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SFA Track & Field Announces Signing Class
July 3, 2013
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The 2013 Southland Conference Men's and Women's Indoor and Outdoor champion Stephen F. Austin track and field team signed 29 athletes to National Letters of Intent announced conference coach of the year Phil Olson Wednesday afternoon. The incoming class consists of 17 female athletes, and 12 men, and includes 13 distance and middle distance runners, eight sprinters and hurdlers, four throwers, two pole vaulters and two jumpers.
The Ladyjacks' 2013 class includes Taylor Anderson (Frisco, Texas), Taylor Bohr (Justin, Texas), Kayla Brewer (Centerville, Texas), Macy Davis (Wellington, Texas), Chelsea Gill (Waco, Texas), Taylor Glasz (Cibolo, Texas), Shelby Gresham (Garrison, Texas), Courtney High (Vanderbilt, Texas), Janae Jackson (Mesquite, Texas), Madeline Kaufman (McAllen, Texas), Bridgette Kozar (San Antonio, Texas), Samantha Ottman (Keller, Texas), Amber Reddic (Longview, Texas), Rana Ryan (Trophy Club, Texas), Kacie Tuerck (Temple, Texas), Jaisha Washington (Mansfield, Texas) and Tasia Williams (Irving, Texas). The 'Jacks' class consists of Anthony Gallardo (San Antonio, Texas), Nathan Jones (Longview, Texas), Jared Love (Longview, Texas), Quinlin McGregor (Amarillo, Texas), Edwin Munoz (Kaufman, Texas), Daven Murphree (Big Sandy, Texas), Jonathan Mitchell (Weatherford, Texas), Derek Orlando (Katy, Texas), Thomas Reynolds (Harleton, Texas), Cole Stallcup (Celina, Texas), Kaleb Vasquez (San Antonio, Texas) and Sam Wallace (Cinco Ranch, Texas).
"This is the deepest class we have signed in my 14 seasons at SFA," said Olson. "We have graduated many young men and women, so our needs are great in every area. The exciting thing is that we have signed some national-caliber athletes, especially Daven Murphree in the pole vault, who will represent the USA at the World Junior Championships in August. Additionally, we have a slew of state champions in all event areas. We will have a young team next year, but on paper at least we look very talented."
One of the strongest recruiting classes in program history, the incoming class boasts some pretty impressive numbers. The class consists of 14 individual state champions, nine team titles at the state meet, two high school All-Americans, two individual national championships and one junior national team member.
The Lumberjacks improved upon one of the top pole vaulting duos in the country. With 2013 All-American Colton Ross, and 2013 NCAA First Round qualifier Cameron Meyer having at least one year of eligibility remaining, the 'Jacks added even more punch with the addition of Daven Murphree, a two-time high school All-American.
One of the nation's top high school prospects in 2013, Murphree won three consecutive state championships at Harmony High School. He closed out his prep career being ranked No. 1 in the event during the indoor and outdoor season. The 2013 Texas Relays pole vault champion took the individual honors at the meet in Austin by clearing the second-highest high school mark in meet history (17-8.50).
Murphree still has an opportunity to bring in more honors during the 2013 season. The 2013 New Balance Indoor and Outdoor National Champion won the pole vault at the 2013 USA Junior Track and Field Championships and qualified to compete on the national team in the Pan American Junior Championships in August.
Kaufman's athletic talent was recognized at a very early age. A four-time team MVP, she qualified for the regional championships in four separate events all four seasons, and participated in five events at regionals as a sophomore and junior. She leaves Memorial High School as the best pole vaulter in school history (12-0.00), in addition to numerous meet records set during her career.
A state qualifier in 2012, Kaufman is a versatile athlete who could pay dividends for SFA in several events. She enters her collegiate career with personal records of 5-3.00 in the high jump, 17-4.25 in the long jump and 58.8 in the 400 meters.
Brewer is another member of the 2013 class that brings a résumé of winning to a program that has already posted 10-straight SLC team titles. Brewer advanced to the state championships all four seasons, and played a key role in helping guide Centerville to the 2010 state title.
A seven-time state medalist during her career, Brewer ended her senior season by earning runner-up honors in the long jump, and placing fourth in the 100 meters at state. She has recorded a personal best of 19-0.00 in the long jump, 5-4.00 in the high jump, and 12.19 in the 100 meters.
"This group of field event athletes is extremely talented," said jumps and multis coach Ron McCown. "Both Kayla and Madeline will be able to help the team in several events. Both young ladies are great students and have the desire to excel at the next level. Daven is an excellent student and an outstanding pole vaulter. He is a huge asset to this team. I am so pleased to have these three athletes in purple."
The SFA distance squad bolstered its ranks with its largest signing class in program history. Eight runners have been added to a Ladyjack squad, while five men join the 'Jacks roster. The incoming Ladyjacks will look to strengthen a distance squad that helped lead SFA to the Southland Conference Track and Field Triple Crown for the second time in the past three seasons in 2013.
"Overall, the class is the biggest ever and a lot of good talent from the state of Texas," said cross country/distance coach Cody Clark. "This class creates depth for the distance program, which doesn't include some very talented walk-ons that we hope to have join the team in the fall. I am ready to see what this class can produce in the coming years and I am super excited about the training group that we will have."
The incoming Ladyjacks are a talented class that leaves behind a paper trail of success from the prep ranks. The class of eight runners has seen numerous state qualifiers, three team state championships and two individual titles at the state level, led by Bridgette Kozar.
The Antonian College Prepartory product is a 2013 TAPPS State champion in the 3,200 meters, who guided her school to three team titles. She just missed adding another state title to her list of wins in the 1,600 meters finishing second overall. A versatile athlete, Kozar has competed in the distance and middle distance events, and also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay. An eight-time state qualifier, Kozar posted personal bests of 18:49 in the 5,000 meters, 11:21.34 in the 3,200 and 5:12.46 in the 1,600 meters.
Davis joins Kozar as another former 3,200-meter state champion, posting a personal best of 11:35.08 for Wellington High School. Davis is a seven-time state qualifier between cross country and track and field, who has the talent to compete in several different events. Her wide range of talent saw her compete at a high level from the 3,200 meters down to the 400, as well as running a leg of the 1,600-meter relay.
Ryan, a two-time district champion as a senior, is fairly new to the sport, but has a huge upside. Although her biggest success came on the track, where she posted personal records of 5:14 in the 1,600 meters, and 2:13.16 in the 800, she was still a weapon for her cross country team as well. Ryan advanced to the state championships in her final season and recorded an 18th-place finish in the fall.
High is a six-time state qualifier from Vanderbilt Industrial, where she was one of the state's top distance runners. A personal best of 11:29 in the 3,200 meters, High is a four-time state qualifier in cross country who closed out her high school career by advancing to the state championships in two events as a senior.
Ottman and Bohr come to Nacogdoches following successful high school stints at the 5A level. Ottman is a two-time cross country regional qualifier from a very tough district. She has personal records of 11:38.6 in the 3,200 meters and 5:16.5 in the 1,600 meters. Ottman also has some experience at the middle distances posting a personal record of 2:20.23 in the 800 meters.
Bohr arrives on the SFA campus from Justin Northwest High School. A two-time regional qualifier in cross country, Bohr has a tremendous upside. She has clocked a personal best time of 18:40 in the 5,000 meters, and 11:42 in the 3,200. Another Ladyjack signee with a wide range of talents, Bohr has also competed in the middle distances. She has recorded a time of 5:18 in the 1,600-meter run.
The SFA coaching staff will turn to Glasz and Anderson to be the future of the Ladyjacks' middle distance squad. The duo brings quality high school experience at the 800 meters and will also compete in the mile, as well as for a spot on the distance medley relay team.
A product from class 5A Byron Steele High School, Glasz has posted personal best times of 2:18.84 in the 800 meters, as well as a 5:24.75 in the 1,600 meters. Anderson is a three-time state qualifier in cross country, and brings a personal best of 2:19 in the 800 meters. Another versatile runner in the 2013 class, Anderson has also clocked a personal best of 11:55 in the 3,200 meters and an 18:52 in the 5,000 meters.
Similar to the Ladyjacks' incoming distance group, the Lumberjack distance signees also bring some strong credentials to the Piney Woods. The 'Jacks' distance class enters college having recorded seven individual titles and five team titles at the state meet.
McGregor is a three-time state champion who has experienced a high level of success on the track and in cross country. He posted one of the best seasons in Amarillo Highland Park history by winning the state triple crown. An eight-time state qualifier, McGregor won the 2A state cross country title, and followed that up by winning the 1,600 (4:18.90) and 3,200 (9:29.38) meters with personal best times.
Gallardo is a four-time TAPPS 5A state champion. He recorded his first two state championships as a junior winning the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, then closed out his high school career by repeating the double as a senior. His victories came in Antonian College Prepartory's run to four consecutive team titles. Gallardo has been clocked with personal bests of 4:31.21 in the 1,600 meters and 9:34.87 in the 3,200 meters.
A five-time state qualifier on the track, Munoz just missed adding two more individual state titles to the incoming class' overall tally. Munoz posted a runner-up finish in the 3,200 meters (9:19.84), and was third in the 1,600 (4:24.87) this past season. Munoz was a four-time state qualifier in cross country, where he posted a ninth-place finish at the state meet this past season. He helped guide Kaufman to a state title in cross country as a junior. Munoz will be counted on to compete in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at SFA, in addition to the steeplechase during the outdoor season.
Vasquez will have the ability to compete in a wide variety of events for SFA. A state qualifier in cross country, as well as the 800 meters in track, Vasquez finished eighth at the state meet in 800 meters as a senior. He has recorded best times of 1:57.08 in the 800, 4:25.05 in the 1,600, and 9:39.00 in the 3,200 meters.
Wallace is another middle distance runner with a lot of experience at the state meet. He is a two-time state qualifier in cross country, as well as taking back-to-back district titles in the 800 meters. A 2013 regional finalist in the 800 meters, Wallace's talents range from the 400 meters (49.20), to the 1,600-meter run (4:26). He has also recorded a personal best time of (1:53.90) in the 800 meters.
SFA strengthened its throws squad on both the men's and women's team with the addition of four throwers. The help couldn't come at a better time for the 'Jacks, as two-time national qualifier, and 2013 All-American Jon Arthur has exhausted his eligibility.
"This class fills some definite holes we had in the throwing events," said Olson. "Of course, you don't replace an All-American and multiple conference champ like Jon Arthur, you only hope to shore up your event group. We will have all underclassmen next year, with a total of 10 throwers. We will be young but very eager to learn and get better."
Reynolds comes to Nacogdoches after a very successful career in the prep ranks. A former state champion in the shot put, Reynolds brings a personal best of 59-6 in the event. A two-time district and regional champion, Reynolds closed out his high school career with a state runner-up finish in 2013.
Orlando is another strong shot putter from the prep ranks. A Katy, Texas native, Orlando comes to SFA with a personal best of 53-3 in the shot put. A two-time regional qualifier, Orlando has been a finalist at the regional meet in addition to winning the area and district title in the event. A standout in the classroom as well, Orlando comes to SFA as a member of the honors program. Along with Reynolds, he will focus on the shot put and hammer throw for the 'Jacks.
Gresham and Tuerck will join the Ladyjacks' throws roster. Similar to Reynolds for the men, Gresham is a former state champion from nearby Garrison High School. She garnered the state's highest honor in the discus this past season and enters college with a personal record of 134-10 in the event. A three-time discus state finalist, Gresham has also seen success on the state level in the shot put as well. She is a five-time state finalist and six-time district champion between the two events. The east Texas native will look to take on more of a workload in college adding the hammer throw to her repertoire.
A former state finalist in the shot put and discus, Tuerck brings a personal best of 42-1.25 in the shot put, and 122-2 in the discus to the Ladyjack roster. She closed out her high school career by finishing third in the shot at the state championships. She also advanced to the state finals in the discus as a junior. A six-time regional qualifier between the two events, the coaching staff will look to utilize Tuerck's talents in the shot, discus, and maybe the hammer or javelin as well.
The Lumberjacks added one of the state's top high jumpers in Mitchell. A Weatherford High School product, he enters his freshman year as a three-time regional qualifier in the event. A Texas Scholar, Mitchell also received a scholarship from the Texan Optimist of May.
SFA added five sprinters/hurdlers to the women's roster, and three to the men's, including three from the east Texas area. The three Longview sprinters are Love and Jones for the men, and Reddic for the Ladyjacks. Jackson is from Mesquite, while Williams is a product of Irving Nimitz High School. Gill comes to SFA from Waco La Vega High School, while Stallcup is a Celina native.
"This is a very talented women's group," said sprints and hurdles coach Sean Lonergan. "We love the athleticism and versatility of this group. These young ladies will add immediate depth to our roster.
"With the men, we've added a good deal of speed in Jared (Love) and Nathan (Jones). They were members of Longview's state finalist 400-meter relay team. I really like the competiveness and mental toughness of the tradition rich Celina and Longview athletes that we have coming in," added Lonergan.


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An odd ball night
Hunter Thompson could have written this blog. It was a
dazed-and-confused night of women's basketball Saturday in
The oddness began on impact.
A couple of mascots encouraging
a full house of Chinese to do the Mexican wave. A trip through a Kafka-esque
maze of hallways to hunt down women's basketball superstars in an always odd noise-vacuum
called the Mixed Zone. A flying saucer landing on midcourt and disembodied
aliens extolling the virtues of time-sharing in
But, the rest was as real as a Chinese traffic jam.
The NBA cast of characters was slumped in residence on the far end, rising to perform an odd ritual at halftime. With a horde of basketball-crazed locals hooting adoringly from above, each stood up, turned to the crowd and received an avalanche of cheers, leaving me fumbling to determine the psychology of such a scene, cheering -- except in the case of the Royal Family -- usually being reserved for those who do something.
No one encouraged President Bush to stand up from his side-court seat,
certainly not the Secret Service men with springs in their ears, who spent the
evening backs turned to the court. Wasn't much of a game any way. The Prez just
appeared to me as a blur of gray hair in a blue suit, like Steinbrenner in a
Seinfeld episode, screened from me as he was by Ackerman. She did move
once allowing me verification that graytop was indeed His W-ness.
The mascots were hallucinatory, much like the Vandy football team constantly inflating and deflating themselves and rolling on their heads. The Chinese were deliberate in their cheering-ness so much so that I was certain the stage guy at the Grand Ole Opry was on hand to direct.
I could go on into the night about the dizziness of it all, but sleep is coming quickly.
No more fried won ton for me.

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On health care reform: What does the public want?
By Sean Gorman
Published on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 12:35 p.m.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said during a recent visit to Richmond that two-thirds of Americans want the U.S. Supreme Court to block all or part of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
As the high court ponders the constitutionality of a mandate in the law that would require Americans to have health insurance, we thought we'd review exactly what the polls are saying about the reforms.
Priebus was referring to an ABC News/Washington Post national poll released on March 19. Sixty-seven percent said they wanted the court to either get rid of the entire law or just its health insurance mandate.
The breakdown was 42 percent favored throwing out the whole law, another 25 percent favored getting rid of just the mandate and 26 percent said they prefered the entire act be upheld. Seven percent had no opinion.
The ABC/Washington Post polling summary said while the survey showed two-thirds of respondents want at least part of the law thrown out, the results could be interpreted another way.
"The data also can be construed to show that 51 percent favor either keeping the whole law or the law minus the mandate, (26 and 25 percent, respectively)," the poll's summary states.
When respondents who favored keeping the law without the mandate were forced to choose between upholding the act entirely or throwing it out, the results shifted somewhat. Fifty-five percent supported outright repeal and 37 percent said keep the law.
The poll showed that the most popular parts of the law -- such as keeping coverage for children up to age 26 and prohibiting the denial of insurance based on pre-existing conditions -- are outweighed by opposition to the health care mandate.
Other polls conducted in late March also show strong majorities want the court to strike down at least part of the law:
*A CBS/New York Times poll found 38 percent wanted to overturn the entire law. Another 29 percent wanted to throw out the mandate but keep the rest of the act. Twenty-six percent wanted to retain the entire law.
*A CNN/ORC poll found 30 percent wanted the court to overrule the law entirely while another 43 percent said the court should throw out just some of its provisions, though the question didn't specify which ones. Twenty-three percent said the law should be kept as is.
*A McClatchy/Marist poll found 34 percent wanted the whole law tossed and another 21 percent just wanted the mandate declared unconstitutional. Thirty-five percent hoped the law would remain intact.
Michael Dimock, associate research director at the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press said opposition to the mandate is rooted in the feeling that the government is placing a requirement on people.
"This (the mandate) is an unpopular element of the bill, it has been from the start," he said.
Still, a March 26 analysis by the Pew Research Center found the level of opposition and support for the mandate changes depending on how poll questions are asked.
Pew found in its own March poll that the mandate faced stiff opposition when the question on it ended by noting people who don't buy insurance would pay a penalty. In that case, 63 percent disapproved of the mandate and 34 percent approved.
But when the question ended by saying people who can't afford health insurance would receive financial help from the government to get coverage, the response was split -- 49 percent disapproved of the mandate and 47 percent approved.
Pew noted seven polls it examined over the past five months have shown widely varying support for spiking the law, depending on how the question on repeal is asked. Some polls in early March -- including Pew's own survey and one by Kaiser Health -- showed either pluralities or majorities favor keeping or expanding the law.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus comments at Old City Bar news conference, March 28, 2012.
E-mail from Allie Brandenburger, RNC spokeswoman, March 29, 2012.
ABC News "As health care law's trial approaches, two-thirds say ditch individual mandate," March 19, 2012.
CNN/ORC Poll, March 26, 2012.
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, March 2012.
McClatchy/Marist Poll, "Majority wants highest court to change at least part of health care law," March 26, 2012.
Bloomberg, "Exclusive poll: Americans think politics will influence justices' health care votes," March 14, 2012.
Quinnipiac University, "American voters hum 'happy days are here again,' Quinnipiac University National Poll finds; but confidence does not lift Obama," Feb. 23, 2012.
Huffington Post, "Obamacare shows little change since reform's passage," March 27, 2012.
Fox News Poll, March 15, 2012.
Interview with Karlyn Bowman, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, March 29, 2012.
Interview with Michael Dimock, associate director of research at the Pew Research Center for the People & The Press, March 29, 2012.
Interview with William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, March 29, 2012.
Interview with Bob Coker, Managing Director of the Mason Dixon Polling & Research, March 29, 2012.
American Enterprise Institute, "AEI special report: health care attitudes," March 2012.
Pew Research Center, "Public remains split on health care bill, opposed to madate," March 26, 2012.
CBS News, "Poll: 1 in 4 want Supreme Court to uphold health care law," March 26, 2012.
CBS News/New York Times Poll, March 26, 2012.
McClatchy, "Obama's health care law remains huge political issue," March 23, 2012.
National Journal, "Public still opposes health care mandate," March 27, 2012.
PolitiFact "Santorum says Americans 'overwhelmingly' oppose health law, mandate," March 26, 2012.
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A Springfield landmark that has been vacant for nearly four decades is finally getting a facelift.
With the swinging of sledgehammers Mayor Domenic Sarno, Congressman Richard Neal and Gov. Deval Patrick marked the beginning of the transformation of Union Station.
The total project will cost around $78 million, which is being funded by local state and federal resources.
Tuesday Patrick announced the state is coming through with the remaining $4 million needed to fund it.
He says putting money into a project like this will yield job growth now and in the future.
"Investing in infrastructure is not just about investing in the individual projects, although they create jobs right now, but we need 21st century infrastructure as a platform for growth into the future," he said.
CBS 3 took a step into the building with Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority, Chris Moskal.
Walking into the main terminal building is like taking a step back in time; a visit from President Harry S Truman in 1952, the deployment of World War II soldiers from the tracks.
Neal, an advocate for the station's return to the city, says it's that rich history that will make for a vibrant future.
"Union Station is a powerful term I think it connotes not only America's industrial past, but you can see today what it means to our future," Neal said.
Sarno believes establishing rail, PVTA and bus transportation here will transform the city economically and socially pointing at other cities with similar stations as examples.
"Look at D.C., that whole area was a run-down, dangerous, decrepit area. Once Union Station was done, turned it all around, we're looking to do the same thing here for the city of Springfield," Sarno said.
Phase one begins Wednesday with construction on the terminal building and demolition of the baggage building.
The entire station should be complete and running by 2015.
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The Cameron University Library and the Lawton Area Reading Council (LARC) will present noted children's author Rebecca Kai Dotlich in a series of child-oriented presentations on May 1st and 2nd. Dotlich will entertain fourth and fifth graders on both days at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. The Thursday presentations will take place in the CETES Conference Center, and the Friday presentations are scheduled for the Shepler Ballroom. The presentations are open to the public at no charge.
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- Publisher: EA Games
- Release Date: Oct 13, 2009
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3
- Summary: Brütal Legend is an epic action game from visionary developer Tim Schafer. Jack Black stars as Eddie Riggs, a legendary roadie summoned to a world of Heavy Metal where mountains are made of amplifiers, killer spiders spin guitar strings and Rock Legends roam the landscape. As Eddie, crush skulls with a battle axe, ravage the road in a super-charged Hot Rod and unleash the power of Rock to reign down fire from the sky - all to save humanity and become a Brütal Legend. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
- Developer: Double Fine Productions
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
Positive: 74 out of 88
Mixed: 14 out of 88
Negative: 0 out of 88
There's never been anything like it and there may never be again. Brütal Legend is truly a gift to metal and game fans alike and my new, best 3D game ever.
In conclusion, this game rocked and was a great walk or drive down memory lane with all the great bands who have lent their music to this game. The voice acting is pure class and the gameplay actually works quite well in a bizarre way that makes this quite an original game.
Brütal Legend comes with many cool ideas and a great soundtrack. Nevertheless, the boss fights could be more challenging and the controls are sometimes annoying.
It is with a sense of dismay then that I say that this: all things considered, it's hard to call this a brilliant title. It has one of the most enjoyable 10 hour campaigns I've played, and if it were to be scored on that alone, it would have done a fair bit better. If you're a fan of the genre of music, like I am, then the single player would be somewhere in the low –to mid-90s. The fact remains though that bolted onto this wonderful experience are sub par multiplayer and some terrible navigation issues.
Has some invigorating moments but is harmed by a weak strategy mechanic that easily frustrates. [Issue#52, p.82]
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Mar 4, 2013Such a tragedy. I can understand all ratings between 0 and 7, but the 8-10 is just plain wrong. The game itself is bad. The Action parts are few and not outstanding, but still the best the game has to offer gamewise. The driving parts are horrible because the driving physics are the worst i have seen in ages. The strategy parts are a nice idea but the controls are Who wants to play a RTS where he cant control his units fluently? No one. Still the game has something that makes up for all the failures: The setting. Yes, I love Metal. And this game is such a great tribute to Metal, and it even does it in an intelligent way. On Top of that the Characters are the best i have seen in Games for a while. A lovely bunch of Metalheads all around. I would give this a 10 out of 10 if it was a movie, but the actual playing part sucks so hard that it gets down to 5. And much difference to a movie isnt there anyway, since the game is only about 4-5 hours long.… Expand
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A CYCLIST suffered a minor foot injury after being hit by a car on a busy main road.
The incident happened at 1.13pm today when the car and cyclist were involved in a minor crash on City Walls Road near the roundabout at the junction with St Martin's Gate.
Motorists were subject to lengthy delays in and around the area until mid-afternoon while the situation was monitored by the emergency services at the scene, causing tailbacks in both directions.
The injured cyclist was taken to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital for treatment.
Police were called to the scene to direct traffic and help clear the area but the road was kept open, with motorists experiencing delays in both directions.
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July 1997
David J. Doulman
Senior Fishery Liaision Officer
International Institutions and Liaison Service
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
This paper discusses the background and steps taken by FAO and other organizations to implement the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. In the context of broader fisheries conservation and management, the Compliance Agreement and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement are also briefly reviewed. Monitoring and reporting requirements for the Code of Conduct are outlined and activities initiated by FAO to promote the implementation of the Code considered. Assistance to developing countries, including small island developing States, is also discussed. It is concluded that members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States should make every effort to implement the three instruments as a means of promoting long-term sustainable use of fisheries resources in the subregion.
Since 1993 three important instruments have been concluded that when implemented should directly impact the way in which fisheries are managed in the Caribbean subregion. These instruments are the 1993 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (Compliance Agreement),1 the 1995 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (Code of Conduct),2 and the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (UN Fish Stocks Agreement).
The Code of Conduct was adopted by the Twenty-eighth Session of the FAO Conference in October 1995. Voluntary in nature, the Code covers all fisheries (including aquaculture) and related activities.3 It seeks to ensure that aquatic resources are exploited and utilized responsibly and in accordance with long-term principles of sustainability. In addition to its general principles, the Code addresses fisheries management, fishing operations, aquaculture development, integration of fisheries into coastal area management, post-harvest practices and trade and fisheries research. Guidelines covering various areas of the Code are being developed to assist States with its effective and expeditious implementation.
An important aspect of the Code is the requirement that:
"...States and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations should apply a precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources in order to protect them and preserve the aquatic environment, taking account of the best scientific evidence available. The absence of adequate scientific information should not be used as a reason for postponing or failing to take measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non-target species and their environment."4
In addition, Article 7.5 of the Code provides more detailed guidance on the application of the precautionary approach in fisheries, while the implementation of the approach in practical terms is addressed in the appropriate guidelines.5 Although the concept of precaution is not new in other industries, it is a relatively new concept in fisheries management.
The Code envisages that the precautionary approach will be applied in all fisheries, in all aquatic systems, and regardless of their jurisdictional nature, recognizing that most problems affecting the sector result from insufficiency of precaution in management regimes when faced with high levels of uncertainty.6 Because uncertainty affects all elements of the fishery in varying degrees, some degree of precaution is required at all levels of the system; in development planning, management, research, technology development and transfer, legal and institutional frameworks, fish capture and processing, fisheries enhancement and aquaculture.
The Compliance Agreement is an integral component of the Code. Although approved in November 1993 by the Twenty-seventh Session of the FAO Conference, the Agreement is not yet in force. However, some of its elements are already being adopted by States as their fisheries legislation is revised and other policy changes implemented concerning national authorizations for vessels to fish on the high seas. Currently, nine States (Argentina, Canada, Georgia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Norway, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, and the United States of America) and the European Community have accepted the Compliance Agreement. It will enter into force on the date of receipt by the Director-General of FAO of the twenty-fifth instrument of acceptance.
Related to some aspects of the Code and the Compliance Agreement is the UN Fish Stocks Agreement which had its origins at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.7 However, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement was negotiated within the framework of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 Convention).8
The significance of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement is that it consolidates certain fisheries provisions of the 1982 Convention. In particular, the Agreement elaborates, within the context of the 1982 Convention, aspects concerning the more effective conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. Moreover, the Agreement is significant in that it provides, for the first time, concrete and innovative provisions for the coordinated management of stocks occurring in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high seas, and which are the target resources for many of the world's most important and valuable commercial fisheries. However, to implement fully the Agreement there must be a high degree of international cooperation between coastal States and high seas fishing nations on a range of fundamental technical issues.
The Code of Conduct, the Compliance Agreement and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement are essentially complementary in nature. While the latter two instruments have a more restricted focus than the Code of Conduct, these three instruments ultimately have similar goals and objectives in that they seek to achieve enhanced fisheries conservation and management in the broadest sense.
Article 4 of the Code states that members and non-members of FAO, fishing entities and relevant sub-regional, regional and global organizations, whether governmental or non-governmental, and all persons concerned with the conservation, management and utilization of fisheries resources and trade in fish and fishery products should collaborate in the fulfilment and implementation of the objectives and principles contained in the Code.
To this end FAO alone, and in concert with its members and other organizations, has taken a number of steps to promote the implementation of the Code of Conduct. The issue of promotion is being addressed comprehensively at government level, through industry channels and with inter- and non-governmental organizations. In addition, some States at their own initiative, have taken measures, including national workshops, to promote the Code and to ensure that the fishing industry, for example, is well briefed on its technical aspects.
Some of the initiatives that FAO has persued in implementing the Code include:
The highly valuable role being played by non-governmental organizations in promoting and assisting with the implementation of the Code is recognized by FAO. The Organization has established sound working relations with many of these organizations and will continue to cooperate with them on fisheries matters in the context of the Code. At both the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Sessions of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) consultations were held with non-governmental organizations in respect of fisheries matters of common concern, including the implementation of the Code. To this end some of the non-governmental organizations that have taken specific action to promote and implement it by organising workshops and by translating the Code into languages other than those of FAO. Notable among this group are both national and international organizations including the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers and the National Fisheries Solidarity Committee of Sri Lanka.
In adopting the Code at its Twenty-eighth session in 1995, the FAO Conference called upon FAO:
"...to monitor and report on the implementation of the Code and its effects on fisheries, including action taken under other instruments and resolutions by UN organizations, and in particular, the resolution adopted by the General Assembly to give effect to the Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks leading to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. ...".
The FAO Conference further called on States, international organizations, whether governmental or non-governmental, and all those involved in fisheries "...to collaborate in the fulfilment and implementation of the objectives and principles contained in the Code...".11
At its Twenty-first Session COFI agreed:12
"...that a progress report on implementation of the Code should be presented every two years which would include information on FAO activities, proposed guidelines to implement the Code and on inter-regional programmes, as well as application at national level. Members would provide information on national implementation using a questionnaire to be designed by the Secretariat. ..."
The issue of monitoring, reporting and implementation of the Code was addressed again at the Twenty-second Session of COFI and it was agreed that FAO should report every two years on progress achieved with the implementation of the Code.13 FAO will compile information on implementation on the basis of information provided by its members and other organizations and interested parties.
Resolution 4/95 of the FAO Conference, recalling Article 5 of the Code, urges that the special requirements of developing countries be taken into account in implementing its provisions. It also requests that FAO elaborate an inter-regional assistance programme for external assistance. The purpose of this programme is to upgrade the fisheries capabilities of developing countries so that they will be better placed to meet their obligations under the Code.
In 1995-96 FAO elaborated the inter-regional programme and in turn submitted it to the international donor community for consideration and possible funding. The programme involved (i) assistance for the implementation of the Compliance Agreement, (ii) assistance for the upgrading of capabilities for reporting on fishery statistics, (iii) assistance for upgrading of capabilities in monitoring, control and surveillance, (iv) assistance in the promotion of responsible fishing operations, (v) assistance for upgrading marine resource survey capabilities, (vi) assistance for improving the provision of scientific advice for fisheries management, (vii) assistance in fisheries policy, planning and management, (viii) assistance in developing and implementing fleet restructuring policies, and (ix) assistance for the implementation of post-harvest practices and trade.
In response to this initiative the Government of Norway has already agreed to support two of the areas of the inter-regional programme. These areas are assistance for the upgrading of capabilities in monitoring, control and surveillance and assistance for improving the provision of scientific advice for fisheries management. Other donors, and in particular the Government of the Netherlands, have also expressed interest in supporting other areas of the inter-regional programme.
Under Article 5 of the Code special mention is made of small island developing countries (SIDS). By virtue of their physical characteristics and membership of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States, all of the members of Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are SIDS. While assistance will be available to all developing States under the inter-regional programme for the implementation of the Code, an important facet of the FAO Programme of Fisheries Assistance for Small Island Developing States, when implemented, will also be the support for the Code and other important initiatives such as the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action.14
The Code of Conduct and the Compliance Agreement have particular relevance for members of OECS. The SIDS of the region are highly dependent on their fisheries resources for national food security and for the promotion of social and economic development, including tourism. The Code seeks to ensure that both high seas and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) fisheries are managed in a rational and responsible manner since they "...provide a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade and economic well-being for people throughout the world, both for present and future generations...".15 The inter-temporal consideration concerning resource sustainability and inter-generational equity concerning access to resource use is a central aspect of the Code and these considerations underscore the need for effective fisheries management arrangements to be put in place.
In taking these considerations into account members of the OECS are urged to initiate national measures to implement the spirit and intent of the Code and to accept the Compliance Agreement and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. Moreover, as appropriate, where common fisheries issues need to be addressed, members are further urged to initiate and participate in subregional and regional activities that will serve to strengthen the implementation of these three instruments, thereby enhancing sustainable fisheries conservation and management in the Caribbean subregion.
The Compliance Agreement, the Code of Conduct and the UN Fish
Stocks Agreement seek to enhance the manner in which fisheries
resources are managed and in particular to ensure that the utilization
of these resources is based on principles of long-term sustainability.
It is therefore imperative that all States take measures to implement
the three instruments. In the Caribbean subregion, members of
the OECS have a major stake in promoting sustainable resources
use in fisheries, given the importance of the fisheries sector
as a primary source of food for island populations and for economic
development. The implementation of the three instruments addressed
in this paper should assist members of the OECS facilitate long-term
sustainability in their fisheries, thereby ensuring that future
generations will not be deprived of the use of these resources.
|FAO. 1995. Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas. FAO. Rome.
|FAO. 1995. Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. FAO. Rome. 41p.
|This means that, as a voluntary instrument, the Code of Conduct does not have to be formally accepted by States.
|Article 6.5 General principles of the Code of Conduct. The text of this Article closely parallels relevant text of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement (Article 6).
|FAO. 1996. Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries 2: Precautionary approach to capture fisheries and species introductions. FAO. Rome. 52p. plus appendix.
|The precautionary approach is also addressed in substantive terms in Article 6 and Annex II of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement.
|United Nations. 1992. Agenda 21: Programme of Action for Sustainable Development. United Nations Department of Public Information. New York. 294p.
|The UN Fish Stocks Agreement has not yet entered into force. It will do so 30 days after the date of the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession is received by the depository, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. As at 23 May 1997 the Agreement had 59 signatures and 14 ratifications or accessions.
|In addition, the Governments of Italy and Poland have translated and disseminated the Code in the Italian and Polish languages, respectively, and a non-governmental organization in Sri Lanka is translating and distributing the Code in the Sinhala language. Other governments and organizations are also expected to facilitate the translation of the Code into other languages and more popular presentational formats (e.g. comic strips) for small-scale fishermen.
|Additionally, the Fisheries Department has prepared a directory of fisheries organizations, including more than 3 800 mailing addresses, to which the Code has been distributed. It was also disseminated through well known fisheries magazines and newspapers.
|FAO Conference Resolution 4/95.
|FAO. 1995. "Report of the Twenty-first Session of the Committee on Fisheries". FAO Fisheries Report No. 524. FAO. Rome. 61p.
|For the Report of the Twenty-second Session of the Committee on Fisheries see FAO Council document CL 112/7. 1997.
|The FAO Programme of Fisheries Assistance for Small Island Developing States will cover six areas of assistance including institutional strengthening and national capacity building, enhanced conservation and management of EEZ fisheries, improved post-harvest fish management and marketing, safety at sea, strengthening the economic role of national fisheries industries and the privatisation of fisheries investments, and aquaculture and inland fisheries conservation, management and development.
|See Code of Conduct p.1.


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Smart organisations should also be stupid according to new theory
28 January 2013
Critical reflection and shrewdness can help companies to avoid crises, but sometimes good old-fashioned stupidity can serve an important function in raising the efficiency of an organisation, claims Mats Alvesson, Professor of Organisation Studies at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden, in a new theory of functional stupidity that has been published in the Journal of Management Studies.
"We see functional stupidity as the absence of critical reflection. It is a state of unity and consensus that makes employees in an organisation avoid questioning decisions, structures and visions", says Mats Alvesson. "Paradoxically, this sometimes helps to raise productivity in an organisation."
Together with colleague André Spicer, Mats Alvesson has written an article entitled 'A Stupidity-Based Theory of Organisations', which was recently published in the renowned Journal of Management Studies and has been featured in the Financial Times. In the article, he expounds the logic behind 'functional stupidity'.
"It is a double-edged sword. It is functional because it has some advantages and makes people concentrate enthusiastically on the task in hand. It is stupid because risks and problems may arise when people do not pose critical questions about what they and the organisation are doing."
The state is partly a consequence of a kind of 'stupidity management', which suppresses and marginalises doubt and blocks open communication within the organisation. The parallels with some companies' sudden financial crashes in recent years are clear.
"Short-term use of intellectual resources, consensus and an absence of disquieting questions about decisions and structures may oil the organisational machinery and contribute to harmony and increased productivity in a company. However, it may also be its downfall."
According to the researchers, some industries are more stupid than others. Organisations that make a virtue of their staff's wisdom and sell intangible services or branded products, such as parts of the mass media, the fashion industry and consultancy firms, are highlighted as being particularly disposed to develop functional stupidity.
"Functional stupidity is prominent in economies that are dominated by persuasion using images and symbolic manipulation. It is preferable that people have an enthusiastic belief in an activity which may not necessarily fulfil a need. New management may be required to manage the fine balance and possible pitfalls of functional stupidity", says Mats Alvesson.
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Link to article: 'A Stupidity-Based Theory of Organisations', published in the Journal of Management Studies: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01072.x/abstract
Link to Andrew Hill's column 'The Quest for the Right Kind of Stupidity' in the Financial Times.
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In my review of "United 93" awhile back, I pointed out the strange presence of "a German blond businessman who turns out as a stereotypically weak-kneed Euro-pacifist (an obvious non-American who is eventually neutralized)." The character stands in a stark contrast to the "American heroes" who fight back -- and his stereotypical attitude is finally getting noticed in Europe.
In an article in the Guardian titled "United 93 'surrender monkey' defends role in film," the actor who plays Christian Adams -- who was among those who died -- defended his role in the movie, arguing that "his cautious, pacifist stance was in keeping with Adams' own persona."
"He never made any rash decisions and everything he did was always well-considered," actor Erich Redman said. "I think he would have said, 'Let's not do this, let's be quiet, let's not interfere with [the terrorists], because once we have landed the authorities will take care of it. I think that's quite a reasonable thing to say." Redman added that Adams was "not one of those gung-ho Americans wanting to storm the cockpit and smash those people's skulls in."
But Adams's family was one of the few who did not participate in the making of the film and what he exactly did on the flight is completely unknown. "Surely one of the passengers didn't phone home to point out that there was a cowardly German on board who wanted to give in?" wondered the Sunday Times critic Cosmo Landesman
It's further evidence of how much the movie panders to American cowboy politics -- and reaffirms both American and E.U. stereotypes.
Olaf Petersen | September 10, 2006 2:44 AM
Tasteless, a scandal. Even if the German victim was afraid to die, even if he wasn't a hero:
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Americans seem to enjoy making foreign victims of 9/11 the target of blatant disrespect and resentment. They...- I better stop now.


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Here is a handy shortcut for everyone with a Nokia phone. If you are going into a meeting, going into Chapel or heading into the cinema, instead of finding your way through the menu to select the silent profile, simply hold the "#" for a few seconds and the phone will automatically change to your silent profile. Simple.
I found this using Twitter. Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates. These updates are limited to 140 characters of text, the same limit that is on an SMS text message. I'll blog about it more in the future.


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The information listed below is a direct excerpt from the 2014-15 Course Catalog.
Published annually, the Course Catalog sets out the requirements of the academic programs--the majors, minors, and concentrations. Each Bryn Mawr student must declare her major before the end of her sophomore year. Students may also declare a minor or a concentration, but neither is required for the A.B. degree. Students must comply with the requirements published in the Course Catalog at the time when they declare the major, minor and/or concentration.
The Course Catalog also sets out the College requirements. Students must comply with the College requirements published at the time they enter Bryn Mawr College.
2014-15 Catalog
2013-14 Catalog
2012-13 Catalog
2011-12 Catalog
Students may complete a major in East Asian Languages and Cultures, a minor in Chinese language or Japanese language, or a (non-language) minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures
The Bi-College Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) links rigorous language training to the study of East Asian, particularly Chinese and Japanese, culture and society. In addition to our intensive programs in Chinese and Japanese languages, departmental faculty offer courses in East Asian literature, religion, film, art and visual culture, and social and intellectual history. The intellectual orientation of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is centered on primary textual and visual sources; that is, we focus on East Asia's rich cultural traditions as a way to understand its present, through the study of a wide range of literary and historical texts (in translation and in the original), images, film, and scholarly books and articles. All students wishing to specialize in this humanistic approach to the study of China, Japan, and East Asia more generally are encouraged to consider the EALC major. We also work closely with affiliated faculty in the Bi-Co and Tri-Co community who approach East Asia from the perspective of such social science disciplines as anthropology, economics, political science, sociology and the growth and structure of cities, as well as with faculty in history, music, religion and philosophy. Our majors are encouraged to take advantage of these programs to supplement their EALC coursework. Most courses in the major, though, will be taken within the department itself. We also offer an EALC minor, described more fully below.
The Bi-College Chinese Program offers five years of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. First-year Chinese (CNSE001-002) and Second-year Chinese (CNSE003-004) both have master and drill sections. First-year Chinese (CNSE001-002) is a year-long course. Both semesters must be completed in order to receive credit. Advanced Chinese, offered each semester with a different topic, can be taken as Fourth- or Fifth-year Chinese, with one credit per semester, and repeated as long as the topics differ. For students with a background in Chinese, we offer CNSE007-008 after administering a placement test. Upon completion of this full year sequence, students move on to Second-year Chinese. The approved Study Abroad program for Chinese is CET. If you have any questions, please contact the Director of the Chinese Program, Shizhe Huang (firstname.lastname@example.com), who also serves as the advisor for Chinese Minor.
The Bi-College Japanese Program offers four years of instruction in modern Japanese. First-year Japanese (JNSE001-002), taught at Haverford, is six hours (one hour on MWF and ninety minutes on TTh) per week; unlike Chinese language courses, there is no distinction between master and drill sections. Students should register for one of the MWF sessions and choose one of the TTh sessions. Second through Fourth-year (Advanced) Japanese (JNSE003-004, JNSE101-102, and JNSE201A/B) all meet at Haverford. The first-year and second-year courses in Japanese (JNSE001-002 and 003-004 respectively) meet five days a week. For the first-year courses, both semesters must be completed in order to obtain credit, whereas students earn credit for each semester for the second-year courses and above. If you have any questions, please contact Tetsuya Sato (tsato@haverford. edu) for clarification.
EALC majors are required to demonstrate third-year-level competence in Chinese or Japanese, either by passing a placement assessment or completing the relevant third-year course (that is, CNSE 101-102 or JNSE 101-102). Korean language instruction is offered at the University of Pennsylvania, but does not count towards the Bi-Co EALC major.
Beyond demonstrating language competence, EALC majors are required to take THREE core courses from the following array of courses:
In addition, majors must take THREE additional non-language courses offered by members of the Bi-Co EALC Department (Glassman, Jiang, Kwa, Schoneveld, Smith). On signing up for the major, students should work with the departmental co-chair on their campus to select courses that are intellectually complementary. The Departmental Elective Courses cannot be satisfied by courses outside the department, or by courses taken abroad. At least one of these three courses must be at the 300 level.
In order to encourage a sampling of approaches to East Asia beyond EALC or the Bi-Co community, students are required to take two courses related to East Asia from the wider array of courses offered outside the Department and/or from Study Abroad courses approved by their advisor, at least one of which must be at the 300 level. These courses may not substitute for the three Core and three elective courses offered by the EALC faculty.
Finally, students are required to complete a senior thesis (EALC 398, 1 credit). Although the majority of the thesis will be done in the Fall semester, the final draft will be completed and formally presented early in the Spring semester.
Placement Tests
Placement tests for first-time students at all levels are conducted by the two language programs, respectively, in the week before classes start in the fall semester. To qualify for third-year language courses students need to finish Second-year courses with a score of 3.0 or above in all four areas of training: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In the event that students do not meet the minimum grade at the conclusion of Second-year language study, they must consult with the director of the respective language program and work out a summer study plan that may include taking summer courses or studying on their own under supervision. They must take a placement test before starting Third-year language study in the fall. (Similarly, students who do not finish Third-year with a score at or higher than 3.0 in any of the four areas must also take a placement exam before entering Fourth-year.)
Study Abroad
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures strongly recommends study abroad to maximize language proficiency and cultural familiarity. Formal approval is required by the study abroad adviser prior to the student's travel. Without this approval, credit for courses taken abroad may not be accepted by the EALC Department. If studying abroad is not practical, students may consider attending certain intensive summer schools approved by the EALC Department. These plans must be worked out in concert with the department's study abroad adviser and the student's dean.
The Minors
The EALC Department certifies three minors: Chinese language (Advisor: Shizhe Huang), Japanese language (Advisor: Tetsuya Sato), and East Asian Languages and Cultures (Advisors: EALC co-chairs). The two language minors both require six language courses, and may be fulfilled concurrently with the EALC major. The EALC minor requires six courses, all of which must be taken from among courses offered by the EALC departmental faculty; the mix must include EALC 200 and one 300-level course. Minors with a focus on other aspects of East Asia will be served by the Global Asia concentration, currently under discussion.
The East Asian Languages and Culture Studies welcomes students who wish to combine their interests in East Asian languages with the study of an East Asian culture. These students are urged to consult the Co-Chair of East Asian Languages and Culture Studies on either campus, who will advise them on creating individual plans of study in appropriate departments.
The Bi-Co Chinese Program offers five years of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. In addition to First-Year, Second-Year, and Third-Year Chinese, we offer Advanced Chinese, which is a two-year, four-course series, covering topics such as food, music, and language in Chinese culture, as well as other contemporary topics. This curricular design maximizes our teaching resources to meet the needs of our students who, in increasing numbers, either arrive at college with multiple years of Chinese in secondary schools or who have accelerated their Chinese training by studying abroad in their junior year. We also offer a year-long course for those who have facility in speaking Chinese, but have had no or limited training in reading and writing (CNSE007-008). Upon completing CNSE007-008, this group of students will continue their training in Second-Year Chinese.
The faculty in our program are seasoned and hard-working professionals dedicated to providing rigorous training in all four areas of Chinese language studies--speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in a caring and individually tailored environment. (Both First-Year and Second-Year Chinese have mandatory weekly one-on-one sessions between students and their teachers.) We take pride in our students, as our students take pride in their achievements. One indication of their level of proficiency is that we have trained true beginners (students with no prior training or knowledge of Chinese when they enter our program) who, in their senior year, can serve as peer tutors to our lower level students in various aspects of Chinese learning.
The Bi-Co Chinese program is nested within the Bi-Co East Asian Languages and Cultures Department. We serve EALC majors, Chinese minors, and any student who wishes to study the Chinese language. The Chinese minor is robust with many students coming from other departments, such as Economics, History, Linguistics, Anthropology, Growth and Structure of Cities, Psychology, Sociology, and other majors. We have students from the Natural Science departments in our classes and we would like to welcome more such students into our Minor.
Students who major in any discipline may minor in Chinese. A Chinese minor must do the following:
Language credits from the approved Study-Abroad programs such as CET are acceptable if prior approval by the director of the Chinese program is obtained. Students who have prior knowledge of the language and are placed into Second-Year or higher level Chinese courses when they enter college still have enough courses to take to complete the minor requirement, since our Advanced Chinese series can be repeated for credits as topics vary from semester to semester.
Our approved Study Abroad program is CET, which has a language program in four cities in China: Beijing, which also has a Chinese Studies program, Harbin, Shanghai, and Kunming. CET is well-known for its language pledge and its rigorous implementation of this requirement. Our students have a strong reputation at CET for honoring their language pledge and therefore benefiting enormously from this practice.
Other highly regarded and rigorous study abroad programs in other Chinese speaking regions might be considered but prior approval by the director of the program is required.
The Japanese Language Program offers a full undergraduate curriculum of courses in Modern Japanese. Students who will combine language study with focused work on East Asian society and culture may wish to consider the major in East Asian Studies. Information about specific study abroad opportunities can be obtained from the director.
The College's foreign language requirement may be satisfied by completing JNSE 003 and 004 with an average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or better in JNSE 004.
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In the first part of my article about FEH and ECH PI/XI: Forward Error Handling (FEH) for asynchronous proxy calls with the use of Error and Conflict Handler (ECH)I've described how to prepare a custom proxy call to make it use ECH framework for exception handling instead of using standard fault messages. In this part I will concentrate on simple examples of other available methods:
- retry
- fail
- complete
Once you open a message in the PostProcessing Office you can see that there are a few possible ways to handle en error. You can either repeat (in case the error should not happen anymore), confirm (complete the message in case of an authorization issue the message was processed manually) or discard (fail message in case the processing should not be repeated at all).
Retry Method
Within this method you can call the proxy's method one more time with the same data. The best idea is to copy the standard method into a new one (let's say DO_APP_PROCESS as in my example) add the same importing parameter and exception but also add bapiret exporting parameters which will indicate if the retry was successful or not this time. If the call was not successful again you just need to invoke the exception and call collect method as show in the first article. Below you can find a very simplified version of an retry method:
|DATA: lr_feh_registration TYPE REF TO cl_feh_registration,
ls_api_data TYPE YYMT_TEST.
*--- Create FEH instance for Retry -----------------------------*
lr_feh_registration = cl_feh_registration=>s_retry( i_error_object_id = i_error_object_id ).
*--- Retrieve api data stored in ECH framework as XML ----------*
CALL METHOD lr_feh_registration->retrieve_data
i_data = i_data "XML data
e_post_mapping_data = ls_api_data. "typed DDIC structure
*----- Application processing -----------------------------------------*
me->DO_APP_PROCESS( exporting input = ls_api_data ).
*in your own method (do_app_process) you can have output parameters (bapiret)
*which you can again use to invoke an exception from this method
*once the processing will not be successful - and call the fault exception again
*------- Update FEH to resolve ticklist -------------------------------*
lr_feh_registration->resolve_retry( ).
Now once you use the repeat button you will see that the repeat call was correct.
Confirm method
Within this method you can do multiple things like sending an e-mail message to a correct use that he needs to reprocess the transaction manually, etc. and as the end thing you need to call the finish method as shown in the code below.
| CALL METHOD cl_feh_registration=>s_finish
i_data = i_data
e_execution_failed = e_execution_failed
e_return_message = e_return_message
When you confirm the message in the PostProcessing Office the status should get updated accordingly.
Fail Method
The last method should be used when you cannot do anything with the message and just want to delete it's status so it will not longer be reprocessed by anyone. You can also send e-mails and other alerts from it prior to calling the s_fail method as shown below.
|*--- Update status in FEH --------------------------------------------*
CALL METHOD cl_feh_registration=>s_fail
i_data = i_data
e_execution_failed = e_execution_failed
e_return_message = e_return_message.
Again using this method should update the status of the message in ECH.
Using any of the buttons/methods described should udpate the global message status.


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And this a first attempt to blog from my cellphone. Rajdeep Sirdesai is all praises for me, says Shinde has home without power.
Meanwhile meet a person who can be in power with only support from the janta.
I, The Prime Minister of India (a.k.a Pradhan Mantri), blog here for the Indians who are rich, sexy and nerdy! Rest can watch TV! This is a log of the nation in Hypertext Marked Lies. It will show lies in any of the popular, unpopular or controversial browsers. Politics, Technology, Entertainment. Update daily when updated. I do not miss reading this myself!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Ease of being eased out of SP
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Zardari Invites me.
I have been formally invited by President Zardari to visit my ancestral home in Pakistan. Visiting Pakistan is always difficult proposition for Indians. They want you to report to a local police station on arrival. You cannot travel to any place except the city for which you have been issued the visa and I do not think my ancestral home has a proper hotel with running water. Worst is that you might just land up calling someone secular...and folks back home would be watching...
Meanwhile, I am off to Assam. There is a property dispute there which is leading to ethnic riots. Some of the right wing fanatics are misleading the nation by using the M-word. The M word cannot be used is secular India.na na na...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Bhai bhai - bhai bhen - bhen-bhen
We call communal riots in Congress ruled states as property disputes. If it gets worst we will call it the Muslim reactions to anger over Gujarat riots.
I googled "hindu muslim bhai bhai" for answers. I rely on Google for many things like you do. It usually provides accurate answers. One of the results of my search was this image...wonder why...
I do know it is bhai-bhai, bhai-bhen or bhen-bhen...all this bhai and bhen suffixes apply in Gujarat only.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Ri Sol-ju
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is married and his wife is Ri Sol-ju. I, as the Secular Sardarji Economist Prime Minster need to find out how this will impact us, as a nation, as a secular nation. Meanwhile Chidu is taking care of the issued in Assam and Madamji is taking care of Sharad Bhau.
...and I will focus my silence on critical issues.
CBI is right. My meetings with Raja were very misguiding from the start. I thought I was giving an appointment to Digi Raja and the other Raja showed up. I used to have all the papers for Rahul development plan in front of me and this guy wanted to discuss telecom.
This Raja....on a Raja...
Monday, July 23, 2012
Impact of the Bal
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Setting the direction today...
Looks a bit like Sahrad Pawar in his new hat and may behave like Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. He is headed for for a place where sycophancy does not matter but still will.
And this aspiring PM is headed for Japan on a sales call and the nation may have failed to recognize him a few years ago eh?
As a Secular Sardarji Economist Prime Minister who is headed for retirement, I am going to bed.
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Watch astronauts shoot guns in space in new 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' trailer
We know that the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts will include next-generation dogs and playable female characters, and the latest trailer reveals yet another new addition: shootouts in space. Activision just released a trailer detailing the game's single-player campaign, and it opens with gun-wielding astronauts battling on a space station. The rest of the video, meanwhile, takes place on Earth, showing ruined American cities and plenty of explosions, making the latest Call of Duty perhaps the craziest yet. It won't be too long before we find out, though — Call of Duty: Ghosts is launching on November 5th, on both current and next-gen consoles. In the meantime, you can check out the recently released iPad game Call of Duty: Strike Team.


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4-H Wildlife Stewards
Project Director
Name: Maureen
Title: Professor
Oregon State University
4-H Youth Development
(BA Recreation Administration; M.A. International Development Education,
American University)
Mailing Address: OSU Extension 4-H, Sunnyside Environmental School, 3421 SE Salmon, Portland, OR 97214
Phone: 503-916-6075
Fax: 503-916-2676
Email: Maureen Hosty
Team Role: 4-H Wildlife Stewards Project Director and Principal
Investigator for the Master Science Educators Grant funded by National
Science Foundation
provides overall leadership to the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program and
the 4-H Wildlife Stewards State Team. Under Maureen's leadership
and with the effort of many past and present OSU Extension staff, volunteers
and community partners, the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program was created.
The program began in 1997 in Portland, Oregon. Today the program is
in multiple counties throughout the state. Maureen is primarily responsible
for facilitating 4-H Wildlife Stewards staff, volunteers and teachers
to create, enhance and sustain the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program and
develop it into a national model.
Maureen's background and successful experience in developing community-based
youth programs is based on the strong and committed team she recruits
to design and support the program. The 4-H Wildlife Stewards program
is an example of a successful team model.
Robin's focus on the
team is to help 4-H Wildlife Steward volunteers and teachers build their
program by marketing and promoting their Habitat Education Site to others.
She has developed and written several articles to help on these topics
and is a co-author of the new 4-H Wildlife Stewards Promotional video.
Robin is also involved in helping volunteers and teachers understand
and work with students – the Junior 4-H Wildlife Stewards. She
has developed a training module for teaching volunteers the Stages of
Child Development and teaches both teachers and volunteers how to work
with students to keep portfolios or records of their project. She also
teaches curriculum for the Habitat Education Sites.
Robin brings experience in outdoor learning environments as a current
member of the Oregon 4-H Conference Center and Camp Advisory Committee,
state 4-H Natural Sciences Committee, state 4-H Horse Development committee
and Agriculture In the Classroom board of directors.
One of Maggie's roles
on the team is to help 4-H Wildlife Steward volunteers and teachers
to appreciate the wonder of birds. Birds occur in a myriad of shapes
and sizes and are a joy to observe with their diverse behaviors. They
are often the most visible wildlife that youth can observe during the
school day are often the first wildlife to visit a newly restored or
enhanced schoolyard habitat education site.
Maggie has also been heavily
involved in the creation, teaching and design of the 4-H Member School
Advancement Program. This aspect of the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program
gives participating Member schools guidelines and recognition for meeting
the requirements of creating and sustaining Habitat Education Sites
on School grounds. She is also part of the team creating the Junior
4-H Wildlife Stewards Program and she loves to expound on the importance
of creating a Project Notebook for your schoolyard education site.
Maggie brings much practical
experience working with volunteers, teachers, community agencies and
students creating, maintaining and sustaining education sites on school
grounds as the 4-H Wildlife Stewards program coordinator in Benton County.
Prior to her position as the 4-H Outreach Agent Maggie provided the
leadership for the Groundwater Quality Education Program in Benton County.
Her background working with youth and natural resources is evident in
her excitement about the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program.
4-H Wildlife Stewards
Curriculum Specialist
Virginia is responsible for
state-wide educational leadership of the camping, natural science and
horticulture projects in 4-H. She is a Certified Interpretive Trainer
(CIT) with National Association for Interpretation. Beginning in 1995,
the Oregon 4-H program began to revitalize and redesign its natural
science project areas. Virginia provided leadership for the revitalization
teams. She authored or co-authored publications in support of this effort
including 4-H Wetland Wonders, Our Water World 4-H Marine Science Discovery
Project; Oregon 4-H Earth Science Leader Guide and Of People and Fish
4-H Natural Science and Cultural Discovery Program. She is currently
working on a new curriculum to support the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program
entitled What Can we Learn at the Habitat Area Pond? A 4-H Model for
Scientific Inquiry.