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Gain the knowledge and skills needed to be a teacher of English as a foreign language while developing your ability to manage in a multicultural working environment.
Key facts
Our postgraduate degree in Management and English Language Teaching is for current and prospective English language teachers who see themselves as potential managers of language teaching departments or schools. This Masters course is one of only a few such degrees in the UK.
During this Masters course, you'll learn the key knowledge and skills needed to be a professional teacher of English as a foreign language. In addition, you'll develop the competencies to manage a multicultural working environment, through modules taught by the internationally renowned University of Stirling Management School.
We focus on training both novice and experienced teachers, balancing theory and practice, and taking an innovative approach to teaching which includes special support for non-native speakers of English.
Novice teachers (those with less than two years' experience) get a thorough grounding in the theory and research underlying English language teaching and also in teaching methodology. Experienced teachers who plan to move into a management position will benefit from a range of module choices. Teaching is combined with input on management skills relevant to the multicultural working environments that are commonly experienced in language teaching today. The content of your course will vary to suit your experience, whatever your starting point.
The degree will also be relevant to you if you intend to go on to study for a PhD.
You'll be taught by experienced researchers who have extensive connections in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), including publishers and governmental organisations such as the British Council. You'll have a chance to network with a range of other key players in the field who are invited to deliver workshops and seminars in our English Language Teaching and Research event series.
You'll be taught management skills by specialists in our highly ranked Management School.
The course aims to give you a strong foundation in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a focus on management issues within the subject.
Postgraduate education at the University goes beyond text books and lecture rooms, we also focus on your personal and professional development.
The University of Stirling Management School's unique Flying Start Leadership programme equips you with the awareness, knowledge and techniques essential for building a successful career. These range from practical skills, like effective public speaking, to developing ways to work under pressure in difficult situations and manage conflict. Find out more about Flying Start.
If you're interested in studying a module from this course, the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma then please email Graduate Admissions to discuss your course of study.
In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Educational research at the University of Stirling had the highest quality of research outputs of any Scottish university, with 100% classed as either world-leading or internationally excellent. Our expert teaching team are on hand to introduce you to cutting-edge empirical and theoretical research in a multi-disciplinary and professional environment.
The University of Stirling Management School is rated among the top 25 in the UK for research impact, according to REF 2014. In Scotland, the School was ranked in the top five.
64% of our research outputs were classified as world-leading and internationally excellent in terms of their originality, significance and rigour. We were ranked 14th in the UK in terms of research impact with over 60% of our research impact judged to have outstanding reach and wide-ranging impact on the policies of public, private and governmental organisations.
A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2:1 preferred) or equivalent. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.
INTO University of Stirling offers a Graduate Diploma for those students who do not meet the required criteria for this course. If you successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Media, Humanities and Social Sciences and meet the required progression grades, you will be guaranteed entry onto this Masters degree.
If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:
Last updated: 5 December 2019
For more information on ways that you can meet our English language requirements, including options to waive the requirement, please read our information on English language requirements.
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this course, our partner INTO University of Stirling offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for entry to this degree.
Find out more about our pre-sessional English language courses.
The full-time MSc Management and English Language Teaching consists of two 15-week semesters of taught modules and a three-month dissertation period.
The modules listed below are those currently intended for delivery in the next academic intake of this course. These may be subject to change as the University regularly revises and refreshes the curriculum of our taught programmes.
Teaching is carried out through lectures, workshops and student presentations as well as self-study. The delivery method is carefully selected to suit the module content and your needs.
You'll be taught by experienced researchers who have extensive connections in the field of TESOL, including publishers and governmental organisations such as the British Council. You'll have a chance to network with a range of other key players in the field who are invited to deliver workshops and seminars in our ELTR (English Language Teaching and Research) event series.
There's opportunities to shadow and observe teachers in 'live' classes.
You'll be assessed by combination of coursework, including written assignments and presentations.
As a student on our MSc Management and English Language Teaching course you have the fantastic opportunity to gain valuable work experience teaching English to non-English speakers in 33 European countries through Erasmus+ traineeships.
The University of Stirling has also developed close working partnerships with universities around the world to make finding a placement as seamless as possible and give you tailored teaching and learning opportunities. If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can apply for a placement with:
Undertake class observation, small group work supervision and teaching assistance in a local high school. During the school holiday, you will have a chance to work with materials development or with writing support at the university.
Get involved in class observation and teaching at the university or the university's practice school.
More information on applying for these opportunities will be provided to students undertaking our MSc Management and English Language Teaching.
The leader of the TESOL unit within the Faculty of Social Sciences is Professor Fiona Copland. Professor Copland combines very broad teaching and teacher training expertise. She has many years of TESOL teaching experience in Nigeria, Hong Kong and Japan working for the British Council. At university level in the UK, she has extensive experience of leading CELTA, DELTA and Masters courses. Her research interests are language teaching pedagogy and the feedback given to trainee teachers.
Fees shown are per year (fees are different for each course)
Home/EU Students
Fees shown are for full-time, one-year Masters course*
If you're domiciled in Scotland, you may be eligible to apply to the Students Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for a loan of up to £10,000 to cover your tuition fees and associated living costs. Students domiciled in the EU can also apply for tuition fee support, although may not be eligible to receive funding to support living costs.
If you're domiciled in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you should be eligible to apply for a loan from your regional body.
English students apply for a loan of up to £10,609 per year as part of the UK Postgraduate Loan Scheme, Welsh students can apply for a non-means tested loan of up to £13,000 from the Welsh Government and Northern Irish students are eligible to apply for support of up to £5,500.
*Fees for students who apply for a Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate will be paid on a pro-rata basis.
If the course is taken over two years then the fee will be split evenly over the two years. Fees are not pro-rated for students who enrol on a Masters course and decide to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma - the full fee is charged.
Overseas (Non-EU) Students
Fees shown are for full-time, one-year Masters course. Fees for students who apply for a Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate will be paid on a pro-rata basis.
If the course is taken over two years then the fee will be split evenly over the two years. Fees are not pro-rated for students who enrol on a Masters course and decide to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma - the full fee is charged.
Please note: You will be liable to pay tuition fees for every year you're in attendance, and your fees will be held level upon entry. If you need to extend your period of study, you may be liable for an additional fee.
This course is currently approved for Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan funding from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS).
If you have the talent, ability and drive to study with us, we want to make sure you make the most of the opportunity – regardless of your financial circumstances.
Learn more about available funding opportunities or use our scholarship finder to explore our range of scholarships.
There are some instances where additional fees may apply. Depending on your chosen course, you may need to pay additional costs, for example for field trips. Learn more about additional fees.
If you're domiciled in the UK, you can typically apply to your relevant funding body for help with living costs. This usually takes the form of student loans, grants or bursaries, and the amount awarded depends upon your personal circumstances and household income.
EU and overseas students won't normally be able to claim living support through SAAS or other UK public funding bodies. You should contact the relevant authority in your country to find out if you're eligible to receive support.
We aim to be as flexible as possible, and offer a wide range of payment methods - including the option to pay fees by instalments. Learn more about how to pay
Graduates with this unique combination of practical language teaching and professional management skills are highly sought after. You'll graduate with the proven skills and training you need to successfully manage people and run a commercial language school or language teaching department in this flourishing international sector. You could also go on to study for a PhD.
This degree will particularly suit novice teachers who want a mix of training in English language teaching and management skills. It is also ideal for experienced teachers who plan to move into a management position.
As a Management School student, you have access to the HigherEd Global Talent Portal where you'll find internship, trainee positions, apprenticeships and graduate positions from companies around the world. It helps international students looking for placements back at home and local students that want to explore an international experience.
The global talent portal is in addition to all other existing initiatives and resources available for you through the Careers and Employability Service, and the Target Connect vacancy and events system.
We're committed to enhancing your employability. Once you register for the MSc in Management and English Language Teaching, you'll have access to the first-class range of services offered by our Career Development Centre. We also provide you with a tailored workshop series entitled "My career in TESOL" aimed at developing your awareness of continuous professional development, your knowledge of job market requirements and your confidence in applying for jobs. Stirling Management School also has a dedicated Employability Manager, and from the very beginning of the course your future career is our primary focus.
Getting a Masters degree means I can apply to teaching in universities in Vietnam, and of course it means I have more career opportunities in general.
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Supervision policy in place to protect children on post, keep them safe
U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii
Public Affairs
WHEELER AMRY AIRFIELD — Minor children cannot be left alone and unsupervised on post.
This guidance, among other standards, is outlined in U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Policy #34, which states that children under 10 must be supervised within family housing areas of Island Palm Communities, at playgrounds, at bus stops and in any other places outside military family housing.
For example, if a child walks to school and he or she is less than 10 years old, a parent or an appropriate caregiver must accompany the child. The caregiver could be an older sibling, another adult or the parent.
Similarly, if a child under 10 lives off post and walks on post for school, the child must be escorted when he or she enters the Army installation.
"These policies are established for the safety of our children and our community," said Lt. Col. Robert Arnold, executive officer, Directorate of Emergency Services, USAG-HI. "Though the policy states that 'parents are ultimately responsible for the welfare and actions of their children,' military police and Department of the Army civilian police are charged with maintaining safety and security throughout USAG-HI installations.
"The safety and security of children is paramount," Arnold added. "When parents follow USAG-HI Policy #34, it helps us protect the children within our military communities."
Vast research has been conducted and studied to determine appropriate age ranges for child supervision, according to the Family Advocacy Program in USAG-HI's Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
The policy memorandum also specifies youth must complete a mandatory baby sitter course to baby-sit or supervise non-siblings.
Policy #34 provides guidance on several other topics. The policy states the number of hours when keiki or youth can be left alone, gives other providers of baby sitter certifications and sets curfew hours.
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Schadenfreude at the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The last six minutes of play during the first half of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament championship game gives everyone sitting in the Greensboro Coliseum legitimate claim to a story for the ages.
We were there. We see the local guy, PJ Hairston, a product of Dudley High School in Greensboro, drop a three at 6:43 for the UNC Tar Heels, putting them ahead of the University of Miami Hurricanes 27-26, the sixth lead change of the game, his left hand wrapped into a flipper of gauze and tape after an injury against Florida State a couple days earlier.
In fewer than 30 seconds, Miami's superstar Shane Larkin drops a three on the other side of the court, putting Miami ahead 29-27. Larkin's father Barry won a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990; he's sitting right there in the stands behind the Miami bench.
At 5:51 Hairston hits another three off a pass from teammate Reggie Bullock. UNC is up 30-29 for another 30 seconds, when Larkin passes off to Trey McKinney Jones, who drops another three to make it 32-30. Then it's another 30 seconds, another three from Hairston, putting Carolina up again, until a field goal by Larkin flips the score again. Larkin would score five more points in the half, Hairston another three. When the halftime buzzer sounds, Miami is still ahead 44-41 and everybody in the room is pretty much wiped out.
It's an amazing stretch of basketball, and I'll admit that the crescendos of the Carolina Blue crowd as Hairston gave his heroic performance almost — almost — sway me. But in truth, I'm rooting for Carolina to lose.
There's no cheering in the press box, an old sportswriting saw that, unless you're a university flack or a student journalist from one of the team's school papers, remains true. It's considered poor form among the journeymen in the media corps to wear team colors, participate in cheers, give high-fives during games… anything that detracts from a professional image. We're here to cover the games, not pick favorites.
But I've been living in ACC country for 13 years, long enough to know that this conference is not just a loose amalgamation of teams with a tenuous geographic base. The ACC is a league fraught with emotional baggage that eschews the kind of casual fanship I generally employ when it comes to college sports. The team you favor conveys much about who you are as a person, and choosing one is akin to being sorted into a house at Hogwarts. And around here, it seems, you need to choose a team.
I maintain that the team for the discerning Triad ACC fan is the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons. Sure, they're a fancy, private college, but they are the only team in the ACC located here, in Winston-Salem. Plus they have a storied enough history as not to be an embarrassment, with some breakout players — most notably Tim Duncan and Chris Paul, who now plays in the NBA for the LA Clippers and is still active in the Winston-Salem community — and an occasional ACC title to their name.
But this opinion of mine is in the minority. Allegiance here runs along a twopoint axis: either you root for the Duke University Blue Devils or you pull for the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels. The NC State University Wolfpack acts as an outlier in this equation, generating a solid coalition of fans but not nearly the degree of passion evoked by the Tobacco Road rivalry, one of the most storied in the annals of American sport.
And I don't care for either one of them.
In fact, I'd like to see them both lose. I want to be there when it happens, and see the faces of the players — and the fans! Don't forget the fans! — when they see defeat is imminent as the clock winds down.
I'm a hater.
I can understand being a Duke fan if you went to Duke, or if someone you love is an alumni. But I will never understand why so many legions of North Carolinians get behind this school, a bastion of elitism in one a poor and crime-ridden city, where a year runs more than $56,000 and the bulk of the student body hails from Long Island and New Jersey, most of whom will upon graduation grab their degrees and flee straight for greener pastures.
The basketball program, too, smacks of privilege and favoritism. True, they consistently field a solid team, and their head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, is a legend in the sport. But even in their weakest years, Duke seems to get special consideration in nationwide NCAA rankings and favored status in its annual tournament, the Final Four.
They score major national TV time, giving them an edge in recruiting and moving guys onto the pros. And the legacy feeds into itself, attracting more young talent every year. Duke is a trust-fund baby, a hothouse flower. Rooting for Duke is like rooting for the New York Yankees. Even worse: It's like rooting for the bank.
Duke fans come in two stripes: the Duke grad who feels validated when he and his old fraternity brothers watch their alma mater excel at this urban, street game; and the other kind, who seem to believe that, if they only purchase enough logo gear and maybe tattoo a Blue Devil on their arms, the sterling reputation of Duke University will somehow rub off on them.
UNC, at least, is the People's University, an enlightened paradise in Chapel Hill, potentially open to all North Carolinians who aspire to higher education. But the basketball program exists on a different plane, its players far removed from university life in town. A lengthy list of basketball-related scandals attest to the rift between the university's stated goals and the activities of the team. The latest, which broke just a few months ago, uncovered a class in Naval weaponry taught by a UNC MBA student and former captain of the US Navy soccer team, which featured neither an attendance policy nor any papers, tests or quizzes. Thirty of the 38 students registered for the class were Carolina athletes, six of them basketball players.
The average Carolina fan probably did spend some time in Chapel Hill — the People's University has disgorged millions of former students into the general population of the Old North State, all of them constantly blathering about Christopher Street and the Daily Tar Heel and how Michael Jordan always wore his UNC shorts under his Chicago Bulls uniform, and how they really get that, man.
The rest of the Carolina fans relate to the democratic ethos of the school, or maybe they just like the school colors. Their principal attribute, their raison d'etre, seems to be that they share a hatred for all things Duke.
But Carolina's got plenty of fans; they don't need me.
I'd like to pull for Wake Forest in this ACC Tournament — really I would. But let's get real: The Demon Deacons come off a losing season, dropping 12 games to ACC opponents with just 6 wins, though admittedly one of them was a high-profile shellacking of top-seeded Miami in February. Plus they've got a local kid on the team, CJ Harris straight out of Winston- Salem's Mount Tabor High School.
But Thursday's game against Maryland sees a pronounced dearth of Wake fans in the arena to cheer him on. Where the hell are the Tie-Dye Nation? I've picked them on my bracket — wishful thinking, perhaps — but the lack of local support makes me reconsider.
Wake is a 10-seed against Maryland's No, 7 position, and its coach, Jeff Bzdelic, has been the target of a newspaper advertising campaign calling for his ouster. To say they're on the ropes is an understatement. Maryland's squad is solid but not outstanding, with a few mid-range scorers, among them a kid from Raleigh named Dez Wells, whose interesting backstory comes into play later in the tournament.
Wake Forest pulls ahead 20-19 in the first half on a reverse layup by Madison Jones with 7 minutes to play, and they stay there for the rest of the half, finishing at 35-30. Harris has hit three 3-pointers and a couple of field goals for 13 of those points.
But Maryland takes the second half with strong play from Wells, who finishes with 21 points, and four other players who score in the double digits.
Harris scores just six more points in the second half, missing every shot from behind the 3-point line.
Maryland will take Duke, the No. 2 seed, tomorrow.
I watch the games on the first day of the tournament from Row 4, Seat 63 of Press Row, unquestionably the worst placement, tucked behind one of the backboards with an obstructed view of the far court. It's on the end, so I have to deal with the hooples who fill the stadium for the big games.
I say it's the worst press chair, but if I paid for this seat I'd be elated. I'm close enough to see the players' faces, hear what they shout to one another, read the writing on the ball. I have an unfettered line of sight to the profile view of one cheerleading squad, and I can individualize each member of every pep band.
I've got a bead drawn on Boston College's Olivier Hanlan when he scores 41 — 4 points shy of the tournament record and a high-water mark in the modern era — against Georgia Tech in the First Round. The record belongs to Lennie Rosenbluth, incidentally, for his 45 points against Clemson to give Carolina an 81-61 rout. It happened in 1957, and people are still talking about it.
Hanlan, a freshman from Quebec, has been putting up good numbers all year, but against the Yellow Jackets he cements his position for the rest of his career, going 5-6 from the foul line and 14-18 from the floor, with eight 3-pointers.
The coliseum fills with red T-shirts before the second game kicks off, the match between NC Sate and Virginia Tech. The Hokies hold the lowest spot in the rankings, with a 4-14 regular-season record against ACC opponents. NC State, on the other hand, came into the season favored to win the conference before Miami started blowing through everybody.
They've got a baller named CJ Leslie who is one of three ACC players who ranks in the Top 10 for rebounds, points and field-goal percentage, and a shooter named Scott Wood who can pick off 3-pointers like a Clemson fan shooting squirrels in the backyard with a slingshot and a bag of marbles. They pulled off a high-profile win against Duke in January, though they lost the next meeting 98-85, and put together an impressive 22-9 regular-season record. Plus they benefited from heavy media exposure after the Duke game, when their fans stormed the court and Leslie rescued one of them from the melee, Will Privette, born without a right shinbone, who had fallen from his wheelchair.
My problem with NC State is in the name of their team: the Wolfpack. In 2011 the school sued my alma mater, Loyola New Orleans, over the use of the name for merchandising issues. But Loyola's been the Wolfpack since the 1920s — NC State didn't start using the name until 1946. And let's not forget that Loyola won the whole damn NAIA tournament back in 1945, when we beat Pepperdine 49-35 in the Kansas City, Mo. Municipal Auditorium. Let's not forget that.
But it's hard not to feel good for NC State as they pull ahead of Virginia Tech in the second half. Leslie's good for seven rebounds and 15 points, with a monster stuff at the 6:31 mark against Hokie Joey van Zegeren.
Tonight, after Wake Forest falls to Maryland, Florida State beats Clemson 73-69 in a brutal thumbwrestling match that saw nine lead changes and an average fieldgoal percentage below 50. It's like a trip to the dentist.
On Day 2 the big guns come out when the Top 4 seeds come into play. No. 1 seed Miami draws Boston College. Miami's got speed, size and discipline — Boston College will have to play the game of their lives to pull this one off. Miami takes control of the game early, holding the lead by 13 at one point, but a late barrage of action by Hanlan gives Boston College the lead at halftime, 27-25. Miami's Larkin answers with a second-half burst and his team shoots almost 70 percent from the field. It's close until the last two minutes, when Miami pulls ahead for good. It's just as well — though I'm no huge fan of the Hurricanes, they may be my best bet to beat Duke tomorrow, after they take out Maryland. Little did I know my desire to see Duke humiliated on the floor would come early on in the tournament.
NC State is up next, though, with a tough one against No. 4 seed Virginia. Normally Virginia's a minor player in the ACC landscape, with a single tournament title to its name, in 1976, beating No. 1 seed Carolina from the No. 6 position. They managed to beat the Tar Heels this year, once, and had wins against every other team in the conference save Miami, including a win against NC State in January.
But NC State's Scott Wood comes alive from the outside, going 7-12 in 3-point shooting for a combined total of 23. Leslie kicks in 17 points and 11 rebounds in the effort.
This is good news on a lot of levels. NC State is still a consistent television draw, even all these years after Jim Valvano's Cardiac Kids, a 4-seed in ACC tournament rankings, beat No. 1 Carolina in the semifinals in overtime and then took out these same Virginia Cavaliers to win it. They went on to win the NCAA tournament that year with a 6-seed, a great moment in the history of American sports. And American gambling.
It's good for ticket sales, too — NC State is just down the road apiece, and red Wolfack gear stands out in all sections of the arena, every single game.
It's good for the team and its fans, too, but there's a lot more going on here than basketball.
In between sessions I cruise the ACC Hall of Champions at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. I wander the big room between figures of the school mascots in something of an existential malaise. As it stands, I am a man without a team. Surely one of these storied franchises will speak to me — the Tar Heel Ram? The Blue Devil? Those weird, clingy, anthropomorphic he- and she-wolves of NC State?
Perhaps the Maryland Terrapins are my team — I do like the way the pep band plays the "Heroes in a Half Shell" theme from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." And Florida State, it cannot be denied, has the hottest cheerleaders of the bunch. But nothing clicks.
I wander through the ACC Fan Fest set up at the coliseum Pavilion, where hundreds of fans tout team gear as they shoot foul shots and take trampoline slam-dunks amid the midway of carnival food, beer stops and swag booths. They all seem so happy.
When the Duke University Blue Devils men's basketball team enters a room like this, you know it. It's not so much a cheer as a roar that emanates from the crowd, if you include the boos from Carolina fans waiting for the second half of the night's slate of games.
As any Carolina fan can tell you, the only thing that ranks even close to watching Carolina win a game is seeing Duke lose one. Tonight they'll have the rare pleasure of seeing both in one session.
Duke, the No. 2 seed, is heavily favored over 7-seed Maryland. But this is the ACC, where emotion trumps statistics. Duke's got the name recognition, the star recruits, the TV and merch numbers, but Maryland has a point guard named Dez Wells whose got plans of his own.
Wells grew up in Raleigh, was a huge Duke fan as a kid. When he worked on his game, it was with dreams of wearing a Duke jersey in the future. But Duke never came calling. Wells found his way to the ACC after some time with the Xavier Musketeers, where he was named Freshman of the Year by the Sporting News last year. He made the jump to Maryland and the ACC, it seems, for just this very moment: a chance to play against Duke in primetime, on the big stage.
By now the upset is a finished chapter in the history books but watching it happen scratches my schadenfreudial itch like a loofah.
Say what you want about Duke, but this is a good basketball team. Forward Mason Plumlee's hands are among the quickest in the conference and he's got NBA-quality inside moves. Ryan Kelly, back from an injury that sidelined him last year, is the rare big man who can shoot from the outside. But Kelly can't hit his threes and Plumlee is held to just 6 points in the first half. Meanwhile, Wells comes alive, scoring 16 of his 30 points in the first half and sinking a perfect 10 of 10 free throws in the second. Forward Jake Layman, who went 0-3 against Wake Forest, hits a couple of key 3-pointers. And they've got a 265-pound monster named Shaquille Cleare who jams things up in the paint.
Maryland takes the lead 3-0 after a Layman shot and never loses it, winning 83-74.
The Duke fans first suspect that it's not going to happen for them tonight at around the two-minute mark. Down 75-67, the Dookies can't capitalize on turnovers and find themselves in foul trouble. Wells kills them from the free-throw line.
They can't believe it, these charmed alums and wannabe posers, all affecting the posture of the scorned booster: arms crossed, stern faces, that defiant tilt of the chin. It's like they've just had their birthright stolen.
I was there the night Lehigh Upset Duke in Final Four play last year, and this is nearly as good.
In the stands near me, a little kid peels off his Duke T-shirt to reveal a UNC jersey underneath. Not all fans, it seems, take this binary equation so seriously.
Carolina beats Florida State handily to advance to the semifinals against Maryland on Day 3. This was supposed to be the big UNC-Duke matchup that the tournament seems designed to facilitate. Earlier in the day NC State had gone down to Miami despite a barrage of threes from Scott Wood and 14 points from CJ Leslie, giving the No. 1 seed a championship berth. All that's left is for Carolina to fulfill its destiny against Maryland and take its rightful place.
Aside from the contingent of Terrapin fans and the fragmented Duke base that remains, no one wants to see the Tar Heels lose more than I do. Would it be too much to ask of the basketball schadenfreude gods to see both Duke and Carolina go down in a single evening?
It would. People don't hate on Carolina because they suck. Against Maryland, four players stepped up with double-digit scoring, including PJ Hairston, who made a lie of the premise that the Tar Heels view the ACC tournament as mere prelude to the more prestigious Final Four games, for which they are guaranteed an annual spot.
Hairston literally left his blood on the floor of the game against Florida State after suffering the cut to his left hand and plays against Miami with eight stitches holding the gash underneath a wrap of gauze, two of his fingers taped together. Still Hairston drops 13 points, hitting 5 of 8 free throws — his last one seals the deal 79-76.
My enjoyment of the game is hampered by a Carolina fan in the stands next to me, sitting sideways in his chair, screaming displeasure at every call or point that goes against his team, shouting meaningless advice to his guys, criticizing everything about their opponents right down to the pep band.
His woman doesn't like Maryland's shoes — each player is wearing one black and one red high-top, which together constitute the Maryland state flag.
"It's horrible," she says. I am denied the pleasure of seeing their faces after a Carolina loss.
On Sunday afternoon the play between Carolina and Miami mesmerizes me — the interplay between Hairston and Miami's Shane Larkin, the exhilarating first-half finish, the uncertainty going into the second half all testifies to what is glorious about college basketball. But the remains of the day belong to Larkin, who sinks eight of eight free throws, six of them in the final minute, to put the game on ice. The Tar Heels play to the final seconds, like they're fully expecting a miracle spree of points and possessions, but the fans clad in Carolina Blue know the truth with just under 40 seconds left to play, when they abandon their allegiance to UNC and make for the exits en masse in hopes of beating traffic.
For a hater like me, it's the best possible turn of events.
Though Miami wins the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, they still pull a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tourney, the first team to win the ACC regular season and the tournament not to be named a No. 1 NCAA seed in history. They'll play Pacific University on Friday night. Duke, which went into the weekend with a No. 1 ranking, also came out with an NCAA No. 2 seed and will face the University of Albany on Friday. UNC comes into the NCAA an 8-seed and will face 9-seed University of Villanova on Thursday. NC State, also at 8, plays 9-seed Temple University on Friday. Wake Forest, the team of the discerning Triad ACC fan, did not make it this year, but another Triad team did, the NC A&T University Aggies, which earned a play-in spot against Liberty University on Tuesday night. I can definitely get behind an underdog like that.
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
On Tooting Your Horn
5 comments:
- Richard Bradley said...
Well said!
- Rich Gallagher, LMFT said...
Thanks Richard!
- Unknown said...
A well-balanced, thoughtful article. Agree with virtually everything you covered. Only one item would improve your article, in my opinion -- a discussion on the cultural aspects of tooting. How one reacts to someone's tooting his/her own horns depends largely on that person's culture (race, ethnicity, family background, economic status, education level, success). "Where you stand depends on where you sit." (I made this saying up when I was in college, after observing a large number of people of different cultures, intelligence, economic backgrounds, political preference, and race.)
- Rich Gallagher, LMFT said...
I feel you are absolutely correct Henry - there is a huge cultural context here, and everything is relative to that context. Well put!
- Unknown said...
In my own education and career in America, I've noticed that many first-generation East Asians (i.e., from China, Japan, Korea) tend to be non-assertive, passive, quiet in school discussion groups, contests, competitions, etc. Very "cultural" and "Asian," so to speak. However, this doesn't seem to be true among East Indians in America. They tend to be verbal, confident, assertive, even confrontational and aggressive. I have thought about this difference a great deal. My own explanation: most Indian Americans spoke English as their first language at home and in school in India, many attended top universities in India (e.g., I.I.T.), and were the cream of the crop when they left India to attend college or grad school in America. They are 100% convinced that, in order to succeed in corporate America, they have to be more "American" and more driven. Thus, it is really no big surprise to me that we recently see so many Indian American CEO's in corporate America (not nearly as many Chinese American, Japanese American, Korean American) -- especially in tech (e.g., Microsoft, Google/Alphabet, Adobe, VISA, PepsiCo, etc). A strong example of the cultural aspect of tooting one's horn.
Interestingly, there is a generational (age) aspect to this cultural perspective of tooting. What I said above about East Asians versus Indian Americans is true primarily for the first-generation . . . and is not generally true of the younger (2nd, 3rd, 4th) generations. Here, among our young people who are born in America, East Asians are every bit as
competitive, assertive, and aggressive on school and in their careers as the Indian Americans. (I have noticed this in my own extended family; we have many intermarriage among our younger generations.)


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This is based on Jeff Tranter (VE3ICH)'s good but somewhat dated Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO.
- Introduction
- Changes from the previous version
- Where to obtain new versions of this document
- Other related documentation
- . The Packet Radio Protocols and Linux
- How it all fits together
- . The AX.25/NET/ROM/ROSE software components
- Finding the kernel, tools and utility packages
- . Installing the AX.25/NET/ROM/ROSE software
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- The AX.25 library, tools, and application programs
- . A note on callsigns, addresses and things before we start
- . Configuring an AX.25 port
- Configuring an AX.25 interface for TCP/IP
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- Configuring /etc/ax25/nrports
- Configuring /etc/ax25/nrbroadcast
- Creating the NET/ROM Network device
- Starting the NET/ROM daemon
- Configuring NET/ROM routing.
- Configuring a NET/ROM interface for TCP/IP
- Configuring a ROSE port
- Configuring /etc/ax25/rsports
- Creating the ROSE Network device
- Configuring ROSE Routing
- Making AX.25/NET/ROM/ROSE calls
- Configuring Linux to accept Packet connections
- Creating the /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf file
- A simple example ax25d.conf file
- Starting ax25d
- Configuring the node software
- Creating the /etc/ax25/node.conf file
- Creating the /etc/ax25/node.perms file
- Configuring node to run from ax25d
- Configuring node to run from inetd
- Configuring axspawn
- Creating the /etc/ax25/axspawn.conf file
- Configuring the pms
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- Create the /etc/ax25/pms.info file
- Associate AX.25 callsigns with system users
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- Configuring the user_call programs
- Configuring the ROSE Uplink and Downlink commands
- Configuring a ROSE downlink
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- Associating AX.25 callsigns with Linux users
- Configuring APRS
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Jumpstart's premiere national campaign, Read for the Record, mobilizes millions of children and adults to celebrate literacy by participating in the largest shared reading experience.
On October 21, 2014, people across the country will unite to read the children's book Bunny Cakes, a comical story of sibling bonding and birthday shenanigans, by bestselling author and illustrator Rosemary Wells, in support of Jumpstart's mission: to work toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Jumpstart's Read for the Record®, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, is one day of the year when millions of individuals come together to celebrate in an effort to jumpstart a child's future and help children enter school prepared to succeed. Adults and children will be encouraged to read this year's official book, "Bunny Cakes" and participate in related literacy activities.
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Ashley Greene goes beyond the pale in a silver and cream frock as she meets with fans while promoting CBGB
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In an effort to promote her new movie, CBGB, Ashley Greene took a moment to meet and greet admirers in Soho as part of Apple Store Presents: Meet The Actor.
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Vision in off-white: Ashley Greene was stylish in a silver and cream dress as she arrived for a Q&A at the Apple Store in Soho
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Green wore her long blonde hair in a large chignon gathered at the top of her head.
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Chat room: Greene sat for an Q&A at the Apple Store in Soho
During the Q&A, the Twilight star talked about her upcoming film, in which she plays Lisa Kristal, daughter of CBGB's founder Hilly Kristal, who will be played by Alan Rickman.
Greene was in great spirits and was extremely fan friendly, as she answered questions from the audience and giggled with the crowd.
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About Kirk
Call Up What Fires You Up
My mission is to empower you to be the man you truly are, so you can live the life you want to lead. The life that fires you up, has you saying "Yes!" to every possibility, and expresses all your dimensions as an individual.
Why men? Let's face it, men have different issues than women do – not better or worse, just different. We've grown up in a culture that idolizes the image of the cowboy, someone who's a "real man," doesn't cry, can do it all alone. We've been told stories of how we're "supposed to be" and what success is supposed to look like.
I see men who are successful by most acceptable measures – great job, nice car, active social life, money in the bank. Yet they have this nagging feeling that something's missing, they feel vaguely disconnected on a personal and spiritual level, or even dead inside as if they're just going through the motions of somebody else's life.
With my specialized training, personal journey, and (I'm told) my Jedi mind tricks, I work with men individually and in groups to rework those stories and the "no's" they heard throughout their lives, so they can open up to who they really are as a man and call up the fire that creates a life authentically lived.
Here's why I do this work. Maybe you can relate ….
My Story
One day in 2nd grade, I was picked up for a carpool ride with two other kids for our soccer game. My team was playing against the other kids' team. As I got in the car the two kids said, "We're going to beat your team because you're a Jap!"
I was stunned. I froze and couldn't speak. Whoever the parent was who was driving didn't say anything. No one to say this was wrong - I was there alone, outnumbered sitting in the backseat while the two kids taunted me by making squinty eyes at me all the way to the game.
This was just the beginning of many years of taunts for being a "minority." It wasn't just other kids, it was all around me. The movie Gung Ho, a comedy about an American car plant being taken over by a Japanese corporation, portrayed the Japanese as effeminate and silly. Long Duck Dong as a foreign exchange student in Sixteen Candles further cemented the idea that Asian men were not "real men."
I only remember one Asian role model - Bruce Lee. It was cool to have him kick ass and have non-Asians looking up to him. But we never saw him save the world. He was never the romantic lead who "got the girl." The Karate Kid may have highlighted my Japanese culture, but I just remember hearing kids repeating lines from the movie with a bad Japanese accent. (I didn't have an accent and neither did any of my relatives.)
By the time I became a teenager I had developed a chip on my shoulder. I didn't want to be called "Japanese-American." I wanted to be called an "American." I mean, why not? My family had immigrated here in the late 1800s; I was a 4th generation American! However, since I looked "different" I would never be called just an "American."
So there was the ethnicity thing. Another thing about me that flew in the face of the "real man" code was that I had a sensitive side. I was taught to be a gentleman, open doors for women, be a good listener. I liked to have deep conversations. I had as many female friends as I did male friends. But the message I heard over and over growing up was that this wasn't "cool."
I never felt like I could be a "real man," because the role models weren't like me. I knew I wasn't ever going to be Rambo or Top Gun or Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Does this resonate with anything you experienced growing up - messages that you got that made you feel different, uncool, not a "real man"?
It wasn't until I had my first job in Japan that I began to see that I was neither "Japanese" nor "American" but a unique blend of the two. I started feeling more pride for being both. I began to realize the many layers of being a man that are not necessarily defined by ethnicity, the movies, the other kids, or the messages I got from family.
After college, I spent more than a decade investigating myself and my own life's path, opening up to this redefinition, or reclaiming, of myself as a man – and as a human being. I went through many different types of therapy, life coaching, hypnosis, vision quests and personal retreats, meditation, working and living abroad, shamanic journeying, and most recently, Hakomi training (somatic therapy).
It's been a journey of freedom, to embrace more fully who I am. I'd spent so many years concerned with doing things the "right" way, playing by the rules - so many "shoulds" to try to fit in. It had tamped down my individuality and the fire inside me. I did work with my "shadow" which I call my inner Tyler Durden (from Fight Club).
More and more, I've been reintegrating my uniqueness. I'm bringing back my Japanese heritage and honoring it. I recently designed my own samurai sword and created an invocation ritual around it, starting a new tradition.
I have found what I was seeking, and what I believe many men are seeking: We want to be 'free,' to fully embrace who we are without question or apology. Just. Be. Us.
I believe in bringing out our own uniqueness. We do better, live fuller lives, feel more alive, when we express who we really are. Not to hold ourselves back because we're worried that we're not going to fit in or be accepted or because it is not the norm. That is exactly what we need. More expressions of the uniqueness and vastness of masculinity.
What does it mean to be a "real man"?
First off, screw that question. I don't think there is such a thing as a "real man." That question seems to be more limiting and ostracizing than it is empowering or defining. Instead, I want to explore the full spectrum and expression of masculinity.
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I bring these personal experiences and journeys, as well as my training as a therapist and professional life coach, to my work with men.
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Ray's take: A recent CareerBuilder survey shows that one in five workers said they plan to change jobs this year or next.
If you're thinking of changing jobs, there are some very important things you need to consider regarding your 401(k). Making smart decisions now could save you thousands in employee matching funds, taxes and potential penalties.
Your current employer's vesting schedule is something you need to investigate. You can always take your own 401(k) contributions with you when you leave a job, but you won't be able to keep your employer's match or profit sharing contributions unless you are vested in the plan. Check to see when you will be fully vested. If you are close to the vesting date, it would be financially in your favor to stay until you can take your employer contributions with you.
A common mistake made when you leave a job can cost you. If you take your 401(k) in cash rather than transferring it to another qualified plan, you could incur some pretty stiff penalties. Your plan administrator will remove 20 percent right off the top for taxes, and then, if you are under 59½, when you file your income taxes, you will owe an additional 10 percent. That's a big piece of your 401(k) pie lost. An existing loan to your plan can further complicate your options.
Your best options are to: roll your existing 401(k) from your former employer to your new employer; roll it to an IRA; or leave it with your former employer – usually in that order. 401(k) plans have more flexible distribution options than IRAs; and once they have moved to IRA status, you can't go back.
Each of these options has benefits and drawbacks. You should choose the option that works best for your individual circumstances and consult a tax adviser or your financial planner for more information.
Dana's take: When the economy was shaky, you may have chosen to remain in a less-than-fulfilling job for safety's sake. Now that the employment market is improving, you may be considering looking for a new job or striking out in your own venture.
However you plan to work, make sure that a 401(k) is a part of your plan. Gone are the days of gold watches and lifetime pensions. Today, retirement means every man for himself. If numbers aren't your strength and you don't understand what a 401(k) is, do research online or make an appointment with a tax adviser or financial planner.
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Why It Is Important To Hire A Lawyer Quickly After A Truck Accident In Georgia
Many potential clients we talk to on a daily basis ask us why it is such an emergency to hire an attorney after a tractor-trailer accident. There are two reasons. First, you are already behind the trucking company and its insurance company in learning the facts of what caused the wreck and in securing evidence.
In almost every truck accident, the trucking company and/or its insurance company has a response team of trained individuals to arrive at the scene to begin the process of securing evidence of what caused the collision. Additionally, there are Federal and State regulations that require agencies to respond to the scene of certain truck accidents to determine what happened. With the insurance company representatives and the trucking company experts at the scene during this process, both have an immediate leg up on you defending against any action you may bring to receive just compensation for your injuries.
Second, tractor-trailer injury cases are not as simple to pursue as other motor vehicle accident cases. This is so because the trucking industry is highly regulated by the Federal Government and State of Georgia. Knowing these regulations and how the truck driver and trucking company violated certain regulations in your truck accident is vital to you securing full compensation for your losses. Without a lawyer who can leverage rule violations in your case, you are losing any advantage you have over the powerful trucking company and its insurance company in these cases.
Is Spaulding Injury Law's Tractor-Trailer Accident Attorney Team Right For Your Case?
If you have been seriously injured by a tractor-trailer, we believe the answer is yes! Here is some information about us to help you decide for yourself:
- Previous Trucking Company LawyersMany of our lawyers have previously worked for trucking companies defending against personal injury and wrongful death claims just like yours. This experience gives our truck accident attorneys inside knowledge of the defense strategies taken by the insurance and trucking company in these cases and allows us to better represent our clients to achieve great results. Having handled truck accident cases throughout Georgia for over 30 years, each Georgia truck accident attorney at Spaulding Injury Law is extremely well versed in all of the trucking regulations at the State and Federal level and how these regulations can be utilized by injury victims in their personal injury case. Our attorneys keep up with new safety initiatives and regulations when they come out to make sure each case is utilizing every avenue possible to obtain justice for our clients.
- National Recognition For Our Case ResultsOur tractor-trailer accident lawyers have been so successful representing clients throughout that State of Georgia they have received numerous national and State awards and recognition from their peers, including the following:
- Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Top Trial Lawyers in America organization;
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers List and Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer List;
- Charter Member, Distinguished Justice Advocates list, Top 1% of Attorneys in America; and
- Named to Best Attorneys in America list.
You can view many of our previous case results here.
- Caring, Compassionate and Results Driven Representation
Our truck accident lawyers provide caring and compassionate representation for each of our clients. In our opinion, this is very important. In any injury or wrongful death matter, there is more going on in the lives of our clients than just the legal case. Having a lawyer who is there to help with practical issues that come up such as treatment concerns or how medical expenses will get paid is very important.
We care deeply about our clients. We get to know them personally throughout the life of a case and grow to become trusted friends and advisers. This is why we got into this area of law in the first place—-to help people.
Learn More About Tractor-Trailer Accident Cases
The Georgia tractor-trailer accident attorneys at our firm continually write articles and blog posts relevant to issues and questions that come up in truck accident personal injury and wrongful death cases in Georgia. If you have questions about your truck accident claim or case or simply want to learn more about the nuances of the law surrounding these cases, please visit our Learning Center page or click on one of the tractor-trailer article topics found to the right of this page.
Obtain A Free Consultation Today
If you have questions or would like to obtain a free evaluation of your truck accident claim or case, please give us a call at (770) 744-0890 or file out our contact form found on this site to speak to an attorney at our firm right away. One of our lawyers will be happy to discuss your case and answer any questions you have.


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"November 1st (or All Hallows' Eve on October 31st) has become an eagerly awaited date…"
-From "A Year With God, Celebrating the Liturgical Year" (Little Way Press)
Happy All Hallow's Eve from Stamping Peace. These little treat boxes are filled for my husband and three sons but we hope you receive a treat today! I learned to make these at a monthly Stamping class that I attend at the Orland Fire Station. Stace Coombs teaches the class and being the great teacher that she is, she showed us how easy these boxes are to make. The black paper is 10″ x 5 1/2″. Score every two inches along the 10″ side. Turn and score at 2″ on the short side. Turn the paper back to the long side and cut slits up to the 2″ score mark. Fold it all up and glue. We added washi tape to the front, and a "Tags 4 U" tag. The handle is attached with brads, and they are good to go! They were sitting at my guy's breakfast places this morning, along with the little scarecrow that you see in the background. My mom used to put him on the kitchen windowsill every Halloween when I was growing up, with lollipops in the little sack on his back. She passed him along to me when I had a home of my own. He's just a little scrap of plastic with peeling paint, but he holds a lot of wonderful memories for me! : )
I'm off to Joseph's Special Education Class this morning to stamp a Halloween project with them, and later on Joseph will be trick-or-treating on the street. We combine the fun with the true meaning of the holiday, which for us, is All Saints Day…when we celebrate the heroic people that have gone before us in this big family of God that we are part of. Last year Joseph dressed as St. Joseph, this year he is going as St. Francis' little pumpkin. We are studying St. Francis from the soft-cover book "Francis of Assisi, Activities and Coloring Fun for Children", published by St. Anthony Messenger Press. Another book I wanted to share with you yesterday, but forgot, is "Pumpkin Moonshine." It was Tasha Tudor's first book and it's a treasure. (She is our all-time favorite illustrator.) Speaking of books, one of our blog followers who is also a church friend of mine, Kelly Brooks Bay, has written a children's book! It is called "The Rainbow Pants" (see it at amazon.com) and it is illustrated by another local woman (Lindsey aka thefrugalcrafter.com). Congratulations Kelly….what a beautiful book!
We rarely have candy in our house, so today the guys are getting a double dose. These are the treat bags that I made for the dinner plates tonight. They are a Becky Roberts design and are made with the Circles and the Labels Collections of Framelits. The stamps are from the Best of Halloween Stamp Set.
In the background is one of the pumpkin mugs that the boys have had growing up, and it holds the names of everyone that has commented on our blog since the "blog candy" was announced. We'll announce the winner tomorrow. Somebody is going to get a nice treat! : )
Stamping Peace,
P.S. Congratulations to the Red Sox. : )


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Online Therapy
Online therapy, often referred to as "eTherapy" is a new version of counseling and therapy services that are offered over the internet, through email and even on chat. Potential clients will speak directly to psychology experts in order to seek treatment for varying emotional problems and mental health issues as well as general concerns. Since online therapy can be done confidentially, a person does not have to worry about sharing personal information or identifying information that can harm their life or career.
Conditions Qualified for Online Therapy
Online therapy is not restricted to one area of psychology. In fact, online therapy works similar to an office therapy session – only this time it is done when it is convenient for you. At Lifeline Intervention we currently offer online therapy for areas including, but not limited to:
• Addiction
• Anger
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Relationship Issues
• Stress
• Panic Attacks
The Benefits of Online Therapy
Online therapy can be just as effective as in-person therapy and it is even more beneficial for patients who:
• Cannot drive to a therapist's office
• Have anxiety or embarrassment about seeking therapy
• Cannot take time off to visit a therapist
• Travel a lot
• Live in a different country
• Cannot get to a therapist's office due to a mental or physical
• Are too depressed and under-motivated to leave their home
• Have small children who they cannot find care for
Common Limitations
Though there are numerous benefits to online therapy, there are a few limitations that are important to note. At Lifeline Intervention we want to provide you with accurate, reliable online therapy, but you have to be able to operate a computer in order to receive it. Online therapy requires frequent access to a computer, the ability to type and an internet connection. Though Lifeline Intervention keeps your information confidential and secure, using a public computer to use online therapy can severely lower your personal security.
Furthermore if you are suffering from severe depression or you have thoughts of harming yourself or others please visit the closest emergency room facility to see emergency treatment. Our counseling sessions do take time and therefore we want patients to know that before sending us a message.
At Lifeline Intervention.com all sessions are strictly confidential to protect your privacy. If you are in the need of advice or even if you just have some questions, contact one of our online therapists today.
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Extensions will soon require a visit to the actual Chrome Web Store listing to start the install process so that users know what they will be getting.
There are a lot of great extensions for the Chrome browser. They run on Chrome for the desktop or your Chromebook and can do anything from check for the best price at Amazon to keeping you safe from bad ads. Almost everyone has an extension or two that they wouldn't want to be without.
But not all extensions are great. Nobody wants the ones that aren't great and try to do things like change your default start page or change your search settings so developers of those often resort to a bit of social engineering to get them installed. Google is going to put a stop to the biggest offender when inline installation of extensions is blocked this coming December.
More: The Best Chrome extensions you didn't know about but should be using
This doesn't mean any extensions are being removed or anything of the sort. Inline installation means that you can click and install an extension from a third party website. You still need to approve the installation and the files themselves still come from Google through the Chrome Web Store. You're just clicking to start the process from another website.
Inline installation can lead to you installing something you didn't really want or installing something that can be confusing. This happens because a developer can put any description they like at a third party web page, but the Chrome Store listing requires things like screenshots and a full description. Google is very clear about why this is being done.
As we've attempted to address this problem over the past few years, we've learned that the information displayed alongside extensions in the Chrome Web Store plays a critical role in ensuring that users can make informed decisions about whether to install an extension. When installed through the Chrome Web Store, extensions are significantly less likely to be uninstalled or cause user complaints, compared to extensions installed through inline installation.
This change is coming in three waves, starting today.
- Any new extensions from today forward are not able to be installed without a visit to the actual Web Store listing.
- On September 12, 2018, inline installation for all extensions will need to happen through the Chrome Web Store. To ensure compliance, Google is forcing install requests from outside the Chrome Web Store to instead redirect users to the actual listing in a new tab.
- Finally, in December when Chrome 71 is released the inline installation APIs will be removed from Chrome for good. Developers will need to update any third party links to point to the store listing before then, because depreciation of the API will also disable any automatic redirect during the installation process.
Google can keep malicious extensions out of the Chrome Store and prevent any sort of normal installation of them by doing this (you can sideload any extension through developer settings). What it can't do is police what developers write outside of the store that may not be an accurate description of what's really going to happen.
You'll still be able to use the same Chrome extensions you use today, and things will be a little more transparent for the new ones you might like to try. We call that a win-win.
via Android Central – Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help and Android Wallpapers
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Sixteen BFA Film and BFA Animation students spent their Spring Break living the Los Angeles life, soaking up the sun and hitting the Hollywood lots as part of this year's installment of SVA in L.A.: The Film & Animation Behind the Scenes Series. Students took the week to meet with successful industry producers, composers, editors and animators, including several SVA alumni. Available through SVA Destinations, the trip was led and organized by BFA Film and BFA Animation director of operations, Sal Petrosino.
"Four years ago our Executive Vice President, Anthony Rhodes, asked me to put together a program in L.A. with a goal of having our students meet top shelf film and animation artists who would share not only their creative process, but their own personal journeys," Petrosino explained. That mix of professional advice and individual perspective characterized this year's trip.
The week kicked off with a visit to historic Hollywood studio The Lot and a tour with Academy Award-winning production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein. Later, producer Randall Emmett (BFA 1994 Film and Video), who mostly recently worked on Martin Scorsese's Silence, spoke candidly with students about his journey from SVA student to one of the most active producers in Hollywood. He gave tips on how students should prepare themselves if they are planning to start their careers in L.A. and encouraged them to contact him once they arrive. Emmet also took the students to an editing studio nearby where they met with director Kevin Connolly (star of Entourage) and editor Jim Flynn as they were in post-production on the new feature, The Life and Death of John Gotti.
The group's second Oscar-winner (for Pixar's UP) was film composer Michael Giacchino (BFA 1990 Film and Video), who scored last year's Star Wars: Rouge One and frequently works with J.J. Abrams. Giacchino screened clips from some of his films and discussed his creative process, and introduced the students to Kirk Thatcher, a long-time Jim Henson and Muppet collaborator. A tour of world-renowned special effects company The Frame Store wowed everyone—"to say they came away inspired would not suffice," said Petrosino—as students met with leads about their work on films like Gravity and Dr. Strange.
The week nearly over but still jam-packed, students attended a panel at the American Cinematographers Clubhouse, before zipping over to Disney Animation Studios to visit with animator Alex Kuperschmidt (BFA 1982 Animation) and editor Jesse Averna (BFA 2008 Film and Video). Kuperschmidt talked about his work on some of the most memorable Disney characters in his 30-year career with the studio. That evening, the group met with their third Academy Award-winning artist, Mark Ulano (1975 Film and Video), who won for sound recording for Titanic. Ulano discussed his artistic approach and described how he was able to record sound under very challenging circumstances, as with Titanic, and in the case of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful 8, working outside in minus 9 degrees.
The last day of the program was spent at Warner Bros. Animation, where Jeff Mednikow (BFA 2005 Animation) recounted his time at SVA and told his story of how he achieved his position at the studio; the students also met a number of animation artists, who shared what they were currently working on.
Students responded strongly to each of the stops, impressed by the caliber of work on display and the encouraging attitudes that greeted them. "This trip was not only a highlight of my time at SVA, but it will forever be a life-shaping journey that I will hold onto throughout my entire lifetime," said current BFA Animation student Jake Kaplan. "I feel reinvigorated and utterly inspired to join forces with the successful alumni we met with during our time in L.A."
The program strives to make tangible the possibilities of hard work and honed talent, and puts a face on the ever-daunting prospect of life-after-school. "For many students, their path to the professional world can seem far off in the distance and maybe not realistic," said Petrosino. "Meeting these artists let's them know that what they aspire to is possible."
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New York Times: The Party of Work - David Brooks
David Brooks wrote a column last week that I think offers considerable insight into the history and future of the Republican Party. Brooks writes:
... Starting in the mid-20th century, there was a Southern and Western version of it, formed by ranching Republicans like Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Their version drew on the traditional tenets: ordinary people are capable of greatness; individuals have the power to shape their destinies; they should be given maximum freedom to do so.
This is not an Ayn Randian, radically individualistic belief system. Republicans in this mold place tremendous importance on churches, charities and families — on the sort of pastoral work Mitt Romney does and the sort of community groups Representative Paul Ryan celebrated in a speech at Cleveland State University last month.
But this worldview is innately suspicious of government. Its adherents generally believe in the equation that more government equals less individual and civic vitality. Growing beyond proper limits, government saps initiative, sucks resources, breeds a sense of entitlement and imposes a stifling uniformity on the diverse webs of local activity....
As I read this, my mind went immediately to an article recently published in The New Republic, The Mormon Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. The author describes the journey of Mormonism from communalism to economic individualism. Jackson Lears writes:
Mormons embraced economic individualism and hierarchical communalism; they distrusted government interventions in business life but not in moral life; they used their personal morality to underwrite their monetary success. They celebrated endless progress through Promethean striving. They paid little attention to introspection and much to correct behavior. And their fundamental scripture confirmed that America was God's New Israel and the Mormons His Chosen People. It would be hard to find an outlook more suited to the political culture of the post–Reagan Republican Party.
Brooks could probably add Romney as a Mormon variant of the Goldwater, Reagan, and Bush tradition.
But the demographics of the nation are shifting. The community that intuitively embraces the GOP equation of "more government = less vitality" is shrinking. I think Brooks nails it with this observation:
The Pew Research Center does excellent research on Asian-American and Hispanic values. Two findings jump out. First, people in these groups have an awesome commitment to work. By most measures, members of these groups value industriousness more than whites.
Second, they are also tremendously appreciative of government. In survey after survey, they embrace the idea that some government programs can incite hard work, not undermine it; enhance opportunity, not crush it.
Moreover, when they look at the things that undermine the work ethic and threaten their chances to succeed, it's often not government. It's a modern economy in which you can work more productively, but your wages still don't rise. It's a bloated financial sector that just sent the world into turmoil. It's a university system that is indispensable but unaffordable. It's chaotic neighborhoods that can't be cured by withdrawing government programs.
For these people, the Republican equation is irrelevant. When they hear Romney talk abstractly about Big Government vs. Small Government, they think: He doesn't get me or people like me....
I've lived in a predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood for more than twenty years. This rings very true to me.
A lot is being made of Republicans needing to change their stance on immigration. While agreeing they need to change, I don't think this is the primary obstacle. Republicans have not artfully made the case for how their small-government model creates more, not less, opportunity for minorities. Republicans have not addressed how opportunity can be improved and risk reduced for many vulnerable people who work hard but live at the margins. Republicans once had a minority of leaders (like Jack Kemp) who thought in these terms. If they want to win elections, they need to recover that part of their heritage.


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One of the most well known and likeable characters in motorsport, Johnny Herbert was a highly successful racing driver who know fronts the coverage of Formula One for Sky Sports. Johnny's insight and first-hand experience is invaluable in front of the camera, allowing viewers to understand exactly what it takes to be an elite driver.
Known for his exploits in Formula One and Le Mans series racing, Johnny's career began in the mid-80s after catching the attention of Eddie Jordan. The pair won the 1987 British Formula Three title, highlighting Johnny's consistency through a season of motorsport.
After returning from injury in 1989, Johnny gained a seat in the Benetton F1 car, scoring points on his racing return in Brazil. An amazing sporting personality, Johnny's drive and determination to overcome the adversity of his injury was commended by the motorsport world.
A regular driver in Formula One from 1990 to 2000, Johnny finished on the podium seven times, winning three races in his career. Other notable achievements in motorsport included winning the 1991 Le Mans race is the iconic Mazda 787B. Along with performances in the ALMS and BTCC series, Johnny has shown the breadth of skill, making him easily one of the most natural British racing drivers of the modern era.
Since joining the Champions Celebrity agency in 2011, Johnny has secured a role as a commentator for the new Sky F1 Channel. We worked with Johnny to prepare him for commentating with huge amounts of practice and training. Enjoying huge corporate success on the back of his appearances, Johnny has established himself as a hugely capable after dinner speaker and television personality.


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