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By JOHN PECKMinute Man Media
For years corporations praised the cornucopia of innovative products consumers can expect with the latest agricultural revolution - namely genetically modified organisms (GMOs) making the arrival from farm fields to our dinner plates. Unfortunately, the hype has proven to be both misleading and dangerous. Consumers would do better to avoid buying GMOs altogether and join with farmers to reclaim control over the health and integrity of our nation"s food system.
When first introduced in 1996 the biotechnology industry touted GMOs as the economic salvation for grain growers. Thanks to multi-million dollar advertising campaigns, corporations persuaded many people to believe that "wonder crops" like "Golden Rice" and "Round-Up Ready Soybeans" will not only feed the hungry masses, but also improve environmental problems. If only such tall tales were true.
According to a recent USDA report, the reality is that 98 percent of all biotechnology tinkering in agriculture today is done to make food production and processing easier and more profitable, not to improve nutrition or quality for consumers. "(We) should not have to vouch for the safety of biotech food," said Monsanto"s Director of Corporate Communications Phil Angell in a 1998 New York Times article. "Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible."
Consumers should be concerned with our nation"s food supply and its vulnerability to GMOs serious contamination threats and questionable health standards. Earlier this month, the Associated Press reported experimental GMOs have a knack for finding their way into our food supply turning hapless consumers into guinea pigs. In Iowa, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the destruction of 500,000 contaminated bushels of soybeans found to be tainted with a previous biotech corn crop, grown to produce vaccines and industrial enzymes. The incident is reminiscent of an earlier disaster in 2000 involving Starlink (a biotech corn variety never approved for human consumption) which got into Kraft Foods" Taco-Bell Home Original taco shells as well as 300 other food items nationwide.
An even lesser known example is the covert sale of experimental milk to students, staff, faculty, and patients at the University of Wisconsin-Madison throughout the 1980s, long before the FDA"s questionable approval of synthetic bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in 1992.
As the first genetically modified organism brought to market, rBGH has yet to pass safety muster in any other industrialized country outside the U.S. Its use has many adverse side affects-both on the animals and the milk they produce.
Udder infections or mastitis increase by up to 50% with rBGH injections, leading to higher-often illegal-use of antibiotics that then contaminate both milk and beef. Milk induced by rBGH also contains elevated levels of insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) - a known carcinogen.
Fatal allergic reactions are another valid concern. An estimated two percent of U.S. adults and between six percent and eight percent of U.S. children have food allergies.
Yet a recent FDA spot check of bakeries, ice cream makers and confectioners in the Midwest (the New York Times reported in 2001) revealed that up to 25 percent of the company"s food items contained unlisted ingredients that could cause deadly allergic responses in consumers.
GMOs only make this danger worse as biotech engineers cross familiar species boundaries into the unknown.
Contrary to biotechnology industry rhetoric, people have even died due to GMO foods.
In 1989, a Japanese chemical corporation, Showa Denko, used genetically engineered bacteria for the first time to produce L-tryptophan-a common over-the-counter dietary supplement.
A bad batch, though, ended up killing 39 people in the U.S. and permanently disabling another 1,500 individuals with a painful blood disorder known as eosinophiia myalgia syndrome (EMS).
A class action lawsuit followed and Showa Denko ultimately paid a $2 billion settlement to its biotechnology victims.
As our digestive systems struggle to recover from Thanksgiving, take a moment to reflect on where your food came from, who grew it and how much time he/she put into producing the bountiful harvest Americans indulge in every day.
When it comes to consumer sovereignty and public safety, the biotech industry would rather have its cake and eat it, too. Consumers who value healthy food systems and responsible agricultural practices still have a chance to close the lid on this Pandora"s Box.
By rejecting GMOs at our dinner table, we can keep every meal-healthy and safe.


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We've been saying it for years — sustainable development is really just a disguised Marxism, with its top-down control of economic decisions, violation of private property rights, and emphasis on Social Justice — a term, incidentally, coined by none other than Karl Marx (so what was your first clue?). Well, as Agenda 21 has been enforced in more and more policies, the perpetrators have grown more and more bold in openly revealing the truth — it really is a not-so-disguised Marxism after all. But, of course, I'm just the lunatic fringe. So, let them tell you in their own words:
"We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects." — Dave Foreman (Co-founder of Earth First)
"If we don't overthrow capitalism, we don't have a chance of saving the world ecologically. I think it is possible to have an ecologically sound society under socialism. I don't think it's possible under capitalism." — Judi Bari (Earth First)
"The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can't let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialization we have in the US. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are." — Michael Oppenheimer (Environmental Defense Fund)
"So when [people like Tom DeWeese] react to ... Climate Change as if capitalism itself were coming under threat, it's not because they are paranoid.... It's because they are paying attention." — Naomi Klein (writing in The Nation magazine, 11/28/11)
"Individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective." — Harvey Ruvin (Vice Chairman, ICLEI)
"Only socialism and the global solidarity of all working peoples can free both humanity and the earth from the fatal threat of global capitalism." — Third Annual Conference of the World Association from Political Economy, Langfang, China, May 23-25, 2008
We call for "Zero Economic Growth." — Speaker at the UN's Rio+20 Summit, June, 2012.
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As per the Anti-Bulling Bill of Rights Act (ABR) (P.L.2010,c.122), the Bergen County Special Services School District has posted its Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act grades to the school district's webpage and to each individual continuum's webpage. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Patricia Cosgrove, Anti-Bullying Coordinator, if you have any questions.
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One of the book's major theses is that the various approaches to Judaism shared sufficient common ground as to be classified as one, albeit variegated, religious tradition. Diverging trends are traced and explored as is the question of the role of interpretation, the impact of external influences, and the process by which the competing approaches were eventually supplanted by rabbinic tradition, which became the basis for medieval and modern Judaism.
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500-Hour YogaWorks Teacher Training, RYT, Therapeutic Yoga, White Lotus, Prenatal Training
fun, spacious, encouraging
Being on the mat draws me closer to peace and harmony; leading to clearer intentions, actions and a greater sense of contentment. Yoga is totally addictive (in a very, very good way)
I love my students and celebrate their yoga journey as we all travel this path together.
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Ryan White and World AIDS Day
Ryan White and World AIDS Day
December 1, 2014 is World AIDS Day: Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation. That theme fits the work underway over the past 25+ years by HRSA, Ryan White grantees, providers and consumers to establish a robust and clinically effective HIV care infrastructure and a comprehensive model of HIV/AIDS care focused on populations and individuals hardest hit and most underserved.
There are many elements to the Ryan White system of care, summarized in HRSA's five-pronged Zero New Infections framework of: service delivery, policy, assessment, capacity development and quality. Below are highlights, organized around the World AIDS Day 2014 theme Focus, Partner and Achieve and reflective of HRSA and Ryan White program implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
For decades, HRSA has funded technical assistance and training activities that reflect HRSA's focus on hard hit populations and communities, to build capacity to deliver and expand access to quality care and manage complex care systems.
Following are examples from recent years:
- HRSA has developed clinical care guidelines to guide clinicians in the delivery of high quality care under its AETC clinical training network. Supporting these guidelines are accompanying protocols on care delivery for specific populations
- The HRSA-supported National Quality Center provides technical assistance and training to Ryan White agencies to improve the quality of care they deliver
- The Integrating HIV Innovative Practices (IHIP) project has taken findings from multiple Ryan White Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) research and evaluation initiatives and turned them into replicable models, through curricula, training manuals and webcast trainings
- The Center for Engaging Black MSM Across the Care Continuum is a new HRSA initiative to identify best practices and models for engaging and retaining Black MSM in care. This project is the latest of many prior technical assistance and training projects to develop tools and best practices around engaging people in care to improve the quality of life and reduce new infections. They range from peer training to care engagement techniques like outreach and adherence protocols
Service delivery innovations have also been developed at the state and local level by Ryan White grantees and providers. They include system-wide models by Part A and Part B grantees and agency-specific models under community-based Ryan White grantees
- Health care reform has expanded access to public and private health coverage. To support Ryan White client access to new coverage options, HRSA is providing technical assistance and training to Ryan White agencies on enrolling and accessing Affordable Care Act coverage for underserved minority individuals through the ACE TA Center
The "partner" part of the theme of World AIDS Day 2014 is evident in the work of the Ryan White program, which has been driven by the concept of working together since the start of the program in 1991. Consumers work with clinicians and agencies to take an active part in their care and decision making.
Planning brings communities together to assess needs, set priorities, and implement services. Provider agencies work together to develop common systems for managing data, enhancing quality, and adhering to high standards of care. And Ryan White works with U.S. global HIV/AIDS programs under PEPFAR to share insights on effective ways plan and deliver care.
Partnering is also a core value in HRSA's delivery of technical assistance and training support, which occurs through cooperative agreement with national partners, particularly recent efforts to provide capacity development support for Ryan White agencies in adapting to health care reform.
Below are more recent examples selected from nearly a quarter century of such efforts:
- A recently concluded project provided support for Ryan White agencies in securing Patient Centered Medical Home accreditation
- Several new projects are building agency capacity adjust to health care reform changes. One, the National Center for Innovation in HIV Care, is helping ASOs and CBOs adopt strategies to enhance their operational effectiveness. The National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Contracting with Medicaid and Marketplace Insurance Plans is helping agencies enhance their contracting/third party payment mechanisms. Improvements in HIV/AIDS care planning, like coordination of prevention and care
- An ongoing project delivers training to build the fiscal health of Ryan White agencies
Individuals receiving HIV care from HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program have higher rates of retention in care--and better viral suppression--in comparison to other national estimates, according to two recent reports. Findings document significant progress toward an AIDS-free generation.
- A 2014 study in Clinical Infectious Diseases found, for example, viral suppression among Ryan White clients was 76.2%.
- An earlier 2013 HRSA data report showed similar findings, with a viral suppression rate of approximately 70% among Ryan White clients.
See A Living History on the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's website for more on the decades-long work of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.


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Holly Damron graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in English and Minor in Studio Arts from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Hard work, perseverance and a lot of all nighters equals a job well done! We are ALL so proud of you and wish you God's blessings and direction in your future endeavors.
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Counseling Psychology Program Accreditation
Felician College is pleased to announce that the School of Arts & Sciences will host an onsite evaluation of the Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology Program by the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC).
The accreditation review will take place April 28-29. The Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology is designed to prepare students to become professional therapists and counselors whose primary responsibility is to provide direct service to clients from diverse backgrounds. The program is approved by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education and the New Jersey State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners Professional Counselor Examiners Committee.


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Two state leaders that represent the Hutchinson County area will be in Borger next week to talk with citizens.
Kel Seliger, State Senator for District 31, will be speaking at the Borger City Hall located at 600 North Main this Monday, Sept. 10.
The town hall meeting, which will be focused on the upcoming 83rd legislative session convening in January 2013, will run from 3-4 p.m. next Monday.
Four Price, who is the incumbent for the 87th District Texas Legislative Representative seat, will be in Borger next Tuesday from 8:30-10 a.m. at the Coffee Ranch to visit with citizens. Area residents are encouraged to come and enjoy some "coffee and conversation" with Price.
Seliger will be running unopposed for another term as state senator this November, and Price will be running against Democrat Abel Bosquez in the November election.


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5.2ip 5h 1er 1bb 7k tonight on 96 pitches. Four groundouts to three fly outs so he didn't have the ground ball working as good as he has recently. Once again he wasn't able to get deep in the game but once again the results were good.
It's only a matter of time until he gets a chance in the majors wether it's with the Orioles or another club.


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RETUrN: Renewable Environment: Transforming Urban Neighborhoods
The learning community involves students taking a general science course and a social science or humanities course with a linked thematic focus, in this case the redevelopment of a local Superfund site. The faculty and students are working in partnership with the community to understand how a neighborhood can be reborn, meeting many challenges.
This Learning Community became a SENCER model course (Summer 2005)
Historical Background on Alameda Point (formerly Alameda NAS)
- Alameda NAS closed 1997 under the BRAC III.
- Alameda NAS added to the National Priorities List (NPL) which is the Superfund site list in 1999.
- Alameda History Timeline
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Michelle Shikles, Community Health Promotion Supervisor, at 874-6331
Maureen Coy, Health Coordinator, at 874.7559
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Watch: Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik Scored One Of The Best Goals John Tortorella Has Ever Seen
John Tortorella said on HNL last night, "It's one of the greatest goals I have ever seen. It's one hell of a goal, but they can't get scored on twice by the fourth line."
He also added, "They gotta play a little defense and they are both capable of doing that."
Marian Gaborik- 5th Ranger with 100+ goals in first 3 NY seasons (101). Graves (114), Vickers (105), Esposito (101) Gartner (100) #elias
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Go Boneless and Skinless
The chicken's flesh will cook much quicker with no skin or bone to leach heat. We prefer boneless, skinless chicken thighs to breasts—we find that the thigh has so much more flavor. In fact, senior associate editor Alison Roman finds that thighs actually cook more quickly than breasts do when they're boneless and skinless. But go breast if you want to (and we know you want to).


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Uranus Consulting
I am in the process of starting my own business and I am stuck on a name. I am to the point where I need to get business cards & a yellow page ad. Both of these are hard to do without a name.
I will be doing computer sales & service as well as linux consulting.
Any suggestions or idea's?
Uranus Consulting
JCrowe Computers and Consulting?
JC Computing??
How about 'Forseti Computers and Consulting'?
Forseti was the Norse god of Justice and Truth, and he "was the wisest, most eloquent, and most gentle of all the gods."
"Upon an exalted throne, Forseti, the lawgiver, sat day after day, settling the differences of gods and men, patiently listening to both sides of every question, and finally pronouncing sentences so equitable that none ever found fault with his decrees."
Just don't tell anyone that you used the name of a heathen god. Most true Christians and Catholics will be very upset about that.
Linux Bytes
JCrowe Bytes
From the Ground up
How about :
JC Consulting
CCR Computers
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This week and last week marks a time when one of the most vivid memories local 18 year olds that have been attending Carbon or Pinnacle High Schools will ever have.
In the case of Pinnacle High School, graduation was last Friday and those memories are already made.
At Carbon High they will be created this week, as seniors walk to get their diplomas.
It is a day when their lives change; they go from having literally schedules made for them each and every day to deciding on their own where they want their lives to go from here.
When I graduated (and boy is that a long time ago now) I didn't realize the change I would face. Sure the summer was still the summer, but when I started college the next fall we didn't begin school until mid-September and all my younger friends had been in public school at least two weeks already.
I remember how weird it was to drive through school zones and realize that I was no longer bound to those days of class, school lunch and activities. I was an adult with total responsibility for my own life. I could do what I wanted and go where I wanted.
As much as the freedom was great, it was also unsettling. I was no longer a Murray Spartan, but an alumni (you know that group of old people who come to homecoming each year).
As with most people I adjusted, but the changes were tremendous. I had many friends who seemed just to flow out of public school so easily. I have to admit I missed high school as soon as I was out of it. It was fun, bascially care free and easy as compared to life in the real world.
Yet, there was a whole new adventure in front of me, and it was easy to relish.
Old people always tend to give advice to the young, whether they need it or not. Eighteen year olds seem so much more grown up than we were when I finished my school years in 1970, but still, inside, they have concerns and insecurties about their changing lives.
All I have to say to them is that life is tougher on the outside, but with that toughness there is also a lot of joy and good times as well.
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Streit and Visnovsky Head to Europe
Wasting no time at all, Islanders captain Mark Streit and defender Lubomir Visnovsky signed with European clubs over the weekend. They'll be over there while the lockout is going on, and back here if the season does start back up.
Streit signed with Bern, a team in the Swiss league. Streit spent five seasons with Zurich in the same league prior to playing for the Canadiens in 2005-06.
Visnovsky continues an eventful summer with a trip back home to Slovakia. A change in the KHL rules for singing locked out players allowed the KHL club Bratislava to sign Visnovsky. He had previously played for Bratislava during the 2004 lockout and prior to coming to North America in 1999.


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The number of Cesareans is on the rise. Nearly one in every three babies in the U.S. is born via C-section.
"There are some situations in which performing a C-section is to be preferred, but that's major surgery," said Dr. Marvin Lipman. "In most cases, the safest way, for mother and baby, is to deliver vaginally."
If a woman's first birth is a C-section, there's about a 90 percent chance subsequent births will also be C-sections.
"That doesn't have to happen. Many women who've had a
C-section, especially with a low-transverse incision, are able to have a vaginal birth after a C-section. That's known as a V-BAC," said Dr. Lipman.
But a woman seeking a V-BAC delivery can have trouble finding a doctor willing to try one.
"Some doctors don't have the necessary support from their hospital or their malpractice insurance won't cover the procedure," said dr. Lipman. "If your doctor is willing to try a V-BAC, make sure that he or she has all the necessary information from a previous C-section."
Consumer Reports says In addition to a rise in the number of C-sections, there's been a dramatic rise in the number of scheduled early deliveries as well.
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Mailbag: Signing the In-Between Guy
Andy P in Columbus: "I read your budget breakdown. Why not sign a guys like Cody Ross and Angel Paham, who won't cost that much, and just spend the extra money, to maybe help the team win 2013? Why is that so difficult to do for this franchise. It doesn't always have to be Super Stars or Rookies, they should look to sign guys in between as well."
Matthew Cerrone, Lead Writer
I love this point, and agree in theory, but it's very idealistic and here's why I think the Mets are unlikely to do this…
Yes, adding Ross and Pagan will likely cost just under $20 million combined. That's $15 million over budget for Sandy Alderson, but you'll probably say that's the least Ownership can do to help make them team more successful in 2013, especially considering what fans have put up with over the last five years. I get that. It's a fair argument.
However, it's not just about 2013…
According to reports, both Ross and Pagan will likely sign three year deals worth slightly less than $10 million per season. The thing is, in each case, the player loves his current city and team (and the feeling is mutual, meaning they're both likely to resign where they are), which means Sandy Alderson would need to overpay to bring them to Queens.
Let's imagine Alderson overpays and signs both players to three year deals (with options) worth $10 million per season. Great, you have an outfield of Ross, Pagan and Jason Bay. However, Alderson's goal has been to create "payroll flexibility," which I realize some people misinterpret to mean 'cheap,' and 'cut payroll.' But, it's about being flexible, being able to rotate contracts in and out because you are never bogged down, it's the same philosophy being practiced by the Yankees, same as the Cardinals, which allowed them to sign Carlos Beltran after losing Albert Pujols and still have Matt Holliday. It's about balance, always being around the same number, with staggered contracts, some coming off, new ones coming on, and so on, all while your young players grow and get paid as they perform better and their value increases.
I love the idea of guys like Ross and Pagan to fill out the middle of the roster, but those three-year deals get in the way of that 'flexibility,' at least right now. Instead, the plan when Alderson arrived was simple: Shed as many long-term commitments as possible and have a total clean slate after 2013 (when Bay and Santana come off the books), while simultaneously getting a good read on young, homegrown talent (like Davis, Duda, Matt Harvey and Jon Niese). Then, after next season, when the team will have only $40 million or so in commitments, and a good sense of who in-house is worthy of locking up long term and who is not, Alderson can begin stacking free agents and staggering contracts where needed, like a Ross or Pagan, or even a more expensive ticket, to help round out the roster in a 'flexible' way.
So far, he's been successful at that, but mostly at the expense of the standings and attendance. Time will tell if it was worth it…
The advanced statistic WAR suggests Pagan and Ross could combine to add 6 or so wins to your team more than two replacement-level players.
So, the question is, is it worth all of the above (blocking positions (from prospects or other future free agents) and cluttering up the line for future seasons) not to mention adding $20 million to payroll) to go from 74 wins to 80 wins, which, by the way, still would have missed the playoffs by 14 games?
The point is, the problem Alderson is trying to solve is much deeper than just two mid-tier, free agent outfielders. Also, answering that problem incorrectly in the short-term, while it might get a few extra wins, could throw off what's best for the long term.
It's the right approach, though risky. I mean, what if guys like Harvey or Zack Wheeler end up being a bust? What if the free agent market just gets weaker and weaker, at which point having a flexible payroll will be meaningless? Alderson is in a tough spot, because he's close to his goal, but you and I are more frustrated than ever.


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TJB Hall of Fame: Joe Klecko
The TJB Hall of Fame Inductees roll on with today's entrant … it's my honor to introduce today's entrant: Joe Klecko.
Beyond his amazing physical gifts, his retired number (#73), his key role in the Jets Sack Exchange and the fact that he is the only player who ever was named to the Pro-Bowl at three different positions, there's something in Joe Klecko that makes him immediately connect with regular people. I for one, think it's the fact that in many ways, he's just like us, and maybe in our minds, if not only for a few fateful twists and turns in his life he could have been one of us — as content to drive a truck for a living as he was at mauling opposing offensive lines.
Joe Klecko Jr. grew up in the working class suburb of Chester, PA to Polish immigrant parents amidst a proud Polish-American community. Like his father before him, Joe loved sports, but mostly stuck to pickup games to spend time on his first love, cars. Although he played football for St. James High School, his time on the field was far too short and he didn't get any attention to play collegiately. At age 19, Klecko was working as a truck driver and playing semi-professional football with the Ashton Knights. Temple's equipment manager and organizer of a semi-pro league Joe DiGregorio protected Klecko's eligibility for college by giving him a pseudonym and college, Jim Jones from Poland University. DiGregorio, with the help of his family and future wife eventually coaxed Klecko to attend college and play for the Temple Owls, something he did reluctantly, not wanted to give up the money he'd already been earning since high school ended.
At Temple, Klecko played under coaching legend Wayne Hardin (the former Navy coach who guided two Heisman Trophy winners in Bellino '60 and Staubach '63) where he learned to take his physical gifts and apply them properly on the gridiron. Still Klecko wasn't much sought after by the time he finished school and he went to the Jets in the sixth round of the 1977 draft.
Early on, Klecko was pegged to play Defensive Tackle, but due to his speed, they soon moved him to End. In his first season as an end, he was used mostly in strictly passing situations, but he still lead the league in sacks by a rookie with eight.
Klecko was known around the league as one of the strongest and toughest players. Seattle Center Blair Bush said of Klecko, that he and his teammates had a term they used for Klecko instead of bull rush "We [called] it, 'The Klecko Skate,' because when he hits you, it looks like your rolling backwards on skates. Even Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz would later say that Klecko was the strongest defensive lineman he had ever faced.
Like the rest of Klecko's life to that point, even though he was successful at whatever he did, it was always on his own timetable. It wasn't until almost a third of the way into his career that he peaked, playing lights out football during the early 80s along with his fellow linemates, Marty Lyons, Mark Gastineau and Abdul Salaam in the fabled Sack Exchange. Of his time with the Exchange, Klecko would later say that "it was really neat that we were feared as much as we were, we were an awesome group. Mark and I were the catalysts, but without Marty and Abdul stuffing the run, we couldn't have put the fear in the QB." In 1981, Klecko made his first Pro-Bowl Selection at End, leading the league with 20.5 sacks — a stat that many suggest the 1981 Jets team was instrumental in ushering into the league, as the NFL officially acknowledged it by creating it in 1982. The following year of 1982 brought a ruptured patella which he worked back from, and after which he played Defensive Tackle where he continued his assault on offensive lines and quarterbacks alike.
In 1985, the Jets switched to a 3-4 alignment and Bud Carson asked Joe Klecko if he wanted to play the nose. Although it was his first time as a nose, Klecko had a large task ahead of him, but he was eager and up to the task. Klecko would line up shading the center and was strong enough to take on multiple interior players, but quick enough to move to either gap on run plays. Later, Klecko would say, "nobody ever played like I played it since I played it."
Still gifted with the quickness of an end, Klecko would later say "my forte was quickness and it just carried over." He led the Jets in tackles with 96 and forced fumbles with five and was second in sacks with 7.5 In Bud Carson's defense. Joe's unique abilites allowed him to control the game from the nose tackle position and he again earned All-Pro honors becoming the first defensive player to be named to the Pro Bowl for three separate positions (DE, DT, NT).
After a bitter loss to New England in the playoffs, the Jets started the 1986 season with an unstoppable 10-1 record, but a series of injuries set the team back. Klecko was having yet another fantastic season, but was injured and needed arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. After surgery, he worked hard to return to the field, but was re-injured in a late season game against Pittsburgh and could only watch as the team was knocked off in the divisional playoff by Cleveland in a double overtime game. Klecko returned in 1987 following major surgery for his final with the Jets, but struggled to overcome mounting injuries, ending his career with the Colts in 1988.
Joe Klecko's career was just like his abilites, unique in every way and marching to the beat of his own drum. We're sure that Joe would have made a fantastic truck driver or car mechanic, but his choice to play football instead was something that millions of people are grateful for and that his name will endure among the league's all-time greats.


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Bill Requiring Equal Treatment of Intelligent Design and Evolution
A bill to be introduced in the current session of the Missouri General Assembly would require "the equal treatment of science instruction regarding evolution and intelligent design". House Bill 911 contains a long list of proposed definitions of terms and concepts such as "analogous naturalistic process", "biological intelligent design", "destiny", and "extrapolated radiometric data".
Roseville Teachers Reject Antievolutionist Materials
Science teachers in the Roseville Joint Union High School District have told the district that they do not want to add antievolutionist materials to the district science curriculum, according to the Sacramento Bee (December 28, 2003). The materials, recommended by Larry Caldwell, a local parent, and Cornelius Hunter, author of Darwin's God and Darwin's Proof, included the videotape of Icons of Evolution.
Grand Canyon National Park Embroiled in Creationism Issue
In August 2003, NCSE sponsored a raft trip down Grand Canyon. We then became aware that the Grand Canyon Association, a private nonprofit organized to benefit Grand Canyon National Park, was selling a creationist book in its bookstores.
Project Steve Update
Today seems like a good day to bring you up to date on Project Steve, NCSE's parody of the long-standing antievolutionist tradition of amassing lists of PhDs who doubt evolution. Why today? Because December 26 is, as it happens, St. Stephen's Day.
Brian Alters Wins Highest Teaching Award at McGill
NCSE member Brian Alters, associate professor of education at McGill University, was awarded the 2003 Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching at McGill University. This university-wide award follows Alters's receipt in May 2003 of the College of Education's highest teaching award, the Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Buffalo, NY -- We have had nice, mild weather for much of October. That is going to change soon so enjoy the beautiful day today before the rain hits tomorrow and the well below average temperatures for the rest of the week and through the weekend.
Buffalo is already about an 1" above average with rain so far this month, but that is expected to go up a good amount tomorrow with the latest strong system coming in from the west.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting two bald eagles, a golden eagle and two great blue herons.
The violation occurred on the five mile stretch below where the Chukar Trail and Smith Fork intersect in the Gunnison River Gorge (approximately 20 miles east of Delta, Colo.).
Operation Game Thief, a Colorado program that provides rewards to citizens who provide information on hunting and fishing violations, is offering an additional $1,000.
As this area has limited access, it is very possible that the birds were shot from a boat floating on the Gunnison River.
It is believed that the shooting took place sometime between December 2002 and March 2003. The birds were found by Bureau of Land Management rangers in the area.
The killing of a bald eagle, a threatened species, is in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Golden and bald eagles are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The great blue heron is also protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The killing of an eagle is a felony under federal law and carries a penalty of up to two years in prison and a $200,000 fine.
Anyone with information about the killing of these birds is encouraged to call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 970-257-0795. Callers may remain anonymous.


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42 U.S. Code § 215 - Detail of Service personnel
(a) Other Government departments
The Secretary is authorized, upon the request of the head of an executive department, to detail officers or employees of the Service to such department for duty as agreed upon by the Secretary and the head of such department in order to cooperate in, or conduct work related to, the functions of such department or of the Service. When officers or employees are so detailed their salaries and allowances may be paid from working funds established as provided by law or may be paid by the Service from applicable appropriations and reimbursement may be made as agreed upon by the Secretary and the head of the executive department concerned. Officers detailed for duty with the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard shall be subject to the laws for the government of the service to which detailed.
(b) State health or mental health authorities
Upon the request of any State health authority or, in the case of work relating to mental health, any State mental health authority, personnel of the Service may be detailed by the Surgeon General for the purpose of assisting such State or a political subdivision thereof in work related to the functions of the Service.
(c) Congressional committees and nonprofit educational, research, or other institutions engaged in health activities for special studies and dissemination of information
The Surgeon General may detail personnel of the Service to any appropriate committee of the Congress or to nonprofit educational, research [1] or other institutions engaged in health activities for special studies of scientific problems and for the dissemination of information relating to public health.
(d) Availability of funds; reimbursement by State; detailed services deemed service for computation of pay, promotion, etc.
Personnel detailed under subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be paid from applicable appropriations of the Service, except that, in accordance with regulations such personnel may be placed on leave without pay and paid by the State, subdivision, or institution to which they are detailed. In the case of detail of personnel under subsections (b) or (c) of this section to be paid from applicable Service appropriations, the Secretary may condition such detail on an agreement by the State, subdivision, or institution concerned that such State, subdivision, or institution concerned shall reimburse the United States for the amount of such payments made by the Service. The services of personnel while detailed pursuant to this section shall be considered as having been performed in the Service for purposes of the computation of basic pay, promotion, retirement, compensation for injury or death, and the benefits provided by section 213 of this title.
(e) Commissioned Corps officers; urgent or emergency public health care needs
Except with respect to the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Defense, and except as provided in agreements negotiated with officials at agencies where officers of the Commissioned Corps may be assigned, the Secretary shall have the sole authority to deploy any Commissioned Corps officer assigned under this section to an entity outside of the Department of Health and Human Services for service under the Secretary's direction in response to an urgent or emergency public health care need (as defined in section 204a (a)(5) of this title).
[1] So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 214,58 Stat. 690; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 6,60 Stat. 423; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 521(e),63 Stat. 835; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–76, title III, § 309,Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 585; Pub. L. 109–417, title II, § 206(c)(1),Dec. 19, 2006, 120 Stat. 2853.)
In subsec. (a), Air Force was inserted on the authority of section 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 502, which established a separate Department of the Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(74)], July 22, 1949, which transferred certain functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, which were not previously transferred to the Department of the Air Force and Secretary of the Air Force. Section 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces", which in sections 8010 to 8013 continued the Department of the Air Force under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Air Force.
2006—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–417added subsec. (e).
1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–76, § 309(a), inserted provisions authorizing detail of personnel to appropriate committees of Congress.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–76, § 309(b), inserted provisions relating to agreements by States, etc., for reimbursement upon detail of personnel.
1949—Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 12, 1949, substituted "the computation of basic pay" for "longevity pay".
1946—Subsec. (b). Act July 3, 1946, provided for detail of personnel on request from a State mental health authority.
Effective Date of 1949 Amendment
Amendment by act Oct. 12, 1949, effective Oct. 1, 1949, see section 533(a) of act Oct. 12, 1949, set out as a note under section 854a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468 (b), 551 (d), 552 (d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) ofPub. L. 96–88which is classified to section 3508 (b) of Title 20, Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and Department of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) ofPub. L. 96–88which is classified to section 3508 (b) of Title 20.
Transfers of Personnel Occasioned by Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
Pub. L. 91–604, § 15(b)(1)–(8)(A), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1710–1712, as amended by Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(f)(4)(B),Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1465; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a)(9),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948, provided that:
"(1) Subject to such requirements as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, any commissioned officer of the Public Health Service (other than an officer who retires under section 211 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 212] after his election but prior to his transfer pursuant to this paragraph and paragraph (2)) who, upon the day before the effective date of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1970 (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'plan'), is serving as such officer (A) primarily in the performance of functions transferred by such plan to the Environmental Protection Agency or its Administrator (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Agency' and the 'Administrator,' respectively), may, if such officer so elects, acquire competitive status and be transferred to a competitive position in the Agency; or (B) primarily in the performance of functions determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Secretary') to be materially related to the functions so transferred, may, if authorized by agreement between the Secretary and the Administrator, and if such officer so elects, acquire such status and be so transferred.
"(2) An election pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective only if made in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission (A) before the close of the 24th month after the effective date of the plan [Dec. 2, 1970], or (B) in the case of a commissioned officer who would be liable for training and service under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 [50 App. U.S.C. 451 et seq.] but for the operation of section 6 (b)(3) thereof (50 App. U.S.C. 456 (b)(3)), before (if it occurs later than the close of such 24th month) the close of the 90th day after the day upon which he has completed his 24th month of service as such officer.
"(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any commissioned officer of the Public Health Service who, pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), elects to transfer to a position in the Agency which is subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'transferring officer'), shall receive a pay rate of the General Schedule grade of such position which is not less than the sum of the following amounts computed as of the day preceding the date of such election:
"(i) the basic pay, the special pay, the continuation pay, and the subsistence and quarters allowances, to which he is annually entitled as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service pursuant to title 37, United States Code;
"(ii) the amount of Federal income tax, as determined by estimate of the Secretary, which the transferring officer, had he remained a commissioned officer, would have been required to pay on his subsistence and quarters allowances for the taxable year then current if they had not been tax free;
"(iii) an amount equal to the biweekly average cost of the coverages designated 'high option, self and family' under the Government-wide Federal employee health benefits programs plans, multiplied by twenty-six; and
"(iv) an amount equal to 7 per centum of the sum of the amounts determined under clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive.
"(B) A transferring officer shall in no event receive, pursuant to subparagraph (A), a pay rate in excess of the maximum rate applicable under the General Schedule to the class of position, as established under chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, to which such officer is transferred pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).
"(4)(A) A transferring officer shall be credited, on the day of his transfer pursuant to his election under paragraphs (1) and (2), with one hour of sick leave for each week of active service, as defined by section 211(d) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 212 (d)].
"(B) The annual leave to the credit of a transferring officer on the day before the day of his transfer, shall, on such day of transfer, be transferred to his credit in the Agency on an adjusted basis under regulations prescribed by the Civil Service Commission. The portion of such leave, if any, that is in excess of the sum of (i) 240 hours, and (ii) the number of hours that have accrued to the credit of the transferring officer during the calendar year then current and which remain unused, shall thereafter remain to his credit until used, and shall be reduced in the manner described by subsection (c) ofsection 6304 of title 5, United States Code.
"(5) A transferring officer who is required to change his official station as a result of his transfer under this subsection shall be paid such travel, transportation, and related expenses and allowances, as would be provided pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, in the case of a civilian employee so transferred in the interest of the Government. Such officer shall not (either at the time of such transfer or upon a subsequent separation from the competitive service) be deemed to have separated from, or changed permanent station within, a uniformed service for purposes of section 474 of title 37, United States Code.
"(6) Each transferring officer who prior to January 1, 1958, was insured pursuant to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, and who subsequently waived such insurance, shall be entitled to become insured under chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, upon his transfer to the Agency regardless of age and insurability.
"(7)(A) Effective as of the date a transferring officer acquires competitive status as an employee of the Agency, there shall be considered as the civilian service of such officer for all purposes of chapter 83, title 5, United States Code, (i) his active service as defined by section 211(d) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 212 (d)], or (ii) any period for which he would have been entitled, upon his retirement as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, to receive retired pay pursuant to section 211(a)(4)(B) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 212 (a)(4)(B)]; however, no transferring officer may become entitled to benefits under both subchapter III of such chapter and title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.] based on service as such a commissioned officer performed after 1956, but the individual (or his survivors) may irrevocably elect to waive benefit credit for the service under one such law to secure credit under the other.
"(B) A transferring officer on whose behalf a deposit is required to be made by subparagraph (C) and who, after transfer to a competitive position in the Agency under paragraphs (1) and (2), is separated from Federal service or transfers to a position not covered by subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, shall not be entitled, nor shall his survivors be entitled, to a refund of any amount deposited on his behalf in accordance with this section. In the event he transfers, after transfer under paragraphs (1) and (2), to a position covered by another Government staff requirement system under which credit is allowable for service with respect to which a deposit is required under subparagraph (C), no credit shall be allowed under such subchapter III with respect to such service.
"(C) The Secretary shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, on behalf of and to the credit of such transferring officer, an amount equal to that which such individual would be required to deposit in such fund to cover the years of service credited to him for purposes of his retirement under subparagraph (A), had such service been service as an employee as defined in section 8331 (1) of title 5, United States Code. The amount so required to be deposited with respect to any transferring officer shall be computed on the basis of the sum of each of the amounts described in paragraph (3)(A) which were received by, or accrued to the benefit of, such officer during the years so credited. The deposits which the Secretary is required to make under this subparagraph with respect to any transferring officer shall be made within two years after the date of his transfer as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), and the amounts due under this subparagraph shall include interest computed from the period of service credited to the date of payment in accordance with section 8334 (e) of title 5, United States Code.
"(8)(A) A commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, who, upon the day before the effective date of the plan, is on active service therewith primarily assigned to the performance of functions described in paragraph (1)(A), shall, while he remains in active service, as defined by section 211(d) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 212 (d)], be assigned to the performance of duties with the Agency, except as the Secretary and the Administrator may jointly otherwise provide."
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An Introduction Part Two: In Accordance With Prophecy
To delve into these questions, in this particular piece (we shall examine the resurrection and prophecies made by Jesus in future articles) let us look first to the question of the birth of Jesus, assuming for now that he did indeed exist historically, and how the virginity of Mary hinges on whether or not Jesus is human or divine, and vice versa. We will leave alone, at this juncture, the theories that the stories of the Biblical Jesus are Christian retellings of Pagan mythology much like the Old Testament's Noah story was essentially a "rehash" of the ancient Gilgamesh epic. For now, for the sake of this piece, let us assume that the story is an original. We are going to deal first with the Gospel of Matthew, the first gospel we encounter in the canonical text. Matthew 1: 18-19 makes it very clear that Mary was "found to be with child" before she and Joseph "came together." Reading this with a Literalist's eyes, one can conclude that Mary was indeed a virgin at the time of Jesus' conception. Reading further, we encounter, in Matthew 1:22-23, the problematic birth prophecy from Isaiah 7:14. The text states that, "…the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." There is some debate as to the translation of "virgin," as it usually simply meant "young woman" in Hebrew, but we will discuss textual translation errors at a later date. For now, let us look at what we know of how Jesus was supposed to be:
1) He was to be born of a virgin.
2) He was to be a direct descendant in the line of King David.
In the Gospel of Luke, specifically Luke 2:4, we learn that Joseph, for all intents and purposes Jesus' Biblical "stepfather," "belonged to the house and line of David." That is quite clear. Joseph is a direct descendant of King David. The Messiah will be of that line. Joseph's son is Jesus. No problem, correct? Actually, no, Houston, we do indeed have a problem. The gospels of Matthew and Luke give genealogies of Joseph, albeit two completely contradicting ones (see Matthew 1:17 and Luke 3:23-38), both showing that Joseph is indeed in the "house and line of David." There have been several apologists who have tried to reconcile the errors by stating that the lineage given was that of Mary and not Joseph, which fails for two reasons:
1) Mary is not mentioned in either of the passages at all.
2) It is highly unlikely for the writers of a very male-dominated culture and society to have mentioned a woman's genealogy. Lineage was always traced from the father.
So now we have the understanding, if we read as Literalists, that Joseph is unquestionably of the "house and line of David." How, then, can Jesus also be of the same line if Joseph did not have any part in his conception? Either Jesus is not the Messiah, or Mary was not a virgin. The two elements as understood and believed by Christians cannot logical coexist. For if Joseph is a descendant of David, and Jesus as the Messiah is also supposed to be a direct descendant, that implies that Joseph is a biological father. An adopted son may be allowed to inherit from a father and even carry on the family name, but his blood will never be the same—that is, he will never be able to draw a direct line to the same ancestors as his stepfather. If Mary was indeed a virgin, and if the "father" was indeed the holy spirit as stated clearly in Matthew, then Jesus can NOT be the Messiah promised in the Old Testament Scriptures because Mary is NOT of the "house and line of David." The divinity of Jesus and the virginity of Mary, when looked at literally and with the prophecies stated, do not stand up to scrutiny. Perhaps one can say that the Isaiah prophecy does not relate to Jesus at all. If I were to believe Jesus was indeed perfect and without sin and able to know all through his Father, I would think the same thing, for the rest of that passage of Isaiah states that "he will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right. But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right…" (Isaiah 7:15-16) It seems highly unlikely that Jesus, the only one ever born who was perfect and lived without any sins, would ever have a period where right and wrong would be a question.
In closing, it is apparent that upon careful examination, several fundamental elements of the Christian faith do not stand up to outside critiques, or even, in some cases, to several passages in the same book. In the case of the "virginal birth" and the accompanying prophecies, it is obvious that the two critical parts of the faith of Christianity can not logically coexist. But then, logic is not what religion is based upon. If the very concept of who and what Jesus truly was can be called into question so easily, how can the rest of the faith stand up? And, further, how can Literalists keep ignoring such blatant facts when we use their own techniques—i.e. reading the texts literally—against them and how, if we noticed the errors and inconsistencies so easily, can so many people be completely fooled? The short answer on the latter half of that second question is early indoctrination and, I promise, we shall get to that topic in time.
When next we meet, we shall examine the elements of the resurrection of Jesus—what the Bible says, what Jesus himself has to say about it, what apologists say, what other non-Christians say, and, of course, what I say. Until then, be well everyone.


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In the early 1980′s, two Texas MBA students yearned for a business school activity as challenging and prestigious as "moot court" in law school. They envisioned a competition in which MBAs working in teams would conceive an idea for a new business, develop the idea in a written business plan, and present the plan to a panel of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, accountants and lawyers.
In 1984 this vision was fulfilled when the Graduate School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin held its inaugural Venture Labs Investment Competition (VLIC). It was the first competition of its kind for MBA students and is still considered the most prestigious in the world. VLIC has been crowned "the Super Bowl of world business plan competition." More than half of the teams that compete in VLIC are from outside the United States.
With aspiring entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from experienced investors, the VLIC simulates the real-world process of raising venture capital. MBAs from business schools around the globe come to The University of Texas at Austin each May to present their business plans to panels of investors. From among myriad offerings is selected the best new-venture opportunity. With a more than 30-year history, the Competition is the oldest operating inter-business school competition in the world.
Participation in VLIC offers graduate students the following opportunities:
"The Super Bowl of World Business-Plan Competition" Business Week, 1993
"The Mother of All Business-Plan Competitions" Success, 1997
"The Granddaddy of Them All" Red Herring, 2000
"The Rose Bowl of business-plan competitions" Inc., 2004
With aspiring entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from experienced investors, the Moot Corp Competition simulates the real-world process of raising venture capital. MBAs from business schools around the globe come to The University of Texas at Austin each May to present their business plans to panels of investors. From among myriad offerings is selected the best new-venture opportunity. Founded in 1984, the Moot Corp Competition is both the first and longest operating, inter-business school, new-venture competition in the world.
The Early Years
In the early 1980s, two Texas MBA students, Steven A. Mailman and Barbara Oppenheimer, yearned for a business school activity as challenging and prestigious as "moot court" in law school. They envisioned a competition in which MBAs working in teams would conceive an idea for a new business, develop the idea into a written business plan, and present the plan to a panel of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, accountants and lawyers. Their idea was not enthusiastically received in all quarters. The Dean of the Texas Business School at that time was concerned that the Moot Corp Program would divert external funds from his favored projects. But a faculty committee voted by a narrow margin to approve the launch of this program. The competition's inaugural in 1984 involved only UT MBAs and was shepherded by Professor Kenneth E. Knight during this critical phase. Dr. George Kozmetsky and the RGK Foundation played major roles in the Program's survival during these early years.
National, then International
In 1989, under the leadership of Professor Raymond W. Smilor, the Moot Corp Program held its first national competition. MBA teams from Harvard, Wharton, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan and Purdue joined Texas in the competition. MBAs and faculty advisors alike were enthusiastic about the Moot Corp experience, and the following year Dr. Smilor invited three prestigious business schools from outside the United States to participate. In 1990, the London Business School, Lyon Graduate School of Business (France), and Bond University (Australia) were represented, and approximately the same cast of universities competed in 1991 and 1992. In the summer of 1992, Dr. Smilor resigned from The University of Texas at Austin to become Director of the Kauffman Foundation Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Going Global and Increasing Impact
Having been involved with the Moot Corp Program since its inception, having once co-taught the Moot Corp course with Ken Knight, and having been an entrepreneur, Gary M. Cadenhead, Ph.D. was a natural choice to succeed Ray Smilor.
Since becoming Director of the Moot Corp Program in September 1992, Dr. Cadenhead has transformed it into a global program; deepened and broadened the participation from American business schools; and formalized the sharing of ideas for improving entrepreneurship education among the participating faculty.
The Competition in 1992, the last before Dr. Cadenhead became Director, involved 11 universities: eight from the United States and one each from Great Britain, France and Australia. To have a greater and more significant impact on both entrepreneurship education and the reputation of UT Austin's entrepreneurship program, the number of participating universities had to grow. The initial American strategy had been to invite only universities with top-twenty MBA programs. This strategy had two shortcomings: it excluded universities with outstanding entrepreneurship programs in lower-ranked business schools; and it excluded MBAs from unranked schools who might have outstanding new venture proposals.
The first of these deficiencies was overcome by including top-ten entrepreneurship programs in the invitational set. And now, by inviting winners of other new venture competitions to participate, the second concern has been put to rest as well.
The number of MBA new venture competitions in the United States has continued to grow. Not long after the establishment of the Moot Corp Competition, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln began its own contest in 1989, followed by San Diego State University in 1990, the University of Georgia in 1991, the University of Oregon in 1992, the University of Indiana in 1996, Rice University in 2001, and Clark Atlanta University in 2001. The winner of each of these contests is now invited to the Moot Corp Competition. Intra-business school competitions have also recently been introduced at such prestigious institutions as the Kellogg School, the University of Chicago and the Harvard Business School, and MIT has a university-wide competition instituted nearly ten years ago.
The strategy for global expansion initially entailed inviting the top business schools from regions not already represented. This resulted in participation from universities in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
The second strategy for global expansion involved licensing the Moot Corp name to prestigious universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and Africa; and providing technical assistance so that they could hold regional Moot Corp Competitions. The Chinese University of Hong Kong held the first Asian Moot Corp Competition, directed by Professor Bee Ling Chua, in 1998. The best business schools in Asia, representing China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand, now compete every March.
The first Australian Moot Corp Competition began in 1999, and it now includes teams not only from Australia, but also other Pacific Rim countries. In 2000, the Ivey Graduate School of Business at the University of Western Ontario launched the first Canadian Moot Corp Competition. The first African Moot Corp Competition was also held in 2000. The inaugural Latin American Moot Corp Competition was held in 2001 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and hosted by Fundacao Getulio Vargas.
The expansion strategy has succeeded. Thirty universities now send teams to Austin to compete in the Moot Corp Competition and many more are eager to participate. In addition, the international success of Moot Corp Competitions has contributed to the prestige of the McCombs School of Business's entrepreneurship program and to its ranking. A recent entrepreneurship program ranking by Success specifically listed the Moot Corp Competition under its "Wow Factor" for the McCombs School of Business.
No Longer Moot
In the early years, the Competition was truly moot: no MBAs launched the venture that was the subject of their business plans. The process was strictly an academic exercise. However, many of the participating MBAs went on to work for or started their own entrepreneurial ventures and became successful entrepreneurs; but they did not "ride the horse" they had written about in their business plans.
But then, a funny thing happened on the way to expansion and globalization. The process ceased to be "moot": MBAs started converting their classroom creations into real-life enterprises. Since 1993, the team winning the annual competition for UT MBAs has moved into the Austin Technology Incubator and launched its venture.
As the reputations of the Moot Corp Competition and the entrepreneurship program at The University of Texas at Austin have spread, increasing numbers of entrepreneurially minded students have entered the UT MBA program. Coincident with this experience, many teams are launching businesses each year. Similarly, MBAs from around the world participating in the Moot Corp Competition are increasingly likely to launch their ventures.
Unexpected Funding, Then Planned Funding
Since 1997, the Moot Corp Competition has been held in conjunction with the Texas Venture Capital Conference, sponsored by The Capital Network, a not-for-profit investor network created by the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin. At this Conference, some 25 entrepreneurs have ten minutes apiece to showcase their companies to the over 500 venture capitalists in the Four Seasons Hotel ballroom. Because the Texas Venture Capital Conference is held the day before the Moot Corp Competition begins, Moot Corp participants can observe entrepreneurs doing for real what they themselves will simulate. The MBAs have an opportunity to interact directly with investors at the Conference's closing reception, where each Moot Corp team has a table to display its production. Scheduling the Conference and the Competition back-to-back facilitates some of the venture capitalists' staying on as judges for the Moot Corp Competition.
In 1999, for the first time, several teams received funding from one or more of the judges. These investments were brokered outside of the formal process of the Competition. With increasing numbers of MBAs intending to launch their ventures and more of the judges emerging from the venture capital community, it is increasingly likely that more teams will find backing for their dreams as a result of having participated in the Competition.
The Moot Corp Pontoon Fund was founded in 2001 to provide early stage bridge loans of $100,000 to the Global Champions in order to give the entrepreneurs financing while they are raising capital. The loans are convertible into equity at the same price as negotiated with the initial venture capital investment. In addition to the goal of facilitating the launch of the winning venture, another goal is to endow the Moot Corp Program through capital gains from the Fund.
The Spiral Factor
In the final round of the Moot Corp Competitions, both the finalists' presentations and their question and answer sessions with the judges are videotaped. The winning team's video and business plan, along with appropriate instructional materials, are packaged into a "new venture module" which becomes a teaching case for the following year's competitors. In effect, this top-notch business plan becomes the benchmark for the following year: expertise accrues and the achievement level is constantly rising. This unique spiral factor has worldwide impact, as all participating schools have access to the modules and strong motivation to incorporate their lessons into subsequent entrepreneurship courses.
The Moot Corp Program: Exploring the Frontier
Entrepreneurs around the world are exploring new economic frontiers and creating the future. They are riding innovation into the 21st century, creating wealth and jobs in the process, while meeting the ever-changing and expanding needs of consumers. Entrepreneurship represents a paradigm shift in business activity as we enter the new millennium.
This shift is having a profound impact on the corporate world as corporations downsize, reorganize and reengineer to become more entrepreneurial. Our best-managed corporations are using the entrepreneurial model to enter new markets, invigorate their organizations, commercialize emerging technologies and continue to grow. These corporations have recognized that the choice is to grow and adapt to the changing environment, or to stagnate and wither. One cannot recognize the choice without clearly acknowledging the only viable option.
Business schools face a similar choice. Business education based on functional approaches and taught by specialists increasingly insulated from market forces and real business problems did not serve us well in the eighties. Clearly this approach is even more inappropriate for the new era. Our best MBA programs infuse entrepreneurship throughout their core curricula and recognize that entrepreneurship should become a major focus of business education.
Riding the crest of this wave into the future, MBA students recognize the value added to their education by this new focus. Students have been electing entrepreneurship courses in overwhelming numbers. A major question facing business schools today is how best to shift entrepreneurship from a peripheral activity into the center and infuse entrepreneurial thinking into the core of MBA education. Business plan competitions, stimulated by strong student demand, are one response to this challenge. But why has the popularity of business plan competitions continued to grow?
Business school educators and education as a whole have become increasingly specialized. Even the traditional integrative course, business policy or strategy, has become a functional one. Entrepreneurship courses in general and business plan courses in particular now demonstrate the quintessential process for integrating the MBA experience. Here MBAs have the opportunity to apply knowledge assimilated and methodologies drilled in other business courses and they are pressed to cobble together a successful new venture. The case method clearly surpasses lecturing as a technique for imparting entrepreneurial skills to MBAs. Writing business plans provides another, parallel process and offers analytical depth. At last, we have a teaching and learning methodology that facilitates MBAs' focus, study and effort, integrating functional knowledge and performing in-depth analyses, to give wings to their entrepreneurial dreams.
New Name and Focus
The Moot Corp process is a dynamic one that enables the sharing of new venture proposals among entrepreneurs. This approach is instrumental in the continuous improvement of entrepreneurship education. Although still a young institution, the Moot Corp Program is on a global trajectory to entrepreneurial excellence. In 2010, the Moot Corp Competition changed its name to the Venture Labs Investment Competition and repositioned itself as "The Super Bowl of Investment Competition." We will continue to use our former name, Moot Corp, as part of our tagline for the foreseeable future.
Rob Adams, director of the Venture Labs Investment Competition, explained the renaming as "reflective of the true nature of what Moot Corp had turned into, a forum where MBAs from around the world launch their ventures by raising capital. This competition is far from moot, and parallels the real-world process and realities of developing and launching a venture backed company. This renaming and repositioning aligns the competition with that mission."
Venture Labs Investment Competition – The Super Bowl of Investment Competition (formerly Moot Corp) is the premier world-wide investment competition hosted annually at The University of Texas at Austin.
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The Msgr. A.D. Charbonneau Council 258 Knights of Columbus was able to make Thanksgiving a little brighter for 680 people Thursday.
Grant Knight Nelson J. Woods said that number is on par with the last year, when the Knights served about 650 dinners. About 500 were served the year before.
Mr. Woods said the economic downturn probably has a lot to do with the high demand for the free holiday meal, although the Knights do not track which of the people they serve are in need of a free meal because they cant afford to prepare their own and which take advantage of the day because they have no one with whom to share it.
They all come and have a good time, he said. Thats all we care about.
About 70 turkeys were cooked with all the trimmings. Mr. Woods said about 75 volunteers gave up celebrating the holiday on their own to help serve, decorate the hall and deliver meals.
Its really amazing, he said. Were very thankful for those people.
At about 11:30 yesterday you couldnt move in here, said Timothy J. Baker, who handles publicity for the event. We had so many people down here volunteering it was incredible. Of course, I dont know why that surprises me because its like that every year.
Mr. Baker said this was the 22nd year for the event.
The first year we did maybe 100 dinners between people eating at the hall and takeouts, he said. I remember we had 17 turkeys and my dad and I carved them all. Now you have to have a cast of thousands to pull off an event like this.
Mr. Woods said the vast majority of the food was donated by individual people.
He also acknowledged major donors attorney Preston C. Carlisle and Dr. V. Prasad Yitta.
Id like to thank the community, who came together with all the donations and all the volunteers we had to make this event possible, Mr. Woods said. Without the donations and volunteers, it wouldnt have been possible.
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Investigations into toxin-induced liver injury have centered on the finding that cell death occurs not from the direct biochemical effects of toxins, but as the result of the effects of inflammatory cell products including cytokines and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Using in vitro and in vivo models of hepatocyte injury, we have shown that toxic liver injury occurs in large part from activation of the apoptotic mitochondrial death pathway by the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). Our studies have demonstrated that apoptosis from TNF results from a failure of the transcription factor NF-KB to down regulate c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Similar studies into the mechanism of death from ROS have demonstrated that ROS-induced hepatocyte death also occurs from JNK/c-Jun overactivation. Current investigations are identifying the mechanisms by which JNK overactivation triggers hepatocyte death focusing on the identification of novel substrates of JNK. Additional studies are defining the protective functions of the lysosomal degradative pathway of autophagy in these hepatocellular death pathways.
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Balance factor -65 XLCH?
Thanks Stefan.
Lee W wrote:Sometime back in the 1980s I attended a factory service school. The figures that they gave as production balance factors were 50% for Shovel and Pan 1200, 50 to 55% for XR, and 62% for XL1000. They even went as high as 69% on the XL1100. I never noticed until now that they didn't give a figure for the XL900.
S&S did some testing a few years back and concluded that there was more to be gained in smoothness by getting the weight of the connecting rod small ends close to matching each other than by changing balance factors. S&S changed their rod forgings to address this. This was covered in the November 2003 issue of S&S "Dealer Focus" (I just happen to have it in my notebook along with the balance factors)
Cotten wrote: But by back-calculating a Factory Pan, I found it to be about 57%, so I suspect the "factory service school" was making it up as they went.
And "getting the weight of the connecting rod small ends close to matching each other" sure sounds good.
The problem is that the top ends can never weigh the same, unless you use two male rods!
The reciprocating half of two rods that do not weigh the same cannot be equal.
Cotten wrote:Motors are not balanced for the seat of the rider's pants.
They are balanced to keep from tearing themselves apart.
The reciprocating half of two rods that do not weigh the same cannot be equal.
Who wrote that crap?
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