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Pacific tuna stocks at record low as developed countries deplete world's largest tuna fishery
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December 3, 2013
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The Western and Central Pacific is theworld's largest tuna fishery, with millions of people depending on it for food and their livelihoods. It is also an economic lifeline for many of our region's small island states. But there is trouble in paradise. More and more boats are entering the fishery from developed nations eager to profit from this 7 billion USD per annum fishery. Pacific tuna stocks, in particular bigeye and yellowfin tuna, are at record low levels. The fishery cannot sustain this anymore and further controls need to be urgently adopted by the Pacific Tuna Commission which is meeting in Cairns this week.
Early this morning our activists unfurled a large floating banner next to a fleet of longline vessels in a harbour at the heart of the tuna fishing grounds in the Pacific, calling on the tuna commission to act now to end overfishing and reduce the number of fishing boats in the region. There are over 3600 longline vessels registered to fish in the Pacific under scant regulation, often transshipping their ill-gotten catches at sea resulting in prolific illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in the region. And that's not all: These vessels target sharks for the lucrative shark fin trade and often provide their crew poor working conditions. Compounding the impact of out of control longline fishing is the use of destructive fish aggregation devices or FADs by purse seine fisheries.
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Close to half of bigeye tuna caught in the region every year is taken by purse seine vessels that are supposed to be targeting the more resilient skipjack but in the process also catch bigeye tuna that havent had a chance to reach adulthood and reproduce.
Both the purse seine and longline fleets need to be brought under control in the Pacific this week if the region is to rescue its declining bigeye, yellowfin and albacore stocks. The root cause of there just being too many boats with improved tuna plundering technology and efficiency must be urgently addressed.
Greenpeace has provided clear steps on how Pacific Island countries cantransform their tuna to ensure that fishing is more sustainable and socially responsiblewhere the benefits of this multi-billion dollar industry flows back into the pacific benefiting small communities rather than into the hands of money hungry foreigners. We have even gone a step further and provided guidance on how the commission can ensureocean friendly fishing in the region through an appropriate selection criterionfor vessels that would ensure not only fewer boats and more fish but more 'socially' appropriate fishing vessels.
The science is clear and the countries that have profited from this fishery for the last decades now need to cut their fishing effort and fleet numbers in order to ensure a sustainable and profitable future. Greenpeace will be watching the negotiations with the expectation that effective action is taken to reverse years of overfishing, reduce capacity and return the fishery to a healthier state. The livelihoods of an entire region depend on the actions that must be taken this week in Cairns.


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Gio Gonzalez pitches Nationals past Marlins 5-0
WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as he got a close look at Gio Gonzalez in spring training, new Washington Nationals catcher Jose Lobaton knew he was going to encourage the left-hander to throw more changeups.
So far, so good: Gonzalez has allowed one run through 12 innings this season. His second start came Tuesday night, when he gave up only three singles over six innings to lead the Nationals to a 5-0 victory over the Miami Marlins.
Mixing in extra changeups along with his low-90s mph fastball and top-notch curveball, Gonzalez allowed one baserunner to get as far as second, retired his last 10 batters, and improved to 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA.
"If you've got a third pitch working," Lobaton said, "it's going to be fun."
One side benefit of going to the breaking ball? Gonzalez's fastball, which normally is at about 93 or 94 mph, is "going to look 95-96," Lobaton said.
Gonzalez, who was born in Hialeah, Fla., has won his last four starts against the Marlins. His 3-0 mark against them in 2013 was part of the Nationals' 14-5 edge in the series against Miami a year ago.
"He was effectively wild tonight and he made the pitches when he had to," said Miami's Jeff Baker, who went 0 for 3. "With his stuff, even when he's out of the zone, it's still going to be a battle. That's the way it is every time you face him."
Adam LaRoche had three hits and drove in a run off Henderson Alvarez (0-2). Anthony Rendon went 2 for 4 with three RBIs as Washington improved to 5-2.
Miami entered an NL-best 5-2, a year after finishing with a league-high 100 losses. Led by Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins were averaging a majors-best six runs a game, but they couldn't solve Gonzalez or four relievers.
Stanton went 1 for 4 with a single; it was his first game in 2014 without an RBI. Miami put runners on second and third with two outs in the seventh against Drew Storen, but pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs flied out.
"These guys have some good pitchers but we got to find a way to score some runs," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "We had a couple opportunities. We just didn't get a big hit. But I've said that a lot over the last couple years, too."
The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the first. Jayson Werth hit a two-out double to left-center and LaRoche followed with an RBI single.
With two outs in the sixth, LaRoche was at first and Bryce Harper at third after both singled, and a pitch momentarily got away from catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. LaRoche took off, and Saltalamacchia's throw was dropped by second baseman Baker, who was charged with an error. LaRoche was safe, and Harper scored without a throw, making it 2-0. Rendon then tacked on a run-scoring single, before adding a two-run double off Mike Dunn in the eighth.
Rendon, usually Washington's second baseman, started at third because Ryan Zimmerman is dealing with a sore throwing shoulder. Rendon played third base in college at Rice and made one particularly nice play Tuesday, charging Reed Johnson's bunt with two men on in the seventh and throwing him out at first.
"I guess," said Rendon, in his second year in the majors, "I still have a little bit left."
NOTES: Zimmerman hasn't played in the field since Saturday but said he hopes to be back at his usual spot against Miami on Wednesday. ... Marlins RHP Jacob Turner strained his pitching shoulder during batting practice and will miss his scheduled start Wednesday. Instead, LHP Brad Hand, who has been in the bullpen, will start against RHP Jordan Zimmermann.
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Born Yesterday
When I read the play "Born Yesterday," a comedy written by Garson Kanin, I was dying to watch the adapted classic film. The tale itself is so simple yet brilliant: a Pygmalion story. A man shapes a woman into his likeness and then falls in love with her. Add on a backdrop set in post-World War II in a hotel with a view of the White House, and the story becomes politically analytical. Kanin weaves his characters and elements together so flawlessly, in a manner that asks the audience to think about morality, social class, relations between the sexes, and intelligence subconsciously, while watching the plot unfold.
I finally had a chance to watch the film, and Judy Holliday and William Holden arrested my attention full-heartedly.Continue Reading
Network has cemented its place as one of the finest and most enduring examples of American cinema. A satirical look into the media industry and its effect on the human condition, a film that unflinchingly makes points and claims that, in 1976, may have seemed like comedic exaggeration, yet today are accepted norms. Prophetic and eloquent, a film whose undying relevance seems to resonate with growing intensity as time moves on...
"This story is about Howard Beale, who was the network news anchorman on UBS-TV." This is the narrated introduction to the film. Beale, played by Peter Finch, has recently learned of his imminent firing from the station and announces his plan to commit suicide in a future broadcast, live on television. This creates a huge uproar at the corporate level and, soon after Frank Hackett, the Executive Senior Vice President of the network, appears (played by Robert Duvall) to fire Beale on the spot.Continue Reading
Stalag 17
Stalag 17 is flawed, but entertaining Billy Wilder. It's not in the great director's top tier, which would include Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and Some Like It Hot. Some might put The Apartment in that top group, but I would put it in the second group with Ace In The Hole, Witness For The Prosecution, and Stalag 17 (that third level of his films is also still very interesting and might include One, Two, Three, The Major And The Minor, Kiss Me, Stupid, Sabrina, and The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes).
Stalag 17 is the story of WWII American soldiers, prisoners of war in a Nazi camp, based on a popular play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski. In recent years there was talk that director Spike Lee was going to restage it on Broadway with British actor Clive Owen, but it never happened. The film adaptation by director Wilder and Edwin Blum is said to follow the stage version pretty closely. It's been made less stagy by opening it up, out of the barracks and into the camp around them. The POWs live a boring and cramped life, working whenever possible to put one over on their German captors. One POW, Sefton (William Holden), is an "operator" trading favors with the guards, running a still and a betting track. He is a survivor, in it for himself. When he places bets against his fellow Americans it alienates him from his prison mates even more.Continue Reading
Sunset Boulevard
There has never been a screenplay quite like Charles Brackett and director Billy Wilder's screenplay for their 1950 opus Sunset Blvd. It's a macabre gothic noir comedy about the ghosts of Hollywood past. It's one of those films, though a first-string classic, where the myths and back-stage stories are just as memorable as the film itself. For a legendary cynic like Wilder it was his ultimate drubbing of the hand that fed him. For star Gloria Swanson it was the ultimate film comeback (ten times more unlikely than, say, Travolta in Pulp Fiction). And for her co-star William Holden it began a decade of big performances in important films that cemented him as a major actor. In a time when the studios controlled their products as well as their own image with an iron fist, it's shocking that Sunset Blvd. ever got made.
Narrating from a swimming pool of a rundown mansion, a floating corpse tells his story of how he ended up there. Down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis (Holden) can't land a new assignment and is on the run from debt collectors. With a flat tire he hides his car in the garage of that rundown mansion. Invited in by the home's butler, Max (Erich von Stroheim), to lend a hand for the funeral of a monkey Joe soon meets the mistress of the house, one-time silent film star, Norma Desmond (Swanson). She lives with only one foot in reality. Her decrepit house is filled with photos and mementos of her former self from her glory days 30 years earlier. Eventually she employs Joe to wri...
The Bridge on the River Kwai
After his weepy romantic travelogue Summertime, director David Lean took an evolutionary jump with The Bridge on the River Kwai, the first part of his super epic trilogy (followed by Lawrence Of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago). If The Great Escape is the ultimate German prisoner of war flick (with apologies to Stalag 17) then Kwai is the quintessential Japanese POW story. The performances are top notch—the British chameleon Alec Guinness deservedly won an Oscar for his powerful performance. As both a human drama, a giant war spectacular, and just a kick-ass action flick Kwai is still a hair-raiser with a famously shocking ending.
A cynical American POW named Shears (William Holden, cynical was his trademark in the fifties) watches Colonel Nicholson (Guinness) lead his British regiment into a Japanese camp deep in the harsh jungles of Burma (while whistling the "Colonel Bogey March" which became a hit record). There the prisoners working as slave laborers are building a military bridge, but Nicholson will not work and demands to keep his rank among his men. A battle of wills takes place between the overly proud Brit and the camp's Japanese c...
The Wild Bunch
As the western genre in America became more and more watered down by television, Sam Peckinpah singlehandedly turned the western on its head; his The Wild Bunch shocked 1969 audiences with its almost apocalyptic, misogynistic, and violent vision of a dying era. By today's standards The Wild Bunch is still a nihilistic masterpiece. The action and graphic carnage on screen are still staggering and utterly exciting. And along with Battleship Potemkin, Psycho, and Bonnie and Clyde, it's still one of the gold standards for incredible cutting-edge editing of violence and death. The film is bookended by two of the best pieces of choreographed mayhem ever put to screen where the Bunch engage in shootouts so violent and intense that the film got an X rating then and even got an NC-17 rating when it was re-released in the '90s (both ratings were negotiated down by the studios). The editing and mix of film speeds, including slow motion, have been ripped off and become a standard in operatic action scenes since—just check out all of John Woo's best (Hong Kong) films; they're direct grandchildren of The Wild Bunch.
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An accountant dreams of being a hero but finds it''''s not so easy in real life.
On his way to Pierce Publishing in New York City, where he works as a proofreader, milquetoast Walter Mitty has one of his many daydreams in which he is a swashbuckling hero. At work, his boss, Bruce Pierce, steals Walter's ideas and then chastises him when he daydreams he is a famous brain surgeon impressing a lovesick nurse. That night, Walter returns to the home he shares with his mother Eunice and has dinner with his fiancée, Gertrude Griswald, and her mother. To escape from the three women's henpecking, Walter fantasizes that he is a British fighter pilot terrorizing the Nazis and wooing a French bar maid. During his train ride the next day, glamorous Rosalind Van Hoorn attempts to escape from a suspicious-looking man, Hendrick, by pretending Walter is her sweetheart. Walter, recognizing her as the girl from his dreams, agrees to accompany her to meet a friend at the docks, but soon after they locate a cab, he jumps out nervously at his office, leaving his briefcase in the cab. When he then follows her to the docks to retrieve his briefcase, Rosalind's friend, Karl Maarsdam, hides a notebook in the briefcase before returning it to Walter. Maarsdam then invites Walter to share their cab, but as soon as the driver takes off, Maarsdam collapses, dead. Walter and Rosalind race to the police station, but as he tells his story to the police, the cab and the girl disappear. She reappears at his office that evening and brings him to meet her uncle, Peter Van Hoorn, who explains that he is the former curator of the Royal Netherlands Museum, and that when the Nazis invaded he hid all the national treasures and recorded their whereabouts in a notebook, which a criminal named The Boot is now trying to steal. Frightened, Walter leaves, but as soon as he enters a department store, he finds the notebook in his briefcase and spies Hendrick following him. He runs into the models' salon and hides the notebook in a corset, which is promptly packed up and delivered to a Mrs. Follinsbee. Later that day, one of The Boot's henchmen, Dr. Hugo Hollingshead, attacks Walter at work, causing him to crawl onto the windowsill and into Pierce's office, infuriating his boss. When he goes home, his romantic rival, Tubby Wadsworth, embarrasses him in front of Gertrude. The humiliated Walter escapes into a fantasy in which he is a famous riverboat gambler who wins Rosalind's heart. The next day, Rosalind again appears and convinces him to help her retrieve the notebook, which they eventually find at a corset fashion show. Walter, however, immediately forgets to bring the notebook back to Van Hoorn, forcing Rosalind to sneak into the Mitty house that evening, when Gertrude and her mother are staying over. Walter alarms the other women as he attempts to hide Rosalind's presence, but manages to sneak off to Van Hoorn's with her. There, Rosalind grows suspicious when she sees that Van Hoorn has Marsdaam's passport, and hides the notebook in Van Hoorn's desk without informing her uncle that it is there. Soon after, she spots Van Hoorn's oversized shoe and realizes he must be The Boot, after which he abducts her and administers a sleeping pill to Walter. When Walter wakes, Van Hoorn has gathered Mrs. Mitty and Pierce, and lies to them that Walter has been wandering around the grounds incoherently, that Rosalind does not exist, and that they should take him to see Hollingshead, a pyschiatrist. Although Walter recognizes the doctor as his attacker, Hollingshead soon convinces him that everything has been a daydream. The next day, as he is about to marry Gertrude, he finds a charm Rosalind gave him. Realizing that she is real, he runs to Van Hoorn's, where he bravely discovers Rosalind and awakens her from her shocked state. The criminals are about to catch up to them when the police, Pierce, Mrs. Mitty, Gertrude and Tubby arrive. Their rebukes provoke Walter to finally stand up to them and display an assertiveness which wins him Rosalind's hand and Pierce's respect.
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Hey everyone,
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We missed Frankie of course but she's doing really well. It was just brilliant to see her the other day looking so well. I know people say that when you're pregnant you have a glow but women often have one after giving birth as well. Frankie had that amazing aura that people give off when they're really happy. I remember being on cloud nine after I had Aoife, I was totally elated and on a massive high. Rochelle's post-pregnancy glow seems to have lasted ages. I think she looks fantastic, better than ever! Another mum who is looking amazing since giving birth is Kate Middleton. She must be very fit and healthy to ping back into shape like that.
A few days later after having Aoife I did have a comedown. My mother had warned me about it and said that it's really common to feel a bit low a few days after giving birth. I think they call it the third or fourth day blues. It didn't last long at all. While I was pregnant I felt a bit like a shell keeping Aoife safe from everything then once she'd arrived she wasn't just mine anyone and she was out there in the world and exposed.
I like to keep up to date with the news and saw all about Prince George's christening on Wednesday. I have really wonderful memories of Aoife's christening. We'd been out in LA filming Chasing The Saturdays so had to wait until we got back which meant she was eight months old when she was christened which is a bit older than George and most babies. It was such a gorgeous day and I've got wonderful memories of it. The ceremony was conducted by the same priest that married Ben and I. I got to know him through my uncle Declan and he's a good family friend so it was great to have someone so familiar doing it.
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It goes like this: "in the Tennessee Valley, a Madison pizzeria is going out of the norm to create pizzas in the likeness of football icons." There is little need for further explanation, really. Somewhere in Alabama, pizzeria shop owner "Famous" Joe Carlucci and a high school student have pushed the boundaries of pizza making to its limit with their (secret!) cheese-face-picture method, that's all.
To celebrate Alabama's blowout victory over LSU, Kroger shoppers were not only able to view the BCS trophy, but also gaze upon the mozzarella likenesses of Nick Saban and Bear Bryant. But, from where does one get the inspiration for such beauty?
After Carlucci made his prized Tebow pizza — which he vows to also create one of the quarterback doing his signature "Tebowing" move — he went on to sculpt the faces of Saban and Bryant.
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Charlotte, N. Carolina's Big Show
One of the hardest things about putting on a great event is to have a great location, added to that, timing is everything. So with that said, how do you compete with one of the biggest shows in the country – SEMA? You move your event to the other side of the country and hold it a week before. I say compete, but when you think about it we are all in it together, right? If there was no SEMA, no Goodguys, no magazines, or even the Internet, would hot rodding be as big as it is? My personal opinion is no. Special events, social media, and even garage time gather us all with friends.
So when the opportunity to travel across the country to the 19th Southeastern Goodguys Nationals I embraced it with open arms. And for North Carolina natives plus the neighboring states, the October 26-28 Goodguys show is a gateway to see all. I think about it like this, I'm not a truck guy; I'm not a hot rod guy, but rather a gearhead who wants to see cool stuff. So again I ask why would we want to travel and see a show that is so close to SEMA time? Because it is one of the biggest shows, coolest places to visit, and there's vehicles galore.
Goodguys holds the event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and if you are any kind of motorsports fan, then you will know that any city with the Motor Speedway named attached to it is a big deal. Speaking of big, the Charlotte Motor Speedway track has one of the largest flat screen TV's I have ever seen. The speedway refers to the TV as the world's largest HD video board and I agree – it's huge. I just wish they still made drive-in theaters so we could have date nights with our hot rod trucks and watch movies on something like this. All weekend the autocross was going off with vendors showing off their products, and more importantly, tons of classic truck guys took to the track.
The show was packed with every kind of car and truck imaginable, and then some. If you are ever in the North Carolina area around Halloween I would suggest you take a look at this outstanding place to visit.
01, 02 Rudy Zierden from Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, drove his cool '52 Ford F-1 to the show. We love the patina on this bad boy.
03 Mr. Gibson from Albermarle, North Carolina, and his '70 F-100 were clean as they get.
04, 05 Richard Green from Westminster, Maryland, drove his cool '64 Ford on the track. His monster of a truck is powered by a huge 460 big-block and C6 transmission. Talk about a sleeper.
06, 07 Have you ever wanted to take your entire family for a ride in a classic truck? If you owned Greg and Guyla Kepley's '68 Suburban you could. What a nice people hauler.
08, 09 Danny Auman from High Point, North Carolina, rolled in with his '66 C10 powered by a 502 big-block.
10, 11, 12 This truck struck my eye as something different and I almost walked right past it. But when I stopped and looked at the details it blew me away. Nice job on the '52 F-1 Chuck Greene from Rock Hill, South Carolina.
13 When I said it wasn't about being a truck guy, this is what I meant. Check out the young couple cheering on the trailer. Now that's a memory that will not go away.
14 Cool to see the truck guys getting in on the action. A huge thanks is in order to Goodguys and the Charlotte Motor Speedway for letting the rookie drivers on the track.
15 Brad Granger and his '65 C10 truck is going to be on a new TV show "Faster Than a Redneck." All weekend long Brad was flogging his C10 around the autocross track. He also tried to butt in on my photo shoot that was in progress by nosing his truck into frame. Nice try Brad.
16, 17 Robert and Carol Wymart from Madison, Alabama, came to show their '55 Chevy truck powered by a '96 Corvette LT1 V-8.
18 Not sure if this vintage-looking go-kart was frowned upon, but I cant stop thinking about how cool it would be to own it.
19, 20 Billy Stafford from Thomasville, North Carolina, and his LS1-powered '66 Chevy. Billy's truck had a cool stance, some nice wheels, and a disc brake upgrade.
21 Here's Allan Vallandingham from Rockwell, North Carolina, taking his '64 C10 for a few runs around the autocross track. I sat and watched this lowered truck go around and was surprised by how well it did.
22, 23 Charles Penney from Riverhead, New York, had a Fatman frontend with a parallel four-bar rear suspension holding up his '51 Chevy.
24 Ben Farmer had a '67 Ford F-100 that was slammed to the ground. On the Goodguys name tag it said it was riding on coilovers only. NO AIRBAGS!
25 Don Fitzgerald's '50 Chevy was one sweet patina'd truck. A 327 small-block and a 350 transmission powered it.
26, 27 One of the sleekest trucks that I have seen in a while was Mike Holleman's from Morehead City, North Carolina. This truck was not only blacked out from top to bottom; it was powered by an LS2.
28, 29 Rick Neugen's '54 F-100 was painted orange to match his favorite restaurant. On the door he had a hot rodish shop logo that read "Hootersville." The seat was a really nice white leather with matching door panels.


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SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County Board of Education used the wrong boundary map when it chose its newest trustee, Darcie Green, and should hold an election to fill the seat, the county district attorney has said.
Because it based eligibility on the newly drawn trustee-area lines — updated after the 2010 Census — Green's appointment is null and void, District Attorney Jeff Rosen wrote in a letter to county Superintendent of Schools Xavier De La Torre. Rosen advised the County Office of Education to call an election to fill the seat.
"Someone made a mistake," said deputy district attorney John Chase.
An election could cost anywhere from $617,500 to $1.07 million, according to Elma Rosas of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.
Last fall, in filling the seat vacated by the resignation of Craig Mann, the board's attorneys advised that it could choose whether to use the old or the new boundaries of Mann's district, Trustee Area 6, said Joseph Di Salvo, who was board president at the time.
"We had broad discretion to determine which of the two to use," Di Salvo said. He said the board's attorneys at the Lozano Smith law firm of Monterey offered the advice.
The seven county school board members each represent an area of the county. Last February boundary lines were redrawn to balance the numbers of constituents in each district, and Mann's Area 6 was broadly reconfigured to include roughly the areas covered by the Alum Rock, Mount Pleasant and Franklin-McKinley school districts.
Attorney Lou Lozano declined to comment on the issue. He has advised the board to discuss Rosen's letter in closed session, because of a threat of a lawsuit, he said. Interviews of trustee applicants and votes on appointments by law must take place in open session. The board has placed the matter on its agenda for Wednesday.
Lozano said he didn't remember discussing the boundary line issue with the board. And he also didn't remember whether he attended the Oct. 17 meeting when the board interviewed the five applicants and chose Green.
Rosen's letter was the result of two complaints his office received about Green's appointment. Chase would not name those who complained.
The district attorney contends that the law requires "that any vacancy occurring in the middle of a term of office be filled using the geographical boundaries that existed at the outset of the term." The letter, dated Jan. 9, cited advice from the Secretary of State and the governor's office in filling recent vacancies in elected offices in Madera and Butte counties.
The letter also warns that if the County Office of Education fails to act, the attorney general or a private party may sue to remove Green and order an election.
The second-place applicant for Mann's seat, Javier Gonzalez, expressed surprise and said that he wouldn't be eligible to run for the seat if vacated because he, too, lives outside the old Trustee Area 6.
Another candidate, Anita Sunseri, a former school principal, also was taken aback to hear about the DA's letter.
Frank Biehl, who sat on the committee that redrew the Board of Education trustee area, said, "I'm flabbergasted." He thought the new boundaries went into effect immediately after they were adopted in February.
If the attorney general, the ultimate arbiter in the issue, agrees with Rosen's office, it would be yet another embarrassing and costly decision linked to legal advice given the Santa Clara County Office of Education. The school board has sued ex-Superintendent Charles Weis over his refusal to repay a housing loan, which allowed him not to make any payments until he left office. And the board is trying to renegotiate the same generous deal it extended to De La Torre — terms which board members have said they didn't know existed in the contract.
Green herself said that she'll follow the advice of the school board's attorney. She said she had sought the appointment based on the new boundary lines. "It was very, very clear there was a new Trustee Area 6. Otherwise I wouldn't have applied."
She said that if an election is called, she wouldn't rule out moving and running to get her seat back. "I have to really think about that," she said, but "I'm open to do anything."
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/NoguchiOnK12.


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CBC Stops Using Creative Commons Music Over Concerns About Commercial vs. Non-Commercial Use
from the clear-as-mud deptA whole bunch of you have been sending in variations on the story, first highlighted by Michael Geist that the CBC (Canada's public broadcasting offering) has stopped using Creative Commons music in its podcasts. That was first revealed in the comments to a recent show, when someone asked why there were no links to Creative Commons music (something the show had apparently done before). In response, Dan Misener wrote:
There's simply no Creative Commons music used in this episode. By management decree, CBC podcasts are no longer permitted to use CC music. Instead, we're using the APM Music library (http://www.apmmusic.com/), which is copyright cleared and fully licensed by the CBC.People quickly (and rightly) started complaining that this was ridiculous, and then Lily Mills from the CBC tried to provide more info, saying:
It turned out that our use of Creative Commons licensed music was going against some of the details in collective agreements we hold with certain talent agencies. As such, we had to discontinue our use of it.Of course, that doesn't make much sense. What sort of agreement would forbid you from using Creative Commons music? Later on, Lily tried to clarify, and said that APM was just more cost effective:
I asked around and it sounds like APM was the most cost effective choice for production music. We're actually simply piggy-backing off the use license acquired from CBC Television (a license that can be used for the entire network).Again, this makes no sense. The Creative Commons music is free to use, so, how could that not be cost effective?
Eventually, Chris Boyce, the Programming Director for CBC radio chimed in to explain, that it's really about problems with "commercial use" restrictions on some CC music:
The issue with our use of Creative Commons music is that a lot of our content is readily available on a multitude of platforms, some of which are deemed to be "commercial" in nature (e.g. streaming with pre-roll ads, or pay for download on iTunes) and currently the vast majority of the music available under a Creative Commons license prohibits commercial use.Now, that makes a lot more sense. The early responses didn't make much sense. And this is perfect timing as we've just been having some discussions on this very topic, explaining why commercial use restrictions might not be such a good idea, and even noting that I'm often hesitant to use CC content that has a commercial use restriction because almost anything could be seen as commercial use at times. While it's unfortunate that the CBC won't be using CC content in certain areas any more, perhaps this will give more people reasons to rethink the value of commercial-use restrictions.
In order to ensure that we continue to be in line with current Canadian copyright laws, and given the lack of a wide range of music that has a Creative Commons license allowing for commercial use, we made a decision to use music from our production library in our podcasts as this music has the proper usage rights attached.
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Let $A_0, \dots, A_{n-1}$ be upper triangular matrices with ones on the diagonal. Let $B_{n-1}, \dots, B_0$ be of the same form.
I am interested in bounding $$|| A_0 \dots A_{n-1} B_{n-1}^{-1} \dots B_0^{-1}||$$ and in particular showing that this product is close to the identity when $A_i$ and $B_i$ are close (specifically, $||A_i - B_i|| \leq \delta \lambda^{- \min(i, n-i)}$ where $\lambda>1$).
In general, this will probably not be possible, but there may be conditions when there are interesting bounds.
The problem is, I don't really know anything about techniques for bounding products of matrices. There is the obvious multiplicativity of the matrix (i.e., operator) norm, but it is far from best possible in this case. For instance, it is easy to check that the norm can grow at most polynomially in $n$ if the norms of the $A_i, B_i$ are bounded above by some constant.
Question: What techniques/tricks are there for bounding these kinds of products of matrices?
Unfortunately I don't know exactly which techniques would be useful, so I'd appreciate any pointers to relevant papers or books.
I can at least explain how the problem is motivated. Namely, we have a Holder-continuous matrix-valued function $A: X \to GL_m(\mathbb{R})$ for $X$ a compact metric space.
Then the $A_i$ will be the values $A(T^ix)$ and the $B_i$ will be $A(T^ip)$ for $p$ close to $x$. The multiplicative ergodic theorem states that the norm products $||A_0 \dots A_{n-1}||$ grow like $e^{\lambda n}$ almost everywhere (in $x$) with respect to any invariant measure (where $\lambda$ is the maximal Lyapunov exponent), but in the case of upper triangular matrices, this is actually immediate---we even have polynomial growth if ones are on the diagonal (a corollary of the nilpotence of strictly upper triangular matrices). The multiplicative ergodic theorem and its variants were used in a paper that motivated the problem I'm working on, but it doesn't quite seem to help here (because we make slightly different assumptions), which is why I was curious about other techniques.


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Sex-Trafficking Victim Describes Break For Freedom
Caroline Germann Now Helps Homeless, Runaway Youth
A Kansas City woman is telling her story of being part of a child sex-trafficking ring and how she finally escaped that lifestyle.
Caroline Germann said she had not started kindergarten when she was molested by a neighbor.
"Growing up, I always thought that was the type of relationship I was supposed to have with a man," Germann told KMBC's Diane Cho.
Germann said she was in and out of dozens of foster homes. As a runaway, she said she started having survival sex at the age of 13.
"It's just having sex to meet your basic needs -- food, shelter, clothes," Germann said.
By age 21, Germann said she started working at a strip club. It was there that she said she was introduced to crack cocaine, and it did not take long for her to meet her pimp.
"They took me into the bathroom, checked me out to see if I was worth keeping," Germann said.
She told Cho that she went through a boot camp for prostitutes, learning the ways of the street. Night after night, Germann said she was in and out of cars on Independence Avenue, performing sex acts countless times a day.
"Traffickers, they're good at looking for people and exposing what their vulnerability is and exploiting it," said Carrie Rosetti, the executive director for The Kansas City Alliance Against Human Trafficking.
Rosetti said traffickers use the components of abuse, power and control tactics on their victims.
"We're talking sometimes gang rapes, beatings, torture, sleep deprivation, starvation -- all kinds of tactics -- isolation, moving people from city to city so they no longer know where they are," Rosetti said.
Germann said her pimp is also the father of her 5-year-old daughter.
"The other girls could have left or could have run and told the police on him, but he just knew I wasn't going to do that, so he would punch me in front of the other girls," Germann said.
Activists said it is a problem that will only continue to grow.
"To a trafficker, a child is high profit and easy to move around, easy to control," Rosetti said. "A trafficker can make $632,000 a year by selling four women or children. So there's definitely a market for it."
"I was, like, in a mental prison. The psychological brainwashing that was done in the house, you just didn't leave it. It was was like grooming, loyalty and you had respect. You just didn't walk away," Germann said.
She said she finally decided after six years that she needed to escape her lifestyle when she was pregnant with her second daughter. She said it took the birth of her daughter to realize what true love is.
Germann said she called her mother, whom she had not spoken to in years, and asked for help. She had a warrant out for her arrest and turned herself in. She went to a treatment center out of town for 30 days, and then went to a recovery center for women and children, where she had her baby.
Germann said that she now helps other young girls in Kansas City working as a street outreach coordinator, helping homeless and runaway youth at a local organization.
Germann said her pimp was investigated by federal agencies, but they could never pin human-trafficking crimes against him because she said other girls would not testify against him. She said he is currently serving time behind bars for drug-related charges and is expected to be released soon.
Rosetti said that while law enforcement is helping combat the problem in Kansas City, there is no funding to help victims with resources once they are rescued. Rosetti said the community can get involved by educating themselves on what human trafficking is and by raising money for local organizations that help victims.
"The public is one of our most important partners in addressing this problem. We do receive tips from the public, and I strongly encourage any member of the public who sees anything that tells them something isn't right, if their gut reaction tells them there's something wrong, then I urge them to act on it and contact law enforcement and they'll respond and investigate every lead they receive," U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips said.
On The Internet:Polaris Project WebsiteHuman Trafficking Rescue Project


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Election Coverage on KMUD
This Tuesday, November 6, 2012, KMUD once again teams up with Access Humboldt to bring you election results and discussion. From 8 to 11 pm KMUD will be sending a video stream from studio B the will show on Channel 11 on the Suddenlink cable system. Unfortunately Access Humboldt is not able to make a video stream available on the internet.
Candidates - Election; Nov.6, 2012 - This resource page is a work-in-progress - check back often for new information.
The information below is based on the Garberville/Redway Sample Ballot (all candidates listed in order as they appear on the Ballot).
- Click here for Sample Ballots for other Humboldt County areas.
- Click here for a resource page covering the BALLOT PROPOSITIONS.
Notice: To ensure all voters can get to the polls on November 6, California law provides employees up to two hours off to vote if they do not have enough time to do so during non-work hours. Polling places will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Click here for more information on this law.
The list of President/Vice President Candidates is as follows:
- JILL STEIN and CHERI HONKALA (Green Party)
- THOMAS HOEFLING and ROBERT ORNELAS (America's Party and American Independent Party)
- MITT ROMNEY and PAUL RYAN (Republican Party)
- GARY JOHNSON and JAMES P. GRAY (Libertarian "Party)
- ROSEANNE BARR and CINDY SHEEHAN (Peace and Freedom Party)
- BARACK OBAMA and JOSEPH BIDEN (Democratic Party)
Candidates for U.S. Senate:
- ELIZABETH EMKEN-Businesswoman/Nonprofit Executive (Republican)
- DIANNE FEINSTEIN-United States Senator (Democratic)
U.S. Congressional Representative-2nd District Race:
- JARED HUFFMAN-Environmental Attorney/Assemblymember (Democratic)
- DANIEL W. ROBERTS-Local Independent Businessman (Republican)
Candidates for State Assembly - District 2
- WESLEY CHESBRO-Member of the Assembly (Democratic)
- TOM LYNCH Father-Small Businessman Member of the Assembly (Democratic)
Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District, Governing Board Member (4 year term) - Vote for no more than TWO
- DAVID ORDONEZ-Retired Firefighter - Use the player below to hear News Coordinator, Cynthia Elkins interview Candidate David Ordonez. This interview was aired on KMUD News on Oct. 8, 2012 by KMUD News Coordinator, Terri Klemetson.
- CORINNE STROMSTAD-Appointed Incumbent - Use the player below to hear News Coordinator, Terri Klemetson, interview Candidate Corrinne Stromstad. This interview aired on KMUD News on Oct. 15, 2012 and begins with Stromstad explaining why she originally got involved with the Healthcare District almost 14 years ago.
- KAREN RUTH-Retired Geneticist - Use the player below to hear News Coordinator, Terri Klemetson, interview Candidate Karen Ruth. This interview aired on the KMUD Local News on Oct. 24, 2012
- BETH BENNETT-ALLEN-Patient Advocate-Use the player below to hear News Coordinator, Cynthia Elkins interview Candidate Beth Bennett-Allen.This interview was aired on KMUD News on Oct. 10, 2012 by KMUD Newscaster, Dave Brooksher.
Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District, Governing Board Member (2 year term) - Vote for ONE
- CLIFTON ANDERSON-Appointed Incumbent
- JUDITH A. GONZALES-Retired Business Owner - Use the player below to hear News Coordinator, Terri Klemetson, interview Candidate Judith (Judi) Gonzales. This interview aired on the KMUD Local News on Oct. 25, 2012.
In the three seat race for Humboldt County Board of Supervisors the final results of total vote in the June 5, 2012 election were as follows:
District #1:Rex Bohn won easily with 67%, while Cheryl Seidner trailed with 29 percent, and Annette De Modenafinished with 7%.
District #2:Estelle Fennel won with 53% of the vote to incumbant Clif Clendenen's 47%
District #3:Incumbant Mark Lovelace claimed victory with 67% of the final vote to Karen Brooks' 32%.
The three victorious candidates in the Supervisor's election all won outright, avoiding runoff elections in November. Rex Bohn was seated prematurally when Jimmy Smith resigned early because of illness (click here to see that story). Estelle Fennel will be seated in January and Mark Lovelace will be re-seated to serve another 4-year term.
Click on the links below for Additional Resources:
When you look at your November California ballot this year you will see 11 propositions for your consideration, including two (prop. 30 and 38) to fund shortfalls in education, a repeal of the death penalty (prop. 34), a reform of the Three-strikes law (prop. 36), and a measure that would require labeling of genetically engineered foods (prop. 37). On Monday, September 24 at 7 p.m., the League of Women Voters of Humboldt County (LWVHC) has scheduled a live presentation, "The Pros and Cons of the Ballot Propositions," to be held at the Fortuna City Council Chambers, located at 621 - 11th Street in Fortuna. The community is invited to attend this free event. For more information on this event, contact the LWVHC at 444-9252 or visit on-line at: lwvhc.org. The "Pros and Cons" Booklet can be downloaded from the "Additional Resources" below.
The list below is from the California Secretary of State website and contains a .pdf file with the Summary Analysis for each of the propositions. Below that list are listings of additional resources to help you become informed about these ballot measures. This resource page is a work in progress so check back occasionally for new information. Click here for a Resource Page on the CANDIDATES.
Click on the linked text to see or download a pdf file with the Summary Analysis for each of the propositions:
- Proposition 30 - Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
- Proposition 31 - State Budget. State and Local Government. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
- Proposition 32 - Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Contributions to Candidates. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 33 - Auto Insurance Companies. Prices Based on Driver's History of Insurance Coverage. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 34 - Death Penalty. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 35 - Human Trafficking. Penalties. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 36 - Three Strikes Law. Repeat Felony Offenders. Penalties. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 37 - Genetically Engineered Foods. Labeling. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 38 - Tax to Fund Education and Early Childhood Programs. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 39 - Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding. Initiative Statute.
- Proposition 40 - State RedistrictingSenate Districts. Referendum.
Additional resources:
California Secretary of State website
California on Ballotpedia
"Pros and Cons" booklet prepared by the League of Women Voters
Video of Voter Education Forum on Propositions 30 and 38


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(Reuters) - Leading climate scientists said on Friday they were more certain than ever before that mankind was the main culprit of global warming in a report meant to guide governments in dealing with rising temperatures.
Following are the report's findings agreed by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY - The panel raised the probability that human activities, led by the burning of fossil fuels, are the main cause of global warming since the mid-20th century to "extremely likely", or at least 95 percent, from "very likely" (90 percent) in its previous report in 2007 and "likely" (66 percent) in 2001.
SLOWING WARMING THIS CENTURY - The panel said that short, individual periods, such as 1998 which was an exceptionally warm year, are influenced by natural variability and do not, in general, reflect long-term climate trends.
PROJECTED WARMING - The panel said temperatures were likely to rise by between 0.3 and 4.8 degrees Celsius (0.5 to 8.6 Fahrenheit) by the late 21st century. The report uses new computer models that are not directly comparable with scenarios in 2001.
SEA LEVEL RISE - Sea levels are likely rise by between 26 and 82 cm (10 to 32 inches) by the late 21st century, after a 19 cm rise in the 19th century. In the worst case, seas could be 98 cm higher in the year 2100. The 2001 report projected a rise of 18 to 59 cm, but did not take full account of a melt in Antarctica and Greenland.
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY - The report estimates that a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere would lead to a warming of between 1.5 and 4.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 and 8.1F), lowering the bottom of the range from 2.0 degrees (3.6F) estimated in 2007 report. The new range, however, is the same as in other IPCC reports before 2007.
(Compiled by Alister Doyle, editing by Elizabeth Piper)


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Region: USA » California » Sonoma County » Russian River Valley
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Color: Red
Varietal: Merlot
Sonoma County has always been Blackstone's home and inspiration. Since our beginning we've established a reputation for consistently delivering balanced, reliable wines of uncompromising quality. For nearly 20 years, we've cultivated close ties with grape growers and viticulturists throughout Sonoma County. Both our inspiration and our home, Sonoma remains the heart of Blackstone. You'll find ... Read more
Sonoma County has always been Blackstone's home and inspiration. Since our beginning we've established a reputation for consistently delivering balanced, reliable wines of uncompromising quality. For nearly 20 years, we've cultivated close ties with grape growers and viticulturists throughout Sonoma County. Both our inspiration and our home, Sonoma remains the heart of Blackstone. You'll find the region's signature style blended into every bottle. As a grape-growing region, Sonoma County is like no other place on earth. With redwood forests, benchlands, hillsides, and nearly 80 miles of majestic coastline, Sonoma offers a wide variety of microclimates, soils, and terrain. This uniquely diverse region supports several different grape varieties but is best known for its lush Merlots and full-bodied Cabernets. Sonoma County is a designated American Viticultural Area (AVA) made up of thirteen distinctly different World-Class wine growing appellations. Each appellation and each vineyard within that appellation contributes something special - it is from this vibrant flavor palate that complex, expressive wines emerge. At Blackstone, we find Sonoma County inspiring. Each different AVA contributes something unique and special to the final blend. Our Sonoma Reserve wines, in particular, exemplify Sonoma's signature style, and help set the standard carried through to our Winemaker's Select wines. "Sonoma County is one of the most amazing places in the world to live and make wine," observes Winemaker Gary Sitton. "There's no place like it. The immense diversity—from the coastline to the mountains, valleys, and rivers—still leaves me in awe. For me, tapping into this range of growing conditions is fundamental to making beautifully expressive wines from Sonoma County." From the start, our goal has been to produce smooth, flavorful, harmonious wines with rich fruit, supple texture, and balanced oak. Early on, this approach found its ideal expression in our Merlot, which soon became — and still remains — America's favorite Merlot. Over the years, the same passion for consistent, balanced wines has expanded to new varieties bearing Blackstone's trademark label. Our Winemaker's Select wines are sourced from premier growing regions throughout California, each meticulously selected to contribute certain nuances to the final blend. Drawing from the best parcels in the same areas year after year ensures Winemaker's Select wines maintain the consistency that is Blackstone's heritage. Our signature style and quality is elevated in our Sonoma Reserve wines, which are sourced from Sonoma's world-class vineyards. Each vineyard site contributes distinct characteristics that uniquely define the region. Through it all, Blackstone has stayed true to the approach inspired by our Sonoma roots - to craft wines that complement food and any occasion in which you celebrate the things in life you can count on. Tasting Room Hours: Every day: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Read less
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A 46-year-old woman is being evaluated for recurrent nighttime awakenings and coughing for the past several years. Episodes occur 1-2 times per night. Sometimes, she awakens in a panic, gasping for air. However, there is no associated chest discomfort. She does not have any difficulty falling asleep and is able to resume sleep 5 to 10 minutes after these episodes. There is no history of snoring or witnessed apnea; however, she currently does not have a bed partner. She has been divorced for 2 years; her former husband never noted snoring or apneic episodes. When falling asleep, she sometimes notices some leg jerking which momentarily awakens her. However, there are no reports of leg movements or discomfort associated with nighttime awakenings. For the past several years, she has experienced a burning sensation in her chest, especially when recumbent and after eating large meals. She is tired in the morning when she awakens and often has a foul taste in her mouth. During the daytime, she is fatigued and lacks energy, but cannot take a nap. She has irregular menses, but does not have hot flashes and is not taking hormone replacement therapy or other medications. She smokes one-half pack of cigarettes per day. Although she does not consume alcoholic beverages, she drinks 3-4 caffeinated diet soft drinks per day. On physical examination, she is overweight with a BMI of 28 kg/m2 and has a mildly crowded oral pharyngeal airway. Her Beck Depression Inventory Score is 8 and her Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score is 9.
Which of the following would be the most likely to provide an etiology for her nocturnal awakenings?
Home sleep study (Type III)
Exercise tolerance test
Esophageal pH monitoring
Neuropsychologic testing
Answer: C. Esophageal pH monitoring
This patient most likely has nocturnal arousals from gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). She reports symptoms consistent with heartburn during the day especially after eating large meals.1,2 In addition, she is overweight, smokes, and uses caffeinated beverages, all of which are all reported risk factors for GERD.3–7 Esophageal pH monitoring (Answer C) will confirm the diagnosis. A positive test demonstrates episodes of reduction in pH to < 4 for more than 4.2% of the duration of the study.8 Although an esophageal pH test would be diagnostic, a therapeutic trial of anti-reflux measures and use of a proton pump inhibitor would be more cost-effective.
The patient does not give a strong history suggesting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Although the patient does not have a current bed partner, there is no past or current history of snoring or witnessed apnea. She is fatigued but does not have daytime sleepiness. Although she is overweight, female gender and lack of menopausal symptoms also make OSA less likely. Thus, a home sleep study (Answer A) would not likely confirm a diagnosis.
Except for the history of nocturnal dyspnea that might suggest an angina equivalent or sudden pulmonary vascular congestion, there is little in the history that is consistent with coronary artery disease. Thus, an exercise tolerance test likely would not be useful (Answer B).
The patient has no symptoms of a mood disorder or cognitive problems, and her Beck Depression Inventory is not consistent with depression. Therefore, neuropsychologic testing would not indicated (Answer D).
The patient describes hypnic jerks or sleep starts, but there is little in her history consistent with either restless legs syndrome or periodic limb movement disorder. The former is a diagnosis based on fulfilling clinical criteria.9 Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is thought to be uncommon and periodic limb movements of sleep associated with arousals would be found on polysomnography.10,11 However, given the paucity of symptoms to suggest PLMD in this case, polysomnography (Answer E) would not be indicated as the initial diagnostic test.
This was not an industry supported study. Dr. Quan is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
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Feb. 7, 2005
Due to rainy weather in the South Bay, the free junior tennis clinic that was to be held at Santa Clara University's Degheri Tennis Center for Monday afternoon, 4:30-6 p.m., has been cancelled.
The Clinic was sponsored by the United States Tennis Association's Northern California Section and the 2005 SAP Open. Pre-registered participants were promised one free ticket to the 2005 SAP Open matches that will take place at the HP Pavilion tonight at 7 p.m. Those tickets are still available for pick-up at the HP Pavilion will-call windows after 4:30 p.m.


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BOSTON (AP) - Miami chose to stay home, self-imposing a bowl ban for the second straight year in the hopes of staving off more drastic punishments later on.
The NCAA told North Carolina to sit this one out.
Boston College, Virginia and Maryland are already out of bowl consideration, with too few wins to qualify. And unless Wake Forest and Virginia Tech can win this weekend, the Atlantic Coast Conference could have only five teams in bowl games - the fewest for the league since 2000, before beginning an expansion that brought it to it 12 schools.
Even if the Hokies and Demon Deacons do reach the requisite six wins, the ACC would only have seven bowl-eligible teams for eight bowl slots.
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Is there anyone in the area of Galveston, Texas, missing a '48-50 Ford F-1 pickup? On September 12-13, 2008 Hurricane Ike hit Crystal Beach, Texas, and didn't let up until the Harrington family's land was inundated with salt water and had this old Ford perched near a house that also wasn't there on September, 11th. Greg Harrington sent us these photos, and said "there's no way of knowing where the Ford truck originated. The pickup is about a half mile from the nearest road and there was no structure, before the storm, within three-quarters of a mile. The truck and house both came to rest on an old levy that surrounds an abandoned oil well."
Not to mention his folk's home disintegrated without a trace, Greg went on to say his '57 Chevy shortbed stepside project was a victim of the horrific storm as well. He scrambled to get his new 350 Chevy crate motor and 700-R4 transmission he'd just bought from Summit Racing moved to higher ground but the 11 1/2 additional feet of elevation Greg secured was no match for the flood. When the storm waters had receded Greg's motor and trans were sitting in three feet of muddy salt water.
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EL SEGUNDO >> The hockey gods New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault has referenced throughout the Stanley Cup Final made their presence felt at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
Specifically, they seemed to spend most of their time on his team's goal line, where two potential Kings goals were spectacularly denied in the Rangers' 2-1 win in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Given their first opportunity to dwell on poor "puck luck," the Kings weren't wallowing after their practice on Thursday.
"Puck luck is for cop-outs," Kings right wing Justin Williams said. "I don't believe in that at all. I'm a true believer that you get what you put into it, and (Wednesday) night we simply weren't good enough and we didn't get the pay-off."
Once in the first period of Game 4 and again with a little more than a minute to play in the game, two Kings shots came to a halt behind Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist without crossing the goal line. Each would have tied the game.
The play on which the Kings scored their lone goal didn't exactly begin in conventional fashion, something Vigneault was quick to point out upon being informed of Williams' comments about puck luck. Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi's stick broke, setting up Dustin Brown's breakaway goal that pulled the Kings within a goal in the second period.
"Whether you call it hockey gods or hockey plays or whatever, like when Dan was shooting the puck from the point and the knob of his stick stays in his hand, you can call that a hockey play or you can call it whatever you want," Vigneault said. "It doesn't matter to me. Those are things that happen. Bounces happen during the game."
The last time Vigneault was in Los Angeles, he was praising his team's play after a pair of overtime losses and lamenting a lack of bounces the Rangers' way.
"You work for your bounces. You work for your luck," Kings center Jarret Stoll said. "How many times have we seen in the playoffs, in the regular season … pucks are going off legs and elbows and gloves, whatever, to go in the net. You've got to work to get there."
Not where, but win
Not a single member of the Kings organization expressed any preference about where they would rather win the Stanley Cup.
The possibility of closing out the series at home in tonight's Game 5 didn't sound sweeter to anybody.
"I don't care where it is or how many games it takes, I just want to win," center Tyler Toffoli said. "You have to be focused and ready to do whatever it takes to win a game. It doesn't matter how loud the fans are in the end."
Game 4 was simply a missed opportunity, according to Kings coach Darryl Sutter. If the Kings win a fourth game in the series, whether it's in Staples Center or Madison Square Garden is not important.
"No, it's not," Williams said. "Just win. That's with a big period and an exclamation point after it. Just win. I don't care where it is. Win one more."
Almost-home cooking
The Kings were on an airplane for five hours and 22 minutes after Game 4 by Sutter's count, arriving in Los Angeles at exactly 3 a.m. Thursday morning.
The Kings coach gave his players the option to practice Thursday afternoon or this morning before Game 5.
The consensus was that the Kings much preferred to return home and sleep in their own beds. Even the plane ride had its perks for some.
"I had a good Chilean Sea Bass," Stoll said. "It was great, actually. Got a good three hours of sleep."
The Rangers remained in New York on Wednesday night and flew to Los Angeles on Thursday.