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|Zhong, S - North Dakota State University
|Chu, C - North Dakota State University
|Xu, Steven
|Ali, S - North Dakota State University
|Puri, K - North Dakota State University
|Mergoum, M - North Dakota State University
|Chao, Shiaoman
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/13/2011
Publication Date: 12/4/2011
Citation: Zhong, S., Chu, C.G., Xu, S.S., Ali, S., Puri, K.D., Mergoum, M., Chao, S. 2011. Identification and mapping of QTLs for FHB resistance in a synthetic hexaploid wheat line. Meeting Abstract. pg 64.
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Technical Abstract: The synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW) lines derived from crosses between tetraploid wheat (AABB genome) and Aegilops tauschii (D genome) possess resistance to various diseases including Fusarium head blight (FHB). However, the genetics of FHB resistance in these synthetic lines is poorly understood. Based on two seasons of evaluation in the greenhouse, the SHW line TA4152-60 (Scoop1/Ae.tauschii [358]) developed by CYMMIT was found to exhibit a moderate level of resistance to FHB. To understand the genetics and QTL governing the FHB resistance in TA4152-60, a mapping population of 120 double haploid (DH) lines derived from the cross between TA4152-60 FHB and the hard red spring wheat line ND 495 (highly susceptible to FHB) was evaluated for FHB reaction in field and greenhouse. Based on the whole genome linkage maps developed using 643 DNA markers and the phenotype data from two seasons of greenhouse and one season of field experiments, two major QTLs were identified on chromosome 5A and 5B. The 5A QTL peaked at the interval between Xgdm132.1 and Xgwm410.4, and explained up to 11% of the phenotypic variation whereas the 5B QTL explained up to 20% of the trait variation and peaked at the interval between markers Xbarc100.5 and Xwmc75. Based on the chromosomal regions, the QTLs identified in our study appeared to be different from those that have been mapped in other sources of FHB resistance. Therefore, these QTLs may be useful for the improvement of FHB resistance in wheat breeding programs.


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When investigating primary geometry, students are commonly only presented with 'traditional' shapes. This limits their understanding of the properties of these shapes.
Shapes should be presented in varying orientations. Additionally, a variety of shape examples should be used. Young students need to see that not all triangles are equilateral. By seeing a range of shapes, they learn to recognize the properties of all triangles, not just equilateral triangles.
When comparing and sorting 2D shapes, a variety of non-standard shapes should be available. Commercial kits can be bought, but they can also be easily cut out of plastic or foamcore. Translucent binder covers from the dollar store are a good source of plastic, and they also work on the overhead.
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(I hope you'll excuse my posting two Haiku Revieus this week. I thought it would be fitting to post this, seeing as it's HP week, and me and mine have two other midnights scheduled this month—expect to be seeing an HR next week as well as the week after—so I was going to have to double up eventually.)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (**** 1/2. -1/2 for it being the end of the series. *huff*)
Neville is the man
I will miss you, HRH
Very bittersweet
What can I say, really? It was a wonderful, moving movie. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. I am not nearly as broken up today as I was after Part 1—I'll forever be heartsick over Dobby's death—but I'm not fully satisfied either. It's a little hard to believe that it's all over ... even though it's not, not really. I can revisit the world whenever I want to, through the books and the movies. Harry lives, certainly. And that makes me glad.
I was inspired to create this after watching the movie. Neville's bravery, throughout the series, always makes me smile.
(Edit: Fixed the speech.)
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New lines draw veto threat
Court review likely of redistricting as governor says the work of a legislative panel is unacceptable
ALBANY — New state legislative districts were unveiled Thursday amid a fusillade of criticism — including an unprecedented veto threat by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo's verdict came in a terse statement a few hours after the lines, which must be redrawn every 10 years to conform to the new federal Census, arrived at 2 p.m.
"At first glance, these lines are simply unacceptable and would be vetoed by the governor," said spokesman Josh Vlasto. "We need a better process and product."
New lines have been drawn by LATFOR, which is jointly controlled by Democrats who dominate the Assembly and Republicans who hold a bare 32-seat majority in the Senate. By long tradition, the majority party draws lines in its own house.
The process has long been criticized by good-government groups. In 2010, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch asked lawmakers to pledge to reform the system, and most — including Cuomo and Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos — signed on.
"Today, victory lies with the enemies of reform," Koch said in a statement.
Over the afternoon, good-government groups offered critiques of the new lines. Among their criticisms:
State law allows a 10 percent variation between districts, which ideally contain 129,089 residents per Assembly member or 307,356 per senator. An analysis by Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group found 50 of the 63 proposed Senate districts are more than 3 percent from the target (compared to none in 1992 and 19 in 2002); only three were within 1 percent of the target, compared to 47 in 1992 and 11 in 2002.
Mahoney said Senate districts upstate, where Republicans predominate, were drawn on the lighter end — to maximize the number of senators. Downstate areas that typically elect Democrats were "heavier," meaning fewer representatives.
"While judging this set of proposed maps by this yardstick, the Senate's maps are clearly the most gerrymandered lines in recent New York history," said Mahoney.
Two areas on Long Island with high concentrations of racial minorities — African-Americans in North Hempstead and Latinos in Islip-Brentwood — are once again split among three and four Senate districts. During LATFOR's public hearings, members of the minority community argued this practice, known as "cracking," diluted their chance at representation and violates federal requirements.
Population growth on Long Island necessitated the shift of one Assembly district from New York City. But the district was "kidnapped" from upstate, according to Common Cause Executive Director Susan Lerner, to preserve the amount of districts in New York City. There are now 64 seats in the five boroughs — only two of which are represented by Republicans. It is the power base of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan. There would be 63 districts upstate, 64 in New York and 22 on Long Island under the proposal.
As first reported by the New York Daily News, three pairs of incumbent Democratic senators now reside in the same districts: Eric Adams and Velmanette Montgomery, both of Brooklyn; Mike Gianaris and Jose Peralta; and Toby Ann Stavisky and Tony Avella in Queens.
"You have six Democrats sharing districts and zero Republicans. ... It's hard to make any rational argument that that's not targeted at me," said Gianaris, who also chairs the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.
Sen. Mike Nozzolio, a Seneca County Republican who is LATFOR's co-chair, said the Democratic pair-ups were the result of creating a majority Asian-American district centered on Flushing, Queens, and a district centered on Borough Park, Brooklyn, with a high concentration of Hasidic Jews.
"You have to maintain communities of interest, you have to comply with federal and state constitutions and the Voting Rights Act," he said in an interview with Karen DeWitt set to air on Friday's edition of WMHT's "New York Now." "I think the carping from the Senate Democrats is just that ... and the numbers are the numbers, and those are what rule the day."
A 63rd Senate district cleaves Albany County in two for the first time in New York state history. The new district stretches from Kingston and other, Democrat-leaning parts of Ulster County to Montgomery County along the Mohawk River. Its creation takes Democrats out of the Hudson Valley districts currently represented by Republican Sens. Bill Larkin and John Bonacic.
Assemblyman Jack McEneny, an Albany Democrat and LATFOR co-chair, defended the process.
"The same people who (criticized LATFOR) before the lines were drawn are being consistent, and it all depends on what your definition of gerrymander is, and nobody has a good one," he said. "There will always be changes based on public reaction. Do I think they will be drastic? No."
The next steps will be muddy. Public hearings on the state legislative lines begin Monday in Albany, and they will be revised.
Cuomo said he wanted a better process than the existing system, which is "by definition, and unduly political process that by definition will render unduly political lines."
Before the release of the lines, Cuomo seemed to be keeping himself open to accommodation with the Legislature.
He chose not to use the word "veto" during 12 minutes of questions about redistricting, and acknowledged his aides are negotiating with legislative leaders over pairing improved lines drawn by LATFOR with a constitutional amendment, which could not become law until 2013, and can't affect this redistricting cycle, to escape his veto.
"Let's see how it plays out. My point all along has been, I want a better product and a better process. I don't know where it ends," Cuomo said Thursday. "I'm sure this is going to wind up in the courts anyway. ... So my position is going to be to wait and see."
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Will accept Parliament decision to reject Lokpal Bill: Hazare
"We will have to accept it. We believe in democracy," Hazare said in reply to a question on what would be his stand if Parliament rejected the Lokpal Bill drafted jointly by the government and representatives of the civil society.
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Image: Social activist Anna Hazare
'Can show some flexibility on Aug 15 deadline'
"There can be some flexibility once we are convinced that the Bill is on the right track," he said in an informal interaction with a group of journalists.
However, he felt that it could be possible for Parliament to take a decision on the Bill within a month.Hazare agreed with a questioner that his method of agitation could be called "terrorism of principles" so long the motive behind it was public good. "It is not wrong to say that we are engaging in terrorism on principles. But it has to have an element of public welfare in it. This is necessary, otherwise it would lead to dictatorship," he said.
Image: A supporter of social activist Anna Hazare holds up a sign during a campaign against corruption in New Delhi
Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
'Open to consultations from political parties over Bill'
He said he was open to discuss other drafts of the Lokpal Bill, which the government had said it has received from various other organisations.
Hazare admitted that corruption would not end with the passage of the Lokpal Bill, but it would definitely help curb such practices to some extent. He favoured stricter laws for government servants, including one that made declaration of assets compulsory for every one.
For politicians, he said the law should have provisions for automatic launch of investigations if there was a large difference in the assets declared by them between two consecutive elections.
Image: Hazare waves to photographers after attending a meeting at the finance ministry in New Delhi
Photographs: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters
'I have never shared the same dais with RSS'
The fast which began on April 5 was called off after 98 hours following a gazette notification by the government on constituting a joint drafting committee on the Lokpal Bill.
Right To Information activist Arvind Kejriwal, former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi and social activist Swami Agnivesh were among those who were in talks with the government for a solution as Hazare continued with the agitation.
"There was a clear distribution of work among ourselves. If everybody had sat on fast, who would have held talks with government," Hazare said when asked why Kejriwal, Bedi or lawyer Shanti Bhushan did not join the fast.
'Will not contest elections or float political party'
Hazare said he would insist on videography of the proceedings of the joint committee meetings from the next
meeting onwards. "We were told the drawbacks of telecasting the meetings of the joint drafting committee. So, we agreed on not telecasting the same. We came to know only later that only audio recording of the meeting was done. What is the harm in videography? I will insist on video recording of the entire proceedings at
the next meeting," he said.
Image: Banners put up in Hazare's support, in his village Ralegan Siddhi
Photographs: Sanjay Sawant/Rediff.com


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The de facto free choice for creating web forms and surveys has been Google Docs, but Typeform has a much nicer interface, and a few more options. The survey creator lets you drag and drop 20 different question types, each of which has a ton of options like requiring responses or adding multimedia. Once you're done, just share the link to your survey, and watch the results roll in on an easy-to-read analysis page.
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It's Cinco de Mayo which is the perfect time to celebrate with good food and drinks!
I love to try new salsa recipes and here are a few more to add to my list to make.
You can find the recipes for the Orange-Tomatillo Salsa, the Fire-Roasted Tomato Salsa and the Habenero Hot Sauce at Yum Sugar.
Thoughtfully Simple featured some great Cinco de Mayo Drink Recipes.
Be sure to go to the TomKat Studio to download your free Cinco de Mayo printables that go perfect with Martha Stewart's colorful paper tissue decorations!


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16 Items To Pack For EVERY Vacation This Summer
Summer vacation: two of the sweetest words in the English language. Packing: one of the most stress-inducing words in the English language. Since vacation and stress don't mix, we're here to make the packing situation a lot easier with a few of the cutest, most versatile items that money can buy. These pieces will work for any summer vacation-worthy locale, so scroll down and start making your packing list!
On Jessica Alba: Isabel Marant for H&M Tank, Vans Classic Slip-On Sneakers ($45) in White, Roger Vivier Handbag (similar style here), Yestadt Millinery Hat
Clare Vivier Messenger Weekend Bag ($460) in Black Basketweave
A roomy satchel that will take you from airport to dinner is a vacation must-have. The adorable basketweave detail is on-point for summer.
Club Monaco Dree Culotte Shorts ($140) in White
We advise staying away from short shorts in the city; this style is so much more sophisticated. Even better: these airy culottes are perfect for tropical locales too.
Thierry Lasry Sexxxy Sunglasses ($435) in Black
These sleek, oversized shades are next-level cool, thanks to the golden arms.
Stuart Weitzman The Solo Sandals ($335) in Nude Suede
These sandals will keep you comfortable and chic, whether you're pounding the city streets or the sand. In case you hadn't noticed, we love gold details for summer.
Marc by Marc Jacobs Jacquelyn Striped Dress ($258) in Indigo Multi
A touch of Parisian charm is always a good idea for any destination. This striped shift will do the trick, and then some.
Anine Bing Army Jacket ($349)
An army jacket will pair exceptionally well with every item in your suitcase.
Gabriela Artigas Large Signature Tusk Necklace ($198) in Yellow Gold Plated
A simple gold pendant will pull all of your outfits together.
BCBGMAXAZRIA Tayler Asymmetrical Dress ($228) in Parfait
Dress up this minimal shift with strappy heels for dinner or down with flat sandals for sightseeing.
Janessa Leone Gloria Hat ($165) in Creme
Wear this straw topper to the airport and every day in between!
Jerome Dreyfuss Momo Printed Calf Hair and Textured-Leather Shoulder Bag ($508)
You can keep your look simple with this stunning bag on your shoulder. Still not convinced? Thanks to its petite size, it won't take up precious suitcase space.
Zara Flared Skirt ($60) in Red
You can wear this bright midi skirt during the day and at night. That's the kind of vacation versatility we crave!
J.Crew Scalloped Pajama Short Set ($138) in Liberty Theodora Floral
Don't you feel the need to wear cuter sleepwear than usual when going on vacation? Problem solved.
Maiyet Sandals ($394)
The bow detail and metallic leather make these flat sandals (a summer vacation essential) feel special.
Tibi Silk Strappy Ruffle Cami ($250) in White
Picture this flirty blouse with everything from denim shorts to a pencil skirt. See what we mean?
Pamela Love Five-Spike Stud Earrings ($275) in Rose Golden
Front and back earrings are a current obsession of ours, as is rose gold. This cool pair is the only one you'll need to pack, we promise.
Madewell Surfbreeze Sweatshirt In Stripe ($70) in Navajo Red
A nautical striped shirt is one of our favourite wardrobe workhorses. Don't leave home without it. Bonus: no suitcase-induced wrinkles here!
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Kenmare Town
"Escape to Living" is the motto in Kenmare, and it's easy to see why. A picturesque country town with a colourful array of delightful shops, bars, and restaurants and a vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere, Kenmare is superbly situated on a balmy inlet of the Atlantic where several renowned scenic routes intersect.
Kenmare town lies at the head of Kenmare Bay, a stunning inlet that sweeps out 50 kilometres from Kenmare to the Atlantic Ocean. "Kenmare" is an anglicisation of "Ceann Mara," or "head of the sea." The accepted Irish translation for Kenmare is "Neidín," which means "little nest," referring to the way the town nestles into the lush, subtropical landscape of Kenmare Bay against the striking backdrop of the Caha Mountains.
You will never be short of things to do in Kenmare, whether you are an outdoors enthusiast or a devotee of good food and wine. From horse riding, sea safaris and golf to simply lounging over a good cup of coffee in a cosy cafe, Kenmare has the holiday options for you.
The town itself lies at the convergence of three celebrated tourist trails - The Ring of Kerry, The Ring of Beara, and the Wild Atlantic Way. The Ring of Kerry tour is a 180km loop of the beautiful Iveragh Peninsula, with its historical landmarks, sandy beaches, and epic mountains, and taking in Killarney, Cahersiveen, Waterville, and Sneem until you arrive back in Kenmare.
Another enchanting loop is the Ring of Beara, a 137km route through the rugged splendour of the Atlantic coast beyond Kenmare. The most breath-taking section of the Ring of Beara is the dramatic Healy Pass Road (R574), which cuts across the peninsula between Kerry and Cork.
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Wild Atlantic Challenge 12 & 13 May
RING OF BEARA CYCLE RACE (26th May)
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Vikingdom Charity Raft Race (23rd June) At Kenmare Pier from 12 noon
RING OF KERRY CYCLE RACE 2018 (7th July)
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Lost Sheep Triathlon ( 1st September)
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Annual Bridge Congress at the Kenmare Bay Hotel
Christmas School Holidays - 21st Dec - 7th Jan 2019
Join the festivities this Christmas and New year. Santa's grotto, story telling, movies and more
CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT AT THE KENMARE BAY HOTEL (10th Dec)Full details available here
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Wild Atlantic Way
Guests at the Kenmare Bay Hotel have the good fortune to be staying on one of the world's longest and most spectacular driving routes. Dwarfing both South Africa's Garden Route and California's Pacific Coast Highway, the Wild Atlantic Way stretches a staggering 2,500m from Cork in the south via Kenmare to Donegal in the north. Skirting the most beautiful section of the Atlantic coast, the Wild Atlantic Way can be dipped into and explored at your own pace.
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It's hard to be a wine snob when there's a fuzzy peach floating in your pinot grigio.
It's hard to be a wine snob when there's a fuzzy peach floating in your pinot grigio.
Sangria, a concoction that goes back to the middle ages and is still a summer staple in Europe, flips the idea of zeroing in on a good vintage on its head by adding a bunch of fruit and, well, whatever else you like. Essentially a punch made with wine, it's the all-inclusive vacation from thinking too seriously about wine, which makes it a perfect summer drink. The recipes for the chilled Spanish drink are as varied as they are unspecific, but there is a general series of steps:
1. Throw some fruit, and maybe some hard liquor or something bubbly, in a pitcher with some vino.
2. Steep. (Or don't.)
3. Chill and drink.
The classic recipe for the Spanish drink includes a dry red wine, fruit and brandy. That, however, is just the jumping off point. Martha Stewart has a recipe featuring cognac. Bobby Flay proposes pomegranate juice and blackberries. Alton Brown suggests pears, plums and Burgundy.
Maria Elena "Nena" Salcedo adds tequila, vodka and rum to a cabernet for a sangria that sounds like a good recipe for a hangover. The owner of Nena's Mexican Cuisine at the Waterfront Warehouse in downtown Stockton serves her version fresh with citrus slices over ice, making one glass at a time and forgoing the overnight soak of the fruit. It's based on a combination served in her hometown of Jiquilpan, Michoac�n, Mexico.
"You've got to use a big glass because it's a big drink," Salcedo said. "To make it pretty you can slice an orange or a lime."
At the other end of the spectrum is a light sangria from Susan Ripken, owner of Ripken Vineyards and Winery in Lodi. There's no hard alcohol in the Ripken sangria. Instead, she combines a dry ros� wine with blood orange soda. Her recipe comes from one used a few years ago for parties at the winery. A 2005 Ripken sangiovese vintage was the inspiration for the punch. The sangiovese is no longer available, but the recipe is adaptable.
Ripken, who is winemaker at her business, suggests wines with a fruity undertone for sangrias. That doesn't mean cloying. Dry wines or medium bodied wines with a hint of flavor are her preference. Sweetness comes from the fruit and other add-ins, so don't look for a sugary wine to start with. Think petite sirah for a red sangria or viognier for a white, she recommended. A good old Spanish red is another good bet. Read labels and look for fruity descriptions.
"It doesn't have to be sweet with residual sugar," Ripken said. Ripken gives her fruits about two hours to soak in the wine, but there are no rules as far as the infusion.
"Some sangrias will soak for five days," she said. "In Mexico they just keep it out and keep adding stuff to it."
Ruben Larrazolo isn't fond of long soak times either, contending the sliced citrus or other floaters soak up the flavor of the wine. His solution is to freeze fruits and use them to chill the sangria rather than steeping them.
"When you're ready to serve, just drop it into the sangria," he said.
The owner of Alebrijes Mexican Bistro in Lodi also stays away from sodas or other sugared drinks, preferring agave syrup or a fruity liqueur to sweeten his sangria. Larrazolo has taken the fruit drink concept a step further with 15 fruit- and herb-infused tequilas at his bistro.
As for wines, Larrazolo keeps it cheap and full-bodied. Think merlot or cabernet. Think $5 a bottle.
The wine "doesn't have to be expensive because you're going to mix it with stuff," he said. "You want to go for a full-bodied wine and (one that's) a little dry. You don't want it too sweet.
"That will make a perfect, perfect sangria," according to Larrazolo. "The key for the sangria is fresh ingredients."
Citrus is a good start, he said. If you prefer peach, toss some fresh in the blender and stir it into the wine. Fruit nectars are another way to add a bit of natural sugar, as are liqueurs. Try Solerno blood orange liqueur. A little fizz is also nice, perhaps a sparkling water. Not too much or it will dilute the wine.
"Always look for the fruit flavors." Don't skimp on the real thing though. "You always want to have some garnish of fresh fruit," he said.
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Despite my best efforts I'm still working on a Windows Forms project from a few months ago. Apart from the fact that it's helping me to appreciate WPF in a big way (particularly the way that modifying complex layouts is so much easier in XAML) it's also raising issues that I should really be aware of by now.
One of these is that the data source for a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn's list contents must have a public access modifier (assuming you're binding to an IList). This is so trivial I'm only mentioning it because it caused me a hour of grief last night trying to work out why my DataGridView wasn't playing ball. I wrongly assumed that I could use the internal access modifier and all would be well as long as the class was in the same project as the DataGridView. Not so – as long as the fields being bound to the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties are public, then all is well (even if the class itself is internal).
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internal class MyListSourceClass
public string Description {get;set;}
public string Value {get;set;}
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List<MyListSourceClass> listSource = GetListDataFromSomewhere();
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but if we change the access modifiers on the Description and Value fields of MyListSourceClass then all sorts of nonsense happens. I'm so looking forward to getting back to WPF.


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Core to the Australian Office of Financial Management's (AOFM) responsibilities are financing the Government's budget requirements (through debt issuance), managing its daily cash balances in the Official Public Account (OPA) and managing the Australian Government Securities (AGS) portfolio. While global financial market conditions were volatile at times throughout the year, the overall circumstances were conducive to readily achieving the 2014‑15 issuance task. On balance, AGS yields were appreciably lower towards the end of 2014‑15 than at year commencement, with most of the bond market rally occurring in the latter part of 2014 and early part of calendar 2015. While lower than the previous year, the issuance programme for 2014‑15 was still substantial at $78 billion in gross terms.
The issuance strategy for the year focused on further developing the 'long and very long‑end' of the yield curve. This is consistent with the AOFM having gradually weighted new issuance into longer maturities, the purpose of which is to reduce the Government's medium to long‑term exposure to interest rate volatility (through reducing the amount of funding it needs to raise overtime) and to 'smooth' the maturity profile of the outstanding stock of debt over a longer period. The average term to maturity of new issuance during 2014‑15 was over 10 years. With interest rates very low compared to historical experience, the long issuance bias remains an appropriate strategy for managing the costs and risks of the growing AGS portfolio
While market conditions have proved conducive the AOFM has been steadily lengthening the yield curve. Consistent with this and the AOFM's stated aim of establishing a number of maturities around 20‑years, two new maturities were introduced in the 'very long‑end' during the year.
The United States (US) Federal Reserve began a wind‑down of its asset buying programme in December of 2013 and since then there has been considerable speculation as to when it would begin to raise the Federal Funds rate. As AGS yields tend to track changes in US Treasury bond yields, broad financial market expectations imply that there will be an increase in AGS yields following the commencement of such action on the part of the US Federal Reserve; but by year end this action had not commenced. At the same time, further uncertainty in Europe related to the possible widespread implications of a sovereign default within the European Union, and continuing low interest rate settings in Japan, have created some countervailing influences on bond yields.
Issuance to support the financing task
The Government's budget financing requirement in 2014‑15 was fully met through regular competitive tenders and the use of syndications to establish a number of new maturities for the Treasury Bond yield curve. The regular supply of bonds to the market is recognised as an important role of sovereign issuers, as is the transparent and predictable delivery of issuance programs while maintaining sensible operational flexibility to manage periods of heightened market volatility.
Gross Treasury Bond issuance for the year totalled approximately $74 billion. Favourable market opportunities were used to establish four new Treasury Bond lines. In the 'short‑end' there were October 2019 and November 2020 maturities (to support the 3‑year futures contracts; to assist with reducing growth in the amount outstanding in future years in surrounding bond lines; and to reduce future within year funding requirement peaks). The 10‑year futures contract was supported by continuing issuance into existing maturities. In the 'very long‑end' new bond lines with maturity dates in April 2037 and June 2035 were established.
The AGS market continues to exhibit a diversity of investor types (with a wide geographic spread) and has retained strong 'price making' competition amongst a number of (intermediary) banks. The proportion of outstanding AGS owned by non‑resident investors appears to have peaked several years ago and the number of new central banks and sovereign wealth funds entering the market has diminished markedly. Domestic and non‑resident investor interest in 'long' and 'very long' dated maturities continued to emerge though 2014‑15 and this assisted in achieving a 'long‑end' issuance bias.
For Treasury Indexed Bonds, gross issuance for the year totalled approximately $4 billion. No new maturities were established during the year, but a programme of regular bi‑monthly competitive tenders was completed as planned. The Treasury Indexed Bond market for AGS continued to be dominated by domestic investor interest.
Once again the AOFM continued its programme of regular engagement with the market (both domestically and internationally). It also maintained its established practice of taking account of prevailing market conditions and feedback from financial market contacts about investor demand when selecting the bond lines to issue each week.
Portfolio management and outcomes
Throughout 2014‑15 the AOFM continued with its aim of increasing the average term to maturity (and duration) of the debt portfolio. The weighted average term to maturity of the stock of Treasury Bonds outstanding at the end of the year was 6.5 years, which has been increasing steadily from around 4.8 years at the end of 2009‑10.
Once again, sufficient periods of favourable market conditions and steadily growing interest by investors for longer dated AGS combined to allow for the overall portfolio objective to be further progressed. As noted above, this reduces the exposure of the Government to volatility in interest rates (and more specifically delays the impact on debt servicing costs of a future prolonged increase in the cost of borrowing). The issuance of Treasury Bonds with relatively long terms to maturity in a historically low interest rate environment remains a cost‑effective means of achieving this aim. As an example, issuing $1 billion in 20‑year bonds in a particular year avoids the need to issue and re‑issue $4 billion in five‑year bonds over the same period.
Residential mortgage‑backed securities
Although the AOFM has ceased investment in new residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), it continues to manage the existing portfolio to maturity.
In May 2015 the Treasurer issued a Direction that instructed the AOFM to commence a regular programme of divestment of the remaining RMBS portfolio. A programme of monthly competitive auctions was developed and commenced in late June 2015. The rate at which the divestment programme can be achieved will be dependent on a number of factors. One noticeable factor is investor demand for RMBS via the secondary market as compared with new primary market issuance as it becomes available. Another influencing factor will be credit market conditions generally, which will have an impact on the prices investors are willing to pay for RMBS notes offered at the regular auctions.
Looking ahead
The AOFM remains mindful of the need to consider further AGS market developments. While driven in large part by portfolio management objectives, these considerations will also be influenced by a number of related factors and will cover options for further yield curve extensions and the establishment of new maturities (issuance points) within the existing yield curve structures. Issuing new maturities in support of the three‑year and 10‑year futures market contracts remains a priority, as is further consolidation of a 20‑year benchmark. The establishment of a 20‑year futures contract by the ASX is an important market development which the AOFM views as complementary to its 'long' strategic issuance bias. The AOFM will also continue to monitor liquidity and how that may be affected by the outstanding size of individual bond lines; the structure of the market; and further regulatory developments that may impact sovereign bond market liquidity.
Rob Nicholl
Chief Executive Officer
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Bachus & Schanker, LLC, LLC attorneys, Equity Partner Chris Elliott and Brian Downing, associate, recently won million dollar+ verdicts in less than one week.
On July 31, Bachus & Schanker, LLC secured a verdict for Leonard Chanda, who was shot five times in the back by his neighbor, Stephen Barber. The 2011 incident occurred in The Pinery neighborhood in Parker, Colo. Chanda survived, but spent the next month in intensive care, followed by two weeks in rehabilitation to heal from multiple internal injuries, including brain trauma. Chanda filed a civil case to compensate for his injuries, and received a jury verdict of nearly $2.3 million. Bachus & Schanker, LLC attorney Brian Downing tried this case to its successful conclusion.
Less than one week later, the firm won a $1.5 million jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Kenneth Farrell. In May 2012, Farrell was driving on Belleview Avenue when a car driven by 18-year-old Aaron Thane made an illegal U-turn across three lanes of traffic, colliding with Farrell's vehicle and then into a tree. Thane died at the scene and Farrell suffered serious injuries to his arm, back and neck.
Thane's family filed a wrongful death suit against Farrell, but the jury overwhelmingly determined that Thane was at fault. Bachus & Schanker, LLC equity partner Chris Elliott represented Farrell in his countersuit, for which he received the $1.5 million verdict.
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I wrote something on my personal Facebook page the other day about how sometimes, the best thing to do is nothing, that sometimes things have ways of working themselves out. Too many times, parents are urged to do something about their child being autistic. Your kid stims, so you employ an ABA therapist to stop it. Your kid holds their pencil the wrong way, they're too sensitive to certain fabrics and textures, and you put them through occupational therapy. They can't speak at age 2, so you put them through speech therapy. I am not saying all of these are bad. I'm not. It just seems to me like people tend to go overboard. What four year old actually needs 40 hours of ABA coupled with both OT and speech with perhaps a dash of physical therapy added in as necessary? What are we trying to accomplish here? Are we aiming to help our kids navigate the world the best way they can or are we pushing them to be less autistic?
So many times, I see this therapy or that get the credit for a delayed developmental milestone. My daughter's language improved and my parents want to credit the ABA, while I want to say, well, perhaps, but maybe it was our instinct to label everything in the house and treat her like a person who understands what we're saying – in other words, presuming competence. I've heard other people talk about their success with gfcf diets and how that caused their child to start talking. I am not saying that it has no impact, because it might. But when are we going to get it into our heads that autism is a developmental disability and as such, our growth and development is delayed but not stagnant, and sometimes, it just happens naturally?
My son had the same level of speech issues as my daughter, but we didn't put him through tons of speech therapy like we did with her. He managed to begin speaking on his own and while he has a few issues with language, he can speak well, express his thoughts and be understood by most. My kids are different and I'm not saying that I think that the same thing would have definitely happened with my daughter. What I am saying is that maybe we need to chill out just a bit, let them be kids, and don't worry so much about doing every therapy there is.
Our goal should always be to do what is best to help our child succeed. That doesn't need to be some extreme 45 hours a week therapy or intensive program. Sometimes, it's just meeting them where they are, understanding what exactly they need to handle the world, and pushing for them to have the accommodations they need.
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In the St. Vrain Valley School District, we discuss Internet safety and responsible use with all students, but we know how valuable your role as a parent is in keeping your child safe online. We have provided links to resources on Internet Safety for parents below and we encourage you to check out the information we provide to our teachers on the teacher resource page.
Our district recommends parents look at the resources provided by Common Sense Media for teaching internet safety concepts to students. The site includes tips from basic online safety, reviews of movies, music, television, and video games to setting parental controls on the iPhone. We have highlighted some of their resources below, but the site provides many more resources.
Resource Recommendations for Parents
A great place to start is by viewing 'Rules of the Road for Parents in the Digital Age' page on Common Sense Media.
Common Sense Media also provides a very good collection of topics around Parent Concerns.
Finally, we encourage you to talk to your child about his or her use of technology resources for learning. Our goal is to provide a rich educational environment for our students which includes the appropriate use of digital resources.
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Steven Rose
The ability to access current events information has never been easier, but students understanding of current events often seems to have the depth of a sound bite. Most major newspapers make todays edition available free online (although they usually charge for access to archives) and provide classroom paper subscriptions, often at reduced rates. Weekly magazines such as Time and Newsweek offer great discounts to secondary-level teachers, and they also publish kid-friendly sisters to their regular publications, for example, Time for Kids for younger readers. The television cable Channel 1 has brought its own brand of news coverage into a great many classrooms, providing free cable hookups and television sets in the bargain. How can social studies teachers make most effective use of these resources and lead their students to delve more deeply into the news of the day? The following is a collection of activities that social studies teachers can use to supplement their curriculum. All of the social studies curriculum standards are reflected in one or more of these activities (depending in part on the topic chosen), but standards 2 Time, Continuity, and Change; 5 Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; and 6 Power, Authority, and Governance would be particularly emphasized.1
The News Media: Pros. . .
There are advantages and disadvantages to using current events publications and the like in the social studies classroom. Newspapers, current event magazines and TV news are obviously relevant to people living today, and the knowledgeable teacher should have little trouble relating popular issues of the day to historical events and themes as well as other areas of the social studies. Current events publications can easily be edited and winnowed to the teachers purpose, especially with on-line editions, where one can cut and paste articles of particular relevance. The same is true of pieces presented on television with the use of VCR technology. This is entirely within the boundaries of copyright laws as long as the selection and editing of the same is spontaneous and is used within 45 days of recording and within the first 10 school days of that 45-day period. 2
Newspapers are usually comprehensible to the majority of middle- and secondary-level students. For teachers committed to interdisciplinary studies and the development of language literacy in general, both newspapers and mainstream current events magazines model the effective and articulate use of language. Many newspapers have a weekly feature (often close to the comics page) that is written especially for children. These features are often of high quality.
. . . and Cons
On the downside, the nature of any report about a current event is that it is newly created. Planning a lesson around events that are in flux can be somewhat frenetic. Copyright laws dictate that materials taken from copyrighted sources be used in a brief window of time, so many materials cannot be saved from year to year. The simple fact that these resources are not directly a part of a textbook dictates that the planning is relatively labor intensive, although it can be extremely rewarding.
Another challenge with regard to using current events in the classroom is deciding what to focus on and what to exclude. Time is the historians (and teachers) friend, because time helps to sort out which events were part of the noise of everyday living, and which events carried consequences that lasted into the future. One of the challenges of living in the information age is deciding what to pay attention to.
How To Do It
On page P2 are suggestions for ways to integrate information and concepts found in newspaper and current events magazines into the social studies classroom. These ideas are certainly not exhaustive, but they should provide an array of activities for the social studies teacher who is seeking to engage students with current events and their many connections with history.
1. National Council for the Social Studies, Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (Washington, DC: NCSS, 1994).
2. Peggy Hoon, ed., Guidelines for Educational Use of Copyrighted Materials (Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1997).
Steven Rose is an associate professor and is Coordinator of Secondary Practica and Student Teaching at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
Using the News in Your Classroom
1. Have students read an article or newspaper piece related to an area of history the class is studying and draw parallels. For example, a new story on the activities of neo-Nazi groups in the United States or other nations can motivate students for the study of Hitlers Germany; controversy over the proposed merger of large corporations can evoke curiosity about the anti-trust legislation of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the debate over drilling oil in Alaska could lead into a lesson on how this land became part of the United States.
2. Students can select their favorite stories from the straight news section of a daily newspaper and explain their choice, given dominant themes in the discipline being studied in their social studies class. The teacher could also limit student choices to three or four such articles then facilitate a pick your corner group activity. (In pick your corner students group themselves based on their preference for a given idea or argument. Each group develops a rationale for its choice, then shares that rationale with the class as a whole, hoping to gain adherents to its argument, who can then physically join its corner.)
3. To develop language literacy and critical thinking, have students analyze a story of interest to them in terms of the classic concerns of journalistic writing: who, what, when, where, how, and why. If the why is not developed, have students brainstorm a rationale for this omission.
4. In a similar vein, provide students with a copy of a news article, but with the headline omitted. Have students, working individually, try to write a headline for the piece. Then, in small groups, students can either merge their ideas or select the best headline. Provide the actual headline at the end of the exercise and compare it with some of the students creations.
5. Have students write a fictional story based on a news article. For example, students might invent a likely eye-witness account (I carried sand bags to the levy), or speak in the voice of a historical figure (Sojourner Truth) commenting on a current event (slavery as it exists today). Variations in format would include a play, audio broadcast, and so on.
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8. Have students compare the reportage of a major news event between two mediasay the local paper and national televisionalthough comparison between a major daily paper and a weekly magazine will also shed light on the variety of news reporting. Does every medium provide the same information?
9. Have students collect a month or so of front page news stories and categorize the topics of these stories. Compare these topics with those recurring in their history texts.
10. Present students with a news article on a popular topic, then with an editorial concerning the same topic. Have them examine both pieces and contrast them in terms of the information provided.
11. Visit on-line versions of major international papers and local papers, then have students contrast the journalistic treatment given to major news stories (for example, a military action or a debate over the genetic engineering of food crops) in papers in different nations.
12. Count the number of pages in each section of the paper: the national news, state or local news, sports, and so on. Ask students why these different areas of news get the attention, the page space, that they do.
13. Have students select a hot issue provided by a weekly current events magazine, survey their classmates and faculty to gauge opinion and background knowledge on the issue, and tally their results. Students could design graphs and charts to display the data, then compare the results with national polls. Very basic sampling techniques and basic statistical principles could be introduced or reinforced.
14. Compare ads that have been published in newspapers and magazines in the past (many of which are available on line). How do ads reflect the lifestyles of that time? Do todays ads reveal the values of our society today?
15. Analyze advertising in terms of techniques used to sell products and services. Most broadcast media depend on advertising to survive, so it is ever present, and ought to be viewed with a critical eye. Advertising ploys include: a) The bandwagon: everyone is buying it; b) Appeal to authority: a football star endorses an electric shaver or a car; c) Snob appeal: owning a given product carries special status and prestige; d) Glittering generalities: claims that stretch the evidence, such as Sugaroos are part of a balanced breakfast; e) Camaraderie: endorsements by an average consumer, a person like yourself; f) Glamour transfer: the attributes of the pitch person will be transferred to the purchaser for example, a beautiful young woman drinks a bottle of cola.


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A really simple but impressive looking biscuit recipe here for shortbread biscuits. One is flavoured with vanilla, the other with chocolate. Can't decide which one to have? Roll them up into funky looking wheels and have both!
Makes about 20
Vanilla biscuit dough:
- 50g softened butter
- 25g caster sugar
- 25g cornflour
- 50g plain flour
- ½ large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate biscuit dough:
- 50g softened butter
- 25g caster sugar
- 25g cornflour
- 40g plain flour
- ½ large egg
- 15g cocoa powder
1. Firstly, make each of the doughs by creaming the butter and sugar together, mixing in the egg, sifting the dry ingredients over the top and mixing until the dough comes together.
2. Wrap each dough separately in glad wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes until firm.
3. Flour your work surface lightly and roll each dough out (separately) to a piece 25 x 18cm . Place the vanilla dough on top of the chocolate dough and roll up tightly. Re-wrap the roll in glad wrap and place back in the fridge to chill for a further 30 minutes.
4. Pre-heat your oven now to 180°C and remove the dough from the fridge, cutting 20 slices and placing them on a lined baking tray. Make sure the dough is very firm before you start cutting the biscuits or else, again, they may become misshaped.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until the vanilla biscuit is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and serve, warm or cool, with a cuppa.


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Former Wells Fargo Bank Employee Indicted
POCATELLO – Carlos E. Juarez, 26, of Rexburg, Idaho, a former Wells Fargo Bank employee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Pocatello for financial institution fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. A jury trial is set for May 14, 2012, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
The indictment alleges that between August and November 2011, Juarez willfully embezzled and misapplied certain monies and funds of Wells Fargo Bank, valued at approximately $11,101, by arranging unauthorized loans from customers' accounts.
The charge is punishable by up to 30 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and up to three years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and Wells Fargo Bank.
An indictment is a means of charging a person with criminal activity. It is not evidence. The person is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.


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The Epidemiology of the Proposed DSM-5 Hoarding Disorder: Exploration of the Acquisition Specifier, Associated Features, and Distress [CME]
Kiara R. Timpano, PhD; Cornelia Exner, PhD; Heide Glaesmer, PhD; Winfried Rief, PhD; Aparna Keshaviah, ScM; Elmar Brähler, PhD; and Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
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Objective: Compulsive hoarding, characterized by the acquisition of and failure to discard a large number of possessions, is increasingly recognized as a significant public health burden. Many facets of the phenomenology, including an understanding of the population prevalence and associated features, are not yet fully understood. There is growing evidence that hoarding may warrant its own diagnosis in DSM-5, and it is therefore imperative to investigate the proposed cardinal symptoms along with correlated features that may be diagnostically relevant.
Method: The present investigation examined the point prevalence of hoarding disorder in a nationally representative sample from the German population (N = 2,512). The hoarding definition considered in this study was derived from the Hoarding Rating Scale (HRS) and informed by 3 of the proposed DSM-5 criteria. Several hypothesized core components of hoarding disorder were also assessed using questions from the HRS and the UCLA Hoarding Severity Scale, including types of acquisition, perfectionism, indecision, procrastination, distress, and impairment. Data were collected from May 16, 2009, to June 19, 2009.
Results: Analyses revealed a current population estimate of 5.8%. Hoarding prevalence did not differ between men and women. Hoarders were significantly more likely to buy items, acquire free things, and steal items they did not need, compared to nonhoarders (P < .001). Perfectionism, indecision, and procrastination were all uniquely and significantly associated with hoarding status (P < .001). Relationships between the proposed core features and distress/impairment are also detailed.
Conclusions: The current investigation identified the proposed hoarding disorder as a highly prevalent syndrome; however, it should be noted that we were not able to fully ascertain the DSM-5 criteria and that the current estimate may be higher than the actual population rate. Future research on the diagnostic criteria and associated features will be necessary to help clarify etiologic underpinnings, treatment efforts, and diagnostic nosology.
J Clin Psychiatry 2011;72(6):780–786
Submitted: July 2, 2010; accepted October 20, 2010 (doi:10.4088/JCP.10m06380).
Corresponding author: Kiara R. Timpano, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146 (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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L.A. likely shorthanded in Arena's first game
With all the parity in Major League Soccer, midseason acquisitions can be crucial to a team's fortunes as the race for the playoffs heats up. Key additions to the roster led to bottom-of-the-table San Jose comprehensively beating the New England Revolution, the newly crowned SuperLiga champs. Now the "MLS Primetime Thursday" matchup showcases whether a team that has brought in a new star player will outduel one that has opted for new administration.
The Chicago Fire acquired Brian McBride in July, but had to wait until his stint with the U.S. Olympic team was over to benefit from his skill as a target forward. McBride made his debut in the second half of last week's match versus D.C. United. He did quite well for someone who had little time to get familiar with his new teammates, but the Fire still suffered a loss.
The Los Angeles Galaxy, however, are on a winless streak of eight games, a run so dire that general manager Alexi Lalas was fired and coach Ruud Gullit resigned. Team owners AEG lost little time installing former U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena as general manager and head coach. Dave Sarachan has also joined the staff as associate head coach.
Five story lines to follow
1. Bruce Arena, team savior?
Hopes were high for the U.S. squad in 1998 after a respectable showing in the previous World Cup. Instead, the talent of the team just didn't mesh on the field, producing an inconsistent effort that resulted in a quick exit. Arena, who won two MLS championships with D.C. United, barreled into a volatile situation fearlessly, taking over for the outgoing Steve Sampson. Arena was credited with making important decisions that turned the mentality of players around and laid the groundwork for a successful U.S. showing in 2002.
Looking at those credentials, Arena seems like a perfect fit for the Galaxy. It's evident that he has talent.
"With Landon Donovan and David Beckham, I've got good things to work with," Arena said on his first day of practice.
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However, Arena's MLS success came at the very start of the league, with a powerhouse D.C. roster. His record as coach of Red Bull New York was decidedly mediocre (16-16-10 in the regular season), and the 2006 edition of the U.S. national team was anything but impressive at the World Cup.
2. Sarachan strikes back
The Galaxy's associate head coach knows the Fire team well because he used to coach the squad until he was relieved of the post last year. Sarachan has already been drilling the beleaguered Galaxy defense in tactical schemes to blunt the Fire attack. He has been Arena's first coaching lieutenant in many situations before, and Sarachan would like nothing better than to prove that Chicago made a mistake by sending him away.
3. World Cup repercussions
The World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and the U.S. on Wednesday affects Galaxy players on both sides, as Carlos Ruiz and Landon Donovan will line up for their respective national squads. Both are expected to be back for the MLS match, but they'll be on weary legs because the two are crucial players for their teams. Arena will likely avoid using either for anything other than a few substitute minutes. David Beckham will not travel back from his stint with England in time to face the Fire.
It's not as if Chicago is unaffected, either. Gonzalo Segares, Marco Pappa and Cuauhtemoc Blanco have been called up for Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico, respectively. It's possible that one or more will only see a little playing time, though, and that could work out nicely for the Fire.
4. Defense wins championships
The Fire sit third in the Eastern conference, and the team has generally displayed a solid defensive effort, especially as compared to the sieve that is the Galaxy defense. With Beckham unavailable and Ruiz and Donovan likely limited, the pressure is on Los Angeles to find a way to score to secure a result. The bottom line is that even if they do manage a goal, no one will believe the Galaxy can be a playoff contender if the defense doesn't improve drastically.
5. No place like home
Galaxy fans have had little to cheer for, since their team hasn't won in a good while. While many might welcome change, it could take a while for them to warm up to Arena, given that his D.C. United squads were bitter rivals of the Galaxy. Fan reaction could be subdued until the wins start arriving.
Meanwhile, Blanco enjoys a huge amount of support from many Mexican fans in the L.A. area. It could very well be that the Fire players end up feeling like the home squad.
Five players to watch
1. Edson Buddle
Arena traded Buddle out of New York in 2007 for Tim Regan, a defender that isn't even in the league any more. Although the strong forward has had an impressive season with the Galaxy thus far, he could regress if he feels stuck with a coach who does not believe in him.
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2. Alan Gordon
A clutch header in stoppage time by Gordon salvaged a draw in the team's previous game. Gordon may look awkward on the ball numerous times, but if he finds a way to get the job done for L.A. under pressure, he could be the team's saving grace.
3. Jon Busch
Busch is the general of the Chicago defense, and his hyper energy helps fuel the efforts of the back line in front of him. If he makes a good save early on, the entire team can ride that momentum to a good result.
4. Brian McBride
He was still getting his legs under him in his first game with the Fire, but now that McBride has gotten a little more time with the squad, he should make more of an impact. The tall forward is deadly in the air when he is able to get good service from teammates.
5. Justin Mapp
Depending on the toll that travel and international play take on Blanco, Mapp will likely have to step up his playmaking duties.
Andrea Canales covers MLS and women's college soccer for ESPNsoccernet. She also writes for soccer365.com and contributes to a blog, Sideline Views. She can be contacted at email@example.com.
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