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100 Free College Rides You Don't Need Daddy to Pay For
Posted by Staff Writers | Posted in College Education, Uncategorized | Posted on 14-01-2008
Believe it or not, there are many colleges and universities that offer students free tuition. Many of them are funded by endowments, state programs, or even student workers. But they all offer an incredibly affordable way to get a quality education. Here, we've listed 100 real colleges and universities where you can go to school for free.
Academic Achievement
Getting good grades and scoring well on the SAT or ACT can help you get a free ride at these schools.
- Alice Lloyd College: In Pippa Passes, Kentucky, Alice Lloyd College offers fee tuition to students who demonstrate achievement on the SAT/ACT as well as GPA in pre-college curriculum.
- The Cooper Union: The Cooper Union offers academic programs in architecture, art, and engineering. Undergraduates are admitted solely based on merit and all receive full scholarships.
- The University of Arizona: Provided that you have exceeded testing standards, you can receive a tuition waiver to attend the University of Arizona.
- Union College: Union Colleges grants full tuition to all students who are National Merit Finalists.
- Oregon Institute of Technology: National Merit Scholarship Finalists and those with otherwise excellent qualifications can receive full resident tuition and fees from the Oregon Institute of Technology.
- Lorain County Community College: At this community college, students can earn merit based free tuition or receive the Diversity Incentive Award, which gives Lorain County high school graduates of specific ethnic groups free tution.
- Drew University: Students who have completed the Governor's School in the Sciences can get free tuition from Drew University.
- Cisco Junior College: Texan high schoolers who graduate in the upper 25 percent of their class can receive full tuition and fees from this college.
- Arizona State University: At Arizona State University, you can get a full tuition waiver, provided that you have exceeded standards on testing in the state.
- Southeast Missouri State University: This Missouri school offers full tuition to valedictorials and those in the top 10% of their class with excellent test scores.
- Alfred State College: In New York, this college offers free tuition, room, and board to students with excellent academic achievement.
- Temple College: If you're a valedictorian or salutatorian from an accredited Texas high school, you can get free tuition from Temple.
- Dallas Baptist University: National Merit Finalists can get free tuition from this university.
- Southwestern University: Students with a 1400 on the SAT or who are in the top 5% of their class can apply for the Brown Scholar Awards program, which awards full tuition, room and board.
- Baylor University: National Merit Finalists who select Baylor as their first choice college will receive free tuition.
- Spring Arbor University: National Merit Finalists will get a free ride at Spring Arbor University.
- Kilgore College: National Merit Finalists receive a 100% tuition guarantee at this college.
- Lon Morris College: Students who graduate in the top two percent of their class, or those who have scored in the ninetieth percentile or above on the SAT or ACT will get full tuition at Lon Morris College.
- East Texas Baptist University: If you're a National Merit Semi-Finalist, your full tuition is paid for at East Texas Baptist University.
- CUNY Honors College: All students who are accepted to CUNY's Honors College will receive tuition and many other expenses for free.
- Texas Women's University: You can get full tuition and fees at this university if you're a valedictorian or salutatorian.
- Northern Arizona University: Arizona students who have excellent test scores can receive a tuition waiver for Northern Arizona University.
- McMurry University: If you qualify for McMurry University's honors program, your full tuition and fees will be covered.
- Weatherford College: Valedictorians can get free tuition from this school.
- Blinn College: Texas valedictorians and salutatorians can receive full tuition and fees from Blinn College.
- Southwestern Adventist University: Students who are National Merit Finalists can get 100% tuition coverage from this university.
These schools will ask you to work in order to earn your tuition.
- Berea College: At this liberal arts college, you'll be expected to work for your tuition.
- College of the Ozarks: This college brands itself as "Hard Work U," as all of its full time students are required to work with the school in order to pay their tuition.
- North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Students who have low income and work on campus can attend UNC-Chapel Hill for free.
- Deep Springs College: In Colorado, this all-male liberal arts college offers two year programs with a full scholarship to all of the school's 26 students, who participate in manual labor as part of their education.
- United States Coast Guard Academy: The Coast Guard Academy's students attend tuition-free and will also receive a monthly stipend while in school.
- Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering: Students of the Webb Institute study naval architecture and marine engineering. Tuition is paid by participating in a winter work term, in which students wotk in the maritime industry.
Need Based
Students who come from low income families can get free admission from these colleges and universities.
- University of Washington: Washington State residents who demonstrate need may be eligible for free tuition at the University of Washington.
- John Carroll University: Families making less than $40,000 per year can enroll incoming freshmen tuition-free.
- Texas A&M: Students whose families earn incomes less than $60,000 are eligible for free tuition at this Texas university.
- Washington State University: Washington State University has a similar program to University of Washington's. Washington resident students who qualify for Federal Pell or State Grants can apply for a free tuition program.
- Texas Tech University: You can get free tuition and fees from Texas Tech if your family's income is $40,000 or below.
- Claremont McKenna College: Claremont McKenna College will award students with 100% of their determined need. The college also matches full Army ROTC scholarships with a grant for full room and board.
- Michigan State University: The Spartan Advantage program offers full tuition coverage for the neediest Michigan students.
- Stanford: If you get accepted to Stanford and your family earns less than $100,000, you can go to Stanford for free.
- Harvard College Financial Aid Office: Through the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, students from families with annual incomes below $60,000 will not have to pay for tuition.
- Soka University: Soka University, a private college in California, offers free tuition to students whose families make less than $60,000 per year.
- University of Texas: If your family earns less than $25,000 a year, you can attend the University of Texas for free.
- University of Virginia: As a part of the AccessUVa program, you can attend the University of Virginia for free.
- Sacred Heart University: Families with an income of less than $50,000 can send their children to Sacred Heart University for free.
- Dartmouth: This elite school will allow students whose families make less than $75,000 a year to attend school for free.
- University of Pennsylvania: Students from families who have an income below $90,000 will not pay tuition at the University of Pennsylvania, and students with a family income below $40,000 will not have to pay room and board, either.
- MIT: MIT waives tuition for all of its students who come from families that earn less than $75,000 per year.
Professional Demand
These programs are designed to add incentive for qualified professionals to enter the market.
- The Teacher Academy: At The City University of New York, exceptional students can receive free tuition, stipends for internships, as well as a guaranteed full time teaching position.
- United States Military Academy at West Point: If you receive a nomination to attend West Point, you will be granted admission and do not have to pay for school.
- Barclay College: This Christian college offers full tuition to all on-campus students.
- Call Me Mister: This program at Clemson University and other colleges recruits black males to become teachers, and offers them free tuition.
- The Curtis Institute of Music: Founded in order to train exceptionally gifted young musicians, The Curtis Institute provides merit based full tuition scholarships to the students who are chosen to attend the school.
- United States Air Force Academy: Students enrolled at the United States Air Force Academy do not pay tuition, provided you fulfill your service with the US Air Force.
- Crossroad Bible Institute: This institute offers a free religious education to those who are in prison.
- University of Central Florida College of Medicine: This college offers a free medical education to a very select group of students.
- United States Naval Academy: Students in the US Naval Academy do not pay tuition, instead repaying the Navy through years of service.
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: This college supports the engineering as a creative design, vehicle for human and societal needs, and a creator of value. As such, the college offers free tuition to all that are accepted.
- Abilene Christian University: Abilene Christian University gives full tuition to students who have declared their major in computer science or technology.
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine: Students at the Cleveland Clinic of Case Western Reserve University will receive free tuition.
- Master's Baptist College: This Baptist bible college is a ministry of Fargo Baptist Church.
- United States Merchant Marine Academy: Students of the US Merchant Marine Academy do not pay tuition.
- New Wine Bible College: This college operates as a non-profit ministry, offering free religious education to students.
Location Based
A number of cities, counties, and states offer free tuition to students who either excel in their studies, or demonstrate a serious need.
- J.F. Drake State Technical College: If you're a high school graduate of specific Alabama counties, you can study for free in J.F. Drake State Technical College's summer session.
- University of California: As a resident of California, you can attend University of California tuition free.
- El Dorado, Arkansas: Students living in El Dorado, Arkansas, can get a free ride to college.
- Clay County, Mississippi: Clay County students can get free tuition at East Mississippi Community College.
- Philadelphia: Students in Philadelphia who have stalled their college degree can get free tuition from Philadelphia in order to finish their studies.
- New Jersey: Students who graduate in the top 20% of their class can get free tuition through the NJ Stars program.
- Tulsa Community College: All high school graduates in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, can receive free tuition at Tulsa Community College.
- Newton High School: Graduates of this high school will receive a four year tuition scholarship.
- Highline Community College: In association with Federal Way Public Schools, students can attend the college tuition-free.
- West Virginia: West Virginia offers a merit-based program that gives full tuition scholarships to qualified students.
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma's Promise entitles students whose families have an income of $50,000 or less to receive free tuition.
- Owens Community College: This community college offers free tuition to select public schools in Ohio.
- Brookhaven College: This college has partnered with a variety of high schools to offer tuition-free courses.
- The Kalamazoo Promise: Residents of Kalamazoo can get free tuition to universities in Michigan.
- Clark University: Students who live in specific neighborhoods or who attend the University Park Campus School will receive free tuition at Clark University.
- Akron, Ohio: Children who are residents of Akron can attend the University of Akron or advanced trade schools can get free tuition.
- University of Minnesota: Minnesota residents can take advantage of the University of Minnesota's free tuition program.
- University of Georgia: Georgia residents who maintain at least a B average will be able to attend the University of Georgia tuition-free.
- Century College: High school graduates with a financial need from select St. Paul high schools can attend Century College tuition free.
- California State University: Residents of California can receive free tuition from California State University.
Get free tuition from these online colleges and you'll truly get a good deal. You won't even need to pay for room and board!
- Andrew Jackson University: Take your education anywhere, for free, with this online tuition-free university.
- Trinity College of Biblical Studies: Apply to this online bible college to get a free religious education.
- The DiUlus Institute: You'll be able to attend this online research institute for free.
Go overseas for a free education with one of these schools.
- Jonkoping International Business School: This university in Sweden promises free education for all of its students.
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: You'll be able to study economics, education, computer science, and more in this free, multi-lingual university.
- Uppsala University: Uppsala University is a well ranked, free university.
- Karolinska University: Study in a hospital setting for free with this medical school.
- Ecuador universities: If you become a police or military officer in Ecuador, you will be able to receive a free higher education.
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology: You can get a free technological education at the Royal Institute of Technology.
- Warwickshire College: Adult students can get free tuition from this college.
- Lund University: At Lund University in Sweden, you will not have to pay tuition fees.
Special Groups
These schools and programs offer free tuition to special groups such as veterans and senior citizens.
- Wyoming Veterans' Benefits: Veterans, war orphans, and widows can get free tuition in Wyoming.
- North Carolina Wesleyan College: Under the Silver Scholars Program, senior citizens 60 and above can take courses at this college tuition free.
- University of Rochester: In a number of the University of Rochester's programs, veterans will receive free tuition.
- Hill College: Hill College offers free tuition to blind or deaf students, foster care students, and students who have graduated high school early.
- Disabled Veterans' Children in Indiana: Students who are children of disabled veterans are eligible for free tuition in Indiana.
- Benedictine University: Armed forces veterans can get free tuition at Benedictine University.


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January 30, 2012
Reminder: Meet the Dean candidate at open forum
The Office of Human Resources and Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs will host an Open Forum for Arts and Science Dean Candidate Maria "Mary" Marron TODAY, January 30 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in WD Room 404. She will be available to answer questions and provide her vision for the Arts and Sciences and Columbus State. You can view the candidate's biography here.
Library Open House is today!
Don't forget to stop by the Library from 4-6 p.m. tonight to take a tour of the newly renovated facility and participate in the dedication of Columbus State's permanent art collection! Refreshments will be served.
Encourage a love of reading on World Book Night
Columbus State's Bookstore will participate in a special event that was launched last year in the U.K called World Book Night.
On World Book Night, April 23 (William Shakespeare's birthday) thousands of people across the country will be going out into their communities to hand out free paperbacks to light or non-readers.
The goal of World Book Night is to give books to new readers, to encourage reading, and to share your passion for a great book. The entire publishing, bookstore, library, author, printing, and paper community is behind this effort with donated services and time.
Go to the website to see a list of the 30 titles available for World Book Night.
Book-loving Columbus State volunteers can sign up to hand out books at this online site. The deadline to sign up has been extended to Monday, Feb.6, so hurry and sign up today! Once you are signed up, you will be given 20 free copies of a book to take to a location in your community and hand out. You will be able to pick up your books at the Columbus State Bookstore on April 16.
OBOR report shows Columbus State as tuition "winner"
A recent report from the Ohio Board of Regents details the 10-year trend of tuition data for Ohio's public institutions. The report includes a version shown in current dollars and one in dollars adjusted for inflation. Using the adjusted version, Columbus State students actually pay 3 percent less now than they did in 2003 and 8 percent less than they paid in 2008.
Since 2007, Columbus State's tuition has not increased. The increases at a few other colleges since 2007 include:
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College - 10.1%
Cuyahoga Community College - 13.3%
Owens Community College - 29.1%
Sinclair Community College -27.1%
Stark State College of Technology 10.6%
Ohio State University-12.3%
Ohio University - 12.3%
Kent State University - 10.9%
Read the full report here.
Continuing closures on the Columbus Crossroads Project
The exit ramp from I-670 east to Cleveland Avenue along with a block of Cleveland Avenue will close nightly at 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. through Thursday, February 2. The closures are necessary to allow crews to complete the bridge demolition work. Cleveland Avenue will close to traffic between McCoy St. and Jack Gibbs Blvd., but remain open to COTA buses and pedestrians during those hours.
English Department to host Read-In Chain
The Columbus State English Department invites the campus community to participate in the 23rd National African American Read-In Chain, a Black History Month Celebration. The event will be held Tuesday, February 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Nestor Hall Study Lounge. Students, faculty, staff and community members may sign up to read a selection of their choice by sending their information to Robyn Lyons-Robinson by Friday, February 3.
Free online training available to employees
Free classes are offered through Mindleaders for all Columbus State employees. The courses are online and available 24/7. To log in, use your Novell user ID and password. The courses include:
Microsoft Office Related: Word and Excel 2007
Leadership Series
Management Series
Project Management
Managing within the Law
To read more about free online training through Mindleaders, go here:
International students create "Reading Restaurant" at Huy Elementary
Community College Initiative (CCI) students, from left, Sajeel Shahid, Aryo Permono, Soha Fiaz, Pir Momin, Malekgotla Motloung, and Dimas Samudra display the books they read to second grade students at Huy Elementary last week as part of their community outreach program.
The students shared folk tales, food, and fun from each of their home countries with the elementary students. Their stories were even signed by a translator for hearing impaired students. The Global Leadership Development program is facilitated by Vanessa Kumar, Diversity and Study Abroad.
Reminder: Town meeting on Delaware Campus coming Feb. 6
President Harrison invites you to attend an upcoming Town Hall meeting at the Delaware Campus. The meeting will be an open format question and answer session with the President, so gather up your questions, concerns and comments and attend the meeting on Monday, February 6, from 10:00- 11:00 a.m. in Moeller Hall, Room 112.
Join the Humanities Department for "An Evening in Byzantium"
The Humanities Department will offer a special event called An Evening in Byzantium on Wednesday, February 8 at 6 p.m. in the Nestor Hall Auditorium.
Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by Greek colonists in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas. The ancient city lies within the borders of modern day Istanbul, Turkey.
Employees and students are invited to the free event, which will feature creative and imaginative presentations about the Byzantine civilization.

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April 22, 1940 – May 19, 2013
John B. Morganti, Ph.D., of East Aurora, a professor emeritus of psychology at Buffalo State College, died Sunday. He was 73.
Dr. Morganti taught at Buffalo State for more than 30 years, retiring in 1999 as a full professor of psychology. Before joining Buffalo State in 1968, he was an instructor of psychology at the University at Buffalo for three years.
Upon his retirement, then-Buffalo State President Muriel Howard praised Dr. Morganti as having been "a campus leader, serving on or chairing vital committees, acting as an advocate for colleagues" through the United University Professions union.
A native of the Hickory Woods neighborhood of South Buffalo, Dr. Morganti was a graduate of School 28 and Hutchinson-Central Technical High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UB and went on to receive his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1971 from UB.
Dr. Morganti was the author or co-author of more than 50 journal articles; made 60 presentations at professional meetings; was co-proposer of more than 20 funded grants or contracts with awards of almost $1 million; issued requests for research consultation from scientists in other institutions; and did grant reviews for the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Mental Health. He was a SUNY Faculty Exchange Scholar.
Dr. Morganti was involved in the United University Professions and Buffalo State College. In 2004, he received the UUP's highest honor, the Nina Mitchell Award for Distinguished Service,
Among his other honors and awards were the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the New York State/United University Professions Excellence Award.
In his retirement, he enjoyed fishing, book club meetings and morning get-togethers with his Elma coffee group.
Surviving are his wife of almost 48 years, the former Judith Keller; two daughters, Elissa Banas and Laura Cotton; a sister, Sharon Kimaid; and two brothers, Ronald and Joseph.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 520 Oakwood Ave., East Aurora.


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USC's Wesley says he will transferApr 17, 2014 - 12:55 AM (SportsNetwork.com) - USC guard Byron Wesley, the Trojans' leading scorer this past season, says he will use his final year of eligibility to play for another program.
"I would like to announce that I have decided to graduate from USC this summer and transfer for my final year of college basketball," Wesley tweeted Wednesday.
The 6-foot-5 junior thanked his coaches, teammates and fans and said playing at USC "was the opportunity of a lifetime."
"I will be a Trojan for life & I'm most proud of that!" he wrote.
Wesley, who is from nearby Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., averaged 17.8 points and 6.4 rebounds in 30 games this past season for the Trojans (11-21).
"We wish Byron well and we thank him for his valuable contributions to our program," USC coach Andy Enfield said in a statement. "We are happy for him that he will leave USC with his degree. He had a very productive career here and I am sure he will do well wherever his career takes him."
Wesley averaged 12.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in three seasons at USC.
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Dr. Brautbar is a well known and trusted professional who is frequently relied on by lawyers and clients in the area. His areas of specialty is in Nephrology, Toxicology, and Internal Medicine, though these are not his only areas of study. He offers case review services in addition to expert trial testimony for both defense and prosecution and has decades of experience in providing this service. Some specific cases he has studied and provided testimony for include those involving asbestos, lung disease, occupational diseases, and cancers believed to be related to chemicals.
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Of all the indignities visited on the writer's life these days, none is more undignified than the story or pitch meeting, a ritual to which every writer, from the gazillion-dollar screenwriter to the lowly essayist, will sooner or later submit. "So tell us the story," the suits say after a few minutes of banter and schmooze, and the writer gulps and jumps in. "Well, uh, it's sort of, like—it's sort of a fish out of water story…"and then as one pale incident succeeds the next, the tycoons emit a slow burn of polite disbelief and boredom, ending with a forced smile and a we'll-get-back-to-you. Sometime. Soon…
And yet something interesting, even encouraging, is revealed in this ritual, all its humiliations aside. Stories, more even than stars or spectacle, are still the currency of life, or commercial entertainment, and look likely to last longer than the euro. There's no escaping stories, or the pressures to tell them. And so the pathetic story-pitcher turns to pop science—to Jonathan Gottschall's new book, "The Storytelling Animal," for instance— for some scientific, or at least speculative, ideas about what makes stories work and why we like them. Gottschall's encouraging thesis is that human beings are natural storytellers—that they can't help telling stories, and that they turn things that aren't really stories into stories because they like narratives so much. Everything—faith, science, love—needs a story for people to find it plausible. No story, no sale.
O.K. Anyone in dissent? But this claim, itself hardly momentous, then opens onto something sadly like a forced march of the platitudes: We all like stories. When we don't have a story we make one up—that's why the juxtapositions of film editing work. People usually like stories to have "morals" at the end. Religions are so successful because they tell moralish stories, though, to be sure, some of their stories are nice and some are not nice at all. Different people like different kinds of morals in their stories. Hitler loved the heroic stories of Wagner, for instance. That was too bad. ("The musical stories that Hitler most loved did not make him a better person," Gottschall writes.) On the other hand, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote an influential story about the evils of slavery. That was good. People say that fiction is dead. Well, "when did authors sell more books to a more devoted public than John Grisham, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Nora Roberts, Stephen King or Steig Larsson?" Gottschall asks. Writers exist who have tried to alter or revise the "universal grammar in world fiction"—Proust and Joyce, for instance, but "aside from English professors, no one much wants to read them." (Oh, yes? Ask any publisher whether they would rather have the Proust and Joyce backlists or those of the Nora Roberts and Tom Clancy of Proust's and Joyce's day. Really good stories, like really good wines, really do drink well for a longer time.)
The interesting questions about stories, which have, as they say, excited the interests of readers for millennia, are not about what makes a taste for them "universal," but what makes the good ones so different from the dull ones, and whether the good ones really make us better people, or just make us people who happen to have heard a good story. This is a case, as with women's fashion, where the subtle, "surface" differences are actually the whole of the subject. Questions about those small differences seem not to have occurred to Gottschall. There is not a single reference in Gottschall's book to such students of the mechanics of storytelling as William Empson, Samuel Johnson, Lionel Trilling, Virginia Woolf, Edmund Wilson, or Randall Jarrell, all of whom brooded long and hard upon stories and their subjects. Wilson, for instance, who despised "college professors" and their tastes, tackled the problem of the "boring" modern story at great and lucid length, ending with the intriguing conclusion that each age has its own acceptable boredoms, with Joyce's boredoms being no greater than Sir Walter Scott's. It is one thing to think that psychology may solve problems that baffle philosophy or criticism; it well may. But to think that the invocation of empirical studies on a subject frees one from the job of finding out what the great instinctive psychologists have said about that subject before you got to it is just misguided.
Do entertaining stories make us more ethical? "The only way to find out is to do the science," Gottschall says, reasonably enough, and then announces that "the constant firing of our neurons in response to fictional stimuli strengthens and refines the neural pathways that lead to skillful navigation of life's problems" and that the studies show that therefore people who read a lot of novels have better social and empathetic abilities, are more skillful navigators, than those who don't. He insists that storytelling is adaptive, on strictly Darwinian terms, but surely this would only have meaning if he could show that there were human-like groups who failed to compete because they didn't trade tales—or even that tribes who told lots of stories did better than tribes that didn't. Are societies, like that of Europe now, which has mostly rejected religious storytellers, less prosperous and peaceful than ones, like Europe back when, that didn't? Would a human-like society that had lots of food and sex but no stories die out? When has this happened? (It's true that there are those who think that the "symbolic" revolution among our sort of people doomed the Neanderthals, but this is, to put it mildly, a very speculative story, more "Star Trek" than "Mr. Wizard.")
And if these claims seem almost too large to argue, the more central claim—that stories increase our empathy, and "make societies work better by encouraging us to behave ethically"—seems too absurd even to argue with. Surely if there were any truth in the notion that reading fiction greatly increased our capacity for empathy then college English departments, which have by far the densest concentration of fiction readers in human history, would be legendary for their absence of back-stabbing, competitive ill-will, factional rage, and egocentric self-promoters; they'd be the one place where disputes are most often quickly and amiably resolved by mutual empathetic engagement. It is rare to see a thesis actually falsified as it is being articulated.
You just don't like the enterprise, and are territorial on behalf of your tribe, that of book readers and literary critics! I hear a resentful science-minded reader insist. Would you ever allow a book of evolutionary psychology applied to art not to be entirely fatuous? Actually, yes. Robin Dunbar's "Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language," from a few years back, for instance, had a thesis and a sharp one: that primates groom each other not to pick out nits, which do not really trouble them, but as a form of gossip, a way of exchanging social information—who grooms who for how long tells who's up and who's down. This primate grooming and the "gossip" that it entails actually produce brain-opiates; they're our monkey junk. Since human groups are roughly three times larger than other primate groups, tactile gossip was no longer enough to produce the opiates that make social existence tolerable, even pleasant, for primates. We started talking as a way of gossiping and grooming each other at a remove, so to speak—and, indeed, to this day, almost all talk, before it is communication, is gossip and grooming: "He said what?!" "They fired who?" We have to invent very natural unnatural situations—classrooms where everyone faces front, usually under the threat of more or less brutal discipline—to get people to use language for learning outside the gossip-context. This thesis may or may not be true, but it has the excitement of a theory that surprises: it's a good story.
And it is exactly in that excitement that the real relation of stories and science might be found. Good stories are strange. What strong scientific theories, even those crafted in pop form, have in common with good stories is not some specious universality. It's that they make claims so astonishing that they seem instantly very different from all the other stories we've ever heard. Good stories are startling. A sensitive, educated man is mad with lust for an eleven-year-old girl! Yikes! (Or, Yuck! Which is the same reaction with a slightly different sound.) lt isn't Miss Havisham who is turning him into a gentleman? It 's that convict all the way back from the first chapter? Are you serious? This power to astonish is true even of seemingly long or esoteric stories that no one is said to read: the way to Swann's house and the way to the Guermantes house turn out to have been the same way all along? It took us so long, and so many long sentences, to find that out—but it was worth it.
Good scientific theories are always startling, too. The narrative excitement of the great scientific theories, far from residing in their reassuring simplicity, lies in their similarly radical exclusions, their shocks: Everything in the whole universe is instantly attracting everything else! Everything! The big earth is dully pulling the apple and the apple is pluckily pulling on the earth. If you raced in your carriage as fast as you could and your friend raced in his carriage alongside yours as fast as he could, there would be absolutely no way for either of you to tell if you were both moving really fast or both just completely standing still! Really. No way at all. But—and here's the weirdly special sequel, Relativity II—if you went really, really, really fast, so that you were almost moving at the speed of light, and your friend just stayed in his carriage, time would actually slow down all around you! You'd end up younger than he. Or consider this story: the Archbishop of Canterbury is actually the offspring of a little fox with pointy ears that lived in a tree! (The idea, by the way, that evolution is not a "good story" is so bizarre as to be incredible to anyone who knows the history of the reception of evolutionary theory; it was such a good story that, published by Darwin in November, by Christmas every half-educated person in England was telling it, in shock or excitement.) Or simply consider this story: locked inside the nucleus of each little invisible atom is a force so vast it can destroy an entire city!
Now, those are stories worth pitching; the suits stand up when they hear them, and say, My God, we must make that! (Or test that in a lab, or tell that to our students, which is the same thing.) And the story that everything is, one way or another, give or take a turn or two, really sort of like a story? The suits in the meeting where this story about stories is offered fidget: "Yeah? Right. And, uh, then? It's all stories? Yeah, I get that, but … where's the, uh, drama?" Good science is more like Proust than Mr. Popper's Penguins; its stories startle us with their strangeness, but they intrigue us by their originality, and end by rewarding us with the truth, after an effort. It is the shock good stories offer to our expectations, not some sop they offer to our pieties, that makes tales tally, and makes comtes count. The story that tells us only that we like all kinds of stories lacks that excitement, that exclusionary power, which is the only thing that makes us want to hear stories at all.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next head of the U.S. Department of Energy is likely to guide the agency through a fundamental shift: easing up on a push to commercialize renewable energy and instead focusing on the surprising domestic oil and gas boom and management of U.S. nuclear security.
President Barack Obama is widely believed to be considering candidates to replace Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize winning physicist who managed an ill-fated $40-billion effort to promote the green economy with loans and grants to solar, wind and biofuel companies.
The program, part of the 2009 economic stimulus bill, suffered a public relations nightmare when solar panel maker Solyndra and battery manufacturer A123 declared bankruptcy last year after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. backed financial assistance.
"The four years under Chu were the least typical of the entire DOE," said Paul Bledsoe, an independent energy consultant. The agency was formed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 in response to high oil prices after the Arab oil embargo.
"They had this huge amount of money to push out the door, which became not only a priority but a challenge to spend wisely," said Bledsoe, a former White House aide to Bill Clinton.
The focus at the DOE in the years ahead is likely to return to where about two-thirds of its budget goes: security of nuclear weapons, reactors and waste.
"DOE policy is going back to a business-as-usual situation where, essentially, military nuclear spending tail-wags the energy policy dog," said Robert Alvarez, of the Institute for Policy Studies who was a senior DOE official in the 1990s.
The agency's renewable energy initiatives will permanently move back to research and development and away from commercialization, said Bledsoe.
DOE sources and analysts at think tanks in Washington said an announcement from Chu to step down could come any day, with a replacement to be named within weeks, possibly after the January 21 inauguration.
The administration would not officially comment on whether Chu will step down. None of the potential candidates for the job commented either.
Two of those thought to be on the short-list have deep experience on nuclear issues.
Christine Gregoire, the outgoing governor of Washington state, has had a long career working with the federal government to clean up the nuclear waste mess at the federal Hanford Site in her state.
Ashton Carter, the deputy secretary of defense, led a program to dismantle thousands of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union. Carter's experience managing money and annual procurement at the Pentagon could also make him a strong candidate, said David Goldwyn, who led international energy affairs at both the State Department and the DOE.
Former politicians, though, could be better suited for the position because they could better handle calls from members of Congress to hack away at the DOE budget, some analysts contend.
"The primary job of the secretary is to protect the DOE's core budget in the face of Congress. This is an area where a politician might do the job best," Goldwyn said.
Byron Dorgan, the former senator of North Dakota, could be another good choice, said Charles Ebinger, the director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution.
Dorgan once chaired the Senate energy and natural resources committee and is now a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank peppered with former lawmakers.
Other politicians mentioned include former Colorado governor Bill Ritter, who helped reform regulations on oil and gas in his state. Ritter now advocates for responsible oil and gas drilling from a post at Colorado State University.
Susan Tierney, a former assistant secretary for policy at the DOE, has also been mentioned as a candidate, although she withdrew from the running for deputy energy secretary in 2009.
Chu, who joined the department in 2009, had next to no experience dealing with the oil and natural gas industry and was tagged by critics as a symbol of the Obama administration's efforts to move away from petroleum.
But the remarkable boom in domestic oil and gas production over the last few years has made that lack of experience - not just from Chu but from some of his top deputies - a liability, experts said.
"It's singularly ridiculous, quite honestly, that you could go several people down into the DOE's leadership before you actually ran into somebody who knew anything about oil and gas," said Ebinger.
The boom has reduced U.S. oil imports and led to serious discussions about whether the country should export its bounty of crude and natural gas. The next DOE leader may have a role in promoting those exports, which could boost the U.S. economy.
Dorgan, whose state is home to the giant Bakken shale oil field, or Ritter, whose state is also experiencing a drilling boom, could be good at balancing the department's several tasks, analysts said.
In the next year the DOE also may start to make decisions on which facilities are given LNG export licenses out of a long list of applicants.
The secretary could also push for ways to get newfound domestic oil and gas to market, as thousands of miles of pipelines may have to be built. Many of the pipeline decisions could fall to other agencies, though, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
But as a cabinet member, the new energy secretary could play an important role in articulating the importance of building such infrastructure to the American people.
"If the administration wants this to happen it has to be out there fighting for it," said Ebinger. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Ros Krasny and Claudia Parsons)


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An accused drunk driver did it "My Way" during his arrest, according to police.
Police say a 78-year-old Pennsylvania man was doing things "his way" when they charged him with drunken driving following a fender bender in a parking lot.
Herbert Goss of Tyrone quoted famous lines from Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra when police responded to the wreck on the night of June 18, the Altoona Mirror reported Tuesday.
When Officer Barry Frye tried to question Goss, the suspect allegedly recited Bogart's famous line from Casablanca saying, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world."
Police said Goss segued into Sinatra's "My Way" once it became clear he was in trouble, saying "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain."
He was booked on a first-offense DUI charge and released ahead of a preliminary hearing on Aug. 6, according to court records.
Goss told The Associated Press he plans to fight the charges and isn't guilty -- although the version of events he gave Tuesday is the same as that spelled out by police.
But Goss doesn't believe he should have been charged with drunken driving because his car was parked and he was already out of it by the time police arrived. Goss said he wasn't that intoxicated but was instead dizzy from taking two medications on an empty stomach while at a nearby bar before driving home.
"I was overmedicated," Goss said.
He acknowledged regaling the police with movie and music lines to a reporter who called him at home on Tuesday.
"I'm locally known as a legend. Everybody says that's in my own mind, but if you don't blow your own horn, who's gonna blow it for you?" said Goss, who writes a weekly column for his tiny hometown newspaper.


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We're biased, of course. But to celebrate the holidays, we'd like to share with you the world's best model train layout.
It's designed and operated by none other than the parents of your blogger-in-chief, Clarke and Barbara Dunham. My dad is a two-time Tony Award-nominated theatrical set designer. And my mom is an artist/writer/poet/businesswoman and general Renaissance woman.
You can now see these trains at the new Railroads on Parade (opening in the summer of 2011) in Pottersville, N.Y.
Enjoy! On this special day, let's celebrate the wide-eyed child in all of us.


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Each Season, the Royal Opera House runs Chance to Dance, a creative introduction to ballet for primary school students in South London and Thurrock.
This year, the scheme is supported by ballet shoe manufacturers Freed. The company supplies over 150,000 pairs of pointe shoes to dancers worldwide, including several Artists of The Royal Ballet.
This year Freed have donated 150 pairs of ballet shoes and 45 pairs of cycling shorts to students involved with Chance to Dance. The company will also be supporting Dance Dynamic, a scheme run alongside Chance to Dance, which empowers teachers to lead creative dance projects in their schools. Dance Dynamic runs in the form of an INSET programme, a day away from the classroom, in which participating teachers learn techniques and creative tools to help their students create a short piece of choreography.
One teacher commented:
We've been so impressed by the children's response. At the end of term, the children were asked to think about their greatest achievement and many of them chose the dance project. Their sense of pride was wonderful to watch. They were so proud of their creation'
Dance is now part of the national curriculum but there is a noted shortage of teachers that feel able to lead dance activities in the classroom. Those teachers and students who took part returned to their schools to work on their own ten minute pieces of choreography. In March 2012, nearly 800 children from the 27 schools who took part in Dance Dynamic and the 28 schools who took part in Chance to Dance came together to share their work in the Royal Opera House's Paul Hamlyn Hall.
Mark Redhead, Managing Director of Freed said:
'We are passionate about enhancing involvement in dance and creating new opportunities. It's so rewarding for us to come to events like Chance to Dance and see how teachers and children have worked so hard, and how their efforts have paid off.'
We'd like to thank Freed for their vision for dance and their support of the Royal Opera House's education outreach work.
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Thomas Burton is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Alex. Brown Realty ("ABR"). Mr. Burton has been associated with ABR since 1992, and is primarily responsible for the firm's day to day operating and acquisitions activities. Mr. Burton previously managed the company's asset management group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Burton was an Asset Manager in the real estate division of USF&G and an auditor and consultant at Ernst & Whinney. Mr. Burton received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from the University of Maryland. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Burton serves on the Board of Directors of Adoptions Together, Inc., a not-for-profit serving children and families, and previously served as Board Chairman. In addition, Mr. Burton serves on the Board of Mid-City Community CDE, LLC, a community development entity. He is also a full member of the Urban Land Institute, where he serves on the Small Scale Development Council, and a Supporting Member of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School. Mr. Burton is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland's Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development, where he teaches a course in Real Estate Structured Finance. Mr. Burton has previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies, where he taught a course in Real Estate Private Equity.
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text: August 30, 2014 at 8:00 PM Guest: Special-ed programs fail to meet needs of immigrant families Posted by Ginger Kwan Ginger Kwan Research has demonstrated that meaningful family engagement leads to better student performance, and yet our local schools still struggle to engage families from racially, ethnically and culturally diverse communities, particularly when it comes to parents who have limited English proficiency or have children in special education programs. As a result, many special-needs students from these diverse backgrounds end up getting left behind as their peers advance. At many school districts in King County, more than 50 percent of students speak a language other than English at home. Serving and communicating with parents who have limited English proficiency should not be a new thing for schools. And yet, many parents are left wondering why it is so difficult for schools to engage diverse families of children with special needs. Is it because the schools lack knowledge of the best family engagement practices? Or because schools do not value special-needs students from other cultures? Or are schools simply unwilling to make needed changes to correct their own cultural bias and the institutional racism against this target population? The answers are multi-faceted and not easy to answer. The challenges from schools to engage these diverse families are no less than what these families encounter when trying to interact with schools. Across the system, schools generally lack the language and cultural capacity to engage these families meaningfully. School-hired interpreters are often not trained properly, are not familiar with special education, or speak different dialects than the family. Some families are also told to bring their own interpreters or have their children to interpret for them. In addition to verbal communication challenges, written information has been primarily printed in English or posted on school websites only. All of these obstacles can prevent meaningful communication between families and schools. More Comments | More in Guest opinion, Opinion | Topics: Ginger Kwan, Open Doors, special education


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With no football to distract America, this week's box office haul was remarkably robust. The top 4 movies all made north of $20 million, which is something you usually see in June, not in the dead of February. The best performer of the bunch was "The Vow," with Rachel McAdams doing her Rachel McAdams thing and drawing in legions of women who presumably dragged along their husbands/boyfriends as payback for making them watch the NFL for five straight months. Let's look at the final chart via Box Office Mojo.
1. The Vow - $41.7M
2. Safe House - $39.3M
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $27.5M
4. Star Wars Episode I (3D) - $23.0M
5. Chronicle - $12.3M
6. The Woman In Black - $10.3M
7. The Grey - $5.1M
8. Big Miracle - $3.9M
9. The Descendants - $3.5M
10. Underworld Awakening - $2.5M
"The Vow" easily surpassed its own budget in its first weekend, and the opening for Denzel's "Safe House" proves that he's as reliable a box office draw as ever, even though he's been choosing nothing but mediocre action fare of late. How's all this play in our little nerdy PBCS formula that factors both commercial and critical success? REVEAL THE STANDINGS!
1. Chronicle - 505
2. The Artist - 445
3. The Descendants - 378
4. The Vow - 241
5. The Woman In Black - 219
6. Safe House - 164
7. The Grey - 53
8. Star Wars Episode I (3D) - 51
9. Journey 2 - 48
10. The Iron Lady - 39
There are a couple of reasons why old movies like "The Artist" managed to beat back all those shocking box office draws from this past weekend. First of all, every one of those new movies from this weekend got bad reviews ("The Vow" in particular), which hurts them in our formula and hurts their long-term box office potential. Secondly, the Oscar race has served to prolong the life of both "The Artist" (which just swept the British Oscars) and "The Descendants" (which is clearly the movie that Oscar voters will turn to if they don't want "The Artist" to win everything). Since both those movies had great critical acclaim and have been in theaters forever (remember, our formula rewards longevity), they'll sit atop our ranking until they mercifully fall below our $1 million requirement. Meanwhile, "Chronicle" has stayed strong thanks to its low budget and decent reviews.
One more thing: America, please stop giving George Lucas money. You're only encouraging him.


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City officials hope a small recording gadget will help boost the number of words low-income kids hear by the time they enter school.
The more parents talk, the more kids learn. It sounds obvious, but not until 1995 -- when Betty Hart and Todd Risley of the University of Kansas published the results of a multi-year study -- did we know just how important it is to talk to kids when they are very young. On average, young children in middle class and affluent families hear 30 million more words than children in low-income families. The disparity in words heard translates into a major learning gap for poor and working class children, which can continue through school and later in life.
In Providence, R.I., where one-third of children live in poverty and two-thirds of kindergartners enter school already behind on national school readiness benchmarks, the word gap is a big concern. That's why Mayor Angel Taveras announced in February the launch of a unique intervention program called "Providence Talks," which is designed to boost early childhood literacy and development.
The project, which was awarded a $5 million prize by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, will start with 75 volunteer families and is expected to grow to 500 families by the end of the year. By mid-2016, the city hopes to have as many as 2,000 families participating.
A key component of the project is the "word pedometer," which counts words spoken by both the child and his or her parents. The miniature digital device stores up to one day's worth of words heard by the child, including the child's utterances, but can distinguish background noise and words, such as those uttered via TVs, radios and computers. The device cannot playback what's recorded, but the stored information is uploaded to a workstation where special software analyzes the words, conversations and other factors. The results of the analysis can be delivered electronically to social workers who visit the families, review the results with the parents and offers suggestions on how to better engage their children. A pilot study has shown that monthly meetings with parents could boost the number of words heard by a child by 55 percent.
The city is working with Brown University to evaluate the project's progress and figure out how to make intervention more effective as the project grows. The city is also working with its own social service agencies, and is partnering with two Rhode Island-based nonprofit social service agencies to actually run the pilot program.
Mayor Taveras, who was raised by a single mother who spoke no English and attended Head Start programs in his early childhood, said he is thrilled the city is launching the learning intervention program. "My administration has been focused on improving educational outcomes from my first day in office," he said in a press release, "and Providence Talks will help us ensure that more of our young people enter a Providence classroom ready for success."
The technology behind the project was developed by the LENA Research Foundation, which spent six years and $40 million developing the software system behind the word pedometer. "The technology automates what Hart and Risley found out from their research," said Stephen M. Hannon, president of the foundation.
Lena's software toolkit has been used to assist with other types of early learning interventions, including the deaf and hard of hearing. "But the Providence project is our biggest project to date," said Hannon. He described the system as a "feedback mechanism" -- it involves algorithms, benchmarks and a feedback program for the parents to use to engage their children.
"We're using cognitive science to close the achievement gap," he said, adding that for a long time, social science has been driving the research and programs aimed at improving the learning and development skills of young children. "But now, hard science has caught up and is beginning to make a difference."


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Samsung Electronics so far has been known for its consumer mobility products and solutions in this region. Now, the South Korean electronics giant has trained its eyes on the enterprise segment of the market.
Keeping this in view, the company launched the region's first Enterprise Experience Centre in Singapore on Thursday (21 March).
The experience centre is located at its swanky office in Mapletree Business City in Singapore. Spanning approximately 2,000 sq ft, it is a one-stop destination to showcase Samsung's capabilities and approach to enterprise solutions for customers.
Media was given a tour of the centre yesterday and some of the solutions showcased included tablets, monitors, PCs and commercial displays for the hospitality, travel, education and retail industries.
"Samsung wants to be an enterprise leader in the market," said Harry Lee, MD, Samsung Singapore. "We want enterprise to be 10 percent of our business in the region and by 2015, we want this sector to comprise a quarter of our business."
Samsung officials also said that the company is further expanding its enterprise by rolling out its partner programme, Samsung Enterprise Alliance Program (SEAP). SEAP aims to empower its partners to be trained and equipped with the necessary skill-sets to provide and service Samsung's diverse portfolio of enterprise solutions.
Lee said that Samsung is already investing in resources in the enterprise segment. There are 400 staff across the region to support the business.
In Singapore, there are nearly 20 people dedicated to the enterprise business, and as the business will grow, so will the staff strength, said Stanley Goh, COO, Samsung Singapore.


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Wild mushroom, chicken & bacon risotto
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal785
- fat33g
- saturates14g
- carbs68g
- sugars5g
- fibre5g
- protein56g
- salt3.69g
- 50g dried porcini mushrooms
- 1.3l chicken stock
- 250g pack dessert chestnut mushrooms, sliced
- 8 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
Bacon is pork that has been cured one of two ways: dry or wet. It can be bought as both rashers…
- 50g butter
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 1 onion, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 300g risotto rice (we used arborio)
Risotto rice
To create an authentic creamy Italian risotto, the use of specialist rice is imperative. It…
- 1 small glass white wine
- 50g parmesan, finely grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- leftover roast chicken, skinned and chopped
Chicken's many plus points - its versatility, as well as the ease and speed with which it…
- handful parsley leaves, chopped
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
Soak the dried mushrooms in 500ml boiling water for 20 mins, then drain the liquid into the stock. The mushrooms will have absorbed a lot of the liquid; you should have 1.5l in total. Chop the soaked mushrooms and add to the chestnut mushrooms.
Make the risotto: start by frying the bacon in half the butter, then add the onion. When they are soft, add the mushrooms and continue to cook for a few mins until soft. Stir through the rice and continue as in the basic recipe. When you add the final ladle of stock, stir through the chicken to reheat. Add the chopped parsley with the Parmesan and remaining butter, leave to rest for a few mins, then stir through and serve.


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Rangers acquire Prince in exchange for Kinsler
Texas adds slugging first baseman, will also receive $30 million from Detroit
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have acquired the big bat they were seeking this offseason by sending second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Tigers for first baseman Prince Fielder, the club announced on Wednesday night.
In one of the most significant deals in club history, the Rangers added a five-time All-Star who was the 2007 National League Hank Aaron Award winner while with the Brewers. Fielder, 29, hit .279 with 25 home runs, 106 RBIs and a .457 slugging percentage for Detroit this past season. Over his nine-year career, he has a .286 batting average and a .527 slugging percentage while averaging 35 home runs and 107 RBIs per 162 games played.
"He has presence," Rangers manager Ron Washington said of Fielder. "He has been a very productive player, and he has been a winning player. He plays every day, he plays hard and he plays to win. I believe he'll fit right in with the character of our clubhouse. I believe he will be a leader and do the job in the middle of our lineup. We're happy to have him here. I've always liked him."
Fielder's home runs, slugging percentage and .819 on-base plus slugging percentage in 2013 were the lowest single-season figures of his eight full seasons in the Major Leagues. He also hit just .225 (9-for-40) in 11 playoff games without hitting a home run or driving in a run as the Tigers lost to the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month. But the Rangers do not consider that to be the start of a downward trend.
"We looked at it quite a bit," general manager Jon Daniels said. "If he was coming off the best year of his career, then he would not be available. I think that's kind of the whole idea of this deal. If anyone feels like that's a sign of things to come, that he's slipping, you may not like the deal. We don't feel that way. Based on what we got from our scouts, and some of the analysis we did, we think there's a lot more to come. We're excited what we're going to get from this guy in the future."
The move opens up a spot for Jurickson Profar, who is now the leading candidate to be the Rangers' starting second baseman, alongside Elvis Andrus at shortstop. But Daniels said the spot won't be just handed to Profar. The Rangers have two highly regarded middle-infield prospects in Luis Sardinas and Rougned Odor, both of whom finished last season at Double-A Frisco.
Profar played in 85 games for the Rangers this past season and hit .234 with 30 runs scored, 11 doubles, six home runs and 26 RBIs in 324 plate appearances. He played 32 games at second base, 18 at shortstop, 10 at third base and four in left field. Now, Profar has a chance to be locked into one spot.
"He's a guy we like," Daniels said. "We certainly like his potential and what he brings to the table. He's a guy we'd like to see claim the job, but he's got to earn it. We may bring in some competition to push him, and there are some guys behind him that may push him. We certainly think he's capable, but he has to earn the job."
Fielder will be the Rangers' starting first baseman, taking a spot that Mitch Moreland has held for the past three seasons. Moreland could serve as a backup first baseman while getting time at designated hitter and the outfield. But the Rangers are still looking for more offense, most likely in left field, although they have shown interest in free-agent slugger Brian McCann as a backup catcher and designated hitter. Moreland played in 147 games for the Rangers this past season and hit .232 with 23 home runs, 60 RBIs and a .437 slugging percentage.
"Some of it is yet to be determined based on the rest of the winter," Daniels said. "Mitch is certainly in our plans. An offensive addition at some position is of some value. We went into the offseason looking for two bats, and that's still the plan."
The Rangers also have to decide what to do about the leadoff spot after trading away a three-time All-Star who was a huge part of the club's rise to back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and '11. Kinsler hit .277 with 85 runs scored, 31 doubles, 13 home runs, 72 RBIs, 15 stolen bases, a .344 OBP and a .413 slugging percentage this past season. He was also the senior member of the Rangers.
"This is obviously a very exciting trade for us, adding Prince Fielder to our organization, but also a tough trade," Daniels said. "Ian Kinsler has been in our organization since we drafted him in 2003. He was a catalyst for us on our World Series team, a heart-and-soul guy. Detroit is getting a tremendous player and person."
Daniels said the trade gives the Rangers some direction regarding how their offseason will progress, especially since the deal clears up what will happen in the middle of the infield.
"We came into the offseason with depth in the middle of the diamond and a need at the corners," Daniels said. "We've balanced that out. We're not done, but we've chosen our path both financially and on the field.
"We'd still like to add offense. That's still our top objective, but we're looking to upgrade the team any way we can. We're not ignoring the pitching staff, but this gives us a run producer in the middle of the lineup. We never felt pressure to deal one of our middle infielders, but other teams felt we had to. This clears it up."
The Rangers tried to sign Fielder as a free agent two years ago, but instead he signed a nine-year, $214 million contract with the Tigers. The Rangers did not come close to matching that offer.
Fielder still has seven years and $168 million remaining on the contract, which runs through 2020, but the Rangers will receive $30 million from the Tigers as part of the trade. The money won't be paid out until the final five years of the contract, beginning in '16. Fielder also had a no-trade clause that included Texas, but he still approved the trade. Detroit was not included by Kinsler in his partial no-trade clause.
The two sides floated the idea at last week's General Managers Meetings, but Daniels said the trade talks really began with a call from Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski on Tuesday, and the deal came together by Wednesday evening.
"You could tell both sides were interested and motivated," Daniels said. "We got the money where both sides could live with it, and we made the deal."
"It happened really fast, there's no question," Dombrowski said. "Really, since the General Managers Meetings last week, we just started to talk to clubs this week. We talked to a lot of different clubs at that point, really, about different processes, and then followed up.
"We really just kind of kicked this one around a little bit and then mentioned it with Jon Daniels, and he said, 'Well, that's interesting. Let me get back to you.'"


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Hey pizza gang what's shakin'!? Word is the best way to reheat a slice is in a pan over the stove with the slice face-down… don't knock it until you've tried it!
This week Philly-bred comedian Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Smith and local comic Chris Cotton will all be at Helium Comedy Club. Before you go see them, you may be wondering to yourself, "Hey, I wonder whaBig Jay Oakersont those guys think about pizza?" Well, wonder no more…
Pizza Pal Joe Moore: How much do you like Pizza?
Big Jay Oakerson: So much, that I would leapfrog someone having a seizure to grab a slice!
Dave Smith: What?
Chris Cotton: Collared greens
PPJM: What is your favorite slice in Philadelphia? What's your favorite outside of Philly?
Jay: Lorenzo's on South Street. Huge and delicious!! Outside of Philly, Ben's Grandmas slice in NYC.
Dave: Philly blows. Any slice outside of this dump is great.
Chris: Chicken…cornbread
PPJM: What are you favorite pizza toppings?Jay: I always go Xtra cheese, pepperoni and mushroom! Best combo!
Dave: Sauce and cheese stupid!
Chris: Wings…macaroni and cheese
PPJM: What day was "Pizza Day" in your house growing up?
Jay: Friday! My mom-mom would always order me pizza on Friday nights and watch TV with me!
Dave: I grew up in an apartment. We weren't all born rich, you asshole!
Chris: Kool-aid, grape soda…
PPJM: What is your favorite pizza reference in pop-culture (TV/Movie/Music/etc)?
Jay: I always loved that the teenage mutant ninja turtles loved pizza!! That was funny AND fun!
Dave: I read books…TV and movies are for weak minds
Chris: Tyler Perry…rap music
PPJM: Anything else you'd like to add?
Jay: This was really fun! Thanks for including me in your questionnaire !!
Dave: Add?! ADD?!..Yeah…Fuck you!
Chris: Oh yeah…coco butter!
Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Smith and Chris Cotton will be at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom Street) this Friday and Saturday night. Get your tickets online!


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The Sooners had a defensive meltdown of historic proportions last week in a 50-49 win at West Virginia and it took a record-setting performance by quarterback Landry Jones to bail them out.
On Saturday, No. 14 Oklahoma (8-2, 6-1 Big 12) will have to deal with an Oklahoma State squad that uses the same offensive philosophy as West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen, who was the Cowboys' offensive coordinator for a year before becoming the Mountaineers' head coach.
No. 22 Oklahoma State (7-3, 5-2) has the conference's top running back in Joseph Randle and ranks third in the Bowl Subdivision in total offense at 553.7 yards per game. Seeing how the Sooners gave up 344 yards rushing to West Virginia's Tavon Austin, there is cause for concern in the Oklahoma camp entering the annual Bedlam showdown Saturday.


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Following is a weekly listing of upcoming faith-related events held around Niagara County.
PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh St., Niagara Falls. No appointment or fee necessary. For more information, call 884-0048.
BIBLE STUDY: 7 p.m., St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1073 Saunders Settlement Road, Lewiston. Study will focus on the Gospel of Matthew. For information, call 297-2668.
RECOVERY GROUP: 7:30 p.m., Wheatfield Community Church, 3571 Niagara Falls Blvd. Addiction Conquerors will offer a Life Recovery Group every week to those who are victims to any addiction. The Rev. Pat Lavery, co-founder of the group, will lead. For information, call 553-3794 or visit www.wheatfieldcommunitychurch.org.
DEVOTIONAL GROUP MEETING: St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1073 Saunders Settlement Road, Lewiston. Upper Room discussion and devotional at 1 p.m.; Vespers at 6:30; and "Orthodoxy 101," a meeting designed for those wishing to convert or learn more about the Orthodox faith, at 7. All are welcome. For information, call 297-2668 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you would like your event included, send the information two weeks in advance to: Niagara Community Calendar, c/o The Buffalo News, P.O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240, fax to: 856-5150 or email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.