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Summary Report for:
15-1199.05 - Geographic Information Systems Technicians
Assist scientists, technologists, or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying, or using geographic information systems (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.
Sample of reported job titles: Geographic Information Systems Analyst (GIS Analyst), Geographic Information Systems Coordinator (GIS Coordinator), Geographic Information Systems Specialist (GIS Specialist), Geographic Information Systems Technician (GIS Technician), Technical Support Specialist
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings
- Design or prepare graphic representations of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, using GIS hardware or software applications.
- Analyze Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data to identify spatial relationships or display results of analyses, using maps, graphs, or tabular data.
- Maintain or modify existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases.
- Enter data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases, using techniques such as coordinate geometry, keyboard entry of tabular data, manual digitizing of maps, scanning or automatic conversion to vectors, or conversion of other sources of digital data.
- Review existing or incoming data for currency, accuracy, usefulness, quality, or completeness of documentation.
- Perform geospatial data building, modeling, or analysis, using advanced spatial analysis, data manipulation, or cartography software.
- Design or coordinate the development of integrated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial or non-spatial databases.
- Select cartographic elements needed for effective presentation of information.
- Provide technical support to users or clients regarding the maintenance, development, or operation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases, equipment, or applications.
- Interpret aerial or ortho photographs.
- Recommend procedures or equipment or software upgrades to increase data accessibility or ease of use.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, equipment, or systems.
- Confer with users to analyze, configure, or troubleshoot applications.
- Transfer or rescale information from original photographs onto maps or other photographs.
- Analyze Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for use in urban planning applications that promote better land use or reduce environmental impacts of development.
- Analyze Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data to determine the best locations for renewable energy sites, including solar or wind energy installations.
- Apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data in transportation routing settings to determine the best routing to reduce pollution or energy consumption.
- Confer with biologists or other researchers in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data to define wildlife areas or corridors for land use planning.
- Participate in projects that map changes in carbon emissions levels across different geographic locations, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Coordinate geometry COGO software; ESRI ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst; ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst; Landmark GeoGraphix
- Application server software — ESRI ArcSDE
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Autodesk Land Desktop; Bentley Microstation ; Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Data base management system software — Microsoft SQL Server ; Relational database management system RDMS
- Data base reporting software — SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — Autodesk Topobase; ESRI ArcEditor; Microsoft Access ; Structured query language SQL (see all 5 examples)
- Development environment software — C; List processing language LISP; Microsoft .NET Framework ; Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA (see all 5 examples)
- Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat ; Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Electronic mail software — Email software
- Enterprise application integration software — Extensible markup language XML ; IBM WebSphere
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator ; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop ; Microsoft Visio
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Map creation software — ESRI ArcGIS software ; ESRI ArcIMS; Geographic information system GIS software ; Trimble Pathfinder Office (see all 6 examples)
- Mobile location based services software — Global positioning system GPS software
- Object or component oriented development software — Microsoft Visual C++; Practical extraction and reporting language Perl ; Python ; Sun Microsystems Java (see all 5 examples)
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Job control language JCL
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Web platform development software — Autodesk MapGuide; Hypertext markup language HTML ; JavaScript ; Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Global positioning system GPS receiver — Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Laser fax machine — Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers — Computer laser printers
- Mainframe computers
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Personal computers
- Photocopiers — Photocopying equipment
- Plotter printers — Large-format plotters; Plotters
- Portable data input terminals — Portable data collectors
- Scanners — Computer data input scanners; Digitizers
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Detailed Work Activities
- Prepare graphics or other visual representations of information.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Create databases to store electronic data.
- Update computer database information.
- Evaluate data quality.
- Develop scientific or mathematical models.
- Provide technical support for software maintenance or use.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
- Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems.
- Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
- Analyze Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for use in green applications.
- Apply information technology to solve business or other applied problems.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 84% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 77% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Sitting — 74% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Telephone — 70% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 51% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 32% responded "Very important."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 17% responded "Very important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 41% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 47% responded "Some freedom."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 38% responded "Very important."
- Contact With Others — 36% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 17% responded "Less than half the time."
- Time Pressure — 51% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 38% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Deal With External Customers — 39% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 48% responded "Important results."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 38% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
Employment data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
Industry data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
|Median wages (2019)
|$42.57 hourly, $88,550 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|412,800 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Faster than average (7% to 10%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.


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Sebastian Lang-Lessing is caught at rehearsal by Symphony Board member Jim Berg. Here is a video of him talking about the Berg Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 that the Symphony plays this weekend.
November 18 & 19 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
San Antonio Symphony
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Kolja Blacher, violin
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Berg Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor
COMING NEXT WEEK: The Symphony's collaboration with Ballet San Antonio to produce The Nutcracker begins Thanksgiving weekend and the first weekend in December. Handel's Messiah quickly follows on December 2, 3 & 4.
Jack Fishman
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French in a Flash: Carrot and Brie Puffs Recipe
I made these puffs back home. Home is where the heart is, and where la famille waits with empty, hungry stomachs to taste and to critique and to decide whether my recipe will live forever in the halls of ignominy, or will be dubbed "un gagnant." Many daughters have a hard time taking all their mothers' suggestions seriously, but I think I may have grown up. Maman, when she tasted these carrot and brie puffs straight out of the oven, took a knife, stabbed a puff, and stuffed some extra bits of brie into the middle. The steam melted it, and voila, one bite later, there was delicious, crispy brie on top of the puff, and melting, oozing brie on the inside. She's a genius.
Gougères are French cheese puffs, made from the same dough used for profiteroles and eclairs. They're puffed full of air on the inside, and crisp on the outside with a touch of doughiness. So good, you could eat a million. I normally make them with Gruyère or Parmesan, but I think carrot and brie goes so well together. These puffs have carrot and chervil in the dough, and brie melted into the top and, if you like, in the center. Served directly from the oven, they're the perfect afternoon snack, but are also elegant and innovative enough to make an appearance at a cocktail party, or as something to munch on with drinks before dinner. Good as gold.
- Yield:22
- 1 carrot, peeled, and cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch disks
- 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon roughly chopped fresh chervil
- 1 to 2 ounces brie, cut into 1/4-inch dice
Adjust the rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 400°F.
Add carrots to medium saucepan and cover with cold salted water. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil for until extremely tender, about 20 minutes, and drain.
Add carrots and 1/2 cup water to blender and blend until completely smooth.
Place carrot mixture in a medium saucepan and add the butter. Cover, and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Take pan off heat, and dump in flour. Stir vigorously with wooden spoon to combine. Return pot to medium-low heat, and stir with wooden spoon until dough pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball, about 1 minute.
Place dough in a bowl, and add 1 egg at a time, stirring with wooden spoon to thoroughly incorporate each egg. Stir in chopped chervil. Dough will be thick and sticky.
Use a small ice cream scoop to make about 20 to 22 balls of dough on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press one piece of brie into center of each ball. Use a wet finger to press down any edges of pastry that may burn.
Bake for 10 minutes, then lower heat to 350° and cook until puffed and golden, about 30 minutes longer.
Serve immediately, or make a slit in the puff and insert another cube of brie while the puffs are still extremely hot. Close, and the brie will melt inside.
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LAS VEGAS – To say Dana White has high hopes for the UFC's new women's division would be an understatement at this point.
The UFC president has made it well known that it took him a while to get on board with having women in the UFC. But Ronda Rousey changed his mind.
Still, as with anything, there are detractors. But White isn't worried about them or the main event of UFC 157.
UFC 157 takes place Feb. 23 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., and is headlined by the first women's fight in UFC history between bantamweight champ Rousey (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Liz Carmouche (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
This past week in Chicago, White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the UFC will kick into high gear to promote the fight after Saturday's UFC 155 pay-per-view, including the typical pre-fight ancillary programming, such as "UFC Countdown."
But White also expects Rousey's debut to potentially break MMA ground with new audiences that haven't touched the sport before.
"As this thing starts to get closer, you guys will start to see the UFC being talked about and stories being done in places that have never (done UFC stories) before in the history that we've owned this company," White said. "Ronda will be in places that have never been done for MMA before. To me, that's already a success."
Although the Rousey-Carmouche fight is the only women's bout booked by the UFC so far, and there have been rumblings that the company is waiting to see how the fight does before pushing forward with other announcements for the women's division, White said those will come in due time.
"What we're doing is, we're actually doing a round table with a bunch of media with all the girls that will be in that division," White told MMAjunkie.com. "Trust me – we've got plans. It's funny that people still f—ing doubt us."
And those doubts have to do with putting Rousey-Carmouche as the main event of a pay-per-view to begin with. The fact is that an untested commodity in the UFC is being counted on to sell a major card in a major market.
The detractors have wondered why Rousey-Carmouche is ahead of Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida. The answer, of course, is one's a title fight, and the other is not.
White said he'll make no expectations for how well the card will do when it comes to pay-per-view buys. A recent report that the gate had only hit $750,000 worth of tickets, he said, was misleading in that it didn't call enough attention to what he said is a ticket response that is ahead of the most recent UFC show at the Honda Center.
"People are saying, 'This is going to be the biggest pay-per-view disaster ever,' White said. "Honestly, I don't know what it's going to do. On pay-per-view, who knows what it's going to do. But take that away, and it's a great card. If you're pissed off and you don't like women's fighting, don't watch the last f—ing fight. The rest of the card has a bunch of great fights on it.
"I've seen Ronda fight, I've been to a Ronda fight, and it's pretty damned exciting. If you're a fight fan, if you're really a fight fan, you're probably going to watch. If you're a jackass who just likes to talk on the Internet and write stupid stories, you're probably going to do that, too."
For more on UFC 157, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
(Pictured: Ronda Rousey)


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Chile election could signal 'radical changes'
- Polls say Michelle Bachelet is the heavy favorite to take most of the vote in Sunday%27s election
- She will have to win 50%25 of the vote to avoid runoff with Evelyn Matthei on the right
- Matthei is running on a platform similar to the free-market polices of President Sebastian Pinera
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile has seen rapid economic growth and rising incomes under the pro-business policies of a conservative president who spurned the class warfare ideologies that have wracked many of its neighbors.
But voters don't seem as if they are in the mood to stick with such policies.
On Sunday, a presidential election is likely to tilt toward Michelle Bachelet, a left-leaning former president whose coalition includes the Communist Party and who vows to hikes taxes on business, tackle what she calls income inequality, strengthen labor unions and spend billions on education to satisfy university protesters.
"These are quite radical changes that send a bad signal," says Francisco Klapp, an economist at the Liberty and Development investigative center in Santiago.
"It would be the wrong path for Chile. The policies would discourage reinvestment," Klapp says.
Polls say Bachelet, 62, is the heavy favorite to take most of the vote in Sunday's election, but she will have to win 50% to avoid a runoff against a former friend on the right, Evelyn Matthei.
Matthei is running on a platform similar to the free-market polices of President Sebastian Pinera, who is forbidden by the constitution from running for a second consecutive four-year term.
Bachelet also came up against her term limit in 2010, but as president she governed largely as a centrist. She rebuffed the socialist polices of her party often and refused to raid the revenues from Chile's cooper industry to raise incomes at the lower levels.
She was caught off-guard by massive protests from high school students complaining of poor quality education, and a new transport system for the Santiago region that failed to work well. However, the economy did not do badly under her, and her approval rating was high when she left office.
Now Bachelet is proposing to ease social tensions by overhauling Chile's maligned education system. And she intends to do it by imposing an idea she once rejected: raiding business revenues.
Bachelet proposes to raise the corporate tax rate from 20% to 25%. And she is also going after a system introduced during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that allows wealthier Chileans to avoid the 40% tax on income over $100,000 a year by putting their earnings in investment companies.
The system has boosted savings and fueled growth, which has helped make Chile the wealthiest nation in Latin America, but has also left the government to rely on the sales tax for most of its revenue, which disproportionately burdens the poor.
Still, a 2011 United Nations report said Chile was the most attractive country for investment in Latin America. And it's a magnet for U.S. investment; U.S. companies invested nearly $35 billion in Chile that year.
"Bachelet needs to be very careful about changing the rules," Klapp says.
A Nov. 7 poll by IPSOS showed that 35% of voters backed Bachelet, well under the 50% she needs to avoid a runoff on Dec. 15. Matthei, the candidate for the governing center-right Alliance coalition, polled at 22%.
Matthei herself has baggage. Her father was commander in chief of the air force under the military regime of Pinochet, and she backed military rule in 1998.
But she has come out hard against Bachelet, warning that she will take Chile down the road of Argentina and other countries where shifts toward socialism have rattled their economies. Bachelet says she wants "absolute public control" over water and mining in Chile, the world's biggest copper producer.
"If Bachelet wins, there could be a turn to the left that is too brusque for a moderate country like Chile," says Joaquín Lavín, Matthei's campaign manager.
"I worry for property rights," says Rodrigo Lavado, 30, a bank executive who will vote for Matthei. "Bachelet's proposals are very populist."
Shop owners are worried as well as corporations.
"Small businesses like mine are going to suffer," says Pamela Fuica, 40, who sells fried food from her street stall in a working-class neighborhood in south Santiago.
But Bachelet says Chile is weighed down by inequalities, calling them an "obstacle" to development. Her campaign slogan, "Everybody's Chile," appears on posters across Santiago and appeals to those who want government policies that favor the masses.
An unmarried mother of three who was tortured for her underground activism in the early years of the dictatorship, Bachelet headed a United Nations organization for women until deciding to run again.
"Bachelet looks, talks and lives like Chile," says Robert Funk, a political scientist at the University of Chile, adding that the current president Pinera, who is a billionaire businessman, does not.
On the other hand, some Chileans, especially young people, view her as too moderate. Although she is now promising reforms, critics say she did little during her presidency to move Chile away from policies they dislike.
"In 2006, there were also promises, but few were fulfilled," says Fredy Ríos, 23, an engineering student who will vote for Marco Enríquez-Ominami, a left-wing candidate. "I don't trust her."
And some say Bachelet is a pragmatist who is unlikely to clash strongly with businessmen and investors.
"Bachelet knows how important Chile's market-friendly reputation is and I expect her to tread carefully," says Michael Henderson, a Latin American analyst at Capital Economics in London.
Large protests in recent years by university students demanding a fairer education system have had major repercussions. Pinera lowered interest rates on student loans to meet their complaints but Bachelet is calling for university to be free for all students within six years.
"Bachelet represents a possibility for change," says Gabriel Ossandón, 23, an outgoing student leader at the University of Chile's law faculty.


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Parents pleaded to get a prom punishment overturned and they succeeded with just hours to spare.
The parents of a senior at Somerset-Berkley Regional High School in Berkley, Massachusetts said their daughter was told Thursday she was not allowed to attend the school prom Friday night.
The parents said the punishment from the principal was over a video project highlighting the senior class year in review.
"I'm outraged. I'm mad. I'm shaking," James Hilario, the student's step-father told NBC 10 News in an initial interview Friday at noon.
The parents had reached out to local leaders and NBC 10 in hopes of getting the punishment overturned.
"She's devastated. We're devastated," Hilario said of the punishment.
The parents said the video was to be shown at a senior class event next week.
The parents said the principal had a problem with a clip in the video of students celebrating at the Thanksgiving football rally back in November.
The parents tell NBC 10 there's been an on-going controversy at the school about that moment at the rally, when some students apparently yelled inappropriate words.
In their daughter's highlight video, there is no sound from the rally, only images.
She took the clip from a full video of the rally, which the school's TV studio still has posted online.
In the full video, no inappropriate words can be heard.
The parents said the principal was concerned, however, that images of that moment at the rally would bring the controversial issue back up and cause problems, so he told their daughter to edit that scene out of the video before it could be shown.
The parents told NBC 10 she was punished for then showing the video to friends before changing it.
"She was showing it to her friends like any other normal kid, said like, 'what's wrong with this?'," Hilario said.
The parents then urged school leaders to overturn the punishment and let her go to prom.
They also called NBC 10.
NBC 10 left messages with the principal and superintendent late Friday morning.
Not long after the initial NBC 10 interview with the parents at noon, the parents received an email from the principal saying the school committee asked him to reconsider the punishment, and their daughter could go to the prom later that evening.
"I'm just happy for her," Hilario told NBC 10 after the reversal.
He said the superintendent called them.
"Said he was sorry about the way everything played out. I think he kinda agrees that the punishment did not match the crime," Hilario said. "I'd like to think it was the voice of reason, but you know ultimately sometimes it takes a little pressure sometimes to do this."
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Tony Hawk: Ride is not only one of the most disappointing games of 2009, it's easily the most disappointing game in a series that for the past 5 years has specialised in disappointment.
But don't tell Tony Hawk that!
The skater is standing by Robomodo's game, both on the grounds that he was involved in it, and that everyone reviewing the game and thinking it's complete rubbish simply weren't willing to give it a chance.
"They were ready to discredit it before they even tried it, and if it didn't play exactly how they imagined it... then they passed it off" Hawk told the Sudbury Star.
"I don't agree with people who say the board's not responsive," he continues. "I think that they're just not giving it a fair shake. And I think a lot of them came into it with an attitude that it's going to suck."
"I know that (RIDE) is super fun, and I think there's a misconception that I just stick my name on a game," he said. "I brought this idea to Activision, and I saw it through, I've been playing it every step of the way and I am very proud of it."
Hey, least there's one satisfied customer!
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Even guys who have starred on Broadway, been a regular on a TV series and have a few films under their belt hit that moment in their career where Jeremy Jordan was recently.
"Honestly, I didn't have anything to do," Jordan said. The actor, who quickly progressed from understudying multiple roles in "Rock of Ages" to a lead actor Tony nomination for the hit "Newsies" (along the way, he created the role of Clyde in a short-lived musical of "Bonnie and Clyde), decided to branch out into cabaret-style performing. "It seems that I am constantly busy, but most of that stuff has already happened.
"I have a little bit of free time and no way to make money, so I am going to knuckle down and do these concerts everybody tells me I should do," he said. Jordan unveils the show in a four-night run in San Francisco, then moves on to the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood on Monday evening for two shows and May 10-11 at the Copa Club in Palm Springs.
But the engaging 29-year-old with the vast vocal range — just check out the YouTube video of him singing "Let It Go" — admits he's nervous about being himself onstage.
"I am not really keen on the concert scene," Jordan said last week on the phone from his home in New Jersey. "I am so much more interested in playing characters than going out and being myself. It's a really scary thing to go up onstage and be yourself. How will people think that's interesting?"
Jordan doesn't want to divulge too many details of the show but says he will be performing songs from the Broadway musicals, TV and films he's done as well as personal favorites and tunes he's sung at auditions. He will also perform with his wife, Ashley Spencer ("Grease," "Rock of Ages"), on a few numbers, and sing his own compositions for the first time in front of an audience.
In addition to his theater work, Jordan played Dolly Parton's character's grandson in the 2012 movie "A Joyful Noise," was a regular on the second season of NBC's "Smash" and is starring with Anna Kendrick in "The Last Five Years," the upcoming film version of a Jason Robert Brown ("The Bridges of Madison County") musical about the relationship between a struggling actress and an up-and-coming novelist.
Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Jordan was young when his parents divorced and he grew up in low-incoming housing with his mother and two siblings.
"I always knew I liked singing, and my mother convinced me to try out for the choir. As soon as I got into the choir, I found a place where I belonged. I stuck with it all through high school."
And he soon began acting. "My grandmother did a little bit of community theater, and I got roped into every one in a while," said Jordan. "I ended up playing a role where I didn't have to sing. I played the Mute in 'The Fantasticks.' Suddenly, I discovered this new world of becoming somebody else. Immediately, I decided that's what I wanted to do."
After graduating from Ithaca College, Jordan went to New York where he worked the usual waiter jobs until he landed regional theater work. His big break came in 2009, when he was hired to cover different roles in "Rock of Ages." When the lead took sick, Jordan went on with little rehearsal.
"It was my Broadway debut essentially," Jordan said. "I never stepped foot onstage and I was the lead. My family came to surprise me."
Also in the audience that night was director Todd Graff, who would later cast him in "Joyful Noise."
But Jordan really came into his own in 2011, starring in the premiere of "Newsies" at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and in "Bonnie and Clyde" as Clyde Barrow. In fact, for a month he was doing "Newsies" at night in New Jersey and rehearsing for "Bonnie and Clyde" during the day in New York.
"I didn't know how I made it through," he said, laughing. "I was just singing all day every day. I actually never lost my voice."
Both musicals were directed by Jeff Calhoun, who first met Jordan at the "Bonnie and Clyde" audition. "It was immediately clear he had something special," said Calhoun, via email.
"In addition to Jeremy's star quality, he has amazing instincts as an actor," noted Calhoun. "These instincts prohibit Jeremy from ever creating a false or disingenuous move onstage. I've also been enormously impressed with his ability to stay humble while experience success at such a breakneck speed. He understands the responsibility that comes with privilege."
"Bonnie and Clyde," though, ran only 36 performances in December 2011. "It was really sad," Jordan said. "It was something that was really dear to us. I was fortunate enough when it closed, 'Newsies' was already coming to Broadway, and I got to do 'Newsies.' It was the show that really skyrocketed my career to the next level. I can't help but be thankful for that, but it was bittersweet."
His role in "The Last Five Years" was vocally demanding, said Jordan, because "we shot almost everything live. The whole film is pretty much a musical."
Richard LaGravenese ("Beautiful Creatures"), the writer and director of 'The Last Five Years,'" said it was his good friend Graff who suggested Jordan.
"I had this one particular song, 'If I Didn't Believe in You.' I had him sing it over and over," LaGravenese said. "I knew he could do it vocally, but it was acting, his ability to connect with it that made me want to cast him. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg of what he can do."
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Head to the centre of town(only one road in)200 from the only set of traffic lights cross a small bridge turn left. the beach is about 300metres away.the wave is just outside left of the harbour wall.
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The left is pretty short and less challenging than the right but on the bigger days is an easier option for novices.on bigger days there is plenty of wave face to cut up without fear of a bad beating from the wave if you mess up
great atmosphere here. The locals love their surfin and most are very friendly. There is great respect shown for pro's and novices and everyone is given an equal share of the action.0n the bigger days if the main wave is to big walk along the beach and there will be plenty of waves around.
Love it!!! will be heading back next year.
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By dollar huang , 10-11-2005
refernce the web site you can see the wave of this day - Enter http://www.dollar-fulong.com.tw then click the button. Then you can see the wave picture of this day where locate the right side of the page. And welcome to fulong
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Who's keen for a surf - Hi. My name is Regan. I am currently teaching ENglish in Tau Yaun (half an hour away from Taipei)I'm a keen surfer. If anybody is interested in hooking up and going for a wave that would be sweet.My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com I wish I got to Kenting to surf the Typhoon waves.Later.PS. Go Slater
By charlie brown , 07-06-2005
fulong lake - Fulong is a nice place but if you're after waves forget it. After several visits I have not seen anything over ankle height and have caught the train down to Daxi everytime to see the big knee high kahoonas.
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I have an idea.Make a new item in the shop called "weekly boost"This will allow someone to put one of their games in the arcade section for one week.Of course though, they can't claim the prize money if they win.Bricc will decide the prize of the weekly boost and Bricc will decide on the prize money based on the difficulty of the game. Allow at max 3 boosts in the arcade section. You also can't boost for 2 weeks in a row and you can't boost the same game.
I really like this idea and I'll definitely be implementing it soon!
Where are the daily challenges for today. The day is almost over.
I won A dying wish
I spent over an hour on The Super Cliche Adventure! and only got to level 6-3.WHO MAKES THERE GAMES TO TAKE OVER AN HOUR TO COMPLETE?
Eyy bricc forgot to tell you that the tournament has ended http://forums.sploder.com/index.php/topic,342324.0.html
Okay, who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd? Your formatting confused me.
Also im doing a 3rd tournament...
I will won
Ethan came 1st with 10 SGChickiepie (She's not in the forums yet) came 2nd with 5 SGAnd Duck5557474 cam 3rd with 3 SG
Btw is it possible to put our games in the arcade section?
In that case I'll give Duck 5, since Chickie doesn't have a forum account.
As of now I just pick games myself, though I will most likely update the Arcade soon with a bunch of new titles.
Here is is! http://forums.sploder.com/index.php/topic,342428.msg3980773.html#msg3980773
Alright cool, I'll be on da lookout for new games in da arcade section
Updated. The prizes will be the same as SDGP 2.
I will update them once I finish a bit more of my assignment.
Kool! Btw Sto4 is playing my tournament
Alright, GL!
Nice! I think SDGP is a really cool idea, and I think you should continue to make more. Maybe after this one wait a week or so though, so people won't get bored of participating. I'd be happy to continue partnering with future SDGPs.
Wow rlly? And yes, There is a 4th one yet to come (Like a championship) and I will even remake the tracks in harder versions. If we continue like this it could even bring back up the activity in the MS!
Yeah, you seem to put a good amount of effort into the tracks and hosting it, and I appreciate that. I think it could definitely help with main site activity since it encourages those to play games who otherwise might not. I'm going to PM you about something, actually.
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Project GOAL, a Providence-based program, will receive the items collected on Saturday, and use the equipment for their soccer-related activities.
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The vicious attack on a woman at an ATM kiosk in Bangalore should have prompted introspection and action about the kind of city we want to live in. Instead we now have 1,000 closed ATMs and are arguably no safer for it.
|The world's highest ATM on the way to Nathula Pass in Sikkim.
It definitely tells us that we need better security at ATMs - 1.25 lakh of them across the country, according to ASSOCHAM. But, figuring out what that entails is where we seem to have lost the plot.
ASSOCHAM helpfully suggests encouraging credit card use, perhaps forgetting just why ATMs are so ubiquitous. A former top cop suggests that we forget what justice means, what with its pansy notions of 'innocent until proven guilty' and "excessive concern for the rights of the accused", and get 'em scumbags.
Guards and more CCTV cameras at every ATM, says the government. The police gives this a +1. And, when banks failed to meet the five-day deadline to implement this order, the police followed through on the threat to shutter down non-compliant ATMs.
However, these proposals are half-baked, and traditional media seems to be doing a particularly inefficient job of subjecting them to any sort of criticism.
To arm or not to arm guardsFirst, the guards that we can expect to be posted at ATMs will probably be older (given the poor pay that comes with the job) and unarmed (given the somewhat cautious approach to granting arms licences). A man who can brazenly hack a woman at 7am on a busy street is unlikely to be hindered by an unarmed man with knees stiff from sitting eight hours a day.
On the other hand, the idea of armed guards is scarier. I'd be exceedingly concerned at having 8,700 additional guns in the city (one for each of the three security guards at each of the 2,900 ATMs in the city). Going by the 2012 figure of 10,000 arms licences having been granted (and assuming this includes both commercial and personal arms licences), this would nearly double the number of guns in Bangalore. Not a great boost to sense of security.
Appointment rules being flouted?Second, as commentators online have pointed out, the five-day deadline is bizarre, dangerous and perhaps illegal. The Private Security Agencies (Karnataka) Rules 2008 (pdf) require security agencies and the police to verify the "character and antecedents" of anyone applying to be a guard. The police are allowed 90 days to issue their okay certificate. Besides, guards have to undergo 100 hours of classroom instruction and 60 hours of field training, spread over at least 20 working days. (It's 40 hours in the classroom, 16 hours in the field, over 20 days, for ex-servicemen applying to be guards.)
And what of following a tender process and guidelines from the Directorate General Resettlement of the Ministry of Defence (providing employment to ex-servicemen) before appointing security agencies?
How can a security guard hired in haste make us feel safer?
CCTV guidelines urgently neededAs for the knee-jerk reaction to asking for more CCTV cameras, there is unfortunately still no attempt being made to develop desperately needed guidelines for video surveillance, such as in the UK. These guidelines include a simple piece of advice to the authorities:
You should take into account what benefits can be gained, whether better solutions [such as improved lighting, patrolling] exist, and what effect it may have on individuals.
This common-sense is acutely absent. Who's going to monitor ATM CCTV feeds? If the answer is nobody, the devices will do little as a means of preventing a crime such as this one – which is what one assumes the point of this exercise is. Instead, we'll only have shocking footage that's fodder for water-cooler talk, and perhaps, if we're very lucky, will help identify the perpetrator after the crime.
Banks aren't to blameBut of course, the biggest misdirection is the government putting the blame for the crime on the banks. "It is the bank's responsibility" to keep people using ATMs safe, the Karnataka Home Minister declared. The police chief, who should have used this opportunity to ask for reinforcements for his already stretched force, was quick to agree.
This, as Ajay Shah wastes no words in pointing out, is a cop-out. Karthik Shashidhar's piece on what's public and private property when it comes to ATMs does a great job of explaining why this is a policing issue.
Following a spate of ATM thefts earlier this year, the police stepped up patrolling and foiled further attempts, showing how it can be done with old fashioned legwork.
Private security in certain zones may be wise, but the onus to protect people has to be on the cops.
Focus on designIn all the knee-jerk, there seems to have been little official consideration on the one thing that will aid police efforts and actually add to safety of citizens: ATM design.
Always feel bit nervy using enclosed ATMs, esp at night. Operating ATMs on street, in public view, has its own in-built safety.
— Sreenivasan Jain (@SreenivasanJain) November 25, 2013
While I'm not fully convinced that ATMs out in the open are the way to go in India - we need to learn to queue up and mind our own businesses first - surely the people that make these rather expensive machines, can figure it out?
An alarm system, access to kiosks limited to entry/exit with a card, good lighting and in full sight of people, can address some of the concerns that this incident - thankfully an isolated one - raises.


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Gunmen opened fire and tossed bombs on Sunday at a prison van carrying militants of a banned Islamist movement to a court house, freeing three of their colleagues and killing a policeman in the ambush, police and witnesses said.The three convicts sprung from their police escort were members of the group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including the group's explosives expert. Two had been sentenced to death.
The group was highly active around 2005, when it was involved in spate of bombings on judicial personnel, courts and other targets, but has been relatively quiet over the past 10 years.Police Inspector General Hassan MahmoodKhandker said the incident showed the militants had not been rooted out entirely. "It is a clear indication that they are still active," he told reporters.He said the attack was the first such ambush on a prison van.
The militants had been on their way to a court in Mymenshing to testify in another trial, said AbdurRazzak, superintendent of Kashimpur jail, where all three had been held.Militants blocked a highway in Mymenshing, 120 km (75 miles) north of Dhaka, with two cars and set off several bombs to halt the prison van, police said. One policeman died on the spot and three were injured.About 20 masked men then jumped out from a microbus and opened fire on the van, Subedar Habib, who was injured in the attack, told reporters in hospital.
Police who mounted a manhunt and searched districts near the incident later detained one of the men. They also offered a reward of 200,000 taka for help in capturing them.Border patrols had been put on alert to stop the men fleeing the country, junior law ministerAsaduzzaman Khan Kamal said.Six leaders of the Islamist militant group were hanged after being convicted of killing two judges in 2005. Among them was JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, a veteran of conflicts in Afghanistan.
The group exploded nearly 500 bombs almost simultaneously on August 17, 2005, across Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, in attacks largely aimed at frightening authorities.Its militants later carried out suicide attacks on various courthouses, killing 25 people, including judges, lawyers and policemen, and injuring hundreds.


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BOYS BASKETBALL: Northwestern defeats Terryville to win Berkshire League Tournament
THOMASTON >> After flirting with a sweep of both the regular season title and the Berkshire League tournament championship for the past two years, the Northwestern boys basketball team turned the trick Friday evening in a 54-35 win over Terryville.
"This year, to win both is a good feeling," grinned Highlander guard Conner Guiheen (12 points) on his way to cut a piece of the net at Thomaston High School.
"We just put the regular season behind us and focused on one game at a time," said Coach Doug Sebach. "Now we move on to the next season."
Northwestern, the No. 1 seed in the BL Tournament and the Class M state tournament that begins next week piled one win at a time into a 22-0 stack.
The Kangaroos (17-5) were Northwestern's toughest out in the regular season. Losing by just 10 in the first game and 7 in the second, Terryville figured to be a worthy obstacle in the BL tournament finals.
Not this time.
Except for one Terryville spurt early in the second half, it was a Highlander night from start to finish.
Even at their best, in a 7-0 third quarter run closing the gap to five points, the Kangaroos simply incited a Highlander spurt that put the game away in an 11-point dash over the next two minutes.
"That's the way they play," said Terryville coach Mark Fowler.
Northwestern played its game, but the Kangaroos couldn't get theirs started.
"Our game plan was to get a hand in their face because they thrive off 3-pointers," said Northwestern's John Stevens (team-high 16 points). "We contested every shot and they didn't hit them. When they made a shot, our fast break was working pretty well."
The Roos had just two 3-pointers Friday compared with seven in their game against Northwestern last month.
In the regular season, Terryville was one of the few teams in the league that could keep the Highlander pace with composure.
This time, they didn't.
"We threw the ball all over the court in the first quarter and we didn't shoot well," said Fowler.
In the first period, Kangaroo Arthur Trent (game-high 19 points) prowled the baseline for a layup. Tyler Trillo went the length of court for another.
Otherwise, the first seven minutes of the game were Northwestern's, offense and defense.
Jimi Phillips, with an impressive nine points, started it from outside. Conner Guiheen had a steal, taking it the length of the court. Stevens hit a five-footer, then a three and finally a steal and a coast-to-coast dunk, 13-4.
Fowler called a time out. Nevertheless, the Kangaroos didn't really recover until their burst of points early in the third.
Long before that, Terryville's Trent worked hard under the basket, turning a three-point play on his own put-back after the first-period time out.
Mike Jeffko (11 points) worked just as hard for a put-back for Northwestern.
Northwestern's Arthur Lefevre opened the second period with a three. Trent worked for another put-back. Shea Tracy hit a three for the Roos, 22-14.
Then the big guys took over on each side. Jeffko scored five straight points for Northwestern. Trent had the last four of the half, 27-18.
Lefevre started the third with his second 3-pointer.
Then the Roos took off. Jacob Johnson (9 points) hit outside. Devyn Oakes had a put-back. Johnson stuck a three, 30-25.
Northwestern's turn.
Guiheen had two layups on a Stevens pass and a Phillips steal, then went to the line for two more points on foul shots. Phillips made another steal. Stevens bombed another three, 41-25.
With 2:36 left in the third period, Coach Fowler called his last time out.
His timing was good. It helped keep the Highlanders in the building. Still, there was no plan in the world that could bring this one back for the Kangaroos.
The third period ended 43-29.
The teams could almost hear their first-round state tournament opponents' footsteps in Friday's final eight minutes.
Both teams have home games against representatives of the Constitution State Conference.
Terryville, the fourth seed in Class S, hosts No. 29 Grasso Tech at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Northwestern entertains No. 32 Bullard Havens Tech at 7 p.m., on Monday.