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Cabin-Style Suites Above Massive Indoor Water Park
High above Fort Mackenzie—a four-story waterlogged treehouse that feels like it could be a part of The Swiss Family Robinson or Pirates of the Caribbean —a 1,000-gallon bucket slowly fills with water. Suddenly, the big bucket topples, drenching those gathered below in a torrent of water. Heated to a balmy 84 degrees, Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg's indoor water park and its 15 splash-filled attractions draw visitors looking for an aquatic getaway no matter the season. In addition to braving Fort Mackenzie, you can crash into 3-foot waves at Beaver Tail Pond, careen down a six-story funnel slide at Howlin' Tornado, and unwind on a raft in the Crooked Creek lazy river.
The 79,000-square-foot water park is merely one of the many activities at the hotel's multi-entertainment campus. At the MagiQuest live-action adventure, kids wield magic wands and journey through a kingdom to meet mythical creatures, including a pixie and a dragon. More than 100 games such as skee-ball and virtual pinochle attract gamers to the Northern Lights Arcade, with prizes and games geared toward all ages. Scooops Kid Spa gives manicures and pedicures to pintsize patrons sitting atop ice-cream-cone stools and banana-split thrones—free ice cream happily completes each visit.
Click here for a full list of Great Wolf Lodge's Suites. Up to eight kids and adults can comfortably sleep in a rustic Loft Fireplace Suite, which includes a private balcony. Each KidCabin Suite features a mini log cabin where kids can reasonably deliberate about who gets the bunk bed.
Williamsburg, Virginia: Art and Entertainment in Historic Colonial Town
Part of the Historic Triangle of Virginia, Williamsburg played a central role during the American Revolution—American forces gathered there in 1781 to march to Yorktown for the final British defeat. The city pays homage to this patriotic past in a living museum where fifers march in Revolutionary War regalia and costumed actors portray everyday colonists. Historians have carefully preserved and restored 88 original 18th-century structures within the town; buildings of note include the opulent Governor's Palace, built in 1722 to house the British governor, and the residential home of George Wythe, the first Virginian patriot to sign the Declaration of Independence. Yorktown Battlefield is only a short drive east; there, a park ranger guides visitors along the British defense and tells the story of the Revolutionary War's final siege.
Back in Williamsburg, the 18th-century-style specialty boutiques along Merchants Square sell everything from whimsical toys to hand-cooked Virginia peanuts. In addition to its historic sites, Williamsburg boasts a thriving artistic community, with original folk art and paint-by-number self-portraits of the Founding Fathers displayed at several galleries and art exhibits throughout the city.


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GT5 at Mercedes-Benz Bremen Factory
So many fun things to share with you from the last few days, but so sleepy this 1am and currently in the Côte d'Azur… so, silly things first. While visiting the Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, i couldn't help but admire their Gran Turismo 5 + PS3 + Logitech circle of racing fun set up in the lobby. The design details of the racing pod are great ~ but even better is the Nürburgring mat it sits on, complete with each twist and turn labeled. The PS3 mount even resembles an engine! See all of the details on the next page!
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Unemployment is a significant risk factor for acute myocardial infarction, results of a large cohort study suggested, although the risk fades with joblessness lasting more than a year.
Among more than 13,000 participants in the Health and Retirement Study, the hazard ratio for acute MI in those looking unsuccessfully for work was 1.35 (95% CI 1.10 to 1.66) relative to the continuously employed, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors, insurance status, smoking, alcohol consumption, certain comorbidities, and body mass index, reported Matthew Dupre, PhD, of Duke University, and colleagues.
The risk was especially great among participants with multiple job losses during the nearly 20-year follow-up period. For those with four or more periods of involuntary unemployment, the hazard ratio for an MI was 1.63 (95% CI 1.29 to 2.07) relative to those with no job losses.
"Results from our large prospective cohort study demonstrated the powerful effect of one's lifetime employment history and cumulative job losses on risks for a major cardiovascular event," Dupre and colleagues wrote online in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Unemployment is rarely a modifiable risk factor, but the researchers argued that the findings nevertheless have a clinical implication.
"Knowledge about employment status, number of job losses, and the amount of time unemployed may help to identify individuals at elevated risk for acute MI," Dupre and colleagues suggested.
"Additional studies are needed to assess how such information can be used to target and aggressively treat vulnerable segments of the population."
The Health and Retirement Study began in 1992, originally enrolling 9,824 individuals ages 51 to 61. Additional participants were recruited later on to replace those withdrawing or otherwise lost to follow-up. Participants were interviewed every 2 years.
For the current analysis, Dupre and colleagues had adequate data on 13,451 participants enrolled from 1992 to 2004, including 1,061 who reported suffering acute MIs during follow-up. (Data on MI was supplied by participants, not medical records.)
The participants reporting MIs were significantly more likely to have also reported being unretired but without work prior to the MI, Dupre and colleagues found.
Adjusting only for age, race, sex, marital status, and geographic region, the risk for MI among those reporting unemployment was increased by 74% (HR 1.74, 95% CI 1.42 to 2.14). But adjusting for additional variables including lifestyle factors, BMI, and other health conditions such hypertension, diabetes, and depression weakened the relationship.
Nevertheless, the fully adjusted hazard ratio of 1.35 remained significant.
Participants reporting they were retired showed a trend toward modestly increased risk as well (HR 1.20, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.48, relative to employed participants).
But chronic unemployment did not appear to be a risk factor -- only joblessness lasting a year or less. The hazard ratio for MI among those with cumulative unemployment up to 1 year was 1.27 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.60), whereas for cumulative unemployment of 2 years or more it was just under 1.0.
In an accompanying commentary, William T. Gallo, PhD, of City University of New York in New York City, said that the study cemented the association between unemployment and serious health risk.
"The report by Dupre et al. should mark the end of an era in which outcomes studies of unemployment have been pursued," Gallo wrote. "Plenty of compelling evidence exists to move on."
He suggested that future studies should focus on topics in which research has been "egregiously absent," such as how economic factors negatively affect patients' health.
One goal of such research should be to identify "groups whose health is particularly vulnerable to the experience of job loss," Gallo wrote, but he also noted that such studies must be very sophisticated because of the maze of factors that likely contribute.
The study was limited because of the lack of data on pre-MI medication usage for cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, Dupre and colleagues noted.
They also could not identify the nature of work or the reasons for job loss.
From the American Heart Association:
The Health and Retirement Study has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the University of Michigan.
Dupre and colleagues and Gallo all declared they had no relevant financial interests.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Archives of Internal MedicineSource Reference: Dupre M, et al "The cumulative effect of unemployment on risks for acute myocardial infarction" Arch Intern Med 2012; DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.447.
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Archives of Internal MedicineSource Reference: Gallo W, et al "Evolution of research on the effect of unemployment on acute myocardial infarction risk" Arch Intern Med 2012; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1835.


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How Can You Deny Your Kid Plastic Crap?
Readers throw the book at me over Eli's book swap.
The e-mail rained upon me in response to my update about the book swap we do at my kids' birthday parties, in lieu of presents. Some wrote in outrage. Others offered their own solutions to the birthday party consumption binge.
First, the critics: "Please put away your agenda for your kids' birthdays," writes Dana, a reader from West Hartford, Conn. "If you want to do a book swap, perhaps you should do it on YOUR birthday, not theirs." Another reader, Nadya, makes the same suggestion. It's a thought, but then I would have to host a party for myself. No thanks.
Dana continues:
There are many, many ways to teach values to children and to encourage reading, but birthday celebrations are not political events and, like weddings, should be tailored to the preferences of the honored participants, not to their family members. Birthdays are supposed to be FUN and you're taking the fun out of it for your kids. … My father used to do wackadoo stuff like this, which was both painful and embarrassing. Although I dearly love him, I don't look back and think that he was doing the right thing at the time. I didn't appreciate it then and I don't see the benefit of it now (and I'm 51 years old and have raised two kids of my own, so if I was ever going to start appreciating this, it would have happened by now).
Dustin, who lives in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., believes that I am overthinking the whole thing. "It sounds stupid to accuse anyone of too much effort, but I sometimes feel like we're raising children like laboratory experiments—trying to control every variable in an effort to raise perfect specimens. It's laudable that you want your kids to have spine and to avoid excessive consumerism, but do you need to make their birthdays into elaborate thought experiments to do it? Wouldn't a lesson in having spine be more poignant if it arose naturally in a kid's life? Do you really have to actively contrive scenarios to make your kids different?"
More along this line from Dion, who said my piece "enraged" him. "I was raised fundamentalist way before it became popular, and I suffered through this sort of character building nonsense many times. Here are some questions: Why make the statement in such a public way? Given the many private ways this could be addressed, why pick one that's guaranteed to make your kids feel like freaks in from of their friends? … I cannot say what your motivations might be. I do know that when my mother inflicted various moral exercises on me, the answer was clear: It was for the show and the bragging rights." I hope that's not my own motivation, and I've actually gotten kind of sheepish about the swaps. Then again, I did write about them, so not sheepish enough, maybe.
Another reader asks: "Have you asked the parents if their kids read and liked the books they received? I hope I don't sound aggressive, I just know that if I was one of the kids, chances are I would probably leave with Twilight and it would go straight to the Goodwill pile."
For the record, some readers sympathized with me. I especially appreciated this note from Tom, who lives in Houston: "Just a note of heartfelt thanks for sharing your family's struggles to cultivate contentment and nonconformist values in your children. I have tried to do the same with my daughter, but as you well know, there is a serious lack of good role models or even conversational partners on this issue. I feel especially stunted having grown up in poverty, and then finding myself catapulted to the top 5% of earners in the country thanks to the 'good fortune' of excelling at standardized exams and attending an elite law school. My daughter is now 12, and seems to have adjusted to most of her dad's quirks, but it's sometimes hard not to feel like the Grinch when refusing to give my daughter something—not because I can't (like my parents) but because I won't for her own good."
And now for the suggestions about better alternative birthday giving. Shamik proposes replacing the books with Legos. Another reader, who actually likes Twilight, stuck with books but proposed a different method, based on a swap that she runs at her college each semester. "We ask everyone to bring their old books that they don't want. We put them all on a table and people browse through, picking out ones they want. Part of the point of it is getting new stuff to read without spending any money, and the other part is cleaning out your closet so you don't have so much stuff you're not using. People really like it. Don't know if it's a great idea for a birthday party, though." Actually, I've gone the "lightly used" route for some of our parties, and I don't think it bothers the kids.
Another reader, Colin, suggests this compromise: Birthdays are for receiving. Half-birthdays are for giving. "Birthdays are for enjoyment. We'll try to encourage people to give books as presents, but the occasional toy ('piece of plastic crap' to my wife and me) will sneak through, and that's fine. Let the kid enjoy it. But half-birthdays are the reverse —they are for giving. Volunteering, donating of gently used books/clothes/toys, doing something important for others." He hasn't tried it yet but is planning to this year.
And an idea from Beth, who lives in Ohio: "My husband and I (who both share your concerns about overconsumption and excess) hit upon a system that works well for us in our small, very middle-class town: Most years, we hold family-only birthday parties (attended by four grandparents, an aunt and uncle and two cousins). But for specific ages—5, 10, 13 and 16—our kids are also allowed to have a friends-only party (usually a slumber party at our house, even for our sons)."
Ted thinks there's an easy solution: "Why don't you have your kids pick out toys in an equal number to the presents they receive to donate to a homeless shelter? … That will give them a much better appreciation for giving to others (in lieu of what you're teaching them now: my parents suck.) … Who does it help that 10 more toys stay on the shelf at Target for a few more minutes? Why not teach them that they have been blessed (oops—sorry … four letter word for liberals) and they, by their own choosing, would do well to use their own abundance to help other kids."
John, another veteran parent, tells a story of a birthday alternative gone awry. When his daughter was 5, he and his wife talked to her about how little use she got from the presents she'd gotten at her last birthday. "She was open to a do-gooder type of party," he said. Asked for a good cause to support, she picked the David Suzuki Foundation. John continues:
"She drew a handmade invitation and we scanned it and printed out the custom invites with a request for her guests to do a few chores for their moms and dads in exchange for some small change and bring the money (less than $10 please) to donate at the party. Most of the parents didn't get it or couldn't be bothered, we got a stack of $10 cheques in addition to a complete set of the usual crappy toys-r-us plastic objects. Ah well, live and learn and don't fight convention too hard, eh?"
The story ends well: John's daughter sent in her donation, and Mr. Suzuki invited her to appear on stage with him at an event nearby, which the local paper picked up, with a front-page photo.
I would end on that sweet note, except I have to include this one-line email from Samuel:
"I look forward to your children discovering ayn rand in their rebellious stage."
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Hair bows are out of control here! At one point I think we had 11 feet of ribbon covered in clippies and I couldn't get the ponytail style or headbands on there. It's just craziness and has been such a struggle to find a way to manage them.
I still don't know what to do with the headbands and ponytail holders but I did decide what to do with the clip on style. I got this frame from Ikea
And spray painted it aqua, then I spay painted some chicken wire an off white and cut it to size, took the glass out of the frame and put the chicken wire in. This is what it looks like now (I swear the chicken wire IS under there!)
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VIDEO: Jingle Hoops spot
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Over the last few years the NBA has taken more and more ownership of Christmas Day, scheduling games in what used to be a void of TV viewing. This year there will be five games on air back to back, and to make it even more of an event, the players participating will be rocking new uniforms — not only sleeved jerseys, but what the NBA and adidas are calling "big logo" jerseys. These feature team logos in reflective chrome as the focal point on the short-sleeve jerseys, paired with an ultra-lightweight short with chrome piping. The jerseys are available now online at the NBA Store.
To publicize the new looks, they've created a new ad, which you can watch above, featuring players involved in those games, including Derrick Rose, LeBron James, Steve Nash, James Harden and Stephen Curry. They have also dropped photos, which you can see in the gallery below.
BONUS! Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the Jingle Hoops commercial …
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Sept. 7, 2010
LEXINGTON, KY - The University of Massachusetts Boston women's volleyball team received 29 votes in the Division III American Volleyball Coaches Association National Poll this week. The total is the highest number of votes that the program has ever received in a national poll.
The Beacons appearance in the "Others receiving votes" portion of the poll marks the first time UMass Boston volleyball has been recognized in the poll this season and the fifth time in the past two seasons.
The Beacons received votes last season on four occasions in the AVCA Poll with nine, seven, 10 and six votes, respectively from September 15 to October 6.
UMass Boston is off to the best start in school history with a 4-0 record following four straight wins in San Antonio, TX to capture the River City Classic Tournament championship. The Beacons battled back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Hardin-Simmons University, 3-2 (22-25, 29-27, 19-25, 25-20, 15-11), on September 3. UMass Boston took down Whitworth University in straight sets with a 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 victory later that evening. The Beacons biggest win to date was a stunning 3-0 victory over nationally-ranked number 12 Trinity University (TX) on September 4. UMass Boston won the first two sets, 25-16, 26-24, but trailed the third set 19-23, before reeling off six straight points to take the set, 25-23, and the match. The Beacons won the tournament title with a 25-18, 25-23, 25-15 win over McMurry University.
UMass Boston is led by sophomore middle hitter Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, CA), who was named the tournament Most Valuable Player as well as the Little East Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week. She currently leads the LEC with 4.57 kills per set, while ranking sixth with a .314 hitting mark. Thompson was named an All-American Honorable Mention by the AVCA last year as well as the New England Region Freshman of the Year. Sophomore libero Bethany Rossoll (Colorado Springs, CO) was also honored by the conference this week, earning LEC Defensive Player of the Week honors and ranks second in the league with 5.71 digs per set. Freshman outside hitter Corrine Porter (Ladera Ranch, CA) earned the LEC Rookie of the Week award and places second for the Beacons with 2.14 kills per set to go with a .208 hitting percentage and 2.36 digs per set. UMass Boston also boasts 2009 New England Women's Volleyball Association All-Region Honorable Mention setter Cassy Hanneman (Denver, CO), who is averaging 5.64 assists per set to go with a team-high 10 aces to give her 0.71 per set to place fourth among LEC leaders. She is the school's career leader in assists with 2,288. Junior middle hitter Molly Rattigan (Dorchester, MA) returns as well after landing a spot as a Little East Conference Second Team All-Star. She currently leads the team with a .327 hitting percentage, which is good for fifth among conference leaders. The Beacons are led by Head Coach Terry Condon, who was named the 2009 AVCA New England Region Coach of the Year. She currently owns a 291-168 (.634) career record and is UMass Boston's all-time victory leader with a 99-55 (.643) mark.
The Beacons will be in action again on Wednesday, September 8 when they host Emerson College at 6:00 p.m. in their home opener at the Clark Athletic Center.


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Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-483-000, Status: Effective
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2.1 Service under this Rate Schedule shall provide Customer with interruptible
transportation of Natural Gas by Pipeline for Customer on Pipeline's Offshore Facilities
between agreed upon Point(s) of Receipt and Point(s) of Delivery. Interruptible
transportation service under this Rate Schedule shall be available when and to the extent
that Pipeline determines that capacity is available on its Offshore Facilities.
2.2 Pipeline shall receive for Customer at the Point(s) of Receipt, and shall transport
and deliver at the Point(s) of Delivery daily quantities of Gas up to Customer's MDQ;
provided, however, Pipeline shall not be obligated to receive or to deliver quantities of
Gas on any Day in excess of the quantity nominated and scheduled for that Day.
3.1 All Potential Customers requesting interruptible transportation service on Offshore
Facilities must comply with the procedures and provide the information set forth in
Sections 26 and 27 of the General Terms and Conditions of this FERC Gas Tariff in
order to qualify for transportation under this Rate Schedule.
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Reminder: Western Digital® Sets January 23 For Q2 Fiscal 2013 Financial Results Conference Call/Webcast
Jan 23, 2013, 09:15 ET
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2012 after the close of the market on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern. The live and archived conference call webcast can be accessed online at investor.wdc.com. The telephone replay number is 888-568-0860 in the U.S. or +1-402-998-0245 for international callers.
About Western Digital
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. Its subsidiaries design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the WD®, HGST and G-Technology brands. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
Western Digital, WD and the WD logo are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies.
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Lipase is a protein (
How the test is performed
A sample of blood will be taken from a vein.
How to prepare for the test
Do not eat for 8 hours before the test.
Your health care provider may ask you to stop taking medicines that may affect the test, such as:
- Bethanechol
- Birth control pills
- Cholinergic medications
- Codeine
- Indomethacin
- Meperidine
- Methacholine
- Morphine
- Thiazide diuretics
How the test will feel
You may feel slight pain on a sting when the needle is inserted to draw blood. There may be some throbbing at the site after the blood is drawn. Veins and arteries vary in size so it may be harder to take a blood sample from one person than another.
Why the test is performed
This test is done to check for disease of the pancreas, most often
Lipase appears in the blood when the pancreas is damaged.
Normal Values
In general, normal results are 0 to 160 units per liter (U/L).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different labs. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your test results.
Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
Higher-than-normal levels may be due to:
Blockage of the bowel(bowel obstruction)
- Celiac disease
Duodenal ulcer Cancerof the pancreas Infection of swelling of the pancreas
This test may also be done for
What the risks are
There is very little risk from your blood taken.
Other uncommon risks may include:
- Bleeding from the needle puncture site
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Blood collecting under the skin
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Forsmark CE. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 146.
Tenner S, Steinberg WM. Acute pancreatitis. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 58.
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:52 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: TCP uses weak initial sequence numbers Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2000-10-06 Credits: Hacker Emergency Response Team <email@example.com> Affects: FreeBSD 3.x, 4.x and 5.x prior to the correction date Corrected: 2000-09-28 (5.0-CURRENT, 4.1.1-STABLE, 3.5.1-STABLE) FreeBSD only: NO I. Background TCP network connections use an initial sequence number as part of the connection handshaking. According to the TCP protocol, an acknowledgement packet from a remote host with the correct sequence number is trusted to come from the remote system with which an incoming connection is being established, and the connection is established. II. Problem Description It has long been known that an attacker who can guess the initial sequence number which a system will use for the next incoming TCP connection can spoof a TCP connection handshake coming from a machine to which he does not have access, and then send arbitrary data into the resulting TCP connection which will be accepted by the server as coming from the spoofed machine. Systems derived from 4.4BSD-Lite2 including FreeBSD include code which attempts to introduce an element of unpredictability into the initial sequence numbers to prevent sequence number guessing by a remote attacker. However the pseudo-random number generator used is a simple linear congruent generator, and based on observations of a few initial sequence values from legitimate connections with a server, an attacker can guess with high probability the value which will be used for the next connection. In order for this to be successfully exploited, the attacker must also satisfy the following conditions: a) be able to initiate several consecutive TCP connections to an open port on the server in a short space of time (immediately followed by the attack itself). Quiescent servers (those which are not receiving connections from other systems at the time of attack) are therefore most vulnerable to the attack. b) be able to prevent the spoofed client machine from responding to the packets sent to it from the server, by making use of an address which is offline or by executing a denial of service attack against it to prevent it from responding. c) make use of an application-level protocol on the server which authenticates or grants trust solely based on the IP address of the client, not any higher-level authentication mechanisms such as a password or cryptographic key. d) be able to guess or infer the return TCP data from the server to the spoofed client (if any), to which he will not have access, All versions of FreeBSD prior to the correction date including 4.1.1 and 3.5.1 are vulnerable to this problem. The FreeBSD Security Officer would like to thank the Hacker Emergency Response Team for working with us to bring this matter to our attention, and to coordinate the release of this advisory. III. Impact Systems running insecure protocols which blindly trust a TCP connection which appears to come from a given IP address without requiring other authentication of the originator are vulnerable to spoofing by a remote attacker, potentially yielding privileges or access on the local system. Examples of such protcols and services are: the rlogin/rsh/rexec family when used to grant passwordless access (e.g. via .rhosts or hosts.equiv files); web server address-based access controls on scripts which do not require user authentication and which control privileged resources; tcp-wrappers host access controls around services which do not authenticate the connection further; lpr address-based access controls, and others. Note that the rlogin family of protocols when configured to use Kerberos or UNIX passwords are not vulnerable to this attack since they authenticate connections (using Kerberos tickets in the former case, and account passwords in the latter). Source address based authentication in the rlogin family of protocols is not used by default, and must be specifically enabled through use of a per-user .rhosts file, or a global /etc/hosts.equiv file. Attackers can also forge TCP connections to arbitrary TCP protocols (including protocols not vulnerable to the spoofing attack described above) and simulate the effects of failed remote access attempts from a target machine (e.g. repeated attempts to guess a password), potentially misleading the administrators of the server into thinking they are under attack from the spoofed client. IV. Workaround Note that in order to exploit the vulnerability an attacker must make several real connection attempts in close succession to a port on the target machine (e.g. a web server). Since in order for the attack to be successful the machine must be quiescent (i.e. not accepting any other connections), this rapid connection activity followed by a connection to an insecure service may provide a signature which can be used to detect and trace the attacker. Possible workarounds for the vulnerability include one or both of the following: 1) Disable all insecure protocols and services including rlogin, rsh and rexec (if configured to use address-based authentication), or reconfigure them to not authenticate connections based solely on originating address. In general, the rlogin family should not be used anyway - the ssh family of commands (ssh, scp, slogin) provide a secure alternative which is included in FreeBSD 4.0 and above. To disable the rlogin family of protocols, make sure the /etc/inetd.conf file does not contain any of the following entries uncommented (i.e. if present in the inetd.conf file they should be commented out as shown below:) #shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/rshd rshd #login stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/rlogind rlogind #exec stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/rexecd rexecd Be sure to restart inetd by sending it a HUP signal after making any changes: # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` Audit the use of other services including those noted in section III above and either disable the service, or if possible require it to use a stronger form of authentication. See workaround 3) below. 2) Impose IP-level packet filters on network perimeters or on local affected machines to prevent access from any outside party to a vulnerable internal service using a "privileged" source address. For example, if machines on the internal 10.0.0.0/24 network are allowed to obtain passwordless rlogin access to a server, then external users should be prevented from sending packets with 10.0.0.0/24 source addresses from the outside network into the internal network. This is standard good security policy. Note however that if an external address must be granted access to local resources then this type of filtering cannot be applied. It also does not defend against spoofing attacks from within the network perimeter. Consider disabling this service until the affected machines can be patched. 3) Enable the use of IPSEC to authenticate (and/or encrypt) vulnerable TCP connections at the IP layer. A system which requires authenticaion of all incoming connections to a port using IPSEC cannot be spoofed using the attack described in this advisory, nor can TCP sessions be hijacked by an attacker with access to the packet stream. FreeBSD 4.0 and later include IPSEC functionality in the kernel, and 4.1 and later include an IKE daemon, racoon, in the ports collection. Configuration of IPSEC is beyond the scope of this document, however see the following web resources: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ipsec.html http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/ipsec/ http://www.kame.net/ V. Solution Note that address-based authentication is generally weak, and should be avoided even in environments running with the sequence numbering improvements. Instead, cryptographically-protected protocols and services should be used wherever possible. One of the following: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable FreeBSD system to 4.1.1-STABLE or 3.5.1-STABLE after the respective correction dates. 2a) FreeBSD 3.x systems Download the patch and detached PGP signature from the following locations, and verify the signature using your PGP utility. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:52/tcp-iss-3.x.patch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:52/tcp-iss-3.x.patch.asc # cd /usr/src/sys/ # patch -p < /path/to/patch [ Recompile your kernel as described in http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html and reboot the system ] 2b) FreeBSD 4.x systems Apply the patch below and recompile your kernel. Either save this advisory to a file, or download the patch and detached PGP signature from the following locations, and verify the signature using your PGP utility. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:52/tcp-iss.patch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:52/tcp-iss.patch.asc # cd /usr/src/sys/netinet # patch -p < /path/to/patch_or_advisory [ Recompile your kernel as described in http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html and reboot the system ] Patch for vulnerable 4.x systems: Index: tcp_seq.h =================================================================== RCS file: /usr2/ncvs/src/sys/netinet/tcp_seq.h,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 --- tcp_seq.h 1999/12/29 04:41:02 1.11 +++ tcp_seq.h 2000/09/29 01:37:19 1.12 @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ * number in the range [0-0x3ffff] that is hard to predict. */ #ifndef tcp_random18 -#define tcp_random18() ((random() >> 14) & 0x3ffff) +#define tcp_random18() (arc4random() & 0x3ffff) #endif #define TCP_ISSINCR (122*1024 + tcp_random18()) Index: tcp_subr.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr2/ncvs/src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c,v retrieving revision 1.80 retrieving revision 1.81 diff -u -r1.80 -r1.81 --- tcp_subr.c 2000/09/25 23:40:22 1.80 +++ tcp_subr.c 2000/09/29 01:37:19 1.81 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ { int hashsize; - tcp_iss = random(); /* wrong, but better than a constant */ + tcp_iss = arc4random(); /* wrong, but better than a constant */ tcp_ccgen = 1; tcp_cleartaocache(); -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBOd5Gv1UuHi5z0oilAQEzJwQAkJbKJBJcaIYFbMuRnINbNQQS/mLUuRoh fIzPEC17B2fwx+NjuHppBXroOsmsw0enM4tk7afP2yc3z2Ecyapr+oQH9KzBQ+nQ 56IGoi5/MLgEY2KQn3kQBV++pH9zo/F/Gz3XV/x2gDUgLy0F9p2eYjDGkrA1U1H2 NTx5kXB6ZE4= =zdbr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to email@example.com with "unsubscribe freebsd-security-notifications" in the body of the message
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1) Crosslinking the 5 isopropanol, pvoh, glutaraldehyde films made on Friday using usual glutaraldehyde film crosslinking procudres:
Films placed in a 100mL of glutaraldehyde fixant at 70 degrees Celsius and stirred with stir-bar over a buchner funnel for 1 hr. The films were then transferred to 100mL of 1% HCl solution at 70 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes. The films were finally transferred to 100mL of 0.2M bicarbonate solution for 15 minutes. The films were then rinsed in deionized water and left to dry.
2) Making more glutaraldehyde fixant: 1L distilled water + 2 mL H2SO4 + 20 g sodium sulfate stirred on stir plate to dissolution (stored in 4 250mL plastic bottles).
3) Beginning the Synthesis of the Quaternary Amine: 10 mL acetonitrile + 1.148 mL chlorobutanol + 0.753 mL triethylamine in a round bottom flask. Flask was placed on a heating mantle (set to 50 of 100V) and a sand bath and was attached to a redox condenser apparatus [nitrogen gas was allowed to flow through the redox condenser such that the reaction occurs under nitrogenous conditions]. Reaction is run for 3 days.
After the crosslinking, most of the films were flimsy and breaking. This could be because the films were too thin or bc the isopropanol evaporate before crosslinking. The experiment will be redone with phenol instead of isopropanol and 1g PVOH instead of 0.5g.


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Permanent Collection: Ancient Egyptian Art
The collection of Ancient Egyptian and Nubian antiquities at the Michael C. Carlos Museum covers the full spectrum of Nile Valley civilization, from the earliest Prehistoric times, to the period of Roman domination. At the core of the collection are the artifacts acquired by Emory professor William Shelton, who traveled to Egypt in 1920. The collection has experienced tremendous growth, beginning in 1999 with the purchase of Egyptian antiquities from a small, private museum in Niagara Falls, Canada. The objects from the Niagara Falls Museum had been purchased in Egypt during the early 1860s, and include ten mummies, nine coffins, and a variety of other artifacts. The Niagara collection consists primarily of funerary material from the 21st Dynasty (ca. 1070–946 BC) to the Roman Period (ca. 31 BC–395 AD), a time of great achievement in the funerary arts.
Included in the 1999 purchase was a previously unidentified male mummy. Through research and collaboration with Emory University medical experts, Carlos Museum scholars determined it to be that of the pharaoh Ramesses I. The museum returned the mummy to Egypt in 2003 as a gift of goodwill and international cultural cooperation. Learn more about Ramesses I.
The galleries have just re-opened after an extensive refurbishment which included the addition of nearly 100 recently acquired masterworks.
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|Coffin, Coffin Board and Mummy of Tahat Egypt. 21st Dynasty, ca. 1070–946 BC. Painted wood, linen, and human remains. 1999.1.17a-d
|Coffin Board Egypt. 21st Dynasty, ca.1070–946 BC. Painted wood. 1999.1.12
|Face from a Coffin Egypt. Early Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070–712 BC. Painted wood. 1999.1.145
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|Oxyrhynchus Fish with Donor Late Period, ca. 712–332 BC. Bronze, lapis lazuli, red glass. Gift of the Connoisseurs, 1987.1
|Statue of a Kneeling Official Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664–525 BC. Basalt. Gift of the Connoisseurs, 1988.4.1
|Coffin of Nebetit Late 11th Dynasty, ca. 2061–1991 BC. Wood, plaster, paint. Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.2
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|Wrapped Mummy with Cartonnage Trappings Late Ptolemaic Period, ca. 167–30 BC. Human remains, linen, cartonnage, paint, gilt. Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.6
|Fragment of a Book of the Dead, belonging to Paheby, son of Ankhpakhered and Takhebyt Ptolemaic Period, 2nd–1st centuries BC. Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.90.1a
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Statuette of Isis and Horus
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|Shawabti of Neferibresaneith, Son of Shepenbastet 26th Dynasty, ca. 664–525 BC. Faience. Gift of the Atlantes Society by exchange. 1998.11
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|Ostracon The Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt. 20th Dynasty, ca. 1185–1070 BC. Painted limestone. Lent by the Semitic Museum, Harvard University. L1999.25.13
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Thursday's Sports Round-Up
Boys Sectional Golf
Division II at Country Acres
KALIDA — St. Marys freshman Carter Bowman advanced to the district tournament by firing a 76 for the Roughriders at Country Acres on Thursday.
The Riders finished fifth as a team with 350 strokes.
Along with Bowman's 76, St. Marys' Will Paulus shot an 88, Austin Riggs shot a 91, Alex Dammeyer had a 95 and Colin Burke shot a 100.
Napoleon won the sectional with a 312, Defiance took second with a 320 and Liberty Benton captured the third and final advancing spot with a 329. Van Wert finished fourth with a 330.
1. Napoleon 312, 2. Defiance 320, 3. Liberty Benton 329, 4. Van Wert 330, 5. St. Marys 350, 6. Ottawa-Glandorf 360, 7. Bath 372, 8. Kenton 383, 9. Coldwater 393, 10. Shawnee 396, 11. Paulding 436, 12. Fostoria 452.
Division III at Hawthorne Hills
LIMA — The Minster boys golf team finished second at the Division III sectional contested at Hawthorne Hills on Thursday to move on to the district, while New Bremen's Darin Bergman and Tyler Nosek both advanced as individuals.
The district tourney will be at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green next Thursday.
Minster shot a 321, second only to Lima Central Catholic's 302. Parkway also advanced with a 322 and a third-place finish.
New Bremen missed advancement by just two strokes after firing a 324 team score.
New Knoxville took 10th with a 390.
Minster's Austin Fischer finished second individually with a two-over par 74 for the Wildcats.
Right behind him was New Bremen's Darin Bergman, who fired a 75 for the Cardinals.
New Bremen's Tyler Nosek also punched his card for the district with a 78.
For Minster, Xavier Francis and Matt Wuebker each added 81s. Freddie Purdy shot an 85. John Burke had a 95.
Lima Central Catholic's John Kidd led all golfers with a three-under par 69 score.
Team scores: 1. LCC 302, 2. Minster 321, 3. Parkway 322, 4. New Bremen 324, 5. Ft. Recovery - 344, 6. Marion Local 347, 7. Arlington 358, 8. St. Henry 359, 9. Spencerville 363, 10. New Knoxville 390, 11. Lima Perry - 397, 12. Lincolnview 404, 13. Waynesfield 449, 14. Temple Christian - WD.
Western Buckeye League Tennis Meet
LIMA — The St. Marys girls tennis team advanced at three positionis into the semifinals of the Western Buckeye League tournament on Thursday on the UNOH campus in Lima.
1st Singles: Wapakoneta's Mackenzie Klock ousted St. Marys' Mariah Krugh 6-0, 6-2, at first singles.
Klock, top-seeded Shawnee's Lauren Rovner, Celina's Samantha Manci and Bath's Emily Ruhe advance to Saturday's semifinals.
2nd Singles: St. Marys second singles player Alex Spencer advanced to Saturday's action with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Wapakoneta's Shelby Gillespie. Spencer, the third seed entring the tournament, will now face second-seeded Brianna Beougher of Celina on Saturday for a championship match berth.
Van Wert's Jenna Waterman and Shawnee's Nora Shaheen, the top-seeded player, will play in the other semifinal match.
3rd Singles: St. Marys' Katie Peterson advanced at third singles for the Roughriders with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Elida's Lauren Greenley. Peterson, the third seed, will now face second seed Issabelle Baird of Shawnee in the semifinals.
Katie Etter of Van Wert and Celina's Emily Zender face off at the the other third singles semifinal.
1st Doubles: St. Marys' first doubles duo of Allie Zimmerman and Ariel Dodson advanced with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Elida's Klaus and Kesler. They will face top-seeded Manci and Kerr of Celina.
2nd Doubles: St. Marys' Emily Brown and Priscilla Dodson were downedElida's Hurst and Savage at second doubles, 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday.
Volleyball: Marion Local 3, New Knoxville 0
NEW KNOXVILLE – Despite improving every set the New Knoxville Rangers volleyball team just couldn't overcome the serving of the Marion Local Flyers as the Flyers won 25-10, 25-19 and 25-22 Thursday in a MAC contest at New Knoxville.
Stat leaders for New Knoxville: Haley Dillon 7 kills, 1 block; Meg Reineke 7 kills, 4 digs; Taylor Niemeyer 6 kills, 2 digs; Paige Lehman 6 kills, 10 digs; April Cain 2 kills; Haley Horstman 2 kills, 9 digs, 25 assists; Kalyn Schroer 24 digs ; Abby Rohrbach 7 digs.
Stat leaders for Marion Local: Margaret Wuebker 10 kills, 3 blocks; Claire Heitkamp 6 kills, 3 blocks; Gina Kramer 4 kills; Laura Schwieterman 12 assists, 2 aces; Katie Elking 15 assists, 3 aces; Josie Winner 6 kills, 6 blocks; Brianna Hess 7 kills; Megan Wendel 25 digs; Clara Wuebker 3 aces.
In the JV match the Flyers won 25-13 and 25-14.
The Rangers (7-7, 3-3) participate in the Van Wert Invitational on Saturday. They will play Versailles in the first match at 9 a.m.
Volleyball: New Bremen 3, DSJ 0
NEW BREMEN — The New Bremen volleyball team won its first Midwest Athletic Conference match in three seasons, downing Delphos St. John's 25-16, 25-18, 25-18, on Thursday night. Haley Moeller had 16 kills, two aces, and 20 digs. Victoria Wente and Julie Brown added another 10 and nine kills, respectively. Meagan Brandt had 23 digs and Karli Jones had 35 assists.
Volleyball: St. Marys 3, Defiance 1
DEFIANCE — The St. Marys volleyball team defeated Defiance, 25-20, 18-25, 25-21, 5-15, on Thursday. Jenny Brown had 15 kills and 8 blocks to lead St. Marys.
Joni Brown had 29 assists, and Cierra Anderson had 16 digs. St. Marys improved to 11-4 and 3-2 in the WBL.
Parkway 3, Minster 1
ROCKFORD — The Panthers downed Minster in MAC volleyball play on Thursday night, 25-14, 20-25, 25-9, 25-18.
Soccer: Sidney Lehman 5, New Knoxville 4
NEW KNOXVILLE — Matteo Ceroni scored two goals for the Rangers, and Isaiah Oeding and Riese Fiegel added goals for New Knoxville.


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Panik's Goal Lifts Crunch Over Phantoms, 4-2
With a subtle pump of the fist, Richard Panik's celebration showed his goal was more alleviating than exhilarating.
After his team squandered a two-goal lead against the Adirondack Phantoms, the Syracuse Crunch forward picked up a loose puck that ricocheted off a defenseman, and fired it low blocker-side. It wasn't his prettiest, but it counted all the same.
"I was so relieved that I scored and I put the team in the lead," Panik said.
The Slovakian winger's team-leading 21st goal of the season stood up as the game-winner, and Philip-Michael Devos added an insurance marker, as the Crunch snapped their two-game losing streak with a 4-2 win at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday night.
"For us to get two points here, it's huge for your confidence," said Syracuse forward Brett Connolly. "It doesn't matter how you get them, you just have to get them."
Despite a penalty-filled first, Syracuse controlled play and outshot Adirondack 16-7. Mike Angelidis broke through on the 16th shot, giving the Crunch a 1-0 lead before the first intermission.
"We knew that they were traveling today, and we wanted to get on them right away," Connolly said.
Less than five minutes into the second stanza, Connolly buried a rebound from an Alex Killorn shot. But with a two-goal lead, Syracuse began to ease the pressure on Adirondack.
"For us to be successful, we need to be pushing the pace," Connolly said. "I think we did that for the most part. We kind of let off the gas a little bit in the second."
Two minutes after Connolly's marker, the Phantoms' Zack FitzGerald capitalized on a Crunch giveaway, scoring his first goal of the season. Former Syracuse forward David Laliberte then tied the score midway through the frame.
"We kind of stopped playing after it was 2-0," Panik said. "But we came back in the third period and we had so many chances."
Panik put the Crunch ahead midway through the third, and the Crunch received some breathing room from Devos with less than three minutes remaining. Connolly was credited with an assist on Devos' third of the season, despite appearing to tip the puck past Brian Boucher.
"It was nice to see our team respond," Connolly said. "As of late we haven't been responding the way we should have."
Boucher finished with 31 saves, while the Crunch's Dustin Tokarski turned away 24 shots.
Syracuse (26-12-2-4) hosts Albany Saturday. In the midst of a stretch of 11 games in the next 19 days, the Crunch hope the recent slide of losing six out of their last seven becomes a faded memory.
"When we were rolling earlier in the season, we were banging out four or five wins in a row," Connolly said. "In order to do that, you have to get the first one out of the way."
Pictured: Crunch forward Mike Angelidis jams the puck past Phantoms goalie Brian Boucher to score the first goal at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday.
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Project management graduate programs teach how to oversee all aspects of a project, from initiation and planning all the way to the execution and closing, in order to ensure a systematic and smooth flow of activities.
Typically, students analyze the best practices, techniques, and methodologies of project management to develop a complete understanding of each step in the process. Through elective courses, they may also examine the needs of different industries.
Many schools offer three levels of project management programs: certificates, masters, and doctorates degrees. Plus, schools typically offer these degrees in a variety of learning formats in order to provide you an opportunity to earn your degree in a way that matches your learning style. These formats include online, on-campus, and a hybrid format that combines online and traditional approaches.
Project management graduate programs cover the many aspects of project planning and execution. This includes a number of factors which can range from cost analysis and accounting for environmental threats to negotiating with vendors and properly planning time, budget, and resources needs for completion. Students may also examine various leadership and management styles, and study how to identify which best fits different situations and organizations.
Another key topic in the field is how to understand risk and mitigate those risks in the planning stage of a project. By carefully outlining the budget, resources, and time needed for each step, project management graduate programs teach how to identify potential problems in advance, and restructure the plan as needed.
A sample of topics you might study while earning your project management graduate degree are listed here. Programs vary.
The basic project management process is broken into five steps.
Each of these steps are essential parts of most projects, and therefore a key topic in many project management graduate programs.
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97% of organizations believe project management is critical to business performance and organizational success.
To analyze each of the above topics and how they fit into the project management process, students are typically required to take a combination of core and elective courses. Core courses usually consist of business and foundation courses in project management. Electives may focus on one specific topic, such as scheduling, or specific industries, such as IT or healthcare.
Some of the common courses you may take while pursuing a project management graduate degree are listed below.
In addition to coursework, many project management graduate courses require some form of a final project. For masters programs, this is usually a capstone or thesis. Doctorates may require a dissertation. Keep in mind that every school has a different curriculum and the specific requirements may vary. In addition, each of the various project management graduate degrees require a different amount of courses and credits in order to earn your degree or certificate.
Most project management graduate programs come in one of three options. While each of these degree levels focus on core topics in project management, they are also different in some ways. Many of these differences revolve around the coursework, research, and critical analysis required by the student. For instance, doctorate level courses usually ask for more independent research and analysis from students than graduate certificate courses do.
Below are the three levels of project management graduate programs, as well as some of the common admissions and graduation requirements, to help you identify which might be a great fit. Keep in mind every school is different, so follow up directly with the programs that interest you.
Graduate Certificate in Project Management
Certificates are shorter, non-degree programs that are usually focused on a specific aspect of a field. When it comes to earning a graduate certificate in project management, some programs are more focused on the human resources side, while others may concentrate on supply chain management.
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Most certificates require somewhere between four to six classes, though some programs may require more. Often certificates are offered as part-time programs and may be completed in a year, though this may vary depending on when the availability of courses.
Typically, the admissions requirements for certificates include those listed here.
Some schools may allow students the opportunity to apply credits earned while pursuing a certificate to a masters degree. Usually, this only applies to schools that offer both a certificate and a masters degree. Programs vary so be sure to check with each school before applying.
Project Management Masters Degree
A masters in project management may be a great option for those looking for a comprehensive program that may help them develop both leadership and management techniques. Most full-time students earn a masters degree in two years. However, this depends on when courses are available and the structure of the program. In order to provide you with options that suit different learning styles and different situations, many schools also offer the option to earn your degree as a part-time student, which usually takes longer.
Many masters degree in project management programs require students to complete a capstone or thesis project upon completing all required courses. This may be a written assignment, project, or other way to assess a student's understanding of the coursework, as opposed to introducing new concepts. Capstone projects typically focus on practical applications of project management processes, while a thesis may be more research focused. Consider your plans post graduation to determine which option might best fit your goals.
Admissions requirements for project management masters degrees include the following.
Additional admissions requirements may include a resume, interviews, and test scores. However some schools may not require these materials. Be sure to check with a number of project management graduate programs to find a perfect school for you.
Doctorates Degree in Project Management
A doctorates degree in project management is the terminal degree in the field, or the highest degree you can earn. Usually, these degrees require more critical analysis, research, and writing in order to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to add your own findings and theories to the field.
Some of the common admissions requirements for doctorate degrees in project management include the following.
Some schools may have additional requirements, such as minimum GRE scores, while others may not require that you even take the GRE. In addition, some schools may require a lower minimum GPA. Keep these differences in mind while searching and be sure to carefully review the requirements of each school before applying.
Most doctorate in project management programs require students to complete and defend a dissertation before graduation. This, combined with coursework, may take a full-time students four to five years to complete. However, this varies based on enrollment status and time spent on the dissertation.
As technology has become an important component in many different industries, a number of projects are now entirely technological from start to finish. This has opened up new industries where project management could play an important role. This is different than years ago when many project management courses and techniques were focused only on the construction management side.
Some of the industries that project management techniques can be used in today are listed here.
To accommodate this shift, many project management graduate programs now cover these areas as well. Typically, you may take electives to focus on a specific industry. Programs vary, so read curriculum and contact schools directly to learn what courses might be available.
Global project management is the effective guidance of projects that involve team members from different cultures, organizations, countries and time zones, and that speak different languages.
As these projects present unique challenges, many businesses and organizations refer to the global project management framework in order to better plan and execute various projects. The global project management framework requires organizational changes in the following five categories.
As the global economy continues to be more connected, global project management may be an increasingly popular topic. Look for project managament graduate programs that offer these courses if it interests you.
Typically, there are three different learning formats offered by project management graduate programs. In order to find a perfect option for you, research a number of different programs and compare the curriculum of each. Consider your goals, learning style and scheduling needs.
The Global Accreditation Center (GAC) of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is committed to fostering excellence and continuous improvement in academic programs related to the field of project management. The GAC accreditation confirms that an institution's project management degree meets comprehensive, global standards. It also indicates that the institution and its faculty are committed to ongoing evaluation and continuous learning.
Keep in mind that though some schools may not have a GAC accreditation, they are not necessarily bad schools. It simply means that you may need to perform more research about the program on your own to ensure the quality of the degree.
Now you're equipped with the information you need to start your search for a graduate program in project management. Don't be shy, reaching out to more than one school that offers project management programs may increase your chances of achieving your goal.
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With charm, wit, and heart, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. This revue of songs and vignettes, based on the beloved Charles Schultz comic strip, is the ideal first show for those who would like to do a musical. Musical numbers include "My Blanket and Me," "The Kite," "The Baseball Game," "Little Known Facts," "Suppertime," and "Happiness." Guaranteed to please audiences of all ages!
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A program note says that the time of the action is "an average day in the life of Charlie Brown." It really is just that, a day made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's Day to the baseball season, from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in with the lives of his friends (both human and non-human) and strung together on the string of a single day, from bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit evening.
It seems to start off all right. After some brief comments on the nature of his character by his friends, Charlie Brown is swept into their center by a rousing tribute of only slightly qualified praise, in the song "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." He is then left to his own musings as he eats his lunch on the school playground, complicated unbearably by the distant presence of his true love, the "little redheaded girl," who is always just out of sight.
True love also seems to be the only unmanageable element in Lucy's solid life, which we discover as we watch her try to bulldoze her way through to her boyfriend's sensitive, six-year-old musician's heart, in "Schroeder." The little scenes then begin to accumulate, and we learn that Lucy's little brother, Linus, is thoughtful about many things but fanatical when it comes to the matter of his blanket; that Patty is sweet and utterly innocent; and that Charlie Brown's dog spends much if not most of his time thinking of being something else-a gorilla, a jungle cat, perhaps a handsome trophy or two-but that mostly his life is a pleasant one ("Snoopy").
The events continue to trickle on. Linus enjoys a private time with his most favorite thing of all ("My Blanket and Me"), Lucy generously bothers to inform him of her ambition-of-the-moment, to become a queen with her own queendom, and then Charlie Brown lurches in for still another bout with his own friendly enemy, "The Kite."
Valentine's Day comes and goes with our hero receiving not one single valentine, which brings him to seek the temporary relief of Lucy's five-cent psychiatry booth ("The Doctor Is In"). We then watch as four of our friends go through their individual struggles with the homework assignment of writing a hundred word essay of Peter Rabbit in "The Book Report."
Act Two roars in with Snoopy lost in another world atop his dog house. As a World War One flying ace, he does not bring down the infamous Red Baron in today's battle but we know that someday, someday he will.
The day continues. We learn of the chaotic events of the Very Little League's "Baseball Game" as Charlie Brown writes the news to his pen pal. Lucy is moved to conduct a personal survey to find out just how crabby she really is, and all the group gathers for a misbegotten rehearsal of a song they are to sing in assembly.
It is "Suppertime," and Snoopy once more discovers what wild raptures just the mere presence of his full supper dish can send him into. And then it is evening. The gathered friends sing a little about their individual thoughts of "Happiness" and then they go off, leaving Lucy to make a very un-Lucy-like gesture: she tells Charlie Brown what a good man he is.
None of the cast is actually six years old. And they don't really look like Charles Schulz's Peanuts cartoon characters. But this doesn't seem to make that much difference once we are into the play, because what they are saying to each other is with the openness of that early childhood time, and the obvious fact is that they are all really quite fond of each other.
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Based on the Comic Strip "PEANUTS" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Originally Produced in New York by
Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson
Originally Directed in New York by Joseph Hardy
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2 Violin I (optional)
1 Violin II (optional)
1 Viola (optional)
1 Cello (optional)
1 Bass
1 Reed I: Flute I & Piccolo
1 Reed II: Flute II
1 Reed III: Clarinet I
1 Reed VI: Clarinet II
1 Reed V: Bass Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone
1 Horn (optional)
1 Trumpets I & II
1 Trombone
1 Percussion
Timpani (1 Pedal Drum)
Snare Drum (Brushes & Sticks)
Bass Drum
Tom Tom (optional)
Cymbals –
Hi – Hat
Wood Block
Cow Bell
Slide Whistle
School Bell
Kite Crash – Sound Effect
1 Guitar (optional)
Piano, Celeste, Toy Piano & Melodica (Piano – Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)
Combo Instrumentation (No Strings)
1 Flute and Piccolo
1 Bass
1 Percussion
Piano, Celeste, Toy Piano & Melodica (Piano – Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)
1 Piano Conductor's Score
1 Prompt Book for Director
6 Prompt Books for Cast
6 Vocal Parts
Optional Additional Materials
1 Digital Download of Piano Rehearsal Tracks
1 Stage Manager's Guide
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Charlie Brown
The original Broadway production had a cast of 6 performers. The show has no dedicated chorus. No doubling was employed.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN opened on March 7, 1967 and played for 1,597 performances in New York at the theatre 80 St. Marks with Gary Burghoff in the title role. This version was revived on Broadway in 1971 and played for 32 performances at the John Golden Theatre. A new version (YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN ([REVISED]) was presented on Broadway in 1999 and played for 149 performances at the Ambassador Theatre with award-winning performances by Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth as Snoopy and Sally.
Awards (1967)
2 Drama Desk-Vernon Rice Awards for Director and Performer
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Production
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The 2010-2011 oyster season for public oyster seed grounds east of the Mississippi River and in Hackberry Bay was delayed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in an effort to protect and enrich oysters for future harvest. These public oyster areas were originally scheduled to open on November 15, 2010.
Biological data gathered by LDWF biologists indicates the presence of a recent reproductive event in some areas east of the Mississippi River resulting in the presence of significant numbers of oyster spat (young oysters less than one inch in length). Harvest in these areas was postponed to allow these juvenile oysters appropriate time to mature and become viable for future harvests.
Significant oyster mortalities were also documented during biological sampling in some areas which has further decreased an already reduced oyster resource. The commission took action to delay the season in order to protect and conserve the remaining oyster resources located in these areas. The public grounds east of the Mississippi River contribute approximately 28 percent of all oyster harvest in Louisiana on an annual basis.
The remaining public oyster areas throughout the coast will continue with the current oyster season framework as set by the commission at their August 2010 meeting. Most of these areas will open on November 15, 2010.
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To the Editor:
Regarding your article on Feb. 7, "Schools to decide whether to mount superintendent search," it's good to know that we have a School Committee member (Jennifer Ahearn) who is advocating for a search for the open top job at Warwick Public Schools (WPS).
It seems to fly in the face of common sense that she was told by the WPS legal counsel that it was inappropriate to ask at an open School Committee meeting if the search for the new superintendent position could be put on the agenda. When will it be considered appropriate to address the vacancy? Parents want to know this vacancy will be approached in a timely and thorough way. There has not been any information flowing from the WPS administration to the parents on this issue and the previous superintendent left in September.
It may be that the acting superintendent, Dr. D'Agostino, is the best person for the job, but there should be a search and interview process so that we know we have the right person leading our schools, especially during a time of many proposed changes. To do this process right, it will likely take some time, so the first step is putting this item on the agenda. It's February, why are we waiting?
Deirdre Weedon
Parent of students at Cedar Hill
Something is rotten at the school committee.
I was at the meeting in which Ms Ahern asked about the superintendent search. She didn't ask during the meeting for the topic to be on the agenda. She asked to discuss it at that current meeting. It would have been in violation of state laws for a discussion on hiring a new superintendent at that meeting. Had she asked prior to the meeting, it could have been added to the agenda and would have been able to be discussed openly. I did not believe it was inappropriate for her to ask to have it put on the agenda, and that is exactly what she did. Unfortunately, her request to have it on the agenda didn't matter because they have already voted to have a new superintendent until 2014.
I talked with Jen several times after the election to explain about how to get agenda items on the meeting agenda. She either didn't listen or her requests were ignored. I wish it had been done. Rather than getting the public input regarding a superintendent search, the committee voted to make Dr. D"Agostino the superintendent. I hope the public attends the regular school committee meeting to let them know that they were not given an opportunity for input.
I do believe that the school committee is not following its own policy. I believe there was a policy in place that prior to hiring someone for a position that it be posted and others be given a chance to apply. I know this because I was on the committee when the policy was created. I do believe that there would not be enough time to find a replacement for the start of the new school year.
There should have been no rush to hire a superintendent. As a matter of fact, there was an interim Assistant to the Superintendent in place for nearly 3 years before hiring a Director of Secondary Education and removing the Interim Assistant to the Superintendent position. I believe it would have been fine to leave Dr D'Agostino in an interim position for another year or until a permanent Superintendent could be found. Part of the problem is that there are 2 new members on the committee and 2 members who were newly elected in 2010. The committee only has 1 member who has a history. There is one reason to be able to make a quick decision and that is in the event of an emergency. The schools were running with an acting superintendent for months so I don't see where there was an emergency.
My suggestion would be for the new members to read the policies before they vote on them. I always did my homework prior to voting and they promised they would too during the election. Hold them to it. In the last 2 months they have voted to extend the WISE union contract with raises for employees without even reviewing the budget. 18 days after taking office they voted 3-2 to extend the WISE union contract and raise the expenses of the schools a quarter of a million dollars per year. Where will this money come from?
They hired a new superintendent without posting the position. I believe 2 members of the committee didn't know they were even in negotiations with the WISE union. I know that 18 days prior when I was on the committee, no discussions or negotiations were taking place.
I wonder who knew they were hiring a new superintendent? I believe Dr D'Agostino will be a good person to be in the position for the time period, he has all the necessary qualifications and has done a good job so far. My only concern was that the contract was extended without securing a concession for the schools. It seems to me the Union got everything and the schools received nothing in return and that is not negotiating in good faith for the taxpayers of Warwick.


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Event: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh was seen in high spirits at Samsung Galaxy S4 launch party in association with Reliance Digital. The actor set the stage on fire with his rocking performance and also charmed the audience with is jokey antics. Celebs like Vivek Oberoi, Arshad Warsi along with his beautiful wife Maria Goretti, Aditya Roy Kapur, Pooja Salvi, Mandira Bedi, Evelyn Sharma, Tara Sharma, Mahima Chaudhry, Zoya Afroz and others were also spotted at the event.
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Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
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I was going to use the random number generator to pick the winners of my One World One Heart giveaway, but so many folks asked me to "toss [their] name into the hat" that I decided to use this:
This is a straw hat made for me by my Wonderful Husband, after I told him about the chapter in Little House in the Big Woods where Ma makes straw hats for every body in the family. Such a nice hubby. In the hat are 182 teeny slips of paper, each with a number on it.
I had two willing helpers to draw the winners:
First my 5-year old Girl picked Anji from Juneau's number (can you believe that? 182 responses from all over the world, and the 1st winner is from Alaska!).
Then my 3-year old Boy got to pick the 2nd winner, concupiscent335. (As you can see, this event took place pretty early at our house – the wee ones are still in their pjs.) Then, the Boy put the hat on his head and shook all the bits of paper all over the living room. Sigh.
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Outdoor Idaho "Idaho Geology, A Convergence of Wonders" The Gem State's story is written in stone, which reveals the forces that produced a landscape that unites, divides and binds together Idahoans. Geologists Bill Bonnichsen and Marty Godchaux lead a tour through the complexities of the topic. Outdoor enthusiasts play amid unique formations - they ski on sand dunes, kayak through canyons, raft over waterfalls, climb rocky outcroppings, and dive into fossil water. The special includes videos of geologic events and examples gathered over decades.G
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Barbra Streisand - One Night Only at the Village Vanguard Streisand returns to her roots of more than 40 years ago when she was honing her craft and discovering her artistry in New York's West Village. The audience at the 2009 concert is packed tightly in the tiny jazz club and includes friends, celebrities, and 74 lucky winners of various online contests. The singer, backed by a jazz quartet, gives them all a lifetime thrill with songs from her album Love Is the Answer and enduring favorites.G
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COTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Hoover Dam (dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Sept. 30, 1935) and the completion of the new Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge this fall, Forever Resorts will be giving away FREE Black Canyon River Rafting Trips (valued at $85.95 per person; www.BlackCanyonRiverAdventures.com) with each trip taken on Lake Mead or Lake Mohave aboard a Forever Houseboat (www.ForeverHouseboats.com) from September 15, 2010 through December 29, 2010.
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A householder gave chase after catching a suspected burglar in the act.
At about 9.15pm yesterday (Thursday, March 27) the occupants of a house in Main Road, Shirland, heard noises coming from the kitchen.
Going into the room they saw someone running away through the garden and chased him.
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