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There are several forms of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, and the nomenclature is not very well defined. The original diagram displayed the spectral type of stars on the horizontal axis and the absolute magnitude on the vertical axis. The first quantity (i.e. spectral type) is difficult to determine unambiguously and is therefore often replaced by the B-V colour index of the stars. This type of diagram is called a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, or colour-magnitude diagram, and it is often used by observers. However, colour-magnitude diagram is also used in some cases to describe a plot with the vertical axis depicting the apparent, rather than the absolute, magnitude. Another form of the diagram plots the effective temperature of the star on one axis and the luminosity of the star on the other. This is what theoreticians calculate using computer models that describe the evolution of stars. This type of diagram should probably be called temperature-luminosity diagram, but this term is hardly ever used, the term Hertzsprung-Russell diagram being preferred instead. Despite some confusion regarding the nomenclature, astrophysicists make a strict distinction between these types of diagrams.
The reason for this distinction is that the exact transformation from one to the other is not trivial, and depends on the stellar-atmosphere model being used and its parameters (like composition and pressure, apart from temperature and luminosity). Also, one needs to know the distance to the observed objects and the interstellar reddening. Empirical transformation between various colour indices and effective temperature are available in literature (Sekiguchi 2000, Casagrande 2006).
The H-R diagram can be used to define different types of stars and to match theoretical predictions of stellar evolution using computer models with observations of actual stars. It is then necessary to convert either the calculated quantities to observables, or the other way around, thus introducing an extra uncertainty.
The H-R diagram can also be used by scientists to roughly measure how far away a star cluster is from Earth. This can be done by comparing the apparent magnitudes of the stars in the cluster to the absolute magnitudes of stars with known distances (or of model stars). The observed group is then shifted in the vertical direction, until the two main sequences overlap. The difference in magnitude that was bridged in order to match the two groups is called the distance modulus and is a direct measure for the distance. This technique is known as main-sequence fitting, or, confusingly, as the spectroscopic parallax.


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Today was a very routine day working on a film, and the only really interesting thing that happened wasn't even related to the movie!
There's a great show on NPR called "Marketplace," and one of the producers emailed me a few weeks ago, asking if I'd be interested in participating in a program about how child actors deal with the money and fame that comes with success.
I told her that I'd love to do it, and she asked me, quite charmingly, if I had heard of a program called "This American Life," which she also produces.
Heh. No, really. She asked me that.
So I geeked out, and we scheduled the interview for the tuesday following the conclusion of the Avon 3 Day. Trouble was, I booked the job on the movie while I was gone, and I wasn't going to be able to get into a studio. I thought that I was going to lose the opportunity, and we spent the last week or so emailing back and forth, trying to pull together some sort of plan…and we hit upon one over the weekend: she'd send an engineer out to the set with a DAT, and I'd call her. She'd sit in her own studio and record herself, I'd be recorded in my dressing room, and they'd put the two together later.
Isn't technology cool?
So today I did my interview, and it was really great…it went on and on, for close to three hours, broken up by my calls to the set to do my scenes. The engineer, a really nice and patient guy called "Skott" was at the set for nearly 6 hours, and never complained once.
So what's the cool thing, you ask? In the interview, I ended up telling her this story about my childhood…that she said has a very good chance of making it onto This American Life.
Talk about dreams coming true!!
Tomorrow I am in everything, so I'm off to learn pages of lines…but before I go, I want to pimp out my friend Sean.
Sean and his wife Caryn are opening a really amazing gallery in downtown Los Angeles this weekend, and I want to let everyone know about it. If you're in LA, or know people who are into the art scene here in town, please come over and check it out this weekend. You can "read more" to get the address and times.
I hope to see some WWDN readers there!
The big week is finally here. Please join us this Saturday, November 2nd
from 7-10pm for the Glen E. Friedman exhibition reception and for the grand
opening of the new gallery! There will be nearly forty photographs on
display (including new additions) along with laminated proof pages, books
and much more. All of his books will be available and Glen will be in
attendance to sign them and answer your questions.
Glen E. Friedman "Fuck You All"
An exhibition of photos from 1976-1995
November 2 – November 30, 2002
Reception – Saturday, November 2nd from 7-10pm
549 West 23rd Street in downtown Los Angeles (between Figueroa and Flower
Streets just south of the Staples Center and north of USC…for complete
directions visit our website). We have a free parking lot next to our
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Hello All,
My wife and I are working in Kuwait and are wanting to update our Ipads IOS, I was on the Apple forums the other day and was reading that a few people were having issues with the new IOS update, causing their Ipad2 or Ipad3 to brick. has anybody heard of any issues with the update or are these probably isolated issues. Keep in mind I don't have a local Apple store I can run to to get a fix. we are currently running IOS 5.1 on our Ipad3's.
No issues here. Maybe those people are on jailbroken/hacked iPads, that seems a likely explanation.
UPDATE: Ok i went a head and upgrade the ipad 3's and all went well no issue, I guess those I read about were isolated issues. just FYI
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Gambling and betting on MMA fights
Pro MMA Gamblers?
Is there such thing as a professional MMA gambler? Not that I know of...
Unlike professional bettors who bet on sports like the NFL, college basketball and college football - MMA bettors must try and pick their spots only a few times a month.
Also remember, you can get into free betting pools for MMA events. Lots of sites will host "Pick em" contests for free where you can win free money if you make the top picks.
With there only being a few big fight shows each month it's tough to find good fights to bet on. Your average professional bettor will not be able to find enough fights to bet on to make a living.
Here's a few more things Ive observed about MMA gamblers...
Most people bet for fun or with their friends
While there are plenty of respected US online sportsbooks most of the bets being placed on fights are just between friends.
Serious sports bettors may place bets on a big MMA fight or boxing match, but there's not enough fights or high enough limits to make big money betting on mma fights.
Professional sports bettors bet on underdogs
Most of the professional bettors that I know focus on the underdog when making a pick. As a sports bettor, you can learn alot from them because this is where all the money is!
The general public usually loses money because they bet on the favorites all the time. The sportsbooks know this and they take advantage of it by giving the favorite worse odds than they usually would.
There's more value in the smaller fights
If you know a decent amount about MMA, then you'll know some of the undercard and smaller fighters strengths and weknesses.
Most of the undercard fights go unnoticed by the general public so there is a lot more value in betting on these fights. The mega fights like Couture-Lesnar have a lot of hype and the odds on the fight are generally dead on. You really aren't going to find any "bad lines".
If you'd like to bet on MMA, then my advice to you would be to bet on the underdogs as much as you can and also find the value in fighters who are on the undercard.


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LAKE ELSINORE: Candidates debate basketball proposal
Forum put on by Lake Elsinore chapter of NAACP
Basketball was one of the issues bounced around by Lake Elsinore City Council candidates Saturday in a forum sponsored by the NAACP.
Incumbent Daryl Hickman and challenger Steve Manos, who are partners in the race, are touting a plan to bring a minor-league basketball team into town and erect a 330,000-square-foot arena billed as Olympic Village in the city.
The Los Angeles Slam, an affiliate of the American Basketball Association, would be the anchor tenant of the multisport complex but would play in local high school gyms until the facility is built, its owner has said.
Hickman, 70, a retired businessman running for his third term, and Manos, 34, a real estate broker, unveiled the proposal recently with a news conference featuring team and league representatives. They are promoting the idea with a banner and fliers that feature an illustration of the proposed arena and a campaign ad promoting themselves.
But incumbent Thomas Buckley and challenger Brian Tisdale, who have joined forces against Hickman and Manos, slammed the concept when forum moderator Kalenga Patrick Munongo asked what they thought of the proposal, a question submitted from the public before the forum began.
"If it's real, it's fine, but it's not real," said Buckley, who like Tisdale contends that the promotion is a campaign publicity maneuver.
"It's such an astonishing stunt, and I think it shows what Mr. Hickman and Mr. Manos think of the residents of Lake Elsinore," said Buckley, 44, a public relations consultant seeking his third term in office.
Tisdale, 48, a public health program director, described the news conference staged in the dirt parking lot across from the Cultural Center, as "an embarrassment to the city" and expressed doubts about the viability of the team in Lake Elsinore.
"If you had your choice of seeing Kobe Bryant or an L.A. Slam player, who would you go see?" he asked.
The other candidate present, Patrick Masterson, also expressed skepticism.
"For openers, I'm more of a football fan," he said, adding that he hasn't seen any research from the proponents to indicate that there is any basis for a team to be successful in Lake Elsinore.
"From what I understand, minor-league basketball just doesn't fill the stands," said Masterson, 50, a mechanic and full-time student at Mt. San Jacinto College's Menifee campus.
He concluded his remarks by saying, "I'm all in favor of innovations, but this to me does not seem to be a winner."
Manos and Hickman responded that they were surprised by the negative reaction.
"How can you vote for people who are so negative?" Hickman said.
He said the overall idea fits in which the city's marketing slogan, "Dream Extreme," in recognition of the city's reputation as a mecca for action outdoor sports such as skydiving and off-road motorcycle racing.
"They have not asked the city for one penny," Hickman said of the people behind the project, which has not yet been broached with city administrators.
Bringing in the team and arena dovetails with his campaign promise to work on bringing jobs into the city," he said.


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The Federal Government will generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity from nuclear power plants by 2030, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), Dr. Franklin Erepamo, said.
Erepamo disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of a hostel and conference centre built by the commission.
"It is envisaged that the meticulous implementation of all the components of the three-phased nuclear power roadmap in a sustainable manner will position Nigeria to generate into the national grid, 1,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020.
"And an additional 3,000 megawatts by 2030 from nuclear power plants.
"The successful implementation of nuclear power programme is a serious national issue and it entails huge resources, both human and material," he said.
He said the nuclear power roadmap for any country included manpower and infrastructure development, design certification, regulation and approval of licence.
Erepamo said that the commission would ensure the safeguard of nuclear security.
He said that the objective of the NAEC was to produce indigenous scientists and engineers to acquire basic understanding of nuclear technology to assist the nation in its economic and industrial development.
He said that the hostel and conference centre would serve as resource base for nuclear power development and training, adding that it would also serve as a regional centre for education, training and workshop.
According to him, NAEC trains specialised corps of scientists, including engineers, technologists and technicians to enhance nuclear development in the country.
Erepamo said that the commission has built six nuclear energy research and training centres across the country, and is partnering with universities and polytechnics in the areas of research and development.


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Forward Mikael Samuelsson is rejoining the team with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2008. The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms on a two-year contract Sunday, the team announced. Samuelsson, 35, was the third unrestricted free agent to sign with the Red Wings, joining goaltender Jonas Gustavsson and forward Damien Brunner. Samuelsson spent last season with the Florida Panthers after he was traded by the Vancouver Canucks. He left the Red Wings for the Canucks after the 2009 season and posted back-to-back 50-point seasons for the first time in his career with Vancouver. "We know him and he can skate," Wings general manager Ken Holland told NHL.com. "He has the ability to chip in with some scoring, he has a real good shot and he can transport the puck up the ice on the power play. "He's a real good solid pro and again we know him. You see guys 38, 39, and 40 years old getting three-year deals, but I think he's a good, young 35 because of his ability to skate." Samuelsson h...
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Pentagon Leaders Continue Push Against Sequestration
January 23, 2013
With the revised deadline for preventing automatic spending cuts only six weeks away, the Defense Department continues its pleas to Congress to come up with a new budget deal because national security readiness "is at a tipping point."
On Tuesday, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said reluctant preparations for sequestration are a drag on the department. "We're investing a great number of manhours, resources and intensive planning for sequestration, which we, of course, hope to avoid," he said.
"When you have [forward deployed] service members who are asking about appropriations, that's a signal to me that [it's] weighing on their minds," Little said. When sequestration, continuing resolutions and appropriations become discussion points in Kabul, Vicenza or on Okinawa, that is a sign the debate in Washington is having a negative effect on troop morale, he continued. He said that his own level of awareness has increased with service members' worries about their families, benefits and ability to complete their mission.


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Victoria moved to Ireland with her daughter Madelyn and her American husband. Her husband was emotionally & psychologically abusive but said things would be better in Ireland with his new job. The first few months in Ireland were fine, but then her husband began the abuse again. When Victoria's husband hit her and pushed Madelyn, Victoria fled with Madelyn and went into shelter. Victoria and Madelyn need airline tickets to get home to safety in the USA where they will live with Victoria's mother
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
It is not just foreign men that abuse American women and children. American couples also move overseas and live as expatriates. The added isolation, lack of support network and dependency on the abuser can add to the abuser's power and control. Often the abuse escalates overseas and the victims need to flee back home to the USA. Victoria and Madelyn are such victims and we are glad that we are able to help support their efforts to live their lives free of abuse.
How will this project solve this problem?
Victoria will be able to get Madelyn back home safely to the USA and will be able to live with Victoria's mother. Victoria plans to divorce her husband, get a job, and keep herself and Madelyn safe from abuse.Victoria is lucky that she has a safe place to go to and that her brother, a police officer, rents the basement of Victoria's mother's house, adding an extra layer of safety and protection.
Potential Long Term Impact
Each year we provide battered American women and children with information and services necessary to enable them to live their lives without violence. Since 2001 we have helped over 3000 women plus their children free themselves from abuse. Many of them require danger to safety airline flights back home to the USA.
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Total Funding Received to Date: $800
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text: In the week since the Charleston church shooting, fliers advocating for the Ku Klux Klan, paired with candy and bigoted screeds, have turned up on lawns throughout the U.S., including this one in Rockdale County, Ga. Rockdale County Sheriff's Department hide caption itoggle caption Rockdale County Sheriff's Department Little Baggies Of Bigotry Broadcast A Hateful Message — Paired With Candy June 27, 2015 In some states, people have been leaving plastic baggies filled with Ku Klux Klan fliers and candy. NPR's Scott Simon considers what it means to sugarcoat hatred in the wake of Charleston shootings. Listen Loading… 2:41 Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/417817684/418011751" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">


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Nashville Episode 15 Spoiler Clip — Gunnar Makes Scarlett Cry!
Season 1 Episode 15 "When You're Tired of Breaking Other Hearts" is finally here. It's been a long time since we saw Gunnar (Sam Palladio) and Scarlett (Clare Bowen) make out in Episode 14 "Dear Brother," and we've been wondering (for a mont) if they actually slept together. In this promo, it's obvious that the two did indeed do the deed, but it's not leading in the direction we had hoped.
Upon waking up, a half-clad Gunnar tells Scarlett, "Just because we slept together, doesn't mean it has to mean anything." And then Scar (and us) commences crying. Also happening in this secondary promo? Juliette's (Hayden Panettiere) concert may have dramatic effects, including the injuries of Rayna's (Connie Britton) daughter Maddie (Lennon Stella). Whatever happens, Rayna and Teddy (Eric Close) end up at the hospital and it doesn't look good.
So much screaming and yelling and crying... you know it's gonna be a good episode! Check out the clip for some more clues to what's going on, and piece em together with this for a clear picture of all the drama. Got a conspiracy theory you want to share? We're all ears.


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The department has been making sustained efforts to combat atypical pneumonia since its outbreak and issued guidelines to the cleaning contractors at all venues to remind them to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease in community.
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"Suburbia is a living arrangement with no future," Kunstler said. "I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work."
A former staff writer for Rolling Stone Magazine, Kunstler is best known as the author of "The Geography of Nowhere," a landmark anti-sprawl book that gave people a vocabulary and syntax to articulate their growing disgust with the American suburban landscape. Kunstler's own language is peppered with snarky descriptions, like "parking lagoons", "one-story UFOs", "Nature Band-Aids", "patriotic totems", "fry pits", "starchitecture" and "yesterday's tomorrow."
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Kunstler's post-oil novel, "World Made By Hand", was published this month by Atlantic Monthly Press. His nonfiction books include "The City in Mind," "Home from Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency."
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The fifth film by Creator/BrokenLizard, directed by Kevin Heffernan.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion "[[RedBaron Slammin']]" Cleon Salmon (MichaelClarkeDuncan) is the owner of one of Miami's most popular seafood restaurants, dubbed ''"The Slammin' Salmon."'' When he racks up a $20,000 gambling debt to the {{Yakuza}}, he tells the restaurants manager, Rich (Kevin Heffernan), that they need to take in twenty grand in one night, since his own extravagant lifestyle has left him unable to pay. Hoping to motivate the wait staff (and avoid the Champ's wrath), Rich begins offering prizes out of his own pocket to whoever the top seller is by the end of the night. When this does not work as well as expected. The Champ issues his own ultimatum: whoever is the lowest seller by the end of the night is getting a "broken rib sandwich." The staff then begins to one-up and sabotage each other hoping to come out on top.
The wait staff includes: '''Nuts''' (Jay Chandresekhar), a heavily medicated man, who becomes "Zongo" when he doesn't take his meds; '''Connor''' (Steve Lemme), a former waiter who has returned after a failed acting career; '''Donnie Kinogie''' (Paul Soter), busboy-turned-waiter in order to meet the Champ's demands; '''Guy Metdrapedes''' (Eric Stolhanske), the most arrogant and underhanded of them all; '''Tara''' (Cobie Smulders), who is working her way through med school; and '''Mia''' (April Bowlby), who is saving to enroll in a ballet academy.
!!Provides Examples Of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: The Champ calls Donnie "Dave 2", and pronounces Metdrapedes as "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Meat Drapes]]."
* ActingForTwo: Paul Soter plays both Donnie, and his twin brother, head chef Dave.
* ActorAllusion:
** The Champ proudly boasts that he overcame his [[Film/TheGreenMile fear of the dark]].
** At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Guy]] is duct-taped to a punching bag as punishment for coming in last place. A woman suffered a similar fate at the hands of [[TheLegendOfChunLi Balrog]].
* AsHimself: Morgan Fairchild as Morgan Fairchild
* AxCrazy: The Champ; once, when an opponent cheap-shotted him, he punched him so hard it caused his skull to splatter.
* BadBoss: Even before his ultimatum, the wait staff lived in a constant state of fear of the Champ's wrath.
* TheBrute: The Champ. Dear God, the CHAMP.
* CatchPhrase: '''WHATEVER MOTHERFUCKER''', for whenever someone corrects the Champ's malapropisms.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Horace, the customer who Guy passes off to Donnie]].
* TheChewToy: Mia [[spoiler: first she has boiling soup accidentally tossed in her face, then has a ''fireball'' go off in her face.]] And that's just the beginning.
* CrazyCulturalComparison: The Champ racked up his gambling debt playing Japan's number-one new sport -- albino hunting.
-->"Catch and release. Strictly for sport."
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: With the exception of his sister, no-one calls the Champ by his given name.
* ExtremeDoormat: Rich lets the champ walk all over him. His toast at Rich's wedding to his sister was nothing but gloating over what a puss he is.
* ForeignQueasine: The Champ meets with a Japanese businessman who is interested in marketing a candy bar with a salmon center.
* ForTheLulz: Connor telling Donnie that every time he breaks something, he has to do a shot of liquor.
* HollywoodPsych: When Nuts misses his medication time, he at first begins to exhibit signs of OCD. As the night goes on, he becomes more and more deranged.
* IronButtMonkey: Poor Mia gets burned, beat up, and set on fire.
* JerkAss:
** Guy at times
** The Champ ''all'' the time.
** Nutella when she [[spoiler: stiffs Tara for a tip]].
* {{Malaproper}}: The Champ. He doesn't like being corrected.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
-->'''Donnie:''' So why do they call you "Nuts?"
-->'''Nuts:''' Because I'm crazy.
-->'''Donnie:''' ''[chuckles]'' You don't look crazy.
-->'''Nuts:''' Oh, I'm insane.
* OffscreenTeleportation: As time winds down, Donnie discovers he is currently in last place and attempts to make a run for it. The Champ intercepts him outside.
-->'''Champ''': "Let me tell you a little story, Dave 2, before you get back to work. Back when I was training for the Dispute in Beirut, I used to run 10 miles a day with a baby camel strapped to my back. So you can see why I find it so [[{{Malaproper}} bemusing]] that you'd think you can run from me."
* SanitySlippage: Due to Daylight Savings Time, Nuts misses his medication time by an hour, and slowly morphs into "Zongo."
* ScaryBlackMan: It ''is'' Michael Clark Duncan.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Champ.
-->'''Champ''': I am so sorry, but her soupface scared the shit out of me. My voice is not that high.
* ShoutOut: [[GlengarryGlenRoss "Strawberry daiquiris are for closers!!"]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: It's implied that this is what's in store for whoever loses The Champ's contest.


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25 Year Club to induct 72 longtime employees
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November 3, 2012 | WMU News
KALAMAZOO—A total of 72 people who began their service to Western Michigan University in 1987 will be inducted into WMU's 25 Year Club during a gala honoring longtime employees set for Tuesday, Nov. 27.
The annual gala, held in the University's Bernhard Center, honors employees who have built their careers at WMU. With the new class of inductees in place, the club includes 447 active employees and 694 retired employees for a total of 1,141 members.
For more information about the 25 Year Club, visit the club website.
The 2012 inductees
- Valerie Armstrong, building project specialist, building custodial and support services
- Roger T. Arndt, finance analyst, Extended University Programs
- Sean M. Bashaw, electrical shop supervisor, Department of Chemistry
- Terry R. Bettiga, supervisor, maintenance services
- Timothy J. Bowers, equipment operator I, landscape services
- Christina Bradshaw, lead direct support professional, Center for Disability Services
- Arlene K. Buchanan, carpet cleaner, building custodial and support services
- Jerry R. Burhans, environmental control person, maintenance services
- David A. Burnie, professor of finance and commercial law
- John E. Campos, sound studio manager, School of Music
- Hugh O. Carpenter, retired pipefitter, maintenance services
- Shelly Carpenter, associate director, GEAR UP Learning Centers
- Brian E. Crandall, lieutenant, Department of Public Safety
- Nancy E. Cretsinger, director of administrative services, Office of the Provost
- Sandra L. Custer, systems specialist, Sindecuse Health Center
- Robert F. D'Amelio, assistant athletic director-sports marketing, Division of Intercollegiate athletics
- James R. Daniels, retired professor of theatre
- Patty J. Deloach, administrative assistant, gender and women's studies program
- Jim P. DeMello, professor of finance and commercial law
- Betty D. Dennis, associate dean, Extended University Programs
- Teri Dunithan, office associate, Logistical Services
- Elaine Gaudio, executive assistant, Office of the President
- Raghvendra R. Gejji, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
- Bonnie S. Gorham, retired assistant director, WMU-Battle Creek
- Deborah J. Hallock, custodian, building custodial and support services
- Margaret J. Hamilton, retired director of academic advising, College of Fine Arts
- Kimberlee S. Hemingway, office assistant, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
- Diana Hernandez, director, Division of Multicultural Affairs
- Patricia M. Holton, director of environmental safety and emergency management, Department of Public Safety
- Timothy M. Holysz, director, landscape services
- Tonia L. Hudson, custodian, building custodial and support services
- Joseph J. Hulsebus, programmer analyst, Office of Information Technology
- Dale S. Jansen, manager of database administration, Office of Information Technology
- Katherine Joslin, professor of English
- Victoria Kennedy, skilled trades helper, maintenance services
- William S. Kern, professor of economics
- Renata A. Knific, professor of music
- Thomas Knific, professor of music
- Julie M. Lenczycki, interior designer, projects and construction
- David E. Little, professor of music
- David M. Lyth, professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering
- Donna Marks, executive assistant, Office of Government Affairs
- Angela M. Miller, accounting services analyst, accounting
- Robin A. Miller, assistant baker, Davis Dining Service
- Jacqueline R. Mills, finance specialist, cashiering
- Mark A. Mundo, food service stockperson, Bernhard Center Dining Service
- Thomas A. Myers, director of electronic communications, Office of University Relations
- Rosalie J. Nelsen, research assistant, Office of Development and Alumni Relations
- Julie A. Nemire, director of academic advising, College of Fine Arts
- Louise Ollie, utility food worker, Valley 2 Dining Service
- Johnny L. Paige, house staff, Bernhard Center
- Barbara J. Peacock, office coordinator, Department of Psychology
- Elaine L. Phillips, professor of physician assistant
- Nancy P. Pyne, head baker, Bernhard Center Dining Service
- Roman J. Rabiej, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
- Cheryl P. Roland, executive director, Office of University Relations
- Loisjean A. Shelton, custodian, building custodial and support services
- Valerie K. Simmons, custodian, building custodial and support services
- Rebecca S. Solomon, director of administration, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
- C. Richard Spates, professor of psychology
- Kathleen K. Springsteen, coordinator of projects, Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
- Dan L. St. Clair, carpenter, maintenance services
- Nicholas Stoken, equipment operator I, landscape services
- Jeffrey A. Stone, associate athletic director, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
- Matthew J. Tomczak, senior director of enterprise systems, Office of Information Technology
- Bruce J. Uchimura, professor of music
- Camela S. Vossen, emergency management administrator, Department of Public Safety
- Linda C. Walker, administrative assistant, Extended University Programs
- Selena D. Walker, campuswide custodian, building custodial and support services
- Laurie A. White, telecommunications service representative, Office of Information Technology
- Darlene R. Zackery, custodian, building custodial and support services
- Allen Zagarell, professor of anthropology


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Led by Morocco, a handful of African nations plan to issue Islamic bonds to finance infrastructure, build reserves and diversify their investor base
After Zambia's successful maiden eurobond issue last year, 2013 has looked like the year for Africa to join the emerging market debt rush.
But it is not just Western capital markets those countries are looking to. An increasing number of African nations are making provisions to issue sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of bonds, as they seek to finance their vast infrastructure requirements and diversify their investor base.
Sukuk are Islamic financial certificates that represent undivided shares in the ownership of tangible assets, often providing the first inroad for countries into Sharia-compliant funding. Still a relatively young financial instrument, global sukuk markets are growing fast, with issuance increasing by 64 percent last year to reach $138bn, according to Standard & Poor's, the rating agency.
Issuers have generally stemmed from Islamic countries in southeast Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and so far in Africa only the Gambia and Sudan (both not rated) regularly launch short-term domestic notes.
But in the last two years, sub-Saharan sovereigns including South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal and Mauritania have all announced their intention to come to the market with Islamic bonds.
Most are seeking to diversify their investor base as they find new ways to fund development, Islamic finance experts say. "Primarily, most of the countries in Africa are interested to issue sukuk to tap the growing Islamic liquidity pool which has become a significant part of the overall investment pool, especially in the capital surplus countries of the Middle East, and to establish a benchmark for their corporates and quasi-sovereign entities to tap this market," explains Ahsan Ali, global head of Islamic origination at Standard Chartered Bank. "Also, a sovereign sukuk would help to support and grow the domestic Islamic finance markets in their own countries."
Sukuk can be an important tool in meeting external financing needs and building reserves - particularly in the Arab states of North Africa - S&P adds in a report entitled Will African Sovereigns Turn To Islamic Finance To Fund Growth?
"Some northern African countries are facing increasing fiscal and current account deficits, which may suggest their governments could look to increase and diversify their funding base," the report states.
"What's more, following the Arab Spring, Islamist parties have dominated parliamentary elections in countries such as Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, and this has put the development of Islamic finance on their governments' agendas."
It is these countries that are heading up the list of African nations looking to make their first sukuk sales. Egypt's administration has recently presented a law allowing sovereign sukuk issuance, which would help to finance the country's high fiscal and current account deficits, while Tunisia's 2013 budget law expects to finance the fiscal deficit partly through sukuk issuance.
Watching Morocco
But the fastest mover appears to be Morocco, which first became interested in sukuk after a moderate Islamist party won a majority in the 2011 parliamentary elections, according to Fayçal Jamali of the Al-Khawarizmi Group, an Islamic finance consultancy.
"Also as a result of worsening economic conditions in Europe, which is Morocco's traditional trading partner, the country wants to diversify its funding instruments and attract Middle Eastern investors," he says.
The North African country is finalising the publication of a new securitisation law that will allow the state and companies to issue sukuk, and preparations for a corporate and a sovereign bond are already underway, according to Islamic finance experts.
The country's securitisation law was enacted in 2002 and amended in 2010 to broaden the range of eligible assets and allow institutions other than banks to use securitisation. At the end of last year, the government sent parliament an amendment to that law paving the way for sukuk, as part of a broader financial reform aimed at developing the role of securitisation in funding the economy, says Nouaman Al Aissami, head of the credit division at Morocco's ministry of economy and finance. The law was adopted in January and will come into effect after it is published in the country's official gazette, which is expected to happen in the coming months once some related regulations are finalised.
One Moroccan "large corporate" has already planned a $500m sukuk, currently on standby until the enactment of the law, according to Mr Jamali. A sovereign sukuk is also in preparation, he says. Nine out of 10 institutions surveyed by the Moroccan financial market authority (CDVM) last year said they would be interested in issuing sukuk if the law allowed.
The country's political stability and above investment grade rating should draw interest from foreign investors. S&P assigns a foreign currency rating of BBB- to Morocco, its lowest investment grade. Of potential sukuk-issuing nations in Africa, only South Africa has a higher sovereign rating, according to S&P.
The nation can also count on a vibrant domestic investor community. The volume of assets managed by Moroccan mutual funds amounted to Dh241bn ($28bn) in 2012, more than a quarter of the country's GDP, according to data from the Association des Sociétés de Gestion et Fonds d'Investissement Marocains (ASFIM) - the professional association of Moroccan OPCVM (mutual funds) managers.
Rim El Honsali, general manager at ASFIM, says that Moroccan OPCVM are interested in investing in sukuk. "The introduction of sukuks will allow the creation of a new asset class and will offer an opportunity of asset diversification for the OPCVM," she believes.
"Sukuk are essential to assure the development of Islamic finance in Morocco, and with their introduction the country has the means to access a non-negligible amount of international financing," she adds.
The development of the Moroccan sukuk market, however, will depend on further efforts by the government to promote sound economic policies, says Mr Jamali of the Al-Khawarizmi Group. "The principle of sukuk is to finance the real economy," he says, "so the government will need to identify the right projects to refinance."
Regional hubs
In terms of other countries to watch, the timelines are hazier. Senegal - another predominantly Muslim nation - is trying to position itself as a hub for Islamic finance in west Africa. As a politically stable economy with GDP in excess of $14bn, the country would be likely to draw interest from international investors - but it postponed plans to issue sukuk last year and still needs to adjust its policies to be able to sell debt that complies with Islam's ban on interest.
Neil Miller, global head of Islamic finance at the law firm Linklaters, points to some of the difficulties confronting such nations as they try to create the right regulatory frameworks: "Politicians will glibly announce that they are going to issue sukuk, but they don't realise how complicated it is to create a capital market for Islamic instruments with the legislation and regulation that surrounds that process. You have to get the law in place, get the investors and regulators educated.
In some cases neither the country nor the institutions that are going to issue have a rating, so that must be considered. It's a complex process," he says.
"For all of that, you could be talking about a couple of years before those countries can come to the market."
Other countries already have the rules in place but face more political obstacles. Nigeria - Africa's most populous country, of which roughly 50 percent is Muslim - is vying for the position as regional hub for Islamic finance, and has been talking about issuing a sovereign sukuk since 2011. "We think the sukuk market is something that Nigeria should tap into," the country's central bank governor Lamido Sanusi tells This is Africa. "Developing an Islamic finance market is a very good advantage, and certainly if any African country should be the hub of Islamic finance it should be Nigeria, just based on the size of its population."
As to dates, Mr Sanusi is less willing to be drawn: "We have been ready in terms of the regulation and the technical work a long time ago, but it's a political decision," he explains.
Meanwhile, South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, stated its plan to issue a debut Islamic sovereign bond last year and also has rules in place to do so. Unlike Nigeria, Senegal, or its North African counterparts, less than 2 percent of South Africa's 52 million population is Muslim. If it follows through on its pledge, it will become the first non-Muslim country to come to the Islamic market with a sovereign issue.
While the country may not need to build a retail Islamic finance sector, its interest is in creating a more attractive investment destination for Middle Eastern and southeast Asian capital.
"The investor base for global sukuk issued by African sovereigns could be investors looking for Sharia-compliant assets, for instance from the Middle East. Hydrocarbon-based economies in the Middle East typically have high saving rates," says Chris Esters, a primary credit analyst at S&P's and co-author of the group's Africa Islamic finance report.
"Although such sovereign sukuk might also attract some interest in domestic African markets, often African capital markets would be too shallow, and saving rates too low, to buy more substantial amounts of sukuk issuance."
The international appetite for these African sukuk should be there, says Standard Chartered's Mr Ali: "We would expect strong investor support as the economies of Africa continue on a growth trajectory with improving credit fundamentals."
Clearly, some time will elapse between announcement and issuance of sukuk, but Morocco could get the ball rolling this year. As trade and investment links to the Middle East and Asia grow, expect more African sovereigns and sovereign-related entities to come to the market.
"Islamic finance is starting to flourish in capital markets and other product areas, but it's complicated to get underway in places across Africa if you either don't have a securities law or you don't have the rating," Linklaters' Mr Miller explains. "With that in mind, I think that we'll see a lot more preparation done during this year and 2014 and 2015 will more likely be the years for African issues."


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The convoy, which Sorensen said was the world's largest for Special Olympics, is done all over the country to raise money for the organization. North Dakota has its convoy every September in Fargo.
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