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Fred Patten compares and contrasts two new theatrical releases from Asia -- Japans Appleseed and South Koreas Sky Blue.
The frequency of American theatrical releases for anime features is beginning to pick up speed. This is good. Unfortunately, they are all still limited releases so far. The failure of Miyazakis Spirited Away to attract a big box office after its 2002 Oscar for best animated feature, despite Disneys release of it in 750 theaters, has been discouraging. But the popularity of anime is steadily growing through its exposure on TV and the video market, so there is hope that its theatrical b.o. will continue to climb even if only in the art-theater market. After all, any new anime theatrical release could become the next Akira, couldnt it?
Two new features have just appeared less than a month apart. On December 31, Maxmedia/Endgame released the July 2003 Korean feature Sky Blue. (Purists may object, but the term anime is evolving to encompass animation produced by any east Asian nation, not just Japan.) On Jan. 14, Geneon Entertainment released the April 2004 Japanese feature Appleseed.
Both features seem designed for the anime cult core market. They are futuristic action-packed sci-fi dramas showcasing the latest spectacular cutting-edge animation technology.
In fact, the publicity of both seems more like a promotion of their studios cinematographic breakthroughs than of their movie. Sky Blues presskit states: Sky Blue took more than seven years to complete, and employed many hundreds of Koreas leading animation artists and technicians in its production. The result is a unique composite of elements -- live-action miniatures and atmospheric elements shot on Panavisions 24p HDW-F900 camera, immersive 3D CGI backgrounds, and traditional 2D character animations -- layered many dozens of times in each frame of HD digital film. Sky Blue achieves a technical vision never before realized and achieved at a fraction of the budget usually engaged for CGI animation features. It is seen widely as a technical hallmark of a maturing Korean animation industry set to compete with the worlds other leading animation nations. The presskit devotes five pages to describing the production techniques and only two pages to the story synopsis and characters.
Similarly, Appleseeds publicity trumpets: A Cyberpunk-Thriller Film That Elevates The Future of Animation to the Next Level. Life-like, Yet Animated: Full 3D-CG Technology Using Traditional Anime Character Design. Use of advanced technology to create a visually stunning new style of animation. The film features a groundbreaking style known as 3D Live Anime a blend of motion-capture technology and 3D computer animation, which is further enhanced by the new generation of toon-shading programs, which renders 3D CGI into 2D cel-style images. The film is a huge leap forward in technical and visual terms, far exceeding the previous benchmark for computer animation from Japan, set by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
Too bad neither gave as much attention to their stories. But then, that is consistent with most features from the worlds other leading animation nations, isnt it?
Sky Blue is my favorite of these two. It is especially impressive considering that it was started from scratch in just about every respect. To create a theatrical feature of this quality was a lifelong dream project for Korean director Moon Sang Kim. Kim has produced more than 200 South Korean television commercials since 1988, and has won numerous awards starting with the first prize of the Korean Broadcasting Award in that year. After trying for some time to advance to more than TV commercials, Kim co-founded (with his wife Kay Hwang, a Sky Blue co-producer) his own animation studio, Tin House Co., Ltd., in Seoul in 1996. Sky Blue is Tin Houses first production of any kind besides TV commercials, according to co-producer Sunmin Park; but Kims long-range goal has always been the creation of a theatrical feature. He used Tin Houses commercial projects to build up his staff, equipment and expertise, and to make contacts.
Sunmin Park is a producer/writer/director at Los Angeles-based Maxmedia, Llc., which has been coordinating the financing and production of theatrical features for international distribution since 1989. It was Koreas Samsung Venture Investments Corp., which alerted Maxmedia to Kims project. Parks participation included co-writing the screenplay and arranging for Tin House to conduct CGI camera tests at the Panavision studios in Hollywood, although all of Sky Blue s production was done in-house in Seoul.
Principal production began in 2001. The completed film was released in Korea in July 2003 under the title Wonderful Days. (Publicity has implied that there is a considerable difference between the domestic Wonderful Days version and the international Sky Blue version, although Park told AWM that the distinction is only a few frames plus more international music in Sky Blue.) It immediately became an international film festival favorite, playing at over a dozen festivals before its U.S. release. Kim has described his blend of multi-layered cinematography as combining the depth and reality of miniature sets, the metallic futuristic appearance of 3D CGI, and the comfortable familiarity of 2D cel characters to achieve a Surrealistic style of animation, as distinct from the Hyper-realistic CGI style employed in Final Fantasy.
Kim always knew that his movie would be a futuristic adventure involving ecological disaster, but the plot went through many rewrites. The final version is set in 2142 A.D., a century after humanitys carelessness resulted in the collapse of Earths biosphere. The only survivors are a technological society in a magnificent enclosed scientifically-designed refuge city, Ecoban, and a small horde of refugees in the Wasteland just outside. The leaders of Ecoban have supported the refugees in return for their providing labor to mine the raw materials needed to keep Ecoban operational. After a century, Ecobans leaders have degenerated into an indolent elite class who have reduced the Diggers to slavery, providing no more than the barest minimum to keep them alive. The Diggers have finally grown angry enough to strike for better conditions, at the same time Ecobans machinery in use for a century is breaking down.
The central story is a Romeo and Juliet romance between Jay, a young woman in Ecobans security guard who sympathizes with the Diggers, and Shua, a young activist in the Diggers revolutionary movement who realizes that violence could destroy the shaky technology upon which all lives depend. Shua is secretly assisting Dr. Noah, a former member of Ecobans ruling council who believes that the technocrats should try to rid Earth of its permanent cloud cover of acid rain so the whole planet can be reclaimed, instead of trying to brutally destroy the Diggers. On a scene-by-scene basis, Sky Blue is a compelling story with believable characters. Yet the plot depends upon the Metropolis-like concept that Ecobans ruling council would support sadistic security Captain Lockes plan to goad the Diggers into open rebellion, thereby justifying slaughtering them all to increase production. Huh?!
Appleseed is similarly visually impressive, but has a story even more riddled with holes. This April 17, 2004 feature is adapted from the classic sci-fi manga novel by Masamune Shirow, so popular that it was one of the first manga to be published in America in the late 1980s. (Shirow is better known as the author of Ghost in the Shell.) Appleseed was produced by the Digital Frontier studio in a process blending motion-capture filmed actors rendered to look more like traditional cel-animated characters rather than attempting a completely realistic appearance, composited over shiny futuristic CGI settings.
Appleseed is a great example of turn off your mind and submerge yourself in the action. It is set in 2131 A.D. (only 11 years different than Sky Blue), in another future world that has been completely destroyed except for a single scientifically advanced refuge city, Olympus. Here the apocalypse was due to a global World War III. The technological elite who built Olympus reasoned that humanity is inherently violent, so they also created manufactured humans, bioroids, whose emotions have been suppressed so they can serve as peaceful and fair administrators of the city. Olympus police force is comprised of bioroids, while the citys military consists of normal humans.
This is seen through the eyes of Deunan Knute, a young woman who is an ace commando and one of the last soldiers to survive in the war-ravaged world. She is saved at the last moment from military robots programmed to kill all humans, and brought to Olympus, a paradise on Earth whose existence she never suspected. I would have to see Appleseed again to count how many times the word utopia is used in the first half-hour to describe it; yet Deunan has not been there for more than a day before Olympus-designed killer robots are sent to hunt her down, apparently for siding with the bioroid administrators. It seems that the military, consisting entirely of bigoted humans controlled by their destructive emotions, are planning a coup to overthrow the bioroids. Much really spectacular destruction ensues, not leaving much of Olympus still standing at the conclusion although the bioroids continue to cheerfully refer to it as such a utopia.
This is the second time that Appleseed has been animated. The first time was as an April 1988 70-minute direct-to-video movie, produced by the Gainax and A.I.C. studios. (It was first released in America on video by U.S. Renditions in August 1991. The current DVD release by Manga Entertainment came out in April 2001.)
Anime fans seldom mention this earlier Appleseed because the animation is of low quality, and the story seems like a standard TV police-versus-terrorists plot despite its futuristic setting. Yet in comparison, its story is much more plausible. In the 1988 version, the world has been devastated by the world war but civilization is not completely destroyed. The remnants of the old nations still exist, and dictators are greedy for Olympus wealth and technology; so Olympus is justified in having a small military for self-defense. In the new movie, Earth seems to be an uninhabitable wasteland outside of Olympus, so why does the city need a huge military with even bigger and deadlier killer robots? In the earlier movie, humans and bioroids are shown living together in harmony.
The Free Human Liberation Alliance terrorists are revealed to be a tiny radical fringe with no popular support. In the new movie practically no true humans are seen except those in the military, and there is no apparent justification for their vicious prejudice against bioroids. Unreasoning, violent prejudice does exist, but shared by the entire military and openly encouraged by its commanding officers? I also got annoyed after a few too many battle scenes stretched into saved-at-the-last-possible-moment rescues. This Appleseed seems adapted less from Shirows novel than from a videogame version of it.
Both Sky Blue and Appleseed have been getting favorable reviews filled with descriptions like beautiful, dazzling and spectacular. Yet there are few words of praise for the stories, for obvious reasons. They will be popular with anime fans, and fans of sci-fi movies; and Appleseed is a treat for fans of violent videogames. But neither of these will make anime look ready to appeal to general audiences.
Fred Patten has written on anime for fan and professional magazines since the late 1970s. He wrote the liner notes for Rhino Entertainments The Best of Anime music CD (1998), and was a contributor to The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, 2nd Edition, ed. by Maurice Horn (1999) and Watching Anime, Reading Manga (2004) was recently published.


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Chicago, IL April 25, 1996: In the April issue of the Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Journal) some alternate dosing guidelines are provided for the Abbott Laboratories' new protease inhibitor ritonavir (Norvir). According to Journal editor Gordon Nary, these guidelines seem to have been beneficial in reducing some of the side effects often associated with the starting of antiviral therapy with ritonavir.
Although not part of the FDA-approved dosage recommendations that are included in the package insert for ritonavir, Abbott officials have confirmed the benefit to some patients of gradually increasing the initial dosing of ritonavir over the first 14 days. At day one, patients should start with ritonavir at 300mg BID (twice daily). Patient should gradually increase dosage to reach standard dosing of 600mg BID (twice daily) after 14 days.
If side effects persist after 14 days, patients can lower their long-term dosage to a minimum of 500mg BID (twice daily) only if ritonavir is administered in combination with other antivirals. If side effects continue patients are permitted to take antinausea and antidiarrheal drugs according to package instructions to help reduce the duration and severity of the side effects.
The April issue of the Journal also contains a monograph on ritonavir, details on the dose-ranging studies with ritonavir and saquinavir, and a side-by-side comparison of ritonavir and indinavir. For a copy of the article on dosing recommendations contact Mabrey Russell Whigham, at 312-419-7295 or, beginning May 1st, visit the new web site of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care at http://www.iapac.org.
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Sound as a bitcoin? That doesn't sound as if it will enter the lexicon, at least not anytime soon, after the so-called virtual currency soared and crashed last week, not long after bursting into the consciousness of the financial world.
The Bitcoin was supposed to be a 21st-century monetary unit, an alternative not controlled by any government and therefore immune to its manipulation. While Bitcoins have been around for a few years as an intellectual exercise among libertarian-inclined computer geeks, they only took off in recent weeks as actions of various governments to manipulate—or in the case of Cyprus, confiscate—money balances went to unprecedented extremes.
In May 2010, U.S. computer programmers supposedly paid 10,000 Bitcoins—then worth less than a cent apiece—for a couple of pizzas. That was long before the currency's bubble and bust last week. At its momentary peak, a Bitcoin fetched $266, which would have valued those pizzas at over $2.6 million (I don't know if toppings would be extra). But by week's end, the price of a Bitcoin had crashed to $54.25. While it was beginning to be used as a medium of exchange, the Bitcoin clearly wasn't fulfilling money's other function, to be a stable store of value.
Ben Levisohn, Barron's emerging-markets blogger and columnist, who has been covering the Bitcoin before it emerged into the mainstream, pointed out in a post Friday the similarity to another burst bubble of a generation ago—the Hunt Brothers' attempted corner of the silver market in late 1979 and early 1980.
You'll recall those days of yesteryear, when the dragon of inflation had yet to be slain by Paul Volcker, then head of the Federal Reserve, and paper currencies were held in suspicion, if not outright contempt. Gold also was in the process of hitting its then-peak of $850 an ounce. In any case, Ben notes, silver spiked nearly 600%, to more than $40 an ounce, but by May 1980, the metal had collapsed by 70%, to a tad over $12. "The lesson for investors: When you see something quintuple its price in a matter of months, take some profits," he counsels. (The post can be viewed here, with some illuminating charts of the two bubbles and busts.)
Skepticism about government fiat currencies now, if anything, is even greater, than it was three decades ago. The Bank of Japan has embarked on a massive money-printing scheme that has lifted Japanese stock prices nearly 50% but effectively devalued the yen 20% since late last year when it became apparent that Abenomics—named for the new prime minister, Shinzo Abe—would be adopted. (The outcome may be rather less salubrious than new Japan bulls expect, see Does Japan Face a Debt Apocalypse?.) Meanwhile, the Fed continues on its trillion-dollar-a-year bond-buying program, joined by virtually every other central bank around the globe in expanding its balance sheet. (The European Central Bank is a notable exception, letting its balance sheet shrink lately. The next crisis, when—not if—it comes will assuredly spur the ECB back into action.)
So, it is incongruous that gold—money that can't be printed, just minted—would enter a bear market Friday. To be sure, a number of big Wall Street banks had declared the end of the bull market in bullion in recent weeks. Yet, if the Street were a redoubtable forecasting indicator, analysts wouldn't have been falling over themselves to boost price targets on Apple AAPL -1.1494252873563218% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD93.74 -1.09 -1.1494252873563218% /Date(1461967803958-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 67389787 AFTER HOURS USD93.7 -0.039999999999992 -0.042671218263281414% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1141641 P/E Ratio 10.427141268075639 Market Cap 513453789490.364 Dividend Yield 2.432259441007041% Rev. per Employee 2050050 More quote details and news » (ticker: AAPL) to infinity and beyond last year when the stock crested at $705—before its long slide to $429.80 by Friday's close.
Gold entered so-called official bear market territory by dropping 20% from its peak of $1,900 an ounce, hit in the speculative frenzy of September 2011. On Friday, gold fell through the $1,500 mark, with the active nearby Comex futures shedding 5.7%, or $88.80, to $1,476. The real story was told by the action in the SPDR Gold Shares GLD 1.9457498557177013% SPDR Gold Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca 123.65 2.36 1.9457498557177013% /Date(1461965049000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18229998 AFTER HOURS 123.65 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 813904 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » exchange-traded fund (GLD), which slid 4.7% Friday as 55 million shares traded, five times the average daily volume of the past three months. Barrons.com's technical guru, Michael Kahn, relates that the bottom fell out when GLD (it's better known by its ticker rather than its proper name) broke below last May's lows.
Beyond price, the assets of GLD tell the story of the end of the gold frenzy. Barron's ETF expert, Brendan Conway, notes that GLD briefly was the world's biggest ETF, with assets north of $77 billion in August 2011, topping the SPDR S&P 500 spy -0.5383048723170922% SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca 206.3308 -1.1167 -0.5383048723170922% /Date(1461963600261-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 123831127 AFTER HOURS 206.28 -0.0508000000000095 -0.02462065770112848% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18593010 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.0347984886405714% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (SPY) for a time. By the end of 2012, GLD still had $72.2 billion. But by last Thursday, its assets had shrunk by 18%, to $59.4 billion. No doubt Friday's collapse brought a further exodus, which certainly added to the selling pressure.
The carnage wasn't confined to the yellow metal. Silver also fell 5%, with its ETF, the iShares Silver Trust SLV 1.2522361359570662% iShares Silver Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca 16.98 0.21 1.2522361359570662% /Date(1461963600027-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15117145 AFTER HOURS 16.97 -0.0100000000000016 -0.05889281507656066% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 64866 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (SLV) plunging that percentage on 3.5 times recent average volume. And gold-mining stocks, which already had substantially unperformed the metal, took a similar hit, with the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) losing 5.7% on 2½ times recent average volume.
In a piece published in Barrons.com's Wall Street's Best Minds feature, Tocqueville Funds' John Hathaway contends that the selloff in gold was "a contrarian's dream scenario." Writing before Friday's 5% plunge, he noted the contrast between the widespread disaffection with the metal, encapsulated in a New York Times Thursday article, with the positive fundamentals for it: negative real interest rates, worldwide quantitative easing, and governments' new confiscatory inclinations, as demonstrated in Cyprus.
Meanwhile, the global debasement race to the bottom has produced some absurdities. Late Friday, the U.S. Treasury said that it is monitoring Japan's monetary expansion and would press Abe to refrain from competitive devaluation. With the Fed's printing press operating in overdrive, it's truly a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
The rush to the Bitcoin may have been a speculative bubble, but it may also represent an inchoate search for an alternative to government-controlled paper currencies.
Gold would fit that bill, but it appears caught up in a liquidation of commodities, such as base metals and petroleum products, and as a component in commodity indexes. Commodities are produced to be consumed. Gold isn't consumed; virtually all the gold ever extracted still exists as a store of value or a thing of beauty. That makes it fundamentally different from commodities.
Some day, an alternative to gold that doesn't require the tedious and expensive mining, storage, and transfer of the metal may be conjured. Those difficulties gave rise to paper money, which is being abused. For now, gold no longer is loved, which, to an independent-minded contrarian investor, only adds to its allure.
IN CONTRAST, THE QUEST for stability is evident in the equity market, where the most ardently desired stocks are those that act the most like bonds—paying a decent yield while exhibiting a lack of volatility.
Those attractive attributes have been encapsulated in an ETF, the PowerShares S&P Low Volatility SPLV -0.10005002501250625% PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio U.S.: NYSE Arca 39.94 -0.04 -0.10005002501250625% /Date(1461963600028-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2422756 AFTER HOURS 39.94 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10494 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.076715072608913% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (SPLV), which has not only levitated in a virtual straight line since the turn of the year, but also has seen its assets burgeon. Through Thursday, the low-volatility ETF was up 15.6% in 2013, some 26% better than the 12.4% gain for SPY, according to Morningstar. And the exchange-traded fund has attracted $1 billion this year, bringing its assets to more than $4 billion, not an inconsiderable increase.
The PowerShares ETF features stocks that not only are remarkable for their lack of stomach-churning swings, but also that they trade at or near all-time highs: Johnson & Johnson JNJ -0.35561877667140823% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD112.08 -0.4 -0.35561877667140823% /Date(1461965044000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7407426 AFTER HOURS USD111.91 -0.170000000000002 -0.1516773733047823% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 367086 P/E Ratio 20.37818181818182 Market Cap 309155199913.96 Dividend Yield 2.8551034975017844% Rev. per Employee 552604 More quote details and news » (JNJ); H.J. Heinz (HNZ), whose attributes have attracted Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway BRKA -0.40391593071814885% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE USD145.48 -0.59 -0.40391593071814885% /Date(1461965048000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3715419 AFTER HOURS USD145.48 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 180174 P/E Ratio 14.890176250230292 Market Cap 359222076109.981 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 636921 More quote details and news » (BRKA, BRKB); PepsiCo PEP -0.009711566475672525% PepsiCo Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD102.96 -0.01 -0.009711566475672525% /Date(1461963606204-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4366366 AFTER HOURS USD102.96 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 237682 P/E Ratio 28.05449591280654 Market Cap 148717172193.222 Dividend Yield 2.7292152292152294% Rev. per Employee 238395 More quote details and news » (PEP); General Mills GIS 0.1305909239307868% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD61.34 0.08 0.1305909239307868% /Date(1461965043000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2628552 AFTER HOURS USD61.4 0.0599999999999952 0.09781545484186502% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 74625 P/E Ratio 25.036734693877552 Market Cap 36460617392.9446 Dividend Yield 2.9996739484838604% Rev. per Employee 403190 More quote details and news » (GIS); Consolidated Edison ED 0.45785079450579047% Consolidated Edison Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD74.6 0.34 0.45785079450579047% /Date(1461963819103-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1928579 AFTER HOURS USD74.6 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 70151 P/E Ratio 18.419753086419753 Market Cap 21923297659.4879 Dividend Yield 3.5924932975871315% Rev. per Employee 845873 More quote details and news » (ED), and SCANA SCG 1.297743695620115% Scana Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD68.69 0.88 1.297743695620115% /Date(1461963773067-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1049965 AFTER HOURS USD68.69 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14951 P/E Ratio 18.81917808219178 Market Cap 9816969590.40407 Dividend Yield 3.3483767651768814% Rev. per Employee 714188 More quote details and news » (SCG).
And while they're not among the top 10 holdings of the ETF, Colgate-Palmolive CL -0.3372681281618887% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE USD70.92 -0.24 -0.3372681281618887% /Date(1461963664908-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4754594 AFTER HOURS USD70.92 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 135041 P/E Ratio 46.966887417218544 Market Cap 63332835305.7532 Dividend Yield 2.1996615905245345% Rev. per Employee 423061 More quote details and news » (CL), Clorox CLX 0.3686783681974834% Clorox Co. U.S.: NYSE USD125.23 0.46 0.3686783681974834% /Date(1461965042000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1236448 AFTER HOURS USD125.23 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45661 P/E Ratio 24.08269230769231 Market Cap 16210522907.5336 Dividend Yield 2.4594745667970934% Rev. per Employee 739351 More quote details and news » (CLX), and Kimberly-Clark KMB -0.8317490494296578% Kimberly-Clark Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD125.19 -1.05 -0.8317490494296578% /Date(1461963778895-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3034426 AFTER HOURS USD124.83 -0.359999999999999 -0.2875629043853343% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75147 P/E Ratio 42.01006711409396 Market Cap 45084424037.7881 Dividend Yield 2.9395319114945284% Rev. per Employee 427349 More quote details and news » (KMB) all are at or near historic peaks.
Meanwhile, Fastenal FAST -1.0154431986460757% Fastenal Co. U.S.: Nasdaq USD46.79 -0.48 -1.0154431986460757% /Date(1461963600120-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3880122 AFTER HOURS USD46.79 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 23431 P/E Ratio 26.286516853932586 Market Cap 13516835628.8602 Dividend Yield 2.5646505663603336% Rev. per Employee 188111 More quote details and news » (FAST), another homely company, which distributes industrial, instead of consumer, goods, has been rolling over. It has slipped 7% from its recent high, reached in February. That is consistent with the slide in industrial commodity prices, notably Dr. Copper, or iron-ore prices, which have kept the pressure on Cliffs Natural Resources CLF -2.226345083487941% Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD5.27 -0.12 -2.226345083487941% /Date(1461963683134-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20674086 AFTER HOURS USD5.31 0.04 0.7590132827324478% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 63543 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 958739455.300827 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 768423 More quote details and news » (CLF), which ticked higher on some buying a couple of weeks ago by bottom-fishers, but since has slid back.
In an economy of slow growth and low interest rates, assured cash flows attract high valuations. So it's no wonder that an ETF that is composed of companies peddling pedestrian products would be a lure to investors seeking bond-like attributes.
Technology companies, which also may boast free cash flow and triple-A balance sheets, don't enjoy the same sort of investor ardor.
Witness the pummeling of Microsoft MSFT -0.06012024048096192% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD49.87 -0.03 -0.06012024048096192% /Date(1461965041000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47304066 AFTER HOURS USD49.81 -0.0599999999999952 -0.120312813314618% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1107618 P/E Ratio 39.57936507936508 Market Cap 394436943265.82 Dividend Yield 2.887507519550832% Rev. per Employee 732415 More quote details and news » (MSFT) on last week's news of a plunge in personal-computer shipments in the first quarter. Or the valuation of Intel INTC -2.667952426872388% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD30.28 -0.83 -2.667952426872388% /Date(1461963600123-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 35612917 AFTER HOURS USD30.33 0.0499999999999972 0.16512549537648613% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 830830 P/E Ratio 12.94017094017094 Market Cap 142842901852.463 Dividend Yield 3.4346103038309117% Rev. per Employee 524473 More quote details and news » (INTC), trading at just about 11 times forecast earnings, little more than half the price-earnings multiple of toilet-paper and soap peddlers.
Low interest rates and low growth induce investors to bid up investments that produce stability and cash flows. As earnings season ramps up this week, investors' demand for certainty and stability may be tested.
Alan Abelson is out this week.
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contact lens update
What's New In Contact
Industry executives weigh in on materials, comfort, price ... and your opportunities.
BY KAREN RODEMICH, Managing Editor
Over the past year, the contact lens industry has been anything but static. New lenses, lens solutions, research and regulations have all impacted optometrists. Recently, executives of top contact lens and lens care companies shared their views on the state of the contact lens industry in 2005.
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So what are the greatest contact lens-related challenges that manufacturers and/or optometrists face? "A certain segment of consumers are price shoppers and will continue to search for the best price in the absence of service," answers Jeff McLean, president of CooperVision's U.S. Operations. He says that it's best for optometrists to treat these consumers as such because they'll continue to migrate.
Naomi Kelman, president of Vistakon Americas, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., makes her point clear. She says, "Dropouts frustrate doctors. If a patient in contact lenses equals patient satisfaction, then a patient who drops out equals patient dissatisfaction."
And Ms. Kelman posits that the greatest challenge for both manufacturers and practitioners is delivering patient satisfaction.
Rick Weisbarth, O.D., F.A.A.O., vice president of Professional Services for CIBA Vision North America, believes that the greatest challenge for the industry is convincing practitioners to break their older prescribing habits and to adopt new technologies and fit patients with the best products available today (i.e., silicone hydrogels, daily disposables and new lens care solutions).
In addition to breaking old habits, Fred Edmunds, O.D., of Bausch & Lomb's Professional Relations, says optometrists -- particularly the younger set -- aren't giving contact lenses their due. They "have been taking the back seat to other, more medically oriented optometric procedures" and he believes that part of the reason may be optometrists' fear of losing lens revenues to alternative retailers or they think that fitting contact lenses isn't challenging enough.
Kelly McKnight, executive director, Sales and Marketing at Unilens Vision Inc., approaches the question solely from the viewpoint of a manufacturer: "Our greatest challenge," she says, "is to ensure that we continue to exceed the expectations of eyecare professionals throughout the industry by the continued introduction of new, cutting edge lens technology and by providing the best customer service and education-based practitioner programs available in the industry."
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Positive notes
Challenges aside, it's clear that a number of trends will continue to impact contact lens sales positively, say executives.
Ms. Kelman says that consumer advertising that targets new wearers and dropouts has a positive effect on category growth. She says, "At Vistakon, we've heard from many doctors that our Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear advertisements are driving new wearers."
Mr. McLean offers insight those trends that will continue into the future. "Today, the demographic target is anywhere from 13 to 55 and older." He says that because of new technology, patients can now stay in lens correction later in life before they have to switch to eyeglasses. "On top of this," he adds, "add the rising incidence of myopia, computer vision syndrome and overall visually demanding lifestyles and we have a market that's positioned to generate attractive growth."
Says Dr. Weisbarth, "The advent of silicone hydrogels and daily disposables are making a major impact in the way that practitioners approach contact lenses (they can now fit products to patients and thus enjoy more flexibility and versatility) and are giving patients more convenient choices that are right for their lifestyles."
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According to Mr. McLean, CooperVision's Proclear brand "grew in excess of 40% last year and posted a 45% increase in the first quarter this year." The company's toric line of products, says Mr. McLean, continues to grow in excess of the market posting an overall increase of 8% last year and its Balance Progress Technology multifocal lens, offered in both Frequency and Proclear brands, grew nearly 60% last year.
Speaking for B&L, Jeff Nardoci, vice president of Marketing, U.S. Vision Care, references Health Products Research data. According to said data, "both our SofLens Multi-Focal and SofLens66 Toric contact lenses continue to be the number-one prescribed lenses for their categories by eyecare professionals both domestically and globally." He says that ReNu with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Solution also continues to do well and to gain market share.
As for Vistakon, Ms. Kelman reports that Acuvue 2 Brand Contact Lenses remain the number-one prescribed lens in the category. "Acuvue Advance Brand Contact Lenses with Hydraclear is the number-one prescribed silicone hydrogel lens and is number-two overall to Acuvue 2," she says. Also, market share of Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear is growing quickly, particularly among new wearers.
Ms. McKnight reports that the C-VUE Disposable Multifocal is Unilens's number-one-selling product and is "enjoying an aggressive growth rate over last year."
And Dr. Weisbarth says that the response by practitioners regarding O2Optix contact lenses has been overwhelmingly positive. Patient response also appears positive for this product. Says Dr. Weisbarth, "According to a recent CIBA Vision study of more than 750 daily wear, two-week replacement soft contact lens wearers in North America, three out of five patients who indicated a preference preferred O2Optix over all other major two-week soft contact lens brands combined, with the number-one reason for the preference being comfort."
The GP point of view
At companies involved in GP lenses, executives spoke of a number of trends including an upswing in the demand for multifocals, corneal reshaping and advanced manufacturing capabilities. In addition, Sandy Kossack, manager of Meeting and Education Services for Paragon Vision Sciences, cites attracting a greater proportion of people who wear contact lenses as one challenge; contact lens dropouts is another.
To reduce dropouts, Martin Dalsing, president of Contamac USA, says that optometrists should consider lens care regimens. He recommends a cleaning system with a full strength cleaner that includes a rinse. He says, "A clean lens is a healthy lens is a happy patient."
Contex, Inc. General Manager Steven Ernst, N.C.L.C., comments that, "Because of all of the consumer-direct marketing by contact lens companies, consumers are well-educated as to what's available, but not to their specific needs."
But O.D.s could turn this into a good thing: according to Ms. Kossack, the aging population still desires youthful, lifestyle-supporting medical devices, and this has helped to stimulate the growth of presbyopic lenses.
Keith Parker, president of Key Distributed Products International (KDPI), says that multifocals have had a positive affect on sales because "they meet a specific need in the rapidly growing presbyopic patient base." He also adds that corneal reshaping has been a positive answer to post-surgical correction needs.
Lee Buffalo, director of Sales and Marketing at Blanchard Contact Lens, Inc., comments that, "The advanced manufacturing capability available with the lathing technology that we [Blanchard] have now has affected it positively; the lathes can do any design we want." From a soft lens standpoint, he says that some of the new silicone hydrogels seem to affect contact lens sales positively.
Hopefully these comments give you some insight into contact lens trends specific to GPs. And if you're curious about the companies' products, then consider the following:
ABBA Opticals' President, Lee Dickerson says, "The presbyopic segment of our business outpaced the others by a significant margin for 2004 compared with 2003, with an increase of roughly 35%. Within our nine-member family of lenses for presbyopia, the MVP Progressive Multifocal was our top seller." He says that simplicity of fit, good initial comfort, great lens performance and an affordable dispensing system have made the MVP a winner for many of ABBA's customers.
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To find out how these companies have responded to patients' needs for comfort and visual acuity, as well as a review of what products they've recently introduced and plan to introduce, check out our Online Exclusive, "Contact Lens Review" at
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Sandy Harrison, market manager for Opti-Free Express at Alcon Laboratories, says solution formulations can affect a patient's satisfaction with their contact lenses. "Not all solutions are the same, they're all formulated differently and the solution can have a direct affect on patient lens-wearing comfort," she says. Ms. Harrison adds that factors such as lens surface wettability, ocular irritation from poor lens design or fit, lens incompatibility and maintenance of a good lens cleanliness can all impact patient comfort and their lens-wearing experience.
Ms. Harrison points to new contact lens materials such as silicone hydrogels as making a positive impact on the market. She says that the key is that "not all lens materials are compatible with lens solutions." That's where research and new technology come in. And Mr. Noon notes that "the advent of many technologically-advanced contact lenses and contact lens solutions has enhanced sales in the industry."
Robert M. Lohr, O.D., RP.h., president of Lobob Laboratories, Inc., said his company has responded to the GP patient's need for comfort and better lens performance by utilizing newer technology as well. For example, Optimum solutions (Lobob) are preserved with benzyl alcohol, which "has no recorded history and sensitization (allergic reaction) and rinses from the lenses easily," says Dr. Lohr.
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According to AAF-ECI, the President's Award is given annually to recognize a member who has: provided extraordinary service to the organization, is committed to the growth and professionalism of the club, and has provided long-term leadership to the club. Yarbrough has been a member of the AAF-ECI chapter for more than three years, served as chair for the AAF-ECI Auction and was this year's ADDY chair. In addition, she serves the Board of Directors as Secretary. The award was issued on Saturday, February 23, 2012 at AAF-ECI's annual ADDY Awards.
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Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, reports, agreements, minutes, histories, financial records, lists, press summaries, and photographs, relating to American relief in the Soviet Union following the Russian Civil War, and food and public health problems, agriculture, economic conditions, transportation and communications, and political and social developments, in the Soviet Union.
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Reeves is a graduate of MTSU and holds a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee. Reeves is co-owner of Reeves-Sain Family of Medical Services, which provides pharmacy products and medical supplies to patients throughout the state of Tennessee.
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Hunters checked 5,928 wild turkeys during Missouri's fall firearms hunting season Oct. 1-31. It was the second-smallest harvest in the fall season's 33-year history.
Top harvest counties were Greene with 199 turkeys checked, Franklin with 157 and Webster with 154.
Resource Scientist Jason Isabelle, who oversees the Missouri Department of Conservation's turkey-management program, said the harvest was about what he would expect based on the number of fall firearms turkey hunting permits sold.
"The number of turkeys harvested per permit sold has remained relatively constant for the last 20 years," said Isabelle. "This year's permit sales were off by about the same percentage as the harvest."
Missouri held its first autumn firearms turkey hunt in 1978. Hunters bagged 4,374 turkeys that fall. The size of the fall harvest increased gradually over the following seven years. It nearly doubled in 1986, when the bag limit increased from one to two birds.
The fall harvest peaked in 1987, when hunters checked 28,139 birds. After that, the number of hunters participating in the fall season declined from a high of approximately 50,000 to 13,736 this year. The harvest trend mirrors declining hunter numbers.
Isabelle said several factors have contributed to fall turkey hunting's declining popularity. Among those factors has been the increasing popularity of archery deer hunting.
All 13 counties where hunters checked more than 100 turkeys during the fall firearms turkey season are south of the Missouri River.
"Northern Missouri counties led the state in turkey harvest for a long time," said Isabelle. "Hunters frequently saw lots of turkeys up there during the summer, and it got them excited about fall hunting.
"They have been seeing fewer birds, especially in the past few years, and I think that lots of turkey hunters in northern Missouri recognize that the population is down in that region of the state and are taking it upon themselves to not hunt birds in the fall as a result."
Isabelle said the sharp drop in this year's fall firearms turkey permit sales and harvest is not evidence of a proportional decline in the state's turkey population. He said the slide of the fall firearms turkey harvest began 25 years ago, when the state's turkey flock was still growing in some parts of the state.
"Our spring turkey harvest continued to increase during much of that period," he said. "From the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, it grew from about 30,000 to just over 60,000. The decreased interest in fall turkey hunting obviously was not because we didn't have enough turkeys."
This year's fall firearms turkey harvest included 3,877 hens, or approximately 34 per county. Isabelle said a fall turkey harvest of this size has no effect on the number of turkeys available to hunters the following spring.
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"The sad thing is I have talked to my oldest daughter about this as well," my friend, a respected journalist, told me. "I've told her if she is riding around with a group of her black male school friends she should be aware of the likelihood they will be stopped by authorities and perceived as trouble makers by others and there is little margin for error."
"Frankly there is no margin for error," he said. "Our kids don't get to make the same mistakes that other kids do. Our kids don't get to react to confrontations the same way others do."
A devoted dad, my friend makes a lot of sense.
I talk to my teenage daughter, too, about race, injustice and acting responsibly. It's now evolved into a daily conversation where I borrow a phrase from a dear friend, a mother: "Show good judgment." Those are three simple, yet powerful words to live by as we send our children into the world.
I wrote this week about a friend from Chicago, a black female physician, who had a sobering conversation with her three school-age sons days before a Florida jury failed to convict Michael Dunn of the premeditated murder of Jordan Davis.
"I presented the concept of "Strange Fruit" to them through poetry, music and the frightening visual …but with Trayvon Martin as an example," she told me. As a mother, she is understandably concerned about how white men view young black men.
She offered her sons a powerful historical testimony to connect the past to the present. The crisis of perception of young black males in America today is one that could be described as modern-day version of the lynchings of that plagued them into this century.
"Strange Fruit" was recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The song exposed American racism through the ongoing lynching of black men in the South. A chilling photo of two black men who were lynched as white men celebrated in 1930 inspired teacher Abel Meeropol, who wrote the song. In the video, eerie black-and-white photos of Ku Klux Klansmen in hoods, burning crosses and watching half-nude black men hanging from trees, accompany Holiday's voice.
It's critical that we talk to our black boys about the consequences of racism in our society. But as I was reminded firmly this week, we must include our daughters in this discussion, too.
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May 4, 2016
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- The body of a 15-year-old Detroit area girl has been found in Lake Michigan off Muskegon.
WOOD-TV and MLive.com report that divers with a search and rescue team located the body Sunday after hours of searching.
Raybeon Jenkins last was seen about 7:30 p.m. Friday struggling about 100 yards from Pere Marquette Beach. She had been swimming with her 14-year-old sister and two other people.
Jenkins, of Ypsilanti, was spending the summer with relatives in West Michigan.
Authorities searched the area Saturday and Sunday with boats and sonar. Helicopters also were used to search the lake surface, northwest of Grand Rapids.
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by Brenda Ball Cuthbertson
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The welfare system in the United
States is embarking on a major transition. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC), an entitlement program enabling low-income single mothers to stay home with
their children, has been replaced with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
(TANF), a time-limited benefit that requires parents to work or participate in work-related activities as a condition of aid receipt. If parents are to meet work requirements, they
must have access to child care services. Yet cost of care or an insufficient supply of
child care providers could limit child care accessibility. In this report, I evaluate Los
Angeles County's plan to assist recipients in securing child care services.
Los Angeles County's welfare plan operates under the California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs). The CalWORKs legislation intends to improve access to child care by offering direct payments to child care providers on behalf of recipients. Since reimbursement rates vary by the type of provider selected, it is necessary to anticipate the type of care that parents will select in order to secure sufficient funding for subsidies. Types of care include licensed centers, licensed family day care, and exempt care – care provided by a friend, relative, or other person who is exempt from licensing. The state and county disagree over the amount of funds necessary to cover the cost of subsidies in year one. My investigation suggests that the state underestimated the amount required because they failed to consider changes in policy that would lead more parents to rely on licensed care.
Calculating the sufficiency of
child care providers has proven to be an arduous task for planners due to the immeasurable
presence of exempt care. Identifying the percentage of recipients likely to rely on
licensed care and comparing those estimates to known licensed supply, reduces the need
to assess exempt care. Focusing on licensed care is reasonable since planners and
policy makers have little control over the amount or development of exempt care.
Using data on AFDC recipients in California, I identify the types of child care parents have traditionally used and consider policy changes that may increase licensed care use. I find that greater hours of work and access to child care subsidies expand the use of licensed care. Based on my findings and other relevant research, I set high and low licensed care demand estimates to evaluate current funding and supply provisions. To target development funds where they are most needed I first compare the number of Calworks children expected to seek licensed care to the available licensed care slots within zip code areas and then note differences in demand for licensed care among different ethnic groups or among children of varying age.
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Children whose parents read to them become better readers and perform better in school. Other family activities, such as telling stories and singing songs, also encourage children's acquisition of literacy skills.
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I got selected. But i did not get a mail, which the website said is already sent to my mail.
Site opened once and i have taken a screenshot of it. Its down again for me.
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The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) celebrated 10 years of service to our nation in ceremonies at Fort Benning, Ga. Thursday (Jan. 13). The U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Thomas Shannon , whose support of the institute was vital during his tenure as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, delivered the keynote speech at the festivities. The event was focused on the next decade, with a vision of fostering mutual knowledge, transparency, confidence, and cooperation among the participating nations and promoting democratic values, respect for human rights, increased interagency collaboration and development of international partnerships. WHINSEC was created in the FY 2001 NDAA, and opened on Jan. 17, 2001. During these ten years, more than 12,300 military, law enforcement and government civilians from 34 countries, most in the USSOUTHCOM AOR, have taken at least one of the Institute's professional courses from a faculty that includes U.S. uniformed and civilian personnel as well as partner-nation instructors. Democracy and Human Rights principles are taught to every student in every course, and then applied to the essential tasks of the subject matter in each course.


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City Conversation's Tasty Topic: Urban Food
The next City Conversation on the First Thursday of the month:
The Romance and Reality of Urban Food
When: August 2, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: Harbour Centre, Room 1600
You sit down to a dinner of locally grown food, incredibly fresh and direct from the farmer, flavors bursting in your mouth. A meal doesn't get much more satisfying or romantic than this.
And that romance is much of the attraction, but part of the problem. Local food isn't just about the farmers and the consumers. It's about land, costs, hard work, and a bunch of people we don't think about but who are vital if this exuberant return to simpler values is to be sustainable.
If it fails, are we back to processed corn, sugar, and fruit rocks picked green in South America and ripened with ethylene gas? How do we keep your enjoyment in, and the well-meaning mistakes out?
Our presenters are Peter Ladner, former City Councillor and author of The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities; and Tyson Reimer, co-owner of Woodland Commissary, which provides kitchen space for food entrepreneurs.
July 26, 2012 7:37 pm
"But when the owner of that parking lot is getting a six-figure break on his property taxes to grow beets we have to ask ourselves what is the best use of urban land and our tax dollars."
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SAN ANTONIO - Last week, the KSAT 12 Defenders exposed complaints about high salaries for administrators in Edgewood Independent School District -- one of the city's poorest school districts -- and about construction of a boardroom, for which cost the district would not release the cost.
The Defenders have since obtained that figure.
Edgewood ISD budgeted $278,000 for the new boardroom at what used to be Guerra Elementary. Spawglass is being paid $183,000 for construction.
The board has been traveling to various schools for their meetings and this will provide a permanent meeting place, as well as space for workshops and more.
District resident Agapita Jaramillo said some Edgewood leaders are mostly looking out for themselves.
"They need to focus on the academics, on our students instead of their salaries, instead of their pockets," said Jaramillo.
Construction of the boardroom is being done through a purchasing cooperative of which the district is a member. The boardroom is expected to be completed by mid-September.
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Alvarez to announce Rose Bowl plan Thursday
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Lookin' sharp Bret http://deadsp.in/EcjCnLgHide replies
roadamerica, Whatever you do, don't post a picture of yourself.
You know Alvarez is just chomping at the bit to get back into the spotlight and onto the field again. He figures its a no lose situation...win he is a hero. Lose...hey thanks for trying. Really I could see him coaching again for a few years...Hide replies
Based on his record his last six years as coach I think not.
Why in the world does Barry always get a pass for that......
Alvarez's last six years in the Big Ten-24-24
Beliema's first six years in the Big Ten 33-15
Sorry not even close to the same conference!!!
Absolutely right...Big Ten was a MUCH stronger conference when BA coached...not nearly so since Brat Bot was coach.
BSBLFN - YOU are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!
Not the same conference? That's not even worth a comment.
Book it! Fascinating theater. Opportunity for program to shine like a star and maintain forward momentum on the recruiting front for both HC and players. And to think back to the state of affairs when Stave went down in the MSU OT loss.
The one thing I know for sure is Barry has more than his share of ego.Hide replies
Oh yeah.barry loves barry
is there a successful coach that doesn't have a big one?
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It will be inspirational to see Hall of Fame Coach Alvarez coach the Rose Bowl.
Bar-ry! Bar-ry!
BARRY!!! BARRY!!! Too bad he doesn't want the job permanently....
Glad to see Poty is hitting the beat hard as opposed to rolling over on his pillow. No disprespect but Badgernation was reporting the rose bowl prep story hours before there was any mention of it on JSO.Hide replies
of course you meant disrespect....so go read some more badgernation..
I'm bummed Bret Bielema left. I like Barry Alvarez. I think it would be great to see Barry A. coach the Rose Bowl (talk about a media circus). I just want to know why everybody all of the sudden seems to think Barry Alvarez was taking the Badgers to the BCS title every year.
"They might finally win one," said Bielema .... spoken like a true horse's butt.Hide replies
read an article from collegefballnews.com....seems alot of bristling done by bb in other pressers after the B1G champ....also mentioned on the podium. It would appear some friction was starting to form between BB and BA, not surprising with the egos in college coaches. Then the flip side is BA taking the reigns, like someone else said, no pressure...if he wins the RB...he stuck it to BB and if loses...so what.....unique situation...in turmoil.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will coach the Badgers football team in the Rose Bowl, the State Journal has confirmed.
A source close to Alvarez said the team's captains reached out to Alvarez and asked him to coach the team. Alvarez told them he would be "honored" to do so.
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Personally, this could be BA's swan song. I like it!!!
It's also on ESPN. Apparently MJS is the last to know.
easy...wd....triple "zero" will be all over you for being critical of the pontiff :)
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Three Zags Take Home All-WCC Honorable Mention Accolades
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Gonzaga University men's tennis freshman Alvaro Nazal received his first All-West Coast Conference honorable mention singles, while the senior tandem of Scott Sullivan and Zhia Hwa Chong took home All-WCC honorable mention in doubles, as voted by the conference coaches Wednesday.
While this is Sullivan's second All-WCC honorable mention in his career at GU, it is his first with his longtime doubles partner Chong.
Nazal put together an impressive rookie season as a Zag. He posted 21 overall wins for second-most on the team behind Sullivan's 23. Nazal also posted 12 wins in the spring season, having played all but one match at the No. 1 slot. The highlight of the freshman's season was when he upset then-No. 45 Georgy Batrakov of BYU in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 back on April 6. Nazal also made an impressive collegiate debut in the fall season when he won one of the main draw titles at the Eastern Washington University Fall Classic.
After posting a team-best 15 wins together last season, Chong and Sullivan picked up where they left off and won 14 matches during the 2011-12 season to lead the team again. Thirteen wins were collected during spring play on courts one and two. In addition to upsetting then-fourth-ranked Finn Tearney and Alex Llompart of Pepperdine University, Chong and Sullivan became the first Zags in program history to receive a national ranking, checking in at No. 79 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Top 90 doubles team April 18.
The 2012 all-conference first team was selected by the conference coaches, based on overall season performance. All-WCC Second Team members were chosen based on the same criteria, plus performance at the recent WCC Championships.
Below is the full list of All-WCC First and Second Team members in singles and doubles, including honorable mention:
2012 WCC Men's Tennis Postseason Award Winners
WCC Player of the Year: Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine
WCC Freshman of the Year: Ilya Osintsev, Santa Clara
WCC Co-Coach of the Year: Adam Steinberg, Pepperdine & Derek Mills, Santa Clara
All-WCC First Team Singles
Finn Tearney, Pepperdine
Georgy Batrakov, BYU
Kyle Dandan, Santa Clara
Nikola Bubnic, San Diego
Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego
Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine
All-WCC Second Team Singles
Alex Llompart, Pepperdine
Clarke Spinosa, San Diego
John Lamble, Santa Clara
Maxime Olivan, Saint Mary's
Spencer Smith, BYU
Thai Tu, San Francisco
Honorable Mention: Alvaro Nazal, GON; Geoff Hernandez, POR; Ilya Osintsev, SCU; Michael Hu Kwo, POR; Nicholas Bjerke, LMU; Patrick Kawka, BYU; Thibaut Visy, USD; Tom Pham, SCU
All-WCC First Team Doubles
Alex Llompart/Finn Tearney, Pepperdine
Jenson Turner/Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine
Nikola Bubnic/Thibaut Visy, San Diego
All-WCC Second Team Doubles
Georgy Batrakov/Patrick Kawka, BYU
Ilya Osintsev/John Lamble, Santa Clara
Nicholas Bjerke/Sebastian Bustamante, Loyola Marymount
Honorable Mention: Alex Ferrero/Michael Hu Kwo, POR; Francis Sargeant/Spencer Smith, BYU; HughClarke/David Sofaer, PEP; Kyle Dandan/Tom Pham, SCU; Scott Sullivan/Zhia Hwa Chong, GON


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Republican Pat McCrory's bid for North Carolina governor has earned the support of small businesses.
The state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business announced its endorsement of McCrory on Friday. The Charlotte mayor said he is honored by the trade groups' support.
McCrory told supporters at a Cary automotive shop he worked long hours at the small business owned by his late father that made adhesives for concrete and metal. McCrory said his father struggled in part due to government mandates placed on small business.
McCrory said if he's elected, he would push for ways to limit frivolous lawsuits and encourage companies to provide employee health insurance.
McCrory faces Democrat Beverly Perdue in the November election.
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This June 9, 2008 image provided by the Monticello Foundation shows the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Va. Several new projects launching this winter will shed light on the slaves who lived and worked at Monticello.
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Hope Not Gone for Deadlocked Congress
If our representatives will focus on the Big Issues, the nation's business can be done.
Our founding fathers envisioned a government "of the people, by the people and for the people." The Declaration of Independence stated it nicely: Our government derives its "just powers from the consent of the governed." This sublime thought was meant to ensure that our political institutions adequately reflected the will of our society.
Mission accomplished: Both the House and the Senate are as evenly divided as the public. In other countries, this sort of governmental deadlock often gives birth to demagogues and popular uprisings. In America, where human rights are deeply ingrained in the law and held by the populace to be self-evident, words supplant weapons.
But battle lines have already been drawn, with the rival political factions behaving like irritated children holding their breath, exhaling only long enough to spit accusations. Voter fraud, manipulation, and electoral theft are the tunes currently being carried by both parties. Each side has dug in its heels--deadlocked, intractable, and seemingly content to bloody the other with smear campaigns designed to make it look like the other stole--or tried to steal--the election.
Soon enough, things may change: The popular buzz around D.C. is that Strom Thurmond, the 98-year old senator from South Carolina (he'll be 100 years old when his current term ends) is pondering early retirement. At the same time, there have been whispers about Senator Jesse Helm's (R-North Carolina) deteriorating health. Should both these men vacate their offices, the respective governors of North and South Carolina would have the authority to anoint interim senators. Since both those governors are Democrats, the process would favor Democratic appointees, thus tipping the balance in Congress toward the Democrats.
Currently though, the congressional waters remain frozen. It appears that the only certainty is that the stench of illegitimacy will taint the next government. That is to say, the atmosphere will resemble that which enveloped President Gerald Ford following Nixon's historic resignation.
At the time, President Ford was saddled with the task of healing a nation torn by an eroding faith in its leaders. Upon taking office, Ford's popularity swelled, as the public hoped for change. Roughly one month later, Ford pardoned Nixon, and his popularity spiraled downward. Popular wisdom holds that President Ford could not afford such an ambitious or radical move because he simply was not perceived by the public as a legitimate president.
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