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(Reuters) - Canada's aerospace industry is not selling as much as it could in countries such as Russia and China because of overly zealous government enforcement of controls designed to guard against leaks of sensitive technology, an industry review released on Thursday says.
Companies in other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, which have more "balanced" controls, are picking up the slack, the report said.
The controls are designed to protect national security and to preserve Canada's unique trade relationship with the United States, but evidence suggests the Canadian government's interpretation and application of the controls "may be unduly sweeping and rigid, even going further, in some instances, than is typical in Washington".
"The result is lost business for Canada with no material enhancement of security," said the independent, government-mandated review, which looked into the competitiveness of Canada's aerospace and space industries.
It urged Ottawa to review its rules to see whether they are unnecessarily restrictive.
The country's aerospace sector is the fifth biggest in the world, and is dominated by Montreal-based Bombardier Inc, which is the world's No. 3 civil aircraft manufacturer. Bombardier has struggled to find customers for its all-new, narrow-body C-Series jet, which is set for its first flight by the middle of 2013.
Other prominent Canadian aerospace companies include flight simulator manufacturer CAE Inc and Heroux-Devtek, a maker of landing gear systems.
The review, which was chaired by David Emerson, a former federal minister of trade, industry and foreign affairs, also urged Canada's Conservative government to be more aggressive in opening doors for the aerospace industry in foreign markets.
"Canada, almost culturally, has been reticent to engage in aggressive 'diplomacy' of this kind," the review said.
"Companies indicate that other governments have taken notice of Canada's relatively passive approach and have sometimes interpreted it as a lack of enthusiasm for, and commitment to, Canadian products."
Industry Minister Christian Paradis welcomed the report saying the government is "committed to helping the sector grow and add to the nearly 160,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs the industry supports".
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada said in a statement that the review recognized the "critical juncture the aerospace and space industry is facing, and the urgent need for government, industry, academia and unions to adapt to a rapidly changing and highly competitive global environment".
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Even though she was working forty hours a week at the Valencia Street Travelodge in San Francisco, Matilda (last name withheld), who moved to the United States from Mexico a decade ago, couldn't afford to clothe her four children. "First I go to churches where they give clothes and food away," she said. "When school begins, we get pencils and books from the Salvation Army. If it wasn't for this kind of help, we couldn't live in San Francisco."
Her co-worker Patricia, meanwhile, was paying $635 a month for a studio apartment for her children and husband, and considered herself lucky. Rent for a San Francisco studio usually starts at $1,000. At the end of each month, after putting out $250 for food, nothing was left from her paycheck. The motel paid room cleaners $6.25 an hour–not enough to send any money home to families in Mexico and El Salvador.
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Twenty years ago, most unions would have written off such workers and their problems. As recently as 1986, the AFL-CIO supported the "employer sanctions" provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Sanctions make it possible for employers like Travelodge to use Social Security "no match" letters as a pretext for firing immigrants who assert their rights. The law requires employers to keep records of workers' immigration status, and it imposes fines (low and rarely collected) on those who hire the undocumented. The real impact of the law is on the workers, making it illegal for them to hold a job.
Today unions are rethinking their attitude toward immigrants like Patricia and Matilda. Since 1986 it has become common for companies to use the employer sanctions as a weapon to resist organizing drives. Recognizing this, in February 2000 the AFL-CIO passed a historic resolution calling for the repeal of sanctions and for a legalization program that would allow undocumented immigrants to normalize their status. As a result, the political rules and alliances that limited the possibility for immigration reform have also changed. Amnesty for the country's 9-11 million undocumented immigrants, which was off the radar screen in Washington just a few years ago, is now a realistic goal.
But employers see opportunity as well. With the avid support of key Congressional Republicans and the Bush Administration, they are seeking new "bracero" contract labor programs, which would transform workers like the room cleaners into an even cheaper and more vulnerable labor force of guestworkers. Activists such as Ernesto Galarza and Cesar Chavez, and writers such as former Nation editor Carey McWilliams, documented extensive abuses of workers under the bracero program, in place from 1942 to 1964. Although they are guaranteed labor rights on paper, guestworkers depend on the continuation of a job to remain in the country. Employers therefore have the power not only to fire workers who protest bad conditions, but in effect to deport them as well.

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STOCKTON - What started as a church for the city's 19th century German immigrants has morphed into a modern, inner-city ministry for the destitute and downtrodden.
STOCKTON - What started as a church for the city's 19th century German immigrants has morphed into a modern, inner-city ministry for the destitute and downtrodden.
Trinity Lutheran Church celebrates 130 years in downtown Stockton on Sunday.
"Jesus loves everyone. He crossed boundaries and barriers," said Pastor Jeff Morey, who came to the pulpit later in life and in an unconventional way. "Jesus didn't care if it was the Samaritan woman at the well or a demon-possessed person. I try to instill that in all of my parishioners."
Trinity started as Evangelische Lutherische Zionsgemeinde in 1882. Today, it is using its resources to support Inner-City Action, a church without walls that meets weekly on the streets of the city's troubled core.
Trinity, at the corner of American and Lindsay streets, is in a neighborhood plagued with violence. Two of the city's most recent homicides, both drive-by shootings, took place within blocks of the church.
Morey has been instrumental in shaping Trinity's ministry emphasis. He arrived four years ago as a deacon from Modesto, took intensive online pastoral classes and was ordained as a pastor over the summer.
Three years ago, as part of Trinity's outreach, he linked up with Pastor Frank Saldana, who directs Inner-City Action.
Trinity's congregation has jumped in with financial support, volunteer help and the use of its facility.
The church helped supply hundreds of toys for Inner-City's Christmas giveaway.
"We partner with them," Morey said. "It's been such a blessing."
This Thanksgiving was Trinity's 43rd year to serve the homeless with dinner at the church; 400 people showed up.
The church's history is connected to the city's roots. The Emergency Food Bank started in Trinity's basement in 1953.
Over the years, several individuals - notably Pastor G.C. Jacobsen (1907-49) and schoolteacher/principal/organist/choir director A.E. Brundgardt (1927-70) - devoted most of their adult lives to Trinity.
The church also has 12 beautiful stained glass windows that arrived in the United States from Germany in 1923. They cost $350 each at the time but have been insured for $2 million. In 1987, an insurance adjustor called them "works of art."
Each window depicts a biblical scene taken from a specific New Testament verse.
Morey, who is 61 and a former restaurateur from Modesto, loves the look and feel of Trinity.
"I love older churches," Morey said. "Trinity is absolutely beautiful - the ornate woods, the windows. Everything is old, but it comes out in a beautiful way."
One way the church has stayed relevant is through the addition of a Cambodian worship service in 1988. Lay minister Peter Sok has led that ministry since.
Church members will celebrate 130 years of ministry with a special combined service at 10 a.m. Sunday. Older members of the congregation - Dorretta Albrecht has been attending since 1946 - will be recognized, carols will be sung in English and Cambodian, and Morey will preach a sermon appropriate for the event and the times.
"My message - with the Mayan calendar in mind - will be, 'We're Still Here. So Much for the End of the World.' "
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Trinity has a membership of about 175 people, and normal Sunday attendance is about evenly split between English-language speakers and Cambodian immigrants.
After the historical celebration and after the new year begins, Trinity Lutheran will return to its 21st century mission: meeting the considerable needs of inner-city Stockton.
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Agricultural Animals and the Law
The legal issues surrounding agriculture and livestock farms have undergone vast changes through the last 50 years. These changes were heralded by Earl L. Butz, secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, who said that farming "is now a big business" and the family farm "must adapt or die" by expanding into large operations reliant on industrial pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Whether this is true or not is open to debate.
What is not open for debate is that the shift from small to large farms has been dramatic and has led to a panoply of legal issues. These include habitat loss and degradation; soil erosion and sedimentation; water resources depletion; soil and water salinization; agrochemical releases; nonpoint water pollution through runoff from fields and livestock operations; chemical air pollution; antibiotic resistant bacteria; salmonella, E. Coli, and Pfiesteria outbreaks; increased injury to workers; and the development of inhumane animal management practices.
Because the trend is toward larger farms and livestock operations, it is unlikely that a solo or small firm practitioner will represent the larger companies. Instead the solos and small firm lawyers will more likely represent someone complaining about intensive farming practices and must address numerous legal issues, including the impact on land values and the environment as well as concerns of neighbors.
Approximately 10 billion land animals are raised and killed for meat, eggs, and milk each year. Of those 10 billion animals, about 35 million cattle are raised for beef, 9 million for milk, and 1 million for veal. Approximately 95 percent (9.5 billion) of the animals in food production are birds.
Most Americans today get their food from a system that raises animals in intensive confinement—several thousand pigs or tens of thousands of chickens per barn. This system of livestock husbandry is called either an animal feeding operation (AFO) or a concentrated (or confined) animal feeding operation (CAFO) and is commonly known as factory farming. This new system for raising animals for food results in new problems for consumers, neighbors of the operations, the environment, workers, and the animals. Intensive animal crowding indoors is not the traditional form of livestock husbandry and has led the industry to create new techniques in animal handling to make the business more efficient. These new systems also lead to problems that may result in legal issues.
For example, a single hog farm with 10,000 animals will produce as much waste as a city with a population of 100,000 people. The question of waste disposal becomes one of the central concerns for a factory farm. And the phenomenally high concentration of waste results in bad odors, flies, and chemical and infectious compounds in the air or water runoff sufficient to create significant health and environmental problems. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that in 2003, the nation's 238,000 feeding operations produced 500 million tons of manure. (For more, see the CDC's web page on concentrated animal feeding operations: www.cdc.gov/cafos/about.htm. See also the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's web page on national pollutant discharge elimination systems: http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=7.)
The overcrowded conditions of the animals create additional problems for the industry, its neighbors, and consumers. The stressful conditions for the animals result in illness and injury. One way factory farmers address the illness problem is to treat all the animals with sub–therapeutic levels of antibiotics. This reduces illness among the animals but may contribute to the creation of antibiotic–resistant diseases. The stress of overcrowding can cause the animals to fight among themselves, leading to injury or death. To address these concerns, factory farmers de–beak chickens so they cannot peck at each other and dock the tails of pigs; both procedures are done without anesthesia. Because of the enormous numbers of animals in each barn, the animals typically do not ever leave the barn and are fed automatically, reducing the time people spend tending to them. This results in long delays before dead animals are removed from the midst of the other animals. All of these practices result in concerns for food safety, environmental protection, animal welfare, and the value of adjacent properties.
Federal Legislation
Clean Water Act. On factory farms, raising livestock implicates the Clean Water Act (CWA), which governs the operations of AFOs and CAFOs. In order for an agricultural operation to be considered a CAFO, a facility must first be defined as an AFO.
AFOs are agricultural operations where animals are kept and raised in confined situations. AFOs congregate animals, feed, manure, dead animals, and production operations on a small land area instead of an operation where cattle are allowed to range for food in pastures. AFOs are defined as facilities where animals are confined and fed for 45 or more days in any 12–month period and vegetation or forage is not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.
Under the CWA, CAFOs are split into large, medium, and small sizes depending on the number and type of animals, the contact with surface water, and the extent to which the facility could pollute surface and groundwater. Federal regulations require CAFOs to obtain a permit and to develop plans designed to keep animal waste from contaminating surface water and groundwater. It is important to note there is no private right of action contained within the CWA. Instead, any aggrieved party must file a complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act (CAA) is also relevant because of the significant amount of chemicals released into the air from CAFOs. These releases come from the barns where the animals are housed as well as from manure lagoons and other waste sites. Methane, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, and ammonia are released in significant quantities and can lead to air and water pollution and illness.
Within the CAA are two additional areas of focus for CAFOs. The first is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and the second is the Emergency Planning and Community Right–to–Know Act. These statutes and related regulations require factory farms to report their emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide when they emit more than 100 pounds per day. Industry response to the reporting requirements has been strong, and it is not clear whether the EPA will stand by them or will weaken or eliminate them.
Other federal statutes. There is no federal legislation regulating the conditions of animals being raised on farms. Federal law focuses primarily on the integrity of the food supply.
The Animal Health Protection Act allows for the quarantine, destruction, and disposal as well as restriction of transit of diseased livestock. The Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act of 2001 requires a report on foot–and–mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE—also known as "mad cow disease"), and related diseases. The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act makes it a crime to travel in interstate commerce or use the mail for the purpose of damaging or interfering with any animal enterprise (including farms). The Commercial Transportation of Equine for Slaughter Act regulates the commercial transportation of equine for slaughter. The Humane Slaughter Act provides acceptable methods of slaughter of animals to be used as food; it exempts birds. The Twenty–Eight Hour Law restricts the transportation of animals such that they may not be confined in a vehicle for more than 28 consecutive hours without unloading them for feeding, water, and rest, with some exceptions that extend the time; birds are not covered.
State Constitutional Protections
Some state constitutions, including those of New York, Hawaii, and Nebraska, contain provisions protecting traditional ways of life, including hunting, fishing, and farming. Thus, depending on the state, a livestock owner may have state constitutional protection.
Other state constitutions contain provisions specifically addressing protections for animals. For example, Florida has a constitutional provision to protect pigs, and in 2008 California passed Proposition 2 prohibiting veal crates, battery cages, and sow gestation crates that do not allow animals to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs.
State Legislation
All 50 states have animal cruelty statutes. However, most of these statutes explicitly exempt common farming practices. Oregon's anticruelty statute is somewhat different because it exempts only "good" farm practices and has no farm exemption for intentional or knowing torture or the malicious killing of an animal.
Some states are now considering whether to require minimum standards of care. Most notably, New Jersey requires humane standards for the care of farm animals. This statute was challenged in New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. New Jersey Department of Agriculture, 2008. The question presented was whether certain practices could be deemed humane. The court said that the New Jersey Department of Agriculture was required to do more than accept currently used practices: Their job was to identify and allow only those practices that met a humane standard, and they had failed to do that. The court accepted the agency's decision with respect to certain practices but deemed that its blanket exemption of routine practices was an abuse of the interpretive process because the statute requires humane practices.
This is an area likely to see additional development across the country and bears watching.
Right–to–Farm Laws
One aspect that filters into every legal issue surrounding livestock farming is right–to–farm laws (RTFs). RTFs have been adopted in all 50 states. This is important because RTFs modify the law of nuisance (discussed below).
Generally RTFs cover the growing and harvesting of crops; the feeding, breeding, and management of livestock; and other agricultural and horticultural activities. However, many RTFs apply only to commercial activities, so hobbyists or non–farmers do not qualify for the nuisance protection.
Although RTFs modify nuisance laws, they do not have any impact on environmental laws or pollution legislation. Thus, producers must comply with legislation governing clean water and the disposal of animal manure, absent agricultural exemptions. In addition, negligent or improper operation at an agriculture facility is not protected.
Generally, lawsuits against people or companies raising livestock have two points of entry—when the enterprise first starts and when the operation changes or expands the nature or size of its operation.
Public and Private Nuisance Actions
Nuisance is a use of property that causes injury to others and comes in two forms: private and public. A private nuisance is one that affects the use or enjoyment of land; normally it is privately enforced through a tort action for damages. A public nuisance affects the public at large, does not need to be connected to the land, and is normally enforceable by public officials. However, a public nuisance can give rise to a parallel private nuisance action if private lands are also affected.
As previously stated, the law of nuisance may be modified by RTFs. Common RTFs state that a farming operation shall not be considered or come to be considered a nuisance if it was not a nuisance at the time it began operation, even if conditions change in the surrounding area. Usually the agricultural use must have been in place for one year.
These RTFs modify the traditional "coming to the nuisance" rule—creating an implicit negative easement, prohibiting development on surrounding property and preventing adjacent property owners from suing to prohibit or modify the use as an agricultural nuisance.
In other cases, some courts will consider priority in time as an important factor in nuisance cases and may hold against a plaintiff who "came to a nuisance."
These laws do not always protect a farm once its use changes or expands. For example, if an owner raised livestock but then added a slaughterhouse or a processing plant at a later date, this expanded use may not be protected. It is also not clear how the RTFs would affect a dispute between a small farm and a large one.
Another limitation on RTFs may require that the farm engage in good agricultural practices as a condition to protection under the RTFs. However, "good practices" is not usually a defined term. Perhaps further developments will clarify this dialogue.
Nuisance actions are considered a supplement to regulation and litigation under the environmental laws. Nuisance actions may be precluded if Congress intended an environmental statute to be the exclusive remedy for a particular offensive use or condition, or if the alleged nuisance has received (or is eligible for) a state or federal permit to operate.
Zoning Issues
Zoning is another issue for those who raise livestock. Some communities concerned with the development potential of existing agricultural lands can, and have, adopted zoning laws that are designed especially to protect open tracts of land. This may affect individuals trying to sell their property.
For example, a community may adopt a large lot zoning structure that requires minimum lot sizes to be at least ten to 25 acres per housing unit. There may be other protections such as mandatory cluster design, open space residential design, and transfer of development rights.
Other zoning issues may arise when communities restrict the type or number of animals allowed on a property. It may be unlawful to picket livestock or allow livestock to roam in close proximity with residences or commercial buildings where foodstuff is prepared, kept, or sold.
In addition, some city zoning may not allow roosters, may bar swine, and may limit the number of animals that may be raised as food, such as chickens and rabbits, within the city limits.
Other Issues
Many legal issues arise as a result of factory farming and some are now just beginning to be explored. These issues include, but are not limited to, the demand for organic and locally produced livestock and produce, concern over heavy use of antibiotics fed to livestock (about 70 percent of anti–biotics sold in the United States are given to healthy livestock), and disease outbreaks. From this arises a host of legal issues, including nutrition, conservation, genetic engineering, food safety, animal cruelty, insurance policies for farmers, school lunch programs, water quality, cloning, organic farming, and much more.
This may be a rapidly changing area of law in the coming years. Before he was elected president, Barack Obama talked about the need to change agribusiness, boost organic farming, and promote local and regional food systems. President Obama appointed Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, to be secretary of agriculture. Vilsack has talked about reducing subsidies to megafarms and supports better treatment of farm animals.
In the end, no agricultural operation should ignore good neighborly relations, adequate buffers from neighboring residences and setbacks from boundary lines and water sources (creeks, wells, and ponds), humane animal husbandry, the health consequences of their actions, and compliance with all environmental laws. The manner in which CAFOs attend to these issues (or fail to do so) will likely be a subject of increasing interest for the legal community in the years to come.
Katherine Hessler is the director and clinical professor for the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon; she may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Tanith Balaban is a member of the Oregon State Bar; she may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Assistant Professor
Office: 205 CRB, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Phone: 817 272 9399, FAX: 817 272 3808
Research in the Bugarin group focuses on catalytic reaction development with applications in natural product synthesis. Areas of fundamental interest include: the identification of new reactivity patterns, the evolution of related catalytic processes, and the development of new synthetic strategies. Specifically, we are pursuing new chemistry using azides, nucleophilic and electrophilic catalysis via N-heterocyclic carbenes, synergistic catalysis, redox economy, and metal-catalyzed tandem processes.
Bhawal R.P.; Sadananda S.C.; Bugarin A., Laposa B.; Chowdhury S.M. "Mass spectrometry cleavable strategy for identification and differentiation of prenylated peptides" Anal Chem. 2015 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Patil S.; Bugarin A.; "Crystal structure of (E)-1,3-dimethyl-2-[3-(3-nitro-phen-yl)triaz-2-en-1-yl-idene]-2,3-di-hydro-1H-imidazole" Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2014 70(Pt 10):224-7.
Yepremyan, M.; Yepremyan, A.; Bugarin, A.* "Surgical Glue: A Brief Overview" Austin J Biomed. Eng. 2014, 1,(4) 3.
Patil, S., White, K.; Bugarin, A.* "Novel Triazene Dyes from N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Azides: Synthesis, Stability, and Spectroscopic Properties" Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 4826-4829.
Bugarin, A.* Martinez, L. E. Cooke, P. Islam, T. & Noveron, J. C. "Solid-phase organic synthesis of 2-tridecanyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-tridecanyl-1,4-naphthodiol that form redox-active micelles and vesicles". Bioorg. Chem. 2014, 56, 62-66.
Sandoval, D.; Frazier, C, P.; Bugarin, A.; Read de Alaniz, J. "Electrophilic α-Amination Reaction of -Ketoesters Using N-Hydroxycarbamates: Merging Aerobic Oxidation and Lewis Acid Catalysis" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 18948-18951.
Frazier, C, P.; Bugarin, A.; Engelking, J. R.; Read de Alaniz, J. "Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of N-Substituted Hydroxylamines: Efficient and Practical Access to Nitroso Compounds" Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3620-3623.
Bugarin, A.; Connell, B. T. "A Highly Active and Selective Palladium(II) PheBox Catalyst for the Formation of α-Aryl Ketones via Cross-Coupling" Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 7218-7220. (Highlightedas a cutting-edge contribution).
Bugarin, A.; Connell, B. T. "MgI2-Accelerated Enantioselective Morita Baylis–Hillman Reactions of Cyclopentenone Utilizing a Chiral DMAP Nucleophile"Chem. Comm. 2010, 46, 2644-2646. (Highlighted on Synfacts, 2010, 7, 788 and on the Organic Chemistry Portal).
Buddhadeb, G.; Bugarin, A.; Connell B.T.; North, S. W. "OH radical Initiated Oxidation of 1,3-Butadiene: Isomeric Selective Study of the Dominant Addition Channel" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, 114, 5299-5305.
Bugarin, A.; Jones K. D.; Connell, B. T. "Efficient, Direct α-Methylenation of Carbonyls Mediated by Diisopropylammonium Trifluoroacetate" Chem. Comm. 2010, 46, 1715-1717.
Buddhadeb, G.; Bugarin, A.; Connell B.T.; North, S. W. "OH Initiated Oxidation of Isoprene: Isomeric Selective Study for the Dominant Addition Channel" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, 114, 2553-2560.
Bugarin, A.; Connell, B. T. "Acceleration of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction by a Simple Mixed Catalyst System" J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 4638-4641.Highlighted on the Organic Chemistry Portal.
Bugarin, A.; Connell, B. T. "Chiral Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) NCN-Pincer Complexes Based on Substituted Benzene: Synthesis, Structure, and Lewis Acidity" Organometallics 2008,27, 4357-4369.
Yong, J. K.; Bugarin, A.; Connell, B. T. Hot Article: "Conversion of Nitrosobenzenes to isoxazolidines: An Efficient Cascade Process Utilizing Reactive Nitrone Intermediates" Chem. Comm. 2008, 44, 3522-3524.
B.S., Chemistry
Pharmacy and Biology,
Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico (2003).
M.S., Chemistry
University of Texas at El Paso (2005).
Ph.D. Chemistry
Texas A&M University (2011)
Postdoctoral Associate
University of California, Santa Barbara, (2012)
Dr. Bugarin received his BS in chemistry, pharmacy, and biology from Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas in 2003, his MS from UTEP in 2005, and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2011. His doctoral training under the direction of Dr. Brian T. Connell focused on asymmetric catalysis, including ligand, catalyst, and reaction design. He then spent one year as a postdoctoral associate with Professor Javier Read de Alaniz at UC Santa Barbara working on the mild aerobic oxidation of hydroxylamines and hydrazines. Dr. Bugarin joined the faculty at UT Arlington in Fall 2012. His research interests are in the development of new organic and organometallic reactions, or more specifically, the efficient construction of carbon–nitrogen bonds, redox economy, synergistic catalysis, and their application in total synthesis, materials, and bioactive molecules.
2008 - 2011 SACNAS conference and membership waiver, presented by SACNAS.
2010 & 2011 Outstanding tutor award, Presented by TAMU-SACNAS chapter.
April 2011 U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship.
Feb. 2011 Thomas J. Hairston Memorial Graduate Scholarship.
Summer 2010 Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Life Technologies, Austin, TX
May 2010 Marie and Jim Galloway Graduate Scholarship.
May 2010 Best total synthesis proposal award, presented by Texas A&M.
Oct. 2009 The DuPont Award for general and organic chemistry to graduate oral symposia.
May 2007 Best total synthesis proposal award, presented by Texas A&M.
Nov. 2006 Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemistry, presented by UTEP.
April 2005 Outstanding Master of Chemistry in Research, presented by UTEP.
Dec - 2002 National Institute of Nuclear Research, ININ, Estado de Mexico, MX
2001-2003 Regional Center of Nuclear Studies, UAZ, Zacatecas, MX
May 2000 Placed first for the State Delegation in the National Chemistry Olympics.
May 1997 Placed first in the 11th National Mathematics Olympics, MX.
May 1997 Placed first at the Physics state championship, presented by CBTa (Mexico).


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Lars Ulrich: 3D Film 'Through the Never' Is Fueling the Fire for Metallica's Next Album
Metallica fans have been clamoring for a new album and it looks like the band finally has the desire and time to deliver. After spending the year working on their 'Metallica Through the Never' 3D film, the band confirmed that the process has fueled their desire to work on new music again.
Speaking after the screening of the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, drummer Lars Ulrich explained, "Between 'Some Kind of Monster' and this, those are two pretty cool bookends — two opposite ends of the spectrum. Every time we do this it's a hell of a ride. … But you have to understand, getting a chance to do all these challenges and adventures really fuels us to go back into the studio and make hopefully a better album."
The drummer added, "Metallica I think increasingly depends on these types of things to feel challenged as artists. So making films is great and it certainly gets us out of our comfort zone, so when we get back to the studio we just feel more inspired and more invigorated."
Just like Metallica are known for having a wealth of ideas going into making an album, frontman James Hetfield revealed a similar process happened within the creation of making 'Metallica Through the Never.' The singer joked, "When you're financing your own movie you can do whatever you want. [Laughs] We had a whole bunch of ideas and that was the easy part. Making them all come to fruition and getting them in the movie was [the hard part]. We couldn't put everything in there as the price tag would have doubled or tripled."
But being able now to see a final product is quite rewarding for the group. Ulrich stated, "Three years later it's just so cool to sit up there and feel the energy and take it in that energy on the screen."
'Metallica Through the Never' debuts on IMAX 3D screens on Sept. 27, then expands to theaters everywhere on Oct. 4. To see the band's full Toronto International Film Festival interview, check out the clip above. And to see photos from the San Francisco premiere of the movie, check out the band's full Facebook gallery here.


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Hurricanes fire coach Kirk Muller amid playoff drought
Hurricanes fire coach Kirk Muller amid playoff drought
The Carolina Hurricanes have fired coach Kirk Muller.
The team announced his dismissal Monday.
New general manager Ron Francis wasted little time making his first big move, dismissing Muller and most of his coaching staff exactly one week after his promotion to GM.
Muller was 80-80-27 in three seasons with the Hurricanes, who haven't made the playoffs since 2009. Carolina finished 13th in the 16-team Eastern Conference this season and has missed the postseason in seven of the eight years since winning its only Stanley Cup in 2006.
Muller has spent the past month in limbo. While owner Peter Karmanos Jr. said late in the season that he liked the coaching staff, he added last week that any decision on the coach would rest with Francis.


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Airports are locations that vary from a huge, crowded, self-contained community to a dirt streak in a pasture with a lifeguard chair for a control tower. It is here where planes take off after being loaded with passengers, snakes, bombs or whatever mayhem the Humans see fit. Planes, however, tend not to actually land at airports since they usually explode, crash, or make good use of Kamikaze tactiks.
Possible Uses:
- Access to aviation vehicles.
- The large number of civilians could serve as allies or neutral parties.
- Planes could serve as explosive caches or deathtraps.
- Planes could deploy reinforcements.
Tactical Considerations:
- Airports contain lots of open space with very little real cover, even inside the terminals. If there are a lot of civilians, however, soft cover can be obtained by using the crowd to one's advantage.
- High ground advantage exists from the tower and arriving or departing planes. Since the planes are temporary affairs, the tower is sure to be an objective of contention.


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Headed to Friday's Blackhawks parade and rally? You're in luck! Reading this paper or e-version as you're literally on the way to the big celebration? Uh … you're too late. YOU GONNA DIE.
I'm here to save you from certain embarrassment and possible death with helpful tips and strategies for maximizing your Blackhawks Victory Rally experience. Think of this as an old-school Nintendo Power Strategy Guide, except Mario and Luigi are replaced by Toews and Kane and inputting the Konami Code on Bryan Bickell will only make him angry.
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Wear your Blackhawks gear. All the gear. For the love of Hossa, if you're feeling self-conscious about Hawking it up, then don't bother making the trip. Even if all you've got is a Tony Amonte shirtsey, slap it on. Face paint is a nice touch, as are red-and-black ribbons in your hair. (Guys too.)
Pack light. Pack nothing at all, if possible. Chicago Police have announced that they'll be searching "large" backpacks at the Hutchinson Field entrance, which means they'll search anything as small as your neon-yellow fanny pack you got at Great America back in '94. Maybe bring a bottle of water, your phone/camera/life assistant, and some cash.
When you get whipped into a Blackhawk frenzy, the last thing you want is a heavy bag weighing you down or your wallet flopping into a crowd of 250,000 people with 499,999 stomping legs. And say hi to One-Leg Tony for me; he's been a huge Hawks fan for years.
Forrest Gump had it right. Wear comfortable shoes. No one will care about your 5-inch platform heels with Patrick Sharp's face on them, ladies. They'll be invisible in the sea of humanity. And fellas looking to cas-out with mandals: Don't, unless you want your toes to look like Andrew Shaw's face. (The right side, not the left.)
Don't get drunk. Getting drunk before noon is for rookies. You'll have all afternoon and evening, and plus later you'll have a place to sit down with your buds. And you're gonna want to remember the festivities, because you never know when it'll happen for us again.
Fine, three out of four ain't bad.
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All Aboard The Marriage HearseSeans not against commitment, but hes dogmatically against the institution of marriage, which he considers archaic and unnecessary. His assumptions will be tested by his girlfriend after she catches the bouquet at her friends wedding. Jan. 3-27; Thurs. Sat. at 8pm ($20), Sun. at 3pm (pay what you can). THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 155 1st. Ave. at E. 10th St. 212-868-4444. www.smarttix.com.
Cest DuckieAn interactive nightclub performance experience from London. Dec. 20 Jan. 19. PERFORMANCE SPACE 122, 150 1st Ave. 212-352-3101.
CulturemartFeaturing 11 new works that blur the lines between dance, theatre, music, new media, puppetry and visual art. Jan. 4-21 at 8:30pm. HERE ARTS CENTER, 145 6th Ave., entrance on Dominick St. 212-352-3101. www.here.org. $15, $10 donors.
Days of AntonioBased on a true story about a disabled boy who is locked in a roost to live with chickens. At the age of fifteen, he starts satisfying his natural instincts with the hens, but one day his parents catch him with a prostitute and decide to lock him in an insane asylum. Dec. 20-30; Thurs.-Sat. at 8pm and Sun. at 2:30 & 8pm. LA MAMA E.T.C., 1st Floor Theater, 74A E. 4th St. 212-475-7710. www.lamama.org. $18, $13 students & seniors.
Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) A full-length miniature spectacle based on Mary Shelleys novel and performed by puppets based on 18th-century American portrait paintings. Jan. 8-14; Tues. Mon. at 7pm, Sat. & Sun. at 2pm also Jan. 16-19; Wed. Sat. at 7pm, Sat. at 2pm. HERE ARTS CENTER, 145 6th Ave., one block below Spring St. 212-352-3101. www.here.org. $20, $15 students.
FuerzabrutaShow focuses on movement and includes a man running through a series of moving walls, individuals racing to connect from opposite sides of a whirling sail, and performers interacting in a watery world suspended just above the audience. Thru Feb. 17. THE DARYL ROTH THEATRE, 20 Union Square East. 212-352-3101. $35-$70.
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Man Is ManA new production of Bertolt Brechts classic story of a soldier named Galy Gay who loses his identity in a time of war. Thru Dec. 22; Mon. & Wed.-Sat. at 8:30pm & Sun. at 4pm & 8:30pm. HERE ARTS CENTER, 145 6th Ave., bet Spring & Broome Sts., enter on Dominick St. 212-352-3101. www.here.org. www.theelephantbrigade.com. $18, $15 students & seniors.
Maudie & JaneInspired by The Diary of Jane Somers by Doris Lessing. Two women of different ages & different classes encounter each other, an elderly, poor woman living in squalor, and a middle-aged fashion editor near the top of her career. Thru Feb. 10. THE LIVING THEATRE, 21 Clinton St. 212-352-3101. www.theatermania.com. $20, $10 students.
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|July 12th, 2010 12:56 PM
Joshua Tree Tickets
There are tickets for Joshua Tree here: http://palmsprings.com/joshua-tree-n...ark/index.html
Joshua Tree National Park Jeep Adventure Tickets!
|September 23rd, 2007 01:14 PM
No, sorry.
But I bet you can find excellent mountaineers or climbing guides around the area.
|September 23rd, 2007 08:51 AM
|are you in palm spring?
|September 23rd, 2007 02:23 AM
If you have never climbed rocks before make sure you get an experienced climber, preferably a pro to teach you.
|August 25th, 2006 01:09 PM
|Thanks, JoJo and ellie99. this is the information I was looking for.
|August 25th, 2006 12:37 PM
Joshua Tree National Park
Hello Jillian,
The south entrance at Cottonwood Spring is the closest to Palm Desert and it's just under an hour away. If you drive to the Joshua Tree west entrance, you're looking at an hour and a 1/2 drive. What you may want to consider is entering the park at the Joshua Tree entrance and then work your way to the Cottonwood entrance/exit. It's about 70 miles between the points - figuring in a couple of popular side trips like Keys View & Cottonwood Spring Oasis. Allow yourselves no less than 2 hours.
You can get to the south entrance at Cottonwood Spring via Interstate 10 and to the Joshua Tree west entrance via Highway 29. There are visitor centers at both of these entrances.
Be sure to have a full tank of gas, food, and plenty of water.
For more information, please click on this link: http://palmsprings.com/joshua-tree-national-park
We hope you have a terrific time!
Jojo Bergstrom
|August 24th, 2006 08:40 PM
|There are self-guided nature trails, guided walking tours, you can do all day hikes, mountain bike riding, horse back riding and rock climbing.
|August 23rd, 2006 08:08 PM
Joshua Tree National Park
I will be staying in Palm Desert with my friend in the first half of October. We would like to take a day trip by car to the Joshua Tree N.P.
How far ist it, and how long would it take? What is the best way to go, and what to see? Is it mainly a drive-thru park?
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Riders Blank Coldwater
"Leader Look Back" is a collection of stories and headlines from 75, 50 and 25 years ago this week. This week's edition examines stories from Oct. 16-22, 1937, 1962 and 1987.
75 years ago: The St. Marys Roughriders blanked the Coldwater Cavaliers 20-0 in football action.
There were 18 births and 15 deaths recorded in Auglaize County in September.
Rolland Hollman, Bob Hollman and Tony Walters brought down a total of five wild geese for a total weight of 40 pounds. They were the first geese killed in the area during the hunting season.
A roadside park was ordered to be built along Ohio 32, just west of St. Marys. Shelterhouses and an oven furnace were to be built for those who needed to use the park for an extended period of time.
A rain gauge was set up in the yard of John Sunderland — foreman for Grand Lake St. Marys. Reports on rainfall were submitted by Sunderland.
50 years ago: The St. Marys School Board let $122,240 in contracts go for an addition to Memorial High School and McBroom School.
A second Sabin oral polio vaccine clinic was set up for Auglaize County.
Canadian geese hunters at Grand Lake St. Marys saw successful hunts at the start of the season.
Mike Moore, chair of the Lake Improvement Association stump removal committee, unveiled plans to bring ODNR Director Herbert B. Eagon in for a public meeting to discuss issues and concerns surrounding the lake.
The St. Marys Roughriders blasted the Van Wert Cougars 27-8. Fullback Terry Young tallied three touchdowns for the Riders in the win that saw St. Marys amass 271 yards rushing compared to 47 for Van Wert.
Durnell and Sons Jewelers celebrated its 25th anniversary.
25 years ago: Auglaize County commissioners gave the green light for Forest Land subdivision.
Heidy Sommer was named the 1987 Homecoming Queen for Minster.
John Bergman, Marvin Elsass, Joe Pepple and Hugh Seibert were candidates for the district supervisor position of the Auglaize County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The St. Marys Roughriders routed the Shawnee Indians 32-6 — the win pushed the Riders to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the WBL. Tony Nieter led the way with 129 yards rushing in 17 carries.
The New Bremen Cardinals downed the Waynesfield Goshen Tigers 22-6 to remain perfect on the season. Jeff Paul rushed for 218 yards in the win, which pushed the Cardinals to 7-0.
The Minster Wildcats outgunned the Marion Local Flyers 34-21 in their homecoming game.
The new Tri Star facility was dedicated and named in honor of Frank Dennings.
Members of the Lake Development Corporation of Grand Lake St. Marys mapped out a plan to get the attention of state legislators when they compile the state's next budget. As part of the 1984-85 biennial budget, the lake received $3.3 million for capital improvements. Because not all that money was spent, a request for an increase in funding went ignored by state legislators.


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College Finances: A Message from President Mills
Story posted January 22, 2009
January 22, 2009
To Members of the Bowdoin Community:
At the end of last semester I formed a committee to consider options for the future regarding Bowdoin's finances in the context of today's harsh economic climate. As I have previously indicated, the College is in good financial condition and is fortunate to have a wealth of resources available, including a gifted and talented faculty, staff, and student body. Our trustees and alumni group are committed to Bowdoin, and our parents and friends of the College are also committed to our future. Bowdoin is a fantastic college and our future is strong and secure.
Bowdoin, however, like all other colleges and universities is not immune to current economic conditions and must make some difficult choices to remain secure financially. We are better positioned relatively than most colleges and universities to respond to these changing times. We have all read in the press many of the actions taken by other institutions. It is clear that given these economic times, all institutions will have to modify the manner in which they operate.
I write to inform you of our progress. The committee, consisting of faculty, students, and staff, has met three times and reviewed a variety of financial and program data. The committee has reviewed information regarding the endowment, college staffing levels, major expense categories including payroll and benefits, compensation policies, and other pertinent information. The meetings have been candid and constructive and we all should be grateful to the committee and the efforts the members have made to this point.
We have also discussed and affirmed the four fundamental principles I outlined previously: we will continue to provide sufficient resources, including our new no-loan policy, to students who require financial aid; we will continue to support our academic program and our faculty; we will continue to perform major maintenance on our facilities; and we will continue to support the sense of community at Bowdoin so vital in times like these, focusing especially on our staff.
In our discussions, a fifth principle emerged that I believe is vitally important — that the changes we implement be shared among all members of our community.
On the basis of these meetings and the analysis completed with the assistance of the senior staff of the College, I am now prepared to share my preliminary observations and recommendations with you.
Endowment Performance
Over the past five years Bowdoin's endowment has achieved top decile performance with annualized 5, 10, and 20 year returns of 14.8%, 10.1% and 11.9% respectively. We are coming off a strong base. For the year ending June 30, 2009, we are assuming that we will have an investment return of -20%. We are conservative in predicting future investment returns on the endowment; in subsequent years we have assumed returns of 0% for fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011, and 7% for fiscal year 2012 and thereafter. We believe these assumptions are prudent given the economic advice we have received from members of our investment committee and investment professionals we have consulted. All told, these predicted investment returns create serious budget shortfalls in the coming years.
Bowdoin has an extraordinary record of fundraising. As of December 31, 2008, the Bowdoin Capital Campaign had commitments totaling $243 million toward our $250 million goal. We expect that we will reach our target goal by the campaign end date of June 2009. In addition, we have thousands of alumni and hundreds of parents who contribute generously to the College. This year we are on track to meet our target for annual giving, but we are witnessing a decline in the number of gifts received as compared to last year as donors, like others, experience financial stress. We need to be conservative in terms of our projections, at least for the near term.
After factoring endowment and gift projections into our financial planning model, as well as reductions in some other sources of revenue, the College could have budget shortfalls in the range of $2 million to $17 million in fiscal years 2010 to 2014.
Steps to Reach Equilibrium
Many options have been considered to put us on sound financial footing. I believe we should set a strategy for the College's future and financial stability that will provide us with a multi-year perspective, rather than focus on short-term measures. Accordingly, we are making recommendations that have multi-year effects, rather than looking only at next year. Although this perspective may be uncomfortable to consider, it has the benefit of allowing us to know what to expect as we plan our own individual financial futures. I have selected options that can be pared back or eliminated should economic conditions improve sooner than expected.
Increase the student body by 50 full-time students over the next five years
The addition of ten students per year for five years provides the College with a reliable source of additional revenue. Tuition and fees represent the single largest source of income to the College — the annual distribution from the endowment being second. If the economy bounces back sooner and our endowment begins to experience higher rates of return, we may not need to increase the student body by the entire 50 students and we could pare back the size of the student body to our current size. We expect that this increased enrollment will be accomplished in a manner allowing us to continue our "need-blind" admissions policy. Dean Judd and our faculty will continue ongoing discussions and studies to ensure appropriate class size and the successful enrollment of students into their desired classes. Dean Foster and student life staff members have considered the impact on residential life and housing and have created strategies for housing that will not have a significant adverse affect on the quality of life on campus for our students.
Freeze faculty and most staff salaries for two years
Bowdoin offers competitive salaries and generous benefits to faculty and staff. Our salary structure is important to attract and retain the best and the brightest faculty and staff. That being said, salaries and benefits comprise more than 60% of our total operating costs. Like many colleges and universities that have reported their plans, we must consider freezing salaries for a period in order to balance our budgets. Many colleges and universities wealthier than Bowdoin have announced faculty and staff salary freezes as well as a number of other measures, including hiring freezes, faculty layoffs, and suspension of tenure track hiring for replacement positions. Although our thinking has been informed in part by these actions by other colleges, we have considered alternatives
that are appropriate for Bowdoin specifically.
I am very concerned about avoiding layoffs wherever possible so I (and I believe the rest of the community) would prefer to keep people working at their jobs and retain programs in lieu of salary increases. Moreover, it is my strongly held view that it is important for the strength of our community that faculty and staff share these burdens equitably across our campus.
For the faculty, I am recommending a two-year temporary suspension of the "4,5,6" policy. This policy adjusts the salary base for continuing faculty at each rank based on a three-year lagging average of percentage increases for faculty at colleges ranked 4th, 5th, and 6th by average salary in our comparison group. Faculty salary levels will be fixed at current levels for the next two years. Increases for promotions among ranks will be retained, however, and we will continue to hire faculty to fill existing tenure track positions that become vacant in accordance with our current policies.
After two years, I am committed to allocating budget resources to gradually restore any ground that may have been lost in the competitiveness of our faculty salaries during the suspension period. However, given what we read in the press about other colleges and universities, it is not likely that we will find ourselves significantly disadvantaged in faculty salaries relative to our peers over this period.
It is important for our community to recognize that our policy of faculty compensation is central to our success and vital to our future. I am committed, and I am confident the Trustees are committed, to the compensation levels and relative competitiveness of compensation accomplished by our "4,5,6" policy.
To that end, the financial planning model includes a salary increase pool of 6% for faculty in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter. Exactly when and how the policy will be restored will require careful thought and analysis. In this regard, I intend to appoint a committee of the faculty to work with Dean Judd and me to ensure the equitable reinstatement of the faculty compensation policy represented by "4,5,6."
For the non-faculty staff, I am recommending a salary freeze for two years for those earning more than $40,000 a year. For those earning $40,000 or less a year, the budget assumes a 2% increase for the next two years that will be paid either as a salary increase or as a one-time payment in each of the next two years. Although this freeze will be painful, it is consistent with actions reported by businesses in Maine and New England and college and universities across the country. And, to the extent this salary freeze allows us to avoid layoffs, it is far preferable to keep people employed and maintain our sense of community and commitment to our dedicated employees.
College benefits offered by the College, including health and retirement benefits, continue to be among the most competitive and affordable in Maine. No changes to our benefit structure are being contemplated at this time.
On the staff side, we are also closely scrutinizing vacant positions. Each opening is being carefully evaluated by supervisors, managers, and senior staff to determine whether the opening needs to be filled and whether we can reengineer the jobs to provide the same or similar level of services more efficiently. I recognize that many staff are concerned about layoffs and are concerned that these recommendations are the first step to a later announcement of layoffs. Although I cannot guarantee that layoffs will not happen, especially if our economic circumstances deteriorate, I can assure you that based on our current planning models we do not anticipate a general reduction in staff to balance the budget. Only time will tell if the economy will hold firm or improve, but our staff should take some level of comfort that we are doing all that we can to preserve jobs. The shared sacrifice of salary increases for faculty and staff is essential to this commitment to maintain jobs for our staff at the College.
Hold operating costs flat
To make our budgets work, we must also hold the College's core operating costs to current levels for at least the next two years. This may be difficult if inflation occurs during this period, but at this point we are not seeing inflationary costs. It will also be difficult should the cost of energy and fuel begin to soar again as it did over the last year.
Starting immediately, this means the costs for items such as supplies, services, meals, equipment, and travel need to be reduced or held level to achieve acceptable operating budgets. We have already seen our budget managers achieve significant savings this year in anticipation of this announcement, but all of us must remain vigilant to avoid spending increases. We also must recommend that all discretionary expenses be reduced to a minimum or eliminated. We must pay particular attention to discretionary travel by staff for conferences and professional development. We suspect that many organizations will make professional training available remotely and we should encourage our employees to take advantage of these opportunities rather than travel. Managers and supervisors should continue to work with staff to seek ways to reduce all non-essential spending.
The College is a good partner to many businesses and we already have been successful in achieving considerable savings in many of our business arrangements. Where we can, we are encouraging competitive bidding and stepped-up negotiations to reduce costs.
Deferred Maintenance and Capital Projects
One area where we need to be careful in a "down economy" is our physical plant and facilities. Bowdoin has a beautiful and historic campus and we must take steps to keep up with necessary repairs, replacements, and deferred maintenance projects. As a result, I am recommending that we maintain current funding levels for major maintenance and capital renewal, but that we put major capital projects on hold (other than construction already in progress like the Fitness, Health and Wellness Center), unless funded by gifts or grants. Over the recent past, the campus has witnessed many new building and renovation projects. The challenge now is to make sure we maintain these buildings and our infrastructure. It would be irresponsible to allow our buildings to deteriorate and to pass along deferred maintenance to future generations.
The steps outlined above will allow the College to achieve budget surpluses in the current year and the following two to three years. It is our expectation that these savings and budget models will cover anticipated deficits through fiscal year 2014. While it is very difficult to forecast beyond the next five years, we are confident that these steps will put us on a secure financial footing, assuming that the economic situation does not significantly deteriorate. We are also optimistic that at some point, the financial markets will turn around and that our endowment will enjoy a growth period again. Adhering vigilantly to these changes will allow us to be nimble and make mid-course corrections if necessary.
The next step in this process is for us to discuss our economic situation and these recommendations with the entire Bowdoin community. It is vital that everyone have an opportunity to ask questions and that the process be transparent and open. Toward that end, we will hold a series of public meetings for faculty, staff, and students.
The dates and times of these meetings are:
- Monday, January 26 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union (faculty)
- Tuesday, January 27 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Daggett Lounge, Thorne (students)
- Wednesday, January 28 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union (staff)
- Thursday, January 29 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union (staff)
For the faculty, we will also have an opportunity at the next faculty meeting to discuss these recommendations and our financial condition.
I want to thank the members of the financial "blue tarp" committee and look forward to working with them to refine these recommendations based on the discussions over the next couple of weeks. Our goal is to reach final recommendations in advance of the Trustees Meeting in early February so that these recommendations can be adopted.
I want to emphasize that our College is strong and we have much to be proud of at Bowdoin. The challenges we face are no different from all other colleges and universities in America. I believe that the next period will require us to redefine our sense of accomplishment in ways other than new buildings and growth, which have been the measures of success emphasized over the past 20 years. This new period will require us to focus on our core values of education and to take pride and satisfaction in the excellence of our liberal arts mission and our residential life environment. This refocus is, in many ways, a positive development as it emphasizes the values that truly define our worth as an educational community. It is our resolute commitment to these values that sets our College apart and will ensure our preeminence and strength into the future. We have every reason to be optimistic and confident.
Sincerely yours,
Barry Mills
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Helton hits 2 HRs, drives in 6 as Rockies top Reds
Helton hits 2 HRs, drives in 6 as Rockies top Reds
Todd Helton homered twice and matched a career high with six RBIs to power the Colorado Rockies past the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Friday night.
Jorge De La Rosa pitched six effective innings for his 15th win. Helton's 28th career multihomer game and first since 2011 left him one hit shy of 2,500.
The first of his two three-run homers came in the fourth off Bronson Arroyo (13-10) roughed up for six runs and nine hits over 3 1-3 innings in his shortest outing of the season. He issued a one-out walk in the first, ending a 30-inning string without one, and had his four-game winning streak snapped.
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Jurisdiction and scope
(a)Jurisdiction.—There is jurisdiction, including extraterritorial jurisdiction, over an offense under this chapter if the prohibited activity takes place—
within the United States and within waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; or
(2) outside United States and—
an offender or a victim is a national of the United States (as that term is defined under section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)); [1]
the activity involves a vessel in which a national of the United States was on board; or
the activity involves a vessel of the United States (as that term is defined under section 2 [2] of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1903).1
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to otherwise lawful activities carried out by or at the direction of the United States Government.
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 306(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 237.)
[1] So in original. There probably should be an additional closing parenthesis.
[2] See References in Text note below.
References in Text
Section 2 of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), probably means section 3 of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, Pub. L. 96–350, which was classified to section 1903 of former Title 46, Appendix, Shipping, and was repealed and restated in sections 70502 to 70506 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 10(2), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1683, 1710. Section 70502(b) of Title 46 defines "vessel of the United States".
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Ben 10: Alien Swarm (US - BD)
Gabe visits a much older Ben 10 in another live action STV movie...
Ben (Ryan Kelley), Gwen (Galadriel Stineman), and Kevin (Nathan Keyes) are back, fighting the good fight against alien menaces in style. This time their journey leads them to the world of black market alien tech trading. It seems some equally disturbed youths have come into possession of some kind of nano-tech, and are looking to pawn it off on someone. But before anyone can react to the fact that one of the sellers is a childhood friend of Ben's named Elena (Alyssa Diaz), a mysterious, trench coated man takes control of the nono-machines, and threatens to enslave the world with their mind controlling powers.
Ben 10 was a kid's show, so the corresponding live action movie was also aimed at kids. I reviewed Ben 10: Race Against Time with a light touch a few years ago, because I was expecting even less out of the live action iteration than I was the animated series. I now realize this should've been a ridiculous expectation on my part, but years of similar productions have trained me. It's strange that fans can assume a bigger budgeted, live-action version of an animated series will be dumbed down to simpler narrative levels than subject matter already aimed at children. The most likely explanation points to the relatively low cost of television animation, which likely leads to less interest from executives, and more freedom for writers. Perhaps these standalone features are micromanaged into mediocrity.
This new film, Ben 10: Alien Swarm is based on the original series follow-up, Ben 10: Alien Force, which is aimed more towards tweens and teens, with more action for the boys, and more romance for the girls. I haven't kept up on the series, but what I've seen has been pretty good. It appears that the bulk of the writing and directing staff on the show is made up of Justice League alumni, and though the stories aren't as complex, the animation is clearly similar. It again comes as no surprise that this live action iteration has been simplified, even in comparison to the action heavy source series. The plotting and character development is the clear problem, and decent action isn't enough to compensate. There's practically no plot to even complain about, and anyone that hasn't seen the series is going to be entirely lost concerning the already well fleshed back story. Alien Swarm is also swarmed with slightly annoying angst. The characters are largely humourless drama queens, and there aren't many compelling developments to make the angst particularly palatable.
I have to say I'm pretty impressed with Alex Winter's action direction this time around. There's nothing in his directing career to say he could create sizable action on a miniscule budget, but here we are. There's a pretty killer car chase at the heart of the film, and there's an overall thrust of urgency, but the set pieces are inorganically infused into the plot. The 'alien swarm' in question is very 'Borgish', which is to say it's kind of a 'my first zombie movie' with a hint of Aliens. Like the last Ben 10 movie, which was also directed by Winter, the urgency of the team's situation loses it's grasp by the last act, and the narrative brevity creates thin characters that are very hard to care about in their hour of need. At least parents can hope that their young ones will develop a taste for the stuff Alien Swarm riffs on.
Alien Swarm is much more stylized and modern than the first live action Ben 10 movie. Winter opts for a largely desaturated, high contrast look, which works better with the more teen-friendly subject matter, but I kind of miss the cartoony colouring of the first film. Skin tones are very pale, and most of the more neutral warm hues are cleared out in favour of deep blacks, and lots of cool blues. There are some highlights like Gwen's orange hair and Elena's red coat, but the key hue to the whole print is green – green computer display, green ambient lighting, and green dust. Digital grading is clearly part of this plan. The night shot city scenes are certainly grainier than the set based scenes, which are usually laced with more controlled darkness. Grain is defiantly pushed throughout the print, but it's very fine, and clearly purposeful (grain = grit, etc.). Overall the print is as clean as the filmmakers intend it to be. Some of the special effects are perhaps grainier than some viewers would prefer, but this is likely a way of covering up limitations.
Alien Swarm comes fit with a better than expected Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track. Those surprisingly well put together action scenes feature some aggressive sound design. The big balls versus car scene is brimming with revving muscle car engines, the hiss of passing pylons, and big clanging metal spike balls. The balls also make the 'nanobot' squeaking sound, which really tears up the stereo and surround speakers in the following sequence where Ben fights them in the guise of a rock monster. The track's chief problem, and it's a minor one, is the overall volume of the center channel, which is a little low.
The extras start with a brief, made for TV EPK (2:00, HD, looks like SD though), that really equals an elongated trailer. This is followed by a There For Tomorrow music video (3:00, HD, that again looks like SD), and the worthwhile extra, a full-length, two-part season three animated episode (43:49, HD). The episode isn't the best story-wise, but is well animated, and very action packed. It's written and directed by ex- Justice League contributors Dwayne McDuffie, Dan Riba and Butch Luckic, and the JLU influence is pretty thick. Makes me wish they were still doing DC Animated series, rather than disappointing STV movies. The HD video quality is gorgeous (though interlaced), and the Dolby Surround sound is solid.
Ben 10: Alien Swarm is both a surprise and a disappointment. The production values are higher than anticipated, the digital effects are pretty good, and Alex Winter's action direction is shockingly effective (especially during the central car chase). On the other hand, the plotting and characterizations are flat and predictable, which is extra disappointing based on the animated show's relatively sophisticated storytelling. The Blu-ray disc looks and sounds very nice, but the big plus is getting the third season's first episode in full 1080i HD video as an extra.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st December 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Behind the Scenes, Music Video, Ben 10: Alien Force Episode
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Alex Winter
Cast: Ryan Kelley, Nathan Keyes, Alyssa Diaz, and Galadriel Stineman
Genre: Action and Adventure
Length: 90 minutes
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