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- U.S. News & World Report ranks UIS online programs among the top 20 best in the nation.
- Press Release: U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS GIVES UIS ONLINE BACHELOR'S AND GRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAMS HIGH MARKS In its 2013 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Illinois Springfield 83rd among the 100 Best Online Bachelor's Programs nationwide and 16th among the Best Online Graduate Business programs.Read more
U.S. News & World Report's 2013 Edition of America's Best Colleges ranks the University of Illinois Springfield second among public regional universities in the Midwest, a two spot increase from the 2012 rankings when UIS was fourth. For the fifth straight year, UIS is ranked as the top regional public university in Illinois.
U.S. News & World Report's 2012 Edition of America's Best Colleges ranks the University of Illinois Springfield as the top regional public university in the state of Illinois and the fourth best public university in that category in the entire Midwest. This is the fourth straight year that UIS has achieved those rankings.
- The UIS Online Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program ranked fourth on a national list of the Top 10 Online Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Programs of 2011.The ranking was conducted by the website The Best Colleges, which uses publicly available data to evaluate programs according to several different criteria, including reputation, accreditation, student satisfaction, and cost. The ranking can be found at: http://www.thebestcolleges.org/top-online-bachelor-business-admin/
- Dr. Laurel Newman, Director of Online Programs in the College of Busines and Management, was honored with the Oakley Distinguished Online Teaching Award during UIS' annual Faculty Honors and Recognition Reception. Read More.
- UIS Wins National Honors in Online Education UIS receives the inaugural Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education Awarded by the Sloan Consortium
- National Public Radio comes to UIS to learn about online education.
"Compared with the campuses in Chicago and Urbana-Champaign, Springfield is a tiny outpost on the prairie. But when it comes to online education, this school is a titan." Read more or listen to the broadcast.
University of Illinois Springfield made U.S. News and World Report's annual list of America's Best Colleges for the second straight year. Read more.
- UIS approved for membership in COPLAC
UIS has been unanimously approved for membership in the distinguished Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). The vote places UIS among a select group of 25 public liberal arts institutions representing 23 states and one Canadian province. Read more.
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SCORE (For the Life of Your Business), founded in 1964, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth, and success of small businesses nationwide. Through a new partnership with the Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce, SCORE of Southeastern Wisconsin will provide one-on-one business counseling in the Chamber offices each month.
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Delia Sava has been named the new executive director at SummerStage at Lapham Peak.
Sava comes to SummerStage with years of sales management experience in the financial services industry, as well as a wealth of experience serving in leadership roles in the non-profit world, including arts organizations.
A longtime resident of Waukesha County, Sava has a long history of community service. She has been involved with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and the Waukesha Community Foundation's Women of Distinction Luncheon, and has served on the Board of Directors of The Women's Center of Waukesha for six years. Most recently, she assisted the Waukesha County Green Team and Plowshare Center for Peace on a joint educational program presented at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Hartland.
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IBS CEO Doug Braun explained that he was looking for more space to accommodate company growth projections. IBS, which currently employs 18 people, is in the process of hiring 10 additional employees in the Milwaukee area.
IBS offers consulting services, enterprise resource management software and business applications to help businesses move products more efficiently.
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This is the 32nd annual list and Johnson Creek's first appearance.
Johnson Creek earned these rankings after five years of operation. What started as an experiment in Berkey's basement now employs 50 people and is growing at a rate of 511 percent over the past three years.
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Many who lost their homes to Sandy have told us that they don't want to give up their pets, but that they have nowhere to keep them. In response, today the ASPCA is opening a 20,000 square-foot emergency boarding facility for hundreds of animals displaced by Superstorm Sandy.
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This effort is greatly aided by a $500,000 grant from generous animal lover Rachael Ray, as well as the donations of our compassionate supporters.
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Anyone know the fool who runs this site??
They only link to the gps coordinates of a course- with no regard as to whether or not that course is private! We've been getting people showing up at our private (and clearly listed as) course saying they found it on this site.
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Whoa......that is not cool.
Thanks for the heads up. Our private course is also listed with no indication that it is private.
(The site also claims to be a complete listing, but it only shows half the courses in South Carolina).
That is unfortunate, but I'm sure it was not intentional to cause harm. In the meanwhile until you get the problem fixed, I would post the "play rates" on the driveway entering the course. You can set the rate at whatever you want, $100.00 per round, $200.00 per round, etc. Or install a gate.
Not a good solution. I'm not going to the trouble and expense, and how would it look to legitimate guests?
It gets worse. I tried to contact the site to remove our course, but the only contact is an email address whose mailbox is full!
Perhaps no harm was intended, but it's hard to see what good was intended, either. Just a scraping together of courses, with their coordinates linked to google maps. No additional information at all. And very incomplete. Create one of the worst course directories online, just to get a little advertising money?
Hopefully, our experience will be better than Ben's and no one will use that site.
Same thing- cannot email them, no idea who owns the site- and they're missing courses going back 3+ years. You must have a guide and approval to play our course- it's in the backyard. People have been showing up unannounced, possibly even when nobody's home.
Our course has similar rules---a guide the first time or two, thereafter you can play alone but only with advanced arrangements so we know someone's there. We live there---and hunt there, so it's real important.
We've only had a couple of cases of people showing up unannounced in the past.
I wouldn't mind this rogue site if they just posted those rules and a link to our website.
We should probably put up a sign that says, "If you don't have reservations, you're trespassing." That would make the point without offending those who do have reservations.
I'm not sure they have the right to post that information depending on how they got it all from a database- you have to pay for access to the pdga's I believe. It sucks that we private course owners have to go do that at our expense now, but this weekend wasn't the first group to show up unannounced recently. I will continue to try to reach the site owner daily. Other private course owners should be aware.
I'm not sure they have the "right", but when I google our course name I find it in all kinds of listings---both in the disc golf world, and on tourist and state traveler information sites. Almost always they link to our course website, which is quite clear on arrangements for playing, so i don't sweat it.
Heck, if this site just put "Private - call before coming" and our contact information, or the website link, I wouldn't mind as much.
That's pretty creepy that that info. is so readily available. Guess it's be easier to just go knock on his door- it's only 15 minutes away!
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Should degrees have "patches"?
Simple enough starting point. In the modern world our knowledge base is expanding so quickly that 5 years after you get a degree, quite a bit of what you learned is obselete, and quite a few important discoveries have been made. If you go into business, or government research, you may actually surpass the knowledge on any degree program, in your specific discipline... But, you'll still miss out on advances in your field of study, that do not apply to your business, or research.
Should modern universities offer degree patches, the way software companies offer patches. Every 5 years or so, each school is meant to design a one or two week online course, specifically designed to keep people who have already been granted degrees, in touch with the most up to date information in the field.
Having these patches on your degree, would then be quite valuable in the eyes of an employer I imagine. Some companies may even offer to pay for you to go get your patch...
Kinda seems like a no brainer to me.
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Very fun and engaging discussion. Personally, I think MIT should get busy on this. Unlike many people here, however, I believe that proving knowledge and skills is the purpose of education. I believe every child is naturally curious, we don't teach them to be creative, we do the opposite. Teaching facts we know about the universe, or even ones we believe to be true because of a preponderance of evidence, has a place, and it's an incredibly important institution, one in desperate need of modern reform. As a bonus, first institution to do it well, gets an incredible revenue stream. Peace and love.
Ken Feigh
Aug 29 2012: The nursing profession is big on this. To keep your license and the ability to practice you must put in so many hours per year of training. An established "patch" system...
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Obviously this is has a positive benefit to patient care and their life expectancy.Aug 7 2012: I think it is a great idea, however, the universities are the ones who probably need the patches. They seem to lag decades behind innovation. Could it work both ways, offering your expertise back to the university once you go off to do great things upon graduation?
Ben Fincher
Aug 5 2012: I recently watched Daphne Koller's talk about her startup Coursera, ( http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education.html ) I feel like Coursera would be a good framework for an idea like this since they already have the infrastructure capable of teaching classes to a widespread, online demographic and they already have universities partnered with them. The courses wouldn't have to be as long as some of the ones offered on Coursera now, and the ability to record wrong and right answers and stuff like that could help shed light on the biggest holes in the knowledge of professionals in various fields. A possible problem would be deciding if universities would accept "patches" from other universities. Like if there was a "patch" from Stanford in my field, would my university allow me to use that as an acceptable form of updating? Because each university offering "patches" for each of their majors would be a bit ridiculous and flood the system.Aug 2 2012: If one is passionate about his or her field on study, then one would try as much as possible to keep up with innovations and new concepts through journals and publications either online or in print.
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However, the 'patches' is a good idea for those folks who are just trying to get paid(without any passionate interest in their field), or for the ones who would be too lazy to add to their knowledge without being compelled by companies asking for their 'patches'.
Aug 2 2012: I think they also make doctors take these periodic tests to make sure their knowledge of their profession is still kept up with.Aug 3 2012: I agree completely... but, I think I wrote too generally, when I was thinking more specifically.
I'll use psychology, as an example, you get your degree, in the 1980's, and you go to work helping people in the federal prison system. If you are passionate, you will stay up to date on your field of study, but certainly, working in a prison, will focus you on specific advances. You would likely begin to focus on abnormal psychology, because so many of the patients you deal with on a daily basis, have very severe conditions.
The prison you are working for, closes... And they don't need a new prison psychologist, in your local area. You may still have a PhD in cognitive therapy... but you may have missed many advances, in how the field relates to human sexuallity, and relationships, or more simple conditions like mild insomnia, temporary depression... etc. I don't know if that's the best example, but I think you will understand the concept.
You get a degree in engineering, and then you work for a solar company for 10 years... You're still an engineer, but your knowledge is very speciallized in one field, but a bit behind likely, in others. The patch could give you the opportunity to catch up, if you have to change the specifics of your job, but remain an engineer.
Finally. I think it would be a usefull tool for the unemployed in general. A good system rarely has people with useful degrees unemployed, but it happens. In essence, it gives you something to do with your time, to keep your mind sharp, and reminds employers, that while you were unemployed... That's what you decided to do with the time, rather than watch TV.
Aug 3 2012: I understand the idea better now. It is true that the 'patches' will be needed in the instances you have mentioned; especially the unemployed.Aug 4 2012: Agreed however the idea is a very good one.
I know in some countries professional like doctors have to earn certain credits every year by joining different seminars relevant to their practice , so that they are updated. It's a mandate by government in some cases , but it's not coming from universities of medical school from where they got the degree. May be such requirement is there for doctors as they work with patients life /well being directly on day to day basis.
However I am not sure about impact......as learning is a matter of passion I feel like Feyisayo mentioned above.Aug 24 2012: I think we're diverging a bit from the topic at hand. I'll try to bring my commentary back into relevance by expanding on the first point that Lepetit made - that there's a difference when pay yourself and when the government pays on your behalf. Where I live student loans are much lower than in the USA and only have to be paid once the individual earns a certain amount, so I imagine there is a lot less pressure to start paying it back. Unemployment also isn't as big of a problem (plenty of graduates spend a short amount of time unemployed while they seek jobs). I think it gives greater freedom to do further qualifications, so ongoing professional development may be less difficult. But that's just speculation.
Never the less I like the idea of your scheme - it would be great to be provided with a short refresher every 5 or so years. I study pharmaceutical drugs so in 5 years everything will be different. And I won't have time to sift through all the papers on every drug. What would be good for me is getting updates when our understanding of key concepts advances. You might miss this looking through papers or even reviews.
I'm planning to subscribe to a couple of major journals when I finish, but I get the feeling that won't be good enough. We actually have a bit of a problem in the medical field where there is so much being discovered that practitioners can't keep up. We need a solution to this.
Aug 24 2012: Thank you very much. I apologize for getting baited into another discussion I happen to enjoy on the topic of education, and getting into a bit of an offensive posture. I tend to think student loans are very high in the US, because too many people have degrees in fields that do not translate to actual job skills.
I think by taking on these debts, our citizens are slowly going to change our focus, and move back towards science, math, and engineering. Having this belief, however, makes me think that the entire Western world is in for a bit of a rude awakening in regards to how much money it spends teaching children art and music, which they can, and already do learn about on the internet for free. I don't think the taxes you pay for education are well spent, nor the debts Americans incur... That is an entirely different discussion though, which would be fun if you started it : )
Robin Patin
Aug 17 2012: 'Patches' already exist. They are called 'certificates' and 'advanced learning' programs. Basically, its a high priced shake-down from universities and institutions so that they can trap people in more debt after their university years are complete.
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I just finished paying for my Master degree - 8 years after completing the program. I am none to eager to take on more debt. If a company I am working for wants to pay for my continuing education - I'm for it. If I have to foot the bill, no thanks.
IWe also have to realize that we can't educate ourselves out of ever scenario. If the sun doesn't shine, the answer is "more education".
Damn, how much education do you think a human being needs before what they're learning needs to be backed by experience? Pretty soon you'll need a PhD to sweep floors. Sad. We're moving to a seriously over-educated society where that education means less and less in the job market.Aug 13 2012: In a word......Yes! And if thy chose not to upgrade, their degree should be revoked until thy do so.Aug 9 2012: Brilliant idea, especially anything to do with computing.
Eric Henry
Aug 9 2012: Well, I've gone back and forth on my view of this proposal, while reading the responses. My initial reaction was that this would just be another marketing scheme for universities to make more money. Almost like putting an expiration date on your degree.
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As has already been mentioned, several fields (my wife's included) demand continuing education to maintain credentials, so your proposal could formalize that mandate.
A couple of questions I have, however:
(1) People are so mobile right now, how would a person, with a degree from New York, get their patch if they now live in Los Angeles? Doing this online has shortcomings especially for those, with degrees from more reputable institutions.
(2) I would have to ask those viewing this board, how many use a significant percentage of what they learned in college day-to-day on the job (even if recently graduated)? My own self-directed continuous learning and OJT have moved me pretty far from the classes I took in college, and frankly, I have to think that if most people were to look at the cross-section of daily job duties and things they have to know, it would be a blend of many different degree elements. That difficulty in classification might make "patching" degrees more difficult or confine it to a narrow band of majors.
Aug 10 2012: If I were to receive updates of content related to my undergraduate degree, it might be fun but not particularly useful in my life and not useful in my professional life.
Were I to receive updates of content connected to my later education, it would be convenient, but part of the value of schooling is that I learned how to keep up myself. So I would not pay for the institution to update me.
In terms of evidence that I keep up, it is much more important for that to show daily in my work than for me to have an official outside verification.
Ryan Price
Aug 8 2012: Good point. This could save many business massive amounts of money. As it is now business have to retrain people in house or send employees back to college in order to touch up their skills. These "patches" could even be supported by larger business. For example donations to universities that offer them.Aug 7 2012: This is an excellent idea. Imagine the patch for a psychology degree that's 20 years old, with the leaps in technology in brain imaging. I'd love to know what has been found since the split -brain studies I read about! And what we must be finding out about Learning with Coursera, Khan Academy, Ted Talks, learning games like Luminosity and all the MASSIVE amounts of data these are accumulating about the human mind. And then think of what we now must be uncovering in Behavioual psych just by monitoring what people search in the googlebox. Maybe a patch would not be possible, since one psych degree would be so different from another, depending what a person had chosen to focus on: Biological, Developmental, Cognitive, Forensic, Behavioral, and who was teaching then. Who is to say there is much similarity between schools as you get into upper level courses? I remember taking a class about sexual selection, one on circadian rhythms and one that debunked religion. You'd almost need to take your patch at your alma mater and hope your profs aren't retired. As you see, I think as I type- sorry about that- and I've come full circle: does a patch function to correct problems/mistakes or to add new content? Wouldn't offering a patch be tantamount to admitting that the degree issued is less than perfect? What prof will offer to come forward and say "my life's work has been shown to be incorrect in the following way(s) by so-and such university over there". And, how much of your degree was relevant to your life in the first place? Imagine having to refresh on something like circadian rhythms each year, or tricyclics vs. SSRIs (see, 20 year old degree talkin'). I still love the idea though- how do you see it being applied? Revisit first year through Coursera? That should show any change in the fundamentals of each field, no?
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Aug 8 2012: I think the best way to do it, would be to use the "patch", that the institution already applies each year.
Each year, the head of each department, can look at changes in the course work, for the degrees offered by his or her department, and make notes on the changes. "Oh, if you got this degree last year, you would learn this, but not this..." Every few years, that information is combined into a single lecture, and you can sell it online, to anyone who graduated.
It would be hard to apply retroactively, but honestly, most major universities, keep their tenured staff around forever. Harvard, probably has a guy who was teaching there 25 years ago, and has old notes in a box with curriculum changes he's had to make over the years. Have the university, start looking for people who just horde their data, and buy it off of them.
It's definately something that would take some effort, but I think the first university to do it well, will sell a boat load of them. If it's MIT, or Harvard, no one will even question if the patch is legit, and you'll be able to get an MIT Forensic Psychology patch for you University of Michigan Forensic Psychology degree : P
This is such an MIT idea...
Aug 8 2012: So, to pursue your idea, would you now go to your profs, request the information on changes since you graduated, compile the information into a lecture and then offer it back to the university? Or make a contact list from your yearbook and email them a course offering....
Aug 8 2012: If I wanted to start a business that performed this, that would probably be the way to go.
Honestly, this was just something in the back of my mind for awhile, had no intent to do anything with it. If I were to try, the easiest venue would probably be to make a short presentation to people associated with the open university program at MIT. Just keep emailing professors until the right ones respond.
I'm not a big fan of money. It would be nice, but the only degree I could patch right now would be an AS in Computer Networking, one of the more complex, and expensive programs to work on. This really isn't my kind of business, I'm still considering returning to school. It's going to make someone a lot of money though.Aug 7 2012: Degrees are fashion statements now?! OMG! Where can I get one?!
Aug 7 2012: Hasn't anyone ever asked you where you got yours? There's always been a brand name/ no-name brand situation with degrees.
Aug 8 2012: Wah, wah, waaahhhh.....
Gail .
Aug 5 2012: I think that degrees should be circles, filled with pixels that are colored when a class is successfully completed. Colors can represent a field of study, many of which follow logical progressions, so the learning tracks would form something like road maps. Thus, a degree would be a visual representation of your learning experience. The year that a course was taken would be within the pixel. In this way, life-long learning is encouraged, and a way for a self-educator, such as myself, to figure out what course comes next might be made much easier. Everyone's degree will look a little different from everyone else's and it will change with every course completion.
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Yuguo Zhang
Aug 4 2012: This is genuinely a great idea. In this information-explosion era, people cannot stop absorbing new things or they will just be obsolete and out of touch. Online courses sound like a plan, but I wonder how many people, after graduating so many years, will actually follow the plan and take those courses, even though they may know knowledge is important.
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Aug 4 2012: I think in many professions continuing education/professional development is a requirement to manitain a license. Beyond this, professionals are typically interested in maintaining their skills and expanding their skills as new tools become available. The professional associations to which people belong also continuously feed to their members free and for-charge professional development opportunities.
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Even in the much maligned field of teaching, one cannot even maintain the credential (and thus be allowed to teach) if one does not accumulate what are called "credit hours" of a certain amount every five years. The requirement is for hundreds of credit hours every five years, and the documentation is retained.
Those who get a lot of education in the first place typically enjoy it. One doesn't have to twist their arms, typically, to get them to take advantage of conferences, mini-courses, and other professional development opportunities. The online schools and executive development programs, for example, that universities offer have a nice chunk of mid-career students in them.
The key is that people expect and, I think, deserve a choice in the professional development that fits in best with their desired career trajectories.Aug 3 2012: Dave, First of all I agree with your idea. However, I am a research nut and read my doctors bio in the state register and find out his education, certifications, number of complaints founded and unfounded, and any board actions against him/her. The question is almost all professionals have their credentials on the wall ... how many of us ever bother looking at the certificate wall. We hear all the time of someone practicing and never had the education. Another one last week in Ohio and one in Penn.
The draw back I see is when you are working it is not important to update as you have a job and are probally compartmentalized. When you change jobs the gaining company wants you for your current work and contacts as well as a little industrial espinage. The best application is as you have stated is when you become unemployed and need to update the ole resume.
I am not a big fan of on line courses. If I owned the compnay I would find a local leading practionier to come in with the latest high tech advances. To be honest the Universities are not leading edge. Some research univ. may be up to date but they could not share that info as it belongs to the agency funding the work.
To be honest, the ole slip stick work is gone. I can do more on the Cray computer in 10 minutes than in a office in a month. Perhaps what we are looking for is the right tools.
I made no point but threw some new thought into the mix.
All the best. Bob.
Aug 4 2012: I think, I pretty much agree with all of this. I've been thinking about the doctors a lot lately, as my mother went through cancer... I just started thinking to myself "How do I know this isn't the guy who graduated in the 70's, and then never went to another class for the rest of his life". Luckily with doctors, you can find out, and the people who worked with her had very good reputations and credentials, and she's recovering well.
More and more, I just think this is a sellable product. I think if Harvard offered degree patches, which intentionally kept their alumni up to date on new information, and then certified that they learned it... Even if it's not that good... I think it would be one nice leg up they had on the competition. "Get your degree here, and it will never look out of date".
I shouldn't have given this one away from free : p
Aug 4 2012: David thanks for sharing about your mom and thanks for being you. I am delighted to hear that she is doing better. It is a sound idea and a way for universities to stay valid in a time of great change.
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Aug 3 2012: I was thinking merit badges(patch). I would like to see a MOOC Merit Badge system that was recognized by HR departments.Aug 3 2012: i recently upgraded my BSc with leonard susskind's lecture series on modern physics, available for free on youtube
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Aug 4 2012: Point taken... If your university just sent you a little update lecture every few years, to say "This is what you missed if you weren't paying attention", wouldn't you think that was kind of cool though? I might want to take it every 5 years just for fun, spend a week on white sand beaches with a laptop learning what the university did.
Aug 4 2012: sure i would. but face it, they are not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. so if i can choose, i would choose material from better sources, like MIT or stanford.Aug 4 2012: Indeed, there is a wealth of resources, on paper and online, that have made continuous learning easy for those who crave it or for those who need it to address new problems.
I agree, Krisztian, that we are fortunate now to be able to learn from many of the best sources in the world, and increasingly at no charge. I think there is an advantage, actually, to learning through an institution where one did not happen to get ones degree.
just yesterday I signed up for a Coursera. My foray, though, is about learning something entirely different from the areas in which I already have a lot of education.
Debra Smith
Aug 3 2012: I love this idea and I would be willing to do it because I think I would be able to requalify. I worry that those who would be against it, would be for self centered and self protective reasons. I think we owe it to our societies, clients/patients and selves to do this and certification for it would help everyone to know that the information they get from us is current and reliable.
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Aug 2 2012: I think the people at their professions do keep up with more up to date things than college classes sometimes.
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And as for the "patches" in college, I thought they already do that? Well my major, Computational Media, is a fairly new major, and has still been kind of in its experimental stages in terms of courses and curriculum to offer. It could just be me...
Aug 3 2012: Wow, I've never heard of such a thing. That's fantastic. This may have actually been a bad topic for debate, because in many ways, it's really just a product idea.
I just thought... People would pay, to have their degree updated, especially if they're about to enter the job market, or are curently unemployed. I would rather visit a psychologist that can prove, he's up to date on the latest drug side effect watch lists, etc.
It seems like while I agree that people who are good at their jobs, do stay up to date on their fields, it might be nice to have an extra tool for sorting out the ones that don't.
Aug 3 2012: Well, they don't really name it "patching" or anything, but my major does update its curriculum every few years, because we're still experimenting what people in the major need to know. I'm not sure about the other majors though.
Hey, any idea is a good idea in the grander scheme of things :)
You know, I think it also depends on the profession really. A profession that changes a lot with time, like Computer Programmers, will need to keep up to date with things. However, a historian may not necessarily need to.
Aug 3 2012: Ahh, ya, I meant, post degree patching. For older people to come back to the university, and catch up on what they've missed. Not everyone will have missed anything, some people will waste their time in the class, and then pass the test with flying colors, because they stayed up to date on their own. For others, I think it could be a really useful tool.Aug 4 2012: I think it's pretty good idea, but I think it depends on the profession really. Like in computer science, if the practices change frequently, then they need to adopt the newer methods. Though I think most people in CS are very up to date on new practices.
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Sep 1 2012: Knowledge isn't the end goal of education. Learning to think is the true advantage of higher education. The patches (version updates) are simply shared discoveries. I believe the individuals that fail in their post-institution lives, are those who don't recognize education as a process of discovery, and only think of it as an accumulation of knowledge.Sep 1 2012: I think it depends entirely on the amount of research information being generated by the specific discipline. Thanks to the Internet, we can make that process less burdensome.
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In the old days, we subscribed to a magazine that focused on our specific discipline. My ex-wife was a Certified Nurse Midwife and had to attend updating classes periodically. After a few years, she was forced to get re-certified.
With math and physics, it's sort of built into the discipline.Aug 28 2012: I would like to answer the question by addressing the basic assumption or underlying argument. The argument upon which this suggestion is based, 'quite a bit of what you learned is obsolete' is met by many leading universities by providing project-based curricula. As a result, professors at these universities are well-regarded in their respective fields for gaining insightful advances and cutting-edge knowledge as they use real case examples for their growth. However, these form only a tiny minority of educational institutions and universities. The real question in my opinion now is how to get the vast majority of the remaining institutions and even the remaining courses in these leading universities converted to project-based curricula?Aug 27 2012: Yes i agree .... Universities should offer patches...Aug 27 2012: Sounds like a good idea.
Ultimately it is up to the individual to keep themselves up to date.
Some professions are better at supporting or requiring this than others.Aug 25 2012: "Simple enough starting point. In the modern world our knowledge base is expanding so quickly that 5 years after you get a degree, quite a bit of what you learned is obselete, and quite a few important discoveries have been made. If you go into business, or government research, you may actually surpass the knowledge on any degree program, in your specific discipline... But, you'll still miss out on advances in your field of study, that do not apply to your business, or research."
Not true, this mostly depends on what you study in the first place. My field is engineering. What we learn and are taught are the fundamentals of engineering during the first 2 years then go on to apply and develop those skills the 2 years after. Some of what you learn, you may never use, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily obsolete.
Research programs gives you more in-depth knowledge into specific topics. That hardly substitutes for the fundamentals that you learn during your 1st 4 years, aka communication, science, math, and computation. Should we drop Newtonian/Classical physics because of special and general relativity?
I believe the reality is, people are surprised that after 4 years that working at the work place will still mean learning, perhaps going to more classes, and being taught more things. I
I once asked an electrical engineer what he does at Boeing. He told mechanical engineering. I asked him how he was able to work seeing as how he had no prior education in mechanical engineering. He told he learned as he went.Aug 25 2012: Just a thought - look how many people including experts ignore the basics. Look at Economics As an interested undergrad in Introductory Economics I was told that no one reads Malthus. Well Darwain and Wallace did. I was told he was negative. What about moral restraint. Duh, they never read Malthus. What about the problems with wages in America. Go back about teo hundred (200) years and read Ricardo. Also our text and Samuelson had a note how companies lowered wages ninty(90) years ago. A few years ago there was a great deal of interest in Chaos theory, but before that except in Russia the new guy was Euler. There are new things under the sun, but they are not many. Somehow I don't think the Higgs Boson is our most pressing problem. What am I saying there are many ways of looking at problems Reread Science and Sanity Count Alfred K had some good ideas about basics. However useful engineering math is Go to B School and the emphasis will be different, and the non Quants still won't get it. Would the world really be better with Mr. Spock as President or CEO Well sometimes. Look at the Martial Arts in some a black belt is only the beginning not the end. School is a key to enter. In the professions there is CLE. As expensive as I have been told college/University or whatever now is figure out how to move on and to grow.Aug 24 2012: For most college-educated professionals, their undergraduate and perhaps graduate degree afforded them an attainment greater than specific 100% applicable knowledge, it gave them the solid foundation to problem-solve, and practice to lead themselves and others. I suggest that degree "patches" are unnecessary, but the function of obtaining the most recent relevant update to their academic knowledge is already supplied by: 1) annual continuing education requirements for retaining certification within specific fields (i.e. CPA CPE, Bar CLE, PE CEP); 2) profession-specific trade publications, books and online forums; 3) emerging free/paid online education venues such as coursera.org, edx.org and even khanacademy.org so that the professional can tailor their interest beyond degree/certification requirements and learn whatever is relevant and interesting to the individual. As others opined, it doesn't make sense to necessitate a continued academic relationship to your alma mater, just to get/keep ahead in your profession.Aug 23 2012: Perhaps there are better metrics for measuring knowledge and competence then contemporary degrees... A more gamified patch system would probably optimize it, but it´s far from optimal. We need indicators, but at the core I believe in the social market when it comes to measuring knowledge, intuition is one of the most effective algorithms we have access to. But patches, or badges is great! Like a badge for doing your first abdominal surgery, or coding your first JAVA pattern recognizer. Thats it! Not patches, badges! You don´t need to know my degree if I´ve successfully coded or performed surgery on a professional level. Just look at my badge, like in a videogame. Degrees are so pre-informationage-ish...Aug 23 2012: Education should stand the test of time. People should be taught fundamental principles that can be applied in the dynamic and changing world.
In some instances and for some fields of study patches may be necessary.
"Yes" to patches but not for degrees. It should mainly be for a course and not for the entire degree.Aug 23 2012: This is a great idea, and one that may become very nessesary as technolongy continues to develop at an every increasing rate. Many professionals already carry out continued professional development, so the "patches" should definately be a voluntary add-on and not a must do.Aug 22 2012: " The reason you pay a government entity thousands of dollars ... "
I guess here is the difference : in France you almost pay nothing for your education.
School comes from greek "skolè" that means free time, idleness. It is not meant to serve only economical purposes.
Not all people have the luck to have a good environnement to learn critical judgement and enjoy reading at 12. Poor people or children having bad atmosphere at home for instance would not make it to degrees easily. The school system here is a way to guarantee that everyone has its chances not to reproduce an elit of rich. It has its flaws and its costs though.
Aug 22 2012: You mean... In France, other people are forced to pay thousands of dollars for your education... and still it teaches you no discernable job skills. Then, you are forced to pay for the same quality education to be given to everyone else. Is there still no gap between rich and poor in education in France? Because if rich people still "mysteriously" take advantage of free education, more often then poor people do... You tax the poor, to pay for the rich... Just a thought.
Aug 23 2012: Yet this is what we do in K-12 here. Why not extend it 2 to 4 years based on merit?
Aug 23 2012: The USA has one of the best university systems in the world... In K-12 we're approximately 12th. No one would trade our university system model for our K-12 model on merit.Aug 23 2012: I am simply trying to say the cost of these outstanding universties is quickly outgrowing their benifit. Maybe there should be insurance so if you don't get your degree or can get a job in your feild then it would kick in and pay your student loans.
After all, we have insurance for unhealthly people that can afford to go to the doctor anymore, maybe we should have it for dumb people also.Aug 23 2012: In Australia we heavily subsidise tertiary education. We also pay people of lower socio-economic status to study. We tax wealthier people more than poorer ones, and those who earn below a certain amount are not taxed anything. It is hardly taxing the poor to pay for the rich. I think you will find that most Western nations operate under similar schemes.
Aug 23 2012: In other words, you tax working people, farmers, construction workers, and laborers, for a system, which none of them have the free time to use. Meanwhile, people born into white collar, wealthy, and upper middle class homes, have plenty of time to improve their education, so they do... for free. Thus the taxes of working people, pay for the education of upper middle class and above people, and give those upper middle class people credentials which insist that they will never have to labor. It's quite a nice system if you start out on the top.Aug 22 2012: A degree is meant to give you the skills to carry out the research yourself. If people are genuinely interested in what they studied and the area in which they work, there won't be any problem keeping up to date.
Aug 22 2012: Or... Maybe UCLA, has a bit more time, money, and doctors at their disposal, so they do better research than I do. That's just one possible scenario.
Aug 22 2012: This is true, but what stops you from reading their research?
Aug 22 2012: Copyright and or patent law?
Nothing actually, in most cases. However, if every five years each department collected the most important new research in my degree field, into a 40 hour lecture, and then let me take a test on it to prove I'm up to date... I would pay for that product.
Many people would not. If I was in a rough economy, that would give me a leg up... I think someone's gonna generate some serious revenue with this... and it's probably going to be UC Berkeley. I'm a bit overconfident at times however, so this may just be a manifestation of that.Aug 22 2012: If you're a self-starter or self-motivated, it might be a good idea just to do the research yourself. Some sites offer free newsletters to keep you up-to-date on new advancements in that particular field. Colleges would likely suggest that keeping up with the industry of your choice is your responsibility and not theirs. The company you work for could provide you with more training as the industry changes, as well, which makes more sense (to me) than asking the schools to provide that service. I believe that the companies should be responsible for providing paid training for qualifying employees. If there is no way to keep up with your industry for free via study material or paid, through company training, then I suppose your only other option would be to suggest the idea of a "patch" course to your college. It might be possible to inquire about re-enrolling in the classes you believe you'll benefit from. You could suggest re-enrollment as a substitute for a "patch." I feel a school MIGHT be able to work with you on that. In order to create a "patch" course, you'd have to have a demand for it, so passing around a petition would be a good start.Aug 22 2012: This idea of patch should be considered carefully since a lot of degrees are not about being up to date but rather having a certain disposition of the mind that allows to deal with whatever new knowledge is needed in your field. A great example is computer sciences : what matter the most is your ability to adapt and to think, not what technology or programmation language you ended to learn.
In another words : is the goal of a degree solely to get you skills that the job markets is looking for or is also a time to mature and improve oneself thinking and critical judgement abilities ?
If people want to know which technologies you are an expert, what are your fields of expertise, they can look at your previous missions on your resume and even give a call.
Aug 22 2012: "is the goal of a degree solely to get you skills that the job markets is looking for or is also a time to mature and improve oneself thinking and critical judgement abilities ?"
I see this question over and over again. The reason you pay a government entity thousands of dollars, is to certify that you have a job skill... I learned how to critically think, enjoy reading, and care about self improvement by the time I was 12.
If degrees are just meant to help people "mature", they shouldn't be a tool for the rich to stay rich, and I'm very happy I didn't waste my time or money getting one past AS.Aug 21 2012: Sorry, but didn't understand the meaning of Patches in Degrees. Could someone tell what it is?Aug 21 2012: Great idea as long as they are offered @ no additional charge .Aug 21 2012: What Robin Said, or even upgrades in a masters or doctorate.
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Aug 17 2012: no...after you got a degree you will find a job,sometimes in the same field and sometimes not and from now on this is the job that is very important and if you wanna be successful you should be the best in your job and of course if you wanna be the best in you job you should be up to date so we have these patches already and it does not need to be compulsory...it up to people and their choice.
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Aug 22 2012: Often times however, a human being will change from one job to another, have their business shut down, or simply be fired during a bad patch in their life when they are irresponsible. Patches offer the unemployed a tool for updating their knowledge quickly and efficiently. They also offer elderly and retired people a chance to prove that they still have their wits about them, if they choose to re enter the job market. I do not want to make these compulsory.Aug 10 2012: Interesting idea, patching a degree... I have supposed that the point of education was to teach you how to expand learning on your own. I will ask you to consider your idea carefully as it could introduce educational 'red-lining' - that being the existent of a real constraint of time/funding toward patching. Should people be penalized because they chose to make a family?
Further, I see job postings now that require a degree with salaries that cannot fund an average college loan debt. Given that unfortunate reality, I could support your concept, but only in conjunction with a plan which reduces the cost of a college education to nearly zero. Such a plan reduces the initial burden of education, and removes any financial penalty later for persons wishing a family life.Aug 9 2012: From what I know about what happens here in the U.K., we call this continuing Professional Development (C.P.D.). It seems to be aimed at people in health and service based professions. There are courses available both in university type establishments and from private training companies that offer 'credits' and a certificate for attending and participating in a named course. Some professional organisations demand evidence of C.P.D. as a precondition of continued registration with them. Some of the courses are really expensive but the system seems to work. The beauty of it is sometimes you can attend a course that does not seem directly related to your original qualification but does build and enhance on your skill or knowledge or information base in a way that evidences a capacity for constructive thinking.Aug 8 2012: What is the socioeconomic impact of mandating these patches, for example, in job descriptions?
Aug 8 2012: In general I'm not a fan of mandates, I'm a fan of individuals choosing to have the best resume humanly possible, and letting that sort itself out.
I would suggest that an employee who comes to you with a patched diploma, now has a similar training regime to their younger counterparts, and this could greatly increase intergenerational cooperation and productivity. Some job descriptions may want to say, electrical engineering degree patched to at least 5 years ago, especially if it becomes an easy and cheap program to access. I would also suggest that this can dramatically impact the economic productivity of the elderly, as their skills are often seen as obselete by society.
For people in their 60's and 70's who exercise and stay, sharp, a patched diploma could prove competence and relevance to an employer in a way they never could before. "Oh, ya, I just tested on this stuff 2 years years ago... I'm not senile short stack".
It would make it much easier for retired people to consider re entering the education system as teachers. They can re familiarize themselves with things they missed, and just retest their skills so they feel confident teaching.
Finally, it would just grease the wheels of industry in general... I hear a lot of people in these responses talking about how "the universities are always far behind", they either don't live in America, or don't know what the hell they're talking about. UCLA, and Berkeley, both have better research on solar concentration than any of our private sector corporations. Having their employees patch into that information, is just lubricant for innovation.Aug 7 2012: This is a good idea! This would be especially prevalent in the technology industry. Since technology is always becoming newer and better it makes complete since to update the people behind the machine. My only issue would be cost. What do you think a "patch" would cost?
Aug 8 2012: It depends if someone corners the market, the people in the best position right now would be MIT. If you could buy an MIT patch, for any degree... They'd sell so many, they would find the cheapest way possible to test people, and it could be really... really... dirt cheap, and still fund MIT.
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Aug 7 2012: I'm a bit baffled how nobody has mentioned that these things already exist.
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You mentioned that you feel more and more that this is a seelable product. It is.
Companies send their employees on advanced trainings ALL THE TIME. Heck, it's required in many fields. And it indeed is what distinguishes you from others and get's you ahead in the company ladder. Lot's of people earn their living providing such advanced trainings.
No need to reinvent the wheel.
And as far as universities go: Usually they do update their curriculum to reflect the current knowledge. Why should they be responsible for what happens after they've provided their service (education) to you? - unless they charge, which some might already do.
It is your responsibility to keep yourself informed in your field of work or else you'll become obsolete. And there's enough tools to do that. Free and commercial.
p.s.: The effectivness of these trainings is another problem. However, that would apply to the university- patches, too.
Aug 7 2012: I'm baffled by how few people seem to understand this concept. I'm not talking about advanced training. I'm not talking about requiring everyone who graduates to apply for patches. I'm not talking about universities being responsible for what happens next.
I am saying, that every few years, we update majors with new information. We send that information to teachers who will teach the major. Why can't I buy access to that update, and then take a test on it, to prove that my knowledge is up to date?
And no... I can't, this is a completely unique and new idea. I am saying that I would like to know what is different about a degree granted today, than when I graduated, so that I know I have all the skills of my younger counterparts. If someone could offer me this service, I would probably pay for it.
I can't believe no one has done this yet. Apparently, everyone thinks they are smarter than their university, and they learn everything better on their own though... Maybe it's not as marketable as I thought.
I know that if I was 70, and had a degree in Electrical Engineering from 1970, I would be interested to see if there was anything I missed in the last 42 years. Especially, if I was looking for a new job.
I know if I was about to employ someone with a 20 year old degree, part of me would be wondering "did this person keep up to date?"
Aug 7 2012: I believe I got the topic, just by reading you topic title. "Patches" as in, like every few weeks a game or something that you downloaded would update itself. In the way you say "degrees" you mean that every few years or so, students would go back get updated information for their major. Similar concept, but very revolutionary.
Aug 7 2012: It really makes me wonder how many people are still sewing, more often than they use computer software.Aug 22 2012: well, in my opinion, your work experience after your degree really provides for that. if i have a 20 year old degree and a solid work experience of 20 years after that, no one will ask me what i have done in my degree. but to prove that i am capable, i have to tell them that i have a cumulative work experience through which i have been up-to-date.Aug 7 2012: Often we are knowledgeable about only small niches in our areas of experise. What about other simple and cherap options than what is currently possible. Don't ignore self-learning. Also, the world is going to try to lay some frames on you. REread Demings Out of the Crisis often the experts are looking at the wrong numbers. Remember that Poncari suggested that there are many models that may fit a situation very well. I believe that there are many sources of learning and as GAlileo suggested the opinion of thousands is not worth the reasoning of a single individual. Also, a professional is expected to keep up. I was told that there are many fields where thought is guided by a very tiny number of people. Whether it is the elites, the second tier, the third tier etc. We can only get one viewpoint. How said, but if it is the best answer, we can't avoid said advice. REread Charles McKay's 11841 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds. It's still true.Aug 5 2012: I agree. This is how some certification process works. You need to give an exam once in a while to make sure you're a well-learned certified specialist in so and so field. Should be applied to degrees as well.Aug 4 2012: Simply love your quesiton.
People in my country are so obsessed with having degrees.
People tend to believe in guaranteed things even if they are poor in contents.
Invisible, but truly precious values are going to be meaningless if degrees should have patches and wield their power.


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S/2006 S3 has a mean radius of about 2.5 km, assuming an albedo of 0.04. It orbits Saturn at an inclination of about 159° and an eccentricity of about 0.4. At a mean distance of 22.1 million km from Saturn, the satellite takes about 1227 Earth days to complete one orbit.
S/2006 S3 was discovered on 6 March 2006 by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt and Jan T. Kleyna, based on data obtained with the Subaru 8.3-m reflector telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, during the months of January to April, 2006.
How S/2006 S3 Got its Name:
S/2006 S3 was so designated because it is a satellite (S) that was discovered in 2006, and was the 3rd satellite of Saturn (S) to be found that year.


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Tyrannosaurus rex is one the most popular dinosaurs around, which means we study him a lot. There has been a lot of talk about all aspects of his life; how he hunted, how he moved, etc. Click here for an article about T-rex's tail and how it helped him not only to keep balance, but also to be a better runner.
This will be one of the first in a small series I'll do about the star of DinoDigs, Mr. T-rex. Make sure to tune in during the following weeks for more information and discoveries about our favorite carnivorous Cretaceous dino.
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Saturday, September 20, 2003Elon, N.C. (Sept. 20, 2003) -- An injury-plagued East Tennessee State football team fell to Elon Saturday in the Southern Conference opener for the Buccaneers at Rhodes Stadium in Elon, 14-0. "This was one of the most difficult ballgames I have coached in since I've been here," said ETSU head coach Paul Hamilton. "Our defense played well enough to win, but we did things offensively that cost us the game." ETSU (2-2, 0-1 SoCon) held the Phoenix to just 45 yards passing, but allowed 182 yards on the ground. Meanwhile the Buccaneers struggled to get the offense going with some key injuries on the offensive line and the loss of starting running back Gaven Varner (Summerville, S.C.) for a period of time. After a blocked punt gave the Phoenix (2-2, 1-1 SoCon) great field position on ETSU's four-yard line, Elon broke a scoreless tie at the 6:48 mark in the second half, when Phoenix quarterback Anthony Crews found the endzone on a one-yard QB sneak, helping the home team to a 7-0 advantage. Elon struck again with 10:10 to play in the third quarter on a 37-yard touchdown run by Crews, which gave the Phoenix a 14-0 lead following the extra point by William Rawls. Crews was just 6-of-13 passing, while ETSU quarterback Carl Meadows completed 14-of-38 passes for 144 yards. Meadows connected with eight different ETSU receivers, but the redshirt freshman QB was sacked a total of three times in the contest, including twice by Elon's senior defensive end Wesley Wheeler. "I knew this game was going to be tight," said Hamilton. "We had some chances to make some plays, but we just didn't make them." The Buccaneers had the opportunity to take an early lead, but kicker Jonathan Godfrey's (Johnson City, Tenn.) 47-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left early in the second quarter. Despite limited action in the backfield, Varner rushed for over 100 yards for the third time in four games this season. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound tailback carried the ball 18 times for 102 yards. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Frank Green (Monks Corner, S.C.) caught a team-high three receptions for the Bucs for 45 yards. Defensively, ETSU was led by senior linebacker Mike Cullen (Roswell, Ga.), who recorded nine tackles. Senior cornerback Tony Tiller (Lithonia, Ga.) had one pass breakup and one fumble recovery. "This is certainly a disheartening loss," said Hamilton. "But we'll be ready next week." The Buccaneers will be back at home next Saturday, when they play host to Western Carolina. Kick-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Memorial Center.
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En español | Elizabeth Taylor — a child actor and legendary beauty who became a true movie star — died today of congestive heart failure, a condition with which she struggled for several years. Taylor, who celebrated her 79th birthday on Feb. 27, was surrounded by her four children at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Taylor, a two-time Oscar winner and the first actor to be paid $1 million for a role, had not made a feature film since The Flintstones in 1994. Still, her body of work is her legacy. Here is a list of my favorites from the past 67 years.
National Velvet (1944)
She'd played a handful of small movie roles, and you couldn't help but notice her, but who would have expected 12-year-old Elizabeth would steal this MGM classic right from under Mickey Rooney — who even then was one of the hottest stars in Hollywood? Spunky, athletic and already blossoming into beautiful young womanhood, she entranced audiences as the plucky girl who virtually wills her pet racehorse to a national championship.


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This photo, in the men's room at the Olympic Biathlon Center in Sochi, was snapped by the BBC's Steve Rosenberg. You might just want to hold it.
Russians are apparently having a grand old time with this photo, holding it up has a symbol of corruption, waste, or just plain incompetence. But let's not pretend it's something new:
Kazan University on the eve of the Summer Universiade 2013. Image: BBC cameraman Max Lomakin pic.twitter.com/s9PDECpSrN
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I fell like this season ended too soon for me. During the last two tournaments I could feel that I am getting better and better, I had a good rhythm and started hitting something like my best form from the very beginning of the season.
Yet another defeat against Patty. It is hard to believe that on all three indoor tournaments I played this year I lost to Patty. This time I played better and got closer. I think I know what is the best tactics to play Patty and I am sure next time I'll do much better.
Now is the time to look back and analyse the past season and make plans for the forthcoming one. One thing for sure, I had a great season. Today I am 16th in the world and I started the year as 100th. This was my first year on the tour and everything was new. I played some good matches and had some great wins against top players. I had a few hard defeats, which thought me a lot. I always wanted more and secretly hoped for a top ten finish but the injury sustained in Toronto affected me a lot.
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Sliedrecht, the Netherlands / Stockholm, Sweden - February 23, 2010 – Business software company UNIT4 and supplier for wholesale and distribution software IBS AB (publ) ("IBS") have today announced that they have reached an agreement on the acquisition of IBS Consist ("Consist") by UNIT4. IBS will retain its IBS Enterprise and Iptor operations in the Netherlands. Consist has built up a strong position in the Dutch market for 30 plus years in the areas of financial management and human resources management software, with products such as FIS, FMS and EMIS. Consist has established a client base of 600 medium-sized businesses and organizations. Consist had a revenue exceeding € 15 million in 2009, with an EBITDA margin of more than 25%. Recurring revenue contributes approximately 50% of the total revenue. The cost of the acquisition will be fully funded from UNIT4's internal cash resources. The objective is for Consist to currently maintain its own unique position within UNIT4's Benelux organization, with the aim of further strengthening the position of UNIT4 in the Netherlands by means of the reciprocal transfer of expertise and cross-selling. "We expect to see further consolidation in our sector in the coming years with many acquisition opportunities for UNIT4", says Chris Ouwinga, CEO of UNIT4. "To reinforce our position in the service sectors, we will increasingly focus on additional and complementary functionalities in the areas of financial management and HRM. This acquisition will once again improve our margin and further increase the proportion of recurring revenue." "Consist has been one of the most successful acquisitions in the history of IBS, and contributed greatly to our successes, a prime example of the strategy that built IBS to a global player", says Mike Shinya, CEO and President of IBS. "As IBS goes forward we want to focus on global offerings to a global market, and we believe that this agreement allows us to maximize the value of this business for our future strategic decisions – while simultaneously taking the best possible care of the customers and employees of Consist." Kempen & Co acted as financial advisor and NautaDutilh as legal advisor to IBS. Dijkstra Voermans Advocateur & Notaris kantoor acted as legal advisor to UNIT4. About UNIT4 UNIT4 is a global business software company that creates, delivers and supports adaptable business software and services globally to help dynamic organizations manage their business needs effectively. We aspire to set the global standard for business software that helps dynamic organizations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively. We have a broad portfolio of solutions that address different markets, requirements, technologies and types of organization. With offices in 13 European countries, as well 6 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, a revenue of €379.4 million was realized in 2009.UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. The company has 3,456 employees (31December 2009). The Group incorporates a number of the world's leading change-embracing software brands including Agresso Business World and CODA financial management software. For services intensive organizations, the Agresso Business World ERP suite is widely acknowledged as the business software solution that delivers the lowest Total Cost of Change. This is achieved thanks to its VITA™ architecture which allows for ongoing, post-implementation changes without the typical external IT costs and services that can cost firms huge sums of money each year. CODA offers mid- to large-sized organizations around the world financial management, analysis and business process management. CODA solutions are differentiated by its LINK™ architecture that provides financial executives a 'no compromise' approach to application change management by allowing business systems to be added or changed and easily integrated into the most dependable enterprise financials solution on the market.
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The Lycoming College Music Department offers a B.A. in Music and a B.A. in Music with Music Education Certification (K-12). Incoming music majors must be heard by the music faculty for admission and scholarship awards. Introductory courses, intended for students of all majors, include theory, American music, electronic music and survey of Western music. More advanced courses include composition, conducting and special topics in music.
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After Heroku acquisition by SalesForce, is there any chance for Ruby being adopted in enterprise development?
If you know any good examples already, please point to them.
After Heroku acquisition by SalesForce, is there any chance for Ruby being adopted in enterprise development?
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Ruby is a great language to hack together quick solutions, so it will be a part of a lot of people's toolkits. There is unlikely a Ruby 2 Enterprise Edition but developers and sysadmins working for enterprises will be using Ruby. People may even be using it in tools without being particularly aware that they are doing so.
Ultimately, when it comes to software for the enterprise, the language it is written in is among the least important things on the list. Enterprises want software that works well for them. If that is written in Ruby then great. If not, then great. Why would that specific implementation detail be important to them?
Edit: I only thought of this later, but one thing Ruby does really well is implementing DSLs, which are something that will perhaps increasingly be used in the Enterprise as people start to appreciate what you can do with them. So perhaps in that respect it will become more popular.
Well I am more of a Python guy but I keep an eye in Ruby just because important people in the software industry keeps talking really nice about it: Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler...
Well we have 5000 employees Use normally zOS DB2 Websphere and the whole IBM stack. But we integrate the Big Blue zOS over cics via simple REST in the WEB world. Even the IBM consultants wondered how easy it was. And we use : JRuby. It works great. Performance Critical things we integrate with Java And we are at the moment integrating MessageQueuing with Java, JRuby also to other platforms. Other project (java SOA BPMN only to set some keywords) suffer in the grows of complexity. One thing people often forget : You need 5 years to get a J2EE developer but only one year to become from mainframe developer to ruby on rails dev. So what was the question Ruby is not enterprise ready ?
Java and C# are great for enterprise. All about structure, interoperability, doing everything for everyone completely.
Ruby, and particularly RoR is built with the intent of writing web applications.
I have built enterprise apps in Java, and web apps in Java, and web apps in Ruby on Rails. But I don't see most real "enterprises" (big companies) having the kind of mindset needed to adopt some of the rather heretical notions of languages like Ruby.
the number of gems in RubyGems become greater than number of module in CPAM
Ruby is use on a lot of product about cloud system like puppet or Chef. Ruby is already in enterprise.


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No, you obtain a risk-neutral measure by any change of measure; invariance is far more restrictive. Because in your formula $\mu\circ f^{-1} (A)=\mu(A)$, it has to be for any $A$.
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