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Networks Report Zero Upside to Delta/Northwest Merger
The big bad scary airline merger ŌĆō itŌĆÖs the way the media have portrayed the announced merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines.
Each of the three networks gave little or no upside to this merger. The worst offender was ABCŌĆÖs April 14 ŌĆ£World News with Charles Gibson.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs an unsettled time in the skies ŌĆō planes grounded, flights cancelled, spiraling ticket prices,ŌĆØ ABC correspondent Lisa Stark said. ŌĆ£And now, things could get even more complicated. Delta (NYSE:DAL) operates 1,500 flights a day with hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, New York and Salt Lake City. Northwest (NYSE:NWA) ŌĆō some 1,200 flights a day with hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis and Memphis. Put the two together, and passengers could take a hit.ŌĆØ
According to the ŌĆ£World NewsŌĆØ report, the ŌĆ£hitŌĆØ passengers are going to take is that there will be less capacity, which will decrease the supply of available seats and cause the price to increase.
ŌĆ£For consumers, the downside is that the airlines that merge are going to be trying their hardest to take planes out of the mix, to take destinations out of the network,ŌĆØ Richard Aboulafia, an aviation consultant, said to ABC News. ŌĆ£And therefore, they can have fewer choices and higher prices.ŌĆØ
But the market isnŌĆÖt as simple as that. For example, although both airlines say they wonŌĆÖt close any of their hub cities, ABC still said it was a possibility.
ŌĆ£Some analysts believe the most likely targets would be Cincinnati and Memphis,ŌĆØ Stark said. ŌĆ£If those cities lose their status as hubs, flights could be cut dramatically, causing even more crowded planes and more inconvenience to passengers. When American and TWA merged, American dropped St. Louis as a hub. The number of available seats has fallen by 75 percent.ŌĆØ
But St. LouisŌĆÖs loss of hub status for American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) wasnŌĆÖt a bad thing for the airportŌĆÖs fares.
Hub airports are dominated by one carrier and serve as a transfer point for that carrier. Since the St. Louis airport was no longer serving as a transfer point for American Airlines, there was no longer a need for all the capacity, hence the 75-percent decrease. However, once American decreased its St. Louis presence, it freed space and allowed for Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) to enter the St. Louis market.
That caused St. Louis to experience the ŌĆ£Southwest Effect,ŌĆØ a dramatic decrease in airfares by all airlines at a particular market created by the need to compete with Southwest. Southwest is able to offer lower fares because of its unique ŌĆ£low-cost carrierŌĆØ business model. Other airports with significantly lower fares because of SouthwestŌĆÖs presence include Baltimore, New Orleans, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn.
One of the airports Stark said could be ŌĆ£de-hubbedŌĆØ ŌĆō Cincinnati ŌĆō is dominated by Delta Air Lines. Because Delta has a commanding presence in Cincinnati, they are able to control the market. Despite all the capacity in the Cincinnati market, the airport traditionally has the highest airfares for any major in city in the United States, according to USA Today.
The April 14 ŌĆ£CBS Evening NewsŌĆØ interviewed Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was also opposed to the merger.
ŌĆ£In every merger that we have seen, thereŌĆÖs been a reduction in competition,ŌĆØ Oberstar said. ŌĆ£Fares will go up. Choices will go down. Consumers will bear the brunt of it.ŌĆØ
However, CBS neglected to point out Oberstar, whose home state is the location of one of NorthwestŌĆÖs hubs, has regularly been sympathetic to one of his districtŌĆÖs largest constituencies ŌĆō the Air Line Pilots Association union, as pointed out by TheStreet.comŌĆÖs Ted Reed on April 14. The pilotsŌĆÖ union has been very critical of the merger and even opposed it early on.
The April 14 ŌĆ£NBC Nightly NewsŌĆØ also disparaged the merger.
ŌĆ£[A]ll of this merger talk could mean higher ticket prices since there would be fewer airlines ŌĆō bad news for passengers,ŌĆØ NBC correspondent Tom Costello said.
But that concern is based on the notion that merger would allow Delta and Northwest to put a stranglehold on some routes because the two route structures overlap in some markets. However, the only routes where the two directly compete with one another are the routes to each otherŌĆÖs hub cities ŌĆō for example between Atlanta and Memphis, Detroit and Cincinnati or Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. In the grand scheme, that is very little overlap, as aviation consultant Darryl Jenkins pointed out on CNBCŌĆÖs April 14 ŌĆ£Squawk on the Street.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£I think in maybe 12 out of 25,000 markets weŌĆÖre going to see that happen,ŌĆØ Jenkins said. ŌĆ£ThereŌĆÖs very, very little overlap in this and if you look at the top thousand markets, we only have 12 that are overlapping. So, in terms of this merger causing fares to go up, that will not happen.ŌĆØ


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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - A law enforcement official says a 5-year-old has been safely released after a weeklong standoff between police and the boy's abductor.
The law enforcement official briefed on the situation said Monday that Jim Dykes, the man who abducted the boy from a school bus after fatally shooting the bus driver, is dead. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the situation.
It was not immediately clear how Dykes died.
Earlier Monday, officials had said they had been sending food and medicine to Dykes and the boy in the bunker.
The boy has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Plastic cacti draped in mini Dos Equis blankets surrounded the plaza in New York.
The "Most Interesting Man in the World", also known as the Dos Equis mascot Jonathan Goldsmith appeared in New York Tuesday as part of a publicity stunt to raise awareness for their brand.
Dos Equis's spokesperson said that since Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican American pride day, falls on a Monday this year, the company proposes that they celebrate Cinco de Mayo on the second of May. Thus, people will be able to go out to party, and drink their beer, on a Friday.
The name Dos de Mayo plays with the Spanish word for two, Dos, and associates it with the beer company.
"I have petitioned the World Bank, and governments, and kings and queens to make Cinco de Mayo a holiday," said MIM (the Most Interesting Man).
"We are offering everyone a proper way to start this incredible fiesta," he said. "Stay thirsty, my friends!"
The Most Interesting Man in the World first made his debut in 2006 in the first of many Dos Equis commercials and radio advertisements where he was featured preforming some major feats of science and nature that come across more like mythology.
Those that participated in the cactus give away were carded in order for the company to not seem like they were trying to pull in an under aged audience to their advertisement.
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A new flexible-option degree program through the University of Wisconsin System is offering full scholarships to the first 100 people who enroll in pilot courses now accepting students.
The flexible option, announced in November by UW System President Kevin Reilly and UW Extension leaders, is a more accessible and affordable way for working adults to reach education and career goals.
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Church reaches out with fundraiser, prom experience
HUNTINGTON -- If there is one thing members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ want people to know about their church, it's that anyone is welcome.
In fact, the welcoming process is so important to members of the church that they have an exact title for it: The "extravagant welcome."
There was no better way to express that notion than with the church's first annual Prom: Reloaded on Friday night at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena, said Justin Murdock, leader of the church's Evangelism and Outreach Team.
"Our church is all about the extravagant welcome, where anyone and everyone feels welcome in our church," said Murdock. "A lot of churches might reject people, for a number of reasons, and I think prom kind of hits close to that for some people, who might have felt rejected from their own proms whether it was things not going the way they planned or maybe they even were banned from going to their prom because of who they wanted to bring."
The event also served as a fundraiser for the Evangelism and Outreach Team for the church, Murdock said. He said organizers expected about 100 people to attend.
The prom had all of the makings of a traditional prom, with a few adult twists. It included a live disc jockey, dance floor, door prizes, cash bar, photobooth, hors d'oeuvres and even a special dance routine.
Rev. Tim Dixon said he hoped the community took advantage of the opportunity to become familiar with the church's message.
"This is an event where we take the church's message outside of the walls and into the community," said Dixon. "We hope people find that our door is always open, and we're not here to turn away people because of who they are. We want everyone to experience God's love, and we do mean everyone. We won't turn them away."
The First Congregational United Church of Christ is located at 701 5th Avenue in Huntington. For more information about the church, visit www.uccinhuntington.org.
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Some mornings, though, the news breaks too quickly to prepare a script. Such was the case on Jan. 28, 1986, when Kasell paused before leaving NPR after work to watch the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on TV. The moment he saw the plume of smoke that foreshadowed the death of seven crew members, he doffed his coat and returned to the newsroom.
Similarly, Kasell kicked into high gear when the first of two airliners smashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. He says he doesn't have time to get emotionally involved when reporting such tragedies, but admits, "It catches up with you when you go home."
Kasell describes his personal life as a series of "naps and snacks." After the 11 a.m. newscast, he goes home and sleeps a few hours, then wakes up to enjoy dinner or a movie with his wife before going to sleep again by 10 p.m. He rises not at 1 a.m., but 1:05, because, he quips, "I like to sleep in."
Kasell looks forward to sleeping as late as 6:30 a.m., but has no intention of reining in his whirlwind routine.
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Since the end of last season, 13 players have been added to the 40-man roster and others who aren't on the 40-man have been invited to spring training.
Who are some who could make a difference? Here are some suggestions.
1) Ryan Webb
Webb was an "under the radar" kind of signing for the Orioles. He wasn't tendered a contract by the Miami Marlins, and Webb was signed to a modest two-year contract in December.
One thing sticks out about Webb. He doesn't allow many home runs, and in the American League East, that's a valuable attribute. In Webb's 266 major league games, he's allowed just 13 home runs, an average of .4 per nine innings.
Webb could work in the sixth and seventh innings, and perhaps the eighth at times. He doesn't have any big league saves, and may not, but he still could be a key addition.
2) David Lough
Lough was acquired from Kansas City for Danny Valencia. He's a late bloomer who is from Akron, Ohio, and played college ball at Mercyhurst in Erie, Pa.
Akron and Erie aren't known for producing baseball players, and his competition wasn't strong, and the Orioles hope at 28, he'll be getting better.
Last year with the Royals, Lough batted .286 in 96 games. For now, Lough is the presumed left fielder. His weaknesses are being too aggressive at the plate and a lack of power.
Lough does have some speed, and if he can steal bases, he could be the left-handed hitting replacement for Nate McLouth.
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3) Brad Brach
Brach is the sort of anti-Webb. He throws hard and walks a lot of batters. He does have a lot of strikeouts, averaging more than 10 per nine innings, but needs to cut down on his walks to be successful.
He pitched 109 games over the past three seasons for San Diego.
With a strong spring training, he could find himself on the Orioles, the team he grew up rooting for.
4) Delmon Young
Young was signed to a minor league contract, so he's not on the 40-man roster. He has a better resume than some of the players with major league contracts.
He was the No. 1 overall draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2003. In 2007, Young finished second in the Rookie of the Year competition.
In 2010, Young had 21 home runs, 112 RBIs and a .298 average for Minnesota.
Young has played in the last five postseasons for three different teams and has nine homers and 18 RBIs in 33 October games. He had three home runs in five Division Series games for Detroit against the Yankees in 2011.
He's overly aggressive, strikes out four times as often as he walks, and has had anger issues in the past.
5) Alfredo Aceves
Aceves has been difficult on his managers, but he's had two terrific seasons. If he has a repeat of 2009 or 2011, the Orioles might have a great find.
In 2009, he was 10-1 with a 3.54 ERA in 43 games for the Yankees. Two years later, Aceves was 10-2 with a 2.61 ERA with the Red Sox.
Aceves hit 15 batters in 2011, and a year later was 2-10 with a 5.36 ERA.
If Aceves can get along with Buck Showalter and his teammates in a relatively easy clubhouse to exist, the Orioles might have a find. He could be a possible swingman.
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What Is It?
When healthy people are in a cold environment, the tiny blood vessels in their skin constrict, or narrow, in an effort to conserve heat. In people with Raynaud's phenomenon (also called Raynaud's disease or Raynaud's syndrome), that natural response to cold is extreme. The tiny blood vessels go into spasm, narrowing and reducing the blood flow to the affected areas. This response, called vasospasm, is seen most often in the fingers and toes, but it also can occur in the ears, cheeks and nose. In some people with the disorder, the constriction also can occur in response to emotional stress or a rapid change of temperature from warm to cool.
The effect of this can be dramatic and frightening, but it is temporary and rarely dangerous. The color of the affected skin is very different from the color of normal skin. The affected area may be numb or tingling ("pins and needles"). Once the affected area is warmed, the blood vessels relax and expand, which allows more blood flow. The skin then turns pink or red as the blood returns, and there may be a feeling of warmth, throbbing or soreness.
Approximately 5% to 10% of people have Raynaud's phenomenon, and women are more likely to develop the disorder than men. No one knows what causes Raynaud's phenomenon. People who do not have any other symptoms or disease are said to have primary Raynaud's. People who have Raynaud's phenomenon as part of another disease or condition are said to have secondary Raynaud's.
Secondary Raynaud's phenomenon commonly is linked to connective-tissue disorders, such as scleroderma and lupus. It also can occur as a result of damage to blood vessels from injury, frostbite or use of jarring machinery, such as jackhammers or chainsaws. Smoking, some heart and migraine medications and diseases that affect circulation (such as atherosclerosis) also can cause secondary Raynaud's or can worsen pre-existing Raynaud's phenomenon.
People with Raynaud's phenomenon see and feel changes in their fingers and toes when exposed to cold. The skin blanches, or turns white, then blue. Fingers and toes can tingle or feel numb. When rewarmed, the skin flushes pink or red, and there can be throbbing or soreness as the blood surges back into the tiny blood vessels.
People with secondary Raynaud's related to a rheumatic disease also can have arthritis, rash, or a thickening or hardening of the skin.
A physician usually diagnoses Raynaud's phenomenon based on the patient's description of symptoms. If other symptoms such as rash also are present, blood tests and other procedures may be ordered to check for other diseases. More testing also is needed if symptoms are not typical, for example, if only one finger or one hand is affected or if there are color changes that seem permanent. These symptoms would be unusual for Raynaud's and could indicate a blood clot in a blood vessel or other problem with circulation. Careful examination of the nail beds (the skin near the fingernail farthest from the fingertip) may show changes in the blood vessels that may suggest an underlying rheumatic condition such as scleroderma.
Expected Duration
Although each episode of vasospasm is temporary, Raynaud's phenomenon is considered a chronic (long-lasting) condition.
Although there is no way to prevent a person from developing the condition, the number of episodes of vasospasm can be reduced or even eliminated by avoiding situations that can trigger events. To avoid vasospasm:
Avoid unnecessary exposure to the cold.
At home, turn up the thermostat a few degrees.
In very cold weather, wear a hat and mittens (which protect better than gloves) to conserve as much warmth as possible.
Bundle up before you head out into the cold, rather than after you are in the cold, to make sure your arms and legs are not shocked by the temperature change.
Leave your coat, mittens and hat on in the freezer or refrigerator section of the grocery store.
At home, use pot holders, mittens or a towel to remove items from the refrigerator.
Use a cup holder when drinking a cold beverage.
Stop smoking.
Most people with primary Raynaud's phenomenon do not need professional care. Their symptoms can be managed by avoiding triggering events as much as possible. An episode of vasospasm often can be stopped by warming the affected areas by going indoors or soaking fingers or toes in a bowl of warm water. Biofeedback, which trains the body to warm the extremities, can help some patients to control their symptoms. This mind-body method uses a machine to help you learn how to gain voluntary control over body processes that are typically involuntary, such as blood flow.
For more severe cases (more common with secondary causes of Raynaud's phenomenon), medication may be prescribed. Calcium channel blockers, including nifedipine (Procardia, Adalat) and diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor), can decrease the severity and number of vasospasm episodes. Other medications that dilate (widen) blood vessels and are usually prescribed for high blood pressure, also can be effective. These medications include nitroglycerin cream or ointment, hydralazine (Apresoline), prazosin (Minipress) or losartan (Cozaar). Recent studies suggest that sildenafil (Viagra) and other medicines approved for erectile dysfunction in men may improve severe symptoms of Raynaud's (such as non-healing ulcers or gangrene) when other treatments fail. In extreme and rare cases, the sympathetic nerves that control blood vessels may be cut in a surgical procedure called a sympathectomy, or medications called prostaglandins may be given intravenously (into a vein) to open up the blood supply to the fingers or toes and prevent the affected tissues from dying. Newer approaches to treating Raynaud's include medications for erectile dysfunction, such as sildenafil (Viagra) and intravenous medications (such as iloprost). However, these medications are generally reserved for severe cases that do not respond to other treatments; additional study is required to establish the role of these drugs in the treatment of Raynaud's.
People with secondary Raynaud's may also need to be treated for their main disease.
When To Call a Professional
Call your health care professional if you have symptoms of Raynaud's phenomenon to learn more about the disease and to make certain that you do not have any other disease. If you have been diagnosed with Raynaud's phenomenon, see your doctor if you have any unusual symptoms such as severe redness, inflammation or open sores. Seek emergency care if you have color changes, numbness or tingling in your arms or legs that does not go away within minutes after the area is warmed.
For most people, primary Raynaud's phenomenon can be annoying and cause discomfort, but it is rarely dangerous. Although it usually is a lifelong condition, it also usually does not get worse. In rare cases in which the vasospasm is severe, the lack of blood flow may mean that the affected areas may be prone to open sores that are slow to heal.
Raynaud's phenomenon, however, may be the first symptom of a rheumatic disease, so the condition should not be ignored. Patients may need to be examined, tested and monitored to diagnose an associated rheumatic disease at its earliest stage.
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I was wondering what case that was. I've used looser fitting silicone cases like that before too and it never bother me either. What I do like about it is that while being protective it doesn't cover up too much of the phone. So you can get all the beauty of the iPhone, protections and even an easier way of carrying some smaller items. That would help me greatly at airports, have my license there and put my wallet in my laptop bag. Something to think about getting.
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Although it's protected my iPhone 5 from numerous bumps and drops, the Mummy case has worn slightly around the edges. Those edges also do project up over the screen slightly, but not enough to hinder swiping through apps and games.
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Concerns, support for Regional Parkway voiced at second meeting Tuesday night
CORPUS CHRISTI - Corpus Christi Regional Parkway planners got an earful from a few rural residents and farmers for the second night in a row, but there also were signs of support for the project at Tuesday's meeting.
The parkway, a four-lane arterial route bigger than a city street but smaller than a highway, could create a crescent connecting Padre Island in the south to Interstate 37 in the north.
The goal is to relieve traffic congestion on the Southside, provide an alternative hurricane evacuation route and facilitate growth, planners say.
Planners have narrowed the potential path to two corridors, each a mile wide. Tuesday marked the second public meeting since the corridors were narrowed. Further study would pinpoint a final alignment, between 200 and 400 feet wide, but there is no funding for that step. Construction, if any, is many years away, and the route likely would be built in small segments as funding becomes available.
No single government is sponsoring the project. The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization is working to get it into the long range plans of cities and counties, and potentially on the state highway system to make it eligible for more sources of funding.
The uncertainty that comes in this early planning stage that has upset some landowners who wonder whether their farms and homes will end up in the path of the project. One such group spoke up at a project meeting Monday in Robstown.
But John White said it's never too soon to start planning for growth.
"I've lived in other areas that have not grown as the population grew. They put in these things after the fact and it's a mess," said White, who once lived in Los Angeles, watching transportation projects come in long overdue. He said he attended the meeting to represent Padre Island land and business owners.
Plans for a Schlitterbahn water park resort on the island are drawing more attention to the potential for additional development there, he said.
"There will come a day when the causeway is packed," he said.
Del Mar College regent Guy Watts said the parkway would spur more housing development and could create more need for a southern campus. He suggested the parkway be six lanes instead of the four shown in conceptual drawings. Engineering consultant Bob Leahey said it's likely the project would acquire enough land to expand to six lanes if demand warrants.
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2013 Awards Winners
The Dallas Genealogical Society announced their Annual Awards and Writing Contest winners at the Annual Awards Luncheon on December 14, 2013. Congratulations to everybody!
Janet Khashab and Marianne Szabo - Volunteer of the Year Award. This is presented to a member who has generously volunteered time, expertise, talents, and abilities to the Society during the previous year. This year's honorees were recognized foe their development of the new DGS journal Pegasus. This project has raised the profile of the Dallas Genealogical Society among nationally known genealogists and provided a valuable resource for DGS members.
UT Southwestern Medical Center Library - Heritage Preservation Award. This award recognizes an individual, group, or organization that has contributed to the collection, preservation, and conservation of varying types of genealogical and historical materials. In its History of Medicine and Archives collections, the Library has collected and preserved photographs, publications and unpublished papers that cover the historical aspects of health care, with a focus on Texas and the United States. Record groups include a history of Dallas County medical organizations from 1894 to the present and a large collection of digitized images that portray institutions, people, and events which have played a role in the progress of medicine and medical care in Dallas.
Helen Leary - Lloyd Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award. This award honors an individual for outstanding contributions to the genealogical community on a national level. Helen Leary is a Certified Genealogist (Emeritus), a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, and Fellow of the National Genealogical Society. She has served as president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, as well as a trustee for that organization and the Association of Professional Genealogists. Helen is recognized for her many scholarly contributions to genealogy research as well as appreciated for her entertaining and informative lecture style. Her 30+ career has spanned the publication of scholarly books and journals to the creation of webinars for the internet.
Pat Stone & Jim Stone - Award of Merit. This award acknowledges a DGS member who has consistently contributed time, talent, expertise, and abilities to the Society over a period of years. The team of Pat and Jim Stone has provided double the dedication, double the service, and double the contributions to our society over many years. They were DGS Board members for many years, holding several different positions: co-VPs of Sales for 7 years and SLC Trip Coordinators. Pat also served as Director of Publicity. In addition, they have been a helping hand to many committee projects through the years.
President Sandra Crowley also announced that DGS was presented a second place award in the Web Site for a Partner Society category at the Texas State Genealogical Society's Annual Conference on November 2, 2013. Tony Hanson, DGS webmaster, has developed a web site that presents the face of DGS to the genealogical community and also offers resource information for those researching in the Dallas area with the Oakland Cemetery database. In addition, he has developed records retention procedures and metadata tools to insure that DGS records are archived and easily accessible by users.
Sandra also presented a special President's Award to two volunteers who have so ably supported hospitality and other services during our Spring and Fall Lectures, Summer Institutes, Awards Luncheons, and other programs over the past 3 1/2 years. Janine Khashab and Mary Rinaldi will graduate from high school and attend college in 2014. In honor of their hard work and dedication, the DGS Board presented them with a monetary award as they prepare to begin college in the fall.
Writing Contest Winners
First Place ($500): "From Kentucky to Texas: the Story of One Pioneer Family" by Jo Archer Arnspiger
Jo Archer Arnspiger is a professional genealogist and owner of Those Who Went Before. She is retired from a career as an Information Technology trainer in the education field. She is currently accepting research clients and subcontracts with Bridge to Yesterday to create Ancestry Albums, merging her technology and graphic art skills with genealogical research. She began doing genealogical research in 1974. She has been editor of the Northern Arizona Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, "The Bulletin," for three years. She also maintains the Jessamine County (Kentucky) Genealogical Society's website and attends national conferences and week-long genealogical institutes.
Her website is http://bty.arnspiger.us. Her blog is http://arnspiger.blogspot.com/. Her family website is http://arnspiger.org.
Second Place ($300): "A Double Murder in Mills County" by Charles (Chuck) Curtis
Chuck Curtis became interested in genealogy after he saw an Ancestry.com commercial in 2010. He was inspired to write about the events in his entry by his daughter-in-law, who "told me somewhat timidly that her great-grandfather may have been involved in a murder and may not have served time for it. This was like waving a tennis ball in front of a golden retriever and I was off on the hunt!".
He holds Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Missouri. In 2006 the University of Missouri School of Journalism awarded him its Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. He is a member of the Dallas Genealogical Society.


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Humanities3 courses from at least 2 disciplines. Only 2 courses may be skill-based courses
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Bushnell hospice patient reaches 102!
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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BUSHNELL -- Serving forty-six years as one of the founders and elders of his Lutheran church, cutting the grass at the church until age 95 and delivering meals-on-wheels as a volunteer into his nineties, Oscar B. Puffinburger (age 102) of Bushnell is the kind of volunteer any organization could only dream about! Puffinburger observed his 102nd birthday on January 5 surrounded by family and friends who came to Bushnell from as far as Hilton Head, South Carolina and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and surrounded as well by his Cornerstone Hospice care team.
"There is a general misconception when Hospice is associated with the last few days of life", pointed out Pat Lehotsky, CEO and president of not-for-profit Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care, "We rejoice in being able to participate in this emotional celebration of life by the entire Puffinburger family, and we are very proud our superb care team contributes to this patient's comfort and quality of life." Adding their support to the proceedings, Cornerstone Hospice care team members added their congratulations on their patient's 102nd milestone, with care group including Jeanette Ragusa, registered nurse; Kim Kubicina social worker; Angie Tibbetts, licensed practical nurse and Larry Stephens, chaplain, spiritual care counselor.
Born when Wright Brothers delivered first fabric biplane to U.S. Army!
Born in West Virginia in 1909, relatives at the Puffinburger household reminisce, that was the year when Orville and Wilbur Wright delivered their first fabric-covered biplane to the U.S. Army Air Corps; it was the year actress Mary Pickford made her silent screen debut at age 16; it was the year the typical movie was 10 to 12 minutes in length; it was the year U.S. forces left Cuba for the second time since the Spanish-American War; and 1909 was the year French flyer de Lambert set an airplane altitude world record of an unprecedented 300 meters.
While growing up at the family's West Virginia farm, Oscar Puffinburger remembers harvesting apples, peaches, potatoes, tending to pigs, and milking cows daily several hours before dawn. Also sadly remembers losing a brother in 1917 during World War I, and in the same sentence mentions having been married three times, having son Bryan Puffinburger from Hilton Head, SC; daughter Lorraine Rossow of Bushnell, FL; daughter Joyce Knestaut of Zephyrhills, FL and son Ben Puffinburger of Pittsburg, PA. These sons and daughters have given "Pappy" as he is known, nineteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Fran Sykora, RN and regional team manager for Cornerstone Hospice indicated that "we on our Gold Team (covering Sumter County) know that it is our honor to be part of such a milestone. As we care for dying patients day-to-day, it is so uplifting to our care team when we have an opportunity to celebrate special events or a birthday of this magnitude with our patients and know that our mission is about living."
Puffinburger is one of the founders of the Ruskin Calvary Lutheran Church of Ruskin, just south of Tampa, where Oscar cut the grass for more than thirty-one years until age ninety-five, served as a meals-on-wheels volunteer into his nineties and simultaneously worked at the church thrift store.
Secrets to healthy longevity revealed
When asked about his secrets for a long and healthy life, "Pappy" Puffinburger sat back in his lounge chair, the chatter from a house full of people fell silent, while he pronounced matter-of-factly gesturing his right index finger up in the air: "Live right, help anybody in any way you can and keep yourself busy, you'll never get in trouble!." At that, enthusiastic applause of approval was heard throughout the house. Although he used to smoke during his twenties, "Pappy" has remained a non-smoker for some eight decades.
The Puffinburger family has three of their grandchildren currently serving in the U.S. armed forces, Jerrod in U.S. Army; Joshua also in U.S. Army and Jonathan Leon serving with the U.S. Air Force, all three served in Afghanistan.
Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care, a not-for-profit community-based healthcare organization, has provided care and services since 1984 to central Florida patients and families experiencing life-limiting illnesses. To learn more, call (352) 343-1341 or toll-free (888) 728-6234 or visit www.cornerstonehospice.org.
Accompanying "Pappy" Oscar Puffinburger (seated, bottom row) during observance of his 102nd birthday in Bushnell are: (bottom, left) Jenny Campbell. granddaughter; (bottom, right) Ben Puffinburger, son, from Pittsburgh, PA; (standing, left) Jeanette Ragusa, RN, Cornerstone Hospice; Wayne Campbell, grandson; Roger Michaud, son-in-law; Bryan Puffinburger, son, from Hilton Head, SC; Joyce Knestaut, daughter, from Zephyrhills; Gary Rossow, son-in-law; Lorraine Rossow, daughter, from Bushnell; Jerry Cunningham, grandson; Terry Knestaut, grandson and Larry Stephens, chaplain and spiritual care counselor, Cornerstone Hospice.


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Norton 4000x Waterstone
Highland Hardware has been an ardent proponent of Japanese waterstones for
many years. So, when Norton came out with their waterstones, we wanted to give them a go. After almost two years of shop use and testing, we are pleased to offer these fine stones.
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You care for and maintain Norton waterstones in all the ways you're familiar with (see our handout, Waterstone Sharpening). You can use the Norton Flattening Stone (156620) or any other method you like for truing all the stones. A nagura stone (026425) can be used to raise the slurry on the 4000 and 8000 grit stones. This process deglazes the two fine stones, making them cut faster and keeps them flat longer. Each stone comes in a nonskid, plastic case for clean use and storage.
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Galaxy series phones were very popular when they appeared on the market. However, they became less and less popular with new iPhone 6/6 Plus released. Some users may consider to buy a new iPhone 6to catch up with the fad, but there is question bothering them. That is how to transfer their contacts, photos, and music from old Galaxy S5/S4/S3/S2/S1 to new iPhone 5S/6/6 Plus directly in batch.
Fortunately, you found this article, which aims to help users to solve their data transfer from Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet to new iPhone 6/6+/5S problem. Here, I strongly recommend you a very powerful Galaxy to iPhone 6/6+/5S data transfer tool, Wondershare MobileTrans (or Mac MobileTrans) . It is a real professional tool to deal with phone data transfer problem quickly and safely.
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Firstly, please download the professional Galaxy Contacts to iPhone 6/6+/5S transfer program – Wondershare MobileTrans and install it on your computer. Once it works, run it.
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Then connect both your old Galaxy phone (Galaxy S1/ Galaxy S2/ Galaxy S3/ Galaxy S4/ Galaxy S5/ Galaxy Note / Galaxy Note 2/ Galaxy Note 3) and new iPhone 6/6+/5S to your computer. Then you will see one phone is in the place of "Source" and another one is in the place of "Destination". If you want to change the position of phones, click "Flip". You can click "Clear data before Copy" to clear the destination phone if you need to. Please make sure you have installed iTunes on your PC before Samsung Galaxy to iPhone 5S data transferring.
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ImageMakers Episode Archive
Below ImageMakers episodes are listed by season, in the year in which they premiered on television.
ImageMakers airs at 7:30pm on most Saturdays and Sunday nights at 11pm on KQED. Check the Schedule for more broadcast times.
- Lost and Found Love
- Love Never Dies
- That Girl Is Crazy
- Be Still My Heart
- New World Disorder
- The Real World
- Boy Meets Girl
- Never Take No for an Answer
- Not the Same Without You
- The Dance of Life
- The Dog in the Window
- The Animation of Imagination
- Can You Fly?
- Beyond Infinity
- The Games People Play
- The Family Dynamic
- A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
- Behind the Veil
- Nice Guys Finish First
- My Lover's Kimono
- Island of Misfit Toys
- Millennial Love
- Family Is Everything
- Planet Animation
- Woman to Woman
- The Gravity of Life
- Future Shock
- Humor Me
- Biting the Hand that Feeds
- End of the World As We Know It
- You Should Be Paranoid
- Gone but Not Forgotten
- Love Fool
- Cry for Love
- A Boy's Life
- Stop Making Sense
- Dead Last Option
- Man's Best Friend
- Starting Over
- Frozen in Time
- Another One Night Stand
- We're Desperate (Get Used To It)
- School Days
- Last Flight
- Innocence Lost
- Love Comes Crashing Down
- Modern Times
- Psycho Killer
- That's Just Love Sneakin' Up On You
- The Company of Men
- Mind Benders
- Color My World
- Love Is Complicated
- The Golden Years
- All American Shorts
- Marriage is a Sentence
- Imagine a World Without Me (Encore)
- In Sickness and in Health
- An Arrow Through the Heart
- That's My Boy
- Living in Dangerous Times
- Boys and Their Pets
- A Higher Power
- My First Crush
- When Sparks Fly
- Lost and Found
- Alone Again (Naturally)
- Suburban Strange
- My Precious Daughter
- Love and Philosophy
- Boys Will Be Boys
- Amazing Animation
- Not the Same Old Song and Dance
- Imagine a World Without Me
- Reality Bites
- Bleed to Love Her
- From the Mouths of Babes
- Love Isn't Pretty
- Just a Girl
- Life Is Full of Surprises
- Chance Encounters
- You Sexy Thing
- Intelligent Design
- Stand by Me
- One Life to Live
- You Are Being Watched
- Anarchy in the U.K.
- A Life Less Ordinary
- Follow Your Heart
- Weapons of Mass Deception
- Heavenly Bodies
- Modern Love
- You Can't Be Too Strong
- Skin Deep
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- The Kindness of Strangers
- Dreams to Die for
- Little Girls, Big Trouble
- A Hole as Big as the Grand Canyon
- One of Those Days
- Unlikely Heroes
- Scary Monsters, Super Creeps
- Take a Chance On Love
- Non-Immaculate Conception
- Family Ties
- Human Behavior
- You Think I'm Crazy?
- Aliens Among Us
- Animate Me
- We'll Meet Again
- What's Going On?
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Around the world, more than six-in-10 respondents say they like when manufacturers offer new products, and more than half say they purchased a new product during their last grocery-shopping trip.
Global consumer confidence started 2015 with an index score of 97—an increase of one point from fourth-quarter 2014 and from a year-ago. Compared to the end of last year, when all regional confidence scores declined, the first quarter was more upbeat, as confidence increased slightly or remained stable in every region except Latin America.
Imagine a grocery store where you can receive personal recommendations and offers the moment you step in the store, where checkout takes seconds and you can pay for groceries without ever taking out your wallet. Sound far-fetched? It's closer than you think.
The way we view the economy and what's in our wallets can have a direct impact on our willingness to spend and save. As such, it's no surprise that changes in consumer confidence can influence the actions consumers say they take to save on household expenses. And as global consumer confidence declined in Q2, saving strategies continued to permeate the mindset of consumers around the world.
Global consumer confidence declined one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96. Regionally, confidence continued to rise in Europe, increasing two points to 79. Confidence held stead in Asia-Pacific, but fell in the three remaining regions.
Global consumer confidence declined one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96. This near-baseline score reflects an overall stable outlook, but uneven performance at the country level increased within regions.
As the media landscape evolves, so too do the sources consumers use to find out about new products. Globally, shoppers' reliance on earned media is growing while their attention toward some paid media sources are declining.
Globally, more than six-in-10 respondents (63%) say they like when manufacturers offer new products. But while consumers across the globe are enthusiastic about new products, their purchasing patterns vary widely.
Brand building can be costly and time consuming, so the ability to grow via line extensions—the use of an established product brand for a new item in the same category–can be extremely advantageous. In fact, line extensions are approximately three to four times more common than "new manufacturer" and "new brand" launches combined.
In about four months, we'll have officially made it to "the future"—at least according to the time-stamp on Doc Brown's DeLorean in the "Back to the Future" movie series. So now that we're there, what will 2020 look like?
When it comes to taking a risk on a new product purchase, why do consumers choose one product over another? What needs and desires drive new product purchasing, and which attributes are most influential in the path to purchase?
At Nielsen's annual Consumer 360 Conference, Nielsen CEO Mitch Barns and Daniel Zhang, CEO of China-based Alibaba, sat down to discuss how global companies are leveraging digital and big data for commercial gains amid growing fragmentation, technological developments and evolving consumer demand.
Protecting and building store loyalty is no easy task. To keep customers coming back for more, you need to know what drives them to switch from one store to another.


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Concert of Baal HaSulam's melodies in modern arrangements by the band "Bnei Baruch" on Tu BeShvat, Jan. 2005
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1. Bnei Heichala (version 1)
2. Chamol al Maaseicha
3. Nigun
4. Mizmor le David
5. Chasal Seder Pesach
6. Misod Chachamim
7. Yedid Nefesh
8. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
9. Kel Mistater
10. Bnei Heichala (version 2)
11. Hine ke Chomer
12. Kaddish
13. LeHagid ba Boker Hasdecha
14. Krivu Li
15. Asamer Beshvachin
16. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
17. Atkinu Seudata
18. Bnei Heichala (version 3)
19. La Menatzeach al Shoshanim
1. Bnei Heichala
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3. Chasal Seder Pesach
4. Misod Chachamim
5. Yedid Nefesh
6. Hine ke Chomer
7. Kaddish
8. Krivu Li
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10. La Menatzeach al Shoshanim
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12. Nigun II
13. Nigun III
14. March
1. Waltz*
2. Kaddish
3. Ia'ale Tachnuneinu
4. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
5. Kel Mistater
6. Misod Chachamim (version 1)
7. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
8. Misod Chachamim (version 2)
9. Bnei Heichala
* "Waltz" melody written by Rav Admor of Pursov (Baal HaSulam's teacher)
1. Chasal Seder Pesach
2. Azamer Beshvachin
3. Bnei Heichala
4. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
5. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
1. Composition 1
2. Composition 2
3. Composition 3
1. Yedid Nefesh
2. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
3. Nigun
4. Mizmor le David
5. Misod Chachamim (version 1)
6. LeHagid ba Boker Hasdecha
7. Krivu Li
8. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
9. Kel Mistater (version 1)
10. Ia'ale Tachnuneinu
11. Bnei Heichala
12. Kel Mistater (version 2)
13. Misod Chachamim (version 2)
14. Medley
Baal HaSulam (Rav Yehuda Ashlag) - the great 20th century Kabbalist - wrote songs and composed melodies as expressions of his spiritual attainments. His music comes to us directly from the spiritual worlds, and has a deep emotional connection with the rises and falls a Kabbalist experiences in his coming into contact with spirituality. Many of his melodies are composed to text fragments from The Zohar and other Kabbalah texts, such as Bnei Heichala (words by the Ari), Ki Chilatzta Nafshi (words attributed by many to King David; others say the court of King David), Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach, Chasal Seder Pesach, LeHagid ba Boker Hasdecha, and Kel Mistater.
Baal HaSulam wanted his students to sing Kabbalistic melodies, rather than the melodies that people were used to singing. He thus took some melodies from his teacher, Rav Admor from Pursov, and also created such melodies himself and taught them to his students.
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A Look Back At Spielberg's Masterpiece "Jaws"
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw star in this terrifying thriller about an enormous man-eating Great White Shark that terrorizes the fictional coastal summer resort town of Amity, Long Island on the Fourth of July weekend. Based on the trashy best-selling novel by Peter Benchley (who also provides the screenplay along with Carl Gottlieb), this low-budget film (operating on a reported $12 million) which had a mostly no-name cast, was a surprise cash cow. Thanks to a sophisticated, unrelenting publicity campaign, Jaws was the first film to rake in over $100 million (it grossed more than $260 million at the domestic box office and nearly $475 million worldwide). It went onto spawn three sequels (all terrible), laid out a blueprint for summer blockbusters and put Steven Spielberg onto the A-list of Hollywood directors.
Spielberg doesn't serve up mass quantities of blood and gore but what makes Jaws work is the confident direction combined with stellar editing that draws the audience into relaxing at precisely all the wrong moments. Spielberg's meticulous attention to creating suspense recalls the best of Hitchcock. Jaws remains tense by not showing audiences the shark for the majority of the film. For the first hour, the only glimpses we catch of the beast are fleeting and indistinct. The camera doesn't dwell upon it until the final act. We are only treated to a long hard look at the shark when it passes by the deck of the ship, setting up the film's most memorable line, "We're going to need a bigger boat." In the final scenes, it becomes apparent why Jaws gets so little screen time – it simply looks fake. Spielberg openly admits that if the technology had been better, he would have shown the shark more often. Ironically, it is this handicap that resulted in the film's greatest strength. By keeping Jaws hidden from the audience, the movie effectively builds suspense and the end result is an edge-of-your-seat thriller.
The sheer ambition of making of a movie on the scale of Jaws is admirable enough. Special effects at the time meant animation, blue screen model work, and crude animatronics so creating a convincing 26-foot great white shark seemed like an impossible task. The shark in Jaws was actually a combination of real footage and five different mechanical sharks (all nicknamed "Bruce" by the crew) built to be shot from different angles. Spielberg envisioned Jaws as a water-based reworking of his previous film Duel, and as he has stated in recent interviews, he was "young and fearless – or perhaps dumb." Jaws flirted with disaster on land and water and the making of Jaws proved to be just as entertaining as the film itself. Each mechanical shark was made largely of plastic, weighed 1½ tons and cost about $150,000. Although built for different purposes—one for left-to-right movements, another for right-to-left movements, a third for underwater scenes—each was similarly operated by hydraulic pistons and compressed air. Bruce required 20 assistants and a twelve-ton steel platform, to which the mechanical shark was attached by a 100-ft.-long umbilical cable, to be sunk to the ocean floor. The controls on the platform were operated by 13 technicians wearing scuba equipment. In short it was a difficult feet and upon it's debut, "Bruce" sank to the bottom of the ocean taking with it, half the budget to the film. In the special features Spielberg went on to say, "With all the planning we did, nobody thought much about the currents or anything at all about the waves." A strong current would cause equipment boats to drift away. Water colour would change, the rhythm of the waves would fluctuate. "I could have just shot the movie in the tank." The problems seemed endless yet decades later Jaws still remains Spielberg's best film.
While you can't deny the brilliance behind Spielberg direction, Jaws was a success due to a talented, relentless and ambitious crew. The screenwriters deliver well drawn characters, crisp dialogue and wisely opted to introduce two villains; the face of bureaucracy and the man eating beast. Cinematographer Bill Butler did remarkable work shooting much of the film from right above the water line. The point of view of someone treading water helped increase the level of suspense – while on the Orca – he opted to use the wide expanse of sea and sky as an imposing background – emphasizing the isolation of the crew.
The film's framing techniques are brilliant, most noteworthy is the steady-cam view looking down a 100 foot pole upon a rocking boat. Of course no one can forget the main theme, for Jaws. The classic two-note shark theme is one of the most recognizable cues in movie music history. Combined with the shark's p.o.v. camera shots, Williams' music is enough to evoke the approach of the creature, even when we don't see it. John Williams' unforgettable Jaws theme reminds us of the terror that lurks just beneath the surface; its heartbeat-like pulsing tone of impending terror is more responsible for the power of the film than the shark itself. Finally editor Verna Fields in her final editing assignment before her death in 1982, helped create an incredible sense of pacing, tension and horror that made Jaws such a grabber. To this day many of the crew and cast members go so far as to say that it was her editing that saved the production.
The acting, while a secondary element of the film, certainly doesn't hurt. Spielberg builds the characters beyond the usual stereotypes so often found in Hollywood films. Roy Scheider is strong as the transplanted city cop trying to overcome his fear of the water. Richard Dreyfuss is surprisingly and effectively low-key as the scientific egghead and Robert Shaw (as Captain Ahab) is most outstanding. Bordering of parody, Shaw plays Quint as an old grumpy loner, slightly deranged yet slightly heroic. None of them had the box office draw of a Robert Redford or Paul Newman, but they all worked well as a team delivering breakthrough performances in some of cinema's most unforgettable moments.
Spielberg overcame many obstacles, and delivered one of the greatest primal scare-thrillers ever to come out of Hollywood, while taking in four Academy Award nominations and winning three (Best Sound, Best Original Score and Best Film Editing). Jaws was chosen by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest American Films of all time and forever changed the way entire generations thought about swimming in the ocean. Jaws was more than a blockbuster; it remains a cultural phenomenon and one which sparked a worldwide fascination with sharks.
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I'm just now watching a documentary on the making of JAWS. The original budget was $4 million and escalted to over 12. Richard Dreyfuss said that would be the equivalent today of a $30 million budget running up to $150 million.
JAWS is always worth a look no matter how much time passes by since it — along with STAR WARS — inaugurated an era of big budget blockbusters, obsessions with opening weekends, huge national rollouts, and massive multimedia marketing blitzes.
JAWS also benefited from having the summer to itself. In those days, summer was more typically a dump-off time where the studios shoveled cheap junk into theaters for a predominantly young audience. JAWS reversed that trend showing there was a big spending audience hungry for more lavishly-produced entertainment.
One correction, though: at the time, $12 million was considered a fairly lavish outlay (if I recall correctly, I think at the time an average budget was more in the $3-5 million range; THE FRENCH CONNECTION, produced just a few years earlier, was turned out for $2 million).
Nice piece, though.


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CLEMSON The Atlantic Coast Conference has not fared well in the BCS system, failing to produce a national title winner since Florida State in 2000, while the neighboring Southeastern Conference has won six straight national titles.
Conference commissioners reached consensus on a format for a four-team college football playoff Wednesday, proposing a seeded, four-team field that will not include automatic qualifiers for select conference champions.
Although the new format improves the ACCs chances of placing teams in national title contention, it likely would not have helped the ACC in the past decade. The new format must be approved by college presidents later this summer.
Based on BCS standings, the last ACC team to finish in the top four was Virginia Tech in 2007.
If using BCS points, the SEC would have sent nine teams to the four-team playoff since 2006 while the ACC would have sent one team to the playoff during that period.
Despite the recent history, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he thinks his program can accomplish all of its goals in the ACC.
Look at us last year, we werent even ranked, we werent even on the radar (in the preseason) and we went to fifth in the country, Swinney said of Clemsons high-water mark in BCS standings. That just goes to show you what we can do in this conference. The fact of the matter is it has been very competitive, very balanced. We have not produced that 13-0, 13-1 team.
While details of the selection process for the four-team playoff are not completely clear, what is known is a selection committee will attempt to pick the best four teams using measures like strength of schedule and rankings while also considering conference champion status.
Of course if programs like Florida State and Miami return to status as elite programs, the ACC could benefit greatly from the new playoff format.
If including then-Big East members Miami and Virginia Tech as part of the ACC, the ACC would have sent seven teams to the playoff field from 1998 to 2004 while the SEC would have sent five.
The new format must be approved by college presidents later this summer.
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We're attending the press drives for the BMW F30 3 series in Barcelona, Spain and to kick off the test drives, BMW has released a new set of high resolution photos of the F30 on location.
The photo sets inside feature: all model lines on location at the Circuit de Catalunya Formula 1 track, a 328i Sport Line, and a 320d Modern Line.
We'll post our first drive impressions of the F30 soon, so stay tuned!
At a glance:
The new 3 Series Sedan: sixth generation … CONTINUED
German publication Autobild had a chance to get some personal time with the F30 3 Series Sport Line model. They've posted a set of photos which show some of the F30′s details and features. See inside.
Undoubtedly, the most important debut for BMW in 2011 was the new F30 3 series Sedan. BMW pulled the wraps off and published the first info on the new 3 back in October.
As with any new model, some of you have questions that haven't been answered by the official materials. We've been trying to cover and answer most your questions so far but, despite our efforts and our guide of the different design lines HERE) you may still have unanswered questions regarding the new F30 3 … CONTINUED
We're coming to you live from the 2012 3-series F30 reveal event in Munich and to say that it's been an exciting reveal would be an understatement!
BMW rolled out all three F30 lines at the event. We've posted a huge gallery below of each of the F30 Sport, F30 Modern, and F30 Luxury line models. Enjoy!
Be sure to catch all the F30 details at our 2012 3 Series Official Info Thread
The sixth generation of the BMW 3 Series Sedan, the world's best-selling premium car, sets new benchmarks in terms of sporting prowess, elegance and comfort. The pioneering history of the 3 Series serves as inspiration for the new sports sedan, whose powerful styling represents a fresh interpretation and conscientious development of traditional BMW design cues. The new BMW face, with flat headlights reaching along as far as the BMW kidney grille, emphasises the elegantly dynamic design of the new BMW 3 Series. The sixth generation of … CONTINUED
Just 2 weeks to the day before its debut, the F30 has shed more of its camouflage, revealing the lower front bumper and sideskirts.
If the F20 1 series is any indication, it's possible we could be looking at the F30 Sport Line model. As pictured below, the F20 Sport Line also features a very similar design on its bumper inlets, with horizontal bars running from the fog lights.
Like the F20, the 2012 F30 3 series is expected to be available in different 'lines' – possibly a … CONTINUED
As we've been alluding to, the 2012 F30 3 series will be revealed mid-next month (Friday, October 14 to be exact) via online reveal, and live at a BMW press event. Autobild has posted the engine range that will be available for the F30 at launch, as follows:
316i – 134hp
320i – 181hp
328i – 242hp (2.0L inline 4 cylinder twinpower turbo N20 motor) (US bound)
335i – 302hp (3.0L inline 6 cylinder twin turbo) (US bound)
Diesel (all turbocharged):
316d – 113hp
*335d likely … CONTINUED
We last spied the F30 hybrid back in February for the first time out in heavy camouflage. It has now shed its heavy camouflage and taken to the Nurburgring for track testing. One can tell this is a hybrid version by the typical "Rescue" stickers on its doors and rear bumper (which is always present BMW's hybrid test vehicles).
The F30 3-series will be the first 3-series hybrid from BMW and will adopt much of the technology from the upcoming hybrid F10 5-series which is scheduled to … CONTINUED
Despite the myriad of F30 3 series sedan test mule spy photos we've posted thus far, there has yet to be a direct F30 versus E90 3 series spotting, until now. Although it's only one view for now, it gives us the best idea yet of how the new 2012 3 series F30 sedan will compare to the outgoing E90 3 series with respect to size, proportions, rear styling, and stance. Thanks to F30post member CSL-Fanatik.
Based on shape, the F30 appears more evolutionary than revolutionary a … CONTINUED
We bring you a preview of the BMW F30 3 series' production front end styling via our set of renders. These were constructed by analyzing the 100% uncovered F30 spy pics recently posted, together with input from Scott26, who has seen the production F30 design. It was confirmed that these images are representative of the real life F30 front end design.
The F30′s front styling will represent very unique elements never before seen on a production BMW. The headlight-grille area features deep set headlights which dip inward … CONTINUED
We bring you more spy photos of the 2012 3 series sedan (F30), in black and space gray, as BMW finishes the final evaluation phase testing on the next generation 3 series sedan.
Although the camouflage tape remains on these FEP level prototypes, we've already recently had a great uncovered look at the production F30 front and rear [see these photos if you've been under a rock] in a recent spotting at an F30 official photo shoot. But, these photos continue to give us views at the … CONTINUED
Taking a page out of their multi-lines strategy for the F20 1-series hatchback (which has the Sport and Urban Lines), the F30 and F32 3 series will also be available in multiple "lines" options.
The 3 lines expected for the next gen 3 series sedan (and perhaps "4 series coupe" if the name change comes to fruition) will be a Sport Line, Modern Line, and Luxury Line (actual final names may differ, we've also heard Sport Line, Urban Line and Deluxe Line as the possible names).
These optional … CONTINUED
The F30 fun continues. Yesterday we brought you the first shots of the new 3-series sedan as it was caught in Spain during a photoshoot.
Today, we're excited to share even better shots of this Sparkling Bronze F30 3-series. These hi-res versions show the front fascia in even more details, in particular the F30′s unique headlight shape. The inside corner of the headlights appear to take on a very distinctive shape by angling in very sharply – a completely new design feature for BMW. … CONTINUED
What a weekend! First spyshots of the new M3, then had the first leak of the Performance Concept 1-series and now this:
An eagle eyed tipster managed to take the first (albeit blurry) shots of the new BMW 3-series sedan (F30). From what can be seen in those photos it will be a very handsome and evolutionary design. The front appears sporty yet elegant and — to the relief of many — the headlights are sleeker and smaller compared to the F20 1-series. The rear clearly shows … CONTINUED
As the E90 3-series' production comes to an end this October, attention has already been shifting to the next generation F30 3-series sedan. Here, BMW continues testing of the next generation 3-series (F30) sedan. It seems that the amount of camouflage has remained at this level for a while now, but new colors continue to appear on the FEP prototypes.
The F30 3 series spied here looks to be in Deep Sea Blue Metallic or the new Midnight Blue color introduced on the F20 1-series hatchback. This … CONTINUED
The recently-spied-for-first-time F3x 3-series Li Long wheelbase model continues its testing. This extended length next gen 3-series will be manufactured in China for sale only in China (like all new F30s for the Chinese market) and provides for more spacious backseat area with more legroom. The BMW 3-series Li will debut at the Beijing Autoshow in April 2012.
The platform will form the basis of the BMW 3-series Gran Turismo which debuts in 2013.
The F30 3-series is shaping up to the be safest 3-series yet. From the latest set of F30 spy photos, we have now spotted side view cameras, which will likely be part of a camera package which also includes top and rear view parking cameras. From previous interior spy photos we've also spotted the lane change warning system. All will combine to provide safety features which have never before been seen in the 3-series!


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American Forces Press Service
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2004 with the shells of their buildings, near bombed-out tanks, minefields and leftover munitions -- are scattered over the mountainous landscape in Afghanistan. For a country that has been at war for more than 20 years, it is an all-too-familiar scene.
Building modern-day facilities for the newly trained Afghan National Army has become a primary mission for the Afghanistan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Supporting Combined Forces Command Afghanistan's efforts to win the war on terror, the Corps is spearheading a comprehensive infrastructure program for the reception and training of recruits, and subsequent stabilization of up to 70,000 ANA soldiers. Sites now being built and those completed since the start of the program provide facilities for 56,000 troops, at a cost of $575 million.
The program, which began in 2003, includes construction, rehabilitation and refurbishment of barracks, dining facilities, administration centers, clinics, motor pools, training ranges and support facilities. It also includes building a military hospital, military academy, entrance processing station, and training center. United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom have funded the program to date.
"The Afghan National Army program is a critical component to our strategy to establish a safe and secure environment in Afghanistan that is free of terrorism," said Col. John B. O'Dowd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan District. "The all-volunteer ANA has proven in the field its dedication to the future of Afghanistan.
"The Corps is honored that our engineering experience, gained in the accomplishment of our civil works and military construction program back home" he continued, "is providing these dedicated soldiers with the quality facilities they deserve."
In addition to creating comfortable living conditions for the ANA, the Corps manages the construction of power plants, water supply and wastewater treatment facilities for each site. The new bases are located in key areas such as Kabul (Pol-e-charki, Darualman, Kabul Military Training Center), Herat, Gardez, Kandahar and Mazar-e Sharif.
Combined, the installations total 1,300 acres with more than 600 major structures. Seven sites are under construction.
"This is the first time in the history of Afghanistan that we have the infrastructure, the barracks and the headquarters in one installation," said Brig. Gen. Mohamad Akhtar Hamdam, the ANA's garrison commander at Darualaman. "We are very pleased to have similar facilities used by other military all around the world."
According to Hamdam, the approximately 3,000 ANA soldiers at his base are from all over the country, some from such remote and far places that they have never lived with running water or electricity. As commander, once the soldiers transition to Darualaman, he ensures they are trained on how to properly care for themselves and their new surroundings.
"Our government prepared all the facilities for complete use, so an incoming soldier does not have to worry about food, cold or heat," said Hamdam. "They are able to come here and just work.
"Our Army is here for serving the nation and the people of Afghanistan. It is all connected directly to each other," he said. "The infrastructure that serves the ANA serves the nation of Afghanistan."
Before starting construction, the Corps oversaw the de-mining and removal of unexploded ordnance left over at each site. According to the U.N. Mine Action Centre in Afghanistan, there are more than 872 square kilometers of suspected mined land and an additional 450 square kilometers of land thought to be contaminated by UXO, making Afghanistan one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
(From a Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan release.)


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Michelle Obama Underscores The Importance Of Global Education And Beams Into Stanford From Beijing
Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar is noted in this Stanford News article for his role in introducing First Lady Michelle Obama for a speech she gave at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Bejiing.
Speaking at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing on Saturday, Michelle Obama said study abroad allows students to realize that countries all have a stake in each other's success. Following her remarks, she held a conversation with students on the Stanford campus via a high-tech videoconference.
Michelle Obama promoted study abroad programs during a speech at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing on Saturday, then encouraged Stanford and local high school students sitting in Palo Alto to be "citizen diplomats" during a high-tech videoconference.
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar ...
In remarks welcoming the first lady, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Director of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, spoke of SCPKU's mission and its relationship to China's elite Peking University, also known as Beida.
"Stanford scholars – like their counterparts at Beida – are constantly seeking a deeper appreciation of different societies and their histories," Cuéllar said. "That leads to stronger relationships –geographically, politically and culturally. We are striving for a world that is ever more capable of transcending its differences. Stanford's special relationship with Beida is a shining example of these ideals."


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The Disunited Arab Republics
Typically, European governments have attempted to mollify Arab anger by protesting Israel's decision to build new housing in Jerusalem, its sovereign capital. The Obama administration has also made its displeasure clear. But too many western policymakers fail to understand that the fundamental confrontation here is not between the west, Israel and Islam, but a series of brutal civil wars within the domain of Islam itself. The proof of that lies in the fact that more Muslims die at the hands of Islamist thugs than any other group.
In the coming weeks and months we can expect even greater disunity in the Arab republics of Egypt and Syria, which may well spread to the rest of the region. That is precisely why we need a unified western strategy that appraises the region for what it is – a vast area dominated by brutal extremists for whom human rights and human lives are meaningless – and not what we'd like it to be.
About the Author: Ben Cohen is the Shillman Analyst for JNS.org and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, Haaretz, and other publications. His book "Some Of My Best Friends: A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism" (Edition Critic, 2014), is available through Amazon.
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