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Faculty and Areas of Expertise
Listed below are the faculty of the Department of Mathematics as of the academic year 2016-17.
Scott Armstrong. Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2009, University of California, Berkeley. Research interests: Partial differential equations, probability theory, and stochastic homogenization.
Tim Austin. Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Los Angeles. Research interests: analysis, probability and ergodic theory.
Marco M. Avellaneda. Professor. Licenciado en Ciencias 1981, Buenos Aires; Ph.D. 1985, Minnesota. Research interests: applied mathematics, mathematical modeling in finance, probability.
Yuri Bakhtin. Associate Professor. B.A. 1998, M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2001, Moscow State University. Research interests: Random dynamics, probabilistic models of mathematical physics.
Afonso Bandeira. Assistant Professor. B.S. 2009, M.S. 2010, University of Coimbra; Ph.D. 2015, Princeton University. Research interests: Applied mathematics, optimization, probability, information theory, signal processing, mathematics of data science.
Gerard Ben Arous. Professor. Ph.D. 1981, University of Paris. Research interests: probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations.
Marsha J. Berger. Professor. B.A. 1974, SUNY (Binghamton); M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1982, Stanford. Research interests: computational fluid dynamics, adaptive methods for partial differential equations, parallel computing.
Fedor A. Bogomolov. Professor. Diploma 1970, Moscow University; Ph.D. 1974, Steklov Institute of Mathematics. Research interests: algebraic geometry and related problems in algebra, topology, number theory.
Paul Bourgade. Associate Professor. B.S. 2006, Ecole Polytechnique; M.S. 2007, Ph.D. 2009, Université Paris 6. Research interests: Probability, random matrices, statistical physics and stochastic processes.
Oliver Bühler. Professor. Ph.D. 1996, Cambridge University. Research interests: geophysical fluid dynamics, interactions between waves and vortices, acoustics, statistical mechanics.
David Cai. Professor. B.S. 1984, Peking University; M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1994, Northwestern. Research interests: nonlinear stochastic behavior in physical and biological systems.
Sylvain E. Cappell. Silver Professor. B.A. 1966, Columbia; Ph.D. 1969, Princeton. Research interests: algebraic and geometric topology, symplectic and algebraic geometry.
Antoine Cerfon. Assistant Professor. B.S. 2003, Ecole des Mines de Paris; Ph.D. 2010, MIT. Research interests: magnetohydrodynamics in fusion and astrophysical plasmas, nonneutral plasmas, kinetic theory in plasmas and rarefied gases.
Jeff Cheeger. Professor. B.A. 1964, Harvard College; M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1967, Princeton. Research interests: differential geometry and its connections to analysis and topology.
Yu Chen. Associate Professor. B.S. 1982, Tsinghua University; M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1991, Yale. Research interests: numerical scattering theory, ill-posed problems, scientific computing.
A. Deift. Professor. B.S. 1967, M.S. 1970,
Natal, Durban; M.S. 1971, Rhodes South Africa; Ph.D. 1976,
Princeton. Research interests: spectral theory and
inverse spectral theory, integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert
Aleksandar Donev. Associate Professor of Mathematics. Multi-scale (hybrid) methods; fluctuating hydrodynamics; coarse-grained particle methods; jamming and packing
Carlos Fernandez-Granda . Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. 2008, École des Mines de Paris / ETSIT, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; M.S., École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Paris; Ph.D. 2015, Stanford.
Alfred Galichon. Associate Professor (Economics and Mathematics). B.S. 2000, École Polytechnique; M.S. 2003, Ecole des Mines de Paris (Corps des Mines); Ph.D. 2007, Harvard University. Research interests: optimal transport, mathematical finance, economic equilibrium.
Edwin Gerber. Associate Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science. Ph.D. 2005, Princeton; B.S. 2000, The University of the South. Research interests: Atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, stochastic modeling.
Germain. Associate Professor, MS 2001, PhD 2006
Ecole polytechniqe. Research interests: nonlinear
partial differential equations, harmonic analysis.
Giannakis, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. 2009, University
of Chicago. Research interests: Atmosphere ocean science,
geometric data analysis, uncertainty quantification
Jonathan B. Goodman. Professor. B.S. 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1982, Stanford. Research interests: fluid dynamics, computational physics, computational finance.
Leslie Greengard. Professor. B.A. 1979, Wesleyan; M.D. 1987, Ph.D. 1987, Yale. Research interests: applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, mathematical biology.
Mikhael Gromov. Jay Gould Professor. Maitrise 1965, Doctorat 3e Cycle 1969, D.Sc. 1973, University of Leningrad. Research interests: Riemannian manifolds, symplectic manifolds, infinite groups, math models of biomolecular systems.
Gunturk. Professor. B.S. 1996,
Bogazici University; Ph.D. 2000, Princeton. Research
interests: harmonic analysis, information theory, signal
Fengbo Hang. Associate Professor. B.S. 1993, Tsinghua University; Ph.D. 2001, NYU. Research interests: geometric analysis.
David Holland. Professor. B.S. 1984, B.A. 1993, M.S. 1986, Memorial University (Newfoundland); Ph.D. 1993, McGill. Research interests: ocean-ice studies, climate theory and modeling.
Miranda Holmes-Cerfon. Assistant Professor. Research interests: materials science, statistical mechanics, ocean dynamics, stochastic methods.
Kleeman. Professor. B.S. 1980, Australian
National University, Ph.D. 1986, Adelaide University.
Research interests: climate dynamics, El Nino,
predictability of weather and climate dynamical systems.
Bruce Kleiner. Professor. Ph.D. 1990, Berkeley; B.A. 1985, Berkeley. Research interests: Geometric analysis, geometric group theory and geometric evolution equations.
Robert V. Kohn. Professor. A.B. 1974, Harvard; M.S. 1975, Warwick (England); Ph.D. 1979, Princeton. Research interests: nonlinear partial differential equations, materials science, mathematical finance.
Fang-Hua Lin. Professor. B.S. 1981, Zhejing; Ph.D. 1985, Minnesota. Research interests: partial differential equations, geometric measure theory.
Eyal Lubetzky. Associate Professor. B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2007, Tel-Aviv University. Research interests: Probability theory and combinatorics.
Andrew J. Majda. Professor. B.S. 1970, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1973, Stanford. Research interests: modern applied mathematics, atmosphere/ocean science, partial differential equations.
Nader Masmoudi. Professor. Ph.D. 1999, University of Paris Dauphine. Research interests: nonlinear parallel differential equations.
Henry P. McKean. Silver Professor. B.A. 1952, Dartmouth; Ph.D. 1955, Princeton. Research interests: probability, partial differential equations, complex function theory.
David W. McLaughlin, Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science. B.S. 1966, Creighton. M. S. 1969, Ph.D. 1971, Indiana. Research interests: applied mathematics, nonlinear wave equations, visual neural science.
Bhubaneswar Mishra. Professor. B.Tech 1980, Indian Institute of Technology; M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1985, Carnegie Mellon. Research interests: robotics, genomics, finance, mathematical and theoretical computer science.
Alex Mogilner. Professor (Mathematics and Biology). M.Eng. 1985, Ural Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. 1990, USSR Academy of Sciences; Ph.D. 1995, University of British Columbia. Research interests: Computational Biology, Cell Biophysics and Mathematical Biology.
Charles M. Newman. Professor. B.S. 1966, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1971, Princeton. Research interests: probability theory, statistical physics, stochastic models.
Michael O'Neil. Assistant Professor (joint appointment with NYU Tandon School of Engineering). A.B. 2003, Cornell University; M.Phil 2005, Ph.D. 2007, Yale University. Research interests: Electromagnetics, acoustics, fluid dynamics, fast algorithms, integral equations and computational statistics.
Michael Overton. Professor. B.S. 1974, British Columbia; M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1979, Stanford. Research interests: numerical linear algebra, optimization, linear and semi-definite programming.
Olivier Pauluis. Professor. B.S./M.S. 1995, University Catholique de Louvain; Ph.D. 2000, Princeton. Research interests: climate and the general circulation of the atmosphere, moist convection, tropical meteorology, numerical modeling.
Jerome K. Percus. Professor. B.S. 1947, M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1954, Columbia. Research interests: chemical physics, mathematical biology.
Charles S. Peskin. Professor. B.A. 1968, Harvard; Ph.D. 1972, Yeshiva. Research interests: applications of mathematics and computing to problems in medicine and biology, cardiac fluid dynamics, molecular machinery within biological cells, mathematical/computational neuroscience.
Alena Pirutka. Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2011, Université Paris-Sud XI, Orsay. Research interests: arithmetic and algebraic geometry, number theory.
Aaditya Rangan. Associate Professor. B.A. 1999, Dartmouth; Ph.D. 2003, California (Berkeley). Research interests: computational biology, numerical analysis.
John Rinzel. Professor. B.S. 1967, University of Florida; M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1973, New York. Research interests: computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics of neurons and neural circuits, sensory processing.
Leif Ristroph. Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, non-linear dynamics, experimental physics, biophysics, and geophysics.
Sylvia Serfaty. Professor. M.S. 1995, Ecole Normale Superieure; Ph.D. 1999, University of Paris-Orsay. Research interests: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Ginzburg-Landau equations, and variational problems from material science.
Jalal M. I. Shatah. Professor. B.S. 1979, Texas (Austin); Ph.D. 1983, Brown. Research interests: partial differential equations, analysis.
Michael J. Shelley. Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science and the Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics. B.A. 1981, Colorado; M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1985, Arizona. Research interests: applied math and modeling, visual neuroscience, fluid dynamics, computational physics and neuroscience.
K. Shafer Smith. Associate Professor. B.S. 1992, Indiana; Ph.D. 1999, UC Santa Cruz. Research interests: geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography and climate.
Joel H. Spencer. Professor. B.S. 1965, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1970, Harvard. Research interests: discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science.
K.R. Sreenivasan. Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences, NYU; Research interest: turbulence, complex fluids, cryogenic helium and nonlinear dynamics.
Georg Stadler. Associate Professor. Mag.rer.nat. 2001, Dr.rer.nat. 2004, University of Graz. Research interests: parallel scientific computing, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, computational earth sciences.
Daniel Stein. Professor. Sc.B. 1975, Brown University; M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1979, Princeton University. Research interests: theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics.
Esteban G. Tabak. Professor. Bach. 1988, University of Buenos Aires; Ph.D. 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research interests: dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, energy transfer in systems with many degrees of freedom.
Daniel A. Tranchina. Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science. B.A. 1975, SUNY (Binghamton); Ph.D. 1981, Rockefeller. Research interests: mathematical modeling in neuroscience.
Nick Trefethen. Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Yuri Tschinkel. Professor. M.A. 1990, Moscow State University; Ph.D. 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research interests: algebraic geometry, number theory, automorphic forms.
Eric Vanden-Eijnden. Professor. Ph.D. 1997, Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Research interests: stochastic partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, turbulence theory.
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Professor. B.S. 1959, M.A. 1960, Madras; Ph.D. 1963, Indian Statistical Institute. Research interests: probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations.
Olof Widlund. Professor. M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1964, Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm); D. Phil. 1966, Upsala. Research interests: numerical analysis, partial differential equations, parallel computing.
Margaret H. Wright. Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Optimization; scientific computing; linear algebra.
Lai-Sang Young. Professor of Mathematics and the Henry & Lucy Moses Professor of Science B.A. 1973, Wisconsin; M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978, California (Berkeley). Research interests: dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
Robert Young. Associate Professor. B.A. 2002, Simon's Rock College of Bard; M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2007, University of Chicago. Research interests: Geometric group theory, metric geometry, and quantitative geometry.
Ofer Zeitouni. Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics.
Jun Zhang. Professor of Physics and Mathematics. B.S. 1985, Wuhan University (China); Ph.D. 1994, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: fluid dynamics, biophysics, complex systems.
Denis Zorin. Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Computer graphics; geometric modeling; subdivision surfaces; multiresolution surface representations; fluid and solid simulation; perceptually based methods for computer graphics.
Contract Faculty
Vindya Bhat. Clinical Assistant Professor. B.A. 2000, Rutgers University; M.A. 2007, Columbia University; Ph.D. 2014, Emory University. Research interests: Ramsey theory and combinatorics.
Kalaycioglu. Clinical Associate Professor. Ph.D.
2009 University of Arizona. Research interests: Computational
group theory, representation theory of finite groups and
alegebras, math education.
Petter N. Kolm. Clinical Professor and Director of the Mathematics in Finance Masters Program. M.S. (Diplommathematiker) 1994, ETH Zurich; M.Phil. (Tekn. Lic.) 2000, Royal Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 2000, Yale University. Research interests: financial econometrics, financial mathematics, optimization, quantitative trading, portfolio and risk management.
Matthew Leingang. Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Clinical Professor. Ph.D. 2000, Harvard; Research interests: Mathematics Education, Web Pedagogies, differential geometry.
Trushant Majmudar. Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2006, Duke University. Research interests: Bio-fluid Dynamics, bio-locomotion, soft condensed matter.
Sophie Marques. Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2013, Université Bordeaux I and Università degli studi di Padova, France.
Hesam Oveys. Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2015, University of Missouri.
Fan Ny Shum. Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2016, University of Connecticut. Research interests: Stochastic differential equations, partial differential equations, geometric control theory, and Lie theory.
Mutiara Sondjaja. Clinical Assistant
Professor. B.A. 2008, Harvey Mudd College; Ph.D. 2014,
Cornell University. Research interests: Optimization;
interior-point methods; operations research.
Drew Youngren. Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2006, Northwestern University. Research interests: microlocal analysis.
Visiting Faculty
Jose Diaz-Alban. Visiting Assistant Professor.
Dmitry Zakharov. Visiting Assistant Professor.
Research Faculty
David McQueen. Research Professor
Associated and Affiliated Faculty
Kit Fine. Professor. B.A., Oxford; Ph.D., Warwick. Research interests: logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language
Paul Horn. Distinguished Scientist in Residence.
Alexander Jones. Professor, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Efe A. Ok. Professor. Ph.D. 1995, Cornell University. Research interests: decision theory, order theory, applied functional analysis.
Tamar Schlick. Professor. B.S. 1982, Wayne State; M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1987, New York. Research interests: mathematical biology, numerical analysis, computational chemistry.
Bob Shapley. Professor. Ph.D. 1970, The Rockefeller University. Research interests: visual physiology and perception.
Vladas Sidoravicius . Professor of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai. M.A. 1986, University of Vilnius; Ph.D. 1990, Moscow State University and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius. Research interests: Probability Theory, Ergodic Theory, Statistical Physics.
Eero P. Simoncelli.
Professor. B.S. 1984, Harvard; Ph.D. 1993, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Research interests:
representation and processing of visual information in
machines and humans.
Daniel Sodickson.
Professor of Radiology, Physiology and Neuroscience at NYU
Medical School.
Alan Sokal. Professor. Ph.D. 1981, Princeton. Research interests: mathematical physics, quantum field theory, statistical physics, computational physics.
Mark E. Tuckerman. Associate Professor. B.A. 1986, California (Berkeley); Ph.D. 1993, Columbia. Research interests: statistical mechanics, algorithms for molecular dynamics and electronic structure, computational chemistry.
Professors Emeriti
Simeon Berman
Martin D. Burrow
Frederick P. Greenleaf. Professor Emeritus. B.S. 1955 Pennsylvania State; M.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1964, Yale. Research interests: noncommutative harmonic analysis, Lie groups and group representations, invariant partial differential operators.
Frank C. Karal
Professors In Memoriam
Jack Bazer
Paul R. Garabedian. Professor. B.A. 1946, Brown; M.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1948, Harvard. Research interests: complex analysis, computational fluid dynamics, plasma physics.
Eliezer Hameiri. Professor. B.A. 1970, M.A. 1972, Tel Aviv; Ph.D. 1976, New York. Research interests: applied mathematics, magnetohydrodynamics, plasma physics.
Samuel N. Karp
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We were on the golf course.To some, it might seem an unlikely spot for a seminar on the responsibilities and commitments that come with life, especially if you're a kid.
But there it was, unfolding right before my eyes.
There was George McKenzie: a man holding a teen-ager accountable; an adult acting as mentor in what looked like a morning golf date, but what was really a prelude of things to come: job applications, standing out in a crowded field, scholarship interviews, being the best one can be.
First, let me set the scene.
We were at Eagle Island Golf Course, a couple of adults and a bunch of kids in a youth golf program sponsored by Muskegon Golf Connection — a group of African-American businessmen and retirees who happen to love playing golf and want to pass on that love to the younger generation.
The program's mission is a lofty one.
Give kids something to do in the summer so they won't be tempted by idleness and trouble. Teach them how to play golf at a young age so they don't have to pick it up as adults, so one day they'll be able to do that all-important "networking" that's accomplished over the course of playing 18 holes with colleagues and coworkers.
So they won't be left out.
Inclusion is an important part of the equation. Too many men in Muskegon Golf Connection weren't allowed on golf courses when they were these kids' ages because they are black — unless they caddied, of course.
So in an effort to create equal opportunities today, the men ante up the money to get clubs and bags for kids who can't afford them. They pay for nine holes of golf every Tuesday morning for them. Charles Dunbar, who is the youth program's director, gives up two mornings of his week to teach them the fine art of playing golf, and everything that comes with it, like etiquette and rules and responsibilities.
Which brings us to a beautiful morning for golf in June. Three young people are there on time, ready to warm up and work out the kinks on the practice range. When it's time to start, they grab their bags, sling them over their shoulders and head for the first tee with Dunbar. McKenzie waits in the wings. He wants to talk more about the point of the program.
But he's interrupted by a van pulling into the parking lot. Out tumble three or four kids, almost a half-hour after they're supposed to be there.
Nothing McKenzie could say in an interview is as important as what happens next between adult and teenager.
"Where have you been, young man?" McKenzie asks one of the boys who shall remain nameless.
McKenzie's tone is not accusatory. Showing up on time is a matter of accountability, a characteristic that follows one off the golf course into the classroom, and later, into the business world. McKenzie, who owns an executive search firm with offices in Muskegon and Grand Rapids, puts his hand on the young man's shoulder as a steadying force.
"You've got to be on time for golf," he tells him. "You know who to call — me, or Mr. Dunbar — if you need a ride."
McKenzie watches the latecomer work to catch up to the others. But he can only watch for so long. Once again, McKenzie stops him.
"Why are those shoes untied?" McKenzie asks, pointing to the offending laces. "You can't play golf with shoes that are untied."
It might seem like a minor infraction, but the men in this group — and there are about 30 of them — know some of the things that can trip up a young person.
And that's why the lesson is about so much more than golf. It's why on Wednesday, when the group's story was printed in The Chronicle, Dunbar got calls for six hours straight from people who wanted to donate clubs, money and time. Even a golf pro offered his expertise.
Why would strangers do such a thing?
"It's all about the future," Dunbar says. "It's all about preparing these kids for the future, and giving them a chance."
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KALAMAZOO, MI — Step dancing, live music, a buffet and plenty of beer highlight a traditional Irish party this St. Patrick's Day at Rugger's Up and Under in downtown Kalamazoo to raise funds for families of cancer victims.
The Hooley — a traditional Irish party — starts at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, just after the parade in downtown Kalamazoo, and lasts until 3:30 p.m. Admission is free, though donations will be appreciated, and money raised will go to local families coping with cancer.
Jim Brundirks of Three Rivers and his wife Sanna are one such family who will receive a portion of the money raised. Diagnosed with thymic carcinoma in 2008, Jim has been through several rounds of treatment over the past four years and currently needs to travel to Houston every three weeks for treatment that is part of a clinical trial study. The treatment and travel have made consistent employment a challenge and illustrate one of the many financial hurdles confronting families like the Brundirks.
A portion of money raised also will go to West Michigan Cancer Center, www.wmcc.org.
The bands Bog Road and Gasta have committed to provide live music, and dancers from Quinn School of Irish Dance will perform as well. As a special treat, the school's owner and lead teacher, Erin Quinn, also plans to dance with her brother Patrick. Both are world championship-level dancers who previously toured with Riverdance.
A buffet featuring corned beef and cabbage and other popular St. Patrick's Day fare will cost $10, with a children's option available for $5.
The event is the idea of Quinn, who lost both parents to cancer, and Eileen Chlebana, owner of Celtic Seasons, who lost a brother to cancer.
"This motivated us to help families who are coping with the disease in our community," Quinn said. "What better way to do it than to have a great party celebrating our heritage and the ones we love and miss and also those who are still fighting and surviving!"
Bagpipers from Kalamazoo Pipe Band will perform, and there will be a kilt contest, the buffet, and, of course, a cash bar. The Irish American Club of Kalamazoo will sponsor a raffle with several gift baskets as prizes to help fund this year's Irish Fest, which will be held June 22-23 at the Arcadia Creek Festival site in downtown Kalamazoo.


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Commissioners of South Whidbey Fire/EMS plan to host three meetings this month to discuss the possible levy increase.
Fire Chief Rusty Palmer recommended the commissioners seek a 15-cent increase in the November election. The commissioners have yet to approve the measure, and have had three public hearings on the tax bump thus far.
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At North Park since: 1982
Alan Iliff has taught mathematics and computer science at North Park for more than three decades. He likes teaching at a small university for the ability to improve and take part in curriculum decisions and for the direct contact with students, particularly in North Park's interdisciplinary Dialogue courses where he reads, discusses, and supervises student writing about important books and ideas.
Professor Iliff's interest in student learning extends to his research interests, which include mathematical logic, especially proof theory or the theory of how truth is proved in mathematics; undergraduate mathematics curriculum and pedagogy, particularly learning how to prove mathematical theorems; computer science curriculum and pedagogy, including theory of programming languages; and computer approaches to proving truth in mathematics.
In a department that is dedicated to providing a quality education and preparing students for graduate study or careers in business and industry, or secondary and elementary education, Professor Iliff also believes mathematics fits in well with North Park's multicultural, urban, and Christian distinctives.
"Mathematics is transcultural; it is absolutely the same everywhere it is known," he says. "The only way to relate it to multiple cultures is to apply it to issues in different societies, either geographically or historically."
Contemporary issues of different cultures are relevant in higher-level courses like History of Mathematics, Biostatistics, and Environmental Statistics, and classes like MATH 1030 and STAT 1490 involve students in social issues in Chicago and include field trips to the city. He also believes the absolute truth of mathematics inclines people to believe in God and in God's presence and influence in people's lives.
"Mathematics is the study of eternal ideas in the mind of God, some of which are ideas we have known for millennia and some of which are yet to be discovered by us," he says.
Professor Iliff is involved in Math Club and Kappa Mu Epsilon, an undergraduate mathematics honor society. He is a member of American Association of University Professors, Association for Symbolic Logic, Charles S. Peirce Society, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, and TeX Users Group.
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The annual event, hosted by the West Michigan Coastal Kayakers Association, draws 100 to 170 paddlers to Camp Pendalouan on Big Blue Lake in Muskegon County for a variety of clinics geared to beginning and intermediate paddlers.
"The focus has always been there," event co-organizer Fred McConkey said. "There's been a lot of growth in kayaking over the last 10 to 15 years, and the symposium is a vehicle for people to learn how to get into and advance in the sport."
Paddlers will have their choice of classes each day. Some are pre-paddling preparation, while others are on-the-water skills classes.
The clinics cover an array of topics: picking a boat, boat repair, loading and unloading, packing a kayak, dressing for immersion, weather planning, expedition planning, rescues, rolls and emergency towing.
"What's new for us this year is an evening presentation by Michael Gray about Kayaking Isle Royale," said Steve Adsmond, president of WMCKA.
"People have said they want to know more about the paddling opportunities on the Great Lakes. They come and see the evening presentation about some big expedition somewhere and say, 'Hey, that's great, but I can't do that myself.' "
Gray owns Uncommon Adventures, a sea-kayaking tour company that runs trips in Alaska, Honduras, Iceland and the Great Lakes. His talk on Isle Royale will be the evening entertainment May 30.
Gray is one of several internationally recognized paddlers teaching at the symposium. Joining him are Greenland style paddling expert Doug VanDoren of Grand Rapids and kayak designer/instructor Nigel Foster, who circumnavigated Iceland in 2004.
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Participants have the option of staying on and signing up for meals. Symposium registration for WMCKA members is $100. Non-members pay $160.
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For more information about the Sea Kayaking Symposium, call Fred McConkey at 616-396-5036 or visit wmcka.org.


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The University of Southampton Library has digitized the Richard Rutt knitting library and made it available to download. This is truly the most exciting thing I've seen on the internet since Ravelry- Via Knitter's Review
Rutt is the author of The History of Hand knitting, which is a fantastic resource and lovely to read. Check out that Wiki Bio if you want to be really impressed.


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ANN ARBOR -- Freshman point guard Derrick Walton came to Michigan for a lot of reasons, winning chief among them. And there was an opportunity for early playing time.
And there was an opportunity to play for "Point Guard U."
Point Guard U.
Just think about that.
It wasn't long ago, Michigan had trouble wooing elite players of any kind. That happens, when you go almost a decade without so much as making an NCAA tournament.
John Beilein, though, has stemmed the losing since his hire in 2007. Michigan has made four of the past five NCAA tournaments, and played in last season's title game. That's a lot of winning, and reshapes perception of a program.
But more than just winning, Beilein has been tagged with a well-earned reputation as a guy who will develop talent. And that's especially true at point guard, where he has taken his past two guys and turned them into stars.
Darius Morris became an early entry NBA draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers. Trey Burke became the national player of the year and an early entry lottery pick.
Neither were blue-chippers coming out of high school. Both made it to the Association.
And that, among so many reasons, is why Beilein's re-up with the school for three additional seasons -- he'll be under contract through 2018-19, at $2.45 million per season -- is so integral to the program's chances of maintaining its resurgence.
Beilein isn't just a guy who has won a few games. He's considered a developer -- a guy who will make players better, if they want to be.
Now he appears to be delivering on his promise to finish his career at Michigan. He'll be 66 when this deal is up. Hard to see him moving anywhere else.
Paired with the return of his highly-regarded staff -- especially LaVall Jordan, who has worked with those guards -- Beilein now has stability and a winner. There is no better combination when it comes to recruiting, particularly at a school such as Michigan.
Recruits will go to Kentucky, whether or not John Calipari is coach. It's Kentucky. That alone sells these days.
Recruits will go to Duke, whether or not Mike Krzyzewski is coach. Recruits will go to North Carolina, whether or not Roy Williams is coach.
Recruits do not go to Michigan simply because it's Michigan. Just ask Brian Ellerbe. Or Tommy Amaker.
No, they go to Michigan because John Beilein is 55-18 the past two years and his system has produced three early entry draft picks in three years. And more are on the way, once Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III decide they're ready to turn pro.
Beilein and his reputation are this program's lifeblood. Maybe that will change, with a few more deep runs. Michigan still has that national fan base and monster TV ratings and a ton of history.
But right now, Beilein is what sells this program to top recruits. Especially to guards.
Retaining him was a must to keep the program moving forward.
Now, it's done.
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The first episode of NXT on the WWE Network is in the books and several new matches and rivalries have been initiated.
NXT champion Adrian Neville kicked off the show by taking on Camacho, but it was what happened afterwards involving Bo Dallas that will shape the immediate future of the title picture in NXT.
Corey Graves had a chip on his shoulder as he arrived at Full Sail University, and unfortunately for Yoshi Tatsu, he would bear the brunt of Graves' frustration. Sami Zayn would also be the target of Graves' words, leading to a big main event between them.
Still not completely recovered from her war with NXT Women's champion Paige from Arrival, Emma would be tasked with taking on The BFFs' Charlotte. The second-generation Diva revealed her intentions to challenge for Paige's title next, but to be in contention, she had to prove she could hang with the bubbly main roster Diva.
Newcomer Adam Rose promised that his debut would change things forever. After bringing the party with him to this week's show, he may very well be right.
Now that you know what to expect, find out what was good, great and awesome about the March 6 episode of NXT!


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Foreign Affairs/Syria Deeply Media Call on Syria
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February 13, 2012
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Schools and Title IX: balancing athletic opportunities for all
Over the last five years, the Mercer Island School District has been tracking the participation of boys and girls in Mercer Island High School athletics for Title IX purposes.
Title IX, a federal law, is to ensure that girls and boys have equal athletic opportunity in grades K-12 and in higher education.
The district's student population is 53.4 percent boys as of May 2012 and 46.6 percent girls.
During the 2011-2012 school year, there were 760 boys and 662 girls at MIHS. Of those overall numbers, 696 boys played a sport, while 541 girls did. During that year, there were 12 sports available for boys to choose from, while girls had 13 sports.
Based on information received in the May 2011 high school interest survey, several recommendations were given and adopted at the high school. The school added a second girls soccer C-team, a second girls volleyball C-team, a JV girls golf team and badminton as a girls spring sport.
"One area we need to improve on is the tracking of booster club funds. All booster clubs should be established as 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations," said former athletic director Craig Olson in his report to the board. "When they donate the funds to the school for their school sports program, those funds become public funds. All public funds spent in a public school must be allocated equitably. We currently do not have a system in place to track the amount of fundraising dollars spent or donated for the various sports, but one can easily speculate that the amount of funds raised by football, baseball and boys basketball far exceeds the amounts raised by all the girls booster clubs combined. We need to develop a system to track this or abolish individual booster clubs and create one booster club incorporating all the sports, a booster club which would have oversight over all fundraisers, revenue and donations."
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SWEDESBORO — A fire at an abandoned pallet factory has led to the arrest of three juveniles and a call for securing empty properties.
Firefighters and police were called to the abandoned Pallet Logistics property near Second Street Tuesday evening. When they arrived, three individuals were seen fleeing from the area, one of whom was apprehended right away. The other two were caught later that evening, according to Woolwich Police Chief Russell Marino.
The three admitted to hanging out in the abandoned locations and, because it was a cold night, starting a fire, which got out of control.
"It's a big, abandoned property and we've been talking about the fact that there's been vagrants or kids hanging out in there," Swedesboro Mayor Tom Fromm said. "We're trying to find a way to get this property secured...But it's going to take a joint effort to get it some help and get it sealed up.
The property has been abandoned for about six months when its owners walked away from a mounting tax bill. It has multiple buildings and empty spaces, which have made it ideal for teenagers and vagrants to utilize. The borough's governing body is attempting to get it locked up and free of trespassers, but so far it has been a difficult task.
"The pallet place is just a maze of different buildings, structures and places to hide," Fromm said. "I'm really serious about getting it addressed and secured, we just have to figure out how to get it done."


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All roads lead to Rome - at least for two lucky competitors. Join Goal.com for a look at the eventual draw for the Champions League quarter finals and beyond.
Quarter Finals (April 7-8, April 14-15, 2009)
1. Villarreal vs Arsenal
2. Manchester United vs Porto
3. Liverpool vs Chelsea
4. Barcelona vs Bayern
Semi Finals (April 28-29, May 5-6, 2009)
5. Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 1
6. Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 3
Final (May 27, 2009, Rome)
Winner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 5
The UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw - covered LIVE on Goal.com - threw up four ties comprising the eight remaining clubs. We'll look at each in turn.
Villarreal VS Arsenal
The only time these two sides have ever met in competition was at such a dizzying height - for both clubs - in the form of the 2006 Champions League semi-final.
Villarreal were without doubt the overwhelming underdogs and that pressure proved to tell, when star player Juan Roman Riquelme had a chance to take the tie to extra time but had a poor late penalty saved by Jens Lehmann. Arsenal went on to lose the final to Barcelona.
Now, both teams have changed. Villarreal have continued their steady progression. Arsenal have completely removed themselves from the 'Invincibles' era and are a team that can perform from the sublime to the ridiculous. On the big stage, more often than not, they have come through this season. They are worthy favourites in what is sure to be a tight and tactical tie. The Gunners will win the day at the Emirates.
Manchester United VS Porto
And this, this is the mother of all rematches. We all know how Jose Mourinho hopped, skipped, jumped and slid down the Old Trafford touchline after his side snuck a late equaliser that put them through to the quarters at that time. They went on to win the competition.
Their performance and tactics against the Red Devils were lambasted and the English side bemoaned a wrongfully disallowed goal, but since, Mourinho has gone on to prove it was no fluke. Porto, meanwhile, have continued to dominate domestically but cannot make a dent on the continent.
United's progression since then has been outstanding. Now it is they who are the champions and they look to have the most well-rounded, united and best-drilled squad in Europe. Few would bet against them exorcising their demons.
Liverpool VS Chelsea
With United-Porto being the mother of all ties, this is the great, great, great, great grandfather: we cannot believe it's not dead yet. UEFA have yet again contrived to pair the two rigid English juggernauts in the Champions League for the fifth year in a row.
Liverpool have the edge. They won more convincingly to get to this stage, they've done the double over the Blues domestically this season and they've won more of the head-to-heads in this competition in the past five years.
What Chelsea have on their side is that they may actually be the underdogs this time - as they were under Avram Grant last year - which proved to be just what they needed to kill off their Red demons: to be written off beforehand.
This will not be a tie for spectacle. It never has been. Drama will be of the highest order in this all-English clash and the winner will fancy their chances of going all the way.
Barcelona VS Bayern Munich
This is the only tie of the round that doesn't have a recent history. You have to go back over 10 years to find their last meeting: in the Champions League group stage, with Bayern winning at Camp Nou.
Bayern have never lost to Barcelona in European competition, but times are changing. The Blaugrana are now a genuine European superpower while the Bavarian giants have, in recent years, slipped off the radar ever so slightly.
But now, they are back. What's more, they are joint-top scorers in the competition along with Barcelona. They recorded the biggest aggregate win in the competition's history in the last round against Sporting Lisbon. It may not have been the stiffest of opposition, but Bayern's ruthlessness was worthy of considerable admiration. They are exactly the type of team that could punish a slightly leaky Barca defence.
But then, who can mention this tie without remembering the Three Musketeers up front for Pep Guardiola's men.
Three of the best forwards in the world: the champion Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o in his prime and Lionel Messi, an all-time great in the making. Then there is Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Dani Alves and youngster Bojan Krkic. This is the only team outside of England to capture world imagination and they will be looking to prove why in this mammoth encounter.
And Beyond...
The semi-finals look like they may put together another familiar tie or two, as well. The winners of United-Porto will play the winners of Villarreal-Arsenal, which, according to the bookies, would give us a United-Arsenal semi. The Gunners have the most recent bragging rights over their domestic rivals and they have had some classic encounters over the past decade.
Porto and Arsenal also met in the group stages of this competition and exchanged victories, while United and Villarreal have shared four goalless draws in their only meetings in competitive football - an outstanding statistic.
Then there is the international semi-final, which has no chance of being a tie all of one country. It will be either Barcelona or Bayern against Chelsea or Liverpool. If Barcelona go through, we're sure to get an emotional encounter against one of two English teams against whom they have recent history. A Barca-Chelsea clash in particular would evoke memories of the Frank Rijkaard-Ronaldinho Blaugrana that won the competition in 2006, while Liverpool in fact felled Barca in the following year in what was a huge upset.
Bayern, on the other hand, met Chelsea in a quarter-final full of goals from which the Blues emerged victorious, but have not met Liverpool in recent history. What we can be assured, though, is that if the Bavarians make it past the second-favourites, when coming up against either of these two English sides, they will put up one hell of a fight. Germans know how to win in a knockout scenario as well as anyone.
Then comes Rome, and the final. It's so near, yet so far. All eight clubs remaining have made their credentials clear so far, but there is room for just two. Who will it be?


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This is your Northeast Ohio birding correspondent reporting, just returned from a two-week adventure in paradise with an update on some of your favorite familiar species.
I encountered a surprising number of North American migrants while exploring the birding Eden of Ecuador, a South American country of steamy rain forests, cool cloud forests and treeless alpine tundra in the Andes Mountains – home of the national bird, the Andean condor.
My birding companions Larry Rosche, Jeff Wert, Judy Semroc and I were thrilled to see four condors -- huge birds with wingspans of more than 10 feet and the ability to soar for hours without a wing beat, often traveling hundreds of miles per day in search of carrion.
Led by our talented guide Alejandro Solano, we spotted more than 500 species of birds, including 51 species of hummingbirds and 52 species of tanagers – providing a stark contrast to Northeast Ohio, where we are typically limited to one species each of hummingbird and tanager.
Every day in Ecuador, we were dazzled by the country's avian offerings, which total more than 1,600 species – twice the number found in all of North America.
Among our most welcome surprises was the variety of birds we found that had migrated to Ecuador for the winter, and which we could expect to see again here in about two and a half months.
These included one of the most common songbirds from our trip: the Blackburnian warbler. Only in the Amazon basin did we fail to find these black-and-white sprites with a glowing orange head regularly seen in the treetops of Northeast Ohio in April and May, and again in the fall.
Probably the second-most common Neotropical songbird we saw in Ecuador was the Canada warbler, another regular visitor to our region in spring and fall.
The rarest of our sightings was a Wilson's warbler -- common in Ohio during migration -- found at the San Isidro lodge, located in a cloud forest about a two-hour drive east of Quito, the capital. The bird was just the fourth of its kind ever seen in Ecuador, according to guide Mitch Lysinger, who with his wife, Carmen Bustamante, has owned and run the lodge and cabanas for 20 years.
Most impressive among the migrants, however, were the blackpoll warblers, who annually embark on an epic 2,700-mile journey from their nesting grounds in Alaska to their wintering grounds in South America.
Hiking the steamy rain forest of Sacha Lodge on the Rio Napo, we occasionally would hear a familiar thin, nasally voice and come upon a tiny bird gleaning insects from the canopy of towering trees, and discover it was a handsome black-and-white blackpoll warbler.
Throughout the two-week trip, I often found myself wondering: Was the osprey we spotted flying over the Rio Napo grasping a fish in its talons the same bird that nested on Nimisila Reservoir in Summit County last summer?
Was the Eastern wood-pewee calling at Sacha Lodge one of the same birds that nested in my West Park Cleveland neighborhood?
Was the spotted sandpiper fluttering across the Rio Papallacta at San Isidro the same bird that nested last spring at the Herrick Fen near Hudson?
How about the broad-winged hawks so prevalent at San Isidro – are they some of the regular nesters in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park? Or the turkey vultures and summer tanagers? The list goes on and on.
In terms of thrills, the familiar birds could hardly compare to the excitement provided by the condors, paradise tanagers, crimson-mantled woodpeckers, crested and golden-crowned quetzals, and rainbow bearded thornbill hummingbird we encountered during our short visit. But it was nice to know that our old friends from Ohio were assimilating comfortably with the resident species, and were thriving in preparation for their return journey to North America in the coming weeks.
A Northern shrike has been appearing in the frozen marsh on the south side of Ohio 303 west of Streetsboro, Greg Cudworth reported. The bird has typically been found east of the railroad tracks, he said.
Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland will host an owl prowl on Friday, Feb. 14, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. For reservations call 216-421-2687. A naturalist from The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes will lead. Enter at the Mayfield Gate, and meet at the Community Mausoleum, just inside the gate. Bring a flashlight and dress for the weather.
The Kirtland Bird Club will search for gulls and ducks at the Miller Road Park near the power plant in Avon Lake on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 9 a.m. Gabe Leidy will lead. The park is located at 33740 Lake Road. Meet at the pier.
The Kirtland Bird Club will hold its monthly meeting tonight, Feb. 12, at 7:30p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Speaker Tom Romito will provide the results of the Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society's five-year survey of the Rocky River watershed.


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Puja lives in a remote village in Bangladesh with her husband and his elderly father. She got married a year ago, and now she is pregnant with her first child. She is concerned about what diet to follow to ensure the baby is strong and healthy, but the doctor only comes by her village every second week.
Somporn lives in north-eastern Thailand, running a rice farm with her family. Her husband has a bad cough, and she is worried he might have tuberculosis. She suspects that he does not take the medication that was prescribed to him, and that he does not take his condition seriously.
Joachim is a retired corporate executive and widower living outside Kuala Lumpur. He suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and regularly needs to go the hospital for treatment. His frequent trips to the hospital are expensive, and hospital stays forces him to stay away from home, friends and family for long periods of time.
Puja, Somporn and Joachim belong to three very different societies. They lead different lives and have different abilities to obtain proper healthcare. For Puja, healthcare personnel simply aren't available. For Somporn, medical assistance is there but her husband still may not benefit from it. And for Joachim, money is no issue – but time and travel are.
As the economies of East Asia continue to grow, their healthcare systems are becoming better equipped to extend high quality services and more sophisticated treatments to growing number of their citizens. They have been able to address some of the health challenges faced by developing countries, such as infant mortality and maternal deaths. However, economic, social, and demographic changes are putting increasing pressure on healthcare systems. Communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, measles, and polio also remain prevalent in the region.
Simultaneously, East Asia must tackle the rising incidence of diseases often associated with more mature economies, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancers, diabetes, and illnesses that relate to lifestyles or age. Conditions such as psychiatric and mental illnesses and chronic pain are also on the rise, and are expensive to treat.
Mobile health technology can help people like Puja, Somporn and Joachim. According to a recent study conducted in 12 countries, including Thailand, by The Boston Consulting Group and Telenor Group, mobile healthcare (mHealth) initiatives can have significant impact on the effectiveness and reach of healthcare systems, as well as in dissemination of information and prevention of diseases. Mobile healthcare can help reach twice as many rural patients per doctor. Costs in elderly care can be reduced by 25%. Maternal and perinatal mortality can be reduced by 30%. Tuberculosis treatment compliance can be improved by 30-70%, and costs related to data collection can be reduced by 24%. Medical personnel is up for it, too. Our study shows that the smartphone is the most popular technology among doctors since the stethoscope.
Telenor Group has been working with mobile healthcare solutions for several years. Through our operating companies in Asia – Dtac, DiGi, Grameenphone, Telenor Pakistan and Uninor – Telenor contributes to a range of mHealth services, from epidemic surveillance and alerts and mHealth mobile applications in Thailand, to mobile information services for parents-to-be in Bangladesh. We also run services that enable healthcare professionals to extend information and consultations to rural and remote areas. We believe mHealth is an idea whose time has come.
Clear strategies, conductive regulations and strategic alliances are needed to enable countries in the region take full advantage of mHealth services. In the end of May, the World Economic Forum on East Asia is held in Bangkok. Leaders from governments and businesses in the region will gather to discuss the issues shaping the region for the future. I am looking forward to continuing the discussion there.
Sigve Brekke, Executive Vice-President, Telenor Group, and Head of Asia Region, Telenor Asia (ROH), Thailand. Telenor is an Industry partner of the World Economic Forum
Image: A woman comes out from a mobile cancer detection unit after her mammography examination during a free medical check-up camp in Chandigarh February 6, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay Verma


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It's OK to say?Merry?Christmas to me
Yes, it really is okay to say Merry Christmas to me!
But, how would you know it is really okay, if I didn't tell you?
Although Christians account for about 86 percent of America's population, the other 14 percent has been making significant progress in using the law and extensive lobbying to have God and His Son, Jesus removed from Christmas and other celebrations and events which our country has held dear for centuries..
During my research and writing about the history of Ohio and America's struggle from oppression, one thing has always been clear how much God has been a part of this struggle and how many things have been done in His name. Unfortunately now, as we begin the 21st century, some people seem to be telling Him we don't need Him anymore. And, they're having far more impact than their 14 percent non-Christian minority would imply.
Nobody can make me believe that turning our back on God is good for America, especially when all one has to do is open their eyes to what is going on around them. Taking Christ out of Christmas is just one example of our deteriorating society.
Remember the synergy of spirit which used to comeme from everyone wishing each other Merry Christmas? If you believe the lawyers and lobbyists representing non-Christians, those of us celebrating Christmas are doing so at their expense..
Unless we have all been asleep for the past 50 years, America is still a nation of laws, founded on a belief in God, as well as the right to worship or not worship as one chooses.
How is it that non-Christians can use our judicial process and officers of its court to intimidate Christians especially those in retail, to refrain from saying Merry Christmas? This has nothing to do with the separation of church and state, but has morphed into some sort of political correctness run amuck. Many of the nation's retailers and department stores have actually put their employees on notice that they may not wish customers Merry Christmas, only Happy Holidays, so as not to offend non-Christians. And yet, from a purely economic standpoint, doesn't this thinking defy logic? For which part of total Christmas sales would any retailer prefer to have the 86 percent, or the 14 percent?
Are Christians unfairly treating the minority by forcing non-Christians to become believers or suffer consequences? I think not. It seems this is more of a minority-driven squeaky-wheel-gets- the-grease, thing. And the silent Christian majority never does say much. Hopefully a Knights of Columbus silent Christmas badge program will help encourage some added Christmas Spirit this year.
Last year, the well-known actor and spokesperson, Ben Stein had this to say about Christmas. While on CBS Sunday Morning, within a week of the White House's announcement that the annual Christmas Tree would now be known as the Holiday Tree, Mr. Stein said:
"I am a Jew and every one of my ancestors was Jewish. It does not bother me one little bit when people call those beautifully lit up, bejeweled trees, "Christmas Trees" I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas Trees.
"It doesn't bother me one bit when people say "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a crche, it's just as fine as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
"I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. A lot of us are wondering where the America we knew went to, and why we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him." Thank you, Mr. Stein.
Last year in St. Clairsville, Knights of Columbus Council 4243 found a simple way for a Christian to silently prompt a Merry Christmas Greeting from others. The idea, the "It's OK to say Merry Christmas to me" badge, was created by the Knights of Columbus in Connecticut in the 1980s, and was re- discovered by the St. Clairsville Knights last year. The badges were handed out to parishioners after the Masses at St. Mary's Church last December. The response to the program was so positive that we ran out of badges and have decided to do the program again this year. Grand Knight John Swan coordinates the program. He can be reached at swansportshop@sbc global.net


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Two homes on East Mercer Way were broken into during daylight hours on Nov. 15. A ground floor window was smashed and a wooden door in the hot tub room was broken to gain entry into one home in the 5600 block between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The thief stole $7,500 worth of jewelry — necklaces, bracelets, earrings and watches stored in wooden jewelry boxes, along with a Dell laptop. The resident, a 59-year-old woman, had left the house early in the morning. The house alarm was set, but the motion sensors were not activated. A friend visited at 3 p.m. and turned off the alarm after entering the house, then waited for the resident, who returned at 3:30 p.m. and found a TV on upstairs left on.
Another home in the 4600 block of East Mercer Way was burgled between 11 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. $85,000 worth of jewelry, coins and electronics, including a Rolex watch and laptop computer, in addition to credit cards and documents, were stolen. The laundry room window and door were damaged, and the thief left dirty shoe prints on the carpets.
Another burglary occurred in the 4200 block of 89th Avenue S.E. when a Motorola cell phone and two electric guitars worth $3,250 were stolen from a storage shed. The theft occurred sometime on Nov. 13 or 14 between the evening and morning hours.
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With spring practice in the rearview mirror, Tony Barnhart - a contributor for CBSSports.com and a college football analyst for CBS Sports - released his Five Things We Learned about the SEC this Spring.
And Alabama and Auburn were represented.
Barnhart suggests if you are looking for someone to cheer for this season, cheer for Auburn's Jay Prosch.
Prosch, who played his first two years at Illinois before transferring to Auburn to be near his ailing mother, is set to play H-back/fullback for the Tigers in the fall. He talks about how difficult the past year has been since the death of his mother, Iris, on Sept. 3.
"It's been tough," Prosch told CBSSports.com. "Last year was the worst experience I've had playing football. But I think everybody learned from it."
Meanwhile, Barnhart said that Alabama has a long list of unforgettable plays in its storied program. He cites three: Van Tiffin's 52-yard field goal to beat Auburn in 1985, Barry Krauss's goal line tackle in the 1979 Sugar Bowl against Penn State and Kenny Stabler's 53-yard run in the mud to beat Auburn 7-3 in 1967.
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C.J. Mosley's defensive play on the last snap against Georgia in last season's SEC Championship game.
"It's fair to say that play decided the national championship because in January that same Alabama team would easily dispatch Notre Dame in the BCS title game," Barnhart writes.
"It was just a normal red zone call for us," Mosley said. "The truth is my job was to cover the running back man-to-man. But when Murray threw it I just jumped as high as I could. I thought I had my whole hand on it.
"When I saw the Georgia guy catch the ball I knew the game was over. I couldn't believe it."
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Here's this week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of today's Star-Ledger:
After years as a mediocre afterthought, Rutgers University's football team has finally showed signs in recent years of living up to the school's promises of bringing big-time college football to New Jersey.
But with increased success also comes increased scrutiny.
The university and state officials recently launched investigations following a series of stories in The Star-Ledger about the finances surrounding the football team, its coach and the expansion of its stadium.
Rutgers President Richard McCormick has acknowledged the university's "lack of transparency" in not revealing it used an outside vendor to guaranteed football coach Greg Schiano $250,000 in compensation on top of the $2 million contract he signed last year.
Ethical questions have also been raised about Rutgers signing a contract Nelligan Sports Marketing shortly before athletic director Robert Mulcahy's son was hired to work for the firm.
As the football team begins pre-season practices, bloggers have been busy debating whether Rutgers' off-field financial scandals have already overshadowed the upcoming season.
From Brian Switek, blogging at Laelaps:
The controversy here isn't about the amount of money, though. It's about keeping things secret from taxpayers and students attending the university in a time of financial strain. As a student paying out the nose (and not just that) to attend Rutgers I have a right to know what the university is doing with the money I'm putting into it.
Some say that the money for Schiano came from corporate sponsorships and so it is not a public matter, but I disagree. The argument for a bigger football program is that it will bring in money to benefit the rest of the university yet the football program can't even satisfy its own gargantuan appetite.
Lecture halls and offices are languishing in a poor state while a coach with an overall losing record is sucking up more and more money. When will the money that comes in from football benefit academics? Will it ever?
What if the $102 million (or $120 million) expansion occurs and the crowds stop coming, leaving the university hanging with $72 million-plus in loans in a tightening financial state?
The university is spending more and getting less, running up a debt that there is no plan to pay off. Surely I'm not the only one who sees this.
From Jim Purcell, blogging at The Inside Clamdigger:
Basically, the coach gets $2 million per year and another $250,000 in other subsidies. Transparency about the contract process with the coach wasn't really there-- true-- that much could be said.
But, Coach Schiano was and is a hot property in college football coaching. I recall some time back that the Miami Hurricanes were shopping Coach Schiano, and I have little doubt they would have been more than competitive with what Rutgers was offering.
Bottom line: Coach Schiano likes Jersey, has been a total asset to the Rutgers Football program and the state. He has inspired the young men he is coaching to do some great things on the gridiron, which has raised the level of awareness in people all over the country about Rutgers and New Jersey. And, he has done it in a way that is positive and creates a good role model for athletes and young people, in general.
From Michael Shapiro, blogging at ShapTalk.com:
While most conversations about Schiano's deals have hinged on their alleged exorbitance, the secrecy aspect of them has not been adequately addressed . . .
To clear the air and rebuild public trust in our state university, a thorough investigation of its budget allocations and practices must take place by a respected and neutral party. In addition, spot audits of other publicly-funded institutions in New Jersey should similarly be undertaken to learn whether Rutgers is alone in its budgetary practices or if it is but a bit player in a much larger problem.
Only through such efforts will our taxpayers learn the extent of the problem at Rutgers and beyond and whether and how it must be resolved so that confidence in the financial integrity of the university can be restored.
From Steven Hart, blogging at The Opinion Mill:
As I've said before, I preferred the days when the big-time Rutgers University football program was providing fodder for jokes on "The Sopranos." It's not that I have a special animus against football, but because the Scarlet Knights managed to become slightly less of an embarrassment after decades of floundering, too many people are ready to overlook the Enron-level accounting and origami-style logical twists needed to make this pigskin-lined money sink look like a real asset to the university and the state . . .
In the past I've thought that the image of the big-time football program should not be a knight but Mister Magoo, all nearsightedness and blissful ignorance as he staggers down George Street in his raccoon-skin coat.
Nowadays, I'm more inclined to think the program's mascot should be Count Dracula, dribbling red ink as he sucks away more and more resources from a university that needs to remember its responsibilities as an educational institution, not a welfare program for gridiron groupies.
From Matt Rooney, blogging at The SaveJersey.com Blog :
Lately, New Jerseyans haven't had much to celebrate. Our state is broke, corrupt, and a regular object of ridicule for late night television. Then came Rutgers Football. The long-dormant program surged back to life and became a rare unifying force and locus of pride in an otherwise balkanized state.
Perhaps, most importantly, the Rutgers sports triumph put a positive light on a state usually infamous for its uglier appendages. Out-of-state visitors, usually apprehensive of their loud New Jersey friends, are completely comfortable discussing RU Football's bowl prospects.
Unfortunately, Rutgers Football may not be all that different from any other New Jersey institution . . .
It is not possible to overstate the importance of keeping Rutgers honest. As a Rutgers student and proud fan, I sincerely hope that the speculation surrounding Rutgers' athletic department turns out to be innocuous. The last thing this state needs is a black eye arising from one of its only common joys. Gov. Corzine and legislative leaders would be well-advised to go on offense in the interest of a resolution. Football season is around the corner and this is not a situation conducive to punting.
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The Domino's pizza delivery man told police that he was delivering pizzas to 2801 Coosa Circle when three men, one with a pistol, ran up to him. One of the men hit the victim in the face with his fist, breaking the victim's glasses and knocking him to the ground, police said.
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Santa Monica Playhouse presents "Duck Ugly," a strange tale about a little English girl who doesn't quite fit today, Dec. 9.
Reception and silent auction at 7 p.m. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Admission $15.
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