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Published 2009 | 32 pp11" x 7" Granary BooksCloth over boards w/ plexi slipcase$5000.00Edition size: 50
"With Oaths? Questions? the object is not so much a book as the functions of seeing and reading distributed back and forth across pages. From the outset the conception was that transparent pages interleaved text to be read as legible if unintelligible against the opaque pages of art—unintelligible, that is to say, until the reader turns the page in the course of
handling the book. To find that what was once graphic print is now poetry now to re-focus from seeing to reading; to read the poetry is to refocus from the obstructed construct of art seen through a verbal screen to language excavated or broadcast from the surrounds. The art that is my own, deriving from a painting done decades ago, now operates to deform its own grid; the poetry considers writing as repetition. But with James Siena as my cohort in visual/verbal mischief, the interplay in words and images, both by both, is decidedly enriched in the exchange with someone whose similarly tactical head-space differs from mine in its moves." - Marjorie Welish
"To summarize an Artist's Book in a statement raises questions as to its very utility. But there were needs to be met in my first collaboration with Marjorie Welish, and they can be verbalized. So: no summary, just a run-down of issues and urges. Among them was the urgent desire to make something quite unlike a print, painting, or drawing. To make a Book in all its Bookness, sequential, teleological, inevitable. As well as strange, of course. To tell the story of a making of something, to undo it, page by page. So this book takes us apart and puts us back together again, none the worse for wear, but certainly not the same as before. And the words offer hints to the truth (oaths) and doubts about them as well (questions). Their very transparency evidences the debt they owe to the wordless visual." - James Siena
Oaths? Questions? was published by Granary Books in early 2009. Ruth Lingen in New York City printed the images on Somerset Book. The typographic layout, by Marjorie Welish and James Siena, was printed letterpress by Art Larson at Horton Tank Graphics in Hadley, MA. Oaths? Questions? was bound in printed cloth over boards. The binding structure was designed by Daniel E. Kelm and Kylin Lee at the Wide Awake Garage in Easthampton, MA and produced by Kylin Lee at the Blue Eyed Cicada Studio also in Easthampton. Steve Clay, Philip Gallo, and Judy Tobar provided additional assistance.
There are 50 copies in the edition of which 36 are for sale.
Page DetailsCover largePage spread 1Page spread 2Page spread 3Page spread 7
Reviews/CommentariesRichard, FrancesArt on PaperButler, Sharon L.Two Coats of Paint
Writer/Artist/Editor Marjorie Welish James Siena
Links to Other SitesJames Siena pageMarjorie Welish page
Related Titles Buzz Spector/ Marjorie Welish | The Napkin and Its Double


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Don't think the real GT is going up so here's a filler.
CILF's FTW
Don't think the real GT is going up so here's a filler.
CILF's FTW
Very interested to see how that starting group looks together.
Should work pretty well against Philly with Evan Turner being a bit of an undersized SF. Not sure how good it would be against ATL or other teams playing beast SF's like Miami OKC etc.
I'm wondering if STAT will be getting more touches with Felton returning... this could be a huge boost for Amare's game.
watch how easy Melo's game flows now with Felton back at the 1 and Kidd playing off the ball
This is the line up that gave us the most success with Shumpert basically being a more potent version of Brewer
Felton-Kidd-Anthony-Stoudemire-Chandler is the line up I really wanna see
I think this is the game Amar'e reaches the 20-point mark. Let's go Knicks!!
Signature created by AmareforPresident
Good to see Ray back in the line up.
I think we need another timeout ...
good. philly chucking now
Not really feeling this lineup. I really liked Cope at the three with ray, shump, mello, and tyson. Gives us size at the three as well as maintaining good floor spacing. We could also move mello to the three with amare and tyson...but the floor spacing dilemma would be in full effect here.
Shump and Smith shouls stop trying jumpshots.

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Bones - Season 8, Episode 7 (Review)
The Bod in the Pod
Episode Summary
The episode opens with the Jeffersonian team on the beach inspecting a plastic pod full of decomposed human remains. Brennan waxes on about all the fecal coliform bacteria and chemical contaminants in the ocean. Although she initially claims she can't "determine gender" of the remains by looking through the pod, she shakes it like a Magic 8 ball, and the skull floats up so she can see the angular eye orbits and large mastoid process, which suggest the deceased was male.
Back at the Jeffersonian, Hodgins and Vaziri mention the deceased was a Caucasian male, although no one ever explained how they did ancestry determination. The body is sealed in some sort of organic, multilayered polymer. Hodgins uses a laser cutting tool to open up a small hole in the top then decides to sniff the contents of the pod. He passes out because the remains decomposing in an anaerobic environment produced loads of carbon dioxide.
With the head removed from the pod, Brennan notices blunt force trauma to the posterior plane of the occipital with rough-edged abrasions. The upper and lower central and lateral incisors have been smashed out. There are wood splinters in with the body. Hodgins discovers that the pod itself is simply normal plastic sheeting. The body, wrapped in plastic, was exposed to direct sunlight. The heat, combined with the bacteria and lipids, created a catalyst that hardened the plastic. Vaziri estimates the age of the deceased at early to mid-40s based on the auricular surfaces of the ilia.
A stamp on the lumber brings Booth and Brennan to Lumber for Less, where the manager, Renee, is upset to learn that Lucky (aka Charles Milner, whom she identifies based on Angela's facial reconstruction) is dead. They had been lovers. Lucky was a crime scene clean-up professional. Renee points to Lucky's wife, but the wife had no illusions that Lucky was faithful. Booth and Sweets bring in Davey, Lucky's stepson, for questioning. Sweets thinks that the mother-son team of Lucky's widow and her son are the likely murderers. Davey, though, points them in the direction of Melvin Carville, a crime-scene-clean-up competitor.
Meanwhile, Angela is trying to figure out a murder weapon. She thinks it might have been one of the clean-up tools, and based on the serrated marks on the skull and blunt trauma to the mandible and maxilla, she identifies a wrecking bar-style tool that Davey, Lucky, and Melvin all had. Sweets interviews Melvin, who claims that he and Lucky were going into business together and that he didn't kill him. Of course, when the FBI requests to see all the tools, there's blood all over Melvin's and Davey's tools are wiped clean. Hodgins runs an "isotope" comparison of the pod plastic with the plastic sheeting that Melvin and Lucky both used; it seems to have been Lucky's plastic, which suggests he was killed at a job he was working.
The last job Lucky was working was a home invasion of an elderly woman; the murderers thought she had a lot of money stashed away but didn't find it. Lucky won the bid for the flooring estimate, because he was sleeping with Renee from Lumber for Less. Brennan thinks that Melvin is the killer, but she has no evidence, so she has the Jeffersonian team comb the old lady's house. She finds nothing, Melvin walks, but then Brennan gets an idea in the middle of the night - run a hair dryer over the cement floor, and blood will appear. The blood has four relatively dense areas, which Brennan thinks are from the murderer cleaning up while on his knees (and feet). One of the four dense spots is perfectly round - the result of the murderer having an artificial knee.
Booth brings Melvin in for further questioning. He explains the knee print and confirms that Melvin has an artificial knee. Brennan presents a bag of cash that was found in Melvin's house. Turns out, Melvin wanted to get the bid on the old lady's house because he thought there was still cash squirreled away somewhere. He was right, and he didn't want to split it with Lucky. So he killed him.
- Forensic
- You don't "determine gender." You "estimate sex." Brennan should know better.
- There was no indication where the determination of Caucasian came from. I mean, it was before they even took the skull out of the pool of fluid. At least angular orbits and large mastoid are reasonable for identification of the deceased as male, and auricular surfaces can be used to get a rough age-at-death. As always, multiple methods for assessing demographics would be nice.
- They seemed to have made a positive ID from a facial reconstruction. No DNA? Dental records? You know, the normal things we do to make a positive ID?
- No self-respecting scientist would stick his head in a vat of unknown goo and inhale deeply. I'm beginning to think the writers don't like Hodgins very much. Also, I didn't get the anaerobic environment explanation. That type of environment usually preserves bodies quite well, but here it left it liquefied. Because it was enclosed?
- The evidence for perimortem trauma was kind of confusing. I gather there was blunt force trauma to the back of the head, but also to the front of the jaw? And then there was sharp trauma... from the implement used to make the blunt trauma? There was so little information about the assessment of trauma and cause of death.
- Would one really "compare isotopes" from the two plastics to see which one was used to wrap the body? Wouldn't you use a mass spec to find molecules or elements, not isotopes?
- Plot
- Today's non-murder side plot was all about romance. Specifically, the budding Vaziri-Saroyan romance. Which seems reasonable, I guess. Vaziri reads her love poetry in Farsi. (Anyone know Farsi and can speak to whether it made sense and/or was good?) Oh, right, and Vaziri is a political exile from Iran because of some poetry he wrote when he was a teenager.
- Angela and Hodgins rekindle their romance on the roof of the Jeffersonian, by reading poorly-translated Farsi. Eh. Guess the writers thought they needed something to do.
- And Sweets is still living with Booth and Brennan. Not romance, per se, but apparently his childhood home life scarred him more than just on his back (which the writers forgot about a couple episodes ago when Sweets was shirtless), and he's dragging his feet trying to find a new place to live.
- You know it's a boring/drama-heavy episode when there are musical interludes.
- This might as well go in the "plot" category... I so so so very desperately want Saroyan's gorgeous cream-colored sweater, the one with the cut-outs and buttons down the front. Stunning. I want it now.
- Dialogue
- "I'm laughing because murder would be inappropriate for a toddler." - Brennan, on writing a children's book
- "You are my carburetor." - Hodgins to Angela
- "... then what are these knuckley things in the middle of my legs?" - Melvin on knees
- Booth: "Knee prints are just as unique as fingerprints." Melvin: "The hell they are." (Thank you, Mr. Murderer, for saying what I was thinking.)
Forensic Mystery - C+. Far too much forensic hand-waving, not enough actual science in tonight's episode. The deceased was IDed just as the opening credits ended.
Forensic Solution - C. Again, hand-waving. Lasers! Isotopes! Gender determination! I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
Drama - C+. The drama of the murder mystery was pretty terrible. But I'll bump this grade up because I don't mind the Vaziri-Saroyan drama at all. They seem fine for each other... both have names that are difficult for me to type. Overall, a thoroughly boring, mediocre episode.


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Watch Live Coverage of Historic Viking Playoff Game
In their first-ever NCAA quarterfinal appearance, the No. 2 seed Vikings (11-1) will battle the No. 1 seed Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (12-0) for a spot in the NCAA Division II semifinals at Noon on Saturday, Dec. 4, at James A. Malosky Stadium. Watch live streaming video of the game at goaugie.com.
Author to Discuss '(re)Defining Borders' at Annual Luncheon
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Center for Western Studies will host its annual Members and Friends Christmas Luncheon on Saturday, Dec.11. Dr. Patrick Hicks, Augustana's Writer-in-Residence, will present "Harvesting Words, (re)Defining Borders and the Making of a Book."
Exhibit Features Rare Works by Borglum, Howe, Dunn and Others
The "40th Anniversary Exhibition: Art from the CWS Collection" displays a wide range of artists, media, styles and genres, including a rare painting by Mt. Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum. The exhibit runs through Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Center for Western Studies.
Alumni to Perform at Historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul
With shaved heads, Steely Dan covers and a passion for making good music, brothers Jeremy Hegg, '94 and Jon Hegg, '99, are making a mark on the local live music scene. Next up, they'll debut their "Holiday Jam with the Hegg Brothers" at the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn., in honor of the Sesquicentennial.
Augustana Football Featured on 'Life to the Max'
"Vikings of the South," a recent feature on Lifetouch Media's Life to the Max program, chronicles the Augustana football team's visit to Shriners Hospital for Children and includes vintage footage and interviews with present and former players and coaches.
Vespers Returns to Campus to Feature 'Song of Luke'
In honor of Augustana's Sesquicentennial, Christmas Vespers will return to campus for the first time in decades. The musical worship services, featuring the Augustana Choir, faculty and members of the South Dakota Symphony, and Cyprian Consiglio, will be held Dec. 3-4 in the Chapel of Reconciliation.
Student-Curated 'Oracles and Divination' Exhibit to Open Nov. 18
Oracles and Divination: Segue to the Supernatural features sculptures and masks from the West African coast and the Congo River region and a re-created African hut. The exhibit was curated by students in the Museum Studies course and Dr. L. Adrien Hannus.
Alexander Honored With Covenant Award for Liberal Arts
Thomas Alexander, a senior communications and physics major from Belview, Minn., was honored with the Augustana Covenant Award for Liberal Arts. The award was presented at the 2010 Boe Forum on Public Affairs, featuring former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Nursing Grads Ace Board Exam
The Department of Nursing saw a record 100 percent first-time pass rate for May 2010 graduates who took the National Council Licensure Examination, the exam for the licensing of registered nurses. Augustana's first-time pass rate is 12 percent above the national average.
Tuve Award Honors Visionary Supporters
Augustana has honored Gerry Berger Law and Robert S. Law, of Clear Lake, S.D., with the prestigious Tuve Award. Named for Anthony G. Tuve, the College's president from 1890 to 1916, the Tuve Award honors visionary, forward-thinking, generous individuals.


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I would be doing a scene, wearing these fabulous jewels from Tiffany's worth many, many millions
British actress Carey Mulligan was constantly shadowed by a security guard on The Great Gatsby set because she was draped in diamonds worth millions of dollars for her role as Daisy Buchanan.
The Drive star wore luxurious pieces created especially for the movie by jewellers at Tiffany and Co, and executives at the company employed a guard to watch over the actress at all times.
Mulligan insists the security measures were distracting as she was constantly watched, even when she was trying to work.
She tells Britain's Daily Mail, "I would be doing a scene, wearing these fabulous jewels from Tiffany's worth many, many millions. There'd be diamond bracelets on each arm, and diamond earrings, and rings, and strings of pearls around my neck. And I could see this guy in the corner watching me intently, in case I ran off with anything".
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This style of carpet is mainly made by the Afghan refugees weavers, establishes on the Afghan-Pakistani border near "Ghazni" (also city from which the wool of very high quality). They strive to respect the ancestral knowledge of carpet "Kazak" Caucasus region of south-eastern Europe, south-west of Russia.
Since the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets in 1979, Afghan refugee weavers have maintained an alliance with the Pakistanis. Because the Afghan infrastructure is missing, the carpets are sent to Pakistan to be able to ship to the west from the carpet export center in Peshawar.
These solid rugs have a rustic and bright abstract simple designs, mostly geometric, accompanied by bright contrasting colors. Sometimes, stylized animal motifs may also be present.
- Knotted with Turkish knot (turkbaf).
- Density: from 900 to 1600 knots/dm².
- Background colors usually brick-red, dark blue or beige with colorful motifs.
- Handspun wool for the pile.
- The warp (extension fringes) in wool or cotton.
These carpets are often singular variations that may appear, depending on your point of view, either as a default or as a quality, but is anyway a strange characteristic: the color of certain motifs or the background sometimes varies from one place to another, and it may even change completely. This change of color, called "abrash" occurs mainly in carpets of old manufacture. The presence of "abrash" proves that the carpet was spun and dyed by hand. Indeed, it is difficult when dyed by craftsmen, to find the same color in two successive dye baths.


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commercial law
commercial law, the laws that govern business transactions, except those relating to the maritime transportation of goods (see maritime law). Commercial law developed as a distinct body of jurisprudence with the beginning of large-scale trade.
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Hopefully by now you heard that Legit Reviews has started a new promotion called Facebook Friday here on the Legit Reviews fan page. What is it? Well, every Friday we are going to announce a product that we will be giving away on Monday morning. We try to keep the weekends light around here, so this will give our fans something to talk about over the weekend. Legit Reviews has always striven to be a simple site and we are going to keep this contest simple also. To enter just share this note and comment on it. We will be holding the drawing on Tuesday morning, where we will pick a name at random and announce the winner. Yes, it is just that simple. Remember, if you don't share the note you won't be able to win. If your wall is private we'll add you as a friend and if you didn't share the post then we'll have to pick a new name.
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Missouri Moves Up to Third in AP Poll
NEW YORK CITY -- Kentucky and Syracuse remain Nos. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press' Top 25, and Wichita State and Notre Dame are ranked for the first time this season.
The Wildcats received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday, while the Orange got the others.
Missouri moves up one spot to third and is followed by Kansas, Duke, Ohio State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Baylor and Georgetown.
Notre Dame, winners of six straight and ranked as high as fourth last season, is No. 23. Wichita State, which has won 12 of 13 and is ranked for the first time since 2007, and Gonzaga, which returns after being out for one week, are tied for 24th.
Creighton, losers of three straight, dropped out from 17th. Mississippi State fell out from 20th and Harvard from 25th.


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The William F. Walsh Science Center includes general and organic chemistry labs. Walsh G09 is a general chem lab and as such, functions as a freshman's entry point into the fundamental chemical theory of CHEM 101, CHML 101, CHEM 102, & CHML 102. The organic chemistry lab, Walsh G10, provides space so that each student in CHML 301 and CHML 302 can work in a fume hood and perform organic reactions with complete safety.
The Chemistry Department Research Lab is designed solely for students to perform new and exciting research chemistry with faculty advisors from our department. Located in De La Roche 314, the Research Lab is down the hall from the Chemistry Suite. It has been recently renovated with new hood space, study areas/desks, air-sensitive equipment as well as standard chemistry research equipment. The Research Lab is located next to our Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR), FT-IR, Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS), Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS), UV-Vis, and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS), making for a seamless research experience. (For information about these instruments, see our Instrumentation page.)
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Do Forced Mortgage Writedowns Create Wealth?
Matt Yglesias recently added his voice to the long running calls for principal reductions on underwater mortgages. His argument is that such would create additional spending. Or as he puts it, "I think that if people in Phoenix got a principal writedown on their mortgages, they'd have more disposable income and might go to the bar more."
What Matt, and others calling for forced principal reductions, miss, or choose to ignore, is that while a mortgage represents a liability to the borrower, it is an asset to someone else. Matt's logic, which I agree with here, is that an increase in one's net wealth (via a reduction in one's liabilities) should increase one's consumption. To complete the analysis, however, we must extend that same logic to the holders of the asset, so that a reduction in the value of their asset (the mortgage) should reduce their spending. Taking x from A and giving x to B is not going to increase A+B. To assert otherwise is to engage in Enron‐style social accounting.
Now if you want to argue that the borrower has a higher marginal propensity to consume than the investor (say, a retiree living off a pension) then provide some support for that position. It is just as likely that those on the losing end will take efforts to protect themselves from this loss, decreasing overall social wealth. So what one has to show is that the marginal propensity to consume for the borrower is so much larger than that for the investor that it offsets any costs from the investor trying to protect his investment from theft.
Now if you simply favor redistribution of wealth for its own sake, just say so. If you hate investors and love defaulting borrowers, then just say so. Personally, I don't believe the role of government should be to take from A to give to B. I just ask that we stop pretending, in the absence of compelling evidence, that redistribution of wealth is the same as wealth creation.


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St. Nick's Holiday Mini-Workshops
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First held on December 2, 2010, we usually run this workshop early in December each year.
2013 Workshop
Previous Workshops
- St. Nick's Holiday Mini-Workshops. We will be making things for the holidays like:
- soap (We can even make our own molds with our new vacuum former!)
- shopping bags
- bean bags
- popup cards and bows
- $5 for adults, $3 for kids. Personalize your holiday gifts by making them yourself!


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April 03, 2014
City News Service
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar wants his colleagues to put the brakes on rapper Jay-Z's planned two-day music festival at Grand Park. The Budweiser Made in America Festival, scheduled for Aug. 30-31, is expected to draw 50,000 concert-goers and will feature several beer gardens, according to a motion introduced Friday by Huizar and originally obtained by KPCC radio. The event would result in surrounding streets being shut down, with some closures potentially lasting up to 10 days, Huizar said.
Huizar said his office, as well as residents and business owners in the area, were not informed of the "large-scale" event, even though the festival is taking place in his council district. Huizar said his motion is "not about opposing special events or any particular concert — it's about making sure the affected community, in this case downtown stakeholders, is part of the planning process sooner rather than later."
An event of this scale, with the large number of attendees and "for- profit ticket sales at a public park, it is imperative that we have an open, inclusive dialogue in ensuring it's a good fit for the neighborhood and if it is, that concerns are mitigated well in advance," he said.
The prior notice is especially important in downtown Los Angeles, "where exponential growth in population density has led to a mounting concern over street closures that impede access and cause traffic congestion," according to Huizar's motion, which will be discussed at a Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee meeting.
Huizar said that without getting into the positive reasons for allowing the festival to take place, "the event will involve the full closure of many streets in the Civic Center area, creating major disruption concerns for workers, residents and businesses in downtown and will require the resources of many city personnel, especially police." Huizar wants the council to direct the Bureau of Street Services, the police department and the Transportation Department to hold off on issuing permits until city staff report back on "public safety concerns and any necessary cost implications" of the event. The county-owned Grand Park is managed by the Music Center, but must obtain street closure permits from the city, according to Huizar aide Rick Coca.


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Linking Research and Teaching
Handbook Chapters and Case Studies
"Undergraduate Research in Economics" by KimMarie McGoldrick covers in detail the issues of introducing research projects into the undergraduate curriculum, including two self-contained case studies.
"Problem-Based Learning" by Frank Forsythe is a self-contained guide explaining how to make student research tasks a central part of an economics course.
See also our teaching case studies in the category of Learning Approaches
Perspectives from our community
- "The great gain of bringing research into class is that the teacher is expositing work he or she owns, and knows intimately and believes to be important." Monojit Chatterji, University of Dundee
- "Our primary aim as teachers should be to get our students to think like economists, which means to think like researchers in economics." Tony Brewer, University of Bristol
- "Research brings alive the subject under study, not least because the enthusiasm of the tutor transmits to the students." Andrew Mearman, University of the West of England
- "Every hour spent on teaching can improve our research output; every hour spent on research can improve our teaching performance." Todd Kaplan, University of Exeter
- "Students as a ready audience help you think about the nature and presentation of your ideas." John Sedgwick, London Metropolitan University
- "I strongly believe that teaching can potentially help new lecturers to maximise research productivity." Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio, University of St Andrews
- "What Swansea tries to do, as much as possible, is to use research material in teaching." Ian Jeffries, University of Swansea
- plus the views of physicist Richard P. Feynman
Survey Results
Economics lecturers see research and teaching as complements more often than as substitutes, according to our 2003 and 2005 surveys.
External Links
- Linking Teaching and Research in Disciplines and Departments (PDF 858 KB) was published April 2007 by the Higher Education Academy.
- Research-Teaching Linkages is one of the Scottish Enhancement Themes, developed during the 2006-2008 period
- The Australian Scholarship In Teaching Project has generic advice on "Scholarly Teaching" and "Communicating the Scholarship of Teaching". (archived from 2012)
- The 2001 report Strengthening the Nexus between Teaching and Research, by the Department of Education, Training, and Youth Affairs, Canberra is available on line in PDF and features many subject-specific case studies.
- The Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Sydney, has a site for Issues and Ideas in Research-enhanced Learning and Teaching
- Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research is an online, peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to the publication of high-quality undergraduate student research.
See also
- Economics Network briefing on Classroom Experiments and Games
- 20607 reads


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Microsoft needs apps. The success of the new, touch-centric Start Screen of Windows 8 and Windows RT depends on building a thriving app ecosystem to compare with the iOS App Store or Google Play. But if one developer's experience is any indication, actually getting an app into the Windows Store is a lot harder than you might expect.
Longtime Windows developer Jeffrey Harmon says he first submitted an app to the Windows Store on August 29 – but it wasn't until this week that it was approved and made available to the public.
Along the way, Harmon says, Microsoft rejected his app no less than six times without ever providing a clear explanation of what was wrong or what he could do to resolve the problem.
Harmon doesn't fault the Windows 8 SDK. "For the most part, I think they have done a great job, as the tools, documentation and examples are excellent," he writes. "Where they really fall down though is in the last mile: app submission."
Harmon says he first began developing his app, Memorylage, in December. He started work using the Windows 8 Developer Preview, then later updated his code for the Consumer Preview and the Release Preview.
In the process, he attended both a Microsoft App Excellence workshop and a Hackathon event, winning Microsoft's "App X" contest both times. At the App Excellence event, Harmon and a Microsoft Field Engineer went over a 60-point checklist to ensure that his app met Redmond's design guidelines and was ready for submission to the Windows Store. All seemed well.
No such luck, though. When Harmon finally submitted his app in August, he received a rejection notice a day later. Memorylage crashed, he was told, though the notice didn't specify when or how. He was told it had performance problems, but not what kind. He was told it failed a Direct 3D test, which seemed strange since it wasn't a 3D app and it only used standard controls. Furthermore, the notice said, his website wasn't finished.
Needless to say, without more information, fixing all of the problems with Harmon's app proved difficult – particularly since Memorylage passed all of the Windows App Certification Kit tests on his own computer.
As he worked to narrow down the issues, Harmon engaged at least six different Microsoft employees, both online and over the phone, eventually including no less than Microsoft's Windows group president, Steven Sinofsky. In all, he exchanged 131 emails with Microsoft staffers, he says, but to no avail.
"I have given my app, and even my source code, to multiple people within Microsoft. To date, not a single one of them has been able to cause it to crash, or fail a single test," Harmon wrote earlier this week. "Every issue that I have figured out, I found on my own, but the store still fails it. How do you debug that?"
When El Reg reached out to Microsoft for comment, a spokesperson pointed out that Harmon's app is in fact now available in the Windows Store, adding, "We are committed to delivering a great experience for our developers."
But although Memorylage was eventually accepted, its journey from submission to approval took nearly two months. Harmon says the delay has cost him plenty, including marketing opportunities and first-mover advantage, to say nothing of time he could have spent improving his app instead of struggling to get it into the Store.
"I still think that Windows 8 is a great opportunity for developers, but as it stands, they are in for a world of hurt in trying to get through that last hurdle," Harmon writes. "As a long-time Windows developer, I really hope that changes soon." ®


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By Don Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
"Prevention" is a word we use a lot in health care – June is "National Prevention and Wellness Month" – but I want to take a minute to think about what it really means.
Intuitively, prevention makes sense: as the saying goes, you can either pay now or you can pay later. But oddly enough, our health care system often doesn't reflect this fundamental mindset. Most health care focuses on treating disease. Prevention, on the other hand, focuses on health.
Preventive care is also patient-centered care, as people become active participants in maintaining their health and get services customized for their individual needs and preferences.
We know that prevention works. The Affordable Care Act provides new ways to help patients stay healthy and makes access to preventive services easier.
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new report showing that more than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare, or nearly one in six people with Medicare, took advantage of one or more of the recommended preventive benefits now available for free thanks to the Affordable Care Act – most prominently, mammograms, bone density screenings, and screenings for prostate cancer.
These are just a few of the preventive services available to people on Medicare. Earlier this year, Medicare eliminated the Part B deductible and copayments for a host of preventive services, including bone mass measurement, some cancer screenings, diabetes and cholesterol tests, and flu, pneumonia, and hepatitis B shots.
We've also eliminated out-of-pocket costs for the "Welcome to Medicare" preventive visit and, for the first time since the Medicare program was created in 1965, Medicare now covers an annual wellness visit with a participating doctor, also at no cost.
We've added expanded prescription drug benefits to the preventive arsenal as well. This year, people with Medicare started to benefit from a 50% percent discount on covered brand name drugs bought when they're in the donut hole, and we'll continue to chip away at the donut hole until it's closed in 2020. Making prescription drugs more affordable increases the chance they'll be taken as needed. Again – prevention just makes sense.
Find out which preventive services are right for you by taking this checklist [PDF, 101 KB] to your doctor or other health care provider.
Our job now is to ensure that everyone eligible for Medicare uses these benefits. We need to encourage every person with Medicare, every caregiver, every physician to join our nationwide campaign for prevention. We are calling our campaign, Share the News, Share the Health, which will run throughout the summer, with online ads and community events all over the country starting in July.
Focusing on prevention doesn't just improve care – it's also an important step in reducing the cost of health care. The financial costs of treating chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes are enormous. Add in the intangible costs of pain and suffering, and the very real economic costs of lost productivity, and the opportunity costs of chronic illness are simply unacceptable.
This is why we're also working closely to incorporate best practices from the Centers for Disease Control, particularly around ways to reduce cardiovascular mortality. This type of collaboration is critical to moving us towards a prevention-based model of care.
Focusing on prevention also makes sense when we value treating the whole patient – not just a condition or disease. When we help people take better care of their health, everyone in the community benefits. If we wait to pay for care as illness progresses, the price of health care for the country will continue to rise.
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Suffice to say, the meal was cheap and delicious. If I recall correctly, a normal plate of chicken rice should be around RM 3.50.
That's pretty economical by today's standard.
A trip to Kie Kee won't be complete without ordering the famous Chendol from Weng Kee stall. Definitely one of the best Cendol I had so far.
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"I'm so excited! I never win anything like this. I can't believe I got all the questions right!" Pieczonka said.
About 70 people took the quiz and can check their answers here to see how close they were to being Northeast Florida landmark geniuses.
1. What was the original name of Marineland when it opened in June 1938?
c. Marine Studios
The original vision for Marineland was to create an underwater set with a variety of marine life for the purpose of filming scenes for motion pictures and newsreels.
2. For whom was Amelia Island named?
b. Princess Amelia, daughter of George II of Great Britain
Princess Amelia of Great Britain was the second daughter of George II of Great Britain. Georgia's founder and colonial governor, James Oglethorpe, renamed the island in honor of Princess Amelia.
3. What is the official name of the Jacobs Jewelers clock?
a. Greenleaf and Crosby Clock
The clock's previous location was in front of the Greenleaf and Crosby Building at 208 N. Laura St., Downtown
4. What's one of the Bridge of Lions' nicknames?
a. The Most Beautiful Bridge in Dixie
Connecting downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island, the bridge was completed in 1927 and has long been a symbol of the Nation's Oldest City.
5. The Duval County Medical Society was formed in what year?
d. 1853
The Duval County Medical Society was the first medical society in Florida and was instrumental in forming the Florida Medical Association in 1874 in Jacksonville.
6. How many stations does the JTA Skyway currently have?
c. 8 (Central Station, Convention Center Station, Hemming Plaza Station, Kings Avenue Station, Jefferson Street Station, Riverplace Station, Rosa Parks Station and San Marco Station) JTA Skyway is considered a "people-mover" and includes a 2.5-mile track that crosses the St. Johns River on the Acosta Bridge.
7. Jacksonville's Andrew Jackson statue is one of four identical equestrian statues by the sculptor Clark Mills. What city is home to one of the other three?
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8. How many years did it take to complete construction on St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in America?
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9. What were the two "cash crops" grown and harvested by the slave community at Kingsley Plantation?
d. Sea Island cotton and indigo
Sea Island cotton yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers and indigo, called "blue gold," was used as a dye.
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b. Yellow Monster
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12. What is the official name of the Dames Point Bridge?
a. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge
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b. Freezing temperatures
The crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894-'95.
20. How many gallons of water can Friendship Fountain's basin hold?
a. 500,000
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This lesson invites pre-school through first grade students to share what they know about letters and sounds with a small group of their peers, and also gives teachers an opportunity to assess that knowledge in a more meaningful context than traditional screening sessions achieve. Working with name cards written by themselves or an adult, students share observations about their names and the names of their classmates, such as similarities and differences in spelling. Extensions of the lesson are appropriate for more experienced and knowledgeable primary-aged students.
Stapleless Book: Students select page templates and then design pages that can be printed out, cut and folded into an eight-page book.
The Primary Voices article "Letting Go of 'Letter of the Week'" shows the power of using children's names in early literacy lessons. In the article, Bell and Jarvis explain that young children develop literacy knowledge from an early age, even though it is not yet conventional. They emphasize that much of young children's letter-sound knowledge begins with personal connections to their own names, family members' names, and environmental print. Further, they state that new learning develops by connecting familiar information to new information. This lesson provides a vehicle for making such a connection as students compare and contrast their own printed names to those of their classmates, making a link from the familiar to the unfamiliar.
Further Reading
Bell, Donna, and Donna Jarvis. "Letting Go of 'Letter of the Week.'" Primary Voices 11.2 (October 2002): 10-24.


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- Date: 07/11/2019 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Stories and songs are presented in the Craft Room with a three- to six-year-old audience in mind, although everyone is welcome. Wear pajamas if you would like and bring a stuffed animal to add to the fun!
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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14 comments:
- Journey of a Substitute Teacher (Ms. T) said...
Loving it all!
Thanks for sharing :)
Cute b-day party too!
Journey of a Substitute Teacher
- February 8, 2012 at 6:20 PM
- Unknown said...
Cute idea for the birthday party! I really like your desk arrangement. What a great idea!
- February 8, 2012 at 6:28 PM
- Unknown said...
Super cute birthday! =)
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- February 8, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Think, Wonder, and Teach said...
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- February 8, 2012 at 7:54 PM
- Kelli Beason said...
Would you mind sharing some of your Math games?
- February 9, 2012 at 6:44 PM
- Heather's Heart said...
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Cute birthday!
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- February 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM
- Aurora said...
Love the desk arrangements! I too have a square room, and it is so frustrating! May I ask what the bookcases within each grouping are for? Why do you choose that placement and does it work well? Thanks!!
- February 10, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Dandelions and Dragonflies said...
The book cases hold their guided reading book boxes (journal, sticky notes, library books, group books, etc). I also have their dictionaries, group basket (holding scissors, glue, tissues, hand sanitizer, and such), and colored pencil/crayon boxes for each student. It is pretty handy! I chose a new set up A: because my carpet had to be cleaned so I had to move all the desks out of the way...and B: the students in the front blocked the projector a little, and were close to my work space...this arrangement seems to help believe it or not.
- February 11, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- vicky1970 said...
Hi there, I love your blog. I also love your pinteresty touch I see throughout. I really want to try the bookshelves by the desks how does that work? Our district is taking the big leap to 30 first graders next year...we've had 20 since 1996 and 23 in the past 2 years...ugh!
My daughter had a bee bday party too when she was little. We have a lot in common, I love crafting and in my blog I write about teaching and mommyhood. :o)
God Bless!
~ vicky
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- February 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM
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- February 22, 2012 at 4:14 PM
I'm new to the world of teaching (just graduated from Arizona State) and next school year I will be taking on the world of third grade! That being said, please forgive me if this is a silly question. How do you laminate the envelopes without sealing them shut?
- June 6, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Dandelions and Dragonflies said...
Not a silly question at all, they do seal shut but it is really easy to take scissor or an exacto blade and slit it open
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Can I ask where you got your bookshelves in your classroom?
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Walmart! They are the mainstay brand...pretty inexpensive. Thanks for reading!
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In recent days, the fact that Mitt Romney has millions of dollars parked down in the Cayman Islands has made headlines all over the world. But when it comes to offshore banking, what Mitt Romney is doing is small potatoes. The truth is that the global elite are hiding an almost unbelievable amount of money in offshore banks. According to shocking research done by the IMF, the global elite are holding a total of 18 trillion dollars in offshore banks. And that figure does not even count any money being held in Switzerland. That is a staggering amount of money. Keep in mind that U.S. GDP in 2010 was only 14.58 trillion dollars. So why do the global elite go to such trouble to hide their money in offshore banks? Well, there are two main reasons. One is privacy and the other is low taxation. Privacy is a big issue for those that are involved in illegal enterprises such as drug running, but the biggest reason why people move money into offshore banks is in order to avoid taxes. Some set up bank accounts in foreign nations because they want to legally minimize their taxes and others set up bank accounts in foreign nations because they want to illegally avoid taxes. You would be absolutely amazed at what some large corporations and wealthy individuals do to get out of paying taxes. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the rest of us don't have the resources or the knowledge to play these games, so we get taxed into oblivion.
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If you had one week to explore Michigan what would you do? It's a tough question considering all that the state has to offer but we tackled it just the same. For those visiting Michigan or those looking to discover new destinations here is a bucket list sure to keep you busy during the week. Check one off and move on, or enjoy each Michigan adventure at your leisure.
DAY 2 Enjoy a dinner cruise on Appledore IV
As if sailing aboard a schooner such as the Appledore IV would not be cool enough this summer - guests can also have dinner aboard.
The ship is owned and operated by BaySail, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental education and youth development. During much of the year, Appledore IV crew members operate a shipboard program that gives K-12 students the opportunity to study the ecosystems that support the distinctive and fragile Saginaw Bay watershed.
Appledore IV was launched in 1989 and is the fourth ship in a series of schooners built for world voyaging, commissioned by Herb and Doris Smith. Their adventures aboard the Appledore are chronicled in two books, 'Dreams of Natural Places,' and 'Sailing Three Oceans.'
Appledore IV sailed as far as Barbados with the Smiths but since its purchase by BaySail it sails close to home in Lake Huron, Michigan.
When school is out the Appledore IV provides public sailing excursions, private charters, group tours and dinner cruises.
'It's really a unique experience,' said Jennifer Acker, development associate for BaySail Appledore Tall Ships. 'You can ride along or be a crew member and help hoist the sails.'
Unlike other sailboats, it has square rigged sails so it requires more than one person to raise them. Acker said it's really something to watch, even experience. It gives you an idea of what it was like years ago when airplanes weren't around and people traveled the world by ship.
'It's nice to be able to take a step back and look through a true sailor's eyes,' Acker said.
All sails depart from downtown Bay City (Wenonah Park). The dinner cruise is $70 per person. Also offered is a barbecue dinner cruise: $45 for adults; $35 students and $20 for ages 12 and younger. On July 26, Aug. 23 and Sept. 14 the Appledore IV will host a stargazer dinner cruise. While sailing under a starry skies, an astronomer from Delta College will point out the constellations and other interesting details. Cost is $80 per person.
Reservations are required for all cruises.
For more information visit www.baysailbaycity.org or call, 1-989-895-5193.


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Kale Chips - Finally!
I really have been wanting to make Kale Chips ever since Lelo posted about them over a year ago. I had just discovered kale at the time and wanted to try it every way possible. Kale Chips sounded like a perfect snack, a healthful version of packaged potato chips that even my son might find interesting.
And then I got distracted.
Recently Alanna reminded me when she posted about Crispy Salty Kale Chips wondering why she too had waited so long to try them. Then, at the market, I found some beautiful white and red kale with pretty chip-sized leaves that looked perfect for this recipe. I knew it was time.
Besides the kale all you need is some olive oil, vinegar and a sprinkling of salt. You can experiment with high-end flavored balsamic vinegar and sea salt or use plain old apple cider vinegar and kosher or even table salt. I tried it both ways. The chips were delicious every time!
Kale Chips
inspired by recipes at A Veggie Venture and Lelo in NoPo
1 bunch of kale
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
Wash and dry kale, removing stems. If the leaves are large cut or tear them into chip sized pieces, approximately 2 or 3 inches across.
In a large bowl whisk together the oil and vinegar. Toss the dried kale leaves in, stirring and mixing with your hand to thoroughly coat the leaves.
Scatter the leaves in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes, turning and checking at 5 minute intervals, until the desired crispiness is achieved. (I baked mine just over 10 minutes.)
Serve warm.
8 comments:
- noble pig said...
They are beautiful and look like little fans!
- March 10, 2010
- the southern hostess said...
So interesting. I've never heard of these, but I eat kale all the time. I'll have to try them.
- March 10, 2010
- theUngourmet said...
I tried making these once but I couldn't get them to turn out right. I'll have to give your recipe a try. I love the color in these!
- March 10, 2010
- Anna said...
Oh, wow! We just had kale for dinner last night and our favorite parts were the crunchy bits!
I must try.
- March 10, 2010
- grace said...
gorgeous! you know, i can't recall ever eating kale in any form, but i do believe this would be my preparation of choice. :)
- March 11, 2010
- Holly said...
So pretty!!! It might take me awhile to build up the courage to make these;)
- March 11, 2010
- Ivy said...
I think I made these once, a while ago. I liked them with the krispy healthyness factor, but, they had a certain bitterness and I haven't ever felt a need for a second batch.
Strangely, they sound good to me. No, no, I am just hungry. LOL
- March 12, 2010
- Mary Bergfeld said...
What a fascinating idea! I never would have thought of this. They look like lovely geisha fans. I'm intrigued and will keep my eyes open for the right sized kale. I have to try these.
- March 12, 2010


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AVA Lite is a slimmed-down version of AVA yet still very powerful. It uses AVA's innovative kernel and incorporates several of its powerful modules.
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A Task is an execution context. It is used to execute a sequence of instructions in a mutually exclusive context.
Event Group
An Event Group encapsulates 16 individual events. Each event is represented by a bit. An event can be used by your program to indicate when something has happened.
A task can either get or watch an event or combination of events. Both operations cause it to block if all the events are not set when invoked. Getting event(s) clears them after they are set. Watching events simply wakes up the task but does not clear the events.
Interrupt Queue
An Interrupt Queue is used to pass byte oriented data between an Interrupt Service Routine and a task, or vice versa, in a synchronized manner. It uses an event, from an Event Group, to indicate whenever a write operation is performed on the Queue. This allows a task to wait on the event and process its contents as soon as an ISR is done writing to it.
A semaphore is a general purpose synchronization primitive used in all Operating Systems. It can be used to protect a critical region or manage access to a resource.
A lock is a synchronization mechanism used to protect a resource from concurrent access. It also employs a Priority Inheritance protocol to reduce Priority Inversion. Priority Inversion is when a lower priority task is accessing a resource that a higher priority task is waiting on.
Memory Pool
A Memory Pool is a fixed memory block management mechanism. Allocating and releasing of memory blocks is performed in constant time and no extra overhead is required for each block of memory in the pool.
A Pipe is a inter-task communication mechanism. It employs a First-In First-Out data structure. Each slot in the pipe is designed to store an address to a much larger memory block allocated from a memory pool. A write operation will block if no slots are available. A read operation blocks if the pipe is empty.
Synchronization Point
A Synchronization Point is a run-time synchronization mechanism. A task or group of tasks can wait on a Synchronization Point for another task to wake them up. It is used to control task execution.
A Timer is a cyclic timer that sets an event on every period.
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Emphasizing a collaborative, systems-oriented approach to design and social thought, Parsons' Master of Fine Arts in Transdisciplinary Design program serves as an academic laboratory in New York City for graduate students seeking to define the next phase
of design practice globally. The Transdisciplinary Design program was created for designers, artists, activists, civic and social practitioners, and others interested in imagining alternative futures through design-led research tools and methods
for addressing pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues and challenges of local and global dimensions. Students work in cross-disciplinary teams, consider issues from multiple perspectives, learn from community and industry leaders,
and emerge with a portfolio that showcases design as a process for transforming social relations and contemporary life.
This program is STEM-designated. This means that after graduating, eligible F-1 international students in this program can apply for an additional 24 months of Optional Practical Training at the end of their Post-Completion OPT.
Graduates leave the program prepared for work in traditional design industries; many elect to apply their skills in emerging design spaces, such as restructuring services like healthcare and public education and developing projects for nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations. Recent graduates have gone on to present research at international conferences, such as Design Indaba in Cape Town, open consultancies with peers, take leadership positions within government innovation labs, and pursue academic careers. The MFA in Transdisciplinary Design program is housed in Parsons' School of Design Strategies (SDS), alongside graduate programs in Design and Urban Ecologies, Strategic Design and Management, and Theories of Urban Practice. In its programs and projects, SDS employs innovative approaches to design and business education in relation to cities, services, and ecosystems. Many students explore elective offerings in schools throughout the university, including The New School for Social Research and the Schools of Public Engagement.
This two-year, 60-credit program focuses on project-based work supported by elective courses students select to complement the core curriculum. Students tackle challenges related to a range of themes, including:
Graduates pursue a variety of careers, including design consulting, teaching and research, business development, international development, service design, in-house design leads within government organizations and other industries, and entrepreneurship.
The Master of Fine Arts degree is awarded for completion of 60 credits. A maximum of six credits of graduate-level coursework can be transferred from another institution. Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and fulfill all
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The curriculum chart below reflects the typical course of study in this program. To view the curriculum that has been adjusted for the exceptional 2020-2021 academic year, click here.
If you are thinking about pursuing an MFA in Transdisciplinary Design, please read below for answers to frequently asked questions about the program.
We developed the Transdisciplinary Design graduate program to address large-scale, complex challenges that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Always working collaboratively, our students extend the boundaries of design practice, discovering new and innovative ways to bring about social change. Students frequently work with external partners on both studio and thesis coursework, developing real-world approaches to complex problems.
Yes. Although most of our students have undergraduate degrees in a design field, we also accept applicants who do not. Typically these applicants have demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the design process, either from work experience or from personal academic development. We have, for example, accepted students with formal backgrounds in dance, journalism, business, social science, fine arts, radio, and the humanities.
For a description of the portfolio requirement, please refer to the
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The styles of portfolios submitted to the program are as diverse as the students themselves, so we encourage you to be thoughtful in the way you approach the documentation of your work. We are interested in the context of your work and the questions that fuel it, not just representations of the work itself. If you do not have a background in visual or design fields, we encourage you to include documentation that helps us understand how you work and how your work might involve design.
Many students ask whether they have to demonstrate that they are transdisciplinary designers already. The answer is no. We expect that most of our applicants will have focused on a single field of academic and professional development. It is fine for your portfolio to show the strength of that work alone. But also let us know, through your Statement of Purpose, how you see your work evolving while in the program and what questions or ideas you are seeking to explore.
The program enrolled its first class of students in fall 2010.
We enroll a class of approximately 20 students each year, which means that we have a total cohort of approximately 40 students (first and second year) in the program at any one time.
Our students vary widely in age, ethnic background, and work experience. They have come from places such as Lebanon, Chile, Denmark, Brazil, South Korea, Canada, India, Mexico, Iran, and China. They range in experience from recent college graduates to professionals who have been working for 20 years. There is no typical student; the diversity of our students is part of what makes our program so exciting.
No. We do not have a part-time option at this time. The program is a full-time, two-year residency program, and most of our classes take place during business hours.
Yes; you are encouraged to take as electives courses offered by other programs within Parsons — such as Design and Technology, Design Studies, and Design and Urban Ecologies — and other colleges and programs of The New School, such as Anthropology, Organizational Change Management, or Media Studies.
Yes; you can work as a research assistant during your first and second years in the program. During your second year, you can also apply to become a teaching assistant. The availability of positions is not guaranteed, though most students who want to work or teach are able to do so.
Yes; many of our students do. However, we do expect that the program will be your first priority. We recommend, as a guideline, that students limit their outside work to 10-15 hours per week. International students may be limited to on-campus work by the terms of their visas and should contact
International Student Services for further assistance and information.
Graduates of the program tend to move in three directions: 1) they work in established design consultancies; 2) they pursue entrepreneurial opportunities, starting their own businesses or working as independent consultants; 3) they find work as designers in fields such as education, health care, and public services.
In the third semester, you take Professional Communication, a course in which you develop a professional profile, network, and portfolio. You graduate from the program with a clear understanding of both the work you do and the field you want to enter.
Because we believe that we can address complex problems only through teamwork, all of our studio projects and many other assignments in our curriculum, including the thesis, are collaborative. We have developed an innovative format for the thesis, in which students work collaboratively on projects but also develop an individual methodology or approach.
Yes; in many instances students work with external partners on studio and thesis projects. These partners range from transnational corporations to local community groups. We also have independent study projects that students can take on with external partners.
Yes; the admissions office hosts information sessions, webinars, and campus tours throughout the year. To register, click
here. Additionally, we participate in the Graduate National Portfolio Day event (which takes place in late October) and Grad Expo Open House (which takes place in mid-November). Details can be found
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We invite students who visit throughout the academic year to make an appointment to discuss the program, sit in on a class, and chat with current students. This does take some planning, and we recommend that you make appointments at least two weeks in advance to get the most out of your visit by meeting with the program leadership and sitting in on classes. To schedule a visit, contact Lara Penin, program director of MFA Transdisciplinary Design, at email@example.com.
Application Deadline
The application deadline is January 2. To be most competitive for admission and merit scholarship consideration, please apply before the deadline. We will continue to review applications submitted after the deadline pending space availability in the
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009)Endovascular or endograft repair, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that uses stent grafts to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), has low re-intervention rates that are comparable to those reported for open surgical repairand can be recommended as first-line treatment, according to a study released at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting.
Currently this less invasive treatment has been reserved for elderly patients or those with co-morbid conditions who were considered too sick for major surgery. Stent grafts (tubes composed of fabric supported by metal mesh) were introduced about a decade ago. Because the devices were new, long-term durability was unknown, and there was initially a higher rate of secondary interventions compared to open surgery, it was recommended that patients with endografts be monitored yearly with imaging, subjecting them to annual radiation. "Our data show that the interventional radiology treatment can be chosen with confidence. This is good news for patients, many of whom do not want major abdominal surgery," said Tarun Sabharwal, M.D., interventional radiologist at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals in London, England. Additionally, the researchers advocated revising current surveillance of patients' stent grafts by CT scans to check for delayed appearance of complications, especially in light of the added radiation risk the scans bring to patients.
AAA, called the "silent killer" because there are usually no obvious symptoms of the disease, is caused by a weakened area in the aorta, the main vessel that supplies blood from the heart to the rest of the body. When blood flows through the aorta, the pressure of the blood beats against the weakened wall, which then bulges, balloon-like, into an aneurysm. If the aneurysm grows large enough, there is a danger that it will burst. The goal is to prevent aneurysms from rupturing. Once an AAA has ruptured, the chances of survival are low, with 80 to 90 percent of all ruptured aneurysms resulting in death. These deaths can be avoided if an aneurysm is detected and treated before it ruptures. AAA is the 17th leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 15,000 deaths annually. AAA affects as many as 8 percent of people over the age of 60, and men are four times more likely to have AAA than women.
To treat AAA, interventional radiologists use imaging to guide a catheter and graft inside a patient's arterywithout the need to cut open the abdomen, as in surgery. Going through skin at the groin, a catheter is passed into the femoral artery and directed to the aortic aneurysm. The doctor passes a stent graft, which is compressed into a small diameter within the catheter, through the catheter. The stent graft is advanced to the aneurysm and then opened, creating new walls in the blood vessel through which blood flows. This innovative and noninvasive method of placing a graft within an aneurysm redirects blood flow and stops direct pressure from being exerted on the weak aortic wall, explained Sabharwal. Interventional radiologists analyzed the results of 453 patients (ages 40) who underwent endovascular repair for AAA over an eight-year period, studying the rate of secondary interventions (or the necessity of performing additional procedures to correct complications from a prior treatment) and whether the need for repeat interventions could be predicted by surveillance imaging. "Most importantly, the overall rate of secondary interventions after endovascular repair was 7.2 percent, which compares favorably to open surgery series," said Sabharwal. Complications include possible movement of the graft after treatment or persistent blood flow into the aneurysm, which resumes the risk of its growth or rupture. Also, the graft must be monitored to ensure its continued function, and endoleaks may occur, causing blood to flow outside the endovascular graft. Researchers noted that 13 patients (2.8 percent) needed to be treated for this latter complication. The overall 30-day mortality rate for endovascular aneurysm repair was 3.3 percent, compared to open surgery, which has a high associated mortality rate (ranging from 2.6 percent). Additionally, researchers found that most complications were detected within the first three months after repair, and that it was "rare" for CT scans to detect complications after that period of time. "This suggests that CT surveillance protocols are not justified; if a three-month surveillance scan doesn't demonstrate any abnormalities, then patients could be followed with routine ultrasound scanning to monitor for complications," he added. In total, secondary interventions were performed in 33 patients (7.2 percent), of which six (1.3 percent) were CT scan surveillance detected.
"It is remarkable in my eyes that the 'silent killer,' abdominal aortic aneurysm, can be treated successfully by a minimally invasive procedure that eliminates the need to undergo a large abdominal incision from surgery or to clamp the aorta, the main artery from the heart, which can create significant stress to the heart," added Sabharwal. "We have disproved myths about the durability and effectiveness of minimally invasive endovascular aneurysm repair. Our results, following patients over the past eight years, contradict reports of high rates of secondary interventions coupled with the need for prolonged CT scan surveillance," he said. "Endovascular repair reduces the risk of surgery, the amount of pain and the number of complications, getting patients back to normal health more quickly than surgery. Its recovery time is measured in days to weeks, as opposed to surgery patients who take several weeks to months to recover," added Sabharwal, who indicated that endograft patients are often discharged the day after treatment, resuming normal activities within two weeks (compared to six to eight weeks after surgery).
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Nuggets force Game 7 with 113-96 win over Lakers
Kobe Bryant spent all day under the weather and the way his teammates let him down made him feel even worse.
Kobe Bryant spent all day under the weather and the way his teammates let him down made him feel even worse.
The Los Angeles Lakers star scored 31 points despite a stomach ailment, but was upset with the performance of his supporting cast as the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 113-96 win Thursday night to force a Game 7 in their first-round playoff series.
Bryant was quick to respond when asked if his teammates matched his heart.
"No, of course they didn't," he said.
Bryant suited up despite an upset stomach that he said left his hotel room "looking like a scene from 'The Exorcist.'" He was so sick that he didn't attend the morning shootaround before the game and had to take intravenous fluids all day.
"We let each other down, for sure," Bryant explained. "We didn't step up and meet their energy and they know that."
Then again, the Nuggets played with an energy that would've been hard to match as they sent the series back to Staples Center for an all-or-nothing showdown on Saturday night. Ty Lawson scored 32 points and reserve Corey Brewer added 18 to help the Nuggets tie up a series that many thought was over when they sank into a 3-1 hole.
"We can't get too high off this," rookie Kenneth Faried said. "We have to stay focused."
Faried was part of the contingent that bottled up Lakers big men Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. Gasol was held to just three points while Bynum struggled from the field - eventually finishing with 11 points and 16 boards - before taking a seat for most of the fourth quarter.
Lakers coach Mike Brown was disappointed with the play of Bynum and Gasol, a sentiment shared by Bryant, who urged them to be more assertive.
"It's one of those things where psychologically you have to put yourself in a predicament, in a position where you have no other option but to perform," Bryant said. "You have to emotionally put yourself with your back to the wall and kind of trick yourself, so to speak, to feel that there is no other option but to perform.
"When you have that, when you put yourself in that mind state, then your performance shines through."
That's precisely the way the Nuggets played: With desperation and determination.
"It was really fun," Brewer said. "The crowd was into the game and we were playing well."
Lawson set the tone early by lifting the Nuggets to a 13-0 lead to begin the game. He hit his first shot and then another - his confidence soaring with every jumper that left his hand.
The speedy point guard finished 13 of 18 from the field, including five 3-pointers.
For his newfound stroke, he can thank his shooting coach, Ivory Manning, whom Lawson flew in the night before to fix some mechanical flaws.
"He got my shot right," Lawson said.
Did he ever - at an opportune time, too.
"This was a big game, the biggest game he's probably ever played in," coach George Karl said. "And Saturday will be even bigger."
The Lakers are hoping to bounce back from this rocky performance, possibly rediscover the swagger that's suddenly gone missing.
"It's a game where it's all about heart, all about bringing it," Gasol said. "That's what we're going to have to do to beat this team."
Here's some encouraging news for the Lakers: Metta World Peace will be back for the series finale. Thursday night was the seventh and final game of his suspension for elbowing Oklahoma City's James Harden in the head last month.
They need him.
Even more, Bryant needs him.
"He's the one guy I can rely on night in and night out to compete and play hard and play with that sense of urgency, play with no fear," Bryant said. "I'm looking forward to having that on my side again."
A dig at Gasol and Bynum? Perhaps.
There was plenty of that going around.
"Kobe being dehydrated and all that and sick as a dog, coming out and trying to will us to a win, it's disappointing to watch him give that type of effort ... and we don't get it from everybody," Brown said. "Our second- and third-best players are Drew and Pau and the reality is both of those guys got to play better in order for us to win."
Gasol understood the frustration.
"Obviously, we both want to contribute more - on both ends of the floor," he said. "No excuses. We've got to go into Game 7 leaving everything out there, giving everything we have on every single possession and grinding it out. Obviously, this team right now is playing well."
After their fast start, the Nuggets had to weather a Lakers spurt in which they cut the lead to four late in the first half before building it back up to nine at halftime.
In the second half, Denver went on a 9-0 run to pull away again.
One play helped light a fire under the Nuggets during that surge: Faried was cruising in for a layup when Bryant clocked him on the side of the head, sending the rookie tumbling to the floor.
Bryant was whistled for a flagrant foul and the play energized an already vocal crowd. From there, the Nuggets pushed the pace and the lead up to 28 points, before letting off the accelerator.
Now, it's on to a Game 7, where the Nuggets are 1-1 in team history. The Lakers have a little more experience, playing in 23 Game 7s and going 15-8.
"We knew that we could win and make the series longer, but not a lot of people believed that it would go to a Game 7," Danilo Gallinari said.
Especially Bynum, who irritated the Nuggets by saying on the eve of Game 5 that "close-out games are actually kind of easy." If that wasn't enough, the Nuggets found more motivation in something written in the Lakers' locker room after the game on Tuesday night. Scribbled on the grease board was this message: "Flight. 3 pm. Pack for 3 games."
Brown explained that it only made sense to pack for an extended trip because the next round will start in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder have the home court to open the conference semifinals. But he denied the Lakers were victims of overconfidence, just poor execution.
Now, the Nuggets have the momentum.
"They're playing a much more aggressive, much more of a dare-you type of defense," Bynum said. "We're not responding or respecting them."


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