cave art, snorkelling and diving areas, polo facilities, equestrian stables, tennis courts, target shooting ranges and exclusive accommodation, along with lovely shops, restaurants and an artifacts museum.
A newer international airport built in Samana has opened up this little Shangri-La to larger numbers of tourists. It remains less crowded than other destinations, however, making Samana a bit of a hidden gem in the DR.
The Peninsula de Samana, in the country's northeast, is a long finger of land, 40 kilometres by 15 km, and is home to lovely coves, secluded beaches and gentle swimming areas.
One of the most noteworthy attractions at Samana is the whales. Between 3,000 and 5,000 humpbacks migrate into the bay here each January and stay for a couple of months to give birth and begin mating to conceive the next year's calves.
A national park featuring rainforest vegetation, mangroves and waterfalls provides ideal opportunities to hike, mountain bike or go for a horseback ride.
Fun facts about the Dominican Republic
• National dance: Meringue
• Favourite sport: Baseball
• Number of children who play organized baseball: 800,000-plus.
• Famous baseball players born or raised in the DR: Pedro Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Juan Marichal and Sammy Sosa.
• Famous fashion designer: Oscar de la Renta was born in Santo Domingo in 1932.
• Film: Hollywood movies that have shot some or all scenes in the DR include Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, Rambo II and the Good Shepherd, starring Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon.
• Food: The country is well-known for the dish called La Bandera (the flag), made with meat, rice and red beans, and often served with fried plantains known as tostones.
• Awards: A few of the 2010 travel honours the DR received included best value destination by Budget Travel Readers Choice Awards, while Peninsula House in Samana was named most luxurious place in Caribbean by Conde Nast Traveler. The resort Excellence Punta Cana made USA Today's list for 10 great resorts for warm-weather escapes and Santo Domingo received cultural capital award from the American Capital of Culture.
- Sources: godominicanrepublic.com; colonialzone-dr.com; dominicanrepublic.com.
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Biology students win physiological awards
October 20 2010 09:22 am
Two Grinnell students recently won awards for research presentations at the Iowa Physiological Society (IPS) annual meeting in Des Moines. IPS provides networking opportunities for physiologists in applied research and teaching.
"The IPS experience gives the students an opportunity to interact with undergraduate peers in a local setting before potential attendance and presentation on a broader level," said Clark Lindgren, professor of biology who encouraged the biology students to attend.
- Zheng Su '11, a biology and economics double major, won first place in the undergraduate poster competition for his research on "neurotransmitter release at the vertebrate neuro-muscular junction." His award comes with a voucher for attendance at the national meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Washington D.C. next spring.
- Kathryn Walder '12, a biological chemistry and English double major from Iowa City, won third place for her research poster on "cell ablation at the lizard neuro-muscular junction."
- Biological chemistry major Xingjie Zhang '12 also presented a paper titled "Kiss and Run is only performed by a specified sub-pool of synaptic vesicles at the lizard neuro-muscular junction."


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Luther wrapped up its dual meet schedule with a 113-90 victory over Morningside College this afternoon.
Jason Orvis and Jacob Sund led the Norse as the duo both posted two individual first place finishes. Orvis won the 50 freestyle (22.44) and the 200 backstroke (2:04.42), while Sund won the 200 IM (2:06.89) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.23). Orvis and Sund also swam the first two legs of Luther's 400 medley relay (3:46.44) that started the day with a victory. Jon Hagen and Justin Yuan swam the final two legs.
Also posting an individual first place finish was David Carius in the 200 freestyle (1:50.21).
Hagen, the only senior on the squad, wrapped up his Luther home career placing second in both the 200 IM (2:08.45) and the 200 backstroke (2:08.70).
The Norse will return to action Feb. 13-15, when they will travel to Principia College, Elsah, Ill., for the Liberal Arts Championships.
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It has been a big week for big data news, with O'Reilly's Strata Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., sparking a bevy of announcements. Three of these developments look like real milestones, solving problems that are truly vexing for the big data community.
Here's a quick rundown of the week's top news items with a bit of context on each development.
EMC brings SQL analysis to Hadoop.
Batch-oriented MapReduce processing on Hadoop is complicated and slow, so plenty of companies (including Cloudera, Hadapt, MapR and Platfora) are working on ways to bring familiar, pervasive SQL analysis to Hadoop. A new EMC Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution due out by late March promises to bring the breadth of standard-SQL querying capabilities to the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) by way of EMC's Greenplum database.
[ Want more on the EMC Greenplum announcement? Read EMC Brings Data Analysis Breakthrough To Hadoop. ]
Given its position as the leading Hadoop software and support provider, Cloudera and its Project Impala have heretofore been seen as the leading candidate to bring SQL to Hadoop. But Impala is still in beta. By melding its database with HDFS, EMC is promising to deliver the best of structured querying and familiar BI tools along with the scalability and flexibility of Hadoop.
The details available on Pivotal are sketchy and competitors are raising dark warnings that it's not open source technology and that it will create a redundant storage layer, but those strike me as weak attempts to raise fear, uncertainty and doubt. The real analysis will begin when EMC releases the software and supporting documentation, and we can let customer adoption prove the value (or any yet-to-be known compromises).
Intel throws its weight behind Hadoop.
Who knew Intel has had its own Hadoop distribution for two years? The company revealed this week that it has been collaborating with Yahoo on Hadoop since 2009 and working with a few big companies in China since 2011. With a third-generation Intel Hadoop distribution announced on Tuesday, Intel said it's taking advantage of its Xeon processors like no other software supplier. For instance, Intel is the first to make use of Advanced Encryption Standard Instructions available on its chips, an advance it says will improve data security without curbing performance. And through chip-assisted optimizations of networking and I/O, Intel said analyses that used to take four hours can be completed in seven minutes.
Like Cloudera, MapR and other Hadoop software suppliers, Intel is providing cluster deployment and management software that's unique and proprietary to Intel, but otherwise it said it's contributing its chip optimizations to the open-source community. Intel also announced Hadoop partners including Cisco, Cray, Dell, Red Hat, SAP and Teradata. Pentaho scored a coup in that Intel will bundle its software for data management and integration, along with Pentaho's BI and analytics suite, with its Hadoop distribution.
Despite Intel's reassurances that it intends to cooperate, rather than compete, with the likes of Cloudera and Hortonworks, it's not clear to me how yet another Hadoop distribution won't muddy the market waters. Nonetheless, having a big gun like Intel behind Hadoop is yet another sign that it's a data platform that's here to stay.
Revolution brings predictive analytics to big data.
The advantages of in-database analytics are well know: analysts save huge amounts of time and effort by doing modeling and data-analysis work within the data warehouse or mart rather than moving giant data sets off to separate, typically underpowered analytic servers. Taking advantage of the power of massively parallel processing within the database, analysts can work faster and churn out many more models for fine-grained analysis with less time and effort.
Revolution Analytics announced Tuesday that it's working on in-Hadoop analytics, and it says the same advantages seen in in-database approaches will apply. Plenty of companies are already doing bits and pieces of their analytic work on Hadoop, but Revolution said it will be the first to bring the entire predictive analytics workflow onto Hadoop.
"This will enable companies to build predictive models in Hadoop without having to extract the data, and when it's big data, that's where you really pay a penalty in data-movement delays," said Michele Chambers, Revolution's Chief Strategy Officer, in an interview with InformationWeek. Revolution is accessing data from either HDFS or HBase and is using data-streaming and in-memory processing across Hadoop nodes in a "very different approach than any other vendor has taken." The payoff, said Chambers, will be in convenience and time savings for analysts who would otherwise waste time and effort shuttling data sets from platform to platform.
SAS has previously announced a LASR Server and related Visual Analytics application that can run on top of HDFS, but I have yet to talk to customers who are using that product. It's also unclear to me whether it can run on any Hadoop cluster or simply uses HDFS to create a proprietary data layer that can only be used by SAS tools.
Another twist here is that Revolution Analytics is a supporting partner on EMC's Pivotal HD distribution, which EMC touts as supporting predictive analytics on top of Hadoop. It has yet to be seen whether Revolution's In-Hadoop approach will bring advantages that others can't match.


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The Boulder County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified a man found dead in an Jeep on the 1800 block of Meadow Street on Sunday afternoon as David Urban, 48.
Police said on Sunday that a resident found Urban at 3:22 p.m. Sunday and told police he appeared to be "beyond help." Urban was known to sleep in the vehicle often, police reported.
The nature of his death was not considered suspicious. The coroner reported on Tuesday afternoon that the cause and manner of Urban's death are pending.


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- 1 1/2 cups Shredded cooked turkey
- 12 ounces Sharp cheddar cheese, grated (reserve 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup Finely minced onion (reserve 1/4 cup)
- 1/2 cup Chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup Tomato sauce
- Fresh cilantro for garnish
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- Spread the peppers on a baking sheet and place under the broiler.
- Turn frequently until lightly and evenly charred.
- Place hot roasted peppers in a damp towel and fold into a bundle.
- Allow peppers to sweat 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from towel and carefully peel away the cellophane-like skin.
- Cut out stems and gently scrape out seeds.
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- In a heavy skillet, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil and tomato sauce.
- Add a pinch each of salt, cumin, and chili powder.
- Heat several tortillas at once, turning to coat and soften.
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Both teams will open playoffs at home this week
After a week off, the Taft varsity baseball and softball teams will open the CIF playoffs at home this week.
The softball team, which got a No.2 seed, got a bye in the first round and will square off against No.7 seed Mira Monte at home Thursday afternoon. The winner will face the winner of the No.3 Chowchilla-No.6 Dos Palos matchup. Taft will host a playoff game until the championship game where they could possibly face No.1 seed Liberty Madera Ranchos.
Meanwhile, the baseball team got the No.5 seed and will host No.12 Golden Valley Wednesday. This will be the third time the teams have met up this season with the Wildcats winning both of the previous matches. The winner of the matchup will square off against No.4 seed Selma or No.13 Wasco Friday.
For the full playoff preview, pick up Tuesday's Driller.


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TIP OFF: The University of San Diego women's basketball team (21-8) will take on top-seeded Gonzaga University on Monday in the WCC championship game. This will mark the third time these two have met in the WCC title game. Tip off is set for 1 p.m.
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Gonzaga Pulls Away Late to Deal USD a 62-50 Loss
Despite 15 points from junior guard Amy Kame, the University of San Diego women's basketball team fell to Gonzaga University, 62-50, at the Jenny Craig Pavilion Saturday afternoon in a West Coast Conference game.
LAST TIME OUT: The No. 2 seeded University of San Diego women's basketball team cruised to a 74-53 win over No. 3 seeded Saint Mary's College in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament at the Orleans Arena Saturday afternoon. The Toreros were paced offensively by junior guard Amy Kame, who scored a game-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field, while dishing out five assists. Felicia Wijenberg was the second Torero in double figures, as she recorded 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, and pulling down four rebounds. Both Malina and Maya Hood scored nine points each. As a team, USD shot .484 from the field and were out rebounded 38-35. In the first half, the two teams both came out on fire, as they were trading point-for-point over the first four minutes of action, with USD shooting a red hot 75% from the field and the Gaels shooting 44% from the field, and the game was tied at 8-all with 15:53 to go. The two teams continued to battle and match each other point-for-point, until the game was tied at 10-all, then Amy Kame hit a jumper and was fouled. She then drained the free throw and gave USD a 3-point lead. After a missed SMC bucket, a break away lay-up by Felicia Wijenberg gave USD a 5-point lead at 10-5, with 12:45 to go. A few minutes later, SMC came fighting back and went on a 7-2 run to take a one-point lead at 18-17 on a Danielle Mauldin lay-up with 10:41 to go. The two teams then traded a pair of baskets, before a Malina Hood lay-up sparked a 14-0 Torero run to give USD all the momentum and a 31-14 lead with 7:18 to go. USD would continue to push forward and eventually built up a lead to as many as 20 on a Kame lay-up with :30 to go, before settling for a 18-point lead at the break, up 43-25. In the second half, the Gaels opened up with an 10-0 run over the first three minutes of action, to cut the deficit down to single digits at 43-35, forcing the Toreros into a timeout with 17:11 to go. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Kame and Malina Hood gave USD back a double-digit lead at 51-36 with 13:49 to go. SMC then managed to close tat gap back down to 11 at 54-43 with 12:18 to go, however the Toreros responded with a 5-0 run over the next minute to take a 59-43 lead, forcing the Gaels into a time out with 11:00 to go. USD then went on a 13-4 run over the next five minutes of action to take a 20-point lead at 67-47 with 5:46 to go, and never looked back as they went on to claim the 74-53 win.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS: Gonzaga enters the game with an overall record of 26-5 after defeating BYU in the semifinal game on Saturday. GU leads the all-time series at 35-20, including winning the last 11 meetings between the two. The last time USD defeated the Zags was in the 2008 WCC Championship game in San Diego. The Zags are led offensively by junior guard Haiden Palmer, who scores an average of 12.2 ppg, whole shooting .397 from the field. Senior guard Taelor Karr is the only other GU player to average double figures, as she scores 10.7 ppg, while shooting .432 from the field.
TOREROS IN THE WCC TOURNAMENT: San Diego has claimed three WCC Tournament championships (1993, 2000, 2008) and are aiming to win their second under head coach Cindy Fisher. USD has posted an 16-12 all-time record in the WCC tournament and are 3-1 in WCC Championship games.
NO. 200: Head Coach Cindy Fisher just won her 200th career win in Saturday's 74-53 victory over Saint Mary' College. Coach Fisher had this to say about this achievement. "All the credit goes to all the players I have coached, and to the staff I have coached with. This is a milestone I am proud of, but again, all credit goes to teams and coaching staffs I have worked with."
BACK-TO-BACK 20 WIN SEASONS?: With San Diego's win over Santa Clara, they have captured their third 20-win season in program history. This also marks the first time in program history that USD has won back-to-back 20-win seasons, as last year USD posted the best record in program history at 26-9, reaching the Final Four of the WNIT. USD also won 21 games in the 2006-07 season. USD currently sits at 21-8.
TRIO OF TOREROS EARN ALL-WCC ACCOLADES: The University of San Diego women's basketball team had three players honored on the All-West Coast Conference teams, highlighted by first-team selection Amy Kame. Taking home Newcomer of the Year honors is freshman guard Maya Hood, while Katelyn McDaniel and Hood were named to the Honorable Mention team. Hood was also selected as a member of the All-Freshman team.
ESPNU TO AIR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Monday's WCC championship game will be aired live on ESPNU. Calling all the play-by-play action will be Rich Cellini, and providing color analysis will be Rosalyn Gold-Onwude. USD is 1-2 on TV games this year, having defeated Saint Mary's on Saturday (BYUTV), but posting loses to San Diego State (12-8-12 on Fox Sports San Diego) and BYU (2-7-13 on BYUTV).
REMEMBER WHEN?: The Toreros last won the WCC Tournamnt championship in 2008. Their opponent? Gonzaga. In fact, USD is 1-1 all-time against Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament championship game, having defeated GU in 2008, then falling to the Zags the following year in 2009. In 2009, USD won an unprecedented three games in three days to reach the title game, and even had a lead in the second half, but in the end, GU was able to pull out the win. In 2008, USD defeated the Zags behind the hot shooting of Morgan Henderson, who scored a game-high 20 points, with an impressive 6-for-8 performance from beyond the arc.
TOREROS ON A ROLL: San Diego has won 10 of their last 11 games, to advance on to the WCC Championship game. During this streak, the Toreros have averaged 67.7 ppg, while holding their opponents to just 55.2 ppg...USD is averaging 49.5 boards-per-game and the opponents are pulling down 32.4 rpg...the Toreros are shooting .461 form the field, while holding opponents to just a .384 shooting percentage...Maya Hood is pacing the Toreros offense with 13.4 ppg, while Amy Kame is averaging 13.3 ppg and Katelyn McDaniel is averaging 13.0 ppg.
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE, DOUBLE THE FUN: Senior forward Klara Wischer helped lead USD to a 84-66 win over Santa Clara, which locked up the No. 2 seed in the WCC Tournament. This is the highest seeding USD has ever received in the WCC Tournament in program history. Wischer took the team on her shoulders, as he recorded a career-high 21 points, while also dishing out a career-high 10 assists for a double-double. She went 8-for-9 (889) from the field, and was perfect at the charity stripe (4-for-4). On the season, Wischer is leading the team in rebounding at 7.1 rpg, while also averaging 7.6 rpg.
BLOCKING HER WAY INTO HISTORY: Sophomore forward Sophia Ederaine has been getting a lot more minutes as of late, and she is making the most of her opportunity. Ederaine once again is finding herself in the USD record books for single-season blocked shots. She currently has 51, which is good for 10th all-time at USD in single-season records. The 54 is just three shy of her freshman output of 54. Her 105 total career blocks places her fifth at USD in career blocked shots category.
KAME NAMED PRESEASON ALL-WCC: The Toreros welcome back one All-WCC performer from a year ago in the form of Amy Kame. Kame, a 6-0 junior guard from Grand Junction, Colo., made a splash in her second season with the team, as she took home All-WCC honorable mention accolades for the first time last season. Kame was USD's third leading scorer on the season, as she scored an average of 11.4 ppg. In WCC games, Kame averaged 11.0 ppg, while shooting .424 from the field in conference games. Kame managed to score in double figures in 15 of the 22 games she played in. Kame scored a career-high of 24 points against Portland on Mar. 2, 2012.
TOREROS TABBED TO FINISH FOURTH IN PRESEASON POLL: The University of San Diego women's basketball team was tabbed to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference preseason coaches poll. Brigham Young University has been selected to win the WCC women's basketball championship in a preseason poll of the WCC's nine head coaches. The Cougars received five out of a possible eight first-place votes (coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team), just one more first-place vote than second-place Gonzaga. This is the first time in five years that a team other than Gonzaga has selected by the coaches to win the WCC (San Diego, 2007-08).
GAMETRACKER AVAILABLE: All San Diego women's basketball home and select road games can be followed live via Gametracker on the Toreros athletic web site at www.usdtoreros.com. Gametracker is a service of CBS College Sports, the official web provider for San Diego athletics, and is a real time update of the action.
CAN YOU SEE ME?: All USD home games, as well as select road games, will be streamed live via video on the athletics department website. Fans can watch all the action live from the comfort of their home by logging onto usdtoreros.com. Former USD basketball standout Paula Bott provides all the live play-by-play this season. This service a free of charge for all who wish to watch the broadcast.
MEET THE COACH: Head coach Cindy Fisher is entering her eighth season at the helm of the Toreros program. She was named the program's third head coach on April 19, 2005. The 2012-13 season was a historical one for the Toreros, as it is now the greatest season in program history. Under Fisher's tutelage, the Toreros soared to new heights, and were in uncharted waters. USD posted a program best 26-9 overall record, posted a 12-4 mark in WCC play (the most wins in WCC play in program history) and they recorded the program's first ever post season win. Not only was the first ever post season win, but the Toreros advanced all the way to the Final Four of the WNIT, before falling to eventual WNIT champions Oklahoma State. In 2008, Fisher led USD to the WCC Tournament championship and back into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons. In only her second season at the helm of the program, Fisher orchestrated the biggest turn around in school history, a 12-game improvement from 9-19 in the 2005-06 season to a 21-9 record in 2006-07 season. The turn around was the fourth best in the nation. Under her tutelage, the Toreros placed three players on the All-WCC lists highlighted by Amanda Rego being named the WCC Co-Player of the Year. For her efforts, Fisher was named the 2007 WCC Co-Coach of the Year.
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USD Athletes Lip Sync
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USD Athletics Blooper Reel
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All Sport Highlights 2017-18
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Baseball: Day in the Life with Jay Schuyler
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Golf: WCC's
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Men's Tennis: Sweep
San Diego defeat Pepperdine 4-0
Softball: The Win
Toreros defeat Saint Mary's in weekend series
Men's Basketball: Tuber
Coach Scholl introduces "Tuber" - the on campus Torero Uber
Men's Basketball: Barista Scholl
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Football: Pro Day
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Football 2018: Spring Game
Toreros play spring football game for family and friends
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USD take on cross-town rival SDSU
Men's Basketball: Post Season Run
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Women's Basketball: WCC Championship Game
Toreros end the 2018 season against Gonzaga in the WCC finals.
Women's Basketball: WCC Semifinals
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Toreros close out 2018 season against BYU
Men's Basketball: "Off Day"
Toreros prepare for the WCC quarterfinals against BYU
Women's Basketball: WCC Quarterfinal Highlights
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Women's Basketball: Day in the Life with Myah Pace
Freshman guard knows how to prep for a win
Women's Basketball: Vegas Bound
Toreros travel to Vegas for the WCC Tournament
Baseball: Defeating No. 4 Arkansas
Toreros edge out top five team
Men's Basketball: Rock the House
Toreros played No. 6 Gonzaga in a fight to the last minute
Men's Basketball: Day in the Life
Guard Olin Carter III knows the games starts long before tip-off
Winter Saturday
Rowing, tennis, basketball and baseball, a winning day in the books
Baseball: For the Love of the Game
Baseball celebrates 60 years
Women's Basketball: Women in Sports Day
Julie Foudy spoke to student-athletes and guests for National Women in Sports Day
Men's Basketball: At LMU
Men's basketball on the road
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Senior Lizzie Bader shows how three-a-day practices are done
Men's Basketball: Youth Basketball Clinic
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Men's Rowing: Winter Camp 2018
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USD Honors Local Military Members
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USD Athletes Sing "Santa's Coming to Town"
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Toreros play SDSU Thursday night at 8
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Football travels to NAU for the first round of the FCS Playoffs
Torero Tuesday
A day to give to Torero Athletics
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Toreros gear up for last game of conference play
Football: Week Eleven
Toreros prep for game day
Torero Timeout with Summer Mason
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On Saturday We Dominate
Big wins for both USD Football and USD Volleyball Saturday afternoon
Torero Timeout with Henry Lander
Men's soccer sophomore Henry Lander takes a Timeout between classes
Football: Week Ten
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Halloween Hoopla
Men's and women's basketball teamed up to host a Halloween event
Football: Week Nine
Big day in the weight room for the Toreros
Seamus McFadden's Legacy
39 years in review by former players and coaches
Seamus Night
Alumni, staff and the San Diego community gathered to celebrate Men's Soccer Head Coach Seamus McFadden
Sixth Man Night: The Event
Recap video of the October 12 fundraiser event
Women's Basketball: WCC Hoops Tip-Off
Coach Fisher and Maya Hood attend media day in Las Vegas
Men's Basketball: New Heights
Men's basketball celebrates the third era of the program
Alumni and family gathered together for an eventful Homecoming weekend
Torero Timeout with Kristen Gengenbacher
Take a Timeout with the senior setter at her house in South Mission Beach
Football: Week Seven
Football preps for this Saturday's Homecoming game
Torero Timeout with Jonathan Petersen
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USD Basketball: Practice No. 1
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Football: Week Five
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Football: FaceTime with Lion's Jamal Agnew
USD Head Coach Dale Lindsey congratulates Torero alum Agnew on his first NFL touchdown
Football: Brian Fogarty PFL Classic
From tailgates to touchdowns, we got it all
Football: Week Four
Hard work follows these Toreros on and off the field
Cross Country: USD Invite
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Football: Week Three
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USD Invite: Take a Lap
Men's and women's cross country host the USD Invite: the only home race for the Toreros
Football: Week Two
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Three Games - One Day
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Football: Week One
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2017 Football Season Preview
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Charts > Circular charts
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"We are extremely proud of the way the men and women performed this weekend," said head coach Dan Colella. "We had really great performances again both this morning and this evening ... The freshmen in particular, to compete at this caliber in prelims and finals, really raced well and stepped it up."
The first event of the evening session featured strong swims by three Blue Devil rookies in the finals of the women's 1,650-yard freestyle. Kiera Molloy led the way in fifth place, clocking 17:26.92, followed by Meghan Price in sixth with a season-best time of 17:35.12 and Lexi Mendes in seventh at 17:52.33. Senior Alex Harmon paced the Duke men in the mile, touching in 16:11.18 to shave over 20 seconds off of his season-opening time at the All-North Carolina Invitational in October.
After recording a new personal-best of 2:00.29 in the preliminaries of the women's 200 backstroke, sophomore Megan McCarroll took seventh in the evening's championship final with a mark of 2:04.56. In the men's 200 backstroke, fellow sophomore Tyler Toren bested his previous personal record with a time of 1:54.41 in the event preliminaries. Toren returned to the pool Saturday evening to post an eighth-place finish in the 'A' final at 1:55.22.
Two Blue Devils advanced to the championship final of the women's 100 freestyle, including junior Lauren Weaver, who took sixth in a season-best time of 51.85. Freshman Chelsea Ye finished right behind Weaver in seventh, tapping the wall at 52.05. Rookie Sam Skinner also continued his outstanding weekend of competition, dropping time from the morning session to collect a fifth-place finish in the 'A' final with a season-best time of 45.95. Following a season-best swim of 46.01 in the preliminaries, senior Adam Flur turned in a time of 46.36 in the final to place seventh.
Junior Christine Wixted earned her third NCAA provisional qualifying mark in as many days, surpassing the provisional standard in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:13.95 showing to take second in the championship final. Sophomore Katherine Plevka joined Wixted in the 'A' final, coming in fifth at 2:20.92. In a Duke-dominated 200 breaststroke 'A' final on the men's side, junior Hunter Knight just missed an NCAA 'B' cut with a 1:59.80 swim to finish second overall. Senior Jim Zuponeck grabbed fourth place in the event at 2:05.71, followed by junior Tyler Fleming in fifth (2:07.51), senior Evan Schwartz in seventh (2:09.54) and freshman Victor Chen in eighth (2:10.51).
Sophomore Ali Horn was the next Blue Devil to notch a new personal-best, going 2:03.02 in a third-place showing in the 200 butterfly. Molloy also qualified for the 200 butterfly championship final, finishing eighth at 2:08.92 in her second event of the evening session. Sophomore Clay Sanders took sixth in the same event on the men's side, touching at 1:54.68.
The final event of the evening saw Wixted, Ye, Weaver and junior Kelly Hagerty team up for a second-place finish in the women's 400 freestyle relay. The Blue Devils took second behind only Tennessee's 'A' squad with a season-best mark of 3:25.38. In the men's 400 freestyle relay competition, Flur, Skinner, sophomore Stefan Knight and freshman Romain Decrop posted a time of 3:05.06 to come in third.
"I think for a lot of folks, coming here and performing the way they did this weekend, they realized their hard work is paying off," Colella said. "We definitely got what we wanted out of the meet, which was to see where we are and what we need to work on in the back half of the season. This should motivate people to continue to really work hard."
Following six sessions of action over three days at the Volunteers' Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, the Duke men finished third behind host Tennessee (1,264) and Kentucky (1,020) with a team score of 693 points. The Blue Devil women totaled 611.5 points to come in fourth, while Tennessee took first (1,189), followed by Kentucky (847) and Colorado State (772.5).
The squad's swimmers resume action Jan. 12 when they host South Carolina in Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion. The Jan. 12 home meet will also mark Senior Day for the program's 17 seniors. Meanwhile the Duke divers compete next at the Tennessee Diving Invitational in Knoxville Jan. 4-6.


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Huskers in the Pros Update
Jordan Larson-Burbach is competing for Dinamo Kazan in the Russia Super League. Kazan, which concluded the regular season in first place, wrapped up its best-of-five semifinal round series with Omichka with a series sweep and two victories last week. Already leading 1-0 in the series, Kazan won the second match 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 on April 23. Larson-Burbach notched 13 points with 11 kills on 19 attacks with just two errors to go with two blocks. She added a 37 positive reception percent on 19 chances. Kazan concluded the series with a 25-19, 25-21, 25-11 victory on April 27 to advance to the final round and face second-seed Dinamo Moscow. In the final semifinal round match, Larson-Burbach tallied 20 points with a 45 positive reception percent. The first three matches of the best-of-five championship round will take place May 6, May 7 and May 11.
Nancy Metcalf is playing for Igtisadchi Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2012-13. Igtisadchi defeated Baki Azeryolservis 25-17, 25-21, 25-20 on April 21. They then ended the regular season with a 19-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-21 victory over Lokomotiv on April 26. They were able to conclude the season with a second-place tie.


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A pair of large double light sconces in a silver plated bronze finish. The shield-form backplates are finished above and below with shell motifs. The s-curving arms have scrolled terminals and foliate details. The bobeches, which are castings by Remains, echo the shell details of the backplates.
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Ten wrestlers placed at the 2013 Jim Fox Open hosted by University of Dubuque today. Eric Moreno headlined this group with a first place finish at 174. Moreno defeated teammate Nick Jazdzewski by decision (3-1) in the title bout. Jarid Groth also placed in this weight division finishing fourth.
Nick Scheffert (125), Cole Parmely (133) and John Leibforth (149) all placed second. Garrett Wangsness (125), Justin Kreiter (184) and Nick Pearch (197) placed third, while Tyler Walls (197) placed fourth.
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The Sangamon Valley Landfill on the northeast side of Springfield had 14 years of capacity remaining at the start of the year based on current disposal rates.
More than 387,000 cubic yards of trash were sent to the landfill, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said in an annual survey of landfill capacity, www.epa.state.il.us/land, released Wednesday. Volume at the Springfield landfill was down a little less than 2 percent from five years ago.
Nearly 45 percent of the 1.9 million cubic yards of waste from 17 central Illinois counties last year went to the Hickory Ridge Landfill in Pike County. The landfill 80 miles west of Springfield received 845,929 cubic yards of waste last year and had an estimated five years of capacity remaining.
Four regional landfills combined had an estimated 20 years of capacity remaining.
Here are the 2013 cubic-yard disposal totals and estimated years remaining by landfill in central Illinois:
* Hickory Ridge, Pike County: 845,929; five years.
* Five Oaks, Taylorville: 468,403; 46 years.
* Sangamon Valley, Springfield: 387,343; 14 years.
* Litchfield-Hillsboro: 192,780; 16 years.
* Region: 1,894,455; 20 years.
Statewide, according to the IEPA, 42 landfills received more than 45 million cubic yards of waste in 2013 and had combined capacity of 23 years remaining at current disposal rates. The EPA says capacity can fluctuate from year to year because some landfill cells are filled and others are opened.
Statistics do not include transfer stations and compost facilities because they don�t permanently store waste.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Tim Landis: 788-1536, email@example.com, twitter.com/timlandisSJR.


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Grinnell Prize Awards Ceremony
>> PRESIDENT KINGTON: Good Evening. As President of Grinnell College, I am pleased to welcome you to the presentation of the 2012 Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize Winners.
The Grinnell Prize honors individuals under the age of 40, who have demonstrated leaderships, creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. As we begin this evening's programs, I want to thank each of you who have helped make tonight possible – from the passionate Grinnellians who supported the creation of the Prize two years ago to those who evaluated hundreds of applications this year, to the many faculty and staff and students involved in the planning of this week's Grinnell Prize events. Thank you for supporting the cause with your time and effort and collaborative spirit.
Tonight, we honor some of the world's most remarkable and innovative young minds dedicated to affecting social change. They are living role models for Grinnellians ideals. World citizens who, to quote our mission, are prepared in life and work to use their knowledge and their abilities to serve the common good.
Ever since Grinnell was founded by social reformers one hundred and sixty-six years ago, our students and graduates have immersed themselves in the major social issues of our nation - from the Civil War to Civil Rights to the computer age. At these pivotal moments, there were always Grinnellians who stepped up and took action to shape a better world. Our becoming one of America's great liberal arts colleges is due in no small part to the commitment to education and service of society.
The College's history is replete with examples of Grinnellians who championed that ideal in ways that make them precursors to the Young Social Innovators we are celebrating tonight. A few of the familiar examples from our past, during the Great Depression, Harry Hopkins, class of 1912 and Roosevelt's close adviser, became an outspoken advocate for economic justice and the government's obligation to care for those in greatest need. His passion and vision fueled the creation of The New Deal, which shaped public policy in this country ever since. Later this semester, we will celebrate the centenary of Hopkins' graduation from Grinnell and his legacy of social justice and action.
During the 1950s, Louise Rosenfield Noun, class of 1929, rose to prominence as a civic leader in Des Moines. As President of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union in the 1960s, she used her significant political clout and later her personal wealth to support the cause of student's First Amendment rights. Her cause was achieved in the landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, in which the US Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for schools to ban student's non-disruptive, free expression. Louise Noun continued her activism in the 1970s, helping to found the Iowa Women's Political Caucus, the Des Moines Chapter of the National Organization of Women and philanthropic organizations devoted to helping women and girls. Last month, Astrid Henry was installed as the Louise R. Noun Chair of Women's Studies here at Grinnell, a professorship created by Louise's brother Joe R. Rosenfield to honor her lifelong activism.
Since the 1980s, a successful hematologist and oncologist Vincent Anku, class of 1965, has invested in Africa and contributed to community development projects there, supporting especially self-help projects in the Volta region of Ghana, where he was born. The projects are as wide-ranging as the community's needs including rural electrification, road improvement, kindergarten and primary care education, a community library, women's income generation and improved water and sanitation.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Katie Mears, class of 2003, traveled to New Orleans on a relief volunteer trip. She was so transformed by her experience that she founded the ReNew group here on campus and then later relocated to become the Gutting and Rebuilding Program Coordinator for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. There are not many people with that job title – Gutting and Rebuilding Program Coordinator. Since then, Katie has helped Haitians rebuild their homes after the devastating earthquake and is now working on the Superstorm Sandy recovery. That is also where Team Rubicon is working, which is why they are being recognized tonight in absentia, so that they could devote themselves fully to the recovery effort there.
People like Harry Hopkins, Louise Noun, Vincent Anku, Katie Mears live our Grinnellian passion for social justice every day. Our College works hard to waken and nurture these passions in all of our students. We bring these concepts into our classroom through courses like Tim Dobe and Suchi Kapila's upcoming class on the Theory and Practice of Gandhi and Resistance and we also encourage our students to apply what they learn in the real world. The Expanding Knowledge Initiative or EKI is one example, which supported curricular innovations in the study of environment, human rights, and human dignity. Through our Liberal Arts in Prison Program, one out of every seven Grinnell students, as well as many of our faculty and staff, is now involved in teaching incarcerated adults and helping them prepare to make a successful transformation to life after prison.
Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell, a student run microfinance organization, provides loans internationally and in our local community for small projects to combat rural poverty and to promote economic development. It was named by the White House, last year, as one of the Top Five Winners of the Award for Campus Champions of Change Challenge.
The Joseph F. Wall Alumni Service Award, supported by gifts from our alumni, offers significant financial support to Grinnell graduates who engage in projects, programs and organizations that improve the lives of others. And the Grinnell Corps gives graduating seniors the opportunity to work for a year in education, conservation, and anti-poverty programs in the US and around the world.
The Grinnell Prize is another way that we infuse the educational experience of our students with these principles. By bringing exceptional, young social innovators to campus, we hope to inspire our entire community to live up to a similar standard of creativity in service of commitment. Last year, the Grinnell Prize winners mentored students who wanted to know everything from how to start a non-governmental organization to how to persevere when dealing with intractable problems. Tonight, and in the days and weeks to come, our new group of Prize winners are generously offering us their time, ideas and advice.
Altogether, the 2012 Prize honors five young individuals representing three organizations. They were selected from a pool of 300 nominations from 45 countries. The nominees were involved in work on a wide range of issues from the environment, economic justice, social entrepreneurship, business, the arts, refugee rights, immigration, education, fair housing, gay rights, restorative justice and global peace.
Our selection committee has chosen winners who have demonstrated a new standard of excellence and leadership. The recipients each identified huge unmet social needs then worked vigorously and creatively to address them. Each of the winning individuals or teams will receive a cash award with half going to them and half going to an organization of their choice. This is yet another way that the Prize is designed to spark innovation toward a more just world.
On the stage with me tonight are members of two of the recognized organizations. As noted in the publicity materials, the two individuals from the third group, Jacob Wood and William McNulty of Team Rubicon, asked if they could be allowed to absent themselves from this week's activities to organize their largest ever mobilization for the Hurricane Sandy effort in New York and New Jersey. This is exactly what they founded Team Rubicon to do – unite the skills and talents of military veterans like Jacob and William with medical first response teams in disaster areas. The last thing we would want us to do is for our Prize ceremony impede the work they were called to do. So we, of course, said go with our blessings. Jacob and William will come to campus in the spring instead and when they do I think that we will all benefit greatly from their reflections on their experience with Hurricane Sandy. In the meantime, we wish them well and thank them for their service to those in need.
Happily, we do have a group of extraordinary young innovators here tonight to receive their honors. Introducing and conferring the awards will be Rehka Basu, a syndicated columnist from the Des Moines Register, recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Grinnell– so officially a Grinnell alum, and a member of our Prize Committee. And Eliza Willis, professor of Political Science and the incoming chair of the Selection Committee. Rehka and Eliza.
>>REHKA BASU: Thank you, Raynard. It's such an honor to be here tonight for this wonderful occasion and to introduce the first Prize recipient.
One of the sad ironies of journalism today is that the more vehicles we have for receiving news, the fewer different stories we actually seem to get. Instead, over a 24-hour news cycle, the same handful of stories are relentlessly regurgitated through print, broadcast, and Google News – then fleshed out by commentaries from news analysts with questionable credentials but really nice hair.
It might be the natural disaster, the high-level sex scandal, the minute-to-minute updates about which candidate is up or down in the polls. And then, for variety perhaps, the warm and fuzzy story about the little kid who's crying because she's sick of hearing the same stories about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama – and they're still not getting the message.
As for newspapers, you can travel anywhere in America and the local paper's front page looks strikingly similar to the one across the country with the same few wire services and syndicates offering up the same stories and perspectives. Blame it on lack of imagination, lack of concern with what is happening beyond our borders or lack of enterprise to find out.
But then, once in a great while comes a journalist like Cristi Hegranes and it tends to restore your faith in the power of meaningful journalism to educate, uplift and bring about social change. What Cristi has done is remarkable on so many levels. She's found promising women in the developing world, educated them in journalism techniques and then employed them - sending them out to tell stories from their own communities where they have credibility. Then she makes those stories available throughout the world by dispatching them out on the wire.
She does all this through the Global Press Institute of which she is founder and Executive Director. It started out in two countries, Nepal and Mexico, but now has news desks in over 25 and employs over 100 women. Its newswire gets about 20,000 readers a month and the stories are picked up by UPI, Reuters, NPR, BBC and a variety of other major news outlets.
Cristi started out in Nepal as a reporter, telling the stories of people overlooked by mainstream media. But then, she wanted to equip them with the tools to tell their own. She wanted to empower women by giving them concrete skills including literacy training and computer training and then employment. But perhaps, most importantly, by giving them voice and the outlets to communicate the realities in their worlds. Sharing stories on issues like domestic violence across the globe makes it possible to connect communities with common concerns everywhere and it has led to real social change on everything from civil rights in Nepal and Zimbabwe to maternal health in Mexico.
Cristi has a Masters Degree in Journalism from NYU and has won more awards than I can mention including the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism and she was named one of Twenty One Leaders for the Twenty First Century by Women's eNews.
As I was looking over Cristi's biography in preparation for tonight, I noticed some parallels between us that I had missed as a member of the Selection Committee. We're both journalists with graduate degrees from J schools in New York. We've both taught at the college level and written for alternative newspapers and for the Indian Press. We're both concerned with giving voice to the voiceless. And we even share the same birthday, which was last Tuesday, Election Day by the way. Cristi, I hope it was as good to you as it was to me.
But while my career deposited a South Asian woman into a mainstream media job in Iowa, Cristi's spirit of enterprise took an American woman to South Asia to create an entirely new paradigm for journalism. And she did that, by the way, when she was 25 years old. She's only 32 now. I can't even imagine what she'll be doing at my age but I'm certain that it will be big and transformative.
So, for her work in international journalism and women's economic empowerment, I'm delighted to present the 2012 Grinnell Prize to Cristi Hegranes.
>>CRISTI HEGRANES: Thank you so much. These are beautiful. Thank you so much first and foremost to the Grinnell College community. It is absolutely an honor to be here and I hope that you all know what an extraordinary thing it is you are doing for young entrepreneurs and, in fact, what an extraordinary thing you are doing for the world. Just envisioning, creating and implementing this Prize, this community too has really solidified its place as social justice innovators in this world, so thank you.
It is of course also a huge honor to be here representing Global Press Institute, which not so long ago was just a figment of my imagination. And it's been just – I can't even – there is not an adjective strong enough to describe watching it transform from that to this.
And, of course, there have been many amazing people along the way that have helped us get here. My parents, first and foremost, all of whom traveled to Iowa - you have to know - for this week. Probably just cause they knew that I would be in one place for seven straight days so wanted to take advantage of that. But they've supported Global Press Institute from the very beginning. The Global Press Institute Board of Directors is represented here tonight as well by Mary Carderis. Mary represents absolutely the best of the Global Press Institute Board, which is a dedicated group of men and women who give of their time, their talent and their resources to ensure that Global Press Institute continues to thrive. And I'm so happy to stand here before you today to report that we are in fact thriving, thanks in no small part to this Prize but also in no small part to Mike Berkowitz our Senior Strategist and his team at Third Plateau. Mike, your strategic contributions to this organization cannot be overstated. We are all so, so grateful for everything that you guys at Third Plateau have done for us.
And by 'we all' of course, I mean 133 of the world's greatest citizens. I can't even tell you what an honor it is to be a 25-year-old kid, an idealistic journalist and to have a little idea about how to maybe change a few things and then watch – as the world's women stand up, stand out and come together to help you build that dream into a reality. It has been the most amazing honor of them all. So thank you Grinnell College because more than anything, by bringing me here tonight, you honor the journalists of GPI. And those women are committing deliberate acts of social justice with every word they write. Thank you.
>>ELIZA WILLIS: Well I want to thank all of you for coming out on this cold night but for this auspicious occasion.
In deciding among the many of the excellent nominees that make it through the initial evaluation of the campus community, the Grinnell Prize Selection Committee examines each project with three questions in mind. Is the project innovative? Has the project had or will it have a significant impact? Does the project advance the goal of social justice? Embrace, founded by our Prize recipients Jane Chen and Linus Liang, scored perfect ten's on each of these criteria.
Let me begin by describing Jane and Linus' innovation. Embrace produces and distributes a low-cost infant incubator for use by families in developing countries. This product was truly innovative. It was a new and creative invention that solved a problem and responded to a previously unmet need. The need of babies born prematurely or with low weight who are likely either to die or suffer adverse health effects from hypothermia. And as impressive as the invention itself has been Jane and Linus' ability to make the incubator accessible to large numbers of poor families in several developing countries.
Founded in 2008, Embrace grew out of a class project. This was very nice to hear as a professor. Jane and Linus were enrolled in a class at Stanford titled Entrepreneurial Experiences in Extreme Affordability in which their major assignment entailed designing an extremely low-cost incubator to be used in rural conditions across the globe.
They met that challenge by inventing an infant warmer that cost just 1% of a traditional incubator and deciding to take their invention into the real world. Jane has a background in management consulting and business while Linus has expertise in computer science and tech startups. They were able to draw on their complimentary skills to found and lead the organization they created.
Their spirit of interdiscplinarity and collaboration even extends to their business model. Jane and Linus recently co-founded a for-profit partner organization, Embrace Innovations, with Jane serving as the CEO. The for-profit arm enables them to raise venture capital to sustain their work so that they can continue providing infant warmers to parents in need and apply their creative energies to developing other affordable health products for poor communities.
Embrace also scored perfectly according to the criterion of impact – measured both in terms of those whose lives have already been transformed and with respect to the tremendous potential this invention has for changing the lives of millions of low birth weight and premature babies born every year primarily in the developing world. Currently, Embrace widely distributes their infant warmers in India where they have saved the lives of hundreds – and probably thousands by now – of premature babies. They have recently begun distributing the warmers in China, Somalia, Zambia, and very soon will make them available in Afghanistan.
Finally, through Embrace, Jane and Linus have fully met the goal of social justice understood as the principle that every living being deserves equal rights and opportunities. There is no more basic universal human right than the right of the born to live and thrive. Without life and health, there can be no justice or opportunity for equality, no building of capabilities or exercising citizenship. Embrace has found the means for evening the playing field of survival for those born prematurely to families in the poorest countries.
For their work to improve maternal and child health, I am pleased to present to 2012 Grinnell Prize to Jane Chen and Linus Liang.
>> JANE CHEN: Thank you so much. This is an incredible, incredible honor. I wanted to first and foremost thank Grinnell, thank the college and thank President Kington for this amazing vision to bring us this Prize and give us young entrepreneurs the resources to be able to take our work to the next level.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I came here – I've never been to Iowa before – but have been so impressed by the students, by the faculty, the campus, by Grinnell as a whole and it's been incredible energetic for us to interact with everyone here. I think we're probably getting more out of being on campus than you guys are getting so thank you so much for that.
We were in a lunch panel today and one of the students asked the question of what keeps us going. And for me, it's really about the lives that we impact. Every baby we see in our device – it never gets old. On Saturday, before getting on my flight from India where I'm based to come here, I was in a village in South India visiting some of the families who are using our product. I went into one home and there was a mother who was completely illiterate. She had no education. She had given birth six weeks previously to a three - pound baby boy and had been using our product. So when I went back, we brought a little scale with us, we weighed the baby and he was now at a healthy weight, thanks to the product. And the smile on that mother's face was absolutely priceless.
We hope to be able to affect many more women, and their babies and their families with this product. Embrace has helped over 2000 babies to date and with this Prize money; we hope to be able to help many thousands more babies. This will help us to expand into new countries, expand our project, and buy more infant warmers. Our goal over the next 5 years is to impact a million lives with this product so thank you for giving us the opportunity to make this possible.
>>LINUS LIANG: Jane said pretty much everything I wanted to say but I wanted to say thank you again to Grinnell to everyone here who put this together and really supported us through this prize. It's been very touching and heartwarming to win this and it's quite an honor.
I was just telling several people today that I've only been here for two days but just in these two days I already feel like I'm part of a community and already have the support and that is very touching because that is what keeps us going. We live in very difficult environments. We have a very difficult problem to solve and it's been a hard couple of years. But it's people like you, its prizes like this and visions that keep us going, that really make me believe that there are people out there that really want to change the world and make it better. So thank you very much for the support.
>>PRESIDENT KINGTON: Thank you. In the spring, our college President Emeritus, George Drake, class of 1956, who chaired this year and last year's Selection Committee, will confer the third and remaining Grinnell Prize on Jacob Wood and William McNulty of Team Rubicon.
Cristi, Jane, Linus, Jacob and William have taken on large problems with courage and creativity. They have been innovative in their goals and in their business plans. In the process, they have had to fight apathy, cynicism, and entrenched interests. In conferring the Grinnell Prize, I urge all of us to take inspiration from their work.
To learn even more about these advocates for social justice, you're invited to join us for the remainder of the Prize Symposium which continues all this week. The Symposium is co-sponsored and organized by the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights and is directed by History Professor and alum Sarah Purcell. The events are listed in your program and include a keynote address by Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. I'm sure you'll notice that Jerry has arranged to provide free ice cream after his speech. We're prepared for 800 so I expect to see people there.
Jerry's keynote, as well as the winner's presentations, will also be live streamed this year for the first time – although without the ice cream obviously. You can view a schedule of the streamed events by visiting the Grinnell Prize page on the Grinnell College website by clicking on the Live Streaming tab. However, if you are on campus or within range of Grinnell, I encourage you to attend. Not only is it essential for our winners to see the community's support and enthusiasm, but we all stand to gain from the opportunity to sit down with these extraordinary individuals, to get to know them, ask them questions, and to gain the strength and understanding that you need to lead your own efforts for change.
Before we adjourn, I would like to thank George Drake, whom I consider one of my strongest mentors here, chair of this year's Selection Committee, Eliza Willis, Rehka Basu and the seven other members of the 2012 Grinnell Prize Selection Committee for their hard work and wonderful selections. And also thanks to Sarah Purcell, who through tremendous effort puts this all together amidst her working load of teaching, advising, publishing her own scholarship and baking blue ribbon brownies. Sarah is a role model for our own campus and we appreciate her as well as Melisa Chan, Caroline Saxton and the many Communications and Alumni Relations staff who gave so much time to make this happen.
So thank you all and we hope to see you at the Symposium events throughout the week. Good night. Thank you.