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Morning Five: 10.17.13 EditionPosted by rtmsf on October 17th, 2013
- As we mentioned yesterday, Wednesday was the day that four major basketball conferences, all of their own independent accord, decided, "hey, let's dominate the news cycle for our basketball product by competing for attention with three other competitors, even though we could have easily chosen any of a number of other days during the month of October! Brilliant!" Sometimes the ruling parties of this sport really make you wonder. Alas, the ACC, AAC, Big East and SEC all held their media events yesterday, providing us with a steady stream of quotes, notes, predictions and controversy throughout the day. You'll get better coverage of the details of each of those leagues at each of our microsites (excepting the SEC, which relaunches next week), but for now, here are some of the things we learned. ACC: Jim Boeheim says the only thing Syracuse fans will miss is the Big East Tournament; AAC: Commissioner Mike Aresco says no-way, no-how to paying players. Big East: Are the biggest celebrities in this league Bill Raftery and Gus Johnson? SEC: Kentucky's best player is James Young? The SEC will continue with its two-day event in Birmingham today, and the Pac-12 will hold its one-day media event in San Francisco as well. The Big 12 and Big Ten will follow with theirs over the next couple of weeks.
- The best quote of the day, however, didn't come from one of the roughly 50 coaches assembled yesterday at the various conference media days. It came from USC's Andy Enfield, who exhorted his team during a recent practice by telling the Trojans, "We play up-tempo basketball here. If you want to play slow, go to UCLA." Perhaps not since the days of Shaq and Kobe trashing each other through Jerry Buss has the City of Angels heard such a fine display of braggadoccio. Given that it's coming from a brash young coach who quite literally was making a CPA's salary somewhere on the gulf coast of Florida one year ago, even better. The two schools have never liked one another, but sometimes the crosstown rivalry got lost in the football vs. basketball focus of each. It would be nice to see the rivalry heat up with two cocky new coaches in town ready to trade barbs back and forth for the better part of the next decade. The Pac-12 microsite has a fantastic piece coming later today on this topic, and we highly encourage you to check it out in a few hours. Meanwhile, do you think the west coast media will bring up this quote to Steve Alford and his counterparts later today?
- Jumping back to the media days, all four leagues released their preseason choices to win the conference races and the standard other superlatives we typically expect this time of year. In the ACC, Duke was picked first with Syracuse's CJ Fair chosen as the top player; over in the AAC, it was Louisville and Russ Smith. In the new-but-not-improved Big East, Marquette was the choice, with Creighton's Doug McDermott as the player of the year. In the SEC, Kentucky and Julius Randle were the selections. From our perspective given what we know about these sorts of things, the media will be lucky if even half of these choices come in by March — there's just too much variability and unpredictability at the conference level to make sterling predictions like these. The closest might be McDermott in the Big East, so long as he's healthy all season, and Louisville to win the AAC. Beyond that? It's hard to say anything is a lock.
- There was a period in the mid-1990s when Georgetown basketball, so feared and despised by so many in the 1980s, became the coolest thing around, in a retro sort of way. Sporting some of the best college basketball uniforms ever produced and an electrifying backcourt led by the unguardable Allen Iverson and his sidekick, Victor Page, the Hoyas became everything they hadn't been during the previous era: fun, fast and perimeter-oriented. Bubba Chuck, of course, went on to an MVP award and great riches in the NBA, but Page, the Big East Tournament MVP in 1996 and Big East scoring champion in 1997, was never able to get there. As a result, Page has spent much of the last two decades in and out of correctional institutions for a series of petty and serious crimes, the most recent of which, a brutally violent assault against a Maryland woman, was described by Nathan Fenno in the Washington Times as the product of "one wasted opportunity after another." Page has been charged with 33 crimes in the last 42 months (guilty of six, including the assault, for which he was sentences to 10 years in prison), but the clear lesson here is that young players with all the talent in the world still need to have realistic backup plans. Education, work, whatever. Because if there's nothing else to live for, that allows the darkness to creep in.
- After that one, let's finish today off with a good story. In an era of coaches working themselves to the bone with all the different CEO aspects of running a Division I college basketball program, the New York Times' Zach Schnobrun writes about the youngest D-I coach in the country, Wagner's 29-year old Bashir Mason. Mason, it turns out, is finishing up a Master's in elementary education at the school and the second-year head coach must complete 220 hours of classroom instruction to earn the degree. As a result, he spends five mornings and one afternoon a week at a local elementary school, working through reading comprehension and other practical exercises with kids who are too young to recognize that their teacher is a bit of a local celebrity. It's a story about persistence and follow-through, and it's one that Mason deserves to have heard. Here's hoping that his team listens to him as intently as his six-year old students do — they'll assuredly learn a thing or two about discipline and hard work.


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By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Remains fitting the description of a missing autistic boy were found buried in a shallow grave near his California home on Wednesday, police said, and a 16-year-old family member was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Captain John Hill, acting police chief of Menifee, California, said the remains had not yet been formally identified as the missing 11-year-old, Terry Smith, but appeared to belong to a male juvenile.
Police declined to name the suspect, citing the ongoing investigation, but said he is a 16-year-old relative of the missing boy who was taken into custody on suspicion of murder following an interview by detectives.
"One of the things I want to stress is that this is a domestic issue within that residence, and that there is no stranger in the city of Menifee that caused this to happen," Hill said at a news conference.
Terry Smith was reported missing from his home in Menifee, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, on Sunday morning, prompting a search by authorities using helicopters and bloodhounds that was assisted by local volunteers.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department has said the boy was last seen alive by his older brother between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and that his mother contacted police when she did not find him in bed mid-morning the following day.
Hill said investigators went to the home early on Wednesday morning after receiving a report that possible human remains had been spotted there by a volunteer searcher, then found the partially exposed body.
He said police conducted multiple searches of the property using dogs and volunteers after the boy was reported missing, but did not explain how the remains were not found earlier.
"Sometimes it takes awhile for us to put all the puzzle pieces together in a circumstance like this," he said.
Local television news images showed forensic technicians working under a green tarp to remove the remains from dirt about 75 feet from the home and load the remains into a coroner's van with darkened windows.
Riverside County medical examiners were expected to conduct an autopsy to identify the remains in the coming days and determine a cause of death.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Will Dunham)

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2009 Toyota Corolla Navigation System
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I wish to buy the 2009 Toyota Corolla XLE. I'm hopelessly confused (after a lengthy R&D on the internet), whether to go for the JBL stereo option, or to go for the in dash navigation system. The thoughts I have are:
1. Is Toyota's navigation system good ? Can somebody write a short review for it ? I don't need any hi fi system, but I do want a system that's really useful. If this is as good as atleast a TomTom V3, then I would surely buy the XLE with the NAV option.
2. I haven't found a single review for this in the internet!! I find the amazing.
3. If I opt for the Nav system, I know I would have to forgo the JBL 6 disc audio system with 8 speaker. Is the audio system that comes with the NAV package good ? I admit that I'm no stereophile. But I do appreciate good music and the rest.
Can somebody please help me make up my mind ?
Thanks in advance, Ranjit
1. Is Toyota's navigation system good ? Can somebody write a short review for it ? I don't need any hi fi system, but I do want a system that's really useful. If this is as good as atleast a TomTom V3, then I would surely buy the XLE with the NAV option.
2. I haven't found a single review for this in the internet!! I find the amazing.
3. If I opt for the Nav system, I know I would have to forgo the JBL 6 disc audio system with 8 speaker. Is the audio system that comes with the NAV package good ? I admit that I'm no stereophile. But I do appreciate good music and the rest.
Can somebody please help me make up my mind ?
Thanks in advance, Ranjit
Might be an easy answer...Do you want bluetooth?
If yes, you can't have the NAV system. If no, then you still have a delimma.0
You are right! I didn't think of this. I guess I might as well forgo the bluetooth option, since I value the convenience of in dash navigation more than that (atleast in my opinion). Atleast I get a stereo system with the NAV option sans the CD changer, 2 speakers and the bluetooth as you rightly pointed out.
To make a decision, I need to know whether the NAV system is good. Try as I might, I'm not able to find a single review on the internet. Don't know why people do not review these factory systems as you can find reviews for even a paper clip on the internet nowadays!0
I'm not sure, but the Corolla NAV system looks amazing similar to the Nissan Altima unit, with minor changes.
If that is true, its probably supplied by the same manufacturer, with the same operating characteristics..
I have an 08 Altima with NAV, and I like the unit. However, there are some options that are deactivated when the car is in motion, which can be a real pain (like, setting a destination, for example). If the Corolla is that way as well, and you want to set destinations on the fly, you might be better off with the better stereo and bluetooth, and use a Garmin add-on unit instead...
I would suggest going to the dealer and driving one to find out, or, at least examine the operating manual.
Don't know about Toyota, but Nissanusa will allow you to download operating manuals, which is what I did when I bought the car, so I could study them on my laptop when I had the time.
Sorry I can't be of any more assistance....Good luck!!!0
First of all let me thank you for your guidance. For all the prospective corolla buyers out there these are what I managed to get:
1. The toyota NAV is a base feature-stripped version.
2. It does not have voice recognition.
3. It may not have many of the advanced features of a regular NAV system. (I need to look into this some more).
4. It does not allow you to change your route while the car is in motion. This is irritating especially if you have a passenger riding with you who could do the operations.
5. It does not offer blue tooth hands free calling.
6. Can't be combined with the JBL audio system option.
Overall the NAV system package does not justify the absence of:
1. JBL premium audio system.
2. 6 disc CD changer.
3. 440 watt sound output.
4. Blue tooth hands free calling with steering wheel controls.
5. 8 Speakers as against 6 for the navigation system.
I think I'm better off with a dash/windshield mounted NAV system. I'm sure this would help a lot of prospective corolla buyers.0
Pretty much my thoughts as well. In my opinion, I doubt many Corollas will sell with this version NAV system, as it seems like a last-minute addition to the option list.
It would be surprising if a better NAV system isn't offered in the near future, especially with gas prices increasing and more people looking at smaller cars with more equipment.
Seems stupid to offer bluetooth or NAV, but not both...0
nshahzad Posts: 14I decided to not go for the NAV. I can install an excellent system for much cheaper, that'll play DVDs and bluetooth and all that good stuff. I had a feeling the stock one wouldn't be great.
I didn't go for JBL either, because I'd rather handpick the speakers which go in my car, and IMO comes out cheaper to install a system myself.
Otherwise, you can buy the parts, and an auto shop will install them for you for cheap, or just buy the system and installation from there. Goto a reputable place though. I like installing the stuff on my own (nice way to blow a few hours on a Saturday, and getting "intimate" with my baby)0
I got the JBL. The 440 watt system is awesome as well as the hands free phone and satellite radio. Well worth the extra $1000.000
gnpeden Posts: 1I purchased a Toyota 2009 Rav4 Limited on Nov 10, 2008 with the Toyota navigation system. When I came near my house, none of the streets east of the main highway (including my street) appeared on the navigation system. I could not even enter my home address. This is a college town with a population of about 50,000 and is about 200 years old. My particular neighborhood is over 15 years old and next to the university. By using the navigation arrows to move around on the screen, I was able to determine that an area roughly the shape of a triangle about 30 miles on each side was completely void of data. This includes half of another city that is larger than the one I live in, a fourth of a smaller city, and an entire Army base. All of this information is found on the navigation system in my Infiniti G35 and on my handheld Garmin. On November 11th I reported this problem to Bridgette at the Toyota Customer Experience number (800-331-4331). Toyota was able to reproduce my problem and agreed that the system was faulty and of no use to me. I was assured that they would call me back by the close of business the next day (Wednesday) with a resolution. After not receiving a call, I called back on Thursday and was told Bridgette would call be by close of business. This continued until Toyota finally called me on Wednesday November 19th. All that I had asked to resolve the problem was for Toyota to provide me at no cost the updates to the Toyota navigation system as they become available until my area is covered and purchase an aftermarket GPS system for me to use until it was corrected. Their only offer was a $250 credit for future Toyota parts and services!
I refused the offer and I'm starting an arbitration process.
Lessons learned:
1) The Toyota navigation system has some serious flaws. Even if the area where you live is covered, what areas that you may want to visit or travel through are not covered?
2) Even after admitting that the system does not work as expected (even older systems that I have used cover this area flawlessly), Toyota will not work with you to correct the problem So buyer beware!0
I have a 09 Toyota Corolla S. I liked that it came standard with a 6 cd changer, xm sat. radio (even if I dion't really need it), bluetooth handsfree and jbl stereo (though just a 6-speaker system). I would like to upgrade to an in-dash navigation, keep the bluetooth and/or the xm satellite in case I do decide to continue subscription for those long interstate driving. Since I recon that the original Toyota system doesn't come with bluetooth, I was hoping for another product that would fit my dash. Also I loved that satellite radio can feed music info (singer/song title/album) which I think is available on standard radios from GM and luxury brands. I would like a unit that would provide me that same feature. Is there a system out there that is simply a plug-and-play so that I may consider installing it myself too?0
Well I can't help you with your substitutions but I can tell you I just love that JBL upgraded system. I also have it on my "09" XLE. The hands free blue tooth is a great convenience and safety item. Now that I have the XM satellite radio I don't know how I ever did without it. It's well worth the small yearly subscription I pay. The system just pumps out 400 watts of pure power that sounds exceptional. Why not just keep what you have as it is and just add an aftermarket portable GPS? That's a $1100.00 system you want to alter.0
Thanks. I do like the JBL sound quality. In fact better than the last luxury car I drove which had a 10 speaker system. I know that an in-dash navi is actually more expensive to maintain and update. I do have a portable GPS and maps.google.nav on my smart phone which knows more places. I'm just kinda clutter-free guy.0
echo2001 Posts: 17I am thinking to install a kenwood nav/dvd system but looking for a good dash kits that match the oem dash, anyone has an expereince with this? thanks0
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Last week, the Meinig School hosted forty junior and senior high school girls in Weill Hall for afternoon design and research sessions as part of Cornell Engineering Diversity Program's CURIE Academy, a one-week summer residential program for high school girls who excel in math and science.
Held July 16-22 at various locations across Cornell's campus, the CURIE Academy featured morning field sessions led by Cornell Engineering faculty in various engineering disciplines, followed by afternoon sessions involving a research/design project, where CURIE scholars worked in small collaborative groups under the auspices of a Cornell Engineering faculty research director. This year's project was led by Meinig School associate professor Jan Lammerding and titled, "Squishing cells to stop cancer in its tracks." Working with Lammerding Lab graduate students in these sessions, CURIE scholars focused on the physical aspects of how and why cancer cells spread. In particular, they investigated the physics of cancer cell invasion, the design and use of microfluidic tools to measure the mechanical properties of microscopic particles, and analysis tools to distinguish aggressive cancer cells from more benign cancers and from normal cells.
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The CURIE Academy is a one-week summer residential program for high school girls who excel in math and science. The focus is on juniors and seniors who may not have had prior opportunities to explore engineering, but want to learn more about the many opportunities in engineering in an interactive atmosphere. The program is led by Cornell University's world-renowned faculty and graduate students, who lead CURIE participants in field sessions, lab demonstrations, and project research. Social events, panel discussions, and other out-of-classroom activities provide participants with opportunities to network informally with Cornell faculty, staff, and students.
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The football off-season was close to another season in the Mid-Suburban League.
From the time the regular season ended until early June, there were numerous questions and a tremendous amount of speculation about how programs would make changes at the top and the effect it would have on the MSL.
So what will the impact be with five new coaches in the 12-team league? There are a pair of high-profile names, a pair of younger guys looking to make a name for themselves and a late addition all the way from football-crazy Texas.
Yet everyone old and new seems to agree there may not be any change at the top of each division. A Week 3 crossover matchup could be viewed as the unofficial title game when West champion Palatine hosts East champion Elk Grove.
But even their situations are much different. Palatine now has one of the MSL's most experienced coaches in Tyler Donnelly leading an experienced team and senior class which seemed destined for major success when it arrived as freshmen.
Senior Division I safety prospect Jesse Bobbit has been in a varsity uniform that entire time. Linebackers Lucas Rago and John Serio and two-way lineman Josh Baldus have been there since they were sophomores.
And versatile workhorse Cam Kuksa and senior quarterback Ethan Olles are among the returning starters and numerous weapons that have the Pirates hoping to make a run beyond last year's injury-riddled second-round ending in the Class 8A playoffs.
"They're like a band of brothers," Donnelly said of their closeness. "There's a swagger to these kids where they don't think they can get beat. If the Bears came in here they think they would win.
"It's not arrogance but confidence. They work hard and we don't have to deal with egos."
Elk Grove had to deal with sudden change when Brian Doll, who led the program to three straight playoff berths and a 7A quarterfinal trip, resigned in late May to take a job promoting football in Europe. Larry Calhoun may be in his first head coaching job but he knows all about dealing with big expectations after arriving from Texas.
"I'm pretty sure the target is on our chest this year," Calhoun said. "That's where we want it and we're making sure we go into the season with that mindset. We're looking forward to the challenge."
Dealing with the adversity of only a couple of months to adjust to a new coach is nothing new for a group that overcame plenty of challenges a year ago. Junior quarterback Adam O'Malley showed his ability and cool under pressure when Dejan Basara was injured and Dan Egan and Johnny Assimakopoulos return to wreak havoc up front.
"Who knows how the late change is going to affect them, but they're definitely going to be good," said Meadows coach Matt Mishler.
The Mustangs will challenge any defense with Ball State-bound quarterback Jack Milas. Hersey hopes to continue its progression toward a playoff spot with two-way standout Hunter Rollins and Prospect looks to make another postseason trip with Andrew Hajek playing a big part on both sides of the ball.
And it shouldn't be long before the East sees the impact of the arrival of three-time state championship coach Brent Pearlman at Wheeling and the successful Mike DiMatteo at Buffalo Grove.
Schaumburg would love to go into Week 9 against Palatine with a shot at the MSL West title. The Saxons hope their standout sophomores of a year ago such as versatile Stacy Smith, running back Sadarriss Patterson and lineman Matt Zolper are ready to take the next step with Division I safety prospect Cole Reyes.
It won't be easy as Conant has one of the league's most versatile and talented players in senior Tim Manczko. New Fremd coach Lou Sponsel has junior quarterback Sam Beutler in his third season as a varsity starter, Barrington has another Division I offensive lineman in Wisconsin-bound Jackson Keeler and Hoffman Estates looks to start heading in a different direction with new coach Eric Ilich.
So will things stay the same atop the MSL even with all the changes? The answers start coming Friday night.
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Back in January I posted about purchasing a Dell Mini 9, wanting to see what how it worked and a certain amount of cool factor to it. In the months since the popularity of netbooks has definitely increased (you think my blog caused that?) and I could be wrong, but I think that price rather than form factor is the driving force. Having had the Mini 9 for a few months, I don't use it as much as I had hoped, for a couple reasons; one is that the keyboard is just too small for me, maybe even a inch or two wider would make a lot of difference, and the other is that I'm still anchored to my main laptop – all my tools are there, I'm used to it.
All is not lost. It's a great machine for kids. Though it's now missing 3 key caps, it still works fine and it's child sized. At $300, it's almost child priced too. I won't be happy if it gets broken in half, but it's not going to be a huge event either. It's been so popular that we may buy a second one so that they each have one.
If you're considering a netbook, I think you have to think hard about how you work. If you're using web based mail, document creation, etc, then I think it would work very well. Or if you commit to loading it up and treating it a like a "real" laptop. The hard part is if you want both – when you travel can you live without all the stuff on your main machine? Think through how you'll keep docs & data in sync.
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore hasn't determined if and when it will reopen a popular sand dune along Lake Michigan after part of it collapsed and buried a young boy under 11 feet of sand more than six months ago, a park spokesman says.
Scientists still have not determined why part of the dune known as Mount Baldy collapsed July 12, burying then-6-year-old Nathan Woessner of Sterling, Ill., for more than three hours before rescuers freed him. The dune has remained closed to the public since then.
Last month, the park received all of the data from a ground-penetrating radar sweep after the collapse, spokesman Bruce Rowe said.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff walked every inch of Mount Baldy with the radar equipment, looking for any additional voids or anomalies below the surface like the one Nathan survived in. They found a second hole, about 10 inches in diameter and about 5 feet deep.
Now it is up to a group of geologists, from within and outside of the National Park Service, and other experts to examine the data and try to determine a cause.
"There is no time frame," Rowe told The (Munster) Times. "We want to make sure the science is solid. This is new to science. We haven't found anything in any literature about it."
If the experts find a cause, they'll then decide what can be done to prevent it from happening again.
Also weighing on any decision to reopen the dune to the public will be a consideration of the legal liability of the National Park Service if Mount Baldy were reopened and another collapse involving park visitors occurred, Rowe said.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, which owns and operates nearby Indiana Dunes State Park, also is eager to learn more about the collapse, spokesman Marty Benson said.
"The safety of our guests is of utmost concern," he said.
Lifeguards scoured state park beaches looking for holes following the July 12 incident and staff have continued to survey the area, Benson said. Nothing indicating any sort of void, hole or anomaly has been found.


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DENVER (CNA/EWTN News) — In an era of family breakdown and easy divorce, there is still hope for Catholic families to grow and develop under the leadership of fathers, both biological and spiritual. But men today must confront new challenges to their traditional roles.
"The greatest force pulling apart fathers and children is divorce," said Brian Caulfied, editor of the website Fathers for Good. He told CNA that, over time, children of divorce "generally have little or no contact with their biological fathers."
"It's tough to put a broken glass back together, and the pieces never again quite fit," said Caulfield, the father of two children.
An analysis released in June 2011 by the Pew Research Center shows that in 1960, 11% of children in the U.S. did not live with their fathers. The number increased in 2010, with 27% living away from their paternal figure.
Father Gerald Murray, a priest in the Archdiocese of New York, also pointed to divorce as "a big deal," even if many Americans now accept it.
"The union of husband and wife, leading to children, is meant to be a stable unit to the benefit of all involved," said Father Murray in a June 17 interview with CNA.
But there is good news, as well. The Pew Research Center's recent study also found that fathers who do live with their children are spending more time with them, in interactions such as helping with school work, playing and having meals together.
In 1965, fathers who lived with their children spent about 2.6 hours per week taking care of them, whereas, by 2000, they spent an average of 6.5 hours with them.
Caulfield believes many dads are reacting against four decades of family breakdown. "We are all tired and disillusioned with our divorce culture," he said.
Reaching one's full potential as a father, he said, requires a personal relationship with God the Father.
"You can't do it on your own, and that's where faith comes in," he observed. "Without my Catholic faith, I don't know how I could live through the many trials of fatherhood with a sense of hope."
Priests, who take their traditional title from the notion of spiritual fatherhood, have an even higher calling in this regard. Father Curtiss Dwyer, director of pastoral formation at Denver's St. John Vianney Seminary, said that the priesthood is also all about being a "provider, protector and guide to people."
"To be able to stand in a position to help protect God's children is a very fulfilling aspect of priesthood," Father Dwyer said. "Celebrating Mass, you are providing and giving nourishment to God's family."
Another gratifying aspect of being a spiritual father, Father Murray observed, is being able to see children grow in their faith.
"You realize that, through God's providence, you were the instrument for the beginning of their Christian life," by baptizing them, he said.
All three men agree that fathers have to be an example of serious faith for their children. They have to "pray, go to confession, and go to Mass," Father Murray said.
Caulfield says this good example, or lack thereof, can make or break a child's faith: "Unless dad is seen to be involved in the faith and showing his kids that it's important, the children will tend to fall away."
The examples of both biological and spiritual fathers set the foundation for children to grow and develop, on earth, and hopefully, in heaven.
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The mighty American greenback has fallen on hard times — so hard, in fact, that countries throughout the world are clamoring for its replacement as the world's reserve currency.
How would farming be affected by the change?
One of the effects of the dollar's replacement by another currency would almost inevitably be a vastly cheaper greenback.
If history serves as any measure of the potential effect on agriculture, shouldn't farmers be dancing for joy? After all, in historical terms, haven't U.S. farmers traditionally favored cheap money and free trade?
"In terms of farming, economic theory says that devaluation would make our goods cheaper internationally and help us export more," says James Novak, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System economist and Auburn University professor of agricultural economics.
But as he is the first to point out, the dollar's loss of reserve status carries with it far more implications than the simple price of farm products. There is also the potentially wider, if not far-reaching effect on the entire U.S. economy to consider, he says.
"The bright side is that we currently import a lot, but imports would become more expensive and that could potentially stimulate U.S. industry. The dark side is that a potential currency (devaluation) race to the bottom could result from other countries attempts to maintain market share."
For decades, the greenback's unrivalled status as the currency of preference has provided the United States with a comparatively cheap line of credit — money that has been used to finance the nation's rapidly expanding public debt. Loss of this status would make borrowing money more expensive and likewise could undermine federal and state investments in public services, such as education and infrastructure, Novak says.
Loss of reserve status, and the steep devaluation that inevitably follows, could bring other dire consequences, according to another economist.
"For the farming sector, a cheap dollar is not an especially serious problem, except for the fact that the United States as a whole is a net importer," says Robert Goodman, an Extension economist and Auburn associate professor of agricultural economics.
"As the dollar gets cheaper and it gets harder for us to buy these imports, our exports are worth less and less too," he says.
But what about the longstanding argument that currency imbalances are inherently self-correcting and that, over time, the dollar's plummeting value will entice foreign investors to reinvest in U.S. markets?
There is truth to this argument, Goodman says, but only to a point.
"It will balance alright, but the end result will be more economic activity overseas and less activity here," he says.
"The United States will be poorer than it was while the other countries will be richer than they were. How much richer and how much poorer? That's anyone's guess at this point," Goodman says.
But even these sad tidings could bring some advantages to some sectors of the U.S. economy, including farming, Goodman says.
Until now, the stark differences in living standards between developed and under-developed countries made it economically feasible for many consumer goods to be produced in developing countries. But if these differences narrow following a steep decline of the dollar, Goodman says it may be feasible once again for many of those goods to be produced domestically.
Farm products may be among them.
For now, Goodman says Americans in general and the dollar in particular have one economic factor working in their favor: economic conditions in many countries are far worse than those in the United States.
"The U.S. economy has been hurt in this recession, but perhaps some other countries have been hurt even worse," he says. "That could be one factor helping to prop up the dollar to some extent."


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CIU Alumnus Replaces CIU Alumnus as President at WorldVenture
October 24, 2012
The leadership of a Colorado-based missions agency is being transferred from one Columbia International University alumnus to another.
WorldVenture has announced that Dr. Jeff Denlinger is replacing Hans Finzel as its president effective Nov. 1, 2012. Denlinger graduated from CIU's Seminary in 1987 with a Master of Divinity degree. Finzel earned a Bachelor of Arts from CIU's Undergraduate Program in 1974. He is a member of the CIU Board of Trustees.
WorldVenture, based in Littleton, Colo., is a Great Commission network of Christian workers in over 70 countries throughout the world.
For details on the transfer of leadership at WorldVenture, visit: http://www.worldventure.com/president.


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FIFA announced on Wednesday afternoon that the two members of the FIFA Executive Committee recently caught in a bribery sting have been provisionally suspended.
"The decision to provisionally suspend these officials is fully justified and should not be put in question," FIFA Ethics Committee chairman Claudio Sulser said in a press release. "The evidence that has been presented to us today has led us to take this provisional measure, as we considered that the conditions were definitely met to take this decision and we deem that it is crucial to protect the integrity of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process. We are determined to have zero tolerance for any breach of the Code of Ethics."
Proceedings were opened against the accused two members of the FIFA Executive Committee, Amos Adamu (Nigeria) and Reynald Temarii (Tahiti), on October 18 following a report last week in the Sunday Times that the two committee members were willing to accept bribes in exchange for their votes in the World Cup bidding process.
The paper's investigative reporters posed as representatives of the US World Cup bid for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
The provisional suspension of Adamu and Temarii was put into immediate effect while the Ethics Committee's investigation continues. The FIFA press release cited "the likelihood that a breach of the FIFA statues, the FIFA Code of Ethics and the FIFA Disciplinary Code has been committed."
In addition, FIFA took action against four other officials—Slim Aloulou, Amadou Diakite, Ahongalu Fusimalohi and Ismael Bhamjee—in relation to alleged ethics breaches. All four were suspended provisionally "from taking part in any football-related activity."


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Phillips plays own 'Smarter Than' game
March 6, 2012
Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 recently sponsored "Are You Smarter than a 3rd/4th/5th Grader? A Math Game to Learn More about the PSSA."
Parents and students went head-to-head in a sometimes lively competition. At each grade level, teams of students and parents competed in a Jeopardy-type game to see who could get the most points. Grades 3 and 4, students beat the parents, but Grade 5 parents pulled significantly ahead of the students and carried the day.
The total for all levels was 13,000 for parents and 11,600 for students. Parents were overall winners.
But, everyone was a winner because they learned more about the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), the state assessment that all students in Grade 3-5 take beginning March 12. Parents and students reviewed vocabulary, practiced PSSA-type questions, and explained test-taking strategies students can use during the assessment.
The event was organized by Susan Smith, Ph.D, K-5 math specialist at Phillips. Leaders for the game included: Colleen Pilarski, Jen Reubi, and Judy Sigal while Mary Aull had activities for younger children.


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The National Beef Packing Co. is closing its only West Coast processing facility in Brawley, Calif., affecting about 1,300 jobs and sending shock waves through the already fragile Imperial Valley economy.
A declining supply of fed cattle available to the Southern California facility was a key driver in the company's decision to stop production there after April 4, company general manager and vice president Brian Webb told local officials in a letter Jan. 31.
National Beef has not determined the future for the plant, which it acquired in 2006, but its support for affected workers will include help in finding jobs at other National Beef facilities, a company news release stated.
"Unfortunately, based on current and projected business needs, the company has made a decision to cease beef slaughter operations in Brawley and close our facility," Webb wrote.
The Brawley plant has the capacity to slaughter about 1,900 cattle per day, mostly Holstein steers, industry experts told the Reuters news service.
The closure will leave three National Beef plants in Kansas as the closest facilities available to West Coast suppliers. National Beef's operations in Liberal, Dodge City and Kansas City, Kan., are joined by facilities in Hammels Wharf, Pa., Moultrie, Ga., and St. Joseph, Mo.
The shutdown will also likely have ripple effects through the area's economy. The plant contributes more than $3.4 million in annual revenue to the city in the form of water and sewer charges and a utility users' tax – nearly 30 percent of the city's total water sales and one-quarter of all sewer charges, according to a news release.
Imperial County's unemployment rate was already 22.5 percent in December, the Imperial Valley Press reported. Cattle were the county's highest valued crop in 2012 at nearly $484 million, according to the county's latest crop and livestock report.
The closure comes as severe drought in the West has prompted many ranchers to trim their herds. Cattle herds nationally are at historic lows, reflecting a calf crop that has declined for 17 straight years, University of Missouri ag economist Ron Plain has said.
The Brawley plant has had ongoing issues with the city over its wastewater. In 2008, the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board ordered the city to start a pretreatment program for wastewater from the plant, and the city imposed a surcharge on National Beef based on the amount and contents of sewage it sent to the city's treatment plant, according to the water board.
Still, the city was fined $1.7 million last year for violations of effluent limitations at the city's treatment plant, many of which resulted from inadequately pretreated discharge from the slaughterhouse, the water board asserted.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pouring rain pelted much of the Midwest on Thursday, flooding rivers for a second time this season and leaving beleaguered residents and local officials fearing another onslaught of water.
And with more rain in the forecast, residents in towns along the swollen Mississippi and Missouri rivers can do little more than wait to see how bad it gets.
Both rivers were already flooding Thursday, as were many smaller waterways in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. As much as 4 inches of rain were expected in parts of those states through Sunday.
The rain has already caused flash-flooding in Iowa, forcing water rescues — including a police officer swimming to rescue a man from his truck after it got caught in rising waters — and home evacuations. In parts of Missouri and Illinois that hadn't yet dried out from April flooding, residents were preparing to erect sandbag walls to protect homes and businesses.
National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs said some towns along the Missouri and Mississippi could see river readings 10 feet above flood stage, which could threaten scattered homes, close roads and soak thousands of acres of farmland.
"There's a lot of uncertainty," Fuchs said. "There will be quite a bit of variability in what these thunderstorms drop."
The uncertainty is growing tiresome for 54-year-old Greg Gibson, whose two-story home sits a few hundred feet from the Mississippi River in a rural area of Missouri's Pike County, about 70 miles north of St. Louis.
The water that poured over a levee in April has never gone away. Since mid-April, Gibson's land has been cut off from roads. He uses a small boat to get to his car, parked at a duck club about a five-minute boat ride away.
"It's a pain," Gibson said. "It's worse when it's storming, being on that boat with lightning."
The first floor of Gibson's home took in 11 inches of water in April. The home that he has lived in since 1986 previously flooded in 1993, 1995 and 2008.
"I would imagine we'll have water again," he acknowledged, but added that it's worth bearing for the peace and beauty that surrounds his home.
"It's a trade-off," Gibson said.
Pike County Emergency Management director Richard Murry said his biggest concern is that the bridge spanning the Mississippi River will have to close in Louisiana, Mo., along the Illinois border. The bridge approach on the Illinois side becomes impassable when the river reaches 23 feet. The forecast calls for it to peak at 23.7 feet Sunday.
With the next nearest bridge being more than 35 miles away in Hannibal, Mo., "a two-mile commute becomes a 75-mile commute," Murry said.
In Iowa, heavy rain on Wednesday sent tributaries of the Cedar River Iowa over the banks, causing significant flooding northeast of Des Moines. The small town of Dunkerton, Iowa, began voluntary evacuations around 5 a.m. Thursday, said Black Hawk County Emergency Management Coordinator Lorie Glover.
Meanwhile, about 20 homes near Hudson, Iowa, were isolated when Black Hawk Creek overflowed and surrounded them. The Cedar Falls Fire Department used boats to help evacuate all but five residents who insisted on staying, Glover said.
About 30 miles east of Des Moines, three officers jumped into 12 feet of water in the swollen Prairie Creek at about 2 a.m. Thursday to rescue a tractor-trailer driver trapped in the cab of his truck. Baxter police officer Joe Bartello swam through the front windshield to get to the driver, 70-year-old Dwayne Michael of Granger, Iowa. His condition wasn't immediately known.
In Illinois, the biggest concern was in the Quincy area, said Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Prisoners were filling and piling sandbags Thursday at levees near Quincy, a town of about 40,000 residents.
John Simon, emergency management director for Adams County, Ill., said levees near Quincy were sound and a moderate flood should cause no problems. But Quincy has seen 13 inches of rain in the past two months.
With this week's downpour and a long-range forecast for potentially more heavy rain next week, Simon couldn't help but worry that a levee break could shut down some of the town's biggest industrial employers.
"We're one major rainstorm from an event like 2008 or 1993," Simon said, referring to two of the biggest floods on record in Quincy. "Depending on what happens next week, it could really put us in a world of hurt."


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HONOLULU — Karl Kim, a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UH Mānoa, was recently appointed editor of Accident Analysis and Prevention. Published by Elsevier, multi-media publisher of scientific, technical and health information products and services, the periodical is one of the world's leading journals on safety, risk analysis and transportation safety.
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Previously serving as the vice chancellor for academic affairs at UH Mānoa, Kim has published more than 50 articles and papers on topics related to safety, transportation and urban planning. He holds a Ph.D. in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Most of the Republican presidential candidates want to wipe away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cut the budgets of courts that displease them or allow Congress to override Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues.
Any one of those proposals would significantly undercut the independence and authority of federal judges. Many of the ideas have been advanced before in campaigns to court conservative voters.
This time, though, six of the eight GOP candidates are backing some or all of those limits on judges, even though judges appointed by Republican presidents hold a majority on the Supreme Court and throughout the federal system.
A group that works for judicial independence says the proposals would make judges "accountable to politicians, not the Constitution."
Bert Brandenburg, executive director of the Justice at Stake Campaign, said, "Debates like these could threaten to lead to a new cycle of attempts to politicize the courts."
Only the former governors in the race, Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Jon Huntsman of Utah, have not attacked federal judges in their campaigns.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been the most outspoken critic of the courts. He would summon judges before Congress to explain their decisions and consider impeaching judges over their rulings.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in his book "Fed Up," has called for an end to lifetime tenure for federal judges and referred to the high court as "nine oligarchs in robes."
Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, in criticizing Iowa judges who ruled same-sex marriage legal in the state, described judges as "black-robed masters." Bachmann said Congress should prevent the courts from getting involved in the fight over same-sex marriage, among other high-profile social issues.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has advocated cutting the jurisdiction of federal courts and has introduced a bill to that effect in the House. A judge's violation of Paul's proposed "We the People Act" would be "an impeachable offense."
Paul told Iowans in March that the country ought to come up with a way for voters to remove federal judges from office, much like several states that have retention elections for state judges
At a Tea Party forum in South Carolina in September, Republican candidate Herman Cain joined Bachmann and Gingrich in endorsing legislation that would overturn the high court's rulings declaring that women have a constitutional right to abortion. The proposal challenges the widely held view that Congress can't overrule the court's constitutional holdings.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has been particularly critical of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a preponderance of Democratic appointees. "That court is rogue. It's a pox on the Western part of our country," Santorum said at a Tea Party event in February. He pledged to sign into law a bill abolishing the appeals court.
Gingrich, too, has reserved special criticism for the 9th Circuit, saying that by squeezing its budget, Congress could force the court's judges to give up their law clerks and even turn off the lights in their courtrooms and offices.
At the Values Voters Summit in Washington in early October, Gingrich also objected to last year's ruling that struck down a ban on gay marriage that was approved by California voters, and an order by a judge in San Antonio barring public prayer at a high school graduation.
"Now, the idea of an American judge becoming a dictator of words is so alien to our traditions and such a violation of our Constitution ... that that particular judge should be removed from office summarily," Gingrich said to applause.
Complaints about Supreme Court and lower court rulings have a long and bipartisan history in the United States. President Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan to increase the number of high court justices to 15 from nine grew out of decisions striking down parts of the New Deal.
Sheldon Goldman, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, said these efforts generally fail. "When push comes to shove, aside from some of this demagoguery on the campaign trail, most Americans are genuinely conservative. That is, they don't want to undermine the Constitution, they want to abide by it," Goldman said.
More recently, Republican candidates since Richard Nixon in his 1968 campaign for the presidency have pledged to appoint conservative judges to counteract their perception of a judiciary dominated by liberal activists.
But Republicans have controlled the White House for 20 of the past 30 years, and the party breakdown on the federal bench reflects their edge, 437 appointees to 352 judges appointed by Democratic presidents.
Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor who has written a book about the relationship between public opinion and the high court, said he is puzzled by the effort to take federal courts out of the picture. He said that would increase the influence of more liberal-leaning state courts.
"The wonder of it coming from the Republicans now is that we have what is easily the most conservative Supreme Court in many, many years. This is nothing more than red meat they throw to the conservative base," Friedman said.
Brandenburg's not-for-profit group has been critical of both parties on what it sees as efforts to undermine judicial independence. He noted that Congress passed a 2005 law with bipartisan support that sought to pressure federal courts to weigh in on the protracted family fight over keeping Terri Schiavo alive, 15 years after she slipped into what her doctors called a permanent vegetative state.
"That was both parties of Congress running as fast as they could to placate a small number of people who were angry at the courts," Brandenburg said. In Schiavo's case, a Florida state judge ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed and federal courts refused to step in, even after Congress acted.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie nose tackle Alameda Ta'amu (tay-AH'-moo) apologized after a brief court appearance on charges related to an alleged drunken-driving rampage last month.
The 22-year-old fourth-round draft pick was arrested early Oct. 14 after crashing into several other cars, then running away from police on the city's South Side, a neighborhood known for bars and night clubs.
On Thursday, he waived his right to a preliminary hearing, at which he could have challenged the evidence against him. He'll be formally arraigned Dec. 31 on charges of aggravated assault by vehicle and fleeing police, among other counts.
After his brief Pittsburgh Municipal Court appearance Thursday, Ta'amu told reporters, "If there was any other word I would say it, but 'sorry' is the only word I can say right now."


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This weekend, CEG and production glue invite you to take a break from the SXSW Interactive Festival and join them at Easy Tiger: Bake Shop & Beer Garden for a cool libation, tasty pastry, and carefree afternoon with the Food Network's Cooking Channel.
Amidst bistro lights and picnic tables, visitors can grab a seat in the debonair courtyard to enjoy homemade dishes, absorb the latest from the Cooking Channel, and hash over the top SXSWi trends with colleagues and friends.
As Execution Partner, glue will oversee pop-up installation, including a panel nine feet in diameter to be hung outside the venue, over 25 banners and signs, and a plasma screen to be viewed in the beer garden. Additionally, glue is responsible for staging and lighting of the venue for the duration of the weekend.
Thank you to CEG and the Cooking Channel. See you all in Austin!
Client: CEG
Role: Execution Partner
Venue: Easy Tiger, Austin, TX
Dates: March 9 – March 11, 2012; 5:00pm – 2:00am
Check out glue's past pop-ups with CEG and the Food Network:
"glue serves up "the next iron chef experience" with ceg and time warner cable"


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Tri Marine looks at establishing base of operations locally
In a visit by Tri Marine executives, Renato Curto, Joe Hamby and others early this week, a meeting with Gov. Togiola Tulafono and a tour of the local shipyard was on their schedule, with the visitors leaving late Tuesday afternoon on their corporate jet.
Samoa News understands the meeting with the governor involved discussions of the company's work with the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, as well as looking at Tri Marine establishing their base of operations completely here in American Samoa, which would include not only their cannery plant but also their ships being repaired here.
Currently the company owns ten purse seiners and has many contracts with longliners and other purse seiners.
According to Carlos Sanchez, Chairman of the Board and acting general manager of the American Samoa Shipyard Service Authority, "we have repaired, sandblasted and painted more than 25 of these Tri Marine contract longliners since our year of operation which started in June 2011. We have been working very hard to prove and convince Tri Marine and all other boat owners that we are capable to do any ship repair jobs required.
"Our commitment to the shipyard has dictated our work ethic and has required us to work on repairs for the Tri Marine and other purse seiners and boats very thoroughly… we have been working overtime, holidays like Flag Day, New Year, etc. This has demonstrated our commitment to this shipyard and our ability to provide quality services in a timely manner."
During Curto's visit to the shipyard on Tuesday, Sanchez said, he invited his port engineers and captains of each of their ships that are in Port (about six of them) to tour the shipyard with him.
"Curto discussed with us the refurbishing on one of his seiners in August," said the Acting GM. "We have committed a full workforce in the shipyard to work two shifts with no interruptions to complete the requirements. This means we will be hiring 30- 40 people more for the work. And of course, this does not include the sub-contractors that will be needed for the job, which we estimate out at more than $1.5 million dollars."
Sanchez said, "the key is to complete all repairs in two months. This will require us to double our labor force… It is a monumental task that many may think we won't be able to do, but they don't know the capabilities of our workers, the commitment of our Board of Directors and the unemployed force that is available that we will start training within the next two weeks."
"Mr. Curto and Trimarine are willing to cooperate with us in anyway they can, and they have offered to also bring in equipment that we may not have for our use on their fleet and maybe on other boats too… We are very excited about this opportunity but at the same time, we are under a lot of pressure for this huge task that we are undertaking."
Sanchez, said it would be "easier to say that we cannot do this — as we already have a full schedule of repairs, but our commitment is to make the American Samoa shipyard "THE FLAGSHIP OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC" — which does not allow us to take the easy way out.
"We promised Mr. Curto that we can do this job; and we ask the people of American Samoa to be with us on this monumental task. We will need everyone's good faith and support for the army of workers joining in the fight for the economic well-being of American Samoa," Sanchez explained.
Discussions with the governor, which included Tri Marine's work with the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), focused on the ways to minimize unwanted catch taken by purse seiners.
According to a press release from the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, a Tri Marine vessel, the Cape Finisterre, is on charter to the ISSF, and looked at catches by purse seiners on drifting Fish Aggregation Devices, commonly called FADs.
These FADs are basically rafts that collect fish species that are set around by the seiners.
The Cape Finisterre returned to port briefly to change out scientific crew and make modifications to her net that may hold potential for reducing bycatch in purse seine fisheries
The goal is to minimize unwanted catch while maintaining economically viable catches of the abundant skipjack resources of the region.
Captain John Cresci and Navigator Mike Tallarida are working closely with the scientific team lead by David Itano of University of Hawaii.
The vessel left Pago Pago on May 22 working north and west of American Samoa where thirteen sets were made and many experiments and observations were taken. The cruise is part of a global project of ISSF to reduce bycatch or unwanted catch during tuna fishing operations, following ISSF funded cruises in the Indian Ocean and Eastern Pacific.
The idea is to pro-actively address issues in the fishery to reduce waste, minimize ecological impacts and improve the harvesting characteristics of tuna fishing.
According to the press release, "Bycatch" is a loaded word that implies waste, which is not accurate as a great deal of non-target catch can be released unharmed or utilized (eaten or sold).
Whatever the term, the project is addressing ways to reduce the mortality of turtles, sharks, mahi mahi, wahoo, rainbow runners and also undersized tuna that may be too small for processing or very low in value.
(On Wednesday, Samoa News reported of dead fish and turtles floating in the bay that were thought to be possible 'by-catch' dumped in Pago bay waters. The Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources said they were investigating the dead marine life and could not comment until they completed the tests, including a necropsy on the turtle.)
The research objectives address many issues critical to the understanding and sound management of our tuna resources with long-term sustainability as the end goal. Catch is being sampled and observed by various methods as the accurate counting of catch and non-target catch is the first step to understanding their stock sizes and resiliency to fishing pressure. The scientists are also well equipped with a wide range of electronic tags that will document the behavior of tuna, sharks and other fish species that are found around FADs.
A strength of the project has been the documentation of the behavior of tuna and fish in the net by scuba divers equipped with state of the art digital and video cameras. For details on the cruise see the ISSF website and the blogs that are sent out by the scientists on a regular basis:
The ISSF also posts additional information and pictures on their Facebook page: Tuna Sustainability - ISSF.
Rhonda Annesley, Samoa News editor contributed to this story.
(Source: ISSF media release, June 13, 2012)


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September 2007
Ensuring readability
Equally essential to an effective parent notice is readability. A letter laden with legal and professional education terms is not likely to be informative to a parent and may prove intimidating. Rather than use potentially confusing jargon and "legalese," districts should focus on writing a notice in language that is plain and easy to understand. To this end, districts might avail themselves of readability indexes and tools that convert complex or technical terms into simple language. Districts should also be sure to translate parent notices into languages other than English wherever needed.
Assessing readability. To assess readability, districts should consider checking parent notices against readability indexes such as the Fry, Fog or Flesch index. Such readability indexes are relatively easy to use and can provide a quick and effective means to evaluate the general readability of written text and, in some cases, the specific reading grade-level of the text.
Additionally, districts have used parent advisory groups to proofread and provide suggestions for making notices more "parent friendly" before they go out.
Converting into simple language. If, by using such tools, a district determines that a parent notice is too complicated or difficult to understand, the district might want to use an instrument or materials that convert technical terms into plain language and that convert complex or repetitive terms or phrases into simpler forms. Such instruments often accompany readability indexes.
Translating into multiple languages. As some parents of eligible students may have limited or no proficiency in English, districts should translate notices into languages other than English to further ensure readability for all parents. Districts should determine which languages are spoken in the home and should prepare notices in these languages accordingly. Parent advisory groups may be helpful in determining which languages are needed.
Districts may choose to make non-English versions of the parent notice available only upon request. However, districts are encouraged to include these non-English versions of the notice when initially notifying parents of their options.


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Taylor Swift - AMAs 2012 Red Carpet
Taylor Swift is a golden gal on the red carpet at the 2012 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (November 18) in Los Angeles.
The 22-year-old actress wore a Zuhair Murad long sleeve, floral embroidered dress featuring gold beadwork detail and an open back. She accessorized with Neil Lane jewelry and Jimmy Choo shoes.
Taylor is nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist against Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and will perform her song "I Knew You Were Trouble" during the show.
FYI: Taylor accessorized with LRCO by Rodrigo Otazu jewels.
Make sure to tune in to the 2012 American Music Awards TONIGHT at 8/7c on ABC!


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Shelton State Community College
Education / Colleges and Universities
location on Google Maps.
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on social media.
Shelton State Community College is part of a state system of public colleges. This system originated in the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act enacted by the state legislature in May 1963. The governing board for the institutions within this system is the Alabama State Board of Education (ASBE) and the Chancellor, Alabama College System, Department of Postsecondary Education, is the chief executive officer of the system.
Shelton State Community College was established by resolution of the ASBE on January 1, 1979. That resolution combined two existing institutions: Shelton State Technical College, established in 1952, and the Tuscaloosa branch campus of Brewer State Junior College, an institution whose main campus was located in Fayette, Alabama. The Tuscaloosa branch campus of Brewer State had been in operation since 1972.
In 1994, Shelton State Community College consolidated with C. A. Fredd State Technical College, another public two year college located in Tuscaloosa. The new institution created by the consolidation retained the name of Shelton State Community College, and the president of Shelton State was named president of the consolidated institution. The institution now called Shelton State Community College, C. A. Fredd Campus, was created by the state legislature in 1963 as Tuscaloosa State Trade School. In 1974, the institution became Tuscaloosa State Technical College and was authorized by the ASBE to grant the associate degree. In 1976, the college name was changed to C. A. Fredd State Technical College to honor the first president of the institution. C. A. Fredd State Technical College was recognized as one of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The C. A. Fredd Campus of Shelton State Community College maintains that identity and continues the specific HBCU mission of promoting educational access and opportunity for all students in a culturally diverse community.
In 1997, in recognition of its contributions to and potential in the music, dance, and theatre, the Alabama Legislature, by joint resolution, designated Shelton State Community College as the Alabama Junior College of the Fine Arts.
The mission statement for the State Junior College of the Fine Arts: To provide accessible, inclusive educational and cultural opportunities for students and citizens of Alabama through quality instruction and innovative arts programming.
Blending public and private institutions, amateurs and professionals, technology and tradition, the college encourages the development of excellence in a broad range of artistic expressions.
In 1998 Shelton State and Theatre Tuscaloosa founded The Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame to honor Alabamians, by birth and adoption, who have made significant contributions to film, television, or theatre. Inductees include Tallulah Bankhead, Rebecca Luker, Truman Capote, George Lindsey, Dean Jones and Hugh Martin. The annual Gala to commemorate inductees (held each year on the Martin Campus) has become one of the most significant cultural events in Alabama.
Business Hours
Monday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed


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When ever we take on any new SEO campaign we treat it like our own business. We get the same highs when the results start flooding in and when the business profit is up 200% in 12 months.
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FEM vs FVM on the Web
Phil Kinnane February 3, 2012
I noticed a lot of activity when I posted the question concerning "FEM vs FVM" in a previous blog post, so I started looking into it a bit. A lot of people went to the COMSOL Discussion Forum thread on the matter, from the blog, which got me thinking that this must be a hot topic out there.
Not Much Debate
How disappointed I was when I typed 'FEM vs FVM' into Google and saw that there wasn't much to sink your teeth into. My blog post ranked pretty highly, which explains how little this has been debated.
While there were a couple of decent presentations summarizing both methods, I was beginning to feel that the Discussion Forum thread was the most comprehensive summary I was going to get on the subject.
Yet, there was one nugget I found on Youtube (a picture is worth a thousand words, as you can see below). A 3-second video shows FEM being able to handle the retrograde oscillatory flow (apparently pretty common in biomechanics) in the figure on the right, while FVM's correction method either ignores or rubs out this effect. And in the abstract connected to this research, the author concludes "the computation time required for convergence was found to be significantly smaller for the finite element approach" (you can find the abstract here). Get your teeth into that!! I'll keep looking at this subject for sure.
FEM vs. FVM Video
Here's the 3-second video I found on YouTube:


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RIDGECREST — The Burroughs girls soccer team didn't have its best performance to open league play — and it cost them a victory. The Burros let a two-goal lead slip away, and Barstow scored with six minutes remaining to force a 2-2 tie Thursday at Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium.
RIDGECREST — The Burroughs girls soccer team didn't have its best performance to open league play — and it cost them a victory. The Burros let a two-goal lead slip away, and Barstow scored with six minutes remaining to force a 2-2 tie Thursday at Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium.
"It was definitely a frustrating game — the girls didn't seem to have much fight in them today, and I don't know why," Burros head coach Kelly Blake said. "It didn't seem to click for them today."
Burroughs (3-0-1, 0-0-1 DSL) opened the scoring 10 minutes into the match by capitalizing on a turnover. After stealing the ball on the Barstow side of the field, forward Rachelle Schiller dribbled into the Aztecs' box and poked the ball past a charging goalkeeper across the front of the net — forward Meagan Schiller was there to put the ball into the empty net and give the Burros a 1-0 lead.
In the 23rd minute, Burroughs increased its lead with a score from a corner kick. Meagan Schiller's initial header was saved by Barstow's keeper, but contact forced her to the ground and the ball popped out of her hands a few feet in front of the goal line — midfielder Marissa Rodriguez tapped the loose ball in for her second goal in as many games.
"We got those two goals pretty early on, which was great, but they were pounding us pretty good for the rest of the time," Blake said. "It was really them coming at us for the rest of the game after we got those two goals."
Though Burroughs raced out to a two-goal lead, the team didn't have a good rhythm early. While the Burros struggled to put together passes, Barstow controlled possession.
"Barstow did a good job passing and playing off one another," Blake said. "We weren't prepared for it and we weren't closing them down very quickly."
In the 33rd minute, the Aztecs turned that possession into a goal by connecting a long pass into the box that was finished past Burroughs goalkeeper Hannah Van Nevel. Burroughs led 2-1 at halftime after a frustrating opening 40 minutes.
Things didn't get much better for Burroughs in the second half — the Burros struggled to maintain possession and couldn't extend the lead with the few opportunities they had. In the 74th minute, Barstow tied the game with a near side blast that flew past Van Nevel into the top corner of the goal.
"We kind of gave up our fight — we sat back and let them come at us rather than going to them, going to the ball and chasing it down," Blake said. "That last goal came from a lack of stepping to the ball, which is what they did the entire second half."
The Burros had a chance to reclaim the lead in the 77th minute, but a free kick by Meagan Schiller was blocked by Barstow's wall. After three wins to start the season, Burroughs kicked off its league campaign with a tie.
"This is the beginning of league and this is their road to CIF — and they just seemed to play to the level of the other team rather than the way they had been playing," Blake said. "This is hopefully a good wake-up call for them — they need to make sure they come out to play every single game."
Burroughs returns to action against perennial power Granite Hills on Tuesday at Sherman E. Burroughs Stadium. The Cougars are currently ranked No. 6 in the Southern Section Division 5 rankings.


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Si2 AND SEMI ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
AUSTIN, Texas and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 2005 – The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) and SEMI today announced a partnership agreement to address the increasing cost and complexities associated with design for manufacturability of integrated circuits.
As semiconductor design and fabrication becomes increasingly complex, the need for designers, manufacturers and technology providers to collaborate in addressing the difficulties of manufacturing has become more apparent. SEMI members have recognized this need and expressed interest in additional involvement in the area of Design for Manufacturability (DFM). Likewise, the Si2 membership seeks to understand the manufacturing process in more depth in order to develop tools and techniques to create designs that are more robust and create higher yields early in the manufacturing process.
"The issue of design for manufacturing was listed as a primary concern of semiconductor fab managers in a recently-conducted SEMI survey," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "We are pleased to take action on this topic through collaboration with Si2 in order to better meet the needs of SEMI members and their customers. We see important benefits to our respective members through closer coordination among our industry associations."
"The intrinsic problems facing ever-decreasing sub-wavelength ICs have created an economic imperative for the semiconductor industry to shift to the 'system view', because isolated flows for design and manufacturing are growing more inefficient," stated Steve Schulz, president and CEO of Si2. "Our member companies recognize this as an industry problem that can only be solved through broad cross-industry collaboration, especially with the types of companies represented by SEMI. We need to develop new standard interfaces, models, and semantics that permit streamlined data integration, opening up new opportunities for competitive solutions and a more efficient industry."
Si2 and SEMI will collaborate in the area of DFM, to provide both of their memberships with added value. The areas served by SEMI and Si2 -- namely tradeshows and standards; and collaborative research and development within EDA, respectively -- are sufficiently distinct from each other that both SEMI and Si2 are able to provide a unique value for each other's membership by cooperation. A number of both near-term and ongoing term collaboration efforts are planned to accomplish these goals.
Si2 will sponsor technical presentations and coordinate Si2 member participation in the new EDA special exhibit area in the Emerging Technologies Hall of SEMICON West 2005, the premier global semiconductor manufacturing exposition to be held July 12-14, 2005 in San Francisco.
Additionally, a new Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Workshop, to be held in the fall of 2005 at SEMI offices in San Jose, will provide a forum for semiconductor device manufacturing executives, chip designers, EDA suppliers and equipment company executives to collaborate on DFM issues.
Finally, SEMI will participate in upcoming EDA events in partnership with Si2, such as the Design Automation Conference to be held in Anaheim in mid-June of this year and other areas of collaboration are currently being discussed.
About SEMI
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that develop and provide manufacturing technology, materials and services used to make semiconductors, flat panel displays (FPDs), micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related microelectronics. SEMI maintains offices and hosts programs and activities in every major microelectronics and display manufacturing region around the world
About Si2
Si2 is an organization of over 70 industry-leading semiconductor, systems, EDA and manufacturing companies focused on improving the way integrated circuits are designed and manufactured in order to speed time-to-market, reduce costs, and meet the challenges of sub-micron design. Si2 is uniquely positioned to enable collaboration through a strong implementation focus.
Silicon Integration Initiative
William Bayer
Tel: 512-342-2244, ext. 304
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Jonathan Davis
Tel: 1.408.943.6937
E-mail: email@example.com