The only reason for Harbaugh to go for two points in that situation is to throw up 50 points on USC. But it also might be the smartest thing that Harbaugh has ever done Harbaugh has never been accused of being brilliant. He was a great high school and college quarterback and was fairly successful in the NFL.He's a great motivator, a good football mind, and right now he's making the sort of decisions that impress the check-writing alums and inspire new recruits to choose Stanford over other competing powerhouses.He surely guarantees himself a better recruiting class for this year as a result of that play call, whether you like it or not But Pete Carroll does not forget these things He takes losing personally He takes it to heart. As USC's rivalries with Notre Dame and UCLA continue to be unimpressive (this year in South Bend was actually fairly interesting), the Stanford Cardinal are responsible for the last three losses at the Coliseum (in 2001, 2007 and 2009).Even with Oregon's drubbing of USC two weeks ago, and Oregon State's recent successes against the Trojans, Harbaugh's call puts them at the top of the USC "Must Kill" list. Watch Pete's lips move, and you can even listen to what he says, but I guarantee you it took a great amount of personal restraint for Pete to avoid telling Harbaugh where he can shove that two-point conversion as they shook hands in the middle of the field.In the end, the two-point conversion didn't matter. In fact, the final score would've been one point worse had they kicked the PAT.And Harbaugh wasn't running the score up on the Trojans (even the second- and third-string players were running through the Trojan defensive front seven), they scored 55 points by outworking andout-hustling USC to close out the game.It's the same way Carroll has put up gaudy numbers over the last seven seasons from time to time. Florida consistently puts up north of 50 points, as do Texas, Oklahoma and a slew of other teams with high-powered offenses.But rarely do you see one of the coaches from those storied programs make a call simply to insult and slap the other team.It's simply a matter of principles, and this weekend proved that Palo Alto is home to a coach without many.The gauntlet has been set, and Oct. 
9, 2010, all eyes will be on the Stanford campus to see what the next installation of the budding (and bubbling) rivalry between Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll will hold.One way or another, it's sure to be exciting.. SAINT PAUL, Minn., Jan 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Image Sensing Systems,Inc. (Nasdaq: ISNS), today announced that it received a letter from NASDAQ onJanuary 6, 2009 confirming that due to the January 2, 2009 death of Richard C.Magnuson, one of its independent directors and a member of its AuditCommittee, the company no longer complies with NASDAQ's audit committeecomposition requirements as set forth in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350.NASDAQrequires that the company's Audit Committee be comprised of at least three"independent directors" (as defined in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200), and thecompany has two independent directors on its Audit Committee.The letterstated that, consistent with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(4), Image SensingSystems has a cure period in order to regain compliance.The cure period willrun through the earlier of the company's next annual meeting of shareholdersor January 2, 2010.However, if the company's next annual meeting ofshareholders is held before July 1, 2009, then the company must evidencecompliance no later than July 1, 2009.During the cure period, the company'snon-compliance with Marketplace Rule 4350 will have no effect on the tradingof its common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market.Before Mr. Magnuson'sdeath, Image Sensing Systems had been in compliance with NASDAQ's auditcommittee composition requirements as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350.(Logo: http://)The company must submit to NASDAQ documentation, including biographies ofany new directors, evidencing compliance with these rules no later than thesegrace period dates.Image Sensing Systems does not anticipate difficulty inregaining compliance within the grace period, and its Board of Directors hasbegun the process of identifying a replacement independent director to joinits Board and Audit Committee.About Image SensingImage Sensing Systems, Inc. is a technology company focused ininfrastructure productivity improvement through the development of software-based detection solutions for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)sector and adjacent overlapping markets. ISS' industry leading computer-enabled detection (CED) products, including the Autoscope(R) machine-visionfamily and the RTMS(R) radar family, combine embedded software signalprocessing with sophisticated sensing technologies for use in transportation,environmental and safety/surveillance management. CED is a group oftechnologies in which software, rather than humans, examines the outputs ofcomplex sensors to determine what is happening in the field of view in real-time.

With more than 90,000 instances sold in over 60 countries worldwide, ourdepth of experience coupled with breadth of product portfolio uniquelypositions us to provide powerful hybrid technology solutions and to exploitthe convergence of the traffic, security and environmental management markets.We are headquartered in St Paul, Minnesota. Visit us on the web atimagesensing .Safe Harbor Statement:Statements made in this release concerning theCompany's or management's intentions, expectations, or predictions aboutfuture results or events are "forward-looking statements" within the meaningof the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statementsreflect management's current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to risksand uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to vary fromstated expectations, which variations could be material and adverse. Factorsthat could produce such a variation include, but are not limited to, thefollowing: the inherent unreliability of earnings, revenue and cash flowpredictions due to numerous factors, many of which are beyond the Company'scontrol; developments in the demand for the Company's products and services;relationships with the Company's major customers and suppliers; unanticipateddelays, costs and expenses inherent in the development and marketing of newproducts and services; the impact of governmental laws and regulations; andcompetitive factors. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the timemade, and we assume no obligation to publicly update any such statements.Additional information concerning these and other factors that could causeactual results and events to differ materially from the Company's currentexpectations are contained in the Company's reports and other documents filedwith the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and its Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2008.SOURCEImage Sensing Systems, Inc.Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer of Image Sensing Systems, Inc.,1-651-603-7700. As the Cubs look toward 2010, General Manager Jim Hendry has to be pleased with the quartet he has assembled atop his starting rotation.In Ted Lilly, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Randy Wells, the Cubs have as deep a four-man staff as any in the National League, albeit not the most talented.However, unless Hendry and Piniella unexpectedly unveil a plan to return to the four-man rotation , those four leave the Cubs (at best) one card short of a full hand in the preliminary race for the 2010 pennant.To round out the corps, Hendry will have to either find an in-house candidate suitable for the job, or use the active off-season player markets to acquire a solid fifth option.Given the volatility that still abounds as the Cubs search for one good move to determine the direction of their winter, Hendry could choose to address the situation in a number of ways.
