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IRVINE — Saturday was the annual promotion that brings hundreds of elementary school kids to the Bren Events Center for a statistics-based math competition. But at the bottom line against visiting UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine men's basketball coach Russell Turner said it was the man he counts upon most who was able to make the difference.
UCI senior Mike Wilder, who had missed his previous 10 three-point attempts, dating back to the first half of the Jan. 26 loss at Long Beach State, netted a three-pointer with 8.7 seconds left to propel the Anteaters to a 62-60 Big West Conference triumph in front of 3,430 emotionally drained spectators.
"You've got to have a pure heart to make that shot," Turner said of Wilder's first game-winner as an Anteater. "There were a couple places [Chris McNealy, who drove into the lane before kicking back out to Wilder near the top of the three-point arc] could have gone on the kick pass, but I'm pretty good with who he went to. That's probably who I would have thrown it to … I've seen Mike Wilder make a lot of big shots down the stretch, so it wasn't a surprise [he made that one]. He has not shot the ball as well this year as in his previous two years [28.9% this season before the game-winner]. But he is an incredible competitor, with as much character as any guy or player that we've got or that I've seen."
Wilder, whose 192 career three-pointers rank fourth in UCI career annals, said he was up to the task.
"When [Taran Brown] made that shot before we called timeout [a 12-foot baseline turnaround that put the visitors up, 60-59, for their first lead since 5-4 with 21 seconds left] I told myself if the ball comes to me, this needs to go in," Wilder said. "I need to cash this. [McNealy] found me and my teammates have all the confidence in the world in me. They always tell me never to stop shooting. I shot it, it felt good and it went in … My confidence was good, actually. I know I hadn't hit a [three-point] shot up to that point, but in that moment, I just knew that if it came to me, I needed to put it through."
When Wilder connected, the crowd erupted in a deafening roar that made it impossible for even Wilder to hear his trademark exultation that follows all of his big shots.
"I just yell 'Let's go!,'" Wilder said. "It's something to get me more pumped up, more hyped-up during the games. "The noise was insane. Not very many times have I heard it that loud in the Bren, and it was nice to see."
UCI (12-11, 6-4 in conference) was nearly blinded by a staggering comeback by the Gauchos (7-14, 3-7), who trailed, 40-20, late in the first half.
Al Williams scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half, Kyle Boswell had nine of his 15 after the break, and a shift to a two-three zone helped the visitors whittle away at the lead. When Michael Bryson sank a three-pointer with 55 seconds left, UCSB was within 59-58.
After Adam Folker missed the front end of a one-and-one free-throw situation with 40 seconds left, Brown erased the deficit, only to set the stage for Wilder.
"We did exactly what I told my guys to do," Turner said of his team's last possession. "We ran our shooters to spots that would stretch their two-three zone, drove it into the interior, then came right back to the trigger guy."
Williams, who converted the game-winning three-point play in the final seconds of UCSB's 74-71 win over UCI on Jan. 5, fouled out with 40 seconds left Saturday.
Boswell missed a twisting three-point attempt at the buzzer.
McNealy had 10 points off the bench, all in the first half, while Folker and Will Davis had nine points apiece. Davis added six rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
Wilder finished with seven points and had four assists, as did freshman Alex Young, who scored 12 points.
UCI visits Cal State Northridge on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Big West Conference
UC Irvine 62, UC Santa Barbara 60
UCSB – Brown 7, Williams 22, Bryson 12, Thomas 0, Taylor 0, Boswell 15, Moore 2, Beeler 2.
3-pt. goals – Bryson 2, Boswell 2, Brown 1.
Fouled out – Williams.
Technicals – None.
UCI – Davis 9, Folker 9, Starring 7, Young 12, Wilder 7, McNealy 10, Flowers 6, Clifford 2.
3-pt. goals – McNealy 2, Starring 1, Wilder 1.
Fouled out – None.
Halftime – UCI, 40-23.


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Services have been scheduled for the 25-year-old Northern Westchester man who was killed in a one-car crash on Route 117 in Mount Pleasant on Saturday, Oct. 7 .
Connor David Gilbert Estavillo of Briarcliff Manor was born in Newport R.I. on Aug 14, 1992 to his mother Shannon (nee Brown) Estavillo of Briarcliff Manor and his father David Estavillo of New Mexico.
Connor graduated from Briarcliff Manor High School in 2010. He later joined the ranks of the Hawthorne Fire Department where he proudly served his community before enlisting in the US Army in 2011. He honorably served his country until 2017, serving one tour of duty in Iraq.
Connor was known for his caring personality and his ability to make people laugh.
He is survived by his son Brantley Estavillo; sisters Chantel (Joseph) Carpentieri of Briarcliff Manor, and Siobhan (Marc) White of Bedford Hills; his grandmother Dorothy Paiva of Naugatuck, CT; and his three nephews Marc White Jr., Joseph Carpentieri Jr., and John White; as well as many other aunts, uncles and cousins.
Connor was predeceased by his grandfather Alfred Paiva in 2010.
A wake will be held at Waterbury & Kelly Funeral Home at 1300 Pleasantville Rd. in Briarcliff Manor, New York on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services and interment are private.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Connor's name to the Wounded Warriors Project would be appreciated.
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Reading 2: The Dalton Gang
The Dalton family came from Jackson County, Missouri. Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. By 1882 the family lived in northeast Oklahoma, and by 1886 they had moved to Coffeyville in southeast Kansas. When the Oklahoma Territory opened for settlement in 1889, the family claimed homestead land near Kingfisher. Thirteen of the couple's 15 children survived to maturity. One son, Frank, was a U.S. Deputy Marshal who was killed in the line of duty in 1887. Perhaps hoping to avenge their brother's death, the three younger Dalton boys--Grattan (b. 1861), Bob (b. 1869), and Emmett (b. 1871)--became lawmen. But in 1890, the boys moved to the other side of the law.
Bob Dalton was always the wild one. He killed a man for the first time when he was just 19. He was a deputy at the time and claimed the killing was in the line of duty. Some suspected, however, that the victim had tried to take away Bob's girl. In March 1890, Bob was charged with introducing liquor into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), but he jumped bail and did not appear for his trial. In September 1890, Grat was arrested for stealing horses--a lynching offense in a time when horses provided the main mode of transportation--but either the charges were dropped or he was released.
Discredited as lawmen, the Daltons soon formed their first gang. Bob recruited George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, Bill McElhanie, and "Blackfaced Charley" Bryant to ride with him and his brother Emmett. Bryant received his nickname because of a gunpowder burn on one cheek. Grat Dalton was visiting his brother Bill in California when the gang was formed, but joined it later, as did Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Their first robbery target was a gambling house in Silver City, New Mexico.
On February 6, 1891, after Bob Dalton had joined his brothers in California, a Southern Pacific passenger train was held up. The Daltons were accused of the robbery, based on little evidence. Bob escaped and Bill was acquitted, but Grat was arrested, convicted, and put on a train headed for a 20-year prison sentence. According to one account, Grat was handcuffed to one deputy and accompanied by another. After the train had gone some distance, one deputy fell asleep and the other busied himself talking to other passengers. As it was a hot day, all the windows were open. Suddenly, Grat jumped up and dived head first out of the train window. He landed in the San Joaquin River, disappeared under water, and was carried downstream by the current. The deputies were astounded. Grat must have taken the key to the handcuffs from the first deputy's pocket as he slept and then timed his escape to take place when he knew the train would be on a bridge. If he had landed on the ground, he would almost certainly have been killed. Somehow he found his brothers and made his way back to Oklahoma Territory.
The Dalton brothers were now professional outlaws. Between May 1891 and July 1892 they robbed four trains in Indian Territory. On May 9, 1891, the men held up a Santa Fe train at Wharton (now Perry). They only got away with several hundred dollars, but they had worked well as a team. As they passed Orlando, they stole eight or nine horses. A posse soon took out after them, but the gang escaped.
Four months later the Dalton gang robbed a train of $10,000 at Lillietta in Indian Territory. In June 1892, they stopped another Santa Fe train, this time at Red Rock. Blackfaced Charley Bryant and Dick Broadwell held the engineer and fireman in the locomotive. Bob and Emmett Dalton and Bill Powers walked through the passenger cars, robbing the passengers as they went. Bill Doolin and Grat Dalton took on the express car. They threw the safe out of the train. Then with loot in hand, the robbers whooped and rode away. They gained little for their efforts--a few hundred dollars and some watches and jewelry from the passengers. The gang scattered after the Red Rock robbery, but it wasn't long until Blackfaced Charley was caught and killed in an escape attempt.
The gang struck again in July at Adair near the Arkansas border. They went directly to the train station and took what they could find in the express and baggage rooms. Then they calmly sat down on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. When the train came in at 9:45 p.m., they backed a wagon up to the express car and unloaded all the contents. There was a large armed guard on the train, but for some reason all 11 men were at the back of the train. The guards fired at the bandits through the car windows and from behind the train. In the gun fight, 200 shots were fired. None of the Dalton gang was hit. Three guards were wounded and a town doctor was killed by a stray bullet. The robbers dropped out of sight, probably hiding out in one of several caves near Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The gang could have kept themselves busy with train robberies, but Bob Dalton wanted to make sure his name would long be remembered. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever did--rob two banks at once, in broad daylight." On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank in Coffeyville, Kansas.
Questions for Reading 2
1. What profession did the three younger Dalton brothers originally pursue? When did they become outlaws? What types of crimes were they suspected of committing in 1890?
2. Why was stealing horses considered such a serious crime?
3. How did Grat avoid a prison term? Do you think the account could be accurate? Why or why not?
4. How long a period did the Dalton Gang spend robbing trains? How successful did they appear to be? What crime did they decide to commit in Coffeyville, Kansas?
5. Why did the Adair robbery lead Bob Dalton to think he could "beat anything Jesse James ever did"?
Reading 2 was compiled from Paul I. Wellman, A Dynasty of Western Outlaws, (1961; reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986); and Richard White, "Outlaw Gangs of the Middle Border: American Social Bandits," Western Historical Quarterly 12 (October 1981):387-408.


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Rodney Atkins' 2013 Music City Gives Back Concert to Benefit Tornado Victims
Rodney Atkins is hosting his third annual Music City Gives Back concert for fans who 'just wanna rock n' roll' this week. The benefit, booked for Tuesday (June 4), will light up the outdoor stage in downtown Nashville to help benefit those put out by the recent deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Joining Atkins will be Justin Moore, Jana Kramer and Josh Thompson. The event is free to the public, and music is scheduled to begin at 6PM on Broadway at Fifth Ave, facing the river. This third annual event will be raising funds and accepting donations of duct tape, work gloves, flashlights and other materials, making it a great relief event for all of the victims in Oklahoma.
"Each year I gather some of my friends together to put on this show and have fun with our fans before CMA Music Fest, but the reason we get up here is to help the community come together to give our support to those in need," the singer says.
He adds, "With the recent disaster in Moore [Okla.], I knew that's where we had to focus our efforts this year. I'm looking forward to the big night with Justin, Jana and Josh -- we're going to rock!"
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Suresh Dhaniyala Promoted to Full Professor at Clarkson University
Clarkson University President Tony Collins has announced that Suresh Dhaniyala has been promoted from associate professor to full professor of mechanical & aeronautical engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering. Promotion to professor is considered to be virtually the highest honor that a university can bestow upon its faculty.
Dhaniyala has been a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson since 2002. His research interests are in the fields of nanoparticle characterization, aerosol instrumentation, atmospheric aerosol measurements, and aerosol-cloud interactions.
The goals of Dhaniyala's research group are to improve the understanding of the nature and behavior of airborne particles and their possible impact on human health, environment, and climate.
Toward this, Dhaniyala and his research group are developing advanced measurement tools and analysis techniques for accurate and comprehensive characterization of airborne particles.
Instruments developed in Dhaniyala's group are flown as part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research's aircraft instrument suite for the measurement of atmospheric aerosol properties and used in a NASA study for validation of satellite measurements.
Dhaniyala has two patents, and has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, authored two book chapters, and presented several invited talks in universities, national laboratories, and industry.
Prior to joining Clarkson, Dhaniyala was a post-doctoral scholar in chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology.
He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota and has a master of science from the University of Delaware, and bachelor of technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Dhaniyala is the secretary of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). He has previously served as a board director, education committee chair and tutorial chair of AAAR.
Dhaniyala's research has been supported with more than $3 million in funding from agencies, including, the National Science Foundation, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, NASA, Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, and the EPA.
Dhaniyala's dual commitment to research and teaching was recognized with the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 2006. He has also received Clarkson University's John W. Graham Jr. Faculty Research Award.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Whether you plan to do it yourself or hire a professional, I'm sure you will find that once you are done reading the series you will have a better understanding of how to better target search engines while keeping your visitors happy.
The Importance of Keyword Selection
A common question many people ask is "What keywords should I be targeting for my site?" It is an excellent question to ask because choosing the keywords that you put on your Web site should not be taken lightly. Keyword selection should be considered a major part of your total marketing strategy.
The words that you put on your Web site are eventually going to be indexed by the search engines, unless there is something preventing a spider from crawling your Web site. The textual content on your Web pages is how search engines will classify your Web site and how people will find your Web site when using a search engine.
The most basic idea behind selecting the right keyword is choosing keywords for which people are actually searching. It is important to think like your target audience and not to think like an expert or someone well versed in your profession. Let's say I have a Web site for a ski resort. Now, I would not target the keywords "ski" or "snowboard." These terms are far too generalized and will have a ton of competing sites.
We are targeting people who want to go skiing. If a term is too general then you will have visitors who are looking for anything related to skiing and snowboarding, not visitors specifically looking to go skiing. People who are looking to go skiing are not typing those keywords in the search box. The type of people who are likely to come to your resort will be searching with keywords that look more like these: "ski resorts," "discount ski vacations" or even select localized terms like "Colorado ski resorts."
You also would not optimize a Web page for a single keyword like "doctor." With all the specialized areas in the medical industry you want to target people searching for specific doctors or specific health problems.
You can apply this idea to any business if you derive your keyword list from the various products or services you offer. If you sell a specific line of a product, or sell a particular manufacturer's product you may find that people are searching for those terms more than generalized terms. Some specific examples of choosing keywords from a specific line or manufacturer are "Dell laptop computers" or "Harry Winston jewelry."
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You should develop your content by focusing on phrases instead of single keywords. When you do this you will be driving people to your Web site who are looking for precisely what you have to offer and you will be avoiding people who are not looking to buy your product or service. Now if you provide your new visitor with exactly what they want, you have a highly motivated potential customer right on your Web site.
I must stress, do not waste a single second of your time optimizing your Web site for keywords for which no one searches. You must perform keyword research on all of your keywords. Your keyword research is going to provide you with important data that will help you decide which keywords you should target. The two most important factors you want to analyze when choosing keywords are the number of times that term has been searched for and the number of competing Web sites that show up in the search engine results for your keyword.
Finding the number of competing Web sites is fairly simple. Just go to your favorite search engine, type in your keyword and see how many sites are returned in the results. Unfortunately, figuring out what the majority of the people are typing into the search box is not as easy to figure out.
Thankfully there are a number of tools, free and paid, available to aid in keyword research. Let's take a look at those now…..
Keyword Tools – The Keyhole To Free Traffic
Keyword tools allow us to peek into the world of search engine traffic. The greatest benefit keyword tools provide those of us who are searching for the "perfect" keyword is the popularity of the search term. You REALLY need to know if people are searching for the terms you are going to spend a lot of time promoting over the next, oh, three to twelve months (give or take). So how do we go about finding out how many times a keyword has been searched for?
Let's start with some of the free tools available to us. It goes without saying, but the free tools are quite limited compared to some of the more popular paid keyword tools. But hey, it's a cost effective way to tell us what we need to know.
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The most popular free keyword selector tool is Overture's Keyword Selector Tool. To use Overture go to http://inventory.overture.com/
When you get there you will see a search box, similar to the picture below.
Enter the phrase you want to learn more about and click the button. You will then be presented with a list of terms that are closely related to your term as well as the number of times that your term was searched for in the previous month. Check out the results for my key phrase — "Colorado ski resorts."
While there are more results returned by the tool than shown here we can see that my example key phrase was searched for 4583 times. I can also start to build my list and try different combinations of words using the suggestions given by the Overture Keyword Selector Tool.
Now I want to check to see how many competitors I am going to have to go up against for the term "Colorado ski resort".
As you can see there are over 1.5 million Web sites already indexed for the term "Colorado ski resorts." This term would be considered highly competitive and more than likely a very tough keyword to use to get into the top 10 results. While I wouldn't shy away from targeting this keyword in the long term, finding alternative key phrases to target would be much smarter for getting traffic in the short term.
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Paid keyword tools are services you pay for that allow you to delve deeper into the keyword statistics. Most get information from their own database of billions of search queries from a number of different search engines around the world. You can use this information to find what people are searching for, which search terms generate the most traffic, and which search terms to target in order to grow your online business.
Two of the more popular keyword research services are Word Tracker and Keyword Discovery. The two services have some unique features that make them different but they both revolve around the same process of starting with a generalized keyword and then searching their databases for terms which are related to your initial keyword. The major difference between the two tools is probably the different "keyword spinners" they have available.
Once these tools find all the keywords that they think are related to your initial keyword, you are presented with a list of keywords from which to choose. In most cases, the first dozen keywords returned are the keywords you will select. The keywords that are lower on the list usually have a low number of searches performed.
A really good feature of the keyword tools is the "keyword spinner" tool. It is used to help you find alternative keywords which you may not think of right away. These tools help you find terms with plural endings, present tense or "ing" at the end, and even misspellings. Now the idea behind spinning the keyword is to give you ideas. You still must find out whether or not people are typing that term into the search box! Many people make the mistake of assuming it is good to use different forms of the word without doing the research first.
After you determine your keywords the tool then applies the Keyword Effectiveness Indicator, or KEI. KEI is a logarithmic scale that aims to quantify the effectiveness of any search term. It is similar in principle to the Richter scale, commonly used to measure earthquakes. The very best keywords have high popularity (as in a large number of searches), but are not very competitive, that is they do not appear on a large number of pages.
So, are keyword tools worth it? In my opinion they are. These tools help you find keywords faster than it would take you to do manually as shown above. That alone is worth the price of admission. There are some really excellent tools and keyword spinners that the paid tools have available but the free tools just don't. So if you're a DIY SEO, invest in a keyword tool subscription.
Once you have your list of keywords, it's time to start preparing to put the words on your Web site. Start reviewing your keyword list and begin to logically break your keywords up into groups of 2 or 3 key phrases. By logically, I mean start thinking about incorporating those words onto one page in ways that make sense to your readers.
In part two, I will show you how to put those keywords to good use within the content of your Web site.


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Thoughts from the Weird and Quirky Mind of Karen Kramer
I realize that my brain is not normal and most people don't think the way I do, we can all Thank God for that!
Proof that my brain is either broken or defective came a few weeks ago, when I did the "Right Brain, Left Brain" test. You know the one with the naked girl (oops maybe I should say unclothed girl so the Google Spiders don't think I'm promoting something that starts with P and rhymes with horn) that spins clockwise or counter-clockwise. Clockwise means you're a right brained artsy fartsy type, anti-clockwise means you're a freakin scientist.


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April 11-13: Lawn mower tune-up
The University of Delaware's Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) fraternity for agriculture and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Club are once again offering a push lawn mower tune-up service on Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, rain or shine. The event will be held at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) campus, with pick up on Saturday and Sunday, April 13. Over 6,300 mowers have been serviced at the event since 2000. The tune-up — provided by trained students and alumni members of the clubs — includes washing the mower, an oil change, spark plug replacement, air filter cleaning, and blade sharpening. Service performed is tune-up only; no repairs will be performed and no riding mowers will be accepted. Richard Morris, UD farm manager and adviser for AGR, said it is a good idea to have a lawn mower tuned up every year in order to make it last longer. He also noted that the event has a lot of repeat customers and most of them are easy to find. Jason Morris, a sophomore in CANR, said that there will be around 30-40 volunteers this year, including current members of AGR, each of whom will volunteer for a minimum of 15 hours, and SAE, and also some AGR alumni. The cost of the tune-up is $38. Payment in the form of cash or check may be made at drop off. Drop off times are from 2 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 11, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. Customers can pick up their mowers on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. for the first 300 mowers taken on Friday, or on Sunday, April 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the remaining mowers. All mowers must be picked up by 2 p.m. on Sunday. The owners of any mowers not picked up by Sunday will be charged a storage fee. Richard Morris said that he wanted to "thank the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources for letting us take over their parking lot and for having the full support from the dean and the college." Lawn mowers may be dropped off and picked up in the parking lot behind Worrilow and Townsend halls on UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources campus at 531 S. College Ave., just north of the Fred Rust Ice Arena. Look for signs for the tune-up. For more information, contact Tim Schofield of AGR at firstname.lastname@example.com or 610-883-0531. This article can also be viewed on UDaily.


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Asian soybean rust was found southwest Arkansas' Little River County on July 22. Six days later, the disease was discovered in Hope, Ark., in Hempstead County.
"It's still confined to southwest Arkansas," said Jeremy Ross, Arkansas Extension soybean specialist, on July 28. "The Arkansas River Valley appears to be clean, so far. We ran scouts through there this week and found nothing — and that's after increasing the number of locations we'd been checking."
At the Hope find (in a sentinel plot on the Southwest Research and Extension Center) "leaves were pulled yesterday and incubated overnight. We put the microscope on them this morning and soybean rust is definitely apparent."
The infestation was light: 3 to 5 percent on lower leaves with severity of less than 1 percent. That isn't much comfort, however, because when scouts returned to check ASR finds in Little River County, the disease had tightened its grip. The infected fields there are now at 25 percent to 35 percent incidence.
The disease was first found in Arkansas "about 25 miles northwest of Texarkana and 10 miles east of Ogden," said Cliff Coker, Arkansas Extension plant pathologist on July 23. "We only found it (July 22) and had it under a microscope this morning."
The rust was at very low levels and was low in the canopy on new leaves.
Coker and colleagues also checked Miller County and Lafayette County and found no rust. However, they did find additional ASR just across the border north of Hooks, Texas, in Bowie County.
"A farmer alerted us to a possible find there and we checked it out. That should give an indication on how quickly word of mouth is on this. That Hooks field was sprayed with a fungicide yesterday."
Ross said the southwest Arkansas finds are "certainly of concern. Wheat beans could be especially vulnerable. We're not recommending any spraying prior to R-1. Earlier than that is pointless and farmers could be looking at multiple applications. The window for application is R-1 to R-6."
The fungicide recommendation is only for soybeans in southwest Arkansas. "Soybeans from west of El Dorado, Ark., to the Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma lines at R-1 to R-6 (flowering to pod-fill) should receive a combination of strobilurin and triazole fungicides," said Coker. "The recommendation is for both a curative and a preventive.
"Farmers in the rest of the state should hold off. As we've done all season, we'll continue to scout all over and quickly let everyone know if we find anything of concern."
Meanwhile, ASR continues its Texas migration. On July 27, the disease was confirmed in more Dallas-area commercial soybeans. According to the USDA ASR Web site, the malady is now in "three additional counties south and east of Dallas. The incidence was very low: less than 1 percent of leaves in the lower canopy, with less than 0.1 percent of leaf area. This adds to recent finds in commercial soybean fields in that area of the state. The disease is widespread in this part of the state. This area is still receiving isolated, heavy thundershowers.
"Fields in the Upper Coast counties, including Calhoun, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Colorado, and Fort Bend, are at high risk for rust development and a preventative fungicide application is advised if these fields are not at R-6.
"Fields in central and east Texas that are R-1 to R-4 are at risk and a preventive fungicide application is recommended. Fields that are at R-5, but less than two weeks from R-6, do not need a fungicide.
"Soybeans in the High Plains that are in the vegetative stage do not need a fungicide at this time."
To access the toll-free ASR hotline call (866) 641-1847.
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District 5 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
Jim Shivers or Colin Jones
(805) 549-3237 or 549-3189
May 19, 2010
San Luis Obispo County – Caltrans today announced that work has begun on a $41.2 million project that will resurface 11 miles of U.S. Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo County. This project is financed primarily ($37.2 million) by President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The remaining funding is being provided by the State Highway Operation and Protection Program.
"My Administration is working hand-in-hand with President Obama's team to ensure stimulus dollars are pumped into California quickly and responsibly to stimulate the economy and in this instance - invest in the future of the California's transportation infrastructure," said Governor Schwarzenegger.
On average, more than 40,000 vehicles daily travel the section of Highway 101 that will be resurfaced with new pavement expected to last 20 years. In addition to repaving the highway between Santa Margarita and Atascadero, Caltrans will widen bridges at Santa Margarita Creek, Atascadero Creek and Traffic Way and resurface the on and off-ramps at Santa Margarita, San Diego Road, Santa Rosa Road, Curbaril Avenue, Highway 41 and Traffic Way. Papich Construction of Pismo Beach is the primary contractor for the project. The project is scheduled to be completed in spring 2012.
"With the help of Recovery Act funds, we are able to repair highways in the Central Coast and in every region of California and provide a smooth, safe commute for motorists," said Caltrans Chief Deputy Director Cindy McKim.
"This project will ensure that our employees will continue to have jobs, which will help to stimulate the economy," said Jason Papich, President of Papich Construction of Pismo Beach. "This project will also improve conditions for the many commuters and tourists who use Highway 101 on a daily basis."
Under Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, California has obligated $2.52 billion in Recovery Act funding obligated to 930 highway local street and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://recovery.ca.gov/


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Spring twenty-ten is about kOOl things, man.
My buddy sent me a link to the insane Alexander Wang socks.
I kinda freaked out and then before I knew it they were on my feet.
Ok. Yes. I'm wearing the Meow Miu collar but LISTEN, I was HELPLESS! I went into the store looking for this huge cat pin I had seen on the catalog. My friend got a collar with naked ladies (also awesome, btw) so I knew the collars were going around but I had no idea there would be one with cats. As soon as I walk in the store, my Miu Miu pal Valdez is all "Look at this" and then he showed me the collar and I died right on the spot. I've been wearing it non stop.
Kahlo also loves the collar. Isn't she just so damn beautiful? She doesn't really get to wear it though! I am not a crazy owner that bought her cat Meow Miu (although if they HAD made Meow Miu for cats I would've probably freaked out).
Are you guys so psyched for spring?


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FITCHBURG � Airport officials say Leominster's proposed slots casino is better positioned than those in Las Vegas when it comes to proximity to an airport.
As some people in the area anticipate the jobs and increased business the proposed slots casino may bring, officials at the Fitchburg Municipal Airport are seeing green in terms of fuel sales, which help with operating costs.
Cordish Companies' plans were approved by voters last week at the polls, allowing the Baltimore-based company's proposal to build a slots parlor on Jungle Road to shift to the paperwork-filing phase, with a critical state deadline of Oct. 4. Two other proposed slots casinos have also made it to the final phase, and the state will decide in December who gets the sole license.
Interim airport manager Scott Ellis said that because the slots-only parlor is not a resort like the Mohegan Sun, many people will likely make it a day trip and drive to the casino. People in adjoining states who don't want to drive for hours could fly in from New Hampshire or Vermont, he said.
"They won't drive four hours to a slots casino, but they'll fly 45 minutes," he said. "They'll park and buy fuel."
The creation of 700 jobs in the next city over will help the whole community, he said.
"My children live a mile away from where it is proposed," he said. "As a parent and lifelong resident of the area, I am a little concerned about traffic congestion and the increased need for public services, but I listened to the presentations and the developers said they will work with Leominster and surrounding communities."
Moreover, he said, he sees visitors also flying in for the weekend to Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Resorts' first resort in New England. Construction started just after Labor Day to renovate the indoor water park and hotel at what is now a Holiday Inn and CoCo Key water park, off Route 31 on Royal Plaza Drive in Fitchburg. The new facility will open in spring 2014.
According to Great Wolf, the resort will feature 406 guest suites and a water park equipped with water slides, a wave pool, and a multi-level tree house with water-tipping bucket, among other attractions. The hotel will offer several suite styles to choose from, such as the Majestic KidCabin, which sleeps 11, and the Grizzly Wolf Den, which sleeps 10.
The number of hotel rooms is being increased from CoCo Key's current 245 to 406, while the water park is doubling in size to 68,000 square feet � the largest in the state, according to Great Wolf. The resort will also feature several dining options and more than 12,000 square feet of conference space.
Airport Commissioner Kit D. Walker said the proposed casino and Great Wolf Lodge New England would both be only a 10-minute drive from the airport.
"Relatively speaking, it is a matter of a few miles away," Mr. Walker said. "In Las Vegas, you have to take a taxi all the way from the McCarran International Airport to the Las Vegas Strip."
He said traffic at the airport will likely increase, but not just with jets.
"You'll see a lot more business-side aircraft with twin engines, so it is not a noise issue," he said. "It is good for the airport because most of our income is generated through fuel sales. With a jet, they'll need a lot of fuel when they come in. Typically people would fly a charter jet in and come in specifically to go to the casino. We're in a good position to have people coming in from all over the country."
Additionally, in 2015, the airport will break ground on a $15.1 million project to realign and extend its main runway, Mr. Walker said.
The project will make the airport safer, he said. The Federal Aviation Administration will provide 90 percent of grant funding to the airport for the project, and the other 10 percent must be split equally between the state and city.
Engineers are doing environmental studies, and the project could reach completion soon after the casino comes in, if it moves forward, he said. The airport's smaller runway will remain open during construction, he said.
"It will be two more years until we start construction," he said. "The next phase is to notify the public of the project and hold hearings."
Charley Valera, owner of the FCA Flight Center at the airport, said it will be the only casino in the area that people can fly close to.
"It is about five minutes away," Mr. Valera said. "It will be similar to Saratoga and Nantucket in the summer. It will give people a specific reason to fly in � and not just the rich and famous or wealthy people."
He sees the air taxi service � for which he is one of the pilots � picking up, too. Skyline Flight, formerly of Worcester, which has a pair of propeller airplanes that seat a pilot and up to three passengers, is now operating out of Fitchburg's airport, he said. The company, which relocated to Fitchburg on July 1, provides people with an alternative to commercial flights with their long security lines, wait times and set schedules. Passengers can schedule a flight and be on the runway as soon as they arrive at the airport, he said.
"We can pick up from any small airport and fly into Fitchburg and provide a ride to the casino," he said. "The developer (Cordish) utilizes the airport now. That is how I met them. They expressed a desire to use as much local businesses as they can. On the airport end, being the only casino you actually fly to, who knows? We could get scheduled airlines like they started in Worcester. I know this isn't Vegas, but it will provide a lot of entertainment and fun and an alternative to scratch tickets or Keno."
He said he is also looking forward to the shows and new restaurants if the casino comes in.
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What if the entire community read the same book at the same time? Read and discuss David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars with people of all ages and walks of life.
Drums and family stories celebrated the conclusion Reading Together's 2010 season. Held in the beautiful sanctuary of First Baptist Church, the program opened with a powerful performance by Kalamazoo Taiko, a student led drumming group from Kalamazoo College. It was loud, it was festive, it was beautifully precise.
Zarinah el-Amin Naem, coordinator of the Race Exhibit Initiative, thanked Reading Together for selecting Snow Falling on Cedars to begin a community discussion about race. She then introduced guest speaker Frank Kitamoto, president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Association for his presentation "Putting Human Back into Human Rights: Lessons from the Past to Help us Live in the Now."
With slides of photographs and quotes, Dr. Kitamoto told the story of Bainbridge Island's Japanese American residents, beginning with their early years as farmers and going on to the tragic stories of their evacuation and incarceration during World War II. Suspicion. Family heirlooms buried in fear. Abandoned pets. Armed escorts. The dust and desolation of Manzanaar. Births and deaths in strange places. Unwelcome homecomings. Often poignant, at times humorous, the message was ultimately encouraging and hopeful.
After the program, we gathered in the fellowship hall for refreshments and conversation. It gave everyone a chance to view Kodomo Name Ti for one last time before we sent it back to Bainbridge Island. Dr. Kitamoto pointed out many relatives in the photos and gave us background stories about their lives. Oh, and the strawberry farmer I wondered about in a recent post? Well, it turns out he is the very last remaining strawberry farmer on Bainbridge Island.
We are so grateful to the Race Exhibit Initiative for sponsoring our closing event, to First Baptist Church for sharing its beautiful space, to Kalamazoo Taiko for a splendid performance, and to Frank Kitamoto and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community for sharing their stories.
When we were planning activities around Snow Falling on Cedars, we did not expect to run across an exhibition that inspired David Guterson to write his book. When we learned of Kodomo No Tame Ni (For the Sake of the Children) we knew it was an opportunity not to be missed.
This pictorial history of 100 years of life on Bainbridge Island was created in 1988 by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Association (BIJAC). It is dedicated to Issei and Nisei generations (the immigrants and their children) and is a legacy to their descendants so that Sansei and Yonsei (third and fourth generations) may understand their heritage. The exhibit has traveled to countless classrooms in Washington State and to historical museums all across the country. In 1993, the National Education Association presented BIJAC with the Ellison S. Onizuka Award which recognizes outstanding achievement in promoting human and civil rights.
When we set up the exhibit in early March, my coworkers and I spent time looking at the photos and reading the text. Because we'd read Snow Falling on Cedars, we already had some background history and this made the photographs even more meaningful. One image that continues to draw me is an oversized photo of a farmer holding out a big tray of strawberries. He is smiling, the strawberries are beautiful, and in the background are long and lush rows of strawberry plants. I cannot help but think about Kabuo's dream to raise strawberries and how a piece of land had such a sad part in Guterson's story. But the unnamed farmer is a real person. Real, too, were the circumstances that led him to be taken away from his livelihood on Bainbridge Island. I wonder if there was a strawberry farm for him to return to after being in the camps?
Another photo in the exhibit is that of a family sitting outside. A little boy wearing a woolen cap is clutching a toy tractor. Both boy and tractor have paper tags that were used to identify people and possessions as they were evacuated. We're going to meet that little boy in just a few days. He is Dr. Frank Kitamoto, president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese Community Association. Dr. Kitamoto is our featured speaker on April 15 as we conclude this season of Reading Together.
Don't miss this beautiful collection of images and stories. For the Sake of the Children will be on display at KPL until noon on April 14. Its final showing will be the evening of April 15 at First Baptist Church.
On February 19, 1942, executive order 9066 designated how the United States military should handle military operations and protect against sabotage and espionage. It prescribed military areas and determined who may be excluded from these areas. This executive order resulted in the evacuation and internment of some 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Persons with even 1/16 Japanese ancestry were placed into so-called War Relocation Camps.
One man did not abide by the order. Fred Korematsu refused to report for his evacuation. He was eventually caught and shipped to the Topaz camp in Arizona. A local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union in northern California took up his case which went before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dr. Mark Hurwitz spoke on March 31, explaining Korematsu v. United States giving us a crash course in presidential executive orders during times of war. As an associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University, Hurwitz teaches classes in constitutional law, and always discusses Korematsu v. United States. Inevitably some of his students will be surprised to learn about the evacuation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
"Students come to me with a dumbfounded look, saying 'I had no idea.'" Teaching Korematsu v. United States is Hurwitz's way of making sure history does not repeat itself.
To understand the court case, Dr. Hurwitz explained, one must understand that the President of the United States, has a great deal of latitude in times of war. The expansion of war powers began with President Lincoln during the Civil War and had expanded over the decades. After the Japanese Empire's attack on Pearl Harbor, there was a "real and legitimate fear that the West coast would be attacked. Defense contractors were decimated. The military was a sitting duck."
Recognizing that the President has power beyond what is in the Constitution and being unwilling to interfere with Congress or the military, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold executive order 9066. It was not unanimous decision, however. There were three dissenting justices: Robert Jackson, Owen Roberts and Frank Murphy (former governor of Michigan).
Years later, the United States made an official apology for the internment and paid reparations of some $1.2 billion. In 1998, Fred Korematsu was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.
"Defining Moments: Frank Murphy, Fred Korematsu, and the Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II" Is a documentary produced by the Michigan Bar Association and Michigan Government Television. Among those interviewed in the documentary are Iwao and Mary Ishino of East Lansing, who were our guests for the March 25 program about the internment.
If you'd like to read the proceedings of Korematsu v United States, pay a visit to KPL's law library.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's executive order number 9066 resulted in the evacuation and incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans to what were called War Relocation Camps. On March 25, we were privileged to meet two men who spoke about their experiences in these camps.
Professor Sadayoshi Omoto, a native of Bainbridge Island, was enrolled at the University of Washington when he was evacuated to Manzanar. He began his slide lecture with photos of the Bainbridge Island evacuation and internment. Omoto described the ever present dust storms at Manzanar, and the barracks that held multiple families and offered no privacy. The monotony of it all.
Omoto brought slides that showed life in the internment camps as depicted by artists. In "Homage to Mary Cassatt," Hisako Hibi painted a mother bathing her child in a small dishpan. A painting by Chiura Obata shows the long line of barracks with two lone figures in the snow. In another, an elderly couple is surrounded by ruin in an image that portends the coming of the atomic bomb.
Concluding his presentation, Omoto held up an honorary diploma granted by the University of Washington in 2009 to all Japanese American students whose studies were disrupted by their internment. He called it a "long journey home," a long journey for him, but also for the University in finally recognizing the injustice done to its students. Professor Omoto graduated from Oberlin College. He is a retired professor of art history from Michigan State University.
Professor Iwao Ishino was a studying architecture at San Diego State College when he was sent to Poston camp in Arizona. There he met his wife Mary to whom he has been married for 65 years. He lived there for two years before being drafted into military intelligence work at the Pentagon. These experiences during the war led Ishino to study anthropology at Harvard. He is a retired professor of anthropology at Michigan State University.
Ishino's presentation centered on a theme of "unintended consequences," and took the form of questions to the audience. If you were given an order to leave, what would you take and what would you leave behind? How would you take care of people's health? What would you do about babies born in the camp, or orphans brought in? How would you care for people's mental health? What about the crops ready to be harvested? He related the story of how his wife's poultry farm and been given to friends for safe keeping. After the war, the family learned the farm and its land had been turned into a residential area.
These were important stories for us to hear. The audience asked many questions after the program and stayed to meet the speakers. We extend our thanks to the Ishinos and Omotos for traveling to Kalamazoo.
We feature this guest post from Miranda Howard, a librarian at Western Michigan University and a member of the Reading Together Steering Committee.
"Our steering committee discussions regarding the treatment of Japanese Americans during WWII always brought to mind a letter my mother received in celebration of her 80th birthday in 1997.
My sister contacted many of my mother's long-time friends, asking them to send their thoughts on their friendship with my mother to be compiled into an album for a gift. This letter that came to mind was from Mariko and expressed how important my mother's friendship was to her during the war.
My mother often spoke of her friends Mariko and Jun Inouye, two people with a baby I remember from old 1940s photographs. Jun, raised in Hawaii, son of a Japanese professor, was a Northwestern Dental School classmate of my father's. When the dental students were told of tuition remission if they joined the Navy or Army, my father was accepted into the Army. Jun was not, due his Japanese heritage, even though his brothers in Hawaii were drafted.
Mariko's parents were taken to an internment camp in a western state.
My older brother was born in Jan. 1942, just after the US entered the war. Mariko and Jun soon had a son as well. Mariko found that salespeople in stores were unwilling to serve her as a customer because she was Japanese. Going into a department store in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, to purchase baby clothes and other necessary baby items became a racial intimidation for her. Mariko's letter for my mother's 80th birthday told of my mother's kindness to her in 1943, 54 years earlier, when my mother gave her baby items for her son because my mother understood the discrimination Mariko was facing.
To this day I still find my mother's kindness to her friend heartwarming, but am surprised and embarrassed that the Chicago and Evanston of my youth, places I always thought of as progressive communities, were as prejudiced as other regions in America."
On March 22 our exloration of Japanese culture continued with origami.
Our instructor was Michiko Yoshimoto, Japan Outreach Coordinator at the Soga Japan Center of Western Michigan University, and a member of our Steering Committee. Michiko explained that this traditional folk art is handed down from mothers to children – boys as well as girls learn how to fold paper into beautiful creations. She demonstrated a box that could be fashioned from old newspaper or magazine pages to hold orange peelings, cherry pits, or the like when snacking.
Our patterns began with a simple cup that would be cute for holding snacks at a party. Then we learned how to make the square box. After that, we made a tiny piano and chair, a star and a finished with a very complicated rose. Swans and cranes joined the party, too.
Among the programs offered this season are a handful of opportunities to learn about Japanese culture. On March 16, we learned about shodo, the way of writing the Japanese language.
Our instructor was Michiko Yoshimoto, Japan Outreach Coordinator at the Soga Japan Center of Western Michigan University, and a member of our Steering Committee. She explained the basics of understanding the Japanese writing system.
Shodo is written with a special brush and black ink. The discipline of shodo involves concentration. One must maintain a straight posture and hold the brush perpendicular to the table. Each stroke is deliberate and precise. Delicate flourishes may appear spontaneous, but they are specific and prescribed. That's why years of practice are required to achieve correct form.
I enjoyed the short time we had to practice writing a few words. In spite of the challenge, it was more calming than frustrating.
Some 500 audience members were on hand to hear and meet David Guterson on March 17. In an on-stage interview with Dr. Nicolas Witschi of WMU, the award winning author of Snow Falling on Cedars answered questions about the book, his writing habits, about Bainbridge Island, about literature for high school students, and about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Guterson wrote Snow Falling on Cedars some 25 years ago, a labor 10 years in the making. He carved out time in summers, on weekends, and early in the morning to write. Now a full-time author, he still writes daily out of habit.
"It's important to work every day." Some days, he said, nothing happens, but "it's important to be sitting there when something happens."
Guterson was asked how the exhibition "For the Sake of the Children" (on display at KPL through April 14) came to inspire Snow Falling on Cedars. He said he first saw it on display at Bainbridge High School where he was a teacher.
"The exhibit helped people understand visually —and therefore emotionally—what happened. I realized I was looking at faces of people I knew. They were a reality, not an abstraction."
Guterson said he was pleased that his book has inspired communities to explore and remember what happened to Japanese Americans.
"Just the idea that all of this is happening here, the exhibits at the library, I feel really good about that."
What qualities contribute to a book's lasting value? Can we predict what will become a classic?
On March 9, Dr. Nicolas S. Witschi of Western Michigan University's Department of English was our guest speaker for "The Book as a Literary Classic." Describing Snow Falling on Cedars as a "complex and rich book for evaluation and interpretation," he said it contains many qualities consistent with good literature. Here are some highlights:


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Six Freshmen Join Yale Roster In Fall
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Six freshmen will join the Yale men's soccer team this fall, head coach Brian Tompkins announced. In addition, Antoine Crettex, a sophomore from Bogota, Colombia, has been added to the roster.
"Our goal when recruiting this class was to bring in a group of impact players who could significantly influence the offensive and defensive performance of the team, and I think we have been able to do that. This is a talented and well-rounded group that will help answer some of our positional questions from last season. They bring skill, smarts, competitiveness and athleticism and I look forward to integrating them into the squad. I believe their positive impact will be felt immediately."
Here is a closer look at the Class of 2014 and Crettex:
Nick Alers D 6-0 155 San Jose, Costa Rica Country Day School
Before Yale: Most Valuable Player of the Association of American Schools in Central America as a senior at the Country Day School… Scholar Athlete Award recipient… Helped lead Country Day to Action and AASCA Tournament titles… Member of the U-17 Costa Rican national team… Played in the 2009 FIFA U-17 Youth World Cup in Nigeria… Member of Pachuca Internationals… Played for Region 1 team from 2006-2009…. Participated in the 2008 Adidas ESP Camp and was named to the all-star team.
Personal: Moved to Costa Rica after ninth grade… Participated in various events promoting environmental awareness… Mother played varsity tennis at Trinity University and also professionally.
"I've always been very aware of Yale's stellar academic and athletic reputation. Upon visiting the university, I discovered that Yale was more than that. The people I met at Yale were engaging, interesting and curious. That unique blend made my decision easy."
Jenner Fox M 6-0 175 Palo Alto, Calif. Palo Alto HS
Before Yale: First team all-league selection as a senior at Palo Alto High School… Earned second team all-league recognition as a sophomore before missing most of his junior year with an injury… Team captain as a senior… Palo Alto reached the Central Coast Section championship game in three of his four years, winning once… Helped the team set a school record for wins in a season… Has played club soccer for De Anza Force U-18 and the Santa Clara Sporting U-18… De Anza finished second in the Northwest Division and qualified for the playoffs in North Carolina… Helped Santa Clara win the Cal North CYSA State Cup and the NorCal premier soccer league tournament.
Personal: Spent spring break of his sophomore year building houses for families in Tijuana, Mexico… Started a band in his sophomore year which has performed at music festivals and in several benefit shows.
"When I visited Yale last September I went into the locker room to listen to Coach Tompkins get the team ready for the first game of the season against Quinnipiac. The energy and sense of camaraderie in the room was contagious. I came out itching to suit up and play for Yale right then."
Peter Jacobson F/M 5-10 175 Ann Arbor, Mich. Greenhills HS
Before Yale: Three-time first team all-state selection at Greenhills High School… Team captain… Had the seventh most points in a season in Michigan history as a senior… Greenhills finished third in the state in 2008 and second in 2009… Traveled to Argentina with the Region 2 Olympic Developmental team in summer of 2009… Served as captain of Region 2 ODP team… Member of the Michigan Rush Club team… Played for a Super Club team in England against English Premier clubs.
Personal: Member of National Society of High School Scholars… TOP Soccer volunteer… St. Andrews Breakfast program volunteer.
"I chose Yale because it's the best of both worlds – competitive Division I soccer and excellence in academics. Coach Tompkins really encourages individual growth not only as an athlete but as a citizen, as a person and as a student."
Tucker Kocher D 5-10 155 San Francisco, Calif. University HS
Before Yale: Selected to NSCAA All Far West Region team as a senior at University High School… Two-time first team all-league selection…. Four-year varsity starter… Team captain as a senior… Helped lead University to four straight appearances in the league championship game and one league title… University advanced to section tournament four times during his tenure and made two appearances in the section tournament championship game… Played for Bay Oaks 91 Gold, the runner up in the US Club regional tournament… Played for the CalNorth Olympic Developmental Program, which won a regional ODP tournament and placed second in the ODP national championship.
Personal: Father rowed at Princeton.
"The combination of excellent academics and the opportunity to play for a very competitive soccer program assured me that Yale was a great match for me. In addition, the team and coaching staff made me feel welcome from the start."
Max McKiernan M 5-10 145 Louisville, Ky. Saint Xavier HS
Before Yale: Helped lead Saint Xavier High School to three straight Kentucky state championships… In his senior year team finished with a No. 5 national ranking in the ESPN Fab 50… Named to the all state tournament team… All-district selection… Coaches Award recipient… Team captain as a senior… Played club soccer for Javanon 92, which won five state championships, was the Region II U-16 and U-17 champions in 2008 and 2009.
Personal: Christian Awakening Retreat leader… Service with the National Honor Society.
"I chose Yale because the school provides an opportunity to compete at the highest level in both athletics and academics. In addition, I was attracted to the enthusiastic student body and felt at home on campus during my visits."
Cody Wilkins M/F 6-1 170 Chicago, Ill. Whitney Young HS
Before Yale: First team all-state selection as a senior at Whitney Young High School… Named team most valuable player in his senior year… Two-time all-sectional selection… Named first team All City in 2007… Two-time team captain… Helped Whitney Young to first City Championship in school history as a senior… Scored the game-winning goal in the championship game… Currently plays club soccer with the Chicago Fire Academy… Also played with the Chicago Magic, which placed third in the academy finals in 2009.
Personal: Tutored teen parents at the Chicago Child Care Society… Wrote for Chicago Tribune's TheMash high school newspaper… Father, Tony, ran track at Northwestern… Older brother, Trevor, plays football at Princeton and is in the Class of 2013… Teammate with the Magic and Fire, Billy McGuiness, will play soccer at Princeton... Former teammate, Kurtis Teskoski, is a goalkeeper at Cornell.
"I chose Yale because of the combination of its amazing academic reputation; the great staff, players and success of the soccer program; and the immediate comfort and welcoming I felt when I got on campus. From the classes to the residential colleges, everywhere I went while I visited looked and felt like somewhere I could see myself for the next four years of my life."
Antoine Crettex F/M 5-7 161 Bogota, Colombia Escola Graduada de Sao Paulo
Notes: Joined team in spring of his freshman year
Before Yale: Named the most valuable player at the Big 4 Tournament as a senior at Escola Graduada de Sao Paulo in Brazil… Two-time team captain… Male Athlete and Student Athlete of the Year… Team's top scorer in both Big 8 Tournament and Sao Paulo League in his junior year… Helped Escola Graduada to league championship as a sophomore… Played for Escuela Campo Alegre in Venezuela in his freshman year… Named MVP of CAISA and VANAS Tournaments.
Personal: Spent a summer building houses with Habitat for Humanity in Northeast Brazil.
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What 'House of Cards' gets wrong
Spoiler Alert : This story contains some critical details from the second season of House of Cards. We've tried to keep them at a minimum and we've definitely avoided spoiling the big reveals at the end of the season.
How realistic is House of Cards? Star Kevin Spacey said this week that the show's political story arcs " are not that crazy."
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But when it comes to accurately depicting the ebb and flow of money in politics, the Netflix hit drama gets two thumbs down.
A major plot point in the second season involves a fanciful foreign conspiracy to funnel Chinese money into U.S. elections through a U.S.-based casino operator on behalf of a wealthy industrialist. The newly installed Democratic Vice President Frank Underwood, played by Spacey, gets wind of the spending and dispatched a top lieutenant to stop the tide of cash.
( Also on POLITICO: Spacey on pols: 'I don't believe them')
The spending turns out to be the work of energy magnate Raymond Tusk. Slighted by Underwood's efforts to drive a wedge between him and President Garrett Walker, Tusk has orchestrated a shadowy super PAC-based ad campaign against congressional Democrats in the run-up to the midterm elections.
Sure, concessions have to be made to drama, but for a show that appeals to the D.C. crowd, that crowd is going to notice all the little things.
So what are the problems? Here's a rundown:
1) $25 million is chump change
In the show, Underwood, Walker, and other Democratic leaders huddle in the Oval Office — watching a clip from a mysterious ad backed by $25 million in super PAC money. They tell Walker that they won't know who is paying for the ads until the next round of campaign finance filings, and the Democrats wonder about the source of the cash.
"With this sort of influence, you can be sure somebody's not playing by the rules," Underwood says, before offering to find the source of the cash and cut it off.
( Also on POLITICO: Spacey: 'House of Cards' not far from reality)
While sizable, a $25 million ad campaign is hardly a game-changer, even in a midterm election. And plenty of individual wealthy donors will spend that much on political activity in a cycle — all entirely within the law and above board.
In the real world, billionaire Democratic venture capitalist Tom Steyer has vowed to pour $100 million into the 2014 campaign on behalf of climate issues. On the other side, GOP donors like Paul Singer and others have gathered to plot a big money strategy for the Republican Party. The network founded by industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch is hammering Senate Democrats. Labor groups alone put $20 million into New Jersey state legislative elections in 2013. And three donor gave eight figure checks of $22.5 million, $18 million and $10 million to Karl Rove's Crossroads network in 2012.
2) A super PAC was the wrong choice
Why even use a super PAC for the ad campaign? There are better options to move shadowy, anonymous money around. Namely, a 501(c)4 nonprofit.
"If you're going to funnel foreign money into an election, put it into a trade association or 501(c)4 that doesn't have to disclose its donors," said Adam Smith, communications director of the group Public Campaign. "If getting it to the super PAC is that important, just have the 501(c)4 make the donation."
These nonprofits are not required to disclose their donors.Better yet, they don't have to disclose anything about their spending until more than a year after election day.
( Also on POLITICO: Underwood's Clinton advice: Run)
The Tusk plot to funnel Chinese money into a campaign would have been much more effectively done through a nonprofit than a super PAC. And the cash and spending would have been much harder to track for nosy journalists and political operatives.
3) Tusk didn't need a network of foreign donors to hide his influence peddling
In the show, Tusk is a wealthy energy bigwig — the kind that, in real life, contributes heavily to campaigns and candidates. He's an amalgamation of real-life donors like the Kochs, Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and Warren Buffett — the Berkshire Hathaway head who is close to President Barack Obama.
"He doesn't make political contributions. That's how he remains flexible," says Underwood about Tusk.
"You think he's funneling the money somehow?" a Democratic operative replies, before Underwood sends a henchmen to find out for certain .
But there's no need for Tusk to create a shadowy network of Chinese donors to spend money to influence U.S. elections.
If he wanted to be anonymous but still wield enormous influence, the status quo allows him to donate directly and anonymously to nonprofits.
"One of the threads in the story line is that they're pouring over disclosure records from the super PAC," said Paul S. Ryan, senior counsel at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. "The players here could have avoided all of that."


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KOfficeSource: a KOffice Consultancy Company
Announcing itself today is KOfficeSource GmbH, a
"The founding of KOfficeSource GmbH shows the commercial potential of the KOffice suite.", said Sebastian Kügler, KDE e.V. director. "It is great to see a company spinning off the KDE Community. Combining the commercial experience in the field with excellent connections in the community seems to be a recipe for success. And success is also what we wholeheartedly wish to the founders of KOfficeSource.
Kügler continues: With the upcoming release of KOffice 2 later this year, this makes for a new contender in the office market space which no doubt will be beneficial for institutional, commercial and home users alike."
The founders of KOfficeSource GmbH are:
From the announcement:
What is it?
From the start, KOfficeSource GmbH will function as a pure services
Since KOfficeSource does not own any copyright to the code, we can not
Sometimes we will create new features, new modules or maybe even new
What Will This Mean for KOffice?
In the long run, we think the mere existence of a company like this
On a shorter time scale it will probably not mean much at all. We
What Will This Mean for the Developer Community?
Probably nothing, right now. The developers involved in this company
More Information
You can read more on our website.
Business Ecosystem Flourishes
It's great to see how the business ecosystem around KDE is flourishing. It makes KDE and KDE applications more attractive to *other* businesses simply by putting the right "face" on the community. It also makes it possible to hold on to developer talent better by offering a job at doing KDE hacking. Well, at least I hope Boud continues to do hacking and doesn't get tied up in business administration ;)
Oddly enough, I just got a Qt / C++ work-from-home recruitment offer minutes ago before reading this announcement. Things are thriving.
(PS: although I'm on the board of KDE e.V. and sometimes drink coffee with Sebas, this is the first I had heard of KOfficeSource, so above is genuine enthusiasm and not pre-cooked.)
By Adriaan de Groot at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: Business Ecosystem Flourishes
Hey, you too?
By Boudewijn Rempt at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: Business Ecosystem Flourishes
So it doesn't matter if *I* get tied up in business administration, huh?
By Inge Wallin at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: Business Ecosystem Flourishes
nah, we expect you too ;-P
congrats, guys, this is great news.
By Aaron J. Seigo at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Very Best of Luck!
I really admire the KOffice project - it rests on *excellent* technical underpinnings (compared to OO.o's sprawling and frankly horrific codebase) and all the devs seem like nice people, too :)
Seeing some paid development on it would be great!
By anon at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
almost scared to ask this...
...but here goes: if a company requested / paid for the addition of support of various MS formats (existing binary formats, new XML wrapped binary formats aka OOXML), what would the answer be? are there moral / legal / community issues about this?
I think this is great that a company is forming around koffice and I'm really wishing you guys all the best. I'm just asking this out of pure curiosity and not trying to start flame war (which i know are usually the last lines written preceding most flame wars, d'oh)
By borker at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
I see no reason why paid development couldn't be for legacy file formats.
In a recent dot story the KOffice developers explained that they weren't interested in spending their own time developing it, but that's something completely different to paid development. It is also not connected to any KOffice developer's opinion if for instance OOXML should be made an ISO standard (it shouldn't) or if the file format itself is badly specified (it is) and impossible to implement fully (it is).
By Inge Wallin at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
Thats pretty much my take on it also. Its simply neither expedient nor particularly desirable to implement 3rd party proprietary formats.
I guess the issue though is mainly that the aforementioned dot article was held up by RMS as a counterpoint to the somewhat MS-happy approach of other development efforts and there is a big opportunity for future paid for efforts to include particularly OOXML being presented in a negative light and starting all kinds of flame war fun on the usual tech blogs etc.
By borker at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
It matters a great deal to implement proprietary filters for *import*.
Export is another story.
By Joe at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
Borker, notice that the KOffice community doesn't necessarly need to merge the work done by this company. I bet they will have a special build for their customers; possibly even single builds for special cases.
By blacky at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
Except that at least half their board is composed of major Koffice contributers. (I don't recognize the names of the other 2 board members, but that doesn't mean they are outside the koffice community, just that I don't know them) While in theory the koffice community could reject their patches, since they are the community this is less likely.
I suppose it is possible they will get paid for an ugly hack that sortof works and meets a customers needs now, but isn't the direction they want koffice to go long term.
Special builds for customers, and single builds are likely. Sort of like Code Weavers has their own version of Wine, but it only better than Wine as a whole in places where they have ugly hacks that make one things sort of work while making others less likely to work.
By Hank Miller at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
Exactly, it's natural for variants of software to exist for different applications. No need for something unnecessary to be added to the main code base.
By Glen Anthony Kirkup at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: almost scared to ask this...
One thing that I kept in mind while doing plugin-interface design for KOffice2 in general and for text specifically is to make sure companies can add their own workflow features without touching the KOffice codebase.
Since the libraries KOffice provides are LGPL the company may very well choose to make the plugin they want to use closed source. Which obviously means it will never hit the KOffice codebase.
Bottom line; this significantly lowers the trashhold for large rollouts to succeed. Any missing thing can now be added by paying the experts to do exactly that.
Exciting times :)
By Thomas Zander at Sat, 2008/01/12 - 6:00am
Another Good Luck
a __BIG__ 'Good Luck' from not only me, but whole Community.best wishes for you all.
By Emil Sedgh at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
This is probably the best KDE related news in months - probably not for long, as the release of something big is imminent - and came completely unexpected for me. I hope the business side of this works out nicely, and Boud and Inge can spend a lot of time on improving KOffice even more than was the case before :P
Great stuff, and I'd like to wish you the best of luck too :D
By Jakob Petsovits at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
nice to know
that's really nice 2 know!
By benneque at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
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Wish you a lot of funy work, benefiting both your incomes and your user comunitiy.
By David at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Best of luck!
I hope you'll have a lot of succes with this!
By Joergen Ramskov at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
ok this sounds quite good, a win-win situation
BUT there is one thing that I want to voice (or ask), even though others might have voiced that already.... will koffice become dependent on it?
I am asking because right now, the whole linux distributions are influenced by companies just as well, and every line of code comes with a price - someone has to understand it at least enough to maintain it.
By she at Wed, 2008/01/09 - 6:00am
Re: hmm
My personal feeling is, that there is a huge difference between "a company joins a project" and "a company forms out of a project" since at the later case it's more the project which influences the company rather then the other way around :-)
By Sebastian Sauer at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: hmm
The real divider is whether the company owns the copyright to the program or not. In this case we don't, which I also address in the announcement, so we could never control the KOffice project.
Now, influence is of course something we hope to have, but that's hardly control. KOffice is jointly owned by the developers and that's how it will remain.
By Inge Wallin at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: hmm
agreed; there's one other ingredient: the people involved.
in fact, it's the people part of the mix that determine whether the legal safeguards are ever brought into play. usually the legal safeguards, which are extremely reassuring and pretty vital imho, are there for the case where things go wrong. even with safeguards in place, nobody ever wants to go there. so the people being Good, Upright, Honest and Trustworthy are the key ingredients.
both Inge and Boud, along with the rest of the KOffice team, are exactly those kinds of people in my experience having worked along side them in KDE and spent time in purely social circumstances as well. i have no doubts in my mind that with the people who are forming KOfficeSource that a good community relationship will be maintained and that we will likely never end up needing to rely on those legal safeguards.
having both legal safeguards as well a good people is a killer combination. i can only see good things coming of this collaboration =)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: hmm
I guess that legal safeguards are no protection against bad influence. IMHO what firstname.lastname@example.com was refering to are fights between different forces within a project that harm the harmony and have an impact on "how a project feels like". But that's more a general question not related to companies but to individuals aka the people involved what makes it rather difficult to find another answer then what Aaron wrote in his 3th paragraph already (and agreed there too :)
By Sebastian Sauer at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
"If KOffice will ever be able to challenge OpenOffice or the proprietary competition,"
as long as KOffice stays as simple to use as it is for now, it would be OK to challenge OOo or even MS-Office. Simplicity and ease of use should be the goals for any software.
By kofficeuser at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Collaboration with IBM?
A while back someone (I think it was TJ Brumfeld) suggested that IBM could work with KOffice developers to produce a better version of Lotus Symphony that doesn't use OOo's clunky old codebase, that causes Symphony to have the speed of a turtle trapped in toffee. Would KOfficeSource GmbH be able to help in this regard by talking to IBM people about collaboration or does this have only a minuscule chance of success?
By Darryl Wheatley at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: Collaboration with IBM?
I'd also like to hear about this: IBM have smart engineers, and they should surely see that they could probably get much better progress with hiring the same amount of engineers with KOffice than with OO.o.
By anon at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: Collaboration with IBM?
Mmmmm toffee turtle
By borker at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: Collaboration with IBM?
IBM has made contributions to Linux because they wanted to sell hardware. They use a totally different business model for Lotus. In fact, OpenOffice has never seen a line of code from IBM (they forked while it was permitted to go close source).
By blacky at Sat, 2008/01/12 - 6:00am
A ton of glad-ness and a grain of unhappy-ness...
I feel a ton of glad-ness about that bold move on the part of some key KOffice developers. I wish them well and all the best in this ambitious endeavour.
(I also feel a grain of unhappy-ness because they decided to single out OpenOffice.org to name as their main competitor which they intend to tackle. No, guys! Your main target should be MS Office, and OOXML. You should rather ignore OOo instead of making yourself sound envious of OOo's success. Most KDE people nowadays would think it's wrong to make a press release saying KDE4 aims to take market share away from Gnome. And it is not just "tactics" to do so. It is to recognize who your *main* adversaries and competitors are: and these are MS and Apple, not The Second Free Desktop...)
By koffice-fan at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: A ton of glad-ness and a grain of unhappy-ness
Well I'm fine with it, currently I'm an unhappy OO.o user due to various bugs in KOffice. I hope this company will end up improving quality control and reduce the OOo market share by one user. :)
By Ian Monroe at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am
Re: A ton of glad-ness and a grain of unhappy-ness...
You're right, of course.
By Inge Wallin at Thu, 2008/01/10 - 6:00am