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Officials from
the Dade County Public Library announced last week a long-awaited initiative to
increase library hours.
"We urgently
need to add to the time the library is open," remarked library manager Marshana
Sharp. "Our citizens, and especially our school children, are begging us to
keep the library open longer."
At present, the
library operates only 27 hours a week. "We need to fix that," said Ginnie Sams,
a member of the Library Board. "Our library should be open at least 36 hours to
provide the most basic level of service to our school children."
Sharp agrees.
She proposes adding nine hours a week during times when school children are out
of school – doing homework, research projects, and just plain reading. This
means re-opening the library on Saturday and at least one additional evening,
according to library staffers.
The library
remains a much used destination. In the second half of 2013, it served more
than 15,714 visits, an increase of 2,821, or 22 percent, over the year-ago six
month period, according to statistics compiled by the Cherokee Regional Library
The library's
budget crisis has made headlines. Until two years ago, the School Board had
been funding roughly $38,500 of the library's budget. Facing its own financial
problems, the School Board abruptly cancelled all library funding. People
filled School Board meetings to denounce the cuts. Voters overwhelmingly
approved a ballot measure to safeguard library funding. Yet the lack of School
Board funding still plagues the library.
continuing financial assistance from the Dade County government and the City of
Trenton, some 16.5 percent of the library's expenses last year were paid by
donations – just enough to cover the library's budget deficit.
"Our private
donors have been a godsend," remarked Donna Street, President of Friends of the
Library. "But we can't expect them to pay for a basic public service
indefinitely." The state also provides some funding, and it did furnish the
library with updated computers last year.
As county and
city officials say they are feeling tapped out, all eyes are on the School
Board. School tax revenues are way up. Next year's budget negotiations have
started. Library advocates say they are cautiously optimistic that the School
Board will restore library funding. School Board officials have hinted they
might help the library. But then again, indications are that the School Board
isn't inclined to restore funding to the level of two years ago – not yet,
The kinship
between the School Board and the library is long-standing. "For over 40 years,
we have had a partnership between our School Board and the Dade County Public
Library," Street recalled. "It has been the school people who inspired, funded,
and grew this library. Let's restore this historic relationship."
The bottom line
for the library this year is that it must have about $23,200 just to erase the
operating deficit. Another $15,300 will
allow the library to function 36 hours a week. Those amounts are what the
School Board cut two years ago.
"Our School Board members – five people – can
make or break our library," Street noted.
Sharp says she
hopes the School Board will reinstate funding. "It is essential," she
maintains, "for our library to serve the school age children of our community."
Public records
show the library has done some major belt tightening to the point that each
additional hour of library time costs less than $33. This figure includes all
budgeted overhead, including staff salaries, utilities and supplies. "With 12
percent more money in the budget, we can up library hours by a third," observed
William Back, another Library Board member.
Back continued,
"This is a bargain our School Board should take advantage of. Dade County
deserves a full time library. We would be penny wise and pound foolish to tell
our children they don't deserve access to their library after school hours."
Sharp pointed
out that our library offers access to e-books, newspapers, the Internet,
genealogy resources, voter registration, computer classes, GED classes, and, oh
yes, books. "The list of Dade County library services just goes on and on."
Linda Wilson,
an active library supporter and retired teacher, remarked ruefully, "Here we
have this wonderful, modern, well-equipped library that provides so many
services people need and use, but we lack the funding to keep it open. It is
such a vital part of educating our children."
"Years from
now," said Back, "we will have to answer the question, "Did our School Board
invest enough in our young people to provide the educational tools they needed
to succeed?" We sure hope the answer will be yes."
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Obviously the head coaching newbs are the most talked about positions in the off season for college football, but the coordinator vacancies are often times just as (if not more) important. As an example, see Auburn and Gene Chizik. If Chizik doesn't hire Gus Malzahn, he doesn't get Cam Newton and Chizik finds himself on the hot seat. The hires coaches make are far bigger than the players they recruit as the coaches will impact everyone. So while the Penn State head coaching job may be the most important one in the media, there are several other big time vacancies and recent hires that will shape the college football world as we move into 2012. Below you'll find four major programs in search of the next great coordinators.
AUBURN: The defending national champions lost both of their coordinators since their season ended. Defensive coordinator Ted Roof took the same position at Central Florida, leading many to believe he was forced out due to a lackluster defense. Then Gus Malzahn shocked many by accepting the Arkansas State head coaching job after turning down Vanderbilt and Maryland a year before. To some it was a curious decision, but to others it made sense as Malazhn is an Arkansas native. Either way, that means Auburn needs to hire two key pieces quickly. On defense, they approached Mark Stoops, Florida State's defensive coordinator, a couple of times and got the requisite thanks-but-no-thanks. While one Stoops is out, I would look at another if I were Auburn. Former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops is currently unemployed and has been a hot name at several schools already, including Ohio State and Nebraska. While I have no clue if Mike is a candidate, I would think he would get a look. Also keep an eye out for Ron Zook. While Zook is a terrible head coach, he is a more than capable coordinator and would be killer on the recruiting trail.
On offense, the Tigers have been very tight lipped as to whom they're going after. There is some talk of going away from the Malzahn spread for a more traditional set, but that makes little sense when looking at what it takes to go from the spread to a pro-style offense. The opposite transition is far easier. I would expect Auburn to stick with a spread based attack, albeit one that may be a bit more diverse than Malzahn's run-based attack. There have been few names floated thus far, though the Auburn SB Nation site mentions Blake Anderson, the Southern Mississippi OC as a likely candidate.
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Gamecocks had one of the most underrated defensive coordinators in the country in Ellis Johnson. Now they'll need to hire a replacement as Southern Mississippi has hired Johnson to replace the departed Larry Fedora. Johnson is not only an excellent coach, but he can recruit, too, as he was the lead dog for South Carolina in the Jadeveon Clowney sweepstakes. South Carolina has built a legit SEC defense in Johnson's time, so Steve Spurrier will have to hit a homerun or face a drop off next year, a year many Carolina fans think could be their best ever. One thing South Carolina has plenty of is money, so getting a big time DC shouldn't be an issue. Some have speculated that current Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart could be lured with a massive paycheck ($1 million or more per year) and the coach in-waiting title, however I'm a bit skeptical of that. It would require Carolina going to a 3-4 system, and the coach in-waiting label has proven more of a headache than it's worth. Some think Mark Stoops will be targeted as well, but having just turned down Auburn, I find it hard to believe South Carolina could steal him away from Florida State. Zook could get a look from Spurrier, though I have nothing to back that up. It has more to do with Zook knowing the region from his days at Florida. Our dear friend Jay the Magnificent mentioned Temple DC Chuck Heater as well as Miami's DC Mike D'Onofrio as well. The Gamecocks are primed to win next year, so this hire is a big one for Spurrier. One mistake could undo all of the hard work he and his staff have put in since he became the head coach.
NEBRASKA: Carl Pelini left the warmth and comfort of his brother's side to take the head job at Florida Atlantic, leaving brother Bo with a sweet gig to fill. The problem is, Nebraska is not a big spender compared to South Carolina or Auburn, meaning they will need up the ante or accept they'll be out of the running for some of the bigger fish out there (which would be a shame). Mike Stoops is the logical fit as he and Pelini have been friends for years, but with Stoops' name being mentioned at other gigs, I'm not sure Nebraska has the paycheck to land him. One trend that Bo has followed since he's been at Nebraska is to promote from within and then hire another coach to fill that vacancy. This could be what happens again (much to the chagrin of many Nebraska fans). Current defensive assistnat John Papuchis could be the favorite to take the coordinator role while Iowa's defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski could be the target to take the same job in Lincoln. I think this is what will play out, at least with Papuchis taking the promotion, as it fits Bo's modis operandi perfectly. Papuchis is a good coach and one of the best recruiters on the staff, so it makes sense when you're on a budget like Nebraska is.
FLORIDA: The Gators lost (can you lose something you don't want anymore?) Charlie Weis to Kansas and have targeted several candidates, including former star quarterback Kerwin Bell. Will Muschamp has said he won't hire a coach until after Florida's bowl game, so the Gator nation will have to wait a bit longer. Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken has also been mentioned, but I would guess Monken would take the Oklahoma State stability (and T. Boone's generosity) over Florida's sales pitch. Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter has also been mentioned. Koetter will certainly need a job soon as he is most likely not going to be kept on the Jaguars staff when they hire a coach. Muschamp wants an NFL background in his coaches, so the pro style set will continue after Weis's departure.
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NORTH CAROLINA: Larry Fedora has tabbed former Illinois DC Vic Keonning as his defensive coordinator. Koenning has been good everywhere he's been, so this hire is a solid start to Fedora's tenure in Chapel Hill.


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Nothing beats music which electrifies the soul. Cue Irish four-piece Empire Circus as they take to the stage to take us through their brand new single and plans for a debut album.
Empire Circus are a four piece Alt Pop outfit who have tapped into the panache of Two Door Cinema Club, the demeanour of Arcade Fire and the general cool suave of Gorillaz… then morphed out at the other side with a resonant sound under the guise of Empire Circus.
Having lived and played music full time in the USA together for 7 years, they returned to Ireland in 2008 opened a Music School in South County Dublin – www.puremusic.ie. Then in the spring & summer of 2012 the band spent time writing, demoing and working feverishly on creating music. They wrote some songs. Actually they wrote lots of songs. Some they really enjoyed playing, others… not so much. So they took the fun ones and went to a studio in Brooklyn and crafted an album of 12 tunes that made them want to sing, dance and get silly. This was all done under the influence of Producer/Engineer/Mixer; Bryce Goggin (Ramones, The Morning Glories, Antony and the Johnsons).
Their first single from the project was "True Believer", and you can catch the official video below.
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New single "There is a Light" is due for release on June 21st with the album following in September. Empire Circus' sound is all about the thrill in rhythm and melody. Their debut album, including songs such as "A Day in the Life of a Superhero", "I Know Better" and "All I Need" will assuredly leave you powerless against the urge to get up, get crazy, dance and sing like you never have before.
You can watch the brilliant Official Video for the brand new single, "There Is A Light" below.
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"The Future (the end is nowhere in sight): We still have dreams of conquering the world and selling the t-shirt, but for now we will be bringing dodgy dance moves and above all, music that electrifies the soul."
Empire Circus' self-titled debut album is set to make an appearance September 2013. There Is A Light Single is released on June 21st.
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We need a council that will objectively assess projects based on thorough independent analyses and real community feedback. I believe that Chuck Bernstein will be that kind of council member.
My experience with Chuck is that he approaches new issues with an open mind, listens to both sides, and actively seeks out all available information before coming to a conclusion. The fact that Chuck's signs are on the lawns of people with very divergent political views shows that I am not alone in this opinion.
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Warner Music Group has restructured in a move that sees publisher Warner/Chappell and catalogue label Rhino brought together in the same division.
A spokesperson for the company told Music Week the changes would only affect the WMG US operation.
WMG will now be realigned into three distinct divisions in the US: frontline recorded music (Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records and Warner Nashville); music publishing and catalogue development (where Warner/Chappell and Rhino will come together) and Warner's label and artist services.
The news was revealed today in a leaked email from WMG CEO Steve Cooper to employees. Warner Chappell CEO and chairman, Cameron Strang, will now take on responsibility for Rhino Entertainment.
According to Billboard, Current Rhino Entertainment president Kevin Gore will report into Strang.
"Among the numerous benefits in aligning Rhino and Warner/Chappell will be enriched collaboration in the U.S. among our recorded music and music publishing teams with respect to catalog exploitation, synch efforts and rights acquisition," said Cooper's memo.
Matt Signore will lead the label and artist services division as general manager / CFO. WEA president Mike Jbara and WMG senior VP of artist services Dave Marcus will both report into Signore.
WMG executive VP of digital strategy and business development Stephen Bryan will now report to Cooper.
Cooper stressed in his memo that "the number of employees within each WMG company will not be impacted by the new organizational structure."


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Parents Television Council Files Complaint Over 'X Factor' Flasher
According to TMZ, the advocacy group announced it has filed a formal indecency complaint with the FCC against the show.
"The prolonged, previously videotaped footage of a contestant dancing nude on the 'X Factor' stage represents a conscious decision by the producers – with the approval of the network's broadcast standards department -- to intentionally air this content in front of millions of families during hours when they knew full well that children would be watching," PTC President Tim Winters said in a statement.
The formal complaint focuses on the fact that 'The X Factor' was billed as family-friendly viewing, but then went in a different direction. "Families were led to believe 'The X Factor' would be family-friendly viewing and were then assaulted by graphic nudity," the complaint reads.
Although the FCC's ability to enforce decency standards is currently being litigated in the courts, the PTC is nonetheless requesting that all Fox affiliates that aired the show be levied with "a Notice of Apparent Liability."
Earlier this year, the PTC targeted 'The Playboy Club' and MTV's 'Skins.'
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8th October 2008
Genome of a monkey human-malaria parasite
Surprises from Plasmodium knowlesi genome sequence
False-colour electron micrograph of a rhesus red blood cell infected with a mature segmented schizont-stage P. knowlesi malaria parasite, which is about to release its invasive merozoite stages. [Credit see below: ref Image 1]
Researchers have decoded the genome of a malaria parasite that has a host range from monkeys to man. Identified originally in monkeys, the parasite was first reported in a human infection just over 40 years ago.
Until recently, four species were held responsible for human malaria infections: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae. P. knowlesi is increasingly recognised as the fifth and emerging human malaria parasite, which is particularly prevalent in South East Asia and can cause potentially life threatening malaria. Recent surveys suggest that many P. knowlesi infections have been misdiagnosed by microscopy as P. malariae, resulting in gross underestimates of its prevalence.
The genome sequence reveals a dramatic example of 'molecular mimicry' that is likely to be crucial for survival and propagation of the parasite in the body. Remarkably, the team found several members of a large gene family that contain sequence signatures that closely resemble a key human gene involved in regulation of the immune system. The parasite versions of the human protein are thought to interfere with recognition of infected red blood cells.
In addition to this uniquely expanded group of genes, P. knowlesi has a fundamentally different architecture of the genes involved in 'antigenic variation' compared to other malaria parasites. The study also emphasizes the fact that, although 80% of genes are shared among all sequenced malaria parasites, each species may have a unique set of tricks and disguises that help it to escape host responses and to keep itself ahead in the host-parasite interaction.
" Our study demonstrates the power of sequencing additional malaria genomes to unravel as yet undiscovered and fascinating aspects of the biology of malaria parasites. "
Dr Arnab Pain
"P. knowlesi has thrown up several surprises. Our study demonstrates the power of sequencing additional malaria genomes to unravel as yet undiscovered and fascinating aspects of the biology of malaria parasites," says Dr Arnab Pain, the first author in the study and the project manager at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
"Unusually, the key genes that we think help the parasite to evade detection and destruction by host defences are scattered through the genome. In the other species we have examined, these genes are most often near the tips of the chromosomes."
A thin blood smear stained with Giesma from a fatal human case of P. knowlesi malaria. [Credit see below: ref Image 2]
The phenomenon of 'antigenic variation' - where the parasite constantly changes the coat of parasitized red cells in order to avoid recognition by the host - was also first discovered in P. knowlesi. Moreover, it can be studied and grown in the lab, making it ideal to understand its basic biology such as how it invades red cells.
Identified initially as a monkey parasite, P. knowlesi had been identified in only two cases of human infection before 2004. However, at that time, Professor Balbir Singh and colleagues developed DNA-based detection methods and examined samples from malaria patients in Malaysia. They showed that almost all cases of what was thought to be infection with the human parasite P. malariae were due to infection with the 'monkey' parasite P. knowlesi.
"Rapid and appropriate treatment is vital in cases of malaria," says Professor Balbir Singh, Director of the Malaria Research Centre at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, "but before the development of molecular detection methods, we had been hampered by our inability to distinguish between P. knowlesi and the benign P. malariae parasites by microscopy. This parasite multiplies rapidly and can cause fatal human infections, so it is vital that doctors are aware that P. knowlesi is the fifth cause of human malaria."
"The genome sequence of what has been considered to be a 'model' for human malaria becomes much more significant with our findings of the widespread distribution and high levels of human infections with P. knowlesi."
P. knowlesi is an important model for studying the way that malaria parasites interact with host cells. It is a robust species in which invasion of red blood cells can be examined in detail. The genome sequence provides an updated catalogue of proteins that might help the parasite in these first stages of infection: the team identified novel regions in the genome that help to understand the regulation of these key genes and the transport of their proteins to the red cell surface.
Long-tailed macaque. [Credit see below: ref Image 3]
Switching of surface proteins is a key defence mechanism for malaria parasites, as well as being essential for successful transfer between human and mosquito host, but the mechanisms of switching remain unclear.
"This is our first view of a monkey malaria parasite genome. It brings us intrigues and surprises - as well as new resources to help in the fight against malaria," says Dr Alan Thomas, Chairman of the Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre in RIJSWIJK, Netherlands. "P. knowlesi is closely related to the second-most common cause of human malaria, P. vivax. With our new understanding of the genetic architecture of both parasites, we will more efficiently translate our studies on P. knowlesi to other human parasites."
"Just as important, the genome will help in understanding human cases of knowlesi malaria."
It is thought that P. knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Anopheles leucosphyrus group that feed on humans and monkeys.
The function of the majority of Plasmodium proteins remains unknown. Comparison with the other malaria parasites will help to understand the differences in pathology and the mechanisms they share in interacting with the human, monkey or mosquito hosts.
The current work is published in Nature along with a companion study, deciphering the genome of another human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. That study was led by Dr Jane Carlton and her colleagues at the New York University School of Medicine (formerly at The Institute for Genomic Research of Rockville, Maryland, USA). The Sanger Institute is also sequencing the remaining two human-infecting Plasmodium species. The genome of P. falciparum was deciphered in 2002.
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Publication details
The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi.
Nature 2008;455;7214;799-803
PUBMED: 18843368; PMC: 2656934; DOI: 10.1038/nature07306
This study was funded by the Wellcome Trust through its support to the Pathogen Sequencing Unit at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Part of this work was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, US National Institutes of Health and European Commission Framework 6 Programmes BioMalPar and the Virimal. The work was supported by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Core Sequencing and Informatics Groups.
Participating Centres
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK
- Ancient DNA and Evolution Group, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, 2280 GH, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
- Machine Learning Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Emory Vaccine Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences and Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- UBC Bioinformatics Centre and Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia and Department of Medical Genetics, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- The Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Image Credits
- Image 1 - Infected red blood cell: Anton Dluzewski, MRC NIMR and KCL, UK; Mary Galinski and Esmeralda VS Meyer, Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, USA; Lawrence Bannister, John Hopkins, Maryland, USA; Graham Mitchell, KCL and Guy's Hospital, UK; John Barnwell, CDC, Atlanta, USA; Tony Holder, MRC NIMR, UK.
- Image 2 - Blood smear: Dr Janet Cox-Singh, Malaria Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Image 3 - Macaque: Anthony Sebastian, Aonyx Environmental, Malaysia.
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, which receives the majority of its funding from the Wellcome Trust, was founded in 1992. The Institute is responsible for the completion of the sequence of approximately one-third of the human genome as well as genomes of model organisms and more than 90 pathogen genomes. In October 2006, new funding was awarded by the Wellcome Trust to exploit the wealth of genome data now available to answer important questions about health and disease.
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The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests.


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Last night on NBC Betty White was honored for the second year in a row. Celebrating the comedian's 91st birthday, Betty White was on top of her game.
"Best thing about being in your 90s is you're spoiled rotten," White said on the . "Everybody spoils you like mad and they treat you with such respect because you're old. Little do they know, you haven't changed. You haven't changed in [the brain]. You're just 90 every place else."
Betty also talked about going from 90 to 91 years old. "Now that I'm 91, as opposed to being 90, I'm much wiser, I'm much more aware and I'm much sexier."
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An interview with Gates
By Chinelo Onwualu
World-National Co-editor
I arrived at least 5 minutes early--for me a record. The room was a small dressing room in the Fine Arts center. Inside, I met photographer, John who appeared to be there for the same reason I was. Between bouts of awkward silence and bursts of polite conversation, we waited.
Gates arrived amidst proper pomp and circumstance, his presence filling the room. Within minutes, it was apparent why this man was such a celebrated orator--it was as if I was the one being interviewed, not vice versa.
Gates was in town this week to address the January Series and promote his latest project, the Encyclopedia Africana. An Encarta CD-Rom he said he hoped would do ``to Africans and African-Americans what the Encyclopedia Britannica did to the Western world.'' The CD-ROM was the result of the work of over 400 scholars from all parts of the African and Afro-American world, who worked with a budget of $2 million.
According to Gates, ``It is the first truly pan-African work about the black experience.''
Gates' presentation at the January series was an outline of the history of the Encyclopedia Africana, from W.E.B Du Bois' early endeavors to his own search for funds, backers and writers. It was an interesting tale, closely intertwined with the lives of two of America's foremost black academics, past and present.
The second son of working-class parents, Gates grew up in a small town in West Virginia, two hours west of Washington. His father worked two jobs in order to put his two sons through college. After attending a small junior college near his home, Gates went on to Yale, where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in history in 1973. He later became the first black American to earn a doctorate at Clare College in Cambridge University.
``Being a scholar is the closest thing to heaven on earth. Someone actually pays me to read and write books!'' said Gates of his career.
It was during his time at Yale that Gates first became interested in the life and works of W.E.B DuBois, a man whom he refers to as ``the greatest black intellectual of all time.'' Gates was struck by what he saw as his idol's only unfinished work: the creation of an Encyclopedia Africana.
Inspired by the Encyclopedia Judaica, DuBois, came up with the idea in 1909; between then and 1963, Du bois tried three times to establish a comprehensive reference work for the African and African-American experience, however, his efforts were unsuccessful.
One night in 1973 (after numerous glasses of wine) Gates, along with his fellow Harvard professor Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, decided to pursue DuBois' dream. 25 years later, it's clear that Dr. Henry Louis Gates,Jr. has come a long way.


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The newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton" and CartoonArk Publishing present Michael Kountouris' book "UTOPIA", on Wednesday 20th of March 2013 (19:00) at the Theater of Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (Piraeus 206, Tavros).
The opening speech will be made by the Editor of "Efimerida ton Syntakton", Nikolas Voulelis. In addition, Spyros Polikandriotis (Art Director) is going to talk about the book.
The book contains various sketches that are inspired by the public profile of the European Union and its progress, mainly through the last years.
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In the framework of the event, there will be a supplementary discussion about the "Progress of Europe". Alekos Alavanos, Panayiotis Ioakimidis (Professor of International and European Studies, University of Athens) and Konstantinos Tsoukalas (Professor of Sociology, University of Athens) will lead the discussion.
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United Way: Preparing for the unknown
If you're reading this article it means the Mayans end-of-the-world prediction was wrong. But don't get too comfortable because we still don't know what's on the other side of the cliff until the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2013.
Yet despite being as unpredictable as Y2K, when the new year arrives, the outcome of all the political posturing that has been going on will not change the fact that more than 100,000 people in Collier County need United Way's helping hand.
"We are fortunate to live in a generous community that reaches out to those in need. I believe people give because they want to help others and I do not expect that sense of our community to change," says Steve Sanderson, CEO and president of the 56-year-old community leadership charity. "With added help from United Way's new executive vice president and CPA, Jim Warnken, we are working with our donors to maximize their charitable deductions to provide added value."
Under the direction of United Way's Leadership Giving Campaign Chair Tucker Tyler, retired president of Northern Trust, and with the help of board members and endowment committee volunteers like West McCann, who also work in the financial services industry, the United Way has great leadership in both raising funds and ensuring that funds are invested prudently in order to maximize what is ultimately distributed to local agencies.
"Giving to the United Way campaign was encouraged by my employer," says Tucker Tyler. "When I retired, I included the United Way in my estate plan but I also contribute to the annual campaign because I know how important it is to support what these agencies are doing today. Once donors understand how United Way funds are put to work not just with one charity but throughout the whole community, my job gets easier."
"We want to make sure that funds are invested wisely before they are deployed into the community; we take this stewardship very seriously, both for the benefit of donors and partner agencies," said McCann of United Way's endowment committee and president of Bonita Springs' Northern Trust office. "We put our outside investment managers through their paces to ensure they comply with our investment policy and that returns are within industry benchmarks."
In terms of the major changes expected with tax and estate planning, Warnken believes that donors focus on the charitable purpose first and financial planning second. "Of course, people want to take advantage of saving money when they can and giving to charities may not be as beneficial tax-wise as it used to be if the tax deductibility of donations goes away. However, giving gifts of appreciated stock has always been a good idea and will continue to be as long as capital gains are taxed. Fortunately, there are some big hearts in this community and, if the economy can continue to improve, regardless of these changes, their generosity will continue to sustain our efforts and, in turn, the services that are so important to our community."
The United Way of Collier County is a great example of how the community comes together through volunteer leadership in an effort to share the responsibility to care for one another. The United Way's 2012 campaign goal of $2.5 million is needed to ensure that 32 local charities will continue to provide direct services to those in need. This is the thirteenth and final in a series of articles highlighting the efforts of the United Way of Collier County and the agencies it helps support in our community.
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This post is a day late, since yesterday was the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birthday, but I thought I'd post a few of Darwin's drawings. As my own art, for the past few years, has included investigations into the subject of Natural History, I've become more and more fascinated by the visual culture of science — and the way in which functional scientific drawings also have an aesthetic dimension. Darwin, as it turns out, was not a draughtsman on the order of an Audubon or a Gallileo (Galileo's drawings of the phases of the moon are quite lovely) — his drawings are chiefly an act of investigation. Of course, much of good drawing, even in the purely aesthetic sphere, is also an act of investigation.
Below is an example of Darwin being investigative, and an example of Darwin being more pictorial (click on them to see larger versions):
Both are from the website "The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online" — to see more of his drawings, go to the Manuscripts section of the site, and do a page-search for the word "drawing."
Drawing — like writing — is not merely an act of recording, it's also an act of thinking. Darwin's most consequential drawing is probably a drawing he made of an idea, rather than of a thing. Made in a private notebook, it looks like a drawing or a twig or a tree. But it's really the drawing of a notion that would go on the revolutionize the way we look at the world:


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As if things couldn't get any more uncomfortable for the New England Patriots, it may have taken a bad turn with the latest injury news.
Running back Shane Vereen reportedly has a broken bone in his wrist and was scheduled to have surgery on Monday. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports first reported the sobering news for Patriots' fans. He is expected to miss several weeks. Also, receiver Zach Sudfeld has a hamstring injury. His status for Thursday's game against the Jets is still a question mark.
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Vereen ended Week 1 as the only NFL running back to go over the century mark, rushing for 101 yards. He also caught seven passes for 58 yards. Despite his production, the Patriots still managed to barely beat the Buffalo Bills.
Vereen was apparently injured early in the game, but continued to play. The problem wasn't recognized until afterward when he felt numbness in his hand. According to Glazer, the broken bone was resting on a nerve, causing the numbness.
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She was born June 26, 1923, in Live Oak, Fla., to the late Max and Minnie Stein Itzkovitz. Estelle moved to Otto in 1981 from Haines City, Fla. Estelle retired from General Telephone Company as a supervisor and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was a member of Dillard United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by: her spouse, Loren Lloyd Carpenter Sr.; her parents; and her sisters, Ethel Irene Comparato and Hannah Antoinette Thompson.
Estelle is survived by: a son, Loren Lloyd Jr. (Donna) of Parrish, Fla.; a daughter, Barbara M. Carpenter of Tampa, Fla.;. grandchildren, Paul Vance Ross Jr. and Kristi S. Kent and great-grandson, Brayden F. Kent, all of Tampa.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Dillard United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Dillard.
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The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched an investigation into the death of a detainee at the Darling Street Police Station in Kingston.
The dead man, identified by INDECOM as 20-year-old higgler, Oshane Dothlyn of a Kingston address, was arrested by the police and placed in custody on February 1.
According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), the deceased was found hanging in his cell while awaiting processing in police custody.
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However, the exact circumstances leading to the death of the man are unclear as residents have a different side of the story.
The STAR has learnt that a number of persons gathered on Monday at the Darling Street Police Station expressing discontent over the claims given by the police.
"The police said that he hang himself, but people heard him screaming from the police station. A vendor nearby was saying that is beat them beat him. The whole thing doesn't add up. Is a 'spliff' them hold him with. The story that they giving don't add up," the male resident said.
Investigations by INDECOM continue into the incident.
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AFP: Pampanga insurgency-free-A A +A
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
BACOLOR—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday declared Pampanga "insurgency-free," the last in the 22 provinces under the area of the Northern Luzon Command to be declared peaceful.
The declaration was formally announced yesterday here by AFP led by its Chief of Staff General Emmanuel T. Bautista, Governor Lilia Pineda and the leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pampanga.
Gen. Bautista was joined by LtGen. Gregorio Pio P. Catapang, Commander of Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom); MGen Hernando DCA Iriberri, Commander of the 7th Infantry Division; and Bgen. Henry G. Sabarre, 703rd Infantry Brigade and other local government officials from the province's towns and cities.
The officials also signed a signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) declaring the province as "peaceful and ready for further development."
With the MOA, the Philippine National Police will now take the lead role in fighting insurgents with the support of a military that will remain primarily for stakeholder engagement programs, according to the AFP.
The MOA is also a formal demonstration of different local government units and other government agencies to reinvigorate their role in peace and development in their community. This is also a way to accept and assert the local government's lead role in orchestrating the efforts of all agencies and stakeholders in the delivery of services designed to address the primary socio-economic issues.
Pampanga is the last province out of the 22 provinces in the Nolcom area to be declared as peaceful with the constant decline of New People's Army members and their mass base support.
"We showed here in Pampanga one of our victories against the 45 years of insurgency in the country. We have had the insurgency problem for so long, and so many died and suffered, and many families were broken because of that. Now it is time to end the culture of violence. It is time for us to unite and abandon the armed struggle and time to live in peace and prosperity," Gen. Bautista said in a statement.
A total of 21 provinces were declared peaceful in the area from 2009 to 2013 with La union and Nueva Viscaya in 2009; Apayao, Aurora, Quirino, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan and Kalinga in 2010; Ilocos Norte and Benguet in 2011; Zambales, Abra and Bataan in 2012; Batanes, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Cagayan, Ifugao, Bulacan and Mt. Province in 2013. At present, a total of 43 out of 75 provinces nationwide were already normalized, the AFP added.
"The declaration of these provinces as peaceful and ready for further development is a manifestation of the continued support of stakeholders and our people in winning the peace," Lt. Gen. Catapang said in a statement through the AFP.
Pineda, for her part, said that the declaration highlights the province's responsibility in maintaining peace and order and bringing in the needed development to keep the peace.
"We are tasked to continue the achievement of the AFP in Pampanga. The economic development of Pampanga is directly related to the full development of Pampanga and ensures that peace is kept even in the barangay level," Pineda said in the vernacular. (Ian Ocampo Flora/Sun.Star Pampanga)
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It may often occur that works offered over on the Internet, either by a service provider or its subscribers, is included within the copyright owned by a third party who has not sanctioned the works distribution. In some instances, a service provider may be liable for a copyright infringement using its service and systems.
In the UK, copyright law is governed through the "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the "1998 Act") and the ensuing decisions of courts. The Australian position[i] mirrors that of the UK where protection of a work is free and automatic upon its creation and differs from the position in the US, where work has to be registered to be actionable. While some divergences may be found, Australian copyright law largely replicates the frameworks in place within the US and UK. The copyright term is shorter than these jurisdictions in Australia being the creator's life plus 50 years whereas the UK has a term of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies for literary works. As co-signatories to the Berne Convention, most foreign copyright holders are also sheltered in both the UK and Australia.
The 1988 Act catalogues the copyright holder's exclusive rights as the rights to copy, issue copies of the work to the public, perform, show or play in public and to make adaptations. An ephemeral reproduction that is created within a host or router is a reproduction for the intention of copyright law. Though, there appears to be no special right to broadcast a work over a network, a right is granted in Section 16(1)(d) to broadcast the work or include it in a cable program service. The notion of "broadcast" is restricted to wireless telegraphy receivable by the general public. Interactive services are explicitly excluded from the designation of "cable program service" (S.7 (2)(a)). A proviso making an individual an infringer of the act in the event of remote copying has been defined to encompass occasions where a person who transmits the work over a telecommunications system[ii] knowing or reasonably believing that reception of the transmission will result in infringing copies to be created.
The law contains provisions imposing criminal penalties and civil remedies for making importing or commercially trading in items or services designed to thwart technological copyright protection instruments, and sanctions against tampering with electronic rights management information and against distributing or commercially dealing with material whose rights management information has been tampered with.[iii]
There are several legislative limitations on the scope of exclusive rights under UK law. Liability is also possible for secondary infringement including importing and distributing infringing copy prepared by a third party. The scope of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner is extensive enough to include an ISP or ICH that utilises or consciously allows another to its system in order to store and disseminate unauthorized copies of copyright works. This situation would create the risk of civil action. A contravention could constitute a criminal offence if a commercial motivation for copyright infringement could be demonstrated.
The Australian High Court decision in Telstra Corporation Ltd v Australasian Performing Rights Association Limited[iv] imposed primary liability for copyright infringement on Telstra in respect of music broadcast over a telephone "hold" system. A large part of the decision concentrated on the definition of the diffusion right in Australia.[v] It follows from this decision that if an ISP broadcasts copyright works to in the general course of disseminating other materials through the Internet, that diffusion is a "transmission to subscribers to a diffusion service" as defined by the Australian Copyright Act. It consequently emerges that an ISP may be directly liable for an infringement of copyright caused by that transmission under Australian common law for the infringements of its customers.[vi]
A determination as to whether a message using telecommunications is "to the public"[vii] will likely hinge on whether the message is made "openly, without concealment"[viii] to a sufficiently large number of recipients. No case has attempted to quantify a specific cut-off point.
In Moorhouse v. University of New South Wales,[ix] a writer initiated a "test case" asserting copyright infringement against the University of New South Wales. The University had provided a photocopier for the function of allowing photocopying works held by the university's library. A chapter of the plaintiff's manuscript was copied by means of the photocopier. The library had taken rudimentary provisions to control the unauthorised copying. No monitoring of the use of the photocopier was made. Further, he sign located on the photocopier was unclear and was determined by the Court to not be "adequate"[x]. The Australian High Court held that, whilst the University had not directly infringed the plaintiff's copyright, the University had sanctioned infringements of copyright in that the library had provided a boundless incitement for its patrons to duplicate material in the library.[xi]
In July 1997, the Attorney-General published a discussion paper[xii] that proposed a new broad-based technology-neutral diffusion right as well as a right of making available to the public[xiii]. This provides the position where direct infringement by users of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network would be covered in Australian law in a manner comparable to the US position in both Napster and Grokster[xiv].
Mann and Belzley's[xv] position holds the least cost intermediary liable is likely to be upheld under existing UK, US and Australian law. The positions held by the court in Telstra v Apra[xvi] and Moorhouse v UNSW[xvii] Define the necessary conditions to detail public dissemination and infringement through a sanctioned arrangement. The public dissemination of music clips on a website could be seen as being analogous to the copying of a manuscript with the ISP's disclaimer being held as an inadequate control. It is clear that the provision of technical controls, monitoring and issuing of take down notices by the ISP would be far more effective at controlling copyright infringement than enforcing infringements against individuals.
Several cases have occurred in the US involving ISPs or other service providers that hosted copyright material made available to those accessing the site. A significant decision was made in Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On–line Communication Services, Inc[xviii]. The case involved the posting of information online which was disseminated across the Internet. The postings were cached by the hosting provider for several days, and robotically stored by Netcom's system for 11 days. The court held that Netcom was not a direct infringer in summary judgment[xix]. It was held that the mere fact that Netcom's system automatically made transitory copies of the works did not constitute copying by Netcom. The court furthermore discarded arguments that Netcom was vicariously liable.
In the UK, "fair dealing" exceptions are a great deal more restricted than the US "fair use" exceptions. Netcom[xx] if tried in the UK would have to deal with the explicit requirements of Section 17 of the 1988 Act that entails copying to include storage by electronic means and also covers the creation of transient or incidental copies. These provisions make it probable that the result in the UK would have varies from that in the US at least in the first instance. The inclusion of storage differentiates ISPs and ICPs from telephone providers aligning them closer to publishers.
AN ISP or ICP could attempt to argue a similarity to a librarian over that of a publisher. The statutory provisions providing certain exemptions from liability for libraries under the 1988 Act and accompanying regulations are unlikely to apply to an ISP as the ability for a librarian to make copies is controlled under strict conditions. It is doubtful that these conditions could be met by either an ISP or ICP.
Modern peer-to-peer networks have eliminated separated the network from software with a decentralised indexing process[xxi] in an attempt to defend themselves from an exposure to vicarious liability as in Napster.[xxii] The methods suggested by Kraakman's analysis of asset insufficiency,[xxiii] have led ICPs and ISPs to become judgment proof, thus restraining the effectiveness of sanctions even against the intermediaries. It seems natural to expect as the technology develops that it in practice will be so decentralized as to obviate the existence of any intermediary gatekeeper that could be used to shut down the networks.[xxiv]
The success of modern peer to peer networks has resulted in the content industry targeting those individual copyright infringers who use peer-to-peer networks to disseminate or download copyrighted material.[xxv] Existing peer-to-peer networks and software permits the capture of sufficient information concerning individuals who attach to the network to identify the degree of infringement and possibly who is responsible[xxvi]. Recent advances to the P2P networking protocols have allowed users to screen their identity removing the ability for copyright holders to bring their claims to court[xxvii]. As copyright infringement evolves, it will become more improbable to expect a solution through prosecuting individual users[xxviii].
[i] Australian Act is modeled on the 1956 UK Act.
[ii] This does not include broadcasting or cable
[iii] See also, UK Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ipo.gov.uk/), Australian Copyright Council Online Information Centre (http://www.copyright.org.au/) and the US Copyright Office (http://www.copyright.gov/)
[iv] Telstra Corporation Limited v Australasian Performing Rights Association Limited (1997) 38 IPR 294. The Majority of the High Court (with Justices Toohey and McHugh dissenting) upheld the Full Court that music on hold transmitted to users of wired telephones represents a transmission to subscribers over a diffusion service. The Court further unanimously held that music on hold transmitted to users of mobile telephones involves a broadcast of the music.
[v] Section 26 of the Australian Copyright Act 1968.
[vi] This decision has created apprehension amongst authors. E.g. Simon Gilchrist "Telstra v Apra –Implications for the Internet" [1998] CTLR 16 & MacMillian, Blakeney "The Internet and Communications Carriers' Copyright Liability" [1998] EIPR 52.
[vii] Ibid; See also Goldman v The Queen (1979), 108 D.L.R. (3d) 17 (S.C.C.), at p. 30. It would therefore appear that it 70 is the intention of the sender of the message which is determinative of the private or public nature of the message
[viii] Supra note 3
[ix] [1976] R.P.C. 151.
[x] This is similar to the findings in RCA Corp. v. John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1982] R.P.C. 91 at 100 in which the court stated that "[A] person may be said to authorize another to commit an infringement if he or she has some form of control over the other at the time of infringement or, if there is no such control, if a person is responsible for placing in the hands of another materials which by their nature are almost inevitably to be used for the purpose of infringement."
[xi] [1976] R.P.C. 151 "[A] person who has under his control the means by which an infringement of copyright may be committed - such as a photocopying machine - and who makes it available to other persons knowing, or having reason to suspect, that it is likely to be used for the purpose of committing an infringement, and omitting to take reasonable steps to limit use to legitimate purposes, would authorize any infringement that resulted from its use".
[xii] See Attorney-General's Discussion Paper, "Copyright and the Digital Agenda", July 1997 at 71. The goal of this paper was to indicate the method by which Australia could implement the international copyright standards agreed at the December 1996 WIPO meeting.
[xiii] See Attorney-General's Discussion Paper, note 11.
[xiv] A&M Records Inc v Napster, Inc 114 F Supp 2d 896 (ND Cal 2000) & A&M Records Inc v Napster, Inc 239 F 3d 1004 (9th Cir 2001); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd No.s CV-01-08541-SVW, CV-01-09923-SVW (CD Cal, 25 April 2003) ('Grokster') (available at http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/) & Grokster Nos CV-01-08541-SVW, CV-01-09923-SVW (CD Cal, 25 April 2003), 21-2.
[xv] Mann, R. & Belzley, S (2005) "The Promise of the Internet Intermediary Liability" 47 William and Mary Law Review 1
[xvii] See Supra note 8
[xviii] 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995)
[xix] See also, System Corp. v Peak Computer Co., F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993), in which it was held that the creation of ephemeral copies in RAM by a third party service provider which did not have a license to use the plaintiff's software was copyright infringement.
[xx] 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995)
[xxi].Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 380 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir.) (Refusing to find liability for Grokster even though it aided end-users in copyright infringement because the service. This case is fundamentally different than Napster), cert. granted, 125 S. Ct. 686 (2004).
[xxiii].Kraakman, Corporate Liability Strategies, supra note 88, at 869.
[xxiv].See generally Tim Wu, When Code Isn't Law, 89 Va. L. Rev. 679 (2003) (explaining that peer to peer networks have removed the intermediary on which copyright enforcement requires).
[xxv].See Amy Harmon, Subpoenas Sent to File Sharers Prompt Anger and Remorse, N.Y. Times, July 28, 2003, at C1. See also Brian Hindo & Ira Sager, Music Pirates: Still on Board, Bus. Wk., Jan. 26, 2004, at 13. See J. Cam Barker, Grossly Excessive Penalties in the Battle Against Illegal File-Sharing: The Troubling Effects of Aggregating Minimum Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement, 83 Texas L. Rev. 525 (2004).
[xxvi].See Alice Kao, Note, RIAA v. Verizon: Applying the Subpoena Provision of the DMCA, 19 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 405, 408.
[xxvii].Scott Banerjee, P2P Users Get More Elusive, Billboard, July 31, 2004, at 5.
[xxviii].Perversely, what probably has in fact reduced the frequency of copyright infringement is more crime: using P2P systems subjects a computer to the threat of viruses that are spread inside the files obtained. Wendy M. Grossman, Speed Traps, Inquirer (U.K.), Jan. 14, 2005, at ___ , available at http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20718 (last visited Jan. 15, 2005). Another dissuasion has been the systematic effort by the recording industry to saturate P2P systems with dummy files that make getting the music a user actually wants quite difficult. See Malaika Costello-Dougherty, Tech Wars: P-to-P Friends, Foes Struggle, PC World, Mar. 13, 2003, at __ , available at http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109816,00.asp (last visited Jan. 15, 2005) (documenting the practice and attributing it to a company called Overpeer, which is apparently an industry anti-piracy company).
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It may often occur that works offered over on the Internet, either by a service provider or its subscribers, is included within the copyright owned by a third party who has not sanctioned the works distribution. In some instances, a service provider may be liable for a copyright infringement using its service and systems.
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Niles said he planned to step away from the game this spring and then explore options for next year, possibly at the collegiate level.
Niles was hired in 2004 and led the Irish to the playoffs in five of his six seasons, including a Southwest Conference co-championship in 2007. He had a 59-34 record in Midwestern League and Southwest Conference games.
With the season only months away, Sheldon promoted assistant coach Scott Wright to interim head coach this spring.
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