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Prior to joining the CCSD San Marcos team, Mr. Ross spent 20 years as a Corporate Trainer conducting business workshops and seminars throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. He delivered over 3500 seminars on a variety of topics including leadership, management, business communication, conflict resolution, and grammar, as well as the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics workshop.
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Although raised in Montana, Mr. Ross now resides in Carlsbad, California with his wife because she refuses to leave California. John is an avid reader and spends his free time continuing to learn and expand his knowledge on business topics and trends.
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Instructor Jack Mangas joined the faculty of California College San Diego (CCSD) in 2016, and is an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Business at the San Marcos campus. Prior to coming onboard, Jack served twenty years on active duty in the United States Navy, fifteen of which were spent in Japan. He went on to earn a B.A. in Business Management at CCSD and an MBA from California Baptist University.
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Chitpasong (Chip) Vazquez holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She is also working towards her PHD with an emphasis in Leadership. Chip has 18 years of Corporate real-world experience in the finance industry focused on customer service, process improvement, sales support and analytical software. She has taught for over four years at the college level. Chip currently teaches business, management and technology classes at the San Marcos Campus.
Chip is the Owner of an event planning business for over a decade. She specialized in high-end weddings and corporate events, trade shows that are catered for small and large groups. Chip is a partner at Vivere Leadership Consulting which she focuses on Leadership development through building individual and group effectiveness through motivation and other behavioral factors.
Chip enjoys working with people through all her businesses and educational interactions. She especially enjoys working with students to help mentor them in becoming successful in preparing themselves to build their foundation for a better future.
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I joined the United States Army right after high school and spent the next 20 years in the southeastern United States. While in the Army, I served as a paratrooper on several deployments and, later, as a criminal investigator and protective service officer where I served on the protection team for the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In the corporate world, I worked over a decade for a major electronics manufacturer. During that time, I was a product manager and a senior buyer, and I worked in marketing. Today I serve as the founding/senior pastor and president of a church my wife and I started three years ago. We enjoy impacting the lives of people every day. I hold a bachelor's degree in social science from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina; an MBA in marketing from Walden University; and a master of divinity and a master of theological studies from Liberty University.
I believe in learning about what motivates my students, so I can reach them in a way that speaks to them. I believe the classroom is a magical place where each person, including the instructor, has a chance to learn from the other. I am married to the love of my life, Shalonda. We live in Vista, California, and are the proud parents of seven beautiful children.
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I came to US from Iran on September 3, 1977, to continue my education in Chicago, Illinois. I am an IT person, and I have been teaching in the field of information technology for about 15 years at different colleges. I have been working with computers since 1989. I have a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and a master of business administration degree from University of Phoenix.
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Prior to becoming a teacher, I worked as an accountant in a manufacturing firm for 16 years. I also earned my MSBA degree from San Diego State University. Later, I earned my Certified Internal Auditor's license (CIA) and Certified Fraud Examiner's License (CFE). I've taught for over 10 years and love it when I explain a topic and see that my students are able to do it for themselves. I've taught the entire program for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and the Bachelor of Science in Accounting programs.
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For more than 25 years, Henderson Communications, the consultancy and laboratory I founded in the telecommunications field, designed and developed modem products. Additionally, I taught VP-level telecommunications and marketing classes to such companies as Microsoft, IBM, MCI, AT&T and Pacific Telephone. For the last 11 years, I have taught math, electronics, and business courses for various colleges and universities.
I'm also a writer. I co-authored a book that hit number one in Amazon's happiness category toward the end of 2011. Our second book on gratitude was a big seller, too. In July, 2013, we published Summer Memories of Gratitude. The next book, a transformational autobiography, should be done by September this year. In the interim, two more books are on their way: Make It New and Protocols and Manners.
I am also a facilitator for JustFaith, a social justice program that helps people serve one another, the world, and the planet. The course is a mix of classroom time, assigned readings, and immersions. One of our graduates started a food-packaging program that sent off 100,000 meals at Christmas. Another couple started a program that finds sponsors for the elderly in African countries. Yet another group has sponsored microbusinesses in South America. Some of these stories are covered in my book, JustMeQi.
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The Millennial-Industrial Complex
Does anyone really understand the politics of young people today?
In all the fighting over the Obamacare rollout, two points of consensus have emerged. One is that the law's success among young people will be crucial to its legacy. The other is that the Millennials are a generation whose political loyalties are as yet unsettled.
Of course, the deep-pocketed message massagers on all sides of the political spectrum aren't interested in letting young people figure things out for themselves. Into the battle for the hearts of minds of the youth have come, among others, the liberal ProgressNow and the conservative Generation Opportunity—a Koch brothers-funded concern that, like its progressive counterpart, is spending lavishly to influence Millennials. To put things optimistically, the results have been mixed.
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ProgressNow, which receives funding from a number of labor unions and progressive foundations, tried to get young people interested in the president's health insurance by running ads featuring a young man with no pants gargoyle-ing on top of a keg. Another of the group's marketing efforts featured a young lady celebrating the fact that her Obamacare birth control would free her up to focus on getting a total hottie into bed. The ads were panned as tryhard at best, if not downright condescending.
An Internet ad produced by the Kochs's Generation Opportunity featured a larger-than-life Uncle Sam mascot, menacingly poised to attack a young woman's vagina in a doctor's office. Meant to lambaste the president's health law, it was an odd image—especially given that so much opposition to the Affordable Care Act has been engendered by a crowd of conservatives hoping to mandate transvaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. The Daily Show skewered both campaigns.
Though you could be forgiven for reading these episodes as proof that the political apparatuses on both the left and the right have no idea whatsoever how to reach anyone under 30, these ads are in fact part of an intricately organized and long-established war for the political loyalties of the young—a battle on which more than $100 million a year is spent, according to a 2012 report. "There's a whole world of shadow politics," said conservative activist David Horowitz, a zealous campus crusader in his own right.
But clearly, much of the vast youth-industrial complex is having a tough time figuring out this new generation of voters. And while left and right spend heavily in efforts that may or may not be working, and political scientists theorize about a generation that's simply more allergic than their predecessors to America's traditional right/left political divide, the real momentum among Millennials are those whose politics skew young and libertarian. Fueled by a new array of activist groups, they've found a receptive audience amidst a generation suspicious of foreign military adventures, celebratory of live-your-own-way diversity and devout in its enthusiasm for the market. In just four years, the 20-point edge in party identification that Democrats enjoyed among 18-24-year-olds in November 2009 has shrunk to six points. Since 2008, the largest youth libertarian group has grown from nonexistence to a network of 162,000 activists. Perhaps it's not so much that the kids don't trust anyone over 30—but that they don't trust any political coalition over 10.
The idea that young people are a permanent Democratic constituency is a cultural myth seared into the American consciousness by the generational strife of the 1960s. It was never really true. Even in 1972, as the Vietnam War wound on, Richard Nixon handily won voters under 30 (albeit by a much narrower margin than his overall blowout of George McGovern). Over the next three decades, the youth vote held to this pattern: It was in fact the American vote. Sure, younger voters tilted a few points away from Ronald Reagan in 1980 and a few points toward Bill Clinton in 1996, but otherwise they voted for presidents in lockstep with the rest of the electorate.
That began to change as Millennials—the approximately 80 million Americans born between the early 1980s and the very first years of the 21st century—entered the voting ranks. In 2004, John Kerry fared six points better among young voters than the general electorate. In 2006, the youth vote propelled the Democratic wave that won the party back the House, and in 2008, the energetic support of Millennials helped boost Barack Obama to the presidency. He won two-thirds of young voters, compared to just over half the total vote. Youth turnout reached its highest level since 1992.
But Obama's success wasn't the only development among young voters in 2008. That year, septuagenarian Texas Rep. Ron Paul's niche candidacy in the Republican primary struck a surprisingly strong chord with libertarian-minded college students who were disillusioned with the presidency of George W. Bush but culturally or intellectually disinclined to get on board with Obama. When the dust had settled on Paul's candidacy, two new youth organizations had sprung up: Young Americans for Liberty and Students for Liberty.
In fact, you could argue that the rapid growth of these libertarian groups has been the real story of campus politics in the Obama era. With the formal blessing of Ron Paul, YAL has grown to 162,000 "activists" spread across 500 chapters, including 7,000 dues-paying members. Yes, thousands of the same kids who steal Netflix from their friends rather than pay $8 a month for unlimited entertainment pay dues to a libertarian political club. That stands in stark contrast to the old-guard campus organizations on the left and the right that have long fought for the attention and enthusiasm of college kids by paying students in retreats, grants, fellowships and well-compensated internships.

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An LDAP data source can be any LDAP v3 server. Certain advanced functionality of Directory Proxy Server might rely on features that are available only in Oracle's Directory Server, but the configuration of this functionality is optional. For example, the "Get Effective Rights" control in Oracle's Directory Server is used by Directory Proxy Server for proxied authorization.
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Aviator, The
Tuesday, 24 May 2005
The Aviator
Warner Bros. Home Video
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Leonardo Di Caprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin
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Five Stars
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Bill Warren
The first part here is a condensed version of our review of the theatrical release of "The Aviator." Notes on the DVD follow.
This movie may have been instrumental in changing the current common image of Howard Hughes as a wacky old miser holed up in a series of Las Vegas hotels, his hair and fingernails grown long, hoarding his own urine. However he ended up, he was one of the most remarkable individuals of the 20th Century, in some ways the emblem of that century: a lanky guy from Texas, a multi-millionaire by his early twenties, who barged into Hollywood, made one of the greatest early talkies, romanced famous stars, set aerial speed records, took TWA from a minor carrier to one of the world's major airlines. He was a brilliant inventor and engineer, loyal to those who were loyal to him, a major figure in business, and a man whose sanity drained away over the years. And he thought of himself as an aviator.
"The Aviator" is an epic on the same scale as Hughes himself: spectacular, intimate and deeply engrossing. The true climax of the film, when Hughes takes his mammoth Hercules (commonly called The Spruce Goose) up into the air for its one and only flight, is astonishingly exciting and, unexpectedly, deeply moving. You find yourself cheering Hughes on, urging him to this one last triumph.
Leonardo di Caprio talked Martin Scorsese into directing, and could hardly have made a better choice. Like all of Scorsese's films, "The Aviator" every aspect is thoroughly realized—the photography, the sets, the music track. As it's a biography, and wasn't originated by Scorsese, it lacks some of his recurring themes, but it's as brilliantly made as any of his films. It's dramatic, moving, funny, fascinating, spectacular and also intimate.
There's a brief scene in which Howard as a boy is lovingly bathed by his germophobic mother; she warns him that the world is full of germs, and that he must always be on his guard. Screenwriter John Logan is a bit facile here, reducing the obsessive-compulsive disorder of Hughes' later years to an unconscious desire to please his mom. Psychological complexities as twisted as those that drove Hughes into self-imposed and wacky exile are not so easily explained.
And then it's on to Hollywood, where Hughes is determined to make an epic of World War I aviation, "Hell's Angels." He briskly hires Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly), loyal to Hughes until Howard died—and then was cut completely out of Hughes' will. Hughes is a bundle of energy, full of demands, but intensely creative and imaginative. With the help of designer/engineer Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross), another long-time employee, Hughes designs a monoplane for camera use—and sets the world air speed record, almost offhandedly.
Three years pass as Hughes obsessively works on "Hell's Angels." He realizes there has to be clouds in the background to tell how fast his biplanes are going, so he immediately hires UCLA meteorologist Professor Fitz (Ian Holm), another long-time employee, who can tell him when there will be clouds. Hughes waits for clouds, of course. When the film is essentially finished, he decides to shoot it again, in sound.
Meanwhile, he lands a seaplane at a movie location and makes a date with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), who's there shooting a movie with Cary Grant and George Cukor. Hepburn and Hughes have a passionate affair, which we're shown comes to an end when she falls in love with another man, presumably Spencer Tracy
It's an imaginative look at the times and person of Howard Hughes. The production design by Dante Ferretti and wide-screen photography by Robert Richardson are intensely creative. Ferretti recreates Hughes' favorite night spot, The Cocoanut Grove," especially impressive when Hughes first arrives: we're behind Di Caprio as lights spring up all over the crowded, giddy throng. The first third or so of the film is in desaturated color, at times approximating the look of two-strip Technicolor. Later, when Technicolor itself blossomed into the stunning hues of the late 30s, so does "The Aviator."
There are some sets so spectacularly beautiful as to make you gasp in amazement; one is a restroom at the Cocoanut Grove, all in green, black and silver. Later, we see the office of Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin), Hughes' polite, urbane but tough-as-steel rival: Trippe is the head of Pan Am, and wants his company to be the only trans-Atlantic airline. His office is in the top of the Chrysler Building, and looks like something from "The Wizard of Oz."
Hughes throughout astonishes us: his intense intelligence, his ability to make multi-million-dollar decisions in a flash, his energy and courage. And his weakening mind. He hasn't been going with Hepburn very long before he hesitantly admits that he has feelings about things that may not really be there.
When World War II starts, Hughes envisions a colossal transport plane, not just for troops but for materiel as well. And as he's working on the design of the Hercules, he's also designing a brassiere for Jane Russell, his latest discovery to wear in "The Outlaw." He also begins an affair with Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), a tough, salty beauty who's fond of Hughes but unwilling to be pushed around by him.
In all this maelstrom of activity, he begins exhibiting disturbing behavior. "Show me all the blueprints," Hughes says—and then says it again, and again, and again; he struggles to stop, but cannot. He has occasional difficulties due to his fear of germs, as when he's briefly trapped in a bathroom, fearful of touching the doorknob. (We see this, as Scorsese points out, from the point of view of the doorknob.)
He reverts to normal—or normal for Howard Hughes—and after the war, helps design his experimental XF11 reconnaissance plane. He insists on making the test flight himself, and spectacularly crashes in Beverly Hilles. This is a stunning achievement, technically: awesome, frightening, disturbing in a chaotic way. It's another of those scenes that indicate that Scorsese could master ANY genre.
Hughes slowly recovers, but becomes reclusive, watching "The Outlaw" over and over, living alone in a dark room, detailing very specific instructions on how his food is to be prepared, beginning to save his urine in milk bottles. Senator Owen Brewster (Alan Alda), largely in Trippe's pocket, cannot get Howard to agree to withdraw his intention of turning TWA into an international carrier. So he begins a senate inquisition, and the movie reaches its emotional climax.
"The Aviator" is almost three hours long, and speeds by as if it were only 90 minutes. It seizes the viewer's attention and commands it throughout. One of the most important features of the film is Leonardo Di Caprio's deeply committed performance as Howard Hughes; this is the highlight of his career to date. He adopts Hughes' somewhat high-pitched voice and Texas accent; during the film, his voice coarsens and deepens, becoming gravelly.
Hughes commanded instant loyalty; for all his strangeness, he was a figure of unquestionable authority, and that's how Di Caprio plays him. We see his imagination and creativity, his occasional cold remoteness, his sexual drive, his lack of understanding of the people who matter most to him, but also his instant, accurate assessment of his opponents. Furthermore, almost all who really knew Hughes admit to his strangeness, but add that he was also a likeable person. Di Caprio doesn't exaggerate anything in hopes of making his Hughes likeable; he and Scorsese present him as the man he was—and we like him anyway, just as Hughes' real-life friends did. The movie makes no pretense of explaining Hughes, instead depicting him thoroughly and carefully.
It was courageous of Miramax and Warner Bros. to finance "The Aviator." After all, most of the world has largely forgotten Howard Hughes, and Di Caprio's boxoffice appeal is uncertain. But this immensely entertaining, deeply engrossing movie, a testament to the filmmaking prowess of Martin Scorsese, should restore Hughes to his wobbly pedestal, and ensure Di Caprio's place as a major actor.
It has been given appropriately lavish treatment in this excellent, two-disc DVD set. Disc One includes the movie itself, with an optional commentary track by director Scorsese. He's an ideal choice for such a chore; he talks a mile a minute and so includes a great deal more information than an ordinary person would. He's so much in control of every aspect of filming that he'll describe details you couldn't possibly notice, and he's also one of America's pre-eminent, liveliest film buffs. If he weren't a director, he could easily step directly into Leonard Maltin's job with no need to brush up on anything.
The second disc has all the swell extras. There's a deleted scene in which Hughes uncomfortably reveals that he accidentally killed someone. "A Life Without Limits: The Making of The Aviator" is a standard, unexceptional making-of documentary, done while the film was still in production. Much more interesting is "The Role of Howard Hughes in Aviation History," completely described by its title. George J. Marrett and James B. Steele, both authors of books on Hughes, authoritatively comment on his importance in aviation history. Screenwriter John Logan points out that the Beverly Hills crash of Hughes' XF-11 may be the precise point at which Hughes' life began to turn in on itself.
A History Channel show, "Howard Hughes Tech," is astonishingly thorough, showing how Hughes' money and the companies he started have been instrumental in helicopters, space satellites, antenna-dish television and even the Moon landings. The most important legacy of Hughes may be the fully-funded research hospital on the East Coast; their backing is so complete that they don't have to turn to any other sources to fund their important research.
There are two sections on obsessive-compulsive disorder, the disease—and that's what it is—that so completely crippled Hughes as time went by. The first one is primarily focused on Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, an engaging expert on OCD, and Leonardo Di Caprio—who admits to having suffered from it himself. A couple of real OCD patients appear anonymously, one of whom advised Logan and Di Caprio on the film.
The other OCD presentation is a panel discussion held December 2, 2004, and featuring Schwartz and Di Caprio again, as well as Hughes' ex-wife Terry Moore, Martin Scorsese and Dr. Peter Whybrow of UCLA.
There's also a lively, funny two-man interview with Di Caprio and Alan Alda, who's just as ingratiating and entertaining as himself as he was as Hawkeye Pierce. They talk about telephone poles. Among the interesting ideas that come up here is that since it is possible for OCD sufferers to control the disease through intense concentration, the immense productivity of Howard Hughes might have been the way he found to handle the difficult condition.
There is a section on the extensive visual effects for the movie, fascinating as visual effects supervisor Robert Legato demonstrates how some of the planes were constructed in the computer, but others were elaborate miniatures, including in the Beverly Hills Crash scenes. There's a lot of information here partly because Legato talks almost as fast as Scorsese.
Production designer Dante Ferretti and costume designer Sandy Powell have chapters devoted to their work, as do Moray Rosskva and Kathryn Blondell, respectively the heads of the makeup and hairstyling divisions. The section devoted to the music is unexpectedly entertaining; Howard Shore is interesting enough, but Loudon Wainwright III, the distinctive singer who appears in the film (as do two of his singer children), is lively and funny, an unexpectedly fresh breeze near the end of this lavish DVD package.
Howard Hughes wasn't just an important figure in movie and aviation history, he was one of the great icons of the twentieth century, one of the touchstones for the kind of superlative characters who turned up in pop fiction. Einstein and Tesla were the working models for the mad scientist, but the crazy rich inventor so often seen in all kinds of comedies—that was basically Howard Hughes. It's surprising that no other major movie has been based on Hughes—"The Carpetbaggers" was suggested by his life story—but we can be grateful that it was Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di Caprio who first took the plunge. This isn't likely to be the last movie about Hughes, but it will long remain the best.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has signed a USL PRO affiliate partnership with Sacramento Republic FC for the 2014 season. The Earthquakes and the Portland Timbers have entered a joint affiliation with Sacramento, with each team sending a minimum of two players on loan to Republic FC in lieu of participating in the 2014 MLS Reserve League. Each team will have the option to recall their players at any point during the loan.
The Earthquakes have emphasized player development during the offseason. In addition to the USL PRO affiliate, San Jose announced that it will create a U-23 PDL team to allow Academy alumni and local players an opportunity to further hone their skills. The club also signed its first Homegrown Player on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Sacramento native Tommy Thompson.
"We are excited to team up with Republic FC as our USL PRO affiliate," said Earthquakes President Dave Kaval. "Establishing a USL PRO affiliation is a critical step in our continued investment in player development that includes our Academy, our PDL team, and our Homegrown Player efforts. Beyond the player development benefits, we feel that it is important to help develop professional soccer in Sacramento with an eye to eventually making it a home for its very own MLS team."
Sacramento Republic FC is an expansion franchise of USL PRO. The club will launch its inaugural season in 2014 and is planning to host its matches at an 8,000-seat multi-use facility at Cal Expo, pending approval by the Cal Expo board of directors. The club's commitment to position Sacramento as an "indomitable city" is evident through its community investments and goal of MLS expansion by 2016. The club has taken steps to build the franchise with the highest caliber of talent, both on and off the field, for its inaugural USL PRO season including the hiring of head coach Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic. The club's motto is urbs indomita – Indomitable City. Indomitable Club. For more information, visit SacRepublicFC.com or follow the club at www.facebook.com/sacprosoccer and @SacRepublicFC.
"We are excited to partner with the Timbers and Earthquakes in an effort to develop talent on the field, emulate each club's business success and eventually garner an MLS franchise of our own," said Warren Smith, president of Sacramento Republic FC. "Our organization is twice blessed with the ability to learn from not one, but two MLS clubs, their experienced operating teams and engaged, passionate supporters. This affiliate agreement provides Sacramento Republic FC, as well as the entire Sacramento region, one of the most talented USL PRO clubs in the league and a MLS vision for our community."
USL PRO is the strongest, best operated and most experienced North American men's professional soccer league below MLS, both on and off the field. In 2013 USL PRO began a groundbreaking, multi-year partnership with MLS that will enhance the development of professional players in North America, strengthen the competition in both leagues, and establish a solid foundation for future collaboration. Focused on franchise stability and longevity, USL PRO features 13 teams participating in the 2013 season, including expansion teams in Phoenix and Tampa. The league is focused on aggressive but deliberate growth by adding teams fully capable of meeting USL and US Soccer standards, which are located in markets that further promote regional league play. In addition to league play, USL PRO teams compete in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup as well as various domestic and international exhibitions. USL PRO is the longest-standing pro league affiliate member of US Soccer


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This awesome scene from The Professional starring Jean Reno is pretty gripping. But it's even cooler when done to the theme of Team Fortress 2 using the Sniper and Spy characters. Take a look at the screengrab from the movie down below for comparison.
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Hird takes own legal action against ASADA
Banned Essendon coach James Hird has joined the AFL club in launching legal action against ASADA.
The stunning news of Hird's personal legal challenge came only a few hours after the Bombers announced on Friday they were going to the Federal Court.
A search of the Federal Court listings shows Hird will join the Bombers in going before Justice John Middleton on June 27 for first directions.
Hird is serving a 12-month AFL suspension because of the club's controversial 2012 supplements scandal.
He told the Herald Sun: "I have always believed that no Essendon player has taken performance enhancing drugs or broken ASADA, WADA or AFL laws.
"I want the players' names to be cleared and want our supporters of the footy club to be proud of our great club."
Essendon have declared legal war on ASADA in a bid to kill off anti-doping disciplinary action against 34 players.
The move to go to court is a slap in the face for ASADA chief executive Ben McDevitt, who was hopeful the players would consider negotiating reduced penalties.
Essendon's decision on Friday to take legal action came a day after it was revealed ASADA was sending show-cause letters to 34 current and past Bombers players.
The notices were a result of the joint ASADA and AFL investigation into Essendon's 2012 supplements program.
In a strongly worded statement, Essendon chairman Paul Little said the joint investigation was unlawful, with the board deciding unanimously to launch the court action.
"There is no power or capacity under the ASADA Act to conduct a joint investigation. There never was," Little said.
"Enough is enough. We will not be bullied and we will not allow our players to be hung out to dry any longer. They have suffered enough."
Essendon will argue the structure of the joint investigation was fundamentally flawed.
But on Friday afternoon, only minutes before Little confirmed the court action, McDevitt said ASADA had the law on its side.
"The way I read it and the independent legal advice I've had on it, (the Act) always contemplated a co-regulatory regime between ASADA and the relevant sporting body," he told radio SEN.
Nevertheless, Little said he was very confident Essendon's legal action would succeed.
If they do win in court, the Bombers will then seek a permanent injunction covering all the evidence gathered by the investigation.
Essendon announced in February last year that they were coming under the joint ASADA-AFL investigation.
The AFL hit the club with severe penalties last August, including Hird's suspension, and Little said the club accepted those punishments.
He added the Bombers had cooperated all the way through the process.
"Part of that cooperation was not challenging the legality of the structure that was put in place initially," he said.
"We respected that, but now that show-cause notices have been issued, we believe it's time to change that approach."
He said they were honour-bound to take legal action.
Little also blasted McDevitt, saying he had tried to contact the new ASADA boss two or three times without success.
"Yet he's freely available for the press to do his media roadshow," Little said of McDevitt's Friday media appearances.
During those interviews, McDevitt floated the possibility of players having potential two-year doping bans reduced to six months if they were prepared to negotiate with ASADA.
Players have 10 days to respond to the show-cause notices and Little said they should follow their own legal advice on that.
Little added Essendon were also acting for players no longer at the club.
While the identities of the 34 players are yet to be revealed, Port Adelaide's Angus Monfries and the Western Bulldogs' Stewart Crameri were at Essendon in 2012.
Little also said it would be stupid to suggest that by taking the legal action, Essendon were trying to avoid the central issue of whether their players took banned substances.
The letters and the legal action represent another massive disruption for Essendon's on-field campaign.
Essendon play Melbourne on Sunday at the MCG.
But Little said the players were relieved to know "the club was becoming more proactive with its approach".
There are fears the anti-doping process could take years to resolve.


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Montshire science educators have extensive science teaching and curriculum development experience and specialize in inquiry-based science learning.
Montshire science educators have extensive science teaching and curriculum development experience and specialize in inquiry-based science learning.
Greg DeFrancis, Associate Director and the Director of Education at the Museum, has spent the past 21 years exploring science and science teaching with children, families, and adults in a variety of contexts. Greg is most interested in the role of inquiry in science learning and in exploring ways to support and encourage such experiences through museum programs and exhibits, classroom curriculum and professional development for teachers.
Greg currently serves as PI or co-PI on a number of large science education initiatives, including amiddle school health sciences curriculum development project funded through NIH and, The Dynamic Earth, an exhibit and public program development project on earth systems funded by NASA. He is also launching several new programs at the Montshire, including Science on Tap, a program modeled after the science café movement, and a project training climate researchers to increase their ability to present science to the public in informal learning venues. Greg recently completed a one-year fellowship with the Noyce Leadership Institute. As a Noyce Fellow, Greg worked with 17 other science museum leaders from around the world exploring leadership issues and how to expand the impact of informal science institutions in their communities.
Prior to his work at the Montshire, Greg was a classroom teacher in Vermont and Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate degree in Fisheries Biology at University of Vermont and his graduate degree in Education at Tufts University. He entered the science education field through an apprenticeship at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, MA. Outside of work, Greg can be found in the mountains biking, hiking, running and cross country skiing and coaching.
An excellent teacher with children and adults alike, Mike has developed a variety of new programs in his position of science educator and curriculum developer here at Montshire. Mike's area of expertise include curriculum development in children's engineering, physical sciences, and the health sciences.
He has extensive teaching experience and has developed a variety of investigative science curriculum units for upper elementary and middle school classrooms through the Museum's School Partnership Program and the Montshire-Dartmouth HHMI Science Camp program. Currently, much of Mike's efforts are focused on developing curriculum and supporting middle school science teachers for our NIH-funded Connecting Classrooms and Community with the Health Sciences project.
In addition to his work on our sponsored projects, Mike manages the overnight Science Camp-In program, oversees various summer camp programs, and shares in the teaching of all school programs. Prior to his experience at the Montshire, Mike coordinated the chemistry education at the Capital Children's Museum in Washington D.C. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Dartmouth College and has been a science educator at the Montshire since 2001.
Rebecca joined the Museum's professional education staff in the fall of 2010. Rebecca brings over seven years of experience working as an interpretative ranger for the National Park Service throughout the United States. At Montshire, Rebecca is the Lead Explainer and coordinates the summer staff explainers. In addition, Rebecca enjoys working with learners of all ages, sharing the Lead Teacher position for the Young Scientist program with Amy VanderKooi while also coordinating our Science on Tap evening events for adults. Rebecca is also actively involved in our Bringing Science and Engineering to Students and Famiies project, a K-12 STEM education program in partnership with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. An excellent teacher, Rebecca hails from Oregon and studied at Lewis and Clark College and Antioch New England.
Amy has been with the Museum since 1998. While maintaining an active teaching load, she also takes on a leadership role in a number of programs and special projects in the Museum's Education Department. An environmental educator by training, Amy oversees the Museum's successfulSummer Camp program, involving over 600 campers annually and 18 summer camp instructors. She also manages the Young Scientist and the Explainer programs at the Museum.
Amy is actively involved in the management of a number of our sponsored projects, including our School Partnership Program and the HHMI Science Camp program which trains and places undergraduate and graduate students in classrooms as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Dartmouth College's Department of Biology. Amy is currently focussing on translating her years of science education experience to improve student learning through her work in supporting and mentoring K-8 classroom teachers. She has a bachelor's degree in biology from the College of Wooster and an Master's in environmental science from Washington State University.


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What do you get when you combine a former reality TV star, "vintage" t-shirts and the NFL? You get "vintage" NFL t-shirts inspired by mid-90s fashion and curated by Kristin Cavallari, a cast member of "The Hills," "Laguna Beach" and "Dancing with the Stars."
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Stewart Varnado Leaves The Dixie Echoes
Any time that there is a lull in the stream of news in Southern Gospel music, you can be sure that it is the calm before the storm. We're already waiting on the announcement of a new Kingsmen tenor (more on that later, but it's gonna be good!), but another lineup change has hit and is making shockwaves. In a Facebook post yesterday, Dixie Echoes pianist Stewart Varnado made this announcement:
I'd like to thank the Dixie Echoes for allowing me the opportunity to live out my dream for the past 14 years. I joined the group when I was 17 years old. Randy and Scoot Shelnut have became like family to me, and it's been a blast traveling with some great guys through the years. I realize that when people put out statements saying they want to spend more time at home, it seems to be a cover for unhappiness within the group. That is not the case here. I simply have the desire to come off the road for a while. I wish nothing but the best for the Dixie Echoes, and pray that one day, if it's God's will, I can return to Gospel music.
I have no future plans at the moment and will be filling in for the group until a replacement has been found. Thanks also to the many friends that I have made while traveling! It has been an honor to get to meet so many fine people. I will still be active behind the scenes promoting the music that I love. Anyone interested in auditioning should contact Randy Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com
In a later update, Stewart also confirmed that he will still be involved with promoting events like the Memphis Quartet Show and the Gospel Jubilee Cruise.
Remaining for fourteen years with one group is no small feat, and I appreciate Varnado's longevity and commitment, qualities that are arguably a rare find in the revolving door of SG group changes. While I'm certainly shocked by this announcement and am sad to see him go, I'm sure that he's probably ready to rest after being on the road for so long! Perhaps we'll see him back playing again in a few years.
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Nigerian ICT sector will experience a new dimension for improved operation after some leading voices in the sector in Nigeria must have concluded discussion on the increasingly fundamental role of ICT for sustainable development in the country.
ThistlePraxis Consulting, in its quota to promote standards, sustainability and development in Nigeria system has in the past editions organised on themes: National Planning, Agriculture, Public Health and Education, where experts in and outside Nigeria were invited to do justice to the above subject matters with tremendous achievements.
Considering the positive impact of previous events on the Nigerian economy, ThistlePraxis is partnering Etisalat Nigeria to host the fifth edition of Thought Leadership series to evaluate ICT Sustainability Development in Nigeria, according to management sources.
This edition with the theme: "ICT for Development; Aligning Challenges with Potential" will feature the following seasoned experts in the sector for productive and solution-oriented; Dr. Evans Woherem, Founder/Chairman, Digital Africa Consult; Odo Effiong, Special Adviser on ICT Development, Cross River State Government; Chika Nwobi, CEO, Level5Labs; Nkem Begho, CEO, Future Soft Nigeria; Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and Matthew Wilsher, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria.
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According to the source, the variety of technological changes necessary for sustainable development in Nigeria will keep up with and counteract growing environmental damages caused by the steady increase in production and consumption.
It must be emphasized that technology is not independent of society either in its shaping or its effects. Sustainability in technology runs beyond creating existing infrastructure because they must outlive the present and benefit the future.
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Today: Netflix (NFLX) inks a groundbreaking deal to stream Disney movies, sending its stock price flying higher. Also: Yahoo (YHOO) continues to use acquisitions to build a mobile team, Wall Street trades flat.
Netflix challenges pay-TV giants with Disney deal
After years of trying, video-on-demand company Netflix managed to sign a deal with a major movie studio for exclusive first-run broadcast rights to its films after they leave theaters, agreeing with Disney on a three-year contract that elevates the Los Gatos company to direct competition with HBO and Showtime.
Netflix did not announce how much it will pay Disney for the rights, which begins with films released to theaters in 2016, but the Los Angeles Times reported that it could be worth more than $300 million a year.
"It's clear this was not a cheap deal." Sterne Agee & Leach analyst Arvind Bhatia told Bloomberg News, which predicted the deal could pay $350 million a year.
It is the first time a major studio has agreed to such a deal with Netflix instead of a standard subscription-TV channel that contracts with cable and satellite providers, breaking a wall Netflix has been ramming its head against since it began streaming video.
"It was a long slog, but ultimately we displayed enough sustainability that Netflix became a real and viable option for the pay-TV window," Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos told Bloomberg.
Netflix has signed similar contracts with smaller studios, including DreamWorks Animation and the Weinstein Company, but the Disney deal gives Netflix exclusive access to a higher caliber of popular movies — Disney owns the rights to movies from Emeryville's Pixar and Marvel's line of popular comic-book characters. In addition, Netflix will be able to offer classic Disney titles, beefing up its offering for children, and will begin to receive Disney's direct-to-video offerings next year.
"It's a bold leap forward for Internet television and we are incredibly pleased and proud this iconic family brand is teaming with Netflix to make it happen," Sarandos said in Tuesday's announcement.
The Netflix deal does not currently include movies from San Francisco-based LucasFilms, the "Star Wars" creator that was recently purchased by Disney in a $4 billion deal that is expected to bring new sequels to theaters in time to possibly give Netflix exclusive first-run rights, a Netflix spokesman told Bloomberg. Since the LucasFilms deal has not yet closed, that could change in the future.
Netflix even settled a score with the deal, taking the rights from former partner Starz. Starz contracted with Netflix on its streaming-video service for years, offering it Disney movies and other content until the pay-TV channel declined to renew their contract in February. Netflix may not be done swiping deals from Starz, either: Sarandos told Bloomberg that Netflix will bid aggressively for Sony films when that studio's deal with Starz ends.
Starz said in a statement that it is focusing its attention and cash more on exclusive content than deals such as these, but Netflix may have the pay-TV network beat there as well, as it is producing new episodes of cult favorite "Arrested Development" as well as the Kevin Spacey-helmed "House of Cards," both of which should reach subscribers in 2013.
With anticipated original programming and these types of exclusive deals, Netflix manages to separate itself from rival Internet streaming-video providers and officially enter the realm of traditional heavyweights such as HBO, experts said.
"An exclusive deal with Disney differentiates the Netflix content from Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video," Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente told Reuters.
Investors immediately jumped on Netflix stock after the deal was announced, pushing it higher in yet another spike for the company that has had a yo-yoing share price for the past two years. Netflix stock closed at $86.64, its highest level since April, after a 14 percent boost.
Apple pulls Wall Street lower, but Hewlett-Packard and Intel rise
Netflix's afternoon rise didn't help the major U.S. stock indexes, which all fell between 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent, nor the SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies, which declined 0.3 percent on the day.
A fall in Apple's (AAPL) stock price, which has a weighty effect on the Nasdaq composite index and Standard & Poor's 500, as well as the SV150, may have contributed to Tuesday's weakness. The Cupertino tech giant — the most valuable company in the world — fell 1.8 percent despite analyst reports that noted decreased wait times for the iPhone 5 and increased projections for holiday iPad sales.
Two Silicon Valley stocks that have suffered of late turned around in Tuesday trading, however. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which continues to deal with the Autonomy controversy, rose 5.1 percent one day after the top PC manufacturer's nearest U.S. rival, Dell, had a similar bump. Intel (INTC), the world's top chipmaker, also rebounded from recent weakness in the PC sector, rising 2.2 percent as it announced it would sell debt to finance a stock buyback. Intel's Silicon Valley rival, Advanced Micro Devices, ended its run of big increases, however, dipping 4.2 percent.
Oakland streaming-radio company Pandora Media took a big hit after-hours following the release of its earnings report. While the company beat projections for earnings in its most recently completed quarter, projections for the its full-year performance came in well below analysts' expectations. After rising 5.5 percent in regular trading, Pandora plunged more than 20 percent in after-hours trading.
Yahoo's mobile-acquisition run, stock rise continue
Yahoo's strong run on Wall Street continued Tuesday, as the Sunnyvale Internet company rose 2 percent following its second acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer.
Yahoo confirmed the purchase of San Francisco videoconferencing startup OnTheAir, which provides the company with five more workers who will be focused on mobile, as Mayer said was the company's top priority in an October conference call. The move follows last month's acquisition of Stamped, a New York mobile startup, that gave Yahoo leadership for its mobile efforts.
Yahoo shares, which have been trading at a two-year high, increased 2.1 percent on the day to $18.93, matching the highest closing price since 2010, set last week.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Netflix, HP, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia, Intel, Yahoo, Applied Materials, Adobe (ADBE), Facebook, Zynga, Juniper, Cisco (CSCO), Intuit (INTU), Symantec, Oracle
Down: AMD, Tesla, Apple, Jive, LinkedIn, Yelp, Workday, SunPower (SPWRA), Splunk, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Google (GOOG), Gilead, VMware, NetApp
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 5.51, or 0.18 percent, to 2,996.69
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 13.82, or 0.11 percent, to 12,951.78
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 2.41, or 0.17 percent, to 1,407.05
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.


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Q&A with Junior Center Lauren Freidenberg
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The name Freidenberg has seemingly become omnipresent on the UC San Diego sports scene since the start of fall classes. Julia Freidenberg earned All-CCAA honors as a middle blocker on UCSD's 25th-ranked Women's Volleyball squad and her twin sister, Lauren, is well on her way to matching that accomplishment as a frontcourt ace for Coach Charity Elliott's Women's Basketball team. After starting all 32 games and averaging 20.8 minutes as a sophomore, the 6-1 Lauren has upped her minutes to over 30 per contest while recording 12.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per contest as a junior, leading the club in the latter category. The lefty from Seattle posted a 17 pt., 14-rebound double double early in the season vs. Grand Canyon and exploded with 27 pts. and eight boards at Cal State Monterey Bay in December. Elliott has witnessed Freidenberg's growth in more than just numbers. "Lauren has a very high standard for herself," says Elliott. "She's stepped into a leadership role and is trying to do everything she can to help the team. She's opened up more and is allowing me to coach and challenge her. Clearly, Lauren is one of our key players." Prior to the renewal of the weekly conference schedule in January, Lauren Freidenberg, a human development major at Roosevelt College, spoke about her relationship with her sister, the progress of this year's youthful Triton cagers as well as her coach and teammates.
Q-You seem very close to your sister. How and why did the two of you end up playing different sports?
FREIDENBERG-My twin sister Julia is my best friend! When we were younger Julia and I tried to be different from each other in every aspect, so whether it was our favorite color or sports we always had different preferences. In sixth grade she chose volleyball and I chose basketball.
Q-Did you ever play volleyball and Julia basketball?
FREIDENBERG-In high school I played volleyball. It was a lot of fun because I was a setter and she was a middle blocker, so I got to set her in our plays. On defense we were called the Twin Towers when we went up to block together. I tried to get her to play basketball with me every year, and every year I was unsuccessful. However, she does rebound for me when I go to shoot around at the gym.
Q-Have the two of you ever gone head-to-head? If so, what was the outcome?
FREIDENBERG-We have never competed one-on-one in our specific sports of basketball or volleyball, but we definitely get competitive. When we work out together we're always eyeing the other to see who is lifting more or who had faster sprint times. Healthy sibling rivalry!
Q-How do you feel when you're watching your sister compete?
FREIDENBERG-I love watching women's volleyball compete. They're a very talented group of girls and they work extremely hard. I get really into their games and tend to get intensely focused on every point and rally! My emotions are paralleled to the girls on the court when it comes to being excited and constantly cheering-I feel like I'm on the court with them. I am so proud of Julia and I am very grateful that we attend the same university so I can support her.
Q-Away from the field of play, at what things do the two of you compete?
FREIDENBERG-Off the court Julia and I don't really compete, but we definitely push each other, such as helping each other study. Random times throughout the day we will run into things that make us a little competitive. For example, we share a car so sometimes we battle to see who gets to drive that day!
Q-What do you think are the biggest personality and skill differences between you and Julia?
FREIDENBERG-We are actually very similar when it comes to skills. We both enjoy writing, reading, and critical thinking. However, Julia excels in math as well, which is not my forte in the least. I prefer science while Julia refuses to take a biology class. Personality-wise we are both outgoing and enjoy challenges. We differ with Julia being more of a girly girl, while I am more of a tom boy at times.
Q-You've been part of two incredibly successful UCSD Basketball teams. This year's much less-experienced lineup has found winning more difficult. What's the difference in approach to the game when the team is winning vs. losing?
FREIDENBERG--We approach all our games with confidence. We look past our record of winning and losing and our mentality is to compete and play our game. Although we have had a slow start this season we know the skill and chemistry our team has built. Controlling the tempo of the game and giving 100% effort will lead us to success.
Q-What part of your game do you feel has improved the most since you came to UCSD?
FREIDENBERG--Coming to UCSD my freshman year I was very fortunate to have my two idols, Alexis Gaskin and Michelle Osier, as mentors. I learned a lot from them, whether it was court awareness, confidence, or post defense. I cannot express how elated I was when I found out Osier was named as an assistant coach this season! Coach Elliott, as well as the assistant coaches, have definitely improved my offensive abilities and confidence to finish strong around the basket when posting up.
Q-In one word, describe each of your four fellow starters.
FREIDENBERG-Chelsea Carlisle: leader; Emily Osga : disciplined; Megan Perry: selfless; Erin Grady: power.
Q-What do you consider Coach Charity Elliott's surpassing quality?
FREIDENBERG-Coach is passionate. She genuinely cares for every player's success. Our individual capability to improve and perform at our optimal ability is her primary goal. The intensity and energy Coach brings to our team is invaluable. She pushes us athletically and academically so that we can develop into well-rounded citizens of society.
Q-When things aren't going well, how does she (Charity) typically respond?
FREIDENBERG-Coach teaches us to respond to negative situations with resiliency. We are taught to overcome obstacles and bounce back from them. It is how you react to a situation that defines the outcome. Coach is a great motivational speaker and inspires us to fight back when faced with adversity.
Q-What's the best thing about growing up as a twin? What causes the most difficulty?
FREIDENBERG-The best thing about growing up as a twin is that I always have someone I can depend on. We have gone to all the same schools, share friends, and have created many memories together. I really do feel like twins can read each other's minds! Although it is difficult at times because we become too dependent on each other, I would not trade it for anything in the world.
Q-You're from Seattle. How would you describe your hometown?
FREIDENBERG-I 'm a little biased but my hometown in West Seattle is the most beautiful place on earth. The ocean and city lights are the images that instantly come to mind. I won't lie, it does rain a lot, but as a Seattleite I love the rain!
Q-How is Seattle most like San Diego? What is the most striking difference?
FREIDENBERG-Seattle and San Diego are similar with the downtown areas, so many fun activities to do in one region. The most striking difference is the nature. Seattle is very green due to the rain-there are evergreen trees and luscious grass everywhere-while San Diego has a drier climate. Washington gets all four seasons while San Diego stays nice and hot all year around. People in San Diego are also much tanner than people up in the Pacific Northwest!
Q-Besides basketball (and volleyball), what sport are you best at? What is your worst sport?
FREIDENBERG-I have been skiing since I was three years old, so I will always have a passion for the winter sport. My worst sport would definitely be swimming, how do they flip turn? How do they coordinate the strokes and breathing!? Amazing.
Q-What do you enjoy doing outside of sports?
FREIDENBERG-Outside of sports I enjoy reading, going to the gorgeous beaches we are so lucky to live next to, and every girl's passion-shopping.
Q-On your team, who is the smartest? Most fun-loving? Has the most fashion sense? Is the best cook?
FREIDENBERG-Our team is very talented at many different and random things. I'd like to say we are all intelligent since we attend UCSD! Magda (Usher) has great fashion sense, (Erin) Grady will win American Idol once she auditions, and Nicole (Anderson-Jew) makes delicious sushi to name a few.
Q-Can UCSD rebound to make this year's NCAA Tournament? What will it take?FREIDENBERG-I have no doubt we will make it to the NCAA tournament. We are on the brink of a breakthrough. Controlling the pace of the game by maintaining our aggression and confidence for all 40 minutes is the ingredient for success. Consistency is the key.
Previous Q & A Articles
Christian Hatch (Men's Basketball) December 24, 2011
Blake Langland (Men's Swimming & Diving) November 27, 2011
Sarah McTigue (Women's Soccer) November 8, 2010
Brandon Yee (Men's Soccer) October 11, 2010
Bryce Madsen (Men's Water Polo) September 23, 2010
Annette Ilg (Women's Soccer) September 9, 2010
Ricci Luyties (Women's Volleyball Head Coach) August 24, 2010
Kevin Messey (Head Athletics Trainer) July 7, 2010
Dan O'Brien (Baseball Head Coach) June 18, 2010
Christine Merrill (Women's Track & Field) June 14, 2010
Vance Albitz (Baseball) May 11, 2010
Erik Elliott (Men's Tennis) May 3, 2010
Kelly Fogarty (Women's Track & Field) April 23, 2010
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 15, 2010
Kirby St. John (Baseball) March 24, 2010
Dan Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
Calvin Ross (Men's Volleyball) February 20, 2010
Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
Steven Hardy (Men's Swimming) January 13, 2009


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Bus Parking
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RV/Oversized Parking
RVs and Oversized Vehicles (any vehicle longer than 19 feet) must be parked in Lot 14. All other lots are for standard size vehicles only. An RV/Oversized Vehicle parking pass is required. If you have a vehicle in tow, you will need an additional standard vehicle parking pass for Lot 14 for $50. Please call our ticket office to order a parking pass for your tow vehicle at 817-892-BOWL (2695) or toll free 888-792-BOWL (2695).
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Admission and Academic Requirements
Chairperson: Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah
Department Office: Morgan 232
Department Telephone: 309/298-1181
Department E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.wiu.edu/AAS
Location of Program Offering: Macomb
Program Description
The graduate certificate in African and African iaspora World Studies provides an option for students who have a particular interest in global studies, interdisciplinary and multicultural studies, and especially those who would choose courses in the discipline of African and African Diaspora World Studies to complement their graduate studies or enhance their career interest. Courses are offered in the humanities and social sciences. This program is designed to provide advanced education in content areas that will complement other graduate study or be used as a credential to indicate education in areas of cultural diversity. Students will be educated in the unique and intersecting issues of diversity that affect life in our twenty-first century global world. The program will offer opportunities to former or future members of the Peace Corps in Africa or its Diaspora who may want this program in order to attain a higher qualification about areas and cultures where they have lived or are about to live, or areas that are becoming for them a growing passion and academic curiosity. K-12 teachers requiring graduate certification in diversity education or competence in the teaching of African Americans Studies will find this program very attractive. The certificate requires 12 credit hours drawn from the courses listed below. Students must demonstrate a prior knowledge of and competence in research/Writing in the Discipline through at least a 3 credit hour upper-division course from their prior undergraduate work or a research methodology course from their current graduate work.
Requirements for Enrollment
Applicants for admission to the certificate program must hold a bachelor's degree from an institution that is accredited by the appropriate accreditation agency and be admissible to the University as a non-degree graduate student.
Certificate Requirements
TOTAL: 12 s.h.
Course Descriptions
420G (cross-listed with SOC 420G and WS 420G) Race, Class and Gender. (3) The course will examine issues of race, class, and gender in historical, cultural, and contemporary societal contexts. Prerequisites: WS 190, or AAS 100, or SOC 100, and graduate standing; or permission of the instructor.
444G Teaching African American Studies. (3) A study and development of African American Studies curricula K–12. Includes a study of the problems and procedures of teaching African American Studies, supervised study, pupil's activities, organization and development of teaching materials.
445G Critical Issues in the Education of African Americans. (3) Study of African Americans' historical and contemporary struggles for educational access, equity, and excellence. Special emphasis given to the achievement gap, standardized testing, dropout/retention rates and alternatives to the sponsored curriculum such as Afrocentric education and culturally relevant pedagogy. Prerequisites: AAS 100 and graduate standing, or permission of the instructor.
456G African and Diaspora Healing Practices. (3) Examination of the source, history and survival of indigenous African and Diaspora healing methods and concepts: midwives and herbalists to evil eyes and juju. The role of the herbs and other natural elements will be covered. Prerequisites: AAS 100 and graduate standing.
466G (cross-listed with GEOG 466G—Africa) Geography of Africa. (3) Analysis of the physical and cultural geography of Africa. Not open to students with credit for GEOG 466G—Africa. Individuals who receive credit for AAS 466G—Africa may take 6 s.h. maximum of GEOG 466G if the regional studies subtitles are different. Prerequisite: two courses in geography or permission of the instructor.
481G Postcolonial Theory and African Literature. (3) This course will address works of Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusaphone African writers in English translations; examine the basis of postcolonial literary theory, current trends, and how it relates to the contemporary reality of twenty-first century Africa. Prerequisites: AAS 100 or AAS 281 or AAS 381, and graduate standing.
483G African Film and Cinema. (3) Study of African film and cinema in different parts of Africa with emphasis on colonial cinema and cinema houses, and on contemporary films and home videos as elements of modern popular culture in Africa. Prerequisites: AAS 100 or AAS 380, and graduate standing.
488G Black Speech and Language Communication. (3) Course covers historical and contemporary development and practice of Black communication behaviors. Pre-diasporan influences on Black communication styles, the role of oral communication during slavery, and issues such as the ongoing contentious debates about the use of Ebonics will be explored. Prerequisites: AAS 100 and graduate standing.
491G Seminar in African American Studies. (1–6) Topics will vary from semester to semester, and will be announced prior to registration.
494G Religion in African American Culture. (3) This course acquaints students with religiosity and spirituality among African Americans and provides understanding of a worldview, via concepts of nature, God, and human interaction, that reflects African cultural retentions in the U.S. Prerequisites: AAS 100 and graduate standing.
501 Africa and the African Diaspora World. (3) This
course examines current theoretical perspectives on the
African Diaspora, and explores African history, cultural
survivals, and influences of Africa in the context of globalization.
502 Research Methodology in Africana Studies. (3) An
advanced study of research methodologies used in Africa-centered research.
This course will not only
provide students with the necessary tools to critique,
design and execute research projects which focus on
African and African American experiences and issues,
but will offer alternative ways of seeing and
investigating the world from African and African
Diasporan perspectives. Afrocentricity, Standpoint epistemology among other approaches as well as techniques of Oral history, Case study, Narrative, Life Story, Biographical, Historical, Ethnographic, Black feminism/womanism will be addressed. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
536 Graduate Colloquium in Womanist Theory. (3) This course provides advanced explorations into the African and African American Women's Perspectives and examines other feminine discourses pertaining to activism/contributions of Black Women in Africa, the U.S., and Europe. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
570 The Anglophone Caribbean in the Era of Globalization. (3) This course studies the history, culture, politics, and economics of Anglophone Caribbean with a focus on the effects of globalization on the region.
571 (cross-listed with WS 571) Women in
Anglophone Caribbean: The Jamaican Experience.
(3) This course examines the influence of race, class
and gender on women in the Caribbean, within a
largely matrifocal society, and Caribbean women
576 Graduate Readings in African and African Diaspora World Studies. (1–3, repeatable to 3) Readings selected in consultation with a member of the graduate faculty in African American Studies. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and department chairperson.