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Verbum et Ecclesia

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DADA, Adekunle O.. Repositioning the use of the Bible towards a mission-oriented theological education. Verbum Eccles. (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.34, n.1, pp.90-95. ISSN 2074-7705.

It is an undeniable fact that mission remains the cardinal essence of the Church. However, in Africa and in Nigeria, the Church seems to have lost focus regarding the main reason for its existence, namely mission. One of the factors responsible for this may be the form of theological education in vogue. In view of this anomaly, this paper reflects on how the study of the Bible, which serves as the primary basis for theological education in some institutions, can be repositioned to enhance a mission-oriented theological education. The importance of proper interpretation of the Bible in enhancing missions can be premised on the fact that a sound biblical hermeneutics is prerequisite to the formulation of an effective and functional theology of missions. If our theology of mission is faulty, the practice cannot be anything but flawed. In view of this, the paper explores ways in which the Bible can be meaningfully studied in order to promote a mission-oriented theological education.

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Highest sunflower in Maryland

My sunflower just started blooming. It grew from some seeds that were thrown in a flower pot two years ago. The sunflower is probably the highest in Maryland because it is on top of a 20-story building.

One of the trick questions when I was in elementary school was: "Where is the highest skyscraper in the world?" At the time, the Sears tower had not been built, so the Empire State Building was the logical answer. WRONG! The highest skyscraper is in Mexico City. Since Mexico City is 2250 meters or 7400 feet above sea level (about one and-a-half miles up in the sky), the highest skyscrapers have to be there. If the question had been "Where is the tallest skyscraper in the world?" the answer might have been different.

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PUBLISHED : Saturday, 10 November, 2007, 12:00am
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My wife was eager to be going with her husband to what had been touted as a porno film. The film was long. After 21/2 hours, I felt I had seen Ben Hur rather than an uncut version of Deep Throat

David Tang, founder of China Club and Shanghai Tang, commenting on renowned Taiwanese director Ang Lee's Lust, Caution

Today I am not talking about a soft landing but I can talk about high flying

HSBC economist George Leung Siu-kay, famous for his cautious macroeconomic outlook, referring to a fly-by filming outside his office in Central involving a C-130 Hercules plane for Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins

How will being a member of a stamp-collecting club ... prepare you in any way for chasing an armed robber?

An unnamed senior police officer, describing as 'an absolute joke' the abolition of an annual fitness test designed to ensure police are healthy enough to perform their duties

The article is both pompous and patronising. The title of the article itself suggests that some of Mr Cross' predecessors were 'small' men. I saw them all, apart from Mr Cross himself, managing a very difficult job

James Findlay SC, director of public prosecutions from 1986 to 1989, criticising Director of Public Prosecutions Grenville Cross for belittling his predecessors and former colleagues in an article published in Hong Kong Lawyer magazine

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Minister of MPI misleads public over continued pig abuse

Minister of MPI misleads public over continued pig abuse.

Farmwatch is concerned that the Minister for Primary Industries is
misleading the public about pig farming in New Zealand.

In response to shocking footage screened by the Sunday show last night
MPI Minister Nathan guy said "I'm disappointed that this information
hasn't gone to MPI straight away. As soon as I became aware of the
property I said to MPI you need to go and inspect the property."

Spokesperson for Farmwatch John Darroch says, “This statement by the
Minster fails to mention that MPI investigated the same farm after our
initial investigation just last year and 6 months later gave it a
clean bill of health[1]. Our investigation in 2013 highlighted
shocking conditions and substandard care of animals and we are
disappointed that a year later the pigs are living in the same
horrendous conditions. “

Instead of showing genuine concern and taking real action the Minister
is obfuscating by blaming SAFE and FarmWatch; He’s even tried to
distance himself from his own Ministry with comments to the Sunday
Program like “That’s a thing that MPI will have to answer for
themselves – I’m the minister.”

John Darroch says “The minister cannot avoid responsibility for the
conditions on this farm and his attempts to blame our organisation for
not informing his Ministry are childish.

“The pigs on this farm have been living in these conditions for the
past year. It is ridiculous for Nathan Guy to suggest that we should
trust the Ministry to manage this farm when they have clearly failed
to take any real action until now.

“In the year between our visits these animals were living in the exact
same pens in the same sheds. Clearly no significant changes to the
farm were made despite MPI’s involvement. It is naïve to suggest that
we should trust the Ministry to intervene when they have

“The public cannot trust the Minister when it comes to animal welfare
issues. Instead of holding the industry to account, the Minister is
attempting to portray this as an isolated incident which will be
remedied. We believe that the reason this issue has not been addressed
is because this is no rogue farm. These are types of conditions which
our organisation has found right around the country. ”

[1] OIA response detailing MPI’s involvement in the farm:

A statement from New Zealand pork highlighting MPI’s involvement can
be viewed at: http://www.farmwatch.org.nz/uploads/1/8/2/8/18284057/farmwatch_-_facts_and_fictions.pdf

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Gordon Campbell: On Bill English, Abroad

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Pike River: Labour Bill To Override Safety Act For Mine Entry

“Bill English has been hiding behind the legal excuse that any attempt to re-enter the mine to recover the bodies might place the mine’s owner, Solid Energy Limited, and its directors in breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015." More>>

Gordon Campbell: On Populism And Labour 2017

For many people on the centre-left, populism is a dirty word, and a shorthand for the politics of bigotry. In this country, it has tended to be equated with the angry legions of New Zealand First. Who knew they were not just a reactionary spasm, but the wave of the future? More>>

Oxfam: 30% Of NZ Owns Less Wealth Than Our Two Richest Men

The research also reveals that the richest one per cent have 20 per cent of the wealth in New Zealand, while 90 per cent of the population owns less than half of the nation’s wealth. The research forms part of a global report released to coincide with this week’s annual meeting of political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More>>

Hospitals: Resident Doctors Set To Strike Again

Despite discussions between the DHBs and NZRDA over safer hours for resident doctors progressing during the last week, the strike planned for next week appears set to proceed. More>>

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Greens: Radio New Zealand reported this morning that the New Zealand Superfund has $77 million invested in 47 coal companies that the Norwegian Government’s Pension Fund – the largest sovereign fund in the world – has blacklisted. More>>

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Greenpeace crew have made contact with the world’s biggest seismic oil ship after travelling 50 nautical miles on two rigid-hulled inflatables off the coast of Wairarapa... Greenpeace radioed the master of the Amazon Warrior to deliver an open letter of protest signed by over 60,000 New Zealanders. More>>

Gordon Campbell: Why Tax Cuts In 2017 Would Be A (Proven) Bad Idea

Ever since the world fell prey to the mullahs of the free market in the 1980s, no amount of real world evidence has managed dispel one key tenet of their economic faith. Namely, the idea that if you cut income taxes and taxes on small business, a wave of individual enterprise and entrepreneurial energy will thus be unleashed, profits will rise and – hey bingo! – the tax cuts will soon be paying for themselves ... More>>

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Who doesn’t love getting nekkid? Let it all hang out (legally) at these top three spots.

Perth Men’s Nudist Hangout Group
If you’re an open-minded male who likes to chat, make friends and play games, all whilst being naked, then you’ve just hit the jackpot. Head to to find the next session.

North Swanbourne Beach
This beach has long been considered the nude – and gay – beach of choice. The pristine waters are perfect for a refreshing dip. Approximately 20 minutes from Perth CBD.

Perth Men’s Nude Yoga
If you’re ready to bare all, downward dog-style, give nude yoga a go. This
one’s open to all different shapes, sizes, ages, backgrounds and abilities,
gay, straight or bi, so long as you identify as male. The intimate setting is
about creating a mindful connection with yourself – it’s not for sexual pick ups. Head to to find the next session.

Been looking for your very own Tarzan? At The Court’s Disney Party, it’s
more than possible, as the venue will be transformed into a Disney Castle, inviting all characters, great and small. Put on those glass slippers for
a (k)night to make all your dreams come true – this is one ball you shouldn’t run away from. The Court, June 5.

If your wallet’s as tight as your glutes after leg day at the gym, The Court has got you covered. Enjoy a $5 dinner with any drink purchased. Perfect for date night, right? The Court, every Tuesday.

Suspect you might be a bit of a songbird? Check out the Gay and Lesbian Singers of WA – this community choir is all about fostering pride and social interaction, while having a cracking good time. Their musical chops are well established, with regular performances throughout the year. Visit for more information. North Perth Lesser Hall, every Thursday night.

Here’s your chance to prove you’re more than just a pretty face. A $15 steak and drink should sweeten the deal. The Court, every Thursday.

Pop, lock and drop it on Thursdays with Connection’s weekly POP! event. The brainchild of DJ BarbieQ, expect lots of dancing, sweet tunes and 90s music (because who says Stop to the Spice Girls?). Connections Nightclub, Thursdays.

No need for Cupid at The Court’s Traffic Light Party, which takes the guesswork out of love. A green wristband means single and ready to mingle; red is for in a relationship and not keen; and orange is for ‘it’s complicated, but give it a try anyway’. The Court, May 13.

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Timmy Murphy grieves for trainer Johnson

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Timmy Murphy has paid tribute to owner David Johnson who died on Saturday after a long battle with cancer. Murphy was retained rider for Johnson with the pair enjoying a string of big-race successes, including the 2008 Grand National with Comply Or Die, a race the rider has pinpointed as a particular highlight.

“It was a sad day for racing and anyone close to him,” Murphy told At The Races.

“When Comply won the National, that was the pinnacle, but any winner I rode for David was special. He was very involved with his horses and knew the form inside out – it was a massive part of his life.

“He was a very, very competitive man in business, life and sport, but he was also a very good loser and I mean that in the best way – he took defeat very well. He was a great winner, he was a fabulous man.”

Murphy, who also rode the likes of Our Vic, Celestial Gold and Contraband for Johnson, took over as the owner’s first-choice rider after Tony McCoy teamed up with JP McManus.

The jockey admits he struggled in the role at first, but said Johnson’s faith helped him to adapt to the challenge.

“He had a massive influence on my life,” he added.

“When I first took the job, I struggled a bit trying to fill AP’s [McCoy] boots and tried to ride very much like him, but no-one can.

“I spoke to David a lot and he said: ‘Stop trying to ride like him. I employed you for the way you ride.’

“After that I always said I rode 7lb better when I put his colours on because he gave his jockeys confidence. He was a very easy man to ride for.”

Meanwhile, Al Kazeem confirmed his position as the poster horse for 2013 with a third consecutive Group One win in the space of six weeks in a dramatic renewal of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.

While it appeared the greatest racehorse of Roger Charlton’s career had once again managed to overcome the persistent front-runner Mukhadram, Al Kazeem nonetheless hung across and hampered the eventual third in the final stages to leave trainer William Haggas fuming.

It cost jockey James Doyle a five-day careless riding suspension (20-24 July), but the thought of partnering the likely favourite in October’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will have lessened the blow.

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Countrywide Financial Corp. (2011)

Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar 29, 2011 + Deadline passed

Summary of Case:

A securities class action has been filed against Countrywide Financial Corp. (2011) ("Countrywide") on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired interests in Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Capital Markets, LLC, CWALT, Inc. ("CWALT"), and CWMBS, Inc. ("CWMBS") (all collectively, "Countrywide") mortgage pass-through certificates CWHL 2006-HYB2, CWALT 2005-43, CWHL 2006-12, CWALT 2007-1T1, CWALT 2007-12T1, CWHL 2007-J2, CWHL 2007-17 and CWALT 2007-25 (collectively, "Issuing Trusts") (the "Certificates").  This case has been filed in the United States District Court of Connecticut.

The complaint alleges that Countrywide, including certain officers and directors of CWALT and CWMBS, misrepresented the quality of the underlying mortgages that had been pooled and placed in the issuing trusts in each of the Certificates' offering documents. Furthermore, Countrywide did not follow the underwriting and appraisal standards described in the Registration Statements and Prospectus Supplements when issuing mortgages to borrowers. Moreover, the mortgages held by the Issuing Trusts and underlying the Certificates were issued based on appraisals that overstated the value of the underlying properties, thereby exposing the Issuing Trusts and the Class to greater risk of losses in the event of foreclosure. As a result of the material misrepresentations and omissions in the Registration Statements and Prospectus Supplements, the Class purchased securities that were far riskier investments than represented.

According to the complaint, by mid-2007 the mortgages held by the Issuing Trusts and underlying the Certificates began suffering accelerating delinquencies and defaults. The defaults led to real estate foreclosures, which revealed that many borrowers did not have sufficient financial resources to satisfy their mortgage payments and that the properties underlying the mortgages were worth materially less than the loans issued. The representations made in the Registration Statements and Prospectus Supplements were materially false and misleading because at the time of the Certificates offerings, Countrywide's underwriting standards were not designed to evaluate borrowers' ability to repay their loans or to accurately assess the value of the mortgaged property underlying the Certificates. These adverse factors were not revealed and/or adequately addressed in the offering documents. Had the Class known these truths, they would not have purchased the Certificates, or they would not have purchased them at the prices that were paid.

If you purchased this company's shares during the Class Period and suffered a loss or for further information about the case, please review the links below.


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Scottish Rugby implement plan to continue to develop home-grown coaches

Scottish Rugby has launched a club and schools strategy that will be implemented in the next two seasons (2014-15 and 2015-16), which has been supported with sportscotland funding.

The strategy outlines key objectives including a revised coaching model, plans for online training resources and amendments for minimum standards for coaches at certain levels.

Through a consultation period from November 2013 to February 2014, Scottish Rugby's coach development department met with coaches, teachers, clubs, schools and universities to establish a clear picture for coach development, and to develop an understanding around what coaches believe to be priority areas.

Neil Graham, Scottish Rugby's head of coach development, said: "This sphere is a vital ingredient to the success of our game, and we are dedicated to delivering quality qualifications and enhancing age-specific resources to assist coaches to develop their players to their full potential.

Through the process of developing a new coaching strategy, we have been able to secure additional funding from sportscotland to deliver additional UKCC courses. As a result of this additional funding, we are now able to offer double the amount of UKCC level 1 courses than last season.”

The consultation process highlighted several areas for Scottish Rugby to focus on over the coming years:

  1. Amend existing coach development model to ensure it services the needs of the player and therefore drives our Long Term Player Development (LTPD) strategy and accompanying resources.
  2. Increase the workforce tasked with delivering the education and opportunities within the new coaching model.
  3. Commence delivery of updated United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC) endorsed qualifications, and implement minimum coaching qualification standards.
  4. Place an increased focus on delivery of quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, through coaching workshops and conferences, specific to the age and stage of the players.
  5. Integrate game coaching and refereeing principles into all relevant material and courses, linking to specialist skills activities where appropriate.
  6. Develop an interactive online training resource to support coaches, teachers, referees and other club and school volunteers.
  7. Deliver coach development programmes and courses integrating Positive Coaching Scotland principles throughout.

The full strategy document can be found by clicking here -


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National Hot 100 DB Trims List

Michael Ray Garvin is a member of The National Hot 100 and will make a run for player of the year honors in New Jersey this season. Garvin is now up to 45 written offers. He has narrowed his list down and knows at least three schools that will definitely get visits this fall. Who has made his cut and who will he visit?

"I have cut my list down quite a bit", says Michael Ray Garvin.

"I like Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida State, Colorado, Rutgers, Notre Dame and Maryland. Those are really the only schools I am looking at now."

This summer Michael has visited Rutgers and Notre Dame unofficially. Does he have any official visits set up yet for this fall?

"I don't have any dates set yet, but I do know I will visit Georgia, Florida State and Oklahoma for sure. I am not sure on the other two yet, but I plan on taking all five of my officials."

Don't expect a commitment from this quick defensive back standout anytime soon, but when he does make his decision, we will bring it to you right here at

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Tuesday Bulldog Football Notebook

INJURY UPDATE: Both DT LaMarcus Williams (plantar fasciitis) and CB Chris Nance (hamstring) returned to regular practices Tuesday, in limited-purple but participating. They are expected to play this weekend. Both were held out against UAB. WLB Dominic Douglas (sprained foot) will probably miss one more day of work after his Saturday injury.

Coach Sylvester Croom said Douglas should be back to work by Thursday and available in the game. Veteran Anthony Littlejohn, who can swing to either weak- or strong-side linebacker, is Douglas' first replacement as of now with Jamon Hughes in the mix.

And CB/ST Tay Bowser, who had a knee-scope procedure after the South Carolina game, is still doubtful for this game. The only other players held out of drills were WR Anthony Summers with a groin strain, and HB Robert Elliott who is still hampered by a weeks-old ankle sprain. Elliott dressed for the UAB game but was not going to play then nor the rest of this rookie season.

SACK ATTACK? Tennessee leads the SEC in passing productivity, both yardage (273) and completion rate (67.2%). Certainly having a veteran triggerman like Eric Ainge tossing to a variety of targets, and a top-flight offensive line protecting the passer, are obvious factors. Tennessee has allowed just two sacks in five games, best in the league.

There's an under-appreciate reason for such a stat, though. "They do that because they run the football," Croom said. "Any time you can run the ball it makes it extremely difficult to get to the quarterback." Tennessee's ground game wasn't outstanding at first but has clearly improved to the point defenses have no choice but think that way on first down often as not. Which, in fact, is how Mississippi State approaches games too.

"A lot of their offense is very similar to what we do," said Croom, adding—with a smile—that UT coordinator David Cutcliffe must have been studying what State's staff tries to do and incorporating it. Seriously, though, the Bulldogs are naturally going to attack with HB Anthony Dixon first and try setting up such passing as an unpredictable quarterback situation allows. The Vols have more proven players to work with here of course and Ainge has been able to operate with little fear, so far.

"He's been hard to get to a lot because of their running game," Croom said. "You're anchored in the run and all of a sudden he takes a 3- or 5-step drop and the ball's out. That's why he's not sacked. The key is you have to stop the running game." The Bulldogs rank 42nd nationally and fourth in the SEC against the run through six games, and are tied for third with 11 sacks. That total will have to jump markedly this weekend if State is to stay with Tennessee, though, which means stopping the run first.

"If we're in predictable coverage situations and hold them long enough, Titus Brown and Avery Hannibal will get there. Our ends, unless they double-team both of them, if we can cover and give them enough time they'll hit the passer."

WHAT CAN BROWN DO? DE Titus Brown is State's sack-leader with six of the team's 11, which also ranks him second in the SEC behind Jeremy Jarmon of Kentucky. The Wildcat has an extra half-sack to account for the lead. A lead Brown lost when he did not get a sack in the UAB game. For that matter, he didn't get a tackle of any sort for the first time he can recall. "It was kind of tough, they really game-planned on me," Brown said.

"But it enabled other guys to make plays. Avery had a couple of hits and tackles, we had a couple of interceptions. I wasn't that productive on the field. If it takes two or three to block me it means other guys are open and they can step up and make plays, which I'm happy to see."

Well, fine…but couldn't the home stat crew have been careful to do their all-star nominee a favor or two when tabulating tackles? Wasn't Brown tempted to ask for, umm, further review? "Nah, they do a good job taking care of me!" he said, adding that he doesn't have to keep track of where he stands on the SEC sack-chart. "Joe (Galbraith) will tell me you're number-two or –one in the SEC, stuff like that."

Besides, to Brown there's something coming out of Bulldog games that means about as much as getting the stats. It is how he draws doubled-attention from blockers. "That says that they respect you a lot. if you have to take two or three to block one person it says a lot about a player. I don't mind because it's going to open up doors for other guys to make plays, like Avery and Kyle Love and guys like that."

TAKING THEIR TURNS: Speaking of defensive statistics, at the halfway-point of the season MLB Jamar Chaney has returned to the top of the tackle chart. The junior now has 42 stops for the year, split evenly between solos and assists. He was third going into the UAB game behind SLB Gabe O'Neal and WLB Dominic Douglas, but passed both on one day.

Douglas now has 40 total tackles and O'Neal 36. Obviously Douglas is in danger of losing ground in this tight race with his hurting foot. But Chaney isn't taking anything for granted. "It's good to have competition," he said.

"We don't talk about it too much but you'll say something now and then. Like, ‘you better enjoy it this week because I'm going to be back on top next week!' We all have fun with it. But it's all about winning the game."

And about getting the job done, which Croom says Chaney has on the ground. Against the pass is another matter. "He's still working on his coverage, he made some errors the other day that he's got to be better at." Such as biting on a play-action and letting the middle receiver go right downfield for a third-down conversion. Still on the whole Croom likes how Chaney and cohorts are performing.

"No question you have to have a solid linebacker inside there and he's done a good job. All three of our linebackers have played well this year. I think that's why we're having some degree of success. All three of them can run and they tackle extremely well."

DOWN-AND-DISTANCED: Mississippi State is solidly mid-SEC-pack when it comes to most of the obvious defensive statistics, such as yardage, rushing, passing, etc. Even ranking 8th in scoring isn't so bad because that is also 48th in the nation, and obviously inflated by the 45 points allowed in the season-opener.

But one area has been an increasing problem the past three weekends. Starting with the Gardner-Webb game, opponents have been able to find or create openings in downfield coverage. And most of all on third downs, where the Dogs this week are 10th in the league allowing over 41% conversions. By contrast the three top spots in the SEC this week are 30% or lower. If State lets Tennessee keep converting on third-and-longs and moving the chains, it will be a long day for the Dogs.

"Our defense has to do an outstanding job of making plays in third-down situations and getting off the field," Croom said. Which means making the sorts of plays in pass coverage that have been missed too often the last three weeks. While attention naturally turns first to man-coverage on the corners, the real weak links have been linebackers and safeties first finding and then staying with their men.

"Coach Croom and Coach Johnson have really been getting on us about our pass drops," MLB Jamar Chaney said. "I know we don't get deep enough and stuff like that, so it's a challenge for us to go out and get better. Everybody says we play good as a defense, but we make a lot of mistakes that keep us down. We could be way better than we are right now."

Tennessee will be particularly challenging in this regard. Much like South Carolina did, the Vols make liberal use of their backs and tight ends by releasing them from protection to get out in patterns. Croom said Tennessee will mix single and double tights with various combinations of other wideouts, which means a lot of intense film study this week.

"Every personnel grouping has tendencies, and defenses are called based on those tendencies," he said. Of course the same is true for UT and other State opponents. South Carolina certainly picked up on some of those second-half passes Gardner-Webb made work and put them to use against the Dogs. "That's what teams do, watch the games and try to do the same things," Chaney said. "All we can do is go to practice and try to get better. If we do what we're supposed to do then we're going to get pressure on the quarterback with Titus and Avery. Titus Brown is probably one of the best pass rushers in the SEC. So we can get pressure as long as we do our job in the back."

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Aggies pick up tight end

Aggie Websider has confirmed that Texas A&M has picked up a tight end commitment for the Class of 2009. David Sandhop will have a full report first thing Wednesday morning.

Fort Worth All-Saints Episcopal tight end Hutson Prioleau committed to the Aggies on Tuesday.

LSU, Oklahoma and Auburn all called wanting him to visit in the past week. Notre Dame even called his coach earlier on Tuesday and they were going to offer until they heard he just committed to A&M.

Aggie Websider's David Sandhop will have more on the commitment and comments from Prioleau himself first thing Wednesday morning.

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Virginia: Deja Vu All Over Again?

AUG 31 -- UCLA, despite all the pre-season hype, looked pretty much like last year's team in underwhelmingly beating Virginia Saturday, 28-20...

We always talk about expectations, and how it shapes the “success” of a season.

Expectations for UCLA’s season are so high that the vast majority of fans feel justified in being very disappointed in UCLA’s lackluster win over Virginia, 28-20. Even Jim Mora said that the team’s mood was a somber one, acting like they had lost.

I guess, then, if the team feels disappointed by its performance in Charlottesville it does justify the fan’s disappointment.

So, what happened?

It’s not difficult to analyze.

It was essentially the same team as last season that took the field at Scott Stadium. Well, essentially the same team but without Xavier Su’a-Filo and Anthony Barr. If you took Su’a-Filo and Barr off last year’s team and sent them to play at Virginia Saturday, the game was almost exactly what you would have anticipated.

A 9-3 season last year isn't, of course, a bad one. And that team, overall, was a good one.

But while there was plenty to like about last year's team, it wasn't worthy of being ranked #7 in the country, like this year's team is, and there were a number of consistent problems with it that limited its success.

Those same problems we saw on the field Saturday: The offensive line didn’t physically dominate, by any means, there wasn’t much pass rush, the offense lacked a running game, the quarterback struggled to make decisions, there were head-scratching offensive playcalling and there were excessive penalties.

Pretty much they were in mid-season form from last season -- the form of the mid-season lull from a year ago.

If you’re a fan, it is justified to be disappointed. Not only because of the hype were fans expecting a better team than last season but merely because you’d expect essentially the same team to be at least a little better a year later. Even if you were a fairly skeptical fan you would reasonably factor in that the same guys, a year later, would be more experienced, bigger and stronger – better. And that that improvement would compensate for the loss of Barr and Su’a-Filo, especially with the addition of Malcolm Bunche, Kenny Young, etal.

But that didn’t come to fruition Saturday.

So, why isn’t this team better?

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First, it’s probably a little premature to conclude that this year’s edition of the Bruins isn’t better than last season. They certainly didn’t show it on the field Saturday, but it’s just the first game of the season and it wouldn’t be reasonable to draw any conclusions on this team from that one performance.

But it’s pretty easy to analyze what needs to happen for them to get better and improve on last season.

If there was a little surprise Saturday it was that the offensive line was so unimpressive. Yes, everyone might have anticipated that, without Su’a-Filo and missing Jake Brendel for the game, it might have turned out this way. But probably not to this extent. The OL was physically dominated at times, by what was probably an average Virginia defensive line. It was confused consistently in pass protection by Virginia’s stunts and timing on its blitzes – sometime that was very good scouting and coaching by the Virginia staff, by the way, realizing that they should try to exploit UCLA’s young interior OL. Even Malcolm Bunche, in a post-game interview, said there was some confusion in communication among the interior OL. Without Brendel, a two-year starter, and then basically adding Najee Toran, a true freshman, at guard, UCLA’s interior OL became very young and inexperienced and, well, very exploitable. It was clear UCLA thought it’d be able to get through the Virginia game without Brendel, for him to benefit from one more week of resting his MCL-injured knee. It was right – it did get the win – but not really in a way the staff clearly expected.

It will be interesting to see if Brendel returns this week to play Memphis – a team you would expect to not be as good as Virginia. It’s probably a good bet that Mora and OL Coach Adrian Klemm don’t want to witness another OL performance close to the one against Virginia and Brendel will be in the line-up. Klemm was absolutely fuming when he left the field at the end of the game Saturday.

If we’re talking about performances that were a bit surprising, you’d have to say that Brett Hundley’s performance, on one hand wasn’t, but on another it was. On the first hand, that was the same Brett Hundley as last season so it wasn’t that surprising. And don’t say we didn’t warn you: our reports through spring practice and fall camp were that Hundley was the same player, that we hadn’t seen any marked improvement in his game. On the other hand, isn’t it reasonable to expect that Hundley had made some improvement since last season? If you went by just the Virginia game, and were going to draw conclusions from it, you’d say he hadn’t. Now, like we said, you can’t judge this team by one performance, but it’s clear what’s going on with Hundley since it’s the same issues as last season – with a little bit of a twist. Hundley struggles to make decisions in terms of his receivers down field. While, in this game, like last year, you have to concede that the offensive line wasn’t exactly giving him time to set up a tea party in the pocket, he did many times have time to throw and didn’t. When you have an OL that’s struggling in pass pro you would need a quarterback that excels at reading defenses and finding the open receiver quickly and, as we’ve said for a couple of years, that’s Hundley’s weakness. Then the little twist: Hundley clearly in the first half of the game didn’t want to take off and run. Whether that was by choice or coach’s design we don’t know. Perhaps it was Hundley, wanting to look like he was more of a “passer” and not so much a guy who takes off and runs when he gets pressured. The thing is, though, that’s been his primary success as a college quarterback – creating big plays with his feet – and if you remove that from his game he’s a pretty average college quarterback. We’ve been consistently telling you that Hundley would have to make some considerable strides if he were to live up to the national and Heisman hype he’s been receiving and, if the Virginia game is any indication, it would look like that was a very wise bit of advice.

Here’s the thing, though: Should the offensive coordinator be taken in by the Heisman hype? Noel Mazzone said after the game that he intended to come out throwing the ball, and that was evident. But it appeared that was under the presumption that Hundley was much improved over last season, that he wouldn’t have much of the same issues in finding receivers like he did last season. In spring and fall practice we’re just observing from the sideline, we aren’t privy to what’s being said on the field and we certainly don’t get to watch practice film. But it was pretty clear Hundley was just about the same guy as he was last season, so it is head-scratching that a game plan would be called for the Virginia game that emphasized deep drops and what looked like complicated reads, especially with the state of the offensive line. It was almost as if the offensive coaching staff was taken in by the hype itself, that it was over-confident that its offensive line would easily be able to protect Hundley and that Hundley had developed to the point he would be a near-NFL quarterback, sit in the pocket and pick apart Virginia’s secondary. It wasn’t until nearly the fourth quarter that Hundley’s running ability was exploited and a read option was utilized. There were only a few series that it seemed the short, quick passing game was featured – the passing game that plays into Hundley’s strength. Since we’re drawing so many conclusions to last season, it does seem similar, if you remember, that once a game plan was conceived of that fit Hundley the offense did quite a bit better. There’s a pattern developing here of game plans not seemingly matching Hundley’s strengths, that almost are based on a hope of the quarterback Hundley could be rather than what he realistically is.

When it comes to the running game, UCLA has two plays basically – an outside zone run and an inside zone run. It didn’t run much in this game early on, and then it took a while to learn that the inside zone run wasn’t going to work with the state of UCLA’s interior OL, but that the outside zone run would be more effective.

It wasn’t just the plays that were called, but when they were called. It was a bit surprising that Virginia didn’t see the quarterback draw coming on Hundley’s touchdown, since that was used just about every time UCLA was in the red zone last season. Virginia, though, did anticipate it a series later on a critical third down. Like we’ve said previously on the playcalling, in games it seems to be coming from a very narrow list of plays, lacking a utilization of so many plays in the playbook that would seemingly exploit what the defense is giving you and the talent of your offensive players.

Offensively, there was a new, added issue from those of last season – dropped passes. You could make a case that if UCLA doesn’t drop the easily-catchable throws it did in this game the story line might have been completely different. It hasn’t been a trait of UCLA’s receivers in fall camp, so we’ll chalk it up to first-game jitters.

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The defense, of course, had a good performance, getting three scores on its own, which obviously won the game for UCLA. Its pass coverage was generally good, except for the two touchdown passes that weren’t bad coverages, just a couple of plays where the receiver out-worked the defensive back. The linebackers were exceptional, with Eric Kendricks getting a whopping 16 tackles and Myles Jack 13. In the press box, a reporter who covers Virginia repeatedly commented that the speed and athleticism of UCLA’s linebackers was a difference-maker – that that was the one aspect of the team he saw that lived up to UCLA’s lofty billing. The defensive line, too, had a good game in run defense, bottling up Virginia’s running game for the most part. A nose tackle (Kenneth Clark) isn’t supposed to get 8 tackles, but you do when you’re throwing people around and then running side to side like a linebacker. The defense, for the most part, looked like it had gotten one more year better. New Defensive Coordinator Jeff Ulbrich generally called a good game. There was, though, one disappointing aspect – and that was the pass rush. Virginia was in max protect quite a bit and UCLA would rush three or four most of the time, and that gave Virginia’s quarterback a little bit too much time to find a receiver. UCLA will clearly have to get more pressure on the quarterback this season and will struggle to be successful against many of the teams on its schedule if opposing quarterbacks are going to have that kind of time.

The other aspect of the Virginia game that eerily harkened back to last season were the penalties. UCLA was one of the most-penalized team in the nation last season. It simply isn’t going to compete at a high level – either nationally or in the conference – this season if it continues to commit as many penalties (12) as it did in this game. It’s probably the most dumbfounding aspect of Mora’s tenure at UCLA – that his teams would commit so many penalties. We’ve attributed it the past two years to UCLA’s youth, and admittedly this year’s team is still young, but it does have a good amount of experience and it feels like this is the season that it’s reasonable to expect UCLA gets its penalty-committing situation under control.

Again, it’s just one game, and you can’t draw conclusions on the season from it.

After the game was over Saturday, in fact, there were quite a few college football writers in the press box who said they thought Virginia’s defense is going to prove to be good this season, and that UCLA will look back on this game and see the result as justified.

Given expectations for UCLA’s season that seems unlikely.

Given expectations, It’s completely reasonable – for fans and players -- to expect that this team be better than last year’s team, but in this game it wasn’t evident. It’s plain that UCLA isn’t going to be able to put the same team on the field that it did last season and consider it a successful season.

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Women Drop Road Test

The West Virginia women's basketball team began a two game road trip at Seton Hall Saturday afternoon, hoping to rebound from an 82-57 loss to the #4 Connecticut Huskies.

Unfortunately for the Mountaineers, they again had trouble rebounding - literally and figuratively. Leading 49-47 with 1:13 to go, West Virginia dropped a 57-50 contest to the Pirates and dropped under the .500 mark in Big East conference play.

The game was close and sloppy, to say the least. WVU's biggest lead came at 24-20 in the opening seconds of the second half, and Seton Hall's best lead was 14-7 early on in the contest. Most significant was the Seton Hall run to end the game - WVU committed two turnovers and sent the Pirates to the free throw line a total of eight times in the final minute to seal their own fate.

Neither team was really able to establish a good shooting stretch, but the Mountaineers did mangae to come out on top in that department by making just 37% of their shots from the field. However, it was the inside game made the difference once again. Michelle Carter fouled out of this contest with only five points and Latitia Williams scored but four. In the paint, WVU only managed 12 points while the Pirates scored double that total. The Pirates als got 15 second chance points by grabbing 17 offensive rebounds.

WVU was led in scoring by Kate Bulger and Yolanda Paige, who each scored ten. Further illustrating their struggles inside, the leading rebounder for WVU (by a good margin - six) was Paige, who pulled down 12.

Give the Pirates credit - they advanced to 10-3, 2-0 in Big East play - and are looking as good as they have in several years. However, this was a tough loss for WVU in that the Mountaineers haven't won a conference road game since 2001 - and this was a good opportunity for them to get a quality road victory against a team they've always matched well against. Nevertheless, this remains an ugly loss.

The Mountaineers will again try for a road win at St. John's on Tuesday.

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"Feeling right at Holmes"

While Mark Sanchez has struggled in spurts throughout the first three games of the season, Jets' fans should be encouraged by the continuity he's rediscovered with wide receiver Santonio Holmes.

There was a moment in last Sunday's game against Miami that defined the resurrection of the Mark Sanchez-Santonio Holmes chemistry.

In the second half, Holmes was slated to run a post route that would put him right in the way of a lurking defender. Holmes glanced back at Sanchez and stopped short of the zone coverage. Sanchez sensed the move and completed the pass for the first down.

While every Jets fan celebrated the play, offensive coordinator Tony Sparano had a few choice words for the pair when they returned to the sideline.

"This isn't a free-wheeling zone," recollected Sanchez of Sparano's comments. "This isn't street football where you can just go to the Blue Cadillac and turn right."

Sanchez later laughed it off saying that Sparano came to his senses and congratulated them on making the play. Holmes offered his view on the same play as well.

"I think Coach Sparano trusts me as a seven-year veteran receiver that I will get the job done no matter what," said Holmes. "In the heat of the battle, he understood the only thing that mattered was the catch."

Sunday proved to be a huge game for the seven-year star as he recorded nine catches for 147 yards, his first 100 yard performance since November 2010.

It seems that maybe "Tone Time" is back after a two year hiatus.

Fans will remember "Tone Time" as better days when Holmes and Sanchez combined for over 750 yards and six scores in just 12 games.

"You just kind of find that knack for each other and have a better understanding of how things can be done on both ends," said Holmes of his experience with Sanchez. "He's getting a better feel for how I play the game (and) how we should play the game together."

The games came as good news for the Jets. Sanchez came into the day as having the lowest completion percentage (50.5) among active starters and is in the worst three-game stretch to start a season of his career. He will look to better his numbers in this week's contest against a San Francisco defense that is widely regarded as the league's best. If Holmes can get open, that will in turn open the entire passing game for other receivers. Holmes believes that Gang Green just has to be wary of turnovers. "These guys are greedy," asserted Holmes. "We have to be aware of the different coverages that they run. We really have to study hard this week and be prepared for it."

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Patriots Best Defender Laying Low

What is it about Vince Wilfork that enables him to lead the Patriots year after year, yet still fly under the national radar? 2012 turning into another standout season for Mr. #75

Wilfork enjoying another standout season

His numbers don't leap off the page. They never do.

Yet as he has done throughout his entire nine-year career in New England, Vince Wilfork is leaving an unmistakable imprint all over the Patriots this season.

The only defensive player still on the roster from any of New England's championship teams is once again living up to the billing as one of the best nose tackles in the league. Wilfork is a stalwart force in the center of the Patriots' defensive line who's been instrumental in their much-improved rushing defense.

''I could care less about stats,'' Wilfork said earlier in the year. ''The only stat I care about is the W. We win, and I'm happy. We lose, and I'm not.''

The 6-foot-2, 325-pound Wilfork wasn't too jolly following New England's 41-34 loss to San Francisco on Monday night that snapped the Patriots' seven-game winning streak.

After back-to-back games against two of the top teams in the league - the first a possible AFC championship preview against the Houston Texans and last week's showdown a potential Super Bowl matchup - New England travels to Jacksonville to face the struggling Jaguars.

And after playing two teams that have combined for 22 victories, Wilfork isn't about to look past 2-12 Jacksonville.

The Jaguars, like every other team on New England's schedule, likely will find it impossible to overlook Wilfork.

''A lot of people might look at their record, but you can just tell, they just line up and they play football. They're old school,'' Wilfork said. ''They line up and they try to do things right and you can just tell, when they do the things right, they move the ball, they make plays.

''It's going to be challenging for us.''

Attempting to block Wilfork is always a tall order.

Just ask Patriots offensive lineman Nick McDonald, whose job is to help handle Wilfork each and every practice.

''Going up against (a guy) like that, you've got to play your best football. He's a tough player to defend,'' McDonald said. ''He's a great football player. He's a good leader. He's a guy that's been around the system for a long time and he does a lot of things well.

''He's a hell of a football player.''

When the stage is biggest, Wilfork seems to shine the most. Take two weeks ago, for example.

The mammoth man in the middle was credited with four tackles, one for a loss, a sack, one pass deflection and a forced fumble, igniting a stunning blowout of the first-place Texans in front of a national television audience.

He also was almost single-handedly responsible for bottling up running back Arian Foster, who for the third straight season has eclipsed 1,200 yards but managed just 46 yards on 15 carries against the Patriots.

Wilfork didn't even need to be standing on his large feet to make one of the more memorable tackles of his season, either. On the second offensive play of the game, Wilfork was blocked to the ground, but still managed to clamp his massive mitts around Foster's shin, dragging him down for a 1-yard loss.

''He's a unique player,'' McDonald said.

Wilfork by no means is your average pass rusher, barreling down the middle rather than from the side, and has totaled fewer sacks in his career (15) than some players have this season alone.

But then again, nothing about the four-time Pro Bowler is typical.

The surprisingly mobile veteran is enjoying a standout season for New England with 42 tackles, two forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, a pair of sacks and six passes defended.

''The athletic ability he has and the size he has is very rare, and just his passion for the game,'' McDonald marveled. ''Guys that have been around the league a long time like that and still have amazing passion and work as hard as he does, he's going to be successful.''

The offensive line also is benefiting from his presence.

''Going up against a guy like that . that rare athletic ability and size, the power he has, the quickness, it's definitely going to make you better,'' McDonald said. ''He's going to make everybody around him better, too.''

Wilfork is a major reason the Patriots have forced a turnover in 25 straight games and lead the league in turnover differential at plus-22, seven more than second-ranked Houston.

''That's one of the things that we do. That's one of our goals. That's one of the things that we work very hard toward. And it's paying off for us this year,'' Wilfork said. ''Hopefully we can continue to get our offense the ball. There's no other offense I would want to get the ball than inside (quarterback Tom Brady's) hands. The more we get our offense the opportunity with the ball, the better we'll be as a team, and we understand that.

''Our goal is to go out and create negative plays and create turnovers and give our offense the ball back.''

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D Does It: Card to Sweet 16, 60-57

"They say defense wins championships. Stanford held New Mexico to 53, and Kansas finished at 57, even with the last-minute shenanigans. So despite an ugly, ugly offensive performance today, the Cardinal have pulled off two upsets and are headed to the Sweet 16." Johnny Dawkins' 2-3 (and 1-3-1) zones save the day, as the Cardinal keep on dancing with a 60-57 thriller over the No. 2 seed Jayhawks.
March 23, 2014

The Piece of Cake Edition

Well, well, well. It's not supposed to be that easy to whip the L.A. schools in Maples, is it? That was a big homestand. Sure, the toejams stink like a feed lot, but the Bruins are a very good team and we handled them. We defended Maples. And suddenly we are tied for third in the conference with four to play. And we are playing better than cal or Sparky or the Buffaloes.
February 26, 2014

Basketball downs Northwestern, 71-58

Fresh off an embarrassing defensive performance earlier in the week that ended in a 112-103 defeat at the hands of BYU, Stanford rebounded nicely Thursday night, running away late from an overmatched Northwestern team for a 71-58 victory.
November 15, 2013

CSDTV: Stanford Players React to Scuffle

Dwight Powell, Josh Huestis and Johnny Dawkins talk Senior Night-spoiling win over Cal, including a second-half brawl sparked by a loose ball.
March 6, 2013

Live blog: Stanford 34, California 31 (Half)

The good news is that Stanford's visit to Cal has definite Pac-12 title implications. The bad news is, well, never mind. We have the live blog of tonight's action at Haas, where through 20, Stanford leads the Bears 34-31 on the strength of 10 Chasson Randle and nine Josh Huestis points.
March 6, 2013

Liveblog: Stanford 82, OSU 72 (Final)

If only Stanford played Oregon State every game. With a 48-point second half, the Card evened out their Pac-12 record at 7-7 (16-11 overall), downing the host Beavers, 82-72. All five Stanford starters finished in double figures, so top billing goes to 21st birthday boy Aaron Bright. On beautiful passing, Bright added six assists against only one turnover, and had a game-clinching three late.
February 21, 2013

Baskeball notebook, Huestis interview

The treadmill that tormented Stanford basketball never slowed. But the Cardinal have recently sped up. After winning four of five and securing a critical Arizona road split along the way, Johnny Dawkins' squad is on track to re-enter the NCAA Tournament picture as the Pac-12 schedule presents its first set of rematches.
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Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla
Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla
Each spring, the La Jolla Historical Society arranges for the public to go behind the scenes of La Jolla’s most spectacular residential gardens. The Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla includes a variety of gardens. They are both large and small, with various landscaping styles. The homes are revealed on the day, only in the tour booklet. Each home will have live music, table displays and local artist renderings. In fact, the Deal Me In Today headquarters was featured in a prior tour.

The tour generates important financial support for the La Jolla Historical Society, so know that your ticket fee goes toward preserving unique collections, educational programs and other initiatives to preserve La Jolla’s special character.

If you are looking to spruce up your yard or to spend a day out in our gorgeous weather among stunning landscapes, this tour is for you.

La Jolla Historical Society’s 14th Annual Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla

May 19, 2012

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Check in at Wisteria Cottage

780 Prospect Street

Self-guided tour tickets are $40 for LHS members and $50 for non-members. Purchase tickets at the La Jolla Historical Society.

However, we have a PAIR of tickets to give away. That's a $100 value!

To enter our giveaway, leave a comment and tell us why you’d like to go.

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PORTSMOUTH — An age-old debate on where to locate the city's next parking garage was reignited Friday by members of the Economic Development Commission.

PORTSMOUTH — An age-old debate on where to locate the city's next parking garage was reignited Friday by members of the Economic Development Commission.

The commission, which is made up of local leaders in business and banking, as well as elected officials and city staff, has been assigned a new duty by the City Council. The council voted last month to instruct the EDC to generate a report on finding a suitable location for a downtown parking garage that is not the Worth lot or Parrott Avenue lot.

The proposal, which passed the council by an 8-1 vote, tasks the committee with considering privately held properties, municipal properties and/or a public-private partnership.

The vote also allows City Manager John Bohenko to initiate negotiations with any private parties interested in working with the city on a public-private partnership.

In explaining the committee's charge on Friday, Bohenko said the need for a new parking garage in the downtown is paramount, especially given the growing pressure placed on the High-Hanover parking garage, which now reaches capacity more frequently.

"I think everybody is aware of the closures," said Bohenko. "Those are occurring on a regular basis."

Bohenko called the need for locating another garage in the downtown "important," but emphasized that even if the city were to begin construction today it would be at least another two years until it was complete.

"We need to deal with this issue," he said.

EDC member Robert Marchewka said he agrees the need for another parking garage is important, especially given the impact he believes the lack of parking is having on business development in the downtown.

"You can't locate a company down there because there's no parking," he said. "It's really been a hindrance over the last several years."

Marchewka said finding the location will undoubtedly be challenging.

"Everybody wants one, but nobody wants to offend anyone by putting it in the wrong place and nobody wants to spend the money," he said. "I don't know how you do it."

Having made the original motion to have the EDC further study the issue, Councilor Eric Spear said it's clear that the rest of the council is in support of adding another parking structure in the downtown.

"We have eight councilors saying that we need a downtown parking garage," he said. "That's pretty exciting."

Moving forward, Spear said he wants the EDC to develop a matrix that lists all possible garage sites and lists reasons why they would or would not work for the city.

Spear said that type of document would make it easier for the council in the future to explain why a certain location is or is not feasible.

"Everyone has a different idea where a garage should be," he said. "Having the 'nos' checked off can often be as helpful as having the 'yeses."

EDC Chairman Everett Eaton said he can also sense that the parking situation in the downtown is only going to get worse.

Because the city's current garage is constantly full, Eaton said, it's adding more pressure to the free parking at existing surface lots, especially those owned by banks.

Eaton said banks are already having a "huge problem" with people parking in their lots.

"As soon as the banks in the city get out of the business of free parking, all hell will break loose," he said.

And while the EDC's charge is to consider all options other than the Worth lot and Parrott Avenue lot, both locations still came up as options on Friday.

EDC member Dana Levenson said he considers it to be awkward that the commission would be handed a charge but told to exclude those two viable sites.

Levenson said he was speaking of the Worth lot location in particular.

"I hate to exclude what potentially could be the best result," he said. "Personally, from my point of view, it should be included."

The only decision made Friday by the EDC was to appoint members to a subcommittee to continue the discussion moving forward. The subcommittee is then expected to meet in public in the coming weeks and months to satisfy the council's request.


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Monday, April 11, 2011

In Memoriam: Daniel Catán

Seattle Opera is very saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Mexican composer Daniel Catán, whose Florencia en el Amazonas was the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by major American opera companies. It was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera, and was first performed here in Seattle in 1998, and again in 2005. When Speight Jenkins was asked in 2005 why he chose to bring back Florencia after only a few years, he replied: "The reason simply is that I have received more audience requests to bring back Florencia by letter, by chance encounters in the theater, and in my after-opera sessions than for any other opera."

Aside from that particular audience favorite, Catán composed several other pieces, including Il Postino--based on the life of Chilean author Pablo Neruda--which had its premiere this season at LA Opera. The Los Angeles Times has more information and LA Opera has posted a tribute page on its website.

Below, we present our own tribute to this very special composer and person.

For more information on Florencia and the last time it was performed here at Seattle Opera, click here.


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Exporting Ann Arbor Beer (and Business Culture) to India

Opening a brewpub in India seemed like a relatively simple idea to Matt and Rene Greff.
The co-founders of Arbor Brewing Co in downtown Ann Arbor and Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti had nearly two decades of experience in brewing craft beer and running a brewpub. Starting and running a business is nothing new to them. Doing the same with a franchise in India shouldn’t be too different. Or so they thought. That was four years and a huge life experience ago.
“The start-up was much harder than we ever thought it was going to be,” Rene Greff says. “The buildup to make it happen took forever.”
Gaurav Sikka, a University of Michigan student and former Arbor Brewing Co patron, approached the Greffs in 2009 about opening a franchise of their brewpub in India in 2009. Two years later, the Indian city of Bangalore legalized craft breweries and the three partners were working toward opening one of its first brewpubs.
The Greffs expected they would only need to be there a few months to help get the brewpub up and running to Arbor Brewing Co’s standards. In a 16-month period, they ended up spending nine months in-country. A majority of that time was dedicated to getting the doors open by December, 2012. ABC India, as they like to refer to Arbor Brewing Co’s Indian franchise, wasn’t serving its own beer until the following February, which meant sparse business in the meantime.
“We would have days where we might have three tables come in all day long,” Rene Greff says. Matt Greff adds, “And that is a 12,000-square-foot space so it felt like a morgue. We can laugh about it now, but our partner likes to say ‘I never had one day with no customers at all.’”
The reason they can laugh now is when cold Arbor Brewing Co brews started flowing then the customers came even faster. The Greffs say ABC India is now one of the most popular bars in Bangalore, drawing crowds comparable to the local Hard Rock Cafe.
“Thank goodness, it was literally like flipping the switch when we started serving our own beer,” Matt Greff says. “It became absolutely insanely busy ever since.”
The Struggle
The problems didn’t magically go away with open doors. If anything the real struggle began as cultures clashed between Arbor Brewing Co and mainstream India when business started to pickup.
Arbor Brewing Co is a reflection of the Greffs’ values. The married couple from Ypsilanti are two of the more progressive business owners in southeastern Michigan. They emphasize environmental sustainability in their business practices and paying their employees with living wages and good benefits. That business philosophy flies in the face of conventional wisdom in India.
“Indian labor is so cheap that the business model is you throw a bunch of people at it,” Rene Greff says.
For instance, waiting on tables isn’t as easy as one person taking an order and bringing out food and drinks.
“There are four different people who come up to your table,” Rene Greff says. “It’s always a disaster. It’s a game of telephone in different languages.”
And those four people occupy different areas of the local pecking order. And most of those people don’t speak English because service work is appropriate for only certain parts of the caste system. And then there are the gender-based societal rules, such as women aren’t allowed to tend bar or even be out after dark with an escort. Add in that most call-center workers with language skill are women, and, well...
“The service is very different,” Rene Greff says. “We have definitely had to make some concessions and accept that because of cultural differences some things are just - I wouldn’t say impossible but very difficult to duplicate.”
Then there is the larger societal view in India of looking down upon service work. Where working at a bar or restaurant is sort of a right of passage for young people in the U.S., that’s not the case for the up-and-coming educated class in India.
“That’s not what people do there at all,” says Rajeev Batra, a professor of marketing at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “The people who do those sorts of service jobs are seen as inferior, a sort of a servant class.”
And then there are the differences in the average work week. While western culture embraces the 40-hour work week, it’s fairly typical for Indian workers to sign a one-month contract to work 10-hour shifts, six days a week. Compounding that even further is that there is normally a lunch rush and then a huge dinner rush between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Local laws mandate that bars need to be closed no later than 11:30 p.m. The Greffs have been lobbying to let the service workers do fewer hours so they can work a more Americanized 40-45 hour work week.
“That’s a big thing we’re working on with our partner but it’s a really difficult cultural change to make,” Matt Greff says.
But this sort of insistence on business culture isn’t just about personal morals. The Greffs see it as competitive advantage as more and more brewpubs open in India and the market becomes saturated with craft beer.
“We believe that American-style service is going to be the thing that continues to set us apart from other brewpubs,” Matt Greff says. “That’s going to be a work in progress and it’s going to be a long, frustrating battle. But we want to figure out the right number of hours and a different style of pay structure to make waiting on tables an attractive job like it is in the U.S.”
The Reward
Changing any culture is never easy, if even possible sometimes. The Greffs are open to giving it a try because the reward is ground-floor access to what has turned into a huge, untapped market.
There are two brewpubs serving the 9 million people in Bangalore. Of that population, there are about 100,000 Indians who have studied in the west or are ex-patriots. The Greffs estimate there are about 500,000 to 800,000 Indians with disposable income. Since Bangalore is one of the continent’s main business centers, doubling that number thanks to business travelers and tourists isn’t out of the question.
“There is already demand,” Rene Greff says. “Most of our customers are western-educated Indians and ex-pats. There are people who have already discovered good beer and are dying for it in India. It’s not like we have to teach people how to appreciate good beer. It’s already there.”
And disposable income isn’t necessarily in short supply to the upper classes.
“There is a lot of money,” Batra says. “People are looking for aspects of lifestyle that remind them of western civilization (and they are willing to pay for it).”
And that market demonstrated its thirst for Arbor Brewing Co’s beers right away. It took less than two weeks after the debut of their beers to go from a handful of patrons to consistently hitting capacity of 300 people during lunch and dinner rushes.
“The opportunity is much bigger than I ever thought it would be when Gaurav (Sikka, the Greffs’ partner in India) first contacted us in 2009,” Matt Greff says. “We thought it would be a niche, boutique concept, and we’ll appeal to ex-pats. Being there as much as we have been there and having as much success as we’ve had we know it is a big, big number of Indians and ex-pats with a lot of money to throw around looking for new, exciting, fun things to do. Any kind of American concept is really wildly popular.”
So much so that the Greffs are returning to India in January to evaluate more business opportunities with Sikka. They are looking at opening new brewpubs not just in Bangalore but elsewhere in India.
“We’re not sure which direction we’re going to go,” Matt Greff says.

Jon Zemke is the Innovation and Jobs News Editor of Concentrate and its sister publications, Metromode and Model D. He is also the managing editor of SEMichiganStartup.com.
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Mission Statement of Secular Sri Lanka

පන්සල, පල්ලිය, කෝවිල සහ ජනරජය අතර අනවශ්ය බැඳියාව සහ බලපෑම වෙන්කරන ලද  ආගමිකකරණයට යටපත් නොවූ,  ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සමඟ බැඳුනු යහ-පාලනයක් (good governance) ගොඩනගමු.

Secular Sri Lanka is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational association with the purposes/goals:

  1. To promote total and absolute separation of Temple (viharaya, kovil, church and mosque) and state of Sri Lanka through an amendment to the current Constitution.
  2. To educate and inform the public about secularism and the required democratic process to achieve this goal.
  3. To provide a forum for examination and discussion about secularism and the amendment to the Constitution for secularization of Sri Lanka.
  4. To develop and engage in educational, cultural, charitable, and social activities that are beneficial to the members of Secular Sri Lanka , the secularist community of Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lankan community at large.


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Acquisition Essentials for Software-Reliant Systems

The challenges and failures of software development and acquisition of software-reliant systems have been well documented. There are many reasons software-reliant acquisitions fail, including unrealistic estimates, overly ambitious requirements, and inadequate software engineering and testing.

This hour-long course is part of a series of e-Learning modules to acquaint acquisition staff with key aspects of software-reliant systems acquisition. This course provides an overview of three fundamental software acquisition topics, Software Requirements, Software Architecture, and Software Testing. Each of the topics answers the most important questions about that area:

  • What is it?
  • Why should I care about it?
  • What's different about it?
  • What are the key questions I should ask?

This course features stories from real acquisition programs showing the significance of these three aspects of acquiring software-reliant systems. Examples are used throughout the course to provide the learner with a concrete understanding of Software Requirements, Software Architecture, and Software Testing.

Who should attend?

Acquisition program leaders and staff who are experienced with acquisition, but want more information about addressing the software aspects of the program

  • Why software is important
  • Essential knowledge of software requirements
  • Essential knowledge of software architecture

At the completion of the course, learners will be aware of:

  • the unique challenges of software-reliant systems
  • some fundamental aspects of software-reliant systems
  • the knowledge needed to manage software-reliant acquisition programs and keep the programs on track by proactively recognizing problem symptom and implementing recovery strategies

There are no prerequisites for this course.

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Learners will have three weeks to complete the course. Upon completing all course elements, the learner is awarded an electronic certificate of course completion.

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SEKO Synergy Changes Name to SEKO Logistics with Immediate Effect

May 12 2011

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As the continued success of the unique global model of SEKO continues to drive growth in the UK business the directors have decided to align the company name with the global organisation with immediate effect.

The company has enjoyed unprecedented growth in the UK since its inception in 2003 and now employs in excess of 100 staff in service centres in London Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow as well as two sites in Northampton and in June will open its 6th office in the UK in Hook, Hampshire to service its growing healthcare and aviation customers in that area.

Keith O`Brien, SEKO Logistics managing director commented “This is a very subtle change that helps further develop the SEKO brand in the UK and ensure we continue to be seen as a consistent global organisation. Whilst our global model remains totally entrepreneurial and unique we do feel that aligning the name to the rest of our organisation globally as well as bringing the L word into our name helps develop the recognition of the brand and the solutions we offer.”

SEKO Logistics are the fastest growing private logistics company in the UK. From a start up in 2003 with 5 staff the company has group sales in excess of £50 million and employs over 100 staff. The company is the largest entity outside of North America of the SEKO group of companies.


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LIRE v0.6 released: New Image Features

The new release contains three additional features: (i) Tamura texture features, (ii) Color and Edge Directivity Descriptor (CEDD) and (iii) a configurable color histogram implementation. While the last one was integrated for comparison only the other two provide additional improvements, especially the CEDD feature. Furthermore a FastMap implementation was included in the release for optimization of the indexing process in a later release. Also some bugs were fixed in the MPEG-7 EdgeHistogram descriptor provided in the cbir-library jar file and in color-only search. Note that due to the increased number of features the extensive document builder, which extracts all available features, needs significantly more time for extraction than in the last release.

Lire SVN build for Java 1.5

Due to requests I took some time and built a Java 1.5 version instead of the 1.6 versions. A simple compile with 1.5 wouldn’t help as I use the swing layout classes of NetBeans (now integrated in Java 1.6), so imports have to be re-adjusted and the library has to be added. Furthermore I created an explicit build target in Caliph to create a 1.5 version of the cbir jar file. This snapshot works fine with MacOS (as far as I’ve heard) and on Windows.

Lire development: a big next step ..

While it has been quiet for some time around Lire, recently development has been pushed forward. I switched to SVN for development and integrated simple RGB color histograms as a feature for comparison with the MPEG-7 features. Savvas Chatzichristofis (or on facebook, his image search engine) contributed the CEDD feature, which works great! Marko Keuschnig and Christian Penz contributed implementations for the Gabor texture feature and the Tamura texture features, where the latter is already in the SVN. I also integrated the new features in LireDemo. A new version – already compiled – can be downloaded here: liredemo-svn-2008-05-29-jdk16.tar.bz2 Note that Java 1.6 is required.

Image Mosaics with Ajax

Did you ever think image mosaics in a web application are something that can only be rendered on server side? Well a very interesting post gives an example for the generation of image mosaics with JavaScript and Ajax. The authors employs a JavaScript binary file reader and uses the raw values from greyscale BMPs to find the mosaic. The approach for mosaic creation is simply yet effective: The overall luminance of an image is taken as “single value descriptor” and single pixels are substituted by very small BMPs.

Related Links:

  • Ajax mosaic builder – The blog entry describing the Ajax way of mosaic creation
  • Lire Demo – The offline way for image mosaic creation (also featuring colored images and formats different from BMP)

img(Anaktisi) Image Search Engine

img-search.jpgSince Blobworld was down I was hoping for a new online CBIR system to show in lectures. Last week I received word about the img(Anaktisi) image search engine from Savvas Chatzichristofis. This search engine is based on 2 new content based descriptors that combine color and edge features. The results look promising!

There is also an offline sketch based retrieval system being developed. A screencast can be found on YouTube.

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The iBlue 747 GPS Logger

iblue747.jpgRecently I bought the iBlue 747 GPS Logger after reading the review on Cool Tools. While most GPS devices sold here are based on the SiRF star III chip, the 747 is based on the MTK chipset. This allows the user to fill the internal memory easily before you run out of power instead of the other way round. For more detailed information I found a extensive review on

From my point of view the device is good enough. Memory holds up to waypoints and there is enough power for a long hike, walk or bike tour. The software however is somewhat limited. I recommend to use the Java open source software BT747 for downloading the track logs and allows to convert them to Google Earth files, Google Map HTMLs (for sending by email), GPX or NMEA. This tool is rather complicated to use but works fine as soon as you managed to let it do what you want. One will also need the driver, but all instructions are given in the howto of the bt747 software.

BT747 ScreenshotWhat took some time for me to realize was that the internal memory of the iBlue 747 was 16 Mbit, which is 2 MByte. This was quite a shock (as I misread it first), but as already mentioned its enough for ~ 70k track points. The GPS mouse function comes handy when navigating with my mobile phone, which – just to mention – has the same battery type as the gps device 🙂 One thing that disturbs me somewhat: I’d like to have a device where track logs can be downloaded using plain USB (like from a USB storage device) not serial over USB, which is awfully slow. Also I’d like to have GPS that works inside the house too 😀

Geo tagging of photos also works fine, there are several tools available. I’ve tested the GPS Log Analyzer and GeoSetter, which both work fine. The locr tool seems to produce GPS Exif metadata that can’t be read from Google Picasa. Flickr recognizes the geo tags also, but you have to activate the import of those in your privacy settings.

Getting out the most: PNG

Many people think that standards are made to simplify and formalize certain formats or tasks. However most standards remain ambigous or “free to choose” in critical parts. This can happen due to political issues (several solutions exist and different companies want to bring in their own stuff) or due to simplicity (just use some other standard that already is ambiguous or disambiguation doesn’t pay off).

One fine example is PNG: The encoding process includes several options which allow for some tweaking. Color space and quantization for instance can be chosen by the encoder. If the encoder uses some standard quantization the encoding might result in a much larger file than needed. Another example is the deflate compression routine, where a trade off between expected file size and buffers can be made (larger buffers result in a higher compression rate but also in a larger memory consumption for decoding). More information can be found e.g. in A Guide to PNG optimization.

For those of you just wanting to optimize their PNGs here is a list of useful stuff:

Answers to Common Questions

Checking the proceedings after the ACM Multimedia reminded me of the las slide of Mike Gleicher. His paper was best paper nominee and dealt with post processing of videos to enhance the camera motion quality (straight motion and zoom, remove shaking etc.). He presented notable results and at the end of his talk he gave some answers:

  • I don’t know.
  • No, we don’t introduce cuts.
  • The details are in the paper, send me email if its not clear.
  • Friends in industry say they can do the camera motion estimation robustly, in real time.
  • Yes, I would like to go to Oktoberfest Friday.
  • Our in-painter builds a 4 second mosaic for each frame.
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  • Logarithms and exponents of 3×3 matrices can be computed robustly and efficiently with iterative methods.
  • Yes, this slide is an old joke –but I haven’t used it in years.

Ref. Michael Gleicher and Feng Liu. Re-Cinematography: Improving the Camera Dynamics of Casual Video. ACM Multimedia 2007, best paper nominee. September 2007. [on his homepage]