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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsNews & Views
5.0 Buzz - October 2013
The latest rumblings from around the Mustang and Ford world
King of the Street
It's that time again—time for you to send in your application for our annual King of the Street competition. We often shorten the name to KOTS, but you should know what we're talking about by now.
The KOTS competition was hatched by Editor Turner 100 years ago, or so it seems, to pit the baddest street 'Stangs in the nation head-to-head, on the same dyno, on the same city streets, and under the same judgmental editors' eyes. In time, we added a dragstrip portion, which has been one of the favorite events of competitors and fans alike.
The 2013 King of the Street will go down as part of the NMRA World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 3-5, 2013. The competition starts bright and early Thursday for photography and the all-important Ride & Drive portion of the competition. Friday we'll head over to Holley Performance Products for the dyno, before heading back out to Beech Bend Raceway for the drag runs. On Saturday, it's time for KOTS competitors to put their best foot forward as NMRA World Finals attendees get a chance to see the cars up close and vote for their favorite competitor online. In between all that, we'll be judging Fit & Finish and each car's Engineering to arrive at a winner.
If you're not sure your Mustang has what it takes, check out our May '13 issue ("Lucky Seven," p. 38) to see what it's all about. Jon Lund's '11 GT came out on top last year with a dominating performance in just about every statistical category. Can your Mustang put up a performance like Jon's GT? You never know if you don't at least apply.
If your Mustang is up for the challenge, send us pictures, performance statistics, mod lists, and dyno numbers to email@example.com. If you prefer snail mail, send your application to KOTS, 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619. We'll choose KOTS competitors around Labor Day so don't procrastinate. Get your application in order now, and get it to us. We look for a variety of model years and engine/power-adder combos, so don't be shy.—Michael Johnson
Mustangs & Mustangs
One of the most unique Mustang shows around is right in our backyard in Polk City, Florida, at Fantasy of Flight attraction. As you might guess, this event combines our favorite pony cars with P-51 Mustang airplanes. Show participants have the opportunity to take a photograph of their vehicles with the famed aircraft before parking on the show field, and the show field was substantial.
A fleet of 450 Mustangs filled the lawn surrounding the attraction, and the sponsoring club, Imperial Mustangs of Polk County (www.imperialmustangclub.org) awarded 43 trophies in 18 different classes at the 16th iteration of the event. All the '11-and-older Fords were judged, while the '12-and-up Fords, which are typically less modified, were judged on a popular vote.
What differentiates the M&M show from most other shows is that it takes place at a fully functional attraction with its own restaurant, museum, and rides. Fantasy of Flight dubs itself the World's Greatest Aviation Attraction. As such, there's much more beyond the car show to check out, from a museum and airplane restoration tours to biplane rides and zipline the options are myriad.
When the two worlds of planes and Mustangs combine it has proven popular. This year's show was one of the most well-attended events ever hosted at Fantasy of Flight, filling all three of its available spectator parking lots to capacity. We made our way through the crowds to document the Mustangs that attracted our attention. For more photos, check out additional coverage on our website.
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American Show
Hopefully you've already registered (www.americanmuscle.com/mustang-car-show-2013.html) and planned your trip, as one of the biggest Mustang shows on the East Coast is taking place in a matter of days on August 11, 2013, at Delaware County Community College's campus in Media, Pennsylvania. Hosted by Mustang parts juggernaut AmericanMuscle.com (www.americanmuscle.com), this show is expected to draw 1,400 Mustangs and 4,000 spectators, with some of the proceeds benefitting Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (www.alexslemonade.org).
To make attending worth your while, American Muscle also plans to give out over $20,000 in prizes from a who's who of the aftermarket, including Airaid, Flowmaster, Ford Racing, Mickey Thompson Tires, Performance Automatic, Prestolite Performance, SCT Performance, Roush Performance, and TMI Products. There will also be food, music, and magazine coverage courtesy of our own Michael Johnson. We hope to see you there.
Quick Spin: 2013 Shelby GT500
I was beside myself with anticipation when Publisher Essex and Editor Turner gave me the thumbs-up to attend our now-annual open house, hosted by Senior Tech Editor KJ Jones. Not only that, we would have the keys to a '13 GT500. Someone needed to pinch me after he told me that. Not only would I be able to take in California, I'd be doing it in a '13 Shelby GT500. You couldn't wipe the grin off my face, and it's still there.
The idea was for me to fly in on Thursday to attend the open house on Friday, give Essex and Turner a ride to the airport Friday night for their red-eye flight back to Tampa, and then attend Knott's Berry Farm's Fabulous Fords Forever show on Sunday. Keen eyes will notice I didn't have anything going on Saturday. That meant the Shelby and I had plenty of time to get acquainted.
Of course, I didn't waste any time getting to know the car. After taking the bosses to LAX Friday I went back to the hotel, which is 10-15 minutes from the airport. I sat there a minute and said, 'What am I thinking, I have a Shelby GT500 sitting right outside, why am I sitting in this hotel room?!'
That is correct, I went back out to the car, punched in Sunset Boulevard, found a landmark, and off I went. I am pretty sure I started at one end of Sunset Blvd, and took it all the way to Pacific Coast Highway, at 11 o'clock at night. This is no secret, but let me tell you—Florida doesn't have roads to match Sunset Boulevard once you get out of LA proper. Twistbacks, blind corners, elevation changes: Florida doesn't have anything to match those characteristics, especially the elevation changes. I turned left onto PCH, drove a few miles on it, then turned around and went back down to Sunset for another blast before heading back to the hotel.
While preparing for my Cali trip, I noted a few things to cross off my bucket list while I was there. One, and probably the most important, was to play basketball on the courts of Venice Beach. Watching the movie White Men Can't Jump when I was younger pretty much told me I had to experience it for myself. KJ told me I wouldn't get on the court. Therefore, I got there early, like 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Dudes were already playin' ball, and "the freak show," as KJ described it, was already in full effect. Not only did I get on court, I ran several 3-on-3 games, winning each one. Then it was off to cross off another bucket list item—to have lunch at In N' Out Burger.
Back at the hotel to clean up, I wasn't there long before I was back in the Shelby for a drive down PCH—another bucket list item. It was dark the night before, so I had to return during the day to get the full effect. And of course, like in Florida, Californians like going to the beach. PCH was like a parking lot. After checking out Paradise Cove Beach Café in Malibu (thanks, Jay) it was back down PCH into LA to check out the Walk of Fame.
The last thing to cross off was a trip down Mulholland Drive. As my time in Cali drew to a close, I didn't think it was going to happen. However, Sunday night I happened across the exit for Mulholland Drive.
Words cannot describe the experience of driving Mulholland Drive in a '13 Shelby GT500. It's simply amazing. The view, the road itself, is incredible. Mulholland Drive overlooks LA, and the view is something you'll never forget, even if it's at night.
After driving Mulholland Drive, Sunset Blvd, and Pacific Coast Highway, I have deemed all other roads boring, especially in flat-as-a-board Florida. But driving a '13 Shelby GT500 every day would help fight the boredom. —Michael Johnson
Upshifts: • Power • Flexibility
Downshifts: • Price • Power
Short Times
The Shelby American Collection Fundraising Party is raffling off a 2014 Shelby GT500 on September 14. "This is an amazing chance for car enthusiasts to win a Shelby Mustang GT500," said Steve Volk, one of the founders of the Shelby American Collection. "This car is equipped with the most powerful production V-8 engine ever built and is arguably Ford's ultimate musclecar to date. This is also an opportunity to help sustain America's automotive heritage by supporting the operation of one of the finest and most extensive collections of Shelby Cobras, Shelby Mustangs, Ford GT 40s, and memorabilia in the world." You can buy tickets at www.shelbymustangraffle.com ... Editor Turner isn't the only one getting into the Focus ST game. Roush Performance (www.roushperformance.com) is turning loose its engineers on Ford's hot hatch. "We're very excited about expanding into this market segment." said Tim Wheeler, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Roush Performance. "We're dedicated to developing quality parts to support a variety of the performance-minded automotive lifestyles. With the rapidly growing sport-compact segment, the Ford Focus is a natural fit for Roush Performance."


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Scrappers mark Opening Day, Part 2
Indians affiliate among short-season clubs getting under way
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | June 17, 2011 9:53 PM
That's when the gates were opened at Eastwood Field, the home of the short-season Scrappers. As the first fans filed into the facility, familiar sights, sounds and smells were in abundance. A member of the club's booster club broke into an unceasing sing-song bellow: "50-50 raffle, $1 apiece, six for $5," his spiel complemented by the triumphal sugar-coated pop of My Chemical Romance wafting over the PA.
And, like clockwork, mascot Scrappy appeared. He amiably posed for pictures amid the throngs of fans, many of them making a beeline for the grilled sausage sandwiches and Leinenkugel beer offered at the concession stand.
Similar scenes played out across the country as both the New York-Penn and Northwest leagues kicked off their 76-game campaigns. It's Opening Day, Part II, a time of rebirth and new beginnings. Or, as Indians legend Lou Boudreau memorably observed, "The world is all future and no past."
This feeling certainly could be felt in the home dugout, where outfielder Bryson Myles was preparing for his professional debut.
"I'm excited. This is pretty much what I've worked my whole life for and I still have a lot of work to do. It all starts with day one," said Myles, the Indians' sixth-round pick in this month's Draft. "It's about playing hard every single day and practicing hard every single day just to get to the top, which is being in the Majors. So I'm ready to go.
"It'll be a little nerve-racking that first [at-bat]. But it's a feeling that everyone goes through, a step in the process that it takes to become a great player."
Myles ended up going 1-for-4 in the Scrappers' 9-3 loss to the Jamestown Jammers. His first professional hit was a single to left field in the sixth inning.
Expressing sentiments similar to Myles' was pitcher Rob Nixon, a 46th-round selection out of Adelphi University slated to start for the Scrappers on Monday.
"I'm pretty excited. This is what I've been working toward ever since I was a little kid," he said. "It's been the dream, so now it's pretty cool to be out here. Especially after practicing all week, it's good to finally get into the games."
It was also a day of firsts for Scrappers hitting coach Tony Mansolino, beginning a new career after retiring as a player following the 2010 season. The 28-year-old joked that his transition to coaching was the result of "being a bad player," but obviously there's more to it than that.
"I always wanted to be a coach my whole life. Even when I was a player, I saw myself as an extra coach on the field," said Mansolino, whose last season in affiliated ball was 2008 with the Double-A Reading Phillies. "The time came when I wasn't getting the job done as a player. ... It became time to move on and I'm fortunate to stay in the game with what in my opinion is the best organization in baseball."
Myles, Nixon, and Mansolino were three of many individuals at Eastwood Field embarking on new chapters in their careers, a storyline that permeated both clubhouses as well as the front office. Amid the escalating hoopla on the concourse, Jordan Taylor took the time to speak about his first Opening Day as the Scrappers' general manager. He has been with the club for 11 seasons, the last six as an assistant GM.
"This [Opening Day] is a little different," Taylor admitted. "Making sure from top to bottom that everything is organized and ready to go adds extra pressure but also a little more excitement as well. There's always something you have to deal with, it's just a matter of taking care of it the best that you can."
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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February 2, 2011 at 7:48 am
A long time ago in a universe far, far away I ordered a lil' blue "Just 10" wristband from the Doctor Oz show. I ordered it so long ago that I do not remember how I heard about it or when I filled out the web form requesting it. I do think they said shipping could take 6-10 weeks, so I'm evidently incapable of remembering anything before October of 2010. How was Labor Day, y'all? I can't recall.
The wristband is part of The Just 10 Challenge started by Doctor Oz (or more likely a producer of his TV show). The program motivates overweight people to lose just 10 pounds because even that small amount of weight loss can lower your blood pressure, reduce your risk for a stroke, ward off dementia, lower your risk for uterine and breast cancer, and lower your cholesterol up to 10%. So says the web site anyway, and the Internet would not lie to me, not the sweet Internet that sings me to sleep with digital MP3s.
The blue "Just 10" […]


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The Global Operations Megatrends research explores three topics that were identified as priority concerns among global supply chain leaders: supply chain risk management, big data analytics and emerging-market growth. The study reveals the practices that leaders are using to generate better than average results from their investments in these areas, and will help executives reposition their organizations to respond to market volatility and improve business outcomes.
Supply Chain Risk Management
• 61% of leaders* make risk management a strategic imperative.
• 43% of leaders have a central risk management function.
• 60% of leaders will boost their investment in risk management by 20% or more in the next two years.
Reported their supply chain risk management ROI exceeded 100 percent.
Big Data Analytics
• Leaders are 6 times more likely to report an increase in supply chain efficiency of 10 percent or greater.
• Leaders are 5 times more likely to report shortened order-to-delivery cycle times.
• Leaders are 5 times more likely to report an improvement in demand driven operations.
The research involved a web-based survey of 1,014 senior executives primarily at global companies headquartered across North America, Europe, and Asia. Fifty-six percent of respondents held C-level titles, including chief supply chain officer, chief procurement officer, chief sourcing officer, chief operations officer and chief operating officer. The remaining 44 percent were senior-level supply chain, procurement or operations executives.


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Chuck Diamond needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 160 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Flagship Property Group, Inc.
I am in the process of starting up a real estate brokerage firm in coastal South Florida. The area this business will operate in is a boating and beach community.
My desired audience is pretty much everyone. I will target everyone from young first time home-buyers to older high net worth individuals.
Preferred parameters:
1) I would prefer a sailing ship of some kind due to the name of the company.
2) I would like it to be somewhat elegant but simple at the same time.
3) Since I am planning to use this logo on letterhead and business cards which I will print myself, I would prefer the design to be only one or two colors.
4) I do not want any recognizable flags or symbols on the sails or behind the ship.
5) Please no stock images or clip art in the logo.
6) I would like the logo to be separate from the company name. No text attached to the logo please.
I definitely need the file in .jpg format and possibly other formats.
Thank you in advance!
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While President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in most head-to-head polls ahead of November's general election, CNBC's latest All-America Economic Survey shows the president is still vulnerable on critical pocketbook issues.
Most significantly, the CNBC survey found that just 28 percent of Americans say they are better off now than they were four years. Thirty-seven percent said they were better off before President George H.W. Bush lost his re-election bid in 1992 to Bill Clinton.
Fewer people deemed the economyin poor shape than was the case in the previous CNBC survey published in December.
Only 36 percent of the 836 people in CNBC's poll conducted between March 19 to 22 said the economy would be better in the next year. By comparison, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll conducted from Feb. 29 through March 3found that 40 percent believe the economy will improve during the next year, a three-point increase in that poll from January.
Overall, respondents in the CNBC survey held a poor view of the economy — with worries about jobs, gasoline and housing prices, as well as the budget deficit, continuing to drag on confidence. But a surprisingly low number said Obama was to blame.
"In this environment, the conventional wisdom is that this is a president who has absolutely no chance of being re-elected, but this is not the only consideration for voters," says Jay Campbell, a pollster and VP at Hart Research, which conducts the quarterly survey for CNBC.
The Blame Game
At the same time, the president's supporters can take heart in the fact that more voters still blame former President George W. Bush for the financial crisis, recession and level of joblessness.
Twenty-eight percent blame Obama's predecessor for the recession, vs. 17 percent for Obama. About a quarter say Bush is to blame for the financial crisis, versus 13 percent for the president. On joblessness, 22 percent blamed Bush versus 21 percent for Obama. (The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent.)
In this area, says Campbell, partisan politics is more of a factor, with roughly one in two Democrats (46 percent) blaming Bush. Nevertheless, 25 percent of independents picked the former president as well. In fact, Bush was blamed the most, over Obama, both parties of Congress, the business cycle and Wall Street.
Another plus for Obama is that a significant percentage of respondents say the financial crisis (25 percent) and the recession (16 percent) are the fault of Wall Street and the financial sector, with whom the president has frequently clashed and whose interests are generally perceived to be represented by the Republican Party.
The results in this area are surprisingly nonpartisan.
Thirty-one percent of Democrats blame Wall Street for the financial crisis, compared with 20 percent of Republicans. Independents registered 22 percent.
Results were roughly similar on the question of the recession. Democrats ranked first (19 percent; GOP and independent respondents were about equal (13 percent/14 percent).
The Election Outlook
Put together, the data may help explain why Obama still holds a solid edge over presumptive GOP presidential nominee Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and venture capitalist. In a hypothetical, head-to-head matchup in the recent NBC/WSJ poll, Obama led 50 percent to 44 percent.
"Given that attitudes really are still fairly negative overall it's surprising that Obama does not receive more blame than he does," says Campbell.
Perhaps the most negative chord in CNBC's survey is Americans' overall view of the economy, almost two years after the official end of the recession.
More than half (53 percent) in the All-America survey described the economy as poor, and 35 percent said fair. In addition, 52 percent of respondents say they are worse off than four years ago.
"These are troublesome numbers for the president," adds Campbell, noting that the better/worse combination is the poorest of six presidential election cycles dating to 1992. "But we know from other polling, the president has a solid core of support."
Still, the toss-up nature of the data is compounded by the poll results of key demographic groups, which have previously swung elections.
Only one in five suburban women voters felt better off, compared with 53 percent who felt worse off. The results were slightly better for independents (24 percent better, 57 percent worse), and blue-collar workers (28 percent/59 percent).
At the same time, however, those feelings appear to have little correlation to the voting intentions of the three groups. Obama leads Romney with independents (46 percent to 39 percent) but trails him with the blue collar group (41 percent to 50 percent), according to the March NBC/WSJ poll. The two candidates are essentially tied among suburban women.
The Gasoline Equation.
The Gasoline Equation
The stubbornly high level of negativity about the economy almost certainly has many sources, but the most prominent one of late has been the steady rise in gasoline prices, an extremely powerful factor among voters at the lower-end of the income scale, who are also the most likely to have static wages.
Analysts say gasoline prices, now averaging just under $4 a gallon, may be the wild card in the election, especially as both the labor and housing markets show signs of stabilization or improvement after prolonged malaise.
Gasoline prices were the top concern of 28 percent of the CNBC respondents, the same as health care. For people with incomes between $30,000 and $50,000, it was 33 percent.
The percentages were even higher for those in the South (35 percent) and who identified themselves as blue collar (38 percent), two weak spots for Obama.
When prices last hit this level in the summer of 2007, the presidential election was still more than a year away. Nevertheless, Bush's approval ratings fell to a low of 29 percent that June.
Obama's performance approval rating has never been that low (its bottom was 44 percent in August 2011), and he has always been popular on a personal basis. Still, aside from its recent blip and another around the time of Osama bin Laden's killing, the president's ratings have been below 50 percent since spring 2010.
"The president is the guy in charge and the incumbent will always have to answer to some degree for the state of the economy," says Campbell. "But, as the saying goes: Is an election a choice or a referendum?"


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- Brian Meyer said...
Thank you Mark for all your hard work. Your mosaics are a true treasure as well as your analases.
- October 21, 2007 12:26 PM
- Michael Sporn said...
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- October 23, 2007 8:41 AM
- Michael Sporn said...
I'm sorry it came to the inevitable end (though I suspect you're not.) These mosaics were something I looked forward to.
Thank you for all your hard work and even more for your insightful comments.
- October 23, 2007 8:43 AM
- Pete Emslie said...
This has been a great service, Mark. Thanks for all your time and effort in figuring this stuff out for us. There were some scenes of Jiminy that I'd always assumed were Kimball's, but it's good to see that there were other animators who could mirror his efforts to keep the Cricket consistent.
Now if this were a more recent Disney feature, there'd still be about 10 more mosaics due to cover the end credits...
- October 24, 2007 12:56 AM
- Michael J. Ruocco said...
Thanks for taking so much time & work to make/post these mosaics. It's been a real pleasure checking them out each day!
- October 24, 2007 1:34 PM
- Hans Perk said...
Wonderful, Mark! A great resource! Now - which one would you like to do next? ;-)
- October 25, 2007 4:17 AM
This is faskinatin' stuff. I'm amazed that this information was even available and at your hard work in making it easy for the rest of us to obtain. Great job!
- October 25, 2007 9:49 AM
- Boris Hiestand said...
ha- I always thought that Pinocchio as a real boy looked hideous! His eyes are so much smaller, it makes his cranium look massive, like he's got some sort of physical and mental handicap ;)
Thanks for these, and yes- if you and Hans want to do another one... I'm sure it'd be another great success.
Sleeping Beauty anyone?
- October 25, 2007 12:47 PM
- Mark Mayerson said...
Thanks everybody for the thanks. Truth is, I would have done this for myself out of personal interest in the film, so it's great that I can post it and any other interested people can have access to it.
There are probably two more Pinocchio posts coming, one talking about the end sequence and one talking about the supervising animators.
I will probably do another feature in the future, assuming that I have access to a draft. For the time being, though, I may do more shorts and I may try and analyze a single scene's animation. I really want to get better at writing about animating and the only way that's going to happen is if I sit down and do it.
- October 25, 2007 3:06 PM
- Steven Hartley said...
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- April 02, 2010 7:18 AM
- Steven Hartley said...
You really make your mosaics interesting and I really think you deserve credit for you're hard work, Mark.
So, what's your next feature mosaic going to be: Snow White? Alice? Sleeping Beauty? The Sword in the Stone? or more animated shorts?
It sure must take ages to do a mosaic, especially for a feature mosaic, so do take your time, and I hope to see more in the future!
- April 02, 2010 7:20 AM
- SparkyMK3 said...
Thanks for these, Mark! I'll use them well!
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Trott Explores Philosophy of Communityby Steve Charles • November 20, 2013 Share:
Working on Capital Hill and for political campaigns taught Adriel Trott a lot about community.
Studying philosophy has taught her even more.
"Reading the Ancient Greeks changed my assumptions about community," the BKT Assistant Professor of Philosophy said Monday during a reception in Center Hall celebrating the publication of her new book, Aristotle on the Nature of Community.
"I had thought that we are first individuals—with all the rights and responsibilities of individuals—and capable of choosing whether to enter community, and therefore capable of leaving community. So I thought of community as a tool that serves the individual, who can be free of the community when it has done its task.
"When I read Plato and Aristotle, I saw a sense of community where individuals become who they are from within a community, and that they thrive as part of a community."
In Aristotle on the Nature of Community, published by Cambridge University Press in October, Trott argues that Aristotle's view is relevant for contemporary efforts to improve and encourage genuine democratic practices.
And she's been practicing what Aristotle preached, participating as a note-taker at the recent Community Conversation in Montgomery County, a forum brought together by the Montgomery County Prescription Drug Task Force, the Montgomery County Probation Office, the Montgomery County Youth Service Bureau, and the Wabash College Rhetoric Department.
Trott says that "Wabash is a place that takes community seriously.
"Someone asked me at the book party what Aristotle would say about Wabash, and I said, 'Aristotle would say we are forming community in this work we do together, talking to one another about what matters to us.'"


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In the opening tournament of the 2012 season, the MIT water polo team defeated Yale (23-7) and Harvard (19-7) but was unable to hold off Diablo Valley (13-7), who won the final game of the Labor Day Invite, hosted by MIT on Saturday.
The Engineers were led by freshmen Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) and Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) and senior goalie Kevin Hsiue (Alamo, Calif.). Over the course of the three games, Rogers and Tasman both totaled 11 goals while Hsiue compiled 27 saves.
Against Yale, Rogers racked up four goals to go along with two assists, as Tasman tacked on three goals and two steals. Sophomores Dylan Hallman (La Jolla, Calif.) and Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.) and freshmen Brady Knight (Fremont, Calif.), Zach Nelson (La Jolla, Calif.) and Joe Kusters (Coronado, Calif.) each scored twice. Junior Scott Stephens (Los Altos, Calif.) dished out a team-high three assists, while Knight added two of his own. Hsiue collected six saves in addition to two assists.
In the game against Harvard, Tasman amassed seven goals and two assists, while Rogers tallied three goals to go along with two steals. Junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) totaled three goals and two steals, as Stephens registered three steals and Hsiue recorded 10 saves.
In the finale with Diablo Valley, Cheney contributed three goals, followed by two from Rogers and one from Tasman. Hsiue and sophomore Spencer Boone (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) shared goaltending duties, totaling 11 and two saves respectively.
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TECH NOW: The future of wearable tech. MC10's sensor is worn like a child's wearable tattoo.
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The biggest wearable tech trend perhaps is the race for space on your wrist. Tech companies large and small are either out in the markeplace with so-called smartwatches, or working on one.
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Apple's iPad sales jumped 64 percent year-over-year to 19.5 million units for the quarter. The company said enterprise adoption of the iPad by business customers was a major contributor to that increase.
"I've seen more and more people developing more and more custom apps for their businesses on iOS to be used on iPad and we're very, very bullish on it," Cook said. "As a matter of fact, just to quote you some numbers, iPad now is being used in 95 percent of the Fortune 500. And what's even more impressive probably is that on the Global 500 companies, we're now in 89 percent."


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Bookmaker Paddy Power is offering odds of 4:5 that Apple will recall the iPhone 4.
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CRESTVIEW � Walker Elementary School�s main hallway features students� masterpieces for the first Spring Art Show. The school has been decorating the halls to celebrate art teacher Sarah Harris�s arrival.
CRESTVIEW � Walker Elementary School�s main hallway features students� masterpieces for the first Spring Art Show. The school has been decorating the halls to celebrate art teacher Sarah Harris�s arrival.
Drawings and paintings from each teacher's class appear in the main hallway and in a portion of the school's media center, which facilitated a family night for a book fair.
The displays impressed second-grader Miranda Everhart, 7, who was attending the art show and book fair with her father, Tad.
"I like the drawing and coloring; I like all of it," Miranda said, adding she looks forward to painting more.
Her father said he supports the arts program.
"It gives (students) a break from all of the math and science," he said. "It also helps with their imagination."
He�s not alone in his support.
"Many (parents) have said that they felt that their children were artists and they never got to participate in the visual arts," principal Jeanine Kirkland. "This has been a wonderful beginning for us and we want to keep it going."
The school introduced the art program at the beginning of this school year, following Harris�s hiring.
Harris teaches a class from each grade level for 40 minutes a week.
"We cover the whole art spectrum (including) drawing, coloring and painting," she said.
Some of the classes have started working with papier-mch�. Recently, all eight kindergarten classes collaborated to create a large pairing of papier-mch�hearts displayed at the show.
Parents have donated recycled items, including egg cartons and discarded paper towel rolls, to support the program. The class can use these items to create art.
"One thing I teach my kids is that you can find art in anything � and we will � which will be fun." Harris said.
The school had a similar art show in the fall and plans to have another before the end of the school, she said.
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I am a big guy, 6'2" and weigh in at 210. I am always on the search for a kite that delivers low end, pop and great hangtime while still turning on a dime. I do like SOME bar pressure and feel to the kite.
Last weekend, I ran into an old friend of mine in the Keys. Dimitri of EPIC kites was giving a demo out of the OTHER SIDE in Islamorada. I met him at the beach and all he told me was: Rush, try this kite and tell me what you think! The wind was blowing maybe 15 with a few higher gusts. I jumped on this kite, really not expecting much out of it. To my surprise, this kite had great low end and tremendous pull. The bar pressure was near perfect and the shape of the bar felt good too. On the second tack I decided to send it......BIG hangtime! This kite felt like I had been riding it for a year on the first few tacks, which is always a good sign for me!
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Shares of Stryker have gained 0.5% to $79--they were up as much as 3.1% at $81--after reporting a profit of $1.23, beating forecasts for $1.22, while revenue came in at $2.47 billion, ahead of forecasts for $2.43 billion. Stryker also said that its full year earnings would come in between $4.74 and $4.90 using new amortization rules. Because of that change it's hard to tell how that compares to consensus estimates for $4.57.
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According to the Associated Press, the Cowboys announced they agreed to terms with first-round pick Dez Bryant on Thursday.
Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a press conference has been scheduled for 6:45 PM CST by Stephen Jones and full details of the deal should be revealed at that time.
Some rumors have suggested an $11.8 million dollar, 5-year deal including an $8.5 million dollar signing bonus.
Bryant, the 24th pick of the draft, is now expected to report on time for Cowboys training camp on Saturday in San Antonio, and any talk of a hold out has now been extinguished.
I know many were getting uptight about his signing, but check this out. Bryant actually becomes the first first-round pick to agree to a contract. Sam Bradford, who was the No. 1 overall pick, has yet to agree to a deal.
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First Look: Hard Candy Cases Bubble Sleeve for iPad
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It's the second iPad case we've received and the first to arrive in packaging: Hard Candy Cases' Bubble Sleeve for iPad ($50) is a ballistic nylon and soft microfiber case with bubble-shaped bumps on both sides, a grid-textured cushion for the iPad's screen inside, and double zippers to seal everything closed. Unique to HardCandy's design is a set of four rubber corner grips for the iPad that can be moved with Velcro to properly accommodate the final sizes and shapes of both the Wi-Fi only iPad and the version with Wi-Fi and 3G -- an innovation that enables HardCandy to have its case ready to ship now for the earliest iPad buyers. Three colors are available.
On May 13, 2010, iLounge published The Complete Guide to iPad Cases and Protection, a multi-page comparison of over 70 different iPad cases and film protectors, sorted by genre. The following details were added to this piece by that comparison article; please click on the link above for additional comparative discussion of similar protective options.
Unlike Sleeves, which keep an iPad inside for slip-out use, this collection of iPad cases has been designed to split open and reveal the device—generally for use while still in the case. There are such similarities between these cases that we've put them into groups solely for the purpose of indicating which we think are standouts, and which basically blur into each other.
Bubble Sleeve is a Middle-of-Pack Pick. The best of Hard Candy's cases for now, Bubble Sleeve looks great inside and out, offering more protection when closed than most of the other cases here. When open, it's an in-the-lap case only, as it doesn't hold the iPad in place. We like it a lot, anyway.
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Chris Colfer & Alyson Hannigan: Course Of The Force Relay!
Chris Colfer sports a "I Love Wookies" t-shirt while attending the Star Wars themed Course Of The Force Relay at Skywalker Ranch on Tuesday (July 9) near Nicasio, Calif.
The 23-year-old Glee actor was joined by Alyson Hannigan and her husband Alexis Denisof, who brought their two adorable daughters Satyana and Keeva.
"I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was four when I saw it for the first time. It was life changing," Chris shared to JJ.
Alexis, who donned a custom C3PO suit, added, "One of my friends is a costumer and she helped create the suit just for this!"
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April 15, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's lacrosse team posted its first New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) win of the season in convincing fashion as it defeated Smith College, 17-9, on Saturday. Casey Flynn paced the Engineers (3-6, 1-3 NEWMAC) with a game-high five goals.
Additional offensive support came from Laura Watson, who tallied four goals, as Samantha O'Keefe notched three goals and three draw controls. Julia Roberts contributed two goals and an assist while Amanda Hunter recorded two goals, including the game-winner, to go along with five groundballs. Mary Harding led MIT with seven groundballs and chipped in a goal as Lynne Tye earned an assist. Anna Ayuso amassed seven caused turnovers and four groundballs while Clara Bennett totaled four in the same categories. In net, Hee Jay Kang collected 11 saves as her ledger improved to 3-6 on the year.
Smith opened the scoring at the 26:57 mark, but the Engineers countered with 13 unanswered goals during the next 20 minutes. The Pioneers found the back of the net three times during the last 4:15, which made the score 13-4 at the break. Smith carried the momentum into the second stanza as it narrowed the gap to 13-7 with 15:36 left to play. MIT ended the rally by tacking on four consecutive goals in a span of five minutes. The Pioneers continued to attack as they scored twice before the final horn sounded.


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"The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey"
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Novelist and journalist Lawrence Osborne is a veteran traveler and a veteran drinker. In this entertaining travel essay/memoir, he combines both of his loves with a combination of sparkling prose and insightful observations. An Englishman who lives in New York and Bangkok, he admits that drinking is a personal choice and a comfortable habit with which he grew up. During his travels, though, he comes across a group of young Muslim men in Bali who consider it "a plague, sickness of the soul," an act that removes one from "normal consciousness."
Osborne doesn't necessarily disagree with them — it can be all that — but, for him, drinking also is a form of self-expression. Thus, in this short but emotionally wide-ranging volume, he traverses the world, from the Middle East to Italy to New York to Scotland, as he ruminates about the role of alcohol in our lives. Where do you draw the line, for example, between indulgence and restraint? Between social drinking and binge drinking? In some countries, people drink to get drunk; in others, drinking is a social, convivial act.
Osborne discusses what he calls the two states of wetness and dryness, hoping that he one day will stumble across that most paradoxical of creatures, a Muslim alcoholic, because a "Muslim alcoholic," he muses, " gives me hope that the human race can be saved." He contends that the worst time of the year for the "determined solitary" drinker is the forced merriment of Christmas and New Year's.
He reflects on the often contentious relationship between the drinker and the teetotaler. He visits the remote Swedish island of Bjare, the "Bordeaux of vodka potatoes," and where, not incidentally, Ingmar Bergman's bleak classic "The Seventh Seal" was filmed. In another chapter he travels to the island of Islay in Scotland's Inner Hebrides, a good place to examine the appeal of whisky and, in particular, the Japanese obsession with Johnnie Walker. ("In Japan, Islay is more known than Budapest, Kiev, or Glasgow.")
The book is endlessly fascinating, whether drinker or teetotaler.
"How to Be Danish: A Journey to the Cultural Heart of Denmark"
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Patrick Kingsley is the Egypt correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, but here his focus is not on the Middle East but on Denmark. According to the United Nations, the Danes are the happiest people in the world, even as their murderous television shows (think "The Killing") have become cult favorites. Part reportage, part travelogue, this delightful guide to not-quite-all-things Danish tries to explain the Danish appeal, or what Kingsley, tongue-in-cheek, calls "Danish delirium."
In spring 2012, Kingsley spent a month in Denmark, from Copenhagen to Jutland, visiting schools and farms and churches, and, yes, even stopping by the set of "The Killing," and he interviewed more than 70 Danes from all walks of life. He discusses Denmark's earnest attempt to be a classless society.
"It also helps," he writes, "that the wage disparity between different jobs is not particularly large." Indeed, he adds that the gap between rich and poor in Denmark is the lowest in the world.
He discusses education (a university education is free); the so-called Nordic food revolution (Noma, in Copenhagen, was named the world's best restaurant for three years in a row); Danish furniture and architecture; the Danish welfare state and the high taxes they pay for it (a reasonable trade-off, Danes agree, for the return on investment they get); cycling (about a third of Copenhageners cycle to work); and immigration, a sometimes toxic issue that culminated in the controversial Muhammad cartoon crisis of 2005–2006.
How to be Danish? The concept of what Danishness means is changing and, Kingsley suggests, will continue to transform itself for the foreseeable future.


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DES MOINES (AP) — A former elementary school student and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming the girl's principal and superintendent failed to report sexual abuse by a former teacher.
The girl was a student until 2011 at Anita Elementary, one of the schools in the consolidated CAM School District in western Iowa.
The lawsuit says former teacher William Foulkes, 66, sexually abused the girl at the Anita school beginning in 2009. It alleges Principal Larry Hunt and Superintendent Steve Pelzer knew of Foulkes' abuse but instead of reporting it to authorities, allowed him to resign in 2010.
Foulkes was charged in March with dozens of counts, but he later pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and received a suspended prison sentence and probation. The lawsuit doesn't specify if the criminal charges stemmed from the girl's allegations.
The girl and her mother are represented by West Des Moines attorney Patrick Hopkins, who said the school district and the two administrators did not take the necessary steps to prevent or stop Foulkes' behavior or warn students or parents about the risk he posed.
"One has to recall that most of these students were approximately 12 years old at the times involved," Hopkins said. "It is difficult to conceive how one could conclude that sitting on this information was appropriate. In fact, sitting on that information instead of turning it over to professional investigators led to continued abuse."
The lawsuit names Pelzer, Hunt, Foulkes and the school district and seeks compensation for what it says is treatment of the girl's depression, nightmares, flashbacks and other injuries.
School district attorney Rick Franck, of Denison, said he hadn't seen the lawsuit Monday afternoon and couldn't comment until he reviewed it. Pelzer, Hunt, and Foulkes did not return calls seeking comment.


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The Wall Street Journal has run two intriguing stories related to Clinton campaign fundraising this week. Yesterday's story by Brody Mullins involved the Paw family of Daly City, California, that has donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005 while the head of the house is making a living delivering the mail. The house in which the family lives is the size of a matchbox, though it matches the former address of the wealthy Democratic contributor Norman Hsu. Today the Journal follows up in a story by Mullins and Ianthe Jeanne Duggan that profiles the mysterious Mr. Hsu. The Journal reports:
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that a modest home in a middle-class San Francisco suburb, where the family of mail carrier William Paw resides, is listed as the address for many contributions to the Clinton campaign. Mr. Hsu once listed the home as his address, according to public records, and the Paws' donations closely tracked his.
Mr. Hsu's lawyer, Lawrence Barcella, took issue with a connection between his client and the Paws.
"Like every fund-raiser, he asks friends, colleagues and others to support the causes and candidates he supports. That is what every fund-raiser in America for any cause — political or nonprofit — does," Mr. Barcella said in a written statement. "And, in none of these instances, to address the WSJ innuendo, has Mr. Hsu reimbursed them for their contributions."
Reading of Mr. Hsu reminded me of the mysterious Dr. Wu in Steely Dan's evocative "Katy Lied." Steely Dan sings:
Are you with me Doctor Wu?
Are you really just a shadow
Of the man that I once knew?
She is lovely yes she's sly
And you're an ordinary guy.
Has she finally got to you?
Can you hear me Doctor?
Those in search of answers to the questions will not find the post attacking the Journal's stories at Hillary Matters to provide much illumination. And today brings word that Mr. Hsu appears to be a fugitive who pleaded guilty to a million dollar swindle in 1991, though I can find no comment as of this moment by Hillary Matters.
UPDATE: John Fund writes that he appeared on Laura Ingraham's show today on this subject, and that it's hot. John also kindly forwards what appears to be his Poliltical Diary entry on the topic:
In Case You Forgot Who John Huang Was…
Hillary Clinton suddenly has her own version of John Huang, the mysterious fund-raiser and former Clinton political appointee who was at the heart of her husband's 1996 campaign scandals. He's Norman Hsu, a wealthy New Yorker and Democratic fundraiser whose questionable political giving was the subject of an investigative report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Mr. Hsu is an official high-dollar "HillRaiser" for the Clinton campaign — and, it turns out, a fugitive from justice since 1992, when he reportedly pleaded no contest to a charge of grand theft, agreed to serve three years in prison and then vanished.
How very reminiscent of the strange cast of characters who swirled around the 1996 Clinton campaign. At the center of the controversy over improper contributions and alleged links between the contributors and the Chinese government was James Riady, scion of the shadowy Hong Kong-based Lippo Group, who returned to Asia and never cooperated with investigators. Pauline Kanchanalak, whose $253,000 in contributions had to be returned by the DNC, decamped to her native Thailand. Little Rock restaurateur Charlie Trie, a major-league fund-raiser and recipient of wire transfers from the Bank of China in Hong Kong, took up residence in Beijing to avoid questioning.
Mr. Hsu appears to be following in the footsteps of Mr. Huang, a genius at finding contributors of apparent modest means to donate lavishly to the Clinton campaign. The Journal reported this week that among his prize catches was the family of William Paw, a mail carrier in Daly City, Calif. None of the Paws ever donated to any candidates before 2004, but seven adults in the Paw family have donated $213,000 to Democratic candidates in the last three years, including $55,000 to Mrs. Clinton. In Mr. Huang's day, an Indonesian gardener, despite being a foreign national, donated $200,000 to the Democratic National Committee in 1996 and then suddenly had to leave for Jakarta.
E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., the Washington lawyer who represents Mr. Hsu, says his client had nothing to do with the 1996 fundraising scandal and is simply a big fan of the Clintons and Democrats in general. As for that pesky grand theft charge, Mr. Barcella says his client doesn't recall pleading guilty to any criminal charge or having an obligation to serve jail time.
Hmm. Similar memory failures were rampant in the 1996 scandal. Witnesses called before the Senate investigative committee chaired by then-Senator Fred Thompson suffered collective amnesia on just about any subject much beyond their names, titles and Social Security numbers.
To its credit, the Clinton campaign does remember Mr. Hsu and is bravely defending him — for now. "Norman Hsu is a longtime and generous supporter of the Democratic Party and its candidates, including Sen. Clinton," said Howard Wolfson, a Clinton spokesman, on Tuesday. Of course, that was before the latest revelations about Mr. Hsu's criminal record. No doubt he will now be placed in the same memory hole as Mr. Huang and all the other fundraisers for the Clinton political machine whose tactics proved embarrassing.
John recalls John Huang and discusses Norman Hsu in the interview below.
UPDATE: Mr. Hsu may be with Ms. Hillary, but Hillary's not with Mr. Hsu. According to the AP, Hillary is divesting herself of Hsu's contributions. And there is a local angle. Al Franken too will divest himself of Hsu's $2,300 contribution. As for Hsu, his contribution to the cause will be "to refrain from all fundraising activities on behalf of all candidates and causes." They also serve who only stand and wait!


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O'Neal Douglas, Steve Halverson, Wanyonyi Kendrick, Judy Solano, Kevin Twomey
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Ann Hicks, Jerry Watterson
Chair Twomey asked for a moment of silence in remembrance of Trustee Bowen. He welcomed Dr. Solano to the committee. Upon request for a motion to accept the previous minutes, Trustee Douglas so motioned and the motion was seconded by Trustee Halverson and approved unanimously.
Janet Owen spoke to the fee policies before the committees. She said that all of the policies had been drafted to coordinate when fees would come before the Board of Trustees and to institute a consistent schedule and procedures. Florida statutes clearly delegated authority for the establishment of tuition and fees to the Board. She distributed a chart outlining proposed dates for bringing specific fees before the Board.
The Activity and Service, Health, and Athletic fees were set apart in statute to allow staff to make recommendations regarding increases to the fees. However, she said, these fees were capped and UNF, along with eight other institutions, had already exceeded that cap. Each year, the President would bring changes to these fees to the Board at the first meeting of the year in January or February.
Parking and Child Development fees policies were presented together as both required recommendations from committees: the parking committee and the Board of Directors for the Child Development Center. Changes would then be recommended to the President who would bring those changes before the Board the first meeting of every year in January or February.
Ms. Owen said that originally the general appropriations act would have been completed during regular session, moved through the veto process, then changes would be finalized in the summer for implementation in fall. Currently, some across the board increases were mandated by the State. For other increases, the President would consult with student government leadership and would recommend changes to the Board of Trustees at their June meeting.
With regard to housing fees, Ms. Owen stated that the intent was to decide fees a year in advance so that they could be published in a timely manner. Changes to housing fees would be brought before the Trustees in June of each year for decisions on fees for fall of the following year.
The miscellaneous fees included a number of various fees passed on to students each year. For planning purposes, these fees would be brought before the President in December of each year for the fall of the following year. The University requested that the Board delegate authority for approval of these fees to the President as fees were minimal and were also capped. Trustee Watterson asked it such delegation would allow a similar occurrence to the decision made by Florida State to put the technology fee under the facilities and equipment charge after the technology fee had been refused by the Board. Ms. Owen responded that the other universities believed that decision was illegal and pointed out that the Board of Governors chair had insisted upon the item's removal from the agenda. She said that UNF would not attempt such a thing in any case and added that the Board of Governors served as a reviewing body for these issues and clearly monitored them carefully.
Trustee Douglas motioned to recommend the policies to the full Board. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Dean Serwatka stated that he and Chair Twomey had begun discussion on this subject last year, examining how the University was funded by program. Dr. Serwatka indicated three charts included in the packets. The charts illustrated comparisons of what was expended on and what was allocated for FTE through comparison of one year to another, then through comparison with other universities. Comparisons were also given among different disciplines. He explained the causes some of the differences shown among institutions and programs.
Chair Twomey remarked that the information was very interesting and asked if it would help in planning for 2003-2004. Dean Serwatka answered that it would not be as helpful as one would hope, because the rate of funding per new FTE varied from year to year. He added that universities were often penalized for their efficiency based on the current funding formula. Trustee Halverson indicated that he would like to get information on the funding formula. He felt the issue was extremely important and though he was aware that the workshop would be time consuming, he did not feel that strategic issues could easily be addressed without an understanding of the formula. President Delaney agreed that the information was useful. He remarked that the formula was likely to change next year due to dissatisfaction with the current formula. Florida and Florida State would like to see the formula designed to better assist them with improving their quality without FTE growth. Chair Twomey asked if a workshop could be offered for interested Trustees.
A discussion ensued regarding the presentation. Chair Twomey asked about expenditures for FTE. Dr. Serwatka replied that institutions and centers were not included but advising, teaching, secretarial support, etc. were considered. Trustee Kendrick noted that FAMU was markedly more expensive than other institutions. Dr. Serwatka replied that the reasons could have to do with inefficiencies but there could also be other explanations. President Delaney added that though FAMU was only slightly larger than UNF, they had a considerably larger budget. Chair Twomey asked if the cost of the engineering program was high in part due to the new building construction. Dr. Serwatka answered that the higher cost was due primarily to the fact that it was a new program and as such would come down some in time. Trustee Douglas asked if the psychology program at Florida Gulf Coast was more expensive because they offered a doctoral degree. Dean Serwatka replied that the college did not offer a Ph.D. but was more expensive as it was a new program. Dean Serwatka pointed out that the cost of performing arts was high but said this was not due to the cost of faculty in this instance but rather due to the small size of the classes. Dr. Serwatka noted that the masters program in mathematics was costly but said the program should continue as it was a high need area. President Delaney added that the same was true for physics. A decision had been made that, as a comprehensive university, physics should be offered despite the cost. Chair Twomey thanked Dean Serwatka for his report.
Ms. Shuman spoke regarding the audit report. She said the Auditor General's Office examined all university operations every two years. Sixteen recommendations were made from this examination, which Ms. Shuman indicated was pretty good as over a hundred areas were surveyed. Ms. Shuman presented the recommendations and the University's responses. She indicated that these were preliminary findings and asked that any additional comments be submitted before September 18 as the responses were due to the Auditor General by that date.
Ms. Shuman summarized the report findings: three of the auditor's recommendations were related to items the University discovered, reported, and had already taken appropriate actions to resolve. The Auditor General felt the issues should be listed anyway but no further action was required from UNF at this time. Several of the Auditor General's recommendations were valid but there were a few instances when the University disagreed with at least part of the recommendation. For instance, in Finding 1, UNF disagreed with the Auditor General's finding that there was not a contingent relationship between deliverables and payment of fees in relation to the contract with ERP. President Delaney pointed out that the issue had been addressed during negotiations and that SCT had agreed to change the language in accordance with UNF's wishes, therefore the issue had been resolved. Ms. Shuman stated that in two cases University rules were in place but had not been documented. Contrary to the Auditor General's recommendation rules did not need to be created in those instances.
Ms. Shuman noted four instances that were more major than the others: two issues were concerned with employee theft of funds – the theft had been discovered internally and appropriate measures had been taken, the third issue was related to inventory control, and the fourth had to do with professional selection procedures. Regarding the Auditor General's recommendations on inventory control, according to Florida statute, the University was required to inventory property each year. Inventory had previously been a function of the Controller's office. Ms. Shuman stated that the University planned to decentralize the function, distributing it to all departments in an effort to provide better supervision over inventory control. President Delaney agreed that the best avenue for oversight lay within the departments. Ms. Shuman noted that other universities had been contacted regarding their policies and generally used this procedure.
Trustee Kendrick asked to what degree departments could be held accountable. She wondered if consistent loss of inventory from a particular department could result in loss of budget monies. Ms. Shuman replied that the new policy would allow the University to decide upon a course of action to make reasonably sure of accountability. Trustee Solano said she had a concern about decentralizing inventory control to the department level. As a department chair, she was concerned that extra work and responsibility would fall to the chair. President Delaney responded that such duties as physically inventorying a department would typically become the responsibility of one or more clerical employees, dependant upon the size of the department. As a physical inventory would be required quarterly at most, he did not feel it would be an issue. Chair Twomey added that as departments would have the cost of replacing lost inventory, it was to their benefit to maintain control over their property. Trustee Solano reiterated her concerns about increased workload for departments and asked if the departments would be responsible for tagging property. President Delaney consulted with Ms. Shuman and answered that the function would remain with the Controller's office.
The final finding discussed was in relation to professional selection issues. Ms. Shuman reported that the instance was based on a singular occurrence. In order to retain funds from a state grant, an engineer was hired in an emergency situation. Later the same engineer was used again as someone familiar with the situation constituted the most practical choice. However, UNF would select professionals according to the selection procedures outlined by State statute in the future.
Chair Twomey asked Mr. Khan what his impression was of the audit outcomes. Mr. Khan answered that the recommendations did not result from systemic problems nor were the problems extensive. All had been relatively simple to address.
Trustee Kendrick noted that she was glad to hear that UNF was in line with the ERP contract. She said she did not see anything in relation to business processes and would like to make sure that business processes were aligned with technology. She also stated that she took the Auditor General's report very seriously and considered it an indirect indicator of how the University was doing and how much funding the University would receive. She wanted to present the information before the full Board. Dr. Serwatka said the information would be presented but comments were required before September 18 in order to have them submitted to the Auditor General's office in time. Trustee Kendrick said she would like an action plan presented at the next meeting and she would like to make sure the Auditor General's recommendations were not repeated in the next audit. Mr. Khan stated that all findings were followed up on at once. Action was taken immediately upon receipt of the report. President Delaney pointed out that the audit had been quite positive overall and that all issues from prior audits had been addressed: no repeated recommendations were included in the report. He said there was a possibility that recommendation 15 could come up again as the University disagreed with the finding. Trustee Kendrick said the University might want to document that all of the findings were new.
Trustee Halverson agreed with President Delaney that the audit recommendations were not generally on very significant issues. He said he felt pretty good about the audit and thought recommendations had been addressed appropriately. His only concern was the apparent breakdown of controls, which he felt certain would be patched. President Delaney affirmed that the issue was of concern but reiterated that University staff had discovered the theft and stated that dummy invoices and such were extremely difficult to discover. Trustee Kendrick agreed and congratulated the staff members who found the theft. Trustee Halverson said that the audit had been a vigorous one and that he felt the results were good.
Chair Twomey asked if there were any other comments or topics for discussion then adjourned the meeting.
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Australia's latest role in Iraq has received the backing of UN chief Ban Ki-moon, as the prime minister warns the ongoing mission carries risks.
Within days RAAF aircraft will fly to the Kurdish capital Erbil to provide small arms, ammunition and aid as part of a US-led effort to fend off Islamic State militants.
The UN Secretary-General says it's important nations such as Australia help address the situation in Iraq.
"Without addressing this issue through certain means, including some military and counter-terrorist actions, we will just end up allowing these terrorist activities to continue," he told reporters in Auckland on Tuesday.
Australia's international standing will go up a notch when Foreign Minister Julie Bishop accepts this week a formal invitation for the nation to become an "enhanced partner" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Although not a member, Australia's engagement with NATO has grown steadily in recent years especially through the mission in Afghanistan.
Ms Bishop is heading to the NATO summit in Wales as Prime Minister Tony Abbott warns of further risks involved in the Iraq mission.
However he talked down reports a C-130 Hercules aircraft undertaking Australia's second humanitarian airdrop to the town of Amerli had come under fire from extremists.
"I'm not advised that they came under direct fire themselves," he said.
Defence chief Mark Binskin tweeted there were no reports the transport came under fire, but ground fire was "not unusual in a war zone".
Mr Abbott said risks should be expected.
"Obviously, flying humanitarian air drops into combat zones are full of risk. But the risks are reasonable given the importance of the missions they're flying."
The US Defence Department said in a statement US aircraft had conducted three air strikes against nearby Islamic State terrorists in support of the Amerli airdrop, but all aircraft safely exited the area.
Labor leader Bill Shorten restated his support for the airdrops and weapons airlift but acknowledged there were easy options there.
"Providing the Kurds with light weapons, the opportunity to defend themselves against people who would kill their families, to me is the only logical choice here," Mr Shorten said.
He later told Labor caucus the party would not support putting Australian troops on the ground in Iraq.
Mr Abbott told a coalition joint party room meeting there had been no requests for combat troops and there was a "world of difference" between the war in 2003 and today.
"What we do will be done with appropriate due process," he said.