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March 4, 2014
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Wednesday, March 5 -- at High Point (High Point, N.C.), 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 8 -- at Furman (Greenville, S.C.), Noon
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The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team (2-3), coming off a narrow 15-14 defeat at the hands of No. 15 Cornell on Saturday (March 1), embarks on its annual Spring Break Trip and will play a pair of contests. On Wednesday (March 5), U-M will take on High Point (3-2) at 7 p.m. and will follow with a Saturday (March 8) matchup against Furman (0-5) at noon in Greenville, S.C.
The Last Meeting
March 6, 2013
High Point, N.C.
Scouting High Point
High Point enters the contest with a 3-2 overall record on the season and is in its second year as a varsity program. The team's three wins are over St. Joseph's, Sacred Heart and Jacksonville, which own a combined record of 2-9 on the season. The Panthers have won three straight contests -- most recently defeating Jacksonville, 8-7, on Saturday (March 1).
Offensively, High Point is paced by Dan Lomas (10g, 1a) and Matt Thistle (3g, 10a). Two players, Jamie Piluso (48 percent) and Chris Davila (49 percent), have split time at the faceoff dot this season and have combined to win 48-of-100 chances. Austin Geisler is the man in goal and is allowing 9.04 goals per contest and is stopping 58 percent of his shots faced.
As a team, High Point has been outscored, 45-40, this season and outshot, 190-147. Opponents are clearing at 91 percent this season against the Panthers and are converting at 28 percent on man-up opportunities.
Scouting Furman
Furman enters the Saturday contest with a 0-5 record in its first season of varsity competition, including defeats against ranked opponents Lehigh (No. 14) and North Carolina (No. 2). Most recently on March 1, the Paladins fell to ECAC opponent Bellarmine, 13-7, in Louisville.
Kenny Meisen leads the team in goals with four and shots with 28, while Graham Dabbs paces the squad in assists with five. Hil Blaze is the man at the dot, as he has won 34-of-73 faceoffs (46 percent) and has picked up 14 groundballs. Frazer Kinsley and Jake Gavin have split time in goal and share a goals-against average of 14.77 and 47 saves.
Furman has been outscored, 59-17, on the season and outshot, 163-85. They are led by legendary Navy head coach and current United States National Team coach Richie Meade.
Lott, Gembis Collect ECAC Honors
Mack Gembis and Brad Lott were named ECAC Defensive Player and Specialist of the Week, respectively, for their performances in a 15-14 loss to No. 15 Cornell Saturday (March 1).
Gembis, a junior close defender, takes home the honor for the first time in his career after causing three turnovers and scooping up a pair of groundballs against the vaunted Big Red attack. He is the first Wolverine ever to receive the defensive award.
Lott, a sophomore, is Specialist of the Week for the second straight week. He went 18-of-33 at the faceoff dot against the nation's No. 2 faceoff man, Doug Tesoriero. Lott also scooped up 10 ground balls in the matchup. Lott is winning 63 percent of his faceoffs (54-of-86) this season and has scooped up 30 groundballs.
This marks the first time Michigan has had multiple ECAC honorees in one week.
Jackson, King Pace Offense
Two players, sophomore Kyle Jackson and freshman Ian King, lead the team in scoring and shots on the young season. Jackson, who netted four against Cornell, owns 10 goals on the season with one assist. King has duplicated those numbers and had his best offensive output of the season with four scores against Detroit. King has also been a man-up assassin, scoring five of his 10 goals on man-up chances. Jackson has posted 33 shots, while King trails by one shot with 32.
Also providing offense for U-M is senior Doug Bryant, who has six goals on the season after scoring one a year ago as a junior.
Overall, U-M is ranked as the No. 16 offense in the country with 60 goals in five games (12 per contest)
Over the last three games, Jackson has scored eight goals. As a team over that span, U-M is shooting at 25 percent, outshooting opponents, 74-60. U-M is also clearing at 95 percent over the last trio of contests. Also, Michigan has started off hot, scoring 11 goals in the first quarter of action.
Balanced Scoring Leads Way
Six players have scored at least five goals this season, while U-M's quarter-to-quarter scoring has been balanced, scoring 16 goals in the first, 15 in the second, and 14 in both the third and fourth quarters (plus one in overtime).
Breakthroughs against Cornell
The one-goal loss against No. 15 Cornell marked the closest defeat U-M has suffered against a ranked opponent in program history. Previously, the closest defeat suffered was five goals against No. 15 Penn State on Feb. 9, 2013 (11-6 defeat). Michigan also held a lead against a ranked opponent for the first time since leading 2-1 against No. 4 Denver at the 2:12 mark of the first quarter on April 27, 2013.
Strength of Schedule, Strength
Michigan has played the No. 24 toughest schedule in the country thus far, featuring three ranked opponents in No. 9 Penn State, No. 5 Johns Hopkins and No. 16 Cornell.
2014 Schedule Boasts Prominent Matchups
The 2014 slate boasts seven preseason top-20 teams in No. 6 Maryland, No. 7 Penn State, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 12 Yale, No. 13 Johns Hopkins and No. 18 Cornell. Of the seven matchups, four of them will be played in Ann Arbor. The Cornell (March 1) contest will be played inside Oosterbaan Field House.
So far this season, U-M has faced three top-15 squads and boasts the No. 13 strength of schedule in the country thus far.
NCAA Debuts
Nine players made their debuts for the Wolverines against Penn State in Josh Stauffer and Mike D'Alessio(sophomores) as well as freshmen Mikie Schlosser, Ian King, Peter Khoury, Will Biagi, Stefan Bergman and Christian Wolter, as well as goalie Robbie Zonino. Against Mercer, Andrew Roswell, Charlie McPeters, Cooper Charlton and Brendan Gaughan made their debuts. Most recently, Andrew Hatton make his first appearance against Detroit at close defense and earned his first start of the season against Johns Hopkins, upping the total of initial appearances to 15 thus far this season.
2014 Slate
In total, U-M's 2014 opponents had a combined record of 117-96 a year ago. For the team's eight road games, the Wolverines will travel 4,092 miles.
Diversity for U-M
Of the players that make up the 2014 squad, members of the team hail from 13 states and provinces, highlighted by eight from Michigan and five from New Jersey, Ohio, California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
California: 5 (Gaughan, Hernandez, Johnson, Schlosser, Simor)
Canada: 1 (Jackson)
Colorado: 1 (Wylie)
Connecticut: 5 (Francia, Hatton, Keady, Khoury, Kraus)
Florida: 1 (Stauffer)
Maryland: 4 (Brown, Glaser, Mosko, Roswell)
Michigan: 8 (Archer, Gembis, Kennedy, Meter, Orr, Sardelli, Walker, Zwolan)
New Hampshire: 1 (Wolter)
New Jersey: 5 (Bryant, McPeters, Portnoy, Riefberg, Weichert)
New York: 2 (D'Alessio, Logan)
Ohio: 5 (Charlton, Joseph, King, McCormack, Paras)
Pennsylvania: 5 (Bergman, Chu, Kinek, Moore, Zonino)
Virginia: 1 (Biagi)
Special Matchups on Tap
For the third straight season, U-M will host the Battle at the Big House following the U-M Football Spring Game. This year's opponent for the traditional matchup will be the Fairfield Stags, and the April 5 game will commence at 3 p.m. The following Saturday (April 12), U-M will take part in the Showdown at the Shoe against Ohio State at 11 a.m. in Columbus.
Freshman Nothing New
For the third straight season, the Wolverines will run a freshman goalie out between the pipes, as Robbie Zonino appears to be the man in the cage this season. In 2012 Emil Weiss was the primary goalie, playing in 10 games with an 11.80 goals-against average. In 2013 Gerald Logan played the majority of minutes.
In the two years U-M has been a varsity program, freshman have played 84 percent of the minutes in goal. The departed Dylan Westerhold is the other netminder who saw action in both seasons, playing 252 minutes in 2012, and just over five minutes in 2013. Cy Abelnour made a cameo appearance in 2012, playing 10 minutes as well.
U-M is the only team in the country that will have started a different freshman goalie in each of the past seasons. The Albany Great Danes are the last team to accomplish that feat, as a freshman was in net for the 2011-12-13 seasons.
U-M Supports Friends of Jaclyn, vs. Cancer
The Wolverines adopted nine-year-old Miles Root of Tecumseh, Mich., through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ), a charitable, non-profit organization that strives to enhance and strengthen the support system built around children with pediatric brain tumors. Through the program, adopted children become part of the team and build unique friendships. Children also gain an incredible group of caring role models to look up to when they need the extra support. FOJ places children with teams according to geographical proximity, as his primary healthcare facility is the University of Michigan Hospital.
Miles was diagnosed with a brain tumor on April 26, 2010, at the age of five. The tumor was fully resected on April 28, but he suffered from posterior fossa syndrome with cerebellar mutism a few hours after his tumor removal, resulting in him being unable to move the right side of his body and leaving him unable to speak.
FOJ's programs are based on love, support and friendship between the child, the child's family and his or her "adopted" team. FOJ has completed more than 400 adoptions in more than 20 different sports. They currently have more than 1,000 schools on a waiting list, as FOJ grows from a small organization into a larger one.
On Jan. 25, over 30 members of the team shaved their heads in support of Miles, as well as Chase Jones, a leading member in the vs. Cancer Organization based out of North Carolina.
Saturday, March 15 -- at Bellarmine (Louisville, Ky.), 1 p.m.
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Carey Price thinks Bruins 'got pretty lucky' in their comeback win in Game 2, and Patrice Bergeron agrees (sort of)
|05.03.14 at 5:33 pm ET
Call it sour grapes. Call it the frustration that comes with letting in a highly questionable goal that tied the game. Or just call it Carey Price answering a question the way he saw it.
However you characterize the Canadiens goalie's response to letting in three goals in a span of 5:32 of the third period Saturday, you can't help but read the frustration in his words after the Bruins came from behind and beat Montreal, 5-3, to even the best-of-seven second-round series at 1-1.
"Well, they poured it on at the end of the game," Price said. "They got pretty lucky, I thought. They were playing desperate at the end of the game, and they found a way to put it in the net. We've just got to regroup, realize the situation were in, we're in a good spot, and move forward."
But still, a closer look shows what the Bruins might be trying to do the rest of the series to be successful. For the better part of five periods, the Bruins had point-blank range shots on Price, including several by David Krejci in Game 1, and Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla in the first 40 minutes Saturday.
But then, with the B's trailing 3-1 and facing the prospects of heading to Montreal down 0-2, Dougie Hamilton fired a shot from the center point that made its way through two Bruins parked in front of Price. That goal gave the Bruins desperately needed momentum. Just over three minutes later, Patrice Bergeron fired a shot from the sharp angle along the boards that went off defenseman Francis Boullion and past a screened Price to tie the game. Then, with the Canadiens unable to control the puck in front and Price racing around to his right, Reilly Smith fired a puck past P.K. Subban and into an empty net for the go-ahead goal.
Create mayhem in front of Price and live by the adage, "You can't stop what you can't see." That is what got the Bruins back in the game in the third period and turned the game and series around heading to Montreal for Game 3 Tuesday night.
"That's playoff hockey," Price said. "That's what it's all about. Right now, they're throwing pucks at the net and they're finding a way through. So, we're going to have to do the same on their end. I thought we've played well so far. You've got to give that team a lot of credit. They didn't quit, and in that third period they found a way to come back."
Price thought the Bruins got "pretty lucky." Bergeron didn't argue that point.
"I was just trying to find the net," Bergeron said. "Sometimes, you never know. I can't say that I meant to do it, but I got lucky and I'll take the bounce."
Blowing three two-goal leads in the third period has done nothing to harm Price's confidence, at least on the outside.
"No, not at all. It's time to regroup," Price said. "Like I said, winners regroup and realize the situation they're in. I thought we did an excellent job so far. We came and did what we wanted to do, split these two games. Now we're going to move forward and take it to them on home ice. We weren't expecting to come in here and sweep two games. So I think keeping in mind what we came here to do, and like I said, it's all about moving forward at this point."
Price faced 51 shots in Game 1 and the Canadiens escaped. He saw 34 shots in Game 2 and lost. The Bruins are getting their chances and shots. Now, it's a matter of making sure Price doesn't see them.
"I knew the character would be there. I was just hoping the pucks would go in," Shawn Thornton said.
Will the four-goal barrage in the third period open the floodgates? Maybe. But don't expect Price, the Olympic goalie who led Canada to gold in Sochi, to melt.
"You have to be mentally strong and move forward," Price insisted. "That's what winning teams do, and you've got to have a winning attitude. You can't hit panic right now."
Added Subban, "We aren't in panic mode by any means. They are a good team, I've said it before, they are a resilient team. I've seen them do that a couple of times since I've been in the league, and they've got a lot of good players over there. We've got to prepare, refocus and focus for a full 60. We are playing good hockey, we just have to focus for a full 60 and get back to it."
The Bruins didn't panic Saturday, and that's why it's a brand new series.


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Microsoft published its monthly security bulletin release on February 11, 2014. Microsoft released seven bulletins that addressed 31 vulnerabilities. The bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft Forefront. The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service condition, access sensitive information, or gain elevated privileges.


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Hawke's Bay building consent figures for October have a spring to them - 38 consents were issued in October, up from 27 the previous month, with the value of permits increasing by almost 50 per cent when compared to September.
Design Builders general manager Scott Taylor said although the October and November periods were typically busier months for builders, this year was different from the past.
"Builders across the region are heading into the New Year with work booked in and a positive outlook for the next 12 months," he said.
Mr Taylor, who is a member of the executive board of Master Builders, said all building companies were starting to see an increase in activity.
"It's nowhere near the 2007 levels, but it is very positive."
He said Design Builders was experiencing the highest levels of build for the past 18 months.
"Inquiries have doubled in the last quarter."
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Your competition is already working hard at building a winning fantasy team… are you? Fantasy football draft preparation should be in full swing by now for you die hards out there that are hoping for a successful 2010 season. Today, I bring you the second installment of my divisional fantasy previews, with the spotlight shone this time on the NFC East.
Love 'em or hate 'em, the Cowboys have the most fantasy talent in the division, hands down. Starting with the quarterback position, Tony Romo has turned himself into a top 10 fantasy QB, definitely worthy of a starting spot in every league out there. And now, he's got even more weapons at the skill positions with the addition of rookie WR Dez Bryant. Pair him with last year's breakout star Miles Austin, and that tandem should put up big numbers in fantasyland.
Roy E. Williams is also roster-worthy, but you can't count on getting production out of him week in and week out, and tight end Jason Witten still has strong value at a deep position this year. On the ground, the 'Boys bring back the trio of Felix Jones, Marion Barber, and Tashard Choice, all of whom belong on fantasy rosters. Jones and Barber will likely get the heaviest workload, with Barber continuing to get the goal line chances more often than not.
Dallas has some playmakers on the defensive side of the ball as well, so their team defense should be considered among the top 10 in the league in terms of fantasy value.
The Giants are two and a half years removed from their improbable Super Bowl win over the then undefeated Patriots, and now, looking at their roster, their a shell of that championship team.
Sure, "The Other Manning" is still there, but what real fantasy value does he have? He'll be the guy you draft when you're going with the "draft everything but QB and save that 'til the 10th round" strategy. He does have a few guys to turn to in the air, with the better Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, and Mario Manningham, all of whom should end up on fantasy rosters, but none of them really wow you at all.
In the backfield, Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw will pound the rock this season, but neither of them have the cache to be drafted any time before the fourth or fifth round. So while I do think the Giants will end up being the second best team in this division this season, I really don't see much top-flight talent, in terms of fantasy prowess.
How the Eagles fare this season rests heavily on the shoulders of their new starting quarterback, Kevin Kolb. Head coach Andy Reid and the Philly front office apparently have enough confidence in their man that they decided to ship out long time franchise QB Donovan McNabb, to the rival Redskins no less. So with Kolb under center, will the Eagles fly or flop? Honestly, I vote for flutter… a.k.a. somewhere in the middle. He has a lot of talent around him, so while I do expect a drop-off with Philly, I don't see them dropping to the bottom of the division. That spot is being held for the 'Skins.
Kolb will have a pair of young receivers to take aim at, with DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin worthy of early-to-mid round consideration at your draft. Brent Celek has also turned himself into an upper echelon pick at tight end, ranking among the top five at the position in most experts' eyes.
Without Brian Westbrook to dump the ball off to, the Eagles will rely heavily on second-year running back LeSean McCoy, who in my mind, is one of the up-and-coming backs in the league. Grab him in the second or third round of your draft, and you can ride his coat tails all the way to the top of your league. Who else is going to take carries from him? Mike Bell? Leonard Weaver? I don't think so.
Take the Redskins' roster and throw it in a DeLorean from "Back to the Future," and send it back five years to 2005, and you may have something there. Otherwise, this bunch of past-their-prime veterans aren't worth diddly squat.
Cast off from the Eagles after years of service, Donovan McNabb will try to put lipstick on this pig, but he really doesn't have a ton of talent around him. McNabb is a serviceable bye-week replacement at this point in his career, but nothing more.
On the ground, the trio of Clinton Portis, Larry Johnson, and Willie Parker would have made fantasy owners salivate a few years ago, but now, these three aged veterans will have to try and cobble some sort of production together for a rushing attack.
On the outside, the only draft-worthy receiver they've got is Santana Moss, but any time I take my chances with him, he always seems to disappoint. Devin Thomas could be a sleeper pick in the late rounds though. At tight end, Chris Cooley is hoping to make a comeback after missing more than half of last season with an ankle injury. McNabb does have a place in his heart for throwing to tight ends, but with Fred Davis poised to siphen some catches away from Cooley at the position, there are better options at the TE spot than either 'Skins man.
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We arrived rather late and simply went to eat before going to our hostel. As many tourists do, we ate the Hard Rock cafe and ate with our two tour guides and their families. After this we arrived at the hostel, The Happy Bed Hostel to be more precise. No, we did not need Liam Neeson (sp?), we were sound as a pound.
Saturday was the day of walking, where we were shown the vast majority of Berlin in only a few hours.
With a vast amount of history to cover, also comes a vast amount of walking to occur. We indeed covered several hours worth of miles, so many that my shoes (which were quite old to begin with) did not last the trip. It was a great experience, very tiring, though!
To also sum up the week at school, I must say German students are like American students like potato is to potato. (Pronounced differently, but the same.) In my sixth grade class, the students were learning about how endings are different when comparing things (big, bigger, biggest etc.,) well...they had to make circles where they positioned themselves based on this comparison well...suffice it to say, practice makes perfect and they needed practice. They did eventually get it and all went well, but somehow, like back at home, the teacher and I ran out of time in continuing the lesson.
During tutoring, I decided to play Bananagrams with the kiddos and they loved it. They of course tried their best to foil the game by using the smallest words possible, but I, of course, knew this may happen and worked against it, sort of. They did love it and we (Rachel and I) ended by having the students create stories using the words made during the game. Somehow the kids found a way to make a box of the words ten and for, so very clever of them.


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fine keen on stepping up its csr initiatives in the region - UAE Red Crescent appreciates FINE's support to the community
FINE, the market leaders in the Middle East's hygienic paper industry, has announced its plans to step up its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the region and continue its ongoing efforts to support various societal causes.
In late 2006, FINE donated a huge quantity of baby diapers and other products to the UAE Red Crescent which could help them become better-equipped to handle humanitarian crisis situations in the region that could arise out of natural calamities and other reasons.
"The large quantities of baby diapers that FINE donated have proved extremely beneficial to us during our various relief efforts in the region. Such acts of generosity by corporates can go a long way in providing relief to people who are affected by natural calamities or war, and we look forward to FINE's continued support for us," said Fahed Sultan, , Red Crescent.
Peter Janho, Chief Area Officer - Arabian Peninsula and Iran, said, "For FINE, serving the local community and the society at large has always been top priority. There is a deep rooted commitment to corporate social responsibility at all levels of the organisational structure within FINE and we are regularly involved in various programs and initiatives that support societal causes."
"Looking ahead, we are focused on involving ourselves in several more CSR activities that will benefit the local community and the natural environment as well," he added.
FINE also regularly conducts blood donation campaigns in its facility in Jebel Ali in coordination with the Blood Donation Center at Al Wasl Hospital. FINE employees from all departments enthusiastically turn up in large numbers to donate blood and thereby contribute to the society in a small way.
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FINE is the brand name of a wide variety of products produced by Nuqul Group's FINE Hygienic Paper Companies spread across the Middle East, with its headquarters in Jordan. A market leader in the hygienic paper industry in the Middle East, FINE today is synonymous with 'paper tissue'. The company is committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality in all aspects of production. This commitment to excellence is manifested in its factories, which are equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, highly qualified and experienced staff, and the determination to continually improve on and upgrade production facilities. Other brands that the company markets include Finies, Lido & Baby Fine (baby diapers), Cinderella & Lady Fine (feminine sanitary napkins), Smile (facial tissues and toilet paper rolls). Products under the FINE name include kitchen towels, jumbo rolls, adult briefs and refreshing towels.
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By Marc Freedman
Sunday, February 6, 2005; Page B01
On New Year's Eve 1959, the team launching the new Sun City retirement community, the first such large-scale venture in America, sat around a table at Manuel's Place, a Mexican restaurant in Peoria, Ariz. The mood was anxious. For months the team had been running national advertising touting "An Active New Way of Life" for older people. The next morning was Sun City's grand opening. Would anyone show up?
The group had reason to be worried, according to materials from Sun City's Historical Society. Their boss, the formidable Del Webb, had already sunk $2 million into developing the community exclusively for the group he called "55 and better." The heart of the company's market research? A quick trip to the retirement haven of St. Petersburg, Fla., where one of Webb's lieutenants interviewed restless seniors perched on park benches. Every psychiatrist and gerontologist the Webb executives consulted had told them they were crazy; older people would never leave their friends and family to head off to the God-forsaken desert of 1960s Arizona.
Security has become the word of our age: Last week in his State of the Union speech, President Bush used it 29 times - 7 in reference to national security and 22 in discussing Social Security. But as the two pieces here show, security has always been a goal, not a given.
What Bin Laden Sees in Hiroshima, By Steve Coll
The Selling of Retirement, and How We Bought It, By Marc Freedman
Who's Counting on Social Security? Not We Twenty-Somethings, By Laura Thomas
Forget the Protestant work ethic. Most Americans are ready to hang up their boots, ties, work tools and keyboards when the time comes. That makes for easy sales for the nation's retirement industry.
A Harris Interactive poll done in spring 2004 for Pulte Homes Inc. showed that the top retirement priorities for baby boomers are tending to their health and wellness (23 percent), traveling (22 percent) and relaxing (19 percent). Far behind on the list of priorities: volunteering in the community (2 percent), starting a new business (1 percent) and going back to school (less than 1 percent).
Nonetheless, there has been a small uptick in the percentage of people age 65 or older who still work, according to a February 2004 AARP report called "Aging and Work." That percentage dropped from 49.6 percent in 1950 for men to 30.2 percent in 1965 to a low of 16.5 percent in 1998. It crept back up to 17.8 percent in 2002.
Because women became more accepted in the workplace after World War II, the percentage of women age 65 and older who continued to work rose from 10.7 percent in 1950 to a high of 11.9 percent in 1960 before sliding to a low of 8.1 percent in 1985. Since 1998, the percentage has risen steadily to 9.9 percent in 2002. And that turn upward happened before the economic slowdown that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, suggesting a change in mindset among older Americans.
Some of the rise in the frequency with which older Americans keep working may be because of changes in Social Security benefits. As part of the package of changes signed into law in 1983 to fix the system's finances, the retirement age for those seeking full benefits was raised starting in 2000. (People can still retire at age 62 and receive partial benefits.) Anyone born in 1937 or earlier can retire with full Social Security benefits starting at age 65. The age rises gradually so that those born in 1960 and later can retire with full benefits only starting at age 67.
These days, more Americans who do retire want to live busy lives, opting for cultural centers rather than golf courses, and family rather than good weather.
"The myth of retirement, of no longer being an active member of society, is being shattered," said a press release for Pulte, which now owns the company Del Webb started. Ken Plonski, a spokesman for a subsidiary of the company, told the Christian Science Monitor in 1997 that "We don't build shuffleboard courts any more."
-- Steven Mufson, Outlook staff
And even if these retirees were willing to think about it, there were other hurdles. Breaking the uncomfortable silence around the table at Manuel's, Owen Childress, the manager responsible for sales at Sun City, voiced the question that had been plaguing him for months: "I'm worried. . . . How am I going to get a 30-year mortgage on a guy who is 65 years old?"
The next morning, however, the group found a scene they could never have imagined. Lined up for two miles were cars filled with older men and women, converging on Sun City from all over the country. Their destination: a converted cotton field where six model homes -- tiny Levittown-style dwellings christened the Nottingham, the Monticello, the Norfolk, the Sherwood, the Sierra and the Kentworth -- sat incongruously on the edge of a makeshift golf course.
By the end of the weekend, 100,000 people in all would turn up.
From those small blades of putting-green grass and that collection of modest homes, an entire industry would grow around the dream of retirement as leisure -- as the "golden years," a phrase coined by Webb and his company. Instead of being dreaded years of decline, retirement would become something people longed for. Through the magic of marketing, retirement no longer meant only the end of work. It was sold as the beginning of a new, even a better life.
This dream would not only transform what it meant to grow older in America, but would ultimately lay the seeds for today's alarm about the graying of the baby boom generation and the viability of Social Security and other pension programs. The unanswered question: How will we ever be able to afford a leisure class that makes up a quarter of the population?
The success of Sun City was fueled not only by the marketing genius of Webb and his company, but by the pent-up demand from people unhappy with their lot. A gradual marginalization of older people had taken place over the previous 25 years. While the goal of the Social Security Act in 1935 had been, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, to "give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age," a key side effect was to lure older workers out of the labor market to make room for the hordes of unemployed young people who were seen as a potential source of social unrest.
With the end of the Depression and World War II, growing numbers of Americans retired, but in doing so cut themselves off from work and thereby much of society. Rocking aimlessly on the porch, they assumed "roleless roles," in the words of a leading gerontologist of the time. As men and women began to live extended, healthier lives, and as the period between the end of work and the end of life grew steadily longer, the question of the purpose of this period in life grew more and more urgent and wrenching.
"Too old to work, too young to die," was how, in the late 1940s, labor leader Walter Reuther characterized the period of limbo waiting after the middle years. Even the language seemed to contribute to this conclusion; the word retirement comes from the old French retirer, meaning "to go off into seclusion."
Indeed, so many people so dreaded retirement during the early postwar years that it created economic as well as psychological issues. The financial services industry found it hard to sell pensions to Americans loath not only to plan for but even to think about the grim existence awaiting them at the end of their working days. Desperate, the pension purveyors realized that they needed to re-brand the entire concept of aging.
To make retirement more appetizing, pension and annuity marketers in the 1950s seized on the notion of aristocratic leisure, depicting retirement not as a fate for people too old to work yet too young to die, but as an age of liberation -- from responsibility, from work, from the constraints of midlife. It was the chance at a second childhood. Graying as playing. Addressing the National Industrial Conference Board in 1952, the vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. urged America's major corporations to begin preparing employees for retirement at age 50. He called upon the assembled companies to do a better job promoting the idea "that old age can be beautiful, and that the best of life is yet to come."
It would take the better part of a decade, and Webb's entrepreneurial genius, for this new concept of the American dream to be fully realized. Once communities like Webb's Sun City and its chief rival, Leisure World, emerged as emblems of retirement, developers, the pension industry and a vast leisure sector followed. In a relatively brief period, they transformed the ideal of aging into one of an endless vacation.
And a remarkable transformation it was: In 1950, half the men over 65 remained in the workforce. By 2000 the number was less than 18 percent. At the same time, older adults emerged as the biggest consumers of leisure activities in America. Soon the goal of retirement was replaced by a new dream: early retirement.


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TITLE: Director, Finance and Administration
REPORTS TO: Chief of Party
LOCATION: Parakou, Benin
The Director, Finance and Administration (F&A) ensures the timely and effective implementation of all operational activities in support of the BASIC project. S/he oversees budget preparation and monitoring; financial management and reporting; accounting; human resources; procurement; transportation; IT and communications; legal; office management and security; and all other administrative and operational functions of the organization. Her/his responsibilities extend to the oversight of all partners and sub grantees under the project.
The Director F&A safeguards the assets (financial and physical) of MSH and other donors against fraud, loss or misuse. S/he ensures that field expenses meet with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, MSH policy, and any cost principles imposed by USAID. S/he must demonstrate the ability to use sound business judgment, in consultation with the COP, in assuring that all costs are reasonable and necessary for the completion of the MSH project goals.
10. In consultation with COP, approve all local and regional purchases as per established authorization levels, and maintain tracking and documentation systems that will facilitate future processing, payment and audit requirements.
11. Develop and implement regulations and procedures for local purchase, procurement and logistics management.
12. Provide financial oversight for financial and contractual mechanisms related to technical assistance activities to meet MSH's management reporting requirements and facilitate the successful implementation of the project.
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14. Maintain current standing with all mandated tax and registrations, including submission of payments and reports required.
15. Process local payroll and benefits, including transferring of staff salary into individual bank accounts.
16. Prepare payroll and track staff benefits and allowances (accrual of leave, pension plan, medical benefits, housing, transportation, meals allowances and miscellaneous allowance) etc.
17. Manage pension plan by liaising with the project's insurance company on staff benefits issues, including group life assurance, group personal accident insurance, implementing a pension scheme for regular payment of employee/employer pension contributions, and maintaining a filing system for all matters relating to pensions and other insurance benefits.
18. Obtain proper and prior authorization and approval for all local costs.
19. Supervise the Grants Manager, Office Manager and Administrative Assistant.
10. Ability to speak and write French fluently and basic knowledge of English.
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When you stay at Embassy Suites Nashville South/Cool Springs in Franklin, you'll be in the business district and convenient to CoolSprings Galleria and Aspen Grove Park. This hotel is within close proximity of Goofballs Family Fun Center and The Factory.
Make yourself at home in one of the 250 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary newspapers.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional amenities at this hotel include wireless Internet access (surcharge), gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the complimentary area shuttle that operates within 5 mi.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at a complimentary reception, held daily. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Franklin? This hotel has 16000 square feet (1486 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Smoke-free property
- WiFi (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 1486
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Free area shuttle
- Television in common areas
- Express check-in
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Conference space size (feet) - 16000
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 250
- Meeting rooms 5
- Free self parking
- Accessible bathroom
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Porter/bellhop
- RV, bus, truck parking (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Conference space
- In-room accessibility
- Restaurant
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Number of floors - 9
- Free breakfast
- Indoor pool
- Computer station
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Sauna
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Free reception
- Spa tub
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Year Built 2001
- Elevator/lift
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- Hair dryer
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator
- Bathtub or shower
- Sofa bed
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Cable TV service
- Separate bedroom
- Daily housekeeping
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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- Desk
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- WiFi (surcharge)
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- Designer toiletries
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TIVERTON — Are you an agricultural producer or a woodlot owner who has been curious about the potential of your land? Funding may be available for conservation practices on your farm or woodlot! The Rhode Island Conservation Districts have partnered with the USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service to hold three workshops in May and June 2013.
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MATEWAN, W.Va. – For 16 years people from as far away as England and South Africa have enjoyed the Matewan Massacre Reenactment. The story tells of a bloody battle on May, 19, 1920 between residents and officials in the town of Matewan, W.Va. And Baldwin-Felts Detectives, who were hired by Stone Mountain Coal Company to evict the union miners from their residences. When the battle was over three towns people including the Mayor and seven detectives had lost their lives.
Donna Paterino, started the event and eight years ago the West Virginia Culture of History started funding the play. According to Paterino, upwards to 700 people have been at one performance. The group performs eight to ten times a year and is made up of on average 28 members, all volunteers with ages ranging from 16 months to 68 years old.
Props used in the play are constructed by volunteers also. An interesting piece of information shared by Mrs. Paterino is the suitcases used in the play actually belonged to the Testerman family and they were salvaged from the residence before its destruction. Cabell Testerman was the Mayor of Matewan at the time of the Massacre and was one of the people who lost their life that day.
Each year in May, the town celebrates with entertainment in Matewan's plaza and a re-enactment of the Matewan Massacre, a shootout between UMWA miners, Police Chief Sid Hatfield and Baldwin-Felts detectives that happened on May 19, 1920.
The show was performed on Saturday at the future site of the Amphitheater in Matewan at 11 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. there were approximately 250 people in the audience during the first performance and an impressive turnout for the second performance at 3:00 p.m. even though the rain did not cooperate.
The next performance will be on June 10 during the Matewan Heritage Days.
(Kendra Mahon is a reporter for the Gilbert Times and Williamson Daily News. She can be contacted at [email protected])


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Buster Olney joins Mut and Merloni to discuss how the Peavy trade happened, if the Sox will make any other moves, and if there will be any other major trades before the deadline.
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Butler and 937 WEEI this is your spot for trade deadline talk all day we got still 2 o'clock. They insult and -- take over 6177797937. Assault be fired up this Herbert. Favorite sports day of the year in August mentioning John McDonald -- -- that type of player of the got to -- to keep an -- on -- Ronny -- Who was released by the Astros just letter released -- anywhere and I haven't I don't know peace signed January yeah but he was they're starting shortstop. Thirty year old guy come in -- guy's been around to play the position. -- great defender. But it veteran has been around more than tea -- -- brought poll right now as usual stuff -- as some and again the question becomes a afterwards to go down nets an injury during his career concussion earlier this year Hoosier or shortstop long term able -- May have bulk Bogart's at some point you know but you reduce these are seen -- the same maybe. Later on this year to be sometime next year. I very busy day on the best in the business -- are only joint missile earlier than usual because things are gonna we think crank up here. They cranked up last night bustle let's start with your reaction to the Red Sox acquiring peavy what they gave up to get Jake Peavy. Well I thought it was a great deal for them and Nate came together -- understand very quickly you know what the tigers reaching out yesterday afternoon. And basically saying what you think about trading -- cute and they're worried about parole. You know we know that the White Sox had been trying to find somebody vacant -- deal around. Are forward for Jake Peavy and so in a matter of you know 678 hours. -- all all happens and back into the red -- -- we talked about these -- He's perfect for the market he if you -- tried -- sign a pitcher like him to create marketing costs -- five million dollars. In terms of having to make a long term obligations to the fact that. You know you're not extended for too long -- tonight Phil and given the cracks that they've had in their rotation their pitching staff. I think that's great I think besides the -- he has extraordinary mother teens. They -- lower level guys are kind they're they're kind of lottery ticket. So there wasn't anything that that they Red Sox gave up beside Iglesias retake uh oh boy that one really hurts the great trade for Boston. Yeah I agree with the and I just think that you know Chicago I don't know what -- -- that at the -- depressed gonna be too high now. Would you agree it's Hillary's what is still got done it because there's a desperate team in Detroit looking to replace Johnny brought to bear the team that gave up. -- us -- Garcia the prospect in this deal. Yeah I don't think there's any question bad you know keep. If your line up all the prospect the young players they got moved -- the best I. And I think that facilitated. You think at some point the White Sox. Would bet that that comes -- moment going down in the trade deadline where. It would have been sitting there saying oh boy we have the Diamondbacks who wanna make a deal but it there at it take on money. We have direct action to take on money but not necessarily giving it much they want. Oakland is not giving -- much they want. And I and I think at some point they would double back to one of those 318 and made a deal could I think dumping -- contract with the most important thing about. When you look at -- the picture you know he had a pretty good start to this year a couple of bad starts recently the injuries. If they still piled up the of the rid the cost in the month the ad you'll see an experimental back surgery buster and the stories are reading today because of a back black issue. How concerned were team's interest in -- about him being healthy the rest the way for them. I think somewhat like I think of his contract remaining contract have been on for two or three more years. That you know might have been an issue. Working does that -- that the little cute too far out but I will tell you that. You know hot and I had many conversations with -- That -- Think he came back from that surgery his arm its -- in his in his mind he's totally fine and that's reflected when you watch him pitch. Indicate starts he's had -- came off the disabled list. He's a tremendous movement on his fastball is not what he was when he was at Diego but he really good -- -- interest thing as. You know the fact that Oakland is involved okay. Tell you something about what they're seeing PPI heard this from other big at from from a big market -- well as Oakland. They do all these internal metrics. And they reevaluated -- was that within his ability to throw strikes. In 290. Innings last year and being one of the ten best pitchers in baseball over the last year and a half. Aid because. Of the secondary pitching metrics. And that's part of the reason why the athletics frenetic and they said you know what if -- had great value. And I'm sure that that was it something physically attracted to the Red -- well. Without having to go out on this really long term deal on an older picture. Our rules don't straighten out the Michael Young. Changing -- -- willing to waive no trade to -- and Red Sox as well are the Red Sox done DC Michael Young is a good fit and as far as. Did you jump in their relievers as well. -- laboratory yesterday that it could basically. Michael Young would not telling me he wouldn't except the -- wasn't done those it would except in Indian Country he had been using country. -- data pecking order. Number one he wanted to go back to Texas. And when that couldn't happen number Q he wanted to go to the Red Sox. And you know we'll see if the red -- and work out some sort of a deal with a filly. If that didn't happen -- going to be -- other teams all along it's not him saying I don't wanna be traded. It's him saying I want to steer myself in the deck right situation permit eight. And I am sure that the Yankees beat the red basket work -- -- it would likely young will also be having a conversation with a -- about. We're talking -- buster only of ESP and you you -- -- a good line yesterday about coach who we are and what some executives think the whole marathon. Analogy buster got me thinking at the Red Sox go back into a ball and -- year. Other guys out there were closer experienced that could be hats and it's tough market. Other names we should keep an eye on between now on 4 -- -- guys who have experienced finishing games for teams. Terrible it's absolutely terrible -- they're you know I -- -- history. You could theoretically I don't I don't think he's necessarily fit. To band and you know talking with the Padres people yesterday they're not that motivated it is something. Our team that it checked in with a mild and speech he -- say he's not out there are. Is Terry Ryan general manager of the Mets -- twins decided not to take advantage of what would have -- -- -- paint -- market Cortland Perkins. And I mentioned the I think that's why utility or -- move on Francisco Rodriguez. And the rays move on yet he -- in court battle to yet those guys to themselves. But also to ensure that those guys in Atlanta for the Red Sox -- -- -- cracks. The perception is that they get cracked they're both bad and you know potential issue down the stretch viewing art can't keep -- -- workload. I think you missed some yesterday given that Jesse Crain. Deal to Tampa Bay could a similar thing be worked out for got a graphic Betancourt what does he stand. -- -- About it EU EU could call them and -- -- -- spot -- back in mid August. And thanks -- -- and I put a competent. Aid but you're right. And I'd give credit exactly and why doesn't Peter damages -- we had a conversation about that. And he said you know like you know Peter you're exactly right and he would be -- -- -- night is. Today. Is -- a week ago he didn't call Iraqis and he probably would get a different answer -- rocky. Have been actually floundering the Dodgers are taking off and I -- that you know Iraqis to be more open -- that type -- thing and they work a week ago. You mentioned it to the terrible sort of bullpen market here I just. I feel like we've had a couple of moves but -- four and a half hours to go. It's been quieter than usual is this because the wild cards buster a second wild card is that affecting. The trade market of people feeling like they're in vs out between down 4 o'clock. You know I really don't think so I think it just comes down to. The fact that it's salaries go up seen increasingly place our higher value on prospects. In -- lower value on veteran players. And I mean you look at a guy like Matt Garza. You know 1015 years ago cute you know 1015 years ago he called -- -- your -- Derrick Low and -- -- Okay and now. I've got like nag guard proven track -- been throwing great big salary obligation. Eating get that much for the content that's something. And then you had a situation with a white such read -- Jake Peavy get policy experience that we haven't. You know of trees to type contract. And in the end they're scrambling to make a deal and and built around one prospect. As opposed to you know what we would -- 1250 years ago and I think debt has really changed the way to trade market. Now we saw Detroit kind of backed themselves up with Peralta with the Iglesias what do you expect Texas to dive into is there any. Noisier got it maybe Rios -- helpful. It's interesting the market on Rio's -- -- -- -- that the other general managers telling me debt that are in the perception of Rios is. It's commodities she's not -- good and when you lied about who. We did a lot of advanced metrics. He basically at an average player you know that wins above replacement these two. You know he's he's basically 280. You know per year and he's making twelve and half million dollar and you've been net financial obligation. They're not a lot of -- -- -- I can tell you that the Yankees had interest in re a couple weeks ago they called. Before they get Soriano. And since they were told yeah he might not accept treaty guys is no trade. They got a call in the -- -- yesterday asking would you be understated sort again I see -- Rios they said now I'm not looking at a time machine. Indeed turn back the clock is Nellie about artists are going to be Curtis Granderson coming back. Note bank that it acquired interest -- been overstated. Can't paper sure that they wouldn't trade -- but I'm sure that they would be -- you are tremendous financial adjustment but not a lot there but the Rangers. Do you need between now -- ought to get some help they need the one seed it's out there that you take Willie Nelson Cruz going down they better -- something. You mention between now on fork blockbuster -- had to guess and I was won't hold you to looks at such an inexact science -- -- -- what teams do it. Who's the biggest name in your mind dealt between now on. Whenever the trade deadline officially ends sometime after 4 o'clock today. Michael -- in terms of being a big name. I think the most effective players gonna be dealt renowned for clocks. Nature -- I think another got to keep an -- and Justin Morneau I think Tampa Bay at lying in the weeds on some of the EH first baseman site. Because they they still have an opening there and they can make a move on -- Baltimore also has been mentioned -- morneau. But those would be the bigger names Jack thanks. You bush yesterday we heard that -- troops are down they're covered the Marlins worked for mlb.com. City -- from summit there it's just who would do whatever -- took to get junk calls Stanton now I read -- -- that I also read him say you know would Bogart's Bradley. Henry Owens and -- be enough fame with -- symbol of course that be enough for going to have caused a Red Sox. Any truth behind that any truth at all that the -- -- -- in moving. Not not before the deadline I think a you know teams have been assuming that that the conversation is gonna take -- not eaten. Because they can included many -- so as possible. And a lot of the teams that might be interest public beta cardinal that interest that are that. Ranger -- they would not want cute -- and these guys were helping them win right now. And and I think that's you know -- that the Marlins -- -- stand muted the Tampa Bay Rays you've stated -- You know -- many teams and ball including as many players as possible. And that's really not gonna happen to the winner. I get shot on this is -- get ready for the trading -- -- any chance the bio Genesis suspensions come down before or. Fork blockbusters -- -- -- working on both huge stories there is that later this week. Now I think that we we admit the the opportunity prepare for storm of the union and that Italy based -- back -- -- I can't promise -- exactly come down today in my understanding it more likely come down product. Buster great step is always will be watching on ESPN I'm falling on Twitter all afternoon thanks your time. He's the best the business pastoral the joining us on the eighteenth the -- AT&T. Forgy LTE was speeds of up to ten times faster than three GAT TNT.


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Issue No. 05 - Sept.-Oct. (2013 vol. 15)
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCSE.2013.102
Judith Bayard Cushing , The Evergreen State College
Big Data is indeed an exciting, albeit challenging, time for scientific discovery. Why exciting? Exponential growth in data acquisition and generation—and some progress in data documenting, archiving, validation, and retrieval—have made more (in quantity and diversity) and better (less "dirty") data available to scientists. Prime examples of readily available scientific data include nationally and internationally funded repositories and data portals, where scientists including computational scientists increasingly publish and document their data: DNA-RNA-Gene-Genomics-Protein-Proteomics-Sequence databases, biomedical databases (such as more than 40 entries in the US National Institute of Health's Data Sharing Repositories), Dryad, Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER, for long-term ecology data), the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, for remotely sensed environmental data), the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI, a consortium for US hydrology data), Earth Observing System (EOS), Sloan Digital Sky Survey, DataONE, Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), and many others.
Partially in response to this data deluge, Computing in Science & Engineering has once again broadened its scope beyond computation. Initially focused on computational problems (in particular, for computational physicists who have led the way), CiSE addresses data as well as computation, programming, and software engineering as applied to a broad range of the physical, natural, and engineering sciences. Previous CiSE issues have articulated both the challenges of Big Data 1 and responses to those challenges from the computer science research community. 2 Although research, development, deployment, and education in computational speed, programming techniques, data browsing, and access will be needed for the foreseeable future, it's likely that soon scientists will be able to find and access more data than they can deal with using current tools. With the most pressing computational and data problems solved, scientists generate, document, organize, and manage data in public and private repositories. As for why the era of Big Data is challenging, scientists must now figure out how to exploit those data.
Data analytics, including information visualization and data mining, is industry's answer to business' Big Data problem, and IBM, Microsoft, Google, and others have geared up to provide data analytics solutions for business. For the sciences, visualization had a long history even before Jim Thomas coined the term visual analytics, and CiSE's Visualization Corner offers suggestions in every issue about new visualization techniques. What of data mining, the other Big Data exploitation strategy? For many scientists, the term connotes poor scientific method—conjuring images of fishing expeditions or even "cooking the data." The popular press hasn't helped a somewhat tarnished reputation. Articles such as "The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete" 3 didn't help, and author Chris Anderson's entreaty "There's no reason to cling to our old ways. It's time to ask: What can science learn from Google?" prompted a dialog in respected scientific journals about whether hypotheses or data "come first." 4,5 Scientists might well ask what they could learn from Google, but the fact remains that current data-mining techniques were developed for business applications. Will they work for science?
Scientists don't doubt they need help with the data deluge; the data-mining challenge, however, is not only technical, but cultural—integrating a culture of hypothesis-driven science with data mining. 8,9 Scientific theory is far from dead, and scientists do cling to their "old ways," namely the scientific method. While business isn't without theory, the scientific method's long history of hypothesis-driven inquiry is deeply ingrained through education, tradition, and success. In medicine, for example, the clinical trial remains the gold standard, and many practitioners find retrospective studies—even when based on thousands of data points—"unscientific." Other scientists, well versed in statistics, ask how data-mining methods differ from the sophisticated Bayesian, Monte Carlo, or CART analyses that they already use effectively. As Deb Peters, the principle investigator of the Jornada Long Term Ecological Research Site, relates:
The interactive use of Big Data within the scientific method could reap tremendous … rewards, but Big Data is not readily accepted by most scientists as an integral part of their research because of the way they think about and study the natural world. In fact, only a small fraction of current data is actually used by scientists, 6 and most data that are used (ca. 50 percent) are from relatively small, locally collected and stored datasets. 7,8
Some forward-thinking scientists are asking how future systems might integrate scientific theory and prior knowledge that isn't easily codified with data mining. For example, Bernardo Gonçalves and Fabio Porto point out that the "age of data-driven science opens the possibility of developing database technology for integrating both data and theories in the same framework." 10
As several researchers 8–10 and articles in this issue suggest, we hope to find beyond Big Data not the end of theory, but exemplar research and new technology that uses Big Data to develop, pose, and test scientific hypotheses. I look forward to learning from this and future CiSE issues about how data-mining techniques are extended for and applied by leaders in computer science and in the scientific domains. Please let us at CiSE know what you're thinking about these questions!
Judith Bayard Cushing, a member of the CiSE editorial board, teaches computer science at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Her research focuses on science data management across many disciplines, and she's currently the principle investigator for a US NSF-supported project called Visualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems ( http://blogs.evergreen.edu/vistas). Cushing has a PhD in computer science and engineering from the Oregon Graduate Institute. Contact her at email@example.com.


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Model UN comes to QMC
At the start of the year, we brief all staff on emergency drills and, as was the case on Wednesday, the whole school practised the evacuation drill. On the website and in MyQMC you can access information about emergency procedures. I wish to draw to your attention that as part of ensuring our readiness for an event, we will be sending a test text message to your specified emergency number on Monday afternoon. If you don't receive this SMS text please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Much has happened this week with House Spirit Athletics Day, Science trips and the Ashhurst camp for Year 6. On Thursday and Friday we hosted the Wellington Model United Nations with over 100 secondary school students attending from around the region including 25 QMC senior students. Run by Victoria University senior students and staff, the theme for this year's conference is: "The changing face of sovereignty" and some of the topics discussed were Energy Independence, Space Sovereignty, Humanitarian Aid, and Representation of Minorities. On the second day, there was a debate on the Reunification of Korea. What a wonderful opportunity for young people to learn more about complex global issues.
At the start of the week we were joined by 14 girls from Wulian No 1 School from Shandong Province. They are visiting Wellington for the next two weeks along with 8 boys who are being hosted by Scots College. Joining the Languages Department and sponsored by the Confucius Society is Olivia Wu, our Chinese Language Assistante for 2014 and I warmly welcome her to the staff.