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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Stocks popped on Wednesday to ring in the new year. But in 2012, anxious investors could relate more to the family in the classic children's story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt."
In the book, an adventuresome clan overcomes myriad threats, including a menacing bear, facing adversity together — which, of course, is what families do. The relieved family vows never to go on a bear hunt again, but stockholders have good reason to bait the bears in 2013.
The U.S. market is more expensive than it was 12 months ago, to be sure, but many analysts expect an upbeat year, particularly for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds pursuing economically sensitive, growth-oriented investment strategies.
Of course, investors will encounter new challenges and obstacles. Markets no longer teeter on the "fiscal cliff" after lawmakers reached a deal late Tuesday — but they'll bump against the U.S. debt ceiling in February, for starters.
And as always, buyers will climb the market's proverbial wall of worry.
Tellingly, one closely followed contrarian measure of investor sentiment, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's "Sell Side Indicator," shows Wall Street strategists are still extremely bearish about stocks. Their recommended portfolio equity allocation is currently 47% — substantially below strategists' historical 60%-65% weighting.
"We remain encouraged by Wall Street's ongoing lack of optimism," Bank of America equity strategist Savita Subramanian noted in a research report.
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Indeed, for much of the past four years it's paid for investors to go against the herd.
U.S. stock-mutual funds made up for a lackluster 2011 with a blockbuster 2012 that saw the average diversified mutual fund post a total return of 15%, while comparable exchange-traded funds added 15.6%, according to preliminary results from investment researcher Morningstar Inc.
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By comparison, the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index SPX, -0.62% returned 13.4% on a price-only basis and 16% including dividends. A popular U.S. stock ETF, SPDR S&P 500 SPY, -0.56% matched its S&P 500 benchmark with a 16% yearly gain. The biggest S&P 500 index fund, Vanguard 500 Index Fund VFINX, -0.61% rose 15.8%.
Every broad U.S. stock-mutual fund category that Morningstar tracks posted double-digit average gains, with Midcap Value's 16.5% advance leading the way, capped by a 3.2% fourth-quarter run. Small Value funds had the best fourth quarter, up 3.8%, to finish the year up 16.1%. Overall, value-stock strategies beat growth strategies. Small Growth funds, for example, gained 13.1% — 3 percentage points behind Small Value.
Midcap funds were most generous to investors, up 15.3% as a group. Large-cap funds added 15%, and small-cap funds rose 14.6%. The most widely owned mutual funds compared favorably: American Funds Growth Fund of America AGTHX, -0.57% rose 20.5%, Dodge & Cox Stock Fund DODGX, -0.18% gained 22%, while Fidelity Contrafund FCNTX, -0.89% added 16.3%.
Among ETFs, small-caps were the most lucrative choice, up 17.1%. One heavily traded small-cap benchmark, iShares Russell 2000 Index IWM, -0.58% i rose 16.7%, while iShares Russell 2000 Value Index IWN, -0.26% , returned 18.1%.
Midcap ETFs rose 16% — SPDR S&P MidCap 400 MDY, -0.31% gained 17.8% and iShares Russell Midcap Value Index IWS, -0.41% returned 18.3% Meanwhile, large-cap ETFs gained 14.7% on average, though many of the category's more popular offerings fared better: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI, -0.57% for example, rose 16.5%.
"You can find better growth prospects in the small- and midcap area," said Stephen Grant, manager of Value Line Premier Growth Fund VALSX, -0.70% a midcap-growth offering that rose 17.8% in 2012. Regional banking companies are among Grant's favored areas; for example, he points to Prosperity Bancshares Inc. PB, +0.56% and Signature Bank SBNY, +0.89%
In addition, most S&P 500 sectors sailed ahead in 2012. For example, financial-sector funds gained 24.5%, consumer cyclicals rose 22%, health care was up 21.7%, industrials advanced 19.3%, real estate funds gained 17.7%. Technology funds were relative laggards, but still rose 13.2%.
Investors found even more satisfying rewards outside of the U.S. The average diversified international stock fund gained 17.8% in 2012; diversified emerging markets funds rose 18.1% A representative ETF, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index EEM, -0.51% , returned 19.1%. But some analysts have reservations that non-U.S. markets can stage a repeat performance in the coming year. Read more: Be choosy about international stock funds in 2013.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, energy funds eked out a 0.7% average gain, while precious metals funds shed 9.4%, including a 13.2% fourth-quarter slide. The largest gold ETF, SPDR Gold Shares GLD, -1.47% , managed only a 6.6% gain after a 5.7% fourth-quarter loss. Broad-basket commodity funds slid 0.7% for the year, sunk by a 5.4% loss in the final quarter. U.S. bear market funds also were trapped, tumbling 24% for the year and 3% in the last 13 weeks.
Outlook for 2013
As 2013 unfolds, investors' pessimism about stocks remains high. Bond funds enjoyed another solid year — the average taxable bond offering rose 8.2% — and buyers flocked to their perceived safety. Read more: Yield to global, short-term bond funds in 2013.
The skeptics have at least one point in their favor: the first year of the so-called presidential cycle typically has been the weakest of the four years.
But this bull market has been anything but typical since it began in March 2009. Most striking is that this market is a bull only in price; investors stubbornly refuse to embrace stocks.
In fact, their bullheaded view, coupled with political uncertainty and an economy that is hardly dazzling with its growth, gives many strategists the confidence to expect the S&P 500 to finish 2013 with a total return in range of its 10% average over almost nine decades.
"If 2013 were to be a 'normal' year, U.S. equity returns would likely be good, but not great, as the S&P 500 would record a gain in the mid-to-upper single digits," Sam Stovall, S&P IQ chief equity strategist, noted in a Jan. 2 research report.
The U.S. economy's slow-growth, but not no-growth scenario does suggest better-than-average gains in 2013 from the S&P 500's more cyclical sectors, including consumer discretionary, financials, technology, materials and industrials. Read more: 10 moneymaking investment ideas for 2013.
"Early-cycle sectors of the economy, such as housing and autos, have been showing marked improvement," investment manager Richard Bernstein told his Richard Bernstein Advisors clients in a research note on Wednesday. Read Richard Bernstein's report.
"U.S. manufacturing companies will gain market share as the decade progresses," he said, "and this remains one of our favorite investment themes."


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Kristen Stewart Spotted Out In L.A. For First Time Since Affair
Kristen has finally been spotted out in Los Angeles for the first time since cheating with Rupert Sanders — wearing Robert Pattinson's hat and the gold ring he gave her! Read on for the details.
Kristen Stewart had kept herself out of the public eye ever since news that she cheated on her boyfriend Robert Pattinson with director Rupert Sanders. But the actress has finally been photographed in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 20, looking good and wearing some familiar accessories.
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Most importantly, though, it was very visible that she's still wearing the gold ring on her index finger that Rob, 26, gave her! She's also wearing his Baltimore Orioles hat, backwards, in the photo.
Kristen was getting into her car with a cup of McDonald's coffee, carrying a brown bag with what looks like a bouquet of some sort in it, looking just like her normal self! She also had a pretty hefty backpack on her back.
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British Cycling has welcomed the findings of this year's Active People Survey from Sport England, which shows 100,000 more of the nation's adults are cycling at least once a week than a year ago.
Almost one in 20 adults – or 1.88 million people – now get on their bikes at least once a week, and those figures exclude cycling for travel purposes. The growth in the number of adults taking to their bikes means that British Cycling is only 12,000 short of achieving its target getting 125,000 more people cycling by 2013, three years ahead of schedule.
The survey, which tracks levels of participation in sport as governing bodies seek to meet growth targets set for 2012/13 to leave a lasting legacy from the London Olympics, also found that individual sports are growing faster than team ones. Besides cycling, athletics, boxing, table tennis, canoeing, lawn tennis and netball are also performing ahead of target.
Ian Drake, CEO of British Cycling, attributed growth in the number of cyclists to the success that Britain's cyclists have achieved on the road and the track, saying: "Our vision to inspire participation in cycling through achieving worldwide success is clearly working as our athletes continue delivering impressive performances and establishing themselves as sporting role models.
"Our success in the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games has prompted a new wave of interest in cycling and we expect it to continue growing as we look ahead to London 2012 and as Team Sky competes at the top level of international road racing from 2010. "
British Cycling has sought to use that success to promote cycling as a leisure activity, and according to Drake, that approach is reaping rewards: "Earlier this year we launched a major intervention, with the backing of Sport England and our principal partner British Sky Broadcasting, aimed at harnessing our elite success to deliver grassroots results and today's figures show we are succeeding in getting more people on their bikes.
"The Skyride initiative of mass participation cycling events across Britain's major cities, fronted by British Cycling athletes, attracted over 100,000 participants throughout the summer 2009 and we look forward to building on the success of the programme in the years to come.
"Critical to our success in 2009 has been our whole sport approach and the unique alignment of public and private sector funding and expertise which has enabled us to be effective and efficient in what we do."
Drake acknowledges that the challenge now is to build upon the results already achieved to ensure that cycling benefits from a lasting legacy after 2012, saying: "Together with UK Sport, Sport England and British Sky Broadcasting, our principal partner, we are working towards one vision for cycling – to deliver the single biggest sporting and physical activity legacy of London 2012."
"We will continue to evolve, develop and expand our programmes in 2010 to ensure we maximise the return on investment for our key partners and be the first sport to replicate its high level of elite success in terms of wider participation," he added.
"I am confident that, with the continued backing of our partners, we will further broaden the appeal of cycling over the next three years and make our sport an elite and grassroots success story."
Born in Scotland, Simon moved to London aged seven and now lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his miniature schnauzer, Elodie. He fell in love with cycling one Saturday morning in 1994 while living in Italy when Milan-San Remo went past his front door. A daily cycle commuter in London back before riding to work started to boom, he's been news editor at road.cc since 2009. Handily for work, he speaks French and Italian. He doesn't get to ride his Colnago as often as he'd like, and freely admits he's much more adept at cooking than fettling with bikes.


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NEW ORLEANS -- It's all in the way you look at things, maybe. You can measure what one person adds to the world. Or you can see what's missing when he's gone.
The Tulane football team practices on a humid Wednesday morning, and No. 18 is not in his spot at free safety.
In the defensive backs' meeting, no one sits in the top row, next to last seat. No one cracks jokes and doles out Sour Patch Kids and white chocolate.
In Nancy Hopkins' class, there's an empty space down front. The student who helps her gauge her lectures -- if he looks puzzled, the class is probably puzzled; if he gets it, they're getting it -- is absent
At the apartment five players share, the chef isn't there to cook sweet potato fries. The DJ who spins Lil Wayne and Rick Ross at campus parties left his laptop behind in the room.
The room. Wide receiver Jacob Davis, one of the players living there, has a hard time walking past. The nameplate from his roommate's junior-year locker is fastened to the door.
No. 18. Devon Walker.
He is hurt, and he is far away.
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Devon (say it DEV-uhn) ran at the man with the ball. This was two Saturdays ago, a road game at Tulsa, and Tulane was already down 35-3. The Golden Hurricane decided to go for another score on fourth down from the Tulane 33. It was the last play of the first half.
Tulsa H-back Willie Carter caught a pass over the middle and turned upfield. Tulane linebacker Zach Davis grabbed his right leg and held on. Carter struggled to get free. Tulane defensive tackle Julius Warmsley came at Carter from the left. Devon came from the right. They dove at Carter as he fell. They crashed together, head-to-head, over him.
Warmsley weighs 271 pounds. Devon weighs 173. Tulane coach Curtis Johnson had his back turned to the play -- he had taken off his headset and was heading to the tunnel for halftime. He heard an odd noise from the crowd. He turned back around. Everyone was looking at Devon. Devon wasn't moving.
"I kind of walked over and he was just laying there," Johnson says. "I remember him saying 'I can't breathe.' They worked on him, worked on him. Then they brought the ambulance."
Devon's neck was broken. He had surgery that Sunday in Tulsa. He has spent time on a ventilator, and he has been going through physical therapy and respiratory therapy. He's scheduled to move to a rehab hospital soon. The precise injury isn't clear -- his parents, Booker and Inez Walker, have requested privacy on some of the details. Those details matter. In a spinal injury, the location and type of the break makes all the difference in how the patient might recover. No one has disclosed those kinds of details about Devon Walker.
No one has said if he has a chance to walk again.
Johnson knew Devon long before Tulane. They're New Orleans born and raised. His brother-in-law is best friends with Devon's father. Johnson said he'd be more worried about some of his other players if they were in Devon's place.
"A lot of these kids, they don't prepare for their lives, they just live day to day," Johnson said. "What I like about this kid, he's a self-made man. He has some kind of major that I can't pronounce … He understood his future before it even happened."
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The major is cell and molecular biology. Devon plans to be a pharmacist. He was an honors student at Destrehan High, where he started at safety for a team that went 29-0 his last two years. A couple of smaller schools offered him football scholarships. He chose to walk on at Tulane. He wanted to stay in New Orleans, and he wanted a college with strong academics.
Nancy Hopkins teaches upper-level classes for cell and molecular biology majors. It's one of the hardest majors at Tulane, and especially hard for athletes -- there's lots of lab work, and it's hard to wedge classes and labs around practices and games. Last spring, Devon and Jacob came to Hopkins' office with a request. Normally, organic chemistry is a prerequisite for her biochemistry class. Devon and Jacob wanted her permission to take both at the same time.
Just to be clear: Here are football players, not trying to get out of difficult classes, but doubling up on them.
"Devon charmed his way in," Hopkins said. "He is ex-treme-ly polite. Apologizes if he interrupts. Says thank you. Things that we should see in all our students, but we don't always."
Devon, Jacob and teammate Chris Hanuscin are all cell and molecular biology majors. They sit together in classes, always in the front row, Devon always in the middle. This fall Hopkins is teaching them in a class called Principles of Biomedical Writing. The first class after Devon got hurt was held in the library instead of the regular classroom. Hopkins was glad. She didn't know how she would react to looking down and seeing that empty seat.
Several professors in the department have checked in with Jacob and Chris. Others have reached out to Devon's family, which is with him in Tulsa. Everyone wants to go see Devon.
But he has to get better first. And they have their own lives to sort out.
"This is what everybody forgets about college football players," Hopkins said. "They deal with all these intense things. But they're kids. They're 20 years old. How do you handle this when you're 20 years old?"
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They practice in the mornings before the damp New Orleans heat can smother them. Here in the lower reaches of FBS football, players still have the tools - just not all of them. A receiver breaks wide open but drops a perfect pass. A linebacker sheds a block but whiffs on the tackle. The punting team gets one blocked, and a coach slams his hat to the ground. But this is Tulane, and if nothing else, the players have quick minds. "You ain't no model," one coach yells at a player who took his helmet off between drills. A teammate, under his breath: "His girlfriend ain't either."
The Green Wave is 0-2 this year, 9-30 since Devon arrived in 2009. Through all those losses, he made a slow climb through the depth chart. As a walk-on his first two years, he played a lot of special teams. He went to summer school before his junior year and showed up for 6 a.m. team workouts even though he had to pay his own way. At the end of the summer, Bob Toledo -- then the Tulane coach -- gave Devon the team's last scholarship. The first thing Devon did was call his mom.
When he was a freshman, he ran around the field so wild and loose -- like a deer -- that secondary coach Jason Rollins nicknamed him Buck. But as a senior, Buck had calmed down. This year he won the starting job at free safety. He mentored the younger players. In position meetings he took that seat in the back row, scarfing snacks and calling out assignments before the coaches could.
After the injury, coach Johnson stayed on the field and sent everyone else back to the locker room. They gathered by position as they always do. Rollins and his defensive backs circled quietly in a corner. They said a prayer for Devon.
"We've had some tough spots in practice since then," Rollins said. "It's strange to look for him on the field, or in a meeting, and have him not be there. I mean, you have to understand. He was a light bulb in our locker room."
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Devon rooms with Jacob Davis (the receiver) and three cornerbacks: Ryan Travis, Kendrick Washington and Kendrell Washington. Kendrick and Kendrell are twins. They're all seniors. They've known one another their whole college lives.
To them, Devon has another nickname: Dookie. It's a name Devon picked up in high school. Nobody's quite sure why; Devon once said that it "came in the wind." When he gets the music going at parties, it morphs into DJ Dookie.
Dookie has red and blue lights in his room. He has speakers that make the floor shake. He has "Pulp Fiction" posters on the wall and a giant stash of movies on DVD (he loves the "Transformers" series) and a stream of movie quotes coming out of his mouth. He is polite to his professors. He talks ceaseless trash playing Call of Duty.
He is vain about his hair -- he hasn't cut it for years, and wears it in long dreadlocks. One of the first things Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson told Devon after he woke up from surgery was that the doctors didn't have to cut his hair.
Devon Walker is 21 years old, fully adult everywhere in America but the rental-car counter, grown enough to take on a tough major at a tough school, enough of a kid to obsess over video games and live on candy. It's an age where a young man with energy and ambition might never be more fully present.
But for now he is so far away, and all his friends sense is his absence.
Depending on his injury, and the details we do not know, there's a wide range of recovery. Eric LeGrand, the Rutgers linebacker hurt in 2010, is paralyzed from the shoulders down. Adam Taliaferro, the Penn State cornerback hurt in 2000, walked again within a year.
Devon can talk -- the doctors have said that much -- and at some point he'll get to see his coaches and teammates and friends again, and he'll start refilling the spaces he left behind.
But for now there are just the spaces.
Ryan looked across the aisle on the flight back from Tulsa, and Devon was not in his seat.
Jacob went in Devon's room to get his backpack, and the music wasn't playing.
They don't know when he'll be back. They don't know what that'll be like. So many at Tulane are living this odd life now, their student or friend or teammate or roommate up in Tulsa, still not back from the game.
Kendrick Washington, one of the roommates, doesn't play much. He wasn't on the traveling team for Tulsa. A couple days after the game, when his alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. for practice, the groggy part of his brain decided it wasn't worth it, so much sacrifice for so little. He cut the alarm and rolled back over.
Then his head cleared, and he had one thought.
Devon would get up.
And so he got up, and went to practice, and Tulane will play Ole Miss on Saturday, and Principles of Biomedical Writing will keep meeting, and everything will go back to normal, except not quite, because they are still minus one.
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Tulane has started a fund to raise money for Devon Walker's recovery. Go here to make direct donations, or go here to buy a T-shirt whose proceeds go to the fund.
The University of Tulsa has started its own fund to help cover the Walker family's costs while staying with Devon in Tulsa.
You can also donate to the College Football Assistance Fund, which helps injured college football players and has given $10,000 to Tulane for Devon's care.


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"The Orioles are excited to present the 'Arts in the Ballpark' series to the Sarasota community as part of our 'Orioles in Sarasota 365' initiative," said David Rovine, Vice President, Orioles-Sarasota. "Hosting major, public events in addition to baseball at Ed Smith Stadium has been the Orioles' goal since the stadium renovation was completed in 2012. Our community partners in this endeavor have embraced that vision and applied their creativity to shaping affordable family events the public will love."
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Play Arts!, October 26, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: A family day of free, fun, hands-on activities to celebrate expanded arts education in Sarasota County schools. The event is being held in partnership with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Sarasota County Schools and The Kennedy Center.
Ice on the Diamond – A Holiday Celebration, December 20, 7:00 p.m.: An ideal holiday outing for families, this professional ice-dancing show will be presented on a specially engineered ice rink on the stadium's main field.
All-American Family Day & Concert, April 6: A day of free activities designed for the whole family to honor returning military veterans. The day will begin with a ceremony honoring veterans, then attendees will enjoy hands-on activities for the whole family. An exhibition softball game will take place on the Ed Smith Stadium main field featuring local veterans squaring off against Sarasota celebrities. Families can cap off a full day of fun with a free concert by a nationally known music group. Part of The Patterson Foundation's Legacy of Valor campaign honoring veterans and their families, the event is in partnership with Booker High School, Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Goodwill Manasota and Sarasota Military Academy.
Sarasota Orchestra's Spirit of America, May 10, 7:00 p.m.: The Sarasota Orchestra closes its 65th season with a celebratory outdoor Pops concert featuring Molly Cherryholmes, a Grammy-nominated violinist, vocalist and songwriter.
About Orioles in Sarasota 365
Through Sarasota 365, the Orioles and OriolesREACH – the ballclub's charitable arm – demonstrate the club's year-round engagement with the Greater Sarasota community. Whether hosting youth activities, participating in charitable causes or partnering in efforts to boost the local economy, the Orioles are active in the region all year long, proving that their commitment to the club's southern home goes far beyond baseball.
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My babies will be ONE tomorrow. I can't hardly believe it. I never thought I'd be the type of woman who would say that the year just flew by or grieve the passing of such a special year, but I guess I am. I take my babies for granted every day . . . and yet, every day they are a miracle to me. I can hardly believe that after several years of heartache and pain, that I have two one year old girls and one five year old daughter. I am blessed.
So why do I feel so crappy? My mother in law is worried because I look pregnant. No, I don't think she's rude for saying that . . . she said what I had been thinking, so I have to take it that much more seriously. Why does my lower abdomen still hurt to be touched? Why do I not EVER want to have sex? And the constant spotting and cramping – I'm so tired of it.
Tonight I began researching the side effects of the Mirena IUD. I tried to schedule an appointment with my OB/GYN, but he referred me to a GI person. I'm going to cancel that appointment. Perhaps I'm having GI trouble, but I really think it has something to do with the way Baby E was positioned, or the fact that my bladder was nicked during the cesarean, or a fibroid, or the reappearance of adenomyosis, or something. I also suspect the Mirena. It seems like there is an adjustment phase, an ok phase, and then a shit phase that continues to worsen. I'm in the worsening shit phase, I'm sure. So, I called and scheduled an appointment with my GP. I'll have her take it out and hopefully change my depression meds. If that doesn't work, Lord help me.
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A few weeks back we asked you folks to send in questions for Nancy Silverton, founder of La Brea Bakery, owner of Pizzeria and Osteria Mozza, and partner at new burger joint Short Order. We're truly grateful that the Los Angeles superstar took the time to answer some of our questions.
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Offering New York State's only comprehensive B.A. in writing, the Ithaca College Department of Writing encourages its majors to see the public implications of their craft and guides them to find their place in the world -- not only as writers but as citizens and professionals.
Whatever the genre, good writing does justice to a subject; and every subject, no matter how private, is embedded within a social context. We invite our majors, therefore, to connect to their world and to build a writing-centered community based on integrity and responsibility.
Blending theory and practice, our program seeks to foster clarity, invention, and expertise in various styles and genres. Students select from a diverse curriculum of 45 courses and may choose to concentrate in creative writing, nonfiction, feature writing, or professional writing. Whatever their interest, they will discover that crafting a technical report, magazine article, or grant proposal requires creativity, just as writing and publishing poetry and fiction demand an understanding of new technologies and markets.
To prepare students for graduate school, professional positions, and writing careers, we provide a range of opportunities for students:
- publishing experience through writing and editing for our department's literary journal, Stillwater, as well as the college's newspaper and several magazines
- monthly faculty-student readings at the Handwerker Gallery, an annual writing contest, and presentations at the college's annual Whalen Symposium
- small-group seminars reserved for our seniors as well as intensive master classes as part of our Distinguished Visiting Writers Series
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- local and national internships at publishing houses, newspapers, magazines, museums, theaters, public relations agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
These features reflect our department's rich history and mission. Besides our unique major, we also instruct all entering students in first-year writing; house and staff the College's writing center; offer a popular 21-credit minor for students in diverse disciplines; and support local organizations through community-based learning initiatives.
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What if Alice didn't see Bella jump? Bella is starting out her day like every other since Edward left. But she finds something that she never expected.She starts a journey to find true happiness but gets caught up in a war that threatens her life... And not to mention everything she's ever known, loved, and hated.
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I woke up in the morning to the loud beep of my alarm clock. I groggily slammed my hand onto the button that would turn it off, but I missed and my hand hit my bed side table. My hand throbbing, I fumbled for the button more carefully and turned the annoying sound off. I slowly got dressed, wanting to drag out the process as long as possible. Ever since he left I never wanted to have a free moment to let my thoughts stray. But, while brushing my teeth I let my thoughts drift a little bit. Jumping off the cliff was stupid. If it wasn't for Jake I would be dead. Though being dead would be a welcome relief from the horror my life was. What if I just slit my wrist? I would be safe from the memories. And it's not like anyone would miss me. Except Jake, Renee and Charlie. But that's three out of a few billion in the world. And seven of those billion especially won't miss me. I stopped my train of thought when I doubled over, clutching my stomach in an attempt to keep the pain away. I gasped for air and tears ran down my face. My body racked with sobs and I could feel my chest contracting. I quickly stood up and opened the window. The same window that he always came thought. I started to hyperventilate and I collapsed on the floor. I tried desperately to distract my self. After a few minutes, I calmed down and walked out of the room.
After months of having to hide from my thoughts I finally realized what I had to do. I had to move on. I knew that I was only staying in Forks because I had the faintest hope that he would come back. But it became all too clear. He wasn't coming back. I had to leave Forks. Fast. Everything in that small town reminded me of him. And he is the only thing that I have to forget. Maybe I could move on. Maybe after experiencing true love, I could find it again.
Before I could talk myself out of it, I rushed into my room, grabbing everything that I needed. I had a small duffle bag filled with clothes money and personal hygiene items. Before I get out of the room though, I tripped over my own two feet and knocked over my bed side table. I watched in horror as my alarm clock, a few heavy text books and some other small items fell to the floor. Not wanting to leave Charlie with a mess after I left, I started to pick everything up. But, I noticed that a floorboard that the heavy items hit was at an odd angle. I pulled on the end of the floor board and watched in amazement as it lifted off the floor with hardly any effort. But my amazement turned to shock when I saw what was under the floorboard. Tears welled up in my eyes as I laid eyes on everything that he took the night he left me. The CD, the pictures…everything was there. But he didn't take them. He left them under my feet. But why? Did he feel guilty? Or did he want me to have a personal reminder of him? My thoughts were interrupted when I erupted into a new fit of sobs. With shaky hand I took a picture of him out of it's hiding place. It only reminded me of his beauty. Something that I never thought I would see again. I took everything that he hid out and placed them along the floor. I quickly plopped the CD into my CD player, relishing the sound of my lullaby.
I don't know how long I stayed on the floor curled into a ball, but it was late by the time I picked myself up. My eyes were dry, but my face was puffy from the tears. All the time I was on the floor, I figured out what I wanted to do. Edward must have left those things there for a reason. He must of not intended me to find them, but then why? The answer dawned on me then. It sounded ridiculous, no impossible. But I couldn't think of any other reason why he would of done that. Maybe, just maybe…Edward never stopped loving me…
I wiped those thoughts from my mind. Edward told me clearly that he did not love me. But what if…NO! I couldn't let myself hope! If he did love me he never would of left. He left because he was tired of me. Despite the pain that come of it, I made myself remember those few words that he last said to me.
"And I'll make you a promise in return," he said. "I promise that this will be the last time you'll see me. I won't come back. I won't put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life with out anymore interference from me. It will be as if I never existed."
How stupid was he? I would never forget him. I would never let myself forget. Never. And with my new reminders of him, I couldn't forget. But I was forgetting his voice…The velvety smooth voice was fading from my memory. I would have to do something else reckless to have my hallucinations come back…But would I really do it? After my cliff diving accident, could I risk dying again? My answer evaded me. I tried to decide but I was tightly drawn to both options. On one hand, I needed my hallucinations. I was addicted to them. But on the other, I could let myself die. Charlie would be devastated. What should I do?
I realized that I would be late for work, so I rushed out the door and quickly turned on my truck. While driving, I thought. A lot. Did Edward still love me? No. Of course not. He told me clearly enough. But what about the pictures? He just felt guilty. Of course he did. I shouldn't be giving up hope.
But even as I thought that, there was a place in the back of my mind yelling the opposite of what I was so definite on. What if…What if I was living in a lie? Maybe Edward did still love me? Maybe…I pondered this as I drove to Newton's.
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Plans to spend $20 million in state money on dredging to improve the flow of water down Bayou Lafourche are moving forward.
Plans to spend $20 million in state money on dredging to improve the flow of water down Bayou Lafourche are moving forward.
Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District voted last week to hire local engineering firm T. Baker Smith to begin phase 2 of the project. The engineering firm will determine which portion of the bayou has the most critical need of dredging.
Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District Executive Director Ben Malbrough said the district is looking at possibly continuing its previous dredging project at Belle Rose south to La. 70 or dredging from Thibodaux northward.
"The bayou is our source of local drinking water, and the more constricted it is, the more that source is threatened," said Hugh Caffery, Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District Board chairman.
Money for the project comes from the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, which sends revenue from offshore energy production back to the state for restoration projects.
After the next site for dredging is chosen, Caffery said the district will consult with the state about the project. The hope is that dredging can begin by this time next year, Malbrough said.
Bayou Lafourche was once a free-flowing tributary of the Mississippi, receiving 10 percent to 20 percent of the river's flow. In 1904, the bayou was dammed at Donaldsonville to control river flooding. A pump station was added in the 1940s to reintroduce fresh water and satisfy drinking water demand.
The bayou provides drinking water to more than 300,000 people in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Assumption parishes.
The bayou's health has suffered with diminished flow from the river. Sediment fills in the waterway near Donaldsonville, threatening that area with flooding and lowering the water quality. Plants also grow aggressively and helped clog the waterway.
The bayou's ill health became obvious during Hurricane Gustav in 2008 when fallen trees and storm debris clogged the bayou and turned the water stagnant, causing an unpleasant odor and leaving it unsafe to drink for weeks.
In 2011, the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District completed a $20 million dredging project that opened up nearly six miles of Bayou Lafourche between Donaldsonville and Belle Rose.
"The bayou looks great. We really improved the capacity through the most populated area," Caffery said. "But we didn't improve the capacity below that."
The district held a summit in 2011 to get residents' input on what other improvements were necessary on the bayou. Residents resoundingly asked for more dredging.
In addition to dredging dollars, the district has another $2.9 million to improve the Donaldsonville pump station, which is more than half a century old.
The district has bid out the replacement of two pumps at the existing pump station but in the long term hopes to build a new pump station with a larger pumping capacity.
The current pump station can send up to 500 cubic feet of water per second down Bayou Lafourche but usually pumps no more than 250 cubic feet per second because of concerns about flooding upper bayou communities such as Donaldsonville.
The district hopes a larger pump station could send up to 1,000 cubic feet of water per second down the bayou.
Eventually the board hopes dredging, combined with removing obstructions in the bayou such as a railroad bridge in Donaldsonville, will allow full-capacity pumping.
Malbrough said the district is working with the railroad company to get the culverts under the railroad cleaned out.
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Irene Suchocki the photographer begind Eye Poetry takes dream like photographs. I spotted her Your Wild Horses collection on Krisatomic's blog and just fell into her site immediately.
Take a minute and see how beautiful each and every photograph is...I decided to just post the horses (because of the obvious :) and well, there were just too many to choose from. Take a look.


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DENVER, May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerCom, Inc. today announced its presentation line-up for the London Oil & Gas Conference™ 6 at the Cavendish Hotel London on June 10 – 11, 2014.
EnerCom will host approximately 20 E&P and OilService companies with market capitalization ranging from US$7 million to US$16 billion as they present their stories to institutional investors, research analysts, private equity firms, commercial lenders, high net worth investors, and oil and gas industry professionals. Presenting companies at the 2014 event are listed on the Australian, Canadian, London, Paris and U.S. stock market exchanges.
2014 Focus Areas at EnerCom's London Oil & Gas Conference™ 6
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Professionals interested in attending the conference can learn more about the conference, register to attend, and listen to the live webcasts at EnerCom's London Oil & Gas Conference website. There is no cost to register or attend the conference.
The conference provides an opportunity for institutional, private equity firms, research analysts, commercial lenders and high net worth investors to hear presentations from approximately 20 E&P and OilService companies. Presenters will provide an update on key operational developments in major oil and natural gas basins, 2014 objectives, essential technologies driving returns, and their view on the transforming global energy market.
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Founded in 1994, EnerCom, Inc. is a nationally recognized investor communications consultancy firm advising and serving energy-centric clients on corporate strategy, investor relations, media and corporate communications, and visual communications design. The Company's professionals have more than 150 years of industry and business experience and a proven track record of success. Headquartered in Denver, EnerCom uses the team approach for delivering its wide range of services to public and private companies large and small, operating in the global exploration and production, drilling, OilService, and associated advanced-technology industries. The Company annually hosts three oil and gas investment conferences:
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Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Credit Agricole Group, has more than 13,000 professionals operating in more than 50 countries. It provides its clients with a complete range of products and services in the areas of structured finance and commercial banking, capital markets, brokerage, and investment banking.
With headquarters in New York City, and U.S. offices in Houston, and Chicago, Credit Agricole CIB Americas offers its corporate and institutional clients financial products and services and made-to-order structuring, origination and distribution, through both its banking unit Credit Agricole CIB, and the full service broker-dealer Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., which is a member of both the NYSE and FINRA. Credit Agricole CIB is also present in Montreal, Canada, and in Latin America with offices in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.
The Energy Industry represents the single largest concentration of industry exposure at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, whose specialty focus dates back over 100 years. Our Energy practice for North America, located in Houston, focuses on all segments of the business and covers it on a truly global basis.
About Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI) was founded in 1961 to provide the highest quality engineering and geological consulting to the petroleum industry. Today they are recognized as the worldwide leader of petroleum property analysis to industry and financial organizations and government agencies. With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world. They provide reserves reports and audits, acquisition and divestiture evaluations, simulation studies, exploration resources assessments, equity determinations, and management and advisory services. For a complete list of services or to learn more about Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. please visit www.netherlandsewell.com.
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A father is pleading for his son to turn himself in. His crime? Stealing a sandwich from a Denver, Colo. 7-Eleven, CBS Denver reports.
Police say Deven Tomasso, 29, picked up a sandwich from the convenience store and threatened employees with a knife before leaving. He conveniently left his wallet behind which allowed officers to identify him.
Deven's father, Patrick, told CBS he was heartbroken after what his son did. As it turns out, Deven had only 19 days left in his parole.
"He came by and said goodbye. He's skipping town," Patrick said. "It kills me. I love him with all my heart. I've lost time at work from this and I'm frustrated. I don't know what else to do."


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East Java have many interesting places as your vacation destination, just a half hour flight from Bali island. Enjoy you trip with friendly people, sweet and healthy fruit and cheap budget. In East Java you will find wonderful & unforgetable places & scenery : Bromo Mountain, Ijen Crater, Batu & Malang city. Great zoo, nice villages, green forest and more.
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The veteran movie star chats about his debut as the mayor of Hawkins in "Stranger Things" Season 3, plus his new role on the Amazon Original series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
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Snipplr Plugin for Eclipse
Published in: API, PluginsPosted by Tyler on 06/06/07
Oliver Nautsch has created snipplr4e – a Snipplr plugin for the Eclipse IDE. The plugin features
- Preference page to insert and validate your Snipplr API-Key
- Post a snippet from the eclipse editor to snipplr.com
- Search your snippets and favorites at snipplr.com
- Open your snippets and favorites
- Drag and Drop a snippet from the search result
- Ctrl+C to copy a snippet from the search result into the clipboard
- Deleting a snippet at snipplr
Thanks to Oliver for his great work. You can download snipplr4e here.


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I'm building an appliance/kiosk-type machine which is going to run a single fullscreen Wine application (Synthesia). I'm using Arch Linux running LXDE on an original 7-inch EeePC (well, souped up to 2Gb of RAM, but the CPU is rather slow, something like 633 Mhz).
The game can use either a DirectX or OpenGL renderer and I'm finding it to be quite choppy, especially with the DirectX renderer. However, I remember that the machine was perfectly capable of running Tuxracer and other OpenGL games, and Synthesia definitely should be less demanding to graphics - all it does is drawing a few colored bars.
So, the point is - the display is choppy and the CPU utilization is at 100% when the program runs so I suspect it may be using software rendering.
The video chip is Intel and I have
xf86-video-intel installed.
How do I check if the application uses hardware or software rendering? If the software rendering is being used, how do I set it to hardware rendering?


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Summary Report for:
15-1199.09 - Information Technology Project Managers
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
Sample of reported job titles: IT Manager, IT Project Manager, Manager of IT, Program Manager, Project Manager, Project Manager/Team Coach, Senior Lead Project Manager, Senior Project Leader/Team Lead, Technical Project Lead (Project Manager), Transition Program Manager
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- Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
- Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
- Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
- Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
- Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
- Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.
- Establish and execute a project communication plan.
- Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
- Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
- Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.
- Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.
- Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
- Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.
- Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
- Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.
- Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
- Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.
- Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
- Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
Technology Skills
- Access software — Citrix
- Accounting software — Tax software
- Analytical or scientific software — Minitab ; SAS ; StataCorp Stata; The MathWorks MATLAB (see all 5 examples)
- Application server software — Docker ; GitHub ; Oracle WebLogic Server ; Spring Boot (see all 6 examples)
- Backup or archival software — Veritas NetBackup
- Business intelligence and data analysis software — IBM Cognos Impromptu ; MicroStrategy ; Qlik Tech QlikView ; Tableau (see all 5 examples)
- Calendar and scheduling software — Scheduling software
- Communications server software — IBM Domino
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Autodesk Revit ; Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Configuration management software — Chef ; IBM Software Configuration and Library Manager SCLM; Perforce Helix software; Puppet
- Customer relationship management CRM software — Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge ; Oracle Eloqua; Salesforce software
- Data base management system software — Apache Hadoop ; MongoDB ; Oracle PL/SQL ; Teradata Database (see all 14 examples)
- Data base reporting software — Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services ; SAP Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — AWS Redshift ; Microsoft Access ; Oracle JDBC ; Structured query language SQL (see all 21 examples)
- Data mining software — Google Analytics
- Desktop publishing software — Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign ; Microsoft Publisher
- Development environment software — Apache Maven ; C ; Eclipse IDE ; Microsoft PowerShell (see all 33 examples)
- Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat ; Document management system software; O3spaces Workplace
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Exchange Server ; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise application integration software — Atlassian Bamboo ; Extensible markup language XML ; IBM InfoSphere DataStage ; IBM WebSphere (see all 5 examples)
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Microsoft Dynamics ; NetSuite ERP ; Oracle Hyperion ; SAP (see all 16 examples)
- Enterprise system management software — IBM Power Systems software; Kforge; Splunk Enterprise
- Expert system software — Ansible software
- File versioning software — Apache Subversion SVN ; Continuous integration software; Git ; Version control software
- Financial analysis software — Delphi Technology ; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud ; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop ; Microsoft Visio ; Trimble SketchUp Pro (see all 7 examples)
- Human resources software — Human resource management software HRMS; Oracle Taleo
- Industrial control software — Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Information retrieval or search software — LexisNexis
- Map creation software — ESRI ArcGIS software ; Geographic information system GIS software
- Medical software — Epic Systems ; Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Metadata management software — CA Erwin Data Modeler
- Mobile location based services software — Resource management software
- Network monitoring software — Nagios ; Wireshark
- Network security or virtual private network VPN management software — Virtual private networking VPN software
- Object or component oriented development software — Advanced business application programming ABAP ; Oracle Java ; Python ; Scala (see all 13 examples)
- Object oriented data base management software — Hibernate ORM ; PostgreSQL
- Office suite software — Google Drive ; Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Job control language JCL ; Linux ; Microsoft Windows ; Ubuntu (see all 13 examples)
- Pattern design software — MatchWare MindView; MindGenius; MPI Micro Planner X-Pert; NovaMind Merlin Project Manager (see all 5 examples)
- Portal server software — Apache HTTP Server
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Program testing software — Hewlett Packard LoadRunner; JUnit ; Selenium
- Project management software — Atlassian JIRA ; Confluence ; Microsoft Project ; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (see all 69 examples)
- Requirements analysis and system architecture software — Unified modeling language UML
- Sales and marketing software — Google AdWords ; Marketo Marketing Automation
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Transaction security and virus protection software — McAfee ; Symantec
- Transaction server software — Customer information control system CICS
- Video creation and editing software — Apple Final Cut Pro
- Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver ; Facebook
- Web platform development software — AJAX ; Apache Tomcat ; JavaScript ; Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP (see all 25 examples)
- Word processing software — Google Docs ; Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Computer servers — Application servers; Web servers
- Desktop computers
- High capacity removable media drives — Universal serial bus USB flash drives
- Laser printers
- Mobile phones — Smartphones
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Personal computers
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Tablet computers
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Management of Financial Resources — Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Management of Material Resources — Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Work Activities
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Detailed Work Activities
- Manage information technology projects or system activities.
- Develop detailed project plans.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Supervise information technology personnel.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Prepare analytical reports.
- Develop information communication procedures.
- Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
- Analyze security of systems, network, or data.
- Coordinate resource procurement activities.
- Participate in staffing decisions.
- Identify information technology project resource requirements.
- Manage budgets for appropriate resource allocation.
- Develop guidelines for system implementation.
- Collect data about customer needs.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 97% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 81% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 65% responded "Extremely important."
- Contact With Others — 65% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 74% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 68% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 77% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 52% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Sitting — 61% responded "More than half the time."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 45% responded "Some freedom."
- Time Pressure — 42% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 58% responded "Some freedom."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 42% responded "Very important."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 39% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 61% responded "Important results."
- Letters and Memos — 42% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Level of Competition — 45% responded "Highly competitive."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 52% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 32% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 29% responded "Extremely important."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
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- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
Employment data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
Industry data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
|Median wages (2018)
|$43.40 hourly, $90,270 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2016)
|287,000 employees
|Projected growth (2016-2026)
|Average (5% to 9%)
|Projected job openings (2016-2026)
|State trends
|Top industries (2016)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Customer Comments
"I just wanted to say a massive thank you to yourself and Mark + his team. From start to finish your service has been of a high level and professional. The price was competitive and your phone manner was personal but professional. A special mention to Mark who was in contact through the installation, being a manager myself i know its hard to come by good people within your work force who you know are going to do the job right and speak with people in the correct manner. Mark was great from start to finish, ringing up informing me the arrival time has changed to solving problems on site and being understanding with my Mrs who was the onsite for the duration but putting it bluntly didn't have a clue about the build. Having not met Mark in person, i believe the impression he made on myself and my Mrs was above and beyond what we expected. You should be proud to have someone like Mark in your work force. I wish you all the best in the future."- Aaron & Carly


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My past is sketchy. Anytime you are raised by a Gnome sketchiness is a way of life. Not because Gnomes are disingenuous, but because the are far more literal in their world view. Honourable never explained things to me. She just did things to create the best outcome possible. Honourable did not rely on intuition. Honourable cheated. She was a time walker. She visited multiple threads of time searching for the best outcome. Always trying to correct others perceived mistakes. I guess its best to explain how a good citizen of Lordaeron ended up with an insane Gnome mage. I guess it all started at Darrowshire.
The town was overrun. Redpath had betrayed the townsfolk. I remember the clashing of the swords and the mean screaming in agony. I had Matthew by my side. Momma said," Valoree get Matthew to safety outside of town. Maybe head for Hearthsglenn."
Matthew and I ran through town to the graveyard. That is when it happened. The scourge surrounded us. I pulled my knife out and tried to keep them away. I thought he was in my hand. My head spun around as I heard it..."Valooorreee...", He screamed as the tore him limb from limb. I was sure we were headed to the Light together when in a flash she appeared. She must have cast some sort of frost bomb spell as all of the undead were frozen on second and exploded in the next instant. I fell on my knees by the remains of Matthew and began to weep. "There is no time for grief Human girl we must go NOW!" The mage must have opened some sort of port because the next thing I remember was Dalaran. We in front of some sort of council. Honourable did her best to explain but she was asked to leave. She never explained what all happened but I think it had something to do with the bronze dragon flight.
I don't see the Gnome much anymore but the years that followed I was trained in the ways of the Light. She would visit from time to time. The Gnome was ever present in my life when I needed someone to set me straight or just to listen when I was remembering Darrowshire. I often asked her why she didn't save the rest of us. She would frown and lower her head. She never did answer me. So now I serve the Light just as Matthew always wanted.