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Dabo Swinney
|Head Coach
|1967 in Birmingham, Alabama
|As a Player:
|WR for Alabama 1989-1992, Natl. champions 1992, SEC champions 1989,1992, Academic All-SEC
|Graduated from Alabama in 1993, MBA in 1995
There is a strong coaching heritage over the 121 years of Clemson football that dates to the early 1900s, when John Heisman led the program. Jess Neely, Frank Howard and Danny Ford continued the winning and joined Heisman in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Dabo Swinney has been at Clemson for just nine years as head coach, but he cemented himself as a coaching legend when he led the Tigers to the 2016 National Championship, the second in school history (1981).
Swinney's team defeated the top two teams according to the national polls in consecutive games. Clemson shut out Ohio State 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl, the first shutout suffered by head coach Urban Meyer in his career, and the first for Ohio State since 1993. Then, the Tigers earned a rematch with No. 1 Alabama, and for the first time in school history, took down the top-ranked team in a second epic battle with the Crimson Tide. Deshaun Watson's touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second left gave Clemson a 35-31 victory in Tampa, Fla. Swinney won the Bear Bryant Award as the national coach of the year for the second consecutive season.
With a preseason No. 2 national ranking, Clemson lived up to the hype after compiling a 14-1 record and earning a spot in the College Football Playoff a second straight year. Along the way, Clemson knocked off five top-25 foes, including third-ranked Louisville on Oct. 1. The Tigers exorcised several road demons, winning at historically tough places such as Auburn, Georgia Tech and Florida State during the 2016 campaign.
He coached Watson to a pair of record-setting seasons. The two-time Heisman Trophy finalist became the first player in FBS history to pass for at least 4,000 yards and rush for at least 1,000 yards in a season in 2015, and followed by setting an ACC record with 41 passing touchdowns in 2016.
Watson was named the ACC Player-of-the-Year in 2015 and Most Valuable Player of the ACC Championship Game in both 2015 and 2016. He won the Davey O'Brien and Manning Awards in back to back seasons, and was named Most Valuable Player of Clemson's Fiesta Bowl and National Championship wins as well. Watson won the 2016 Johnny Unitas and Bobby Bowden awards as well.
Over the past six seasons, Clemson has compiled a 70-13 record, the most wins in a six-year period in school history. Forty-four of the victories have come against ACC teams. The 2016 seniors finished their careers with a school-record 49 wins.
Clemson was in the top 10 of APR scores and the final top 25 of the AP and USA Today polls from 2011-15, the only FBS program that could make that claim (2016 data is slated to be released in May).
In nine years (eight full seasons) as the Tigers' head coach, Swinney has directed Clemson to a 89-28 overall record (.761) — best by a coach in school history — and a 54-15 ACC regular-season mark (.783). He has also led the Tigers to the ACC Championship game four times, won three ACC titles, won or shared five ACC Atlantic Division titles, and won seven bowl games (five against top-10 teams). His teams have compiled 20 wins over ranked teams in his head-coaching career, including 12 over top-10 teams.
Swinney guided Clemson to the No. 1 national ranking in every College Football Playoff poll in 2015, and led the Tigers to their first National Championship Game appearance under the new format after his team defeated Oklahoma 37-17 in the Capital One Orange Bowl on December 31. The Tigers led Alabama in the fourth quarter of the championship game, but came up just short, 45-40, in an epic game in Glendale, Ariz.
Following the team's 14-1 record and No. 2 final ranking, he was the recipient of 10 National and two ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors. The win over Oklahoma made him just the second coach in college football history (joining Alabama's Bear Bryant) to beat the Sooners in two different bowl games. The Tigers defeated four teams that finished the season in the top 15 of both polls, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Florida State.
In 2015, a record 17 players were named to one of three All-ACC teams in 2015, including all five starting offensive linemen for the first time in school history. In 2016, fifteen players were honored, including three first-team offensive line selections (also a school first).
The 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons were also noteworthy, with three top-15 final rankings in the polls. Clemson joined Alabama, Florida State, Ohio State and Oregon as the only schools in the nation to make that claim. Each of Clemson's teams from 2011-16 also won 10+ games, the first time the program has done it six straight seasons. Only Alabama has duplicated the feat.
In 2014, Clemson overcame a slew of season-ending injuries and a difficult road schedule to register a 10-3 overall record and 6-2 mark in ACC regular-season games. Evidence of the mass injuries were shown by the fact that 48 different Tigers started at least one game among the 24 regular positions.
The Tigers finished the 2014 season ranked No. 15 in both the AP and coaches polls and was No. 17 in the final College Football Playoff ranking. The top-15 ranking marked the fourth straight year Clemson finished ranked in the polls under Swinney, who was named 2014 Grant Teaff National Coach-of-the-Year by FCA. He was also a finalist for the 2014 Bobby Dodd National Coach-of-the-Year Award, and won the Gene Stallings Award. Swinney's Tigers joined Alabama, Florida State and Oregon as the only schools in the nation ranked in the top 25 of the final polls each season from 2011-14.
Losses at No. 12 Georgia and No. 1 Florida State within Clemson's first three games of the 2014 season saw the Tigers in contention in the fourth quarter in both, including an overtime loss to the Seminoles. But Clemson rebounded and won its next six games, all against ACC foes.
With the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl win over Oklahoma and Head Coach Bob Stoops by a score of 40-6, Swinney became the first and only coach in history to win three bowl games in consecutive seasons over teams whose head coaches had previously won the national title. He has now done it five years in a row.
Defense was the key to success for the 2014 Tigers, as they led in the nation in total defense, pass efficiency defense, first downs allowed, third-down conversion percentage defense and tackles for loss along with being in the top five in many other defensive categories.
Defensive end Vic Beasley was named ACC Defensive Player-of-the-Year and was a finalist for multiple national awards and a first-team All-American thanks to his 21.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks. Beasley was a Pro Bowl selection in 2016 after leading the NFL in sacks over the regular season, while helping the Atlanta Falcons to their second Super Bowl appearance along with fellow 2013 graduate Grady Jarrett.
Clemson's young 2014 offense was set back with the injury to first-year freshman quarterback Watson, who suffered injuries that forced him to miss more than half the season. He still had 14 passing touchdowns against only two interceptions and a 188.6 passing efficiency, one of the best figures in the country.
The Tigers' top pass catcher (Artavis Scott) and rusher (Wayne Gallman) were also freshmen. Scott had 76 receptions for 965 yards and eight touchdowns, while Gallman had 769 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
Clemson capped off the 2013 season with a thrilling 40-35 victory over No. 6 Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. Clemson had an 11-2 record after finishing 7-1 in ACC regular-season games for the second year in a row. It marked Clemson's first back-to-back 11-win seasons in school history. The Tigers had a 4-0 record in ACC road games, the first time that happened since 1995.
The Tigers were No. 12 in the final BCS standings. It was the third straight year Clemson finished in the top 15 of the BCS standings, one of only six schools that could make that claim. Clemson, who was ranked No. 7 in the final USA Today poll and No. 8 in the final AP poll, was also one of only five programs ranked in the top 20 of every BCS standing from 2011 to 2013.
For the fourth time in his first five full seasons as head coach, Swinney was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual National Coach-of-the-Year Award in 2013. Swinney was also one of 16 semifinalists for national coach-of-the-year by the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach-of-the-Year Award for the second year in a row.
The Clemson offense continued to put up record-setting numbers in 2013, as it averaged 40.2 points and 507.7 yards per game. The Tiger defense also finished in the top 25 in the nation in scoring defense, total defense and turnovers forced. Clemson joined Florida State as the only schools in the nation to finish in the top 25 in the nation in scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense and total defense.
Tajh Boyd broke almost every Clemson career record for quarterbacks thanks in part to 2013, when he completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 3,851 yards and 34 touchdowns. He also added a team-high 10 rushing touchdowns. Boyd's 107 career passing touchdowns and 133 total touchdowns were ACC records as well.
Sammy Watkins was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and was a first-team All-American, as he had 101 receptions for 1,464 yards and 12 touchdowns. He established Tiger career records for receptions, receiving yards and tied the receiving touchdowns mark as well.
The 2012 season (11-2) was a groundbreaking year for Swinney's Tigers when looking at the overall consistency of the program. The seven conference wins in the regular season were then a school record, while Clemson was co-champion of the ACC Atlantic Division.
With Clemson's thrilling 25-24 win over No. 7 Louisiana State in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Tigers finished the season ranked No. 9 in the USA Today poll. It was Clemson's first top-10 finish in one of the two major polls since 1990. Clemson also reached the 11-win mark for the first time since its 1981 National Championship season. The Tigers finished No. 14 in the final BCS standings as well.
The 2012 campaign featured a record-setting offense. Clemson had six of the 11 offensive players on the All-ACC first team chosen by the media and set over 80 Tiger team and individual records.
Leading the way was Boyd, the ACC Player-of-the-Year. The quarterback joined center Dalton Freeman as first-team All-Americans by AFCA, just the third time since 1945 that the AFCA first-team All-America quarterback and center were from the same school.
Boyd's favorite wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, had 18 receiving touchdowns, second-most in the nation, and was a second-team All-American. He was a big reason Clemson scored a then school-record 533 points.
Swinney was a finalist for the 2012 Liberty Mutual National Coach-of-the-Year Award for the third time. He was also one of 16 semifinalists for national coach-of-the-year by the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach-of-the-Year Award.
Swinney's 2011 squad, which ended the season ranked No. 22 in the nation, captured Clemson's first ACC title since 1991 when it beat No. 3 Virginia Tech 38-10 in the ACC Championship game in Charlotte, N.C. It tied for the highest-ranked team the Tigers defeated in history. The win, the Tigers' second over the Hokies in 2011, gave Clemson its first 10-win season since 1990.
The Tigers jumped out to an 8-0 record and a No. 6 national ranking after being unranked in the preseason. Games 3-5 marked a tough stretch, as Clemson hosted No. 19 Auburn, who entered with a national-best 17-game winning streak, and No. 11 Florida State along with a road game at No. 10 Virginia Tech. The Tigers were victorious in all three contests by scores of 38-24, 35-30 and 23-3, respectively, marking the first time in history that an ACC team won three consecutive games over top-25 ranked (AP) teams. Clemson also held Virginia Tech without a touchdown for the first time in a game at Blacksburg since 1995.
For his efforts, Swinney was named Bobby Dodd National Coach-of-the-Year in 2011 to become the first Tiger head coach to win a national coach-of-the-year award since 1981, when Danny Ford directed Clemson to the national title.
Swinney, who was also one of five finalists for the Eddie Robinson National Coach-of-the-Year Award, one of 10 finalists for the Bear Bryant National Coach-of-the-Year Award, one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year Award and received the Regional AFCA Coach-of-the-Year Award in 2011, led the Tigers to their first Orange Bowl berth since 1981 with the help of five First-Team All-ACC players.
Dwayne Allen received the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end and totaled 50 receptions for 598 yards and eight touchdowns. Branch, a finalist for the Hendricks Award, had an ACC-high 17 tackles for loss and an ACC-high 10.5 sacks, including tying school-records for tackles for loss (6) and sacks (4) in Clemson's win at No. 10 Virginia Tech. Freeman was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy as well.
Watkins was one of the most dynamic freshmen in the nation. The ACC Rookie-of-the-Year totaled 82 receptions for 1,219 yards and 12 touchdowns along with a 25.0-yard average and one touchdown on kickoff returns despite missing one game due to injury. Watkins teamed up with Ellington to give Clemson a 1,000-yard receiver and 1,000-yard rusher, as Ellington had 1,178 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. Watkins was also an AP First-Team All-American, just the fourth in college football history as a first-year freshman.
Swinney became just the second Tiger coach to lead Clemson's program into a bowl game in his first two full years as head coach, joining his predecessor, Bowden. The 2010 schedule was one of the most challenging in school history, as nine bowl teams were on the regular-season slate and two of the four non-conference opponents were ranked in the top 25, just the second time in 21 years the Tigers faced two top-25 non-conference opponents in the regular season.
The 2010 season included wins over bowl teams Georgia Tech, Maryland and NC State. NC State was ranked No. 23 in the nation and was leading the ACC in scoring. But the defense held NC State and Russell Wilson to just one touchdown and 13 points. The team excelled defensively in 2010 and was 13th in the nation in scoring defense and in the top 25 in both total defense and passing defense.
C.J. Spiller was a unanimous first-team All-American in 2009 and Da'Quan Bowers duplicated the feat on the defense a year later. Bowers won the 2010 Nagurski Award as the nation's top defensive player and he received the Hendricks Award as the country's top defensive end. He was also a finalist for the Bednarik Award and Lombardi Award. He led the nation in sacks (15.5) and tied for the national lead in tackles for loss (26).
In 2009, Swinney's first full year as head coach, he led the Tigers to their first championship of the ACC's Atlantic Division. The Tigers came just six points short of winning their first ACC title in 18 years. Swinney was named ACC Coach-of-the-Year by Sporting News and was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year Award.
Swinney accumulated nine wins, second-most among FBS coaches in their first full year behind Oregon's Chip Kelly. The nine wins tied for fourth-most in ACC history for a first-year head coach. He also led the Tigers to their first bowl win since 2005 in the 21-13 victory over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
The Tigers reached the nine-win mark playing a schedule that included four games against top-15 opponents, just the second year in school history (1999 was the other) that Clemson played four games against teams ranked in the top 15 of the AP poll. The Tigers' three FBS non-conference opponents had a combined record of 29-10 in 2009. Clemson gave Rose Bowl-bound TCU one of its stiffest tests in a 14-10 Horned Frog victory on Sept. 26.
Swinney's first season included a six-game winning streak at midseason, a streak that saw the Tigers score 34+ points in every contest, a first in school history. During that stretch, the Tigers defeated No. 8 Miami (Fla.) on the road. The 40-37 overtime victory tied for the highest-ranked team Clemson has defeated on the road in history.
That was the second of six straight wins, the longest winning streak for the Clemson program in four years. The streak also included a 40-24 win over Florida State and Bobby Bowden, the Hall of Fame coach who is first in victories in FBS history. The winning streak brought Clemson to a No. 15 national ranking in the AP poll after the ACC Atlantic Division clinching victory over Virginia on Nov. 21.
The Tigers had success on offense, defense and special teams during the 2009 season. They were 28th in the nation and third in the ACC in scoring offense (31.1), while the defense was 20th in total defense (314.3) and seventh in pass defense (162.8). Clemson tied for fifth in the country in interceptions (21) as well.
Clemson added a school-record six kick returns for touchdowns in 2009, four on kickoff returns and two on punt returns.
The main reason Clemson was so outstanding on special teams was the play of college football's most dynamic player (Spiller) in 2009. The Tiger running back was named MVP of the ACC in 2009 and was a Consensus All-American. He had five kick returns for touchdowns during the 2009 season, an all-time Clemson record, and established the NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career with seven. He was also the only FBS player to score at least one touchdown in every game in 2009.
Overall, the Tigers held down three positions on the All-ACC First-Team and five spots on the second team. Only Virginia Tech had more representatives.
In October 2008, he was named Clemson interim head coach, replacing Tommy Bowden, who had been his position coach as a player at Alabama and was Clemson's head coach since 1999. He led the Tigers to a 4-2 record over the remainder of the 2008 regular season, including a win over South Carolina in the regular-season finale. That strong finish led to a Gator Bowl bid against Nebraska.
On Dec. 1, 2008, the interim tag was removed from the title and he was named the program's head coach. At the time, there had been 28 interim head coaches at the FBS level since 1970 and those coaches had combined for a record of 26-86-2. Only one of those 28 interim coaches posted a winning record, and that was Swinney. When he was hired as the head coach, Swinney became just the second interim coach to be elevated to the head coach position at the same school during that time period.
Swinney hit the ground running in his first week as interim head coach, as he prepared for a 5-1 Georgia Tech team. He had to reorganize his staff and regroup his team and Clemson Nation in just five days. While the Tigers lost by four points, he accomplished many goals in that first week through his outstanding leadership. One of the most impressive demonstrations of unity came during the team's "Tiger Walk."
Prior to the game against the Yellow Jackets, Swinney decided to have his team depart buses outside the Lot 5 parking lot near the WestZone at Memorial Stadium and experience the gameday atmosphere. Dressed in jackets and ties, the team was embraced by thousands of Tiger fans who stood 10 deep for the 200-yard march to the stadium. It was the centerpiece of his "All In" theme during his first week as head coach. It is a tradition that has continued.
In his second week as head coach, an off-week, he invited the Clemson student body to a practice, and nearly 1,000 students showed up. He spoke to the group and actually allowed some students to participate during practice, as they were selected to attempt a field goal, punt against a live rush and field a punt. He also took the entire team to the Greenville Children's Hospital for a visit with young men and women fighting cancer.
He has continued his community involvement through his foundation. His foundation made the first contribution to the cancer fund established for former Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich. Many schools followed his lead the remainder of the season.
The Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year Award evaluates coaching performances in terms of coaching excellence, sportsmanship, integrity, academic excellence and community commitment. It is easy to see why Swinney was a national finalist for that award in his first full season as head coach in 2009, and again in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
The 1993 Alabama graduate joined the Clemson staff prior to the 2003 season. In his 13 years as an assistant or head coach, the Tigers have finished in the top 25 of the polls nine times and have totaled 24 wins over top-25 teams, including victories over Florida State (6), Auburn (2), Miami (Fla.) (2), Oklahoma (2), Virginia Tech (2), Georgia (1), Louisiana State (1), Ohio State (1) and Tennessee (1) during his tenure in Tigertown. That includes 15 top-25 wins as a head coach.
Swinney coached his wide receiver position to a level of consistency that had not been seen previously at Clemson. He had a wideout finish first or second in the ACC in catches in five of his six years as an assistant coach. In his first year, he had three of the top-10 receivers in the ACC, a first in Tiger history. He has coached a First or Second-Team All-ACC wideout (Derrick Hamilton, Airese Currie, Chansi Stuckey, Aaron Kelly, Jacoby Ford, Watkins, Hopkins, Scott, Mike Williams) in 12 of his 13 seasons in Tigertown, also an unprecedented feat at Clemson.
In 2004 and 2005, he coached the ACC reception champion (Currie (2004), Stuckey (2005)). It was the first time Clemson had two different players lead the ACC in receptions in consecutive years. In 2007, Kelly led the ACC in yards, giving Swinney an ACC receiving king three out of four years. Stuckey earned First-Team All-ACC honors in back-to-back years, a first for a Tiger wide receiver in 25 years.
In 2007, Swinney coached Kelly, a First-Team All-ACC selection who led the league in receiving yards per game and touchdown catches (11). He also finished second in receptions per game with 88 catches.
The Alabama native has a reputation as one of the top recruiters in the nation. In 2006, he was listed as the No. 5 recruiter in the nation by Rivals. It marked the second straight year that he was lauded by the website as a top-25 national recruiter. He signed 38 players in his five recruiting seasons as an assistant coach and was a major reason Clemson's 2008 recruiting class was rated No. 2 in the nation by ESPN.com when he signed 11 players. He was named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation by Rivals.com in 2007 as well.
When Swinney accepted the interim head coaching position on Oct. 13, 2008, he described his feelings as "bittersweet," because he was taking over for Bowden, who had been his first position coach at Alabama in 1989. He had also brought Swinney back to the coaching profession in 2003 and has had a profound effect on his life. Both had followed similar paths as players, as Bowden was a walk-on at West Virginia and Swinney was a walk-on at Alabama.
Swinney received a commerce & business administration degree from Alabama in 1993 after lettering three times (1990-92). A walk-on who went on to earn a scholarship, Swinney was a wide receiver on Alabama's 1992 National Championship team. He was also named Academic All-SEC along with being an SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member in 1990 and 1992.
Along with his appearance in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, his Alabama teams played in the 1990 Sugar Bowl, 1991 Fiesta Bowl and 1991 Blockbuster Bowl. Both Sugar Bowl appearances came after winning the SEC Championship game.
After his playing career, Swinney served as a graduate assistant from 1993-95 at Alabama, where he coached in the 1994 Gator Bowl and 1995 Citrus Bowl. In December 1995, he received a master's degree in business administration from Alabama.
He became a full-time assistant coach at Alabama in February 1996 under Head Coach Gene Stallings (now in the Hall of Fame) and coached a total of five seasons there on a full-time basis. Swinney was assigned to coach the Crimson Tide's wide receivers and tight ends in 1996, a season that saw Alabama win the SEC Western Division title and make an Outback Bowl appearance. The following year, he solely coached the tight ends under Head Coach Mike DuBose.
In 1998, he coached Alabama's wide receivers, a position he held for three seasons. At the end of the 1999 campaign, Swinney coached the Crimson Tide in the 2000 Orange Bowl after winning the SEC Championship game. Wide receiver Freddie Milons was the game MVP.
During his time at Alabama, Swinney was a part of six teams with 10+ wins, five top-10 finishes, one national title (1992), three SEC Championships (1989,92,99) and five SEC Western Division titles (1992,93,94,96,99) as a player and coach.
From April 2001 to February 2003, Swinney was in private business in Alabama. He married the former Kathleen Bassett in 1994. They have three sons, Will (17), Drew (15) and Clay (12). Will is slated to be a freshman on the 2017 Tiger team.
Overall W-L
4-3 (4-2 interim, 0-1 head)
89-28 (.761)
54-15 (.783)
*Courtesy Clemson Media Guide
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I found Dayal's book on Google Books. Very interesting text, thanks for the reference.Aemilius wrote: There is in Har Dayal's Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature a little chapter about time in the context of the career of a bodhisattva. It is very useful, Har Dayal makes it clear that the mathematical figures were larger in India, than the ones they had afterwards in China. Har Dayal gives in his book different interpretations of the length of Kalpas, Dayal quotes Poussin who gives one interpretation of the length Kalpas that is similar to Thomas Cleary's.
The Poussin quote is regarding the value of an asankhyeya, yes (on p.78)? He says, (according to Dayal) that it is 10^206th power. Just in line with my own conclusions I posted above. Starting with a Laksa, which is 10^5 power, increasing by 100 each numeral - after 103 more steps, we arrive an 10^211 - pretty close. He began at 10 instead of a laksa, a little slip-up. But that figure is unfathomably smaller than Cleary's figure.
- (Which is so absurd a thing to say at any time in a person's life! "10^206th power is unfathomably smaller." Only discussing Buddhist texts could a person ever find themselves writing such a line.) -
Let me see if I can pick it out, here in Cleary's translation ... well, Cleary has already surpassed it at the fifth numeral - which is the kinkara. He says it equals 10^320 power. Those numbers are not straight numbers in his translation - they are 10^xx number of powers (i.e., the number of zeros after 1). I don't think any Buddhist text can be found anywhere with numbers that large. Flipping to p.890, the 32nd numeral he has it equaling 10^42984079360th power. Zowie. I think I'll stop.
Here's a fun link to put all this into perspective (or, a concrete frame of some sort): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe Scrolling down to the section called Matter Content, we get a rough estimate that there maybe 10^22 to 10^24 number of stars in the observable universe. And that the number all the atoms in that universe is something like 10^80! Wow.

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text: Biodiesel: Sleeper Fuel Comes of Age September 4, 2013 10:24 PM Tweet © Jeanne Bernick TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Outlook brightens for continued growth Until 2000, biodiesel was barely a blip on the fuel screen, with just 50,000 gallons produced a year prior. Today, the picture couldn't be more different. At least 1.3 billion gallons will be produced this year—that's a 26-fold increase. While production has increased during the last 13 years, experts don't agree on its profitability. Some, such as University of Illinois ag economist Darrel Good, say that biodiesel blending is not profitable, even with the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit and the 1.28 billion gallon federal mandate. But major biodiesel producers beg to differ and say their bottom lines prove it. "Producing biodiesel is profitable," says Jon Scharingson, executive director, marketing and sales, Renewable Energy Group (REG), Ames, Iowa. "We made $42 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the second quarter." REG's revenues were up 42% year-over-year, and net income was 60% higher, he adds. REG, the nation's largest biodiesel producer with 257 million gallons of capacity, recently opened a second plant in Texas, upgraded its facility in Minnesota and purchased another biorefinery in Iowa. The combination of several factors make biodiesel profitable, explains Scharingson. The first is Congress' reinstatement of the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit. Another is the value of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) or credits, which oil companies purchase to comply with the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Values exceeded $1.45 per gallon earlier this year. Scharingson says the industry is on target to exceed the federal 1.28 billion gallon mandate for 2013. "I'm cautiously optimistic for 1.6 billion to 1.7 billion gallons in 2013," he says. Biodiesel production has more than tripled in three years. New Capacity. U.S. Production set a new monthly record of 111 million gallons in May, slightly eclipsing the old record of 109 million gallons set in December 2011. The 2013 five-month total was 449 million gallons. May's output was 68% higher than January's. At the same time, more positive economics have led the industry to add 79 million gallons of new capacity since January. Justifiable optimism for future growth, perhaps, but biodiesel is even more linked to policy than ethanol. In 2010, biodiesel production tumbled 34% at the same time that ethanol production was increasing. That's partly due to the biodiesel tax credit expiring at the end of 2009, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The decline reversed in 2012 due to the retroactive reinstatement of the tax credit in late 2010, coupled with increased demand. Biodiesel has a long haul before it's considered a major fuel player. It accounts for 2% of total fuel use compared to ethanol's 10%. Can biodiesel continue to mount a charge? "We expect a rush on biodiesel," says Paul Niznik, Hart Energy biofuels manager. He predicts the biofuels mandate will increase to 1.5 billion to 1.7 billion gallons within the next five years. Niznik also sees potential for an additional 500 million to 600 million gallons of biodiesel demand in excess of the mandate. Back to news


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Complete Lens Bag
Posted 17 July 2004 - 09:57 AM
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Posted 29 July 2004 - 05:09 AM
I would make several modifications to your lens list.
First - I would substitite the Nikon 24-85 F2.8~4 for the G lens because it has a macro setting (usable from 35mm to 85mm) that allows focusing to very close distances, even with a dome port. And do to an optical quirk in the macro mode the lens actually gets wider as you focus closer with the result that in a 6" dome it is virtually as wide as at 24mm setting with a diopter in non-macro mode.
Second - I would add 200 micro nikkor for small shy critters as the 70-180 also gets wider as you focus closer with the result that the actual working distance from the front of lens to subject at 180mm is less than 105mm for same reproduction size when you get near maximum magnification. I find 200 micro noticably sharper than 70-180 with T5/T6 and working distance much better.
Third - I would also add a 14mm lens, either newer Sigma or Nikon for over/under shots.
Fourth - Add a few Kenko auto extension tubes and a 2x Nikon AF-S converter for shooting 2x~4X lifesize
I agree with 80-400 choice because the 70-200 with a 2x is not as sharp as 80-400 and even if it were, you'd miss shooting opportunities by having to take the time putting the converter on and off and on again.
On longer more serious trips I take doubles of the three zooms I use underwater - 17-35, 24-85, & 70-180.
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:22 PM
10.5mm fisheye
60mm macro
105mm macro
Posted 29 July 2004 - 04:19 PM
For Canon (obviously):
Canon 15mm full-frame fisheye: my favorite WA lens with a cropped sensor camera
Canon 20mm/2.8 USM: great WA lens for full-frame camera
Canon 17-40/4L USM: I have the 16-35, but I like the 17-40 as well. Use with a +2 to +4 diopter, depending on your dome size and lens position
Sigma 50mm macro: does 1:1, unlike Canon's 50mm/2.5 compact macro
Canon 100mm USM macro: I love this macro lens. internal, fast focus. sharp images.
Canon 180 USM macro: just got this lens. haven't tried it yet, but I will soon. Canon 100mm with 2x and extension tube is unwieldy.
Canon 100-400/4.5-5.6L lens: versatile lens for topside shooting. I usually have this lens with me on trips; lots of my Canon-shooting buddies use this as well.
Posted 30 July 2004 - 02:55 AM
Yes, I don't see the reason to get the 17-55. Actually, I have no idea why Nikon decided to make it... anyone?
This is the DX equivalent of their 28-70mm AF-S 2.8, a big, heavy, fast, expensive and popular mid-range zoom. I tried the 28-70mm back in the film days as a walking around mid-range zoom. Too heavy and I really don't shoot mid-range that much.
The 24-85mm AF-S G is a much better walking around lens.
How good was the Nikon image stabilizer and the silent AF before Canon copied them?
Actually, I read somewhere that Nikon developed their VR before Canon did their IS. But Canon managed to produce umpteen actual lenses before Nikon made one. Kind of sums up differences in their respective corporate cultures.
Starter Bag (Cropped Sensor)
18-35mm (or 17-35mm if you have the bucks)
The 12-24mm is too wide for new shooters. They would be better suited to the 18-35mm range, plus it makes a decent fish portrait lens at the long end.
High End Bag
10.5mm fisheye
3T and 4T
24-85mm AF-S G (cheap, light)
70-200mm AF-S
1.4 and/or 2.0TC
1) I did not include 70-180mm macro and 200mm macro. These are difficult lenses to use. With the cropped sensor you can already go beyond traditional 1:1. Add the 3T or 4T for additional mag and you are getting high mag without the hassles of a TC or trying to manually focus a really long and heavy lens.
2) I chose the 70-200mm over the 80-400mm. It really depends on what you are shooting. If you shoot mostly under 300mm and/or moving objects or low light, the 70-200mm is a better choice. With a 1.4TC you are still faster and have the faster AF.
Posted 30 July 2004 - 04:27 AM
Posted 30 July 2004 - 05:38 PM
But I wasn't that impressed using this lens underwater. I got a zoom gear for the 24-85 from Subal and tried it out - admittedly only once, two or three dives on one day, and using my full-frame film SLR housing. Results were poor, for me anyway. Not an experiment I'm likely to repeat, though I've keep the zoom gear in case I ever need to use it as a back-up lens.
When I started underwater, I only used prime lenses - the 20 mm and 28 mm for wide-angle, plus the 105 mm for macro. I still like the 20 mm., but nowadays use the 12-24 and 17-35 for digital w/a, and would use the 17-35 with my film housing. I'm still learning to use the 10.5, but it's starting to make sense to me.
Here's my list:
w/a: 10.5 mm f/2.8 DX ED G
12-24 mm f/4 DX ED G
17-35 mm f/2.8 ED
20 mm 2.8 D (no longer used much)
28 mm 2.8 D (no longer used much)
macro: 105 mm 2.8 D (w/ 3T, 4T diopters + 2x teleconverter)
24-85 f/2.8-4 D
12-24 mm f/4 DX ED G (digital only)
17-35 mm f/2.8 ED (digital or film)
50 mm f/1.8 (low-light, lightest weight)
80-400 f/4.5-5.6 D VR
About the only lens still on my "wish list" is the 70-180 macro zoom, but I think I can get by with the 105 mm for awhile yet.
Posted 31 July 2004 - 03:23 AM
Posted 31 July 2004 - 04:28 AM
With all of the rave about the 12-24 and either the 17-35 and 17-55 shouldnt a new D70 buyer leave the kit lens at the photo shop and go home with one of the above. Granted the initial $ will be higher but as they move up the kit lens will become a $300 paper weight.
Well... the kit lens is an 18-70, which with the 1.5 FOV effect gives you an effective 27-105. You get some reach from the 18-70 that none of the lenses you mention provide, while getting almost as wide as the 17-35 and 17-55.
As underwater photographers we tend to focus on the extreme wide and macro, but for the average shooter above water, the kit lens gives a very useful set of focal lengths. As the kit lens is a small variable aperture lens (f3.5-4.5), it is a lot smaller and lighter than the 17-35 or 17-55, which makes it an easier "carry about" lens as well.
I would say get the kit lens, not necessarily with a view to shooting it underwater and the 12-24. This would get you true, very good quality wideangle to a very moderate tele (105 gives a nice FOV for head and shoulders portraiture etc etc).
D300, D200, D70, 12-24 f4 AFS DX, 60mm f2.8, 70-200 f2.8 AF-S VR, 105 f2.8 AF-S VR, Tokina Wunderlens.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 08:17 AM
The 18-70 is an excellent lens, not just a "good" lens called an excellent value.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 12:55 PM
...that's it
i'll be buying the 100mm Macro before my next trip
Posted 31 July 2004 - 01:07 PM
underwater (fullframe/film EOS):
Sigma 15mm fisheye. Nice close focus ability (15cm)
Sigma 50mm. 1:1, therefore again no Canon
Sigma 15-30, first WW Zoom for my 10D. 17-40 is simply not wide enough
Sigma 12-24, not sooo sharp, simply couldnt resist, its wide, also widest SLR full frame lens ever build.
Canon 28-135 IS USM, still love it, great walkaround range on film, the only stabilized WW, best non L Zoom? But not so versatile anymore on cropped camera.
Canon 50mm, dont use it, originally thought it simply belongs into a lens bag.
Canon 100-400L IS, wanting just one zoom covering tele stuff, superb lens.
Sigma 18-50, stopped down sharp enough for shooting through 9 layers of cockpit window, where you sometimes simply cannot change lenses Gives little WW & tele. OK for 90 Euros.
Oh not to forget my old baby, there is some Nikon label in my lens bag Nikonos 20mm & 35mm.
Posted 03 August 2004 - 03:46 PM
I have had numerous pictures made with this lens published in a variety of magazines. Most recently Diver Magazine in England ran a shot of a Leafy Seadragon as a full double page opener to a story on photographing seadragons.
A bit more than a year ago Patricia Danna, a friend, had a double page spread, also of a Leafy, in the US Sport Diver magazine, and some time before that a picture of a young Galapagos sea lion page plus size in Sport Diver.
I suggest "Frogfish" give the lens another try, or get another sample to try underwater.
Pat and I both use the lens, with both F5 and now the S2. I like it better on the F5 because I find its coverage range more in tune with how I really "see" and prefer to shoot. We use the lens behind Seacam's wideport dome which is about a 6" diameter curve dome and with 60mm of extension tube between the housing body and the dome port. The lens is used only in the macro range where there is no need for diopters. With the S2, which is in an Ikelite housing, we use a homemade ike-to-seacam adapter that keeps the configuration about the same.
I think it is possible that other lenses may be technically sharper, but none with the versatility of this lens. Not having to use a diopter evens that score underwater. And that versatility correlates to shots gotten instead of chances missed. This is also why I use TTL with every lens, not just macro lenses.
Posted 03 August 2004 - 04:05 PM
Haven't heard that rumor but would very much like to hear it NOW! So c'mon Chrism... let it out... are we gonna have a Canon 12-25??? When???? Tell us all you heard and how believeble your source is
Well, I think he's believable.... Rumor is there is a beta version floating around. This was probably 4 months ago that I heard this....And at that time I didn't know what 12-25 was from a hole in the wall
Wish I knew more.
Posted 03 August 2004 - 05:49 PM
Thanks for your post, which has got me thinking. When I tried the 24-85 underwater a few years ago, it was using the smaller Subal dome, with an extension ring. As I recall, I also think I was using a +2 or +3 diopter, which might have been a mistake. The problem wasn't really sharpness, however. More all around lack of contrast, but there were other problems. There wasn't a single keeper on the 2 or 3 rolls I shot that day.
My main interest in trying this lens at that time was to find out whether it might be possible, in a pinch, to shoot an acceptable macro through a dome port, using the 24-85's 1:1.5 macro capability. In other words, to mount the lens for wide angle but retain the capability to shoot close-up or macro. If this had worked, it would have been pretty neat. The macro shots I took that day weren't exactly complete failures, but they weren't very impressive either.
I've recently thought about trying this lens underwater again, but with the bigger dome. It's also easier to dive where I live now, so the "opportunity cost" of this kind of experimentation isn't what it used to be. I guess one thing holding me back has been that I've been so happy with the 12-24 and 17-35 zooms underwater for wide angle, and have also been experimenting with the 10.5 fisheye. If I did try the 24-85 underwater again, it would only be with my film SLR housing, not the S2. Like you, I don't see this range as terribly useful for 1.5x framed digital.
Also, the lens extends in length quite a bit through the zoom range, so I suspect that it would be necessary to select an extension ring that would optimise for one end. Befire, I would have said that obviously the end to optimise for should be the wide end, but it sounds like you and Pat are actually using the 24-85 as a macro +close-up lens. Are you also shooting it in a flat port? I hadn't thought of this before, but I will now.
As I said, the lens is still my favorite "walking around" lens above water.
Posted 17 August 2004 - 10:13 AM
just a thought.
Posted 04 September 2004 - 06:44 AM
For Nikon type 1:5
10.5mm fF:2,8 Fisheye
14mm F:2,8
20mm F:2,8
60mm F:2,8 micro Nikkor
105mm F:2,8 micro Nikkor
and 70-180 micro Nikkor wich is my only zoom concession.
For FF skip the 10.5mm and go 16mm Fisheye instead
Entry level, well by all mean use zoom lens, make sense moneywise and sincerely think it as to to with commitment in the end, how much are you willing to spend on U/W photography gears :?:
Aquatica D100 & S2pro, A90 Housing, 10.5mm, 14mm, 20mm, 60mm Micro, 105mm Micro, 4X Nikonos SB-105 & 4X Ikelite Ai strobes
Posted 13 September 2004 - 04:51 AM
Nodal point alignement is constantly shifting in a zoom optical formula.
What about the Nikon 12-24 DX zoom? The front element does not move during zooming, therefore (IMHO) the nodal point does not change. Or am I missing something?
Posted 13 September 2004 - 05:35 AM
In addition to the wonderful 12-24 DX, the front element of the equally (or perhaps more) spectacular Nikon 17-35 mm also doesn't much when the lenx is zoomed. I haven't had any of the problems I experienced with the 24-85 zoom with either of these two lenses.
Posted 13 September 2004 - 06:38 AM
Interesting. I recently bought the Nikon 18-70 DX and used it with my S2 behind the Aquatica 8 inch dome, with a +4 diopter. I got some really nice results, and both extremes of the zoom range. The 18-70 changes nodal point by at least 1 1/2 inches over the zoom range. I have ordered a 6 inch dome with the objective of making a more compact rig for general "fish portraits through close up" use. I'll post results when I get to try the setup next month in Roatan.


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New Light Theater Project premieres new play by award-winning British playwright Ross Howard.
July 10 - August 9 at Access Theatre
New Light Theater Project will present the World premiere of PICTURE OURSELVES IN LATVIA by hot, up-and-coming British playwright Ross Howard. Directed by Sarah Norris, previews begin July 10 at Access Theater. Opening night is slated for July 17.
PICTURE OURSELVES IN LATVIA is a contemporary comedy on contemporary England. Desires are suppressed and aspirations muddled for both the staff and patients of a psychiatric ward. Rank and rule clash with what the heart and mind want in this environment of division and distraction.
PICTURE OURSELVES IN LATVIA stars Christian Ryan, Amy Lee Pearsall, Christopher Daftsios, Gregory James Cohan, Andy Nogasky, and Dana Benningfield. with adesign team that includes lighting design by Michael O'Connor (lighting), set design by Oliver Sohngen (set), and costumes by Samantha Lind (costumes). This production is Associate Produced by Access Theater.
British playwright Ross Howard's plays have received full productions notably in London (Theatre 503, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Riverside Studios, Old Red Lion), Las Vegas (Onyx Theatre), Minneapolis (Pillsbury House Theatre), San Francisco (The Phoenix Theatre), and New York City (Cherry Lane Theatre). Hailing from Lancashire, in 2008 he was awarded a Playwright Fellowship from the Edward Albee Foundation. Arthur and Esther was awarded "Best of Fringe" at Las Vegas Fringe Festival 2010. No One Loves Us Here was a finalist for the New York Stage and Film Founders Award 2012, while Frisky & The Panda Man was a winning finalist in the 38th Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival in 2013. Arthur and Esther, Picture Ourselves In Latvia and Our Walk Through The World: Six Short Plays will be published by Samuel French in early 2014. Ross holds an M.F.A in playwriting from UNLV and has taught theatre and playwriting as an adjunct faculty member of the CSU Fresno theatre department. He now lives in London.
New Light Theater Project's main purpose is to collaborate - to act as a conduit for artists whose work speaks to the current culture - in order to build and sustain relationships within the theatre community. For more information, visit NewLightTheaterProject.com.
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Isabel & Claire's Globetrotting Apartment
Name: Isabel Cooke & Claire Walsh
Location: Hackney, London
Size: 2 bedroom apartment
Years lived in: 2 years; Owned
Isabel and Claire's 1950's ex-local authority apartment has been given a new lease of life with their eclectic and global finds, family heirlooms and a huge dose of enthusiasm. Claire, a trends analyst, travels the world searching for great design, while Bel has a great eye for local vintage finds.
Slotted between Victorian terraces and converted factory buildings, the apartment was a great find when Bel bought it in 2010, but it needed a lot of work to become as cozy and welcoming as it is today. Paint was stripped, floors were pulled up and a new kitchen was installed. Slowly filling up with unique textiles and souvenirs, the apartment is now a wonderful place to call home.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Our Style: Ethnic throw up! Mixed with inherited furniture. And plenty of Ikea trips.
Inspiration: World of Interiors, but you couldn't tell. We did want to try and keep it fairly modern, in keeping with the time it was built — it is a 50s council flat.
Favorite Element: Bel likes the sunlight in the front room. Claire likes how cozy it is.
Biggest Challenge: Sourcing the green tiles for the kitchen. And the fireplace — Bel can't stand the surround and marble. No plant is big enough to mask it. But it is a work in progress.
What Friends Say: It's much bigger than they thought.
Biggest Embarrassment: We found something really embarrassing when we ripped out the cupboards in one of the bedrooms. But it didn't belong to either of us!
Proudest DIY: Chipping all layers of gloss off the woodwork, tiles, walls. It was everywhere. Ripping out the kitchen. Pulling up the floor. Gutting the place, really.
Biggest Indulgence: Hired muscle for the decorating.
Best Advice: Hire muscle for the decorating. And don't rush decisions.
Dream Sources: Local suppliers and Liberty.
Resources of Note: Ebay, Ikea, grandparents, London Plumbers, Abbotts Floors, a local tile shop, vintage fairs, car boots.
• Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Grey
• Everything else is white
• Mirror from local record shop
• Sideboard: Ebay
• Rugs: Istanbul and Ikea
• Bel's grandparents
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• Striped blanket: Market in Argentina
• Cushions: All sorts, some Claire made with fabric she bought in Myanmar
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• Light: Historical Lighting
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David's San Joaquin Sourdough
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Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24 1937 in Atchison,Kansas.Amelia was 10 years old when she saw an airplane.She was unhappy because the plane was old and rusty.Ever since then she was inspired to fly.Next fact i have is she got married to George Putmanon Febuary 7 1931. On March 1937 Amelia and Fred noonan lifted off from Hawaii but unfortunately there was a problem with the plane so the U.S Goverment fixed it.When the goverment handed the plane back they lifted off on June 1 1937.This is a shocking fact Amelia and Fred left behind a tracking antenna,a parachute,and a first aid kit.She and Fred stopped in about fifteen places to refuel.A couple of places she stopped was Africa,Puerto Rico,and Japan.The last place she stopped was New Guinea she didn't refuel the whole way only half this is mysterious.She was clamied legally dead (or vanished) July 2 1937.No one knows where Fred and Amelia went some people said ''fred got beaten by the Japanese''other people say ''I think she could have been suicdal''.I think that.Some people said thet ''She was crazy not filling up the whole tank'' but the mysrey was never solved.George being the best husband ever declared Amelia dead on July 2 1937.Amelia did accomplish something setting a good example on kids everywhere.As Amelia always said''Adventure is worth while in itself.'' What do you think happended?
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Greg Clark has been named director of Seminary relations at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He will join the Seminary on July 1, 2013.
"Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Institutional Advancement department," said Vice President for Institutional Advancement Linda Medley. "We are thrilled to bring him on board, and I have every confidence he will quickly become an essential part of the team."
Clark has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs, government relations and fundraising. Previous positions have included leading lobbying and communication efforts for public sector funding at the state and local levels for the Kentucky Center for the Arts. He also served as finance director to five political candidates over an eight-year period and managed and supervised a program and teaching staff who taught English as a second language in Saudi Arabia. Greg's personal interests include reading, watching films and spending time with friends.
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Do tax incentives really influence behavior?
It's a question now being asked in the wake of a new report that found in 2010, loans, early withdrawals and penalties all added up to $70 billion taken from 401(k)s prior to retirement age. By comparison, employees contributed $175 billion to their 401(k) accounts that same year.
The report, released by technology provider HelloWallet, analyzed consumer finance data from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Census Bureau. The survey adds that the results also hold "significant implications for employers, who collectively invest $118 billion annually in 401(k) programs for their workers' retirement."
One out of four participants in 401(k) retirement programs will either cash out their savings before retirement—incurring substantial penalties and taxes—or forfeit them to loans.
Among the other findings in the research:
•26% of 401(k) participants now use their 401(k) savings for nonretirement needs;
•75% of those who made withdwawals report that they breached their savings because of basic money management problems;
•Workers now withdraw or breach more than $70 billion annually out of their 401(k)s for nonretirement needs;
•Penalized withdrawals increased from $36 billion to about $60 billion between 2004 and 2010;
•Workers in their 40s are most likely to breach their savings for nonretirement needs.
"This research shows that employers are not getting the ROI that they may think they are from their retirement investments," HelloWallet founder and CEO Matt Fellowes said in a statement. "Investing in retirement savings is essential for all Americans, but this study demonstrates that a large share of U.S. workers lack the basic financial skills needed to actually benefit from those savings, and it's costing both them and their employer dearly."
The research also finds that only a small percentage of employees (8%) are withdrawing funds because they have lost their jobs. Instead, 75% of those who have made early withdrawals have done so because they lack basic money management skills and need to meet basic money management challenges, such as emergencies, credit card payments and health care. In many cases, better planning and guidance would put them on a track to avoid costly mistakes, take advantage of the tax incentives and accumulate the savings needed for retirement.
American companies now spend the aforementioned $118 billion annually on retirement contributions with the expectation that employees will take maximum advantage of these programs to improve their financial well-being. The new research suggests that employers' massive investment is not always delivering the intended results.


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Valentine's Day is right around the corner and that means that it's time to start thinking about what recipes you want to make for that special person in your life. Homemade food is a great way to show that you care so I thought that I would take the opportunity to roundup some of my favourite recipes for Valentine's Day. This list includes tasty recipes for everything from breakfast in bed, to appetizers, dinners for two and of course plenty of decadent chocolate treats! Most of these Valentine's Day recipes are super quick and easy to make for all levels of cooking skills. No matter what you make, a homemade Valentin's Day recipe is bound to bring a smile to that special person in your life!
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Make Some Alarming Moves
Tackle distractions that impair operator performance and process efficiency.
Most process plants strive to enhance their productivity and extend their asset life. One of the easiest and most effective ways to achieve such improvements is to address alarm system problems that undermine operator performance. After all, operators typically have more influence on product quality, raw material usage and energy utilization than any other production variable. Even at the most highly automated plants, yield, rate, quality and resource utilization often vary shift to shift because of operator impact.
Unnecessary alarms, such as ones that just provide information or don't require an action, reduce productivity, add stress, and take time away from managing the process. Transforming the alarm system from a hindrance to a help can significantly enhance operators' effectiveness. So, here, we'll describe how to create a program to optimize the alarm system by following the alarm management lifecycle defined in the ISA-18.2 standard "Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries" [1].
To determine how bad your alarm system is you need alarm rates and other key alarm system performance indicators to compare to industry benchmarks. Control system vendors and alarm management specialists offer excellent alarm analytic tools. However, you can obtain useful insights just by taking a clipboard into your control room and charting what happens in a typical 20-minute period. If your control room is like that of most plants without a formal alarm system management program, you'll probably see results similar to those in Table 1.
ISA-18.2 guidelines for incoming alarm rates state that an average of one alarm every 10 minutes is very likely to be acceptable, while the maximum manageable rate is two alarms per 10 minutes [1]. Our 20-minute sample averaged four alarms per 10-minute interval, which is beyond the maximum manageable rate. The operators acted on only two of eight new alarms and ignored 12 standing alarms, which also indicates the alarm system is performing poorly and causing undue operator interruption. Moreover, the operators acknowledged all eight alarms but only acted on two, meaning they appear to be deciding for each alarm whether it represents an abnormal condition and warrants an action (likely undocumented).
Poor alarm system performance has significantly contributed to many well-publicized industrial accidents. The consequences of such incidents coupled with new regulations like the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's 49 CFR 195.446 (Section e focuses specifically on alarm management) and heightened insurance industry scrutiny provide compelling motivation to create a sustainable alarm system performance improvement program. Such a program can do much more than just avoid costly incidents — it also can add dollars to the bottom line. A properly managed alarm system should deliver positive measurable increases in operational performance regardless of shift.
Key elements for achieving operational benefits are:
• Nuisance alarm elimination. Ensuring that alarms are meaningful and relevant allows operators to focus on the process with minimum interruptions. The 80/20 rule is definitely true for most plants with no alarm management improvement program in place — a small number of fleeting, chattering or otherwise faulty alarm sources contribute to a majority of all alarms.
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I am a bit methodical, so I move slow. I will add new posts to this thread as I go along.
When I have played further I can begin to analyze game difficulty and balancing issues.
After some conversation with QCF administration I have made some changes to my post format to make it easier to "digest".
All bugs or errors (at least things that seem like they could be such to me) will be first, and always be in bold.
Also, all new updates will appear in their own post, and not be included in the main post.
Notes from play time Aug 8th 2011
- General Notes -
- Errors -
4-72-19. Taurog granted an initial 284 piety. Im sure that's not right.
4-78-20. There were several wraiths in a level before they were triggered by the guild expansion.
- Questions -
4-75-7. Im no good at math. Who's stronger, the human with his +10%, or the Orc at +1 per? I presume its the orc.
- Ideas -
4-73-39. Yes, we all think its fun, but should we really be able to use two swords, and a shield? Recommend either setting physical slots to "R-Hand, L-Hand, Head etc…" or make all physical items anatomically irrelevant. Eg. Amulets, rings, brooches, pins, gems, crystals, auras, blessings, fetishes, trophies, tattoos etc…
4-74-40. When the Halfling awarded me with the "Viper Ward", I spent some time wondering where it was, before I realized it was now just available in shops.
4-76-41. Do you get the gold value of items on the ground if you do not have the space to carry them in your inventory? If not, consider that if ALL creatures in a level have been killed you receive gold value for all items (not shops naturally) on the ground in the level. The idea is since it was totally cleared, you could take your time retrieving all the treasure.
4-77-42. Could the cost for lockering items be displayed in the locker screen?


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Smith Micro Software has released Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012, marking the first time the company has issued simultaneous releases of the animation tool. Both software applications now offer vertex weight-map rigging support and subsurface scattering capabilities, along with a simple-to-use user interface that has evolved from past releases, yet maintains a familiarity that existing users will appreciate.
The releases also include more than 3gb of ready-to-use content, including figures (humans, skeletons, etc.) and architectural elements. Full scenes also have been put together, including office and crime lab settings, helping to save users time in building their own environments. Poser 9 is a 32-bit application that's priced at $249 and offers full-level rendering control. Poser Pro 2010 is a 64-bit application and includes updated PoserFusion plug-ins and Collada support for professionals who may want to export animations into programs such as Maya, Softimage, Cinema 4D, and LightWave. The 64-bit application also includes the FireFly Render Engine and a vertex weight-map editing tool suite.
Smith Micro Software; www.smithmicro.com/poser
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AI.implant, Presagis' multi-platform artificial intelligence (AI) authoring and runtime software solution, has been upgraded to Version 5.7. AI.Implant is designed for simulation and analysis projects requiring realistic and dynamic urban environments, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and helicopter training, air traffic control applications, and driving simulation. The updated release improves attributes associated with traffic and human interactions, and enables users to build complex and realistic scenarios faster. As a COTS middleware product, AI.implant seamlessly integrates into existing pipelines and simulation engines.
The new release improves realism of road traffic and pedestrian interactions. Vehicles can now pass other vehicles using slower or oncoming lanes. Traffic lights can be customized to suit the simulation, or they can also run in automatic mode. The TrafficSolver manages the advancement through the traffic light cycle as the simulation runs. And a vehicle that is not in the correct lane when approaching an intersection will reset its path.
Presagis; www.presagis.com
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Lightmap has launched the HDR Light Studio Live plug-in for Luxion KeyShot renderer, which brings a professional real-time HDRI lighting tool kit directly into KeyShot real-time visualization software. The plug-in allows users to improve the quality of the renders with custom lighting designs for each shot, all via a simple-to-use interface. Existing HDR environments can be augmented to improve the quality of their renders, with more control over lighting and reflections. Lighting adjustments take place in real time in the KeyShot viewport. HDR Light Studio Live for KeyShot is included with the HDR Light Studio 2.0 Pro edition.
Lightmap; www.hdrlightstudio.com
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AMD unveiled the FirePro SDI-Link, which helps bring real-time, GPU-accelerated performance to pipelines requiring Serial Digital Interface (SDI) input and output. The FirePro SDI-Link is receiving support from manufacturers, such as AJA, Bluefish444, Blackmagic Design, Deltacast, DVS, and Matrox, as it allows for the design of fully featured SDI- and GPU-based solutions with ultra-low latency between select AMD pro graphics cards and third-party SDI input/output products.
AMD also showed the FirePro V7900 SDI, a new graphics card that is the first to support AMD FirePro SDI-Link. The V7900 SDI will be certified as compatible with all five manufacturers providing PCIe cards offering advanced SDI video signal I/O capabilities. The V7900 SDI is designed specifically for broadcast graphics pipelines. The unit is the first to leverage AMD's DirectGMA technology to help ensure system-level, low-latency synchronized data transfer between the AMD FirePro professional graphics and third-party devices over the PCIe bus. AMD began delivering the FirePro V7900 SDI in October for $2499.
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Now if only Matt could do the same!
Come visit, if you wanna see my stuff!
I have something like 13 of the large tubs you see in the lower left corner right now, so there's a fair bit of crap not out.
It may happen!
You serious, Dale? Or were you referring to Brent's San Diego trip next year?
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OCLC to expand Geek the Library campaign to more libraries with increased support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 4 October 2012—Geek the Library, OCLC's community awareness campaign designed to highlight the value of U.S. public libraries, has received $1,924,883 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to extend participation in the program to 1,000 additional libraries through June 2015. The funding allows increased emphasis on library staff planning and implementation of the program, and will help staff build on the knowledge and skills they need to be effective advocates for libraries in their communities.
"In addition to the awareness we're building in the community, the lessons we've learned have helped staff understand the importance of consistent messaging in telling our story," said Anna Cangialosi, Marketing Coordinator for Chelsea District Library in Chelsea, Michigan. "The Geek the Library campaign has been a great way for us to get the Chelsea community involved to tell their stories and how the library supports them, which will benefit the library even after we've completed our campaign."
A recent survey of public libraries implementing the Geek the Library campaign in local communities indicated a positive connection between the campaign and improved public perceptions of the library. The study also showed improvements in library staff advocacy- and marketing-related competencies. This final phase of the program will build on these findings by introducing enhanced support for participating libraries, and a focus on building library staff confidence and skills with advocacy, marketing and communications.
"Additional funding provides OCLC the opportunity to enhance the program by translating important lessons we've learned in the campaign's first years into even more support for libraries, and a greater focus in areas we know can help libraries raise awareness during the campaign and beyond," said Chrystie Hill, Director of Community Relations for OCLC.
Public libraries that implement the Geek the Library campaign will continue to receive free field support, a variety of printed materials and access to extensive online resources, including templates for localizing campaign content easily. Posters that feature local community members have become a trademark of almost every campaign. The posters are an effective way to involve community members as they learn about the value of the library and the need for funding.
"Public libraries bring a lot to the table for their local communities. We need to talk about it and be proud of it—we can't afford not to," said Mary Lou Carolan, Director of Wallkill Public Library in Wallkill, New York, who is currently wrapping up her library's local Geek the Library campaign.
Geek the Library has a national campaign presence with its website, geekthelibrary.org, and social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Geek the Library was developed based on results of OCLC's research published in From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America. The research and pilot campaign were also funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program will accept new participants through June 2014. Interested libraries can get more information about implementing the campaign locally at get.geekthelibrary.org.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
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Gosh I am so run down at the moment. Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's that time of year, maybe it's work. Either way I just want to *slump*.
Apart from Berrocca, a vitamin drink that leaves your pee bright orange, my latest favourite drink is Meji's vitamin drinks. It comes in the usual citrus flavours (orange, lemon) but my favourite is Cassis:
It contains 3333mg of vitamin C – I feel a bit more energised after drinking it (can have it hot or cold – reminds me of Ribena but nicer). Under no illusions that it's got a fair amount of sugar in it but still, probably less that a full fat coke:
Do you guys have any energy/spirit boosting drinks for this time of year?
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SLSO Bloggers' Night or how I learned to stop worrying and mythologize the bomb.
Late last week I spied a lone gem glistening in the rough of my inbox--an invitation to blog about the Saint Louis Symphony's April 10 program in exchange for a pair of tickets. Though I consider myself a fairly regular SLSO attendee, capitalizing on their community initiatives (See Student Tickets and Fifty Free), I waffled on attending Saturday's concert prior to the blog bribe. I had already seen the premiere of John Adams's Doctor Atomic Symphony, and I tend to dismiss Sibelius as occupying a space in 20th Century music analogous to that which Kenny G occupies in jazz.
I resolved that evening to release my simplistic grasp on the music of Sibelius and Prokofiev, and, meeting indeterminate success, I was surely aided by the incisive pre-concert lecture by David Roberston. Without exception I enjoy hearing Roberston speak. His lectures are a dense mesh of academic tangents, which is both praise for his scholarship and the reason I wouldn't engage him in conversation when I'm late for a bus. He gets credit for making the sole remotely on-color reference to Nabokov's Lolita I have ever heard. But what I really took away from the talk was a new way to frame the music of 20th century composers, like Sibelius, who clung to the pillars of tonality while the Second Viennese Samsons felled them.
The continuum from consonance to dissonance in composition does not linearly correlate with the timeline of the past century. More modern does not mean more dissonant. The push to inject music with a newly-envisioned take on tonality was greatly regionally-dependent in its inception. I don't intend to say that Järvenpää, the birthplace of Johann Sibelius, was a quaint backwoods villa, but it probably wasn't the epicenter of ideas that would upend the arts. Sibelius's symphonies generate "newness" through a nuanced mastery of the form rather than overhauling the unities of style that predominated the 19th century. Bearing this in mind, I found my way to GC G41. It was just inside the door near the water fountain whose faux-alabaster glory makes me feel like I am fulfilling Ponce de Leon's quest with every well-pressurized sip.
The evening began on a light note with a performance by a line of area schoolchildren involved in one of the many educational programs offered by the SLSO. Put bluntly, I found the performance far inferior to the New York Philharmonic's rendition of "Pepperoni Twinkle Star", but I suppose you have to start somewhere. The first scheduled work on the program was Rapture by Christopher Rouse, an appropriate jumping-off point since Rouse, and this work in particular, still engenders tonality in a modern context. The opening of the piece is a primal lilt between two whole tones in the low end, while winds arc above. This figure seemed to me uniquely American, almost hymnal, abetting the spiritual connotation of the title. A trumpet then leads a march through a cycle of diatonic chords that flirts with unorthodoxy but leads the ear seamlessly from one to the next. Then, the entrance of harp and chimes speaks to Rouse's command of the sonic breadth of the orchestra. This sentiment is compounded at the finale when cascading horn lines spiral over gong blasts that swell and dampen quickly. It reminded me of the unnatural dynamics of hearing a tape reversed. This led me to ponder the hypothesis that present-day symphonic composers infuse their writing for traditional instrumentation with sound qualities drawn from the modern worlds of musique concrete, Moog synths, and Pro Tools. I also wonder if there had been any dialogue between Rouse and ideas in bebop and post-bop jazz. One part of the piece featured a clarinet soaring above the orchestra in pentatonic lines in a related but not equivalent key, and I could have sworn I saw the visage of Coltrane winking above the stage. On the whole, the piece was commendably entrancing.
To put in a few words about the Prokofiev, I was taken in by the physicality of violinist Gil Shaham. In the opening of the first movement, the lilting call and response of the minor theme breaks as the violin doubles its pace, bolstered by percussive bass. I recall Shaham stalking around in an almost predatory crouch as if to pounce on the accelerating passage. The second movement of the work seemed so spare and harmonically conservative that it, possibly intentionally, made the quick odd-meter dance rhythms of the third all the more engaging.
I really was disappointed by my mental conduct during the Sibelius. With firm intent, I tried to enjoy his Symphony No. 7 in C Major. I invoked Schoenberg, "There is still plenty of music to be written in C major." But I wasn't able to access it in the way I had hoped. I couldn't help but think that during a time when much of the art sought to "epater la bourgeoisie", Sibelius was writing "music to purchase capital and trade commodities to". I now recognize that Sibelius will take repeated exposure and informed reading to appreciate. Or I could just attribute my lack of focus to pangs of regret over leaving the maraschino cherry in my Manhattan unconsumed during intermission.
The figurehead of the program, the Doctor Atomic Symphony, had a more dramatic impact on me this time around. It compiles much of what attracts me to John Adams's music: rhythmically complex instrumental lines that interweave with one another to yield a fabric that is at once chaotic and entirely listenable. In line with my current reading, I draw a parallel between his music and the aesthetic of the nouveau roman of Robbe-Grillet. Here the reader/listener is bombarded with such a quantity of detail and narrative entanglement that he or she is forced to pick and choose among the vast array to construct his or her own subjective account of the novel/symphony.
I find it particularly appropriate that Adams of all composers takes as subject the construction of the atomic bomb. The way in which the fragmented musical lines collide and spiral off one another is not entirely unlike the straying of neutrons in a nuclear chain reaction. This metaphor could be extended, with reservations, to the swath of repercussions nuclear proliferation would have on the political framework of the latter half of the 20th century. An interesting feature in this work that I had not heard before in Adams was bowed cymbals, which produce an eerie humming. This sound comes less from the touch of a musician and more from the resonant material properties of the metal itself. It suggested to me the equally eerie connection to waning humanity and compassion as the bomb is constructed in the machine-driven technological age. The finale of Doctor Atomic is perhaps the most unnerving part of its historical reflection. A driving percussive string figure marks the approach of zero hour. Then a softer, contemplative segment follows as if it were music heard from afar, watching the detonation from the white sands around the Trinity site. Then the jarring percussive figure returns, like a resignation. There is no turning back; man has been made destroyer of worlds.
Is this work is an important piece of the collective memory of the gravity of this event? Or is it part of a process to cope with a dark moment in American history? When history is transmuted into art, I feel it cannot help but absorb some of the fictive quality of the art. An emotional context forms that would never have sprung from the primary sources. It is obviously important to disentangle the expression by Adams from the factual events. Could you attempt to tell the story of Hiroshima strictly with Penderecki's Threnody? It is a chance to remind ourselves that, along with artistic artifact, we must remember in ways more real and whole.
Many thanks to Eddie Silva with SLSO publications for facilitating this event.
Thomas is a DJ on KWUR 90.3-FM. Hear more bombast Monday evenings from 10pm-12am on "The Copium", a program of 20th Century music.
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LAUREL HILL � In a 3-2 vote, Laurel Hill city council passed a motion to repair Sunnyside Avenue from 3rd Street to State Road 85, near Laurel Hill School.
LAUREL HILL � The City Council voted 3-2 on Thursday to spend $75,000 on preliminary repairs for Sunnyside Avenue from 3rd Street to State Road 85 near Laurel Hill School.
Council members Clifton Hall, Larry Hendren and Betty Williamson supported the plan; Robby Adams and Willie Mae Toles voted against it.
Earlier, Hall shared his and a contractor�s recommendations, which an account for road repairs would fund. Hall � who has 25 years� experience managing a construction business � suggested filling in potholes, replacing damaged drainage pipes and adding ditches to help water flow off the street before the county provides the most costly work.
Hall said he plans to start working with city employees on the repair work on March 16.
City leaders voted unanimously in February to seek the county's help in repaving Sunnyside Avenue. Hall said he recently met with County Commissioner Wayne Harris and Public Works Director John Hofstad to discuss repairing the school�s main route from S.R. 85. Suggested repairs the city would self-fund would precede the county�s involvement.
Adams on Thursday questioned whether the city first should apply for a Community Development Block Grant. In January, the council voted to pursue the grant, which could provide $600,000 for road repairs. The city still needs an engineer to help write the grant.
"Fourth Street, New Ebenezer and part of Second Ave were not considered for this letter (to the county) because they were the roads proposed to be paved under the CDBG application," Adams said on the News Bulletin's Facebook page.
"Mr. Hall's estimate for Sunnyside alone is ($75,000). This amount does not include the cost of the engineer or the labor cost to be incurred by the city.
"If we get the grant and it isn't enough to finish the roads proposed, then we could use this money to complete that project. If we don't get the grant, this money (the $75,000) would be better spent repairing Fourth Street."
Adams motioned to delay roadwork until seeing grant results; Toles voted in favor of the motion, but the three remaining council members voted against it.
Mike Blizzard, Adams� opponent in the Laurel Hill mayoral race, expressed support for Hall's plan during the meeting�s public portion.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article said that Councilman Robby Adams said the Sunnyside project should receive the $75,000 if the council submitted a Community Block Development Grant and was awarded it. However, he said he was referring to using the $75,000 for the remainder of the project that includes Fourth Street, New Ebenezer and part of Second Avenue.


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Gary Waddock admitted Oxford United had been hit by a double blow after it emerged Ryan Clarke and Andy Whing require operations which are expected to rule the pair out of pre-season.
Clarke, United's player of the season, will go under the knife to cure a long-term bone issue in one of his feet, and the goalkeeper could also miss the first month of the new campaign.
Whing is due to have surgery this week on a hip injury, which is believed to be linked to the groin problems which saw him miss four months of this season.
Waddock, United's head coach, knows the senior players will be missed, but hopes taking action now would reap benefits in the long term.
He said: "They are big blows. Both of them are very influential within the group on and off the pitch.
Andy Whing is due to undergo surgery on his hip injury
"But they have to have these operations and we have to deal with it as best we can. If you are going to be out, this is the best time to have it done.
"In terms of timescale you can't put a finger on it, but when they get back they will have to have a pre-season, which is hard on their own.
"The most important thing now is to get them right."
Clarke tweeted: "Devastated the foot needs an op, but quick recovery again and will be back even stronger and better again, no problem."
The lay-off opens the door for Max Crocombe, who has not played for the first-team since keeping clean sheets in the final three games of the 2012-13 season.
Waddock was clear Crocombe deserves a chance to stake his claim and has plenty of faith in the 20-year-old Kiwi.
He said: "Young Max is a talented keeper and it's an opportunity for him. I have been very impressed with him since I've been here."
There was no news yesterday on the outcomes of James Constable and Tom Newey's contract offers.
Waddock had hoped for answers by the end of last week, but said the time for a decision was "fast approaching".
OXFORD United have announced five pre-season fixtures, including a home friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The Sky Bet League One champions will visit the Kassam Stadium on July 29.
(all games in July)
Sat, 12th: Farnborough (a) 2pm. Tues, 15th: Oxford City (a) 7.45pm. Thurs, 17th: Colchester Utd (a) – behind closed doors. Sat, 19th: Didcot Town (a) 3pm. Tues, 29th: Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 7.45pm.
OXFORD United youth team midfielder AJ George has been called up for Antigua and Barbuda's Under 20 squad for World Cup qualifiers next month.
- Oxford United youngsters stun Burnley in FA Youth Cup
- Oxford United eye Premier League upset at Burnley in FA Youth Cup
- Goal fever – James Henry delighted to get off sick bed to net Oxford United double
- Oxford United agree first professional contract with Michael Elechi
- Karl Robinson happy with Oxford United progress


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Marty Paslick of HCA Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader Marty Paslick Title: Chief operating officer, information technology & servicesCompany: HCA
Paslick is this month's Premier 100 IT Leader, answering questions about finding a good tech job while living in a rural area, the prospects for software engineers and the benefits of learning about business concepts. If you have a question you'd like to pose to one of our Premier 100 IT Leaders, send it to email@example.com.
I have never really strayed from my hometown, which is in a rural area. For the past 15 years, I have managed to string together a career doing a bit of everything related to IT for several small businesses, but I've been out of work for four months now. I really don't want to live in a city. Any advice? Depending on your specific skills, teleworking could be an option. It continues to expand in popularity. Teleworking isn't for everyone, though, and most companies, including mine, require candidates to demonstrate a great work ethic and ability in the traditional work environment before they will allow them to work remotely. And of course, remote arrangements can be reversed at any time. Perhaps there are companies close to you that will extend a flexible remote working arrangement to you.
What is the outlook for a 29-year-old graduating with a degree in software engineering? Right now I am working on a help desk. There are still plenty of opportunities for software engineers who possess differentiating engineering skills, but great success seems to be more and more reserved for those who intimately grasp the business concepts for which they are engineering, can effectively establish relationships through top-notch interpersonal skills, and can apply great imagination and creativity. Commodity-based engineering increasingly is being outsourced. In other words, success is to be had for the top 25% of engineers, and an ever lengthening search may be in store for those not in that class.
I will be completing my degree in computer science soon. I am choosing among a few technical courses to satisfy the requirements but wonder whether I should substitute one or two business classes instead. I actually began my academic career in the business school, and after graduation I returned to school for a second undergraduate degree within the engineering school. The combination of the degrees jump-started my career, and I believe adding a couple of business classes could do the same for you. I would investigate the possibility of classes that may focus on business analysis. Mastering the frameworks used to understand business applications and processes can be hugely beneficial. In addition to business analysis, I would also suggest looking into classes that focus on disciplines like Lean/Six Sigma.
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