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Why Yingli Green Energy (YGE) Surged Today
January 5, 2014 by Jeff
Filed under Green Energy News
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Yingli Green Energy (YGE) jumped 22% to $6.17 on Thursday after announcing a joint venture with Shuozhou Coal Power to build solar-energy power plants in China.
The two Chinese companies has previously worked together to build a 20 MW project in Shanxi Province. The new joint venture will develop and build solar power plants in the city of Shuozhuo. The size of the new solar power plants was not made clear in the company's press release.
Chairman of the new joint venture and Shuozhou Coal Power said in the press release that the new joint venture "echoes the national target for the building of a beautiful China and will help to meet our national targets for clean electricity generation."
TheStreet Ratings team rates YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO (YGE) a SELL. This is driven by a few notable weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 12.34 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. To add to this, YGE has a quick ratio of 0.54, this demonstrates the lack of ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Semiconductors Semiconductor Equipment industry and the overall market, YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the SP 500.
- The gross profit margin for YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO is currently extremely low, coming in at 13.64%. Despite the low profit margin, it has increased significantly from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, YGE's net profit margin of -6.49% significantly underperformed when compared to the industry average.
- This stock has increased by 93.72% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the SP 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the future course of this stock, we feel that the risks involved in investing in YGE do not compensate for any future upside potential, despite the fact that it has seen nice gains over the past 12 months.
- YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. This trend suggests that the performance of the business is improving. During the past fiscal year, YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDGS CO continued to lose money by earning -$3.13 versus -$3.32 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings (-$1.39 versus -$3.13).
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: YGE Ratings Report


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I was an enthusiastic apple-cheeked young man smoking hay and wandering around Lawrence, Kansas.
I used to mess around with more paint and larger pieces... It was all pretty scattered. I think it's grown over time, and still remains fairly scattered, but maybe it's tightened up and/or evolved a bit more.
It's a lot like I thought it'd be but with less hovering then I predicted.
I thought, "this is the site for me"... then saw it and thought, "Oh, art. This is the site for me".
Fecal Face has been a great resource to discover all kinds of different work people are doing out there creatively... As well as connecting me to a community of friends that I'm proud to know and happy to be a part of. Thanks, Fecal Face!
"Corpse of Discovery with Bryan Zimmerman". El-P's "weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3". Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Before Today". Billy Sprague's "Galena" tape. Soggy Cookie's "Shut Up and Put Your Butt Up" cass-single. White Shit "Sculpted Beef". Jim Houser's record is way awesome.
I want to! We'll see what happens! (editor's note: they made it, and it ruled.)
Just trying to stay apple-cheeked.
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NEW YORK (AP) David Price can't control the trade speculation. The opposing hitters, he can handle them just fine.
Price came within one pitch of extending his remarkable strikeout streak, yet still did plenty to lead the resurgent Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 2-1 on a warm Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
''Stay here, David,'' Rays manager Joe Maddon implored.
James Loney hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and the Rays matched their longest win string of the season. Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig's team record for doubles as the Yankees equaled their worst skid this year with their fourth loss in a row.
Price (7-7) struck out nine - he fanned at least 10 in each of his previous five starts, and was trying to join Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to accomplish the feat six straight times.
''That would've been cool,'' Price said.
The left-hander gave up four hits and was pulled after seven innings and 119 pitches. He fanned Francisco Cervelli for the second out in the bottom of the seventh, then got two strikes on both Yangervis Solarte and Brett Gardner, missed with a couple of close pitches and couldn't quite get strikeout No. 10.
In 23 career starts against the Yankees, Price has never reached double digits in strikeouts.
The Rays, who spent most of June with the worst record in the majors, have won six of seven. Their recent struggles had fueled talk that Tampa Bay might trade Price before the July 31 deadline.
Price has said that the more the Rays win, the better chance he has of staying with his original club.
''I just play ball,'' the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner said. ''That's my job.''
Jake McGee pitched a perfect eighth and Grant Balfour worked around a pair of walks in the ninth for his 11th save in 13 chances.
Maddon has gone to a closer-by-committee approach. He said he picked Balfour this time because of a bit of ''karma'' - the manager saw the reliever walking his grandmother into the team hotel lobby earlier in the day.
''True,'' Maddon said.
Balfour said his grandmom, in her mid-80s, came from the family's home in Australia to see one game at Yankee Stadium.
''I'm sure she was happy I was able to get in tonight,'' Balfour said.
New York (41-41) has dropped eight of 10.
''The guys we have, they've got to get it done. That's the bottom line,'' Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ''As I said, it's not just a couple of guys going, it's a number of guys.''
''No one is going to feel sorry for you,'' he said. ''No one has a magic potion. You just have to grind it out.''
It was 1-all when Loney hit the first pitch of the sixth from Hiroki Kuroda (5-6) into the Yankees bullpen in right-center field. His fifth home run of the season gave him 11 RBIs in 14 games.
The Rays took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Matt Joyce and Evan Longoria opened with singles and, after Loney struck out, Logan Forsythe hit an RBI single.
A wild throw on a rundown gave the Yankees a run in the bottom half.
Jeter led off with his 534th career double and went to third on Jacoby Ellsbury's single. Price trapped Ellsbury with a pickoff throw, but he was hit in the back by shortstop Ben Zobrist's throw and Jeter scored.
Zobrist is playing shortstop in place of regular starter Yunel Escobar, put on the disabled list before the game because of a sore right shoulder.
NOTES: Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long was ejected in the sixth for arguing balls and strikes from the bench. ... Cervelli nearly tumbled over the dugout railing while catching Zobrist's foul pop in the first. Maddon helped steady the backup catcher, who started in place of Brian McCann. In the ninth, McCann pinch hit and looked at strike three with a runner on first. After hitting just .221 with nine homers and 36 RBIs at the halfway mark, McCann said he's been ''horrible'' this season. An All-Star with Atlanta, he signed an $85 million, five-year deal with the Yankees. Girardi said it was just a regular day off for rest. ''I believe he's going to hit,'' Girardi said. ''At times, I think he's been a little anxious.'' ... Tampa Bay RF Kevin Kiermaier and a couple of Rays got into the World Cup spirit, dying their hair red, white and blue to support the U.S. soccer team. ... Rays RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-7, 4.14 ERA) starts against LHP Vidal Nuno (2-4, 5.42) in the series finale Wednesday afternoon. ... Johnson remains the last pitcher to strike out at least 10 in six consecutive starts. He did it in 2002 with Arizona. The record is eight in a row by Martinez in 1999 with Boston.


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Josh Rosen
Josh Rosen has performed/recorded with jazz greats Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Greg Hopkins, Bob Moses, Stan Strickland, Phil Grenadier, John Lockwood, Dennis Irwin, Steve Slagle, Bennie Wallace, George Schuller, The Either/Orchestra and Ethiopian master musicians Mulatu Astake and Mahmoud, among many others.
Rosen co-leads and composes for 3play+, whose CD "American Waltz" was released in 2009 to wide acclaim. He co-leads the Josh Rosen/Stan Strickland Project, which released a stunning duet album, "Instinct", in 2012. Rosen plays piano and composes for the cutting edge jazz collective, "The Outnumbered", with fellow band mates, saxophonists Jason Robinson and Charlie Kohlhase. In addition, Rosen is a member of Adventures in Sound, with guitar maverick David Tronzo; and is featured on electric keys with jazz fusion group, The Infinite Ensemble. Most recently, Rosen has embarked on a boundary crossing project called The Melting Pot, which blends Indian vocals, funk guitar jams, and psychedelic keyboards in an original improvisational stew.
Rosen is Professor of Piano, Improvisation and Jazz Ensembles at Berklee College of Music, now in his 17th year. An international clinician with a Masters Degree from New England Conservatory, Rosen has studied with jazz great, pianist Fred Hersch, and master composers William Thomas McKinley and Robert Cogan. Rosen has composed music and sound design for numerous films and other projects.


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Milford motorist faces drug charge following single-vehicle crash
35-year-old William Clingenpeel Jr. will have to answer to drug charges after a one-vehicle crash near Hoopeston last Friday. Illinois State Police report the accident sent two people to the hospital.
Clingenpeel rolled a pickup truck on Illinois Route 1 near 100 North Road between Milford and Hoopeston.
Clingenpeel and 30-year-old passenger Joshua Witty, also from Milford, were taken to Hoopeston Community Hospital then transferred to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Charges filed included driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.


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Improving the Nation's Highway Freight Network
Transcript of Hearing
Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI)
February 27, 2014
Today's hearing will focus on how we can improve the Nation's highway freight network. The current federal surface transportation authorization, MAP-21, expires on September 30th of this year. As the Committee begins its work on drafting the successor to MAP-21, we must understand how we can improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the Nation's highway freight network.
The safe and efficient movement of freight throughout the United States directly impacts the day-to-day lives of every American. Basic necessities, such as food and clothing, rely on many modes of the freight transportation system to reach consumers. American businesses rely on an efficient, safe, reliable freight system to move their goods to domestic and international markets.
The Nation's highway system is an essential part of the broader freight transportation system. Not every community is located adjacent to a railroad, airport, waterway, or port, but consumer goods are almost invariably transported along the Nation's four million miles of highways and roads for at least part of the journey. Furthermore, first- and last-mile connections to other modes of transportation are almost always made on the highway system.
In 2011, the U.S. transportation system moved nearly 18 billion tons of goods, valued at almost $17 trillion. However, each day traffic on approximately 12,000 miles of the highway system slow below posted speed limits, and an additional 7,000 miles experience stop-and-go conditions. In addition, America's reliance on the highway system is growing faster than the system itself. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that in the next 30 years, there will be 60 percent more freight that must be moved across the Nation.
MAP-21 laid the foundation for a significant federal focus on freight mobility. Specifically, MAP-21 set national freight policy by delineating specific goals related to freight mobility. MAP-21 also required the Secretary of Transportation to designate a national freight network and establish a strategic plan to meet the goals stipulated in the national freight policy. Finally, MAP-21 encouraged the creation of state freight advisory committees and the development of state freight plans.
MAP-21 is set to expire on September 30. Ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable movement of goods is a priority for this Subcommittee in the reauthorization bill.


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Hey everyone,
It's time for another catalog spotlight! This month, we'll be taking a look at one of the first simulcast titles Crunchyroll ever released, Time of Eve!
Produced by Studio Rikka and DIRECTIONS, Inc., Time of Eve was created by director Yasuhiro Yoshiura, who also directed Mizu no Kotoba (Aquatic Language) and Pale Cocoon, both of which are available on Crunchyroll!
For those of you who wish to own the series to re-watch whenever the mood strikes, you can also buy the Blu-Ray release of all 6 episodes from the official website: timeofeve.com/e/ (for US, Canada, EU)
And as for the movie, which includes additional scenes and a different outcome, it's available for purchase on the iTunes store in US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/time-of-eve-the-movie/id484850375
One of the things that really struck me about Time of Eve was just how well it was able to blend both drama and humor together in a perfect balance, with both the cinematic camera angles and music contributing a great deal to setting the right tone and mood. The series is on the shorter side, with 6 episodes of 14-16 minutes each, except for the last episode, which was a longer 27 minutes. That being said, the format works really well, and it feels like a succession of short films, which actually follow each other very nicely, instead of being one of those works where the timeline is all out of order and you have to sort of guess where each episode fits in with the others.
The story is set in the future, where androids are indistinguishable from humans, except for a holographic ring that's required to be projected above the heads of androids. Most humans treat androids just as tools, but there exists a cafe where these boundaries are blurred, and even discouraged. At the Time of Eve cafe, the only rule is no discrimination between humans and robots, and so androids turn off their rings upon entering, meaning that it is difficult, if not impossible, to tell just who is human and who is an android.
Obviously, the themes of man vs. machine and AI are prominent throughout the whole story, but it's approached in a surprisingly casual and easy to digest manner. It certainly does make you think on the subject of just what it means to be human, but it doesn't delve so deep or try to hammer home a point so much so that it takes away from simply enjoying the story. If anything, it has a tendency to interrupt the dramatic and tense moments with some very well-timed comedic moments, complete with the music either starting or stopping right when the mood changes, and the appropriate camera pans and zooms at those moments.
Voice acting is superb throughout the series, with Jun Fukuyama as the lead character, Rikuo, Kenji Nojima as his best friend Masaki, and Rie Tanaka as Rikuo's household android, Sammy. The supporting cast is just as impressive, featuring Yukana as Akiko, one of the cafe regulars, and Tomokazu Sugita as another frequent customer, Setoro.
Overall, Time of Eve is a refreshing, light-hearted look at the line between humans and androids, and gives just enough insight without bogging down the storyline with what could be a potentially dark and depressive subject matter. And with the whole series clocking in at just about 100 minutes, it's short and sweet enough to digest in one sitting. If you're looking for a quick series with great direction, a hint of sci-fi and philosophy, and a fresh take on the man vs. machine matter, be sure to check out Time of Eve!
Time is Eve is available to all Crunchyroll members WORLDWIDE excluding Japan. Many thanks to our partners at Pied Piper for letting us make ALL 6 episodes available for EVERYONE (yes, that means free users as well!) for this month's catalog spotlight, until February 28, 2013, 11:59:59pm PST!
So for those of you who haven't seen this amazing series before, go and check it out before the month is up! And if you love it as much as I did, be sure to tell them on their Facebook page and Twitter @TimeofEve1!
Was good, but too short.
Time of Eve handles the Three Laws better than Isaac Asimov himself.
It is truly an anime master piece!
tired and ready to sleep.
recently watched this,was very good.
I picked up the Itunes release of this subtitled only and love it!
Still waiting for a reply from help area! And waiting and waiting...
I need to watch this. I watched a few episodes but lost out on the rest. I finally got the chance thanks to Crunchyroll to have the opportunity to watch the show completely this time!
Living life to the fullest as only I can. Thank you.
Anime perfection <3
This was one of the best anime series I've ever seen. It was beautifully crafted in addition to thoughtfully exploring the emotional consequences of a world with robots that can think and feel.
If I recall this was a web based released/sponsored by Yahoo.jp originally. Unless Crunchroll wanted to go the Netflix route I doubt we'd see another season.
This was great.
this show is a masterpiece
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I love Time of Eve. It's so good. Definitely one of my favorites. If any of you are on the fence about watching it, do it. Do it now.
One word = "WOW".
Wonderful series, wish they'd made more! Watch it before it goes away...
This is easily not only one of the best anime's ever made, but one of the best works of fiction period. The use of humor, emotion, and intellect by this show sets the standard that other anime's should aspire too. A truly under appreciated gem.


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Broncos linebacker Von Miller received a six-game suspension under the NFL's substance-abuse policy Tuesday, taking away the best defensive player from a team many expect to make a run at the Super Bowl.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ? Broncos linebacker Von Miller received a six-game suspension under the NFL's substance-abuse policy Tuesday, taking away the best defensive player from a team many expect to make a run at the Super Bowl.
The league wanted a longer penalty for the third-year linebacker, but the sides agreed to less than half the season, a person familiar with the negotiations between the linebacker and the NFL told The Associated Press.
The person who spoke to the AP did not want to be identified because details about the negotiations were not public.
Broncos executive vice president John Elway said the team was frustrated with what happened "and, I think, disappointed in Von."
"We'll live with that decision," Elway said. "What I'd like to do is try to do everything we can to prevent any other situations."
According to the NFL, Miller is eligible to play and practice through the last two preseason games. His suspension, without pay, will begin Aug. 31, and will cost him more than $800,000 of the nearly $2.3 million he's scheduled to make this season.
He'll be allowed at the team facility, but not at practice during the suspension. He can return to the field Oct. 14, the day after Denver's home game against Jacksonville, and will be eligible for an Oct. 20 contest at the Indianapolis Colts.
After being notified of the decision, Miller released a statement saying, "although my suspension doesn't result from a positive test, there is no excuse for my violations of the rules."
"I made mistakes and my suspension has hurt my team, Broncos fans, and myself," he said. "I am especially sorry for the effect of my bad decisions on others. I will not make the same mistakes about adhering to the policy in the future. "
The NFL has two drug policies ? one that covers use of performance-enhancing substances and the "Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse" that applied to Miller's case.
There are ways to violate the drug policy without necessarily testing positive. They include missing a test, refusing to test, tampering with tests or giving a diluted urine sample.
The Broncos had been operating throughout the preseason as if Miller would be with them for their regular-season opener Sept. 5.
"I don't know if that was confidence as much as it was wishful thinking," coach John Fox said. "I think we all tend to look at the glass half full instead of half empty. But now the reality is there and I'm kind of glad we've gotten to where it is finalized."
It gives Fox a chance to finalize "Plan B" for a team listed at most Vegas sports books as the favorite to win the Super Bowl. Miller is the best player on the Broncos defense ? the second pick of the 2011 draft, the NFL's 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year and runner-up last season for the league's Defensive Player of the Year. He had 18� sacks last season and 30 over his two years.
Likely to take his spot at the rush linebacker position is Shaun Phillips, a 10-year veteran the Broncos signed in free agency during the offseason.
Others in the mix in a juggled linebacker corps include Nate Irving, Wesley Woodyard and Danny Trevathan. Another linebacker, Stewart Bradley, had emerged as a front-runner over Irving at middle linebacker during training camp, but he hurt his left wrist in a preseason game Saturday night and underwent surgery.
On Tuesday, the Broncos signed 12th-year veteran Paris Lenon, who played ahead of Bradley in Arizona last year.
"We're going to have to have guys play better," Fox said. "Everybody is going to have to step up. I know it's 'Next man up,' but he's a hard man to replace."
Miller, meanwhile, has a number of issues pending before his return. Among them, staying in playing shape while not being allowed to practice with the team. He also must clear up his recent arrest for failing to appear in court for traffic violations. News of the arrest came as Miller was deep in negotiations with the league and the union over his case, about which he repeatedly insisted he had "done nothing wrong."
Then, there's the issue of keeping the trust of his teammates, who have steadfastly backed him during a summer filled with turmoil.
"Has not changed," Peyton Manning said Tuesday, before word of the six-game suspension became official. "There's been a lot of noise and speculation. But Von is one of our teammates. He's part of the family, and I certainly have his back as his teammate and I know that all the players do and the organization does."
The organization has been hit by a number of distracting stories since last season ended with a loss to Baltimore in the divisional playoffs.
The Broncos lost their second-leading sack man, Elvis Dumervil, because of a foul-up with a fax machine while his contract was being finalized. Two front-office executives got arrested on drunken-driving charges and were suspended. Miller's status has been the news since training camp started, though it has shared headlines with a steady beat of injuries coming out of training camp.
All of which threatens the focus of a team that brought Manning in to win the Super Bowl now.
"I think sometimes you can use distractions to your benefit, in the fact that distractions are also when you are getting patted on the back all the time, which we have been quite a bit," Elway said. "Von was a big part of our defense and we're going to have to play and pick up that slack."
Miller will be sidelined for the season opener against Baltimore, then at the New York Giants, home against Philadelphia and Oakland, at Dallas and home against Jacksonville. His return coincides with Manning's first game in Indianapolis since he last put on a Colts uniform.
"The guys around him have to play better," Fox said. "The guys on the other side of the ball have to play better. That will be the challenge to our team."


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OT: Rivals SDSU Football Season Preview
I think this is considered OT but I am not sure. Any way, I think this is worth posting due the the fact that we are playing them as well as the Hoke connection. Enjoy.
I think this is considered OT but I am not sure. Any way, I think this is worth posting due the the fact that we are playing them as well as the Hoke connection. Enjoy.
They play a 3-3-5? Our offense should know exactly where to attack that scheme.
You would think. But their's isn't coached by an AHDH Baboon.
Is AHDH the same as (or did you mean) ADHD? I only ask because- hey look, birds!
It looks like Mel Gibson, has the 3-3-5 beaver in custody now, so if they keep that off the sidelines they may be okay...
Why on God's green Earth would he be walking around public with a beaver? Utterly confusing, if you ask me.
He's in a movie about a man who gets kicked out of his house and cleans his life up with the help of a hand puppet whose voice comes from mel gibson himself. So basically it's about a schizophrenic homeless guy.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Rocky Long invented the scheme, so he should know how to run it better than Greg Robinson: Program Killer.
Michigan hasnt been listed and teams that are ranked worse then UM: emu, wmu, ill, pur, minn, iowa, sdsu...thus we shoud atleast be 7-5
Am I the only one that's a bit nervous for this game? I'm not saying we're going to lose, but it will definitely be a challenge. SDSU's offense seem's fairly formidable: Senior QB with over 3800 yards last year. Returning RB with over 1500 yards rushing. A fairly inexperienced receiving corps, but seem capable. And a O-Line that seems to have a very good amount of experience.
Granted, they dont have Al 'Gorgeous' Borges with them or Funk, or Hoke or many of their former coaches, but they have plenty of talent.
Anyone mind telling me to "chill, bro"?
The question I have been asking myself recently is: Did Lindley and Hillman make SDSU (and Hoke/Borges) look good or did Hoke and Borges make SDSU (and Lindley/Hillman) look good? I guess we will find out this season.
To address your specific concerns, I think SDSU will probably give UM a decent game but I would be shocked if UM doesn't win by at least 10 points. Remember, our new HC is their old HC and he has the advantage of being intimately familiar with their personnel and , in all likelihood, the defensive scheme they will utilize. SDSU does not have the same advantage and they will be playing on the road.
My way-too-early prediction: UM 35 SDSU 20.
Well, Borges was pretty accomplished before he came to SDSU, so I don't think his brief stint there "made" him. As for Hoke, he came there on the heels of having led Ball State to a 12-win season with a roster completely composed of his own recruits. I think we're in competent hands. Hoke has made some quality assistant hires in recent years, though, so SDSU could still be in good shape.
have the same thoughts about UCONN last year? That worked out well for us. Michigan's O-Line wears down SDS, little maze and blue kids everywhere rejoice.
UConn has been an okay program, but I'm worried about SDSU's offense. They put up 35 points on TCU, as well as 385 yards of offense. To put that in perspective, Wisconsin put up 385 yards and 19 points. As to the whole year, TCU gave up, on average, 215 yards per game and 11.41 points.
SDSU has a lethal offense if our defense isn't any better.
Sorry, SDSU was down almost 4 touchdowns well into the 2nd half. Therefore TCU gave up and none of SDSU's stats count that game. That game actually means their offense is overrated and very non-lethal
I know people point to the TCU game as evidence that SDSU's offense did so well against a good defense, but that's not a great example because TCU took a big lead early in that game and most of those yards and points were when TCU had, albeit mistakenly, let SDSU back into the game. Had TCU not been able to score so many points and blown the game open early, their defense would have help SDSU to far fewer yards and points. They just didn't need to.
Similarly, SDSU only managed 273 yards against a BYU team that wasn't all that great on defense, though not terrible. They only put up 323 yards against CSU, who was 104th nationally on defense, and 384 against UNM who was 120th, in a game that was never out of hand.
Point is, you can point to TCU as a high point, and then also point to these other three as low points. SDSU's averages were heavily skewed by scoring 48, 48, 47 and 41 against UNLV, Wyoming, Nicholls State and Utah State, respectively. Take those out and replace them with even good MWC level competition and they were an aboverage offense who threw the ball a lot better than they ran it. Now the lost all of their WRs, so I guess we'll see what happens.
Yea, TCU is obviously the highlight of their season, and they Wisconsin'd them, but OTOH their performance against Navy was also very impressive. I'll admit that I don't know how good Navy was on defense, but SDSU pistol-whipped them on offense.
Like you said, we'll see what happens. I also agree with your sentiment below about getting through anybody else if we can't get through SDSU. Maybe Gerg has just gotten to me...
That makes at least 9 teams ranked lower than us by Rivals.
I was pleasantly surprised to read how good the offense was last year. Hoke has been so focused on D and D-line that the O seemed to be an afterthought. Seeing that a QB can put up stats like that under the tutilage of Hoke and Borges makes e feel a lot better about what DR and the rest of the O will be able to do.
If they can find some adequate receivers, SDSU is more than capable of lighting virtually any defense up like a Christmas Tree.
SDSU is pretty talented offensively...Hillman is a shifty little runner...I bet they get some points on us, but we pull that game out in the end.
I can agree with this prediction. Hopefully we have our offense clicking by then. Mizzou was a decent Big XII team last year and barely got out alive against SDSU.
Yeah, I think SDSU is better than most MGoPosters probably think.
You're right that their O is better than people think, but their D is small and our offense is just the type to exploit that. Their 335 will fare against us about as well as ours did against teams like Wisconsin, OSU or even MSU.
I'm not so sure we can say that even. WVU's 3-3-5 did a pretty decent job against Ray Rice's Rutgers team as well as Oklahoma when they played. You sacrafice a bit of size, but if played correctly there are more guys in the box to make the hits. One could also say that TCU has little defenders, but they're pretty solid.
I don't mean any 3-3-5. Some teams have the players and coaching to put together a very good 3-3-5. However, I don't think SDSU has the talent on defense or experience in that style to be anywhere near WVU under Casteel.
SDSU has been a very poor recruiting team for the last four years, so talent-wise, these guys had few other good options, with the exception of the young ones that Hoke recruited. Even they weren't very good, by and large. But the main thing that stuck out to me reading the preview is their gross lack of size.
Most teams with 3 man front have very large d-linemen, normal sized LBs and a couple of the safeties that are similar in size to smaller LBs, like we had with Cam Gordon at the end of last year. Their DLs are 250, 280 and 280. That's very small for a 3-man front. Their OLBs are 235 and 220, so their 235 guy is about average but 220 is small. Their MIKE is 205(!). I'm not too worried about the corners, but their three safeties are 185, 190 and 195, the 195 guy being the FS.
Regardless of the defense, this is a team that is undersized at every position, and they aren't going to make up for it with experience because 6 of them are starting for the first time and we're their 4th game.
Point is, if we can't plow over those guys, we won't plow over anybody.
But will they still be as good without Hoke/Borges? That was the question I posed in my first response. Perhaps Lindley and Hillman merely benefited from playing in Borges' offense; under a new OC they might experience a big drop-off in offensive production. Isn't that what every MGoBlog poster is wringing his/her hands about re: UM's offense this season? Why should the same concerns not apply to SDSU?
Note, I am not saying that SDSU will experinence a dramatic decline in offensive production. I am merely pointing out that their offense might be going through the same growing pains as many people believe ours will. Add in that UM still has BCS caliber players at many/most positions while SDSU does not, the game will be played in AA and Hoke has insider knowledge about his old team that Long does not have about UM and I think it is safe to be optimistic that UM will handle SDSU.


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I find this a problem in today's NHL, people play for Overtime, and these two teams are the biggest culprits in the west. Don't get me wrong it's a smart strategy to get to the playoffs and one that's obviously a benefit for Vancouver and Minnesota, but to be honest I see this as a problem. The NHL tried implementing the extra point for an OT win to open up the game more in OT so you don't have two teams sending one vs five because everyone is afraid of losing that point. I get the reasoning and it's solid.
But now you have teams that get to a certain point in the game (about 1/2 way through) and they trap and clutch-and-grab and trap their way through the rest of the game trying to get to overtime. This becomes even worse if those teams have a one goal lead. Minnesota is the absolute worst at this. They play the most boring hockey ever, and their regular time games can be described as yawn inducing. While this is good for the franchise, it's awful for the NHL. the NHL needs to do something to reward teams for going for it.
Personally I don't like the thought of teams getting a point for losing. This isn't a mite league where there's an A for effort, you win or go home. Personally I would like to see them use the standard soccer scoring system of 3 points for a win and 1 for a tie, but that's never going to happen mainly because the shootout has been a success and the NHL wouldn't drop it. so here's my second best idea...
- 3 points for a regulation win
- 2 points for an OT win
- 1 point for a shootout win
- 0 points for any kind of loss.
This also puts the best teams in the playoffs. Last year Dallas won a bunch of shootouts and that basically put them as a 2-seed. Colorado, the 7-seed, dominated them in the playoffs because Colorado was a better team they just didn't have the shootout capacity Dallas did. The NHL lost out because both these teams should have been playing someone else.


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India and the US are holding preliminary discussions to resolve their differing interpretations of diplomatic immunity as they look to mend ties damaged by the row over American treatment of an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched in New York, India's ambassador said.world Updated: Jan 25, 2014 11:14 IST
India and the US are holding preliminary discussions to resolve their differing interpretations of diplomatic immunity as they look to mend ties damaged by the row over American treatment of an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched in New York, India's ambassador said.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's new envoy in Washington, said Friday his priority is to raise the "morale" of a relationship that remains fundamentally good despite the spat over Devyani Khobragade, who was expelled from the US this month after she was indicted on accusations of exploiting her housekeeper.
"As you would say in the markets, the fundamentals are good, it's the sentiment that needs improving," Jaishankar told The Associated Press in an interview.
The US and India, the world's largest democracies, have forged closer economic and defense ties in the past decade, but relations took a tumble because of Indian outrage over the treatment of Khobragade, who was the nation's deputy consul general in New York. She was strip-searched after her Dec. 13 arrest, which US Marshals say is common practice for a suspect taken into custody, but was viewed in India as unnecessarily humiliating.
India unleashed a steady stream of retaliatory measures against US diplomats, including restrictions at the American Center in New Delhi and revoking new ID cards for some diplomats. Key to the dispute was Washington and Delhi's differing interpretations of what type of immunity was due to Khobragade. U.S. officials argued that as a consular official, she was immune from prosecution from acts performed in the exercise of consular functions, and not full diplomatic immunity.
Jaishankar said while that's the rule for foreign diplomats in the US, he questioned whether Washington expects its diplomats abroad to be treated in kind. He said India has issued new identity cards for US consular officials to specify that their diplomatic immunity does not cover "serious crimes" - referred to as "felonies" in the US
"There is an issue of what does the US expect abroad and what does the US give at home. I think there's a reconciliation there that needs to be done," the ambassador said. "What fairness would dictate is we would expect and give what you (the US) expect and give."
He said India is starting to work through the issue with the State Department, and US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid discussed it when they met Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference on Syria in Switzerland - their first face-to-face since the imbroglio over Khobragade.
Striking the positive tone set in the past two weeks since Khobragade returned home, Jaishankar said he was looking to advance a bilateral relationship that has grown stronger in the past 10 to 15 years. Two-way trade has grown to $100 billion.
"It's big economically, there's a high degree of political comfort," he said, noting the importance of more than 5 million Indian-Americans in helping to foster it.
But Jaishankar acknowledged that commercial relations have not been "plain sailing."
Big US companies have concerns over what they claim are unpredictable and unfair tax demands; pharmaceutical companies complain over what they view as unfair competition from manufacturers of generic drugs; foreign investors, such as Wal-Mart, have grumbled over local content requirements as they look to break into the untapped Indian market.
Jaishankar said India has responded to pressures to remain business-friendly, and considers "corrections" where they are needed. But he noted that India has its own concerns, including over whether U.S. immigration reform proposals - currently mired in Congress - that he said could hurt the competitiveness of Indian service industries in the U.S. whose business is worth $40 billion.
"It's an industry which actually keep American business competitive," he said. "We help the American economy function 24-7."
Growing military cooperation and some $9 billion in US defense sales to India in the past decade also reflect a further deepening of the relationship. Delhi, however, has been careful not to align too closely to Washington in international affairs, although it's been strongly supportive of the reconstruction of a post-Taliban Afghanistan through its development aid.
Jaishankar said India wants to see peace and stability, but he would not be drawn on whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai should sign a security agreement with Washington to allow some U.S. forces to stay past the end of the NATO mission in the country, scheduled for this year. Karzai has demurred so far.
Afghanistan has long been an area of strategic rivalry between India and its historic enemy Pakistan, whose relations remain fragile, snared on Indian concerns that Pakistan is a base for Islamic militants that attack India.
Jaishankar said there's a "serious desire" among Indians to have a lasting settlement with Pakistan, and he kept an open mind about the fledgling efforts at rapprochement by Pakistan's government - the latest in decades of peace efforts that he said have mostly floundered because of terrorism coming from Pakistan.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says Washington could help mediate between the South Asian nuclear rivals, but the Indian envoy saw little chance of that.
He said if people who are so culturally similar can't talk to each other, "what would someone far away do? What role could they conceivably have?"
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Italian politicians are hardly known for being prompt, or for sticking to plans. Yet when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced a series of economic reforms aimed at reassuring markets, Europeans leaders were quick to welcome them as "crucial measures" to avoid a crisis that would threaten the stability of the whole European Union: Italy's default.
Following advice from the European Central Bank, Prime Minister Berlusconi vowed on Friday to approve labor reforms in September and to achieve a balanced budget by 2013. On Monday a joint statement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed the plan as "crucial." They also stressed the necessity to "implement the announced measures as soon as possible and in a complete manner."
Since Standard & Poor downgraded its credit rating outlook last May, Italy's public debt has been under constant attack from international markets, fostering speculation about the country's possible default. Wealthier eurozone nations such as Germany and France, already strained by the effort to save other embattled nations such as Greece and Portugal, appear deeply concerned about Italy's economic woes.
"They are so worried because Italy is too big to be saved," says Tonia Mastrobuoni, an economic journalist at La Stampa newspaper. "As opposed to Greece and Portugal, we have no alternative but saving ourselves."
Ms. Mastrobuoni argues that Italy's difficulties have their roots in structural problems such as low productivity rather than financial turmoil. Italy's budget deficit, currently at 3.9 percent of GDP, is already one of the lowest in the eurozone – although it is still higher than the 3 percent allowed under EU regulations. "The problem is that Italy's economy hasn't been growing for more than a decade, and all of a sudden the international markets seemed to have realized it," says the journalist.
Recently a prominent Italian entrepreneur, Emma Marcegaglia, described the early 2000s as "the lost decade" for the economy. Mastrobuoni, who has coauthored a book on the subject, blames the lack of growth on the rigidity of the labor market, which she describes as having a double standard.
"On one hand there are over-protected old employees, who are not urged to be productive in any way," she says. "On the other hand, there are young workers, tied to temporary contracts with no career prospective."
Traditionally, Italian families have been big savers, thus the country has a low private debt. Yet its public debt, at 118 percent of GDP, is one of the eurozone's highest, mostly built in the 1980s by a series of governments that implemented huge public spending they could not afford.
Under the socialist government of Bettino Craxi (1983-87), for example, public workers could retire as early as 35. After a series of corruption scandals, Craxi left the country to avoid prosecution and died in exile in 2000.
Since then, governments of all colors vowed to curb the public debt, but few succeeded. "All they managed to do in order to reduce the debt is to raise taxes," says Mastrobuoni.
The economic journalist doesn't share France's and Germany's apparent enthusiasm over Berlusconi's announced reforms. "The government's plan has no credibility, for keeping raising taxes alone doesn't help," she says, advocating instead moves toward a more free-market capitalist system. "What we need is liberalizations."
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Randomized Controlled Trials
Reis J, Riley W, Lokman L, Baer J.
Interactive multimedia preventive alcohol education: a technology application in higher education.
Journal of Drug Education
2000;30:399-421. [Applicability]
643 under-graduates; 39% male, 61% female; 64% Caucasian, 15% African American, 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic
Alcohol: classroom computer-based program
CD-ROM with video, music, text, graphics, animations; simulations allow user to practice making choices; also addresses erroneous perceptions, communication skills and assertiveness, and physiological and behavioral consequences of alcohol.
Control group: no treatment. Traditional education group: received classroom education or classroom exercises. Intervention group: interacted with program.
Expectations, efficacy, peer norms, satisfaction
Intervention group significantly more knowledgeable about the symptoms of alcohol overdose; what to do on behalf of a friend in this condition; how to intervene with a friend who has been drinking too much; interplay of blood alcohol concentration, time, and amount; effects of alcohol on judgment and control. Greater intention to try to change their behavior to become more safe and in control in situations involving alcohol. The intervention group rated their educational experience more favorably than the traditional education.
Ross S, Moore L, Earnest M, Wittevrongel L, Lin C.
Providing a Web-based online medical record with electronic communication capabilities to patients with congestive heart failure: randomized trial.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
2004;6:e12. [Applicability, Cost Savings]
107 patients with heart failure in a specialty practice; needed to have Internet experience, but were not required to have Internet access
Heart disease: home computer with Internet
SPPARO (System Providing Access to Records Online): Web-based electronic medical record, educational guide, messaging system enabling e-communication between the patient and staff
Control group: treatment as usual. Intervention group: treatment as usual and SPPARO
Satisfaction, health status, and self-reported compliance were done at baseline, 6 months, and 1 year; system usage, message volume, utilization of clinical services, and mortality
Trend for better satisfaction with doctor-patient communication. No difference in self-efficacy. Significant improvement in general adherence to medical advice. Increased emergency department visits in intervention group, but did not seem to be related to use of SPPARO; no difference in hospitalizations or mortality; no adverse effects reported. Use of SPPARO was highest in first 3 months, then leveled off. Electronic messages appeared to supplement rather than replace telephone messages.
Sciamanna CN, Clark MA.
Effects of a fingerprint reader on survey responses of primary care patients.
Journal of Health Psychology
2003;8:187-92. [Overview, Acceptability]
76 adults; mean age 36.2, 80.3% female, 42.5% greater than high school education, 35.5% nonwhite, 5.3% Hispanic
Health information: clinic-based computer program with fingerprint reader
The fingerprint reader can be used to authenticate a user. It does not require use of standard identifying data, passwords, or ID cards.
Control group: did not have fingerprint scanned before using computer-based health screening. Intervention group: had fingerprint scanned, then used computer-based health screening.
Attitudes about the fingerprint reader, general health screening
Those who used the fingerprint screener reported poorer health status and lower levels of fruit and vegetable intake as compared to controls; therefore, did not seem to be underreporting as a result of fingerprint screener. No differences between groups in reports of other medical conditions, body mass index, physical activity, current smoking or drinking. No difference in groups in comfort using a computer. The intervention group reported fewer concerns about the fingerprint reader.
Smith L, Weinert C.
Telecommunication support for rural women with diabetes.
Diabetes Educator
2000;26:645-55. [Applicability]
30 women with diabetes living in rural Montana; mean age 46.7 years, 60% employed; only 2 had computers that could load the software, and the rest were loaned computers.
Depression: home computer with Internet
The program consisted of four components: conversation (open chat), mailbox (private exchange between two members or member and educator), health chat (chat with a diabetes educator), and resource rack (information about diabetes). All communication was asynchronous.
Control group: wait-list control. Intervention group: received computers and access to online community for 5 months.
Usage and satisfaction, social support, quality of life, life stresses, adaptation to illness
Group averaged 63.8 minutes/month; most time in first month and then usage decreased. Conversation area most widely used. No difference in psychosocial adjustment to illness or quality of life. 77% said project provided a great deal of support; 12 said it gave them a significant sense of connectedness.
Tate DF, Jackvony EH, Wing RR.
Effects of Internet behavioral counseling on weight loss in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial.
Journal of the American Medical Association
2003;289:1833-6. [Overview, Acceptability, Applicability]
92 overweight adults at risk for diabetes; recruited from newspaper ads or from clinic; mean age 48.5; 90% women; 89% white
Weight loss: home computer with Internet
Basic Internet program provided tutorial on weight loss, new tip and link each week, directory of selected Internet weight loss resources, message board, e-mail reminder to submit weight and weight loss information. The intervention group received counseling and feedback via e-mail that was based on submitted food and exercise diaries.
Control: basic Internet program. Intervention: basic Internet program plus e-mail counseling
Web site usage, body weight, waist circumference, physical activity, and food intake
Login frequency decreased for all groups over the course of the intervention. Intervention group used site more at all time periods than control. Significantly more weight loss and waist circumference decrease in the intervention group. 4.4 kg lost after 1 year in intervention group.
Tate DF, Wing RR, Winett RA.
Using Internet technology to deliver a behavioral weight loss program.
Journal of the American Medical Association
2001;285:1172-7. [Overview, Acceptability, Applicability]
91 overweight adults recruited through an employer's Intranet Web site; 81 women, 10 men; mean age 40; 78% control group and 89% intervention group Caucasian
Weight loss: work site computer with Intranet
Web site reviews basic information related to weight loss and includes resources about diet, exercise, self-monitoring, and other behavioral resources.
All received initial session with a psychologist. Control group: Internet education/resources Web site. Intervention group: Internet education, 24 behavioral lessons via e-mail, weekly online submission of self-monitoring diaries with individualized feedback from a therapist, and an online bulletin board.
Web site usage, body weight, waist circumference, physical activity, and food intake
Login frequency significantly correlated with weight loss. Intervention group logged in more frequently than control group throughout the study, although both groups showed attrition after month 3. Behavior therapy group lost more weight than control group. More in the intervention group achieved 5% of total weight loss goal. Greater decrease in waist circumference in intervention group.
Valdez A, Banerjee K, Ackerson L, Fernandez M.
A multimedia breast cancer education intervention for low-income Latinas.
Journal of Community Health
2002;27:33-51. [Overview, Applicability]
1,197 low-income, low-education Latinas recruited from three community health clinics, two medical centers, and one community-based organization
Cancer: clinic-based touch screen computers in free-standing kiosks
Multimedia Breast Cancer Educational Kiosk: a multimedia tool designed to teach low-income, low-education Latinas about breast cancer screening. It contains 10 modules about breast cancer, including risk, early detection, screening concerns, mammogram, breast self-exam, options for those without insurance, etc. Multimedia format includes video, animation, stills, music, and narrative.
Control group: recorded baseline data and then used program. Intervention group: used program and then completed study measures.
Knowledge, attitude, intent
Effective in increasing knowledge about breast cancer and the likelihood of asking their doctors about mammograms. Greatest knowledge differences seen in those who had not had mammography before. No significant effects on attitude because most were favorable before the intervention. Greater intention to ask a doctor about getting a mammogram in intervention group, with greater difference in women who had never had a mammogram or had not had a recent mammogram, and with 8 years of education.
Walther J, Wang Z, Loh T.
The effect of top-level domains and advertisements on health Web-site credibility.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
2004;6:e24. [Appropriateness]
111 participants recruited through intercept in shopping mall (median age 32, 53% female), 45 recruited through snowball sampling (median age 50, 68% female)
Health information: lab computer with Internet
Mock-ups of Web sites
Respondents examined 1 of 12 randomly assigned Web site mock-ups that varied in either topic area, domain name, or presence of advertising. Then they completed credibility survey.
Interaction effects: found a trend for advertisements having deleterious effects on the credibility of sites with .org domain, but positive effects on sites with .com or .edu domains.
Winzelberg AJ, Classen C, Alpers GW, Roberts H, Koopman C, Adams RE, et al.
Evaluation of an Internet support group for women with primary breast cancer.
2003;97:1164-73. [Applicability]
72 women with breast cancer, recruited from ads on radio and in newspapers, and flyers distributed to oncology offices in California. 80% Caucasian, 4% African American, 4% Asian, 6% Hispanic/Latino, 6% other. 64% college graduates or higher, 28% some college. If they did not have a computer, they were loaned a Web-TV for the study.
Cancer: home computer with Internet or Web-TV
Bosom Buddies: a structured facilitated support group. New topic each week, moderator facilitated discussion on the topic and related concerns; could also read survivor stories, share their own experiences, keep a Web journal, group format asynchronous
Control group: wait-list control. Intervention group: used Bosom Buddies
Depression, stress, coping and adjustment to cancer, group experience, usage
Participants logged onto site mean of 34 times, posted an average of 36 support messages. Personal journal was not used regularly. Improvements in intervention group in depression, stress, and cancer-related trauma measures. No change in anxiety or coping. Intervention group participants reported that they used the group to provide/receive support, form new friendships, understand that their problems were not unique, and to confront difficult problems and fears.
Womble LG, Wadden TA, McGuckin BG, Sargent SL, Rothman RA, Krauthamer-Ewing ES.
A randomized controlled trial of a commercial Internet weight loss program.
Obesity Research
2004;12:1011-8. [Applicability]
47 women with mean age 43.7
Weight loss: home computer with Internet
eDiets.com: a commercial Internet site in which membership allows user access to a virtual visit with a dietitian; a diet that is matched to needs, likes, and lifestyles; meal plans and grocery lists; social support; message boards; animated fitness instructor; 24-hour help desk; e-mail reminders; e-mail newsletter; buddy program
Control group: received weight loss manuals, LEARN program for weight management, and weight maintenance survival guide. Intervention group: used eDiets.com. Both groups received 11 brief clinic visits to obtain weight and blood pressure measures.
Body weight, eating habits, depression and quality of life, physiological measures
Participants in e-Diets lost significantly less weight at week 16 and week 52 than those who used manual when last measurement was used for drop-outs. (When baseline measures were used for drop-outs for analysis, results were not significant.) Those who attended more clinic visits in either group lost more weight. Those who used food diaries in either group lost more weight. Participants who logged onto eDiets more, lost more weight as compared to the weight gain in those who logged on less frequently. No differences between groups in eating behaviors or quality-of-life measures. Both groups reported increased cognitive restraint; improvements in physical function and vitality; and decreased depression, dietary disinhibition, and hunger. No differences in blood pressure, glucose, and lipids at 52 weeks.
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Westerville, OH—Otterbein University Board Chairman Mark Thresher, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nationwide, acknowledged the increase in major gift activity, including three grants housed through the Columbus Foundation, at the winter meeting of the University's Board of Trustees.
The gifts included a $1 million estate designation from El Doris McFarland; a $600,000 estate grant from the Richard and Glenna Legrand Charitable Fund; and a $250,000 grant from the James A. and Kathleen C. Rutherford Foundation. "We are fortunate to have a strong community foundation in our region. The Columbus Foundation is effective in promoting the power of philanthropy and the community benefits from its good work," said Thresher.
Within the past two years, Otterbein has received several gift commitments valued at $500,000 or more including $1.5 million from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation to name its Equine Science Center; $1 million from the Pioneer Fund for scholarships; and $800,000 from the Vida S. Clements Foundation to resurface its stadium playing surface. The list also includes Board of Trustee gifts from Ted and Eileen Huston, Jim and Kathy Rutherford, and President Kathy Krendl and Richard Gilbert.
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While the mind can still conjure up the news reel glory days of American Veterans returning home from World War Two it was never quite the warm welcome we imagine.
Veterans have it hard. We ask them to defend our country, intervene in far off places, and then mostly write them off when they return. It's sometimes the most thankless necessary patriotic duty one can imagine. And yet.
There are moments when we do remember. And do care. And do think the world of the men and women brave enough to risk their lives for ours. And so as we celebrate Veterans Day in North America it's nice to take a moment to talk about the ads that saluted our soldiers. Some are sappy. Some are downright awful and pandering. Others try to capitalize on the moment by hammering home their own brand name so much it makes you puke. But there are some that get it right. Of course, these ads can never repay or live up to the valor. Few things could.
Again, this is most likely not going to play in the majority of other countries in the world, as this sentiment is uniquely American. But when seen in the context of an American holiday, and American Culture, they can work. They can also fall very flat. Let's start with the good one.
The first is Anheuser Busch's "Heroes Salute." This ad gets it right on nearly every count. They have enough good sense to not include a "from all of us at Anheuser Busch, big sappy branding statement," VO. The music is moving without resorting to Band Of Brothers hokum. They just let the moment play out. And it becomes all the more profound as it progresses. Because we see the people young, old, rich businessmen and short order cooks, paying respect to the people who would (and sadly do) lay down their lives for us.
And my favorite part is how in the last twenty seconds or so, the camera shifts away from the clapping civilians to only focus on the soldiers who pass, one after the other. Men. Women. Black. White. Hispanic. And yet it never feels contrived, like the people were from diversity central casting.
And then a simple thank you. How much better can you get?
And before anyone says "this kind of stuff doesn't happen," yes it does. I have seen it happen. I've seen travelers give up their airplane tickets for soldiers because they've wanted to get that person home sooner. I've seen business men in airports try to by a "round for a soldier," and all were unsuccessful. And just last week I was in a grocery store, and a soldier was in front of me in the checkout line. An older woman came over to him and said "I just wanted to thank you for all you do to keep us safe."
Sometimes sentiment is stranger than fiction. And it just goes to show you, in these shareable meme-generating times, when it seems nine times out of ten fluff wins out over substance, occasionally an ad comes along that gets it right, and continues to do so.
But not all get it right. The second is a print ad from U.S.A. Discounters, on the tenth anniversary of 9-11 offers up its thanks by creating the Twin Towers out of the Declaration of Independence.
That's problem number one in my opinion. It makes for a nice if not completely expected visual, but that's it. No one will read that. They don't have to. We already know the freedom for which it stands.
The actual non-borrowed interest body copy at the bottom reads:
While we mournfully observe the tenth anniversary of September 11, we give thanks for our military and rescue workers who heroically uphold our freedom.
This is better, minus the clunky "mournfully." How else would one observe the tenth anniversary of September 11? And "heroically?" Two adverbs is two too many.
U.S.A. discounters is a business that serves the military and government employees so they had a great tie in. But to put the U.S.A. Discounters logo on TOP of the ad, ABOVE the World Trade Center, and ABOVE the Declaration of Independence is conceptually all kinds of wrong.
So there you go. One got it right, one didn't.
Veteran image from ftmeade's flickr photo stream
Your airport story of passengers offering seats to soldiers reminded me of this ad: American Airlines - Putting them first
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The Penalty Guidelines' criteria are consistent with and build upon the guidance we provided in our 2005 and 2008 Policy Statements on Enforcement as informed by our experience over the last several years. Specifically, we will generate a penalty range based on the combination of: (1) a violation level, consisting of a base level that is adjusted for various factors; and (2) a culpability score, which considers an organization's past and current conduct and efforts to remedy the violation. Further, consistent with Enforcement Staff's 2009 Annual Report, the Penalty Guidelines distinguish between the types of violation and establish a corresponding base violation level and dollar amount commensurate with the violation.
Moreover, the Penalty Guidelines adjust the penalty amount based on a culpability score. Notably, the Application Commentary that accompanies the Penalty Guidelines provide concrete examples of the Commission's initial thoughts on the showing necessary to support a reduction of or increase to a base penalty amount. In this regard, the Penalty Guidelines respond to the numerous requests for information on how the Commission discounts a civil penalty resulting from a self-report. The Penalty Guidelines provide several examples of how self-reports may be credited including, for example, that if an organization reports a "violation to the Commission, exhibit[s] full cooperation in the investigation, and resolve[s] the matter without need for a trial-type hearing" the organization will be credited accordingly. Similarly, the Penalty Guidelines provide transparency through several detailed examples that explain how a civil penalty would be calculated based on the facts given.
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(1) Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005).
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I have many names. The one that matters the most is the one that I respond to.
I am a quantum femme. Challenging the proposition of femininity with my every step, I can be everywhere and nowhere in the same second. I leave a track in the dirt which marks that I have indeed touched the earth. The moment the wind takes it away does not lessen the moment it existed.
I am a fluid creature, ever adapting to my own personal existence. I cannot be pinned to futile labels that concretely identify the essence of me for one second. I must stand open in my own being to move freely.
I have skills that are ever evolving as I grow. Some are defined by conventional standards and those I track for remembrance and referral. Some of my skills are unspoken for and manifest in the moments that they are needed. These skills I must wholeheartedly trust in for they lay undefined but still just as powerful as those defined.
I am in the now because I am with myself. I like myself because I love myself. I love myself because I like myself.
I am grateful for my life just as I am grateful for the lives I encounter daily, and the lessons I learn from their lives. I can teach people by merely being myself. I am the muse I have always looked for.
I have natural gifts and I should hold dearly to those only for the sake of remembering to give them away. If I lose sight of the gifts I have and do not foster their growth, they are worthless for their gift to give away is often overlooked and forgotten.
I must never forget my sorrows and my sadness because they strengthen me when my happiness and joy is present. My emotions are the seasoning as to how I taste my life. It is not always bitter just as it is not always sweet.
I feast upon myself so that I can be the sustenance to others. I am full of life because I have breath. I am not my thoughts for my thoughts are merely a guide as to what my actions may be. My thoughts do not define my footsteps.
I can manifest the action of love by not only carrying love but emerging in love and swimming in it. Love can be fierce with sharp claws, but it is still love. I can be all of these emanations without losing the sense of action.
I manifest what I want in my life. Sometimes looking into the filter of my imperfections I may manifest the unpleasant and the unwanted but surely I must understand that I am not any less powerful. My manifestations are still my manifestations and I must relish in the complete action of such power. I can choose at any moment how I feel and what I do. Sometimes I need to choose the unpleasant and unwanted to know that I can choose the pleasant and the dearly wanted. I own everything I manifest.
The light I have in my life comes from the darkness it has grown in. I do not shy away from my dark hidden corners. I rejoice that I have such places to learn in, such haunts to grow from and such comfort that I may return at a moment's notice. I am not afraid of such places. The only fear I have in my life is pulled from the gravity of the unknown. The unknown is simply such, unknown. I not know of its gravity or its defiance, so such is the fear that escapes there. I know fear as merely a hinderance to jumping. My fear of falling is merely a misplaced perspective of wanting to fly.
The only living death I shall know is the death of my dreams. The upmost importance should be forth put into maintaining a sense of freedom in dreaming. I can dream up any possibility, any ability, any adventure, anything. The first step is believing I have the freedom to dream. The only one who can take away such a freedom is myself.
I am impossible and in charge of my own possibility. I can be anything I want to be. The expansive universe does not exist outside for it is merely a region that exists inside me. I expand infinitely. I am the bright star of the sun, soon to burn out at the end of a very long line. I am the fierce light of the moon, silently playing many roles. I am the gravitational pull, drawing my manifestations towards me with force. I am the stars that line the way for myself and others to journey along safely.
I am the mother and child before they have separated.
I am the electric space between two lovers' lips just before the first touch.
I am the softness of the wind that carries the sunlight upon its back, heavy and effortless.
I am the goddess particle: splintered, dented, bruised and multiplied.
I am a quantum femme.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Apr 2014 16:40 UTC
From a 2006 (pre-iPhone) Android specification document:
Touchscreens will not be supported: the Product was designed with the presence of discrete physical buttons as an assumption.
However, there is nothing fundamental in the Product's architecture that prevents the support of touchscreens in the future.
The same document, but a few versions later, from 2007 (post-iPhone):
A touchscreen for finger-based navigation - including multi-touch capabilites - is required.
The impact of the iPhone on Android in two documents. Google knew the iPhone would change the market, while Microsoft, Nokia, and BlackBerry did not. That's why Android is now the most popular smartphone platform, while the mentioned three are essentially irrelevant.


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The Modey Lemon: How Sweet Life Is
Besides having a copy of Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite SIGNED BY OLATUNJI sent to my home on a Saturday afternoon (thank you, Geoffery Weiss), nothing is finer than when a brandly new completed record shows up at the Birdman Offices from one of our bands. Wrapped up and ready for manufacture. Case in point: this week we received the new one from our Pittsburgh friends, The Modey Lemon. The name of the record (now it shall be revealed): SEASON OF SWEETS coming longgggggg off of the heals of 2006's Curious City. For the lucky few who have seen them live over the last year, the new material is crushing: adding Krautrock into the mix of the grazy (great and crazy) fuzzy furry freak sounds already addressed (we all know the genius beats of Quattrone).
I was lucky enough to debut the song "MILK MOUSTACHE" yesterday on the fabulous PIRATE CAT RADIO. Great station. It all went down during Mister Odom's Bottomless Pit and you can hear it right here (my part of the show starts half way in). Listen for debuts from Apache and R L Boyce too.
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi had eyes for Gregg Valentino, a k a "The Man With the Biggest Arms in the World," at the Admirals Club at Los Angeles International Airport. The "Jersey Shore" gal was on her way to the CMT Music Awards in Nashville when she was heard saying Valentino, who has steroid-enhanced 28-inch biceps, reminded her of her ex-boyfriend, Emilio Masella. Snooki then asked for Valentino's Twitter handle, but when he spelled out gregg_valentino, she asked, "What does the underscore mean?"
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