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Readers react to Hermann's change of nationality
Readers react to Hermann's change of nationality{mosimage}Our April Fool's Day story, about Hermann deciding to race for the United States, garnered almost 100 e-mails from excited ski fans. Most, but not all, gathered that it was a joke.
Ski Racing was taking part for the first time in a tradition embraced by our sister publications at Inside Communications. Inside Triathlon reported yesterday that that sport could become drug-free, and VeloNews reported that WADA chairman Dick Pound was slated to take over the UCI.
Ski Racing weren't the only ones out there with a good ski-related story up. A site called PoliticsNH.com reported that Bode Miller planned a congressional run, and one of the champion's fan sites reported that Miller was moving to the Austrian team.
Here are some of the letters Ski Racing received in response to our story about Hermann Maier's plans to ski in the U.S. Ski Team uniform…
"Yo Serge, you April Fool. I suppose Hermann will be shacking up with Gerald Ford in Vail?? Or will he take up residence in the Game Creek Club. His rent? He must provide fresh elk every day…"
"Sure, and the Pope underwent a death-bed conversion to Islam, and Bill Clinton announces he is gay. And it's April 1…"
"I read your article about Herman Maier skiing for the United States next year and I'm having a hard time believing it especially considering today is April fools day. I just thought it was interesting that the story got released today. I'm very curious to read the any follow up articles on this, to find out if its true or not."
"I can understand Hermann Maier's decision very well. I'm sure it's less painful to be beaten by Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves if they're your teammates. Nice to read about Schwarzenegger being involved! He and Maier probably share the lowest level of charm. Happy 1st of April from Switzerland guys!"
'This is the kind of news that can only happen, well … once a year. This must be the biggest Austria-to-US ski event since the Von Trapps. A suggestion to the US Ski Team: publicize it with a TV ad featuring a big, sweeping helicopter shot of the Herminator climbing up an alpine trail gleefully singing "Climb Every Mountain" at the top of his lungs.
I'm assuming Benni Raich is next. After all, he sort of looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but slim and non-self-aggrandizing … which, I suppose, is not like Arnold Schwarzenneger at all. Oh well. Fix him up with a Bush daughter or something. The blonde one, I think.
The willingness of the US government to throw aside law, past practice and reason for the sake of world ski domination is very encouraging. My hope is that this is just the first step. After all, those European countries scarcely have armies and are kind of wimpy when it comes to using them (with the possible exception of Great Britain, but they only have like one ski racer anyway, and they ski on plastic)."
'This might be one of the greatest stories in the history of the sport. I'd like to prompt you guys to make a list of the 10 greatest new stories in ski racing history. I would be interested to see where you rank this one.'
'Dude, nice story about Herman Maier. I even emailed the editor, then I saw the byline. Serge Boguslavsky, nice one. F–k you're totally going to publish my email, aren't you?
-Charles (same one, four minutes later)
'NO Way……..April Fools……Right……Our industry isn't smart enough to think of bringing this much attention to the sport…..Any way today will be like buying that lottery ticket that I know I am not going to win , but sure brings on a lot of neat dreams…..I guess I will have to wait and see If it is true……Daron , Body and HERMAN could even this bring us some more NASCAR type FANS to our sport.
'Wow! This is pretty amazing. Will this encourage Bode to form his own series or retire from the World Cup? Unfortunately, as has become the norm in sports, it's all about the money. There is no allegiance to a national team or an athlete's fans. I would not be a huge Bode Miller fan if he skied for Austria or another country; rather, it is because he is an American that I support him in his efforts against the best Europe can throw at him.
'Talk about icing on the cake, this is it.'
'I thoroughly enjoyed your (coincidentally) April 1 story on Hermann Maier's imminent relocation. But of course you left out the most crucial information about Hermann Maier's motivation to become an American: (1) As buddy Arnold Schwartzenegger explained, in this country, Austrians who can no longer lift weights (A) make movies; (B) get to be governor; and (C) don't even have to pronounce correctly the name of their new home state. (2) Actual beaches, to go with the beach muscles. And (3) For the first time in your adult life, you get to hear the phrase "Hermann who?"
'Is the Ski racing story about Hermann Maier becoming a US citizen so he can race on the US team an April Fools joke? I can't find any other stories on the web relating to this.'
'I a 50/50 on this story..I am willing to believe that this isn't an April fools story, because Ski Racing magazine is too credible to run a story like that if it isn't factual..besides, I know Herman Maier likes the Vail Valley, and what a great place for him to retire in couple of years with the$ he made from sponsorships, and become an ambassador for Vail/Beaver Creek.'
"Gentlemen, Perhaps you missed the AP news wire that announced Bide Miller's actual plans for next season…In a shocking announcement, Bode Miller, winner of this year's crystal globe in the overall for the most consistent ski racer in the world finally outlined his plans for next season. I a typically curt response to yet another 2006 Olympics question, Bode said, 'You [the media] have really gotten to me. I talked about the possibility of not being on the USST next year and now I can say that I'm moving to Jamaica!' Amid gasps and oohs, Bode continued, 'I was contacted by a dreadlocked man in Lenzerhide after I stumbled out of a bar before the Super G. I thought, 'just what I need!' But to my surprise, he had a Jamaican passport and a contract for the bobsled team.' While Bode has no bobsledding experience, the Jamaicans said, 'Bode be ire wit us man. He be knowin' ice better than us all and he be likin' da speed. He also completely compatible with our substance policies. We out!…While all of the details have not been publicized, USST head Marlot said, 'Thank god we got Herman!'
Happy April 1!"
'If you are going to make an April fools joke, it should be believable.'
'I looked throughout the article on Maier for the inevitable "April Fool" acknowledgement….Maier, a "Yank"?!?…was Ken Read asleep on this one?'
'That was an awesome article on the website. Very thought out and creative. But come on, April Fools right! I mean the picture looks as if it is Hermann's head on Daron's body. Anyway, great trick and you guys almost had me! But if I am wrong well then that is some crazy s@#t.'
'Right?? Serge Boguslavsky??? Bogus…..?? Too weird. Is the same as the Sidd Finch episode in SI so many years ago? If true, sad. If not true, then this is a good way to shake up the Austrians.'-Vernon
'Serge, From one Slav to another, thank you for an exciting story…I am a first genera
tion Slovak American, and I am really into geneology. Is Boguslavsky Slovak? Just checking.'
'Y'know, I just got off the phone with a staff member at USST, and apparently no one has a clue about this article on Hermann. Are they in denial, or is this a cruel April Fool's joke?? It's a good one, I must admit, especially the super imposed photo of Hermann over Bode's jacket! They all think I'm nuts at USSA. BTW, I also work for them, so it's not like I don't have a clue regarding the latest stuff. Kudos to you guys, whether you fashioned this cruel joke, or got the scoop!!'
'April Fools, right? What is next, Arnold for president? Funny this comes at a time when Bode is talking up a private team because US racers are making squat compared to othe athletes.'
'I read your news flash on the Hermanator . You almost had me fooled , Then I just remember what today is… very good. And it's good to see you here at the US Alpine Championships in Mammoth and with a booth . thanks for the stickers.'
'Hahah. Very very convincing. You had me going for awhile until i read the author's name. BOGUSlavsky. Im very impressed and ill tell every ski fan i know!'
'Wow, I have to hand it to you guys, this is one heck of a april fool's day joke; "Maier in full USST regalia" I would sure like to see that…'


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The college requisite coffee stop pre-class is no news story; morning caffeine has been a necessity since some masochistic professor decided that 8am classes were a great idea. But because of the early morning alarm clocks there seems to be a dress code from the little coffee houses to the classroom of pajamas and sweatshirts, which unless you're rocking the rag & bone pajama blouse, just isn't going to cut it.
That being said, this week's Fashionista surprised me with her hippie-chic leggings and boots ensemble at 7 am on my mad dash for an Anna Wintour special (no sugar, perfect temp). The earth-toned outfit stood out against the sea of black and gray like a breath of crisp colorful air. Her carefree attitude was so sunny that I felt almost like taking a hit of it would completely negate my need for the slow-roasted beans, which is exactly what an early morning class outfit should inspire in onlookers. And all this in what I like to call the wee hours of the morning before anyone has any reason to be cheery.
A frequenter of Urban Outfitters and online shopper of Free People, this Fashionista thrives on the same down-to-earth style choices that make Zoe Kravitz and Nicole Richie such style mavens. Sticking with tribal-lined Steve Maddens and a comfy sweater, her style secret for the early risers (even the reluctant ones) is just to wear what you feel.
One Simple Change: Though the laid-back style of leggings and sweater ensemble is perfect for the boho look, it does have a tendency to be inappropriate for a class presentation or first impressions. To make this look a little more put together, try adding a chic top bun hairstyle and dark skinny jeans like 7 for All Mankind's high-waisted skinnies. These additions will make the look a little more grown-up while still maintaining the laid back back sweater feel and slender leg look.

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10 Worst Computer Viruses Of All Time
What are the worst computer viruses of all time?...
These days computer viruses are a well known menace of the Internet. They can wipe your data, tie up Internet traffic, turn your computer into a slave, replicate and send themselves to other computers.
According to Consumer Reports, computer viruses have contribute to $8.5 billion in consumer losses in 2008 alone.
The concept of computer viruses has been around since 1949, when a scientist named John Von Neumann theorized a self replicating program was possible. Within a decade of the birth of the computer industry, someone had already figured out how to infect unsuspecting users, however it would take another decade before programmers would be able write viruses and distribute them to the masses.
The first viruses were aimed at larger computer systems, it wasn't until the introduction of the personal computer that viruses were brought to public attention.
These self replicating malicious programs were first described by doctoral student Fred Cohen, who likened them to 'viruses', the name has stuck ever since.
In the 1980's, viruses depended on the actions of humans to spread. Hackers would write the viruses to disks and distribute the disks to other people. But as modems became a common part of every home and office computer, the world wide web network transformed into a fertile breading ground for viruses to spread.
Today we think of computer viruses as programs that transmit themselves via the Internet, infecting computers through email, instant messenger, or corrupt web links.
Programs like these can spread exponentially when distributed via the Internet
So what are the ten worst computer viruses of all time?
10. Melissa
In the spring of 1999, a programmer named David L. Smith wrote a virus based on a Microsoft Word macro, he built the virus so that it would spread through e-mail. The virus, named 'Melissa' after an exotic dancer from Florida, was one of the first viruses to gain public attention.
Melissa tempted users to open an e-mail titled similar to, "Here is that document you asked for, don't show it to anybody else." With the virus activated, it replicated and forward itself to the top 50 people in the recipients e-mail address book.
The virus spread rapidly after Smith unleashed it upon the world. The US Federal Government became highly interested in Smith's work after the virus "wreaked havoc on government and private sector networks" .
The increase in e-mail global email traffic forced some companies to discontinue e-mail programs until the virus was contained.
Smith was subsequently taken to court and after a lengthy trial he received a 20 month jail sentence and $5,000 fine. The court also banned him from accessing computer network without court authorization.
In the end, Melissa didn't completely cripple the Internet, but it did bring viruses to the attention of the public.
The next digital menace to emerge came from the Philippines. The sweetly named ILOVEYOU virus came in the form of worm – a standalone program capable of replicating itself.
ILOVEYOU began its initial travels just like Melissa, via e-mail with the subject of the e-mail saying that the message was from a secret admirer. The e-mail contained an attachment that once opened, infected the recipient's computer.
The original worm had the file name LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs. The vbs (Visual Basic Scripting) extension pointed to the language the hacker used to create the worm.
The ILOVEYOU virus had a wide range of attacks, it could:
- Copy itself several times and hide copies in several folders on the victims hard disk drive.
- Add new files to the victims registry.
- Replace several different kinds of files with copies of itself.
- Send itself through Internet Chat programs and e-mail.
- Downloaded and execute a password-stealing application file called WIN-BUGSFIX.EXE. The application then sent private data to the hacker.
According to some estimates, the ILOVEYOU virus caused over $10 billion in damages. It is still unclear who really created the ILOVEYOU virus, however many think it was Onel de Guzman of the Philippines. At the time, the Filipino authorities had no computer espionage or sabotage laws, so tried de Guzman on charges of theft.
Citing a lack of evidence, the Filipino authorities eventually dropped the charges against de Guzman, who would neither confirm nor deny his responsibility for the virus.
8. The Klez Virus
In 2001, the Klez virus emerged and set a new standard for all computer viruses that followed. The effects of this virus reverberated round the Internet for months. The basic Klez worm infected computers by e-mail, replicating and sending itself to people in the victims address book, but the Klez virus quickly developed to carry other harmful programs that could render a computer unusable.
Depending on the version, the Klez virus could act as a virus, a worm or a Trojan horse. It could even disable antivirus software and pose as a virus-removal tool.
Shortly after its appearance, hackers further modified Klez to make it much more effective. The modifications allowed the Klez virus to replace the senders ID with a name from the victims contacts, masking its real identity and making it appear as though it came from a friend. This technique is known as spoofing, when an email appears to come from one source when it really originates from somewhere else.
Spoofing can achieve several goals, it can make it impossible for the recipient of the email to block the senders contact because the e-mail is really coming from somewhere else; it can also clog an inbox in a very short time because the recipients are unable to tell what the real source of the problem is; and because the masked sender is listed in your contacts, your e-mail security is less vigilant when opening mails and attachments.
7. Code Red and Code Red 2
Both of these viruses popped up in the summer of 2001 exploiting an operating system vulnerability found in Windows 2000 and Windows NT. The weakness in the OS was down to a buffer overflow problem that caused the system to overwrite memory when the machine breached its buffer threshold.
The original Code Red worm initiated a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the White House. This caused all the computers in the White House infected with Code Red, to contact the White House's Web servers at the same time, overloading the machines.
Windows 2000 machines were the hardest hit, once infected with the Code Red 2 worm these computer's would no longer obey the user.
This happens because the worm creates a back-door into the computer's operating system allowing a remote user to gain access and control the machine. The person behind the virus can then gather private data from the user and can also use the infected computer to commit crimes. This means that the victim not only has to face the problems of having an infected computer, but they may also have to deal with hassle of being suspected of committing a crime they didn't commit.
Windows NT machines, while also being vulnerable to Code Red, were not effected as bad. The virus caused Web servers to crash more often but apart from that, the effects were not nearly as bad as those experienced by Windows 2000 users.
Microsoft release a patch to fix the troublesome security vulnerability. With the patch installed Code Red could no longer infect the computer, but the patch didn't remove viruses from infected computers – victims had to do that themselves.
6. Nimda
Another virus to riddle the Internet in 2001 was called Nimda. Its name is derived from 'Admin', the default sign in name for most databases, which is simply pronounced backwards to read Nimda.
According to TruSecure CTO Peter Tippett , it took only 22 minutes from the moment Nimda hit the Internet, before it became top on the list of reported attacks.
Nimda's primary target was Internet servers, and although it could infect home PCs, it's real aim was to bring Internet traffic to a standstill.
Similar to the Klez virus, Nimda was be transmitted by e-mail and created a back-door into the victims machine. The spread of the Nimda virus ate up many systems resources causing the network servers to crash. Just like the Code Red virus, Nimda quickly became a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
5. SQL Slammer/Sapphire
Two years later in January 2003, a Web server virus hit the Internet. Named the SQL Slammer or Sapphire, the virus took down several important computer networks that were unprepared for the attack.
The Bank of America's ATM service crashed, the city of Seattle experience outages in the 911 service and Continental Airlines had to cancel several flights die to electronic ticketing and check-in errors.
The SQL Slammer/Sapphire virus caused more than $1 billion in damages before patches and antivirus updates were released to contain the problem.
The progress of the SQL Slammer/Sapphire was well documented, according to reports only a few minutes after the Slammer hit the Internet it was doubling its number of victims every few seconds. Fifteen minutes later, it had infected nearly half of the Internet servers that act as pillars of the Internet.
The SQL Slammer/Sapphire virus taught IT technicians a valuable lesson. It is not good enough to have the latest patches and antivirus software, hacker will always be trying to find new ways to exploit any weaknesses. It's best to stay ahead of game and try to ward off new viruses before they infect a machine. Because this isn't always possible, it's imperative to have a worst-case-scenario back-up plan in case disaster strikes.
4. MyDoom
The MyDoom virus, also known as Novarg, was another virus that spread like wildfire. This virus also created a back-door in the victims computer and the original version had two triggers.
One trigger caused the virus to begin a denial of service (DoS) attack starting Feb. 1, 2004. The second trigger commanded the virus to stop distributing itself on Feb. 12, 2004. Even after the virus stopped spreading the back-doors already created stayed active.
Later the same year, another outbreak of the MyDoom virus caused huge problems for several search engine companies. Like other viruses, MyDoom sent itself to other contacts in the recipients inbox, but in addition it would also make a search engine request and sent itself to address that came up in the results. Before long, search engines like Google were receiving millions of search engine requests from infected computers. attacks slowed down search engine services and even caused some to crash.
MyDoom spread through e-mail and peer-to-peer networks, and like the Klez virus MyDoom could spoof e-mails which made it very difficult to track the original source. According to the security firm MessageLabs, at one time, one in every 12 e-mail messages carried the virus.
3. Sasser and Netsky
These two viruses were created by 17 year-old Sven Jaschan from Germany. While the two worms behaved in different ways, the similarities between codes led security experts to pin both of them on the same person.
The Sasser worm attacked computers through another Windows vulnerability, but unlike other worms it didn't spread through e-mail. Instead the virus would scan random IP addresses to find potential victims. Once it found other computers with the same vulnerability, it instructed those computers to download and install the virus. The virus also altered the victims operating system in a way that made it difficult to shut down the computer without directly cutting the power.
The Netsky virus transmitted via e-mail and Windows networks. It spoofed e-mails and propagated through a 22,016-byte file attachment. As it spread, it can initiated a denial of service (DoS) attack collapsing systems while trying to handle all the Internet traffic. At one point, security experts believed Netsky and its variants accounted for a quarter of all viruses on the Internet.
Sven Jaschan was tried as minor and received no jail time for his actions, instead he was given one year and nine months of probation.
2. Leap-A/Oompa-A
In the last article we mentioned how Apple had quietly released a recommendation to use antivirus software in conjunction with Mac's OS X. Macs have always been a more secure system for two reasons; the Unix architecture that OS X (and Linux) is built on is more secure than Windows; and because the Mac is less popular, virus writers tend to write malicious code for Windows.
But no computer system is really immune to attacks. In 2006 a Mac hacker distributed the Leap-A or Oompa-A virus through the iChat application.
The virus searches through the iChat contacts and sends a message to each person on the list. The message contains a corrupt file that appears to be a JPEG image. Although the virus doesn't harm the computer too much, it does go to show that there are and will be more malicious programs aimed at Mac users.
1. Storm Worm
In 2006 a virus typically known as Storm Worm hit the Internet. The public began to call the virus Storm Worm because of the e-mail title "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Antivirus companies came up with other names for the worm, Symantec dubbed it Peacomm while McAfee refers to it as Nuwar. These name variations came about to differentiate between a 2001 virus W32.Storm.Worm.
The Storm Worm is a Trojan horse program which installs a malicious program. Some versions of the Storm Worm turns computers into zombies or bots. Others create a botnet and use it send Spam mail across the Internet.
Most versions of the Storm Worm coax people into downloading the application through fake e-mail links. Distributors of the virus typically change the e-mail subject title to reflect current stories, clicking the links to the stories then downloads the worm and infects the computer.
Several news reports and blogs have called Storm Worm the worst attack in years. According to the the security company Postini, more than 200 million e-mails carrying links to Storm Worm were detected during a three day attack, fortunately not every email led to the downloading of the worm.
Storm worm is still widespread, it can be very difficult to detect and remove. But if you run up-to-date antivirus software and are diligent about following links from your e-mail, you should be OK.
While most of these viruses have been contained, the dangers of contracting a harmful computer virus remains very real, it's almost certain that another outbreak of a new virus lies around the corner, waiting to infect the Internet with the capabilities that surpass those mentioned above.
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i dont like viruses.
my englisch is not so realy great,
why schould someone make a virus?
what do you ever get for it?
so why should you do it?
i love viruses cause make me more stronger than any attack of other intruders…………………………..!
notme; people write viruses all the time because they have no lives, have inferiority complexes, and because sometimes they get money for it.
What about Win32.CIH?
What about Michelangelo?
Yes, the above mentioned virii were nasty little buggers that crashed servers and wreaked havoc on systems that did not have database backups.
But back in the day, viruses were not just . They didn't just seek to steal information. They wanted your computer DEAD. Michelangelo kept you from accessing your hard drive at a time when, for the average layperson, the only way to restore anything was via floppy disk or digital audio tape drive. We are positively spoiled by today's standards with imaging backup systems and gadgets like Apple's Time Machine.
Once people started getting the hang of making backups, though, the virogens upped the ante. Variants of CIH would use low-level calls to wipe out the EEPROM that holds your PC's BIOS code, effectively necessitating a new motherboard or BIOS chip, neither of which were cheap at the time.
lupet ng virus .. hehehe
whahahahahahaaa!!!!! english b tlaga dapat ??!! weh!!
hjshshsdhsdhdukdnh hahahahah u guys suck with your computer talk, why don't you guys get a girlfriend……… p.s. hail cisco networking!!!!!


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A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl was admitted to hospital after being caught up in the violent scenes that erupted at an Orange Order march in Glasgow.
The youngster had gone to Glasgow Green with relatives to watch as the parade arrived on Saturday afternoon.
Fighting then broke out among a handful of spectators, during which the young girl was struck in the face by a bottle that had been thrown.
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An eyewitness said: "There were hundreds of people in the park and there was a group of about 25 who started shouting at each other.
"They had been marching with the parade and were wearing scarves and waving their flags.
"This big fight erupted and both sides were kicking and punching one another. Then I saw a young girl screaming - it was horrendous."
Another witness said: "I saw this girl out the corner of my eye coming across the grass screaming. It looked like she was cut across her forehead, there was a lot of blood."
The girl was treated at Yorkhill hospital and has since been released.
Police made 18 arrests in the wake of the violent scenes and say they will be continuing their investigations.
A spokeswoman said: "We can confirm Police Scotland is investigating a serious assault on a 12-year-old girl on Saturday, July 5.
"A number of people nearby became involved in a fight which resulted in the girl being struck with a bottle or similar object.
"An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances and trace those responsible."
Officers have asked anyone with information to call Police Scotland's London Road station or the non-emergency helpline 101.
The clashes have raised concerns over the nature of the Orange Order marches and their propensity for attracting violence.
Yesterday, those angered by the scenes started an online petition addressed to Glasgow City Council in an attempt to end further marches in the city. Within hours, thousands had signed up.
Edward Hyde, County Grandmaster of Glasgow and Grand Secretary of the Orange Lodge of Scotland, blamed Saturday's unrest on an unwelcome minority of supporters.
He said: "These people are a total embarrassment to us. We are doing our best to rid ourselves of that element and we will get there."
The Order officially aligned itself with the pro-union parties in the Scottish referendum, although the Better Together campaign has denied any ties with the group.
The Orange Order is currently proposing to hold a rally in Edinburgh in the run-up to the referendum. Council officials in capital would not comment on whether the scenes in Glasgow would affect its decision, due to made later this month.
A spokesman said: "We have received an application for Orange Order to hold a march on September 13.
"The council will now consider the proposal when licensing sub-committee meets on July 23."


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Homeopathic Product Regulation: Evaluating FDA's Regulatory Framework After a Quarter-Century
On April 20-21, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing at its White Oak Campus to obtain information and comments from stakeholders about the current use of human drug and biological products labeled as homeopathic, as well as the Agency's regulatory framework for such products. These products include prescription drugs and biological products labeled as homeopathic and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs labeled as homeopathic. FDA seeks written comments from all interested parties, including, but not limited to, consumers, patients, caregivers, health care professionals, patient groups, and industry. FDA seeks input on a number of specific questions, but is interested in any other pertinent information participants would like to share. Please refer to the following documents for more information:
- Federal Register Notice March 27, 2015 – announced public meeting and request for comments
- Federal Register Notice June 10, 2015 – extended comment period until August 21, 2015
- Federal Register Notice September 9, 2015 – reopened comment period until November 9, 2015
UPDATE: To allow interested persons additional time to submit comments, on September 9, 2015, FDA re-opened the comment period for the above notice of public hearing for an additional 60 days until November 9, 2015.
Contact Information
The agenda (PDF - 105KB) for the April 20-21 public hearing is available.
Meeting Transcripts
Webcast Recordings
FDA Panelists
April 20 Presentations
- Edward Krenzelok, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center (PDF - 299KB)
Adriane Fugh-Berman, Georgetown University Medical Center(PDF - 154KB) Michael DeDora, Center for Inquiry(PDF - 430KB) Lisa Amerine, Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians(PDF - 25KB) Amy Rothenberg, American Association of Naturopathic Physicians(PDF - 101KB) Bruce H. Shelton, Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association(PDF - 195KB) Jeannine Ritchot, Health Canada(PDF - 288KB) Alison Teitelbaum, National Center for Homeopathy(PDF - 104KB) Mark Land, Mark Phillips, Eric Foxman, American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists(PDF - 297KB) Barbara A. Kochanowski, Consumer Healthcare Products Association(PDF - 851KB) Luana Colloca, University of Maryland – Baltimore(PDF - 4MB) Alyssa Wostrel, Integrative Health Policy Consortium(PDF - 267KB) Nancy Peplinsky, Holistic Moms Network(PDF - 124KB)
April 21 Presentations
Robert C. Dumont, Raby Institute for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern, LLC(PDF - 47KB) Will Woodlee, American Herbal Products Association(PDF - 28KB) Youngran Chung Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine(PDF - 37KB) Ronald Boyer, Center for Education and Development of Clinical Homeopathy(PDF - 131KB) J.P. Borneman, Gary Yingling, Todd Hoover, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States(PDF - 210KB) Al Lorman, Law Office of Alvin J. Lorman(PDF - 126KB) Terry Cotter, Terra-Medica Inc.(PDF - 132KB) Edward D. Pergament, Materia Medica Holding(PDF - 1.6MB) Ronald D. Whitmont, Bernardo Merizalde, David Riley, Michelle Dossett, American Institute of Homeopathy(PDF - 396KB) David Chipkin, Parmesh Banerji Life Sciences, LLC(PDF - 40KB) Yale Martin, Independent Retail Consultant(PDF - 39KB) Patrick Gibbons, Emerson Healthcare Group(PDF - 116KB) Gary Kracoff, Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center(PDF - 33KB) Peter Fisher, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine(PDF - 21KB)
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Book Trailer Thursday: Dan Gets a Minivan
Book trailer first and homage to MTV's Pimp My Ride second, this video for Dan Zevin's Dan Gets a Minivan pleases with swelling beats and captain's seats.
Sipping a juicebox and spouting universal truths, like how the coolness of one's ride is best measured in cupholders, and how a minivan can also function as a vacation home, Zevin earns suburban street cred in spades. Lacking nothing but an appearance from Xzibit himself, this trailer is an ode to the seven-seater; families who are stuffed into their sedans will be moved to turn minivan fantasies into reality; city-dwellers might even believe they could parallel park the giant with ease.
The sense of humor and laid-back writing style Zevin promises with this trailer is, according to reviewer David Pitt, "highly recommended to fans of Dave Barry, Roy Blount, and Bill Geist."


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Here at American Vision we believe that faithful Christians must apply Biblical thought to every area of life. Our Vision is "An America that recognizes the sovereignty of God over all of life and where Christians apply a Biblical worldview to every facet of society." This is why it was so refreshing for me to read the article, "Breaking Boundaries" written by Andrew Hoffecker in the June 2008 issue of Ligonier Ministry's periodical Tabletalk. After discussing the effects of humanistic pluralism in modern churches, Hoffecker prescribes a Biblical vision: "The most pressing need of the church in the light of these developments is the articulation of a distinctly biblical worldview—unified, coherent and comprehensive in scope. It would address, in principle, all areas of life and thought in utilizing biblical content."
Bravo! This is the kind of thinking that inspires us at American Vision, and which we welcome whole-heartedly. Hoffecker concludes, "Our worldview must extend to all of life, or all of life is religious."
Unfortunately, just as Hoffecker notes in his article, liberalism has succeeded in promoting pluralism in mainline churches, and this pluralism has extended far into evangelical churches, too. To this we should add Reformed churches as well, for two of the most outspoken cheerleaders of this humanistic trend are both Reformed scholars: Michael S. Horton and T. David Gordon. And sure enough, both have sounded off, opposing a Biblical worldview, in the most recent edition of Tabletalk.[1]
Now it should be noted that these two scholars have a history of attacking those of us who believe in Biblical law and a comprehensive Biblical worldview. If I would have been asked to predict who today would have written these articles, Horton and Gordon would have been on my short list.
Since these men are Reformed scholars, we would expect the highest standards of scholarship; but this is not the case. To give you an idea: Gordon once published a critique of the Biblical law view, particularly claiming to target Greg Bahnsen's book Theonomy and Christian Ethics. This article in the Westminster Theological Journal in the span of twenty pages actually quotes Bahnsen only three times, and then never even a complete sentence (except once, buried in a footnote). To anyone even remotely familiar with Bahnsen's book, Gordon's treatment of "Theonomy" in that article is a museum of straw men and an embarrassment to scholarly discourse.
This kind of treatment of Biblical law advocates has been the only thing consistent among our critics: they don't actually read the works, they won't quote us when they respond, they won't respond to our actual arguments, and yet they continually smear our position in mainstream Reformed publications.[2] So it continues.
Horton has revealed his own motivations toward an anti-Biblical law view: he wants a "reformation witness" which unites Lutherans and Calvinists. Anyone familiar with the main divisions between these two groups can figure out that in such a union the Calvinistic view of Biblical law must go. So Horton spends his article in Tabletalk appealing to the natural law view—the one area on which the Reformers (at times) agreed because they never consciously broke from Rome in this area. (Calvin later did make the break as his Sermons on the Ten Commandments and Deuteronomy 27–28 make very clear.) Horton is content to pigeon-hole Biblical law as "theocracy" and its application to the civil arena as a medieval error. More on this in a moment.
The two scholars collaborated in the January/February 2002 issue of Modern Reformation (edited by Horton) to publish Gordon's defamatory and careless article "The Insufficiency of Scripture." Gordon resorted to labeling a comprehensive Biblical worldview "the characteristic error of an unwise generation. . . . the proof-textual, Bible-thumping, literalist, error par-excellence," and "not merely the view of the unwise, but the view of the never-to-be-wise." [3] The article displayed such dishonest sucker-punching and a disgusting abuse of media influence that I never renewed my subscription.
Horton has been challenged on his views before. After the release of his Putting the Amazing Back into Grace (1994), Gary DeMar challenged Horton's selective use of A. A. Hodge as well as his unfounded rhetorical attacks on the Biblical law viewpoint. DeMar quotes Hodge in context to show that the Reformed scholar believed that it is a Christian duty to "organize human society and all of its institutions and organs upon a distinctly Christian basis. . . . The Bible, the great statute-book of the kingdom, explicitly lays down principles which, when candidly applied, will regulate the action of every human being in all relations. There can be no compromise." DeMar concludes, "I think I'll stick with Hodge over Horton."[4]
From the start, the strategy of our unprincipled critics has been to portray the "Reformed tradition" over against "Theonomy" as if the latter were distinctly non-reformed. The scholarly replies including quotes from Reformed theologians throughout history almost always prove the opposite, just as Hodge does above. When we prove this point time and again, our critics never admit their error. They have been given the chance to correct their fault, and yet they keep repeating it.
I do not have the space here to deal with these recent articles in as much detail as I would like, only to lament them as the latest permutation in anti-Biblical law, pluralist propaganda. However, a couple of representative notes are in order.
In his recent Tabletalk article "A Tale of Two Kingdoms," Horton brandishes his militant amillennialism: "The earthly city will never be transformed into the city of God this side of Christ's return in glory."[5] In order to maintain his high level of cultural retreatism, Horton appeals to Augustine and Calvin and tries to maintain a "two cities" distinction which forces the Bible to pertain only to the Church and personal salvation, leaving civil society to fend for itself in the area of law.
Horton implies that an appeal to the Mosaic law is the very medieval error which fueled the crusades, and which Calvin and Luther reacted against in returning to Augustine's "two kingdoms" view. This argument is misleading in its representations of the Reformation and of Augustine. For example, such appeals to Old Testament law for civil society were not absent from the Reformation either. As just one example, when the English Reformer Thomas Cranmer preached at the coronation of Edward VI, he looked forward to a national Reformation away from the Roman Catholic bent of Henry VIII. Cranmer said,
Your majesty is God's vice-regent and Christ's vicar within your own dominions, and to see, with your predecessor Josiah, God truly worshipped and idolatry destroyed, the tyranny of the bishops of Rome banished from your subjects and images removed. These acts be signs of a second Josiah, who reformed the church of God in his days. You are to reward virtue, to revenge sin, to justify the innocent, to relieve the poor, to procure peace, to repress violence, and to execute justice throughout your realms. For precedents, on those kings who performed not these things the old law shows how the Lord revenged His quarrel; and on those kings who fulfilled these things, He poured forth His blessings in abundance.[6]
Cranmer quotes Augustine as well, showing Horton's interpretation to be selective and partial. For national rulers, Cranmer prescribes that
they should make it their care to ensure the observance of the law of God and the Christian religion—as Augustine plainly teaches, when he says, 'Kings as regards their kingly office, serve God in accordance with their divine commission if in their kingdoms they command what is good and forbid what is evil, with respect not only to society in general but also to divine religion.'[7]
While there is much scholarship to be done and many questions to be answered relating to civil law in the Reformation, this is enough to show the short-coming of Horton's claims on this point.
Horton further states that God's new society" is "inserted into the heart of the secular city as a witness to Christ," where its only functions are "its administration of Gospel preaching, baptism, the Supper, prayer, and discipline." This view has very important implications which Horton has left out. Is "God's new society" confined to the walls of the church and private home? The church is indeed God's new society, but societies have laws to live by which give them their peaceful and prosperous nature. This is why the church can administer "discipline," which is a ministry of helping members conform to obedience—obedience to the law. This is all well and good. But to pretend that this is the totality of God's new society ignores the fact that God's law reaches across all religious, social, political and geographical boundaries. There is one divine law for the saved and for the unsaved, for the church, the world, the government, schools, jails, coffee houses, criminals, and seminary professors. This, just as well as the sun shining on the just and the unjust, is an aspect of common grace.
Thus, Horton's "new society" view ignores that the law not only serves as the standard for church discipline, but for the statutes of civil society. God calls all men everywhere to repent and obey, and this includes the institutions of men. As individuals we are called to obey God's law. Under Horton's view this requirement apparently disappears when several individuals join together and write a civil constitution. No longer is God's law required in this scenario! The Word of God is annulled by a few men who have joined hands with an ink pen!
Of course this is absurd. God's requirements for public behavior apply to individuals and to all groups, institutions, and civil States of individuals. There is one law for all. Christians should endeavor peacefully and lawfully to conform modern civil law to these Biblical standards. He who says otherwise is obligated to show us his alternative standard of law.
This obligation is never fulfilled by our critics. When asked "by what standard," having denied God's law, they cannot answer without sounding pagan. So they avoid the question. Horton continues this studied silence. He writes that as citizens of both the earthly and heavenly cities, "we carry out our vocations in the church and the world in distinct ways through distinct means." He defends, therefore, that we must be active in "the world"—in other words, he does not want to have to admit that his view is no different from "retreat from society" cultural pessimism—and yet he, as he always does, refuses to give the slightest hint of an alternative standard. He leaves us with nothing but separatism. By what standard shall we engage in political or social action? Silence.
Horton's silence is bad enough, but Gordon goes further. Gordon argues vigorously against what he calls coercion in the public sphere by Christians. He argues that it is impossible for Christians to win a culture war, because a "culture war" in by definition an unchristian thing! To make laws conformable to Christian principles, he argues, would be to exercise "coercion," and thus to adopt the "totalitarianism" of the unbelieving world. This apparent dilemma which Gordon promotes, he apparently thinks makes it imperative that Christians avoid political reform entirely.
What Gordon unfortunately fails to see is that liberty is not promoted by keeping Biblical law out of the public institutions. Rather, Biblical law is the only expression of "the law of liberty" (See James 1:25–2:12). The proportions of freedom in Biblical law make modern society look like the Gulag Archipelago. If American statutes were today replaced by Biblical standards, civil taxes would be cut almost entirely, the oppressive and the modern prison system would be entirely overhauled, financial accountability would be enforced upon robbers and thieves, businesses would be released from huge measures of bureaucratic government control, control of education would be returned to the family, churches and charitable organizations would no longer limp by financially, almost the entire banking system would be exposed as fraudulent and criminal (thereby ending many, though not all, avenues of excess debt).
What critics such as Gordon refuse to acknowledge when they rail against "coercion" is that when we are talking about civil law, we must inescapably discuss coercion. No law is law at all unless it is enforced. Civil laws carry civil penalties for those who break them. It is not the least bit wrong, unchristian, or unbiblical to speak of penalties for lawbreakers as coercion. It is, in fact, explicitly biblical. To pretend that all coercion is unchristian is to deny the very function of civil magistrates, and thus is to legitimize "public evil" of all kinds in the public square. If we are to avoid this civil absurdity, we must have some standard of law and of legal penalties. The Bible provides these. Horton doesn't want them. Gordon says they're a waste of time. Both are wrong.
Anti-law theologians such as Gordon and Horton extenuate the same tired old criticisms of Biblical law because they apparently don't understand it. This is a charitable conclusion, because, if they do understand it, then they are refusing to be honest in addressing the issues. The value of life and the virtue of liberty are neither the inventions nor the domain of the secular State, they are the dogma of Biblical law. If this tenet is denied, we may—may—continue to value life and liberty for a time, but this esteem will be in name only and not in substance. Abortion, unjustified warfare, forced indoctrination and exorbitant taxation already deny the existence of that substance in the eyes any discerning person. To refuse to call for the "coercion" of Biblical law in these areas of life is to refuse life and liberty to the millions oppressed by humanistic standards. This refusal by so many modern theologians is the greatest ethical-religious evil of our times.
Horton and Gordon have, since they first addressed it, continued to present the public with a base and biased treatment of this issue. It is a level of scholarship with which Calvin and Luther would certainly be ashamed. It should be received as an embarrassment to the entire Reformed world.
Why do they continue to prosecute the same shoddy case? I have no idea. Perhaps they really have not read our works, have not traced the footnotes, have not really challenged themselves on the issue, and at last, really believe what they say. One might speculate, however, about fear of the reaction of their secular peers at those peers' flawed perception of an alleged monster labeled "theocracy." Thus, Horton, Gordon and their like turn their rhetorical fire upon those of us who do call for government to be trimmed to Biblical proportions. Out of a revulsion and a belief shared with liberal theologians, these scholars try to publically distance themselves from our view. We take the undue shame so they don't have to.
But you can bet that someday, if it occurs within our lifetimes, that Christian law triumphs greatly enough to have a positive visible impact on society, these guys will be writing about the new liberty and hailing the victory as if they agreed with it all along. They will love it when it comes. Until that day comes, however, they are only fighting against it.
[1] Michael S. Horton, "A Tale of Two Kingdoms," Tabletalk, Sept. 2008, 10–13, and T. David Gordon, "Life & Liberty," Tabletalk, Sept. 2008, 15–17.
[2] Compare Gary DeMar, "Theonomy as an Extension of Calvin's Judicial Theology," in Theonomy: An Informed Response, ed. Gary North (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, 1991) 24–25.
[3] Gary North amply responded to Gordon in a July 3, 2003 ICE Newsletter.
[4] Gary DeMar, "Hodge over Horton," copy from Gary DeMar's personal archive.
[5] Michael S. Horton, "A Tale of Two Kingdoms," Tabletalk, Sept. 2008, 11.
[6] Thomas Cranmer, Works, Vol. II, p. 126ff, quoted in P. E. Hughes, Theology of the English Reformers (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1966), 246.
[7] Thomas Cranmer, De Rebus Civilibus, quoted in Hughes, 240–241.


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Ruhenstroth announces light winners
December 13, 2012
It was such fun driving around and looking at all the lights. Almost everyone has added some merry and bright to our neighborhood, making it difficult to pick a winner. I was lucky to have four excellent judges: 9 year-old Gatlin Beronio and his sister, 7 year-old Hunter were joined by Colby Booth and my son, Jacob, who are both 10.
The winning home was Dave and Lisa Prosser at 701 Pinto. Hunter really loved how warm and fuzzy the house made her feel and asks her parents to drive out of their way to see it every night. All three boys agreed that they loved how it was decorated "everywhere" from the roof to the grass, with no corner left untouched by their "amazing skills".
Other homes touched our hearts this year: 1971 Pinto created a pond with waterfall, complete with animals drinking from the lovely blue and green water. And it doesn't take much to touch a child's heart – my son loved the simple row of lovely blue icicle lights at 648 Rocking Horse Lane, and I loved how they made his eyes shine. The Beard's home on Mule Lane was an extravaganza of lights – but as they won last year, they have to wait another year to try for a new plaque. The judges were also impressed by the house on the corner of Wiseman and Highway 395.
Many thanks to Howie Althouse for continuing the tradition of making the winning plaque, to Wendy Booth and Denise and David Beronio for driving around the judges, and to everyone who brought such dazzling color and light into our lives this season.
As we were walking back Monday night, admiring our own simple string of lights around the porch, Jacob looked up at the stars and commented that those were the best Christmas lights of all.
Reach Karen Brier at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 790-0072.


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Greetings, Brothers and Sisters of the Psychotronic Video World! Now, when it comes to mad scientists, certain names ring out more forcefully then others. It seems like you can't swing a reanimated cat without hitting a reimagining or homage to Dr. Victor Frankenstein, while Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are never far from a retelling. Even that rascal the Invisible Man has gotten more than his share of the love. But today I'd like to talk about one of the absolute greats of mad science, a man who has never seemed to have gotten the attention he deserved and, at times, demanded.
I speak, of course, of Dr. Moreau.
Originating in H.G. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Dr. Moreau (identified by its author in later years as a piece of "youthful blasphemy"), Dr. Moreau was at one point a noted London physiologist, until his vivisectionist practices – that is, experimenting on live animals – came to light and resulted in a public outcry against him, driving him from his practice and his native England. Setting up shop on an island in the south seas, Moreau would attract an assistant in the form of Montgomery, a man with similar scientific interests, and with Montgomery's assistance Moreau begins experimenting on animals, trying to create men from beasts through surgery. This practice would continue unopposed, with Moreau setting himself up as god to his beast-men, until the marooned Edward Prendricks arrives on the island. Shortly thereafter, the beast-men begin to rebel against Moreau's laws as their animal natures reassert themselves, ultimately killing Moreau and Montgomery. Prendricks would soon thereafter escape back to civilization, though finding himself changed by his time on the island – humanity, to him, now constantly appears to be struggling on the edge of reversion to animal nature.
Astonishingly, this grisly tale has only been filmed a handful of times. The first and, for my money, best adaptation was 1932's THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, starring Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau and featuring a heavily made-up Bela Lugosi as the Sayer of the Law, leader of the beast-men. Laughton plays Moreau as a charming, baby-faced sociopath in a white suit with a whip on his belt, and is the high point of what is genuinely a solid, well-done horror film. Ironically, H.G. Wells hated it for removing all the social commentary he'd filled the novel with and turning the story into a straight-up horror show.
Other than two Filipino films by director Eddie Romero (TERROR IS A MAN, 1959, and THE TWILIGHT PEOPLE, 1973) which borrowed elements from the story of Dr. Moreau, the silver screen did not see the good doctor again until 1977, when Burt Lancaster stepped into the role. Lancaster's Moreau is a more cold-blooded figure, murdering Montgomery for questioning his wisdom and trying to chemically revert Andrew Braddock (this version's take on the Edward Prendricks character) into an animal.
Finally, in 1996, a film adaptation would come out incorporating the latest in genetic engineering and special effects technology…but mostly incorporating a morbidly obese, barely mobile Marlon Brando, slathered in sunscreen and draped in a muumuu (actually kind of resembling my girlfriend's mother) as Dr. Moreau and Val Kilmer as the drug-addled Montgomery. The make-up effects used to bring the "manimals" to life is impressive enough, and Ron Perlman makes a suitably stentorian Sayer of the Law, but overall this film is a flop, and one to be passed over. What the hell is up with Moreau keeping what appears to be a flayed dwarf version of himself around?
And that's it. For every 200 hundred Frankensteins and 150 Jekylls, we get three Moreaus. And that hardly seems fair to me. Moreau is at least as mad as Victor Frankenstein and Henry Jekyll, possibly moreso, and lacking in the sympathy they engender. He's a far more menacing figure in his sociopathy, more akin to the Invisible Man than Frankenstein or Jekyll in his disregard for ethics and morality. As medical science and biotechnology improves and expands, it is also perhaps more likely that we'll need a refresher in avoiding Moreau's hubris then we will that of Frankenstein.
Tags: bela lugosi, Burt Lancaster, Charles Laughton, Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells, Marlon Brando, Ron Perlman, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Island of Lost Souls, Val Kilmer


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Pink Slime: Which Markets Sell It and What it Actually Tastes Like
Because of the newfound public interest in the issue, The Daily has compiled a list of supermarkets that sell "lean finely textured beef" (aka pink slime) and supermarkets that don't. Avoiding the slime may not keep you any safer (remember, all red meat is terrible for you, anyway), but the information is good to know.
First, the unadulterated burger. The aroma was luscious. The meat was juicy, tender and nicely seared. Where I'd cut, juices slowly dribbled out onto the plate, collecting in a pool. The taste was savory and meaty, with big beefy flavor. The chew had just the right texture, substantial but giving. Basically, everything you would want in a burger.The pink slime burger also was perfectly seared and drew me in with an equally alluring aroma. But no juices collected on the plate. Or dribbled out. Or were apparent in the meat in really any way. The taste was - OK. I took another taste of the first burger, then back to the pink slime burger.It was not bad. But nor was it good. It was flat. I added more salt. No. It was simply one-dimensional.And then there was the texture. Unpleasantly chewy bits of what I can only describe as gristle, though they were not visible, seemed to stud the meat of the pink slime burger. The result was a mealy chew that, while not overtly unpleasant, didn't leave me wanting another bite.Of course, I did take another bite. In the interest of good journalism, I ate both burgers entirely. And then I felt sick. I'm confident that has nothing to do with slime of any sort.
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text: Sipdown #5: Why can't someone make an outstanding raspberry tea for me to sip on? I love raspberries, but this one tastes like Absolut Raspberry vodka. I really liked it when I first had it, but now I can't stand how fake it tastes. I have so much still too, I want to finish it so that I can get something else.


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College football notebook: Valero renews title sponsorship with Alamo Bowl
Valero Energy Corporation has extended its title sponsorship with the Alamo Bowl for four more years. The extension means that Valero will remain as title sponsor through the game following the 2013 season.
Published 6:23 pm, Monday, October 5, 2009
Valero, Alamo Bowl extend sponsor deal
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced Monday that Valero Energy Corporation has extended its title sponsorship for another four years.
The agreement means that Valero will remain the title sponsor through the bowl game following the 2013 season, according to a news release.
Valero has been a sponsor of the Alamo Bowl since its inception in 1993 and became title sponsor in 2007 after the game had gone a year without one.
"Valero has always believed in giving back to the communities where it does business, and as San Antonio's largest publicly traded company and one of its top employers, we feel it's important to support major events like the Alamo Bowl," said Mike Ciskowski, Valero's executive vice president and chief financial officer.
While title sponsorship will remain the same, the local bowl is entering into a new four-year agreement that will match teams from the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences from 2010-13.
Sports Channel
This season, the bowl is in the final year of an agreement that will pair teams from the Big 12 and the Big Ten. This season's game is scheduled for Jan. 2.
Tech's Carter reinstated: Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter has been reinstated after being suspended a week ago for a violation of team rules.
Carter, a 6-foot-7, 354-pound offensive lineman, is considered one of the top players at his position in the Big 12.
Potts' status: The availability of Tech quarterback Taylor Potts is still in question after he suffered a concussion Saturday night in the Red Raiders' 48-28 victory over New Mexico.
Potts spent the night in the hospital, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported.
Backup Steven Sheffield replaced Potts in the second quarter and threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns.
"I thought he played really well," coach Mike Leach said. "I thought he kind of sparked the efforts of our entire team. (His) leadership was impressive."
QB dilemma: Uncertainty surrounds the quarterback situation for both the Baylor Bears and Oklahoma Sooners for Saturday's game at Norman, Okla.
OU's Sam Bradford, the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner, hasn't played since Sept. 5 because of a sprained right (throwing) shoulder.
Even though OU coach Bob Stoops said it's too early to tell if Bradford will be ready this week, Baylor coach Art Briles said the Bears are preparing as if Landry Jones will start.
Baylor will start either freshman Nick Florence or Blake Szymanski. Szymanski sat out with a bruised shoulder last week against Kent State.
In the absence of starter injured starter Robert Griffin and Szymanski, Florence rushed for two touchdowns in a 31-15 victory over Kent State. OU is looking to rebound from a 21-20 loss at Miami.
SEC says Georgia got raw deal: The Southeastern Conference says Georgia should not have been penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after its go-ahead touchdown against No. 4 LSU.
Rogers Redding, the SEC's coordinator of officials, said a video review of the play from a different angle than the official had showed receiver A.J. Green didn't do anything improper after his 16-yard touchdown.
The score gave Georgia a 13-12 lead with 1:09 remaining, but the Bulldogs had to kick off from their own 15 after the 15-yard penalty. The Tigers returned it to the Georgia 43; two plays later, Charles Scott broke off a 33-yard touchdown run that gave LSU a 20-13 victory.
FSU chairman wants Bowden out: The chairman of the Florida State University trustees, Jim Smith, wants coach Bobby Bowden to retire after this season.
Trustees don't have immediate authority over coaches, but they hold significant sway. They are the bosses of university president T.K. Wetherell, who does choose coaches.
Smith said fundraising has slowed significantly, and the school has an obligation to fans and alumni to be competitive.
Oregon QB Masoli will play: Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli iced his right knee during the rout of Washington State but was adamant afterwards that it was no big deal.
Oregon led 35-0 in the first half when Masoli was replaced by Nate Costa.
"We would have taken him out anyway," Oregon coach Chip Kelly said. "He played that last series, and he was done."
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Self-Publicity Note: The PDF version of Football Outsiders Almanac 2012 is slated to go on sale on Tuesday at the FO site, along with our KUBIAK fantasy football projections (which includes very regular updates through the start of the regular season). The actual physical book and a Kindle version (new for this year) will be available later this month. Unlike the past two seasons, I didn't write the Titans chapter; we switch up writers every couple years, so I wrote the Chargers and Raiders chapters, while Rivers McCown wrote all the AFC South chapters, including the Titans one (I've read it, it's good, you should like it too). I'm not going to pretend to be unbiased, but I've read almost all of FOA2012 and it's way better and more-current than the NFL preview magazines I skimmed at the bookstore on Saturday.
After doing a couple of longer series, it's time for a couple shorter ones, with two parts each on how the Titans were intercepted in 2011 and how they intercepted the other team. I'll start with how the Titans were intercepted. This part one begins with an overview on how the Titans were interception and interception rates in general, followed by a breakdown of half of the Titans' interceptions (which occurred in the Titans' first nine games). Part two, which should run Wednesday, will contain a breakdown of the rest of the Titans' interceptions, plus an analysis of what I got out of the individual interception breakdowns.
On the season, Matt Hasselbeck threw 14 interceptions on 518 attempts. That 2.7% rate was better than he'd put up in any of his final three seasons in Seattle, but still pretty much in line with his career rate of 3.0%. League-wide, passers were intercepted at a 2.9% rate.
It's worth noting that players' individual interception rates show a lot of year-to-year variances around their career norm. From writing about how interceptions happen, that doesn't come as much of a surprise; there are a lot of interceptions with a good element of luck involved, plus defensive backs, like wide receivers, drop passes they might otherwise catch. Chances are good a quarterback with a particularly high interception rate has few, if any, dropped interceptions, while a passer with a particularly low interception rate has a number of dropped interceptions. (Notable exception: Aaron Rodgers, who threw 6 interceptions in 2011 (1.2%) and had 0 dropped interceptions. Aaron Rodgers is awesome.)
Jake Locker did not throw any interceptions in 66 attempts. It should be noted that interceptions are part of the cost of doing business for an NFL quarterback. Plenty of interceptions are bad luck; Eli Manning in 2010 saw a number of passes go off receivers' hands and end up in the arms of opponents. Those weren't his fault. Interceptions also are partly a function of chances taken; sometimes a quarterback throws a pass into a small window for a big gain, while other times that small window just closes. Using Eli as our example again, his pass to Mario Manningham is an excellent example of a pass into a small window that sometimes, just through bad luck or a particularly good play by a defender, would have been an interception.
As with the sacks writeups, these are the dogs that barked, not that dogs that could have barked but didn't. The usual play-breakdown caveats also apply: I don't necessarily have the all-22 footage, so I may not have seen relevant information that affects my analysis of the play (though it is available for a good number of interceptions). I'm doing all of these without knowledge of the offensive or defensive playcall or game preparation, which could have affected the quarterback and receiver's decision-making. Research by Football Outsiders indicates that receivers do not have predictably-reliable input into how frequently passes thrown their way are intercepted; that does not mean, however, that a receiver never bears any responsibility for an interception on a pass intended for them, and if I think a receiver does or may bear some responsibility for an interception, I'll write that.
Before I begin, I'll also add that I'm not going to write anything about the defenses. Defensive interception rates tend to be relatively volatile, and there's less total variation than there is in defensive sack rates. Plus, I don't have anything I consider interesting to say about them.
Those caveats and whatnot out of the way, on with the interception breakdowns.
Week 1-at Jacksonville-Matt Hasselbeck-34 attempts, 1 INT
2-10-TEN 46 (4Q-:23) (Shotgun) M.Hasselbeck pass deep left intended for K.Britt INTERCEPTED by D.Lowery at JAX 20. D.Lowery to JAX 16 for -4 yards (K.Britt).
Desperation time in the final minute, as the Titans are out of timeouts and need to get downfield quickly. Hasselbeck's effort is optimistic, as Lowery doesn't bit on Britt's double-move and has an easy pick. My initial thought as Hasselbeck should have put the ball closer to the sideline, but I'm now a little bit less sure of that. Still, a throw closer to the sideline and not quite as far downfield would have given Britt a better shot at the ball.
Week 2-vs. Baltimore-Matt Hasselbeck-42 attempts, 1 INT
2-7-BLT 44 (1Q-9:48) M.Hasselbeck pass short right intended for L.Hawkins INTERCEPTED by T.Suggs (H.Ngata) at BLT 48. T.Suggs to BLT 48 for no gain (J.Scott).
Ngata, playing LDT, moves Scott backwards and gets his hand up, tipping Hasselbeck's pass at the line. Suggs is just the recipient of a fortunate deflection. Not really Hasselbeck's fault, except for the broader issue that he had an above-average number of passes tipped at the line (some of which might be at least partially the OL's fault), and some of those will end up with unlucky deflections right to defenders.
Week 3-vs. Denver-Matt Hasselbeck-36 attempts, 0 INT
Week 4-at Cleveland-Matt Hasselbeck-20 attempts, 1 INT; Jake Locker-1 attempt, 0 INT
3-9-TEN 40 (4Q-9:27) (Shotgun) M.Hasselbeck pass deep left intended for D.Williams INTERCEPTED by M.Adams at CLV 38. M.Adams ran ob at CLV 38 for no gain.
DWill is lined up as the outside man in a 3WR set to the left, and appears to beat CB Brown to the outside. Hasselbeck tries to hit him in front of the safety, but Adams makes a break on the ball and gets the pick. Assigning responsibility for this play for me is hard. Was the throw a bit deeper than it should have been? Would a QB with a rifle arm have gotten the ball to Williams? Does D-Will slow up on the play to avoid a collision with Adams? All-22 might have helped, but it's not available for this play.
Week 5-at Pittsburgh-Matt Hasselbeck-49 attempts, 1 INT
1-10-PIT 45 (3Q-2:00) M.Hasselbeck pass short middle intended for J.Cook INTERCEPTED by L.Woodley at PIT 45. L.Woodley to PIT 46 for 1 yard (D.Stewart).
Another fortunate/unlucky deflection, as Amano does a better job of not letting Keisel get penetration, but Keisel does get his hand up, and the ball goes up in the air where Woodley does a good job of coming down with it. While a nice play by him, that the deflection went near him was simply bad luck.
Week 7-vs. Houston-Matt Hasselbeck-30 attempts 2 INT; Jake Locker-1 attempt, 0 INT
1-10-HST 48 (2Q-11:01) M.Hasselbeck pass deep right intended for L.Hawkins INTERCEPTED by D.Manning at HST 13. D.Manning to HST 13 for no gain (L.Hawkins).
I'm not sure if Hasselbeck and Hawkins are on the same page here, as I think Hasselbeck was thinking corner-post and Hawkins might have been trying to run a post-corner. The bigger factor in the play, though, was Watt coming free from Stewart's block late, preventing Hasselbeck from stepping into the throw. Manning has a fairly easy pick, particularly as Hawkins doesn't seem to pick up the ball quickly and can't contest his catch.
2-10-TEN 25 (4Q-9:41) (Shotgun) M.Hasselbeck pass short right intended for D.Avery INTERCEPTED by B.McCain at TEN 38. B.McCain for 38 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
This is another throw that might have been affected by the pressure, as Hasselbeck whacks his hand on Antonio Smith on his follow-through. More important, though, is the Texans had a nice coverage disguise, as slot corner McCain traded off with outside corner Joseph to cover outside receiver Avery's in route, and beat him to the spot.
Week 8-vs. Indianapolis-Matt Hasselbeck-33 attempts, 0 INT
Week 9-vs. Cincinnati-Matt Hasselbeck-41 attempts, 0 INT
Week 10-at Carolina-Matt Hasselbeck-27 attempts, 1 INT
3-4-TEN 35 (3Q-6:25) (Shotgun) M.Hasselbeck pass short right intended for D.Avery INTERCEPTED by C.Gamble at TEN 43. C.Gamble to TEN 19 for 24 yards (M.Hasselbeck).
This is not, as it happens, Donnie Avery's first target since the prior interception. He was targeted twice in the game against the Bengals, one of which didn't end up an official target as the play was negated by a defensive penalty. Still, the case is broadly similar: Avery isn't exactly where Hasselbeck thought he was going to be, and a defensive back was. On this play, Hasselbeck was expecting Avery to cut inside, while he instead cut outside. I can't say with certainty who's right, but my money's on the guy who hardly ever saw the field being wrong.
That's it for part one. Part two will contain a breakdown of the Titans' (Hasselbeck's) other interceptions, plus some very tentative conclusions about how interceptions happened to the Titans in 2011.


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Pothole Patrol: Old La Blanca Road
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:33:06 GMT —
Maria Torres and her family live off Old La Blanca Road just outside of Donna and with summer break in full swing, her kids are soaking up the sun.
"They keep growing and growing, she said.
Yes, the children are getting bigger, but Maria is referring to the potholes on Old La Blanca Road.
"They try to cover them, but they come back very quickly, Torres said.
The evidence is all right there.
Patchwork and open craters that cause chaos during the school year.
"Traveling to school that's just about a block from here makes it difficult, Torres said. The drive is just about 2 minutes, but really you take longer because you're trying to avoid the potholes."
The Pothole Patrol gets down to business measuring holes that are at least 5 inches deep and the width of some of them will surely swallow a tire.
We found one that took more than the Pothole Pumps to measure accurately.
Four kids jumped in one with the Pothole Patrol and still had room for one more person.
With one of those babies every few feet, drivers have to decide between putting their tires through the ringer or driving in the wrong lane.
"To avoid damage to the vehicles, you try to avoid the potholes and sometimes you even have to stop to allow the other car to pass," Torres said.
Don't forget about those school buses bringing the kids to and from the nearby elementary.
If that's not enough to make any mother make a Call 4 Action, add speeders to the mix.
"Even though there are potholes, they do drive a little fast and it's a problem, Torres said.
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Yeah, not too unexpected. It will be interesting to see if Reginald starts playing better now that TRM is gone, because they did not play well together.
If I was EG I would move Westrice to top lane and steal/recruit Aphromoo from v8 for AD carry. Aphro and Nhat are good friends and already play a lot together. It would make a nice bottom lane for EG.
Dyrus and Reggie playing together won the WCG championship last year. Might be interesting. Of course, there were a couple other good players on that team, like Saint Vicious.
I'm imagining how completely pointless it'll be for Reggie to yell at Dyrus. TheOddOne and Dyrus are an interesting combo, though - where did I see the quote from TOO about Dyrus accidentally streaming a conversation about the upcoming announcement?
Ahh, it was in the comments on a Reddit post: "This is why Dyrus gets keylogged. HE'S STUPID. SO f*ckING STUPID[x3]."
TheOddOne cracks me up. He's a mad scientist.
I'm having a ton of fun watching the AHGL as it seems more real to me.
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Looks like Dan Dinh got benched on EG, so now they're looking for 2 new players. It also sounds like they're trying to be more competitive but Westrice is the only one talking from EG right now.
I only watched the NEL vs. CLG final, but that looks very similar to the GOM studios they use for the GSL Starcraft 2 league. The two casters (Moletrap and Torch) are some of the code A casters that are used for the GSL. They aren't the cream of the crop, but they are pretty good. I wasn't aware that they knew LoL well enough to cast it. They did a pretty good job. The production quality was indeed very high.
It's easy to overlook the difference good casters make on the whole experience, but it really is substantial. That has been the biggest barrier to watching LoL consistently for me. I'm used to casting from Artosis, Tasteless, Day9, and DJWheat, and a few other upper level Starcraft 2 commentators. That isn't really a fair comparison, as most of these guys have been doing this stuff since the Broodwar days, but it is what it is.
Sound was better by the time I showed up (no cracking/stuttering), in game 2, but the volume is really low compared to their commercials.
[spoiler]aAa looked pretty good in Game 2 against CLG until they tried to split push Udyr while CLG was pushing straight up the middle of the map. Udyr should have come back a lot earlier, unless aAa just thought they were dead after getting aced a little earlier, and they needed to make a miracle happen.
There is some sort of K-pop musical show in between the games.
I have no idea what is going on but I cant take my eyes off it.
Welcome to Korea!
Wow, TSM vs v8 Game 2 was quite good.
TSM comes back from a pretty disastrous early game. Don't often see comebacks like that in LoL.
TSM vs. V8 2nd game - worth watching.
[spoiler]Thought TSM was too far out of it, but they did a great job of being patient, picking good spots to fight (except one Dyrus "I'm going in!" while the rest of the team was out of position), and held on for the win.
Haha, Dyrus after a long rambling answer..."Umm, what did you ask me?"
That Chaox bait on the final teamfight was amazing. Cleanse + QSS so strong.
Lol, and "Do you have any sponsors you want to thank?" "Ummm, you're going to have to ask Reginald about that, I'm new to the team."
138k LoL viewers vs. 54k SC2 viewers. Kinda follows my own play habits. I got into eSports through SC2, but I spend a lot more time watching and playing LoL now. I really enjoy SC2 too (had both streams up at work, two computers), but I'll pick LoL first, SC2 second most of the time.
We've got Scarra playing Soraka mid in the next Dignitas vs. MM game.
Holy comebacks Batman.
Dignitas playing so poorly early game and just BARELY winning team fights to claw their way back in. Nice work but they have to get their ass in gear with CLG and TSM playing well right now.
That dig v. MM game was nuts.
Holy comebacks Batman.Spoiler:
Dignitas playing so poorly early game and just BARELY winning team fights to claw their way back in. Nice work but they have to get their ass in gear with CLG and TSM playing well right now.
TSM had to fight their way back from a deficit in their second game too. Lots of good competition so far.
Please stop saying "Awesome" after every question Voyboy answers in an interview.
"How do you feel after that win?"
"Awesome. What does your next series look like?"
"Going to be tough, but if we stick together..."
Looks like Dignitas is going to use their gimmick comp until someone stops it or bans it. Reminds me of the Shyvana invade M5 team from IEM Kiev.
Yeah, it's an interesting comp, but if you ban or pick Soraka then they can't run it. I'm amazed they've been allowed to play the same comp 3 (4?) games in a row. Ridiculous. The same thing happened in Kiev: M5 ran Shyvana every game and no one ever banned her because every team was dumb/stubborn/arrogant enough to think they could stop that comp.


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Sara Mead smartly observes that the Washington City Paper's poll of DC residents challenges the conventional wisdom about the race in a number of ways.
First off, we know that Michelle Rhee's tenure as schools chancellor has been controversial. And we know that most DCPS parents are African-American. And we know that most African-Americans are backing Vince Gray. So many assume that DCPS parents don't like Rhee and don't like Fenty. In fact, parents with kids currently in DCPS schools is one of Fenty's best demographics:
Similarly, notwithstanding the stereotype of Fenty as a yuppie candidate, the city's most underprivileged also seem to be backing him:
That "didn't finish high school" demographic is 83 percent black and only 4 percent white. So even though Fenty is getting just 14 percent of the overall black vote, he must be doing quite well among the city's least-educated African-Americans as well as with whites and Hispanics overall.
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STATESBORO — The strategy is simple this time of the season — just do whatever it takes.
The Georgia Southern Eagles and Maine Black Bears hope to do whatever it takes at 2 p.m. today to advance in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Forget about style points. Staying alive is all that matters in this quarterfinal clash at Paulson Stadium.
"Every team in the playoffs has the same goal," GSU running back Robert Brown said.
The ultimate goal is a national championship. The third-seeded Eagles (10-2) are looking for their seventh title and first since 2000.
The Black Bears are hoping to advance to the semifinals for the first time.
Today's winner heads to the semifinals either Friday or Saturday against the winner of the North Dakota State and Lehigh game.
The title game will be played in Frisco, Texas, on Jan. 7.
GSU (10-2) was ranked No. 1 for seven weeks during the regular season and won its first Southern Conference championship since 2004.
The Eagles had an abundance of mistakes in their first playoff game against Old Dominion but met the bottom line by beating the Monarchs, 55-48.
Maine, also from the Colonial Athletic Conference, comes to Paulson Stadium where GSU is 31-3 all-time in the playoffs. The Black Bears stunned Appalachian State, 34-12, in Boone, N.C., last Saturday.
"This is a heck of a tournament, one that brings out the best in everybody," Maine coach Jack Cosgrove said. "I think maybe our best showed up on Saturday as opposed to Appalachian's best. We feel privileged and honored to be moving on."
The Black Bears' performance is good reason for concern. GSU lost to Appalachian 24-17 in Boone during the regular season.
"There's a reason why they're in the quarterfinals," Eagles coach Jeff Monken said. "They're a great team."
Despite being picked to finish ninth in the 11-team CAA, Maine proved to be a contender early by winning seven of its first eight games. The Bears' lone setback came against Pittsburgh, 35-29, in the second game of the season.
Maine (9-3) seemed to be entering the playoffs on a decline after losing to Towson and New Hampshire during its last three games, but couldn't have played better while defeating Appalachian State.
The Bears' defense, led by safety Trevor Coston, held the Mountaineers to three rushing yards in the game.
But can they do that to the Eagles' triple-option attack that piled up 607 yards and eight touchdowns on 10 full possessions against Old Dominion?
Freshman fullback Dominique Swope, who has run for 573 yards and three touchdowns since being inserted into the starting lineup three weeks ago, earned national Player of the Week honors from The Sports Network on Monday after running for 255 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion.
GSU, second in the nation in rushing with a 331.9-yard average, finished the ODU game with 477 yards on the ground.
"The biggest challenge is we haven't seen it all season," Coston said. "Just to get accustomed to what they do and being able to recognize what play is coming is going to be the tricky part."
The Eagles' defense will be asked to stop a diversified attack directed by senior quarterback Warren Smith, who has thrown for 2,893 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Running back Pushaun Brown has 1,055 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground.
"Last week, we got into one of those games where it was back and forth," Monken said. "We managed to score enough to win. Those are a little gut wrenching. But equally gut wrenching are the ones when you can't score, and you have to hold them down. We're just hoping for a good balance."
Georgia Southern and Maine have played twice in the playoffs previously. In 1987, the Eagles rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to defeat the Bears 31-28 in overtime in the first round of the Division I-AA playoffs.
In 2002, GSU won a less dramatic 31-7 game from Maine in the I-AA quarterfinals.


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Well…..I really wanted to like this tea, but had a feeling that I wouldn't. Now, my girlfriend on the other hand likes it alot, she more of a cake person than I am. In regards to my impressions, this tea was a little artificial tasting. I think the beet and vanilla flavors may have been a little over the top. Once I added milk, well, it didn't get better for my unfortunately. I could not finish the tea, it was just not my taste. The key word here is "my" since others have certainly enjoyed it.
Disclosure: I've recently come back to tea and have been experimenting with different types. I'm starting the realize that the more "traditional" (I'm referring to teas with more natural flavorings) teas are more to my liking, which this tea is certainly not.


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JERUSALEM (Jan. 25)
When an Israeli Arab was appointed to a senior municipal post in Haifa, the move ignited a controversy between the coalition partners in the Israeli port city's government.
It also illuminated the struggle among Israeli Arabs for greater political power.
The incident comes as a recent survey, conducted by Elie Rekhess of Tel Aviv University, confirms that Israeli Arabs — many of whom identify themselves as Palestinians — are more concerned about achieving "genuine political equality," as the poll put it, than with the political aspirations of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The story began earlier this month, when the Meretz Party appointed Ghassan Abu Warda to head the city's education department.
The move appeared to be innocuous. After all, Arabs make up 10 percent of Haifa's 250,000 population, Jews and Arabs have peaceably coexisted in Haifa since the establishment of the state of Israel and Meretz usually holds the education portfolio.
But the council, led by Mayor Amram Mitzna of the Labor Party, rejected Abu Warda, saying that he was "unfit for the job."
Meretz quit the coalition that governs the city in protest, accusing both Mitzna and the council of racism, a charge endorsed by at least two Israeli newspapers.
"The basic reason for keeping the job from Abu Warda was that he is an Israeli Arab," the Israeli daily Ha'aretz said in an editorial.
The Jerusalem Post, a politically conservative English-language daily, said, "To believe that a member of a minority cannot faithfully represent everyone's interests, majority and minority, is pure clannishness and profoundly anti- democratic."
In the wake of the stinging criticism, Haifa's mayor announced that he would appoint an Arab member of the city council, from the predominantly Arab Hadash Party, to the education slot — and would ask for the council's approval on Feb. 1.
The incident came soon after the release of the survey results. The survey, which was based on face-to-face interviews with 600 Israeli Arabs in October and November, showed that:
41 percent of Israeli Arabs consider "genuine political equality" as the most important issue;
32 percent give preference to improvement of social services, such as education and health;
8 percent gave the most importance to "the national identity of Israel's Arabs"; and
only 5 percent prioritized the struggle to establish a Palestinian state.
These figures are the consequences of the peace process and its effect on the local Arab population, said Rekhess, who heads the university's program on Arab politics in Israel.
While Israeli Arabs feel less identification with the Palestinian issue — the Israeli component of their identity is getting stronger — "this does not mean that the process of Palestinization has disappeared," he said.
Instead, Rekhess said, the results demonstrate that Israeli Arabs are fighting for increased political power for themselves.
One example of this increasing political assertiveness can be found in the Knesset.
Hadash Knesset member Azmi Beshara recently proposed a bill that would guarantee Arabs proportional representation on the boards of government-owned corporations — similar to guarantees that are given to women in Israel.
Currently, only 15 out of 1,500 directors of these corporations are Arabs.
Beshara, who already has declared his candidacy for prime minister in the next elections, has been working hard to show his constituency that he can be effective.
Some 44 percent of Israeli Arabs believe that parliamentary work is the most effective way to achieve equality, according to Rekhess' survey.
But, in reality, despite a record number of 11 Arabs in the 120-member Knesset, they have less influence than they did under the previous Labor governments, when prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres leaned on their support.
Some 81.5 percent of Israeli Arabs believe that a unified Arab party would be best for their interests, according to the survey. But more than 50 percent admitted there was little or no chance for such a party to emerge.
Israeli Arabs are simply too diversified to allow for a single party.
But a majority of Israeli Arabs — 73 percent — would favor an Arab candidate for prime minister, according to the survey.
All of the Arab participants at a recent symposium in Tel Aviv called to analyze the survey agreed that an Arab candidate for prime minister was necessary even if he has no chance of being elected — if only as a signal to the Labor Party not to take Arab voters for granted.
One theory is that an Arab candidate would force a runoff, presumably between the Labor and Likud candidates, and that would enable Arab voters to press for stronger commitments from the two main parties.