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I am sick of everything trying to sell me things all the fucking time. STOP!
I understand and I sympathize with you. That's why I'm here to offer you an amazing ad blocking technology for the low low price of $19.95.
I understand and I sympathize with you. That's why I'm here to offer you an amazing ad blocking technology for the low low price of $19.95.
Do you also happen to offer anything ABSOLUTELY FREE with that?
Do you also happen to offer anything ABSOLUTELY FREE with that?
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You're in a minority group, mostly consisting of
The market has spoken, and it wants maximum fr33 st00f pl0x, subsidised by wasting time viewing ads.
then don't buy it.
Pretty simple, eh?
I'm thinking they might light to monetize calls through Google's 411 service.
By integrating that right into the phone, you can lookup business numbers and then, in theory, charge businesses to have customer calls placed to them.
That way you get a revenue stream, and the only adverts are the ones the customer requests when performing a search.
No idea what the revenue potential would be though.
the people with disposable income
you can stop their, no matter the pay those with disposable income are the (minority) who consistently spend less than they earn. The target audience are generally the ones who you can convince to juggle one more monthly expense and only cut back when someone finally cuts their credit card in half.
I see a problem for the non tech savvy.
I guarantee that a crack+adblocker will show up minutes after the phone is available.
Avoiding ads isn't the primary reason for subscribing to slashdot - I don't and never have but I can still kill the ads if I want to.
there's only 2 reasons I take advantage of the disable ads option.
1. I have no disposable income to spend anyway.
2. The ads slow the site down.
Google doesn't want to be in the phone business or the mobile carrier business, so this must be about something else, and that's the advertising business, since Google is in the business of selling ads.
This is just my guess, and I'm not highly paid analyst, but isn't it possible that Google understands that it is in their best interests to have a more open cell phone market. I thought from the start that it was obvious that that was the purpose; originally they were going to do it by strong arming the bandwidth auctions but that fell through and they weren't prepared to actually bid and implement the system themselves. Now they've moved on to working within the system, opening what is arguably one of the best mobile OS's to any manufacturer that wants it, provided they play by certain rules including a minumum level of openness.
There, fixed that for you...
I think it unlikely that Google would use on-device ads to help phone costs: their traditional strategy has been to use ads to monetize core offerings, not ancillary ones. Ancillary offerings bring you back to the core offerings, where ads are effectively placed.
There's so much speculation right now on the market, but I think that it's clear that Google could do something really interesting without the use of on-device monetization right now, e.g. the $199 unlocked super-phone that's being discussed in the more rumor-mill-ish blogs right now. If they could be cash-neutral doing that, and simultaneously disintermediate wireless carriers (a side-goal they've had for some time now), AND double Android's market share in the US, the mobile device group will be getting large bonuses, mark my words.
A totally new business model which likely reduces the amount of uptake from consumers: not so likely right now; Google has lots of cash and wants lots of market share. It's not a time to futz around with stuff like this: consumers would generally LOVE an iphone-a-like which costs $30 a month for unlimited calling and only costs $199. If Google can get that out the door, they'll have done plenty already in the last eighteen months.
Which means that if they aren't delivering ads directly on the device, they are almost certainly using it to collect data about everything you do and everywhere you go in order to increase your value to advertisers through search and mail.
As it stands in the US, there are two well entrenched market niches for smartphones. The first of which are the unlocked phones (or the phones one pays full retail price for from a provider.) This is about $400-$600. The second is the provider sponsored phone where one pays the cost of the phone via a contract. The price ceiling in the US is effectively set for this by Apple at around $200.
The ads wouldn't be welcomed in the unlocked phone arena. If I pay the premium price tag for an unlocked phone, I won't be buying one that slings ads at me. If the contract changes while I have the phone, I'll be rooting the device and yanking that "functionality" out, or not accepting the changes in my contract and will toss the phone in the garbage. Then I will go with a provider who wouldn't pull that on me.
If I were paying for a phone subsidized over 2 years, ads are not welcome here either. If my phone gets an OTA update to become an ad vomiter, that is a change in my contract that I do not have to accept, and I will trash the phone and change providers.
So, where would the ad-supported device model come to play? I see only one place, and that is the low end market, such as the prepaid phones one sees for sale for $15-$30, or the "free" phones that come with a 1-2 year contract. Maybe this market is what Google might be aiming for, where people would tolerate ads in return for a smartphone that costs $20.
Maybe this market is what Google might be aiming for, where people would tolerate ads in return for a smartphone that costs $20.
The $20 cell phone appeals to the poor, elderly and disabled. Not the most promising market for the advertiser.
... The second is the provider sponsored phone where one pays the cost of the phone via a contract. The price ceiling in the US is effectively set for this by Apple at around $200.
I believe I saw some subsidized smart phones that were at-or-around 200 USD before the iPhone came out. I know definitely before the 3Gs came out, but only vaguely remember some from before the regular iPhone so I might be mistaken. It was probably AT&T or Verizon since T-Mobile likes to act on the cheap.
Perhaps some BlackBerries or some of the Motorola ones.
Given the choice I'd rather buy a full priced unlocked and unrestricted phone directly from the manufacturer, which is why I used to like buying
If one travels abroad, GSM capability does mean a lot. One can either use a GSM provider such as T-Mobile that has towers in the destination country, or if the phone is unlocked, swap the SIM card out for a local provider and go that route. A number of countries tend to go with pay-as-you-go SIM cards where one buys the SIM at a store with x amount of time on it and uses that until it is depleted.
Even in the US, there isn't a real alternative. Until both the CDMA providers here support R-UIM cards (unlik
It won't be a separate model. It will be the standard model, just like Google and Gmail. The ads will be unobtrusive to the majority of consumers, but still valuable to advertisers. Google will no more offer this without personal data collection and advertising than they do Google and Gmail. Sure, they'll give you some privacy options, but they won't give you options that have a meaningful negative impact on the value of their services to advertisers.
If you run AdBlock, you are a minority. This isn't the ph
I dunno about the rest of you, but I'd rather pay the full whack for an unlocked Maemo phone.
That's the way it works in most of the rest of the world
- You can either buy any phone for it's listing price in any electronics shop.
If you sign a contract, or extend a previous, the service provider simply gives you the equivalent of a virtual "cheque" that you can use to buy any phone of your choosing in the same electronics shop where you signed for said contract. The phone is not locked and it's entirely up to you, the end user, to decide whether to use this contract SIM in this phone, or give the ph
For example, look at the HTC Magic from Vodafone Total: 720 GBP which is obviously more than the cost of the phone
But aren't you also paying for your baseline cell phone service?
AFAIK (in the UK at least), with a contract, you're paying x per month, and you're tied in for a contract of usually about 18 months. That 18x comes out to more than the cost of the phone. For example, look at the HTC Magic from Vodafone [vodafone.co.uk] Total: 720 GBP which is obviously more than the cost of the phone. Or am I missing something that's US-specific?
Pretty much, you're right.
I read some past threads on either Slashdot or elsewhere that had people reporting that they were able to successfully renegotiate their contract with customer service when the contract was up for this specific reason, but I'd never met anyone in person that's done that.
In the US you get tied to a contract, but you're typically paying the same price whether-or-not you subsidize the phone. So you're paying the same monthly fee whether you're using a new subsidized phone or an old p
1. most android devices are tightly coupled with google services. if you get someone using google mail, calendar, etc on the phone, of course they will use the web interface at some point and be subjected to ads.
2. many android apps already make use of admob for the "free" version.
i doubt google would make adds an inherent part of the phone experience.
Why are analysts always so effin' dense? Google is in the "no one gets between us and our ad-clicking users" business. They're one of the largest collections of smart people on the planet. They wanted in the mobile phone business, so they got in the mobile phone business. They own an ass-ton of fiber and manipulated the wireless auctions in their favor. They're not just an advertising company, they're the "we're the god damn Internet" company.
No one bought unlocked Nokia smartphones because nobody in Americ
No newcomer on any marked really understand (without experience) the price tag for playing as a part of the game. Google is a giant, but not in every area, Nokia is a giant too, but as google..not in every area, they're both players in their own area of expertise - and the price for entering into each others pissing fields - could be very expensive, such as . eg. Microsoft experienced when they ventured into the area of console gaming.
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My question is where Google will put the ads so that they are actually seen. If they build it into software, it's only a matter of time before the phone is rooted/jailbroken/HardSPL'd and ad-free firmware ends up on Rapidshare. Then it's just a matter of simplifying the process down to making it feasible for anyone sick enough of the ads to make the gamble of performing a warranty-voiding process on their phone, and unless ads live unobtrusively in the browser, Google will end up right next to the iPhone, s
I look at telecom subsidation of phone costs as a small loan. Can't/won't buy the phone with your own cash up-front? We'll loan you that money, and you pay it back a little bit every month on your bill. This breaks down because if you buy a plan without getting subsidized, you pay a higher price per month for your phone service (ie, the same monthly payment, but with none of it going to a loan repayment).
The workaround for this: If I sign up for a 3-year contract, you can either give me a cheaper monthly rate, OR give me a phone-up front, OR give me a cash bonus upfront, approximately the same amount the subsidy would cost. That way I can take that cash and buy whatever I want with it (if it happens to be a smart phone, awesome).
THIS breaks down because the telecom wants to have absolute control over what I can and can't do on their network, and won't budge to give up any leeway there. I don't have a workaround for that one yet
Of course, recouping cost via advertising is another spin... but ultimately comes down to repayment. If we really want to subject ourselves to ads, we should be able to do it for straight-up cash, or payment on our loan (of cash or phone-lease).
The word "lease" just clarified this issue a bit for me. Leasing equipment from our phone provider is really an old idea... and one we've fought hard against. Why are we so anxious to get back into that situation?
Assuming that leases are a good idea for phones (I don't think they are. Even a $1000 phone isn't so expensive that it should require a 2-3 year payment plan. At the end of a "lease", you return the item with value to its owner, or buy it out. But phones depreciate way too fast for that to be reasonable), why would you lease your phone from the person running the telecom network?
All of us using GOOG-411 and Google Voice have done a splendid job training their voice recognition system. Within a year, I predict that you'll be seeing ads relevant to the conversation you're having while you're still having it. "It's been ages since I've had good sushi!" -> ad for nearby expensive sushi restaurants.
This will take phone sex to a whole other level!
All of us using GOOG-411 and Google Voice have done a splendid job training their voice recognition system. Within a year, I predict that you'll be seeing ads relevant to the conversation you're having while you're still having it. "It's been ages since I've had good sushi!" -> ad for nearby expensive sushi restaurants.
It's kind of hard to see the screen when it's next to your ear, but yes, when you hang up, that's reasonable. I rather expect good ads for YouTube is easier to handle.
the price of an unlocked phone always seemed wrong to me. these are cheap, mass produced, underpowered devices using yesterday's technology for the most part. why do they cost $600?
these are cheap, mass produced, underpowered devices using yesterday's technology for the most part. why do they cost $600?
Because even "yesterdays technology" costs a lot to produce when you have to shrink it by a factor of 10 and at the same time make it use far less power.
the okay, so verizon eats $400+ every time they offer a discounted phone for $99? unless you can point me to contract-less plan that makes up $400 over 2 years. the only provider i know of that offers such plans are t-mobile, and the contract-less option is about $10 cheaper a month.
the okay, so verizon eats $400+ every time they offer a discounted phone for $99?
Yes, absolutely. That's why they do multi-year contracts and you get a phone cheaper. Look up the word "subsidized".
And Verizon is not "eating" anything, except money from you. They make far more over the life of the contract than the $400 they "ate". If you want to look with suspicion at costs devices are the wrong place to start, instead try looking at the cost of maintaining a network compared to how much they charge cus
The iPhone costs around $200-$300 to manufacture. Look at the iPod touch - it's largely the same hardware, minus the GSM/UMTS chipset (around $10), camera (another $10) and GPS (another $10). Yet the 32GB iPod Touch costs $300, with a healthy bit of profit for Apple.
So why the hell does the 32GB iPhone run $600 unlocked?
It's unlocked. How soon to Ad-Block for Android comes out?
Unlocked merely means you can use it with any compatible service provider; it's not artificially locked to a single provider. Just because a phone is unlocked, it doesn't mean you have root access on it.
But for sakes of argument, lets just say 'unlocked' is a general term to use on a lot of things.
I have all my Iphone friends who *freak* out when you use the term unlock instead of jailbreak, its like take at easy you know what I mean.
The term jailbroken got a lot of us by surprise, although most people were taken by surprise of how Apple would lock it down and create new terms
If this was truly an "unlocked" phone, especially if it's meant to be a developer-friendly phone, I don't see how they could add on-device ads that I couldn't remove.
Presuming you can in fact root the device, they'd be relying on being Google, and having ads that don't piss off the majority of users and accordingly being less likely to be blocked. Imagine if they crossed this with some voice recognition and a bit of their search tech.
You talk about catching a movie, the screen on the phone provides a list of nearby theaters/current schedules automatically, default ordering based on advertising revenue.
You talk about planning to eat out, it hears "grabbing" "dinner" "Ch
if done wrong will result in Hulk-like rage.
I doubt it. Much more likely, it will result in hilarity, much like contextual ads [thedailywtf.com]. I don't know, I can see how that would inspire rage, but it just makes me laugh.
You can buy a G1 or MyTouch from T-Mobile for $400.00 or so. You can get it unlocked from T-Mobile if you wish.
You can use it with pre-paid service from any GSM provider.
But, the data access will be expensive.
about 20 years ago.
I was discussing the problems of getting phone service to people with little or no income, and the political difficulties of cutting peoples phone service.
I suggested they give people the option of getting advertising in exchange for free or discounted service.
Like after being on the phone for 30 seconds you would hear a one time ad like "Drink Coca-cola" or some such.
I wish I could remember the CEOs exact quote. It was something like "small ads in a lot of place will never generate incom
That's alright, A friend and I had a way cool idea about 27-28 years ago about a map you could carry around and the "you are here" spot would mark your location as you moved around. Cool but impossible. Just a couple of years before, we openly mocked a fellow classmate who wanted to write a program to automatically turn on the computer. What a fool, he was. I'll say it here: Amrit (Paul) Rishi - I apologize for thinking your idea was idiotic - several of my computers now use wake-on-lan, and scheduling that
This is precisely why Apple filed for a patent on this recently.
It's a way for them to block potential ad revenues from Android, protecting the high price of their iPhone.
So Nokia's little Apple-wannabe store(s) somewhere near er... Chicago, or something, falls flat and that means no one wants unlocked phones? Whatever.
If you would like to participate in the failing unlocked phone market don't lament the poor performance of Nokia's fail brick-and-mortar outlets. Just head over here [newegg.com] and buy a perfectly good unlocked Nokia 5530 GSM or any one of 105 other unlocked phones of all levels of capability. Need a cheap unlocked phone that works well with no monthly bill? Buy a RA
If the pundits could predict what Google was doing, they'd be rich corporate heads, not writers trying to guess what's going on.
I personally think that just maybe Google is going to offer a "free" phone.. not free as in beer, free as in speech.. where i
Will Goolge pay the data bill for the adds as with out a plan the cost is very high even more so if you go out side of the usa. Canada is about $71 for 35meg.
I don't have a contract with T-Mobile, but I have a month to month unlimited voice, text, and data plan for $85/month.
It doesn't have a keyboard. No thanks.
there is a company selling data only/VOIP cell phones through AT&T and there was a rumor that Google was going to sell a data only cell phone for $20 a month through AT&T. abovethecrowd.com had a nice post about Google's business model and how they share add revenues.
I bet this phone will be data only and use Google Voice for everything. AT&T doesn't care since they want to be a dumb pipe. Google will make money because everything you do on the internet will be logged in their servers and they w
I just bought a unlocked blackberry clone for 100. Id say that was cheaper for me then getting one subsided thru a carrier, and be locked into them forever.
The Nexus one is most likely the ADP 3. IE the third generation developer phone. IE Purchasable on Google's developer site. IE Not marketed to fucking consumers.
What makes me think this is that Google has given out the ADP1 at their Christmas party last year, the ADP2 at IO, and the Nexus-One (presumed ADP3) at their Christmas party this year.
There is no more or less magic to this.
The Nexus one is most likely the ADP 3
Yes and no.
Google have openly said they are planning to sell this thing to consumers. There will likely be a developer version with a pre-rooted ADP rom on the device but this version will be sold through their existing channels. Google intends for the Nexus One to be the ultimate Google Experience(TM) phone.
When Google isn't making money by brining more people to ads, they're making money by increasing the value to advertisers of the people they do bring to ads.
This platform will allow Google to directly collect data about where you live, travel, work, eat, and shop.
It will allow Google to sell time and location sensitive ads, e.g. it will allow Google to sell ads for the deli on 34th street when you're within a quarter mile of 34th street.
And if Google decides to do it, it won't be an option. When Google adve
Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery dates.


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Better...love those black socks and short shorts.
Better...love those black socks and short shorts.
^^^^My dad has loads like these that i somtimes like to slip on!!
now these are short... All for the right reasons!
These are so short it cant be kept in....
Holy bum...
Are there any short shorts that is not athletic wear?
Bona to vada
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Have you noticed in the clothing stores that the women shorts are much shorter than the men's shorts? I wonder who decided that my shorts should be down to my knees!
I am seriously thinking about buying some women shorts that don't look too feminine. I was in Old Navy the other day. They have some pretty decent women shorts I could wear. Have any of you guys done something similar to this idea?
These are nice shorts, not cutoffs. They have pockets too.
Now, why can't this type of shorts come back into fashion?
No one looks hotter in short shorts than my favorite male model DW Chase

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OECD-MOST Workshop on Indicators for Assessing National Innovation Systems
Background - Objectives - Agenda and presentations
The Workshop on Indicators for Assessing National Innovation Systems was organised by the OECD and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China, as part of the implementation of the Indicator module of the OECD-China National Innovation System (NIS) project. It provided a forum for exchanges of experience and mutual learning on the best practices in some OECD countries and the current S&T indicator system in China, to explore ways on how to better address the information needs for measuring and monitoring the NIS, and for supporting evidence-based policy making, through improving the existing indicators, and developing new ones. Senior experts from China and from 11 OECD member countries as well as South Africa participated in the one-and-half-day Workshop.
Session I: NIS indicator systems: input, linkage and performance
This session discussed the conceptual framework and compared indicator systems in OECD countries and in China, including definitions, scopes and comparability of these indicator systems.
Special attention was given to indicators for measuring output/performance of NIS, including both traditional S&T performance indicators such as patents and publications and more broadly defined performance indicators, such as productivity and competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.
Linkages between input-output and among the key actors in NIS are important, albeit indirect, determinants for the performance of NIS. Session I explored what indicators are available, and should be developed, for assessing the linkages between S&T activities, technology transfer, institutional development and the interactions between these forces.
Session II: Methodology and practices in S&T and innovation policy benchmarking
This session discussed the methodology and best-practices, as well as limitations and lessons learnt in policy benchmarking in some OECD countries. Presentations in this session were organised into two parts: the first, to introduce the benchmarking experiences of some OECD countries, and the second, to explore the indicator and policy connections.
Session III: Indicators on globalisation of R&D
Today, there is an increasing challenge in both OECD countries and China in measuring the various facets of globalisation of R&D. This session took stock of what indicators are available in China and in OECD countries for monitoring the globalisation of R&D, in the form of multinationals' R&D activities, cross-border ownership of inventions, international co-operation in S&T in both private and public sectors and internationalisation of high-tech manufacturing sectors. It explored what new indicators should be developed, and the efforts under way in OECD countries and in China in addressing the need for new indicators.
Session IV: Indicators on the stock and mobility of HRST
While the stock of HRST can be measured to a large extent by available indicators, measuring the mobility of HRST is much more difficult. This session took stock of the available indicators on HRST in China, and discussed the OECD work under way to develop methodology for measuring the international mobility of HRST. For the domestic HRST mobility, a potential attempt of investigating the mobility in Chinese research institutions was explored.
(Presentations as provided by speakers)
Thursday 19 October 2006
Opening remarks
Keynote speeches
Session I: NIS indicator systems: input, linkage and performance
Chair: Mu Rongping, President, Institute of Policy & Management (IPM), Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)
Session II: Methodology and practices in S&T and innovation policy benchmarking
Chair: Jean Guinet, Principal Administrator, S&T Policy Division, OECD
Benchmarking methodology and practices:
Indicators/Policy connections:
Panel discussion of Day I
Chair: Dirk Pilat, Head of Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD
Friday 20 October 2006
Parallel Session III: Indicators on globalisation of R&D
Chair: Gao Changlin, Professor, NRCSTD, MOST
Parallel Session IV: Indicators on the stock and mobility of HRST
Chair: Yoshiaki Tojo, Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics Division, OECD
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Stop... You're VERY drunk.
Prediction. Mark Sanchez will LIGHT IT UP this year, baby.
Winning the QB competition, Sanchez is going to have a season for the ages, by NYJ standards. He will throw 25 TDs, 10 INTs, pass for 4,500 yards with a completion rate of 63%.
With expectations so low, giving Sanchez the reigns to the offense was the best way forward for the franchise. Thats something you want to do sooner rather than later, said coach Rex Ryan, who was with the defense. But I think the big thing is to make sure theres fair competition and you feel good about the decision.
Chaddy cakes will award him the comeback player of the year award.
The jets, with a bone crushing D, will finish the season at 10-6 and return to the conference title game.
Stop... You're VERY drunk.
Not fair. Most of those yards and TDs will be from throws to Dlinemen.
Did you see a monkey fly out of your ass?
BOLD PREDICTION: Aaron Hernandez will barely be mentioned this season and the media will continue their "circle of self pleasure" around everything they do.
The only thing he's gonna be lighting up is the Kalifornia Kush from his couch while he's watching the Raiders on TV hoping whatever all-star they have pretending to be QB gets hurt.
He could have a breakout year. He needs to get rid all of his demons. This could happen if he beats the Pats in Foxboro for game two. I'll jump on the bandwagon at that time.
10 picks all year, when he's thrown 2 in 5 quarters in preseason. sounds good.
You mean it is his turn to turn on the lights in the stadium?
Clearly you beat him to the punch.
Make it 30 TDs, and I'll sign right now!
I'm as confident in your prediction as I am in Sooth's new message board.
(whoops, did I say that?)
New system, new weapons, new hairstyle(band included).
Makes total sense to me if he can be lobotomized.
Lol, don't hold your breath, Ray.
You've obviously gotten into some of that Sour Diesel I hear is floating around. Wanna trade a Z for a PSL? My guy is fresh out.....


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Bluffton announces 2008 winners at Athletics Awards Forum
By: Ashlee Conley, public relations office
April 17, 2008
Two Bluffton University seniors and a devoted community member were recognized at the institution's annual Athletics Awards Forum on April 15. Michael Zapolski, director of athletics at Anderson University, spoke to faculty, staff and students about the role NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics has at private, faith-based, liberal arts institutions.
An athlete at Pepperdine University, Zapolski wanted to be a sportswriter after graduation. In his junior year, he was offered the position of sports information director at Pepperdine, and he held that position for 20 years before moving on to Anderson University.
Zapolski spoke about priorities and how one's Bluffton experience impacts priorities such as academics and athletics. Addressing students, Zapolski said, "You came here because this is the place where you can mix those two things together. You play a sport, but more importantly you earn your degree. That's ultimately the bottom line of what we're all about-providing the opportunity for young people to grow and to learn and receive an academic degree in the field of their choice and then to use that knowledge to go out in the world and make it a better place."
After Zapolski's presentation, two senior athletes were recognized for their performances on the court and in the classroom. The A.C. Burcky Award went to Tim Kay, a sport management major from Alpharetta, Georgia, for his outstanding baseball career. He has accrued a variety of awards, including: two first team All-HCAC selections and a second team All-Midwest region selection as a junior. Kay's individual career marks include: ranked fourth in batting average at .397, ninth in slugging percentage, ninth in total hits and 11th in total bases. "Tim is an excellent example of what a student-athlete should be," said head baseball coach James Grandey. "He excels in the classroom and on the diamond, and he demands the best of himself every day in every facet of his life."
The Katherine E. Little Award was presented to Sarah Humphrey, a health and physical education major from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for her record-setting career in cross country and track and field. Humphrey has been named Academic-HCAC five times and is the school record holder in five events and one relay. In track, she holds three of the top times in the 10K on the HCAC championship performance list, three of the top-10 times in the 5K on the top-10 Bluffton all-time performance list, three of the top times in the 10K on the top Bluffton all-time performance list, and is ranked fourth in the Bluffton all-time list in the 1,500m. In cross country, Humphrey was the number one runner for four years at every meet. She was named All-HCAC twice and Most Valuable Player four times. She recently broke her own school record in the 3,000m steeplechase.
The Larry W. Jones Memorial Award was presented to Christine Purves, a Bluffton community member. She is a former Bluffton University instructor and Bluffton exempted village schools teacher. She remains a role model for many Bluffton student-athletes, sending them encouraging notes, e-mails and attending and supporting many athletics contests.


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Since I have recently developed quite a history of visiting cold and snowy places, often during the winter, I wish to preserve that tradition. I am competing for the opportunity to go to Antarctica in February 2010 — a dream adventure that I've always wanted to pursue (and almost did pursue when I was an undergraduate researching Fin Whales and Crabeater Seals at the University of Washington). To enter, all candidates must publish a picture of themselves and write an essay explaining why we think we are the best choice, and solicit votes from the public. Whomever receives the most votes wins the job. Of course, I think I am the best candidate to share this adventure with you, but I am not the only one who thinks this. Below the jump is a list of other people who are also supporting my bid to become the official blogger on this Antarctic expedition;
Henry Gee, I, Editor.
PZ Myers, Pharyngula.
Bob O'Hara, deep thoughts and silliness.
John Lynch, a simple prop.
John Wilkins, Evolving Thoughts.
Razib, Gene Expression.
Digital Cuttlefish (and yet another wonderful poem of his).
Sheril Kirshenbaum, The Intersection.
TravelGrrl,realist at Large.
The Ridger, The Greenbelt.
RL Bates, MD, Suture for a Living.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Welcome again to "Ask the Experts," a regular web feature that highlights the expertise of various Bucknellians in a range of topics related to current news events and other timely subjects. || Ask the Experts archive
This week, we asked Pam Keiser, associate executive director of alumni relations and career services and director of the Career Development Center, about the Post Graduate Report for the Class of '09, job prospects for the soon-to-be graduated Class of '10 and what undergraduates can do to prepare themselves for the job market.
Q: Let's start with the just released Post Graduate Report for the Class of '09. Despite a start-and-stutter economy, the results are pretty solid. Can you give us a few of the highlights and what that says about a Bucknell education?
A: We have a very good idea where our graduates are going. We're quite fortunate to have a 98 percent survey response rate, which is terrific. It allows us to know we have very credible and reliable information on a Bucknell education for the Class of 2009.
Some highlights: 59 percent of the class is employed their first step out of Bucknell and 23 percent are pursuing graduate or professional school study. We had a small percentage that opted to travel or volunteer or do a combination of both.
The piece that is striking is that 5 percent were still seeking. The reason that is striking is that compared to the Class of 2008 the number was actually lower. And that's a great story to tell for Bucknell because, while the Class of 2008 had their own challenges with the marketplace, you would have anticipated that number being higher for 2009 due to the economy. It's actually 2 percentage points lower — 7 percent (for 2008) compared to 5 percent (for 2009).
What that tells us is that employers and graduate schools alike highly value a Bucknell education - even in times of economic challenge and economic downturn. That's a really good indication of the value of a Bucknell education and the reputation that the University has in the marketplace.
Q: For the Class of '10 graduates, what job prospecting advice do you have?
A: I would tell them to be persistent. I would tell them to not give up and to put hard work and effort toward their search. If they've been searching or if they haven't started an active search yet, the good news is that there does seem to be some positive momentum in the marketplace. We've been seeing it and experiencing it the last two to three months on a daily basis with leads and opportunities coming in — some of which we're cultivating through the internship challenge and through our on-campus recruiting outreach that we do with employers. But employers are also proactively reaching out to us to offer opportunities to Bucknellians — in a way we haven't seen such energy and enthusiasm for during last fall.
Throughout this academic year, we've seen employers being more cautious and more conservative in their hiring decisions. We're now seeing that changing. We're actually seeing opportunities come through at a later point in time in the spring semester than what you typically might see when the economy is really strong. Some of the leads are from industries who usually have wrapped up recruiting activity at this point in the academic year. Granted, it's at a moderate pace, but it's positive momentum.
Q: What does the picture look like for summer internships?
A: I was just working with a group of first-year students and they posed the question, "Is it too late for a summer job or internship?" I shared with them that I would normally say we're getting towards the end of the season. But this year, because it's such a wild and different year and the economy had such an impact on the employers and the cautiousness that they'd been proceeding with, that there are still plenty of good opportunities out there. Some people may be just making those decisions now. You should still be seeking. It's not too late. But you need to show initiative and interest on your part.
I also told them to consider unpaid internships. That can be challenging, especially if you need to earn money to come back to school. But what we tell students is ask employers if they'd be willing to be flexible with the number of hours you may be able to dedicate. Why shouldn't a student say to an employer, "I want to take this opportunity. It is unpaid, but would you be willing work with me so that I might be able to work with you one, two or three days a week rather than five days a week? That way I can pick up a second position that might be in retail or in hospitality where I might be able to have the flexibility to work nights or weekends and still earn a good wage to save money to come back to school but also take advantage of your experience, which gives me some practical experience in the career path I'm considering." That approach allows everyone to win.
Q: What are some of the things that the Bucknell Career Development Center can help with?
A: We can help with creating an action plan and basic job search strategies. We offer counseling and advising appointments and can coach students on how to have effective one-on-one conversations with alumni and students to talk about their unique interests and plans and where they're at with their search. Alumni and parents have valuable tips, suggestions and sometimes even leads to offer to students and alumni who are seeking employment. We like to call it sharing "pearls of wisdom."
We can help with writing a resume, understanding how to write a resume and putting that important document together. We can work on understanding how to write an effective cover letter and the benefits of networking, what networking actually is and how you do it effectively.
When it comes to networking, it's important for students and alumni alike to know about the hidden job market. Some 70 to 80 percent of jobs that are available never actually make it to the advertising stage. Word of mouth strategies or campaigns that might be conducted internally inside an organization or leads posted on a social networking site or a job board of some sort — those sorts of insider-type tips that an organization has an opening or may be hiring is how most jobs are filled.
Just 20 to 30 percent of jobs are actually pushed through to the point of print advertising, online advertising or, perhaps, put up on an organization's website. So, it's key that you just don't focus all of your efforts on looking at job postings, job listings or classifieds in the newspaper, but that you also reach out to people and ask, "Is your organization hiring?" Introduce yourself and ask, "What advice and recommendations would you have for me? How does your hiring process work? Who might be a good point of contact for me to reach out to? Who might I send a resume to? What timelines are you working with?" That can all be gained by conversations with people who work inside the organizations that you are very much are interested in pursuing for employment opportunities. That takes a little more effort and work than looking at online job listings and browsing the classifieds every weekend, but it can pay off in leaps and bounds.
The other beauty of that is that if the individual you've reached out to isn't hiring, they may know of a colleague in another organization who is and they may share that with you. It's that six degrees of separation story — so and so knows so and so knows so and so and, hey, they're hiring.
For the Class of 2009, 8 percent indicated they secured employment through contact with Bucknell alumni or faculty. That's a benefit of Bucknell. It is a community that is based on relationships. Alums and parents and friends of the University are interested in what our current Bucknell students and our alumni population are doing. They understand and they recognize the value of a Bucknell education and the type of work ethic and experience that a Bucknellian brings to the table. If you can engage in that community, it enhances the chances that you'll develop this networking community for yourself that will not only pay off in the short term but also pay off in many ways long term throughout your career.
New editions of "Ask the Experts" will appear on the Bucknell website on most Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters and on occasion throughout the summer. If you have ideas for future questions or are a faculty or staff member who would like to participate, please contact Sam Alcorn.
To learn more about faculty and staff experts who can speak on a variety of news topics, visit Bucknell's searchable Experts Guide.
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The Women of Color Zine Workshops are an opportunity for local women of color to become involved in writing, self-publishing, and activism. Come out and join us as we start a new year of workshops! Open to all! For more information, contact Tonya Jones at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Garden Talk: November 8, 2007
From NGA Editors
Colorful Japanese Forest Grass
Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra) is an attractive, clumping ornamental grass that looks stunning planted as a ground cover along a walkway or on a bank. The leaves are usually a bright green or yellow, but a new variety is much more showy, with burgundy-colored leaf blades.
?Red Wind? forest grass (Hakonechloa macra ?Beni Kaze?) produces the same soft green leaf blades as other types of forest grass in summer, but once the cooler weather of autumn arrives, the leaf blades take on a burgundy color that compliments other fall foliage. ?Red Wind? grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide in light shade, and is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9.
For more information on this new variety of Japanese forest grass, go to: Song Sparrow Perennial Farm and Nursery.
New Continuous Input Composter
With the bevy of fallen leaves, grass clippings, and old flower and vegetable plants, fall is a great time to compost yard waste. While there are many home compost units on the market, here is a new one that requires no turning and relies on gravity to transfer materials.
The Earthmaker Composter from New Zealand features a gravity-fed system with three connected chambers that allows the yard waste to slowly descend as it breaks down. It requires only a few minutes every few weeks to keep the system "cooking." Add kitchen scraps and yard waste to the top of the 47-inch-tall and 31-inch-wide composter. After three to five weeks, slide out the bottom panel in the top chamber and let the yard waste fall to the second chamber to continue decomposing. After another three to five weeks, push the partially decomposed compost from the second chamber into the third chamber where it will finish breaking down. The whole process takes about 10 weeks to create finished compost. While the organic matter is breaking down in the second and third chambers, you can add more to the top chamber to create a continuous flow of finished compost throughout the growing season.
The Earthmaker Composter holds up to 16 cubic feet of compost. In trials in England this system produced twice as much high-quality compost as the standard control compost bin.
For more information on this new compost system, go to: Gardener?s Supply Company .
Award-Winning Japanese Hornbeam
Since 1978 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has recognized outstanding trees, shrubs, and woody vines with a special gold medal award. The plants are evaluated for performance, pest and disease resistance, eye appeal, and hardiness in USDA zones 5 to 7. These often are underutilized plants in the landscape that should be receiving greater attention.
One of the most striking winners for 2008 is the Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica). This deciduous tree -- shorter and more graceful than the native hornbeam -- grows 20 to 30 feet tall at maturity, making it an excellent landscape tree for small yards and roadsides. In spring the Japanese hornbeam produces thumb-sized, cone-shaped nutlets in shades of cream, tan, and green. These "fruits" eventually turn brown and decorate the tree until autumn, when the foliage steals the show by turning brilliant yellow. Japanese hornbeam is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 9. It grows best in full sun but can tolerate part shade, and it's adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions.
For more information on Japanese hornbeam and other gold medal-winning plants, go to: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Sky Farming of the Future
Small-space gardeners with only a deck and patio have been told for years to utilize the vertical space above beds and planters for growing more plants. Now Dickson Despommier, professor of environmental health at Columbia University in New York, wants to take the concept a step further and create vertical farms to grow food in urban areas. In 50 years, 80 percent of the world population is expected to live in cities. Instead of creating more farmland that destroys natural ecosystems to feed this population, Despommier wants to construct skyscrapers that can grow food to feed these urbanites and reduce global warming.
Despommier has been working for six years to marry sustainable building design with growing food in urban areas. Through the use of high-tech architecture, engineering, and agricultural science, he expects to be developing skyscrapers for growing food in a city within 10 years. For example, Despommier believes that 150, 300-foot-tall sky farms could feed the entire city of New York in the future. These vertical farms could also reduce the use of fossil fuels and global warming since food no longer would need to be shipped into urban areas. This would allow farmland to return to forests, which trap carbon. Each tower would feature self-sustaining solar panels, wind spires, wastewater recycling, animals and plants, and a recycling processor turning waste organic matter into fuel. Despommier is currently looking for funding to build prototypes of the vertical farm.
For more on these vertical farms of the future, go to: Vertical Farms.
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Has anyone asked for a transfer within their company? I probably won't b/c I think the only option I'd have is to transfer to a dept where travelling is required (NOT preferable), but I'd still like to hear stories if there are any. Yes, I admit, I'm thi
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Has anyone ever hired a professional oganizer? I desperately need help in this arena (small home + tendency not to organize papers/etc. = aaagh!!). Recent questions about hiring someone to clean house made me think of this. I need an organizer more
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What's the one meal you never skip: breakfast, lunch or dinner?
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Uhhh...none. As in, I skip none of them. :-)
College funds or Retirement funds. I find myself struggling to determine whether or not I should begin college funds for my twins, or continue increasing my 401K contributions. I wonder whether ear-marking funds for my children will hurt them in the lon
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Gee, that's a tough one. I don't claim to be any sort of expert. We are in a fortunate position to contribute a LITTLE to both retirement and Sect. 529 (college). One weird benefit is that it kinda forces us to diversify b/c they are completely different funds managed by different entities. And right now, of course they're both way down, so it wouldn't have made much difference if we did just one OR the other. There certainly are financial advantages to having a 529 plan, and I would imagine that financial aid offices would look on this commitment we've made favorably. But OTOH, I get nervous b/c we only have one child, and if he decides not to go to college...aaargh! But then we look and see that THIS year, schools like Harvard and such are 50K A YEAR (incl tuition & room & bd). But OTOH, I totally hear your point about "relieving the burden" when my son will have to arrange care for us....so, not an easy decision; many factors to consider. - Paula.
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#neverliberal #nevermarxist
There's certainly more than that. If "suffering is bad" becomes the highest standard to which we attain, then there's no reason for us to exist at all. Non-existence would trump suffering.To be fair, I didn't read the rest of your post. I just wanted to pick on this one thing.
Haven't seen you in a while. Good to see you.
I noticed patroit posted in a long string of threads in this forum but, for some strange reason, ignored THIS thread
'bout time you showed yourself in this thread about those annoying and pompous/elitist followers of the Atheist Religion!
Atheists are funny about God and guns, the only time they acknowledge both are necessary is when someone is breaking into their home.The first thing they do is call someone that has one, and Pray to God they get there in time.
Good and Evil exist independent of any specific religion.The simple proof of that is that Good and Evil existed before Christ.
Illogic alert!
Last night, I had a heated discussion over the Net about the nature of God in society. As I'm fond of using the Moral Lawgiver argument (probably one of the most effective around there) I've argued that it is impossible for society to define "good", and that if God doesn't exist, every thing is permitted, and in that cases of communism & nazism, if atheism is true, we should be morally indifferent to it and shouldn't show disgust against it. The atheist response? He told me my argument was "irrelevant" and I had "cute, but not valid arguments". Curiously, he never answered my question: Should we've evolved in a society where rape is permitted and normal, would you do it?
I countered: "Nope, as far as I know, nobody worshipped Spiderman for more than 5000 years and died for him. Out of the 12 apostles, 11 were brutally killed. If they knew that Christianity was false, they would repudiate it & profess paganism."
I'm confused as to why atheists are very keen to recruit others in their cause. I know hobbits don't exist, but I never spend my whole time convincing others they don't exist.
Kierkegaard was right in saying that a lone atheist man, without his peers, would suddenly realise there is a God, so that's why they had to stick together.
Also, I'll never go into debates again, as Proverbs 29:9 says: If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
Isn't being a militant atheist somewhat hypocritical? I'm just kinda wondering if there is some sort of obligation to spread the faith, or lack therof among atheists.


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We would like to thank all you who have made SE-NSE such a great place to visit over the years. SE-NSE was only ever as good as its members and you chaps were the best!
We also want to thank all the staff who have worked so hard over the years to keep SE-NSE running. There are so many people to thank: Eggy, Mik, KkSCchaos, Boysie, Mizzle and so many others. If we haven't mentioned your name it isn't because of a lack of appreciation, merely a concession to brevity. Thank you to each and every member of staff who has contributed to this site in some way of the years.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Miss Basketball Whitney Jennings and Sydney Buck each scored 14 points and the Indiana girls' all-star basketball team completed a sweep of the annual summer series with Kentucky on Saturday with an 83-56 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
A night after winning 83-70 in Lexington, Indiana took control early. Indiana forced 16 first-half turnovers and used a pressuring perimeter defense to keep Kentucky from finding an offensive rhythm.
After falling behind 43-28 at halftime, Kentucky used a full-court press to begin the second half. But that allowed Indiana to score in transition and get easy baskets.
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BOSTON -- Lawmakers continue to simmer over problems at the Department of Children and Families, which has fired three employees with ties to the case of missing 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver of Fitchburg while absorbing criticism that it's not doing enough to protect abused and neglected children in other parts of the state.
While lawmakers have yet to call officials from Gov. Deval Patrick's administration before them for oversight hearings, two senators on Monday asked for details of a planned independent review of the agency, worrying that it may be too narrow.
Sen. Cynthia Creem, a Newton Democrat, and Sen. Michael Barrett, a Lexington Democrat, want the Children's Welfare League of America to examine management, administration and policy issues that might have contributed to the mishandling of Oliver's case, as well as a probe into allegations from the Northbridge superintendent of schools that the agency was lax in its pursuit of child protection.
"We want to know what happened in these cases and why," Creem and Barrett wrote in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary John Polanowicz, asking for a description of the scope of the independent review and an update from the department on any potential present threats to children.
Creem chairs the Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, and Barrett co-chairs the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
In the letter, released by Creem's office, the senators wrote to Polanowicz, "As you know from your private-sector experience, the value of an outside analysis is only as good as the questions asked. Ask the wrong questions, or ask too few, and decision-makers and citizens will not get back the insights they need."
The House Post Audit and Oversight Committee has scheduled an oversight hearing on the Department of Children and Families for Jan. 23.


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The undisputed 'King of Clay' has spoken of his wish for the ATP Tour Finals to be moved away from London's O2 Arena, as he feels that the indoor atmosphere on hard courts isn't right for the importance of the tournament.
Speaking ahead of his first match at this years finals, which he won in straight sets over fellow countryman David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, Nadal told reporters: "In this tournament we qualify by playing on all surfaces, but the Tour Finals are always on hard courts.
"'We could change every year to play it on the surfaces we qualify for the Finals. That means, for example, a good clay-court player would have the chance to play on his best surface."
It appears that his desire to move away from the indoor hard court setting is heavily fuelled by his lack of success in the tournament, with his best result being a defeat in the final to Roger Federer back in 2010.
In fact, throughout his career Nadal hasn't been prolific on indoor courts as he has only won two of his 60 career titles on the surface, hampering his chances of being crowned champion at the ATP Tour Finals.
If the event was to be moved to clay, then Nadal would be almost a certainty to win the title, as his dominance over the last decade on clay has been immense, not giving many of the other top players a chance.
It could too cause a lack of competitiveness at the tournament as many top players struggle to adapt, one such player being Andy Murray who pulled out of this year's Roland Garros due to the surface aggravating his back injury.
This year's tournament however, does pose the best chance yet for Nadal as despite the good recent form of Juan Martin del Potro and Stanislas Wawrinka, his sparkling form means that only Novak Djokovic might be able to stop him.
Thus, it will be interesting to see if Nadal's opinion changes if he experiences success this week, finally breaking his Tour Finals duck.
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Nutanix: More Reference Architecture For Storage And VDI
San Jose, Calif.-based Nutanix showed its first VMware-validated comprehensive reference architecture that enables virtualization and cloud teams to design and deploy the complete VMware Horizon Suite on a single platform. The Nutanix reference architecture for VMware Horizon Suite provides scalable, high-performance, and flexible data center infrastructure to meet end-user computing and cloud-based service needs. The various VMware Horizon Suite components, including VMware Horizon View and VMware Horizon Workspace, run on a single Nutanix appliance and allow enterprise IT managers scale their Nutanix-based infrastructure one node at a time.


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A book (Spanish: libro, French: livre, German: Buch, Greek: βιβλίο, Russian: книга) is a collection of written words, usually on paper. The Bible is an example of a book (in fact, the word "Bible" is derived from the Latin word for "book."), as well as a collection of books. Books are often used for educational purposes in the form of text books, although there is concern about the accuracy of the information contain in some of them. Any finite collection of books can be binded together to form a new book.
The book was called a codex in Latin, and it was a Roman improvement over the scroll. By the fourth century the codex had gained wide acceptance, and many scrolls that were not converted to codex form were lost to posterity.
Template:Stub Books are classified by a hierarchy. The two most general categories of this hierarchy are fiction - meaning an invented or feigned narrative (an imaginative form of narrative)[1] - and non-fiction - a composition that its authors believe to be truthful. Further types of fiction books include science fiction, historical fictions or myths. Non-fiction books would include accounts, biographies and the like.
Books can also be classified by media, such as audio or print. For example, some books are available in audio versions. An example of this is Talking Books, available through the free Talking Books Program through the Library of Congress.
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- ↑ fiction (English) (HTML). Dictionary.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Exploring the Different Types of Fiction (English) (HTML). dummies.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ↑ Folklore (English) (html). Dictionary.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ↑ Mary E. Brown. Realistic Fiction (English) (HTML). South Connecticut University. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ↑ Sue Peabody. READING AND WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION (HTML). Washignton State University.
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Hey, in talking about CTS replacement, it seems there is data and trial to prove that the cheapo MPFI sensor outputs in the same range, and can be used with a simple connector swap on the SPFI motor. (SPFI sensor =$80, MPFI=$20) This is the thread.http://www.ultimates...ead.php?t=75129
If this info needs to be consolidated into more of a "write-up" on the switch I could do it. But I don't have any SPFI sensors to really take pics of both and do a mock swap. But the data is there for it and people have done it.
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Peveto Returns as Special Teams, Defensive Assistant
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BATON ROUGE – Bradley Dale Peveto, who was a member of the LSU coaching staff during its run to the 2007 national title, returns to the program as special teams coordinator and defensive assistant, head coach Les Miles officially announced on Thursday.
Peveto joins the LSU staff after serving as the special teams coordinator and safeties coach for Kentucky in 2013. Prior to that, Peveto was the head coach at Northwestern State University for four years.
"It's great to have Bradley Dale back at LSU," Miles said. "He has great experience in both special teams and on defense. He was part of our 2007 national championship team so he understands and knows what it takes to win at the highest level.
"Bradley Dale is also an outstanding recruiter. His ties to Texas along the success he's had recruiting Georgia will be a benefit to our program."
Peveto was a member of Miles' first staff at LSU as he joined the Tigers originally in the spring of 2005 as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. He remained in that position until the 2008 season when he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator. LSU went a combined 40-11 during Peveto's first stint with the Tigers.
Peveto left LSU following the 2008 season to become the head coach at Northwestern State, where he posted a 14-30 mark in four seasons from 2009-12 with the Demons.
"It's great to be back at LSU, which I consider the best college football job in the country," Peveto said. "It's great to be home. I have a lot of respect for coach Miles and the great job that he's done here. I love the state of Louisiana, the people, the culture and the tradition of LSU football. I'm honored to be back here to be part of a place with such a wonderful tradition."
In his previous stay on the staff with the Tigers, Peveto's development of linebackers was critical to the LSU defense rating among the top five in the nation in for three straight years from 2005-07. During that three-year stretch, the LSU defense held opponents to average of 266.7 total yards and 15.7 points per game.
In 2007, linebacker Ali Highsmith earned first-team All-America honors from CBSsports.com, while also being named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press.
As LSU's special teams coordinator from 2005-07, Peveto had both his punter (Patrick Fisher) and placekicker (Colt David) earn first-team All-SEC honors in 2007. It marked the first time in school history that LSU had the All-SEC punter and kicker on its roster in the same season. Fisher averaged a league-best 44.5 yards per punt in 2007, while David kicked a school-record 26 field goals and led the SEC in scoring with a league record 147 total points.
LSU scored seven special teams touchdowns - three coming on punt returns - during Peveto's three previous years as special teams coordinator. LSU also blocked six kicks during that span.
Peveto is a 1987 graduate of SMU, where he helped the Mustangs to two Southwest Conference Championships in 1982 and 1984 and an overall record of 43-14-1.
Peveto comes from a family with a rich football coaching tradition. His late father, Ed, coached high school football in the southeast Texas area and was inducted into the Greater Houston Hall of Fame.


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Who'd have thought so many readers would want to appreciate the beauty of today's Olympians?
- Lobotomising young minds
Have you ever noticed that when formerly intelligent people go to university, they frequently emerge knowing less than they did when they went in? The reason for the phenomenon can be explained in just two words ...
- Child abuse needs urgent action
After a wave of brutality since the start of this year, Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro says "It is time something is done." She's right of course. Something must be done. Urgently. Here's three things.
- The "warming glow" of bureaucracy
I was appalled to hear that bureaucrats are paid on average twenty percent more than non-bureaucrats, and for the most part are described as happier -- happier, they say, because of the "warm glow" they garner from a belief that their work is "useful to society..." But their work doesn't serve the public -- with few exceptions their job descriptions involve coming to work every morning to devise ways of getting the hell in the way of the public. Their work is destructive of everything that is useful.
- Change you can *really* believe in -- and help make happen
If you really want to change the world for the better, to make it safer for reason, individualism and capitalism, then here's a proven plan you can get in behind.
- No RMA reform that's worth a damn
National promises to "reform" the Resource Management Act "within the first 100 days of our first term." Really? Do they want to put protection of New Zealander's property rights at the heart of the Act? Or take power over your property away from planners and council bureaucrats? Or make it easier for you and I to get things done? Of course not.
All they really promise is to make it easier for them to "Think Big" -- borrow money and steamroll over people's property rights to push through projects that would make Muldoon happy. They don't want to protect your property rights, They just want to extend their own power.
What has Tuhoe got to complain about? Sure, land was confiscated, crops were burned, people were starved ... but that's hardly the whole story, is it?
And of course there's been a whole fortnight's worth of great art, including some very, very special Olympians. Enjoy!


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Project Management the ACC way - Day 3
Organisational Development
Thursday, 1 December 2016 from 09:30 to 16:30 (GMT)
Event Details
Project Management the ACC Way
Are you expected to …
- Lead on large scale infrastructure or change programmes which have a high impact on the council
- Manage large numbers of resources as part of the project
Then why not come along to Project Management the ACC way where you will find out what you can do to when managing projects.
Please note you need to attend all 3 days to complete this workshop
Day 1
- Why do we need a project?
- How and when to use the ACC Project Management Toolkit
- Key first steps in a project
- Options appraisals
- Project Planning
Day 2
- The role of the project manager
- Getting a project off the ground
- Delivering benefits through projects
- Managing project budgets
- Project communications
- Managing suppliers
- Dealing with risks and issues
Day 3
- Avoiding project failure
- Building your project using a business case
- Project governance and big picture governance
- Initiating and managing capital projects
- Securing and managing resources
- Closing a project and transition to business as usual
- Good practice for project managers
When & Where
Frederick Street Centre, Room 3
Frederick Street
AB24 5HY Aberdeen
United Kingdom
Thursday, 1 December 2016 from 09:30 to 16:30 (GMT)
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SOL ti here.
Light, fast, efficient.
I don't know how many boils I get, maybe 30? 40?
I like the TI because the cup cools down instantly.
Which jet boil model are you guys using for back country water boiling for mountain house meals?
How many meals will one bottle of fuel last?
SOL ti here.
Light, fast, efficient.
I don't know how many boils I get, maybe 30? 40?
I like the TI because the cup cools down instantly.
I use a MSR pocket rocket, not sure how many boils I get either but it is plenty for a week for one person. That includes water food dinner and a couple hot drinks.
FYI...I dont use pre made foods, I make my own and place them in freezer zip loc bags quart size. I heat the water right up to a boil, then place the water in the bag of food, then wrap it in a wool scraf or shirt and let it cook for 15 minutes while I am getting everything else ready. This allows you to design your own food, plus I have not found a pre-packaged meal I like.
x2 on the SOL ti. I love mine.
-NRA Life Member
I have the Flash, which is all they had when I bought mine. Boils water in no time, excellent on fuel, I wouldn't trade it for anything except one of the newer ones. I backpack a lot in the summer, just me and my girlfriend and we can get about 4 days worth of breakfast, dinner, and coffee out of one little can. I carry a extra just in case we stay longer.
After reading this I finally broke down and put my old stove on the shelf and bought a Jetboil SOL Ti. Between it and the fuel weight savings it knocked two lbs off the pack weight. It was worth it for that weight lose alone.
I have the flash. Have not taken it in the field yet this year but have cooked about 10 practice meals so far and love it. I wanted to play with the mountain house meal times and instant potato meals.
I have the Zip and have no complaints. As for the canister Im still on my first one so Im not sure how many boils it would do.
I have a snow peak giga-Power setup. It may be a little smaller and lighter than the SOL-TI, but I think it is significantly less efficient. I think the heat shroud built onto these Jetboils is a big deal. I may have to look really hard at making a change next year.
I have the Flash (like Wyohunter it's all they made when I got it). When I upgrade stoves it'll be to the Ti Sol. I'm not sure on boils either, but everyone I know who uses a JetBoil just takes one canister for 5-8 days.


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He took over a terrible team in cleveland and before the advent of real FA. The team got better every year he was there. And you make no allowance for Modell moving the team and saying that BB would not be coming to Balt,
The media hates BB and perpetuates this revisionist history regarding his effectiveness in Cleveland. He was an utter disaster from a PR standpoint with the fans once he benched hometown hero Bernie Kosar, the fans hated him, the media hated him as he was then as he is now, no talk about anything non game day related. When he took over the pats, he said the thing that made it easy to keep Brady as the 4th qb was that there were only 35 players on the team that he thought to be NFL level.
Do you truly believe that Belichick is a losing coach, or that you would rather have Rex as a HC?.
Rex in fact, after watching 2011 and 2012 is perhaps not a good coach at all.
Considering what he faces and has faced, his moves and decisions are less than stellar to use your words. His pressers are a joke and his comment about best talent, 3 sarting QB's etc? Do you remember his dad?
Do you think Rex goes home at night, not knowing Sanchez stinks?
He's saddled with the guy, hoping, praying, selling his soul to the devil so Mark's light bulb turns on
Again, the Madden kids have invaded the thread.


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Nikki Reed, Ashley Green Highlight 'Breaking Dawn – Part 1′ Premiere Red Carpet – Morning Eyegasm [PICTURES]
'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1′ premiered last night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Some of the most gorgeous stars in Hollywood hit the red carpet to get the first look at the second-to-last installment of the movie series that really sucks (pun intended).
Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed and Bella Thorne are just some of the faces appearing in this 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1′ red carpet gallery.


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Preview Dundalk 21st Dec
Racing returns to Ireland for the first time since Sunday with a bumper eight-race card on the Dundalk all-weather.
The action gets under way at 6.00 with the Floodlit Friday Nights Nursery over a mile, in which Victor's Beach and Zainda lock horns again after fighting out the finish to a seven-furlong event here a fortnight ago.
Sherzam and Desiderata weren't far away on that occasion and renew rivalries, while Eusepio is interesting on his handicap debut for David Marnane.
Victor's Beach's stablemate Lily Of Kenmare is sure to be on most shortlists for the Happy Christmas To All Our Patrons Maiden (Division 1), having bettered her promising debut effort by filling the runner-up berth when upped to this mile trip.
The second instalment sees Oh So Lucy attempting to halt her regressive profile, and she isn't guaranteed to confirm last month's superority over Legal Lyric, who was having her first look at a racecourse then.
Dimitar won with plenty up his sleeve last week but has a welter burden to overcome in the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap, and fellow last-start winners Clare Harrier and Alvar may be better treated.
Elusive Ice came within a whisker of starting his career with a bang and will be fancied to improve in the Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Maiden, although Rapid Approach and Elleval have the edge in experience, while Regal Concorde is an interesting newcomer from the Dermot Weld yard.
Ocean Drift and Pierre D'Or both hit the crossbar at this venue last week and top the weights for the Crowne Plaza Of Dundalk Handicap, while If Per Chance also arrives at the Crowne Plaza Dundalk Champions Handicap on the back of a second here.
Moveable Asset is beginning to prove costly to follow but is sure to have his supporters again in the concluding Crowne Plaza Jockey & Trainer Awards Handicap.
No King George for Europe
Racegoers at Leopardstown over Christmas can look forward to seeing Sizing Europe in action after trainer Henry de Bromhead went some way towards finalising plans for his star chaser over the Festive period.


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Write to the Point- Oscars deathly boring, but Scorsese scores
March 1, 2007
I'm not sure when, exactly, I started to loathe Oscar night.
I'm positive it was somewhere in the '90s when Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg would host.
They, along with Robin Williams, form an unholy trinity of "comedy" that, sometime starting in the late '80s during their creative nadir, made lame-o's like Andrew "Dice" Clay and Emo Phillips seem edgy and relevant.
Oh, the idea of the Oscars is fine: Those in the biz vote for great achievements in acting, cinematography, direction, animation, etc.
Humans are a competitive species, and we love the idea of there being a winner – no matter how arbitrary the criteria.
But, man oh man, couldn't we do without the Ellen DeGeneres song-and-dance routine and get right to the Best Supporting Actor category in under a half-hour?
Even with Best Song performances, there's no excuse why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can't get this deal clocked in at less than two hours.
The reason, of course, is that Oscar night isn't really about recognizing film achievement. It's about whose dress Cate Blanchett is wearing.
My wife is one of those people who tunes in to E! at 3 in the afternoon to see the stars arrive on the red carpet.
She's on the phone with her mother, gasping at Helen Mirren's gown and wondering, just what in the hell is Cameron Diaz doing there anyway?
And, my God, her hair!
She questions why I don't share her love for all that is Oscar.
"You love movies," she says. "You have a subscription to Entertainment Weekly. Why don't you want to watch?"
I didn't even have to answer: She knew the reason at approximately 8:15 p.m., as the show neared the three-hour mark.
"This sucks!" my lovely, always-even-tempered bride bellowed from the couch. "Why don't they get on with it?
Sound editing? Who freaking cares?! LET'S GO!"
And with that, she stormed off to bed.
You would think, remote now liberated from my wife's death grip, I would have shut the TV off or at least changed the channel to something more mentally challenging – like, say, "Orange County Choppers."
But I hung in there.
The reason is this: I do love films. And I desperately wanted to see Martin Scorsese stand on that stage, holding that little gold statue, and be recognized as Best Director.
Or, dare to dream, his "The Departed" – admittedly the only Best Picture-nominated film I've seen this year – win.
The odds were against it, naturally.
As Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers so aptly put it, the collective mind of the Academy is a lot like your great-aunt Edna and her idea of good movies: "Don't make them too loud, too bloody, too brainy, too sexy or too provocative."
And that, friends, isn't Scorsese.
Even though he'd been nominated five times and never won, his tough guys and gangster-themed flicks were always trounced on Oscar night. "Dances With Wolves" beat "GoodFellas." "Rocky" beat "Taxi Driver."
And "Ordinary People" – the unworthiest of all Best Pictures, with the exception of maybe "Shakespeare in Love" – beat "Raging Bull."
So, I have to admit, I got a little jazzed when George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola stepped on stage to present the Best Director Award.
And when Marty's name was called – and when Scorsese asked them to check the envelope again – every movie buff over the age of 35 had to get a little misty-eyed.
So, a few minutes later, when "The Departed" – which now occupies the third slot in my multi-disc DVD player (the extras disc rests in the fourth) – took Best Picture over the much-beloved "Little Miss Sunshine,"
I just about choked on my Bunny Tracks ice cream.
Aunt Edna? Is that really you?
Maybe the 5,830-member voting body of the Academy simply got tired of the Monday-morning quarterbacking by movie critics.
Or maybe – despite instances where the lame "Driving Miss Daisy" wins Best Picture while Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" isn't even nominated – even the Academy can have a moment of clarity.
Who knows? Maybe it's a trend. Certainly "Crash" – last year's surprise winner – was a more challenging film than the overhyped "Brokeback Mountain," the popular choice for 2006.
But if Oscar the award is getting its act together, too bad Oscar the show is still the same-old, same-old.
Perhaps Melissa Etheridge sang it best with this year's winner for Best Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up."


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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
Great, give me a reason to believe that... You are claiming that quantum uncertainty transcends causation, So back up your argument... Why does it transcend causation??
However, there is no natural way to create a random event.
Random does not exist in nature, it is a purely human concept that more refers to our inability to predict.
This then implies that every thing that has ever happened is the effect of previous events. There is no chance.
The entirety of human history is defined by how the big bang went of and how the hydrogen came together into the original stars.
Every thought you are currently happening has no meaning it is simply a chemical reaction and a result of previous events.
So this brings us to free will, every action you have and will take has been predetermined by nature. You can try and break that by doing something random, but you are unable it is simply action and reaction. We cannot change the future, because the future is already been determined.


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FA ask Harry Redknapp and Roberto Mancini to explain referee comments
The FA has written to Roberto Mancini and Harry Redknapp for observations about their comments regarding referees.
Last Updated: 28/12/12 3:13pm
Redknapp was left fuming by what he called two "scandalous" decisions after QPR's 2-1 defeat to West Brom on Boxing Day.
Referee Chris Foy allowed a controversial own goal by QPR keeper Robert Green to stand and waved away appeals for a penalty when Albion defender Liam Ridgewell appeared to handle the ball.
Redknapp said: "We see penalties given when the ball is kicked from a yard away and Ridgewell's got his hands up.
"I asked the linesman how did he not see the penalty. Ridgewell's hand was up there, it's the most blatant handball and he couldn't see it.
"The linesman said it was murky down in that corner and he couldn't see it, so maybe he should go to an opticians...it's just poor refereeing. I had him [referee Foy) at Stoke last year when I was Tottenham manager and he let three penalties go, so what's the point in talking to him?
"We have had two terrible decisions that have cost us dearly."
Mancini criticised the performance of referee Kevin Friend following Manchester City's 1-0 defeat to Sunderland.
"The referee ate too much for Christmas. He was not in good form," said Mancini.
"He and the linesman, I think, after Christmas, it can happen to have a bad performance like today."


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Half Moon Theatre is continuing the Half Moon Theatre School of the Arts and adding classes in spring 2013. An open house for the Half Moon Theatre School of the Arts will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at 2515 South Road, Poughkeepsie. The school will be offering acting performance and musical theater performance classes for children ages 8-14, plus creative moment classes for children ages 5-7. Actress Denise Summerford ("In Transit") is co-director of the school. For more information, visit halfmoontheatre.org.
Nkeiru Okoye, assistant professor of music at SUNY New Paltz, has been commissioned by New American Opera Projects to present her opera "Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed the Line to Freedom." New American Opera Projects received a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to support the project. For more, visit harriettubman.com.
County Players is holding auditions for "Aida" at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 and 14 at the County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 Main St., Wappingers Falls. County Players seeks three male and three female singing leads, two male nonsinging leads, and 18-20 ensemble players of a multicultural (Egyptian, Nubian) cast. For information, call Kevin Barnes at 473-0595.
The Delaware Valley Choral Society seeks singers for "All Things Good," the group's spring concert. Rehearsals begin 3 p.m. Sunday, and auditions will be held after rehearsal, and again Jan. 13, at the Milford United Methodist Church, 206 E. Ann St., Milford, Pa. For information, call Jeffrey Fornoff at 570-296-5333.
Film Calls
SUNY Orange seeks short films for its Orange County Short Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 23 at Orange Hall Theatre. If interested in showcasing your film, submit the film (no longer than 40 minutes) in DVD format by Saturday to SUNY Orange; applications and instructions can be found at sunyorange.edu.
Artist Calls
The Alliance Gallery, part of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, is asking for submissions for gallery shows in 2014. If interested in showing your work in 2014, call the Alliance Gallery at 252-7576 or visit artsalliancesite.org for full guidelines and specifications.
Visual artist Mira Fink will teach a watercolor painting class 1-3:30 p.m. Saturdays starting Jan. 12 at the Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. Cost is $150; register in advance by calling 338-5580.


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Fluid Flow: Smooth Optical Surface in Minutes
Andrew Griesmer February 11, 2013
Ultra-precise optical components require blemish-free surfaces that often cannot be achieved by the machining processes that grind these components. Fluid jet polishing (FJP) is a new technology being developed by Zeeko Ltd to replace the hand polishing that was often required. With the help of COMSOL, Zeeko was able to create a product that polishes the optical components in only ten minutes instead of an entire day, and without waveforms.Ler Mais
Fanny Littmarck February 1, 2013
Microbubbles filled with oxygen can be injected into contaminated lakes to restore the water quality. Typically, water is purified via water-treatment plants, but this microbubble technique is both inexpensive and more environmentally-friendly in comparison. As seen in a COMSOL News 2011 article, oxygen microbubbles are a researcher's way of copying nature's own self-restoration mechanism for cleaning contaminated lakes.Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer January 17, 2013
It's that time of year again for all the foodies out there; on January 29th the 2013 Bocuse d'Or will be in full swing with 24 chefs each representing their country, vying for the Gold Medal in the Olympic Games of the culinary world. In this biennial event, the chefs will have to combine classical and innovative cooking techniques to come out on top. At the last Bocuse d'Or in 2011, Gunnar Hvarnes propelled past the competition with the aid […]Ler Mais
David Kan December 31, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing (popularly referred to as "fracking") is a method to increase production of oil and gas from certain types of geological formations. It has been used for decades, but recently, as the practice has increased, fracking has become a controversial topic. I will avoid taking sides in this debate, but the fact that there is a conflict implies there needs to be a deeper understanding of the process and its effects.Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer December 18, 2012
SOund NAvigation Ranging, or Sonar, has been an important part of naval warfare and since the 1950's. Although it is a relatively simple way to locate objects, it's the best for doing so in water, emitting sound waves and listening for echoes made by objects in the water. In today's world of undersea warfare, the threats and the necessary responses to them are becoming more important and urgent. Sonar systems are required to detect these threats, making it necessary for […]Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer December 4, 2012
Here's a story we've all heard before: due to the inefficient nature and inevitable decline of fossil fuels, alternative energy resources are becoming increasingly popular. Wind energy is a popular source of alternative energy, with wind farms sprouting up all over the world. Here's something you may not have thought about: lightning strikes are a major problem for these wind turbines. Intuitively, places with high wind speeds also have stormy weather, and a 150 meter tall metal pole makes an […]Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer November 29, 2012
Growing older is an inevitable part of life, and with it, our body slowly begins to show that. I recently started wearing eye glasses because my eyesight is weakening. It's a little unnerving, but I am comforted by the ever-improving technology being produced. My hearing is still fully intact, but the same cannot be said for 17% (36 million) of American adults who report some degree of hearing loss. In most cases, regular hearing aids are sufficient in treating hearing […]Ler Mais
Phil Kinnane November 28, 2012
One of the differences between this year's COMSOL Conference, and previous years', is that this year we filmed a lot of it. During the next few weeks we will be publishing some of these videos for those that were there, to enjoy it once again, and for those that weren't to get a taste of what went on. To kick these all off, I'm proud to present the first keynote video, which takes us to Babel.Ler Mais
Phil Kinnane November 27, 2012
Many of the engineers and scientists that we collaborate with have been in the game for years. All of them are great experts in the applications that they want to model, and many of them are also proficient at computer science — it was not unusual that the first model or simulation of their application was a few lines of code they wrote themselves. Moreover, in a number of situations I've come across their application has been so specific that […]Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer November 26, 2012
While alternative energy is the energy of the future, fossil fuels are the energy of right now. Coal, especially, is still heavily relied on for energy production and is a primary source of electricity generation in many countries including the US and China. In fact, world coal consumption is actually increasing year-to-year. Scientists need to be concentrating on how to make alternative energies more widespread, but they also need to make coal a better, more efficient fuel source. Designing systems […]Ler Mais
Andrew Griesmer November 21, 2012
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a treatment for chronic back pain that has been around for over 40 years. It involves implanting electrodes that apply electric potentials directly to the spine, interfering with the human pain signaling circuitry. The body attempts to send pain signals to the brain, but the electrodes act as a barrier preventing the signals from reaching the brain. Although an overall successful method for treating back pain, researchers have been improving on the design since the […]Ler Mais


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Reach Your Goals
The Physics Department at Thomas More College offers a rigorous pre-Engineering program providing the student with a strong background in the areas of Physics necessary for further later study in Engineering.
The program allows the student an opportunity to earn a B.S. degree in Physics from Thomas More and a B.S. in Engineering from the engineering school of his\her choice.
After completing the junior year of study at Thomas More, the student transfers to an Engineering program at another institution. Typically, after the first year at the Engineering school, the student is qualified to receive the B.S. in Physics from Thomas More. Normally after the second year, the B.S. in Engineering is obtained.
Cooperative programs are available at the Engineering institutions wherein the student alternates on a quarter or semester basis between class attendance and supervised engineering work in business or industry.
To successfully complete the prescribed 3-2 program, the student must fulfill all the requirements for graduating from both institutions. Students have participat- ed in this dual-degree program by attending such institutions as the University of Kentucky, the University of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Detroit.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Joe Christensen
Department of Physics
Thomas More College