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Press Release · Friday, April 12, 2002
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April 12, 2002
Spring Prologue Magazine Highlights Wartime Themes: Espionage, Conspiracies, Art Theft -- and Baseball
College Park, MD. . . Some of the many intriguing sidebars of World War II history-from the war front, the home front, and its aftermath in a changed America-are explored in articles in the Spring issue of Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration. The issue also provides important guides to the 1930 census records, which the National Archives opened on April 1.
In "A Time to Act: The Beginning of the Fritz Kolbe Story, 1900-1943," author Greg Bradsher recounts how Fritz Kolbe, a hard-working, mid-level official in the German Foreign Office, won access to some of the Third Reich's most important military and intelligence secrets. Eventually, writes Bradsher, an archivist at the National Archives who is working on a book on the subject, Kolbe "would supply the Allies with some of their most important intelligence of World War II."
"Spoils of War Returned: U.S. Restitution of Nazi-Looted Cultural Treasures to the USSR, 1945-1959," recounts U.S. efforts to return to their proper owners various works of art looted by the Nazis from all across Europe. At the same time, author Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, a leading authority on archives of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, notes that the Soviet Union considers the stolen art it seized from the Nazis, regardless of its proper owner, to be justified spoils of war.
For more than 30 years, Prologue has shared with readers the rich resources and programs of the National Archives, its regional archives, and the Presidential libraries. From the First Continental Congress to the conflict in Vietnam, Prologue tells the story behind the story, revealing many intriguing and little-known details from our nation's past. In every issue, there are thought-provoking and entertaining articles-based on research in the National Archives' magnificent holdings-written by noted historians, archivists, and experts recognized in their fields. The Washington Post said, "Prologue . . . can be regarded quite literally as an invitation for further study. It is also consistently absorbing reading."
The Spring Prologue also features President Franklin D. Roosevelt giving a strong endorsement to continue major league baseball during World War II in his famous "Green Light Letter" to Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. "I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going," wrote Roosevelt, a lifelong baseball fan, to Landis in early 1942. The article, by Gerald Bazer and Steven Culbertson, dean of arts and sciences and professor of communications/humanities, respectively, at Owens Community College in Toledo, OH, recounts the impact- both at home and on the front lines-of continuing baseball throughout the war.
In "The Idea of 'Conspiracy' in McCarthy Era Politics," author Richard Fried describes the extent of anti-communist hysteria-the "red menace" phenomenon-in U.S. politics in the post-World War II era that was exploited by Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Republican. Fried is professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of three books on the McCarthy era.
This issue also features important guides for researchers for the 1930 census records, which were made public by NARA on April 1, 2002, at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, and at 13 regional archives around the country. In upcoming issues, Prologue articles will explore the 1930 census records further.
The "Spotlight on NARA" reports on the new state-of-the-art additions at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO, one of ten Presidential libraries administered by the National Archives. The library, built in 1957, recently underwent a $22.5-million renovation that added more space for exhibitions and educational programs. For more information, visit the library online at www.trumanlibrary.org.
Samples from the National Archives acclaimed traveling exhibition, "American Originals," are featured in this issue. The exhibition, a collection of significant milestone documents in U.S. history, will be at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago through April 28. It will then go to the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus from May 24 to September 2, 2002. For more information and other locations, visit www.archives.gov/exhibit-hall/american_originals_iv/impact.html.
You can view selected articles from the Winter 2001 Prologue and other past issues at its web site at www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/index.html.
Prologue can be purchased in the Publications Sales Office (Room 406) at the National Archives Building in Washington and the Publications Sales Office at the Archives in College Park, MD. A 1-year subscription to Prologue costs $16. To begin your subscription, call 301-837-1800 or 1-800-234-8861, or print out the order form found on the web site at www.archives/publications/prologue/subscribe_to_prologue.html.
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Jeremiah H. Cronin Store Ledger Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3953
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This collection contains one single account ledger book from J.H. Cronin Store of Marshall, Michigan between May 1, 1915 to July 26, 1915. This store was owned by Jeremiah Henry Cronin and was established in 1851 according to the Marshall directory of 1934. This ledger features all grocery sales accounts kept in chronological order. Every page in the ledger was full, and included the name of the customer and a list of their purchases below. This ledger provides a historical account of the...
Record Keeping: May 1, 1915 to July 26, 1915

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IO module with current and voltage signal combination
Turck's 4AI4AO-VI analog I/O module feature four analog inputs for current and four analog outputs for voltage.
Turck's 4AI4AO-VI analog I/O module is compatible with two of the company's BL distributed I/O products: BL67 and BL Compact system. The module features four analog inputs for current or voltage and four analog outputs for voltage.
The 4AI4AO-VI is designed for use with Turck's BL67 modular I/O system and BL Compact system. BL67 combines all of the flexibility of an in-the-cabinet I/O system with modularity, ruggedness and connectorization, while the BL Compact system is a revolutionary on-the-machine solution that obtains and transmits signals via diverse fieldbus protocols, without requiring a protective enclosure. Supporting both M8 and M12 I/O connectors and offering compatibility with a variety of communication protocols, such as Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, CANopen and Modbus TCP, the BL family provides a high degree of I/O versatility for a wide range of applications.
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text: As a whole I liked the concept of a collection of short holiday stories. Where My True Love Gave to Me shines is the multiplicity of views. There are stories for Christmas, Hanukkah and Winter Solstice. There are stories about people who subvert heteronormativity. There are stories about people from multicultural and non-White backgrounds.


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Mirra 2 Stool
The Mirra 2 stool brings dynamic support to any setting where seated and standing collaborators benefit from being at a common eye level. With surfaces engineered to respond to a person's slightest movements and simple, intuitive adjustments to fine-tune the fit, Mirra 2 stools combine immediate comfort and personalized ergonomics in one sophisticated design.
Design Story
Ten years after the Mirra chair was introduced—during which over 1.5 million chairs had been sold—the designers of Studio 7.5 believed it was time to evaluate and, if necessary, rethink their original design. For one thing, they noted, work is evolving. People move, and the more they're in motion, the more they need support that moves with them.
Precisely because of the new agile way people work today, the designers found the idea of a highly individualized personal chair is still valid. While Studio 7.5 retained the athletic attitude and intuitive adjustments of the original, they advanced the material and form of this idea in virtually every aspect of Mirra 2.
Building on its legacy as the first office chair developed from the ground up with environmental responsibility in mind, Mirra 2 moves responsible design forward by advancing the use and reuse of materials. In redesigning Mirra, as in all their work, the mantra at Studio 7.5 was "every molecule counts." By this they mean a close examination of every element is essential to using the least material possible while also advancing performance.


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by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If thou must love me, let it be for naught
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,
'I love her for her smile – her look – her way
Of speaking gently,- for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day' –
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee – and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry:
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.


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In the last few years, analytics has evolved significantly. We've moved from the adoption of big data technology that was all about Hadoop and Spark, to an increased focus on machine learning algorithms, deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
In the last year alone, I've noted a renewed hype around machine learning, which together with the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) evolution is bringing innovation to the marketplace. In general, this 'new wave' of machine learning and AI is being adopted much faster than the old wave of Hadoop and Spark. To some, Hadoop and Spark are already becoming legacy.
In this timeframe, I've had the pleasure to work with clients across the globe, which has allowed me to see how innovation progresses differently in different places. For a number of years now, companies have been combining software engineering with very advanced machine learning capabilities and applying analytics operations frameworks. It's quickly becoming widely accepted that advanced machine learning should be part of any data science practice to help customers solve business problems through things like advanced deep learning techniques.
In the fast moving space, North America, the UK and Germany, and the Nordics are the leaders in innovation currently, with the rest of Europe slightly lagging behind. Looking at Asia, it's fascinating to see that China and Japan are focusing on AI – they lead the results when you Google "countries adopting machine learning."
From an industry-specific perspective, adoption does vary from sector to sector, but one thing remains the same – when we speak to market leaders and senior management, such as CTOs and chief analytics officers, they all identify AI as a top agenda item. I'd say that by 2020, every company will be seeing AI as a top 5 issue for their business strategy, whatever the sector.
In January this year, for example, new research came out that shows how deep learning is being used to detect the earliest stages of skin cancer, matching human doctor capability. This is an example of just how much investment healthcare is putting into predictive analytics. In the fintech space, there's a buzz around AI being used to fight fraud and improve cyber security.
But it's not just these sectors. Although adoption of analytics may be a little slower with Telcos and manufacturers, it won't be long before machine learning leads their agenda too. As early as 2025 we'll see the new wave of technology break down the existing data silos, and companies will achieve the results that they expect and need.
The last three years have shown that the question is no longer whether data analytics will change businesses, but to what extent, and how quickly that change will happen. All organizations now have an analytics department, even if they call it something different like "data mining" or "statistical analysis."
Recently, I've seen companies embracing the combined approach – blending data science with engineering. This generates value by uniting a company's capabilities, which has until recently resided in silos.
Adaptable organizations are going to ride faster than their rivals on the AI and machine learning wave. Combining skills from a variety of departments will serve the wider company goals, and it's exciting to think what the next three years hold for the wider analytics space.
For more on how leading business are using and adoption AI today, take our look at our comprehensive State of AI for Enterprises report.
Eliano Marques, Head of Data Science International at Think Big Analytics. Eliano has successfully lead teams and projects to develop and implement analytics platforms, predictive models, analytics operating models and has supported many businesses making better decisions through the use of data.
Recently, Eliano has been focused in developing analytics solutions for customers around Predictive Asset Maintenance, Customer Path Analytics, Customer Experience Analytics with a focus in Utilities, Telcos and Manufacturing.
Eliano holds a degree in Economics, a MSc in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting and several certifications in Machine Learning and Data Mining.
From Open Finance and Insurance to FinCrime and Crypto, hear from one of our expert on the top FinServe trends and predictions to look out for in 2022. Read more.
The use of integrated data to restore customer confidence will be big in 2022. Building a customer insights foundation should be high on the to-do list for retail & CPG businesses this year.
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FMI names new director of government relations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Food Marketing Institute on Thursday named Hannah Walker director of government relations to represent food retailers on Capitol Hill.
In her role at FMI, Walker will focus on a portfolio of issues, including payments, financial services, food assistance, data security and technology. Walker's experience on the Hill includes a stay at the State of Florida Washington Office, where she was a federal policy adviser dedicated to agriculture energy, tax, trade and environmental issues; and later legislative director to Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., who served on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee and chaired the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.
Walker worked on the 2008 campaign that brought Rooney to office, and then served as his legislative director until her most recent move to FMI. Walker helped to organize and build a successful legislative shop for an active Congressional office, advising the Congressman on issues and policy positions with both local and national implications.
Walker earned her bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her juris doctor from University of Memphis School of Law.


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$20 adults, $16 students (with valid ID); free for ages 17 and younger.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Tues., Thurs., 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 22-Dec. 8. Lions, dogs, horses, oxen, cats, fish, insects, birds, dragons, and phoenixes are just some of the animals populated this unique show, which is the first U.S. exhibition to gather together artistic representations of animals in all media across Japanese history from the 5th century to the present. The exhibit, which is a particularly good fit for kids, contains works of sculpture, painting, lacquerware, ceramics, metalwork, cloisonné, and woodblock prints among its nearly 200 objects.


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Crafted from pure silk satin, this essential nightwear collection is endlessly appealing. These supremely soft pieces are a pleasure to sleep in, while doubling as luxurious separates during the day. This pyjama set includes a classic button-down shirt with long sleeves and matching trousers with a drawstring waist and a relaxed fit that makes them ideal for lounging.
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The Cash App is known as the fast, secure, and quality money transfer app. However, despite this, sometimes Cash App transfers fail. It may seem like a big problem at first, but if you look closely, you'll see a completely different picture. This post will explain – why the Cash App payment failed for your protection.
First, I want to inform you that an error message such as Cash App transfer failed for my protection isn't a problem. On the contrary, it is a helpful feature. Be careful if you've ever experienced this error. It could be something shady. The Cash App is sending this alert message to your application due to increasing fraud and online scams. So Cash App deliberately cancels the payment to protect your account and money. If it still seems confusing, then let's move forward and elaborate on it and learn some steps to fix this problem.
Why does my Cash App say that a transfer was declined for my protection?
Cash App is among the most trusted and certified US-based payment apps. In the past few years, it has risen to popularity and gained millions of users. However, there have been new online threats. The Cash App has introduced an automatic safety feature to address the rise in online threats, and it monitors over 8 million accounts to ensure that nothing is unusual. Keeping this in mind, sometimes the Cash App immediately declines any payment if it suspects a scam or fraudulent transaction.
Cash App's safety features and its approach to preventing frauds and scams on its platform are the main reasons it has become so popular in a short time. Cash App designed its server to run in the background, constantly searching for suspicious activity. This is in keeping with the increasing cybersecurity threats. Cash App's security system kicks in and stops the Cash App payment from being successful as soon as it detects any suspicious activity.
Along with this, sometimes the Cash App users make silly mistakes and don't realize it can cause them to be branded as suspicious Cash App users. This could lead to Transfer failure on Cash App. However, no matter the reasons, you can still resolve this issue so let's learn how to fix the Cash App transfer failed.
How do I fix my Cash App failure for my protection?
So how do you fix if the Cash App transfer failed your protections? Below mentioned are some of the tips for you to resolve the payment failed issue on the Cash App:
Cash App is a digital payments app. Every digital service is available via the internet. Your Cash App transfers will fail if there is no internet connection. Make sure your phone has uninterrupted internet service.
If you use the Cash App often in your daily life, it is a good thing. However, it is a bad idea to use a Cash App without verifying your identity. According to reports, Cash App users who are not verified are responsible for most transactions that fail. This is because they are often suspicious and don't confirm their identity. Therefore take a moment to verify your identity using the Cash App.
Many strings are attached to Cash App's fast services. One of many things to keep in mind is that Cash App fast services have a limited amount. You can send more than $7500 per week even if you're a Cash App user. Unfortunately, there is no other option at the moment, so you must follow the terms and conditions of the Cash App to avoid any kinds of issues in money transfers.
VPN is something you might already be familiar with. You may also be aware of the benefits of VPN. However, VPN has its disadvantages. It is especially problematic when used with a payment app. If you use VPN continuously, the Cash App can be tricked into believing you are doing something illegal. Therefore, it is important to disable VPN when you send or receive money via Cash App.
Last but not least, ensure that your cash card payment fails are not caused by a damaged, expired, or disabled card. You should also ensure you have a sufficient balance in your account.
To sum up, you must avoid all the activities that seem suspicious to the Cash App and lead to payment failure. Moreover, if this issue repeatedly occurs on your Cash App account, you must contact the Cash App customer service team to resolve this issue.
Why did the transfer fail when adding money to the cash app?
If the transfer failed when adding money to the Cash App, there were some issues with your account, such as low balance and the server not responding. Further, if the Cash application in your mobile phone is not updated, it will have issues adding money.
Why did your bank cash app decline this transfer?
If your bank declined this transfer, it could be due to the Cash App server not responding to the Cash App. In such a case, you need to contact your bank's executive.
Why does the cash app keep declining my payment?
If your Cash Card or Account is blocked and there is an insufficient balance, then Cash App declined the payment. Further, if you are using an expired cash card and violating the terms of service of the Cash App, payment could be declined.


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New Research from Pretarget and comScore Suggests that Buyer Conversion is More Highly Correlated with Ad Viewability and Hover than with Clicks or Gross Impressions
SAN FRANCISCO and RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, and Pretarget, the intent targeting company, today released results of an online advertising study which found that ad viewability and hover time are more strongly correlated with conversions (defined as purchases and requests for information) than clicks or total impressions.
"Your ad being seen matters more than your ad being clicked – if you have a back-end conversion metric," said Pretarget Founder Keith Pieper. "After all, what good is an ad that can't be seen? It's intuitive that an ad must be seen to make an impact, and it's even more intuitive than someone hovering and engaging with an ad might convert, even absent a click."
Research Methodology & Approach
To arrive at these initial findings, Pretarget analyzed 263 million impressions over nine months across 18 advertisers in numerous verticals. Pretarget used comScore validated Campaign Essentials™ (vCE) to collect viewability and hover data and a DSP to collect click and cookie-based conversion data. Pretarget then performed a Pearson correlation analysis of the data, including gross impressions, "views" (75 percent of ad within screen, either above the fold or after scrolling)*, time in-view, hover/engagements and total hover/engagement time, clicks and conversions.
Traditional display ad impression measurement and reporting simply verifies the number of ads that were sent by an ad server to a user's browser. For a variety of reasons, this way of counting impressions does not ensure that the ad ever rendered within a browser. In addition, ads can load below the fold (requiring a user to scroll down), which means that most users will probably never see the ad unless they scroll down. In the worst cases, some ads load within 1×1 pixels and therefore never render as viewable impressions.
Research Findings Show Ad Hover Most Highly Correlated with Conversion
The research findings indicate that the traditional way of buying mass impressions and hoping for conversions (aka "spray and pray") is not the most effective approach. The results showed that ad hover/interaction (correlation = 0.49) and viewable impressions (correlation = 0.35) had highest correlation with conversion, while gross impressions (correlation = 0.17) was significantly lower. Perhaps most interestingly, clicks (correlation = 0.01) had the lowest correlation with conversion, far under-performing all other metrics analyzed in the study. These findings suggest that advertisers and media planners ought to break their addiction to clicks and instead look to more meaningful metrics for evaluating campaign performance.
"The Pretarget study helps illuminate several critically important findings for the digital advertising community," said Kirby Winfield, SVP of Corporate Development, comScore. "First, it once again demonstrates the perils of relying on click-throughs for measuring the performance of display ad campaigns, with this metric showing virtually zero correlation with total conversions. Secondly, it highlights why the viewable impression – which is now easily measurable through vCE – is significantly more meaningful than the unvalidated impression. Finally, this study shows why other non-click metrics of engagement, such as interaction or hovering, may be much more important in evaluating campaign performance than the click ever was. It's time to start measuring the impact of campaigns using metrics that really matter, not just the ones that are most easily measured."
The Pretarget analysis supports several third party studies with consistent conclusions. MediaMind "2009 Benchmark Report" released in July 2010 found that "on average, increasing Dwell [hover] from 5% to 15%, increases conversion rate by 45%, from 0.4% to 0.6%." Casale Media's 2011 "Ad Visibility Report," found that "ads appearing above the fold were 6.7x more effective at generating conversions than those appearing below the fold."
Pretarget previously found that approximately 89 percent of display ads on its network load above the fold or appear after a user scrolls down, creating an opportunity for a user to see the banner. Pretarget's position paper is available for download at http://www.pretarget.com
To participate in additional research as part of a broader study, please contact email@example.com
*The Making Measurement Make Sense (3MS) defines "in-view" as 50%+ of the pixels of an ad being visible in the browser, and comScore vCE adheres to this definition for its typical definition of "in-view". The Pretarget studies, however, used a more conservative in-view requirement of 75% visibility.
About Pretarget
Pretarget offers keyword based intent ad targeting using patented and patent-pending internet search and behavioral algorithms that reach users "ahead of the click". Pretarget's hybrid contextual-behavioral targeting complements existing search and retargeting campaigns with custom keyword based segmentation. No site tagging is needed. Pretarget is well suited for online advertisers who have maxed out search, find site retargeting offers little scale, are fiercely competitive and see the value of an ad impression.
About comScore validated Campaign Essentials (vCE)
vCE is a holistic solution for complete campaign delivery validation and in-flight optimization. Unlike existing single-point solutions, vCE provides an unduplicated accounting of impressions delivered across a variety of dimensions, such as ads delivered in-view, to the right audience, in the right geography, in a brand safe environment and absent of fraudulent delivery. vCE reports on reach and frequency, comprehensive demographics and behavioral segments. This measurement eliminates all impressions that never had a chance to make an impact, providing a more realistic and accurate picture of campaign delivery.
About comScore
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital marketing intelligence. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.
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Local cookbooks, published as fundraisers for churches, charities, and civic organizations, have a long and storied history. I usually refer to them as "Ladies Aid Society cookbooks" because they were so often issued by the "Women's Auxiliary" or "Ladies Aid" divisions of churches and lodges, back in the days when a woman's place was in the home and men were expected to do much of the directorial duties of the organization. Filled with the favorite recipes of their contributors, they are like culinary snapshots of the times in which they were published, and a study of them can be not only entertaining but quite revealing of trends in society as a whole.
For example, look at a series of Ladies Aid cookbooks from the 1920's to the 1980's, paying special attention to desserts. You'll find that early cookbooks tended to contain a great number of different cake recipes and a few cookie (mostly bar cookie) recipes. As time went on and women found themselves with outside interests, cake mixes from the supermarket became more prevalent because the preparation was easier and faster - and the results more consistent - than cakes baked from scratch. Cake recipes in cookbooks have steadily dwindled since the 1950's. Meanwhile, recipes for cookies - fast and relatively easy to make, delicious and totally more-ish to eat - have increased. Betty Crocker saw it coming with The Betty Crocker Cooky Book, first published in the late 1950's and still so popular that the 1963 edition has recently been reissued after having been out of print for over 45 years!
Another trend you can easily pick up is the steady move toward more and better instructions. 19th and early 20th century American cookbooks assume that the reader has some measure of culinary skill already. Check out this recipe for "Loaf Cake Without Eggs" from the pictured L. W. Cook Book, printed in 1908 by Loyal Workers Society of the Advent Christian Church of Springfield MA:
One cup sugar; 2 tablespoons butter or other shortening; 1 cup sour or buttermilk; 1 scant teaspoon soda; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon cloves. A little nutmeg and salt; 1 cup raisins.
That's it. A housewife of the time would have no problem with this recipe at all; like her mother and grandmother before her, she learned her culinary skill first hand - working side-by-side with her mother, her sisters, and perhaps her aunts - from childhood. She would know without being told that the butter and sugar would have to be creamed together before being mixed with the buttermilk; the dry ingredients sifted together in a bowl and then stirred together with the wet ingredients; the raisins folded in last. She'd know how hot the oven would have to be, what size baking pan she would need, and how long the cake would need to bake.
Antique and vintage local cookbooks are one of the main reasons why I haunt estate sales. When an entire house is opened for an estate sale, the first place I head is the kitchen, to poke through drawers and the backs of kitchen bookshelves. I can usually find a treasure or two, forsaken by the family or put aside long ago by the person whose estate is being liquidated.


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50 Million Facebook User's Data With Cambridge Analytica
Facebook is at the heart of a storm after a whistleblower alleged that the data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump's election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested 50 million Facebook profiles from a data breach.
London-based data analytics company, Cambridge Analytica, which was once headed by Trump's key adviser Steve Bannon, has been accused of illegally harvesting 50 million Facebook profiles in early 2014 in order to build a software program that could predict and use personalised political adverts to influence choices at the ballot box in the last U.S. election.
Under Investigation
Cambridge Analytica is already the subject of two inquiries in the UK. The first is by the Electoral Commission which is looking into the company's possible role in the EU referendum. The second is by the Information Commissioner's Office which is looking into the company's possible use of data analytics for political purposes.
Also, the company is the subject of an investigation in the US over possible Trump-Russia collusion.
It has been reported that Elizabeth Denham, the head of Britain's Information Commission, is seeking a warrant to search the offices of consultancy Cambridge Analytica over the breach.
Facebook Under Scrutiny
Facebook has, of course, faced strong criticism over the breach, one tangible result of which has been nearly $40 billion off its market value as Facebook's investors have become worried that damage to the reputation of the social media giant's network will deter users and advertisers.
In a BBC radio report, the ICO's chief Elizabeth Denhan said that the ICO is looking at whether or not Facebook secured and safeguarded personal information on its platform, and whether Facebook, when they found out about the loss of the data, acted robustly and whether or not people were informed.
Also, the head of Britain's cross-party Media parliamentary committee is reported to have written to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg asking for more information by Monday 26 March, and in Dublin, Ireland's privacy watchdog (the lead regulator for Facebook in the European Union) has said that it is following up with Facebook to clarify its oversight.
Harvested By Kogan's App
It has been reported that the data was harvested from Facebook by an app on Facebook's platform, created by British academic, Aleksandr Kogan, that was downloaded by 270,000 people, providing access to their own and their friends' personal data too. It has been reported that Kogan says he changed the terms and conditions of his personality-test app on Facebook from academic to commercial part way through the project.
Facebook has said that Kogan violated its policies by passing the data to Cambridge Analytica, and Facebook was told that the data has since been destroyed, and has made its own efforts to obtain proof that it has been destroyed.
Mr Kogan has said on BBC radio that he was advised that the app was entirely legal, and that he thinks he's being made a scapegoat for Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
This latest incident sees Facebook back in hot water following on from reports of how its platform was used by outside interests for posts and adverts that were designed to influence the result of the US election. The share price has been impacted significantly this week.
What Does This Mean For Your Business?
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This island owes its name to its particular shape. Two small hills form the eye sockets and a small lake the nose cavity. The southern coast of the island is shaped to form teeth and fangs. Beside the fangs lies the vast ships' graveyard of the Crimson Sea. Skullcap Islands features many points of interest, such as the Caverns of the Golden Warrior, or Dead Man Beach. The main point of interest, however, is the underground smuggler's port. A gallery leads to a vast cavern that hosts a small citadel. Samastax, the smuggler lord, leads a small but well-organized band of smugglers, and Samastax himself instructed them on how build the citadel. A double drawbridge protects the port entrance; if the bridges are down, no ship can enter the port. The citadel features barracks, a shipyard, a tavern, many warehouses to keep smuggled goods, and even a very small chapel. Most of the smugglers' boats are small and fast. The sole big ship is Samastax's Silver Orca.
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Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless and odorless gas that exists in the earth's atmosphere and which is dangerous in high concentrations. The proportion of CO2 in natural ambient air is about 0.04 % or 400 ppm. When humans and animals exhale this gas, it is quickly mixed with the ambient air, including in rooms that are well ventilated.
A high CO2 content becomes apparent in humans through rapid fatigue and loss of concentration. The negative effects become noticeable more quickly in small rooms in which there are many people (e.g. conference rooms).
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Pope Francis called abortion "horrific" on Monday, a remark that could assuage conservatives concerned that the new pontiff has struck a softer tone on social issues.
"It is horrific even to think that there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day," he said in his toughest remarks to date on abortion in his "State of the World" address, Reuters reports.
Though Pope Francis hasn't changed church doctrine, conservatives questioned his views on abortion in September when he told the Italian Jesuit magazine Civilta Cattolica that the Church needs to shake off its "obsession" with the teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. Since then, Pope Francis has continued to advocate mercy over condemnation.


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What is Copyright? Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors or creators of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. The current federal copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17 in the U.S. Code), went into effect on January 1, 1978; it generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
Under the Copyright Act of 1976, copyright is considered to begin with the setting down of a work in tangible or "fixed" form, rather than with its publication or registration, as was the case before the enaction of the Copyright Act of 1976. Unpublished works thus have since 1978 enjoyed exactly the same copyright protection as published works. The Copyright Act of 1976 was amended in 1996 to extend the term of copyright protection to 50 years after the death of the author. Under the previous copyright law, the term of protection was 28 years from the date of publication, with a renewal term of another 28 years, so that most works were under copyright protection for a total of 56 years from publication. Under the 1996 revision, works published under the old law, and still in copyright at the time of enactment of the new law, had a total term of protection of 75 years from their publication. The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 retroactively added 20 more years of protection to the term of all existing copyrights. Thus the term of copyright for all works created after January 1, 1978, whether published or unpublished, is now the life of the author plus 70 years, and pre-1978 publications are protected for a total of 95 years from their date of publication. (In most other countries, the term of protection is 50 years after the death of the author.) Translations, new editions of the classics, and so forth, fall under the same copyright protection as original writings. Material in the public domain that has recently appeared in a new edition cannot be held under copyright, but any introduction, notes, editing of text, and such can be copyrighted. It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright code to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope. Sections 107 through 120 of the Copyright Act of 1976 establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability. One major limitation is the doctrine of "fair use," which is given a statutory basis in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. An author is responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction in his or her work of any material that is protected by copyright when the material being reproduced is used in an amount or manner that exceeds the standards of "fair use," and for the payment of any fees that may be required by the copyright holder for the use of this material. A permission may be a formal document from a copyright holder (e.g., publisher, museum, art gallery, photographer. etc.) with many clauses outlining conditions and limitations of use, or it may be a brief note from an individual saying, "It's OK for you to quote from my letter of June 10, 1990, to John Doe." The important thing is (1) to have something in writing that is (2) specific as to what is being granted. This holds both for copyright permissions and for releases (as for mentioning an individual by name in a case study).
What Is "Fair Use"? The language of the section of the Copyright Act of 1976 describing what constitutes "fair use" (17 U.S.C. 107) is intentionally vague and thus susceptible to a wide variety of interpretations: "The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means . . . , for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching . . . , scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work." There has never been any single definitive clarification of this language by either judicial decision or legislative stipulation. Thus the current situation is that there are no clearly and legally specified limits on the amount of copyrighted material that may be quoted or reproduced without requesting permission. Uses such as the following are usually deemed to fall within the provisions of "fair use":
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Recent Developments in Copyright Law The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) is a long and complex piece of legislation that holds the prospect of fundamentally changing many of the ways that we work with copyrighted material. In particular, the DMCA allows copyright owners to impose "technological protection measures" to regulate access to and use of protected works, and creates a new federal offense for anyone who circumvents those technological measures. The DMCA also allows copyright owners to put "copyright management information" on their works to specify to the users the conditions under which uses may be allowed, and it creates a new federal offense against removing or altering that information. The DMCA makes many other changes in federal copyright law. Among the most important is that it allows libraries to make digital copies of deteriorating works in digital formats. The new law also charges the U.S. Copyright Office with the duty of reporting back to Congress with a proposal for the revision of the statute governing the uses of copyrighted works in distance education. And it establishes a possibility for limiting the liability of online service providers including universities and other scholarly organizations that run networks and web servers from infringements committed by users. That benefit, however, is available only if the provider complies with a long series of rigorous conditions and establishes elaborate procedures. The best news for scholarship and higher education is that the DMCA did not go further and do more. Some of the new restrictions of this legislation will not take effect for two years, and the final version of the legislation dropped provisions that would have given new statutory protection to databases and other collections of factual data. That new protection was strongly opposed by researchers who saw it as a direct constraint on their ability to obtain and share factual information.
For Further Information The U.S. Copyright Office has a wealth of resources available online, including a very useful pamphlet on "Copyright Basics." The full text of the Copyright Act of 1976 and of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 are available here: (http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright). The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization that was established by authors, publishers and users as the not-for-profit Reproduction Rights Organization (RRO) for the United States. CCC operates licensing systems that facilitate compliance with the copyright law and promote the constitutional purposes of copyright, namely progress and creativity in the arts and sciences. The CCC web site offers a wide variety of copyright-related resources, including links to many other relevant web sites: (http://www.copyright.com). A key role in moderating some of the extreme measures originally proposed in the draft forms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 was played by the Digital Future Coalition (DFC), whose members include groups and organizations such as The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), of which the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature are members, and the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH), of which SBL Press is a Policy Council member. The web site of the DFC provides excellent resources for exploring and explaining the implications of the DMCA: (http://www.ari.net/dfc). The Copyright Management Center of Indiana University offers an extensive range of resources about copyright in general and its importance to higher education in particular, including links to a variety of other pages dealing with the subject of copyright and "fair use": (http://www.iupui.edu/~copyinfo/home.html). The director of this center, Dr. Kenneth D. Crews, is the author of several important works in the area, including Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenges for Universities: Promoting the Progress of Higher Education (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993) and Copyright Law and Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights, and Your New Dissertation (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1996). The Intellectual Property Center of the University of Texas offers a "Crash Course in Copyright," a brief but helpful tutorial on copyright and "fair use" issues in an academic setting, and also provides the "Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia" developed by the Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC): (http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty). The Copyright and Fair Use Center of the Stanford University Libraries provides a wealth of information and links to other sites, including the full legal details of the landmark Kinko's and Michigan Document Services cases concerning "coursepacks": (http://fairuse.stanford.edu). Much of the information drawn together in this statement is derived from these sources. If you have further questions about copyright issues or the process of securing permission for the use of copyrighted material, please contact:
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A chaotic scene unfolded as a massive caravan of Honduran migrants reached the Guatemala-Mexico border Friday.
What appeared to be tear gas was fired as the crowd pushed towards Mexican police at the border, CNN's Bill Weir reported from the scene.
"There are children in this crowd. ... This is utter chaos at the moment. You've got people with Honduran flags climbing the fences. Now we're being pushed back," Weir said.
Mexican officials had said people seeking asylum would be processed at the border. But it's unclear what will happen next.
Members of the group -- many with children in tow -- had cheered and chanted as they streamed toward the port of entry, with celebratory airhorns blaring.
The migrant caravan is now stopped on a bridge linking the two countries as a police barricade set up by Mexico is blocking them from entering.


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Garth Brooks couldn't help getting emotional as he spoke about his gratitude for his wife, fellow country megastar Trisha Yearwood, during a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Heading into Thanksgiving week, host Kelly Clarkson spoke with Brooks about gratitude and what his family does to celebrate the holiday.
Brooks is "married to one of the greatest cooks on the planet," he replied. Yearwood has published a few best-selling cook books, in addition to her thriving career as an award-winning country artist. Brooks continued, "when it comes to the future, I think what you're just grateful for is just one more day of getting to do this."
The "Friends In Low Places" icon shared heartfelt sentiments about his family, and said of Yearwood: "I've said this before, I found her in the past life (and) I'll find her in the next."
Brooks' interview segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show posted on the same morning he revealed a list of 18 added shows to his Las Vegas residency, Garth Brooks Plus One, hosted at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The additional dates span from September to December 2024. Tickets will be available to the general public on Monday, November 27.


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There, in the third ball game of the World Series, at the Cubs' ball yard on the north side yesterday, the people who had the luck to be present saw the supreme performance of the greatest artist the profession of sport has ever produced. Babe Ruth hit two home runs.
Now, Lou Gehrig also hit two home runs, and Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics or any other master mechanic of the business might have hit three or four home runs and you would have gone away with the same impression that a factory tourist receives from an hour of watching a big machine lick labels and stick them on bottles of mouthwash or pop. The machine might awe you, but would you love it?
The people who saw Babe Ruth play that ball game and hit those two home runs against the Cubs came away from the baseball plant with a spiritual memento of the most gorgeous display of humor, athletic art and championship class any performer in any of the games has ever presented.
The Babe is 38 years old, and if you don't know that he is unable to hike as far for fly balls or stoop as nimbly as he used to for rollers coming to him through the grass, that must be just your own fault, because he would not deceive you. As an outfielder he is pretty close to his past tense, which may mean that one more year from now he will be only a pinch-hitter. He has been breaking this news all year to himself and the customers.
Why, when Bill Jurges, the human clay pigeon, hit a short fly to him there in left field and he mauled it about, trying for a shoestring catch, he came up off the turf admitting all as Jurges pulled up at second.
The old Babe stood up, straightened his cap and gesticulated vigorously toward Earle Combs in center. "Hey!" the old Babe waved, "my dogs ain't what they used to be. Don't hit them out to me. Hit to the young guy out there."
I am telling you that before the ball game began the Babe knew he was going to hit one or more home runs.
The customers behind him in the bleachers were booing him when the ball game began, but they would have voted him president when it was over, and he might not be a half-bad compromise, at that. Somebody in the crowd tossed out a lemon which hit him on the leg. Now there are sensitive ball players who might have been petulant at that and some stiff-necked ones who could only ignore it, boiling inwardly. But the Babe topped the jest. With graphic gestures, old Mr. Ruth called on them for fair play. If they must hit him with missiles, would they please not hit him on the legs? The legs weren't too good anyway. Would they just as lief hit him on the head? The head was solid and could stand it.
I am telling you that before the ball game began the Babe knew he was going to hit one or more home runs. He had smacked half a dozen balls into the right-field bleachers during his hitting practice and he knew he had the feel of the trick for the day. When his hitting practice was over he waddled over toward the Cubs' dugout, his large abdomen jiggling in spite of his rubber corsets, and yelled at the Cubs sulking down there in the den, "Hey, muggs! You muggs are not going to see the Yankee Stadium any more this year. This World Series is going to be over Sunday afternoon. Four straight."
He turned, rippling with the fun of it and, addressing the Chicago customers behind third base, yelled, "Did you hear what I told them over there? I told them they ain't going back to New York. We lick 'em here, today and tomorrow."
There never was such contempt shown by one antagonist for another as the Babe displayed for the Cubs, and ridicule was his medium.
The Babe had been humiliating the Cubs publicly throughout the series. They were a lot of Lord Jims to him. They had had a chance to be big fellows when they did the voting on the division of the World Series pool. But for a few dollars' gain they had completely ignored Rogers Hornsby, their manager for most of the year, who is through with baseball now apparently without much to show for his long career, and had held Mark Koenig, their part-time shortstop, to a half share. The Yankees, on the contrary, had been generous, even to ex-Yankees who were traded away months ago, to their deformed bat boy who was run over and hurt by a car early in the season, and to his substitute.
There never was such contempt shown by one antagonist for another as the Babe displayed for the Cubs, and ridicule was his medium.
In the first inning, with Earle Combs and Joe Sewell on base, he sailed his first home run into the bleachers. He hit Charlie Root's earnest pitching with the same easy, playful swing that he had been using a few minutes before against the soft, casual service of a guinea-pig pitcher. The ball would have fallen into the street beyond the bleachers under ordinary conditions, but dropped among the patrons in the temporary seats.
The old Babe came around third base and past the Cubs' dugout yelling comments which were unintelligible to the patrons but plainly discourteous and, pursing his lips, blew them a salute known as the Bronx cheer.
He missed a second home run in the third inning when the ball came down a few feet short of the wire screen, but the masterpiece was only deferred. He hit it in the fifth, a ball that sailed incredibly to the extreme depth of center field and dropped like a perfect mashie shot behind the barrier, long enough to clear it, but with no waste of distance.
Guy Bush, the Cubs' pitcher, was up on the top step of the dugout, jawing back at him as he took his turn at bat this time. Bush pushed back his big ears, funneled his hands to his mouth, and yelled raspingly at the great man to upset him. The Babe laughed derisively and gestured at him. "Wait, mugg, I'm going to hit one out of the yard." Root threw a strike past him and he held up a finger to Bush, whose ears flapped excitedly as he renewed his insults. Another strike passed him and Bush crawled almost out of the hole to extend his remarks.
He licked the Chicago ball club, but he left the people laughing when he said goodbye, and it was a privilege to be present because it is not likely that the scene will ever be repeated in all its elements.
The Babe held up two fingers this time. Root wasted two balls and the Babe put up two fingers on his other hand. Then, with a warning gesture of his hand to Bush, he sent him the signal for the customers to see.
"Now," it said, "this is the one. Look!" And that one went riding in the longest home run ever hit in the park.
He licked the Chicago ball club, but he left the people laughing when he said goodbye, and it was a privilege to be present because it is not likely that the scene will ever be repeated in all its elements. Many a hitter may make two home runs, or possibly three in World Series play in years to come, but not the way Babe Ruth made these two. Nor will you ever see an artist call his shot before hitting one of the longest drives ever made on the grounds, in a World Series game, laughing and mocking the enemy with two strikes gone.
Collected in From Black Sox to Three-Peats: A Century of Chicago's Best Sportswriting.


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An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 22 of my new book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job. I am keeping a shortened version here, but for the complete discussion including the template for a job cover letter, please do purchase the book, which compiles all my major job market posts along with 50% entirely new material.
In my 15 years as a faculty member I served on approximately 11 search committees. Some of these search committees I chaired. These committees brought in ten new assistant professors into my departments.
Estimating that each search brought in an average of 200 applications (a conservative estimate for a field like Anthropology, a generous estimate for a much smaller field like East Asian Languages and Literatures), that means I read approximately 2200 job applications.
I've also read the cover letters of my own students, and a passel of Ph.D. students who came to me for advice, as well as a large number of clients since opening The Professor is In (as of July 2014 let's say 1000).
So let's say I've read (3200) job cover letters. Of those (3200) job cover letters, it is safe to say that (3000) sucked. Sucked badly. Sucked epically. Sucked the way Cakewrecks cakes suck.
What's up with that?
Here's what's up with that.
Advisers don't teach their grad students how to write cover letters. They send them out pathetically, humiliatingly ill-informed.
It is, in my opinion, a criminal degree of neglect.
I am on a mission to get Ph.D. students, in the social sciences and humanities especially, to stop sending out worthless, embarrassing, self-sabotaging job cover letters.
I am infuriated that close colleagues of mine in the top programs in the country–think Ivy Leagues–routinely allow their Ph.D.s to send out job letters to departments across the country–to potential colleagues and peers and reviewers across the country– that make those Ph.D.s look ill-trained, unqualified, and un-hireable.
How do I know that? Again, because I was on the hiring committees that received the letters from those Ph.D.s, the students I knew well, had met at conferences, and recognized as the students of my friends and colleagues at prestigious departments in the field.
So, anyone reading this now, here is why your cover letter sucks, and what you need to do to fix it.
1. It Is Too Long. And 1a. It's Not on Letterhead. And 1b. It must follow proper letter norms of etiquette
Your letter must be on letterhead if you have a current academic affiliation of any kind. This is not negotiable. It has come to my attention that some departments are denying their graduate students access to letterhead. This is unacceptable, and any act is justified in response. You may steal the letterhead. You may Photoshop the letterhead. Do what you must, but send all professional letters of every kind on the letterhead of the department with which you affiliated.
If you do not have an affiliation because you finished your Ph.D. and have no academic employment at all, including adjuncting, then you must submit without letterhead (although a very sober, understated, and proper personal letterhead can sometimes be a nice touch). You may not use letterhead to which you're not entitled. That is unethical, and it is also stupid, because your readers are smart, and they notice.
Your letter must be two pages max. No longer. Do not argue with me. If you are arguing with me, you are wrong. It must be two pages max.
It must be 12 point (ok, *maybe* 11.5) font, and have a minimum of 3/4″ margins.
It must follow normal letter etiquette, which means that it will include the date (fully written out) just under the letterhead, then a space, then the full snail mail address of the person/committee to whom the letter is being sent just below the date, left justified, and then a space, and then the address: "Dear Professor XXXX/Members of the Search Committee:" Then it will have another space, and commence: "I am writing in application to the advertised position in XXX at the University of XXXX. Etc. Etc." Nothing in this heading material may be left out. Similarly, nothing beyond this may be added in, including any kind of memo heading or title such as "Re: position in XXX." LETTERS DO NOT HAVE TITLES!
Why must it be these things? I will tell you. Because the care you show in the norms and forms of proper letter etiquette represent you as a fully adult, functioning professional. It demonstrates that you are a full-fledged member of the tribe, and not an embarrassing wanna-be.
And the length? Because the faculty members on the committee reviewing your letters are tired, distracted, irritated, and rushed. They will give your cover letter 5 minutes. They will not hunt for your main point, they will not squint, they will not strain their eyes, they will not pore over it.
Serve up your brilliance, your achievements, and your delightful collegial personality loud and clear, in legible large font, and a considerate quantity of verbiage. You are respecting your future colleagues' time and eyesight, and believe me, they notice.
Do I hear whining, that you "can't possibly say all you need to" in 2 pages? Tough. Do you want a job or don't you? Do it.
2. You Are Telling, Not Showing.
All academics in the world, by virtue of being academics, require evidence to accept a proposition. Even the wooiest humanists have to be persuaded with some form of evidence that a claim is valid.
Your letter must include evidence. Empty claims like "I am passionate about teaching," or "I care deeply about students," or "I am an enthusiastic colleague" contain no evidence whatsoever. They can be made by anyone, and provide no means of proof. They are worthless verbiage.
Show, don't tell: Instead of "I am passionate about teaching," you must write, "I used new technologies to create innovative small group discussion opportunities in my large introductory classes, technologies that were later adopted by my colleagues in the department." Or, "I worked one on one with students on individual research projects leading to published articles. Several students later nominated me for our campus's "Best Undergraduate Teacher" award, which I won in 2011."
Get it? Don't waste our time with unsubstantiated and unsubstantiatable claims.
3. You Drone On and On About Your Dissertation
We actually don't care about your dissertation. Seriously, we don't. Your dissertation is in the past. It's in the past even if you're actually still writing it. It's what you did *as a student*, and we're not hiring a student. We're hiring a colleague….
4. Your Teaching Paragraph is All Drippy and Pathetic
5. You Present Yourself as a Student, Not a Colleague
6. You Don't Specify Publication Plans
7. You Don't Have a Second Research Project
8. You Didn't Do Your Homework
9. You're Disorganized and Rambling
10. You Didn't Tailor
For the rest of this post, please see Chapter 22 of my book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job.


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Welcome to Scrum.com's guide to the terminology of the game of Rugby Union in all its guises. Designed for people new to the sport, as well as those who may need a refresher course, it aims to give a clear insight into all aspects of the game.
Advantage - unlike most other sports, referees can play advantage after a foul for what can seem an eternity, but once he calls "advantage over" then that's that.
All Blacks - the national team of New Zealand.
Ankle Tap - a tackle, usually of the last-ditch variety, which involves a dive and a slap to the attacker's ankle which, if properly executed, will result in his legs colliding with each other. Also known as a Tap Tackle.
Backs - the group of players normally numbered Nos. 9 to 15 who do not participate in scrums and line-outs, except for the scrum-half.
Barbarians - the name of invitational rugby teams, the most famous based in the UK, drawing the finest players from around the world together to play matches against international teams. Also called the Baa Baas.
Binding - the careful method players grip and grasp each other to form a secure scrum, ruck, or maul. This is a critical skill to ensure the safety of players.
Bledisloe Cup - the annual competition between the national teams of New Zealand and Australia. Now held during the Tri-Nations.
Blindside - from a set piece, ruck or maul, the short side of the field. Also called the Weakside.
Calcutta Cup - the annual match between England and Scotland each year during the Six Nations Championship. The trophy is made from the silver rupees remaining after the Calcutta Rugby Club disbanded in the 1920s.
Cap - anytime a player plays in a match he/she is technically awarded a cap but the term is mostly used to note the number of official games a player has appeared for his/her national team against another national team. A cap is an honour, there is typically no physical item awarded, although originally there was.
Charge Down - the blocking of a kick by an opposition player.
Chip Kick - a short shallow kick usually delivered over the head of an onrushing defender to be quickly retrieved or caught by the kicker or one of his/her supporting players.
Clearance Kick - a kick of the ball into touch which relieves pressure on a side under heavy attack.
Conversion - a kick at the posts after the awarding of a try, scoring two points if successful. The kick must be attempted directly from a spot perpendicular to the spot where the try was awarded. Usually taken with a place kick, it can be rushed when the kicker makes a move towards the ball. If taken as a drop kick it is uncontested.
Drop Goal - a kick between the posts by an attacking side which, if successful, scores three points. It differs from a punt in that the ball must hit the ground before being kicked.
Drop Out - the way play is re-started, using a drop-kick, after the defending side has touched the ball down behind its own try-line or when the ball has gone out over the dead-ball line.
Dummy - a feigned pass intended to deceive an opponent about to make a tackle.
Eagles - the national team of the United States of America
Ellis, William Webb - the person, as a student at Rugby School, credited with inspiring the modern game of rugby football in 1823, although the famous story of the incident where he "picked up the ball and ran" did not emerge until four years after his death.
Feed - the rolling of the ball into the scrum by the scrum-half.
Foot Up - an offence where a hooker brings his foot forward before the ball is put in by the scrum-half.
Forward Pass - all passes must go backwards, and this is an illegal pass where the ball goes forwards. The penalty is a scrum in favour of the other side.
Forwards - the group of players normally numbered 1 through 8 who bind together into scrums, line up for line-outs, and commit themselves to most rucks and mauls.
Free Kick - an uncontested kick awarded to a team usually for a minor penalty by the other team. The kick cannot be taken directly at the posts except by a drop goal.
Front Five - a common collective name for the front (props and hooker) and second row (locks) forwards. Also known as Tight Five
Front Row - the common name for the prop/hooker/prop combination at the front of a scrum.
Garryowen - see Up and Under. Named after the Irish club which originated the play.
Grand Slam - a Six Nations championship won without any losses or draws.
Grubber - a kick of the ball which causes the ball to bounce and roll along the ground.
Haka - a cultural ceremonial display with a chant performed by many Southern Pacific teams as a challenge before a match.
Half-back - the back wearing No.9 who normally feeds the ball into a scrum and retrieves the ball at the base of scrums, rucks, and mauls. Can also be called the Scrum-half.
High Ball - a ball kicked very high into the air placing any player attempting to catch it under extreme pressure by on rushing opposition players.
Home Nations - England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
Hospital Pass - a pass which is received by a team-mate a split second before he is tackled hard by one or more of the opposition, after which he is likely to need medical treatment. A useful way of settling scores with team-mates.
Injury Time - in top-class rugby, the referee publicly stops and starts time for more lengthy interruptions (injuries, referrals to the TV referee) so that even when the allotted 40 minutes have expired, play continues until the time for these stoppages is added. At club level, injury time is often a far less easily defined beast.
IRB - the International Rugby Board. The IRB is the ruling body for Rugby Union worldwide and has primary responsibility for setting and adjusting the laws of the sport and running the Rugby World Cup tournaments for 15s and 7s every four years.
Jumper - a common name for a rugby jersey. Also the name of a player in a lineout, usually at the 2, 4, and 6 positions, jumping to catch or intercept the throw.
Knock On - losing, dropping, or knocking the ball forward from a player's hand resulting in the ball being awarded to the other team in a scrum.
League - a version of rugby played normally with 13 players under different laws than Rugby Union. The two codes deviated over professionalism and until rugby union went professional in 1995 there was deep-rooted antagonism between the two codes.
Lifting - the act of lifting the lineout jumper into the air in order to more easily catch or intercept the throw.
Lineout - the set play re-starting play after the ball has been taken out or kicked to touch. Both sets of forwards will line up opposite each other with the side with throw calling a play. The throw must be directly down the middle of the two lines.
Loose Forwards - common names for the flankers and No. 8 in a forward pack.
Mark - the place indicated by the referee where the scrum should form; also a player inside his own 22 can, on catching a ball kicked by the opposition on the full, call for a "mark". If the referee agrees, the player can then re-start play in much the same way as if he had been awarded a free-kick.
Maul - typically after a runner has come into contact and the ball is still being held by a player once any combination of at least three players have bound themselves a maul has been set. The primary difference from a ruck is that the ball is not on the ground.
No side - antiquated term used to describe the end of the match. Superseded by full time.
Offsides - during rucks, scrums, lineouts, and mauls an imaginary line is present over which any player crossing before the set piece is completed commits a penalty.
Pack - another name for all the forwards usually when they are bound for a scrum.
Penalty - any number of infractions or violations which award the other team a kick.
Penalty Kick - an uncontested kick awarded to a team for a major infraction by the other team. The kick can be taken directly at goal and scores three points is successful If the ball is kicked to touch, then the throw-in is awarded back to the team which kicked the ball out of bounds.
Penalty Try - the awarding of a try due to a blatant or repeated violation by an opposing side that prevents an obvious try from being scored.
Pill - a nickname for a rugby ball - widely used in the southern hemisphere.
Pitch - click here for details of the pitch and its markings
Place Kick - a kick of the ball resting on the ground, placed in an indention in the ground, from a small pile of sand, or from a kicking tee. Place kicks are used to start each half, for penalty kicks at goal, or for conversion kicks after a try has been awarded.
Pumas - the national team of Argentina
Pushover Try - a try scored by the forward pack as a unit in a scrum by pushing the opposition's scrum pack backwards across the tryline while dragging the ball underneath them. Typically scored from a 5m scrum, the try is usually awarded when the No.8 or scrum-half touch the ball down after it crosses the try line.
Red Card - a player can receive one of these from the referee, sending him off for the remainder of the game, for persistent breaching of the rules or for serious foul/dangerous play.
Ruck - typically after a runner has come into contact and the ball has been delivered to the ground once any combination of at least three players have bound themselves a ruck has been set. The primary difference from a maul is that the ball is on the ground.
RWC - short for Rugby World Cup. Tournaments played every four years.
Rugger - colloquial name for the game.
Rugger Bugger- a dated term used to describe a person who played rugby
Scrum - the formation used in the set play re-starting play after a knock-on or forward pass. The forwards from each side bind together and then the two packs come together to allow the scrumhalf with the feed to deliver the ball to the scrum. A scrum can also be awarded or chosen in different circumstances by the referee.
Scrum down - the coming together of the scrum.
Scrum-half - the back wearing No.9 who normally feeds the ball into a scrum and retrieves the ball at the base of scrums, rucks, and mauls. Can also be called the half-back.
Scrummaging - the process of setting and completing a scrum
Sevens - a form of rugby union invented in Scotland and played with only seven total players, usually three forwards and four backs. Each half typically last only seven minutes but can be longer. The lack of numbers usually results in a free-flowing game.
Sin Bin - the naughty corner where all players who have been yellow carded sit all alone for 10 minutes.
Six Nations - the annual tournament from January through March between the national men's teams of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy
Springboks - the national team of South Africa
Super 14 - the annual tournament between the best provincial teams of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Take - a well executed catch of a kicked ball.
Tap Tackle - see Ankle Tap.
Tap Penalty - a quickly taken penalty where a player taps the ball a couple of inches with his foot and immediately catches it and surges forward, done to catch the opposition unawares.
Tens - a form of rugby union played with only ten total players. Each half typically last only 10 minutes but can be longer. Games are almost always played during tournaments.
Test - the name typically used for matches between two national teams. The match can also be called an international.
Tight Five - a common name for all of the front (props and hooker) and second row (locks) forwards. Also known as Front Five
Touch, touchline - the out of bounds line that runs on either side of the pitch. The non-contact version of rugby is also commonly called touch.
Touch judge - an official posted on each side of the pitch to mark the spot where balls go out of touch and to judge kicks at goal. The touch judge is also instrumental in pointing out any serious violence infractions not seen by the referee and in major matches is in radio contact with him.
Tri-Nations - the annual competition between the national men's teams of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Try - a score of five points awarded when the ball is carried or kicked across the tryline and touched down to the ground by a player.
Try line - the goal line extending across the pitch.
Tunnel - the gap between the front rows in a scrum or the gap between the two lines of forwards in a lineout.
Turnover- when one side takes possession of the ball from their opponents.
22 Metre Drop Out - see Drop Out.
Union - another name for the most popular form of rugby featuring 15, 10, or 7 players per side. The local, provincial, or national organizing body for rugby competition is also often called a union.
Up and Under - a tactical kick which is popped very high but not far, allowing the kicker and supporting players to easily run underneath it for recovery. The kick is intended to put heavy pressure on any opposition player attempting to catch the ball. Also called a Garryowen.
Wallabies - the national team of Australia.
Weakside - see Blindside.
Webb Ellis Trophy - the trophy awarded to the winners of the Rugby World Cup, named after William Web Ellis.
Yellow card - a player who receives a yellow card from the referee has to leave the pitch for ten minutes at sit in the Sin Bin. This is usually given for dangerous, persistent or cynical breaches of the rules. If the offence is more serious then he can be red carded.
XV - a common identifier for the first fifteen selected players of a club or team. A team can also use XV in their name, pronounced as fifteen.
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