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The Registrar's Office
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- Independent Research Seminar Form
- Wharton Authorization Request For Non-MBA Candidates Form
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- Credit for law courses are not transferable to the Penn Law School Juris Doctor program and are not transferable to most other law schools.
- The completed form should be returned to the Law School Registrar's Office. A permit for the requested course will be entered into SRS allowing the student to register for the course through Penn InTouch.
- A form must be completed for each Law School course being requested.
Letter of Good Standing & Form Requests (PDF)
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Senior Writing Requirement - Faculty Agreement to Supervise (PDF)
Requirement and Goals (more information on the above form)
Each JD student is required to participate in a scholarly research and writing project in either the second or third year. The requirement is intended to assure that every student demonstrates proficiency in scholarly research and writing under close faculty supervision. A senior writing project should provide faculty-student intellectual interchange and an opportunity for constructive faculty criticism regarding avenues of research, analysis, organization, and style. The writing may take the form of a single long paper or several shorter papers, as the supervising faculty member shall determine. The criterion that the project be "scholarly" is intended to exclude routine advocacy but not necessarily (in the discretion of the supervising faculty member) advocacy that results from a thorough and objective investigation of governing authority.
It is expected that the faculty member, whether full-time or adjunct, will provide close personal supervision and comment and that the student will undertake revision and further writing in light of the critiques. The senior research and writing experience will involve the following steps, each with faculty consultation:
- Selection of the topic,
- Submission of a first draft, and
- Submission of a final draft that meets, to the faculty member's satisfaction, the standard of proficiency in scholarly research and writing (after revisions in light of faculty critique of the first and any subsequent drafts that the faculty member requires).
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Guidelines for enrolling in non-law courses:
- JD candidates may receive credit for up to 12 semester hours of graduate-level courses taken at the University during their combined 2L and 3L years.
- LLM candidates may take up to six semester hours of grad-level coursework in another department of the University.
- Courses must be relevant to your legal education and must be of sufficient academic rigor to meet the exacting standards of law school education at Penn; and the course must be a graduate-level course (normally 500 level or higher). The Law School does not grant credit for introductory language study.
- The decision about granting credit for non-Law courses is made by the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Accordingly, all students must make an application and have that application approved before registering for non-Law courses.
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- Submit an Application for Law Credit for Non-Law Course form to the Registrar's Office to ensure the course credits will count toward your law degree.
Independent Study Form (PDF)
Independent Study work may be awarded credit under the supervision of the faculty. Such work typically involves an expository research paper, creation of a brief, or, on occasion, faculty research assistance. Students wishing to undertake work as an independent study should complete the Independent Study Form, which requires the signature of the faculty. Completed forms should be returned to the Registrar's Office. Independent studies usually are granted two or three semester hours' credit.
Independent Research Seminar Form (PDF)
The purpose of these seminars, typically student-initiated, is to permit an interested group of highly motivated second and third year students to pursue a subject in greater depth than might otherwise be possible in the regular course curriculum, without too great a diversion of faculty time from competing curricular demands. Thus, the students bear the primary responsibility for defining the subject, preparing the syllabus and reading list, conducting research and discussion meetings and completing and criticizing any written work. Each such seminar must be conducted subject to the ultimate supervision of a member of the law faculty, whose consent will have to be secured by the student participants. The responsibilities of the faculty supervisor are to assist in preparing the seminar syllabus and reading list, to assure that the goals and conduct of the seminar are of substantial educational value, and to evaluate student performance for the record. No such independent seminar may be taken for credit unless a faculty supervisor is found and his/her approval secured for the seminar syllabus. Furthermore, unless specifically authorized in accordance with the policy on independent journals seeking official recognition, no credit will be awarded for an independent research seminar associated with the operation of a student-run journal that involves tasks such as article selection, copy-editing, cite-checking, proofreading, or other work preparing the scholarship of others for publication.
Wharton Authorization Request For Non-MBA Candidates Form (PDF)
Law students that are interested in taking an MBA course at Wharton must do the following:
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- Keep a copy for your records.
- Drop off the original form to Wharton Graduate Academic Services Office (300 Jon M. Hutsman Hall)
- If authorization is granted, you must claim the authorization (permit) within 24 hours by (1) Enrolling via Penn InTouch or (2) Having the Law School Registrar's Office enroll you in the course on your behalf.
- Unclaimed authorizations/permits will be cancelled after 24 hours.
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Why Does Microsoft Want to Buy Nook for $1 Billion?
Barnes & Noble shares surged on a report that it may sell the Nook business to Microsoft for $1 billion. Heard on the Street's Miriam Gottfried looks at the pros and cons for such a deal. Photo: AP.
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The Mets announced today the top ten moments at Shea Stadium:
1. Game Six of the 1986 World Series highlighted by the Bill Buckner team.
2. Mike Mike Piazza's dramatic two-run home run in the eighth inning, Sept. 21, 2001, to beat the Braves in New York City's first sporting event after the 9-11 attacks on America.
3. The Mets beat the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, in Game Five of the 1969 World Series.
4. Endy Chavez' Game Seven 2006 NLCS catch.
5. The Mets 7 1986 World Series victory.
6. Robin Ventura's "Grand Slam Single" in Game Five of the 1999 NLCS.
7. The Beatles play Shea, Aug. 15, 1965.
8. The Mets, on June 30, 2000, scored 10 runs in the eighth inning vs. Atlanta.
9. Tom Seaver's one-hitter against Chicago.
10. Todd Pratt's walk-off home run in Game Four of the NLDS vs. Arizona.
Let's talk about them during the game, if there is a game. For the second straight season the Mets' last hurdle to October are the Florida Marlins.
"We have three games left and it's going to be hard," said Carlos Beltran, who is hitting .315 (17-for-54) with three home runs and 12 RBIs against Florida this season.
The Mets are 9-6 against the Marlins this season, including 4-2 at Shea. None of that success is by Mike Pelfrey, who is 0-3 with a 7.91 ERA in four starts against the Marlins this season and 1-4 lifetime in seven appearances.


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With the cost of gasoline at about $4 a gallon in most of the U.S., fuel efficiency is a buzzword for the auto industry. Each year, manufacturers expand their fuel-efficient product lines, giving consumers more options to help save money at the pump without sacrificing vehicle preference.
Recently NADAguides, a publisher for vehicle pricing, came out with its annual list of the most fuel-efficient vehicles of 2011. The data are based on combined miles per gallon (MPG) and the average rate of city and highway's MPG. The study names the most fuel-efficient vehicles in multiple categories, including sedan, luxury, and hybrid. Each vehicle segment offers models that achieve at least 23 or more combined MPG, including the (traditionally gas-guzzling) SUV and crossover segments.
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During the busy work week I try to make dishes that are quick and easy. My Asian Cucumber Salad is one of those side dishes that I make quite often for my family at dinner hour. Cucumbers are always a staple in my refrigerator and it's extremely rare that I don't have any in stock in the vegetable drawer. In the summer months I always plant cucumbers in my little garden so I can just go out the back door and pick whatever I need for the family meal.
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- 2 cups English cucumber (thinly sliced)
- 1/4 cup red bell pepper (finely diced)
- 1/4 cup red onion (finely diced)
- 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
- 1 Tbs seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 Tbs sweet chili sauce
- 1 Tbs Lime Ponzu (lime flavored soy sauce)
- 1 Tbs Mirin (sweet rice wine)
- garnish with fresh snipped chives and toasted sesame seeds
Toss all ingredients into a bowl. Lightly mix. Refrigerate for about 15-30 minutes or until well chilled. Garnish with chives and sesame seeds.


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Sony Admits Vita Needs AAA Titles
Sony's PlayStation Vita has been something of a sales disappointment. With only 8.2 million units sold since its launch in February 2012, the touch-sensitive handheld has lagged far behind its competitor, the Nintendo 3DS, which has moved almost 45 million units in its three years of existence. One of the biggest problems the Vita has faced is a dearth of AAA titles. In a post on the PlayStation Blog message boards, Sony addressed this situation, saying that they "Have to do something different."
When asked about the lack of major titles on the Vita, Sony representative Don Mesa responded to the criticism, stating, "The economics simply don't work with the traditional process. We have to do something different to get AAA games on Vita." Mesa referenced the ability of the Vita to play PlayStation 4 games through remote play, then remarked, "PS Now will be another way, streaming PS3 games on Vita. I can't wait until PS Now is out on Vita – I hope you'll try out the experience and let me know what you think."
PS Now will open up the Vita to the massive PS3 library, allowing players to play countless AAA titles, but the Vita needs AAA hits of its own that take advantage of the console's unique features. It sounds like Sony is aware of this, and while they haven't given any details on how they plan to do it, the hardware and software giant will be focusing on bringing more robust and high-quality experiences to the Vita to complement the growing indie library.


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Mine's not so great, either. But the music doesn't need words.
11 February 2009
How's your Irish?
Posted by shadowfax at 12:22 AM
3 comments:
- Anonymous2/11/2009 11:35 AM
Gaelic...not "Irish".ReplyDelete
But great music.......Pattie RN
- Gingerale2/14/2009 9:14 AM
Great post, SF! I'll bet you miss these guys (I do).ReplyDelete
For Anonymous of 2/11/09, I used to think that too. But actually, referring to the Irish language as Gaelic pretty much identifies us as Americans. If you're speaking English in Ireland you'd refer to the Irish language as Irish. If you're speaking Irish in Ireland you'd refer to it as Gaeilge (note the spelling), which isn't pronounced GAY-lik; it's pronounced closer to GOY-ill-guh.
Open to correction from anybody who has more Irish than I do!
TG4 so rocks. Go raibh maith agat, Shadowfax.
Right on.
Tá fáilte romhat!
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Last week Apple opened up the iPhone and introduced a software developer's kit (SDK) to allow third parties to develop software for the iPhone. This was a great step forward in that Apple had, for some significant period of time, suggested that writing software within the browser environment was sufficient, and that no native developer platform was needed at all.
Unfortunately, some of the details we have discovered about the SDK will have a real impact on the ability of developers to innovate on the iPhone. The issue is that Apple has set a policy that third party application developers can't create applications that run in the background. Currently, there is a minor uproar in the blogosphere about Apple's policy on this matter.
The purpose of this article is to convince all of you that the uproar should not be minor.
Background Processing is the Key to Mobile Innovation
Prohibiting background processing is not just a question of one feature being left off a long list of otherwise very well executed features. The issue of background processing is *the* issue for a mobile device because it is key to two things:
- telling the world about your status in some ongoing way
- receiving notification of important events
These two things are the key to most new real innovations in the mobile space. To be clear, by innovation, I mean creating functionalities that have not been possible before. I do not believe that Apple's beautiful new iPhone UIs or visual metaphor's allows for the creation of truly new application categories. Apple's tools are great, but they just make apps that were already possible, easier to build and easier to use. But as a developer, I want to create things that have been bottled up in my head but without the right platform, were fundamentally impossible to do.
Lets look at some of the specifics of what kind of limitations the "no background apps" policy really imposes.
Communication Notification
In order to innovate in the communication area, you must have notification. Without it there is no push email, no phone ringing, no instant messaging, no twitter notification, and on and on. Of course some of you will argue that you don't need third parties to do this stuff because Apple will handle all that internally. But Apple didn't invent instant messaging. They didn't invent Twitter. They didn't invent VOIP. And they certainly didn't invent the phone. By making third party communications related innovation on the iPhone impossible, they are potentially killing the next great thing that could only be done on a mobile device, but won't be because Apple forbids it.
Environmental Notification
Of course, there is more to this than just communications. You can't even implement something as simple as an alarm clock without notification. More interestingly, there are a whole host of location-based applications that are impossible with the current restrictions. I'd love to have an app that notified me when I was near something that I have been looking for, like perhaps an open house for a piece of real estate in my price range. Personally, I believe that location based notification is the most fertile of all the potential new areas of innovation.
Presence & Location Broadcasting
Presence, the concept of notifying others that you are "available" in instant messaging applications, is a huge and important functionality. It has become important in a whole host of applications beyond pure instant messaging. In the mobile world the concept of presence takes on even more significance, and with location aware devices we can broadcast not just "presence" but location. Again, neither presence nor location broadcasting is possible without background capability and the Internet is filled with discussion about how these concepts can change social dynamics. But as it stands now, none of that innovation or exploration will happen on the iPhone.
The Politics
The rationale to Apple's position is never directly stated, but is implicitly clear. Background apps are risky because they can harm the user experience by bogging down the phone. This is, of course, bogus. There are many ways to address this through task prioritization, and sandboxing background tasks or even limiting their size. There are lots of other things Apple could do that I won't list here. But the point is Apple has some of the brightest engineers on the planet, and this issue has been dealt with in Unix, and with real time systems for many years.
In short, this argument is a strategically placed fig leaf, which is easily blown away.
The truth is the real arguments are much more about business and an incredible ambivalence about developers. First, Apple is concerned about protecting its revenue streams, and about being the innovation leader on the platform. More importantly, Steve Jobs has a bizarre discomfort with being out-shined by third party developers on his platforms. And he has a lifelong personal preference for absolute control over everything. Often that drive serves him and his company well. In this case it does not.
The Dishonest SDK Rollout
Of course, its one thing to have a strategically flawed policy. It is another to attempt to trick the market with a disingenuous marketing event. At the SDK launch, Apple presented AOL Instant Messenger as an example of a product that was developed with the SDK for the iPhone. Now I haven't used the iPhone AIM client, but I can't imagine that it will not have presence or notification. But with Apple's current policy, you can't build a fully functional instant messenger because you can't do presence or notification without background processing. Obviously AOL got special dispensation to break the rules. But the rest of us developers will not make it past the velvet ropes. And so, at least this aspect of the Apple launch was a lie.
Apple vs. Android
My company has been developing an application for Google's Android phone operating system for the last several months. Our application would not be easily possible on any platform other than Android. In fact, important parts of the application are impossible without background processing. In short, Apple may be visually sexier, but I can actually innovate more effectively on Android. This should never be. I would love to develop for the iPhone, but right now I can't see how to make it work. Interestingly, Android also builds maps in at an OS level, which, in my view, is far more important than great animation or the new screen pinching technology.
What To Do
Apple's new platform will make it possible to create lots of great games, and really pretty more functional user interfaces. But personally, I'll take one paradigm shifting application over a thousand cool games any day. So if you agree, I strongly suggest you say something. Link to this piece or restate the arguments elsewhere.
Apple does respond to customer uproar, and right now the SDK feedback is way too positive given the significance of what is missing. The market excitement is a response to the eye candy, which is great. Perhaps even necessary. But it is not sufficient. In attempting to keep all innovation to itself, Apple is really doing a disservice not just to us, but in a shortsighted manner, it is also doing a disservice to itself. In fact, Apple is slowing down the kind of innovation that will most assuredly drive the next generation of mobile experiences.
And so I say, Please, Mr. Jobs, tear down that wall.


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Seventies Soulchild: good afternoon, alt.
alt: hey Seventies Soulchild , what's up with you today?
Seventies Soulchild: Just 'dancing' at my desk lol
alt: got your music thing going, huh?
Seventies Soulchild: yes, Lalah Hathaway
alt: okay, good choice.
Seventies Soulchild: The book that I mentioned last night, do you think you'd be able to find anything about your family in it?
alt: thanks for the reminder... gotta pick out a couple of good CD's to drive with to Ft. Wayne... think I'm ready for some Les McCann/Eddie Harris & some Al Jarreau.
Seventies Soulchild: ok You should get an IPod...
alt: dunno know Seventies Soulchild, my Indiana folks were in central & south part of the State, but you can never tell.
Seventies Soulchild: ok
alt: but thanks for the heads-up.
Seventies Soulchild: no problem Hey Selma
Selma: Afternoon alt and seventies... Can you leave the state alt...the Lions & tigers and Bears are roaming Ohio
alt: If I do any research in Ft. Wayne I think I'll concentrate on wagon trains going west.. that's my brickwall... got ancestor in CA, but can't find the wagon train he may have gone with.
Seventies Soulchild: interesting.
alt: Hi Selma... yep, gonna get out of Dodge LOL... Zanesville, where the animals got loose. that's where one of anita's sister's lives.
Seventies Soulchild: I did a little research today on the Lemon family of Wilkinson County, MS Ben and Josephine. Josephine was the eldest child of Thomas Henyard
alt: okay, so you have another surname hooked in with the Henyard's .... Lemon.
Seventies Soulchild: The more I look into the families, I see that they all lived in the same area, neighbors.
alt: yep, that's an example of why my TP site is so large.. after family, I started tracing neighbors, and friends. somewhere down the line many of them connect.
Seventies Soulchild: There are some relationships that I heard that the family has, I see them also living in the same area, but not clear on how they relate.
alt: guess Daviss, AYWAlton, Lisa L. & Deannie are all in 'travel mode' today.
Seventies Soulchild: probably. When are you going up alt?
Selma: We expect updates on the goings on alt..
alt: stay with the paper trail and they'll be connecting sooner than you think Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: absolutely
alt: that's above my 'pay grade' Selma... Daviss & AYWalton are the 'communicators" LOL
Seventies Soulchild: I had been considering printing out the entire 1870 and 1880 census for beat 1 Wilkinson Co, MS lol I understand the computer fatigue alt..
Selma: Lots of paper seventies..but sometimes its easier to look at stuff on paper in my humble opinion Which might account for the piles of paper in my house... LOL
Seventies Soulchild: lol
alt: I like to have my hands on 'paper' too Selma....
Seventies Soulchild: Yes, it just seems easier to do... sometimes.. lol I am still struggling with my first CW pension file! lol
Selma: Why is it a "struggle"?
Seventies Soulchild: Its about 250- 300 pages long... and the handwriting is hard to read. almost like shorthand, which I don't know.
alt: I got an email from a lady in Calif. turns out she is a 2c x2r of Anita's.. I think the family has been "white' for about 60-70 years or so... she is looking for her HONESTY roots... that's Anita's maternal great grandma's people.
Seventies Soulchild: :?
Selma: Well give it to her "Honestly"...and send her a NAACP membership form
Seventies Soulchild: What is with California??? lol
alt: you got it Selma.
Seventies Soulchild: I tell you what, if it were my family member she wouldn't want to have my brand of 'honesty'
alt: lot of AA's who could 'pass' went to Calif during the depression years Seventies Soulchild, at least those who I have tracked made that move...
Seventies Soulchild: that's what I have been figuring... the multiracial white movement has come out of California... I call it the multiracial ANTI black movement...
alt: Selma.. these HONESTY's are in the Fairfax County FPOC book of 1822.... they are from Hannah Honesty's children who came to Ohio and many of them later 'passed" for white. you have that book, right Selma?
Selma: Not sure alt... I gotta lot of books.. LOL
alt: I think we talked about it before.
Seventies Soulchild: There goes that paper reference.. lol
alt: Mrs. Lucas gave me her copy years ago.
Selma: If we discussed..then maybe I do...I have go to catalog this stuff
Seventies Soulchild: alt are these the branch of the family related to your 100 yr old aunt?
alt: no, these are Anita's people Seventies Soulchild.
Seventies Soulchild: I just thought about what I asked.. lol brb y'all
alt: Well, it's time for me to load up the wagon and hit the road... be talking to y'all later. take care.
Selma: OK alt..you and Anita be safe
alt: thank you Selma. we'll try and we'll have some fun just for you LOL LOL
Selma: You still there seventies
Seventies Soulchild: yes still here.. just grabbed lunch.
Selma: Ok..didn't want to just leave
Seventies Soulchild: ok I do have a question though. Have you read or seen RG 65?
Selma: Nope..which one is that?
Seventies Soulchild: If I recall correctly, for AL
Selma: Only specific to Alabama?
Seventies Soulchild: It was mentioned in something I was reading I'll google it to get more information. Just thought with your information on RG105 that you might know something about it.
Selma: There are a number of different RG groups...
Seventies Soulchild: ok I figured as much... I need to research the RGs
Selma: You have peeked my interest...will look around
Seventies Soulchild: I will be looking around too. Where could I possibly find this online?
Selma: At the NARA site
Seventies Soulchild: ok and I think that's where I read about it.
Selma: They usually give a description of what is contained
Seventies Soulchild: Alright I have to quickly eat this lunch and get back to work... talk to you soon Selma.
Selma: Bye..have a good day


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Blizzard recently did the Cataclysm Press Tour for official fan sites and I'm sure all of you guys have seen the flurry of information that has been released as a result. Here are my reactions to the news.
Path of the Titans: Gone!
It's hard for me to have a strong opinion about this one way or the other. It kind of sucks that something was removed, but how can I get up set about it when I never new what it would be in the first place.
If I am honest with myself, I have to assume that this is a good thing for me personally. I don't play my toons just to play them. I play them to do something specific. For example, when it is raid time I play Graylo. I am rarely on him otherwise. I never long on and think "what should I do with Graylo today." I always pick my activity before I pick which toon I'm going to play. If I want to level, I pick Graybel. If I want to explore the Horde side of things I pick my other Graylo. If I want to run some heroic I will probably pick the lock or the priest.
So, what does any of that have to do with the Path of the Titans? Well, with the removal of PotT i have one less thing I have to do. In my opinion that is a good thing. I was not looking forward to doing that with 5 toons. The real question is will I do Archeology now?
Guild Talent Trees: Gone!
The guild talents are gone and your guild now gets extra bonuses depending on its level. There are 25 levels and each level will automatically reward with more cool stuff. The leveling process remains unchanged and your guild will gain experience through PvP, Dungeon and Raid progression, questing, etc ...I am a little disappointed that Guild Talent Trees are being removed, but it is hard to argue with Blizzard's logic. Ultimately how the guild is specced would be up to one person, the GM, but would impact several dozen players. This has the potential to cause drama, and I agree that people shouldn't make guild choices based upon a guild spec.
Guild currency has also been removed and rewards will just be "unlocked" after you reach a specific level or complete a guild achievement. Once a reward is unlocked, members will be able to purchase it with gold. Some of the rewards include guild tabards, mounts, heirlooms, and it looks like you will finally be able to have a guild tabard on your mount. (Just like the Argent Tournament banners)
New members of a guild won't be able to buy everything directly, they will have to contribute to the progression of the guild before they can access the top rewards. Each time a player helps towards the leveling he will gain reputation with the guild, the best rewards will require players to be exalted with their guild before they can buy it.
I love how they have changed it though. I think guild reputation is a great idea. First, it encourages new members to participate in the guild. Second, it gives guild members the incentive to stay with a guild. I don't think it will be or should be strong enough to keep someone from transferring, but hopefully it will be strong enough to prevent some of the silly "grass-is-greener" transfers. Finally, it provides another indication of seniority within the guild. I know that guild ranks already provide this to some extent, but that isn't necessarily true depending on how the guild is managed. With guild reputations you know who is new and in the same boat as you are. You know who is been with the guild for a couple of months and may be able to answer your question without bugging an officer. As long as it isn't a barrier I think it will help to create community.
Honestly I don't have a clue where to start this topic. It sounds like Glyphs and Inscriptions are getting completely redone.
Medium Glyphs: Medium glyphs are the kind of glyph you'd take if you had more choices. Medium glyphs are good for situational abilities, cooldowns, defense and utility. These sound a lot like optional talents to me. My guess is that things like Glyph of Innervate and Glyph of Rebirth will be Medium Glyphs for druids. Those are both great glyphs but there is no way they can complete with the DPS glyphs. The problem with medium glyphs is that they will just be nice. I doubt they will be anything to get excited about.
Non-Consumable Glyphs: Glyphs are in a weird place where they're not consumables like potions but they're not as permanent as say, talents, either. And we know that some players walk around with stacks of glyphs that they'll swap in and out depending on the situation.
So the new glyph UI is designed more about collecting all the glyphs for your character and storing them there. Any time you want to switch glyphs you can just use that. Glyphs are now permanent.(src)
This is a big change. From a player's perspective I like it. I hated carrying around a stack of Typhoon Glyphs and Thorns Glyphs when we were running both ToGC and ICC. I know I didn't have it that bad off, but for anyone that was swapping glyphs frequently this is a great change.
The real question is what this will do to the Glyph market. I've seen some people predicting doom and gloom, but I don't think that is necessarily true. Assuming you still have to by glyphs from a scribe, all this will change is who buys your glyphs and which glyphs they buy. The people who swap glyphs in and out will buy less of course, but there are plenty of people who will buy all the glyphs even if they don't have any intention of ever using them. So we may sell fewer Glyph of Starfall, but we will sell more Glyphs of Wrath.
That of course is only going to happen if my assumption is correct. Unfortunately the following quote makes me doubt that assumption. "We're going to focus inscription on more of the non-glyph aspect of the trade skill. So, Darkmoon Faire cards, trinkets, offhand items, things like that. We also want to tie the ability to change glyphs into inscription. We're not sure of the name yet but the idea is that scribes would basically sell a kind of eraser and the eraser is what allows you to blank out your glyphs and write in new ones." To me this sounds like scribes won't be creating glyphs anymore.
The interface opens and you place the item in it. It then asks you to pick a stat to reduce, and then pick a stat to add. You can't use primary stats like agility, strength and intellect, but you can use all of the secondary stats like hit, crit, haste, parry, dodge, things like that. Then you reduce one of the stats by – at the moment it's 40% but to make the example easier, say it's 50%. If you have 100 crit, you reduce that by 50, that then gives you 50 points to put on, say, hit.Out of all the new features in Cataclysm Reforging is probably the one I'm most exited about, and GC finally spelled out how it would work. I've heard a few different interpretations on what GC said, so this is what I took it to mean. If you have an item on it with 100 crit rating, you can take it to the reforger and turn 50% of that crit rating into another secondary stat. So, you start with an item with 100 crit rating and end with an item with 50 crit rating and 50 hit rating and no loss of itemization. If I'm correct this sounds awesome.
The only question I have is what stats are Primary and what stats are Secondary. More specifically, which category will Spirit fall into. Some of you may have seen the post I made on the official forums, but here is the issue I see.
GC specifically states that Int, Agi, and Strength are primary stats and that all the rating stats like Crit, Haste and Hit are secondary stats. All of that makes sense, but Spirit has traditionally been grouped with Int, Agi, and Strength as Base stats, and Blizzard is making a big deal about how mana regen will be very important for healers in Cataclysm. Since spirit is the core stat of healer mana regen in Cataclysm it is easy to see how Spirit could be considered a Primary stat.
However, for Moonkin, Ele shaman, and to some extent Shadow Priests, spirit will act like Hit rating, a secondary stat. If we are expected to share gear with our healer specs then it is quite likely that we will have a ton of spirit on our gear and will likely be way over the hit cap without reforging.
Now, I will admit that reforging isn't the only way this issue could be resolved. First off, there is no reason that we have to have spirit on our tier set. So that is four or 5 items where we could ignore spirit all together. It's also possible that Blizzard will have both Spirit and non-Spirit leather drop from the bosses. But if all the leather has Spirit then we will need reforging to stay at the cap.
Reforging Update: Woot! Ghostcrawler stopped by the thread I started concerning Spirit and Reforging. (First time a blue has commented on a thread I started. This must be what it feels like to be Murmurs.) There is his comment:
We don't want players changing Agi, Str, Stam or Int (or armor!) on items for probably obvious reasons, but converting Spirit to something else or something else into Spirit shouldn't be a problem.(src)As of now it sounds like Spirit is a secondary stat though GC did leave some wiggle room if they change their minds. All in all, I think this is good news, and not just for Moonkin, Ele Shaman and Spriests. It is a good deal for healers to if an abundance of non-spirit caster gear drops as well.
25man vs 10man loot: More badges marginally more loot
I know we debated this in early May, but let me try and reiterate my concern. People as a general rule will follow the path of least resistance if the rewards are the same. I know there are exceptions, but for a majority of people this is true. So if you provide two paths of raid progression with the same rewards then people are going to flock to the easier one.
In WotLK 10mans have been the easier option because, people out gear the instance with 25man gear and even Ghostcrawler said "Remember that in LK the 10s were specifically designed to be easier (with a couple of exceptions where we messed up)(src)" I doubt Blizzard will be able to perfectly balance the difficulty of 25man and 10man raids relative to each other but lets assume that they get close. In such a situation I think most people would agree that 10mans are organizationally easier. It's easier to find 10 competent players then it is to find 25. It's easier to manage the schedules of 10 people then it is to manage the schedules of 25 people. If this is true, I can see a slow but eventual death of the 25man raid structure.
That is why I am unhappy with these comments:
The amount of gear in the 25 person raids will be roughly equivalent on per-person basis to the 10 person raids. One thing to keep in mind it that we don't plan to allow players to upshift from 10s to 25s, only downshift from 25s to 10s on a given week.
The statements beforehand said that 25person would have more gear per person than 10s, so I wonder if "roughly equivalent" indicates a change in plans, or just not wanting to commit yet to either "exactly the same" or "more".
The number 6 per boss was being mentioned I believe, so slightly more I guess, but anything can change in testing so I wouldn't say that it is set in stone. But we all know you guys won't call us out if anything changes during a beta, right?Later on Ghostcrawler does go on to say:
So basically there will be no real incentive (gear-wise at least) to run 25 man raids.
There are rewards like badges/gold for the additional coordination involved, but we are trying to avoid having gear be the reason that one style is better than the other.
I think this is one of those cases where it's not going to be possible to please everyone. Most players either prefer 10s and have no use for the 25s or want to run 25s and don't want to feel like they are being inefficient for doing so. In other words, half the community wants an incentive to run 10s and no incentive to run 25s and half the community wants the opposite.I definitely fall in the bucket thinks there should be some additional incentives for running the 25man raid that is at the very least more organizationally difficult. However, I don't think more loot, badges and gold are a good incentive. Getting six items for a 25man is only slightly better then the five items 2 and a half 10mans would get.
I am also disappointed that Blizzard thinks Badges and gold are really any kind of reward. Badges are only valuable for the first couple of months of a patch and then are ignored for the most part, and gold is so easy to obtain that no one is going to go spend hours raiding to earn gold. Hopefully they will find a better system.


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When you google "us news law ranking" , one of the top ten results is a post from an idiot in this forum that clearly didn't even bother to check the US NEWS website (for free) to see the 2006 ranking. This is what the guy says: "This is the real deal, confirmed by multiple sources, including yours truly"... Well "yours truly", you don't know what you're talking about. The ranking he posted is ALL wrong. Beginning with the fact that Stanford is now #2 and Harvard #3; NYU and Columbia are now tied at #4; Berkeley jumped ahead of Michigan; and the list of mistakes in the post continues.This is the link for the US NEWS ranking: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.phpThanks for misleading a bunch of people that rely on the info of these forums.
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Women History Month Official Opening Ceremony & Open Mic
Opening ceremony festivities feature the Foothill College Speech & Debate Team and anyone interested in performing readings of favorite women authors or personal poetry. Bobbi Ausubel, co-author of That Takes Ovaries!, will perform and sign her book. That Takes Ovaries! presents 64 excerpts about brave, unabashed, fun-loving women and their short stories of strength and audacity. A complimentary reception follows the event.
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: Library Quad Event Tent
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Thursday, March 2
Self-Defense Training
Cordelia Clancy, director of Training for the Concrete Jungle Self-Defense Training Organization, is the first woman hand-to-hand combat instructor to train bodyguards for the Pentagon's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Richard Myers. Gain confidence, peace of mind and empower yourself with the same street-effective skills used by bodyguards, police officers and special forces teams. All fitness levels are invited to attend this co-ed training.
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
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Monday, March 6
Women's History Month Lecture Series Part I: Lecture & Film on Muslim Women
See portions of Cut from Different Cloth: Burqas & Beliefs, a documentary about the lives of women in Afghanistan today. This film offers a compelling story of the post-Taliban culture and the traditions that continue to limit the freedom of Afghan women. Seen through the eyes of a 27-year-old American woman living with an Afghan family, this film illustrates the difficulties and dilemmas Afghan women face as they strive for rights guaranteed to them by the new constitution. Filmmakers Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin filmed this work in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2005.
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Women's History Lecture Series Part II: Ivy League School Presentation
Modesta Garcia will address options and opportunities available in the Ivy League and sister schools for community college students. It's all about passion, preparation, packaging and persistence. Hear how you can access highly selective institutions from our speaker, a California community college alumna, who has also served as the Mexican-American president of the Harvard Club of San Francisco. She is also the first person of color and the third woman to be elected of the then 127-year-old club. She subsequently was elected president of the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley and is the first to hold the top position in both clubs.
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Darvin wrote:Does each restart add to the number of runs? If so, I might be responsible for something like 10% of all vicious Tower runs
I would not be surprised if a dozen or so players are responsible for 90% of vicious Gaan-Telet runs. Most people would take one look at that level and run away screaming.
Even more worrying/omg is that I'm actually scared about how much of the % of all vicious Gaan-Telet wins come from Subanark and me. If all the crashes after picking up the trophy actually counted as wins, I'd be at around 20% just with those. 25% of the current number if you count the ones which registered for sure. That's 1 in 4 global.


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Me: I just signed up for the Alyn Ride!
Friend: That is great!
Me: Yeah....round number three. This year should be better than the last one. I learned stuff.
Friend: Such as?
Me: One—train. Doing a five day bike ride when you are not in shape is no fun. Two—do not go down hills on your face.
Friend: Those are good things to know.
Me: AAAAAAAND….the moment we get to Jerusalem on the last day of the ride—go straight home. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not go to the celebratory closing ceremony at the hospital. Giant shofars, tearjerking and melodrama. Not my idea of a good time. Vile.
Friend: Ahhh….the closing ceremony. That is where they roll out the kids with the wheelchairs? Parade them around a bit?
Me: Yeah, exactly. AWFUL! Of course, a lot of the riders visit the hospital and all that. I do not. I do not volunteer there. I have not even done the tour. . I figure—I am raising money all summer—that should be enough.
Friend: I get it. I mean, you do not want to actually have to see them.
Me: No…it is not like that. It is just…difficult.
Friend: No, I understand! They should keep them locked up. Away from us normal people. Where we cannot see them. And get grossed out by the cripples.
Me: AAAAAEEEEEIIIIII!!!!! Stop! Stop! I admit it! I am a horrible person.
Of course, he did not stop. I mean, this was far too good to let go. No, he just continued on in this vein for the next few minutes.
Right then, so my tour of Alyn is this Tuesday morning. Set it up first thing Sunday morning. After which I promptly sent the friend an email to let him know that his guilt trip had worked. Bastard. I bet his kids are all, like, traumatized and all that. They just seem happy and well-adjusted.
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INTERPOL Maseru
Located at the Maseru Police headquarters, the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Lesotho operates under the command of an Assistant Commissioner of Police who delegates the day-to-day running of the NCB to a Commanding Officer.
Operational units which make up the NCB include:
- Crime Intelligence;
- Cybercrime;
- Drugs;
- Environmental Crime and Works of Art;
- Financial & High-Tech Crimes;
- Firearms and Explosives;
- Forensics;
- Fraudulent Travel Documents;
- Fugitive Investigations;
- Gender Based Violence;
- Illegal Migration;
- Money Laundering;
- Protected Resources;
- Stock Theft;
- Motor Vehicle Crime;
- Terrorism;
- Training and Anti-Corruption;
- Trafficking in Human Beings;
- Violent Crime.
The NCB also has the following offices :
- NCB Commanding Officer;
- Bilateral Liaison Officer;
- Data Protection Officer;
- Security Officer;
- Information Technology staff;
- Legal Affairs staff.
INTERPOL lance une initiative pour renforcer la sécurité en Afrique
1 500 policiers engagés dans une opération ciblant les réseaux criminels en Afrique orientale et australe
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LEHLOHONOLO Age today: 12 years old
Nationality: South africa , Lesotho


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Joe Jackson had one thing in common with his late son, Michael Jackson -- they both loved chicken, but it seems they parted company on who makes it best.
Joe went to Newport Center Mall to sample Popeyes chicken at the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City. Michael famously favored KFC.
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Space is extremely important when it comes to learning. The DYPIC building exudes a warmth and homeliness that make you feel at ease. The teachers are extremely helpful and supportive. They do not hesitate to help especially during the exam and revision time. The campus is spacious, open and offers a plethora of facilities- swimming pool, badminton court and tennis courts- which allowed us to participate and engage in extra- curricular activities.


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Gravity (Sandra Bullock/George Clooney) Full Trailer
STARRING Academy Award® winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, The Proposal) and George Clooney (Up in the Air, Syriana) Gravity is a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space.
The film was directed by Oscar® nominee Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men).
Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes.
The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone – tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.
The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left.
But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Gravity is released in UK cinemas on October 18, 2013.
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Mayor Don Wesely announced today that the Nebraska Environmental Trust is providing $1.87 million over three years for the Holmes Lake Restoration Project, the Eastern Saline Wetlands Project and the Wilderness South Project. The Trust is providing a total of $575,000 for the three projects this year. The Trust is funded by proceeds of the Nebraska Lottery and private donations and has awarded more than $70 million to conservation projects in Nebraska since 1994.
"These are important projects, but the City does not have the resources to fund them on its own," said Mayor Wesely. "The Nebraska Environmental Trust has been an outstanding partner in many City projects, and we appreciate its continued support."
The Holmes Lake Restoration Project will receive $620,000 over three years for the project now under way and for additional wetlands to protect the lake from sediment and urban pollutants. The first year's funding is $150,000, with $250,000 included in the 2004 grant cycle and $220,000 included in the 2005 year cycle, pending availability of funds. In addition to the City of Lincoln, other funders of the project are the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
The Trust has approved $250,000 for the second year of the three-year Eastern Saline Wetlands Project. The total grant is $750,000 over three years. These funds are being matched with about $2 million to acquire saline wetlands and buffer areas around them; to restore saline wetlands; and to fund a coordinator to oversee the project and work with landowners in the target area. The City is partnering in this project with Lancaster County, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (NRD), The Nature Conservancy, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Ducks Unlimited, the Nebraska Wildlife Federation, the Nebraska Sierra Club, USDA – Natural Resources and Conservation Service, the Lincoln Homebuilders Association, the Wachiska Audubon Society, Pheasants Forever and the Conservation Alliance of the Great Plains.
The third grant receiving approval is $175,000 for the third year funding of the Wilderness South Project. The total grant awarded over three years is $500,000, with more than $200,000 in matching funds being provided by the City, Lancaster County, the Lower Platte South NRD, the Lincoln Homebuilders Association, the Wachiska Audubon Society, Blue Stem Sierra Club, Friends of Wilderness Park and the Nebraska Wildlife Federation. The Wilderness South Project is working to acquire land or conservation easements around Wilderness Park and south of the park to protect the Salt Creek floodplain as well as other natural resources.
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jean needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Looking for a graphic similar to the one on the upper left side of this website: http://www.barefoot-executive.com/. This graphic will be going on this website so I'm looking for the same color scheme - purple and green: http://18.104.22.168/. Instead of the hand pointer I'd like an arrow pointer.
Would like to replace the text in the Join Today section of the site with the graphic described above because a lot of people don't take the time to read it.
This is a membership website for people who are starting or would like to grow their residential cleaning business.
- Text on button - Why Become a Member?
- Must have the arrow pointer.
- I'm thinking of purple background, white text and green pointer. I'd also like to see green background, white text and purple pointer.
- 125 pixels wide
- Open to similar fonts that we have on the site.
- Color numbers: #33A23D - green
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While everyone was celebrating yesterday about Mint.com jumping on Windows Phone I was still anxiously awaiting for MyFitnessPal to get bumped to Windows phone 8. For those of you who don't know, MyFitnessPal is a free service for monitoring what you eat (calories, exercise, and planning). It also syncs nicely with FitBit which is why I primarily use it.
Today, MyFitnessPal has been bumped to version 2.0, optimized for Windows Phone 8. Such features include double wide tile support, the ability to pin sub-sections to your Start screen, and fast-resume, which means the app no longer needs to refresh when reloaded.
The ability to pin sub-sections is really quite awesome and useful. For instance, users can now pin quick entry section for entry or bar code scanning, what they are eating for lunch, or punch in a quick cardio exercise they were doing. You can also pin your stats tile, which will flip around and show you your daily goals for calories with your profile photo to boot.
The app itself also received a bit of a makeover as well, looking more Modern UI, with flat fonts and a deeper blue color scheme. While not a complete revamp, it certainly looks up to Windows Phone 8 standards compared to the previous version.
Update or download MyFitnessPal for Windows Phone 8. You can hit up this link to grab it from the Store, use the QR code below, or swipe to the right in our app.
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Get one. I have two and love them even despite the freezes and glitches. The sound and flexibility outweight the issues. As Colorform said above... The display is really intuitive and helps you grasp synthesis quite easily. It taught me better routes to go about my waldorf Pulse which I have used for years before getting a Blofeld.
It's cheap, easy to use and very deep if need be. Try it, I can't recommend any other synth for ease of use over this without going simple vintage mono or a Juno maybe. No other VA will walk you through synthesis like the Blofeld.


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Perspective: Partners in Success
By Dean Joseph J. Helble
While private colleges and universities continue to address the effects of declining endowments experienced in 2008 and early 2009, it is worth pausing to celebrate a financial success achieved through the generosity of our alumni and friends in the midst of a challenging economy.
On December 31, 2009, the Thayer School of Engineering successfully concluded its largest-ever comprehensive campaign, raising $61 million to support graduate and undergraduate engineering education at Dartmouth. This effort, which launched publicly in November 2004, had set an ambitious $60-million goal that was four times higher than that of any prior campaign, reflecting substantial opportunity for growth in engineering at Dartmouth and the urgent need for new facilities. More than 2,000 alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff, and organizations contributed to this successful effort.
Most visibly, support raised in this campaign completely funded the construction and operation of the MacLean Engineering Sciences Center, dedicated in 2006 and adding over 60,000 square feet in integrated project laboratory, studio classroom, research laboratory, and office space to the School. It also provided funds to permit growth in the faculty, through addition of four endowed professorships that strengthen Thayer School's focus on engineering in medicine and innovation and entrepreneurship; additional funding for student scholarships and fellowships; support to encourage entrepreneurial projects among students and faculty, international exchange and internship opportunities, and distinguished speaker programs; and funds for the establishment of the Ph.D. Innovation Program — the nation's first doctoral-level engineering Innovation Program.
This campaign concludes at a critical time, with the School poised for growth due to a surge in interest in engineering. Since the fall 2004 public launch of the campaign, B.E. dual-degree enrollments and Ph.D. enrollments have grown by more than 65 percent, and M.E.M. enrollments have grown by more than 80 percent. While A.B. and overall B.E. degree numbers remained fairly constant, that will soon change, given significantly increased enrollments in our junior and senior classes. With the impressive new facilities and initiatives made possible by campaign donors, we are well prepared to provide the increased numbers of students with Thayer's close student-faculty contacts and interdisciplinary education. To all who share in this success, we extend our congratulations and thanks.
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Most chief information officers in higher education spend a lot of time thinking about topics such as infrastructure, BYOD, Office365 and the next version of their learning management system. But one former CIO argues that although IT leaders still have to do all those things well, those issues should take less concentration than they did 10 years ago.
"It is time to enter into learning conversations helpfully on your campus," said Stephen Laster, former CIO of the Harvard Business School and currently chief digital officer of McGraw-Hill Education. Offering the opening keynote at the Campus Technology 2014 annual technology conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on July 28, he suggested some ways that IT leaders could collaborate with others on campus to better support the teacher-student relationship and experience.
Setting the stage for his keynote, Laster talked about why it's crucial for technology execs to get more involved in the learning environment and student success if they have not already. He argued that a higher education bubble, much like the real estate bubble of the last decade, is "bursting right in front of you." Of the approximately 4,700 institutions of higher education in the United States, many cannot raise tuition because the market won't stand it, he said. If you take deferred maintenance into account, many of them are technically bankrupt, he said.
Laster added that too many students are taking more than four years to complete their degrees or are not completing them at all. "The point is we are offering an inferior product," he said. "We have a lot of students coming in, and not enough successfully leaving. In the middle they are spending money, attracted to a promise we are not fulfilling. It is almost a crime to waste their tuition dollars, especially when it is coming from debt funding."
Although the title of his talk was "How Big Data Is Changing Everything We Know About Education," Laster switched up his audience by arguing that the standard definition of big data really doesn't match up well with education. "I do not believe higher education is about gathering terabytes of data and asking it to tell me the patterns. I love the idea of bringing data together to look for patterns and insights, but not in education," he said.
"We need measurement to have feedback and drive engagement, and we need data." But setting aside the hype around big data, Laster argued for the potential of "small data" to create a personalized learning experiences that cut down on student frustration and confusion.
Laster gave an example from the University of Texas El Paso that included the use of a knowledge map and an artificial intelligence engine to help guide students through a summer bridge course to help prepare them for college math classes. UTEP is seeing much better graduation and completion rates from this small data initiative, he said. "There were no big data marts or massive campus initiative," Laster noted. Other initiatives he described use gamification and community-building tools to boost student engagement in hybrid and online courses.
Besides serving as a tech executive at Harvard and Babson College, Laster has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level and executive/professional level in technology leadership, problem solving, software design, and e-learning product development. He said he believes the teacher-student relationship is still paramount on campus, so IT execs should focus on collaboration to help master teachers and aspiring master teachers on their campus. "Small data is not going to be the sole driver. But it can be one small piece. We cannot unilaterally drive the change. But we can drive a lot of it. Let's start small."
The Campus Technology 2014 conference continues through July 31.
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David Raths is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer focused on information technology. He writes regularly for several IT publications, including Healthcare Informatics and Government Technology.
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text: The Internet is here to stay, and it is getting bigger and bigger. As of August 8, 2005, Google reported it had indexed over 11.3 billion active pages.1 At the end of 2010 there were 255 million websites, 21.4 million being new that year.2 Who used it? Two billion users worldwide with an increase of 14 percent that year alone. An estimated 2.2 billion individuals will access the Internet in 2012.3 Through March 2012, there were 901 million active Facebook users, 80 percent of whom were outside the United States. Each day, 526 million users accessed Facebook, resulting in 125 billion friend connections.4 By the end of 2012, it is estimated there will be 21 million users in the United States; there are 100 million active Twitter users in the world today.5 At the end of 2011, 181 million blogs existed around the world,6 a significant source of online buzz often overlooked.Google had an estimated 42 billion indexed pages as of May 20, 2012.7 But really, how big is the Internet?


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A glance inside the cab of a modern slope tractor, forwarder, log skidder or other special-purpose forestry vehicle is all it takes to observe the unmistakable trend towards highly impressive electronic controls and visual display systems. This is due to the increasing amount of automation involved in controlling work processes as well as in collecting, calculating and controlling process data and movements. Ergonomically designed workplaces also tend to make life much more comfortable for machine operators.
The virtually unlimited flexibility of these electronic solutions provides innovative new functions and greatly simplifies wiring. All in all, this means our customers are better equipped to do what they do best.
B&R has expanded its already extensive range of products to cover the field of mobile automation. Our lineup now includes products for every aspect of automating commercial equipment: • Visualization • Operation • Control • Safety
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- Suitability for use in direct sunlight
Customized operator panels
Whether its customized operator panels or industry solutions – both are standard at B&R. We work hard to develop customized systems that are perfectly tailored to the task at hand. Customers who need individualized hardware solutions need look no further – we have an entire department devoted solely to fulfilling these types of special requirements.
In addition to being extremely versatile, B&R mobile solutions are high-quality, high-availability systems with an attractive design.
A customized operator panel from B&R proudly displaying your own corporate design and optimized to your application's technical requirements will generate a competitive advantage for your company. B&R is the perfect partner for this kind of job.
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Getting out of Debt
Don't Let Your Car Loan Own You
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Too many people today view their car as their status symbol. A nice car means a successful person, while an older car means one has no money. Remember, anyone can get a nice car if they make the stupid decision to get a loan with it. You are not wealthier by having a nice car and a big loan. If anything, you are poorer. It's not wrong to own a nice car if you paid cash for it.
So what kind of car should I have?
The total value of all your vehicles (including boats, all-terrain vehicles, etc.) should not equal more than half of your gross income. If you have that much of your money tied up in transportation, your budget for things like rent and food will be stretched way too thin. At that point, it doesn't matter how nice the car is, because it owns you and your life.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 80% of car loans are for longer than four years. If you buy the car new, then by the time the loan runs out, the car will have lost between 60% and 70% of its value. That's beyond ridiculous ... it's stupid! Why would you get a $25,000 loan at 8% over four years, pay $598 a month, be stuck with a car worth $8,750 when the loan is done ... and think it's a smart idea?
The money course that will change your life!
How a car loan hurts you
If you have a big car loan, it hurts you in the long term as well as the short. First of all, if you took out the loan described above, you would pay over $28,000 for a $25,000 car. How smart is that? Would you pay $200,000 for a house if you knew you could buy it for $175,000? Would you apply for a $20,000 student loan to go to a $15,000 school? Of course not. So don't pay more for a car than it's worth.
Second, if you invest that $598 in a mutual fund for 30 years, it would be worth almost $2.1 million. Hope you like the car! In the meantime, don't jeopardize your family's well-being or your future just for a stupid car. The car you owned 30 years ago won't feed you at retirement. It won't send your kids to college and it won't give you the ability to be so rich that you can give money away and bless others. Car loans will eat your lunch, so stay away from them.
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Morgan Family Center
This rare Holocaust-era artifact tells the heroic story of a three-week period in 1943 when Christians in Denmark risked their own lives to save more than 7,200 Jews from almost certain execution at the hands of Nazi Germany.
The authentic fishing boat of the type used to ferry Jews and 700 others from small towns along the Danish coast to safety in Sweden under cover of darkness was located and donated to the Museum in 2007. It was transported from Denmark and officially installed as part of the Museum's Permanent Exhibition "Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers" in ceremonies on Jan. 20, 2008.
The boat has been intentionally placed next to the Museum's Holocaust-era railcar, built in 1942, to help the Museum teach students and other visitors the continuing importance of each individual's responsibility to act when confronted with injustice.
The railcar and other artifacts tell the stories of incredible evil committed by ordinary people against their very own neighbors. They remind visitors of the horrible injustices that occurred while much of the world stood idly by and did little or nothing in response. By placing this artifact alongside the railcar, Museum visitors have the opportunity to also learn of the heroic efforts of good people who refused to be bystanders and did the right thing, even at the risk of their own lives.
The boat, carrying the signal letters XP 2853, was once named the "Jørn Finne" but was officially renamed the "Hanne Frank" in January 1985, according to the Royal Danish Register of Shipping. However, the name has no known connection to Anne Frank, the young German girl who hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic until she was betrayed and eventually died in the Bergen-Belsen death camp. Her diary subsequently became one of the world's most widely read books about the Holocaust.
The fishing boat – 37.1 feet long, 13.9 feet wide and 5.7 feet deep – was located, documented and acquired after an extensive effort spanning several years. Former Museum Chair Peter Berkowitz and wife Charlotte began the search in September 2001 while visiting Denmark but were told all such boats had fallen into disrepair such that they were no longer traceable or had been destroyed.
Honorary Consul General Ray Jens Daugbjerg in Denmark's Houston office was contacted, as was Vice Consul Anna Thompson-Holiday, but the search again failed to locate an artifact.
But in 2006, while visiting Denmark on vacation, then-Museum Executive Director Susan Myers located a boat broker in the small town of Gilleleje who said he knew of such a boat.
Broker Jan Ferdinandsen of the firm N.B. Ferdinandsen & Sønner – the largest boat brokerage in Denmark, Norway and Sweden – then promised not only to locate the boat, but to arrange for its refurbishing to its original condition and then to donate it to the Museum in memory of his father and father-in-law, who both were honored by the Yad Vashem museum in Israel for their own part in the Danish boat rescue of Jews in 1943.
The ordeal began in the first few days of October 1943 when the Germans began a nationwide action to round up all Danish Jews for deportation to the concentration camps. Six percent of Danish Jews were captured, but Denmark's citizens revolted and helped 7,200 make it safely to Sweden along with 700 non-Jewish relatives.
Gilleleje's own 500 households cared for hundreds of refugees, hiding them in the local church attic before ferrying them across to Höganäs in Sweden. The church eventually was stormed by the Nazis.
The Houston exhibit was made possible by generous support. The boat was refurbished in Denmark by Gilleleje Badebyggeri. Project funding was provided locally by The Smith Foundation and the Consulate of the Kingdom of Denmark. Architectural services were donated by Mark S. Mucasey and Associates; A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S provided transport from Denmark; and Linbeck Group LP provided construction management. Other firms donating their support for the project included AYG Construction, Ltd.; Cemex, USA; Groves Industrial Supply; Haynes Whaley Associates; Keystone Concrete Placement; M&M Lighting, L.P.; Sterling Steel Company; Summit Steel; TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.; Stray Cat Transport, Inc.; Trio Electric; Triple-S Steel Supply; and Union Pacific Railroad.
Painting services for the project were provided by Troop 1190 of the Boy Scouts of America.
The boat and an accompanying video exhibit about its use are open for public viewing free of charge. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.


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RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^test1.html$ test2.html
(I've also tried several other rewrite rules which have been said to work, but those didn't work for me ether)
I've checked if mod_rewrite is enabled, and it showed up under Loaded Modules using phpinfo()
I've checked both apache2.conf and httpd.conf in etc/apache2 but there was no mention of AllowOverride (I have actually no idea what AllowOverride does). It was however mentioned four places in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite (which I've edited to have "myusername/dev" folder as my root folder for my website), but changing them to "All" didn't do any difference.
I've read several forum threads, tutorial, etc, but nothing have worked. I'm writing this topic as my last option, if I can't get it to work with the help from you guys, I fear I have to give up using php entirely.
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JeremyR needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Combat Sports Live
Our names are Jeremy Ridgeway and Charles Crumpler. We are launching a terrestial radio show that will start as an hour a week show that focuses on Combat Sports with an emphasis on Mixed Martial Arts. I have promoted regional fights and manage a fight team and am know in the MMA community as an authority on the sport. Combat Sports Live will discuss all relevant happenings in the sport of MMA with an edgy, humorous, opinonated (sometimes differeng from my co-host). We will have guest from all areas of the business but will focus mainly on regional and national MMA fighters and boxers.
18-34 year old males and females will be our prime demo. They are tech savy, opionated, physically active and loyal. Typically they have interest in other sports as well.
We are torn between a theme that is a very corporate sports, slick look and a more edgy disteressed aggressive look. We like logos from other entities within our industry such as the UFC logo, Strikforce logo, The Vs. network logo. We also love the look and artwork from various recent Video games. We are looking for some originality combined with art direction that signifies that the person designing knows something about MMA. Please no karate, asian influence, high kicking, sensai inspired artwork. This will not be considered. Our show is positioned as a sports authority on Mixed Martial Arts. We will be focusing on that sport 70-80% of our time. We want bold designs that shows clearly that this is a show about the sport of MMA without excluding boxing. Please be creative and feel free to look at MMA related websites for inspiration.
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