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Range DescriptionThis species is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. It is found from the Red Sea and Madagascar, to Southeast Asia, southern Japan, Australia, the Coral Sea, to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and American Samoa. The type locality is likely the Red Sea (Fenner, pers. comm.).
Specific records: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea (Socotra), Madagascar, Lakshadweep, W Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Yap, Pohnpei (Micronesia), Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Solomon Islands (DeVantier and Turak pers. comm.).
Randall and Cheng (1984) give the range from Red Sea to the Ellice Islands, and New Hebrides to Taiwan.
Razak and Hoeksema (2003) give Indonesia, Australia west and east coast, Xisha Is, China, Guam, Japan, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.


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Sustainability 2013, 5(1), 357-371; doi:10.3390/su5010357
Enabling Eco-Friendly Choices by Relying on the Proportional-Thinking Heuristic
1 School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, 175001, India 2 Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15289, USA
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Received: 11 October 2012 / Revised: 25 December 2012 / Accepted: 9 January 2013 / Published: 22 January 2013
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AbstractEcological (eco) taxes are promising mechanisms to enable eco-friendly decisions, but few people prefer them. In this study, we present a way in which eco-tax options may be communicated to general public to encourage their payment. Our implementation (called "information presentation") takes advantage of the non-linear relationship between eco-tax payments and CO2 emissions and the human reliance on the proportional-thinking heuristic. According to the proportional-thinking heuristic, people are likely to prefer a small eco-tax increase and judge larger eco-tax increases to cause proportionally greater CO2 emissions reductions. In an online study, participants were asked to choose between eco-tax increases in two problems: In one, a smaller eco-tax increase resulted in greater CO2 emissions reduction, while in the other, a smaller tax increase resulted in lesser CO2 emissions reduction. Although the larger eco-tax increase did not reduce CO2 emissions the most, across both problems, people judged larger eco-tax increases to cause proportionally greater reductions in CO2 emissions and preferred smaller tax increases. Thus, eco-tax policies would benefit by presenting information in terms of eco-tax increases, such that smaller eco-tax increases (which are more attractive and are likely to be chosen by people) cause greater CO2 emissions reductions.
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Blue Remembered EarthMark reviews an eagerly awaited novel by Alistair, the first of a new series.
Terminal WorldReynolds brings the focus on one planet rather than a galaxy, but the story is just as good. Rob reviews Terminal World.
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Beginning the 2013 Bandolero race season, goals were established by 10-year-old racecar driver Tyce Church of Belpre and Spencer Motor Sports. Last season was all about gaining experience.
"We weren't worried about wins," said Dana Spener, Spencer Motor Sports owner. "It was all about seat time for Tyce. In 2013, we were going for wins and a possible series or track championship."
The 2012 season paid off for 2013. The first race of the season was at Kentucky Speedway (part of the FAST series) in March at Sparta, Ky. Church won both of his preliminary heat races and proceeded to outdual 50-year-old Reed Soyert of Lexington, Ky, for his first triumph. In the next five races at Kentucky Speedway, Church accumulated three second place finishes along with a third and a fourth. Racing at Kentucky was scheduled to resume in September. Leaving Kentucky, Tyce was second in points to Alan Serato, of Indianapolis, In., by only a few points.
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Tyce Church poses with brother Blake Church, left, and friend Conner Baker, middle, after LCS feature win.
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Tyce Church's Bandolero race car.
In June, Church and his No. 21 Bandolero moved on to race at Lake County Speedway at Painesville. In the first race at LCS, he won one of his first two heat races. He started on the pole in the feature race.
Church led 14 of a 15-lap feature (which ran 54 laps due to cautions), dogged closely by the Buell brothers (14-year-old Daniel and 16-year-old Donald). On the last lap, Donald Buell and Church battled for the lead coming into turn three with the former gaining the advantage and scoring the win. It was a great race with a little disappointment.
In the next race at LCS, Church won his second feature race of the season, with the Buell boys finishing second (Donald) and third (Daniel).
The third race at LCS was very eventful. Church started last in the field and raced his way up to first by lap 7, (passing both Buell brothers) only to spin out on his own on lap 8. The spin put him at the back of the field again on the restart.
Church raced up to third place by lap 12. The Buell brothers had a substantial lead which Church was unlikely to make up. The only hope was that the brothers, known for racing each other hard, would crash each other out. Sure enough, on the last corner of the last lap, Donald, passing Daniel for the lead, got into the side of Daniel, spinning them both. Daniel went high into the wall and Donald into the grass. As he saw this unfold, Church said he was saying to himself, "Yes, yes yes," followed by "No, no, no," as Daniel's No. 29 Bandolero rolled back across the track.
Church, running at full speed for the finish line, had no chance to avoid the No. 29, and hit it broadside. Both drivers were uninjured. Meanwhile, Donald regained control of his car and crossed the finish line first. Due to all other cars being a lap or more down, it appeared that Daniel was second and Tyce third. Race officials however, disqualified Donald for rough driving, and awarded Daniel first and Church runner-up.
In the following two races at LCS, the Buell boys were no shows, and Church walked off with feature wins.
Church now led the points in the LCS Bandolero division by 14 points. All he needed to do to capture the championship was to just finish the feature race in the last race of the season on Aug. 30.
The last race.....boy, what a day!" Spencer said. "In practice the primary motor was leaking oil. Time for a motor change. Second motor in and we're ready for the first of two heat races. After the pill draw for position, Tyce started third behind the No. 19, Randy Holbrooks, and the No. 1 of Chris Bread (both first year drivers)."
After the start, Church dropped in line in third place. On lap 2, the No. 1 went high on the front stretch and Church dropped in low for the pass. Going into turn one the No. 1 body slammed him behind the right front tire spinning and driving him No. 21 driver's side first into the concrete wall.
The impact was so hard, the car was totalled.
Church's driver's seat was twisted and the safety crew had difficulty extracting him from the car. He complained of pain in his right knee as well as a headache and blurred vision. As a precaution, he was transported to a nearby hospital. He was diagnosed with a mild concussion and a bruised knee. Unfortunately,(on doctor's orders) this crash and injury ended the race season for Church and the SMS No. 21 "Buckeye Bandit " racing Bandolero.
Due to the crash, Church didn't make the feature race at LCS. He lost the Bandolero division championship by one point to Randy Holbrooks. As local racer, John Church told Tyce Church on Facebook, "Cars can be replaced - championships will come".
As the younger Church was being placed on a stretcher for medical transport at the track, all of the Bandolero drivers (some in tears) talked with him, wishing him well. Randy Holbrooks even offered him his heat race trophy.
Although the season ended on a low note Church is fine, and he's made great progress as a driver. He was always a force to be reckoned with at the track. At LCS, his best laps were in the high to mid-14 seconds range.
His fastest lap was 14.4, just .3-tenths off the track record of 14.1, by a Legend car.
Church scored four feature wins, as well as numerous heat wins.
"Maybe, SMS and Tyce didn't reach their ultimate goals this season," Spencer said, "but we had great success. And remember - 'championships will come.'"
Spencer Motor Sports and Tyce would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their help and support during the 2013 racing season. Jayson and Amy Church, Tyce's parents, along with his brother, Blake Church. Crew Chief Chris Forshey, for all his hard work and dedication setting up, repairing and setting up the car again, that carried us to four wins this season. Special thanks to all our sponsors that help us race; Advance Auto Parts on Murdoch Ave, Parkersburg, WV; Auto Teck and Tire on SR 7; Forshey Marine Service, Colgate Dr; Franklin Sign Machine, all of Marietta, Straightline Collision of Belpre, and Geddings Machine Racing of Belpre.


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Amazon has set up data centers in Australia to supply its cloud services to Australia-based businesses and global companies with customers in Australia.
It'll be Amazon Web Services' ninth region, the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region, and the third Region in Asia Pacific after the Singapore and Tokyo Regions.
The new Sydney Region consists initially of two separate Availability Zones.
AWS senior VP Andy Jassy said in a statement that AWS had over 10,000 customers in Australia and New Zealand before opening the new centers. "With the ability to achieve single-digit millisecond latency to end users in Sydney, store data locally in Australia, and get to market more quickly and inexpensively by using AWS's infrastructure," he said, the company is expecting to add more customers.
Amazon will be adding a local technical support operation in Australia early next year.
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Japan Stock Futures Rise on U.S. Factory Data, Stimulus
Japanese and Australian stock futures rose as U.S. factory orders topped estimates and commodities climbed to a two-month high amid speculation central bank action will boost economic growth.
American Depositary Receipts of BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, climbed 1.9 percent as raw-materials surged. ADRs of Komatsu Ltd., a Japanese maker of construction equipment that generates 23 percent of sales in the U.S., advanced 0.6 percent. Those of Nissan Motor Co. advanced 0.9 percent as its North American sales rose 28 percent, exceeding the 21 percent average estimate of analysts.
Futures on Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average expiring in September closed at 9,145 in Chicago yesterday, up from 9,070 in Osaka, Japan. They were bid in the pre-market at 9,140 in Osaka at 8:05 a.m. local time. Futures on Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index advanced 0.7 percent today. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index rose 0.5 percent in Wellington.
"It is wrong to be too bearish about equities," said Garry Evans, head of global equity strategy at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "We expect growth in the region to reaccelerate in the second half of this year as authorities step up their policy response to the current slowdown. A positive policy response could have a profound impact on Asia's stock markets, given the current high level of risk aversion."
Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index were little changed today, with equity markets closed for a holiday. The underlying stock gauge climbed 0.6 percent to a two-month high yesterday after data showed factory orders rose in May for the first time in three months.
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The International Monetary Fund yesterday cut its growth forecast for the U.S. economy as Managing Director Christine Lagarde said further monetary policy easing may be needed by the Federal Reserve if the situation was to deteriorate. The U.S. economy will grow by 2 percent this year, the IMF said in a statement yesterday, cutting its previous 2.1 percent estimate.
The MSCI Asia-Pacific has climbed to its highest level since May 10 after euro-zone leaders last week agreed to relax conditions for recapitalizing lenders, easing concern about the debt region's crisis.
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China may cut lenders' reserve requirements to increase liquidity in the banking system, according to a commentary on the front page of yesterday's China Securities Journal, which is published by the official Xinhua News Agency. The People's Bank of China announced a cut to interest rates on June 7, a day after the newspaper published a commentary urging the move.
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For the past year, I've had the honor – and yes, the occasional headache – of being on the UPS project team responsible for transporting a priceless exhibit of 2,200-year-old Chinese terra cotta warriors, horses and other artifacts in a coast-to-coast tour. This week, after hundreds of thousands of people viewed the exhibit, the life-size terra cotta warriors returned home to China.
These guys went home the same way they arrived – packed in 42 specially-constructed crates for movement in a UPS 747-400. The nose of the massive air freighter, the newest in our air fleet, rises to allow the loading of large cargo through the front. While on the ground, the warriors rode in comfort aboard air-ride, temperature-controlled trailers.
As you can imagine, there's a lot to worry about when moving priceless works of art cross country. One of the biggest concerns, of course, is security. UPS worked closely with each museum's security staff and local law enforcement on every leg of this amazing journey.
We flew the warriors from Shanghai to Anchorage last year, then on to our Ontario, Calif., air hub where workers loaded them on two UPS Freight trucks for the trip to the exhibit's first stop at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. The exhibit left California for my hometown, Atlanta, before stopping in Houston and then at its final destination – the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C.
During planning calls, we had representatives from virtually all parts of our organization. The level of partnership I saw between various business units at UPS really made me proud to be a part of the team. This project was successful due to the efforts and teamwork of so many people working together across the entire company.
While in Atlanta, I got the chance to see the warriors up close and personal. Truly amazing! More than 8,000 of the terra cotta warriors and horses were buried with Emperor Qin in 210-209 BC. Chinese farmers digging a well in 1974 near Xi'an in China's Shaanxi province discovered the terra cotta army still guarding the emperor's tomb.
While it's not as good as seeing them face-to-face, this video gives you a close look at these amazing pieces of sculpture.
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Santa Clara, CA -- April 18, 2001 -- Silicon Valley Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bancshares (Nasdaq: SIVB), announced today that it has formed a joint marketing agreement with Japan-based Aozora Bank, Ltd. This follows a $2.5 million investment made by Silicon Valley Bancshares to Aozora Bank in September 2000.
Aozora and Silicon Valley Bank formed a strategic marketing alliance to assist and expand business opportunities with emerging growth technology and life sciences companies, both in Japan and the United States. This alliance will enable both banks to expand their client networks in Japan and the United States through mutual client introductions and collaborative business promotion.
"Silicon Valley Bank's decision to join with Aozora reflects the Bank's overall global strategy of building strategic relationships with global financial institutions," said Harry Kellogg, Vice Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank. "Aozora's business focus on emerging growth technology companies makes them an excellent choice for Silicon Valley Bank in the creation of this alliance in the very important Japan market."
As part of the joint marketing agreement, Aozora will send an employee to Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters to collaborate on marketing efforts and financial opportunities. Aozora and Silicon Valley Bank will cooperate on public relations activities, marketing events and will establish links on each others' web sites.
"We are pleased to have established this joint marketing agreement with Silicon Valley Bank," said Tomochika Iwashita, senior managing director and senior executive officer of Aozora Bank. "One of our goals is to build Aozora Bank into the leading technology bank in Japan, and we look forward to joining with Silicon Valley Bank to accomplish that goal."
About Silicon Valley BankSilicon Valley Bank serves emerging growth and middle market companies in targeted niches, focusing on technology and life sciences, while also addressing other specific industries in which it can provide a higher level of service and better manage credit through specialization and focus.
The Bank operates throughout the Silicon Valley: Santa Clara, Palo Alto and Sand Hill, the center of the venture capital community in California. Other regional offices within California include: Irvine, Los Angeles, Napa Valley, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Sonoma. Office locations outside of California include: Phoenix, Arizona; Boulder, Colorado; West Palm Beach, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Boston, Massachusetts; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Durham, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Austin, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Northern Virginia; and Seattle, Washington.
About Aozora BankAozora Bank, Ltd., who's major shareholders are SOFTBANK CORP., ORIX Corporation and The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., strive to answer the customer demands of the times by offering distinctive financial support and advisory services to developing companies with a high growth potential, as well as by making use of a variety of Internet channels. The headquarters of Aozora are located in Tokyo, Japan. More information Aozora Bank, Ltd. can be found at http://www.aozorabank.co.jp/.
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Whether it is the latest debate between "atheists" and "theists," or the supposed battle between "faith" and "science," or terrorist activities by proponents of a perverted Islam or Christianity or Judaism or whatever else, or merely a seeming offhanded reference to God in support for some domestic policy initiative, one thing is certain—religion is only becoming more important for understanding the modern world. As a result, those who have a firm, broad, and multifaceted understanding of religion will be well placed to make a positive impact on society from within many different fields and career paths. Consider:
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Every year at the church in St. Raphael's Centre, the magnificent structure and well presented crib is on display to remember the birth of Jesus.The crib is located to the left of the Altar. It is very popular place to come and pray during Advent, Christmas and early New Year.
The Crib in St. Raphael's Church, Youghal, has always been a place to visit for the people of the town and surrounding areas and much work has gone in to the building of this magnificent structure by the staff of St. Raphael's Centre, who have dedicated many hours on the decorating of The Nativity scene for the adoration of the birth of Jesus for the people of the town.
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BOSTON—Thirteen entrepreneurs will serve the Harvard Business School (HBS) community this year as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiR). Sponsored by the School's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, now in its sixth year, invites accomplished entrepreneurs to HBS to advise MBA students interested in starting companies and work with faculty on research and course development.
The thirteen entrepreneurs, ten of whom are HBS alumni, come from a variety of backgrounds, including venture capital, private equity, telecommunications and start-ups across several industries.
"Entrepreneurship is one of the hottest topics on the HBS campus," said Michael Roberts, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Arthur Rock Center. "With their years of experience and extraordinary achievements, these entrepreneurs bring invaluable knowledge and insights to students who are eager to develop innovative products and services and create value for both the economy and society."
The 2011-2012 HBS Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are:
All 13 entrepreneurs will serve for the entire academic year in a part-time capacity, meeting with students in group and one-on-one sessions and collaborating with various faculty members on cases, courses, and other activities.
Besides interacting with the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Harvard MBA students interested in entrepreneurship have the opportunity to work closely with HBS faculty members through field studies, independent research projects, a Silicon Valley Immersion Experience Program, and participation in the HBS Business Plan Contest. In addition, students have access to the new Harvard University Innovation Lab. All first-year MBA students also take the required course The Entrepreneurial Manager, as well as a new course called FIELD, whose third module will launch them to launch a new business. Second-year students can choose from more than two dozen entrepreneurship-related elective courses.
An estimated 50 percent of HBS alumni describe themselves as entrepreneurs 10 to 15 years after they graduate. Among the many alumni who have founded successful business ventures are Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1963), founder of Bloomberg L.P; Marc C. Cenedella, ( MBA 1998), founder, president and CEO of TheLadders.com Inc; Scott Cook (MBA 1976), chairman and cofounder of Intuit; Rajil Kapoor (MBA 1996), cofounder and former chairman and CEO of Snapfish; Mark Pincus (MBA 1993), founder and CEO of Zynga; Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilson, (both MBA 2004), cofounders of Gilt Groupe Inc; Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998), founder of bluemercury; Tom Stemberg (MBA 1973), founder of Staples; and Jeremy Stoppelman (MBA 2005), CEO and cofounder of Yelp.
About The Rock Center:
The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship was created through the generosity of prominent venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA '51), who donated $25 million to Harvard Business School to support the entrepreneurship faculty and their research, fellowships for MBA and doctoral students, symposia and conferences, and outreach efforts to extend the impact of the School's extensive work in this field. HBS offered the country's first business school course in entrepreneurship in 1947 and, today, entrepreneurship is one of the largest faculty units at the School, with over 30 faculty members conducting entrepreneurship research and teaching. The Rock Center works closely with the HBS California Research Center in Silicon Valley on entrepreneurship-related research and course development efforts.
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Founded in 1908 as part of Harvard University, Harvard Business School is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston. Its faculty of more than 200 offers full-time programs leading to the MBA and doctoral degrees, as well as more than 80 open enrollment Executive Education programs and more than 60 custom programs. For more than a century, HBS faculty have drawn on their research, their experience in working with organizations worldwide, and their passion for teaching to educate leaders who have shaped the practice of business and entrepreneurship around the globe.


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Winners & Losers From the Week That Was
Winners and Losers from the week that was in business and deals.
Winner — Millennial Media: The mobile-app advertising company soared 92% after pricing its IPO at the top of its already-boosted range on Thursday. It was the best first-day pop for an IPO in nearly a year, beating the 89% that Annie's had flashed on Wednesday.
Winner — John Mack: Mack the Knife landed another adviser title this week, joining private-equity giant KKR as a "senior adviser" who will work with potential KKR investments. Meanwhile, the former Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley will remain an adviser there. And he's writing a book. Not a bad retired life.
Winner — Edith O'Brien: The former assistant treasurer of MF Global got dismissed after refusing to answer two questions at Wednesday's congressional hearing, saving her from a long evening of telling each and every congressman at the hearing that she was pleading the fifth. She had quite the grin walking out of the room.
Loser — Joe Ratterman: The CEO of BATS Global Markets probably had a better week than last week, when his company's IPO blew up on its way out the door. Still he lost his chairman title this week. On the more positive side, he did keep two of his jobs, and apparently has 100% support of his board.
Loser — Research in Motion: The BlackBerry maker reported a 25% drop in sales for its fiscal fourth quarter and said it was writing off $267 million worth of unsold BlackBerry 7 models, its newest device. Compared to Apple, a phrase RIM can't quite escape, that looked pretty ugly and opened new CEO Thorsten Heins to a strategic review that could lead to a sale.
Loser — Lands' End: Sears' preppy brand was bought in 2002 but never quite fit as expected, and the retailer has decided to shop it around. One analyst put a price tag between $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion, down as much as 55% from what Sears paid.
You decide — Steve Cohen: The hedge fund giant missed out on his bid for the LA Dodgers, but only because Magic Johnson and others offered what is by far a record $2 billion for the baseball team. Cohen is left with a consolation prize: He'll keep the recent stake he bought in the New York Mets.
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Rita Dove on Editing a New Poetry Anthology
Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate, and she's also a competitive ballroom dancer. A professor at the University of Virginia, Dove now has another credit to her name: editor of the new Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry.
The anthology, a sienna clothbound release, looks like something that would be kept in a walnut bookshelf in the library of some British manor house. But this is a distinctly American book, covering poems written by American authors between 1900 and 2000. "To me the anthology is all about the poem and less about the poet," Dove said in an interview. "In the end, all that remains is the poem, it is, as Dickinson says, that letter you write to the world without expecting an answer."
Speakeasy caught up with Dove by phone to discuss how she came to edit the book and the conversations she found between schools of poetry.
How did you come on to the project?
I came on when [Penguin Classics Editor] Elda Rotor actually wrote me and asked me. She talked a little in her letter about her vision for it, a book for people to hold in their hands, and an impression of the entire century. That appealed to me and in a flash I saw a trajectory of American poetry that reflected on spoke about the 20th century. I came onto the project about four years ago and at that point the 20th century was long gone, the door had been closed. I realized that I like many of my friends considered the 20th century a closed capsule. I thought enough time has passed that we can now look back at the 20th century as an entity and see it as it has been interpreted poetically. All of that was going through my mind in one flash when she asked me, and I just knew I had to do it.
Did you select each and every poem?
I did select each and every poem. At the beginning, I started this anthology as I start poems, which is diving into the middle of it, not thinking about how the arc was going to be and how the ending was going to be. I decided I would wallow in poetry and gather as much as I could, and if there were a tangent, I would go there and not think about the end product but really only think about the poems themselves. Then I began to see the patterns emerging and began to think well, what was happening in 1920 in the world and how did that reflect in the poetry? There was the aspect of looking at the poets as they lived in their time and reacting to things that were happening around them. That meant more poems, and sometimes a winnowing but also the arc was beginning to shine through. There was a sobering point when I had to start looking at individual poems themselves and saying, I love this poem and think it's brilliant, but is it a poem that changed anything, is it a poem that is emblematic of its time, and did it really have an impact? If someone were to dig up a time capsule of the 20th century and it had this – these were our stories, these were our songs, these were our fears – what poems would represent that? That in the end was the final filter that I had to apply.
The poems appear to speak to each other.
There were connections that I found fascinating, groups that grew out of each other. For instance, there were several groups that emerged almost simultaneously out of the second World War. A way of expressing the urban discontent that was going to explode in the '60s, but right at the '50s there were things popping up all over: the Black Mountain School with Bob Creeley and Charles Olson, was popping up at the same time as the New York School with Frank O'Hara and John Ashberry. Right on the tail of that came two groups, which were coming out of the same impulse but from different social backgrounds: the Confessionalists like Robert Lowell and on the other side, the burgeoning of the Black Arts Movements, so you have Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez. Both of those groups, which were kind of propelled by Ginsberg's "Howl" and Ferlinghetti and the Beats, were happening at the same time. That was a really exciting conversation that I think hadn't really been talked about very much, especially the emergence of Black Arts Movement out of that same vortex of energy.


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BT were the shock winners last night as the next record-breaking Premier League television saw ESPN kicked into touch.
League chief executive Richard Scudamore unveiled the stunning deal which will see income from domestic live rights rise to a staggering £3.018billion when the three-season deal begins next year, giving clubs a huge helping hand in their fight to meet UEFA's Financial Fair Play requirements.
Last season's remarkable ending, with Manchester City winning the title with the final goal of the entire campaign, created the perfect storm for the bidding process.
Under the new agreement, which will see income rise by £1.254bn over three years, an increase of 72 per cent, BSkyB strengthened their position as the dominant force by winning five packages totalling 116 live games.
But BT Vision, preparing to launch a new sports channel have paid more than £800million for two packages totalling 38 games, including 18 "first choice picks", in the Saturday lunchtime slot.
The news will be a devastating blow for ESPN, which had hoped to extend its current package of 23 games but will now find itself a footnote in Premier League broadcasting history.
Scudamore revealed the thrilling climax to the recent season contributed to the increase.
"We have just come off the back of a fantastic season and it has been good for us," Scudamore said.
"We went to the market at the right time.
"It was a very competitive process which if you are selling is a very good thing."
Scudamore added: "The Barclays Premier League continues to provide excellent football and enthralling drama. The value this drives for our rights-holders is evident and we are extremely pleased that this has been realised for our UK live rights.
"The security provided by broadcast revenues will enable our clubs to continue to invest in all aspects of their football activities and plan sustainably for the foreseeable future.
"This deal allows them to keep delivering what fans want; top quality football in some of world's best club stadia and an increasing focus on and commitment to areas such as Youth Development."


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I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.
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When I contacted them, the told me to sell the bigger products I would have to upgrade my store for a bigger price. I felt that this was just another scam to get more money for the bigger store only to find that those products too would not be marketable or profitable. So I stopped payment to them and returned their software within their "30 day guarantee", By the time I got the software and discovered that the problems there was not enought time to return it before their deadline. I called them and expressed my complaint and they told me just to return the software which I thought would end the matter.
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A Letter Before Dying
Texas death row inmate Ray Jasper, who is scheduled to be put to this week, has written a letter before his execution that is causing quite a firestorm on the web. In it, he likens the penal system to nationally sanctioned slavery and offers his thoughts about young Black men being fed into the system.
It is a letter that Jasper writes "could be my final statement on earth," and N'DIGO is printing edited portions of it to see if his words offer any merit or cautionary advice to young Black men who might use them to avoid Jasper's outcome.
Following Jasper's letter, we are printing an edited version of a letter from the brother of the victim at the center of Jasper's murder case, who doesn't want the man convicted of killing his brother to become some type of overnight hero shortly before his March 19 execution thanks to Internet sensationalism.
Whatever your reaction as a reader, the letter and the situation are certainly thought provoking and well worth the time to consider.
By way of background, Ray Jasper was convicted of participating in the robbery and slaying of recording studio owner David Alejandro in San Antonio, Texas in 1998. An 18-year-old teenager at the time of the crime, Jasper was sentenced to death and has been on death row for 15 years.
In January, the online news site gawker.com sent letters with a series of questions to all the death row inmates in the United States who have executions scheduled for this year.
Jasper was the first to reply.
"As part of our Letters from Death Row series, (Jasper's) letter was remarkable for its calmness, clarity, and insight into life as a prisoner who will never see freedom," says reporter Hamilton Nolan, who initiated the project.
In that original letter, Jasper wrote, "My life is a testament of what it is to be young and Black in America. Black (people) are incarcerated at a higher rate than any other race because we are ignorant to the laws that govern society. As Nelson Mandela said, 'Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.' I gave up in school after a friend died when I was 11. I didn't officially drop out until 16. By 18, I was facing the death penalty.
"When you're young it's hard to see the road up ahead and many teens lack a long term vision for their life. They must be taught in the school of life by adults who cross their path.
"I grew up like most young Blacks at a disadvantage, susceptible to the street life due to the environment and a lack of education. For most young Blacks, we rebel out of subtle racism and being targeted by the police. For young Blacks, cops are the enemies. I've been falsely arrested and beat by the police before the age of 18.
"It's like how can society expect young Blacks to be (compliant) with the same law that poses a threat to their life. You never hear of Black cops beating or killing young Whites, but it's so common to hear about White cops beating and killing young Blacks.
"I've done my best to live above the circumstances by studying self-help and spiritual books. Over the last 15 years, I've written several books and screenplays. I've turned a negative into a positive, while others around (me) have lost their mind, dropped their appeals or committed suicide. I think who you are matters more than where you are."
Nolan wrote back and invited Jasper to share any other thoughts he might have and recently received the letter that is going viral on the Internet. It reads in part:
The Controversial Letter
Mr. Nolan,
When I first responded to you, I learned that some of the responses on your website were positive and some negative. I can only appreciate the conversation. (The Indian spiritual teacher) Osho once said that one person considered him an angel and another person considered him a devil. He didn't attempt to refute either perspective because he said that man does not judge based on the truth of who you are, but on the truth of who they are.
Your words struck a chord with me. You said that my perspective is different and therefore my words have a sort of value. Yet you're talking to a young man that's been judged unworthy to breathe the same air you breathe. That's like a hobo on the street walking up to you and you ask him for spare change.
Without any questions, you've given me a blank canvas. I'll only address what's on my heart. Next month, the State of Texas has resolved to kill me like some kind of rabid dog, so indirectly, I guess my intention is to use this as some type of platform because this could be my final statement on earth. It's only my perspective.
The justice system is truly broken beyond repair and the sad part is there is no way to start over. Improvements can be made. If honest people stand up, I think they will be made over time. I know the average person isn't paying attention to all the laws constantly being passed by state and federal legislation. People are more focused on their jobs, raising kids, and trying to find entertainment in between time. The thing is, laws are being changed right and left.
A man once said that revolution comes when you inform people of their rights. Martin Luther King said a revolution comes by social action and legal action working hand in hand. I'm not presenting any radical revolutionary view; the word revolution just means change. America changes as the law changes.
Under the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, all prisoners in America are considered slaves. We look at slavery like its a thing of the past, but you can go to any penitentiary in this nation and you will see slavery. That was the reason for the protests by prisoners in Georgia in 2010. They said they were tired of being treated like slaves.
People need to know that when they sit on trial juries and sentence people to prison time, that they are sentencing them to slavery. If a prisoner refuses to work and be a slave, they will do their time in isolation as a punishment. You have thousands of people with a lot of prison time that have no choice but to make money for the government or live in isolation. The effects of prison isolation literally drive people crazy. Who can be isolated from human contact and not lose their mind? That was the reason California had an uproar last year when 33,000 inmates across California protested, refusing to work or eat because of those being tortured in isolation in Pelican Bay (prison).
I think prison sentences have gotten way out of hand. People are getting life sentences for aggravated crimes where no violence occurred. I know a man who was 24 years old and received 160 years in prison for two aggravated robberies where less than $500 was stole and no violence took place. There are guys walking around with 200-year sentences and they're not even 30 years old. It's outrageous.
Giving a first time felon a sentence beyond their life span is pure oppression. Multitudes of young people have been thrown away in this generation.
The Business Of Prison
The other side of the coin is there are those in the corporate world making money off prisoners, so the longer they're in prison, the more money is being made. It's not about crime and punishment; it's about crime and profit. Prison is a billion dollar industry. In 1996, there were 122 prisons opened across America. Companies were holding expos in small towns showing how more prisons would boost the economy by providing more jobs.
How can those that invest in prisons make money if people have sentences that will allow them to return to free society? If people were being rehabilitated and sent back into the cities, who would work for these corporations? That would be a bad investment. In order for them to make money, people have to stay in prison and keep working. So the political move is to tell the people they're tough on crime and give people longer sentences.
Chuck Colson, former advisor to President Nixon, once said that they were passing laws to be tough on crime, but they didn't even know who the laws were affecting. It wasn't until the Watergate scandal and Colson himself going to prison, that he learned who the laws were affecting. Colson ended up forming the largest prison ministry in America.
Colson also said in his book The God of Stones and Spiders that America was forming a new society within its prisons. Basically, that prison would become a nation inside this nation. He predicted that over a million people would be locked up by the year 2000. The book was written in 1990. Now, it's 2014 and almost two million people are locked up.
It's not that crime is the issue. Crime still goes on daily. It's that the politics surrounding crime have changed and it has become a numbers game. Dollars and cents. You have people who invest millions of dollars in the prison system. Any shrewd businessman would if you have no empathy for people locked up and you just want to make some
I don't agree with the death penalty. It's a very Southern practice from that old lynching mentality. Almost all executions take place in the South, with a few exceptions here and there. Texas is the leading state by far. I'm not from Texas. I was raised in Oakland, California. Coming from the West Coast to the South was like going back in time. I didn't even think real cowboys existed. Texas is a very "country" state, aside from a few major cities. There are still small towns where a Black person would not be welcomed.
The death penalty needs to be abolished. Life without parole is still a death sentence. The only difference is time. To say you need to kill a person in a shorter amount of time is just seeking revenge on that person.
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Aircraft Procurement, Navy
The budget request contained $2,101.1 million for procurement of 20 F/A-18E/F aircraft, four fewer than the number for which advance procurement funds were requested in fiscal year 1997, and $90.5 million for advanced procurement of 30 aircraft in fiscal year 1999.
Based on the recently-released recommendations of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the Navy's current procurement objective for the F/A-18E/F is 548 to 785 aircraft, at a maximum production rate of 48 aircraft per year, which has been decreased from the fiscal year 1998 budget request procurement plan of 1,000 aircraft at a maximum production rate of 60 aircraft per year. The committee understands that the Navy plans to determine its actual procurement objective based on the initial operational capability date of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
The committee is sensitive to the Navy's requirement to modernize its tactical aircraft fleet. Unfortunately, the Navy failed in its attempts to replace the A-6 and F-14 fleets first with the A-12 and then with the A/F-X, both of which were terminated. Consequently, the F/A-18E/F program emerged--more by default than by design--as the Navy's choice to replace the A-6 in the all-weather attack mission, replace the F-14 in the fleet air defense and tactical reconnaissance missions, and to supplement existing F/A-18C/Ds. The F/A-18E/F improves range and payload capabilities compared to the F/A-18C/D, but it will not be nearly as survivable as either the A-12 or the A/F-X would have been. Accordingly, the committee strongly supports the Navy's participation in the JSF program to meet its longer-term force structure and modernization requirements and believes that the JSF will be more cost and operationally effective than any previous Naval aircraft when it enters service with the fleet. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0 million in PE63800N to accelerate development of the Naval variant of the JSF, as explained elsewhere in this report.
The committee notes that the budget request proposal to reduce the quantity of F/A-18E/Fs procured in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 by 10 from the 60 proposed in the fiscal year 1997 acquisition plan, together with the QDR recommendation to reduce both the total procurement objective and the maximum production rate of this aircraft, suggests that future aircraft, shipbuilding, and other weapons procurement demands on the Navy's budget are necessitating consideration of alternative F/A-18E/F production rates. Accordingly, the committee recommends $1,348.9 million for continued F/A-18E/F production, a reduction of $752.2 million. The committee believes that until the review of the QDR by the independent National Defense Panel is completed in December 1997 and assessed by the Congress, the F/A-18E/F program should proceed at a slower pace.
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The budget request contained $317.0 million in PE 24136N for the F/A-18 fleet. The committee understands that $267.5 million of this amount is for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and that funding for this program has increased $114.2 million over the amount forecast in the 1997 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP).
The committee has expressed great concern, described in detail elsewhere in this report, over the unaffordable pace of tactical aviation (TACAIR) modernization being pursued by the Department. Of the three most costly TACAIR programs in the Department's request--the Air Force F-22 Raptor, the Navy F/A- 18E/F Super Hornet, and the Joint Strike Fighter--the Super Hornet was recently approved by the Department to enter production, even prior to final recommendations by the Quadrennial Defense Review and National Defense Panel.
The committee is unaware of any justification to support such a large increase in this year's research and development request for the Super Hornet over the recently forecast funding level identified in the 1997 FYDP. Therefore, the committee recommends $202.8 million for the F/A-18 fleet, a decrease of $114.2 million for the F/A-18E/F.
Joint Standoff Weapons Systems
The budget request contained $71.5 million in PE 64727N for the joint standoff weapon system (JSOW). JSOW is a modular design that is being developed in three variants: a submunition dispenser, an anti-armor submunition dispenser, and a unitary warhead variant which will incorporate an imaging infrared seeker, data link and 500 pound blast fragmentation warhead. The committee understands that the submunition variant has completed development and initial operational testing with a success rate of over 96 percent and has been approved for low rate initial production with initial deliveries to the Navy for use in the F/A-18 in 1998. Initial procurement of the anti- armor submunition variant is scheduled for fiscal year 1999, however, current program funding levels would delay fielding of the unitary warhead variant until 2002. The committee recommends an increase of $9.0 million to accelerate the development and fielding of the unitary warhead variant.
I am pleased that the full committee, after vigorous debate, soundly rejected efforts to procure a mix of the older- model F/A-18C/D and the new F/A-18E/F ``Super Hornet,'' and instead procure only the newer E/F. However, I must express my profound disagreement with the net result of the House National Security Committee's action, which was to reduce overall procurement funding for Super Hornets from the Navy's request of $2.1 billion for 20 low-rate initial-production aircraft to $1.348 billion, and to reduce the Navy's research and development request from $267.5 to $153.3 million. These reductions are entirely unjustified and will detract from the Navy's ability to execute its missions in the increasingly demanding threat environment of the next two decades.
The Secretary of Defense, in his June 10, 1997 letter, emphasized his ``strong support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program,'' stating that ``our warfighters require the most advanced technology available.'' He further added that ``the Quadrennial Defense Review clearly validated the need for the F/A-18E/F. . . . Without the E/F we would be sending our pilots into combat at the turn of the century with the 1970s technology of the F/A-18C/D.''
The Chief of Naval Operations, in his own letter to the chairman and ranking member, expressed his ``strongest possible support for the F/A-18E/F program . . . It is the cornerstone of the future of carrier aviation and the Navy's number one aviation priority.'' Further, he recently stated to Congress that ``the multi-mission F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a leap forward in both TacAir design and survivability. The Super Hornet may look like its predecessor, however it is far larger, significantly more capable, and most importantly it is a first strike, every day strike, survivable weapon system for the foreseeable future.'' The Navy states that the Super Hornet will dominate all possible threats for at least the next two decades.
The CNO's letter further states that ``the E/F has flawlessly progressed through every required milestone to include operational requirements, mission needs, cost and threat analysis, and engine development. Admiral Johnson describes the entire aircraft program as ``a model of acquisition reform and unprecedented cost performance. The F/A- 18E/F has completed significant portions of the flight rest program (over 1,100 flight hours) . . . Testing results have clearly exceeded all specific performance parameters. The program is on schedule, within budget and under specification weight.''
In terms of cost, the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Dr. Kaminski, in his recent Selective Acquisition Report, found that the Super Hornet would cost only 13 percent more than its C/D predecessor based on production figures of 1,000 aircraft per program. His report pegged C/D per-unit cost at $36.5 million and E/F per-unit cost at $41.6 million.
In terms of survivability, the Center for Naval Analysis in its recent report to Congress, reported that the Super Hornet would suffer roughly one fifth the losses of an F/A-18C/D airwing given the same threat environment and warfighter scenario. The independent Institute for Defense Analysis, in its report requested by the Joint Staff, determined that the Super Hornet's survivability characteristics, to include a radar signature only one-tenth that of the older C/D, reduces the number of targets considered as ``high risk'' to the pilot and aircraft by 75 percent over the C/D Hornet it will replace.
Finally, it is essential to point out that the E/F program is not in competition with the emerging joint strike fighter concept. The Super Hornet will replace aging F-14s, whose operational costs the Navy desperately seeks to avoid, and older Hornets, all of which have reached the limits of their technological upgradability. The most optimistic forecast for a Navy version of the JSF is 2010, and even then the service would not be able to place a meaningful number of aircraft on its carrier decks until approximately 2015. The Super Hornet is indeed a ``bridge'' from the F-14 and C/D-model Hornets to the joint strike fighter, and that bridge by any reasonable estimate appears to be about two decades in length.
I am pleased that the House National Security Committee, after careful consideration of these important issues, declared its overwhelming and bipartisan support for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program.
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The collaborative activities proposed under this project are in direct response to the spreading threat of new, virulent strains of wheat stem rust. They are also consistent with, and build upon, the Regional Food Security Symposium on Wheat Stem Rust held in Islamabad in August 2009, in which 75 scientists from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, Iran, and the United States participated. Scientists from CIMMYT (Mexico) and ICARDA (Syria) international centers also joined in formulating a combined effort to combat UG99 and other virulent wheat diseases to ensure food security in this region through the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative. Cooperators will: • Strengthen Pakistan's own wheat rust surveillance and facilitate maximum synergies between Pakistan and international rust surveillance efforts • Conduct pre-breeding to enhance the diversity and utility of rust resistant wheat breeding parents. • Accelerate breeding to develop and test rust-resistant, high-performance candidate wheat varieties. • Accelerate seed multiplication and enhance access to new cereal rust-resistant varieties. • Address agronomic management practices to enhance the productivity and sustainability of wheat and wheat systems in Pakistan.


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Niagara-Wheatfield has already won a championship. Now the Falcons hope their season winds up being one for the books.
No boys bowling team has ever achieved perfection for a season in the Niagara Frontier League. The league historically is one of the toughest to win because it's extremely rich in talent.
But Niagara-Wheatfield has caught everyone's interest in league circles, much in the same way a bowler two strikes away from a 300 captures the attention of everyone in the alley.
The Falcons clinched their fourth straight NFL championship last Thursday with a win over North Tonawanda. They're 12-0 with two matches still to play – both of them slated for next week at Kenmore West (next Tuesday) and at home against Grand Island (Feb. 4). Two more wins and they make history.
"It's tough," N-W coach John Boutet said. "It's like a mine field," the league. "If it happens this year, great, but that's not our goal. Our goal is to go to states."
The only way that can happen is if the Falcons win the overall Section VI title Feb. 13 at Thurway Lanes. A talented lineup anchored by freshman Nate Maloney (225.69 average) and senior captain Collin Kitcho (215.44) looks to dethrone defending champion Frontier, which is unbeaten in ECIC Large South and has star-studded lineup of its own.
Before those schools and the rest of the contenders meet at sectionals though, N-W must complete its pursuit of history.
"We've had some great bowlers through the years but this is probably the best overall team for pure top six bowlers," Boutet said. "It's just a well-balanced lineup and you need that."
It's an experienced lineup, too, as most members of the league seem to be going through turnover – with younger talent getting acclimated to the competitiveness of the NFL.
"We just happened to peak at the right time," Boutet said. "We just happen to be a little more experienced than the other teams."
The Falcons also happen to have three of the top six leaders in average in the league in their lineup. Maloney has the top average in the NFL, Kitcho is third and sophomore Austin McKinstray sixth with a 205.18.
N-W's final three starters, seniors Brian Churpita (198.65 avg.), Dan Ball (195.16) and Sam Mattheus (193.41), all rank among the top 13 in NFL averages. Niagara Falls is the only other NFL team with more than one bowler in the top 13 – Michael Blackburn (198.80) and Nathan Fink (194.52).
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"There's always a chance a team can beat you," Boutet said.
Elsewhere in the league, Kyle Behr's 845 three-game series is the second highest in Western New York over the last eight years, but he's currently sidelined by a broken wrist. NT hopes to have the junior back for the Section VI Tournament. The Lumberjacks (9-3) are 2-1 in his absence.
NFL girls down to wire
Who's going to win the girls championship in the NFL?
Either North Tonawanda (11-1) or Niagara Falls (10-1).
Those teams meet Feb. 4 at Rapids Bowling Center in Niagara Falls in a clash that will likely determine the league champion. Falls, which has a makeup match Wednesday against Lockport, already has a win over NT this season.
Niagara Falls, the 2012 state champion, has plenty of talent on hand – including sophomore Angela Gabriele, who is in her fourth season and leads the league with a 204.91 average.
The Wolverines have three of the top five leaders as the other top stars include senior Hailey Johnson (196.39) and sophomore Luxsurie Sistrunk (193.47). Johnson, the niece of professional Liz Johnson, has the highest series in Western New York (737).
North Tonawanda counters with Cassidy Powers, the defending Section VI champion, who averages 191.89. She tends to be clutch when it matters, too, as she set the school record with a 1,389 six-game series in taking the sectional title. Abbey Kieffer follows with a 188.89.
N-W's Marissa Staschak ranks second in the league with a 200 average. Alexis Wade has a 199.15 for Lewiston-Porter.
More chasing perfection
Niagara-Wheatfield's boys team isn't the only division champion and sectional title contender playing for a bonus.
Cheektowaga's boys, last year's Section VI Class B champion and overall tournament runner-up, clinched the ECIC North Small Division crown with last Friday's comeback win over last year's division champion Tonawanda and Monday's win over Alden. The Warriors (10-0), who have won at least a share of three of the last four division titles, are two wins from running the table.
Senior Connor LaJoy, who recently rolled his first 300 game in scholastic competition, has a 217.96 average and was part of last year's All-Section team that took second at states.
"He got a taste for it" last year, coach Dan Kaplan said. "But I think not only does he want to go, but he wants the team to go with him," this time.
"Connor is going to go down as one of our best bowlers we've had at Cheektowaga," Kaplan said.
Dana Voytovich has been a pleasant addition to the Warriors, who earlier this season won the Maryvale Tournament. Voytovich, a senior, has a 216.47 average in his first season. He missed last year with a broken arm and played hockey during the winter before that. Kurt Thurnherr has a 780 set.
Frontier is looking to post its fourth straight unbeaten season in ECIC South Large and can clinch its 14th straight division title with its next victory.
Besides Chad Mee (234) and Matt Kinn (217) — who has rolled a 300 game — Bryan Carson (204) and Justin Thomas (201) start for a Falcons crew that took fifth at states last year. All are seniors except for Carson, who's a junior. In fact, Frontier has six seniors among its starting eight bowlers.
The Falcons took second at the Festival of Lights Tournament with Oswego earning the tourney title last month. Frontier also placed second in a tournament in Rochester two weeks ago, finishing 21 pins behind winner Greece-Athena.
"Hopefully at sectionals, we put it all together," Falcons coach John Cordier said.
Kinn was just one of five boys from the country to earn Dexter All-America honors. In order to receive the well-rounded honor, he had to be nominated by his coach, write an essay, fill out an extensive resume along with having the proper bowling average and grade-point average (at least a 3.0) and participate in community-service activities.
Clarence, which placed fifth at sectionals last year, is 8-0 in ECIC North Large. In order to secure its first division title since 2004, it will need to survive a four-match gauntlet Feb. 3-6 against a pair of one-loss outfits in Williamsville North and defending division champion Sweet Home. The Red Devils think they can make a run at the sectional title and surprised many with last year's sectional showing.
Junior co-captain Tanner Geiger rolled a 789 series last week, the highest by a Clarence bowler during coach Ken Duke's 11 seasons. Senior John Yambor averages 205.58, while Nick Sehl averages 196, an increase of 20 pins from last year. Justin Sokolowski has a 247 game to credit.
Sweet Home, which is coached by Kathy McDonald – daughter of Frank and Doris Coburn — relies on toughness and depth as it has eight bowlers who are very competitive and similar in ability. Case in point — when the Panthers handed North its loss, the Spartans took the A-group games but Sweet Home's first four stayed close enough so that when its B-group beat North the two squads combined to have the total pins edge in the match to secure the final point of that 4-3 triumph.
North's Collin Hunt leads Large North with a 219.93 average.
Pioneer is 8-0 in ECIC Small South as its top two rank in the top five of averages in the division in Nate Tackentien (199.79) and Brad Arnold (196.71).
Sweet Home still hungry
Defending Section VI girls champion Sweet Home returns most members of last year's team that finished eighth at states.
The 9-0 Panthers' starting four has increased its averages as well. Junior Diamond Carter averages 201.48 – an increase of 10 pins. Senior Alyssa Davis is also up 10 pins, now at 177, while junior Taylor Falzone is up four pins to 180. Sophomore Breanna Gerner made the biggest jump, from 150 to 176.
Nikki Merrifield is a big-stage performer as evidenced by her performance in sectionals last year. She helped Sweet Home win its first title by averaging more than 200 over six tournament games after averaging 162 during the season.
"The girls are pretty confident," coach Jim Russo said. "They've got the confidence that they're better this year. We've got higher averages across the board."
Williamsville South can't be counted out simply because the Billies have one of the best female bowlers in WNY in Haley Carroll. The junior carries a 213.39 average and last week shot a 720 series – tops among all competitors in the four ECIC divisions and third highest in the area to Niagara Falls' Johnson and Niagara-Wheatfield's Staschak (734).
Carroll, Wade and Powers are all back from last year's All-Section team that placed first in states.
Sara Snyder of Depew won the Division 3 title at last Sunday's Western New York Regional Queens Touranment and has boosted her average from 175 to 191. Teammate Sarah Godfrey has boosted her average by 20 –now up to 189.
St. Joe's bowler sets mark
St. Joe's and Canisius each share first place in the Monsignor Martin Association among the boys, but are being closely pursued by St. Francis, which is just one game back.
St. Joe's returns everyone who helped the squad win last year's Roy Sommer Invitational, including senior Kevin Bienko. He averages 212, has a 299 high game and set the league record with an 823 series. He's the only bowler in MMA history to eclipse 800.
The Maruaders' Kevin Zitka has a 197 average, which ranks fourth in the league.
Canisius is led by Aaron Fiust-Klink with a 196, while Nick Rallo has a 195 average.
Brandon Kane of Timon-St. Jude ranks second with a 199 average, while St. Francis' David Kroll is third at 198.
The All-Catholic Tournament is Feb. 6 at Thruway Lanes.
Immaculata clinches
Immaculata clinched the regular-season title for the Monsignor Martin girls and also had the league MVP in Kasey Schulz. She finished with the top average (178.9), series (663) and high game (236).
Schultz headlines the first team All-Catholic selections. The others include Megan Mazurkiewicz of Buffalo Seminary (177.5), Cardinal O'Hara's Taylor Reese (175,4) and Lexi Greenauer of Mount St. Mary (174.3).
Second-team picks included: Molly Marciniak (Immaculata), Susan Thomas (Mount Mercy), Sara Riso (Mount Mercy) and Alyssa Yebernetsky (St. Mary's).
The season ends next Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. with the All-Catholic Tournament at Thruway Lanes.
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The expressions, vocab, and 98% of all the grammar is acceptable. The problem with these books was the production value and quality of the videos. There were also some awkward cultural moments and just bizarre choices made for settings and situations. The accompanying CD-ROM for the books looked like it was best designed to run on Windows 98, and here it is still being used in 2011. It is not even worth mentioning the role plays, chants, or suggested games and activities, which were all mostly unusable. The main dialogues were pretty good and had nice animation (see here and here), but all the live action scenes were worthless.
South Korea prides itself on how much of a priority they have on investment in education. The teachers here are excellent, classrooms have no shortages of supplies, lots of useful technology available, new English classrooms and language learning facilities, etc. The problem was that everything revolved around these horrible textbooks. These books really should have been scrapped for something better the second after they were printed.
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#9 Grade 5, Lesson 7, Movie 2 - "He has a long hair... and is an animated character."
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#6 - Grade 5, Lesson 9, Movie 2 - "Joon, quit stuffing my socks in your trunks to make it look bigger."
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#4 - Grade 6, Lesson 16, Movie 2 - "I can totally tell that you love me so much."
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