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It was a shock to wake up today at 7am when an old friend Lizza Nakpil called asking if it was true that Richard Tan had passed away. He was a colleague in the music industry and a friend to everyone.
My first thoughts were of his family and then of his adopted family made up of his Artists: Parokya ni Edgar, Kamikazee, Typecast, ChicoSci, Gloc9, Hilera, The Youth, Teeth, Franco, and many more, some past and some present. How were they? If I was floored, what more them who saw him as a brother, father figure, best friend? He didn't just manage their careers. He also managed their lives.
Just two days ago, I was having dinner when a text from Zach Lucero, my Radio Republic teammate, came through saying Richard was in the ICU. I called Lizza who happens to be Richard's neighbor and I wanted to know what was going on. But she was out of town for a show and with her were PNE and Kamikazee.
I rushed over to the hospital and was able to speak to his doctor. The prognosis was meningitis but complications were cropping up and he was in critical condition. They could not ascertain what type of infection it was because they were unable to perform a lumbar puncture to test his spinal fluid. I left with a heavy heart but took solace in my faith and that Richard was still young and could fight off the infection in his brain. I checked in again yesterday and would update Chito, Aries (aka Gloc9), Lizza, and Day Cabuhat. (Day is Pupil's manager but is also a doctor so was able to explain and better analyze the situation.) I was hopeful last night even after the doctor said he had developed a fever. His kidneys were now working and the ventilator was helping his heart.
So the news today of his passing came as a surprise. I thought he was fighting, holding on. But God apparently had another plan for him.
As I type now, I remember what it was like to lose Karl Roy a few months ago. I remember what it was like to lose Teddy Diaz, my cousin, kuya, mentor, and best friend, 24 years ago. Whether it be a few months or years, the pain doesn't diminish. It is hard to lose someone dear to you and even harder to move on. Having been through it a few times in my life, I've realized that there is no easy way to handle it. The only way to get over it is to go through it.
Yes, it is a time to mourn and grieve now. But it is also a time to celebrate because although Richard has left this world, he now lives in the best place of all: up there where the music is made and played all day, where the true Giver and Creator of talent is, where he can converse with the ultimate Manager forever. He is with our God who has called Richard back to Him.
Richard touched all of our lives. In tribute to him, let us carry the torch. Let us continue to fight the fight for OPM, believing in talent like he did even when the powers-that-be say otherwise, stay strong when challenges come, stay focused when everything is rocking all around us, and stay true and sincere to the vision of sharing the music.
We owe that to him, to not let his efforts be in vain. We all supported his Artists through the years just as he worked so hard to bring their music to us. I thank him for his quiet commitment and passion for the music. We will always stand by him and his Artists.
As George Harrison sang, "All Things Must Pass," and this shall too. Thank you, Richard. You may be gone but you will live on in the memory of the living. For you and because of you, the music will keep on playing.
As the lead singer of The Boomtown Rats, he only had minor hits, one being "I Don't Like Mondays, " a story of a girl who shoots her classmates at school. But it was in 1985 that the world sat up and noticed Bob Geldof. That's now SIR Bob Geldof, mind you.
The year before, he rounded up friends from the music industry to participate in a single to raise funds and awareness for the thousands dying of starvation in Ethiopia. The effort was called Band Aid and the song was entitled, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Big 80′s artists were present like Paul Young, Sting, Duran Duran, Bananarama, Paul Weller, Phil Collins, Boy George, George Michael, and even a not-quite-so-big-yet Bono was there, among others.
That effort spawned also the most successful single of all time, USA for Africa's "We Are The World" written by the late Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
He organized two of the biggest events in music history, Live Aid and Live 8, the latter held in 10 cities around the world that included even greater legends like Sir Paul McCartney, a reunited Pink Floyd, Robbie Williams, Madonna, and new stars like The Killers, Placebo, and Coldplay.
He is certainly more successful as an activist than as a musician but what makes Bob Geldof so inspiring is the fact that he has tirelessly utilized the power of music to create significant change in the world. Alongside partners like Bono and their ONE.org they have been able to drop the debt for some of the world's poorest countries, no small feat when the figure is past the $500 Million mark.
I too have chosen to also walk down this music-for-advocacy path so I was thrilled when I found out that Bob Geldof would be the keynote speaker at SXSW 2011.
Needless to say, I was impressed. I was also challenged. Not only by the force of his passion but by the clarity of his thoughts and deep knowledge of the facts. I didn't hear a preacher but a serious and concerned advocate of music who was mourning the demise of America's great cultural contribution to the world: Rock n' Roll Music.
Bob Geldof talked about how discovering rock music tuned him into the world, something he took a step further by not just being aware, but aware and active. He said rock music was dying because America had gone soft. Connecting music to social issues, he cited an example where each cow was given a $2 allocation for food daily when, in fact, a third of the country's population was living off food stamps.
He spoke harshly about how complacency had become the norm. How the conformity in music reflected the way people looked at issues, no longer challenged to effect change, resigned to the reality of certain facts.
In his own words: "Rock 'n' roll needs to be against something. It can't just BE. It always needs a function in which to function. Of course there are great songs. There will always be great songs that don't suggest anything other than being a great song. But … where are our Ramones or our [Sex] Pistols today? Do we need them? Yes is the answer. Will they be found? Maybe not."
"What's music got to say? … I don't hear it. Maybe I can't hear it. I don't hear the disgust in the music; it doesn't have to be literal, it can be suggested. Can you imagine the '60s without the bands interpreting the fast-moving agenda of the times? Maybe this hyper democracy of the Web simply gives the illusion of talent. Everybody has got the means to say anything they want, but nobody has anything to say."
"People talk about the demise of the industry, and people in the industry are worried, but the industry is only a function of the music. And the music is only successful when it's relevant. The industry will not exist on the caterwauling of divas or pretty boys with lovely mouths. This thing we call content is actually about this conversation society has with itself. Rock music provided that: It is intensely powerful, this little minor art form we occupy ourselves with. And when politics is unconvincing even as entertainment, then entertainment might be the politics of our time."
It was an in-your-face talk, one which I wish most current "leaders" in the music industry had heard. I was reminded so much of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel. "People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs that no one ever shared because no one dared disturb the sound of silence."
In my mind, there is music around but does it really uplift and inspire whether it be in the language and form of rock, pop, or rap? I wouldn't make sweeping generalizations because there are still quite a number of artists who care and make every effort to impart something truthful and meaningful.
But I couldn't have agreed with Sir Bob more. People HAVE gone soft. When the main topics in mind are how to sell or how much to sell, then it ceases to be about the Artist and his/her craft. Bring on the bean counters and naysayers.
The so-called "demise" of the music industry is really only true because it's become all about form and not function. Music should exist as an extension and reflection of people's hearts and souls. When it becomes about sales and not substance then that does signal a death bell. When cash is the driving thought, then creativity does go out the window.
Yes, a hit can be made in a flash but it may never become a classic, one that will live on as a soundtrack to someone's life. Let the conversation be about the music being created and its message, about how much its value is to a person and not to a company.
That is what was great about SXSW: people were, in essence, still music fans, concerned about the music, eager to let the musicians succeed, for the creativity to continue. It was about finding solutions and not dwelling on problems. And that, in itself, is inspiring. I wish there were more Bob Geldofs around who still challenge and light fires under people's chairs.
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Wealth Management itself only really came into common industry parlance in the last 15 years. It was the response to the arrival of greater affluence in the latter part of the twentieth century, increasingly sophisticated client needs throughout the wealth spectrum, a desire among some clients to be actively involved in the management of their wealth, and a willingness of retail banks and brokerages, to extend their offerings to meet the new demand.
Asset management services are at the heart of the wealth management industry. But wealth management does not comprise of only asset management. It puts focus on both sides of the client's balance sheet. Wealth management has a greater emphasis on financial consulting and is used to gather, maintain, preserve, enhance, and transfer wealth. These are all included in wealth management.
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VI. Advice in all shapes and forms: asset allocation, wealth structuring, tax and trusts, various types of planning (financial, inheritance, pensions, philanthropic), family-dispute arbitration – even psychotherapy to children suffering from "affluenza".
VII. A wide range of concierge-type services, including yacht broking, art storage, real estate location, and hotel, restaurant and theatre booking.
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- Morgan Stanley follows as a result of its ownership control of the Smith Barney Franchise
- UBS comes in next.
The top four in the world are some distance from the rest of mega-players in the market. For instance, BAC is $1.08 trillion ahead of Credit Suisse which ranks in 5th. Which itself has more than $430 billion more than Royal Bank of Canada (6th).
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Michael Elliott (Movie Parables) is inspired by the story. He writes that Hancock and Rich "do lay the schmaltz on a bit thickly. But, to their credit, they do replicate the small town flavor of a community bound together by the personal heroics of one of their own. The way the people important to Jimmy rallied around him, encouraging and exhorting him to go forward to achieve his goals … is exactly how members in the body of Christ are to help one another."
In a review appearing online today, Douglas LeBlanc (Christianity Today) highlights "the film's prevailing theme of grace coming into the lives of people who pursue their dreams with courage and love." LeBlanc argues that Morris's quest for the major leagues is "less interesting … than the back story written by Mike Rich. Morris's father is so emotionally repressed that he cannot touch his son even in a moment of athletic triumph. Character actor Brian Cox brings subtlety to a role that he could have easily overplayed. The tentative steps toward reconciliation between father and son make the G-rated
The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops calls it an "uplifting charmer. In spite of a few sags in momentum … Hancock's film pulls on the heart strings … while pleasing and inspiring without the slightest suggestion of violence, sex, or even a crude word."
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- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Grate or mash black truffles.
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The first intermediate review took place in the Barcelona City Hall on November 26, counting with the participation of the EU Commission Officer (Ralph Dum), the reviewers and some of the EUNOIA Advisory Board members as well as the consortium partners.
EUNOIA first intermediate review
The project EUNOIA in collaboration with the partner of the Barcelona City Hall has organized an afternoon event in the "Sala Cronicas" of the old Town Hall building in Plaza Sant Jaume on November 26. The progress achieved in EUNOIA was outlined, together with an introduction to other projects in which Barcelona is involved. The event was attended by the members of the consortium, EUNOIA advisory Board and other invited researchers and stakeholders. The event was presided by Antoni Vives, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, along with Manel Sanroma, CIO City of Barcelona, and included a presentation by Ralph Dum, European Commision officer from DG. Connect, on Global Systems Science.
Antoni Vives, Deputy Major of Barcelona
European Mobility Week is an annual campaign on sustainable urban mobility, organised with the political and financial support of the Directorates-General for the Environment and Transport of the European Commission. The aim of the campaign, which runs from 16 to 22 September every year, is to encourage European local authorities to introduce and promote sustainable transport measures and to invite their citizens to try out alternatives to car use.
All local authorities that represent a town or a city are invited to get involved, by organizing one week of activities around this year's theme. Registration can be completed online and registered cities can be consulted.
The EUNOIA consortium has met in the Campus of the University of Valladolid in Segovia, near Madrid, to discuss the progress in work-packages WP2 (Methods & tools in urban mobility policy), WP3 (Data collection), WP4 (Data analysis) as well as to prepare the kickoff of WP5 (Modeling). We would like to thank the University of Valladolid for hosting the project meeting.
|EUNOIA meeting in Segovia


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VALPARAISO | Charles Wade wore the jail garb of a high-risk inmate Thursday as he appeared for a hearing on accusations of abducting his former girlfriend at knifepoint Saturday and returning Sunday to commit the same offense against the woman and her daughter.
Wade said little during the video hearing before Porter Superior Judge Roger Bradford, other than to affirm his understanding of each charge and announce his decision to hire a private attorney.
He is charged with kidnapping, carjacking, battery, burglary, confinement and intimidation, according to Bradford. He faces between 20 and 50 years behind bars if convicted on the kidnapping charge alone, and between six and 20 years each on three other counts.
The standard pleas of not guilty were entered on his behalf.
Jessica Kraly, 27, told Valparaiso police when she returned to her home in the 200 block of Logan Street after work at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Wade was waiting inside and took her by knifepoint into Gary and Merrillville, where he freed the woman while at his mother's home, police said.
Kraly later said she was driving westbound on U.S. 30 on Sunday afternoon when she found Wade in the rear seat of her car. She said he began jabbing at her with a knife and cut her finger before forcing her to exit the vehicle near County Road 475 West, Eckert said.
Wade is accused of driving off with the woman's 3-year-old daughter and leaving the girl alone outside a Portage apartment complex before being apprehended by state police on Interstate 65 near West Lafayette.
Bradford scheduled a trial for Feb. 7 and set preliminary hearings for Nov. 29 and Jan. 3. He also scheduled an Oct. 4 hearing to determine whether Wade has hired an attorney.


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A few days ago, Flora celebrated her first year with me.
I took her from the streets, she was a sack of bones and had lots of scabies and fleas. It was something about here brown eyes…
At that time I was feeling terribly lonely, but she gave me affection the minute she came in.
I takek her with me everywhere, she doesn't like to walk but she enjoys very much when we go out in my bike to the park.
She loves taking naps under the sun, running at the park, cuddles, ice cream, bones, my bed and my flowers.
I wish she could live for ever.
She is old now, so I'll try to make her last years some sort of paradise…
Adopt a dog, you will be happy, I promise.
Having dogs at work can be AWESOME! Makes MONDAY less stupid and boring.
Cactus and succulents for my kitchen table :)
About a bonsai…
I have this silk floss tree bonsai (I named it 14) and I had this brillant idea of making more bonsais for my friends, since they are quite obsesed with this one.
I've colected 12 seeds and they all sprang after 3 or 4 weeks! (yeeeeey)Now they only need and extra pair of leaves so I can transplant them.
Thanks you imaa-burr and good luck with your lovely lavander
Tiny terrarium
Took me just 5 minutes to make it.
1. I started by filling up the bottom of the bowl with small stones. 2. Then used a cactus/succulent soil mix. (but you can use some sand instead)
3. Took my little cacti and place them into the soil.
4. Added some blue little stones to decorate.
The soil should be dry enough while the sowing or repotting is been done. Watering should be done after a week so that the roots are healed within the time.
Try it and tell me! :)
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It won't be long before we will be subjected to an endless barrage of continuously changing mock-drafts. In anticipation of the mock draft season, we give you this week's fan question:
Drew Knight, Ontario,Canada: I know it is difficult to predict the draft this early, most draft projections are not finished and it always depends on who is available. If you PRETENDED that there was a good player with good value at every position when the Cowboys were on the board, what positions would you draft in the first 3 rounds?
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Mark Contreras: To me, that's an easy question as I have thought about this since the first Philadelphia game. In a perfect world, it has to be CB, OL, DL. Maybe even CB, OL, CB. But seeing as this is NOT a perfect world, you really have to play to the VALUE of the pick. The Cowboys are thin at almost every position. The Cowboys don't need a good cornerback with the 14th overall pick, they need a good football player.
Johnathan Barger: Since we are playing pretend for best case scenario… (I wonder if Jerry does this before each draft with replica action figures of the players in the draft?) We have to decide what came first, the chicken or the egg? Is it the pass rush that lead to the break downs in the secondary, or the bad secondary not giving the pass rush that extra nano second to get to the QB? I believe that after much deliberation that the secondary laid a huge egg, and it wasn't a golden goose. 1st round: I get a CB or a safety, preferably a CB because this draft is weak in the safety class as of yet. 2nd round: bull dozer NT; I'm talking Vince Wilfork/B.J. Ragi bull dozer (this solves some of our pass rush issues because Ratliff moves to end and earns 4 more Pro Bowls). 3rd round: Center/Guard or depending on the perceived development of Nagy/Arkin/Kowlaski/Costa … pick up a Tight End. Witten is only 30, but Marty B will be gone, and I don't think the Pats are complaining about the 2 studs they have at the TE spot…
Seth Jones: CENTER. No more Costa, please. Cornerbacks and safeties come next.
Ashley Bolton: Secondary, offensive line and defensive line. Have to protect Romo but defensive holes have to be fixed.
C. Joseph Wright: I don't think that the Cowboys will draft an OL in the first round. Tyron Smith was the first OL drafted by Dallas in the 1st round since Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989. Moreover, you rarely see a O-Lineman taken in the first round unless it is a tackle. The Cowboys don't need a tackle. The once exception is a Center that seems 'NFL-ready', but that is also fairly rare.
I don't think the Cowboys will use one of the first 2 picks on the OL, and probably not even the 3rd. I think they will pick up a few inexpensive veterans for depth, but they will likely expect to see significant improvements in the 4 'near-rookies' from this season (Phil Costa, David Arkin, Bill Nagy, and Kevin Kowalaski). Their will be high expectations next season for this group of young lineman. The expectations are undoubtedly based on the benefits of a full off-season with Strength and Conditioning genius Mike Woicik. All 4 of those young players should be much bigger and stronger by September.
Don't forget that Kyle Kosier is under contract for 2 more years, so they really only need a starting Center and one Guard from the four young O-Lineman.
If there was a quality NT available, I would take him in the 1st round. A traditional 3-4 NT who could clog up the middle would help tremendously against the run. Similarly, moving Jay Ratliff to end for some plays would improve the pass rush. If the Cowboys do get a NT that is good enough to start in September, look for Rob Ryan both both DT's in some situations, even if it looks more like a 4-3 alignment.
I would take a NT in the first round over a CB because I think a monster DT is more likely to be 'NFL ready' than a CB, and a CB is more likely to 'not live up to' being a top 15 pick. Look back at how many people wanted the Cowboys to draft Prince Amukamara. I would be shocked if anyone would trade Tyron Smith for Amukamara at this point.
If you spend the first pick on a NT, then the next pick almost has to be used for the secondary, preferably a corner who has the potential to start in September (as difficult as that may be in the middle of the 2nd round).
The third pick should be used to improve the pass-rush with either an OLB or a DE. The status of Anthony Spencer will be important. If he is re-signed, then DE is a higher priority. The DE's (except for Lissemore) are all close to the 30 years old or older; that unit needs some youthful talent.
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Placerita Canyon, heading south from Sand Canyon to the 14 Freeway continues to be closed, as of 7:20am. It's been closed most of the night due to heavy downpours.
Reports of mudslides and debris throughout the canyon. Trees down in parts of Sand Canyon, but no other road closures reported.


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Office of the President
Academic and Career Advising Fall Workshop
Remarks by Kevin P. Reilly, University of Wisconsin System President
Thursday, September 16, 2010,
"More Graduates for Wisconsin"
Good afternoon, everyone. I feel as if I'm among friends because of my personal connection to your work … I'm delighted to have the opportunity today to do something that I suspect we don't do often enough – and that is, to recognize our outstanding academic and career advisors in the UW System, and to salute you for the important work you do.
Every day, thousands of students at campuses all across our System are beneficiaries of your commitment to their success. Whether it's figuring out a way for students to get the courses they need, or finding some extra help to get someone's math skills up to speed after years out of school, or creating a plan to land that hard-to-get internship, or maybe just listening when no-one else is around … You and your colleagues play a vital role in holding high the UW's standards for excellence. It's hardly hyperbole to say we could not do it without you.
Not long ago, I had the good fortune to hear a few words from one of your colleagues – Dr. Lynn Freeman, the Director of Academic Advising at UW-Oshkosh. In June, Lynn was honored as one of several winners of the 2010 Regents' Academic Staff Excellence Awards, a truly prestigious honor. On accepting her award, Dr. Freeman briefly addressed the Board of Regents, and she described her work – your work – like this: "In advising, we help students explore, to find out more about themselves, to learn more about careers and majors, and then we help them set goals."
It's a simple, but accurate description, I think, of the key role played by advisors. If I may echo the words of the UW-Madison advisors' mission statement, you are the ones who (quote) "provide resources, guidance, and support to enable students to explore, define, and realize their aspirations throughout their academic careers." It's vital work.
Dr. Freeman also reminded the Regents that research at UW-Oshkosh indicates that students who see advisors in their first year of college are retained at a double-digit rate higher than students who don't see advisors. We could perhaps write this off as a pitch for your job security – a pretty good one, I should add – but the weight of evidence supports those conclusions. That's something we must remember, as universities all over the country try to do more with less … Indeed, in the words of one expert, Harvard educator Richard Light, (QUOTE) "Good academic advising may be the single most underestimated characteristic of a successful college experience."
Now, Lynn, I know that you are actually leaving the UW System to start your own business, where you'll be working with students who are preparing for college. We wish you the best of success. Would you ever consider expanding your business to give second career advice to ex-University System Presidents when the time comes?!
Advisors these days wear many hats. I don't need to tell you that. But I'd like to offer up a few thoughts on why what you do is so significant. This might be defined as a forest and the trees scenario.
The trees part you're very familiar with – that is, the many, many individual students who seek your counsel and stir your commitment. All the statistics about improved retention and graduation rates on our campuses are both a validation of, and a tribute to, the work you do. But I venture to guess that there's just as much personal satisfaction to be found in seeing that look in a student's eyes when they realize that they've done what they set out to do, sometimes despite daunting odds. All those individual stories – those trees, if you will – are a regular part of your daily lives.
What I'd like to do today is to provide a little perspective about the forest view, the macro view, and where you fit in, as I see it.
As you may already know, the United States is now one of only two developed countries where younger people are not as well educated as their parents. Here in Wisconsin, only about one-in-four adults has a baccalaureate degree. As of 2008, that ranked us 29th in the nation. In Minnesota, by contrast, about one in three adults has a four-year degree.
Economists and policymakers alike recognize that this educational shortfall comes with a very real price, both individually and as a society.
In a 2008 study, the urban policy group CEOs for Cities made the case that more degree-holders lead not only to higher per capita income, but also to a faster rate of economic growth. The report indicated that higher education levels also correlate with lower demand on social services, and lower poverty rates. We also know that educated citizens are engaged citizens. They enrich our society and strengthen our democracy.
People are accustomed to hearing University chancellors and presidents make this case, but I hear a similar sentiment echoed by community and business leaders from around the state – people who know that a college-educated workforce is critical to their regions' and their companies' success.
One fact that always catches people's attention is this – if per capita incomes in Wisconsin were raised to the Minnesota average, our state residents would collectively take home $29 billion -- $29 billion – more in earnings every year.
Well, we've got a plan. I suspect you have heard about it. We call it the UW System's Growth Agenda for Wisconsin. As Yogi Berra once said, "If you don't know where you're going, you might end up someplace else." That kind of unknown nobody wants.
Put very simply, the major strategic goals of the Growth Agenda are three: to grow more degree-holders in the state; to help create more well-paying jobs; and to build stronger communities. This plan, I should tell you, has garnered a great deal of public support, in part because people understand and embrace the results that we're trying to achieve for all Wisconsin people.
While all three of these goals ultimately affect all of us, the one that probably impacts your daily lives most directly is the one addressing more degree-holders.
The good news is that the UW System conferred more than 33,000 degrees last year – an all-time high. That total includes about 26,000 undergraduate degrees, and about 7,000 graduate and professional degrees.
You should all take real pride in these numbers, these accomplishments, because you've played a major role in getting us there.
But we can't stop now.
Earlier this year, the UW System presented a new step in the Growth Agenda called "More Graduates for Wisconsin." This is our plan to increase the number of people who earn their college degrees from the UW System by about 30 percent over the next 15 years. That means adding a cumulative total of about 80,000 new college degree-holders to the Wisconsin population between now and the year 2025.
As already mentioned, we conferred about 26,000 associate and baccalaureate degrees last year. Under the More Graduates plan, by 2025, we want to see that number of undergraduate degrees rise to nearly 34,000.
Yes, this new goal we've set for ourselves is ambitious. Achieving it will require hard work and persistence, especially when you consider that the number of traditional-aged high-school graduates is forecasted to decline in coming decades. Bucking those demographic trends will require creative approaches.
Clearly, it would be much easier to maintain the status quo – enrolling the same slice of high school graduates with the same retention rates and the same graduation rates. In that scenario, the number of UW graduates would likely decline over time, due to those shifting demographic trends. This is a case where standing still is the same as stepping backward. And we cannot afford to step backward.
To develop this plan, we had a series of in-depth conversations with each of our UW System institutions, in order to better understand just how each institution could make its unique contribution to a big goal like this. We consulted with faculty and staff leaders from across the state, and chancellors did the same at their institutions.
We are working on specific, detailed strategies. The three core elements of these strategies are:
- Some new enrollment;
- Better retention and graduation rates; and
- More innovative course delivery methods and credentialing protocols.
Did I mention how much we appreciate your efforts in this regard, and how vital those efforts are to our overall success? Good!
There is growing attention these days nationwide to the need for improved retention and graduation rates in our colleges and universities. The research indicates that the colleges that have better success in these areas tend to have two things in common: their administrators, faculty, and staff are clearly focused on making progress on those goals, and their programs are geared toward helping students on an individual basis.
Research also tells us that, regardless of institutional type or the composition of the student body, solid academic advising plays a key role in positive outcomes. We know that we must address both academic and non-academic factors. Issues like academic self-confidence, time management, study skills, and social integration into an institution are just a few examples of the broad spectrum of factors that must be considered. We also know that students typically are most vulnerable to attrition in their first year of college. Accordingly, many of our campuses already employ first-year programming strategies such as learning communities, freshman seminars, and early-alert programs to identify students who are having difficulties.
We are also aware that different UW students present widely different needs. Yes, there are many traditional students – the 18-year-olds coming to college directly from high school – but we also have growing numbers of students who are first-generation college students, adult students, or students coming from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds. There is no cookie-cutter approach that will work for everyone. In this case, you have to see the trees – not the forest!
At the same time, there are other challenges that we must address if we're focused on growing more graduates.
We know, for instance, that a successful college experience includes getting out in a timely fashion and without excessive debt. That takes planning – the kind that advisors can provide. As part of our responsibility to make a college degree both accessible and affordable, we need to do a better job of ensuring that students know enough about their options, and how to take advantage of them, if they so desire.
We've been hearing considerable talk on the national front recently about time-to-degree. Currently, only about 29% of UW System students graduate in four years. There are a lot of reasons for this, many of them very defensible. We've all heard the argument, for example, that college offers a once-in-a-lifetime, not-to-be-missed opportunity for personal and academic exploration.
But if you're watching the bottom line, time really is money. With proper planning and commitment, it is possible – in many cases – to complete a baccalaureate degree in four years, and there is significant financial incentive to do so.
Let's look at this a little closer. On most UW campuses, our tuition policy allows students to take up to 18 credits in a semester for the same price as 12 credits. The exception is UW-Stout, where tuition is charged on a per-credit basis. On the other campuses, however, this policy provides a considerable incentive for students to take more credits each semester, enabling them to accumulate the credits needed for graduation faster and at a lower cost.
Is this something that all students might be interested in doing? Probably not. But they should at least be aware that the possibility exists if they choose to take that route. In other words, it is our responsibility to make sure that students fully understand the possible repercussions – in terms of both time and money – of the decisions they make in selecting their courses.
If time-to-degree is a high priority, we can, in some cases, even do this one better. As of this fall, UW-Stout now offers three-year degree programs in three areas: Business Administration; Psychology; and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management. Also starting this semester, UW-Superior is offering a three-year business degree.
We also need to remind students about their transfer options. There are many ways to get a college degree, and for many students, it's economically prudent to take advantage of the lower tuition offered at the UW Colleges for the first two years. After that time, and using the guaranteed transfer program, these students can easily transfer to one of our 13 four-year campuses to complete their degrees. You may know that about 2,500 students currently transfer each year from a UW Colleges campus to one of our four-year institutions.
The point of all this is that we need to communicate these available money-saving strategies in ways that our students and families can understand and embrace, and this will require frank talk from all of you and good choices by college-going students and their families.
Beyond the numbers, I want to emphasize that we remain strongly committed to high quality. As spelled out in the "shared learning goals" developed by our UW faculty and approved by the Board of Regents, people who earn those UW degrees should have the ability to think beyond the particular discipline in which they are grounded. They need to be creative problem-solvers, clear communicators, and effective leaders.
OK, all these plans and initiatives sound good … but I know what you're thinking. How are we going to pay for all this? Aren't we already trying to do more with less?
On this very topic, Regent President Charles Pruitt and I have been criss-crossing the state recently, visiting with local editorial boards and with other community leaders, making what we think is a strong case for re-investing in our great University of Wisconsin System.
Thirty years ago, more than 12 cents of every Wisconsin tax dollar went to the state's public university – representing 46% of the university's annual budget. Today, less than 9 cents of every tax dollar goes to UW, and state support constitutes less than 24% of UW's budget. In effect, the State of Wisconsin has become a minority shareholder in its own public university.
UW System campuses have managed to preserve their worldwide reputation for excellence through a commitment to efficiency – and I know you all have experienced this on your own campuses. Today, the UW System spends 57% less than the average public university on administration, saving Wisconsin taxpayers and students some $100 million every year. With nearly 60 million square feet of buildings, our maintenance expenses are 28% less than the Midwest average. This saves taxpayers and students another $39 million annually.
So, here's what we're telling people about the UW and how our Growth Agenda plan addresses both the supply and demand challenges in our state's future. I've already talked about one core goal of the Growth Agenda, that is, the plan is to increase the supply of college-educated workers, addressing the growing need for people with some type of college degree.
The other part of the equation, on the demand side, is that the UW System is also working to create more jobs through an expanded emphasis on academic research and development, building on our proven record of success in that arena.
If we are to succeed in translating this vision into reality, many things will need to happen:
- The State of Wisconsin will need to reinvest in higher education.
- We'll need the freedom to let UW institutions employ better business practices that make efficient use of existing resources.
- Everyone in the UW System will need to be diligent in squeezing our overhead costs in ways that preserve quality and accountability.
- At the same time, we'll need to embrace new ways to deliver courses and provide new pathways toward that important college credential.
- We must advocate for increases in all sources of need-based financial aid, including new private sources like the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars (Morgridge gift).
- We'll need more close cooperation and mutual planning with the K-12 schools, technical colleges, and independent colleges.
- Beyond those traditional partnerships, we'll need to reach out more effectively to families and students, using the new social networking technologies, as well as the cultural, ethnic, religious, and athletic organizations to which they belong.
- Finally, and definitely not least, we'll need the continued goodwill and commitment of our own UW faculty and staff – you! – the people who will "deliver on the ground" on these important goals, goals that reflect the spirit that impelled many of us into higher education careers in the first place. [Steve Weber story.]
So, that's the big picture, the forest view! One thing is for certain: we all have plenty to keep us busy.
Our greatest asset at UW always has been and always will be our people – and that means people like you. None of our rhetoric or ideals amounts to anything without the talented, dedicated men and women who connect the vision with what's happening every day in our classrooms, our laboratories, our libraries, residence halls, and coffee shops (our coffee shops in our libraries).
In these times of tight budgets and cost-cutting, we know that public debate about higher education often boils down to professors and classrooms. But we also know that students' success – academically and otherwise, both on our campuses and beyond – is significantly affected by support that comes from staff providing services outside the classroom. And that means from all of us, right here in this room.
I said it before, and I'll say it again. We couldn't do what we do – and what we do so well – without you. It's our job to make sure that others understand that, too.
We have set high goals for ourselves in the coming years, but they're not beyond reach. Working together, the impact of these efforts will be expanded access to a quality education, greater success for the students we enroll, and a Wisconsin proud of its leadership in an economy based on the know-how and innovation of its people.
With that, I'd like to open up the floor for questions. As someone once said, "My job is to stir the pot when it gets too quiet – and to sit on the lid when it gets to bubbling too much." So, we'll see which I need to do more of during this question period! The floor is open …


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The University of Luxembourg team lead by Professor Susanne Siebentritt, head of the Laboratory for Photovoltaics, Physics Research Unit, has joined the project and will examine the basic semiconductor physics of new materials used in solar cells.
The overall objective of this project, which runs from September 2012 to August 2016, is the creation of a Marie Curie Initial Training Network for the structured interdisciplinary training of researchers in advanced thin film PV technologies. A lack of professionals with these competences has already been identified as one of the main risks for the future development and consolidation of a competitive European PV sector.
"We are looking at developing PV technologies based on kesterite material, a mineral heavy in copper and zinc, to meet the cost, efficiency and sustainability requirements for mass production of solar cells needed for solar energy", explains Prof. Siebentritt. "With this training network we can keep Europe on the path to being a leader in solar energy", she continues.
These new materials have a high potential for low cost thin film PV technologies, as kesterites are formed by abundant and cheap elements. The project proposes the development of PV technologies based on kesterite, and processes compatible with the efficiency requirements needed to become a reliable and future alternative to conventional non-renewable energy sources.
This collective of high level researchers will ensure the further strategic development of PV technologies in Europe, as described by the Technology Roadmap for PV Energy of the European Commission. Twelve doctoral students and two postdocs will be trained for the duration of the project in complementary aspects related to fundamental materials science, advanced growth techniques in thin film technologies, techniques for advanced characterisation and process monitoring, modelling and design of devices, as well as aspects related to the innovation and industrial implementation of production lines and market analysis.
The 3rd European Kesterite Workshop, Luxembourg 22 and 23 November, 2012
The University of Luxembourg is pleased to be bringing together experts from all over Europe who work on kesterite solar cells. These thin film solar cells contain only abundant and non-toxic elements and have the potential to become the next generation of solar cells.
Professors and researchers will discuss the growth of kesterite films and crystals, electronic and structural properties of kesterite materials and solar cell structure and characterisation.
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This project is part of the FP7-PEOPLE programme of the EU Commission. The consortium consists of 11 groups with strong and well recognised experience in these fields. This includes IREC, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain as the coordinator group; Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany; EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland; six Universities; University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Northumbria University, United Kingdom; Aix-Marseille University, France; Free University Berlin, Germany; Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain; University of Uppsala-Angstrom Solar Center, Sweden; and two companies NEXCIS, Photovoltaics, France and ASNT, Abengoa Solar New Technologies, Solar Energy, Spain.
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The Houston Astros scored five runs off of Rafael Soriano as they beat the Washington Nationals at Space Coast Stadium Monday night.
Gio Gonzalez got the start for the Nationals and got off to a hot start in his second start of the spring. The left-hander struck out the first five batters he faced and appeared to be well on his way to pitching the best game by a Nationals pitcher this spring. But the wheels fell off after the fifth strikeout, and Gonzalez struggled mightily to get the third out of the second inning.
Gonzalez gave up an infield single to George Springer, before Carlos Corporan hit a two-run homer to give Houston a 2-1 lead. While those two runs were the only ones surrendered by Gonzalez, his rough second inning drove his pitch count to 49 and his night was over after two innings of work.
It remained a one-run game until the top of the sixth inning, when the Astros had some fun with the bat against Soriano. The Nationals' closer lasted just two-thirds of an inning while allowing five hits and five runs, with the biggest damage coming from a three-run double off the bat of Jonathan Villar.
The Nationals would cut Houston's lead over the next two innings on a home run by Steven Souza in the sixth, and an RBI single by Jhonatan Solano in the seventh, making it a 7-4 game. Washington scored their fourth and final run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI ground out by Theo Bowe which scored Tyler Moore from third.
That was all the offense the home team would get however, and the Astros took this one 7-4.
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At this point only God may be able to save the Sheen but he's certainly not the only well-known person to lose it publicly. The Fix tracks a series of bold-faced breakdowns, ranking them in order of messiness.
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Robert Downey, Jr. may have had less than zero going on when he was arrested on drug charges, sent to rehab, left rehab four hours later, and later jailed for missing a drug test, but somehow he always seemed more like Little Boy Lost than Menacing Lunatic. Still, being busted, high, in a Palm Springs hotel room with a lass in a Wonder Woman costume roughly four years after he was discovered curled up in a quilt in a random Malibu family's child's bed didn't do much to make us think he was getting better. Now that he's come back stronger than ever, he will forever be mentioned in articles about the bright future Sheen could (and alas probably will never) have.
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In February 2007, Britney Spears began an epic meltdown that included leaving her kids at home while partying nights away with Lindsay and Paris, flashing her delicate lady flower area, shaving her head, smashing a photographer's car with an umbrella, shacking up with a sleazebag paparazzi, losing custody of her children, adopting the hot pink wig of insanity, being admitted to mental facilities and rehabs, flopping in a huge way at the 2007 MTV VMAs and ultimately, losing conservatorship of her estate to her father. But having to surrender to her reportedly sober Dad proved to be just the 180 turn she needed: she seems to have a firm grasp on both her health and career. Not to mention her head of hair.
Ah, how do we begin to describe Lindsay Lohan's meltdowns? Maybe with the time she lost it because she almost didn't get a first class seat on a flight. Or perhaps it was when she was caught going stalker-wild on ex-girlfriend Sam Ronson. Or when she admitted in multiple interviews to abusing cocaine. Or potentially when she rang in her 24th birthday by getting punched in the face at a Hollywood nightclub, then tweeted about it. But really, isn't a stack of mugshots enough to sum it all up? Alas, this girl can't seem to get out of jail and rehab long enough to make a hit movie. The closest thing she gets to good press these days is by looking better than her dad by not agreeing to appear on Celebrity Rehab and the few occasional kind words that are penned about what she's wearing when she's photographed slinking up to the LA County courthouse. With the double whammy of narcissistic parents and child stardom, LiLo had the cards stacked against her but we're still holding out for a Downey style comeback.
It doesn't get much messier than good ol' Sugar Tits. On July 28, 2006, Mel Gibson was pulled over on the PCH and arrested for driving under the influence. Sloppy Gibson expressed his opinion to the (Jewish) arresting officer that "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," called a female cop "Sugar Tits," and pissed on the floor of his cell. But what happened four years later might have made him long for those days – when his baby mama Oksana Grigorieva released phone messages he'd left her in which the damning part wasn't that he threatened to burn her house down but that he insisted she "blow me first." While we're always hoping for a comeback, Gibson is becoming increasingly hard to support.
Either Anne Heche really is God and going to take everyone back to heaven in her spaceship or she was on some really good shit when she donned a sports bra and boxers and knocked on a Fresno, California's stranger's door back in August of 2000 to declare her identity and plan. Her explanation to Barbara Walters that God had asked her to take ecstasy that day and that "Fresno was the culmination of a journey" didn't help convince us she had it together but at least she didn't ask Babs if she could use her shower. Still, Heche is nothing if not industrious, bouncing back from her ephemeral Ellen DeGeneres lesbianism and ugly divorce with a new man and child.
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You've got to hand it to Christian Slater: when he was found "swinging his arms and yelling incoherently" before getting in a fight, he admitted he'd been drugging it up (a previous stint in the slammer for a DUI and JFK airport gun arrest perhaps had helped clarify why it's often easier to just come clean). Despite a declaration that he "saw the big picture" and was going to change his ways, he was later charged with assault for groping a woman on the street. Still, these days he's supposedly sober and certainly working consistently. And, of course, he still has that great voice.
Kitty Dukakis survived a 26-year addiction to amphetamines disguised as diet pills but sank to her lowest lows when she guzzled nail polish remover, mouthwash, and hair spray—hitting rock bottom when she was hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol after her husband Michael's loss in the 1988 presidential election. Her tale of pain, shame, and White Rain has a happy ending: she sought help, shares her story around the world and even has her own treatment center. Watch out, Betty Ford.
There's nothing conservative about obtaining (and taking) 2000 pills over six months procured from four different doctors and being involved in illegal prescription drug activity. Try telling Rush Limbaugh, who, in 2003, reportedly did just that. More shockingly, it was Limbaugh's housekeeper who tipped off investigators, saying she'd spent years buying thousands more for him off the black market. Smartly choosing to go the come-clean-and-all-is-forgiven mea culpa perfected by Hugh Grant, the radio star confessed on-air to a pill problem that was the result of back pain, shuffled off to rehab, pled "not guilty" in his trial and watched the investigation wrap up in 2006.
People don't tend to nickname you Cocaine Kate for nothing. Megamodel Kate Moss learned how to raise hell with the best of 'em long ago. But her crystallizing moment came in 2005 when The Daily Mirror slapped pics of her on their cover chopping up lines of pure white love. After losing huge endorsement deals and releasing an innocuous statement, she ended up reportedly doubling her income, thereby proving that rules somehow don't apply to her (but we kind of already knew that just looking at her).
Whitney Houston first fell from grace when she painfully birthed what's become the most overused drug phrase in the game—"crack is wack"—during a 2002 Diane Sawyer interview. Though she admitted to past drug use, she claimed to be over it. Hell-to-the-no she wasn't. After divorcing her husband, she aired more dirty laundry in an Oprah interview in 2009, and tried to stage a clean and sober comeback, but has suffered big-time embarrassments. Yes, Whitney, we'll always love you. Now can you please make it a little easier?
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This exclusive Northern California rehab is all about client choice—as well as golf outings, Buddhist field trips and keeping up with the office.
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