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Kana Pipeline Images
This VCP sewer pipeline installation is connected to a blue plastic PVC cleanout pipe and is in the process of shading over with crushed rock.
Sewer Line
Pipeline construction crew installing extra strength vitrified clay pipe (VCP) for a new residential construction project.
Catch Basin
A Catch Basin is part of a storm drainage collection system. There two main type of catch basins: 1) curb inlet (a.k.a. curb opening) and 2) drop inlet catch basins. This is a Cal Trans-specific modified curb inlet catch basin,
Storm Drain Improvements
Public works projects usually take place in the public right-of-ways, in street or highways, and in this case involve excavation for storm drain installation. Traffic control measures are necessary to maintain healthy flow of traffic and prevent backups.
Sand shading is a term used to indicate a process where sand, often imported, is poured over the top of a pipe several inches, per specifications, in an area called the "pipe zone."
RCP Pipe
This 48" reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) is being transported on a public works construction site for installation in the street to upgrade a city's current storm drainage systems.
Shield Safety
Construction shields are used in pipeline construction to hold up the sides of a trench prior to pipe installation. This will ensure the safety of construction pipeline workers by preventing a trench to cave-in.
Asphalt Grindings
This is a close up view for comparison purposes of the asphalt grindings produced from using an asphalt grinding machine, used to chomp through a street's asphaltic road surface.
Grinding Asphalt
Kana Pipeline is grinding asphalt for a public works project in Riverside, CA. This can be a cost-effective way to cut the asphalt rather than cutting with a saw cutter, prior to excavation. Another term synonymous for grinding asphalt is
Concrete Pipes
New large 120-inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) being hoisted for installation on a residential project for storm drainage purposes.
Corrugated Steel Pipeline
Shown here is approximately 600 linear feet of corrugated steel pipeline (CSP) being installed at the site of this new residential development. This pipeline is part of a storm drainage system.
Corrugated Steel Pipe
This is a perforated 24" corrugated steel pipeline (CSP) drainage system being installed for a new residential development. It is wrapped with crushed rock and filter fabric to combine into what is commonly called a type of "burrito" drain.


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Leaders exist in every generation—Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. Each generation brings something different, but important, to the workplace. And each generation needs leadership development.
If you're a Baby Boomer, think back to when you started your career. Were mentoring and coaching part of your leadership development? If they were, there was likely no formal process, unless you were at the highest leadership levels of the organization. Most mid-level leaders during that time had to identify their own mentors and coaches. Sound familiar?
Meanwhile, members of Generation X probably remember a more defined process for matching them with a mentor or coach. And Millennials (also called Generation Y) most likely experience even more focused mentoring and coaching programs.
What has driven the increased focus on formal mentoring and coaching programs? Organizational leaders have recognized their value in ensuring a robust leadership development program and their vital role in developing leaders in an increasingly complex global world. Developing future generations to succeed us must be intentional to ensure organizational sustainability.
Because coaching and mentoring are powerful components of developing sustainable leaders, both must be incorporated into the fabric of our organizations. Acording to John Duggan, CEO of Gazely, "We believe it's in business' interest to become more sustainable…. This will become a must-have, rather than a nice-to-have issue, going forward. We want to build our brand around that position."
My Own Experience
While working with clients, including Butler University, I've seen leaders "walk the talk." MBA students are assigned a coach early in their program. As one of the leadership coaches, I assist students with completing the 360-degree feedback process, which provides them with feedback on how their leadership style is perceived by their boss, direct reports, and peers.
Then, I help them design an action plan to increase their leadership effectiveness. The goal is to ensure their effectiveness is sustained long after the MBA program is complete. I'm intrigued by this program because I am passionate about helping leaders and organizations increase sustainability. I've also had the honor of mentoring several young men and women over the years, and I take that honor very seriously.
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Through my experiences, I have learned that mentoring differs from coaching in that it's generally for a longer period of time and focuses on developing the individual holistically for the future—professionally, personally, and often, spiritually. Coaching, on the other hand, may only be for a short period of time and focuses on helping the individual overcome a specific issue or performance challenge in the present. I've been fortunate to experience the power of coaching and mentoring.
While there are clear differences between coaching and mentoring, the differences complement each other, making both valuable and necessary. Together they are a powerful, unbeatable combination for developing future leaders. Their differences are summarized in the table below.
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The Detroit Red Wings take center stage in FanSided's Around the NHL in 30 Days at The Octopus Thrower blog. I don't think there is a doubt in anyone's mind that the Red Wings will be back in the playoffs this year. With Jimmy Howard between the pipes, Nick Lidstrom back on the blueline for one more year, and the talented forward group highlighted by Pavel Datsyuk, the Red Wings will once again be in the running for the Stanley Cup.
What can I say about the Red Wings? I'm impressed with how this franchise is run and with how much success they've had. Yet at the same time they frustrate me with how difficult they are to play against and the headaches they give the Sharks in the playoffs. I mean c'mon, Datsyuk is a human video game out there making plays that seem impossible. Lidstrom seems to have found and hoarded the fountain of youth because no matter his chronological age, he still plays like a 25 year old star. How about head coach Mike Babcock? The only think more solid than his hairdo is the team strategies that he implements on the ice.
Here's a snippet of what lead writer Monica McAlister has to say about her Red Wings:
Returning this season is the flying circus with Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom. Todd Bertuzzi and Dan Cleary went head to head in a bobble head fight this summer. Valtteri Filppula and Johan "The Mule" Franzen will make a return. Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader are back with youthful vengeance and Patrick Eaves and Drew Miller are both back on new deals.
We all know that the Sharks had a 3-0 series lead against the Wings last year in the second round of the playoffs… and we all know that the Wings stormed back with 3 straight wins and pushed it to a game 7. That can only be done by a team with a ton of heart. Hopefully that experience will rub off on the Sharks this spring. During the season the Sharks won 3 out of the 4 meetings… which as we know means nothing against the Wings when it comes to playoff time.
Looking forward to more epic matchups this year between the Wings and Sharks. Who else can smell a Wings/Sharks playoff series this year? I just have a feeling that the Sharks' road to the Stanley Cup Finals will be going through Detroit.
Check back tomorrow on FanSided's Around the NHL in 30 Days as the young Edmonton Oilers take the spotlight.
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Or, at least, if it did, the Reuters-reported loss did not take into account "many of the firm's market-making and client facilitation strategies" which "utilize financial instruments across various product types," and therefore is "not representative of the way in which the firm manages its business activities." Read more »
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Goldman Sachs Just Destroyed Countless LivesBy Bess Levin
The Wall Street firm named 280 new managing directors Wednesday, just a 5 percent increase from the previous year, when 266 were picked for promotion. Hundreds of mid-level bankers who missed the cut will now have to wait another two years until 2015 because this is the last annual set of managing director promotions. The change to biennial promotions comes as Goldman has been paring its staff and partnership ranks in the aftermath of the financial crisis that pushed even the storied franchise to the brink. While Goldman was expected to promote more employees than in years past to help compensate for the beginning of its biennial process, this year's crop of newly minted MDs is a far cry from double. Those who got the promotion — one step below the elite partnership ranks — will command millions more than their midlevel colleagues over the next few years. [NYP, earlier]
As many of you well know, a time-honored tradition on Wall Street is complaining about the size of one's bonus. It's a ritual that financial services employees look forward to their whole year and occurs not only in bad times but in good. So cherished is the annual bitching o' bonuses that even if one is paid an extremely handsome sum, to find out the guy or girl sitting them received $10 or $20 dollars more is to trigger a response that involves angry typing to a colleague about the injustice and a hissy-fit of impotent rage punctuated with threats of considering options elsewhere. According to Lloyd Blankfein, though, Goldman Sachs employees are different and recognize that if they have to make a little less money here and there, it's for a greater good. Read more »
If Gary Cohn so much as sees one ass in one chair past 9PM on a Friday, there'll be hell to pay. Read more »
Goldman Attempts To Make Junior Investment Banking A Slightly Less Miserable EnterpriseBy Bess Levin
Time was, the life of a junior investment banker meant making an obscene amount of money for someone just out of college, in exchange for, well, everything. Weekends were a privilege, not a right, all-nighters were a way of life, and if your boss wasn't barking increasingly onerous demands at you, ripping your head off moments after you turned in a one-hundred page pitch book you missed your grandmother's 90th birthday to finish, and telling you to do it again, and try, this time, "not to fuck it up," something was very wrong.
Then the financial crisis hit, and Wall Street started paying less, and junior investment bankers started to do some reflection. "Hey," they said, "We're not making the kind of money they talked about in Liar's Poker and The Last Tycoons. Telling girls we work at banks doesn't melt panties like it used to and gone are the days of Christmas parties on yachts featuring shrimp the size of a fist and hookers brought in at a ratio of 2:1. And what the hell gives re: dinner allowances when working late? Twenty bucks barely covers an appetizer, entree, and Coke."
So the junior investment bankers got together, like a long-oppressed people often do, and decided they weren't going to stand for it any longer. First things first, they were going to start interviewing with hedge funds and private equity firms before their two years of servitude were up. They were going to write books about what a hell-hole their employers were, and how they ripped off clients and probably couldn't even recite John C. Whitehead's 14 Business Principles if they tried. They were going to tell each other that the trade off for working 100 hours a week (the possibility of one day having a conversation with Gary Cohn's grundle) was no longer worth it. They were going to leave for Silicon Valley. They were going to tell the younger generations that there wasn't much difference between being a junior investment banker and a lawyer.
For one bank, Goldman Sachs, that was a bridge too far. So it got a "task force" together to figure out what it could do to make its junior mistmakers slightly less miserable and after a lot of memos and committee meetings and back and forths finally decided to very generously allow the young people to take some (SOME. NOT ALL.) weekends off, in addition to implementing a new system that minimizes the instances of senior bankers making vague requests of underlings and subsequently being forced to ask said underling if they were "some kind of idiot" and stressing that that was "an actual question" awaiting an actual answer.
Basically, it's an embarrassment of riches that would have been unheard of prior to 2008 and even today might shock some investment banking vets. Read more »
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Goldman Sachs does not have to pay the people trying, at its behest or otherwise, to put former programmer Sergey Aleynikov in jail (again). But it does have to pay to try to keep him out of jail. For now. Unless he does go to jail (again). Then all bets are off. Which is good for old Sergey (for now), because, as you might imagine, given the ordeal he's been through, he's broke. Read more »


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When people are looking for plot ideas or new events to sprinkle into their roleplays, the first place I am going to point them is to this article.
Published first in a french book of the same title in the 19th century, this list has been of a massive aid to writers ever since. Written by french writer Georges Polti, it was meant to categorize every possible situation which might occur in anything from a poem to a play. The list came about after extensive studies of Greek texts, french literature, as well as non-french literature. Polti claimed to continue the work of Carlo Gozzi, who had also, himself, found these thirty-six situations.
1. Supplication
Required Elements : a Persecutor; a Suppliant; a Power in authority whose decision is doubtful
The Persecutor accuses the Suppliant of wrongdoing, and the Power makes a judgement against the Suppliant.
2. Deliverance
Required Elements : an Unfortunate; a Threatener; a Rescuer
The Unfortunate has caused a conflict, and the Threatener is to carry out justice, but the Rescuer saves the Unfortunate.
3. Crime
Required Elements : a Criminal; an Avenger
The Criminal commits a crime that will not see justice, so the Avenger seeks justice by punishing the Criminal.
4. Vengeance Taken for Kin upon Kin
Required Elements : Guilty Kinsman; an Avenging Kinsman; remembrance of the Victim, a relative of both
Two entities, the Guilty and the Avenging Kinsmen, are put into conflict over wrongdoing to the Victim, who is allied to both.
5. Pursuit
Required Elements : Punishment; a Fugitive
The Fugitive flees Punishment for a misunderstood conflict.
6. Disaster
Required Elements : a Vanquished Power; a Victorious Enemy or a Messenger
The Power falls from their place after being defeated by the Victorious Enemy or being informed of such a defeat by the Messenger
7. Falling Prey to Cruelty/Misfortune
Required Elements : an Unfortunate; a Master or a Misfortune
The Unfortunate suffers from Misfortune and/or at the hands of the Master
8. Revolt
Required Elements : a Tyrant; a Conspirator
The Tyrant, a cruel power, is plotted against by the Conspirator.
9. Daring Enterprise
Required Elements : a Bold Leader; an Object; an Adversary
The Bold Leader takes the Object from the Adversary by overpowering the Adversary
10. Abduction
Required Elements : an Abductor; the Abducted; a Guardian
The Abductor takes the Abducted from the Guardian.
11. The Enigma
Required Elements : a Problem; an Interrogator; a Seeker
The Interrogator poses a Problem to the Seeker and gives a Seeker better ability to reach the Seeker's goals.
12. Obtaining
Required Elements : [a Solicitor & an Adversary who is refusing] or [an Arbitrator & Opposing Parties] + an Object
[The Solicitor is at odds with the Adversary who refuses to give the Solicitor the Object in the possession of the Adversary] or [The Arbitrator decides who gets the Object desired by Opposing Parties]
13. Enmity of Kin
Required Elements : a Malevolent Kinsman; a Hatred or a reciprocally-hating Kinsman
The Malevolent Kinsman and the Hated or a second Malevolent Kinsman conspire together
14. Rivalry of Kin
Required Elements : the Preferred Kinsman; the Rejected Kinsman; the Object of Rivalry
The Object of Rivalry chooses the Preferred Kinsman over the Rejected Kinsman
15. Murderous Adultery
Required Elements : two Adulterers; a Betrayed Spouse
Two Adulterers conspire to killed the Betrayed Spouse
16. Madness
Required Elements : a Madman; a Victim
The Madman goes insane and wrongs the Victim
17. Fatal Imprudence
Required Elements : the Imprudent; a Victim or an Object Lost
The Imprudent, by neglect or ignorance, loses the Object Lost or wrongs the Victim
18. Involuntary Crimes of Love
Required Elements : a Lover; a Beloved; a Revealer
The Revealer betrays the trust of either the Lover or the Beloved
19. Slaying of Kin Unrecognized
Required Elements : the Slayer; and Unrecognized Victim
The Slayer kills the Unrecognized Victim
20. Self-sacrifice for an Ideal
Required Elements : a Hero; an Ideal; a Creditor or a Person/Thing sacrificed
The Hero sacrifices the Person or Thing for their Ideal, which is then taken by the Creditor
21. Self-sacrifice for Kin
Required Elements : a Hero; a Kinsman; a Creditor or a Person/Thing sacrificed
The Hero sacrifices a Person or Thing for their Kinsman, which is then taken by the Creditor
22. All Sacrificed for Passion
Required Elements : a Lover; an Object of fatal Passion; the Person/Thing sacrificed
A Lover sacrifices a Person or Thing for the Object of their Passion, which is then lost forever.
23. Necessity of Sacrificing Loved Ones
Required Elements : a Hero; a Beloved Victim; the Necessity for their Sacrifice
The Hero wrongs the Beloved Victim because of the Necessity for their Sacrifice
24. Rivalry of Superior vs. Inferior
Required Elements : a Superior Rival; an Inferior Rival; the Object of Rivalry
A Superior Rival bests an Inferior Rival and wins the Object of Rivalry
25. Adultery
Required Elements : two Adulterers; a Deceived Spouse
Two Adulterers conspire against the Deceived Spouse.
26. Crimes of Love
Required Elements : a Lover; the Beloved
A Lover and the Beloved enter a conflict.
27. Discovery of the Dishonour of a loved one
Required Elements : a Discoverer; the Guilty One
The Discoverer discovers the wrongdoing committed by the Guilty One.
28. Obstacles to Love
Required Elements : two Lovers; an Obstacle
Two Lovers face an Obstacle together.
29. An Enemy Loved
Required Elements : a Lover; the Beloved Enemy; the Hater
The allied Lover and Hater have diametrically opposed attitudes towards the Beloved Enemy.
30. Ambition
Required Elements : an Ambitious Person; a Thing Coveted; an Adversary
The Ambitious Person seeks the Thing Coveted and is opposed by the Adversary.
31. Conflict with a God
Required Elements : a Mortal; an Immortal
The Mortal and the Immortal enter a conflict.
32. Mistaken Jealousy
Required Elements : a Jealous One; an Object of whose Possession He is Jealous; a Supposed Accomplice; a Cause or an Author of the Mistake
The Jealous One falls victim to the Cause or the Author of the Mistake and becomes jealous of the Object and becomes conflicted with the Supposed Accomplice.
33. Erroneous Judgement
Required Elements : a Mistaken One; a Victim of the Mistake; a Cause or Author of the Mistake; the Guilty One
The Mistaken One falls victim to the Cause or the Author of the Mistake and passes judgement against the Victim of the Mistake, when it should be passed against the Guilty One instead.
34. Remorse
Required Elements : a Culprit; a Victim or the Sin; an Interrogator
The Culprit wrongs the Victim or commits the Sin, and is at odds with the Interrogator who seeks to understand the situation.
35. Recovery of a Lost One
Required Elements : a Seeker; the One Found
The Seeker finds the One Found.
36. Loss of Loved On
Required Elements : a Kinsman Slain; a Kinsman Spectator; an Executioner
The killing of the Kinsman Slain by the Executioner is witnessed by the Kinsman Spectator.
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Here's Aaron Paul Through The Eyes Of Terry Richardson
Looking good, Jesse Pinkman.
This week, Richardson shared some highlights from the studio and Venice Beach photo shoot on his blog. There were the assignment shots for British GQ Style, the usual white backdrop studio moments, close-ups of Paul's dreamy blue eyes, and of course the photographer and subject hanging out together.
Meanwhile, Paul, 33, is gearing up for what will be one of the biggest moments of his life: his upcoming nuptials to longtime love Lauren Parsekian.
Breaking Bad will conclude its fifth and final season with eight episodes. The first will air on AMC Aug. 11.
Launch the gallery, above, for photos of Aaron Paul, courtesy of Terry Richardson. Then tell us: are you looking forward to the "Breaking Bad" conclusion?


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For so long, pop music has been this super-shameful thing, where people don't want to be associated with it, they want to be on Pitchfork. But, the way I see it, pop music doesn't have to be stupid, and alternative music doesn't have to be boring; you can mesh the two together and make something cool. People have a brain, and I think you can combine saying something clever with saying something in a highly-accessible way.
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Used for a short hand drawn animation, this sound originally represented people disintegrating to ashes. It's really a pack of sugar and rice poured down a paper funnel and recorded with a Sony ECM MS-957. Enjoy. :-)
Nice, gentle sound. Thank you.
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The Heat now have 23 wins in a row, but was it overshadowed by Jason Terry's funeral?
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This was another case of a guy (Terry) trying to defend a dunk that he had literally zero chance of stopping.
Terry is listed as 6'2", 180 lbs. LeBron is listed as 6'8", 250. LeBron can also jump out of the building, while Terry isn't really known for his vertical leap.
There's no chance that Jason Terry could have ever blocked that dunk. Zero. Yet he showed some heart in trying.
Congrats to Terry, I guess, since "RIP Jason Terry" was immediately trending on Twitter after the dunk.
Here's the dunk, in case you missed it:
In a "bigger picture" sense, this was a huge win for the Heat. They moved into sole possession of the 2nd longest winning streak in NBA history, and beat a very tough opponent on the road.
The Celtics were missing Kevin Garnett, but still gave the Heat everything they could possible handle, and it went right down to the last few seconds.
Celtics forward Jeff Green had the game of his life, scoring 43 points on 14 for 21 shooting, including 5 of 7 from three point range.
On the other side of the floor, LeBron showed why he's the MVP, filling the stat sheet with a line of 37 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
The Heat now have to go to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers, LeBron's old team. It would be huge for that city if their lowly Cavaliers can somehow beat the Heat and snap their streak, but I just don't see it happening.
Congrats to LeBron and the Heat, who are one step closer to making history.


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Our mini-announcement of the new TV mode in the upcoming The Incident 1.3 seems to have generated a relatively large amount of buzz. This is great - we honestly just wanted to share a little photo of the game running on Matt's TV, but it's turning into a discussion of whether Apple should just enter the TV-console market fully. (Personal note: I'd love it.)
Many, many people either assumed that we were using AirPlay to send the game from your iPad to your TV, or they suggested that we do so ourselves. Now, I'm not a developer and I'm not an expert on video, but I talked to a few and I'm here to bring some bad news:
AirPlay could not be used to stream games from your iOS device to your AppleTV. It will also probably not be able to do so in the future.
AirPlay is a streaming protocol for moving compressed audio or video. It's the next generation of Apple's AirTunes technology, which lets you play music from your computer to the AirTunes router/speaker, sending it wirelessly.
There are two things at work that make it basically impossible to do the same with a game running on your iPad.
- AirTunes enforces a two-second latency; AirPlay will certainly do something similar. From the moment you press Play to the moment music actually started playing, there's a short pause. This sort of buffering is required by almost every streaming protocol, to avoid problems caused by unpredictable networks; bits can't magically appear on the other side without delay. Waiting a brief moment before your movie begins isn't a big deal, but with an interactive game, you'd experience the same delay every time you did anything. This makes it practically unusable.
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A little help on Essay #2
By Jessica Daniels On November 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
We tinkered with our application essays this year. Our intention was to ensure applicants would provide the information we need in the personal statement (Essay 1). The unintended result is that we're hearing a lot of questions about Essay 2. For those of you who haven't started the application yet, Essay 2 asks:
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions
develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
What applicants are asking is what, exactly, we really want them to tell us in answer to Essay 2. The implication of their question is that we've left the question too structureless.
As I'm sure savvy blog readers would expect, I'm going to tell you that there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question. And I'd understand if you roll your eyes while muttering blah, blah, blah in your heads. But it's true: there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question.
Still aiming to be helpful, I'll suggest, instead, a way of approaching the essay. Think about the information you have provided in your application through all its parts. What dimension of you/your background might you still want to share? That is, don't view the essay as a throw-away, and use it to fill in some gaps left after the rest of the application is complete.
Elaborate on your international experience. Share your thoughts on leadership. Talk about your hobbies (assuming there's a link to your international affairs interests). Describe a challenge you have faced. Tell us how you needed to learn Spanish to speak to your rescue dog. Describe the importance of community to you. Tell us how your family upbringing made you the person you are. Provide more detail on the origins of your interest in international affairs. Write about your quest to cook the perfect dish from a country you love. Any of these approaches (and many, many others!) would be a nice addition to an application.
In past years, we've used essay prompts that resulted in a few interesting responses and a zillion similar ones. When we asked applicants to describe an item of particular importance to them, nearly all the responses were: passport, bookcase full of IR books, hiking boots, or backpack. We moved away from questions that draw such responses because we really want to know about you — not about what you think we want to know about you.
So, friendly applicants, choose a subject that boosts your application and go for it. There's no correct or expected answer to Essay 2, and we'll enjoy learning about what's important to you.
Here's a little update for readers planning to apply to Fletcher for 2014 enrollment.
First, you'll want to note that the online application will be unavailable for most of August. To be honest, this is a good thing. There's no benefit to starting now to fill in the blanks — wait until the new application is in place.
On the other hand, eager applicants might want to outline their answers to the essay questions. As I mentioned earlier in the summer, we have (for the first time in many years) tweaked the questions. We took one option from essay two and inserted it in essay one, leaving only one option for essay two. In other words, here are the questions you'll be asked to answer on this year's application:
Essay One: Personal Statement
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? (600-800 words)
Essay Two
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
I'm happy to provide essay-writing tips. Tell me (in a comment below) what you'd like to know!
My first application tip of the fall: Use simple language
By Jessica Daniels On October 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
I'm taking a class this fall. It isn't a regular offering, but it's taught by a professor at a nearby university, and I'd describe it as similar in workload to the classes I took in college back in the day. Why I didn't think about homework before signing up is a little bit of a mystery. By the time the class met in September, I was already behind in the reading. I tried to catch up from the first week and didn't do any of the reading for the second week. Then there were two weeks when we didn't meet. Good opportunity to catch up, right? No. I was utterly undisciplined and was lucky to have finished the reading for the third class, having abandoned the idea of finishing the work for weeks one and two. I'm prepared for tonight, but I wouldn't describe my preparation as thorough. Sigh. At least this experience allows me to connect with our sometimes-overwhelmed students.
Whenever I manage to do the reading, there's another way in which the class connects to my work. As I've read, I've been contemplating the nature of academic writing. Must it have big multisyllabic words? Or can complex thoughts be expressed in clear language?
Regardless of my ability to achieve my own ideal when I write, I adhere to the concept that clear language is something to which we should aspire, and that use of big words should not be our goal. Why, then, do so many applicants seem to write a draft of their application essays and then randomly select words to which they'll give the thesaurus treatment? It's as if they ask, "Why use an ordinary word like 'ordinary' when we can substitute 'quotidian'"?
Dear blog readers, I implore you to consider the readers of your application. We're all educated people, and we won't be won over by a thesaurusized essay. Instead, make your essays clear and straightforward. Use a ten-dollar word if it's natural for you and suits your sentence, but don't strive to do so because you think the Admissions Committee expects it. Your aim should be to make your experience and objectives clear to the Committee. As you put the finishing touches on your essays for an Early Notification application, or start the process of writing essays for a January application, keep this in mind: plain language can go a long way toward winning over your readers.
Present the best possible you
By Jessica Daniels On January 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Could it be that my entreaty to applicants to submit their applications by January 3 yielded a favorable result? Well, I won't overstate my own value in the admissions process, but there are certainly a lot of applications around. Mail has been flowing into the office. The application forms pour off the printer and go into a file folder. Some stop there for a while, but if the application matches the mail, a complete file may emerge. Some of those complete files have even been heading out to be reviewed by student Admissions Committee members.
On the other hand, there are hundreds of applications still in-progress on applicants' computers, and I'm not looking to raise anyone's anxiety. As much as we want to push the process along, you shouldn't feel pressured to submit until you're good and ready.
But what can you reasonably do on January 4 to improve your application? Can you make yourself smarter or more professionally accomplished? Probably not. Instead, you should focus on presenting yourself in the best possible way. Accurately complete all parts of the application. Be sure what you have written actually answered the question. Edit your essays. Proofread. Proofread again. Check in with your recommenders to be sure they have their instructions straight (and maybe you'll find out they have already submitted their letters). Check over your résumé to be sure you've spelled out acronyms that won't be familiar to those of us outside your industry or sector. Proofread.
In short, while we might all agree that applications are restrictive, you should still look at the form and additional documents as your opportunity to tell us who you are. Make good use of each part of the application. If you do, since we look carefully at every page in the file, we'll soon develop a multi-faceted picture of you.
One last thing. Somewhere deep in the application instructions, we ask you to tell us about the grading system at your university if it doesn't use a standard ABCDF four-point scale. Please don't ignore this request. A short explanation will go a long way toward helping us interpret your academic record. If you have already submitted an application but you haven't included the explanation, you are welcome to email it to us.
Continuing to explore the commonalities between undergraduate and grad school admissions processes, I'll point you toward a New York Times education blog post on cutting an application essay down in length. Though Fletcher doesn't limit you to 500 words in the first essay, you'd be surprised how many people find it challenging to state their purpose in even 800 words.
In case you're curious, we do not count the words in each essay. But read enough writing on the same theme and you, too, would quickly develop a sense of what's too short and what's too long. My recommendation: Practice pith! Our tired eyes will appreciate it. Word count: 107.
I had a great high school physics and chemistry teacher, Mr. Burdman, and he had a standard line of advice. When seeking the solution to a problem, Mr. Burdman would tell us to "Draw a picture" to reflect the facts we know. Using the Mr. Burdman method, I'm going to provide an answer to a question we commonly hear, "What type of work should I do/should I have done to be a competitive applicant to Fletcher?"
So we can start to answer this question by saying that the questioner wants to go from A to B, where A represents the start of her career:
The applicant thinks that B represents admission to Fletcher. But, dear blog readers, the applicant has it wrong. The picture, correctly drawn is:
Point A still represents the start of the applicant's career, but B is the applicant's career following graduate school. So what is the arrow? That's Fletcher. In other words, studying at Fletcher is an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that will take the applicant from one point to another, but admission to Fletcher shouldn't be seen as an endpoint.
How is this relevant for blog readers who are planning to apply to Fletcher this year? Well, it should help you to frame your personal statement and second essay. The best experience leading up to the arrow (admission to Fletcher) will support you when you're at B (your post-Fletcher career). Given the incredible array of post-Fletcher work our graduates pursue, is it any wonder that the experience that best supports an application would also be varied?
As an example, let's consider two applicants, Tim and Jim. Tim wants a career in international energy consulting, while Jim is interested in international education. Generally speaking, Tim's best pre-Fletcher experience would involve either the energy field or consulting. Jim's would involve education, whether it's within or outside his home country.
But what if Tim's and Jim's career goals were reversed? Would Jim's teaching experience be equally relevant to a post-Fletcher career in international energy consulting? Well, it's hard for me to say, but I'd advise Jim to use his essays to explain how his experience to date is relevant to his future work as a consultant. In other words, there's no single Point B, so there's also no path to Point B that works equally well for everyone.
When I talk to recent graduates, I advise them to find work that pushes them along the A-B continuum. For those who will apply this year, regardless of your Point B, be sure the Admissions Committee will understand how your experience, augmented by a Fletcher degree, will get you there.
What would make my life easier in the fall?
By Jessica Daniels On July 25, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News, Paying for Grad School
If you're actually reading the Admissions Blog in the middle of summer, it may be because you're a well-organized applicant. Or you may be a less-well-organized applicant who's wondering what a well-organized applicant would be thinking about. Either way, I should reward your loyalty with a few suggestions for how you can ease your application season workload.
Start with your calendar, and consider if you'll be able to meet up with Fletcher staffers on the road, or if you may want to visit Fletcher. Our interview and Information Session schedule for the fall is ready and waiting for applicants to grab the slots. You can sign up for an Information Session online, or you can email or phone us to arrange an interview. Note that we accommodate everyone who wants to attend an Information Session, but the interview schedule will fill up midway through the fall. If you have constraints on your time, I recommend you book your interview as soon as possible.
What else could you do? Register for the GRE/GMAT, or TOEFL/IELTS, or even take the exam now. There's no special reason to leave it to November, and you'll be relieved to have it out of the way.
Do you have your recommenders lined up? While summer may not be the best time to connect with your professors, it could be a good time to reach a former supervisor from your professional life. You'll want to update anyone who's writing on your behalf — send a résumé, and even your personal statement, so that your recommendation letters will reflect your current objectives, not your previous plan to go to locksmith school.
How about funding your education? If you know that you have the funds in the bank to pay for your studies, then you can check this one off your to-do list. For everyone else, now's the time to start searching for scholarships. You should also be sure you understand the financial aid policies of the graduate schools to which you'll apply.
Why not give yourself extra time to think about your application essays by starting on them now? Though you shouldn't start to fill out Fletcher's application form until the new version is ready next month, I can tell you that our basic essays aren't going to change this year. The two essays shared by applicants to all degree programs are:
Essay 1 (Personal Statement): Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School. Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Essay 2: Choose one of the following essay topics to tell the Admissions Committee something about you that does not fit elsewhere in the application:
• Share something about yourself to help the Admissions Committee develop a more complete picture of who you are.
• Tell us more about how you first became interested in international affairs, or in pursuing an international career.
• Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path.
We like to think that the essays are pretty straightforward. Use the Personal Statement to discuss your goals, and use the second essay to tell us more about you (which may include things you've done in the past).
So those are just a few basic suggestions of what you could get started on. Naturally, I also want you to enjoy the summer! But you can smooth the way for a stress-reduced application process if you get an early start on it.
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Final flourishes
By Jessica Daniels On December 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Maybe you have a few days off this week and you're going to dedicate some time to completing your grad school applications. Here's a little input on what you should keep in mind as you put those final flourishes on your application to Fletcher.
• The form: Answer (completely and thoroughly) the questions we ask. Please don't refer us to your essay or résumé for information that belongs (in our opinion) in the form. If you have lived in too many countries, or speak too many languages, to fit all the information in the form, then list the most important information and include the rest in your résumé. Make sure that your abbreviations are easily understood. Shortening University to Univ, in the interest of space, will be clear to application readers. Abbreviating the name of your workplace to XLVPR will not.
• The essays: Again, follow the directions. Make sure you have answered the questions. Keep to the word limits — we're not going to count them, but we'll know if you give us 1200 words instead of 800. Editing is a life-skill.
• Your résumé: No matter how many pages of activities and awards an applicant submits, it's rare that anyone needs more than three pages to share information that is relevant to the admissions process. Think it through carefully — if you overload us with information, we may not be able to pick out the truly important stuff.
• General: Do provide the materials/information we request, but don't provide materials/information we don't request. No high school transcripts or diplomas. No videos. Please.
Most important of all: Please remember that if you go by more than one name, tell us clearly! Don't make us try to figure it out, because the result may be that your application appears incomplete, when everything is actually in the Office, distributed among different files.
Those are the big points that come to mind right now. Take a look through the Admissions Tips category for other ideas that I haven't included here.
A few more thoughts on essays
By Jessica Daniels On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Not all students have as accurate a view on essays as Marc does, so I'm especially lucky that he volunteered to take on the topic yesterday. There's not much more I can add. I've always thought that the question/prompt for the first essay (personal statement) is pretty clear. To refresh your memory, we ask:
Essay 1: Personal Statement (600-800 words, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font)
Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School.
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying?
If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Given the tips built into the question, applicants who follow Marc's advice and ensure they answer the question should be in good shape. Note that we also like to know the motivations behind your goals, and your preparation to achieve them — just be careful where you start. It's rarely a good idea to go back to when you were six. On the other hand, it's often the applicant's experiences that make a personal statement interesting, so go ahead and include some key points from your back-story.
The other place to present interesting information from your personal history is the second essay. We want you to view the second essay as a chance to round out the picture of you that we've developed from the rest of the materials in your application. It can be nice when your second essay links in some way (however tangentially) to your interests, but it doesn't need to. We have certainly read some poor essay choices over the years, but we don't have a preferred essay topic.
One last tip is that you should not waste space in either of the essays to explain a problem in another part of the application. Use the "Additional Information" section to tell us that your study abroad grades are included on your university transcript, that your GRE scores aren't what you hoped they would be, or that your maiden name is different from the name you're using now. You don't have much "space" in the personal statement (600-800 words) or second essay (500 words maximum) and you don't want to throw them away on routine business.
Tips on the application essays
By Jessica Daniels On November 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News, Our Students
I had an email exchange last week with a 2011 applicant and friend of the blog, whom I'll call "Friend." I asked Friend if he had any suggestions for future blog topics, and he asked us to talk about the application essays. Friend also mentioned that he had liked the previous post by Marc Frankel. Lucky for me, Marc volunteered to take on the new topic, too. Although Marc's an application writer, rather than an application reader, I think he has hit the nail on the head. Here's his take on the essays:
A few weeks ago, on the blog, I provided a few pointers on the interview process and how to prepare for it. Today, I'd like to do the same with the two essay questions Fletcher requires of all applicants. (Note: PhDs and MIBs have a third required question, so if you're applying for one of those two degree programs, please make sure you do the third one, too!)
The first thing I want to stress is that you need to answer the question being asked. Question One asks about your professional goals and why the Fletcher School is the right place to achieve those goals. Your #1 priority on this question must be to answer the question you've been asked. A good way to ensure you've done this is to take the prompt off the top of the document, hand it to a friend, and see if he can guess what question you're trying to answer. If your friend guesses that the question asks about your summer internship, it's a sign you need to review the topic and what you've written.
During their interviews, a few applicants have asked me about Question Two and whether there's one question or another that Fletcher would "prefer" to see. The answer is no. The Admissions Office provides three options to give you flexibility to address what you want to write about, but there's no wrong or right choice.
Another tip on Question Two is to read the top of the essay prompt and remember that it asks you "…to tell the Admissions Committee something about you that does not fit elsewhere on the application." (My italics.) This is your time to shine: share something new about you with the Committee. When I applied, I answered this question by writing about a research trip to Siberia during my senior year of college. Before my trip, I heard many horror stories and cautionary tales of crime and corruption. When I finally went, I dispelled each of those rumors for myself by actually meeting with local people. The importance of seeing a remote place firsthand was a valuable lesson for me. Given the limited space in an application, I could never have done justice to the significance of that trip anywhere but the essay.
The last thing I'd say (and yes, I know I wrote this in the interview blog post, too) is to be yourself. Just like the interview, the essays are an opportunity to talk about yourself — who you are, who you strive to become through Fletcher, and why. The only wrong answer is one that doesn't accurately represent you. A few hundred words isn't a lot to express your career goals or the uniqueness of your life experience, but make sure to at least give the Committee a glimpse of who you are, beyond the test scores and GPA.
Good luck!
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Dr. Heather B. Favorito has been practicing medicine for 7 years. Dr. Favorito graduated from the St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Greneda in 2007. She practices medicine in Wilmington, NC and specializes in Rheumatology. Dr. Favorito is affiliated with New Hanover Regional Medical Center and New Hanover Regional Medical Center Orthopedic Hospital. She speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Female
Years in Practice: 7 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Greneda
Graduation Date: 2007
Hospital Affiliations: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Orthopedic Hospital
Specialties: Rheumatology
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"You wanna rush down (to) the debate stage and take a swing at him."
TAGG ROMNEY, son of the Republican presidential nominee Mitt, to a conservative radio talk show host who had just asked him what it was like "to hear the President of the United States call your father a liar?"
Decorum? Manners? Respect?
Conservatives seem to have none of these things for people other than their own.


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HOMEWOOD | State Rep. Will Davis, D-East Hazel Crest, will host a coffee and conversation event with his constituents from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Grady's Grille, 18147 Harwood Ave., his office announced.
The event is free and open to the public. Free coffee and pastries will be provided. For more information, call Davis' office at (708) 799-7300.


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WHAT IT IS: The award-winning, professional, tourmaline-infused, lightning fast Featherweight Hair Dryer in a limited edition gold finish.
WHAT IT DOES: Encased in a luxurious gold on gold tone finish, the T3 Featherweight Gold works differently from old-school dryers. Patented T3 tourmaline technology infuses the 'electric stone' deep into the dryer's components which then emit maximum levels of ions and infrared heat to seal in moisture while reducing static electricity, polishing any style to lustrous perfection.
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T3's products and styling tools have earned instant cult classic status among beauty insiders and aficionados for their revolutionary use of tourmaline technology, which renders hair runway-ready without damaging it. Backed by renowned celebrity hair guru Orlando Pita — a Fashion Week regular who has tended to the tresses of boldface names like Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow — T3 offers a wide range of innovative tools and products, including volumizing hair dryers, dry shampoos, and on-the-go mini flat irons.


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Country Ham Spread on Biscuits
1 lb. Country Ham
Place country ham in food processor and finely chop. Add cream cheese, mayonnaise, horseradish, and mustard and blend. Let chill overnight. Allow to soften, then spread on rolls or biscuits and bake in preheated oven 3350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Can also be placed in a mold and served cold with crackers. Garish with parsley and sweet red peppers if desired.
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October 25 2014 Latest news:
Lloyd Ingleson and Lucy Loveheart with original print of Bluebell Cottage.
Friday, October 26, 2012
A Wymondham-based puzzles maker has launched two new children's wooden jigsaws after teaming up with a Norfolk artist.
Queenswood Puzzles worked alongside internationally renowned illustrator Lucy Loveheart on the two new fantasy designs taken from the Lucy Loveheart collection called Bluebell Cottage and The Never Never Land.
Lloyd Ingleson, from Queenswood Puzzles, said: "The new handmade wooden jigsaw puzzles are an interesting addition to our existing range and we are delighted to be working with Lucy Loveheart."
The puzzles were launched at the artist's recent open studio event.
She said: "I am so excited that my designs have been made into these fantastic jigsaw puzzles and hope children will enjoy them very much, I especially like the whimsy shapes hidden in the puzzles for the children to find."
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One of East Anglia's largest crane hire companies, Quinto Crane & Plant Ltd, has been bought out in a multi-million pound deal, with the new owner promising to safeguard the jobs for its 125 employees and guaranteeing future investment.


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It's A Miracle!
January 3, 2008 / Posted by: Michael K
I was sick of using pics of Brit Brit, so here's a pic of KFed from New Year's. He's so hardcore. Really. Anyway, People reports that Brit Brit has finally shown up for her deposition today. Brit skipped out yesterday, but KFed's attorney gave her one last chance. She arrived at KFed's attorney and will be grilled on everything.
KFed's attorney will use evidence from the depo to try and get KFed permanent primary custody. Brit's lawyers from Trope and Trope are there even though they asked to be removed from the case.
Depos can take hours, so let's see if she can hack it.
They probably lured her there with the promise of brand new Starbucks Frapp flavors. She's like "Ya'll promised me Slim Jim flavo'ed frapps!"
UPDATE: Brit left after 45-minutes. KFed's attorney held a press conference and said the depo has been postponed, "She was cooperative. There has been no change in anything. It will be continued to another date, which I will not say at this time." She probably wet farted and it grossed him out, so he let her go.


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Slayer23 SaysThis is good enough.
I have tried to reduce the length of your SOP by 10 words. When I started, I thought that you must have improved your career goals. By the time I reached there, I found that it is still vague specially Ten years down the line part. You can remove that if you wish!!
During graduation in computer science and 3-year stint at an MNC, the diverse environments taught me professionalism and the means to contribute to team synergy while contributing individually. After marriage, as a homemaker, the day-to-day activities made me realize the importance of management and taking responsibility of every aspect of life. Now, ending the hiatus, I want to take plunge in the corporate world. I would like to get my hands fully into the projects and have a major influence on their initiation, implementation and management. For this, besides leveraging my technical knowledge, acquiring managerial skills is also necessary. Ten years down the line, I see myself in a career, which suits my abilities and interests while giving opportunities to broaden my thought process.
A formal management education from top business school like FMS would equip me with a complete overview of business and management intricacies. Moreover, its distinguished alumni network provides a platform for learning from peers in addition to the knowledge acquired from Professors.


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BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - It was back in January of 2009 when the landmark Boston Hotel in Boston, NY burned to the ground.
Now, nearly two years later, an insurance company is hoping that a cash reward will lead to the capture of those responsible.
The company that paid off the claim when the hotel burned is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the arson case.
Anyone with information should call the Erie County Sheriff's Office at 858-2093.


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- Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Scott and Anne came to me for premarital counseling. They had both previously been in my youth group. During one session we talked about sexuality. I was pleased to hear they were both virgins; this is usually not the case today, even among Christians. I asked how they had chosen sexual integrity when most of their generation had not. Their answer was insightful. First, they said their parents had talked openly and freely about sex-related issues. Secondly, while in the high school youth group, they had taken a sexual purity pledge very seriously. Thirdly, although they did have a strong sex drive and it had not been easy to wait, they both had made a decision to practice the spiritual discipline of sexual abstinence. Personally, I have found that when young people like Scott and Anne commit to only the physical discipline of sexual abstinence, they do not do as well as those who honor and love God with their eyes, mind, and heart, as well as their body. This all-out commitment to sexual purity is living according to what I call the Purity Code (explained in more detail in chapter 2).
Scott and Anne's wedding was a joyous occasion, and I made it a point to thank both sets of parents for the incredible start they had given the young couple. The parents laughed and said it wasn't always easy. In fact, they said some conversations were downright uncomfortable. But the results were well worth the discomfort. And Scott and Anne were on their way to discovering what authorities have known for years: Sex is better in marriage. Sex is better when couples have a spiritual connection, and sex is not better if you live together before marriage.
You may be wondering, what does this story have to do with me and my family? My kids are still young. Actually, the very best time to introduce healthy sexuality is when children are young. Then you can naturally teach healthy values at the proper developmental stage of life.
Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality
Copyright © 2008 by Jim Burns
Published by Bethany House Publishing, a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287 Grand Rapids MI 49516-6287
Used by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.
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