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OAKLAND, Calif. — Several players gathered around a high-definition TV on one end of the Oakland Athletics clubhouse, shouting and screaming at the highlights they just made happen with another dose of late-inning drama.
A tying home run. A game-ending single. Players streaming out of the dugout, mobbing the final hitter on the field. A whipped-cream pie in the face — maybe two — and a sports-drink bath to wash it all down.
No matter how many times the scene unfolds, it never seems to get old in Oakland this season.
Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging A's rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees 5-4 on Sunday and complete a four-game sweep. Oakland improved to 14-2 in July, the best record in the majors during that span, with a league-leading 11th walk-off win.
"I don't think there was anybody in the dugout or in the stands," Smith said, "who didn't think we were going to win."
Smith homered to center with one out in the ninth off closer Rafael Soriano to force extra innings.
Derek Norris started the final rally with a one-out single off Derek Jeter's glove at shortstop. Jemile Weeks followed with a sacrifice bunt, setting the stage for Crisp to finish off New York.
The AL East-leading Yankees had not been swept in a four-game series since May 2003 against Toronto. All four losses were by one run.
"It's no fun," manager Joe Girardi said.
Crisp's humpback liner to right field on a "nasty sinker" by Cody Eppley (0-2) scored Norris from second without a throw from Andruw Jones, who bobbled the ball as he tried to make the transfer. The A's came streaming out of the dugout to celebrate their fifth straight victory, grabbing whipped-cream pies that have become so routine that concession workers behind the dugout already have them prepared.
"The music after the game. The pie in the face versus the shaving cream. It's always a better feeling to win than to lose," Crisp said. "I guess that's the thing that I like the most right now."
Jerry Blevins (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory.
A year after Michael Lewis' best-selling book "Moneyball" — which chronicled the 2002 Athletics — hit the big screen and turned general manager Billy Beane into a starring role played by Brad Pitt, Oakland is suddenly back in the AL playoff chase despite baseball's lowest opening-day payroll at about $53 million.
By contrast, the Yankees checked in at around $200 million. A pair of New York stars — slugger Alex Rodriguez ($30 million) and ace CC Sabathia ($24.3 million) — are making more money combined this year than all of the A's.
Still, Oakland is in a three-way tie with Baltimore and the Los Angeles Angels for the two American League wild-card spots.
"To keep competing after so many games where you're so drained and then compete as hard as we've competed all year in this game, you've got to find that pretty special," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
Crisp became the first A's player to have two game-ending RBIs this season, following his sacrifice fly against Boston on July 3.
Brandon Inge and Kurt Suzuki hit solo home runs off Sabathia, who allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings to outlast former teammate Bartolo Colon.
But the surprising A's delivered another win because of the long ball.
Smith sent his 11th home run just over the 400-foot sign in center. It was the first homer of the season allowed by Soriano, who blew his second save in 26 chances this season while filling in for injured Mariano Rivera.
"Everybody has a bad day," Soriano said. "Today was the second time for me."
The Yankees had chances to rally back.
After singles by Robinson Cano and Eric Chavez, Grant Balfour struck out Jeter looking for the final out of New York's 10th inning.
Josh Reddick had trouble with Mark Teixeira's fly ball in the sun in right field leading off the 12th. The ball glanced off Reddick's glove for an error, and Teixeira slid in safely at second after shortstop Eric Sogard couldn't handle the throw.
Blevins forced flyouts by Cano, Raul Ibanez and Chavez between an intentional walk to Rodriguez to keep the game tied.
Strong pitching carried Oakland all series — and has all month, really.
The Yankees chased Colon after he allowed eight hits and one intentional walk in 6 2-3 innings. Colon struck out five while tossing 84 pitches.
Teixeira blooped an RBI single to center for the fourth straight soft single to begin the third inning, and Rodriguez drove in a pair with a one-out double off the wall in left-center to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.
Curtis Granderson followed with a two-out shot in the fourth — on an 0-2 pitch from Colon — that landed in the seats in right field for his 26th home run.
Inge and Suzuki each hit solo home runs to left in the fifth to slice New York's lead to 4-2. The long ball was the 10th this season for Inge and first for Suzuki, who snapped a career-long drought of 78 games.
It was the third time this year that Sabathia, who grew up about 30 miles north of Oakland in Vallejo, has allowed two home runs in a game.
The A's picked up another run in the sixth when Inge beat out a potential double play to allow Yoenis Cespedes to score.
The four-game sweep was a far cry from New York's first visit to Oakland in late May when the Yankees overwhelmed the A's in a three-game sweep to extend their winning streak at the Coliseum to nine games. That was part of a nine-game overall losing streak for the A's, who have recovered to post the second-best record in the majors behind the Yankees since June 2.
NOTES: Oakland's opening-day starter, RHP Brandon McCarthy (strained shoulder), is scheduled to toss three innings Wednesday at the team's facility in Arizona. McCarthy hasn't pitched since June 19. … Oakland has Monday off before opening a three-game series at Toronto on Tuesday. The Yankees begin a three-game series at Seattle on Monday.

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A native of Forrest Hill, Md. Rew came to Coker after a stellar playing career at Catawba College where he was a three-time all-conference selection, including earning First Team All-SAC honors in 2015. During his senior season he finished the year ranked No. 2 in the NCAA in faceoff percentage, winning 69.2 percent of faceoffs. He also scored six goals and had four assists for 10 points.
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NEW ORLEANS - The 48-yard field goal off the strong leg of Adam Vinatieri sailed through the uprights. In a suspended moment that lasted no more than a second or two, Vinatieri's arms were raised and the Patriots sideline crashed onto the turf at the Superdome, displaying some of the most intense and heartfelt emotion ever seen in the sport.
The World Champion New England Patriots.
You've heard of a New York minute?
Well, this was a New Orleans snapshot, a memory etched in the mind for a lifetime.
Veteran guard Mike Compton just plopped his body in the end zone. Tedy Bruschi did the same closer to midfield.
Hearts began racing, and the historic significance of an improbable 20-17 win over the St. Louis Rams began to sink in.
''God's hand was at work here,'' insisted owner Robert Kraft.
And who would argue?
It was a season that came right out of the pages of ''Mission: Impossible.'' From 70-1 odds to win the Super Bowl at the start of the season, to 14-point underdogs Sunday night, the Patriots proved all their critics wrong.
''Now do you think we'll start getting some good publicity?'' asked Patriots center Damien Woody.
When they spoke in terms of team and focus, it was shrugged off as sports cliche. When they said they feared no team, overconfidence came to mind. When they were 1-3 and the season appeared lost, they kept saying give them a chance.
''It just felt right,'' said Terrell Buckley. ''It felt right from the start. There was something, that ... well ... you just can't put your hands on what was right. And even though we struggled, you know, we knew at some point we wouldn't.''
After losing to the Rams, 24-17, Nov. 18, they never lost again.
They won exciting games and ugly games. Young Tom Brady became a star before our eyes - a Pro Bowler and Super Bowl MVP. Troy Brown finally was recognized as one of the top playmakers in the game. Lawyer Milloy became a first-rate leader. Ty Law rejuvenated his career. Antowain Smith gave the Patriots a running game. The offensive line was the best since '96.
They won games early and late. They won in all types of weather. They won with toughness.
''We just won,'' said 36-year-old cornerback Otis Smith. ''We just beat everybody. We're the team that's left standing.''
The beginning
After the 2000 season, the Patriots rid themselves of cap burdens such as Chris Slade and Henry Thomas, and the aging Bruce Armstrong. In April they drafted young defensive lineman Richard Seymour, amid cries to take a wide receiver.
After a slow start, Seymour began to show why at 6 feet 6 inches, 305 pounds, he'll be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come and a more-than-apt replacement for Chad Eaton, who left the Patriots for his dream job in his hometown of Seattle.
Chief operating officer Andy Wasynczuk felt the Patriots could acquire good players who were salary cap casualties, but eyebrows were raised when coach Bill Belichick and player personnel director Scott Pioli went after what appeared to be old, has-been players. But they knew what nobody else did: These players would fit the system. They wanted to get deeper, stronger, faster. They wanted players who wanted to play football - players such as Antowain Smith, Roman Phifer, Bryan Cox, Anthony Pleasant, and Buckley. And they began to mesh.
Training camp was trying for Belichick in many ways. First, former No. 1 pick Andy Katzenmoyer left camp without telling anyone, fearing he may do permanent damage to his neck or wind up paralyzed. He went for second opinions, returned to camp for a while, and then decided to have aggressive surgery to fuse vertebrae. He was lost for the season.
Then the Terry Glenn saga reared its head.
The NFL informed Glenn and the Patriots he had lost his appeal of a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy. Glenn had already had the remainder of his $8.5 million bonus stripped by the team after violating his contract for personal issues. Glenn, upset by the decision, left camp.
The Patriots decided to take action and sent him notification that if he didn't return he would be placed on reserve/left camp list. On the eve of when Glenn was supposed to return, the team took action. However, that action was later overruled by an arbitrator and Glenn was deemed ready to return following the four-game suspension.
Glenn returned for the San Diego game and caught seven passes to pace a 29-26 overtime win over the Chargers. But an injured hamstring ensued. He missed several games, and was suspended two other times for breaking team rules.
During Super Bowl week, his attorneys filed a suit against the NFL, claiming his disability of chronic depression led to not being able to follow proper procedure.
In a recent interview, Glenn, asked if he felt depressed about his season and the fact his team was in the Super Bowl said, ''With all that's happened, sure I am. It's been a tough year. I feel like I never played football this year for the first time in my life. I felt like I was just going through one bad thing after another. I just want it to end.''
Players Association head Gene Upshaw met with Kraft during Super Bowl week to begin settlement talks so Glenn can move on. The Patriots have been tough in their stance to fight Glenn for every cent. There's an April hearing planned.
Also in camp, the Patriots went through a rash of injuries to their offensive line. Joe Panos, who was penciled in as a starting guard, retired suddenly. Compton was out with a calf injury. Joe Andruzzi missed time. Woody broke a thumb, and suddenly the cohesion Belichick was seeking in the offensive line was set back.
And oh yeah, as camp went on, Brady - who had been the fourth-string quarterback last season - began to show the fruits of his offseason labor. He was the hit of camp.
The controversy
Quarterback Drew Bledsoe was the victim of the team's inconsistency on the offensive line. The team opened up with a loss to Cincinnati Sept. 9, then played poorly against the Jets after the NFL and the world began resuming normal activity following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In the Sept. 23 game against New York, linebacker Mo Lewis altered the course of the Patriots' season with a ferocious fourth-quarter sideline hit as Bledsoe was trying to go out of bounds. Bledsoe played one more series after that, but it was obvious he had his bell rung. Worse was the unknown. Bledsoe's chest cavity was filling with blood, making it harder for him to breathe.
Brady came in, but wasn't able to engineer the tying touchdown and the Patriots lost, 10-3, to fall to 0-2.
Bledsoe was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital when his symptoms worsened. All reports were that Bledsoe had suffered a life-threatening injury - a sheared blood vessel in his chest.
He was hospitalized several days, but his first stop upon his release was to the Patriots' practice field because, ''I wanted to be with my teammates.'' Brady started the next game, and the Patriots pulverized the Colts, 44-13, as the defense confused Peyton Manning into three interceptions, stopping the hottest offense in the league.
After a setback in Miami, Brady began to roll with the big overtime win against San Diego. Brady led the Patriots back from a 26-16 deficit with 8:48 to play, scoring 13 points in 13 minutes.
Brady kept building confidence, and the Patriots were building a chemistry around him. It was clear he was their quarterback.
Brady started in a tough loss to the Rams the week doctors cleared Bledsoe to play. Belichick told Bledsoe that he would compete for the job, and Bledsoe told the media that he ''looked forward to competing for my job.'' But as the team started to prepare for New Orleans, Belichick informed Bledsoe he was no longer competing for the job, that Brady was the quarterback.
Bledsoe showed a day of anger, often biting his lip as media asked him whether he was upset about Belichick's reversal.
It was truly Belichick's one black mark in a season of near perfection. Yet, his decision proved to be the best one.
Brady tossed four touchdown passes against the Saints, which began a nine-game winning streak that culminated in a Super Bowl win.
The highlights
In a 38-17 win over the Colts at Indianapolis Oct. 21, David Patten and Charlie Weis first came in vogue.
Patten ran, threw, and caught a pass for touchdowns. It was one of those plays from the Weis Inventory - the ones he ''draws up in the sand.'' Patten took a pass from Brady, who threw a long pass to Troy Brown for a 60-yard touchdown. Patten also hauled in a 91-yard pass from Brady, his longest reception of the season, and he also scored on a 29-yard reverse.
In a Dec. 22 win over the Dolphins that clinched the AFC East title, Weis used a play from the repertoire of his son, 8-year-old Charlie. Running back Kevin Faulk took the snap, ran to his right and then threw across the field to quarterback Tom Brady for a 23-yard pass play.
On Nov. 4, in a 24-10 victory over the Falcons in the Georgia Dome, the Patriots got one of their many gifts from the Football God. On a Brady pass intended for Patten late in the third quarter, the ball hit Falcons defensive back Ashley Ambrose's right knee and it bounced backward to Brown, who ran it 22 yards for the clinching score.
What was Brown thinking?
''Franco Harris all the way,'' said Brown of the immaculate reception.
The Patriots were at times unconscious. Literally.
Rule 3, Section 20, Article 2, Paragraph C of the NFL rulebook makes it possible.
In a 9-9 game in overtime in Orchard Park, N.Y., Dec. 16, the Patriots were having problems putting away the pesky Buffalo Bills. After making a catch at the 41-yard line, it appeared Patten had fumbled after being blasted by Keion Carpenter on the sideline. The ball fell to Patten's legs, scooped up by Nate Clements.
But after the play was reviewed, the official ruling was that because Patten's unconscious head was out of bounds and the ball was at his legs inbounds, the ball was in the possession of the receiver. Antowain Smith ran for 38 yards on the next play and Vinatieri won the game with a 23-yard field goal.
The playoffs
It was hard to see, hard to sit, and hard to play football on Jan. 19. The Patriots were again underdogs in their divisional playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, but certainly snowy conditions would help a team from the Northeast.
In the fourth quarter, Brady was stripped of the football on a corner blitz by Oakland's Charles Woodson at the 48-yard line.
Looks like fumble. Feels like a fumble. It is ruled a fumble. Feels like the game is over, a 13-3 Raiders win. But wait. Referee Walt Coleman reviews the play. He rules that Brady's arm was going forward in a passing formation and he had not ''tucked'' the ball in, which would have constituted the throwing motion had ended and he was now running with the ball. The call is overturned, and Vinatieri makes an unbelievable 45-yard line-drive kick through a raging snowstorm to tie it in regulation.
In OT, Brady drives the Patriots 61 yards. Vinatieri finishes it off with a 23-yarder. Patriots go on to the AFC Championship game.
It's on to Pittsburgh. The Patriots are 91/2-point underdogs.
This is where we see our last glimpse of Bledsoe.
Brady had his left ankle rolled over by blitzing Steeler safety Lee Flowers.
Brady hobbled out. In came Bledsoe. His first appearance on a football field in four-plus months. With 1:40 remaining in the first half, he hit Patten on a 15-yard pass to the Steelers 25 for a first down. He was then forced to run for 4 yards, and met up with a big sideline hit by Chad Scott, knocking him way out of bounds.
Bledsoe, who cut his chin on the play, charged back up, fired up. He went right back to work with a 10-yarder to Patten at the 11, and then threw a beauty of a TD pass to Patten in the right corner of the end zone with 56 seconds left in the half to give the Patriots a 14-3 lead. They went on to capture the AFC title, 24-17.
That win got them to New Orleans. They faced a team that had scored 503 points. A team that had beaten the Patriots on grass. In a dome, turf? Gimme a break. At least that's the way the NFL world thought until amid a theme of patriotism and red, white, and blue, the team from New England was the last team standing.


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Graduate Research Symposium 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The EEB Graduate Student Symposium is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more 'seasoned' students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings.
New Schedule
|Coffee & Tea (drinks only)
|Debra Kendall
|Welcome address by the associate dean for life sciences and for research and graduate education
|Alejandro Rico
|Hummingbird feeding mechanics
|Elizabeth Wade
|Microsatellite and gene discovery using 454 sequencing in the cicada genus Kikihia
|Jessica Budke
|Examining the gametophytic calyptra and its role in sporophyte development using the cord moss (Funaria hygrometrica).
|Kerri Mocko
|Chris Owen
|Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit
|Susan Herrick
|Temporal patterns in calling behavior of syntopic anurans.
|Tobias Landberg
|Something something salamanders
|Brian Klingbeil
|Kristiina Hurme
|Antipredator behavior in schooling tadpoles
|Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad
|Lori Hosaka LaPlante
|Keynote Address: TBA
|Geert Goemans
|The cicada tribe Zammarini: trying to untangle the taxonomic mess
|Karolina Fučíková
|Cryptic diversity of tiny green thingies: To barcode or not to barcode?
|Yu Fan
|Nic Tippery
|It's Greek to me, but Latin to you: Notes on nomenclature
|Speed Talks
|Nic Tippery
|Best Grad/Postdoc Webpage - 2010
Susan Herrick
Temporal patterns in calling behavior of syntopic anurans
Phenotypically similar species are hypothesized to adjust their behavior when they coexist to decrease competition. Pond-breeding frogs constitute an ideal system to address this hypothesis because multiple species may compete for noise-free periods to call for mates. American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) and green frogs (R. clamitans) commonly co-occur in breeding ponds. Males of both species vocalize to defend territories and attract females. However, bullfrogs call more aggressively than green frogs and are expected to control access to the limiting acoustic resources. I predicted that green frogs increase chorusing activity in periods of bullfrog inactivity and that these patterns can be detected at both diel and seasonal scales. I used automated acoustic software to identify bullfrog and green frog vocalizations through two breeding seasons. Temporal partitioning occurs on a seasonal time scale. Bullfrog and green frog calling rates are both high early in the season in late May but then diverge. Bullfrog calling rate peaks in mid-June and drops sharply thereafter. In contrast, green frog calling falls to low levels in June but then rebounds when bullfrog calling declines, so that green frog calling reaches a second peak in late June and tapers off thereafter, ceasing in early August. There is no evident temporal partitioning on shorter time scales. Both species call most from midnight until 0600. However, the diel timing of bullfrog calling is predictable, whereas green frog calling is more variable. These results suggest green frogs are responding to reduced bullfrog activity by adjusting their calling effort.
Alejandro Rico
Hummingbird feeding mechanics
Modulation of feeding behavior in hummingbirds, the most important vertebrate pollinators, has been demonstrated to affect the persistence of many kinds and number of plants, and subsequently the interactions and services provided by entire ecosystems. Similarly, composition and concentration of floral nectars has been shown to influence which flowers hummingbirds feed at, and their rate of movement among flowers. To date, our understanding of feeding behavior in hummingbirds is based on the theory that they use capillarity in order to feed on nectar. It is widely accepted as fact that hummingbirds feed by moving nectar up their tongues in the same way that water moves up a tiny capillary glass tube. Our entire understanding of the nature of the interaction of hummingbirds and plants has been based on this concept of the mechanics of feeding. My previous work on the structure of the hummingbird tongue suggests that the capillarity model of feeding in hummingbirds may be wrong. Preliminary results point to a novel and radically different nectar trapping mechanism; if true, our ideas about how external factors affect the rate at which hummingbirds gain nectar from flowers would change. In this presentation I document the process of nectar uptake using high-speed video and microscopy capabilities describing the fluid mechanics of tongue loading, discussing the implications of this new perspective at several different levels ranging from biophysics to ecology and evolution.
Jessica Budke
Examining the gametophytic calyptra and its role in sporophyte development using the cord moss (Funaria hygrometrica).
In bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) the diploid sporophyte is small, unbranched, and physically attached to the maternal haploid gametophyte. One of the major maternal influences in moss plants is a cap of gametophyte tissue (the calyptra) that covers the sporophyte's apex during early developmental stages. Previous studies indicate that the calyptra functions mechanically to influence sporophyte development and is necessary for spore formation. Sporophytes without their calyptra wilt at the apex; they survive only when placed in a high humidity chamber. These observations stimulated the hypothesis that the maternally derived calyptra functions as a waterproof cap, preventing desiccation of the developing sporophyte's apex. In plants the cuticle, an external layer of lipids and waxes, maintains internal hydration. To explore this hypothesis, I am using scanning and transmission electron microscopy to examine cuticle morphology and development of both the calyptra and sporophyte in the moss Funaria hygrometrica. Results for this species indicate that the calyptra's cuticle is thicker and more complex than other gametophyte tissues; the cuticle is also present on the calyptra throughout sporophyte development. These observations support the calyptra as a specialized maternal gametophyte structure and provide a mechanism by which the calyptra prevents harmful water loss during critical sporophyte developmental stages. Sporophyte development is directly related to reproductive output and thus evolutionary fitness in mosses. The maternal care provided by the calyptra and its cuticle may have been a critical innovation for the evolutionary success of the ~12,500 moss species worldwide.
Karolina Fučíková
Cryptic diversity of tiny green thingies: To barcode or not to barcode?
The taxonomy of green coccoid algae traditionally has been limited by their character-poor morphology when solely using light microscopy. Alternative methods, especially the use of molecular sequence data, often reveal cryptic diversity and help clarify phylogenetic affiliations of green coccoids. The present study focuses on the genus Pseudomuriella Hanagata and its phylogenetic relationships to morphologically similar genera. Newly-discovered, morphologically cryptic diversity of the genus Pseudomuriella is reported here and examined using molecular markers – barcodes – from the three cellular compartments: the plastid rbcL gene, the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2, and the mitochondrial cox1 gene. The utility of the three markers is discussed using a comparison of their performance in species-level resolution within the Pseudomuriella clade, while also considering the ease of their use. All three genes examined were found to contain variation usable for species-level resolution, and provided largely consistent phylogenies. A joint use of the three markers may be the ideal tool for barcoding cryptic green algal species, but rbcL appears to be the most practical combination of good phylogenetic signal and ease of use.
Beth Wade
Microsatellite and gene discovery using 454 sequencing in the cicada genus Kikihia
Genomic information for non-model organisms is becoming increasingly easier to obtain. Next generation sequencing is revolutionizing whole genome and transcriptome sequencing by providing large amounts of data relatively cheap. Traditional techniques for obtaining nuclear loci for population genetics studies, such as microsatellites and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) are labor intensive and expensive. In addition, nuclear loci for phylogenetic analyses tend to be limited to a few loci with conserved primers that are used on a wide range of taxa. I have used 454 Life Sciences technology to whole genome sequence nine species of the New Zealand genus Kikihia in an attempt to isolate microsatellites and SNPs for population genetics analyses for this genus and protein-coding genes for systematic studies in the cicada family. In this presentation, I will briefly overview next generation sequencing technology and present my preliminary findings on the cicada genome.
Nic Tippery
It's Greek to me, but Latin to you: Notes on nomenclature
The classical languages of Latin and Greek have trickled down to us through a variety of historical uses, from simple transmission of ancient texts to entirely new uses of the languages by speakers of modern languages. Although as scientists we all embrace the necessity of a certain familiarity with Latin and Greek, ever fewer people are actually familiar with the origins and meanings of the words they use. I will present a brief overview of these classical languages as they are used by scientists today, including the different grammatical forms of words, derivation of some popular names, and the ever-important and often-overlooked question of how to tell if a word construct is of Latin or Greek origin (yes, they are different languages!).


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The movie will leave you battered, but it's exceptionally well made and features a tremendous cast, including an Oscar-worthy turn by Hugh Jackman.
Before diving into "Prisoners," let's take a moment to salute the brave studio executive who decided a slow-burning mood piece about child kidnapping, torture and mental illness was worth a gamble. That takes guts.
This is worth noting because "Prisoners" is unbelievably hard to watch; the subject matter and the relentlessly punishing style of Canadian director Denis Villeneuve will leave you emotionally and physically battered by the time you leave the theater. But Villeneuve, writer Aaron Guzikowski and the movie's cast are fearless in their willingness to follow the movie into its heart of darkness, and the result is an incredible feat of execution that leaves a strong, if disturbing impression.
Aside from some very late, slightly ill-conceived plot distractions, "Prisoners" tells a simple, straightforward story. Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and his family are at Thanksgiving dinner at the home of his friend Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard) when their two daughters leave the house to go look for a lost emergency whistle. When the two girls fail to return, the family begins a frantic search, and when that fails they turn to the police.
The hunt for the girls is headed up by Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), and suspicion immediately falls on Alex Jones (Paul Dano), whose RV was seen near where the girls disappeared. Jones draws more suspicion when he attempts to flee from the police, but at the same time he doesn't appear to have the mental capacity to pull off a double kidnapping; Loki says Alex has "the IQ of a 10-year-old," and Alex's aunt (Melissa Leo) insists he's harmless.
At this point the movie diverges, splitting its time between Loki's efforts to find the girls and taking an unflinching look at what the kidnappings do to the girls' families. While Loki's story keeps the plot moving and provides a small fragment of hope, Villeneuve and Guzikowski are much more interested in the toll the kidnapping takes on the families, especially Keller.
Keller, who has built a survivalist bunker in his basement and had a philosophy of self-reliance drilled into him by his father, proves incapable of waiting for the police to do their work, so he takes matters into his own hands and kidnaps Alex. He drags Alex to a run-down apartment building he owns, then relentlessly tortures him with Franklin's help, even as Loki uncovers evidence that Alex may not have kidnapped the girls.
The facet of "Prisoners" that will garner the most immediate attention is Jackman's performance. The toxic combination of grief, anguish and violence within Keller that Jackman portrays is something that he's never even hinted at in his previous roles. As Keller delivers blow after blow to Alex, it becomes clear that even if he really thinks Alex knows something, the beatings are more his way of coping than any actual attempt at finding his daughter.
Jackman's performance is the most notable, but the whole cast does excellent work here. Gyllenhaal has the thankless role of playing the guy following the rules in the search for the missing girls, but he makes it clear that Loki is haunted in his own way by the case. Dano spends most of the movie being pummeled and screaming in pain, but he does a good job of it, and before his character is kidnapped he makes for an intriguing mix of guilelessness and sinister undertones.
Villeneuve's approach to Guzikowski's script is what really makes the movie work, though. The violence is very graphic (DO NOT take your kids to this), but it never crosses the boundary into exploitation; Villeneuve refuses to give the audience that release, and it forces the viewer to really think about whether Keller's actions are justified or not. Villeneuve also effectively uses slow camera movements and long takes to build the tension to excruciating levels; it creates a sense of predatory watching that's deeply disconcerting, and cinematographer Roger Deakins saturates the movie in shadow to add an extra layer of bleak ambience.
The only thing keeping "Prisoners" from being a true masterpiece is a misguided twist near the end that undercuts the ambiguity of Keller's decisions. Even still, it doesn't totally derail what's come before, and "Prisoners" remains one of the most ambitious, memorable and haunting movies of the year.
Read more of Rob Ryan's thoughts on movies on his blog at http://projections.blogs.gainesville.com


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Was excommunication the right response to the Arizona abortion?
A moral theologian weighs in on the response to the abortion that took place at a Catholic hospital.
Guest blog by Patrick McCormick
Bishop Olmsted and the Vatican claim that every "direct" abortion is always wrong. They base their assertion on one traditional reading of the moral principle of "double effect," a reading condemning every physically "direct" attack on innocent human life, but permitting "indirect" abortions (like excising a tumor from a pregnant woman with uterine cancer) when it is the only way to save the life of the mother.
Still, for more than 40 years a growing consensus of Catholic moral theologians have questioned this narrow reading of the principle of "double effect" and argued that the bishop and Vatican's absolute moral distinction between "direct" and "indirect" abortions does not hold. As the late Father Bernard Haering argued, the tragic termination of a pregnancy to save the life of the mother is justified not by the "indirectness" of the medical procedure, but by the fact that the grave threat to the mother's life can be resolved by no other means. No one "intends" to kill a fetus in this case, only to save the one life that can be saved.
Catholic teaching allows for "direct" killing in self-defense (even when a mentally disturbed assailant is not culpable of any guilt or sin), and for the death penalty--in both cases when and only when there is no other means of resolving a grave and imminent threat to life. In light of these positions and the widespread, longstanding, and expertly informed dissent from the teaching that every "direct" abortion is immoral, it is difficult to be certain that Sister Margaret McBride and the Ethics Committee of St. Joseph's were wrong. Many Catholics and moral theologians are no doubt persuaded that they were not.
Bishop Olmsted also reports that, according to Canon Law, anyone formally cooperating in a "direct" abortion incurs an automatic excommunication, so Sister Margaret McBride and the unnamed Catholic members of the Ethics Committee and medical team that conducted the abortion are now excommunicated for having dissented from official Catholic moral teaching on abortion, raising at least two questions.
First, if the purpose of excommunication--the most extreme moral and spiritual punishment available to Catholic pastors--is to address the threat of public scandal or oppose attacks on human dignity and life, why then is excommunication not used to stem the scandal of priest pedophilia or to oppose Catholics who support unjust wars, government sanctioned torture, or the indiscriminate use of weapons of mass destruction? Is this punishment, as many now suspect, reserved for offenses associated with women and sexual morality?
Second, if Sister Margaret McBride, the Ethics Committee of St. Joseph's Catholic hospital, and leading administrators of its parent group, Catholic HealthCare West, along with a majority of practicing Catholic moral theologians question or dissent from official Catholic teaching condemning all "direct" abortions to save the life of the mother, is excommunication really an adequate or even serious response?
Bishop Olmsted and the Vatican have a grave pastoral problem. Catholic moral teaching on this question has become unpersuasive (even unintelligible) to a large number of committed and educated Catholics, and excommunicating a nun will not resolve this pastoral problem, only worsen it, for it suggests that the bishop and the Vatican do not have clear, cogent, and persuasive answers to tough moral questions. That is not "good news." It is a scandal.
Guest blogger Patrick McCormick, S.T.D. is the Culture in Context columnist for U.S. Catholic and a professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Gregorian University in Rome.
Guest blog posts express the views of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the Claretians.


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By David White
Value-conscious wine consumers know to avoid marquee regions like Napa Valley and Burgundy.
Those who are comfortable with the obscure find value in places like Spain, northern Italy, and France's Loire Valley. Those who are more comfortable with easy-to-pronounce locales stick to places like Argentina, New Zealand, and California's Central Coast.
All value seekers should add South Africa to their lists.
South Africa's wine industry can trace its roots to 1650s, when the Dutch East India Company established an outpost at the Cape of Good Hope to provide its merchants, who were constantly voyaging from Europe to East Asia, with fresh food and supplies. The settlers were urged to plant vineyards, as wine could defend against scurvy.
Over the next 300 years, South Africa's wine industry experienced all manner of ups and downs. But by and large, local vintners were more interested in quantity than quality, primarily producing cheap wine for local consumption.
South Africa's modern wine era began in 1973, when lawmakers created the "Wine of Origin" system to regulate labeling. A number of quality brands soon launched, but even then, South African wine remained a local beverage. Because of Apartheid — the system of institutionalized racial segregation — most Western nations refused to trade with South Africa.
When South Africa's last remaining Apartheid laws were abolished in the early 1990s, the world suddenly opened up. And a young entrepreneur — Andre Shearer — made it his mission to share South Africa's finest wines with the world.
Twenty years have passed, and Shearer is still on that mission. Today, his company, Cape Classics, is the largest importer of South African wines to the United States. And Shearer hasn't yet tired of promoting his nation's wines.
"The value of South African wines is extraordinary," Shearer explained over breakfast one recent morning. "The past few years have actually been very good for us, because Americans are seeking value. Retailers and sommeliers are looking for good wine that's affordable — and American consumers are open minded and willing to try wines from unfamiliar places."
To most Americans, South Africa remains an "unfamiliar place." That's why Shearer understands his job is far from over.
Consider a basic question. Is South Africa a New World or Old World wine region?
At first blush, the answer seems obvious. South Africa is still finding its footing in the global market, so obviously, it's a New World region.
Then again, South Africa has been producing wine for nearly 350 years. When Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in 1815, he found solace in "Constantia," a South African dessert wine that's still produced.
So it's a trick question.
Over the past year, I've tasted hundreds of wines from South Africa. With virtually every classic variety — Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon — the best wines bridge the gap between the Old World and the New World. In other words, South African vintners don't try to hide the sunshine, yet they don't go overboard. South Africa's top wines are unabashedly ripe but also show finesse.
For these varieties, some labels to look for include Glen Carlou, Kanonkop, Thelema, De Morgenzon, Rust en Vrede, and Mulderbosch.
Then there's South African Chenin Blanc, which is both stunning and affordable — yet somehow remains under the radar.
Although the grape's ancestral home is France's Loire Valley, more than half the world's plantings of Chenin Blanc are in South Africa. Just like vintners in France, South African producers make the wine in a variety of styles, from bone dry to lusciously sweet.
For my palate, fresh Chenin Blanc is unbeatable as an everyday white wine. When well crafted, Chenin Blanc is bursting with fresh fruit and delicate floral aromas, and backed by crisp acidity.
Raats Family Wines and Ken Forrester both make delightful Chenin Blanc for around $13 per bottle.
Andre Shearer doesn't expect South African wine to "explode" in popularity anytime soon. He's seen slow but steady growth over the past twenty years, and expects that trend to continue. Yet his nation is consistently producing many fantastic wines, and virtually all are good values.
Americans are eager to try new wines, and we're more price-conscious than ever before. So I'm expecting an explosion.
David White, a wine writer, is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com. His columns are housed at Wines.com, the fastest growing wine portal on the Internet.
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North Tonawanda Mayor Robert G. Ortt has announced an emergency shelter has been set up at the North Tonawanda High School Alumni Center, 405 Meadow Drive. The Red Cross is there to assist and provide transportation to those who need it.
"For those residents using a generator, remember to keep it in an open space where there is plenty of ventilation," Ortt said. "Keeping it in a garage or indoors increases risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and/or fire hazard. Please call 911 to report downed power lines or wires, or any other emergency. Treat every downed power line or wire as if it were live. To report an outage or personal service line disconnection to National Grid, call 1-800-642-4272. Residents who have suffered property damage are encouraged to take photographs and document the damage for their insurance purposes."
"We have been working with National Grid since the early hours of Saturday morning to restore power as soon as possible," Ortt continued. "We had a severe thunderstorm, which knocked out several power stations and has caused severe flooding, not just in North Tonawanda, but across Niagara County. I would like to ask for residents' continued patience as we work to clean up our city and restore power to those who have lost it."
"I would like to commend Brad Rowles and our men and women at the Department of Public Works for working through the night to clear roadways of fallen trees and power lines, as well as setting up pumps to alleviate the water and make our roads passable. I would also like to thank our first responders, including our police, fire and emergency management personnel for their efforts and providing public safety and response during these last difficult hours," he added.


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Justin Timberlake thrilled thousands of fans at his Vancouver concert Thursday night, but the megastar let everyone know how less than thrilled he was with a local entertainment writer.
In a column published in The Province earlier that day, Dana Gee chastised the triple threat for not having more of an edge, and complained that none of his work was "all that memorable."
JT was none too pleased with that assessment, calling out the writer in the middle of his show. According to concert-goers on Twitter, Timberlake said Gee was entitled to her opinion, but she could: "Kiss my ass."
"Like lady if you don't like me, your entitled to your own opinion, but you can kiss my ass" - Justin Timberlake 😂❤
— jaydaMangat (@jaaydamangat) January 17, 2014
Hahaha!!! @dana_gee You just got called out by @jtimberlake! "I need to find my edge? You can kiss my ass!" #priceless
— Sophie Lui (@sophielui) January 17, 2014
In the column, titled 'Yo Justin, try putting some Timberrr! into Timberlake,' Gee wrote:
... the Timberlake experience still doesn't seem all that memorable. It's seems kind of soccer mom — not that there is anything wrong with that as mid-sized hybrid SUV drivers need pop music, too.
Even a huge tour with rap king and major mogul Jay Z couldn't turn down the Disney shine that still dances off of the sleek showman.
That said, we like JT, we really do. He seems perfectly nice, but that is also the problem. We wish him well and would love to see him really bring sexy back. The kind of sexy that makes you go "oh yeah" not "oh, he'd make a good prom king."
She makes several tongue-in-cheek suggestions for Timberlake including picking better songs and movie scripts, and starting a booze company.
On Friday morning, Gee laughed off Timberlake's response:
Wow @jtimberlake called me out at show. Wants me to kiss his ass. That is edgy. you're right. Mad over tongue-in-cheek column. haha
— Dana Gee (@dana_gee) January 17, 2014
Of course, the prospect of kissing JT's ass was hardly a bad thing for many people:
Hey @dana_gee If @jtimberlake told me to kiss his ass I would totally take him up on the offer.
— Rage (@are_zed) January 17, 2014
In the end, the negative column didn't seem to affect Timberlake's tour stop, as he proclaimed his love for #VanCity.
Vancouver takes the cake!!! Y'all sang and danced harder than me tonight!! I love #VanCity INCREDIBLE energy and INCREDIBLE people.
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) January 17, 2014
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Roy High School sophomore Bailey Gerhardt told The Salt Lake Tribune she received the text from a friend, one of the suspects, and told one of the administrators, which led to the arrest of the two teens. Roy is about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.
Gerhardt said Thursday the text from the 16-year-old boy asked: "If I told you to stay home on a certain day, would you?"
That boy, whom The Associated Press isn't naming because he's a minor, and Dallin Morgan, 18, were pulled out of school Wednesday.
"It was the work of a very courageous student who came forward," Roy police spokeswoman Anna Bond said Thursday. "It could have been a disaster."
Gerhardt characterized the 16-year-old as an angry person recently dumped by his girlfriend. She said he had told her he had looked into the 1999 mass shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School.
The juvenile later told investigators he was so "fascinated" by that massacre that he visited the Littleton, Colo., school and interviewed the principal about the shootings that killed 13 people. Roy police said the principal, Frank DeAngelis, confirmed that the boy made his visit Dec. 12.
The Roy High School plot "was months in planning," said Roy Chief of Police Gregory Whinham, and included plans for a device designed to "cause as much harm as possible to students and faculty" at the school, which has about 1,500 students.
The FBI is examining the suspects' computers, police said. Local and federal agents searched the school, two vehicles belonging to the suspects and their homes but found no explosives.
Morgan told police the 16-year-old suspect had previously made a pipe bomb using gun powder and rocket fuel.
"Dallin told me that (the juvenile) bragged about using a bomb to blow up a mail box and having three handguns in his house," a police affidavit states. The 16-year-old boy "claimed that he did not have the guns but Dallin was the source of the guns because he is 18 and can purchase a gun."
The two students prepared by logging hundreds of hours on flight simulator software on their home computers, and they planned to take a plane at Ogden Hinckley Airport after the bombing, Bond said.
Besides hinting at the plan, the juvenile also texted to a friend that both suspects wanted "revenge on the world" and "we have a plan to get away with it too."
He hinted at the plan by writing "explosives, airport, airplane" and added, "We're just gonna kill and fly our way to a country that won't send us back to the US," according to a probable cause statement police filed to make the arrests late Wednesday.
Morgan was being held on $10,000 bail at Weber County jail on suspicion of conspiracy to commit mass destruction. The juvenile was in custody at Weber Valley Detention Center on the same charge. Prosecutors were weighing possible additional charges.
Both students had "absolute knowledge of the security systems and the layout of the school," Bond said. "They knew where the security cameras were. Their original plan was to set off explosives during an assembly. We don't know what date they were planning to do this, but they had been planning it for months."
School officials said there were no imminent plans to hold a school assembly.
The parents of both students "woke up in the middle of a nightmare," Bond said. "They've been very cooperative."


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Under normal circumstances, walking on ice barefoot is extraordinarily difficult for a human. Even if one tries to do so, he will face the imminent danger of freezing after a short while.
Then how come the penguins don't freeze, although they walk barefoot on ice all their lives?
The emperor penguins, a manifestation of Allah's Gentle Artistry, and which live in the polar regions, spend most of their lives walking on ice, and foraging for food in the freezing ocean. Yet how is it that penguins live in the poles, which proves impossible for humans when they don't take special precautions ?
Measures to keep penguins warm
A major part of the penguin bodies are covered with a water-tight fur to keep them from getting cold. A thick fat layer underneath their skin provides additional insulation as well. Indeed, this double-layered protection proves so effective that sometimes penguins can overheat in a sunny day. However All-Mighty Allah created very special measures to prevent penguins from overheating as well. The exposed beaks and the feet of the penguins allow for the loss of heat, helping maintain their body temperature at a constant.
In cold weather, it is our feet and hands that get cold first because the blood is drawn out of the hands and feet and is sent to the vital organs to keep them optimally functioning. Penguins have a similarly miraculous system. By the means of controlled blood flow, the feet of penguins don't freeze on ice.
The Special System in the Penguin Veins
Certain arteries in penguin's feet can adjust the blood flow according to the temperature in the feet. They can, for example, send enough blood to keep their feet at a temperature that is just a fewer degrees higher than the freezing point. By means of this amazing measure, the penguin's feet don't freeze.
It is the All-Mighty Allah, Who creates everything in a 'perfect' manner, that gave this protective system to penguins and helps them survive in the face of freezing cold. All-Mighty Allah creates all living things with systems suitable for their environment.
"Your god is Allah alone, there is no god but Him. He encompasses all things in His knowledge." (Surah Ta Ha, 98)


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Biundo is the 2013 Outstanding Alumnus
Jim Biundo '59 '62 and wife, Antoinette '65 '69
Having spent his career in education, Jim Biundo '59, '62 believes education is not an end, but means, and is a lifelong experience beyond the classroom.
"Through education we are able to get information about the world, past and present, synthesize it, and then apply it to our own lives," he said.
Biundo, the 2013 Adams State University Outstanding Alumnus, has taken that philosophy to heart throughout the years he spent in the classroom, boardroom, and in all aspects of his life. He will receive the award at the Alumni Banquet and Annual Meeting. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in the Student Union Building room 131. Tickets, $25 per person, can be purchased by calling 719-587-8110.
Upon hearing he received the Outstanding Alumnus Award, Biundo said: "Adams State has a very special place in my heart. My whole career in education began here, first as a student and then, later, as a faculty member and administrator. Just prior to receiving my bachelor's degree, I was interviewed on campus for my first teaching job at Las Animas High School. Five years later, I was interviewed on campus for my teaching job at the college level. Adams State prepared me well for what would become my life's profession, just as it has done for generations of other students. Access, opportunity, and excellence continue to be the hallmarks of Adams State. I am proud to call it my alma mater."
Eneritus Professor of English Don Stegman '61,'64 has continued his friendship with Biundo that began in their student days and became closer once they both joined the Adams State faculty. "Jim was a popular professor. He was fair and very good at what he taught." Stegman said Biundo took that upbeat attitude with him when he joined the administration as head of the Language and Literature Division.
During Biundo's tenure at Adams State, he observed the work of his colleagues and their various teaching and administrative techniques. "I learned the importance of collegiality and recognized that teaching truly is a noble profession, and, as educators, we can make a positive impact on the lives of our students."
As an English, speech, and theatre major, Biundo drew on the arts throughout his career. He said: "Administrators, of necessity, have to deal with a considerable amount of organizational detail. It is easy to get caught up in the detail and lose sight of the broad view. Poetry, as is the case with all the visual, written, and performing arts, has helped remind me of the broad view and, in doing so, has made me a better administrator."
Dr. John Marvel, emeritus president, remembers Biundo as an "outstanding" professional and very sociable. "He was always concerned that people live up to the expectations of their positions."
Since retirement in 2000, Biundo has lived in Surprise, Arizona, where he serves as the vice mayor. He has served the city of Surprise on a variety of boards and committees, including the City of Surprise Arts and Cultural Commission and the West Valley Art Museum Board of Trustees. He also completed the Surprise Citizens Academy.
According to Surprise Mayor Sharon Wolcott, Biundo was appointed to fill her seat on the city council when she stepped down to run for mayor. She said: "Jim is thoughtful in his work, genuine in his manner and detailed in his approach to solving problems. What I admire most about Jim is his selflessness. He is truly committed to serving his city and making it a place we are all proud to call home."
In the letter nominating Biundo for the Outstanding Alumnus Award, his daughters wrote: "He (Biundo) continues to work for the betterment of the city and enhancement of city services for the residents of Surprise. He also works closely with a charter school for low-income children in the district."
- Wife, Antoinette '65 '69
- "My wife and I have three wonderful daughters, all of whom have become successful women in their professional lives."
- (pictured above) Terrilee (Ron) Day '93; Kimberly (Kevin) Peets '82; Tammy (Greg) Gerstner
- Five grandchildren.
Mentors and Professors
- Ernest Bruegel, principal of Las Animas High School
- "Mr. Bruegel hired me for my first teaching job and was the epitome of the professional educator."
- Dr. John Marvel, Adams State emeritus president:
- "Dr. Marvel brought the concept of 'shared governance' to Adams State and kept colleagues fully involved in the decision-making process."
- Dr. John Turano, emeritus professor of teacher education
- "Dr. Turano practiced and affirmed that quality teaching and learning are the foundations of higher education."
- Donald Brooks, emeritus professor of English
- "He taught me about the universality of theatre and the importance of respect for the use of the English language."
- Dr. Dean Lyman, who taught Shakespeare classes and was an accomplished jazz pianist
- "The most memorable moments in Dr. Lyman's classes were when he, a tall, thin, seemingly frail man, would draw himself up to his full height and, with a strong booming voice, read passages from Shakespeare."
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
- "The book shows the resilience of the family unit and the strength of the matriarchal figure, which reminds me of my mother who raised a large family, often during some difficult times."
- "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," by Robert Frost. "The last three lines of the poem serve as a life reminder."
- "But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
- William Faulkner
- "Southeast Missouri State University, where I spent the latter part of my career, has one of the four largest collections of original Faulkner works. I was fortunate to have access to those in the Rare Books Library and to have discussions with one of the eminent Faulkner scholars who was a member of the faculty."
- Other than Shakespeare, "the favorite would be Robert Frost because of his clear, universal messages in such poems as Stopping by Woods… and Mending Wall."
Vacation Spot
- Visits to Venice, Italy, and Lucerne, Switzerland, were memorable; however, "Las Vegas has been a favorite vacation spot."
Leisure Activity
- Being involved in the community.
Literary life
Published Poems
- "I Know Another Side," Weekend Portfolio, The Philadelphia Tribune
- "Three Poems: Colors, I know Another Side, Deep Bright Remembrance," A Flood of Emotions, Vandalia Missouri: The Right Writer's Group;
- "Intimated Immortality," On the Threshold of a Dream, Maryland: The National Library of Poetry. Editor's Choice Award, North American Open Poetry Contest;
- "Elk Cycle," Of Diamonds and Rust, Anthology, Maryland: The National Library of Poetry. Editor's Choice Award, North American Open Poetry Contest.
Published Books
- In the Beginning: The Writing Process, Berkeley, California: McCutchan Publishing Company
- Moments of Selfhood: Three Major Plays by Luigi Pirandello New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
Recent Published Articles
- "The Frozen World of Ethan Frome," Proceeding of the Society for Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery
- "Like Watching a Miracle," The Rotarian
- "Searching for Self," American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Perspective Journal
- "Motiveless Malignity," American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Perspective Journal
- For nearly 25 years, Biundo presented at academic and professional development conferences across the country and internationally.
- Assistant to the President for University Relations, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau
- Executive Director of Public Affairs/Director of Marketing, Pima Community College, Tucson, Ariz.
- Assistant to the President for Community Relations, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- English professor, special assistant to the president, Director of Public Affairs, Adams State College
- English teacher, Las Animas, Colo.
- Designated Rotary Paul Harris Fellow by Cape Girardeau Rotary Club, 1995
- International Society of Poets International Pen Award in 1991
- Poet of Merit Award in 1992
- Adams State Alumni Association Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Achievement, in 1985
Greatest Professional Experience
- Met US Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
- Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English, speech, and theatre, Adams State College


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An archaeological site is any place with physical evidence of past human activity. Such sites might be from pre-history as well as history; even remnants from modern times can count as archaeological sites.
The leave-no-trace principle is mandatory for these places. Legal consequences for trespassing in closed areas, damaging remnants, or removing artefacts, might be harsh. Respect local authorities.
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Advances in raw materials enhance IC efficiency
Keywords:epitaxy? wafer? manufacturing?
Improvements in semiconductor materials are now responsible for about 90 per cent of the performance improvement of ICs at each node, significantly more than the roughly 15 per cent they contributed in 2000, according to Schubert Chu, head of Applied Materials's epitaxy unit.
In an interview at the Semicon West fab tool tradeshow, Chu said that in the mobility era-where smartphones and tablets are driving much of the electronics supply chain-the focus is on increasing transistor performance while at the same time reducing power consumption. This differs vastly from the focus during the PC era, when power consumption was practically a non-issue, Chu said.
"As each generation of devices comes out, the story that doesn't get told enough is the need to improve performance without increasing power consumption," Chu said.
Applied Materials announced this week a newly developed NMOS transistor application for its Applied Centura RP epitaxial (epi) system. An NMOS transistor is a MOS transistor where the active carriers are electrons flowing between n-type source and drain regions in an electrostatically formed n-channel in a p-type silicon substrate, according to the company.
In 2012, the total epi market was worth about $590 million, according to Gartner Inc. The market has been growing faster than the rest of the wafer front end equipment segment and this trend can be expected to continue.
Chu says epitaxial deposition has come a long way in the past 10 years. Ten years ago, Applied—the leader in the market with an estimated 80 per cent market share—sold epi systems mostly to wafer suppliers. But today, because of the technology's ability to improve mobile processor performance, Applied sells far more systems, and foundries are the largest customer segment.
Today, there are several epi steps in the semiconductor manufacturing process, Chu said. More are on the way, he told us, as chip vendors see the potential to improve the performance of their devices using this technology. Applied defines epitaxy as a method of depositing or growing a monocrystalline film where the deposited film takes on a lattice structure and orientation identical to those of the substrate.
Chu says implementing an NMOS epi process in addition to PMOS epi enables foundry customers to further improve the performance of next-generation devices. The new process is already in use at several customer sites.
The use of strained selective epi films with in-situ doping have improved mobility and reduced electrical resistance in PMOS transistors since the 90nm node, increasing the speed of chips, according to Chu. He says applying selective epi in NMOS transistors delivers a similar boost, which enhances overall chip performance.
"People are looking for the next area that will give them an advantage," Chu said, noting that new epi materials will be key driver for transistor speed beyond 20nm.
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O you who believe! Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when He calls you to what will bring you to life! Know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart, and that you will be gathered to Him. ( Surat al-Anfal, 8:24)
People assume that they can take the best care of themselves and thus make the best decisions, set principles for themselves, and believe that their lives will be good if they adhere to these principles. But this is a great delusion, for Allah created humanity and is nearer to each person than his or her own jugular vein. A person may not know many things about himself; however, Allah encompasses everything about him, for He holds complete control over his seen and unseen features, his most inner thoughts, and his subconscious. Furthermore, a person can never know what she will face the next moment or may well forget some of her past experiences. But Allah, Who never forgets or errs, knows all that has happened — and ever will happen — in every person's life. For these very reasons, only Allah knows what is best for each person.
... It may be that you hate something when it is good for you, and it may be that you love something when it is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know. ( Surat al-Baqara, 2:216)
For this reason, a person needs to respond to Allah and comply with the "path that will bring him to life." Allah made this path clear through the Qur'an, which He revealed to our Prophet (saas). In every verse, Allah gives a detailed account of how a person must conduct himself or herself in order to attain salvation.2009-08-18 22:50:28


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ECU's Entrepreneurial Initiative is an organization dedicated to helping public and private organizations maximize their potential by enabling them to launch products, services, ideas and inventions to the market.
Capital is always a serious concern for early stage companies. The EI facilitates Eastern North Carolina - Investor Network meetings, where companies present to angel investors.
The EI also helps entrepreneurs network with angel investors, venture capitalists, incubators, and other entities supporting early stage innovations. With the assistance and support of over 17 sponsoring organizations the EI facilitated two annual Summit's with internationally recognized speakers for entrepreneurs. This same support network is now organizing a Business Plan Competition for the eastern region. The EI provides an opportunity for highly innovative individuals to become informed about product development, capital resources, and how to network a large support system for their early stage products. (More info on these events provided in our Resource Link Box)
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The EI works with a few select companies each year. These companies may either be spin-ins or spin-outs.
Ms. Marty E. Hackney is Director of ECU's Entrepreneurial Initiative (EI) since 2005. She is the co-founder and administrator of the Eastern NC – Investor Network, and has assisted two other communities start angel networks. These groups have invested millions in eastern NC technology companies.
Shan is an East Carolinian scholar, having acquired his Bachelor's degree in Classics with a focus on the ancient art of rhetoric, ancient music, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, and the works of Plato.
A.J. Hamel joins us as our only undergraduate intern at the EI as he is a sophomore double majoring in Finance & Accounting at the East Carolina University College of Business.
Jonathan is currently a full-time MBA student, a facilitator for the Leadership and Team Development Program, the founder and president of a student motorcycle safety club, and a free lance video production and marketing consultant.
Taylor graduated from ECU with a B.A. in English and began her MBA in the Fall of 2013. She joined us here at the Entrepreneurship Initiative to assist in the managing of our second annual Eastern NC Entrepreneurial Summit conference and is currently planning an innovation and business plan competition (encbusinessplan.com).
SPIN-INS - companies or individuals from the community that need ECU research or technology assistance. They may also receive student help in preparation of investor presentations. Spin-In projects are new technologies from eastern North Carolina that are not part of ECU. These innovations are identified by the Entrepreneurial Initiative as having potential to change an industry and have an opportunity for high growth and profitability. The objective of a spin-in is to assist companies in accessing ECU resources for research and/or commercialization. While many individuals and small businesses lack resources to complete early stage analysis of commercialization, the Entrepreneurial Initiative will help locate faculty, student teams, and/or interns to assist with development of a new company by spinning the company into ECU.
SPIN-OUTS - companies developed by ECU faculty that have commercialization potential. Spin-Out projects are new technologies or research developed within ECU, where the technology is owned by ECU. These projects are eligible to apply to the Director for acceptance into the Entrepreneurial Initiative program. Upon acceptance, the Entrepreneurial Initiative will assist with research, business assistance, and other requirements to make the project successful.


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Coloured pencils (but the blue glow is digital). Maybe it can be seen as elements: water and earth.
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Although the official birthday of U.S. naval aviation is 8 May 1911, the U.S. Navy showed early interest in aviation in 1898, when an interservice board was formed to investigate the military possibilities of Samuel P. Langley's Aerodrome flying machines. Not until September 1910, however, was the first official aviation office established, when Captain Washington Irving Chambers was designated as the officer to whom all aviation matters were to be referred. Shortly thereafter, on 14 November 1910, Eugene Ely took off successfully from the USS Birmingham (CL-2), anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia; just more than two months later, on 18 January 1911, Ely made the first arrested landing in history on the USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) in San Francisco Harbor. A series of memorable photographs commemorates these two significant milestones in aviation history.
Other historic events followed in quick succession that year. Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson reported for flight training as Naval Aviator Number One and was a key figure in demonstrating the Navy's first airplane, the Curtiss A-1. Lieutenant John Rogers and Lieutenant (junior grade) John H. Towers also reported for flight training as Naval Aviators Number Two and Three, respectively. Ellyson's efforts in the development of the catapult included his unceremonious dunking in Maryland's Severn River during an unsuccessful catapult shot at the U.S. Naval Academy in July 1912, as well as his successful launch in a Curtiss A-2 from a catapult at the Washington Navy Yard in November 1912. All these activities are preserved in photographs from the collection of Commander Ellyson.
The years leading to U.S. entry into World War I were marked by significant progress in the Navy's efforts to take aviation to sea. Pilots and aircraft set endurance records and executed the first successful shipboard catapult launch. In 1914, combat sorties were flown at Veracruz, Mexico, and the first permanent air station was established at Pensacola, Florida.
These achievements by a handful of pioneer naval aviators were remarkable in their scope and imagination. Nonetheless, when the United States declared war with Germany on 6 April 1917, naval aviation was ill prepared for such a conflict. Only one naval air station was in operation, and a mere 48 aviators and student aviators and 54 aircraft were on hand. In the ensuing 19 months leading to the armistice, however, programs at new air stations were training thousands of new pilots. All the while, Navy and Marine Corps pilots and planes were engaged actively in patrol and combat missions overseas. It was a remarkable period of growth in numbers and capabilities, and it set the stage leading to World War II.
During World War II, U.S. naval aviation expanded at an unprecedented rate, from a modest, untested peacetime force of one escort carrier, seven fleet carriers, and 1,774 combat aircraft to a fleet of 99 carriers of all types, and 29,125 combat aircraft. Four of the original seven carriers—the Lexington (CV-2), Yorktown (CV-5), Wasp (CV-7), and Hornet (CV-8)—were lost in the great carrier battles of 1942—Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, and Santa Cruz. The losses in ships, aircraft, and people soon were replaced the following year. The new Essex (CV-9)-class carriers began to arrive in 1943, as did the Independence (CVL-22)-class light carriers. The smaller escort, or "jeep," carriers, which along with non-rigid airships had performed so well in the Battle of the Atlantic, resupplied the Pacific Fleet with new aircraft, as well as providing invaluable support for amphibious landings.
Naval aviation fought widely diverse forms of warfare over two oceans during World War II. In the process, requirements for new warfighting capabilities precipitated a vast variety of technological innovations in electronics, communications, weapons, aircraft engines, and shipboard damage-control systems. Radar and the proximity fuse played particularly key roles in the Pacific War, as procedures, doctrine, and training evolved rapidly to keep pace with technical advances.
With this unprecedented mix of offensive power, people continued to be the key to success. Many of the pioneer aviators emerged as the leaders, commanding task forces, carriers, and squadrons throughout the war. Marc Mitscher, John Towers, P. N. L. Bellinger, DeWitt C. Ramsey, and Aubrey Fitch all played important roles, as did the younger aviators who became the heroes of the carrier battles in the Pacific. Scores of Navy and Marine aviators distinguished themselves in individual combat while leading their squadrons in the key carrier and island battles of the war. Naval aviators such as Jimmie Thach, Max Leslie, Bill Martin, J. D. Ramage, and David McCampbell, and Marine aces Joe Foss, Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, and Marion Carl provided rare opportunities for photographs and interviews by the photographers and war correspondents who followed the fleet.
Among those who made tremendous contributions to the photographic documentation of naval aviation in World War II were world-renowned photographer Edward Steichen and his group of eight young professionals who were commissioned and sent to the Pacific to ride aircraft carriers and catch naval aviation in action. Many of the Naval Institute's photos are by the Steichen group. Large numbers are by Steichen himself. They are considered classics of the Pacific War.
With war's end came a rapid demobilization and decommissioning of aviation squadrons and carriers, as advancing technologies, such as jet propulsion, guided weapons, and nuclear weapons, effected fundamental changes in how the Navy would wage future wars. By the mid-1960s, helicopters had replaced catapults on the fantail of cruisers and battleships, and the airship and the flying boat, reminders of the golden age of naval aviation, had seen their missions absorbed by land-based patrol planes and helicopters.
By the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Navy had progressed from the first operational carrier-based jets, the FJ-1 Fury and the FH-1 Phantom, to the fourth generation, so-called "high-performance" aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom II and the A-5 Vigilante. The arrival of these two aircraft spurred an all out assault by the Navy on world aircraft performance records. It was a throwback to the golden age, as Navy and Marine pilots took turns breaking most existing world speed and altitude records during the 1959-1962 period.
Of paramount importance to the success of the new airplanes were fundamental changes to aircraft carrier design and construction. From the British came the angled deck, the steam catapult, and the mirror landing system, later to be replaced by the Fresnel lens system. The Essex -class carriers of World War II were modernized, and the first of the so-called "super" carriers, the USS Forrestal (CV-59), arrived in 1955, to be followed by the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 1961, first of the nuclear-powered carriers that became the foundation of sea-based conventional striking power in the 21st century.
Captain Wooldridge retired after 26 years of naval service and enjoyed a second career as a curator and as assistant director for museum operations at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In one year as an invaluable volunteer, he logged more than 700 hours in the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive .


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The Academic Achievement Program within the Chapman University Fowler School of Law is designed to minimize the confusion and frustration many first-year law students experience by offering the following:
- one-on-one faculty mentoring
- undergraduate-to-graduate transition workshops
- Additional instruction from advanced students (Academic Fellows)
- Assigned study groups led by the Academic Fellows
- Bar Exam Preparation
Such mentoring helps students unlock the potential within them to achieve academic success in school, pass the bar exam, and become productive attorneys.
Mentoring and Workshops
Professor Rick Faulkner, the Director of Academic Achievement, is available to meet with individual students to address their academic needs and progress. Moreover, Professor Faulkner conducts a substantial number of workshops throughout the academic year designed to help first-year students transition from undergraduate school to law school. These workshops cover such diverse topics as course outlining, stress and time management, preparation for exams and exam writing.
Academic Fellows
In addition, advanced students serve as Academic Fellows for the first-year law courses, as well as Evidence, Federal Income Tax, Corporations, and Constitutional Law classes. The Academic Fellows hold office hours once each week in the fall and spring semesters during which they are available to respond to student questions. The Academic Fellows also lead small study groups. Participation in the small study groups is open to all students, and first-year students are strongly encouraged to attend at least one small group regularly.
Bar Exam Preparation
The Academic Achievement program helps Fowler School of Law students succeed, not only in law school, but also on the bar examination. We have designed and instituted a full program of Bar Preparation whose purpose is to fully and adequately prepare students for the California Bar Examination. This program has two major components: two (2) for-credit courses ("Select Topics in American Law" and "Legal Analysis Workshop") and a Supplemental Bar Preparation Program offered free to all Chapman students in the two months before the bar exam. For further details on these programs, please see our Bar Preparation Program.
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Briggs to takes Benton by two TDs
It is pretty easy to say that the Benton Panthers have been anything but good during the football season over the past few years. After winning three games in each of the last two seasons, Benton has been battling injury after injury, day after day. To add insult to injury, the Panthers were forced to give up its three wins from the 2010 campaign after eligibility issues arose.
Last season, the Panthers started the year off with the annual Salt Bowl at War Memorial Stadium against its biggest school rival and county foe, Bryant. Picked to lose by a wide margin, the Panthers, then healthy, stayed side-by-side and lost late by a single touchdown 21-14. The Panthers did pick up wins during the season, three in fact, against Jacksonville 44-14 in week two, McClellan 57-49 in week eight and Fair 50-30 in the final regular season game.
A year that was thought by many to be a good one at the beginning, quickly turned south after a slew of injuries plagued the Panthers including quarterback woes and defensive aches and pains. But now 2011 is in the past and 2012 is here in full force and the Panthers, along with head coach Scott Neathery, are out to prove that this year is a totally different season; a season they can be competitive and that they are a much better than a 3-8 team from a year ago.
Benton opens its season once again at War Memorial but not against Bryant. Due to a conference switch-up, Benton and Bryant will face each other in the Salt Bowl in Week 4 in a game that actually has more meaning than just bragging rights. Instead, Benton will face off against the Arkadelphia Badgers, a team that finished last season with a 4-7 record.
The Badgers bring an inexperienced team into week one with the same hopes as Benton—winning. Benton, on the other hand, has a ton of experience returning, especially in running back Wallace Foote and quarterback Terek Beaugard, two Panthers that were keys for the team on offense a season ago. But, can Benton pull out of War Memorial with a win? Can the team stay healthy for a full four quarters and will the defense get down and hit someone.
While the literal answer will be determined on Tuesday, I feel that Benton has enough weapons on both sides of the ball to get past Arkadelphia and start the season off with a bang and hopefully at least knock the monkey that's on its back down to the lower leg area.
With Beaugard and Foote standing as big threats to run the ball, there should be more plays on the ground than through the air for Benton. Another advantage that Benton has on Arkadelphia other than experience is that the Panthers have played in War Memorial plenty of times so they know what it feels like to get out of the high school atmosphere. That could play into a turning point for the Panthers.
But one thing that could hinder both teams is the fact that game time is at 5 p.m. and not 7. The heat could force more substitutions on both sides of the ball for both teams than each coach may like. Staying hydrated will be a factor for both squads as well.
Needless to say, with all of that stuff aside, football season is back in full swing and Tuesday night's showdown should be a fun one to watch.
I'm taking Benton to win by two touchdowns, 37-23. Go Panthers!