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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar fell to its lowest level since early October against the U.S. dollar on Friday as commodities prices sagged anew and Canadian economic growth data left investors uncertain about the prospect of an interest rate cut next week.
Domestic bond prices headed lower after the third-quarter gross domestic product report.
At 11:24 a.m. (1543 GMT), the Canadian dollar was at par with the U.S. dollar, down from US$1.0028, or 99.72 Canadian cents, at Thursday's session close.
Technical selling triggered a slump in U.S. crude oil prices to below $89 a barrel, which was negative for Canada's commodity-linked currency. And spot gold prices also dropped sharply, to around $784 an ounce, partially due to the lower energy prices.
The drop in commodities prices overshadowed news that Canada's economy grew more than expected, to an annualized 2.9 percent in the third quarter.
After the data was released, the Canadian dollar firmed, briefly rising to around US$1.006 from pre-data levels of 1.004, before falling back.
"I think it was a surprise to the market, but the reaction was fairly muted in dollar-Canada," said David Bradley, director of foreign exchange at Scotia Capital.
"There are more reasons to be selling Canada, I think, so we had an initial move (higher), but we came back bid quickly." Continued...


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Pessimism has replaced optimism in Silicon Valley, as reflected by the prevailing mood at this year's Agenda conference; speakers foresaw little economic growth in the technology sector, and a few leading technologists implied that the United States' global industrial status could be significantly downgraded as a result. This is a marked contrast to the view held last year, when technology was looked upon as key to a fast economic recovery. Some executives said that the technology industry is maturing and slowing, while others blamed the financial crisis on rapid technology advancements. "The tech industry is in danger of looking like Japan: it's down and out for a long time," warned RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser. Politics and national security issues also had a role in this year's Agenda--national security expert and former IBM physicist Richard Garwin was on hand to discuss various terrorist threats, while Charles T. Burbage of Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter program was also a speaker. The conference indicated that the need for financial growth is partly responsible for industrial interest in military and defense technology. Meanwhile, a panel of Hollywood executives sparred with technology executives over the responsibility of tech companies to comply with digital copyright and intellectual property policies. Respondents attributed sluggish growth to the entertainment industry's refusal to consider new business models.
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Scientists hope that a predictive model developed by MIT researchers could be used to anticipate the earliest manifestation of defects in materials that range from the sub-microscopic to the super-macroscopic. Subra Suresh, head of MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, says that understanding fractures at the atomic level could help researchers design hardier materials. The MIT process recreates via computer simulation stress assessments performed on finished materials, only on a much smaller scale. The molecular energy of a given volume of material is calculated with the MIT model, and then compared to established standards; scientists can then measure how quickly the material's atomic structure will break down by predicting how fast the molecular energy will increase under stress. To help formulate the model, the researchers used a high-speed video camera to film a layer of soap bubbles representing a material's surface atoms when stress was applied to certain areas. The data was then compared to measurements of various materials using nano-indenters. The MIT model will probably be used to gauge the stress responses of micro-circuits built on smaller, more intricate chips so that designers can fabricate more robust devices. In theory, earthquakes could also be predicted with the model, which would measure the mechanical energy of tectonic plates and compare it to historical data on pre-earthquake conditions; from there, the amount of energy needed to generate a quake could be calculated. The quake's intensity, orientation, and direction could then be forecasted, according to the MIT team.
Speaking at an Associated Press conference, Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Fred von Lohmann protested legislation from Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) that would require consumer electronics manufacturers to install "copyright chips" that would encrypt digital content, a move that would not only curtail consumer freedoms to copy and share content, but also thwart innovation and hurt the economy. The entertainment industry has been pushing heavily for congressional approval of the Hollings bill, an action that von Lohmann described as tantamount to "putting the dinosaurs in charge of evolution." At the same conference, futurist author Howard Rheingold said that "smart mobs" of people were organizing around mobile technologies, such as cell phone-based text messaging. He explained that these mobs could use the technology for both benevolent and malevolent purposes--pro-democracy rallies as an example of the former, and terrorist movements as an instance of the latter. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard VP Rick Becker noted that Sun Microsystems and other custom server vendors are losing market share to the Windows and Linux operating systems as customers lean more and more toward industry-standard hardware, which is cheaper and boasts capability improvements.
Boston Globe technology columnist Hiawatha Bray agrees with critics of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace that the policy does not appear to take the issue of cybersecurity as seriously as it should, given the many critical systems that could be severely damaged or crippled by a Web-based attack. Millions of home computer users are linked to the Net via always-on, high-speed connections, and without adequate protection these machines could be commandeered by malicious hackers as launch points for attacks on more sensitive systems. Meanwhile, corporate and government networks are just as vulnerable, yet other issues are taking priority over security. In the face of these problems, the White House cyberspace strategy report recommends security development on a purely voluntary basis, and supports federal intervention "only in the face of a material failure of the market to protect the health, safety, or well being of the American people." By contrast, Bray notes that the Bush administration's push for a possible war with Iraq will not wait for any comparable "material failures." Furthermore, industry has a poor track record of solving cybersecurity problems by itself. Solutionary chief security counsel Mark Rasch, who once prosecuted computer crimes for the Justice Department, suggests that making computer companies liable for software vulnerabilities that threaten their clients will force them to improve security. At the same time, Bray acknowledges that government regulation can become stifling if too much is applied.
Shahid Yusuf, co-author of the World Bank report "Can East Asia Compete?," says the region has made progress in the technology arena: Some countries such as Japan, Korea, and China are doing well, while Southeast Asian nations such as the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia are laggards. In terms of technological capability, Japan is almost on a par with or overtaking the United States, and its patents filed per capita increased 6.2 percent between 1992 and 1997; it has taken a lead position in game consoles and consumer electronics, and has more than 40 million people subscribing to its NTT DoCoMo wireless telephony service. Yusuf reports that Korea has "achieved parity with the best in the world" in niche sectors such as telecommunications software and computer chips, while South Korea is devoting nearly 3 percent of its GDP on research and development. Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park, based on Silicon Valley, has become a major center of R&D and invention, while China has made strides in the development of biochemistry, lasers, and electronics. Multinational investments in Asian countries and Asian overseas investment have helped drive East Asia's tech development, as has the proliferation of information and communications technology, according to the report. However, Thailand and Indonesia are suffering from a pronounced lack of skilled professionals, and Yusuf says data shows that Thai workers are especially handicapped by unfamiliarity with English. In the meantime, East Asia will continue to be the world's manufacturing leader; the region will benefit from its services sector, which will chiefly focus on engineering, logistics, and wholesaling. Yusuf recommends that further progress will be made if Asian governments encourage innovation by promoting openness and a favorable business environment.
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Batteries used in portable electronics could be improved while power packs for microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices could become a reality thanks to research being conducted by University of Florida scientists. A team led by chemistry professor Charles Martin is developing a minuscule battery that takes its cue from nanotechnology: The researchers have thus far fabricated nanoscale anodes and cathodes that are up to 100 times more powerful than conventional electrodes, while UF doctoral student Robbie Sides adds that they are also more robust. The nano-electrodes are the product of template synthesis, in which "nanoscopic" holes in a small plastic or ceramic template are filled with chemical components; upon hardening, the template is removed, and only the electrodes remain. "[Martin's] work...represents the key elements of his concentric tube battery approach, which represents a novel three-dimensional configuration," notes Bruce Dunn of UCLA. Combining the nano-electrodes with a nanosized electrolyte and other elements is the next step. A nanobattery would generate and store more power because lithium ions would be able to travel shorter distances as they diffuse than they would in current models. A considerable amount of the UF's fundamental nanobattery research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The UF is working with three other institutions on the project, using a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
Digital memory development has managed to keep pace with the evolution of computation, despite predictions that its growth would be severely limited 20 years ago--in fact, it has outpaced Moore's Law. For example, there are few major differences between the latest iMac and 1980's Apple II computer, but whereas the Apple II's Profile hard disk was almost as big as the CPU and stored a mere 10 MB, the iMac's disk drive is about the size of a deck of cards and can store up to 80,000 MB. The next step involves the mass production of cheap, atomic memory, the challenges of which are on their way to being solved thanks to recent breakthroughs. At the University of Wisconsin, researchers announced that they can store data using individual atoms of gold that self-assemble into 5-atom-wide tracks upon a silicon substrate. Much more difficult will be developing a method to read and write data stored in atomic memory, but the University of Wisconsin breakthrough indicates that an electron scanning tunneling microscope (STM) could one day be adapted for that purpose. The linchpin in atomic memory is using the STM to remove atoms instead of moving them, which earlier experiments have focused on. Current atomic memory research has hit a 20 atoms/bit threshold, but this would give an atomic memory device storage capacity of 250 trillion bits per square inch. This development would dovetail with the semiconductor industry's plans to build terahertz chips by 2010.
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The SETI@home project needs more funding if it is to continue, and chief scientist Dan Werthimer told SETI Australia Chairman Dr. Frank Stootman that the installation of radio data recording gear at the Parkes telescope observatory would be postponed until such funding is found. Werthimer blames the current economy for the paucity of funds for SETI@home, which uses a distributed computing architecture to search for extraterrestrial radio signals, tapping into the collective processing power of participating PCs worldwide to crunch numbers. The Parkes facility is particularly crucial to the project, since it is more powerful than the telescope at Aerocibo, and its location in the southern hemisphere would expand the scope of the search. Adding to the difficulty are the strained relations between SETI@home organizers and the University of California-Berkeley campus. One source close to the Australian Telescope National Facility says, "I know that the Berkeley isn't happy that its site is getting hammered by all these people wanting data because it creates a lot of traffic that they have to pay for." Stootman is now calling on philanthropists to contribute financial support so that SETI@home can continue. Sun Microsystems, IBM, Intel, Fujifilm, The Planetary Society, Informix, Hewlett-Packard, Network Appliance, and Quantum are among the current sponsors of SETI@home.
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AT&T Laboratories' "Hubbub" instant messaging experiment shows how presence technology makes co-workers more effective through collaboration. The study compared collaboration enabled by Hubbub with the way office workers would normally communicate at work. In all, 25 people participated in the study, with closer groups of about 7 people forming within the larger number. AT&T researchers found that enabling other users to see when a person was logged on and available initiated conversations 24 percent of the time. The researchers found that the technology satisfactorily enabled co-worker communication just as much as physical proximity, since co-workers initiated significant conversation 21 percent of the time when coming upon each other in the office. Some of the users were equipped with wireless Palm devices, but the spotty wireless network coverage outside of the office, together with the difficulty of writing messages, mitigated the effect of the wireless technology. Unique to the Hubbub system were polyphonic sounds that signaled certain meanings, but some users found them annoying or could not decipher them. The study, which was reviewed in the September issue of Communications of the ACM, also found that the sounds would not be useful in instant messaging between a large group of users. It was noted that with the emergence of integrated wireless PDA/mobile phone devices and wired IP telephony, instant messaging platforms in the future could be combined with voice capabilities.
Students from MIT and Georgia Tech attending last week's Sixth Annual International Wearable Computer Symposium tried out new technologies at the University of Washington campus. One technology, augmented reality (AR), involves a see-through eyepiece that combines data and graphical displays to present an enhanced view of the world. Potential applications of AR include customized museum tours and archeological site walkthroughs, combined computer and real-world gaming, and medical imagery--X-rays, CT scans, etc.--that doctors can view without looking away from the patient. Toshihiko Oba of Tokyo's Saisekai General Hospital noted that most of the devices showcased at the conference suffered from a lack of depth perception, while fine-movement tracking that keeps the virtual image lined up with the real-world perspective also needs to be improved. Thad Starner of Georgia Tech remarked that wearable computers have the potential to be more useful than PDAs and laptops. Key to this conclusion is his observation that portable devices take more than two seconds to start up under most circumstances. Other examples of wearable computing highlighted at the conference include smaller versions of desktop systems that can be strapped to the waist or sewn into clothing.
ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf addresses how the Internet is changing during an online question-and-answer session. In his opinion, anonymity is an important topic for discussion, because it carries both good and bad uses; he is also concerned about digital rights management legislation and mandates that would limit people's access to information on the Web, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Cerf thinks that, had he the opportunity to change TCP/IP protocols, he would outline a bigger address space, design it so that every end unit can "authenticate" itself to any other end unit, and offer better data confidentiality by developing end-to-end cryptographic techniques. He notes that the Internet Engineering Task Force has done a good job of developing open standards that help embed interoperability into scores of interacting systems, and is hopeful "that we will sustain and evolve workable mechanisms both for standards development and for the general governance of the Internet, largely in the belief that the system is too valuable not to get the support it needs to satisfy both needs." Cerf finds that positive developments in the Internet's evolution (information sharing, applications) outweigh the negative (censorship, spam, pornography), while the most surprising development is the deluge of content following Tim Berners-Lee's creation of the World Wide Web. When asked his reaction to John Gilmore's criticism of his leadership of ICANN and the organization's alleged lack of openness with its Board of Directors and the public, Cerf replies that ICANN posts a great deal about its activities on its Web site. He believes that IPv6 will achieve "significant penetration" by 2005, spurred by ease of configuration and an abundance of address space. Cerf also thinks that both people-driven servers and government/corporate control of information will be valued--a more open environment has its advantages, but shared practices and certain legal frameworks ensure that there are no nasty surprises.
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Data storage requirements have grown at a compound annual rate of 90 percent for the last two years, leaving companies struggling to figure out what to do with all their information, according to a recent Meta Group survey of 328 IT executives in the U.S. The surging volume of data is straining already tight budgets, while there still remains the question of what storage technology to use and incompatibility between vendor products. Network attached storage (NAS) has gained popularity with major vendors such as Sun, IBM, EMC, and Compaq entering the market, but because data has to flow over the general network, transmission speeds are slow. Some solutions involve both NAS and storage attached network (SAN), allowing for both the centralized management of the NAS and the performance of the SAN. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) recently approved the Bluefin standard, which SNIA board director Vincent Franceschini says should be in products by the end of the year. Bluefin will allow users to mix and match components while maintaining control over the storage network. Other technologies that promise to ease the data storage burden include virtualization, which allows aggregate management and views of storage systems. IBM's new storage software division is also working to bring the efficiencies the company has honed in its own data center operations to products meant for the general market. According to PA Consulting Group storage expert Alistair McAulay, the best solution is to formulate tighter controls over what data is stored and when.
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A number of new Internet-enabled technologies for phone conversation are making deaf and hard-of-hearing people more effective and mobile in the workplace and enabling them to more easily communicate with the hearing world. Whereas previously, hearing-impaired people had to use bulky teletype machines hooked up to a dedicated landline, today all they need is a Web connection. The Internet Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS), for example, mimics teletype by allowing users to type messages sent to an operator, who then speaks to the end-recipient and types a response back. The result is a platform very similar to instant messaging; other Internet-based technologies are better suited for people with different levels or types of hearing problems. With two-line voice carryover (VCO), for example, telephone company operators help the hard-of-hearing by typing out what the other person says while the user speaks for themselves. Video Relay Service (VRS) is another option for those with broadband connections and standard videoconferencing software, and it connects the user with an operator who acts as an intermediary using sign language. People who use this method say it allows them to express more emotions, but that insufficient Internet bandwidth often hinders video quality. Telephone companies such as Sprint and AT&T are mandated by the FCC to make their services available to the disabled and already receive state agency funds to run the services. By using the Internet, they save costs and give users more mobility and choice of services.
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The University of Texas at Austin is working on commercializing its nanotechnology research, and Renee A. Mallett of The Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property says both the local community and investors have an interest in nanotech. The office is responsible for all university licensing, and Mallett notes that its jobs include marketing, licensing negotiations, and contract writing. UT-Austin's Nano ManTech program is a recently announced project that promotes educational, research, and commercialization initiatives in the area of nanomanufacturing. Another recent technology announcement posted on the UT-Austin Web site involves "Semiconductor quantum dot devices and methods," which focuses on the integration of quantum dots, quantum wells, and barriers; electronic devices, better LEDs, and injection lasers are some of the potential applications of this technology. "There are resources opening up new opportunities through the federal government due to the interest in nanoelectronics and the promise of long-term applications," Mallett says. "Local nanotech-related efforts have already secured an SBIR grant and they are hot on the heels of a couple of others." Mallett adds that UT-Austin has a close relationship with International Sematech, although she acknowledges that Sematech is not involved in licensing.
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The Internet Society (ISOC), despite promising to manage the .org domain for the public benefit, can be viewed as an organization representing major technology companies, because top ISOC members include WorldCom, IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. This perception is one reason why the ISOC is creating an independent "Public Interest Registry" (PIR) to oversee .org as a "completely separate organization," according to one ISOC official. PIR will be located on the Web at publicinterestregistry.org, and PIR plans to have an operating Web site at this address with comprehensive information for consumers and registrars before Jan. 1, 2003. Although the ISOC claims that PIR will be completely separate, PIR bylaws give the ISOC much authority over PIR. PIR does includes two public advocates as board members, Electronic Privacy Information Center executive director Marc Rotenberg and ex-InternetNZ veteran Andy Linton, while also including ISOC CEO Lynn St. Armour. Yet PIR bylaws--recently published--state that the ISOC is the "sole member" of PIR, and that "the member shall have the right to cast the sole and deciding vote with respect to any matter." After the first year The ISOC will be able to fire and elect PIR board members at will as well as amend the bylaws. ISOC's Julie Williams justifies this authority by arguing that, because PIR is operating in the ISOC's name, the ISOC must maintain some control of PIR and .org.
Northwestern University computer science professor and author Donald Norman, who wrote "The Design of Everyday Things," believes it is taking designers too long to create more usable computing products, which he attributes to a lack of business sense among usability proponents; he thinks that "people in the field of usability must understand both design and business better" in order to solve this problem. He observes that designers keep repeating the same mistakes because they do not look at previous designs, and doubts that the open source movement will make any real headway in this area. Norman argues that incorporating emotions into computers will be a key driver of usability. Unlike empathetic computers, such as those being investigated by MIT's Rosalind Picard, he sees potential in computers that can feel emotions that spur them to take actions that promote security and survival. "When a computer loses power and uses back-up power you want it to start being anxious so that it becomes more cautious," he notes. He lists as an example a robot he worked on that would be programmed to feel frustration and fear heights in order to avoid being trapped in corners or falling down stairs. On the subject of security measures, Norman discounts the value of facial and iris recognition systems, which are technically flawed and could lead to the theft and abuse of identity. Meanwhile, he says that incidents such as Sept. 11 could not have been prevented in terms of computer design, because according to him no errors were made.
A slight increase is expected for government spending on information technology research and development in the next fiscal year. The Networking and IT research and development (NITRD) program's proposed budget for fiscal 2003 is $1.9 billion, a 3.2 percent increase over the estimated 2002 budget of $1.8 billion. The budget will be distributed among a dozen member agencies. High-end computing and basic R&D will receive the biggest funding increases, with up to $547 million going to the former and $299 million going to the latter. Funding for research into large-scale networking and high-confidence software and systems experienced a slight reduction this year. NITRD's annual report for Congress indicates that research is crucial to national, homeland, and economic security. The report states that "The information technologies now being fielded in U.S. counterterrorism activities represent the outflow of the IT R&D pipeline." In the wake of Sept. 11, the government recruited several projects that the NITRD funded, including prototype robots that combed through the wreckage of the World Trade Center for survivors, thus demonstrating their strengths and weaknesses. Meanwhile, various mapping and imaging technologies were used to find fires, visually measure the dispersal of hazardous materials, and analyze structural damage at both the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Search engines are very limited when it comes to sifting through a mountain of data that is increasing steadily, but the Semantic Web could make finding information easier; such a development would make employees more productive and companies easier for customers to find, according to Adrenaline Group CTO Alden Hart. Taking meanings and syntax of human speech as its foundation, the Semantic Web would probably consist of tags embedded within HTML documents that tell computers the meaning of Web pages, enabling them to see relationships between terms via specialized dictionaries. The Semantic Web could also facilitate more automated monitoring of corporate financial performance, such as tipping off investors and regulators to incidences of insider trading, notes Enigmatec CTO Duncan Johnson-Watt. Semantic Web development issues will be a key area of study at IBM's Institute of Search and Text Analysis, says Nelson Mattos of IBM Research; however, Google and Microsoft are holding back on Semantic Web investment until successful applications emerge. Autonomy and other companies are pushing products and services that offer alternative means of processing unstructured information--for instance, Autonomy software, which scans text with pattern-matching algorithms, is being used in an integrated portal undergoing testing at the University of Maryland's R.H. Smith School of Business. Challenges that the Semantic Web currently faces include getting enough users and vendors to agree to standards and protocols that will govern its operations. Semantic Web development is being led by the World Wide Web Consortium, whose chief supporters are MIT, France's INRIA, the European Union, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Keio University in Japan.
Researchers are hard at work developing technology that could enable people to control machines by thought; potential applications include more responsive prosthetics for paralysis victims, while further advancements carry the promise of restoring control to paralyzed limbs and the augmentation of motor, sensory, or cognitive capabilities. Two years ago, Duke University scientists got a monkey to manipulate two robot arms--one in close proximity, the other at MIT--when it moved a joystick, via microwires implanted in its motor cortex. Each neuronal impulse, or action potential, was recorded and translated into instructions that directed the movements of the robotic limbs. By employing only 100 neurons, the researchers estimated that they were able to get the robot hand to reproduce the monkey's movements with about 70 percent accuracy, while achieving 95 percent accuracy would require no more than 700 neurons. Furthermore, they discovered that the individual contribution of each neuron changed as time went on, so they refined the model to periodically reevaluate these neuronal contributions. In May 2001, the scientists used the brain-machine interface (BMI) on a trio of macaque monkeys, whose brain configuration resembles that of a human; the experiment involved recording neuronal impulses as they moved a cursor with a joystick, and then training them to move the cursor without the joystick, purely by thought. The experiment indicated that visual feedback helped the primates use the BMI to its fullest reactive potential, and the researchers started trials that add tactile feedback to the test subjects' experience in May. Before BMIs can be considered ready for human use, several issues must be resolved: The microwire implants must not cause infection or damage, and the size of batteries and electronics must shrink accordingly.
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LOS ANGELES -- The USC women's basketball team (17-6 overall, 11-3 in the Pac-10, good for second place), under the direction of second-year coach Fred Williams and paced by Naismith Player of the Year candidate Tina Thompson, plays at Oregon (18-6, 11-4) on Thursday (Feb. 27) at 7 p.m. in Eugene and at Oregon State (11-3, 5-10) on Saturday (March 1) at 2 p.m. The Women of Troy have won 8 of their last 10 games and have already surpassed both their overall and conference win totals of last season when the Women of Troy went 13-14, 8-10. Thompson recently has become only the fifth player in Pac-10 history to reach the 2,000-point plateau for her career and now stands at 2,109.
TELEVISION -- The Oregon State game will be televised live on Saturday (March 1) at 2 p.m. by Fox Sports Net. Barry Tompkins and Peg Reese will call the action.
RANKINGS -- USC, Oregon and Oregon State are not ranked.
VS. OREGON -- USC leads the all-time series with Oregon, 21-5. The 2 schools have split the season series in each of the last 2 years. USC won the first meeting this year in Los Angeles, beating the Ducks on Feb. 2, 73-65. Senior forward Tina Thompson scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds and sophomore guard Kristin Clark also scored 20 points. The game was tied at 48-48 with 9:10 to go but a Thompson layup shortly after gave USC a lead it would not relinquish. The Women of Troy pushed their lead to 60-52 on a Thompson 3-pointer with 5:31 left, but the Ducks, who were led by forward Arianne Boyer's 20 points, used a 9-2 run to get to within 62-61 with 2:35 to go. A Clark 3-pointer on the ensuing possession gave USC a 65-61 advantage with 2:20 remaining in the game and the sophomore guard followed that up with a layup for a 67-61 lead with 1:49 left. Oregon would get no closer than 5 points the rest of the way. Last season in Eugene, USC won, 75-66.
VS. OREGON STATE -- USC leads the all-time series with Oregon State, 19-6. USC has won 2 in a row against the Beavers, including an 85-72 win on Jan. 31 in Los Angeles. In the win, senior center Michelle Campbell scored a game-high 23 points and Thompson added 21 points and 12 rebounds. USC shot just 26.3 percent in the first half, taking a 29-27 halftime lead. The Women of Troy turned it on in the second half, shooting 62.5 percent and scoring 56 second-half points. USC took a 17-point lead twice in the second half, leading 73-56 with 5:19 to go. The Beavers, however, rallied with an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 73-67 with 2 1/2 minutes to play but got no closer. Last year in Corvallis, Oregon State beat USC, 64-62. USC last won in Corvallis in 1994, 63-56.
PROBABLE STARTERS: USC Pos Ht. Yr. PPG RPG 14 Tina Thompson F 6-3 Sr. 22.4 10.6 45 Jodi Parriott F 6-2 So. 8.6 3.7 50 Michelle Campbell C 6-5 Sr. 11.9 7.6 5 Erica Jackson G 5-8 Sr. 6.5 4.3* 32 Kristin Clark G 5-7 So. 12.0 3.1* Oregon Pos Ht. Yr. PPG RPG 10 Natalie Hughes F 5-10 Jr. 8.2 2.6 42 Arianne Boyer F 6-0 Sr. 14.8 8.7 43 Renae Fegent C 6-3 Sr. 12.3 6.7 11 Lisa Bowyer G 5-8 So. 6.0 3.1* 21 Cindie Edamura G 5-6 Sr. 5.7 2.3* Oregon State Pos Ht. Yr. PPG RPG 25 Kris Walsh F 6-4 Jr. 11.0 5.5 15 Monica Watts F 5-7 Jr. 13.1 5.9 44 Tina Lelas C 6-5 Sr. 15.6 9.7 11 Nicole McAllister G 5-8 Jr. 9.2 2.5 31 Liz Barrett G 5-6 Fr. 1.4 1.5* *assist average
LAST WEEK -- USC defeated UCLA, 87-74, on Saturday (Feb. 22) at the Lyon Center. USC was led by senior forward Tina Thompson's 19 points and 14 rebounds and sophomore guard Kristin Clark's 17 points and 5 steals. UCLA got off to an 18-10 lead with 14:10 left in the first half, but USC countered with an 8-0 run to tie the game. Tied again at 24-24, USC embarked on a 25-6 run over the final 7 minutes of the first half to take a 49-30 halftime lead. In the second half, USC's lead grew to as many as 25 points as the Women of Troy led 83-58 with 3:02 left. UCLA finished the game with a 16-4 run, after USC cleared its bench, for the final margin.
RECORDS -- Senior forward Tina Thompson surpassed the 2,000-point mark for her career against Stanford on Feb. 6 and now stands at 2,109, good for third place on the Pac-10's all-time scoring list. She recently passed Stanford's Val Whiting, who scored 2,077 points from 1989-93. In second is Oregon State's Tanja Kostic, who's at 2,349. Thompson has also moved into second place on the Pac-10's all-time list for free throws made and attempted and stands at 510-for-704 for her career. Thompson has 1,105 rebounds for her career, good for fourth place on the Pac-10 career rebounding chart. Next up is Whiting (1,134). Thompson just cracked the Pac-10's Top 5 chart in field goals and stands at 762. She is 2 away from doing the same in field goal attempts . . . USC's 12 3-pointers at Arizona set a school record for most 3-pointers in a game. The previous record was 11, set against Arizona State on Feb. 15, 1996. Kristin Clark's 5-of-6 performance on 3-pointers in the Arizona game tied her for the second-most made in a game with Erica Mashia's performance last year against California. Clark's 3-point percentage against the Wildcats is also good for second all-time on the single game chart . . . The Women of Troy tied a school record at Washington when they made 19-of-20 free throws for a clip of 95 percent. The Women of Troy did the same in 1993.
TROY NOTES -- USC is off to its best conference start (11-3) since the 1993-94 season when the Women of Troy won their first 10 Pac-10 games . . . Three of USC's 6 losses have been by 3 points or less and 4 of USC's 6 losses have come at the hands of teams that were ranked in the AP Top 10 at the time of the game . . . USC topped the 90-point mark in 3 consecutive games (UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State, New Orleans) for the first time since the 1986-87 season. The last time USC did it 4 times in a row was in the 1982-83 season when the Women of Troy surpassed 90 points 5 consecutive times . . . USC has outblocked its opponents at a wild pace, 116-37, or an average of 5.0-1.6 . . . USC has had 2 overtime games this season (UC Santa Barbara and Western Kentucky, double overtime) and is 1-1 in those games, beating the Gauchos and falling to the Lady Toppers . . . USC is holding opponents to a .381 field goal percentage and is outscoring opponents, 76.8-68.5 . . . USC has had 6 players set or tie career scoring highs this season (Michelle Campbell, Kim and Kristin Clark, Erica Jackson, Jodi Parriott, Adrain Williams) . . . In the double-overtime Western Kentucky game, USC had 5 players play more than 40 minutes, including Kristin Clark, who played all 50 minutes . . . USC has played 3 Sun Belt Conference schools, beating New Orleans and falling to Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky . . . USC swept the Washington schools on the road this year for the first time since the 1992-93 season.
COACH FRED WILLIAMS -- USC women's basketball coach Fred Williams is in his second year as head coach and is in his 12th season with the program in some capacity. He was named head coach of the Women of Troy following Cheryl Miller's resignation in September of 1995. A longtime fixture in the Los Angeles basketball community, Williams was USC's associate head coach under Miller for 2 seasons (1994-95) and spent 8 seasons as an assistant (1984-91). In his first season as head coach, Williams' squad, which featured 6 freshmen and only 1 healthy senior, finished 13-14 overall and 8-10 in the Pacific-10 Conference. As associate head coach during the 1993-94 and 94-95 seasons, Williams helped direct USC to a 44-14 record and 2 NCAA Tournament appearances (including to the Mideast Regional Final in 1994).
TINA THOMPSON -- A Naismith Player of the Year Top 10 candidate for the 1996-97 season, 6-3 forward Tina Thompson is in the midst of an All-American senior season, averaging 22.4 points and 10.6 rebounds, shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 37.8 from 3-point land. She is also averaging 1.2 blocks and 2.0 steals per game, scoring at least 20 points in 17 of 23 contests, including 10 efforts of 25 or more. She surpassed the 2,000-point mark for her career against Stanford on Feb. 6. Thompson, who has 13 double-doubles this season and 55 in her career, has been named Pac-10 Player of the Week 3 times this season for the weeks ending Dec. 8, Dec. 22 and Jan. 19. They were her third, fourth and fifth such honors in her career with one each coming as a sophomore and junior. Thompson, who has also been named to 2 all-tournament teams this season in addition to being selected as MVP of the Pac-10/Sun Belt Challenge, posted a season-high 31 points vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/19) to go along with 14 rebounds. She had 30 points against New Orleans (12/28) in the first day of the Pac-10/Sun Belt Challenge and she scored 26 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked 3 shots and had 5 steals vs. Long Beach State (12/21). Thompson hit 26 again at Arizona (1/16) to go with 14 rebounds. She began this season with a 25-point, 11-rebound effort against San Diego State (12/1). She put up 22 points and a career-high 6 blocks against Western Illinois (12/6) in the first round of the Dial Soap Classic at Louisiana Tech and came back with a game-high 25 points (including 2 3-pointers) in the title game against the Lady Techsters (12/7), helping her earn All-Tournament honors. Thompson posted a 25-point, 17-rebound showing against Utah (12/14) in the UC Irvine Tournament, where she also earned All-Tournament honors. She opened the Pac-10 with a double-double at Washington (1/2) and followed that up with a 23-point, 10-rebound, 4-steal outing against Washington State (1/4). She had 19 points against California (1/10), 25 vs. Stanford (1/12) and 22 vs. Arizona State (1/18). She had 14 points and 15 rebounds at UCLA (1/24), had 21 points and 12 rebounds vs. Oregon State (1/31) and 20 points and 13 rebounds against Oregon (2/2). She scored 29 points and had 7 rebounds against Stanford (2/6) and had 17 points at Cal (2/8), including the go-ahead layup with less than a minute to play. On the latest homestand, Thompson had 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting against Arizona State (2/14), followed that with 26 points and 12 rebounds against Arizona (2/16) and had 19 points and 14 rebounds against UCLA (2/22). Thompson is the active leading scorer and rebounder in the Pac-10 with 2,109 points and 1,105 boards to her credit, good for third and fourth place, respectively, on the all-time lists. Thompson's junior season was highlighted by a 49-point effort against UCLA, which is second all-time among Pac-10 and USC performers, just 1 point shy of former Trojan standout Cherie Nelson's 50 against Cal in 1989.
MICHELLE CAMPBELL -- The top shot blocker in the Pac-10, 6-5 center Michelle Campbell has proven to be a big factor in the fortunes of the Women of Troy in 1996-97. She put in another summer in which she worked hard on her game and USC has relied on her for inside scoring support as well as strong defense in the post. A reserve last season, she is again a starter and is flourishing, averaging 11.9 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. Campbell, who has 5 double-doubles and has scored in double figures in 10 of her last 11 games, put forth an excellent performance in the Pac-10/Sun Belt Challenge, earning All-Tournament honors. She scored 25 points, blocked 7 shots, both career highs, and had 12 rebounds against Western Kentucky (12/29) and had 16 points against New Orleans (12/28) to go along with 4 blocks and a career-high 5 assists. She had 23 points and 9 rebounds vs. Oregon State (1/31), 18 points and 9 rebounds at Arizona State (1/18), 17 points and 3 blocks at Cal (2/8) and had 15 points and tied a season high with 13 rebounds vs. Long Beach State (12/21) to go along with 4 blocks. Campbell had 14 points and 13 rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/19), 14 points vs. Arizona (2/16), 13 points and 10 rebounds at Arizona (1/16), 13 points and 3 blocks against Oregon (2/2), 13 points vs. UCLA (2/22), 12 points vs. Stanford (1/10), 11 points at UCLA (1/24), 10 points and 11 rebounds against Arizona State (2/14), 10 points against Utah (12/14) and 11 rebounds and 3 blocks vs. Colorado State (12/13). Campbell, who has at least 1 block in 20 of 22 games, increased her scoring in 7 consecutive games in one early stretch, going from 4 points against Louisiana Tech to 25 against Western Kentucky. One of only 2 fifth-year seniors on the team (Rashida Jeffery is the other), Campbell was second on the Pac-10's active career leader board in blocked shots entering her senior season and now has 150. Campbell was a key reserve off the bench in 1995-96 as a junior, averaging 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in just 13.4 minutes.
KRISTIN CLARK -- A feisty guard with a do-all attitude, sophomore Kristin Clark (identical twin of USC guard Kim Clark) figured to serve mainly as a backup guard in 1996-97, but has moved into the starting role as a result of Erica Mashia's hip injury. Clark has been sharp all season as the team's second-leading scorer (12.0) and possibly the Pac-10's most improved player. Clark scored a career-high 25 points at Arizona (1/16), making 5-of-6 3-pointers in the process. She followed that up 2 games later with 23 points and 4 key steals at UCLA (1/24) and she had 20 points (including 3 3-pointers) against Oregon (2/2). In USC's overtime win over UC Santa Barbara (12/19), Clark hit the game-tying shot, a 12-footer with 14 seconds to go, that sent the game into the extra period. She finished with 11 points and 6 steals in the win and has had at least 2 steals in 17 of 23 games this season. At Cal (2/8), her 3-pointer with 1:24 left in the game got USC to within 1 point, kickstarting a Women of Troy game-winning rally. She has scored 19 points 3 times, in wins over Utah (12/14) and New Orleans (12/28) and in a loss at Stanford (2/6). She had 17 points and 5 steals in the recent win over UCLA (2/22), 13 points and 7 rebounds at Washington State (1/4) and, in the second game of the Pac-10/Sun Belt Challenge vs. Western Kentucky (12/29), Clark played all 50 minutes of the double-overtime affair, scoring 12 points and dishing out 8 assists. She opened the season with 12 points and 6 rebounds against San Diego State (12/1), had 11 points, 2 assists and 3 steals vs. Washington (1/2), 12 points and 4 assists at Arizona State (1/18) and had 10 points and 4 steals vs. Stanford (1/10). A solid ball-handler, the 5-7 Clark is equally deft at penetrating and dishing or pulling up for a 3-pointer. She is also valuable defensively as she is one of the quickest players on the team and is first in steals (2.5) and floor burns. Playing in all 27 games as a freshman, Clark came on at the end of the 1995-96 season and became a valuable contributor for the USC backcourt, starting 3 times.
ERICA JACKSON -- Coach Williams is looking for a solid leadership figure as well as a veteran guard in 1996-97 and has both in 5-8 senior Erica Jackson. With 50 career starts to her credit entering this season, Jackson is a starter for her third consecutive year. Jackson is averaging a team-high 4.3 assists and is USC's top 3-point shooter by percentage, making 14-of-36 (.389). She tied her career high in scoring against California (1/10) with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, which included 2-of-3 on 3-pointers. She followed that with an 11-point effort, including 2 more 3-pointers, against Stanford (1/12) and had 10 points, 9 assists and another 2 3-pointers at Arizona (1/16). She scored 11 points and had 8 assists in the win over Oregon State (1/31), scored 11 points and had 5 assists vs. UCLA (2/22), scored 10 points vs. Arizona State (2/14), scored 9 points and dished out 6 assists in USC's opener vs. San Diego State (12/1) and had 9 points again vs. Utah (12/14) and New Orleans (12/28). Jackson, who had a career-high 10 assists vs. Western Kentucky (12/29), once made a stretch of 17 free throws in a row this season, which ended against the Gauchos. She is set at point guard, but, as she did for much of last season, she is able to slide over and play the 2-guard as well. Jackson started all but 1 game as a junior in 1995-96, sharing the backcourt with Erica Mashia.
ADRAIN WILLIAMS -- A 6-4 sophomore forward, Adrain Williams has started 9 games for the Women of Troy this season after starting most of the season as a freshman. An athletic player, she is quick and agile for her size, a good rebounder and she can get out on the break or pull up for a jumper. She is fifth in scoring (7.5) and third in rebounding (5.7) and posted the best game of her USC career against Colorado State (12/13) with 21 points and 14 rebounds. Williams, who has come off the bench since the Pac-10 season started, had 13 points and 13 rebounds at California (2/8), hitting 2 clutch free throws in a one-and-one situation with 21.8 seconds left to give USC a 3-point cushion, which the Women of Troy held on to. Williams put together a double-double in the win over Long Beach State (12/21) with 13 points and 11 rebounds and repeated the feat vs. California (1/10) with 12 points and 13 rebounds off the bench. She scored 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Washington State (1/4) off the bench, posted 11 points and 4 steals against Western Illinois (12/6), had 11 points vs. New Orleans (12/28) and another 11 against Oregon State (1/31). A frontcourt starter in 20 of 27 games as a freshman in 1995-96, Williams averaged 9.6 points per game (third on the team) and was second in rebounding (5.8).
JODI PARRIOTT -- A versatile forward, 6-2 sophomore Jodi Parriott has seen her role increase in 1996-97 as she provides Coach Williams with options at both the 3 and 4 positions. Parriott, USC's fourth-leading scorer (8.6) who has started at small forward since the Pac-10 season started, has become a valuable contributor offensively and defensively for USC. She scored a career-high 22 points vs. Western Kentucky (12/29) on 9-of-16 shooting and then matching that on 9-of-15 shooting at Washington (1/2) in her first career start. In the win over the Huskies, Parriott sank 3 free throws with no time on the clock to give USC a 1-point win. She followed that up with a 13-point effort on 6-of-8 shooting at Washington State (1/4). Parriott posted 20 points (including 7 in overtime) and 8 rebounds against UC Santa Barbara (12/19), had 16 points and 8 rebounds vs. California (1/10) and scored 11 points and made a career-high 5 steals against Oregon State (1/31). Playing in all but 1 game, all off the bench, as a 1995-96 freshman, Parriott averaged 1.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in an average of 9.6 minutes per outing.
KIM CLARK -- After missing most of last season with a right shoulder injury, Kim Clark (identical twin of USC guard Kristin Clark) is expected to add speed and depth to USC's perimeter game in 1996-97. The 5-7 redshirt freshman, an aggressive player with an eye for loose balls, has come on recently as a defensive catalyst and as a back-up ball-handler. A lower back injury kept her out of early action this season, but Clark, now averaging 9.0 minutes per game, made her season debut against Long Beach State (12/21). She has played in 13 games this season, setting a career high with 11 points vs. California (1/10) on 5-of-6 shooting in 8 minutes. She played 17 minutes at UCLA (1/24), and was on the floor in the game's final minutes, and played 18 minutes at Stanford (2/6). At Arizona State (1/18), Clark had 3 points, 2 assists and 2 steals in 11 minutes. She is one of 2 2-sport athletes on the team (true freshman Antoinette Polk is the other) and was a starting midfielder on the USC soccer team this fall. Clark scored 6 goals this year and had 3 assists.
RASHIDA JEFFERY -- Counted on for important minutes inside the key, 6-2 fifth-year senior forward/center Rashida Jeffery saw her season, and USC career, end on Jan. 21 with knee surgery. Jeffery hadn't played since USC's second game of the season when she suffered a sprained knee. Jeffery was expected to play a valuable role for the Women of Troy in 1996-97 as the top post player off the bench. Jeffery, plagued by knee problems throughout her career, got a chance to start in USC's opener and came up big, grabbing a career-high 17 rebounds in 31 minutes to go along with 10 points against San Diego State (12/1). She was 3-of-3 against Western Illinois when she suffered the knee injury that ended her season. When healthy, Jeffery was one of the most athletic players in the conference and routinely played at the rim, making her one of the most fierce rebounders in the Pac-10. USC's most productive frontcourt player off the bench as a junior in 1995-96, Jeffery averaged 5.3 points and 4.7 rebounds (third best on the team) in only 15.2 minutes per game.
ERICA MASHIA -- A Pac-10 All-Freshman team selection as a freshman guard in 1995-96, Erica Mashia was slated as USC's starting shooting guard this season. However, after finishing second on the team in scoring as a freshman and setting school season free throw and 3-point percentage records, Mashia reaggravated a hip injury suffered last season (in the preseason) and will be forced to redshirt.
FANTASTIC FRESHMEN -- Williams added 4 freshmen to his roster this season, including 2 who are seeing opportunities right away. Guard Kiyoko Miller (5-8), from Valley Christian High (Brea, Calif.), comes to USC as a USA Today All-USA Honorable Mention and Southern Section Division IV Co-Player of the Year. Forward Tiffany Washington (6-2), from Bishop Montgomery High (Torrance, Calif.), was the Southern Section Division III Player of the Year. Miller, who made her first career start at Arizona (1/16), scored a season-high 7 points vs. Utah (12/14), had a season-high 5 rebounds vs. New Orleans (12/28), had 6 points, 3 assists and 2 steals vs. Long Beach State (12/21), 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting vs. California (1/10) and had a combined 10 points in USC's 2 games in the Dial Soap Classic (12/6-7). Washington posted a double-double in only her second game, scoring 12 points and getting 11 rebounds against Western Illinois (12/6) and then scored 11 points (on 5-of-5 shooting) with 7 rebounds vs. Colorado State (12/13). Washington recently matched that with 11 points and 5 rebounds vs. Arizona State (2/14). She had 8 points and 7 rebounds (5 offensive) at Arizona State (1/18) and had 7 points and 6 rebounds vs. UCLA (2/22). She has made 27-of-48 shots on the season (56.3 percent) and is averaging 3.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game. Coach Williams has welcomed to the squad Antoinette Polk, a 5-10 guard who recently finished her first season with the volleyball team. Polk spent the volleyball season as a redshirt, but began basketball practice Dec. 16 and made her USC debut in the final 3 minutes of the Long Beach State game. She made 1 of 2 shots in her first appearance and is 6-of-11 on the season in 6 games, setting a career high with 6 points at Arizona State (1/18) on 3-of-3 shooting. The Sacramento Player of the Year, Polk, from El Camino High (Sacramento, Calif.), is an excellent athlete with great speed, quickness and leaping abilities. Also new is walk-on Robyn Lewis, a 5-7 guard from Gahr High (Cerritos, Calif.), who earned All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as a senior last year. She has played in 8 games this season, making 4-of-12 shots.
USC IN THE PAC-10 (as of 2/23) -- Tina Thompson is tied for the Pac-10 scoring lead at (22.3) and is the second-leading rebounder (10.6). She is fifth in 3-point percentage (.378), blocked shots (1.2) and free throw percentage (.768) and is tied for sixth in field goal percentage (.522). Michelle Campbell leads the Pac-10 in blocked shots (2.1), is third in field goal percentage (.528) and eighth in rebounding (7.6). Erica Jackson is tied for fourth in assists (4.3) and Kristin Clark is tied for fourth in steals (2.5) and is 10th in 3-point percentage (.352). As a team, USC is second in the Pac-10 in rebounding (43.5) and is third in scoring offense (76.8) and field goal percentage (.449). USC's 45 free throws vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/19), its .950 free throw percentage at Washington and its .800 3-point percentage vs. Arizona State on 4-of-5 shooting are Pac-10 highs and its 59 rebounds against Colorado State (12/13) is tied for a high. Campbell's 7 blocks vs. Western Kentucky (12/29) are a Pac-10 high.
SCHEDULE -- The Women of Troy have faced 3 teams currently in the AP Top 25 this season: Louisiana Tech, Stanford (twice) and Western Kentucky. USC fell to then-No. 3 Louisiana Tech in the Dial Soap Classic, 66-47, lost to then-No. 9 Western Kentucky, 85-82, in double overtime, and lost to No. 3 Stanford twice: 77-76 at the Lyon Center and 103-69 in Palo Alto.
OREGON -- Oregon is headed by fourth-year Coach Jody Runge, who has directed the Ducks (18-6, 11-4) to 3 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Senior forward Arianne Boyer leads Oregon with 14.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds. Senior center Renae Fegent is at 12.3 points. No one is averaging more than 29.5 minutes per game but 10 players are averaging at least 10.5 minutes per game.
OREGON STATE -- Oregon State, paced by second-year Coach Judy Spoelstra, is 11-13, 5-10. The Beavers, are a veteran team led by a trio of upperclassmen: senior center Tina Lelas (15.6 points, 9.7 rebounds) and junior forwards Kris Walsh (11.0 points) and Monica Watts (13.1 points). The Beavers, who have lost 4 of 5, are shooting .430 from the field, .608 from the foul line and .275 on 3-pointers.
PAC-10 PRESEASON COACHES POLL -- 1. Stanford, 2. Oregon, 3. USC, 4. Arizona, 5. UCLA, 6. Washington, 7. Washington State, 8. California, 9. Oregon State, 10. Arizona State.
EARLY SIGNING -- USC signed one player in the early signing period, Tashara Carter, a 6-0 forward from Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.). Carter averaged 16.0 points and 8.0 rebounds as a junior last season when she teamed with current Trojan freshman forward Tiffany Washington. Carter was recently tabbed a 1996-97 Street & Smith All-American honorable mention. Other honors include: All-State Division III as a junior in 1996, All-CIF Division III in 1995 and 1996, 1995 Los Angeles Times All-South Bay, 1995 and 1996 Daily Breeze All-South Bay, 1995 Del Rey League MVP and 2-time All-Del Rey League selection. Carter, who averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore, helped lead Bishop Montgomery to the Division III-AA state championship in 1995.
SHORTHANDED -- USC Coach Fred Williams has been without his full complement of players so far this season. It starts with the likely season-long loss of starting sophomore guard Erica Mashia because of a hip injury. He had been without the services of both redshirt freshman guard Kim Clark (because of a nagging back injury) and freshman guard Antoinette Polk, who has been with the volleyball team. Both made their debut in USC's game against Long Beach State (12/21). Williams also has had to do without senior forward Rashida Jeffery since the second game of the season. Jeffery had season-ending knee surgery on Jan. 21.
WILLIAMS SAYS -- "The UCLA game was a big win for us. We had been struggling a bit lately and it was good to see such a solid outing from just about everybody. This Oregon trip is obviously a huge one. Like I've been saying, every game from here on out is a big one. This road trip is traditionally a hard one and I don't expect anything different this year. Both games will be big challenges."
PAC-10 STANDINGS Team Pac-10 Overall Stanford 15-0 27-1 USC 11-3 17-6 Oregon 11-4 18-6 Arizona 10-4 20-5 Washington 8-6 13-10 UCLA 5-9 11-12 Oregon State 5-10 11-13 Wash. St. 3-11 9-14 Arizona St. 2-12 8-16 California 2-13 6-18 USC QUICK FACTS Location: Los Angeles, CA Enrollment: 27,970 Home Court (Cap.): Lyon Center (1,200) Conference: Pacific-10 Head Coach: Fred Williams (second year) USC/Career Record: 30-20/30-20 Assistant Coach: Brooke Meadows (third year) Assistant Coach: John Henderson (second year) Part-time Assistant: Frank Scott (seventh year) Basketball Office Phone: (213) 740-7204 Sports Info. Office Phone: (213) 740-8480 Assistant SID: Paul Goldberg The 96-97 Women of Troy When ... At home 8-3 On the road 7-2 At a neutral site 2-1 Scoring first 12-2 Leading at halftime 14-1 Trailing at halftime 3-5 Tied at halftime 0-0 Leading with 5:00 left 17-0 Trailing with 5:00 left 0-6 In overtime 1-0 In double overtime 0-1 Scoring less than 70 points 3-4 Scoring between 70-79 points 4-1 Scoring between 80-89 points 6-1 Scoring between 90-100 points 4-0 5 Trojans scoring in double figures 2-0 4 Trojans scoring in double figures 7-2 3 Trojans scoring in double figures 8-0 2 or less Trojans scoring in double figures 0-4 USC 50% or better from field 8-0 USC under 50% from field 9-6 USC outrebounds opponent 11-1 Opponent outrebounds USC 6-5 USC has more turnovers 5-3 Opponent has more turnovers 11-3 USC has more assists 9-2 Opponent has more assists 7-3 The last time a Trojan ... Scored 40 or more points Tina Thompson (49), 1/27/96 Scored 30 or more points Tina Thompson (30), 12/28/96 Got 15 or more rebounds Tina Thompson (15), 1/24/97 Had 10 assists or more Erica Jackson (10), 12/29/96 made 10 field goals or more Tina Thompson (10), 2/16/97 made 4 3-pointers or more Kristin Clark (5), 1/16/97 The last time USC ... Scored 100 or more points vs. Arizona State (105), 2/18/94 Allowed 100 or more points at Stanford (103), 2/6/95 had 50 or more rebounds at Arizona State (52), 1/18/97 Allowed 50 or more rebounds vs. New Orleans (52), 12/28/96 Had 25 or more assists at Arizona State (26), 2/15/96 Made 15 or more steals vs. Oregon State (15), 1/31/97 Had 5 or more score in double figures vs. Oregon State, 1/31/97 Beat an opponent by 20 or more at Arizona State (27), 1/18/97 Beat a ranked team vs. Oregon State (No. 14), 67-66, 3/2/96 Beat a Top 10 team vs. Virginia (No. 10), 85-66, 3/24/94 Beat a Top 5 team vs. Stanford (No. 3), 67-55, 1/18/93 Tina Thompson Game-by-Game Game Pts. Reb. Note SDSU 25 11 3 blocks Western Ill. 22 6 6 blocks La. Tech 25 9 2 3-pointers Colorado St. 7 9 1 block Utah 25 17 11-13 FT UCSB 31 14 12-20 FG Long Beach St. 26 13 5 steals New Orleans 30 7 9-14 FG Western Kent. 21 9 5 steals Washington 19 11 8-8 FT Washington St. 23 10 4 steals California 19 8 4 steals Stanford 25 8 4 assists Arizona 26 14 3-4 3-pointers Arizona State 22 12 4 blocks UCLA 14 15 6-7 FT Oregon State 21 12 3 steals Oregon 20 14 3 3-pointers Stanford 29 7 3 3-pointers California 17 3 8-12 FG Arizona State 22 8 2 blocks Arizona 26 12 10 FG UCLA 19 14 9-10 FT USC's All-Time Scoring Leaders 1. 3,018 Cheryl Miller 1983-86 2. 2,474 Cherie Nelson 1986-89 3. 2,414 Lisa Leslie 1991-94 4. 2,405 Pam McGee 1981-84 5. 2,346 Paula McGee 1981-84 6. 2,109 Tina Thompson 1993-present 7. 1,797 Kathy Hammond 1978-81 8. 1,559 Cynthia Cooper 1982-84,86 9. 1,469 Joni Easterly 1990-93 10. 1,426 Karon Howell 1986-89
Tina Thompson -- The Word is . . .
"I'm real high on Tina. She's one of the best players we have in the country. She's got a great inside/outside game. I really think that she'll be an outstanding pro someday because she's so versatile."
"Thompson is hands down the league's MVP."
"Tina Thompson, in my mind, is one of the premier players of the Pac-10. Thompson controls things inside and outside. She is their go-to player."
"She's got a well-rounded game and is going to be a great pro."
"(Thompson) can score from the outside, drive from the outside or play with her back to the basket."
"Tina Thompson isn't someone you can easily overlook. First, there are 6 feet, 3 inches of muscular arms and legs that seem to be everywhere on the basketball court. Above the rim, under the basket, in an opponent's face."
(On Thompson's 49-point game as a junior) "Watching Tina perform on television was exciting and fun viewing. She makes it seem so easy."
"She's a great player and we did not have one player who could match up with her."
"Tina Thompson is a phenomenal scorer."
Erica Jackson -- #5 FG: 5 (vs. California, 1/10) FGA: 9 (twice, last vs. UCLA, 2/22) 3FG: 2 (3 times, last vs. Arizona, 1/16) 3FGA: 5 (vs. Arizona, 2/16) FT: 8 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) FTA: 11 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) O-REB: 2 (5 times, last vs. UCLA, 2/22) D-REB: 5 (twice, last vs. OSU, 1/31) REB: 7 (vs. Oregon State, 1/31) AST: 10 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) TO: 8 (vs. Long Beach State, 12/21) BLK: 1 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) S: 3 (3 times, last vs. ASU, 2/14) PTS: 14 (vs. California, 1/10) MIN: 43 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) Kim Clark -- #10 FG: 5 (vs. California, 1/10) FGA: 6 (vs. California, 1/10) 3FG: 1 (vs. California, 1/10) 3FGA: 2 (twice, last vs. UCLA, 1/24) FT: 2 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) FTA: 4 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) O-REB: 2 (twice, last vs. Cal, 2/8) D-REB: 2 (last vs. UCLA, 1/24) REB: 2 (3 times, last vs. Cal, 2/8) AST: 2 (4 times, last vs. ASU, 2/14) TO: 3 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) BLK: 0 S: 2 (twice, last vs. UCLA, 1/24) PTS: 11 (vs. California, 1/10) MIN: 18 (vs. Stanford, 2/6) Tina Thompson -- #14 FG: 12 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) FGA: 21 (3 times, last vs. Arizona, 2/16) 3FG: 3 (3 times, last vs. Stanford, 2/6) 3FGA: 8 (vs. Arizona, 2/16) FT: 11 (twice, last vs. Utah, 1/16) FTA: 14 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) O-REB: 8 (vs. Utah, 12/14) D-REB: 10 (vs. Arizona, 1/16) REB: 17 (vs. Utah, 12/14) AST: 4 (3 times, last vs. Stanford, 1/12) TO: 10 (twice, last vs. OSU, 1/31) BLK: 6 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) S: 5 (twice, last vs. WK, 12/29) PTS: 31 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) MIN: 44 (twice, last vs. WK, 12/29) Antoinette Polk -- #15 FG: 3 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) FGA: 3 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 1 (twice, last vs. UNO, 12/28) FT: 0 FTA: 0 O-REB: 1 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) D-REB: 1 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) REB: 1 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) AST: 0 TO: 1 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) BLK: 0 S: 0 PTS: 6 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) MIN: 6 (vs. California, 1/10) Kiyoko Miller -- #20 FG: 3 (3 times, last vs. Cal, 1/10) FGA: 9 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 2 (twice, last vs. Washington, 1/2) FT: 4 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) FTA: 4 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) O-REB: 2 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) D-REB: 4 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) REB: 5 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) AST: 3 (3 times, last vs. LBSU, 12/21) TO: 4 (3 times, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) BLK: 1 (vs. Arizona State, 2/14) S: 2 (4 times, last vs. ASU, 2/14) PTS: 7 (vs. Utah, 12/14) MIN: 22 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) Adrain Williams -- #30 FG: 8 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) FGA: 23 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) 3FG: 1 (3 times, last vs. UCLA, 2/22) 3FGA: 3 (twice, last vs. Colorado St., 12/13) FT: 5 (vs. California, 2/8) FTA: 7 (vs. Long Beach State, 12/21) O-REB: 4 (twice, last vs. Cal, 2/8) D-REB: 11 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) REB: 14 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) AST: 4 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) TO: 7 (vs. California, 2/8) BLK: 3 (vs. UCLA, 1/24) S: 4 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) PTS: 21 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) MIN: 30 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) Kristin Clark -- #32 FG: 10 (vs. UCLA, 1/24) FGA: 20 (vs. UCLA, 1/24) 3FG: 5 (vs. Arizona, 1/16) 3FGA: 9 (twice, last vs. Oregon, 2/2) FT: 7 (vs. Utah, 12/14) FTA: 10 (vs. Utah, 12/14) O-REB: 3 (twice, last vs. Stanford, 2/6) D-REB: 5 (vs. Washington State, 1/4) REB: 6 (twice, last vs. La. Tech, 12/7) AST: 8 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) TO: 7 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) BLK: 0 S: 6 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) PTS: 25 (vs. Arizona, 1/16) MIN: 50 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) Tiffany Washington -- #40 FG: 5 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) FGA: 6 (twice, last vs. ASU, 2/14) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 0 FT: 4 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) FTA: 7 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) O-REB: 5 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) D-REB: 7 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) REB: 11 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) AST: 1 (3 times, last vs. UCLA, 2/22) TO: 3 (twice, last vs. ASU, 2/14) BLK: 1 (twi ce, last vs. ASU, 2/14) S: 2 (3 times, last vs. Cal, 2/14) PTS: 12 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) MIN: 24 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) Rashida Jeffery -- #42 FG: 5 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) FGA: 8 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 0 FT: 0 FTA: 2 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) O-REB: 5 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) D-REB: 12 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) REB: 17 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) AST: 2 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) TO: 5 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) BLK: 1 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) S: 0 PTS: 10 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) MIN: 31 (vs. San Diego State, 12/1) Jodi Parriott -- #45 FG: 9 (twice, last vs. Washington, 1/2) FGA: 16 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) 3FG: 2 (3 times, last vs. Arizona, 1/16) 3FGA: 4 (3 times, last vs. Arizona, 1/16) FT: 4 (vs. Washington, 1/2) FTA: 7 (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 12/19) O-REB: 6 (vs. Arizona, 2/16) D-REB: 5 (twice, last vs. Washington, 1/2) REB: 8 (3 times, last vs. Arizona, 2/16) AST: 4 (vs. Arizona State, 1/18) TO: 5 (vs. California, 2/8) BLK: 2 (3 times, last vs. OSU, 1/31) S: 5 (vs. Oregon State, 1/31) PTS: 22 (twice, last vs. Washington, 1/2) MIN: 41 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) Michelle Campbell -- #50 FG: 11 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) FGA: 18 (vs. Oregon State, 1/31) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 0 FT: 5 (3 times, last vs. OSU, 1/31) FTA: 8 (twice, last vs. UCLA, 1/24) O-REB: 7 (vs. Long Beach State, 12/21) D-REB: 10 (vs. Arizona State, 2/14) REB: 13 (twice, last vs. LBSU, 12/21) AST: 5 (vs. New Orleans, 12/28) TO: 7 (vs. Colorado State, 12/13) BLK: 7 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) S: 4 (vs. Washington, 1/2) PTS: 25 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) MIN: 46 (vs. Western Kentucky, 12/29) Robyn Lewis -- #4 FG: 2 (vs. California, 1/10) FGA: 3 (twice, last vs. Cal, 1/10) 3FG: 0 3FGA: 1 (twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/18) FT: 2 (vs. California, 1/10) FTA: 3 (twice, last vs. Cal, 1/10) O-REB: 1 (3 times, last vs. Cal, 1/10) D-REB: 1 (vs. California, 1/10) REB: 2 (vs. California, 1/10) AST: 2 (vs. California, 1/10) TO: 2 (4 times, last vs. UNO, 2/22) BLK: 0 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6) S: 2 (twice, last vs. Cal, 1/10) PTS: 6 (vs. California, 1/10) MIN: 14 (vs. Western Illinois, 12/6)


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Public Outdoor Art Walking Tour is a 2.7 mile moderately trafficked point-to-point trail located near Chicago, Illinois. The trail is good for all skill levels and primarily used for walking. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Chicago is famous for its iconic architecture, but it's quickly gaining a worldwide reputation for its iconic public art as well. The work of famous artists including Pablo Picasso, Jean Miro, and Marc Chagall is showcased along Chicago's streets, inside building lobbies and atop Chicago buildings. In all, there are more than 700 sculptures, mosaics and paintings, most created and installed since 1967, the year when the first sculpture-an unnamed gigantic creation by Picasso-was installed in Daley Plaza. The latest entries into Chicago's artistic lexicon are the works that grace Millennium Park, the city's new front yard. Chicago's commitment to public art is funded through an innovative Percent for Arts program that allocates 1.33 percent of the construction budget for new public buildings to commission and acquire artwork.


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Fashion is both breaking moulds and harking back to the past at Paris ready-to-wear, with John Galliano leading the way for Christian Dior.
Jetsetters, Middle Eastern princesses, actress Marisa Berenson and singer Diana Ross took their seats as Galliano revisited the 1960s.
During the French capital's annual fashion week, he showed simple mohair black-and-white shift dresses, aviator jackets tossed over the shoulders of striped jumpers, black wool peacoats with placed embroidered rose prints and curvy little hip-length jackets in reptile-patterned leather worn with bubble skirts or sack dresses with empire waist and lots of straps and buckles.
Really smart were short sheepskin jackets with cargo pockets on the sleeves to carry cellphones or cigarettes.
There were also gold lame jackets with nipped waists worn with green khaki aviator pants.
Many of the jackets had either slightly puffed sleeves or broad shoulders that marked style trends two decades ago.
The trip down memory lane did not end there.
Loungewear included halterneck tops in paillette-spangled satins.
There were also crushed velvet jackets and copper satin jeans.
Anti-fur protesters passed out pamphlets to fur-clad attendees at Jean Paul Gaultier's show.
Inside, and inspired by rock stars, French fashion's bad boy sent out lots of gold sequin stretch pants that peaked from under wool officer's coats.
Over skin-tight leather leggings were lamb coats, sheered lamb, and even a brown monkey fur skirt.
There were bathrobe coats with oversized ruffled collars slipping off the shoulders of velvet stretch dresses with a lacy flounce at the hem and a marabou feather stole tossed over the shoulders of an intricate knit top and copper stretch jeans. Glitzy.
But Gaultier is also a master tailor.
Aside from impeccably cut, square-shouldered jackets that fell to the front in deep points or buttoned off to one side, he used trompe l'oeil effects to create a trench coat with a faux pleated skirt - teaming it with pewter leggings.
This season's Paris shows, which started Monday, have chiffons, cottons and organzas worn under winter coats or fur jackets. Pastels work for winter and, conversely, dark colours can carry one through the hottest summer days.
Designers are resurrecting the 1980's broad shoulders, sweater dresses, leggings and stovepipe pants.
They've borrowed tart, acid colours from the 1970s, sweet little dresses from the swinging sixties, and dash and drama from cinema icons of the 1950s and 1930s.
The house of Issey Miyake usually offers new technologies in fashion. But this season Naoki Takizawa seems to have been swept up in the wave of frilly, romantic looks.
Aside from trench and officers' coats worn with short, mid-calf pants, Takizawa succumbed to ruffles and flounces on soft jersey dresses with random tucks, drapes and gathers, and skirts that fell from hip yokes into handkerchief points.
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Great Russian River Race
Russian Riverkeeper and River's Edge Kayak and Canoe Trips
Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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The Great Russian River Race will attract some of the country's top canoeing, kayaking and SUP athletes, recreational local adventurers and corporate teams to race in two separate events. Advanced and expert paddlers will compete in a class II, 15-mile Bridge-to-Bridge (B2B) Race from the Alexander Valley Bridge. Recreational kayaks and canoe teams will do battle over the 5-mile Rio Lindo Race, starting north of Healdsburg. Costumes encouraged!
Please note: When entering as a double or team, prices noted are per-person and both people need to complete the registration at the same time. Read all Race Details before registering!
Age Restrictions: Kids (ages 5-10) can to be a canoe with their parents in the Canoe Family Division only. Ages 8-11 may ride in a double boat with an adult. Ages 12-15 may be in single boats only with parental/adult supervision during the Race. Ages 16-17 just need a waiver signed by a parent. For everyone under 18, a parent will need to sign a waiver upon check-in.
Division information: "Professional" refers to lightweight composite racing surfskis, kayaks and canoes (fiberglass, Kevlar, carbon or prepreg) and these craft are only allowed to compete in the Pro division or Open Canoe 15-mile B2B race. "Recreational" refers to all other craft including sea kayaks, general kayaks and canoes that are made of plastic or aluminum and are welcome in either race. Please note that those entering the 15-mile race should be intermediate-to-advanced paddlers with a significant level of fitness.
The respective race divisions are broken down on the website. Our goal is to hold a fair race and you are responsible for entering the right division for your boat – call or email us if you have questions.
Not Racing? Everyone is welcome to cheer on the racers at the finish line! Please join us for the River Race Party at Healdsburg Veteran's Memorial Beach, which will offer great food, beverages and live music by Cahoots and Floral on the banks of the River. The River Race Party is free and will run from 12-5 p.m.
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Healdsburg Veteran's Memorial Beach
13839 Old Redwood Highway
Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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Steve Glicker's question about postscript files
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A large rally filled the streets of SF for blocks, starting at City College's administrative office and filling out Market Street.
City College is still open for this year, but may lose accreditation based on critiques of its administration, not the quality of education. City College is much cheaper and more accessible than other colleges.
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Halo Headlights?
Hey guys,
I just got an 05' 3.7L Laredo. I have big plans for this Jeep and I'd like to start with the headlights. I'm pretty new at this so im not sure to go LED or HID. I do know that i want Halos. Can anyone give me some ideas??
Thanks in advance:D
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are u talkin about putting halo's in ur stock headlights?
or buyin the halo headlights on ebay?
either way u can put HIDs in both
and if ur going halo's in your stock headlights i would talk to flashtech [possibly a vendor here, cant remember]
also if ur going that route i would buy aftermarket OEM spec headlights as they are easier to open
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I was thinking more of the Ebay route. Any specific ones that you know are good? I'm probably going to get smoked out ones.
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as far as i know its all the same shit
im running ebay headlights but mine are 08 so they are different then yours
u wont find alot of love on here for them, thats why i dont post pics of mine lol
but yea u can get those and get an hid kit with them, i love mine
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Alright thanks man, appreciate it.
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I wouldn't smoke your headlights and get halos. why would you buy something to be bright and show off, and then dim it?
I'll try and find the one thread with some really nice halos, the ebay options are pretty crappy to be honest. I have a pair that I bought as a quick solution because it was free next day shipping, but I'm not in love with them by any means.
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Yeah i wasnt so sure about the smoked part. I have a red jeep so i figured i would change it up and smoke out all of my lights. So far i haven't seen a lot of people with it, so idk if i like the look.
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Does anyone know anything about the Ebay fog lights? do they come with everything you need for installation?
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nice jeep!
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those are the kind of halo's u get from flashtech
u gotta open your headlights to install them
u can buy aftermarket ones from AM-auto parts for fairly cheap and they are easy to open
then u can paint them too if u wish
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Artificial Intelligence [UFO] machines in the late 1940s and early 1950s:
Looking to see what flying saucer accounts early on in UFO lore (the modern era) might show up via a Google search, I found these postings online:
UFO Evidence:
Bruce Maccabee:
These credible (authentic) sightings indicate, to me, that some "agency" was examining, close-up, things that the "agency" might think were similar to itself: an AI construct.
Unfortunately for the agency, what it discovered was a deaf/mute/inert object with which it could not communicate.
This, then, led to pursuit(s) of other machine-like or AI-like objects and the flying saucer boom exploded.
But from whence did the "agency" come: outer space, time, our future, another dimension, even some remote site on Earth?
Who knows? But the behavior of the artifacts spotted or recorded suggest intelligence.
Were they Von Neumann-like probes, eventually generating further probes because of the response lack, causing curiosity for the AI machines?
Were the extensive UFO sightings after 1950 the result of an AI panic glitch, not dissimilar to what happens when an insect colony comes across something foreign to the colony?
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Places To Watch The Marathon
Ready to cheer on the fantastic Cowtown Marathon runners? Here's your chance to follow the Marathon race and catch some Fort Worth sights!
Come on down to Will Rogers Memorial Center! Park for FREE at the UNT Health Science Center located at Camp Bowie Blvd. and Montgomery Street and take a short walk to the Amon Carter Museum. There you can cheer your runner as they start their race!
Then, head south on Montgomery to I-30. Go east on I-30 to I-35, exit north. Take I-35 north and exit NE 28th street. Going west (left) on NE 28th, turn left (south) on Main and then left on Stockyards Blvd to park at Billy Bob's. Scoot yer boots on over to Main and join the Marines and the Boy Scouts in whoopin' it up for the runners just past the 10K mark.
Another great place to cheer in Northside is the Northside Library at 601 Park Street
Drive back down NE 28th to I-35, heading downtown. Exit on Spur 280 to Sundance Square parking. Mosey on down to 4th and Houston, the Gateway Lot, and join St. Paul Lutheran and they give a holler to the runners as they near mile 10.
Next, head back down I-35, south, to Allen Ave. Turn right (west) on Allen and turn right on Henderson. Park at Fairmount Park and give a shout to the runners with the Historic Fairmount Neighborhood Association, then join them for Waffles in the Park!
Join cheer groups at Woodshed, HG Sply Co. or Clearfork Food Park, all on the trinity trails. Runners are finishing up with their last miles and they need that extra push to the finish line!
Finish up your tour of our great city: Drive back east on I-20 to north I-35, then west on I-30. Exit on Montgomery, turn north (right) and come on back to the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Meet your runner and enjoy the activities on "Runner Alley" (Burnett-Tandy Drive at the Will Rogers complex).


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Decade by Rennie Ellis
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Decade: 1970-1980 is a photography book showcasing Rennie Ellis' (1940-2003) contribution to photography and social history. The photographs in the book are edited by multi-award winning photographer, Stephen Dupont and are introduced by Susan van Wyk, Senior Curator of Photography at the NGV, and Ellis' contemporary, award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Paul Cox.
Decade highlights Ellis as one of Australia's most important chroniclers of the seventies. The photographs, predominantly black and white, are drawn from a core selection originally made by Rennie for his own unpublished book, and are supplemented by other significant and iconic images from the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive and the State Library of Victoria's collection. Many of the photographs are accompanied by extended captions written by Rennie Ellis and are published here for the first time.
Published in association with the State Library of Victoria, Decade explores the cultures and sub-cultures of the seventies: the political upheavals, alternative lifestyles and counter culture, the women's movement, gay liberation, the new religions and cults, pop festivals, Vietnam and other protests, massage parlours, the disco scene, the blossoming of Australia's film industry, the new sexual freedom, Aboriginal rights, street festivals, the new theatre, fashion, drugs and the emergence of a decadent and hedonistic society that would come to characterise the eighties.


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Collective Health is a unique and innovative company focused on making private healthcare more accessible, simple, and transparent in America. Collective Health combines technology, design, and a human touch to allow benefits teams to deliver a truly enjoyable healthcare experience to their employees while also equipping benefits teams and their consulting partners with the data and insights necessary to help develop effective and efficient benefits strategies.
As a Solutions Consultant, you will partner with our Sales Executives (RVPs) and Actuaries to drive a consultative and trustworthy sales experience for prospective employer customers. You will utilize your deep expertise in employee health benefits to connect with benefits leaders and CFOs. You will become deeply familiar with each prospective customer's financial, operational, technical, cultural and program needs in order to clearly demonstrate how Collective Health's solution will enable them to deliver the ultimate health benefits experience to their employees and their families. You will also ensure that the solution that you help design for each prospective customer is seamlessly transitioned to our Client Success Managers in order to be implemented.
If you are a benefits expert with solid plan design experience and a passion to help employers realize their vision for providing an unmatched healthcare experience to their members, this position is a perfect fit for you. Come join our talented team of professionals from organizations like Mercer, Stanford School of Medicine, Google, and Oracle as we pave the way for a better healthcare experience in America.
- Partner collaboratively with Account Executives and Actuaries to contribute to a coordinated and effective team selling effort
- Manage and help deliver RFP responses in a timely and efficient manner
- Own product demonstrations for prospective customers and their brokers/consultants with a focus on value-based, consultative solution selling
- Develop mutually beneficial partnerships with brokers and consultants
- Predict the needs, questions, and hurdles presented by prospective customers and proactively address them
- Display trustworthiness and build credibility quickly with prospective customers via a deep understanding of the health benefits space, empathy, and clear communication
- Be an advocate for the prospective client, both internally and externally, while gracefully navigating multiple stakeholders
- Manage timely, accurate, and robust prospect and sales activity data
- Own plan design conversations, suggestions, and justifications with new clients
- Ensure a seamless transition for new clients from our Sales team to our Client Success Managers
- Mentor, educate, and learn from sales colleagues and cross-departmental team members
Required Skills/Experience/Education
- In-depth plan design knowledge including understanding of plan attributes, cost levers, SPDs, and SBCs
- 3+ years experience in health benefits consulting and/or in-house benefits management; deep ties and familiarity with brokers and consultants a plus
- Clear understanding of self-funded arrangements
- Mature presentation and public speaking skills including the ability to drive meetings and thrive in a professional social setting
- Strong project management skills and verbal/written communication skills
- Ability to navigate and foster collaborative interactions across multiple internal departments including Product, Product Marketing, Sales Operations, Client Operations, and Analytics
- Bachelor's degree required
- Entrepreneurial focus with a determination to succeed in an innovative, fast-paced environment
- Passionate about Collective Health's mission to improve the employee health benefits experience in America
Collective Health is a technology company working to create the healthcare experience we all deserve. Founded in 2013, our team of engineers, designers, product managers, and actuaries are redefining the $1 trillion-dollar market of employer-sponsored health benefits with data-driven and people-focused products. Our complete health benefits solution helps great companies like Activision Blizzard, Zendesk, and Palantir take care of their people by harnessing the power of design and technology. Based in San Francisco, CA, we're backed by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley including Google Ventures, Founders Fund, NEA, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit us at https://www.collectivehealth.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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