text: Men's Lacrosse 3/18/2016 6:35:38 AM In The News: Collegiate Draft Edition th collegiate draft at the US Lacrosse Convention at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA. Below are some articles about the draft and notable draftees. 2014 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft MLL Draft: Tom Schreiber Picked No. 1; Full Picks (InsideLacrosse.com, 1/10/2014) "For the first pick of the MLL Draft, the Ohio Machine selected midfielder Tom Schreiber, who seemed a consensus among coaches before the draft. "I'm very excited," Schreiber said in a Princeton news release.…" Devitte: 2014 MLL Draft Grades (InsideLacrosse.com, 1/11/2014) Friday's Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft saw Princeton's Tom Schreiber go No. 1 to the Ohio Machine. Kyle Devitte's draft grades [for individual teams] are below:..." Who Won the MLL Draft? (InLacrosseWeTrust.com, 1/14/2014) "The 2014 MLL Draft came and went this past Friday as teams strove to continue to get better for 2014. Some teams like the Charlotte Hounds and Rochester Rattlers did just that, while others such as Denver and Boston did just OK…" MLL Draft Reaction: Run on Defense, Firsts and Best Steals (LacrosseMagazine.com, 1/11/2014) "Ohio State men's coach Nick Myers was speaking from campus in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday morning when the subject of Buckeyes defensemen Joe Meurer came up. "All the MLL GMs that I've spoken to have called me about him," Myers said.…" Major League Lacrosse 2014 College Draft Results (1495Sports.com, 1/11/2014) "1495 Sports is proud to bring this page that will give fans ongoing Draft Results from the 2014 Major League Lacrosse College Draft:…" Notable Draftees College Sports: Princeton's Schreiber Top Pick in Major League Lacrosse Draft (TheTrentonian.com, 1/10/2014) "Princeton midfielder Tom Schreiber became the second player in school history to be taken with the first overall pick in the Major League Lacrosse Draft Friday night when he was selected by the Ohio Machine. He joins Ryan Mollett, who was taken first in 2001.…" Bayhawks Select Eight in MLL Draft (CapitalGazette.com, 1/12/2014) "The Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse added eight in the 2014 MLL Collegiate Draft on Friday, including Navy defender Pat Kiernan, St. Mary's High graduate Mark McNeill and Crofton native Brian Cooper.…" Trio of Team Captains Drafted by Major League Lacrosse Teams (LoyolaGreyhounds.com, 1/10/2014) Loyola University of Maryland men's lacrosse tri-captains Joe Fletcher (3 rd overall, New York Lizards), Pat Laconi (9 th, Charlotte Hounds) and Justin Ward (23 rd, Charlotte Hounds) were selected in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Entry Draft on Friday night at the US Lacrosse Convention…." Six Blue Devils Selected in MLL Draft (GoDuke.com, 1/10/2014) "Duke University seniors Jordan Wolf and Luke Duprey became the 11 th and 12 th Blue Devils to be selected in the first round of the Major League Lacrosse Draft, going second and fourth respectively. A program-record six Blue Devils were picked in the eight –round draft, besting the four choices in 2008 and 2012…" Miles and Ty Thompson Selected by Rochester Rattlers in 2014 MLL Draft (UAlbanySports.com, 1/13/2014) "Miles and Ty Thompson will stay local this summer, being picked by the Rochester Rattlers in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse Entry Draft on Friday. Miles Thompson was selected in the third round and 20 th overall by Rochester, then Ty Thompson was drafted in the fourth round and 28 th overall by the Rattlers…."


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Operators should brace themselves for more caps on European roaming, as the European parliament is planning more pricing restrictions when the current legislation expires.
The current caps run out at the end of June 2012, but before then the European parliament plans to have more regulation in place – with stronger caps reflecting the inability of competitive pressure to push down prices as well as the lack of any alternative strategy.
"The situation is disappointing. The high level of voice, SMS and data roaming prices payable by users is a matter of concern" said Angelika Niebler, the German MEP tasked with steering the new legislation through parliament.
As well as placing limits on prices, both retail (what operators charge customers) and wholesale (what operators charge each other) the Commission will be looking at more structural changes to bring greater competitive pressure into play.
One approach might be to offer travellers a list of local operators from which they can select their preferred roaming partner. Most EU operators will happily roam to any alternative network, and users can override the preference (which is programmed into their SIM) by manually selecting a different network – but a tiny proportion of users know that's possible, and an even smaller number make use of the facility.
Opponents argue that it's asking too much of users to compare prices while they're travelling, but without genuine competition there's little incentive to keep prices low so the EU is forced to use the blunt instrument of caps on pricing.
The Industry Research and Energy Committee will vote on the ideas around the end of February, just in time for the annual industry shindig in Barcelona, and the intention is to get the new regulations in front of the Plenary by April. ®
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Apparently Jackie's appearance on the Shanghai World Expo float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, California is confirmed while Yao Ming's appearance depends on his foot.
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Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan and NBA star Yao Ming will probably appear on a Shanghai World Expo float in the upcoming Rose Parade new year celebration in Pasadena, California.
Chan's appearance has been confirmed but Yao's appearance depends on the fracture in his left foot, according to Chinanews.com. The duo are promotion ambassadors for World Expo 2010.
David Mark Winfield, an American former major league baseball player, and US Expo Commissioner General Jose Villarreal will also board the float.
The float measuring 16.8 meters long and 5.5 meters wide is being decorated with up to 100,000 flowers. Many overseas Chinese are busy at a workshop in suburban Los Angeles for the decoration.
A float from Shaanxi Province will also take part.
The 121th annual Rose Parade is scheduled to take place on January 1, featuring dozens of variously themed floats and spirited marching bands from across the United States and those representing foreign countries.
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(CNN) -- Vivienne Westwood is as bald as a baby, the faintest hint of downy white hair sprouting across her naked scalp.
Painted pink eyebrows sweep dramatically outwards. Wearing a sparkling, woven brown dress resembling an expensive hessian sack, she totters onto the stage at London's Southbank arts centre.
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The phenomenal Vivienne Westwood. Interviewed @southbankcentre for #WOWLDN earlier today. pic.twitter.com/au491IMe6A— Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre) March 9, 2014
"The world was so mismanaged and we hated the older generation because they weren't doing anything about it," she says about forging Britain's punk aesthetic with then-boyfriend and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren in the 1970s.
"I don't hate the older people now -- I'm one of them. But I've been trying to do something to change things all my life."
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Decades after the couple started their radical new clothes shop in an area of London called "World's End" -- displaying ripped t-shirts, rubber curtains, and even a live rat in a cage -- Westwood has become one of Britain's most prestigious fashion designers.
This is the woman who, after receiving an award from Queen Elizabeth II in 1992, famously twirled around for photographers -- without wearing any underwear under her skirt.
The provocative lady is still there, though a little more frail-looking these days, speaking at London's annual Women of the World Festival.
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Westwood appears almost reluctant to talk about the "superficial" fashion industry she has conquered in a career spanning four decades.
"We face mass extinction," she says. "It's being hidden from us because our rulers still pursue their own vested interest, they've been trained to think that the people do not understand what's good for them."
Her trademark head of fiery red hair has been shaved off, not for style -- but to draw attention to climate change.
Westwood says she now plans to downsize her hugely successful clothing empire, in a bid to promote environmental sustainability.
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What about those people who can't afford her designer clothes?
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Born in Derbyshire, in north west England, during World War Two, Westwood's mother was a weaver in a cotton mill, while her father came from a family of shoemakers.
As a teenager in the 1950s, she would alter her school uniform into fashionable pencil skirts. Later, she worked as a teacher.
But it was through meeting Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren in the 1960s -- who became the father of her son Joseph Ferdinand Corré in 1966 -- that she really embraced punk rock.
The couple's south west London shop -- which at various times was named "Let it Rock," "Sex," and "Seditionaries - Clothes for Heroes" -- sold everything from rubber fetish gear to pirate outfits.
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Cast your eye across the most glamorous red carpet events in the world today and you'll likely to see a Westwood design -- be it Lily Allen's princess dress at the BAFTAs or Pharrell Williams' cowboy hat at the Oscars.
Regardless of her huge success, Westwood still talks of fighting the establishment. "I used my fashion as a platform to talk politics," she says.
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Pharrell Williams is bringing the sweet smell of success to a store near you. The Oscar-nominated producer has teamed up with Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garcons to create a new fragrance.
Skateboard P's new scent 'GIRL' is inspired by his new album, which debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. However, despite its feminine name, the perfume will actually be for men and women.
"As one of my favorite designers once said, 'Comme des Garcons is your favorite designers' favorite designer…the top of the top, the best of the best,'" Williams told Women's Wear Daily (via Billboard). "I am so honored to be working with Comme des Garcons and cherish the education that I've experienced in this collaboration."
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a cortisone injection won't cure tennis elbow any better than a drug-free saline shot, according to a new study - and it might actually slow recovery.
Researchers found that a few weeks after receiving the steroid shots, people reported less pain and disability than those who'd been given placebo injections. But a year later, the same patients lagged behind the placebo group in their likelihood of complete recovery.
"This absolutely confirms that steroid injections are not a good idea," said Dr. Allan Mishra, an orthopedic surgeon at Stanford University in Menlo Park, California.
"This is important, because people think that it's okay to get a cortisone injection (for tennis elbow), and it's not okay. It puts you at a disadvantage long term in terms of getting better," Mishra, who has studied tennis elbow treatment but wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health.
The condition is caused by overuse of tendons in the elbow and typically treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy and steroid shots.
Last month, a study from Denmark found neither steroid nor platelet injections improved pain and functioning among people with tennis elbow any better than saline shots, over a period of three months (see Reuters Health story of January 22, 2013 here: reut.rs/Wl9Ckw).
Researchers at the time cautioned that the study's follow-up period was short and the results might look different at six months or a year post-injections.
By following patients longer, the new report shines a light on the possible long-term tendon damage that can be caused by cortisone shots, Mishra said.
Bill Vicenzino from the University of Queensland in Australia and his colleagues randomly assigned 165 adults with tennis elbow to one of four treatment groups: cortisone shots with physical therapy, placebo shots with physical therapy, cortisone shots without physical therapy and placebo shots without physical therapy.
After one year, there was no difference in people's improvement in pain or functioning based on whether they'd had the eight sessions of prescribed therapy.
Among those who'd received a cortisone shot, 83 percent reported they had completely recovered from tennis elbow by one year. That compared to 96 percent of those who'd received a placebo injection, according to findings published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Symptoms were also more likely to come back after a cortisone injection. The research team calculated that one more person would have a recurrence for every two or three treated with steroids instead of a saline shot.
"This evidence does not support the clinical practice of using corticosteroid injection to facilitate active rehabilitation," the study team wrote.
Cortisone injections typically start at about $100.
Mishra said researchers are looking for better treatments to address what is causing tendon pain in the first place, such as weakening of collagen in the tendon. One possible option being studied by himself and others is so-called platelet-rich plasma injections, but "we're not quite there yet," he said.
Many cases of tennis elbow also go away on their own with time and basic stretching, Mishra added.
"I think home-based exercises are probably sufficient for treating this," he said. "You'd be better off with that than with a cortisone injection. That's what you should start with, because you might not even need physical therapy."
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It looks like Christoph Waltz, who won his second Academy Award in February for "Django Unchained," will be taking a career detour into the world of opera later this year.
The Austrian-born actor is reportedly set to make his opera directorial debut with a new production of "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss.
Waltz recently told the German-language newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he will helm the production at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Belgium. The debut is scheduled for Dec. 15, according to the newspaper.
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The new staging is to star Christiane Karg, Maria Bengtsson, Stella Doufexis and Albert Pesendorfer. The production is expected to travel to London's Royal Opera House in 2016, with a cast that will include Renee Fleming.
A longtime opera fan, Waltz has in recent years been seen in the audience at Los Angeles Opera performances, including the company's highly touted production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.
The actor told the German newspaper that his foray into opera will be "an experiment."
In the category of Austrian-born, Oscar-winning actors to try their hands at directing opera, Waltz won't be a first. Maximilian Schell has directed a number of opera productions around the world, including stagings of "Lohengrin" and "Rosenkavalier" for L.A. Opera.
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A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
We are looking for a nice clean professional logo for a job posting website specifically geared towards dental hygienists.
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This contest is for the design of a logo for the company Dentallynx International, LLC. Dentallynx will be a job board website specifically geared toward placing dental hygienists in positions at dentists offices (locally and internationally).
The logo needs to be clean and professional. There are no parameters on the color scheme at this point (probably avoid reds though). Feel free to play off of the lynx part of the name, however there is one stipulation that the lynx look 'cute' rather than mean or scary (think Hello Kitty). The LLC part of the company name does not need to be in the logo, you can use either Dentallynx or Dentallynx International, whichever seems to fit into the design. You can also make a play on the letters DLI if you feel like it.
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Finally, there's an HBA for everyone. Vendors are creating HBAs that are functional and affordable, even for smaller shops.
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A few seconds later, the computer returns a response and the administrator relaxes. The server's host bus adapter (HBA) has discovered the newly assigned LUNs without another midnight reboot.
After years of managing HBAs with a hope and a prayer, the tasks of installing, configuring and managing HBAs are finally getting easier. And just in time. With storage area networks (SANs) moving out of Fortune 500 companies and into small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the traditional hassles long associated with HBAs won't fly in these smaller shops. By mimicking the same principles that drove the widespread adoption of IP network cards, HBA vendors are working hard to help HBAs shed their image of being hard to configure and manage.
Inaccessible server-based management tools are an annoyance of the past. New HBAs built upon industry standards such as the Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI), the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) and the Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) HBA API, come with better driver software and point-and-click install tools. Management software such as Emulex Corp.'s AutoPilot and LSI Logic Corp.'s MyStorage--along with light versions of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) EZ Fibre and QLogic Corp.'s SANsurfer--go a long way in making HBAs simpler to install, as well as easier to configure and manage. Improved HBA drivers for operating systems permit administrators to discover and configure new LUNs without reboots.
HBAs for SMBs
Driving the trend of easier HBA management has been the growth of SANs in SMBs. These storage environments require lower costs, minimal setup time and relatively simple maintenance because they lack the staff to specialize in the intricacies of SAN management. Depending on which vendor's HBA gets deployed, SMBs can expect the following benefits:
- Lower HBA prices
- HBA drivers that provide host-based mapping, failover and load balancing
- Wizard-based configurations
- Central management console for driver and firmware upgrades
- Standards compliance
- Ability to integrate with third-party SRM tools
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Emulex will offer new management software, AutoPilot, to complement its new LP101s that will function as an installation wizard, allowing for the quick setup and configuration of these new HBAs. Users needing failover and dynamic load balancing capabilities will still need to look to Emulex's MultiPulse software that works with their premium HBAs, supporting up to four of them.
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|Are SMB HBAs good enough?
Existing host bus adapters (HBAs) offer a number of configuration options such as context switching, data buffers and data integrity fields. Yet some HBA vendors project that at most only about 50% of the users take advantage of any of these functions. Field engineers are even more pessimistic, estimating that fewer than 10% use these features.
As HBA vendors pare prices by stripping out infrequently used features, storage administrators need to ask if the next generation of less-costly HBAs will be good enough. The short answer is yes. The following questions will help you decide if these new HBAs will fit in your environment.
Is the HBA going into either a Windows or Linux server? If so, then an SMB HBA will likely meet the need. Exceptions may include where a server hosts a performance-intensive application or accesses storage at a remote site where latency comes into play.
Does your environment require storage vendor certification for support? If yes, steer clear of SMB HBAs. Much of the cost of premium HBAs today is tied to the interoperability testing they go through.
How large will your storage area network (SAN) environment be? While HBA vendors recommend deploying SMB HBAs into environments of 10 servers or fewer, their estimates usually tend to be conservative. Users will likely find that these HBAs will work satisfactorily in SANs with server counts of up to 20 or more.
Do you have other flavors of Unix in your environment? Environments running AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris or any others should avoid SMB-targeted HBAs for now, especially environments with enterprise and midsize servers.
Is it safe to buy right away? Yes. The new lower-cost HBAs will closely resemble--if not be identical to--the ones shipping now and the drivers will most likely be the same ones used in enterprises. Also, many of the hassles associated with Fibre Channel SANs and HBAs have been worked out and should be minimal in small environments.
LSI Logic's new MyStorage management software combines wizard-guided installation and path failover capabilities in one tool. The MyStorage software also lets you associate a specific storage device with a drive letter and remembers that mapping. This feature prevents storage devices from unexpectedly moving around within the operating system and prevents confusion or even application downtime. If storage devices are either added or removed during a server reboot, an application expecting data on drive "F" may now need to look on either drive "E" or "G" after the reboot.
While LSI Logic has yet to announce an HBA targeted at the SMB market, they plan to include all of the features found in their higher end cards in new HBAs at a lower price. Charles Krause, LSI Logic's HBA division director, says that now most of the cost of HBAs is not the components, but the cost of certification testing and document maintenance. Krause says that LSI Logic's new HBAs will be tested in more limited SAN environments with less complex configurations. For example, LSI Logic already offers their dual-ported FC LSI 7202P HBA for under $500 as an optional component for the Apple Power Mac G5, but qualification testing is limited to SAN components typically found in Mac OS shops.
As these new products are released, users should make sure that the HBA drivers and management software provide all of the features and functions they need. If you're looking to use two FC paths to disk, be sure the HBA driver supports your specific operating system as well as host-based LUN mapping, HBA failover and load balancing. If you want to be able to upgrade drivers and firmware remotely, make sure you understand how the different vendors accomplish these tasks, as some opt to do this over the FC network while others use the traditional IP network. (See "Are SMB HBAs good enough?")
The standardization of HBAs
Industry standards will simultaneously simplify HBA management and drive down HBA prices. FDMI and SMI-S 1.0.2 standards are already ratified and HBAs and routers are next in line for SMI-S compliance testing with results expected to be released in August or September.
Most major HBA vendors adhere to the SNIA HBA API 2.0, the oldest and most mature HBA standard. This "C" language API standard definition permits HBA software management tools to be deployed on individual hosts to configure any HBA adhering to this. However, HBAs with this API do not communicate over any sort of protocol to a central management console nor do they respond to any requests on either the FC or IP network without some sort of third-party agent running on the server and doing the communication.
HBAs conforming to the FDMI standard permit FDMI-compliant management software to perform remote HBA driver or firmware upgrades from a central console. However, for this feature to work, all HBAs must be in the same management zone, something not feasible or desired at every shop. Users also need to exercise caution before making any HBA firmware or driver changes. Server reboots generally are required, and these changes may also negatively impact the ability of these HBAs to communicate with different storage arrays and tape drives on the FC SAN.
The SMI-S standard takes HBA management one step further, giving storage administrators the ability to configure HBAs either out of band over IP networks or in band via FC fabrics. With SMI-S compliant HBAs, administrators can adjust discover and report settings, generate event logs, set attributes and perform firmware and driver upgrades subject to the same precautions outlined with FDMI.
For anything except single-administrator shops, users should only use any of these three standards for discovery, reporting and trapping events. With so many variables on each server, only administrators responsible for the individual servers should make any sort of changes to either the drivers or firmware. SMI-S 1.1 also includes several advanced features such as security, performance monitoring and policy management.
Premium-priced HBAs
Users looking at new or replacement premium HBAs for their high-end servers should plan on using 4Gb FC compatible HBAs. Frank Berry, QLogic's marketing director forecasts that 4Gb HBAs will cost about the same as 2Gb FC HBAs and be backward compatible with 1Gb and 2Gb SAN fabrics.
Fibre Down--the term for the placement of the FC HBA on the server motherboard--will also start to appear as blade servers gain greater acceptance and are increasingly deployed. In anticipation of this shift, QLogic has moved their FC HBA chip off of the HBA and onto the server motherboard. They already appear on motherboards that are used in BL Series 30 servers from Hewlett-Packard Co., X Series servers from IBM and Intel's Blade Servers.
The data integrity field (DIF) that ships as an optional component on some HBAs ensures that the data stored on the storage device is protected from the time it leaves the disk platter to the time it is placed into host application memory. Enabling this feature permits a DIF-enabled HBA to recognize if a data bit changes over time from a 0 to 1 due to degradation of storage media in the storage array or if a bit or bits were altered during transit. The DIF helps to detect data changing if such a bit flip occurs. The HBA vendors that provide this capability should adhere to the INCITS T10 standard, but exercise caution in implementing this feature. Depending on how the HBA vendor interpreted the T10 standard, it may be that one vendor's HBA DIF implementation may not be able to read another vendor's DIF protected data on the storage device.
For users who experience latency in their network, larger HBA data buffers will help overcome this issue. For example, Emulex's LP10000 provides users with 64 buffer-to-buffer credits and 256 KB of buffer memory. High-memory HBAs can initiate a FC SAN I/O request, store the pending write or read confirmations in memory while initiating the next I/O request. This becomes especially applicable to users copying data off site over long distances who want to keep I/O moving and who can wait longer for a read/write confirmation from the storage device.
The other feature users may want to watch is the introduction into servers of the new PCI-Express (PCI-E) bus architecture. PCI and PCI-X buses top out at 66 MHz and 133 MHz respectively while the PCI-E architecture jumps bus speeds up to 2.5 GHz. PCI-E also almost doubles the bandwidth of existing PCI-X from 132 MB/sec to 250 MB/sec. Each slot in the PCI-E bus will receive a full 250 MB/sec of bandwidth for itself unlike PCI-X buses that share the 132 MB of bandwidth. The initial implementations of this architecture will likely be for video intensive applications such as streaming media. For businesses doing primarily databases and file sharing, this will have little or no short term impact.
As FC SANs move out of data centers and into mainstream SMBs, HBA vendors are responding by incorporating the latest standards into their HBAs and making them easier to manage by working more closely with switch and storage vendors. Features like auto discovery of LUNs, installation and configuration wizards and industry standards all help to contribute to the value of the next generation of these devices.


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Being prepared and attention to detail will increase the effectiveness of the interview. If one has only a short time to prepare for an interview, there are still effective ways to prepare. Minimally, one should consider using the 10-Minute Pre-Interview Checklist*, in the Appendices Section as an effective way to prepare.
To prevent unnecessary expenses, it is prudent to find out before the on-campus interview whether the individual is interested in accepting the position, that the range of salary meets his/her requirements. General suggestions for the interview include:
There is research which suggests that most people form an opinion of a candidate within five minutes of the initial meeting. One important point to remember during the interview is the importance of seeking disconfirming evidence, i.e. to disconfirm your "first impressions."
Some method should be devised to record the highlights of the interview and in due course, the decisions made. Enough information should be noted so that one is able to remember who each applicant is, what makes one different from another and how each applicant measures up to the specifications for the job.
Ask a wide variety of questions to gain information about the candidate's jobs skills. Ask probing questions, such as "Describe a time when. . .", "Give us an example of. . .", or "Describe the most significant report/written document/ presentation which you have had to complete." These questions can serve as guides to help develop questions which target specific skill requirements of the position.
Questions related to race, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or disabilities are inappropriate at any time during the interviewing process. To ensure a professional approach while interviewing, it is recommended that the committee follow a structured interview plan in which the same general questions and same standards are used with all candidates. Personal questions have been (sometimes subconsciously) used in a discriminatory manner. Avoid them, especially during any "informal" time under the guise of being friendly. Neither men nor women should be asked about their marital status, whether they have children, personal relationships, etc. Use any extra time to describe the University's mission, programs, campus art and/or other cultural activities, facilities, history, etc.
In general, questions and issues relevant to the position may be:
The following suggestions have been proposed in many of the reference sources on this topic as being helpful to ensure that no federal or state equal employment opportunity laws are violated in the interview:
See Appendices Section for additional sample interview questions and questions to avoid.
In order to keep an interview on track and achieve proper balance, the committee should have a clock in viewing distance. Time spent on various aspects of the interview should also be planned, i.e., 55 to 65 minutes on work history, 15 to 20 minutes on education, etc. These simple suggestions ensure the information needed is gathered, and that the interviewee and committee remain on schedule.
There are two useful techniques which can also be used to control the interview--the use of an interview guide and interruption controls. A written interview guide provides a list of the important factors to be covered, the sequence of the discussion, and protects against the omission of important items. The second technique is used when the applicant offers too much irrelevant detail or gets off-track. Obviously, it must be used subtly so that applicants do not realize they are being interrupted. An interruption can be softened by using a phrase such as, "That's interesting. Can you tell me then... " which serves as a lead-in to another question or topic.
In summary, experts say the most productive interviews will be structured, planned in advance, and executed with discipline.
Telephone Interview. Telephone interviews can be more difficult to conduct, as one does not have the benefit of seeing the person's reactions to the questions. Some of the same suggestions follow through to telephone interviews. Take the time to establish rapport with the individual. Ask probing, credible questions, and be a good listener. And remember, you may not ask the candidate any illegal questions, such as those regarding marital status, etc.
On-Campus Interview. It will save time and money in the long run if one can find out before the on-campus interview whether the individual is interested in accepting the position, and/or that the range of salary meets his/her requirements.
In addition to our learning about the candidates, we want to provide an opportunity for them to receive any information that might be important from their point of view. Candidates may appreciate being able to inquire about particular campus and community activities. Packets of information about the community may be provided, using materials from the Chamber of Commerce or other resources.
Ending the interview. To avoid falling into casual conversations which may lead to inappropriate questions, end the interview effectively. Use phrases, such as "You have given us about all the information we need. Do you have any questions to ask of us?" Respond to any pertinent inquiries; explain to the applicant what is next for him/her. Be frank--if applicant is still in the running, give some idea as to when the decision is likely to be reached. By the time the job applicants have reached the final selection interview, they have already passed a careful evaluation of their knowledge, skills and abilities and are considered to possess at least minimum requirements for the particular job. The purpose of a final interview is to gather additional information on the applicant's job-related knowledge, skills and abilities that will be helpful in selecting the individual most qualified for the position. The interview plays a crucial role in the selection of the right employee.
Please Note: If you have eliminated all but one applicant during the screening process, you are still required to interview the top candidate.
Applicants who qualify for veteran's preference must receive an initial interview.
There are several ways to conduct an interview:
Developing the Interview Questions The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in the job announcement are the foundation for developing your interview questions. Questions should be formulated to reveal and provide specific information concerning the knowledge, skills and abilities required for a new employee to be successful on the job. As an interviewer, you must evaluate the same general criteria for each applicant and ask each applicant the same set of core questions. An interview that follows a general standard outline will produce more reliable and valid information for selection, will allow for valid comparisons among applicants, and is less likely to run afoul of laws and regulations governing the selection process.
Please contact the Human Resources Director for assistance in preparing for and conducting the final interviews, if needed.
Guidelines for Conducting Final Interviews
*Stephen D. Bruce, Face to Face - Every Manager's Guide to Better Interviewing, (Bureau of Law & Business, Inc., 1984), 1.
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Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
Music by: Morton Gould, based on a theme by Jerome Kern
I'm Old Fashioned, Robbins' delightful tribute to Fred Astaire, is America at the height of its love affair with the silver screen.
Morton Gould composed scores for a wide variety of films, Broadway shows, and television. For his commissioned score, for Jerome Robbins' I'm Old Fashioned, Gould based the music on a theme from Jerome Kern's song of the same name. The song, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, was used in a dance segment of the film You Were Never Lovelier, and to enhance the cinematically glamorous waltzes of the choreography, Robbins used this scene as a backdrop for his ballet. In the film, Rita Hayworth portrays Maria Acuňa, a daughter of a rich Argentine man, and Fred Astaire plays an unemployed dancer who falls for her. When Robbins wrote to Astaire to tell him that the dance sequence from the film had inspired him to choreograph a ballet, Astaire wrote back, "I'm honored that you want to do what you suggest."


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BC Cancer Foundation Teams Up With Tour De Gastown
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The BC Cancer Foundation has teamed up with the Tour de Gastown, British Columbias premier bicycle race and the centrepiece of the BC Super Week series of bike races, to raise public awareness of the need for cancer research funding.
Jonathan Wornell, Event Director of what this year will be called BC Cancer Foundations Tour de Gastown, said he was extremely pleased that the BC Cancer Foundation had chosen to be even more closely associated with the race, which is scheduled for July 16.
For many years there has been a strong bond between the BC Cancer Foundation and cycling in B.C., so it makes sense for us to join forces and use this great family event to promote such a good cause, he said.
Nick Locke, Sr. VP Development of the BC Cancer Foundation, said, Members of the racing and the recreational cycling communities have always been enthusiastic supporters of the BC Cancer Foundation. We are very happy to partner with the Tour de Gastown in raising funds for research at the BC Cancer Agency throughout the province.
An added attraction of this years BC Cancer Foundations Tour de Gastown is its inclusion in the prestigious 10-race US Crits Championship Series (www.usacrits.com/). It is the only race outside of the U.S. in the series.
Wornell said inclusion of the race in the Crits Series was a clear indication that the race has reached a new level in North America.
The series attracts many of the North Americas top riders. Points are awarded cumulatively for each race so there is an incentive for teams to enter all the events. The inclusion this year of the BC Cancer Foundations Tour de Gastown shows the respect that our event has earned among riders and teams on the professional circuit, Wornell explained.
The added competitive edge to this years event means spectators can expect to see racing at an even higher level than ever before, he added.
Over the years the Tour de Gastown has become a firm family favourite as a mid-week summer outing. Once again, we should see close to 40,000 spectators lining the route in Gastown to see some of the top riders in North America.
The BC Cancer Foundations Tour de Gastown title is contested by men and women in separate races over a super-fast 1.2 km course on the streets of Gastown. It attracts some of North Americas top riders who battle for more than $15,000 in cash prizes. Past winners have included seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
The womens race, over 30 laps (36km), is expected to attract about 60 riders and will begin at 6.15 p.m. The 50-lap (60km) mens race has a maximum field of 130 riders and will start at 7.30 p.m.
With the start and finish line at the Gastown steam clock on Water Street, the course includes a 165-degree hairpin turn onto Cordova Street, a three-block downhill sprint to a sharp left turn onto Carrall Street, a sweep through Maple Tree Square before a 250-meter dash to the finish line along Water Streets cobble stones.
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Scrapbook How To: 10-Minute Tricks: Create an Easy Envelope Mini Album
Create this easy to duplicate mini-album using postcard size envelopes to use on your scrapbook layout. House additional photos and memorabilia from a recent outing or vacation. Super fun and super easy!
Train by Kim Watson, as seen in the July/August 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
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1. Lay a series of envelopes in a row, leaving the flaps open. Adhere each flap under the envelope in front of it.
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The Polish Ambassador at three20south Saturday
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If there's a spirit that infuses The Polish Ambassador's presence, it's humor. Witness the attire, and the interview here included. Still, fans of The Polish Ambassador project, born of Chicago and San Francisco roots, have witnessed a serious multi-year musical journey through the many genres of electronic music. With a shared commitment to "radical self-expression" and participatory experience – including traveling with "The Great Red Hype," a "crowd emissary" whose sole purpose is to build up the audience – the beat master, along with light show genius Liminus, hit the playa with fellow freaks this summer for Burning Man 2012. And on Saturday, they take their carbon-neutral tour to three20south in Breckenridge. Here's what the Ambassador had to say:
I'm actually just a fan of poles not Poles. You know, like catheters, ducts, chopsticks and such. Hmm. Not funny, eh? Well, I'm not actually from this planet, so in your human sense, I have no nationality. I owe my allegiance to the fifth moon of the planet Noob. The cinnamon buns out there are sublime. I suppose the best way I could answer your question is to say that, in my earthly studies, the Polish, or those humans occupying the region of "Poland," seem to be the supreme species of your human race. Thick legs. Steady hands. Monstrous foreheads.
Earth, these days. Specifically Nevada City, Calif.
I am a beat machine from the future dropping warm, analogue dreamwave; mind-altering glitch; world-infused groove; bass-fueled breaks; sexified downtempo; electric lullabies; and psy-fi funk. How's that for a mouthful? You could also just call it dance music to have fun to.
Have you seen my jumpsuit?
I have machines, and humans rigged to machines that do such things for me.
Once, while rollerblading along the Pacific Coast Highway, I witnessed a rainbow trout named Mohammed and a Coho salmon named Isaac arguing about who has been the most influential Canadian of all time. Mohammed argued it was Mike Myers and Isaac retorted that only a trout brainwashed by celebrity culture could believe such a thing and that Mark Messier was the greatest Canadian to have ever lived. I quelled this debate by letting them know that they were both wrong and that the correct answer is, "Who is Alex Trebek?" They both immediately recognized that I was right, copulated at once, and began to produce a super-race of fish known today as Trebekian Troutmon. That was the weirdest experience of my life.
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UPDATE: Poll is now fixed. Sorry about that.
Only in this deranged universe of ours could these two human beings compete against each other in anything. One thing they do have in common: Neither has ever thrown an NFL pass.
Should be a fun one.
No. 2 Seed Kige Ramsey
Carried around every book he ever owned in a belt.
Visited Wal-Mart.
Actively did some campaigning.
Expanded his commercial techniques.
Enjoyed Halloween.
No. 7 Seed: Brady Quinn
Sat in a crowded room, then left.
Grabbed some underage crotch.
Went all dance party marathon on us.
Rocked out.
So, who's on the way to Final Four?