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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Their journeys to the Super Bowl might have been on different roads, but they all started from the same spot — playing college football in Los Angeles.
USC and UCLA will have plenty of presence in Sunday's Super Bowl and, although most are backups, names familiar to Southern California football fans are sure to crop up.
Seattle Seahawks linebackers Malcolm Smith and Mike Morgan played for the Trojans, and running back Derrick Coleman for the Bruins. Smith, a seventh-round draft pick in 2011, provided the game-saving interception in the Seahawks' NFC championship game victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Coleman, a Fullerton Troy High alum, plays on every special teams unit and is a backup fullback and running back.
"If they want me to go out there and kick, I'll kick," he said.
Morgan had to come back kicking. He was not drafted and was released by the Seahawks after signing as a free agent in 2011. But he has emerged as a valuable role player after getting a second chance.
"It's been a journey," said Morgan, who is in his third season.
The 6-foot-3, 226-pound Morgan is on special teams and also has played linebacker and defensive end. He has 11 tackles.
"You have to devise a way to make yourself valuable to the team," he said. "Everybody can't be a starter."
Seahawks linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr., who played on three Super Bowl-champion teams and recruited and coached Morgan at USC, said the Texas native rebounded from his initial release and was ready when called upon.
"He had five weeks at home to think about how would he do it differently if he ever had another chance," Norton said. "A lot of players are different people after they get released because their life is thrown in front of them.
"He came back just fiery and tough and wanted to prove himself, and it's paid off for him."
Denver Broncos defensive end Malik Jackson was a Trojan for two seasons before transferring to Tennessee, and offensive lineman Winston Justice also played at USC.
Jackson, who attended Lake Balboa Birmingham High, played at USC in 2008 and 2009. But when Pete Carroll left to coach the Seahawks, Jackson took advantage of a provision in USC's NCAA penalties that allowed players to transfer without having to sit out a season.
"It was just more of a business decision," Jackson said, adding, "I felt like if Coach Carroll can leave and he's making all the money, I can leave and go make a name for myself. And that's what I did."
The Broncos selected Jackson in the fifth round of the 2012 draft. He has started the last seven games and has seven sacks.
Justice left USC after his junior season and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2006 draft. The former Long Beach Poly standout played six seasons with the Eagles before he was traded to the Indianapolis Colts in March 2012. He signed as a free agent with the Broncos in September and has mostly played on special teams.
"It's almost surreal," Justice said of being in the Super Bowl. "It's a big deal when you're in it. You try not to make it that big of a deal so you won't be too nervous about it."
These guys won't be heard from Sunday, but former USC tight end Anthony McCoy is on injured reserve for the Seahawks and former Bruins safety Rahim Moore is on injured reserve for the Broncos. Moore, a second-round draft pick in 2011, had been a starting safety for Denver, but was diagnosed in November with lateral compartment syndrome in his left leg and had season-ending surgery.
But for those on the field, the big moment is coming fast.
"I think it's going to sink in," Jackson said, "when we're kicking off and you see all the lights flashing from cameras."
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Eddie McGuire again in hot seat over Family Feud threat
Grant Denyer out-rated his former arch-rival Eddie McGuire on Tuesday night to again win the battle of the game shows - prompting one media analyst to describe Denyer's revived Family Feud as "the best thing Channel Ten has done in three years".
The program - which was simulcast on channels Ten, One and Eleven at 6pm - drew a combined 719,000 viewers in the five major capitals, up on Monday's debut of 689,000. It even topped Seven's news in Sydney by almost 20,000 viewers. But McGuire narrowed the gap, with his Hot Seat program attracting 712,000 viewers.
Denyer and McGuire were direct rivals last year when Denyer hosted Seven's Million Dollar Minute. That show, now hosted by Simon Reeve, had an audience of 647,000 on Tuesday night.
McGuire, however, has already survived a Denyer-led coup. Last September the first two episodes of Denyer's Million Dollar Minute thumped Hot Seat into second place. On the third night, McGuire reclaimed his ratings crown.
To maximise Family Feud's launch audience, Ten decided at the last minute to simulcast the show on its digital channels, One and Eleven. Viewers tuning in for their regular dose of Cops and Beverly Hills 90210, therefore, found Family Feud instead. (These channels will revert to normal programming next week.)
"It's enforced sampling," says media analyst Steve Allen, managing director of Fusion Strategy. "But it can be dangerous. Will it leave One and Eleven denuded? Have they converted their own viewers to Family Feud when what they really wanted to do was convert [rival networks'] viewers?"
Because Ten has commissioned only a combined audience figure from the ratings provider, there is no way to measure how many Family Feud viewers watched each of the three individual channels.
"You have to congratulate them for their chutzpah," Allen says. "There are people inside other television networks right now going, 'We should think about doing this ourselves,' I can guarantee you."
But with Denyer having more than doubled Ten's 6pm audience compared to last week, Allen says the show has exceeded expectations.
"It's the best thing Channel Ten has done in three years. They've taken an old franchise - that didn't have a future, that had the wrong demographics [older viewers] - and they've reinvented it.
"You can say that Nine did that with Big Brother, and that's kind of true. They tried to do that with Australia's Got Talent - no, fail, gone.
"The caveat for Family Feud is that it's very early days. There's probably a lot of sampling going on among viewers, so if they hold on to 70 per cent of this audience they'll be doing a fabulous job.
"But if you look at the minute-by-minute ratings for day one, there was no drop-off. People are tuning in and what they're saying is, 'I like what I'm seeing. I don't find Grant Denyer to be a problem. I don't find the format a problem. I find this entertaining'."
The win is a victory partly for Ten's news and current affairs chief Peter Meakin, who previously worked at Seven and Nine. Meakin – who is believed to be taking an interest in programs outside his division – is the one who convinced Denyer to join the struggling network. (Reviving the show on Ten was the idea of programming chief Beverley McGarvey.)
Fairfax Media understands that Meakin also secured Sunday's world exclusive Ian Thorpe interview for Ten, which delivered strong ratings and valuable publicity. Sources at the network say that since he was forced to cut 150 staff from his Eyewitness News team, he's been offering his expertise to other areas.
Now, all eyes are on Family Feud. For every network, a strong early-evening game show is invaluable in helping deliver sizeable lead-in audiences to the following programs. For Ten, it plays an even bigger role. With many of its once-popular programs shedding viewers, it has become stuck in a vicious cycle and with fewer people to promote its new programs to, even its good shows struggle.
On Monday and Tuesday, Family Feud was Ten's third highest-rating program. In an instant, the network has found a new, mass audience. When regional ratings are added, its ratings hit almost 1 million. This could be a golden opportunity to leverage its way into a more competitive position.
Allen also praised Ten for bringing MasterChef back to its roots, which he says has boosted ratings.
"The problem was that MasterChef was dancing at shadows and trying to mimic My Kitchen Rules. MKR is a drama that happens to be around cooking. MasterChef is a cooking show. It's gone back to cooking - there hasn't been one skerrick of the engineered personality clashes from previous years - and they're to be congratulated for it."
With Ten's flagship drama Offspring still facing an uncertain future, Allen urged the network to retain it. But he criticised the series for what he sees as clumsy attempts to repeat the ratings and social media burst that followed the death of character Patrick.
"Episode one this year was a disaster; 55 minutes of angst and looking back at a dead person they'd already written out of the show. We understand they have research showing [Patrick's death] was a key feature but they need to move on. Everybody's ready for them to move on but they're still having flashbacks and it's showing in the ratings.
"I think they got swept up in the social media phenomenon last year and they're trying to repeat that. They don't understand that instant commentary is instant commentary. It doesn't predict what we want tomorrow."
But he says the strength of the cast and the show's popularity with younger viewers make it a valuable asset. "This show 100 per cent has a future and Ten would be loopy to pass on it," he says. "I'd say to any network, 'If Ten passes on it, buy it.'
"It's actually not all angst for Ten at the moment. To a large extent, Ten has more interesting things about it than the other networks and that's great for them."
The Ten network has been contacted for comment.
Michael Lallo is a senior entertainment writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald


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This page provides links to information used to evaluate the listed product's compliance against the requirements of the Industry Foundation Class (IFC) Facility Handover (FM) Model View Definition (MVD) (PDF) and with the Construction Operations Building Information Exchange draft specification requirements (DOC). This testing was conducted for the December 2009 COBie2 Challenge (link to future Dec 2009 page). In the Dec 2009 presentation, vendors created and exported files for a single small apartment building so that the results of the testing could be directly compared. This small project above was also used by those software vendors demonstrating the direct consumption of the FM Handover IFC files. The sample FM Handover MVD IFC file and COBie2 files are also provided for reference.
Producers and consumers of COBie2 data directly could also use the sample COBie2 Railyard Maintenance building project. The Railyard project contains the complete set of COBie2 data including information about installed equipment, warranties, replacement parts, operations and maintenance instructions, and associated documents. The Railyard project without the submittal document files referenced in the COBie2 Documents worksheet may be downloaded here.
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The UN General Assembly has recently approved a motion to grant a non-member observing state status to Palestine. Exactly 138 states have approved this motion, 9 rejected, 41 abstained. As predicted, Germany was one of these abstaining countries, again.
The expiring membership of the UN Security Council by the end of this year provides an ideal opportunity to evaluate German foreign policy after this two year period - also regarding next year's elections. If you summarize this period, the pure absence of foreign policy positioning cannot be ignored. In fact, there was no German foreign policy.
Hitherto, German foreign and security policy was marked either by a close transatlantic cooperation, or by a counter balance towards a stronger European position. In the past four years, German foreign policy was lost in crisis management, completely dominated by the Euro Crisis resulting in a priority shift towards monetary crisis remedies, leaving foreign policy fields on the side-line. Particularly, security policy was marked by self-limiting abstention in the UN Security Council during the 2011 Libyan War. The Syrian Civil War caused a direct follow-up to these developments; a reluctance to provide Patriot Missiles for Turkey for border protection is another dead-give-away for Germany's confusing foreign and security policy strategy.
Summing up recent developments in German foreign and security policy, it is a constant downsizing procedure: the suspension of compulsory military service, a dramatic cut of military personnel, plans to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and the overall reluctance to be directly involved in military operations. This causes a severe lack of global self-confidence and creates an anti-military strategy.
In the meantime, Germany increases arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel, causing a strategy shift towards indirect agenda and contribution setting though. Chancellor Angela Merkel defends this strategy as an "equal security policy tool". However, this ignores the fact that mere arms sales do not replace a direct security policy intervention with troop deployment and mandate implementations.
Every German government coalition has entitled the foreign policy department to the smaller coalition partner. In case of a conservative government, it was the liberal party to provide the foreign minister, which succeeded to place Germany as a respected and reliable international partner, specifically in terms of transatlantic relations and soft policy agenda setting.
The Red-Green coalition, unlike its conservative-liberal predecessors, has boosted Germany's international self-confidence by rejecting obvious security policy mishaps of the Bush-Administration in the 2003 Iraq crisis. Despite the critics that this policy has led into international isolation, the opposite was the fact. Germany's foreign policy under Schröder/Fischer has prevented Germany from catastrophic consequences of a foreign and security policy adventure as it happened in Iraq. This brief transatlantic "hick-up" provided the opportunity to mature in international affairs and diplomacy and to enhance international self-confidence.
The current CDU/CSU-FDP coalition does not continue its predecessors' heritage. Instead of burden sharing and cooperation between the two coalition partners, Merkel has completely taken charge of all foreign policy agenda setting and decision making, specifically the ones directly related to the Euro Crisis, declaring them as a matter of personal top priority. A dramatic result, the German foreign ministry has lost nearly all foreign policy making competencies, it has been degenerated to a mere administrative tool of the chancellery, foreign minister Guido Westerwelle became Merkel's executive clerk.
The gradual demotion of the foreign ministry and its changed priorities strategies caused a lack of clear and understandable international positioning. Germany's abstention in the Libyan war in 2011 and its very recent abstention regarding Palestine create an apprehension that Germany is not able - or not even willing - to take any foreign policy position at all.
If Germany wants to be treated as a respected international actor and if it wants to implement consistent foreign policy actions, it has to be brave and take clear positions. Bad foreign policy is not just marked by bad decisions or bad strategies, but above all by the pure absence of any foreign policy. As a result, Germany's overall foreign policy remains vague and blurred, losing reputation, reliability, respect and above all sustainable predictability.
Germany cannot afford this on-going abstention strategy, it has to take courageous steps and have the confidence to implement even unusual positions. In the case of Palestine, Germany is stuck between its traditionally close relationship to Israel and the unclear position towards the Palestine question per se. It is out of the question that any long-term unclear position will have disastrous effects.
Oliver Krumme holds a MA in Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and is a Freelance Language Instructor and Blogger.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sioux Falls is launching a free smartphone app that notifies users when an emergency happens in a public place.
Fire Rescue Division Chief Jeff Helm tells the Argus Leader that the PulsePoint app uses GPS to notify users within walking distance. The goal is to get a person on scene faster than emergency responders.
The app is designed for both Android and iPhone devices.
When a 911 call is dispatched, the message is sent simultaneously to EMS responders and PulsePoint, which will notify users within a half-mile of the scene. The app shows the user's location, the location of the emergency and the location of the nearest Public Access Defibrillator.
Helm says a nearby person could get CPR started more quickly if they're in a nearby store aisle.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Lees-McRae senior Katelin Rooney and sophomore Taylor Drake combined for nine goals while LMC cranked out 40 shots in a 16-7 nonconference win against Walsh on a blustery Thursday afternoon at Tate Field in Banner Elk, N.C.
The Bobcats (2-3) rebounded from a tough loss two days ago and jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 5:58. The Cavaliers (0-1) hung tough behind a two-goal performance from Brianna Moss, but was unable to rebound from the early hole.
Drake (Jupiter, Fla.) netted a hat trick in the first 14 minutes of play, including a goal a mere 15 seconds into the contest. She'd finish the game with four.
Rooney (Naples, Fla.) retrieved a pass from Callie Gregg (Roanoke, Va.) before besting the Cavalier goalie to put LMC up 2-0.
Walsh would trim the deficit to three with two goals in a 43 second span, 5-2.
Rooney notched the second of her game-high five goals with 9:14 remaining in the opening frame, 6-2.
The Cavaliers would out score LMC 3-1 to keep it interesting at the half, 7-5.
Walsh' Ivy Meloy tallied a goal 20 seconds into the second half to pull the visitors within one.
However, LMC responded with a four-goal outburst, two by Rooney, to push the lead to five, 11-6.
Five different Bobcats recorded a goal in the final 4:40 while LMC pulled away late.
Sophomore Mia Emmerson (Orlando, Fla.) put on a defensive performance with 10 saves while Julia Colburn (Mooresville, N.C.) frustrated the Cavalier offense with three forced turnovers while tallying a pair of goals.
LMC dominated in the groundball and shot category, 31-11 and 40-19, respectively.
Senior Nicole Dupont (Fort Meyers, Fla.) contributed three goals and three groundballs.
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Longtime Landscape Guru Leaves Lasting Visual Legacy
SOCORRO, N.M. July 29, 2012 – Karyn DeBont did, indeed, bloom where she was planted.
When she first arrived in Socorro in 1983, she admits that her initial reaction to the central New Mexico landscape was less than enthusiastic: "It was hot, dry and brown."
Karyn DeBont is retiring as associate director of Facilities Management. Her retirement and farewell party is Friday, July 29.
The fruits of her labors are evidenced by the flower beds across campus, particularly those on the street corners that border the campus, and the more than 1500 trees she selected and planted with her crew over the past quarter-century-plus.
And this Friday, starting at 2 p.m. at Macey Center, New Mexico Tech will recognize DeBont for her 29 years of service with a retirement party in her honor. Friday also marks her last day as a Tech employee.
In the Beginning
When DeBont first moved to New Mexico in 1982, she commuted to Albuquerque to take courses in landscaping and to familiarize herself with native plants.
"Plant identification classes at the University of Iowa don't prepare one for plant identification in New Mexico," said DeBont with a smile.
At that time, the old Tin Can was still standing, Campus Drive was a thoroughfare, and the Physical Plant was tucked behind Weir Hall.
DeBont spent her first year at Tech as the secretary for a now-defunct Technological Innovations Center before joining the Physical Plant crew under then-Director Jim Shaffner.
The timing was perfect. Shaffner was building a greenhouse. Every year since, DeBont has overseen the seeding of thousands of annual and perennial flowers in that greenhouse, as well as planting 400-500 poinsettias at Christmas.
"When you grow from seed, you can get many more kinds of flowering annuals, making for a lot of color intensity and diversity," said DeBont, adding that she considers a number of variables in designing flower beds, such as color, texture, and plant shape.
She is, indeed, an Iowa native, having been born in Keswick, a town so small that her high school senior class joined seniors from four other small towns for a graduating class of 49 students in 1969.
Her Midwestern work ethic was established early. After her high school graduation, DeBont worked full-time as a secretary in Iowa City, while taking college classes when she could.
In financing her own college education, DeBont said she made sure she got her money's worth.
"I was the one in the front row asking all the questions," she said.
As a result, it took her about a dozen years to earn her diploma – but the experience proved invaluable.
Her husband, Dr. Dave Johnson, geoscience professor emeritus and the former dean of graduate studies, was already living in Socorro when DeBont moved here. Johnson retired two years ago.
Where DeBont carved out a career in landscaping, Johnson discovered his life's work in the layers and layers of rock that reflect New Mexico's geologic history.
Beautification Efforts
DeBont used her talents not only to benefit the University, but also for the Socorro community itself, through outreach efforts as a charter member of the city's Beautification Committee. DeBont was involved with efforts to landscape the medians on California Street, and reinvigorate the city Plaza.
A certified arborist, DeBont is a longtime member of the New Mexico Urban Forest Council and serves on the Tree Planting Advisory Committee which oversees the State Forestry Re-Leaf grant program.
A number of local entities have benefitted from the Re-Leaf program, including Socorro Public Schools, Socorro Mental Health, Tresco, Clarke Field, the fairgrounds, and the Tech campus.
She credits her hard-working crew for their efforts in maintaining the campus, especially after the freeze in early 2011.
"It was a big setback," she said. "We're still removing dead plant material from the freeze."
In some ways, the freeze was probably a good thing in learning that some plants won't survive sub-freezing temperatures, and in terms of how to make the necessary adjustments in landscapes.
"This is a hard place to grow plants – you're asking a lot of plants to grow in this climate, which is why native plants are so great," said DeBont.
She cautions gardeners to do their homework when buying plants. "A lot of stuff that's sold won't make it through the winter here," she said. "In other words, a perennial in southern California is not necessarily a perennial in Socorro, New Mexico."
Art of a Different Nature
For DeBont, retirement means time to travel, and more time to devote to a more recent avocation – painting.
She took her first class from Midge Grace in 2000 on painting from photographs, which DeBont found very therapeutic.
In time, she took classes from other artists and found herself joining other like-minded painters in exploring the great outdoors via canvas.
"It's interesting to paint outdoors," said DeBont. "It's a different experience chasing the light."
Her work can be seen at the Curious Crow gallery next door to the Old Town Bistro; two of her works were chosen for the Masterworks show in Albuquerque last spring, and she recently won an award at a show in Ruidoso.
She is a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, a group that painted in Socorro for a week last fall. Many of its members, DeBont said, were surprised to discover that the area had so many picturesque locales.
"When you just drive through on the freeway, you don't see the bosque cottonwoods in October, or San Lorenzo and Box canyons. One day, we painted churches, and at the church in San Acacia, a goat tried to steal our paints," she said. "It was a great experience, one you won't find in Santa Fe."
Retirement and Reflection
DeBont also can paint while traveling with Johnson.
"Our vacations were always dictated by school breaks," she said. "Now, we'll get to travel when the rest of the United States is not taking their vacation!" Europe is one destination; another is to spend time with daughter, Audrey.
"What gets you involved in the community is when you have a child," DeBont said of her daughter, born in 1988.
Last year, DeBont attended a Socorro City Council meeting to express her thanks for the Summer Youth Employment Program and the youngsters who were assigned to the grounds.
While she waited to speak, dozens and dozens of Socorro youth were recognized for their participation in swimming and track programs supported by the city.
"By the time I spoke, my voice was cracking, because I was so proud of my town for supporting kids like it does," she said.
DeBont also has worked with many college students through Tech's work-study and community service programs. She always tries to get across to the students what a great experience it is to work with the people in Facilities Management.
"These people are golden," she said. "They work hard and they get it done."
The greenhouse and landscape projects also afford these students a break from the rigors of the classroom. DeBont recalls one work-study student who arrived for work dressed in white, pressed Levis. He never returned.
"This is just not a white, pressed Levis kind of job," she said.
She calls herself fortunate in working for two Tech presidents committed to maintaining a beautiful campus – former president Lattman and current president, Dr. Daniel H. López; and her two bosses – Shaffner and Yvonne Manzano-Brown, current Director of Facilities Management.
"I'm going to miss a lot of people at Tech, especially my crew," she said. "People give me a lot of credit for the grounds, but they're the ones doing the work."
"The campus has so many buildings and landscapes, so there's a lot involved," DeBont said.
She also credits Mayor Ravi Bhasker for his commitment to city beautification. "I hit Socorro at a time when people were receptive to the kinds of things I wanted to do," she said.
One final thought: "I'm not good at the science side of it, but it's true that plants and trees improve the quality of life for people," DeBont said.
She can point to her own life as proof.
By Valerie Kimble/New Mexico Tech


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10 Worst Time Wasters at Work
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Thanks to widespread downsizing, workloads are piling up. Unfortunately, extra hours in the day are not.
Maximizing your time at work can mean the difference between leaving at a reasonable hour (i.e. holding onto your sanity) and staying late unnecessarily. You've got a life outside work. Don't you want to live it?
There are countless ways you waste time on the job.
Sometimes, it's unavoidable. Other times, it can be overcome with a minor shift in your approach. Either way, the first step to addressing time wasters is to identify them.
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On August 23, 1869, the regents of the University of Minnesota selected William Watts Folwell to be the school's president. He was the first of 16 presidents who have served the University of Minnesota. Each has left his mark on the institution's history and its traditions. Collectively, they have built the institution into an internationally known research university that is one of the state's most important assets.
Today, the president is supported in his responsibilities by an executive team including the provost and vice presidents, the chancellors of the statewide campuses, and the president of the University of Minnesota Foundation. The chief of staff provides direct, daily support to the president and oversees much of the day-to-day activity of the office.


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Saudi Arabia and Russia stress the importance of activating cooperation in various fields
By|Hue Gey
After the visit of His Majesty King Salman bin Abdul Aziz to Russia, it is considered the first, largest and most successful at all, where many agreements were signed in all fields. The meetings of the Saudi-Russian Joint Governmental Committee were held on Thursday with the participation of a number of Saudi and Russian companies representing many sectors Economic priority on the agenda of economic cooperation between the two countries
Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation affirmed on Monday their keenness to activate areas of cooperation in various sectors and their joint desire to activate the agreements, memoranda and programs signed during the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Russian Federation last month.
It is well known that the cooperation and investment prospects between Saudi Arabia and Russia reached a total of 25 billion dollars in a number of fields. A memorandum of understanding was signed to establish a joint fund worth $ 1 billion to implement projects in the energy sector.
The two sides also discussed cooperation in the joint technical team and the recently signed road map in Moscow, as well as studying the expansion of cooperation between the Public Investment Fund and the Russian Fund for direct investment in a number of investment fields in both countries. For educational institutions.
In the field of agriculture and food security, the two sides stressed cooperation in the export of animal products to the Kingdom and welcomed the participation of Russian companies specialized in grain trade in the Kingdom's tenders for the supply of barley and wheat to the Saudi market as well as cooperation in the fields of health, technical and vocational training.
At the conclusion of the fifth session of the joint Saudi-Russian committee in Riyadh, the two sides stressed the two countries' resolve to promote industrial cooperation through joint efforts and initiatives in various fields, including the aluminum industry.
On the other hand, the Saudi-Russian Business Council held a meeting in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Majid al-Kasabi, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, and the Governor of the General Authority for Investment Eng. Ibrahim Al-Omar, during which he discussed economic cooperation relations and mechanisms for their development.
Source |agency WAM
Saudi Arabia kingdom stresses the need to alleviate the suffering of the Rohingya Muslim minority
United Nations
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stressed the need to alleviate the suffering of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
It called on the international community and member states of the United Nations to stand against violations against them and to urge the government of Myanmar to respect its international obligations and commitments.
This came in the kingdom's statement today at the United Nations commenting on the report of the crimes committed against the Rohingya. The statement was delivered by the Organization Affairs Officer of the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom to the United Nations Faisal Al-Haqbani.
The Saudi official said that the kingdom had been one of the first countries to support the cause of the Muslims of Myanmar in international forums and organizations.
He added that "Since 1948, my country has started to host them, and now they are more than 300,000 living in the kingdom ...
The Kingdom is also one of the first countries to intervene in the Muslim Rohingya minority crisis through King Salman Humanitarian Relief and Humanitarian Center and has sent more than 100 tons of aid to Rohingya in Bangladesh ... The Kingdom has also provided approximately 66 million dollars in support for Rohingya refugees over the last 10 years and has committed $ 20 million."
KSA Supports the IMO for promoting Fight against Maritime Piracy
Public Transport Authority (PTA) has confirmed that the Kingdom is at the forefront of the international scene in support of maritime safety and the security of the maritime transport environment through its great attention to countering the phenomenon of maritime piracy as its presence comes in line with its responsibility towards its coastline extending to 2,400 km on the Red Sea in the Kingdom's west and extends 1000 km to its east on the coast of the Arabian Gulf.
The Authority explained in a statement that this global distinguished presence of the Kingdom is based on its membership in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its membership in the International Anti-Piracy Group and its task forces.
It said that the world is also witnessing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's continuous efforts to promote regional and international action to combat piracy in the region's countries to achieve its interests and the interests of the neighboring countries, as well as supporting brotherly and friendly countries in confronting the difficulties associated with combating piracy and its grave crimes.
Saudi Arabia's NAS will launch its first flights to Iraq in the coming weeks after years of suspension
By Abeer AlMadawy
After years of Saudi suspension of flight over Iraq, NASS are returning strongly at a historic moment that signals the development of relations between the two countries
Saudi Arabia's NASS Aviation said in a statement on Wednesday it would launch new flights to Iraq in the coming weeks.
"This is a historic moment for us as the first Saudi airline to land on the brotherly land of Iraq after this long interruption," said Bandar Al-Muhanna, chief executive officer of Nas Air, adding: "We look forward to strengthening brotherly relations between the two countries."
Flights from major airports in Saudi Arabia to a number of Iraqi cities will begin after about a quarter of a century of Saudi commercial flights to Iraqi airports.
Bandar Al Muhanna said sales tickets would be available on the company's website and smart phone applications within a few days.
"These flights are expected to attract many individuals and businesses, thanks to the appropriate prices and dates for flights, and the network of flights linking major airports to Saudi Arabia's various domestic destinations.
Kingdom Holding has earlier announced that its 34.08% Nass Airline has completed an agreement with Airbus to purchase aircraft worth SAR 32.25 billion.
Founded in 1999, NAS is the largest shareholder in the group, followed by Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). The Group operates in the field of air services. Four subsidiaries operate under its umbrella: Nass Jets, NAS Tech, "Nas Air", and "Nass Aviation Inc
Saudi Interior Ministry: An attack on the royal palace in Jeddah, killing two security men and the death of its executor
By | Abeer AlMadawy
The Saudi interior ministry recently published a statement that a royal palace had been attacked by a terrorist who killed two security men and was killed by policemen.
Where the statement pointed out that at the dawn of Saturday, 17/1/1439 an attack by a gunman, saudi nationality ,28 years when he opened fire on the guards of the palace "Alsalam" of Peace in Jeddah,the terrorist killed 2 policemen from the guards and wounded other 3...then police treated with attacker and killed him in the same place.
The statement by the saudi interior ministry said:
a terrorist attack was exposed to a guard post outside the Royal Guard in front of the western gate of the Palace of Peace in Jeddah, to start shooting from one person who got out of a car driven by a type of Honda bearing plate No. 6081), and was immediately treated by the Royal Guard as required by the situation, resulting in his death in the same place immediately.
The terrorist shot 2 policemen and resulted in this cowardly act the martyrdom of both of them, ans they are
the first soldier Agent Sergeant / Hammad bin Shalah al-Mutairi, and the second Agent Sergeant Abdullah bin Faisal al-Subaie (may God have mercy on them) and accept them as martyrs, and the wounding of: (Corporal / Walid bin A Ali Shami, the first soldier / Ahmed Saleh Al-Qarni, and the first soldier / Abdullah Hindi Al-Subaie), where they are currently receiving the necessary treatment .
According to the Interior Ministry's security spokesman, it was clear from the proceedings of the identity of that person that he is Saudi nationality , his name is "Mansur bin Hassan bin Ali al-Fahid al-Amiri", a 28-year-old , was seized with three Kalashnikov submachine guns Maltov. And the security authorities are still conducting their investigations and will announce what is emerging later.
The US Department of Defense is concerned about the purchase of Saudi Arabia's S-400 missile defense
By/Tony Wild
During the historic visit of the Saudi King, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques announced the completion of the purchase of weapons from Russia for the defense system S-400 missiles
Washongton expressed its worries about its allies who buy the Russian weapons so the Spokeswoman Michael Baldenza said
"We are concerned about the purchase of some of our allies for the S-400 system, because we have repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining operational conformity (of allied regimes),".
US Defense Department spokeswoman Michael Baldenza at a press conference Thursday evening. Said that Washington is worrying about allies who bought other weapons systems rather than the United States system .
It is known that Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region have implemented major military deals with Russia.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Qatar have signed deals to buy Russian advanced weapons recently the matter that led to an exaggerated American worry ,because These countries are considered its allies.


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Regents Minutes - December 2013
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Board of Regents
1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Country Club Albuquerque
The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents convened at 1:39 p.m., with Board of Regents Chairman Richard N. Carpenter presiding. Other Board members present were Regent Jerry Armijo, Regent Debra Hicks, Regent Deborah Peacock, and Student Regent Israel Rodriguez-Rios. University administrators, staff, and guests who were also present included:
Daniel H. López
Peter Gerity
Lonnie Marquez
Van Romero
Melissa Jaramillo-Fleming
Lala Garcia
Mary Dezember
Robert Lee
Greer Price
John Meason
Miguel Hidalgo
Mark Adams
Warren Ostergren
Richard Cervantes
Alex Thyssen
Thom Guengerich
Valerie Kimble
$11. Proof of Meeting Notice. The meeting was called to order at 1:39 p.m. by Chairman Carpenter after the President affirmed that proper legal notice had been given.
$12. Approval of the Agenda. Chairman Carpenter said there was no need for an Executive Session. Regent Hicks then moved to adopt the Agenda as presented. Regent Rodriguez-Rios seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
$13. Minutes. The Chairman reported no corrections for the Minutes from the Oct. 31, 2013 meeting. Regent Peacock then moved to approve the Minutes, followed by a second from Regent Rodriguez-Rios. The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Garcia noted that all Board Minutes for calendar years 2012 and 2013 are now posted online.
$14. Announcements.
$1a. Enrollment. The good and bad news are that paid admissions are up, and number of applicants down, reported Jaramillo-Fleming. The University has beds for 99 percent of incoming students for Fall 2014 when President's Hall will be back online. The President also reported on three proposals for the Lottery Scholarship: 1) Amount funded will not be credited at the front end. 2) Students would pay 10 percent of what they owe in tuition, and scheduled payments. 3) Credit funds that do become available at the percentage established by the Legislature. President López added that $700,000 would be needed to restore full funding for Lottery Scholarships at Tech if the steps aren't taken during the Legislative Session to fully fund the program.
$1b. Funding Formula. The President explained to the Board that since its peak funding period in 2008, New Mexico Tech has taken a $2.9 million budget cut, some of which has been restored in the last two years. However, from the peak funding in 2008, New Mexico Tech's budget is $300,000 less than in 2008. At the same time enrollment has increased by 220 students.
Current funding levels for Tech makes it impossible, the President explained, to address a series of pressing needs, including adding faculty in growth areas such as Mechanical Engineering and other growth programs.
Tech's funding needs have been discussed with Secretary Garcia and he understands the difficult situation for our institution. During the upcoming session, the President concluded, an effort will be made to improve Tech's funding levels through the new formula.
$1c. Meeting with Alumni Representatives. Jaramillo-Fleming reported that Advancement Director Colleen Guengerich and alumni John Dowdle and Paul Shoemaker had a frank discussion about a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and while no decision was made, a "more friendly communication" did take place. Chairman Carpenter noted he had received a favorable report regarding the meeting.
$1d. Status of construction of the Bureau of Geology. Mr.
$1e. Status of preparation for Higher Learning Commission. Dr. Dezember reported that a "very, very rough draft" is being planned for Dec. 9, with data that addresses issues currently under discussion in defining "who we are." For example, she said 75 percent of New Mexico Tech students are engineering majors, with Mechanical Engineering (ME) accounting for 25 percent of that number. Her preliminary data shows that of the 50 total 2013 MENG grads, 39 were first-time freshman who averaged 144 credit hours in graduating in 5.05 years. During discussion, Regent Rodriguez-Rios noted that some students have to wait to take a key course, because not enough courses are taught each semester due to a lack of faculty. Dr.
$1f. Report on Fundraising. Ms. Jaramillo-Fleming reported that the annual Giving Campaign had launched with $16,000 so far; last year's campaign had raised $80,000 between November 2012 and February 2013. "We're still trying to tweak our gift financial report, so it's easy to read," she said, adding that two large donations had been received from the Hilton Foundation and the Starr Foundation. The V.P. recognized the work of Ms. Guengerich and her staff in following through on recommendations from their consultant.
$1g. Report on Strategic Plan. Ms. Jaramillo-Fleming reported campus-wide forums in October and November explaining the Strategic Plan process. The Steering Committee has met twice. Dr. López addressed the committee at one meeting, and Dr. Dezember will speak on HLC expectations at the Dec. 13 meeting.
$1h. Faculty Senate Report, Dr. Richard Sonnenfeld. The President explained that Dr. Sonnenfeld was unable to attend the Regents' meeting due to the Faculty Senate meeting on the same day in Socorro.
$1i. Other. Even with a mix of people working on it, no final decision has been made regarding the Lottery Scholarship Program, but a teleconference is scheduled for the following week, "and we'll push for some kind of resolution," the President noted.
$15. Public Comment. None.
$16. Degree Conferrals for November 2013. V.P. Gerity reported that a Master of Science and a Ph.D. were conferred in November. "You should be proud of your contribution in pushing this through," said Chairman Carpenter to Dr. Gerity, referring to the policy granting the President authority to confer degrees year-round.
$17. Financial Analysis for October 2013. Mr. Marquez reported that revenues for the first-third of the fiscal year were $15.9 million, compared with $15.2 million last year, with expenditures similarly tracking at $11.5 million and $10.9 respectively. The
$18. Quarterly Financial Ending September 2013. Mr. Marquez recommended approval for the quarterly report ending Sept. 30, noting its three components: statement of net assets, budget comparing original to actual, and budget comparing quarter with last year's. Regent Peacock moved for approval, followed by a second from Regent Hicks. The motion passed unanimously.
$19. Emeritus Status Request. The President concurred with a recommendation from Dr. Ostergren to award emeritus status to retiring Academic Affairs V.P. Gerity, for his help during the Mechanical Engineering Department's growth period, ABET accreditation, guest lectures and work with design clinic teams. Regent Rodriguez-so moved, followed by a second from Regent Peacock. The motion passed unanimously. "Most people don't realize the battles (Dr. Gerity) has been through the past four years," Dr. López said. "He made difficult decisions with grace and courage, taking a business approach in dealing with these problems." Chairman Carpenter then presented Dr. Gerity with a plaque and led Regents in honoring him with a standing ovation. In related business, President López said he would announce his choice for Dr. Gerity's interim replacement before the holiday break, and hoped to have a permanent successor on board by June 30, 2014. During discussion, the President confirmed that his vice presidents serve at-will, and that he would prefer to retain such standing unless it becomes a negotiating point.
$110. Restricted Fund Purchase Negotiations. Regents were told the data was in their packets, and was given to them for informational purposes only.
$111. Investment Policy. Mr. Marquez reported that the New Mexico Tech Investment Policy had been updated to include the Prudent Investor Act (NMSA 1978 § 45-7-601). Chairman Carpenter noted "outdated language" in the policy, and the President suggested having legal counsel review it. Regent Armijo moved to accept the Investment Policy subject to language revisions and contingent upon counsel approval. Regent Peacock seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.
$112. Local Government Investment Pool – Certification of Authorized Persons Update Form. Mr. Marquez reported that the N.M. State Treasurer's Office has requested an updated signature certification and updated information for three New Mexico Tech accounts, and requested that Regents approve the authorized signatures and updated account data. Regent Armijo moved for approval, followed by a second from Regent Rodriguez-Rios. The motion passed unanimously.
$113. Selection of Architect –
$114. Individual Board Member Comments. Regent Rodriguez-Rios suggested that the University impose a tuition increase to hire additional faculty and boost faculty salaries. President López said it was a legitimate discussion to have. Regent Hicks reported on an informal discussion with Foundation members earlier in the day on commercializing intellectual property through the
$115. New Business. None
$116. Employee Benefit Trust. Regents recessed the meeting at 3:18 p.m. to convene as the Benefit Trust. Mr. Marquez reported that the Trust is slowly building up cash and the deficit is shrinking. He also cited from a 10-month report from Meritain on expenses, claims and administrative fees, adding that plan changes led to cost-shaving and a richer plan over the years. Regents adjourned the Trust meeting at 3:20 p.m., and reconvened the regular meeting.
$117. Possible Executive Sesssion, NMSA 1978, Sec 10-15-1 (H)(2) (If Required to Consider Legal and/or Personnel Matters): N/A
$118. Reconvene in Open Session and Take Final Action, if any, on Such Limited Personnel Matters Which Shall be Acted Upon in Open Session Following Conclusion of the Closed Session: N/A
$119. Adjournment. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 3:21 p.m.
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Are you ready to get freaked out?! Madame Tussauds has finally revealed their One Direction wax figures and the likeness is uncanny! We seriously cannot tell the difference between wax figure and their living and breathing counterparts!
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The boys were on hand at the Madame Tussauds branch in London for the big reveal of their figures. The wax 1D will stay in London through July 11, then move their tour to New York from July 19th to Oct. 11. Finally, the figures will finish their very own world tour in Sydney from Oct. 24 to Jan. 28. Unfortunately, the figures won't hitting nearly as many cities as the guys will on their 110-city Take Me Home Tour.
So when asked what wax figures the guys would like to see made next? They all had very different answers. Harry wants to see Mother Theresa made into wax, while Niall elected for Adele to be the museum's next project. Liam is a big proponent for Ed Sheeran and Zayn thinks a John Mayer figure might be controversial, but a worthwhile endeavor. Lastly, Liam thinks Jay-Z should be crafted next. Seriously, HOV doesn't have one already? That's insane!
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I originally made these muffins as a healthy alternative to the sugar-filled, buttercream-topped Pioneer Woman vanilla cupcakes I made for Miss G's 2nd birthday party, and they've quickly became a favourite. Gracen loves them, Brad gobbles them up, and I often pack an extra in the diaper bag to eat while on the go. So this morning, on the first football Sunday of the year, Miss G and I whipped up a fresh batch.
Here's our line up of ingredients… Ripe bananas (we used two fresh and two icky frozen ones), grapeseed oil {update: we now use coconut oil}, an organic egg, pure vanilla, wholewheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt (which can easily leave out – we left it out when we made these previously, so we decided to try it with this time… no noticeable difference). Oh – and walnuts if you wish. Gracen always wishes for nuts. And I agree – they definitely make these muffins yummier.
First off, add your bananas and the other wet ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
Mix until mostly smooth and only slightly chunky.
Next, place all of the dry ingredients, except the nuts, in a separate bowl.
And give them a good stir.
Once mixed, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
Mix just until blended.
If you're adding nuts to your muffins, crush them up a little bit…
Add them to your muffin batter…
And give the mixture a stir.
Lastly, grease a muffin tin with some oil, scoop the mixute into the cups, and top with a walnut if desired.
Bake until cooked through and golden brown.
The BEST {No Sugar Added} Banana Muffins (adapted from Bob Ewing's recipe)
- 4 large ripe bananas
- 1 organic egg
- 1/3 cup of liquid coconut oil {or your favourite oil}
- 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups of wholewheat flour
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt (completely optional – I'd choose to leave it out in the future)
- 1/2 cup of walnuts, crushed (plus more for topping)
Preheat oven to 350° . Prepare a 12 cup muffin pan by brushing it with oil or using silicon baking cups.
Mix the bananas and other wet ingredients until the mixture is mostly smooth and only slightly chunky. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients (save the walnuts) well. Gently mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Fold in walnuts if adding them. Fill greased muffin tin with the mixture and top each muffin with a whole walnut. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool.


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Nowadays, if we expect to store user password securely, we need at least do the following thing:
$pwd=hash(hash($password) + salt)
then store
$pwd in your system instead of the real password. I have seen some cases where
$pwd contains the
salt itself.
So, the question is, how to store the salt, should it be stored separately or is it OK if an attacker gets the hashed value and the salt the same time, and why?


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Congratulations to Jodie Johnson, an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in Religious Studies and Human Studies, who recently completed her Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio. Jodie earned 33 credits based on knowledge she gained through both her professional and personal experiences! She wrote nine PLA essays on the following topics:
- Interpersonal Communication
- Business Ethics
- Real Estate Practices
- Solving Communication Problems with Technology
- Listening
- Customer Relations
- Sales
- Persuasion, Argumentation, Debate
- Computer Concepts
In Jodie's Final Reflection Statement she wrote:
After writing seven essays and against the recommendation of my instructors, I decided to take a term off from PLA. I was so excited to delve into my core classes and obtain new learning. Ultimately it did not do me any favors when I went to finish up the last two essays…My eighth essay was an incredible struggle…I had to relearn the structure of Prior Learning…I should have kept on the motivated wave of writing and finished. It is the greatest lesson I can pass along to all those interested in moving ahead in their college career with PLA.
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2011-12 was a great season for the New York Rangers, possibly their best season since winning the Stanley Cup in 1994. They went to the third round of the playoffs for the first time since 1997, recorded more points than they have in a year since 1994, and put up a plus-39 goal differential, their best since the lockout. They showed themselves a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
Will they rise or fall from their current position?
The Rick Nash Trade
With all due respect to Artem Anisimov and Brandon Dubinsky, it's very clear that the addition of Rick Nash should make the New York Rangers better in the here-and-now. New York swapped those two forwards, plus prospect Tim Erixon and a first-round draft pick in a deal that saw them add another dynamic offensive weapon to the team.
Nash is used to playing against the best possible opponents, often with a less than stellar supporting cast in the tougher Western Conference, and has come out ahead. Now he'll join a deeper team with more varied offensive weapons. He's averaged 32 goals/season over his nine year career. Allowing for games missed and ignoring his rookie season, that number jumps to 37 goals per 82 games. He'll certainly help take some of the focus of Marian Gaborik.
Anisimov and Dubinsky – particularly the latter – both fared well in supporting roles. Neither, however, compares favourably to Nash.
Nash joins a group that already features some significant stars as well as up-and-comers. Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik are the headliners. Gaborik scored 41 goals last season and has not failed to hit at least 40 in every season where he's played more than 70 games since the lockout. Richards contributed 41 assists, and has not failed to hit the 40-helper mark in any 70+ game season since the lockout, either. They're joined by Ryan Callahan; the Rangers captain plays in all situations, including against the toughest opposition, and not only holds his own but also manages to chip in 20+ goals.
The young players are a bit of a work in progress. At this point in his career, Derek Stepan is more of a soft-minutes scorer than anything else (though he does kill penalties). Both he and rookie winger Carl Hagelin (64 games, 38 points, plus-21) had a disappointing post-season, combining for a single goal, but are big parts of the future. Chris Kreider made his NHL debut in the post-season; the 6'3" 21-year old was the Ranger's first round pick in 2009 and contributed five goals to the cause.
The third and fourth lines are traditional checking/energy lines, but the group of forwards employed is pretty good. Brian Boyle excelled in a difficult role last season – he started just 28.8 percent of his non-neutral zone faceoffs in the offensive end – and is probably the best of the lot, but with veterans like Taylor Pyatt, Mike Rupp, Aaron Asham and Jeff Halpern all in the mix both lines should fare well.
The Rangers' top-four is an excellent group, and the scary thing is that there's absolutely no reason to believe that will change any time soon.
Dan Girardi led the team in playoff ice-time, and he's the oldest of the quartet at 28. Ryan McDonagh, Marc Staal and Michael Del Zotto are all between the ages of 22 and 25, and are already acquitting themselves well in tough-minutes work. Staal struggled with injury last season, missing 36 games and not playing to his full capability when in the lineup; the Rangers will greatly benefit from his return to full-time duty. Del Zotto, meanwhile, has ironed out some of the kinks, improving from a defensive liability with offence to spare to a useful two-way guy who can put up points, too.
The pairing of Girardi and McDonagh was the most vital, though. They took on the toughest competition, spent a surprising amount of time in their own zone (with each player starting more than 55 percent of his non-neutral zone shifts in his own end) and still managed to be on the ice for more shots for than against. They continued to prove their value in the post-season.
Stralman's a useful number five, and the team has other options – including Matt Gilroy, who is expected to join the team when the lockout ends. They'd be better still if they got good news on Michael Sauer were to return from concussion; unfortunately there's no indication that will happen any time soon.
In Henrik Lundqvist, the New York Rangers can boast a truly elite goaltender. His sustained excellence was rewarded last season, when Lundqvist won the Vezina trophy as the league's top goaltender on the back of a career-best 0.930 save percentage. Since the NHL lockout, Lundqvist has on average managed to post a 0.920 save percentage, fifth among NHL goaltenders with at least 100 games played in that span. He's also a workhorse, second only to Miikka Kiprusoff in terms of games played since 2005-06.
The likelihood is that Lundqvist overachieved in 2011-12, mostly on the penalty kill. In 2010-11, Lundqvist's even-strength save percentage was 0.930 and his penalty killing percentage was 0.873; in 2011-12 those numbers moved to 0.933 and 0.905, respectively. The odds are good that Lundqvist will fall back to the 0.920 save percentage range, but even so he should provide outstanding work between the pipes.
Martin Biron wasn't great last season, but even so is a good bet to be one of the league's best backups once again.
Even if Henrik Lundqvist takes a small step back, the Rangers should be in the thick of the championship hunt once again. The addition of Nash adds needed dynamism to a team that finished 11th in regular season scoring but had difficulty getting goals in the post-season. Add that to an exceptional top pairing, good depth both up front and on the back end, and one of the best goalies in the game and this team should hang with the best of them.


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Federal Requirement 4.9
Federal Requirement 4.9The institution has policies and procedures for determining the credit hours awarded for courses and programs that conform to commonly accepted practices in higher education and to Commission policy.
_X_ Compliance ___ Non-Compliance
NarrativeMcNeese State University is in compliance with Federal Requirement 4.9
McNeese State University defines a credit hour as follows:
In accordance with Federal Government guidelines, McNeese State University defines a credit hour as (1) the amount of student time investment that reasonably approximates one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours out of class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or (2) at least an equivalent amount of work as outlined in (1) for other academic activities as established by McNeese including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours. In accordance with commonly accepted practices in higher education, McNeese operates on a 50-minute hour for this definition.
McNeese's use of 50 clock minutes as equivalent to one hour is in accordance with commonly accepted practice in higher education.
A unit of measure representing the equivalent of an hour (50 minutes) of instruction per week over the entire term. It is applied toward the total number of credit hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
Fifty clock minutes per week per credit hour for approximately 15 weeks provides approximately 750 minutes instruction time per credit hour, which adheres to the University of Louisiana System policy on minimum length for academic courses:
For each semester hour of credit, a traditional lecture or laboratory course shall strive to meet a minimum of 750 minutes. Final exam periods may be counted as class time when computing required hours.
Furthermore, McNeese's calculation of course length adheres to Louisiana Board of Regents' policy on Seat Time for Academic Credit. As noted in BOR policy, the workload associated with the traditional three-credit hour lecture class is used as the basis for determining equivalent workload and credit hour assignations to online courses.
All classes must be of reasonable length and include both content and contact sufficient to maintain high academic quality and standards commensurate with credit hours awarded for a "traditional" three-semester hour lecture class. (BOR Seat Time Policy)
At McNeese, common practice is that courses designed for online learning have first been developed for face to face delivery. Thus, format is changed to fit online modalities, but content workload remains the same.
The majority of course offerings at McNeese are three-credit courses and therefore the academic calendar is developed primarily around three-credit course class meetings. Each spring, the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management proposes the academic year schedule of class meetings for three-credit courses which meet one, two, or three times a week to the Academic Advisory Council for approval. The schedule of class meetings provides the number of class meetings for each month of the semester as well as the total number of meetings for the semester. For the 2012-2013 Academic Calendar and Schedule, each semester hour of credit ranged from 740 minutes to 790 minutes. McNeese has increased class time effective with academic year 2013 - 2014 academic year and adjusted the number of weeks to coincide with other Louisiana institutions. For Summer 13, class times range from 737 minutes to 800, and in fall and spring from 733 to 760 per credit hour.
Students are informed of the responsibility the University expects of a minimum of two hours of out of class work per credit hour pursued through the following statement listed under the Student Responsibilities section of the Academic Regulations section of the Catalog:
Investing a minimum of two hours additional work to accompany each hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction per week for each credit hour pursued. Additional work may include but is not limited to, reading, studying, conducting research, writing, and other learning activities.
Supporting EvidenceMcNeese Credit Hour Policy
National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Definition of Credit Hour
SACSCOC Policy Statement
Louisiana Board of Regents Seat Time for Academic Credit
University of Louisiana System Bylaws and Rules, Part Two, Chapter 1--Academics, Section VII.A. Minimum Length for Academic Courses
2012-2013 Academic Calendar and Schedule
2013-2014 Academic Calendar and Schedule


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Tech Alum Engler Returns as Professor, Nov. 29, 1999
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M. Nov. 29, 1999 -- New Mexico Tech alumnus Thomas W. Engler recently returned to his alma mater to become the newest faculty member in the university's petroleum and chemical engineering department.
Engler entered New Mexico Tech as an undergraduate student in the late 1970s; earned two bachelor of science degrees--one in geology and another in petroleum engineering--in the early 1980s; returned to Tech and earned a master of science degree in petroleum engineering in the early 1990s; and, now has once again returned to Tech--this time to accept a tenure-track, full-time position as an assistant professor of petroleum engineering.
Before assuming his new faculty position, Engler, who earned his doctorate degree in petroleum engineering at the University of Oklahoma, worked the past four years at the University of Tulsa--first, as a senior instructor, and, later, as an assistant professor of petroleum engineering.
"New Mexico Tech has always been an outstanding school," Engler says, "and its credentials alone prove that. . . . In my career, I've traveled all over, and I've found that people in any given area usually have already heard of New Mexico Tech before I get a chance to tell them about it."
This fall semester at Tech, Engler is teaching an undergraduate-level course in reservoir stimulation, as well as a graduate-level class in advanced formation evaluation.
"Students have always been pretty laid-back here at New Mexico Tech," the petroleum engineering professor relates. "The Tech campus has always been an oasis, conducive to both relaxation and serious study. Of corse, since I was an undergraduate, the campus has undergone a constant evolution of expansion and improvement."
Engler's principal research interests are in petrophysical interpretation, modeling of formation damage, development and analysis of unconventional gas recovery methods, and improvements
in interpreting production logs.
The major research project he currently is involved with is the San Juan Basin Tight Gas Project, a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to determine the possibilities of in-fill drilling in the Dakota Formation, a major gas formation in the Four Corners area.
"Most of the work that remains to be completed in that project is computer work--characterization and simulation--which is being done by Tech petroleum engineering students," Engler points out.
Engler is married to New Mexico Tech alumna Nancy neé Sparks Engler, who also earned both her bachelor and master of science degrees in petroleum engineering at the university.
The Englers are parents to 11-year-old Scott, seven-year-old Nicole, and six-month-old Eric.
"I'm very involved with my children's activities," Engler says, "so that takes up most of my weekends. But, whenever we get a chance, I enjoy taking the family up to the mountains to climb around--which is kind of hard to do now with our six-month-old baby, but the rest of us sure enjoy it anyway."