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WCSU students win national MBA case competition
Study for creation of national AARP leadership volunteer institute earns top prize
WCSU students Rachid Chtioui, Kathleen Lindenmayer, Thomas Loughman and Stacey Miller prevailed against MBA student teams from Golden Gate University, the University of California at Northridge, and the University of Texas at Dallas to receive the award in the AARP/IW Group MBA Case Competition announced on April 25. The WCSU Ancell School of Business will receive a prize of $10,000 in recognition of the winning case study for a leadership volunteer institute, which the students will present this summer to AARP senior management at the organization's national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Arrangements for the competition were coordinated and sponsored by Bill Imada, chairman and CEO of IW Group, an advertising and public relations firm specializing in the growing Asian-American market in the United States.
The award marked the capstone of an intensive project that required research on AARP's mission and organization, design of a national leadership volunteer institute consistent with AARP's priorities, and analysis of instructional and financial requirements to propose a high-impact and cost-effective program. The students collaborated closely with their faculty adviser and school liaison for the project, Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Karen Koza, and with Ancell School of Business Dean Dr. Allen Morton.
"I am particularly proud of our students and commend them for their ability to design, research and cost out a nationwide training institute for AARP in a period of approximately six weeks," Morton observed. "Karen Koza deserves praise for guiding our students through this difficult and time-consuming task, and for creating an outstanding learning opportunity for our students."
The four members of the team brought a wealth of diversity in professional experience to the AARP case study. Chtioui serves as a financial systems corporate manager at Pepsico and has more than 16 years' experience in information technology applications in business and finance. Lindenmayer, a captain in the U.S. Navy, retired in 2010 after 26 years' active service, primarily as an intelligence officer who held a wide range of assignments at the Pentagon, naval centers in the United States, and the U.S. European and African Commands. Loughman currently is president and trustee of the Barden Foundation, and for 28 years held various executive positions including controller and chief financial officer for corporate divisions of the Schaeffler Group. Miller provided support services to consumer products firms during an eight-year tenure at the Nielsen Company and currently serves as on-site client manager at Heineken USA.
The AARP assignment posed an especially challenging task to design the organization's first leadership volunteer training program at the national level, providing a model for nonprofit organizations that seek to broaden their influence on public policy through training of effective volunteer advocates in business, education and society.
"They wanted this leadership volunteer institute to help AARP put forward its social agenda priorities: livable communities, health care, and financial security," Morton observed. AARP's vision is to create "the go-to volunteer institute for nonprofit leadership throughout the country, a center for innovation to pursue new ways of teaching and building leadership skills."
Koza noted the institute's goal is to recruit "high-impact volunteers," individuals who already have achieved professional success in academic, corporate and nonprofit executive positions and who share AARP's social issue concerns. The organization seeks to strengthen its advocacy by bridging the generational divide, she added, recognizing that "common themes such as health care, financial security and livable communities resonate among the generations and raise social issues that are of concern to them all."
After receiving the case instructions from AARP on Feb. 16, the WCSU team embarked on an intensive marathon of research, instructional design, cost analyses and report preparation to meet a tight March 27 deadline for submission of the executive summary and presentation setting out their recommendations. Frequent exchange of information and ideas among the four students and their faculty mentors was critical to successful completion of the task.
The students concluded their case study assignment with a formal oral presentation delivered live from the WCSU University Computing video-conference facilities at Old Main. Since the competition rules allowed each of the four participating universities to field a team of up to six students, AARP staff in Washington expressed surprise at the start of the presentation to see only four presenters on screen, Koza recalled. But the students quickly proved they could compete with larger teams, Morton added: "They were so focused that they anticipated the questions, had their answers ready, and constantly tied back their proposals to AARP's mission and social priorities."
All four competing MBA teams presented their case studies under pseudonyms — "Team Energizers" for WCSU — so that the identity of the university would not influence the selection of the winning proposal. The blind competition yielded another surprise for AARP executives when they realized upon conclusion of the judging that all of the proposals had been prepared at public universities, and the winning study came from the smallest of the four MBA programs in the contest. "'Team Energizers' energized us," AARP judges told the WCSU team.
"They were amazed at the level of professional knowledge and skills that our students brought to the project," Koza said. "They had never thought of working with a state university as a consultant before, and they said this project opened their eyes to the fact that they can get some amazing work from a state university like ours." Morton concurred that the project demonstrated the value for AARP and other organizations and companies in "tapping into the collective experience of state universities" for business studies. "I would put this team up against MBA students anywhere," he said.
The nontraditional backgrounds of the four students who engaged in the AARP case study provide a fair reflection of the similarly "diverse backgrounds and personal and professional experiences of our MBA students," Koza observed. Such diversity also proved an important advantage to bring to bear in reaching the award-winning proposal for the "Ethel Percy Andrus Leadership Volunteer Institute for Social Change," which the team named for the founder of the organization that became the AARP.
"This project brought forth every type of learning within a few short weeks, and each member of the team contributed an important piece to the puzzle," Morton said. "Learning knows no boundaries: From an educator's point of view, this was an amazing and beautiful experience."
For more information, contact Koza at (203) 837-9036 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.
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Re: Droids vs Organic Soldiers
IN reality the BEST AI ever gets is to react. In other words you can't teach a robot/droid emotions such as hate/love
and such. also no one is really sure what humans are capable of (like that lady who lifted a car to save her baby) plus humans have that extra push...BUT humans have to be fed,be trained,get sleep (no 24 hr shifts), they have to use rest rooms, and can die from illness,blood loss and a lot of other things, droids do not and droids don't tire. So if you want fast and cheap go droid. If you want quality go humans.


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Of balloons, littering and birthday parties
Here in the western Great Basin, the high desert is rough and remote. This topography tends to keep out the common detritus of the dominant endemic species, Hillbillicus Nevadensis (var. Redneckii). So while the dusty BLM roads in the sage-filled valley bottoms are beribboned with spent shell casings, Coors Light bottles and empty cans of chew, it's much harder to litter the high country. Except, that is, by air. I've picked up so many trashed balloons over the years that I find myself wondering what in hell is so jolly about California, the upwind place from which this aerial trash originates. But maybe the prevalence of balloons in the otherwise litter-free high desert shouldn't surprise me, since millions of them are released in the U.S. each year. We release balloons at graduation celebrations, birthday parties, even funerals. A company called Eternal Ascent will, for $1,500, balloon-lift your ashes away. Aerial pet ash disposal is only $600, though, so if I go this route, I'll advise my family to say I was a St. Bernard.
The moment a balloon is released it becomes trash –– trash that can cover serious ground. A 16-inch, helium-filled latex balloon can cover hundreds of miles and float for up to 36 hours while climbing to an altitude of 25,000 feet, where it freezes, explodes, and rains down to earth as garbage, which some desert rat like me then has to tote away. And while latex balloons eventually biodegrade, metalized nylon balloons don't, instead becoming permanent features of the natural environment. Because they conduct electricity, they also cause hundreds of blackouts each year by short-circuiting power lines, hinting at the vulnerability of the grid. If "Cactus Ed" Abbey were alive today, he might enjoy the idea that the elaborate infrastructure of post-industrial capitalism can be brought down by a single, drifting, metalized Mickey Mouse.
By now, you may be wondering what kind of dark-souled curmudgeon goes out of his way to profess such loathing for balloons. Truth is, I'm taking this principled stand against balloons partly because I'd otherwise have to stand against something much scarier, like corporate greed or global climate change. But there is one use of balloons that I whole-heartedly approve of: Making lawn chairs fly.
As the story goes, on July 2, 1982, in a suburban Southern California backyard, "Lawnchair Larry" Walters tied 42 large, helium-filled balloons to his aluminum lawn chair, dubbed Inspiration I. He loaded it with the provisions needed by Western heroes: sandwiches, beer and a gun. But Larry miscalculated, and after his friends cut the cord that tethered him to land, he disappeared in a meteoric rise of 1,000 feet per minute. He ended up at 16,000 feet in LAX airspace, where a TWA pilot radioed to air traffic control that he had just seen a gun-toting guy in a lawn chair sail by. Larry eventually managed to shoot a few balloons and descended into a Long Beach neighborhood, where he became entangled in power lines and caused a 20-minute blackout. Unharmed, he climbed down from his lawn chair and was immediately arrested. When a reporter asked him why he'd done it, Larry replied, "A man can't just sit around."
Larry's heroism notwithstanding, the fact remains that unless you want to fly in a lawn chair or take down the power grid, balloons are trash. But the problem with being both an environmentalist and a father is that it's frighteningly easy to expose oneself as a hypocrite. In this case, the trouble started when our 5-year-old daughter, Caroline, insisted we celebrate her sister Hannah's 9th birthday with a balloon release. That meant I had to choose between being an uptight, sanctimonious, balloon-reviling ecogeek, and a really cool Dad who externalized the cost of his coolness by sending aerial trash downwind to Utah. I hesitated, until Caroline explained that our balloons would not go to Utah but rather to the moon, where she intended to clean them up herself, as soon as she becomes an astronaut.
Well, that's pretty persuasive, so we immediately began preparations for our birthday launch. We would use biodegradable latex balloons, release only one per kid, and be careful to aim them at the moon. We also decided that, just in case the balloons ended up in the Wasatch Mountains instead of the lunar mountains, we'd write something witty on them to compensate the finders for their trouble. On one, we wrote "PLEASE RETURN TO LARRY WALTERS." On the other, "SORRY, UTAH." Then I counted down, the girls aimed for the moon, and at "Blast off!" they opened their small hands and sent the yellow and orange balloons off into the azure Nevada sky.
The balloons rose, the girls cheered, the moon waited. It was one of those sparkling experiences when time, worry, even the incessant desert wind -- everything except the balloons -- stood still for one long, gorgeous moment.
I try to rationalize that because I've retrieved scores of trashed balloons from the desert, I've earned the right to release a few, but I know that's more of the same evasive horseshit we tell ourselves every day. The plain fact is that I littered, and had fun doing it. I hope folks in Utah will cut me some slack on this one. After all, a man can't just sit around.


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How black holes change gear
Black holes are extremely powerful and efficient engines that not only swallow up matter, but also return a lot of energy to the Universe in exchange for the mass they eat. When black holes attract mass they also trigger the release of intense X-ray radiation and power strong jets. But not all black holes do this the same way. This has long baffled astronomers. By studying two active black holes researchers at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have now gathered evidence that suggests that each black hole can change between two different regimes, like changing the gears of an engine. The team's findings will be published in two papers in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Black hole jets - lighthouse-like beams of material that race outwards at close to the speed of light - can have a major impact on the evolution of their environment. For example, jets from the super-massive black holes found at the centre of galaxies can blow huge bubbles in and heat the gas found in clusters of galaxies.
Another stunning example of what black hole jets can do is known as Hanny's Voorwerp, a cloud of gas where stars started forming after it was hit by the jet-beam of a black hole in a neighbouring galaxy. These phenomena demonstrate the importance of research into the way black holes produce and distribute energy, but until recently, much of this has remained uncertain.
In 2003 it became clear from astronomical observations that there is a connection between the X-ray emission from a black hole and its jet outflow. This connection needs to be explained if we want to understand how the black hole engine works. In the first years after this connection was discovered, it seemed that it was the same for all feeding black holes, but soon oddballs were found. These unusual examples still have a clear connection between the energy released in the X-ray emission and that put in the jet ejection. But the proportion differs from that in the "standard" black holes. As the number of oddballs grew, it started to appear that there were two groups of black hole engines working in a slightly different way, as if one were running on petrol and the other on diesel.
For years astronomers struggled to justify this difference based on the properties of the two groups of black holes, but to no avail. Recently a step forward was made: a team of astronomers led by Michael Coriat (now at University of Southampton) found a black hole that seemed to switch between the two flavours of X-ray/jet connection, depending on its brightness changed. This suggested that black holes do not necessarily come with two different engines, but that each black hole can run in two different regimes, like two gears of the same engine.
Now Peter Jonker and PhD-student Eva Ratti, two researchers from the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research - have taken an important step forward in the attempts to solve this puzzle. Using X-ray observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio observations from the Expanded Very Large Array in New Mexico they watched two black hole systems until their feeding frenzies ended.
Eva Ratti comments: "We found that these two black holes could also 'change gear', demonstrating that this is not an exceptional property of one peculiar black hole. Our work suggests that changing gear might be common among black holes. We also found that the switch between gears happens at a similar X-ray luminosity for all the three black holes."
These discoveries provide a new and important input to theoretical models that aim to explain both the functioning of the black hole engine itself and its impact on the surrounding environment.
A Space Scoop version of this press release is available, written for children aged 8 and above.
Science contacts
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An artist's impression of the two different "gears/modes" in the black hole accretion (Credit: P. Jonker/Rob Hynes) can be downloaded from http://www.sron.nl/news-news-2410/8-news/news/3416-how-black-holes-change-gear.html
Further information
The results appear in the following two papers in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society:
The black hole candidate MAXI J1659–152 in and towards quiescence in X-ray and radio
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21116.x/abstract. A preprint of the paper can be seen at http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.4832
The black hole candidate XTE J1752−223 towards and in quiescence: optical and simultaneous X-ray–radio observations http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21071.x/full. A preprint of the paper can be seen at http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2735
Notes for editors
The Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS, www.ras.org.uk), founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. The RAS organizes scientific meetings, publishes international research and review journals, recognizes outstanding achievements by the award of medals and prizes, maintains an extensive library, supports education through grants and outreach activities and represents UK astronomy nationally and internationally. Its more than 3500 members (Fellows), a third based overseas, include scientific researchers in universities, observatories and laboratories as well as historians of astronomy and others.
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What do the best classrooms in the world look like?
Imagine if we designed the 21st-century American classroom to be a place where our kids could learn to think, calculate, and invent as well as the students in the top-performing countries around the world.
What would those spaces look like? Would students plug into mini-MRI machines to record the real-time development of their brains' executive functions? Would teachers be Nobel Prize winners, broadcasting through screens installed in the foreheads of robots that don't have tenure?
To find out, we don't have to travel through time. We could just travel through space. At the moment, there are thousands of schools around the world that work better than our own. They don't have many things in common. But they do seem to share a surprising aesthetic.
Classrooms in countries with the highest-performing students contain very little tech wizardry, generally speaking. They look, in fact, a lot like American ones—circa 1989 or 1959. Children sit at rows of desks, staring up at a teacher who stands in front of a well-worn chalkboard.
"In most of the highest-performing systems, technology is remarkably absent from classrooms," says Andreas Schleicher, a veteran education analyst for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development who spends much of his time visiting schools around the world to find out what they are doing right (or wrong). "I have no explanation why that is the case, but it does seem that those systems place their efforts primarily on pedagogical practice rather than digital gadgets."
And yet, when politicians and bureaucrats imagine the classroom of the future, they often talk about a schoolhouse that looks like an Apple store, a utopia studded with computers, bathed in Wi-Fi, and wallpapered with interactive whiteboards (essentially giant touch screens used in place of chalkboards in more and more classrooms nationwide). "In the 21st century," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a speech in Washington, D.C., this March, "schools can't be throwbacks to the state of education 50, 20, or even 10 years ago. … We must make the on-demand, personalized tech applications that are part of students' daily lives a more strategic part of their academic lives."
But the most innovative schools around the world do not tend to be the ones with the most innovative technology inside them. To American exchange students, the difference can be disorienting. Kristin De Jesus is currently attending a public school in South Korea through an international study program called Youth for Understanding. De Jesus came to Korea, which consistently ranks at the top of the world in international exams, from a high school outside of San Diego, where she would be a junior.
In her Korean school, near Seoul, her classmates have iPod touches and iPhones and play Nintendo, just like her classmates in America. But the classroom itself is austere. "In California, we use white boards, while in Korea they use chalkboards," she says. "There is a dirt field outside. We have a projector, that's about it." Back home, teachers would hand out Mac laptops for kids to work on in class. But in Korea, the only computers are older PCs, and they remain in the computer lab, which is used only once a week for computer class.
So how to explain that these old-fashioned classrooms tend to crank out kids who possess far more of the math and science skills valued by modern-day employers? For one thing, while the American school day can be as short as six hours, Korean kids attend school about eight or nine hours a day—and then many of them continue studying alone or with tutors until late into the night. Korean parents also put enormous pressure on kids to study. "The American system is a lot easier," De Jesus says. "When I was in California, I barely ever studied and did pretty well in my classes."
School does not have to be grueling to be good. In Finland, the schools have almost nothing in common with the pressure-cooker classrooms of Korea. Finnish students start going to school a year later than American kids, and they do less homework on average. Standardized tests are rare. And yet, in 2006, Finnish teenagers ranked first in math and science among 30 OECD countries. (The United States ranked 25th in math and 21st in science.)
Around the world, countries have found a variety of ways to make schools work—even for poor kids or immigrant kids. They spend less money per pupil than we do but distribute it more efficiently and more equitably. More importantly perhaps, school systems in Singapore, Finland, and Korea recruit 100 percent of their teachers from the top one-third of their academic cohort, according to a 2010 McKinsey & Co. report, "Closing the Talent Gap."In the United States, about 23 percent of new teachers—and only 14 percent in high-poverty schools—come from the top one-third. "It is a remarkably large difference in approach, and in results," the report concludes.
Even within the United States, the best schools are not the most tricked-out ones. In Southeast D.C., Lisa Suben teaches fifth-grade math at KIPP DC: AIM Academy, one of 99 Knowledge Is Power Program charter schools around the country. When her students come into her classroom, they perform about two years behind, on average. By the time Suben has had nine months with them, they are mastering grade-level work.
Watching Suben teach on a recent October afternoon, I initially forgot to note whether her classroom contained any modern-day technology. Her class of 31 African-American students sat spellbound as she led them in call-and-response chants to practice their multiplication tables, pasted stickers on their foreheads for getting questions right, and timed how long it took them to get all their homework into a pile in the first row (18 seconds).
Finally, I remembered why I was there. I counted four computers in the back of the room, an ink-jet printer, and an overhead projector that looked to be at least 15 years old. Later, I asked Suben, who has been teaching for eight years, what the perfect classroom would look like. "If I were designing my ideal classroom, there'd be another body teaching. Or there'd be 36 hours in the day instead of 24."
Suben, like most great teachers, is in a hurry. She said computers can be useful, but mostly because they save her time—by assessing what her kids know more efficiently than she can. Three times a year, her students take computer-adaptive tests, which get harder as the student goes along. Suben gets the results instantly, which means she can see how a student is doing compared with the other kids in her class, the school, and around the country. "It might say, 'You know how to round to the hundreds, but you don't know how to round to the thousands?' That's, for me, an aha moment."
Ask middle-school teachers what they would like to change about classroom design, and they suggest a bathroom for the kids. When I ask Suben which gadget she would bring with her if she had to teach on a desert island, she chooses the overhead projector, without hesitation. "I wouldn't be able to give up the overhead, because then I'd have to turn my back to the class," she said. The oldest technology in the room is the one that helps her the most with a fundamental human skill—presenting material while staying connected to every student in the room, watching who is getting it and who is not, without having to turn to write on a chalkboard.
The KIPP charter schools have proved to be among the most effective schools in the country. But their classrooms would be very familiar to anyone who went to school before there was such a thing as charters. KIPP DC founder and former teacher Susan Schaeffler says she could theoretically put a fancy interactive white board in every classroom in Suben's school for about $300,000. But, she adds, only about half the teachers would use them. "I'd rather pay Lisa Suben more to stay forever."
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Fr. Frank Pavone, a witness at the bedside of Terri Schiavo in the final hours before her death on March 31, 2005, will be available for comment as the one-year marking of her passing approaches.
Twelve months ago, outside the Pinellas Park hospice where Mrs. Schiavo died, Fr. Pavone bluntly declared to the assembled media that her death was "murder." He added subsequently that Terri's death was not "peaceful" or "gentle," but that she suffered "an agony unlike anything I have ever seen."
Fr. Pavone will visit privately with Terri's family on the day of the anniversary. Around the same time, he plans to make his own personal visit to Terri's grave and bless it.
Fr. Pavone is the National Director of Priests for Life and the President of the National Pro-Life Religious Council.


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Atlas includes maps of all public-access fishing areas; printed copies available late February
PRATT — Anglers looking forward to warmer weather will find welcome news in the 2010 Kansas Fishing Atlas, now available for viewing and download from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' (KDWP) website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Printed copies are being shipped this week (week of Feb. 15) and should be available at most KDWP offices and license vendors by the last week in February.
The maps in this atlas pinpoint a variety of public fishing areas, including Fishing Impoundment and Stream Habitats (F.I.S.H.) waters. F.I.S.H. waters are privately-owned ponds or streams KDWP has leased and opened to public fishing. F.I.S.H. sites are numbered in red on each map.
Each map also shows all federal reservoirs, state fishing lakes, river access, and community lakes. To find fishing areas, consult the map legend, then locate corresponding color codes on each map. With this atlas, anglers can locate just about any type of fishing desired.
To locate the 2010 Kansas Fishing Atlas, click the above link or go to the KDWP website and click "Fishing/Where to Fish in Kansas/Fishing Atlas."


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In subsection (a), before paragraph (1), the words "or either of them" are omitted as unnecessary. The words "are liable for personal injury to a passenger or damage to a passenger's baggage" are substituted for "Whenever damage is sustained by any passenger or his baggage" and "shall be liable to each and every person so injured" for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "from explosion, fire, collision, or other cause" are omitted as unnecessary. The words "caused by" are substituted for "if it happens through" to eliminate unnecessary words. In paragraph (1), the words "part B or F of subtitle II of this title" are substituted for "title 52 of the Revised Statutes" because of the prior codification of subtitle II of title 46. In paragraph (2), the word "imperfections" is omitted as included in "defect".
Subsection (b) is substituted for "to the full amount of damage" for clarity. See Hines v. Butler, 278 F. 877, 880, 881 (4th Cir. 1921), cert. denied, 257 U.S. 659 (1922);The Annie Faxon, 75 F. 312, 317–319 (9th Cir. 1896).
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Watering Los Angeles
Watering Los Angeles
In the 1940s, thirsty Los Angeles diverted four major creeks that flowed into Mono Lake to fill the city's reservoirs. With little inflow, the lake level dropped rapidly and as the remaining water evaporated, the lake became even saltier. Brine shrimp and alkali fly populations plunged, nearly destroying the food source for millions of birds. Dangerous dust storms often rose from the newly exposed shoreline, polluting the air for miles around.
Drained Dry
What happens when a salt lake loses its water supply? Well, Owens "Lake" was once a vibrant salt lake just south of Mono Lake. In the 1920s, engineers diverted the river that fed the lake to provide water for Los Angeles. In just a few years, the lake dried into an enormous salt flat.
Island Invaders
Falling water levels in Mono Lake in the 1970s turned Negit Island, a large island near the northwestern shore, into a peninsula, exposing gull nests to hungry coyotes.
By the Numbers
Mono Lake dropped the height of a four-story building--almost 14 vertical meters (about 45 feet)--between 1941 and 1982.
Tufa Towers
Jagged towers at Mono Lake are made from tufa, a kind of limestone, and were once underwater. When calcium-rich spring water bubbles up from Mono Lake's bottom, it reacts with the carbonate-rich lake water to form calcium carbonate, or tufa. Tufa towers form around the springs and can grow as high as nine meters (about 30 feet) over the course of several decades. When Mono Lake's water level fell, the towers were exposed.


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Cheyney University—A Needed Resource in the Commonwealth
April 11, 2011
As we enter our 175th year since our founding in 1837, the 21st Century graduates of Cheyney University are just beginning to distinguish themselves. Nonetheless, the legacy of Cheyney University is being carried forth by by recent alumni like Walter Lewis, a 2010 graduate, who is pursuing an advanced degree in computational biology at Carnegie Mellon; by Martina Randall, a 2009 graduate, who is working on her medical degree in podiatric medicine at Temple University; by Dominique Curry, also a 2009 graduate, who plays with the St. Louis Rams (in the National Football League); and by Ezekiel Crenshaw who is pursuing his doctorate at Drexel University. We expect no less from the 2011 graduates—some of whom have already been admitted to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Villanova University School of Law, and who are pursuing advanced degrees in the STEM areas.
Cheyney University has managed to add value to the lives of thousands of citizens and to enhance the intellectual capital of the Philadelphia region and Commonwealth. The University community acknowledges its needed role in the Commonwealth to bridge the gap between first-generation college families and a higher standard of living. This is noble work, and we are proud to do it.
It has been acknowledged that the Philadelphia public schools have seen growth in the overall graduation rate over the past three years. However, graduation rates are still too low for the 21st Century knowledge-driven economy in which these students will work. There is much work that needs to be done to increase student achievement and college completion in the Philadelphia area.
Moreover, researchers Socolar and Gunn, in the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, revealed that students of color (African American and Hispanic) are graduating from high school at lower rates than their white counterparts, taking fewer Advanced Placement courses, and many are not envisioning a future that includes college. Cheyney University is one attractive option for some of these students, and other students, who would like to pursue an education as a member of a University community rather than as a nameless face or a marginal minority.
Cheyney University Offers a Unique Value
While Cheyney University has been a small liberal arts institution since it joined the Commonwealth's State System of Higher Education in 1983, it offers a unique value to many students of color and others who have not been advantaged by post-secondary institutions and/or familial advantages. For the last five years, for example, Cheyney University has accepted an entering class of about 400 students who, though talented and deserving, would be lost in many other institutions of higher education. These students, who are survivors of their secondary schools, tended to feel either neglected or invisible in these same secondary institutions. They came to Cheyney University with hopes that they can remedy the educational misfortunes of the past, and with hopes that they can leave the University as competitive graduate students or wage-earners in a global economy.
Thus, Cheyney University offers a unique value by accepting students through a holistic examination of their backgrounds and potential. This means that the admissions staff examines the students' grade point averages, letters of recommendations, background information, and they admit students who have the determination and potential to succeed—these students might not have scored as highly on their SAT or ACT tests as students entering some other institutions of higher education—yet they are deserving of a chance.
Once these students are accepted, they are monitored by the newly formed University College and the Academic Success Center. The professionals in these areas are experienced counselors, role models, and adults who care about the success of each student. They get to know the students' stories, their talents, and their hardships. As the students pursue their majors, a University staff person monitors and solicits requests for internship experiences. Cheyney University is committed to obtaining internship experiences for each student who wants to participate in such an experience. These internship experiences allow students to develop the social and work skills needed to be successful in the work world after graduation. As students near graduation, they work with staff in the Career Services area to develop the appropriate resume, demeanor, and techniques for securing positions in which they can succeed. Because of the small size of the University, these services and interactions with students are more personal and more forceful in directing their life choices.
Further, it is the University's goal, through Student Affairs, to have each student engaged in some type of activity to connect to the University community. These activities include Greek organizations, academic societies, residential learning communities, the choir, athletics, the band, and/or other such groups.
The Cheyney University is currently constructing its first new residence hall in over 30 years. This 400-bed residence hall will feature residential learning communities in which students will be encouraged to participate to enhance their development into responsible, academically proficient, and mature adults. The residence halls will also be used as other venues to help expose students to cultural and social activities.
Academically, the University community has expressed a strong interest in the development of centers of excellence in areas that include media and fine arts, natural and applied sciences, and urban education. The establishment of centers of excellence is a means for highlighting and improving academic programs; focusing grant activity and fundraising; garnering external support for the development of quality academic programs; and directing public service activities. Particularly, each center of excellence will be comprised of an advisory council that correlates the academic program to industry needs and identifies and acquires resources for the center of excellence. The University is currently focusing on the development of its first center of excellence—communications media, fine arts, and entertainment arts. With the construction of its new science building, the University will also develop its center of excellence in natural and applied sciences. Cheyney University is proud of the scholarship, academic backgrounds, and the research of its scientists. The University comes in second in the State System of Higher Education in its production of grants for research. In regards to urban education, The Call Me MISTER Program has begun the reestablishment of teacher education and the development of teacher-leaders at Cheyney University.
Thus, Cheyney University, through its work with talented, but disadvantaged students and families, and the development of centers of excellence, will mirror state and regional plans and will prepare diverse persons to take needed leadership roles in the 21st century in communication media, fine arts, and entertainment arts; natural and applied sciences; and urban education.
Without a doubt, one of the successes of Cheyney University has been its Keystone Honors Program. After about a decade of operation, the Keystone Honors Academy demonstrates how successful the students at Cheyney University can be with appropriate monetary and human resources. Furthermore, the Honors Academy is an example of a center of excellence with economic development benefits to the Commonwealth that will continue to be realized for future generations. In the 2007-2008 academic year, there were 250 students enrolled in the Honors Academy. Approximately seventy of those students graduated in the 2008 Spring Commencement. Keystone Honors Academy Students are high-achieving students who were attracted to pursue higher education at Cheyney University with academic scholarships. The retention rate of Keystone Honors Students is approximately 86 percent.
Without the competitive scholarships offered to these high achieving students, the Commonwealth might have permanently lost some of these high-achieving students to other states. In order to attract these students to Cheyney University, the institution created a desirable living and learning environment which included a refurbished living and learning residence hall, private bathrooms, computer resources, attractive furnishings, a Dean for the Honors College, and a more robust honors environment of seminars and mentors. As expected, many Keystone Honors Academy students continue to pursue graduate study in the Commonwealth through the Bond Hill graduate program and contribute to the intellectual capital of the region and nation. The continuation and expansion of the Keystone Honors Program is crucial to the success of the Commonwealth and the remediation of the low college-going rate for target groups of students.
It is our belief that Cheyney University continues to fulfill its historic mission to provide access and opportunities to African Americans and other developing leaders. Furthermore, it offers a 21st Century solution for preparing a diverse cadre of leaders for America. Alumni of Cheyney University continue to contribute to the progress and well-being of America in many cities, disciplines, and venues throughout the world. The success of the Keystone Honors Academy demonstrates what is needed to produce more intellectually competitive citizens for the Commonwealth.
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text: Israel Engagement Beyond Birthright by Diana Diner |Jan 27, 2014|Comments If I had not gone to Israel on Birthright, I would not be where I am today. Prior to going on the trip, I was not personally engaged about Israel and had neither positive nor negative feelings for the country. Despite growing up in a town with a healthy Jewish population and having Israeli friends, I truly doubt whether I could have even pointed out Israel on a map. I went on the trip because I felt that I, as a Jew, should have some level of knowledge about "the homeland", and because it was free. Starting on June 1, 2005, those 10 days set off a chain reaction that eventually led to my dream job - I send college students to Israel and I bring Israel to them. My position as Director of Israel Engagement is far more nuanced than that, but put simply: I want students to love Israel as much as I do. I do not expect them to have the same life-altering experience that I did, but I do hope that each of them will form their own special bond with the country. My goal is to make Israel part of the conversation for everyone, and not just for those students who already "get it". Rutgers Hillel could have very easily hired an Israeli for this position. Instead they hired me for my passion, and not for where I was born. I use my personal story of how Israel impacted my life to connect with students. Some students were, like me, totally uninvolved with Hillel for any number of reasons, but with the right support and guidance Israel can play a positive role in their lives. I find that some students are wary of getting involved because they view Hillel as a religious organization, and a large percentage of the student population equates Israel solely with being religious. Through a diversity of programming, my students see that religion is just one part the story, and that Israel can be viewed through the lens of science, business, culture, history, women's rights, LGBTQ issues, politics, and so much more. The Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement has created a board of student leaders who are already involved in pro-Israel organizations, as well as opportunities for other students to come to open-invitation coffee dates at the student center and an upcoming Federation-sponsored Talk Israel retreat. Whether it is through a one-on-one meeting, group discussion, or Facebook threads, I want to empower these leaders so that they have a personal interest in how Israel is portrayed on campus. My vision is that all of our combined efforts will build an identifiable large community of Pro-Israel students, who work together to create events and programming for a wide variety of interests, and who sustain this environment for future classes. By connecting students to Israel through a way that speaks to them, hopefully they will see that they can accomplish the exact same thing through Hillel, and that neither Hillel nor Israel is "one-size-fits all." Diana Diner is the Director of Israel Engagement at Rutgers Hillel. A 2005 graduate of Rutgers University, she is thrilled to be back in her New Jersey roots and working at her alma mater. Diana is looking forward to attracting all Rutgers students to take part in pro-Israel activities, and is particularly interested in those with no prior Israel experience and the Russian-Jewish community on campus. Back to Top Tags: Birthright Israel Alumni Israel Education Diana Diner Rutgers Birthright {{Title}} [x] Add or, Select from existing Opening existing... Close existing Most popular tags Click to select: Show all2441Tags Show only most popular Opening all... {{Title}} ({{ItemsCount}})


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Xcel Energy Granted Rate Hike; $9 A Month On Average
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Xcel Energy has been granted a rate hike that will have the average customer paying $9 more per month starting in January.
The Public Utilities Commission approved the interim rate hike on Thursday. The higher rate stays in effect while the PUC considers another increase of nearly 11 percent in 2013.
Minneapolis-based Xcel serves 1.2 million customers in Minnesota.
Xcel says the increase is necessary to recover investments in its two nuclear plants. The company also cited a drop in electric sales and the need to pay for other power plant and transmission upgrades.
It's the fifth electric rate hike for Minnesota customers of Xcel in seven years. Before that, Minnesota customers went 13 years without an electric rate increase.
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Topman is great for its designer collaborations and its 'Priceless' range, designed by celebrated fashion designer and tailor Antony Price, delivers every season. The range has just gone up on Topman.com and with its wonderful waistcoats, brilliant blazers and perfectly pleated pants (in the American sense of the word,) I can't wait to get a piece of the action!
WISHLIST: H&M A/W 2009 Crushed Velvet Coat
The more I write about summer clothes, and slowly accept that summer isn't actually coming, I look to next winter and start structuring my cold wardrobe. Coats are a notoriously hard thing to get right and a single inch too short or too long can ruin not only an entire look, but an entire wardrobe (well, almost.)
April 77's summer collection
We love Parisian label April 77′s summer collection. Entitled 'The Apollo Program Was a Hoax' it's an eerie journey through deserted landscapes and as the name suggests there's more than a touch of otherworldliness to the images.
Stella McCartney Menswear? Yes, Please!
Since turning up at the Met's Costume Institute Gala with a trinity of her Hollywood girlfriends, Stella McCartney has had a whirlwind week involving everyone from Simon Doonan (creative director of Barneys) to Michelle Obama.
While chatting to the gloriously over-the-top Doonan, Stella was asked about lending her ethical hand to a menswear collection…
Get the Look: Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
When my English teacher announced we would be studying 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' I have to admit to a light leap of the heart as I reminisced on John Galliano's 'Blanche DuBois' collection of 1988 and Marlon Brando in all his retro glory; oozing sex appeal and hard-edged fashion prowess. With these thoughts in mind, and a bit of time spent re-watching the iconic film made in 1951, I set about creating an outfit based on the look of Stanley Kowalski.
WISHLIST: Button-detail 'Belushi' shirt from b Store London
Over coffee the other day, I was talking to a friend who suffers from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder.) Listening to the misery of days spent not knowing what to wear each morning (friends will know of how immense the impact of fashion is upon my life!) I decided to go on the lookout for a designer who can deliver trans-seasonal clothes that will carry us males throughout the year.
River Island Menswear Press Day AW09
Knitwear and accessories are the shining stars of the River Island Menswear collection, they've got a great range of chunky cardigans, arran-style jumpers and we love the rocket cardie below!
3sixteen give us a sneak preview of the A/W 09 collection
Andrew Chen from 3sixteen kindly sent us over a sneak preview of their A/W range. I know most of us are just getting our summer wardrobe sorted, but it never hurts to be prepared!
Paul Hamill's Summer Picks
Paul Hamill describes himself as "student, stylist, blogger, writer and retail assistant", we invited him to give us his picks for this summer and he came good with a selection of staples that will make a good addition to any man's wardrobe:
Wishlist: Claude Grant Cropped Trousers from Oak
For the British, summer is a time of seaside, (dubious) sun and 99p ice creams. It can be hard to find the perfect sun 'n' sea outfit and I won't bore you with details of the economy but, basically, we should all be investing in classic investment fashion pieces.
Latest Hairspiration: Crash Magazine's 'Pale Fountain'
It looks as if, this summer, you will be mercilessly defined by your haircut. We've outlined a few of the trendiest, the possible need for back up in a can, and now, I have a new look. This piece of major hairspiration comes in the form of the 'Pale Fountain' editorial in the latest issue of Crash magazine.
Love The Look: Topman's 'Motel Arizona' Trailer-Trash Cool!
I know, I know; Topman has become a bit of a regular feature on Brandish but when I noticed this look on the label's website during my regular internet trawl, I couldn't resist commenting.
Topman Reveal New Look- 'Chelsea Arts Club'
Topman have a new mini-collection on their online shop and the look is 'Chelsea Arts Club.' The high street label (beloved by the Brandish team,) tells that "this smart trend is influenced by a sophisticated age where actors, artists and sartorialists mixed in exclusive members clubs…the overall look is quirky."
Just Do It: DIY Project #1- Cartoon Trousers
With a month long holiday in India coming up, I knew I had to get some stand-out holiday wear. I thought about the different eras of recreational wear and began racking the (fashion) history books for inspiration- jumpsuits, capri pants, high-waisted slacks, kaftans, tunics, dungarees…the list goes on. But then, as with all moments of fashion genius, America's Next Top Model came on the telly and I was reminded of the genius that is Jeremy Scott.
Eco Chic or Recycling Freak? Coke Can Tux
When you see a photo of a teen wearing a prom tuxedo jacket fashioned entirely from Coke cans, you have to wonder what the teen in question does with their free time. This guy, a Napoleon Dynamite-lookalike with a penchant for commercialism, has decided to venture into eco-friendly fashion and after the jump you can witness the entire creation of the waistcoat and jacket (plus bowtie!) from metal to masterpiece. Sadly, this look is more Sideshow Bob than Stella McCartney.
Top Five: Will's Summer Wants!
Last summer I was down at Shiny Towers and the gloriously hot days were spent writing, chatting with my fellow Shinies, trying on Drop-Crotch jeans and touring the streets in search of aspirational street style. But despite all the joviality I didn't quite anticipate the weather (although I refuse to take the blame for that one- when was the last time we had a proper summer?) and ended up the innocent victim of SSS (that's Skinny jeans in Summer Syndrome.) This summer I am determined to get it right, which is why I have compiled this list of fashion needs (okay, wants.)
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Shorts! What the best dressed legs (aren't) wearing
Saturday's oh-so-welcome sunshine provided a first opportunity for 2009 shorts sightings with Hackney's Broadway Market being an ideal setting. Amongst the tangled limbs of pram central, shorts were very much in evidence.
Preview: Liam Gallagher's new clothing label, Pretty Green
From Catwalk Queen… This has to be the strangest news that I have read in a while (in the last 24 hours, at least). Liam Gallagher is getting his hands on the rag trade by launching his own fashion label, Pretty Green. Nope, I'm not joking either.
A Comic Love The Look: Dom Joly is MC Hammer on 'Let's Dance for Comic Relief '09'
This year's Red Nose Day campaign is in full-swing and everyone from Fearne Cotton to Fern Britten is doing something funny for money. Dom Joly, the comic-genius and all-round bon viveur behind Trigger Happy TV, has joined the show Comic Relief show 'Let's Dance' and last Saturday we saw him imitate the style and dance of the infamous MC Hammer.
Brandish Inspiration: 'Landed Gent' in the NY Times T Style Magazine
Week on week, the NY Times T Style Magazine delivers a fabulous fashion spread. Sometimes the editorial is womenswear-based and on occasion, we are provided with incredible style spark. This week's magazine features the 'Landed Gent' editorial and with its vintage, Grey Gardens feel and stunning photography, I felt I had to share it!


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December 9, 1923 - July 15, 2013
New Windsor, NY
Jacqueline L. Rumsey of New Windsor, a retired insurance broker and co-owner of Rumsey Insurance, entered into rest Monday, July 15, 2013, at her home. She was 89.
The daughter of the late James Leonard and Elizabeth Burnett Livingston, Jackie was born December 9, 1923 in the Hamlet of Hull, Desoto County, FL.
Jackie was the widow of William Rumsey, who predeceased her on January 17, 1990. She is also predeceased by two sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include nieces and nephews and many good friends.
Jackie was a dedicated member for the Woodlawn Cemetery Board, whom she gave her talent, time and treasures. One of her favorites love's in life was rescuing cats and dogs.
There will be no public visitation.
A Funeral Service will take place at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 18th, at White & Venuto Funeral Home, 188 North Plank Rd. (Rte 32), Newburgh. Father Robert Fitzpatrick will officiate. Interment to follow in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, NY.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Jackie's memory to Shepherd's Kitchen, 271 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550, The Canine Sanctuary, PO Box 655, Vail's Gate, NY 12584, Meals on Wheels of Greater Newburgh, 35 Cerone Place, Newburgh, NY 12550 or Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Ct., Newburgh, NY 12550.
Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of White & Venuto Funeral Home, 845-562-6550, www.WhiteandVenutoFuneralHome.com


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Departs: 7/13/2019 Returns: 7/27/2019
Day 1 : Minneapolis
We travel to Minneapolis with overnight accommodations near the Mall of America. We have free time to visit the largest shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in America.
Day 2 : North Dakota
Guests departing from Minneapolis/St. Paul join us this morning before we are off to discover America's national parks. Watch for bison on our way into Jamestown for the night.
Day 3 : Roosevelt National Park
Our morning drive takes us past wheat fields, grazing land, and oil wells. This afternoon we visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Our accommodations are in Medora, which retains the look of a frontier town. This evening we have a steak dinner at the Pitchfork Fondue and enjoy the Medora Musical, a rousing patriotic salute to Teddy Roosevelt and North Dakota. B,D
Day 4 : Montana
We make a stop at the Fort Peck Lake Interpretive Center to learn about the largest earth-filled dam in Montana. Completed in 1940, the dam provided thousands of jobs during The Great Depression and helped support Montana's economic growth. We overnight in Havre, Montana. B,L
Day 5 : Glacier National Park
This morning we depart for Glacier National Park. Ranches and grazing lands give way to mountains as we drive across Montana. Spend some time in East Glacier Park Village before heading to Whitefish, Montana for the night. Marvel at the scenery from the scenic lift ride up The Big Mountain. B
Day 6 : Going-to-the-Sun-Road
Today we explore Glacier National Park with local guides. We board the park's vintage red touring buses and travel one of the most scenic roads in the world, the Going-to-the-Sun Road. This beautiful region is comprised of dense forests, alpine meadows, cascading waterfalls, sparkling lakes, and more than 20 glaciers. After our tour, we make our way to Great Falls for our overnight accommodations. B,L
Day 7 : The Gates of the Mountains
Experience the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center, located near where the expedition spent nearly a month portaging around five waterfalls. Afterwards, the scenery envelopes us during a boat ride through the three-mile-long canyon known as the Gates of the Mountains. Forged by the Missouri River through 1,200-foot limestone cliffs, the gorge was named by Meriwether Lewis in 1805. Watch for wildlife along our route. This evening we stay in Helena, Montana's capital city. B
Day 8 : Mammoth Hot Springs
Our scenic drive takes us along the Gallatin River to the gateway town of Gardner, MT. We'll enter Yellowstone National Park through the original entrance and spend some free time in Mammoth Hot Springs. Our lodging for the next two overnights are in Yellowstone National Park. B
Day 9 : Yellowstone
An expert park guide joins us for a full-day tour of incredible Yellowstone National Park, best known for its geysers and hydrothermal activity. Watch for bison, moose, elk, mule deer, antelope, and bear! During our tour we visit Old Faithful and view the beautiful Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. This incredible gorge of spectacular coloring is 20 miles long and 1,200 feet deep.
Day 10 : Cody
Today we continue through Yellowstone country and make our way to Cody, Wyoming, the rodeo capital of the world. After an included lunch we stop at the Buffalo Bill Historic Center. Author James Mitchner called this world-class collection the Smithsonian of the West. We cowboy up at dinner and a western music show before retiring to our overnight accommodations. L,D
Day 11 : Devil's Tower
We continue through Wyoming with a stop at Devil's Tower and then into South Dakota. Enjoy two nights in Deadwood, a historic gaming town where the Old West is alive and well. B
Day 12 : Mount Rushmore
We join a local driver/guide to tour the Black Hills. See the Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorials. Enjoy the drive through Custer State Park and along Needles Highway with lunch at the Sylvan Lake Lodge. B,L
Day 13 : The Badlands
We travel through Badlands National Park, one of the most interesting geological displays in the world, before visiting the famous Wall Drug Store. Our overnight is in Mitchell, South Dakota. B,D
Day 14 : Corn Palace
We start our day with a visit to the World's Only Corn Palace. Redecorated annually, the exterior of the building is covered with murals made from corn and other grains. Guests from Minnesota and Wisconsin return home today. Our overnight accommodations are near the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. B
Day 15 : Fly Home
We board our flights home with wonderful memories and experiences in America's majestic parks.
B - Breakfast; CB - Continental Breakfast; L - Lunch; D - Dinner; T - Tea
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The 15th Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge:
A Benefit for Poets House
Date and Time:
June 14, 2010 - 6:30PM
Event Location:
Brooklyn Bridge
$225 for Members, $250 for non-Members Reservations Required
Join us for this annual pilgrimage across one of New York City's great architectural gems. Leading poets read the words of Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes and other greats en route. The journey closes with a celebratory dinner and the presentation of the Elizabeth Kray Award for service to the field of poetry.
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The Body of the Voice with Edwin Torres
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March 12, 1994 - 4:00PM to 6:00PM
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Event Location:
Poets House, Spring Street
How we listen affects how we speak. How we see our language affects how our voice is heard. As poets we create our communication. This workshop will challenge participants to communicate with all their languages.
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