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Adrienne Janic's 1968 Pontiac Firebird - Lady BirdWritten by on August 31, 2008 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Overhaulin's Adrienne Janic Builds A Lightweight Highway Flyer '68 Firebird With Help From Year One.
Many of us get into our cars after work and try to wipe our minds clear of the business day. It forms a division between your work and home life, usually a necessity for maintaining sanity. This wasn't the case for Adrienne Janic (or A.J. for short), former co-host of the popular TLC program Overhaulin'. A.J. spent countless hours overseeing the modification and restoration process performed on the show, and realized she had to have a hot rod of her own.
When she first started on Overhaulin', A.J. didn't know a thing about cars, and she was perfectly honest with the production and build team about it. She didn't want to fake the car girl thing because she knew no one would buy it. Just like a 12-step program, the first step is to admit you have a problem. "I knew absolutely nothing about cars, but the show turned out to be the best school I ever had. The build team spent a lot of time showing me the ropes and getting me more and more involved," she shares.
In season five of Overhaulin', A.J. was given a special assignment. "It was like the final exam, to see if I had been paying attention," she says. She was to be responsible for the design of a young lady's '63 Comet. At this point, A.J. had a lot of time to absorb the information presented to her on the show, and came up with an amazing design. Getting to see the final product and to receive praise for her vision gave her the confidence to build her own car.
There was no doubt in A.J.'s mind what car she wanted. The Overhaulin' episode titled "Uncle Sam's Nephew" featured the build of a 1968 Firebird. "This was the most stunning car ever. When introducing David, the owner of the car, I whispered, 'You know, if you don't like it or want it, ill take it.' He faked a little smile at the joke. I leaned in again and told him I was serious; he clenched his keys a little tighter. That's when I knew a 1968 Firebird was the car for me," says A.J. She felt it was the perfect blend of masculine and feminine cues. It has the potential for brutal power and handling, yet has smooth styling, and all in a compact, lightweight package.
The next step was to find the perfect place to have her dream realized. Hollywood hot rodder hubby and Overhaulin' producer, Bud Brutsman, knew exactly where to go. He had his 1969 Mustang fastback built by Year One a couple years ago, and the build turned out phenomenal. A.J. took a trip to Georgia, home of Year One, with a clear vision of what she wanted. The guys there suggested she might do a Mustang or a Camaro, but she knew the Firebird was meant for her.
She began to describe how she wanted the car to be built. She wanted a strong foundation, modern upgrades, and it needed to be reliable. A large percent of build time is usually dedicated to brainstorming and trying new tricky things, but the simplicity of her desires allowed a smooth buildup in a very short amount of time. From start to finish, it took Year One about six months to create.
A.J. traveled to Georgia as often as her busy schedule would allow. She prides herself on not being the girl who sits around and has the boys do all the work. Despite her good looks, she isn't afraid to get some dirt under her nails. She recalls an episode of Overhaulin' where she was elected to crawl inside a '57 Corvette to tear out the interior because she had the smallest body of the bunch. The car was filled with rat droppings and spider webs, but it didn't faze her. She ended up suffering from a severe spider bite that earned her a trip to the hospital. Compared to this, working on the clean-bodied 'Bird was a walk in the park.
At the risk of sounding clich, we had to ask A.J. how she felt about working with all the guys. It was obvious in her voice that she couldn't have had a better experience. She knew she could be herself around them, and suggests that girls looking to get into the car world needn't be intimidated, and that the majority of the guys in the business have nothing but support to lend to women with the automotive bug. In this case, however, the roles weren't the norm and A.J. was in charge. "She stuck to her guns on everything," Phil Brewer of Year One told us. He was impressed with what she had in mind for the car.
A.J.'s main objective was to have it drive and run like a new car, but with classic looks. With those requirements, Year One introduced her to the Detroit Speed and Engineering (DSE) suspension system. They've installed several of these setups and had full confidence it would deliver the driving feel she was after. She wasn't looking for the rock-hard hyper suspension of a race car, nor did she want the sloppy feel of the original Firebird suspension, and the DSE was a happy medium.
The color of the car was a very important thing to A.J. "I drove everyone nuts! It took me a whole month to come up with the right color. I wanted it to look black at night, but shine like a blue sapphire in the sun," she says. She looked at dozens of paint chips to find the right color, and ended up with a custom BASF Midnight Blue pearl.
To keep it simple, A.J. wanted an LS2 powerplant, but that was already out of production, and an LS3 was used instead. A step up in power from the LS2, this alloy jewel makes an effortless 430 hp with the economy of a late-model fuel-injected motor. A.J. and Year One considered taking the LS3 apart to make some changes, but then decided it was better left undisturbed. A.J. didn't want something that would have problems down the line. To a lot of people, including A.J., 430 hp is quite a bit of power, and more than she's used to. "I didn't realize what I was getting myself into with this engine. I have to relearn how to drive," A.J. explains.
Flexing her creative muscle, A.J. designed the interior as well. She wanted a graphite and black theme with only subtle changes to instrumentation. Year One presented her with several light gray fabric swatches, but she thought the contrast would be too dramatic. The final dark charcoal gray really downplays the fact that it's all custom, and makes it fit into the theme of less is more. Comfort was a major factor in this car, and being based out of Southern California, a Classic Auto Air system was a must.
This is a car A.J. hopes to spend a lot of time in. At the Year One Experience (see p. 106), she had the opportunity to cruise the Road Atlanta road course in her Firebird for the first time and get a feel for the car's capabilities. Beyond that, it will have seen plenty of highway cruising on this year's Power Tour by the time you read this. A.J. has always wanted to do a Power Tour, but without a car of her own in prior years, she tells us it would've been unfulfilling. Not a problem this year!
|By The Numbers
|1968 Pontiac
|Adrienne Janic, 28 • Whittier, CA
|GM Performance Parts LS3 crate motor
|six-bolt main, aluminum
|Canton oil pan
|Cylinder heads:
|stock aluminum LS3
|rectangle port with 68cc chambers,
|2.16/1.59-inch valves
|204/211-degree duration
|at .050-inch lift, .324/.307-inch lift
|hydraulic roller lifters,
|1.7:1 ratio rocker arms
|factory throttle body with cold air intake
|GMPP ECM and harness
|with fly-by-wire throttle
|factory water pump,
|Be Cool radiator, dual Spal fans
|Fuel system:
|stock 2008 Corvette injectors,
|Rick's Hot Rods stainless fuel tank
|with in-tank pump
|Year One custom headers
|using Stainless Works tubing,
|MagnaFlow mufflers
|Sinister Products drive system
|Bowler 4L60E four-speed automatic
|Compushift transmission controller
|Rear axle:
|Moser 12-bolt, 3.73 gears, Eaton posi
|Front suspension:
|Detroit Speed and Engineeering
|(DSE) hydroformed coilover front clip
|with 400-lb/in springs, rack-and-pinion steering
|Rear suspension:
|DSE coilover Quadra Link
|with 200-lb/in springs
|Wilwood master cylinder,
|Hydratech booster,
|Baer six-piston calipers
|with 14-inch rotors
|2002 Camaro seats recovered by Year One
|and Henderson's Upholstery,
|black and graphite leather
|factory dash,
|Classic Instruments gauges
|Alpine head unit
|with Boston Acoustics speakers
|Year One custom and reproduction wiring
|Grant steering wheel with Firebird logo
|Classic Auto Air A/C
|Year One reproduction body panels
|(everything except the roof and firewall)
|BASF custom Midnight Blue Pearl
|Intro V-Rod
|18x8-inch, front; 18x10-inch, rear
|BFGoodrich g-Force KDW
|245/40R18, front; 295/35R18, rear
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If you want to go fast, you better be able to stop fast. The Baer brakes sit behind Intro V-Rod wheels and really give the Firebird attitude. To help control the stop and go, A.J. chose BFGoodrich KDW tires.At 430 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque, this LS3-pulled right off the C6 Corvette assembly line-can really haul the mail. With air conditioning, power steering, and sufficient amperage to supply the stereo, A.J. didn't skimp on comfort items. The stainless full-length headers will be available through Year One, and redesigned for LS-series motors and DSE's front clip. This was Year One's first experience with GM's fly-by-wire system. It's proven to be seamless; you'd never know the throttle wasn't controlled by a cable.
A tried-and-true Wilwood master cylinder is backed by Hydratech's brake booster, and supplies plenty of power to stop the Firebird on a dime.


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The Christian journalist
Media | How Bible-believing journalism fits within the American system of government and how it makes reporters watchmen of bad news and tellers of good news
Each year we put about 14 Christian college students and recent graduates through a two-week training course, and give about half of them summer internships at WORLD or at secular newspapers. The intensive training emphasizes hands-on tutelage in writing, sound, photography, and videography, but we occasionally discuss the why of journalism as well as the who, what, when, where, and how. Here's how we start.
Lesson 1: Why journalism matters
Why do some Christians become journalists?
It couldn't be the money: Some journalists become rich, but not many. It couldn't be the prestige: Americans on surveys place journalists near the bottom of the barrel, alongside politicians and funeral directors.
It could be ego: Journalists can see their words and bylines on paper and online, and their faces on television and in pixels. It could be power, the opportunity to hype the reputation of some people and ruin other's. Biblically, we are all fallen sinners, so we respond to some unholy appeals.
It could be excitement and fun: Most journalists, instead of sitting behind a desk all day, go to odd events and meet extraordinary people. And it could also be—among Christians, I hope it is—a desire to use God-given talents to serve others as helpful citizens of the kingdom of man and the kingdom of God.
This lesson explores in two ways the crucial role of Bible-believing journalism: First, where it fits within the American system of government, with its separation of powers and checks and balances. Second, how Christian journalists are watchmen regarding bad news and tellers of good news, following the teaching of Ezekiel and Luke.
The constitutional base
Bible-believing journalists had a crucial role when the United States was founded—most newspapers and magazines then were explicitly Christian—and have a critical role again today. The reason we have freedom of the press in America is not because the Founders liked reading newspapers—although they did. The reason is that they saw journalists as having a vital role in preserving liberty.
The Founders, because they understood man's tendencies to lord it over others, created a system of checks and balances. They did not like monarchy because it could lead to tyranny. They did not like aristocracy, because it could result in feudalism. They also didn't want democracy by itself, because it could lead to "mobocracy," rule by crowd psychology and the passions of the moment.
They created a mixed government featuring a separation of powers. They made the president like a constitutional monarch. They created a Senate that they thought would be an aristocracy. They created the House of Representatives as the voice of democracy.
They foresaw a time when the executive and the legislative branches might join forces to preserve their own power, at the expense of liberty, so they created a Supreme Court that would prevent or at least curtail such grabbing. If the Supreme Court did not do its job, they thought state legislators would stand up in their capitals and say, "No."
And what if, by some remote stretch of the imagination, the Supreme Court disregarded big chunks of the Constitution and allowed the executive and legislative branches to gain an extraordinary amount of power and money? What if the central government succeeded in bossing around the states by threatening to withhold funds if the states would not bow to their will?
The Founders believed in one more check on corruption. They believed in the power of journalism. As Thomas Jefferson put it in 1787, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Journalists were the last defense against tyranny.
Jefferson and others had faith in journalism because newspapers had come a long way during the 18th century. When the century began, what could be called "the official story" dominated colonial American journalism. The job of a journalist was to trust the king and his royal governors, print what officials wanted printed, and not print anything that would hurt their reputation.
Journalists, in short, did public relations for officials. The idea was that if people lost confidence in officials, anarchy could result and everyone would be hurt. In Jefferson's lifetime, though, the purpose of American journalism changed. More editors understood the Bible's story: Creation to corruption to Christ. They were willing to expose corruption, even if they might be jailed for doing so—and some were.
For more than a century many journalists proceeded boldly because they embraced the New Testament's news story of God saving sinners through Christ's sacrifice. By the 20th century, though, numerous journalists did not believe the good news of Christ redeeming us. They saw man as naturally good, not corrupt. They asked the question: If we're good, what makes us bad?
More journalists came to see their duty as exposing and overthrowing purportedly oppressive external influences such as religion and free enterprise. Then, progress would come. For many, the journalistic mission became one of helping to do away with capitalism or churches or schools or guns or meat or … something. Then our lives would improve.
Over the centuries each overarching understanding had its years in the sun. In colonial days, journalists frequently produced "official stories" that promoted rulers. Then, during the first century of the American republic, "corruption stories" flourished, chastising rulers who did wrong. During much of the 20th century leading reporters wrote "oppression stories" that attacked American institutions.
In the second half of the 20th century, a strange phenomenon emerged: The long-forgotten official story form made a comeback and merged with the oppression story form. The original impetus for O & O (official and oppression) was the civil rights movement, where the federal government (prodded by journalists) overturned centuries of oppression and helped to bring about equal rights for African-Americans.
Mainstream journalists went from that triumph to seeing the federal government as the change-making agent in a vast array of endeavors. U.S. officials would fight a war on poverty and lead the way to a great society. U.S. officials would fund the creation and expansion of schools and colleges. U.S. officials would teach people in poor countries to reduce their population growth. U.S. officials would do "nation building" in anarchic societies abroad.
In the eyes of O & O journalists, Washington's best and brightest should bowl over not only local and state governments but also business corporations, churches, and community groups that get in the way of "progress." O & O proponents praise those government leaders who seek to overthrow institutions that purportedly hold us back.
The biblical base
Now let's turn to the biblical warrant, as derived from both the Old and New Testaments. Ezekiel 33 lays out the calling of those who watch for trouble: "If [the watchman] sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head."
Christian journalists are watchmen charged with discerning the times and showing the challenges. Ezekiel also warned about dereliction of duty: "If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand."
Luke begins his gospel by noting the importance of eyewitnesses to Christ's deeds. He then writes a job description of the long-term goal of a Christian journalist: "just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught."
The Gospels are a news story, not an instructional manual. Luke and (at a far lower plane) Christian publications have the same goal: To proclaim Christ's glory! They do that by not being surprised when bad things happen, but also not falling into hopelessness. They know that particular events are important because the world is important—but particular events are not ultimate. They are part of a bigger story of God accomplishing His will, so Christians can avoid panic even when things are bad.
Christian publications bake three-layered cakes—looking at events, reporting interpretations of events, and probing for deeper meaning—and in the process show people who overcome their circumstances because Christ gives them hope. Some journalists have contempt for ordinary folks, purportedly without imagination and trapped in dreams of materialist sugarplums. Christianity has a different view of human possibilities, one fully realistic but also fully optimistic: Jesus turned Simon, who dreamed of fish, into Peter, a fisher of men. He can do that to anyone, anywhere in the world, from any background, race, class, or ethnicity.
The common denominator in so many WORLD stories from Iraq to Iowa, stories about good programs and bad decisions, is that they all begin with the asking of questions about what's going on at ground level in these locales. They start with interest in "ordinary" people. For a while WORLD had an annual feature, "No Little People, No Little Places," taken from the words of Francis Schaeffer. We've continued that kind of reporting under different headlines: Our basic attitude is that every person and every place is important.
In short, a Christian journalist through his work answers each day a simple but crucial question: Whose world is this? Abraham Kuyper—a Dutch editor who was also a theologian and even served as prime minister of The Netherlands—answered that question this way: "Every square inch of creation belongs to Christ." Let's think about that. What if … every square inch is truly God's? What if every person is made in God's image? What if every moment is within God's providence? How do our answers to those questions affect the way we report the news?
We talk in church about Christ as the fulcrum of history, with all things working by and through Him—but does that have any relevance to the way we cover events? We joke that in Sunday school the answer to every question is Jesus—but why is that almost never the answer in the news reports most of us read, even ones in some Christian publications.
A Christian journalist knows that Christ is not simply someone to praise in church. He's the 800-pound gorilla in every living room. He's hard not to notice, but some people ignore Him. Those who notice Him react positively (gorilla-sympathetic, gorilla-praising), negatively (gorilla-uncomfortable, gorilla-pretending-to-ignore), or with extreme and somewhat crazed negativity (gorilla-attacking). These roughly correspond to varieties of journalists and professors, or publications and colleges: atheist, agnostic, secular, theistic, pro-Christianity, Christian.
People contemplating careers in journalism need to think through where they want to be? It's worthwhile to establish a theistic presence in a secular environment, or a pro-Christianity presence in a theistic environment. At some point, though, many Christians want to report and write at an enterprise that, following Kuyper, asserts that every square inch is Christ's.
WORLD's definition of a Christian journalist is one who not only goes to church for an hour on Sunday but believes that Christ rules 24/7. A Christian journalist trusts the biblical message that God created the world and is active in the life of His creation. Christian journalists know that God created a good world but Adam and Eve fell, and the whole creation with them.
Christian journalists see evidence of that fall—the sin and misery—all around us. But they also know that the Bible is a story of redemption. They see evidences of God remaking, repairing, and renewing this world. They report on brokenness and renewal in culture and education, in communities and families, in church and state.
It's not easy to be a Christian journalist: Public relations is an easier pursuit. But one of my favorite movies, The Right Stuff, has an official telling pilot Alan Shepard, who became the first American in space, that the work of an astronaut is "dangerous. Very dangerous." Shepard's instant response: "Count me in." That's what prospective Christian journalists need to say.
1. Name something that happens anywhere in the world in which God would have no interest. Back up your argument with scriptural references indicating His lack of interest.
2. Describe a "Christian journalist."

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'Journalism, Not Activism' Sought by Filmmaker
'FrackNation' director: Most who understand drilling method support it
May 7, 2013
TRIADELPHIA — "FrackNation" Director Phelim McAleer said his documentary film is not intended to help the natural gas and oil industry make more money — it is only designed "to tell the truth....
Why does this newspaper only have a Shale support site? Why not a health issue, analysis findings and reports of the traffic accidents like the one that killed 2 little boys in Clarksburg, the flaring and emissions readings for each area and the report of crimes by drilling employees? Ask Mr McAleer to define his understanding of the word, truth. We have a problem with great and widening cultural differences in our country. And we have a narrowing of the number of families who have middle-class resources and income. We need to pray.
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All that fuss about the Keystone pipeline and the aquifer? Thought you would like to know, there are several thousand oil and gas wells that are drilled right through that aquifer, most of them decades old. There are also well over 10,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines in the area, again mostly decades old. So tell me, econuts, how a pipeline built to twentyfirst century standards, the strictest they have ever been, with inspectors staring at every weld,is more dangerous that all that other stuff?
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For the braindead among you, a few facts. Fracking is often described as a new technique. It isn't. It's been in use for six decades. It's just a more controllable form of shooting the well. "Shooting the well"? They used to put nitro down oil wells and set it off, helped get the oil to flow freely. That's been done for well over a century. Old man Rockefeller did it. BTW, how on earth can fracking rock five miles deep pollute the water a thousand feet down? Also, standard practice is to put linings in the wells, with concrete pumped down to fill up the well outside the liner. That's what they used to make in Benwood.
You people are idiots.
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So acoustic, I suppose if you really believe fracking has caused damage that's reality. Let wonderwhy know right away, because he's desperately searching for some evidence and yours is as good as any other evidence I've heard.
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Reality is what we believe is reality.
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good luck trying to find journalism in America. We have even seen the buzzwords today, Halliburton and Cheney and Bush but not really a response to the point made. I was a Sierra Club member when we used to oppose coal and strive for clean water act implementation. In fact, we lobbied to do away with coal and replace it with clean burning natural gas. But OMG we actually have that and so we have to protest that too. So the point is to be "anti" and cool and superior and just spout buzzwords. There are people who are just in love with being against things and in the case of gas, it is so much better than coal. But its here so we have to protest that. Lets chant company names and blame Bush, its is serious fun..and lets sing some stuff too. BTW Wonder, Obama got 18X more corporate money, a Dem Senate and Obama in office nearly 6 yrs. How do you trot out Bush stuff still? You know the people who blocked the Clean Air/Water Act were Rockefeller and Byrd dontcha? Voted for
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If fracking has caused so much harm why can't the loons cite specific details about individuals who have been harmed? Just more unsubstantiated fearmongering by the anti-drilling loons and the low information gaggle they've fooled.
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100 years worth of gas?100 years from now we'll be back to using coal.how long will the haliburton act be in effect?100 years?some smart person will come along one day and say"isn't this favoritism" for the gas companies.if all other industry in this country was shown this same favoritism by the government we might have something here that's american made.go ahead and pollute all you want[air,ground and water].the government can't be sued.the people of wellsburg were subjected to this fracking fluid being dumped directly into the river right at our water treatment plant.and it was allowed.this was viewed by many people.there is distrust of our government for allowing this.there is distrust of the gas companies for not voluntarily telling us what they were dumping.somebody had to know better than to dump this crap right where the drinking water comes from.journalism,activism,common sense?
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The "posibility of industrial accidents" are a reality. Two major spills in two months here in Wyoming County in NE PA plus a drilling mud blowout in a creek. A compressor station incident and at least 3 dehydrator station incidents this past year as well. We are sadly leaving our children a legacy for the $$$. Haven't we learned anything from history of coal mining? So many exemptions from regulations that would ensure protection and ensure health safety. Is it any wonder the former President Bush bought one of the largest aquifers in the world. . .water is quickly becoming more valuable than gas or oil.
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"Exempts from the Safe Drinking Water Act a coalbed methane drilling technique called "hydraulic fracturing," a potential polluter of underground drinking water. One of the largest companies employing this technique is Halliburton, for which Vice President Richard Cheney acted as chief executive officer in the 1990s. This exemption would kill lawsuits by Western ranchers who say that drilling for methane gas pollutes groundwater by injecting contaminated fluids underground. Only 16 companies stand to significantly benefit from this exemption from clean water laws: Anadarko, BP, Burlington Resources, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Dominion Resources, EOG Resources, Evergreen Resources, Halliburton, Marathon Oil, Oxbow (Gunnison Energy), Tom Brown, Western Gas Resources, Williams Cos and XTO. These companies gave nearly $15 million to federal candidates—with more than three-quarters of that total going to Republicans
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AMES, Iowa –Iowa State head men's golf coach Andrew Tank, now in his fourth season with the Cyclones, continues to improve the program in his short time in Ames.
In just his second year, the Cyclones ended a 13-year postseason drought by earning a berth in a NCAA Regional in 2012. He has mentored Nate McCoy, one of the most accomplished golfers in school history, and Scott Fernandez, who produced one of the greatest seasons in school history (2012) and will likely go down as the greatest golfers in program history.
Fernandez is one of the many reasons Tank is optimistic about the 2013-14 season, which begins this weekend at the Gopher Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 8-9.
"I feel like this is our most complete team that I've had in my four years here," Tank said. "We have depth, we have strong leaders with experience returning, and I think our newcomers are really going to make an impact right away. With the players we have and the addition of our new facility, it's certainly reasonable to expect to make it to the Regionals and our goal is to advance to nationals."
This past season, Fernandez took over McCoy's spot and posted top-10 performances in eight of the 10 tournaments he played in. The junior earned second-team All-America honors, made the Palmer Cup and shattered virtually every school record, including the season stroke average mark at 71.27.
Fernandez, the 2013 ISU Male Athlete of the Year, represented ISU as an individual in a NCAA Regional, one of just five Cyclones in the history of the program to do so.
The Granada, Spain native maintained his torrid play in the summer when he finished third in the European Amateur and barely missed out on the match play portion of the U.S. Amateur.
"Scott Fernandez has put our program on the map, not just in the United States, but worldwide by his accolades and performances," Tank said. "It's great to see the attention he has received from his outstanding play."
There is no doubt Fernandez will be considered one of the best players in the nation in 2013-14. Tank will certainly rely on his All-American to lead the team, but he will also have a sound supporting cast to help him out.
Junior Sam Daley has been a staple in the Cyclone lineup in his first two seasons and will likely be one of the top performers on the team this year. Daley was second on the team in stroke average a year ago at 75.13 after posting a 74.28 scoring mark as a rookie, the third-best average among all ISU freshmen in the history of the program.
Other Cyclones returning who saw action last year are Duncan Croudis (Sr.), Zach Steffen (Sr.), Blake Waller (Jr.) and Collin Foster (So.). All four will fight for spots in the lineup this year.
Tank is also excited about an excellent crop of freshmen who will make their Cyclone debuts this fall. Ruben Sondjaja (Sydney, Australia), Nick Voke (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jack Carter (Columbus, Ohio) will figure prominently in ISU's fortunes in 2013-14. In just his first week in the U.S., Voke tied for seventh at the Iowa Open.
It's an exciting time for Iowa State men's golf. A brand new state-of-the-art performance facility will debut this season, offering the program one of the finest facilities of its kind nationally.
"The new facility is a game-changer," Tank said. "It affects so many aspects of our program, from recruiting to preparation and the overall culture and team environment surrounding our program. Everything has changed now by having our own facility with such high quality."


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Hough High's football team lost 13-10 in a first-round home playoff loss to Independence on Nov. 15, the second straight season Hough was eliminated in the first round. The Huskies finished with a 10-2 record. The rain was coming down pretty hard, but the crowd remained enthusiastic. Photos by Ken Bumgarner.


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'Shipping' and Handling: Picking the Right People to Head Overseas Is Paramount
Companies are increasing the number of corporate globe-trotters to emerging markets such as Brazil and China, but there is a potential price to pay beyond moving furniture.
Forget London calling.
Now it's more likely to be Brazil or China, as organizations send employees on long-term assignments to emerging markets, prompting new challenges for both employers and those headed abroad.
"There's a lot riding on the success of these assignments; otherwise companies would be hiring locally. It's critical that a company find the right people," says Scott Sullivan, executive vice president of Brookfield Global Relocation Services of Woodridge, Illinois.
But in these countries, everything from security to health care to infrastructure to housing to children's education can be causes for concern, Sullivan says.
And there are other concerns for employers looking to send workers abroad. Chief among them are the costs of failed assignments—employees who move overseas but then bail out before their scheduled time is up.
"It's a huge loss. Companies spent millions moving them around the world," says Kevin Cornelius, human capital partner at Ernst & Young Switzerland. That's prompted some organizations to take more proactive measures to find the right individuals before sending them abroad.
A survey, Successful International Assignments Into Developing Locations, by Brookfield of 123 human resources managers and corporate mobility program managers from around the globe found that China was ranked the most challenging destination by 14 percent of program managers, followed by Brazil at 10 percent, India at 9 percent and Russia at 8 percent.
And this is a time when assignments to emerging markets are on the rise. Driving Business Success: Global Mobility Effectiveness Survey 2012 by Ernst & Young found both long- and short-term international assignments are climbing after tailing off from 2008 to 2010.
More than 500 international companies participated in the survey. Nearly half had increased the number of employees in growth markets in 2011, and 60 percent planned to increase the number of employees heading to these markets in the next two to three years.
The number of workers heading to emerging markets is still small, with 329 employees on short-term assignments to these locations in 2012, and the number was predicted to climb to almost 400 by 2014. Meanwhile, the number of employees on long-term assignments is projected to jump from 1,350 in 2012 to nearly 1,500 in 2014. Organizations are focusing on these locales as they "look for new opportunities and new profit margins," Cornelius says.
A similar Ernst & Young survey in 2011 found that as of that March, China was the growth market with the highest number of international assignees. In China, they averaged 27 per company, followed by Africa with 18 and India with 13. In 2014, Africa is expected to lead, with 28 assignees per company, followed by China with 27 and India with 18.
A big problem is that, in many cases, those involved in global mobility functions aren't involved in the selection of those assigned abroad. And nearly half the companies surveyed by Ernst & Young don't have a global talent management agenda. "They're not necessarily looking for the best talent to move," Cornelius says. "They don't necessarily get the best return on investment, either."
Experienced employees heading to growth markets may be sent to establish a new operation, fill a critical-skills gap or work on a specific project, such as setting up an IT system. Promising young employees are sent to hone their skills.
Paula Larson, chief human resources officer at the global payments company Western Union Holdings Inc, says employees should eventually be able to phase themselves out of those positions. "Part of their success is the ability to backfill with a local national."
Problems arise when employees cut short their assignments. In its 2012 survey, Ernst & Young found that 8 percent of the companies that responded had at least 11 percent of assignees return early from international assignments, and in some cases, more than 20 percent returned home early. On top of that, 11 percent of those sent abroad left their organizations within two years of returning home.
One of the main reasons assignments fail is because families can't adjust to the new culture, Larson says. Challenges can involve everything from shopping to schools. "Some families embrace the learning experience for the family," she says. Others are unable to make the adjustment.
Western Union has about 100 expatriate employees overseas, and about 10 percent are in emerging markets. If someone is a candidate for an assignment, a vendor provides language and cultural training to the person's family before they agree to the assignment. "The cost of cultural training is so small compared to failed expatriate moves," Larson says.
At Ernst & Young, about 2,600 of its 167,000 employees are on international assignments at any time, says Troy Dickerson, director of mobility strategy and operational effectiveness. That includes about 270 Americans in 30 countries. Of those, about 45 are in Ernst & Young's key markets of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa.
Ernst & Young sends experienced employees to such markets to fill "business critical assignments" where a particular skill is needed, or to meet the needs of a particular business unit or service line. Their aim is to "strategically align the right resources and expertise with our clients' needs," Dickerson says.
It also has developmental programs in place to foster the careers of top achievers and fill the pipeline with future leaders, she says.
Employees can be challenged by local cultural norms and business practices, she says.
The firm addresses that in a number of ways, including the use of GlobeSmart, which provides online hands-on learning modules on how to conduct business effectively in more than 60 countries.
In addition, a vendor provides cultural training before employees leave, as well as when they arrive at their destination, and some employees receive language training. Spouses and partners on long-term assignments also receive orientation training.
The company has created international directories to provide contact information for those Ernst & Young employees currently on assignment or who have recently returned home, so someone being sent abroad can tap into their experiences and get an idea of what to expect, Dickerson says.
And it has "Mobility Champions" available, that is, partners who have been expats. They help draw up assignment plans so those going abroad get the experiences they need to advance their skills.
Senior executives receive special coaching to help them deal with individual and family challenges for these types of assignments, she says.
"We want to ensure a strong return on investment for both the individual and Ernst & Young," Dickerson adds.
Susan Ladika is a writer based in Tampa, Florida. Comment below or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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and Nick Johnson provided a game-saving block to help No.3 Arizona escape with
a 68-67 victory over 17th-ranked San Diego State in the championship tilt of
the Diamond Head Classic.
Solomon Hill scored a game-high 21 points and Kevin Parrom followed with 17 to
help the Wildcats (12-0) stay undefeated.
Chase Tapley led the Aztecs (11-2) with 19 points and had a path to score the
winning basket in the final seconds, but Johnson came from behind to swat his
shot off the glass and secure the win for Arizona.
Xavier Thames poured in 11 points and Jamaal Franklin tallied nine points,
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eight assists, while Alan Anderson followed with 16 points for the Raptors,
who have won six of their last seven.
Greivis Vasquez finished a rebound shy of a triple-double, tallying 20 points,
14 assists and nine boards in the setback, New Orleans' 12th in its last 13
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17 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who snapped an 11-game losing
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A UT Arlington computer science and engineering professor with an expertise in big data and bioinformatics has won a three-year National Science Foundation grant worth more than $600,000 to develop an interactive database of gene expressions of the fruit fly.
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center retains its position as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the nation for the past 25 years of annual rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.
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The University of Texas at El Paso has been ranked No. 1 in percentage of doctoral degrees awarded to women by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). UTEP's College of Engineering earned this distinction by awarding 40.5 percent of its doctoral degrees in 2013 to women, which is almost twice the national average of 22.4 percent.
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A list of student-submitted discussion questions for Frequency Polygons.
To stress understanding of a concept by summarizing the main idea and applying that understanding to create visual aids and generate questions and comments using a Concept Matrix.
To emphasize students' understanding of key words and practice applying the definitions of the vocabulary words to examples and drawings using the Frayer Model.
Students will create a frequency polygon for videogame user statistics. Then they will analyze their graphs and the ages of gamers. Lastly they will compare frequency polygons to histograms.
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A new experience for local director
"Love, Loss and What I Wore"
Presented by Charleston Stage Company
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and April 11-13
WHERE: Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St.
COST: Adults $15, students and seniors $10
INFO: 304-343-5272 or www.charlestonstagecompany.comCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Thursday night, Charleston Stage Company opens "Love, Loss and What I Wore" a play by Nora Ephron and her daughter, Delia, adapted from a book by Ilene Beckman.
Carol Carter, who has been active in local theater for more than 40 years, will direct the show. She began her theatrical career directing for Children's Theatre of Charleston and has worked with the Charleston Light Opera Guild, The Kanawha Players and the former local troupe, the Rising Sons, as both actor and director.
Carter had taken a break from theater when she received a call from Stage Company manger Freida Forsley. Soon, she was heading the production, which runs this weekend and next.
"I had never heard of the show. I hadn't seen it and had to look it up." Carter said. "It is similar to 'The Vagina Monologues.' It is solely about women but not quite as gritty."
She said the show focuses on women, the stories of their lives and how they make an emotional connection with the clothes they wear.
She giggled as she described casting the play and how some of the actresses seemed fated to play particular characters. For instance, Terry Terpening, who will perform a monologue titled "I Hate Purses," detests handbags and never carries one. Actress Amber Surface, who will play a bride-to-be, is soon to be married in real life.
Carter was unaware of these similarities while casting. She pointed to them as examples of kismet.
The play is different from the big musicals and theatrical spectacle of Carter's past. She was intrigued with the ways in which it is so dissimilar from things usually performed on the local stage.
There is minimal set design -- only a few bar stools and some music stands for scripts -- and only a few scenes include interaction or dialogue between actors.
The costumes consist of the actors' own clothes; their only instruction being that it should be comfortable and must be black. Poster-size reproductions of the original clothing sketches by Ilene Beckman allow the audience to see what the author envisioned without distraction from loud costumes.
Carter described the play's original script as long flowing monologues where several pages go by without paragraph breaks. She had the freedom to pick and choose vignettes, allowing her to tailor the play and give it a more personal feel.
The eight women who make up the cast took an active role in the script. Instead of dictating notes line by line, Carter asked them to take the script home and find the natural breaks and breaths. She felt like this gave each actor more ownership of the work.
In addition to celebrating women, "Love, Loss and What I Wore" will support women. The final night of the show, April 13, is a joint fundraiser for the Charleston Stage Company and the YWCA's Sojourner's Women's Shelter.
Tickets to that performance are $25 and will include a reception afterwards with wine and food. There will be the opportunity to win one of several door prizes, including gift certificates from Mission Savvy Juice Bar Cafe, Adelphia Sports Bar & Grille and Savvy Chic Boutique & Consignment.


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|Nebraska's graduation rates on the rise, W-P shines in state report
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:02
Wauneta-Palisade boasts 100
percent 4-year graduation rate
By Sheri Hink-Wagner
The Wauneta Breeze
The Nebraska Department of Education released data earlier this month showing the graduation rates of Nebraska's schools. The report showed that nearly nine in 10 students at public high schools in the state graduated on time last year—an improvement over recent years.
Wauneta-Palisade's results were quite a bit brighter. Last year Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools graduated 100 percent of its students.
W-P Superintendent Randy Geier said, "The graduation rates are a direct reflection upon the commitment that our students and our teachers make."
The overall state rate for 2013 was 88.5 percent, up from 87.6 percent in 2012 and 86.1 percent in 2011.
"While we still have more work to do, Nebraska teachers and administrators should be pleased that they continued to increase the percentage of students graduating," Nebraska Deputy Education Commissioner Scott Swisher said in a written statement.
Wauneta-Palisade's graduation rate showed a big improvement over recent years. The school had an 80 percent 4-year graduation rate in 2012 and a 95.5 percent graduation rate in 2011.
The report shows that only 70 of the 249 school districts graduated 98 percent or more of their high school seniors.
The Nebraska Department of Education posts graduation rates and other school data to their website at www.education.ne.gov, though school-specific data is not always available
The Nebraska Department of Education masks data in their online report if fewer than 10 students are reported in a group or if all students are reported in a single group or performance category. The website cites protection of students' identities as the rationale for masking data.
In W-P's case, the 2013 4-year graduation rate was masked because all 15 students were in the same category–all students graduated in 2013. Wauneta-Palisade administration provided Breeze staff with a printed report with the school's 2013 graduation rates.
Other schools
Chase County Schools, located in Imperial, had a 2013 rate of 87.9 percent. Their 2012 rate was masked and the 2011 rate was 95.5 percent.
Hitchcock County Schools had a 93.8 percent 4-year graduation rate in 2013, masked data in 2012 and a 94.4 percent rate in 2011.
Dundy County-Stratton Public Schools' 2013 rate was masked. Their 2012 4-year graduation rate was 92.3 percent and the 2011 rate was 96.6 percent.
Omaha Public Schools, the state's largest with more than 46,000 students, ranks at the bottom of the state in students graduating, with a rate in 2013 of 77.8 percent. That was up from 75.5 percent in 2012.
Editor's Note: Staff and Associated Press reports used to compile this story.


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DUI Problems Continue for Mary Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s wife was once again arrested for DUI, this time for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs.
Mary Kennedy was pulled over for speeding at 8 in the morning, according to the Journal News, when police decided to perform sobriety tests and made the arrest for driving while impaired by drugs.
According to the police report, she was driving her 2004 Volvo 82 miles per hour when police pulled her over.
The arrest comes on the heels of a license suspension that was handed down to Kennedy just a month ago, after she pleaded guilty to driving while drunk.
At the time of the latest arrest, Kennedy had a conditional license, which made it legal for her to drive in certain limited situations. She told police that she was going to yoga class.
She was taken to a police station in nearby Millbrook, New York, where an expert in drug-recognition determined that she was under the influence of a prescription medication.
This is the latest in an ongoing series of soap opera-like events for Mary Kennedy. In one bad week in May of this year her husband filed for divorce, police responded to repeated calls to her home in Bedford, New York, and she was charged with DUI.
The May 15 arrest came after she was pulled over after police saw her run her car onto a curb outside of a school. Police said that her speech was blurred. She had a blood-alcohol content of .11.
A few days before that, when police came to her house after she called 911, they found that Mary Kennedy was visibly drunk, that she was having trouble gathering her thoughts or letting police know why she called.
A few days after that, her husband filed for divorce, and the day after that the police returned to the couple's home on a report of a domestic incident.
In mid-July Kennedy was able to plead guilty to a lesser charge for the DUI, and she had to pay a $500 fine and attend DWI classes.


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|Numbers stay strong in livestock shows
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Wednesday, 07 August 2013 20:18
By Jan Schultz
The Imperial Republican
Comparing entry numbers to the 2012 Chase County Fair, 4-H and FFA participation in the livestock shows will be up in most areas this year.
The swine, goat and sheep shows set for Wednesday, Aug. 14, are showing the strongest gains, according to the Chase County Extension Office.
The market hog show kicks off Wednesday's activities next week at 8:30 a.m., with 79 market hogs registered.
That compares to 61 market hogs last year that were registered to compete.
Later Wednesday morning the sheep show is on tap with 44 market lambs expected to take part. There were 36 last year.
Seventeen breeding ewes are entered for this year's show, compared to just eight last year.
And as of Tuesday this week, four goats are expected to compete in the goat show. There were none last year.
The market beef show will also be big this year, with slightly more numbers overall than in 2012.
While there are fewer market beef animals expected to compete, 36 this year vs. 42 last year, overall there are more numbers than last year. The biggest increase appears to be in the feeder calf division where 17 animals are entered.
The other 4-H/FFA shows during the fair—horse, poultry, rabbit, dog and cat—all have similar numbers to last year.
Horse show kicks off fair
This Sunday's horse show is the first of the youth events. It starts at 8 a.m. in the rodeo show arena.
Twenty-one 4-Hers will participate in the show, compared to 20 last year.
In addition, there will be four Clover Kids (age 5-7) who'll take part in the lead-line event.
Events for the horse show include halter classes, showmanship, pleasure, horsemanship, reining, pole bending, barrels and trail. The 4-Hers will compete in junior, intermediate and senior divisions.
Connie Griess of the Extension Office said the 4-H dog program continues to be very strong in Chase County, and eight youths will take part in the dog show on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 8 a.m. in the open air pavilion.
In addition, two Clover Kids will have dogs in the show.
The cat show immediately after has two 4-H youths registered. That show is also in the open air pavilion.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m., 4-H youths will bring in their poultry and rabbits for the fair's show. Four 4-H youths are in the poultry show and six in the rabbit show.
There are also eight Clover Kids in the poultry show and another three expected to show rabbits.


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I think most of us agree that the current rep system on CF news to be changed. In the other thread someone had an idea to create a new reputation system based on Rep Rank and Posts Rank. Since this was not hard to do, and I had a few minutes, I went and created a Poster Rankings at CF.
I did not want to go through all 13k registered posters. So I restricted the rankings to posters who have at least 500 posts AND posters who are currently active on the board( have posted at least once in the last 30 days). Thus I filtered the list down to 684 posters.
See attached PDF file to see where you stand in CF Poster Quality Rankings! Of course, this is bit of a raw method of rankings. But why not?!!
242? I'll take it!
I will bear your scorn as a badge of honor.
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Not listed. I suck
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Something is seriously flawed if I'm #50. My 3rd grade teacher told my parents I was a classic underachiever, poorly motivated, and completely unfocused. Up until now, I've completely lived up to her expectations. Don't go setting the bar higher for me.
I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
Well then, it looks like I need to post more. This should help.
Top 25 should be unban-able.
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You have almost 5 crap tons.
Originally Posted by cycarob
Well then, it looks like I need to post more. This should help.
I need to as well. to bad they can't track how much I read this website. Maybe by the time the next rankings come out I will make it to page 10.
Needs a few more variables.
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
Top 25 should be unban-able.
I'm thinking "unban-able" should actually be "unbannable". Rep please.
Can't open it on my phone. I'm assuming I'm holding down the number 5 spot.
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Can't open it on my phone. I'm assuming I'm holding down the number 5 spot.
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Needs a few more variables.
I agree.
For example, strength of schedule should be taken into account.
Originally Posted by Stewo
Can't open it on my phone. I'm assuming I'm holding down the number 5 spot.
I don't want to disappoint you, but more like 51 in this "super scientific" list.
I made the rooster!
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Local man's trio still in running on 'America's Got Talent'
Published: Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.
Forte, the operatic trio that includes Fernando Varela, music director at St. Paul Parish's Polish National Catholic Church in Belleview, has advanced to the next round on NBC's "America's Got Talent."
The latest results were announced Wednesday night.
The winner of the competition will receive $1 million and a contract to perform in Las Vegas.
The show is back on the air at 9 p.m. Tuesday, when the remaining six acts perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The winner will be announced on the season finale, which begins at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The other acts to advance to the finals are Kenichi Ebina, Cami Bradley, Taylor Williamson, Jimmy Rose and Collins Key.
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And at least one geologist says leaking pipes—not nature—created the recent sinkhole.Overall, the risk for repeat sinkholes in Guatemala City is high—but highly unpredictable.(See more pictures of the 2010 Guatemala sinkhole.)—Anne Minard Photograph by Daniel LeClair, Reuters Guatemala Sinkhole, 2007 In 2007 a similar sinkhole had opened up in Guatemala City—not far from where the 2010 sinkhole appeared. Based on pictures, both sinkholes are thought to have been about 60 feet (18 meters) wide and about 300 feet (100 meters) deep immediately after collapsing. Typically, officials fill in sinkholes with large rocks and other debris. Over time, erosion by water and the drying effects of air will also cause the sides of a sinkhole to slope inward. The Winter Park, Florida, sinkhole, seen in the following picture, was once similarly steep and about 100 feet (30 meters) deep. But the sunny Florida weather led to gentler slopes in about 24 hours. "At the Guatemala City one, I don't think the sides are going to collapse that fast," said Doug Gouzie, a geologist at Missouri State University in Springfield. Photograph by Daniel LeClair, Reuters Winter Park, Florida, Sinkhole The sinkhole in Winter Park, Florida (map), opened up in 1981 underneath the city's public swimming pool, Missouri State's Gouzie said. "I've never seen a final report as to whether the pool was leaking," he said, adding that water can flow into the underlying soil through tiny cracks in the bottom of a pool. Even watering plants at the pool's perimeter could have sent enough runoff through Florida's sandy soil to erode the solid limestone underneath. Gouzie said the U.S. Geological Survey has mapped the types of bedrock that exist across the country. But studies of the underground cracks and fissures—and the way water travels through them—are still needed to predict where sinkholes could occur. Photograph from AP Mulberry, Florida, Sinkhole This 185-foot-deep (56-meter-deep) sinkhole appeared in 1994 in Mulberry, Florida (map), in a pile of waste material dumped by mining company IMC-Agrico. The company was mining rock to extract phosphate, a main ingredient in fertilizers and a chemical used to produce phosphoric acid, added to enhance the taste of soda and various food items.After phosphate was extracted from the rocks, the gypsum-based waste product was dumped as a slurry. As layer after layer of the stuff dried, it formed cracks, like those that appear in dried mud. Water later made its way through the cracks and carried away subsurface material, setting the stage for a sinkhole.Regulators said the company was able to manage the sinkhole to prevent any harm to the underground drinking water supply.(Related: "Coal Firms to Strip-Mine Historic Battlefield?") Photograph from Selbypic/AP Blue Hole, Belize Sinkholes can happen anywhere water can erode a vertical channel that connects to a horizontal drain, a situation that allows a column of solid material to wash away, Missouri State's Gouzie explained. If the sinkhole is near the sea—or in the sea, as with the famous Blue Hole in Lighthouse Reef off the coast of Belize—seawater can quickly seep in after a collapse, forming a deep pool.(Related: "Bahamas 'Blue Hole' Yields Pre-Human Fossil Treasures.") Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic Picher, Oklahoma, Sinkhole Years of mining for zinc and lead has left Picher, Oklahoma, near the border with Kansas (see map), literally full of holes—including this sinkhole seen in 2008. Some mines were dug too close to the surface, and the roofs were unable to support the weight of earth on top, leading to collapses. "It has happened in Missouri and in western Pennsylvania from coal mining," Missouri State's Gouzie said. "We've gotten better with buidlng mines so the roofs can support the weight over top of them." Photograph by Charlie Riedel, AP Iceland Sinkhole Adventure kayaker Mick Coyne lowers himself down the wall of a sinkhole toward the headwaters of the Jokulsa, Iceland's second longest river.Though the river is fed by melt from a glacier, this 150-foot (45-meter), inverted funnel-shaped hole was blasted into being by rising steam from geothermal vents below. (See "Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice.") Photograph by Robert Gregoire and Jean-Luc Cheron, National Geographic Ik-Kil Cenote, Mexico Swimmers float in the saphirre waters of the Ik-Kil cenote, near the Maya site of Chichén Itzá in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Cenote means "natural well" in Spanish.Sinkholes occurring at sea level will fill up as high as the water table, creating the famous clear blue pools, used by the Maya royalty for both relaxation and ritual sacrifices. (Read "Mysteries of 'Sacrificial' Maya Blue Pigment Solved?") Photograph by Emmanuel Lattes, Alamy Lisbon, Portugal, Sinkhole A parked bus was the unfortunate "meal" of a sinkhole that opened up in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2003.Anything that increases the flow of water into subsurface soil can speed up the formation of sinkholes, Missouri State's Gouzie said. In many cities, utility infrastructure such as sewer lines and fiber optic cables are buried in troughs filled with loose material, which can wash away over time. In some cases, a stretch of road can essentially become a concrete bridge over mostly empty space. "It's eventually not enough to hold the weight of the next truck over it," Gouzie said. Photograph by Jose Manuel Ribeiro, Reuters Neversink Pit, Alabama Neversink Pit, a wet limestone sinkhole in Alabama seen above in 1998, is about 50 feet (15 meters) deep and houses a rare species of fern. The sinkhole was bought in the 1990s by a group of cavers to preserve it for future generations.Karst is the geologic term for landscapes formed mainly by the dissolving of limestone or dolomite bedrock. In the United States, karst underlies parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, northern Alabama, Texas, and most of Florida (see a USGS karst map).Such areas are marked by sinking streams, subterranean drainage, large springs, caves—and, of course, sinkholes. Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic Related Stories Stone Knife and Mastodon Bones Point to Earlier Arrival of First Americans What Do Florida and a Comet Have in Common? Sinkholes Scientists Explain Mystery Behind Sand Dune That Swallowed Boy


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A proposal to amend the Colorado Constitution and the Colorado Statutes to change how the state funds public preschool through 12th grade education—that's Amendment 66 on the Nov. 5 Colorado ballot.
The proposal will raise the state individual income tax rate from 4.63 percent to 5.0 percent on the first $75,000 of taxable income and to 5.9 percent on any taxable income over $75,000.
Implementation of this two-tiered tax rate is estimated to increase individual income tax revenue to the state by $950 million in budget year 2014-15, the first full year of implementation.
The bill's new school funding allocation formula places more emphasis on students who are at risk of academic failure, defined as students eligible for free- or reduced-price lunch through the federal school lunch program, and those who are English language learners.
What does this mean for Holyoke School District Re-1J? If passed, the impact of Amendment 66 will be different for every school district.
Holyoke School District will receive about $1.185 million if Amendment 66 passes. Superintendent Bret Miles cited that equates to about 20 mills of property tax revenue to get the same dollar amount.
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[College of Communication and Information Sciences]
The College of Communication and Information Sciences offers programs leading to the bachelor of arts in communication degree. For information on master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees awarded by the College, see the University of Alabama graduate catalog.
Advertising and Public Relations
Advertising and public relations are the disciplines that organizations use to communicate with their constituencies: customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, public-interest groups, voters, and the general public. The mission of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations is to serve as a leader in the generation and dissemination of innovative concepts and methods to solve advertising and public relations problems, and to provide innovative, high-quality instruction for students.
The curriculum provides an analytical and conceptual approach to understanding and practicing advertising and public relations. Students also gain an appreciation of the role of these disciplines in society. This is not a narrow tool or method orientation. Rather, courses blend theoretical and conceptual thinking with instruction in the latest business practices. The faculty seeks to educate highly competent, focused students who will be recognized for their leadership qualities—their abilities to discern issues relating to both the practice of their profession and its role in society; to develop and execute successful communication programs; and to lead others effectively.
Communication Studies
Since its founding in 1932, the Department of Communication Studies (formerly Speech Communication) at The University of Alabama has offered liberal arts-oriented courses focused on the most fundamental and pervasive of human activities. Whether developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships, providing leadership for groups and organizations, or fulfilling the responsibilities of public citizenship and service, communication competence is central to a rewarding personal, civic, and professional life. Thus, unlike other departments in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the communication studies department does not train students for a specific job; rather it prepares them to excel in whatever careers they choose by teaching them to think critically, to express and advocate ideas effectively, and to understand and appreciate the diversity of human communication practices. This preparation enables communication studies graduates to pursue an array of professions or to advance to graduate study in such fields as management, law, ministry, teaching, lobbying, human resources, sales, social work, and speech writing.
Communication studies traces its origins as a discipline to the rhetorical traditions of Greece and Rome. In the twentieth-century, it has become an interdisciplinary field of study, encompassing social scientific as well as humanistic approaches to questions about human communication in a broad range of interpersonal, public, and cultural contexts.
The department's curriculum is guided by the principle that theory and practice are complementary and mutually reinforcing aspects of study. Course offerings provide students the opportunity to study both theoretical and applied aspects of persuasion, argumentation, relational communication, organizational communication, group leadership, political communication, and communication and culture. Communication studies majors may emphasize one of the following areas of study: rhetoric and prelaw, political communication, communication and culture, organizational and interpersonal communication.
School of Library and Information Studies
The history of the School of Library and Information Studies began in 1929 when the University instituted an academic program in school librarianship within the College of Education. An Alabama Senate Joint Resolution in 1969 authorized The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama to establish the Graduate School of Library Service. Since that time the School has pursued a mission to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to meet the information needs of a diverse population. It has also grown substantially. The School has offered the master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree in book arts since 1984 and the Ph.D. in library and information studies since 1988. In 1989, the School was renamed the School of Library and Information Studies, reflecting increasing academic and professional emphasis on emerging information technologies. In 1989, the first EBSCO Professor of Library Service was appointed; this eminent scholar of information technology holds a position unique within the library education community. In 1997, the School of Library and Information Studies merged with the College of Communication to form the College of Communication and Information Sciences. The School offered undergraduate courses in 1999 and a minor in information sciences beginning fall 2000.
Instruction in journalism at The University of Alabama began in 1925 with one course taught in the Department of English. A Department of Journalism was formed the next year, and 10 courses (taught by two faculty members) were listed in the University catalog. In 1930-31, journalism was first offered as a major, in combination with English or one of the social sciences; 24 hours of journalism were required. Courses in advertising and public relations were added to the curriculum in 1947. Graduate instruction leading to the master of arts degree began in 1950.
Information is at the heart of the program in journalism. The functioning of an open society requires an informed public. As a field of study, journalism emphasizes the gathering, assessment, and subsequent communication of information to both general and specific audiences. The student who studies journalism will be knowledgeable about the principles, structures, and techniques of modern news and information industries necessary to achieve the goal of an informed public. The knowledge students gain in the areas of writing, editing, photojournalism, law, ethics, and management has an impact on reporting, which itself influences what people think about themselves, their neighborhoods, and world affairs.
This age has been called an information age, but the volume of information is often overwhelming and its quality limited. It is the journalist—writing for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, the World Wide Web, and other media—who handles information so that the public has access to news that is accurately written. The mix of communication skills and liberal arts courses taken by journalism majors is excellent preparation for careers in other professions and for effective citizenship in the community.
Telecommunication and Film
In September 1940, the University established a Department of Radio Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Division of Radio Services in the Extension Division, appointing a director to supervise both units. In 1946, the two units were separated, and the department became an exclusively academic area, charged with educating students in broadcasting. A graduate program leading to the master of arts degree was established in 1950, at which time the department's name was changed to the Department of Radio and Television Arts.
In 1966, the department's educational role was broadened to include film studies, and its name was changed to the Department of Broadcast and Film Communication. The current name was adopted in 1989, reflecting the advent of satellites, cable systems, fiber optics, and other electronic technologies. In addition to its other programs, the department participates in the College's doctoral program in mass communication.
Electronic and cinematic mass media reflect, influence, and interact with all levels of contemporary society. Because of this, the Department of Telecommunication and Film provides an undergraduate degree program that develops discriminating consumers of the media in addition to potential professionals whose technical skill, managerial competence, reasoning ability, and ethical judgment enable them to offer media leadership. The media are considered as cultural, aesthetic, and social phenomena as well as sources of career opportunities. Telecommunication and film courses thus reflect a liberal arts and sciences orientation, with a professional focus.
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Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - Phil Pressey scored a game-high 26 points and added five assists as No. 12 Missouri held off Bucknell for a 66-64 win.
Laurence Bowers scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds while Alex Oriakhi added nine points and seven boards for the Tigers (11-2), who bounced back from their overtime loss to UCLA on Dec. 28.
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Cyclone Men Take Second at Big 12 Championships
WACO, Texas – The Iowa State men's cross country team put on a thrilling performance today at the Big 12 Championships. The Cyclones finished second, upsetting two nationally ranked programs in No. 27 Oklahoma and No. 29 Texas. Oklahoma State, ranked No. 3 nationally, won the team title.
Mohamed Hrezi ran to a seventh place finish in 23:24.1, racing to All-Big 12 recognition. Martin Coolidge (14th) also earned all-conference accolades, finishing the 8K race in 23:37.3.
Iowa State director of track and field and cross country Martin Smith was very pleased with his team's performance.
"The men ran extremely well today," Smith said. "They were able to transfer all of the things that we have been working on in practice into a meet situation. Today it worked out, being able to finish second, tying our highest finish ever at the Big 12 meet."
Iowa State placed all scorers within the top-20 finishers. Edward Kemboi (23:44.5), Alexander Dillenbeck (23:45.6) and Brian Llamas (23:46.3) finished 17th, 19th and 20th respectively. The 22-second spread across scoring runners was the tightest across all teams.
"Our split was extremely important," Smith said. "Our split from our two to five runners was nine seconds which was great. We had a great pack and had nice insurance with our sixth man's finish. It was a great team race."
Smith was also quick to emphasize the strong leadership of Cyclone junior Alexander Dillenbeck throughout today's race.
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Iowa State and Oklahoma State were the only programs to place all five scorers inside the top-20.
Texas Tech's Kennedy Kithuka took home the individual title in 22:16.0.
The Iowa State women ran to their third consecutive conference title today. Click here to read the release.
Individual Results
1. Kennedy Kithuka (Texas Tech) 22:16.0; 7. MOHAMED HREZI (Iowa State) 23:24.1; 14. MARTIN COOLIDGE (Iowa State) 23:37.3; 17. EDWARD KEMBOI (Iowa State) 23:44.5; 19. ALEX DILLENBECK (Iowa State) 23:45.6; 20. BRIAN LLAMAS (Iowa State) 23:46.3; 24. TYLER JERMANN (Iowa State) 23:57.3; 43. STEPHEN SAYLOR (Iowa State) 24:36.6; 44. STEVE DADO (Iowa State) 24:38.4; 49. NICK SCHULZE (Iowa State) 24:58.3
Team Results
1. Oklahoma State - 33
2. Iowa State - 77
3. Texas - 80
4. Oklahoma - 104
5. Texas Tech - 117
6. Kansas - 123
7. Baylor - 196
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"Hooters" – When Coby Brooks, President and CEO of "Hooters" goes undercover in his own company, he finds himself struggling to keep up in a fast-paced kitchen and is, later, forced to take immediate action when a restaurant manager steps out of line, on UNDERCOVER BOSS, Sunday, Feb. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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