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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, what better way to describe the hot mess that is the New York MMA scene (such as it is in a state where the sport remains banned at the pro level and unsanctioned at the amateur) than a bunch of pics? So sit back, relax, and get ready to be aghast. Rules and sanctioning standards – what are those?

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Mike Birt that was pleasantly informative - fascinating. I'm sure I can speak on behalf of others that there's no need to apologize for the length of your post(s), to the contrary, we're all here to share information and learn as much as we can from kiter's with experience or different experiences. You have a real-world way of explaining something, without the reader needing a degree in aeronautics.
Eppo and others, your input is equally informative, if not entertaining as well
Mike, I like your "depower is a privilege" and the lack of it in the old days. My hats off to you brave souls. This is what kept me windsurfing longer. I didn't fully understand what is really meant by a kite's top end and after listening to my friends, I don't think they know either. This is good info. Top end is reached when you no longer can effectively / safely control the kite in a given wind speed.
So different type of kite designs / kite models, perform differently at certain sizes and wind strengths. This makes sense. Pardon the windsurfing analogy but it's how I can relate in terms of your explanations' > we would change to different sails-models in relation to size depending on our weight, and our purpose - waves, racing, etc. Some sails performed brilliantly in size "a" but were a dog in size "b" or at least not as well.
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It's the Ticket Prices, Stupids
One of the biggest influences on my view of what theatre is and can be has been Peter Brook, particularly his book The Empty Space, which remains my favorite book about the theatre, despite some of its '60s hippy-dippiness and oracular pronouncements. It remains one of the most vividly truthful books ever written about what it means to create theatre. Brook knows. He has spent his long life experimenting in various ways to create the most immediate, thoughtful, and arresting theatre he could imagine -- with, it seems, more successes than failures. In fact, one of the most breathtaking things I've ever seen was a bad videotape of Brook's production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard -- I hate plays on a TV screen, but this was mesmerizing, and the set primarily consisted of some rugs on the floor.
Now, Peter Brook is speaking out about the greatest sin of the theatre world: ticket prices. If you've gone to a play in New York recently, you know how horrible ticket prices are. Not just Broadway -- a couple years ago, I went to see a friend's show at a well-known Off-Broadway theatre, a play that had no set and four actors. One ticket cost over $50 once all fees were applied. I've given up going to my favorite theatre in Boston, the American Repertory Theatre, because the ticket prices are just too high. I've seen some of the best productions of my life there, but the cost was too great, and I just won't do it anymore.
Various theatre companies say they can't afford to produce good plays unless they charge the money they do. Don't believe them. They can't produce plays the way they do, certainly, but they probably shouldn't be producing them that way anyway, because all it has done is make the American theatre a despicably inbred, useless institution. Let the theatres die. Who will miss them? The playwrights and actors, perhaps, but fewer and fewer new plays are produced than ever before (would you risk seeing a play by a writer you've never heard of if it cost $50?!), and most actors already can't earn a living from the professional theatre.
Back in 1995, American Theatre magazine published an article by Theresa Rebeck, a playwright who had discovered that writing for TV was more fun and less elitist than writing for theatre (this made sense to anybody who'd read her plays, which read like prime time TV shows). I wrote a letter to American Theatre that was published in the February 1996 issue, and said, "...yes, most theatre is quite elite -- the rich can afford the tickets. The first priority of all theatre artists should be to lower ticket prices." (I was naive, and thought italics could change the world.) This was written under the influence of Peter Brook's writings, and I'm thrilled to see him now doing what he can to bring ticket prices toward something at least somewhat more reasonable.
In 1962, Wole Soyinka wrote an article called "Towards a True Theatre" (collected in Art, Dialogue, and Outrage) in which he criticized African universities for building large, expensive theatres, saying that "this is not America where -- to take one example, the Loeb Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts -- a university theatre is built for five to six million dollars, a stupid amoral example of affluent patronage." True theatre, according to Soyinka, does not come from comfortable spaces crammed full of the latest technology: "No one who is seriously interested in the theatre demands a playground for pushing buttons and operating gaily coloured panels."
Soyinka seems to have moderated his views over time, and his plays have been produced at some very large theatres throughout the world, but there's something to be said for his youthful idealism, because the American theatre, at least, has become so sodden with the practicalities of making money that a little idealism might be a good thing. With luck, Peter Brook won't be the only notable professional to do anything he can to make sure that ordinary people have access to the theatre.
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Engineers: Get Back to School!
February featured Engineers Week, which is educational programming to interest young students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. There is an important aspect that isn't the core focus of that week, but something that all of us are aware of: the necessity to keep our own knowledge current.
Publications like Control Engineering do a wonderful job in keeping us engineers up to date, from articles covering highly technical areas to videos which explain current technologies in bite-sized portions. But what if you are looking for an intense, almost "back to school"- like course on a certain subject? …like Underactuated Robots? …Or Object Oriented Programming? What if you could watch actual lectures regarding underactuated robots and follow along with handouts and homework?
Universities and Colleges across the U.S. have been steadily making moves towards liberating content, in terms of offering it up for those seeking the information and in uploading notes, lectures, videos, and other media online to not only interest future engineers but to assist in keeping those out in the field up to date. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been adding course content to MIT OpenCourseWare for almost a decade, across a multitude of subjects. Another example from the opposite side of the country are courses offered by the University of California, Berkeley.
I highly recommend doing a bit of digging if you are looking to freshen up your knowledge about your field and even others. (I find myself drawn to courses about Technical Writing, since I've always found that to be challenging.) Share this information with colleagues and young minds – there are some wonderful resources out there, you just have to keep an eye out for them.
View MIT course videos on YouTube
View UC – Berkeley course videos on YouTube
Read other Engineering at 30 Frames posts or contribute to the discussion.
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It's that time again to get your picture taken with Santa! He will be at the Perryville Outlet at Store 39 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Perryville Lions Club is offering you a visit with Santa and for $5 you may get a picture taken. Santa will be there Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Merry Christmas!!!!
Harmony Lodge on Tome Highway will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast Saturday, Dec. 8 from 7 to 10 a.m.
Congratulations to the Perryville High School Band on its Maryland State Championship.
A Basket Bingo will be held on Nov. 30 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 20 Mount Royal Ave., in Aberdeen. This event is sponsored by Giving Back Hope. Doors open at 6 p.m., early bird at 6:45. Bingo begins at 7. Tickets are available by calling Brenda Conjour, 410-273-7332, or Gloria Williams, 410-273-1806. Food and drinks will be available. Bring a canned good and /or non-perishable food items for a bonus prize ticket.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church will hold a Christmas Concert featuring Charlie Zahm on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale by calling 410-272-3111. $10 for adults, kids 16 and under are free.
A Christmas shoppe will be featured at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 175 St. Mark's Church Road in Perryville, on Saturday, Dec. 1. The event features homemade soups, candies and cookies for sale. There will also be a luncheon. This event benefits family of Eric Andrews, who was struck by a truck while riding a bike in September.
Upper Chesapeake Chorus will hold a sale of crafts, Christmas items, baked goods, hot dogs, drinks and a children's shopping area on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Aberdeen Pictures with Santa will be taken from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Listen to Christmas a cappella singing while you shop.
My family and the Lehmans gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving at our home. Enjoying the festivities were Ruth, Karl and Hannah Ventela, Cindi and Carly Labant, Herb and Mary Lou Southall, Janet Southall, Joann Wilson (who flew in from Hollywood, Fla., and surprised the family) and Shirley and Don Morse.
John and Cynthia Grayson spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Cynthia's family, Jack and Stephanie Wilson in Pittsburgh.
Simon and Amanda Jackson enjoyed the long Thanksgiving holiday in the Poconos.
Phyllis Cunningham is sent a belated birthday wishes on Nov. 26.
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Joe and Carol Goldburn are sent happy Dec. 9 anniversary wishes.
Benny and Joan Biddle celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at a surprise party hosted by their children, Sam and Helen Biddle and Lisa and Joseph Whitaker. More than 40 family members and friends celebrated the Biddles anniversary with a special video prepared by Sam and Lisa.
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Remember this: We live in the land of the free – because of the brave!! Thank a soldier today!
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Do second violinists have unspoken yearnings for a moment of greater prominence? I have never risked giving offence by asking. Although it is a double concertino, this short work is so titled because the melodic interest in chiefly in the second, simpler solo violin part. It could as well be titled Concertino for violin pupil and teacher. The orchestra suggests a grandiose theme, but the soloist prefers something more lyrical. The wind offer a contrapuntal alternative, but the violin stays with his idea. The wind try again, more gently, and this time the soloists accept and develop the theme. The orchestra offers more drama, but the soloist replies with a simple rondo to end the work. I hope the piece gives pleasure.
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Katherine McGlinchey living Camden Street, Boston in 1900.
I am looking for the family of Katherine McGlinchey living Camden Street, Boston in 1900.
She was a cousin of my Granddad.
Katherine was born c.1868 in Fermanagh, Ireland, it looks like her maiden name was McDonough.
Her husband was James McGlinchey and they married in 1895.
Children were Catherine, Annie, Elizabeth Ruth, Ester, and William.
James McCaffrey living Philadelphia 1930
I am looking for the family of James McCaffrey living at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia in 1930.
My Grandaunt gave Uncle James as her contact in the USA when she arrived in 1930.
I found a James McCaffrey living in Noble Street in 1930 that would fit, but can't be sure I have the right guy.
I am hoping someone knows the family.
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10 Reasons Why We Love Shopping on Etsy
Etsy is a wonderful place to buy all sorts of items from kitchen cabinets to vintage toys. We have featured several roundups that source gifts and tech for the home from Etsy and we thought it was high time we brought together the ten different types of tech things that we find the site is a perfect source for. Read on and discover what ten types of things we love buying from Etsy...
Sure you can find lots and lots of stuff on the site, but here are the ten things we are usually looking for when we peruse the trove that is Etsy:
1. Vintage Cameras: In addition to flea markets and eBay, Etsy is our primary source for buying vintage cameras like this one from Carpebellus. There is almost always a great selection to be found there and we have not found any sellers to be dishonest about the working condition of the cameras.
2. Small Device Cases: Whether we are looking for a case for our eReader, tablet, or phone, Etsy is our go-to source for handmade creative cases. Etsy is also a fantastic place to go for geekery like this Dr Who phone case by Bowlerhatbudge.
3. Clocks: For handmade and vintage clocks, the selection on Etsy is second to none. Whether you are interested in a clock made from an old hard drive or magnetic tape like this one by Pixelthis, chances are Etsy has it.
4. Desks: In addition to being a great source for vintage desks, Etsy also has quite the trove of handmade furniture. We're currently trying to figure out just how we can make this yellow Mid-Century inspired beauty from TheWickedWorkshop fit in our tiny apartment.
5. Flash Drives: After the numerous roundups that you've seen on our site that source flash drives from Etsy, you know that it is our top place to go when we want a unique drive. Everything from Steampunk inspired to LEGO drives lives on Etsy and we wonder if this one, that looks like a bar of chocolate from TheBoarUpstairs would make us crave chocolate throughout the work day.
6. Wooden Accessories: Etsy is one place online that we know we are sure to find a wide variety of quality handmade wooden accessories. This stand created for the iPad from HardWoodShop is no exception and is made from Lacewood.
7. Laptop Decals: Sure there are lots of places to buy laptop decals online, but the selection on Etsy is more than fierce. When we spotted this Cookie Monster decal from Stikrz we could not resist a chuckle.
8. Geeky Soft Goods: We can think of no better place to find a great array of handmade geeky pillows and throws than Etsy. Whether you are in the mood for a pillow to celebrate the floppy drive like this one from Freakyfleece, or a Tetris inspired quilt, it's all there on Etsy.
9. Laptop Bags: While there is certainly no shortage of places to buy laptop bags online, Etsy is a great place to find a large variety of unique handmade bags from clever designers from all over the world. The bright red color and the fun styling around the handles are what caught our eyes when we spied this bag from Delikates of Romania.
10. Handmade Designer Tech: Speaking of designers, Etsy is one of the places where we go when we want to buy unique handmade luxurious tech, like this gorgeous fan by SZOSTAK which will run one a cool $7,800.
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With Landis in yellow, as exciting as that is, I wanted to note that Leipheimer's ride was equally impressive. All that the tour is was expressed in his ride yesterday. Redeeming oneself after a bad day, gritting your teeth, and riding into glory is done in races everywhere. All the greats have done it and even the not so great. Be it in the tour, your local team ride, or event, getting dropped and coming back another day is part of cycling and fuels this sport.
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In what may be Europe's first such effort, President Francois Hollande's government says it will look into changing laws next year that will block the ability of online companies to pay levies on French earnings in European countries with lower tax rates. The government is also weighing options for common European value-added taxes.
Taxing the digital sector like other industries could generate more than 500 million euros ($648 million) for the French state annually, enabling it to narrow its budget deficit, said Philippe Marini, a senator who heads the Senate Finance Committee. Countries across Europe, struggling to bolster government receipts to close budget gaps, are seeking to gather more taxes from companies that hitherto escaped close scrutiny.
"These evaded amounts have caught our attention, especially at a time when European countries are being asked to align their budgets," Marini said at a Paris conference late last month.
French politicians, like their European counterparts, have stepped up efforts to go after Internet giants who they say collectively avoid paying hundreds of millions of euros in value-added and corporate taxes using loopholes in European Union laws and different tax regimes across the region.
'Immoral' Behavior
Governments across Europe say existing tax rules have given multinational companies too much room for maneuver and should be changed. The U.K. and Germany this month called on the Group of 20 nations in Mexico to adopt new tax rules.
"Freedom of the Internet doesn't mean a free-for-all," French government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said. "Tax rules have to apply to these businesses as well."
In the U.K., lawmakers this month accused Google, Amazon.com Inc. and Starbucks Corp. of using complex accounting methods to reduce tax liabilities. During a Nov. 12 hearing, Margaret Hodge, chairwoman of the U.K. Public Accounts Committee, called the companies' behavior "immoral."
"There's a serious issue around fiscal harmonization in Europe," French Technology Minster Fleur Pellerin said today during a company visit. "There's a will to change this in Europe but the timeline is too slow. France is in favor of accelerating the pace. Tax rules set at a time when commerce was physical are not appropriate anymore."
'Fiscal Competition'
Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook Inc. collectively pay 100 times less tax than the 500 to 600 million euros they should yearly in France, Benoit Tabaka, former secretary-general of France's Digital Council, told the Senate Economic Commission in January. He said the four companies collectively pay about 4 million euros in French corporate taxes on online revenue of between 2.2 billion euros and 2.5 billion euros.
The companies didn't confirm the numbers. Tabaka left the Council in June to become a policy manager at Google in Paris.
Google -- 500 of whose 36,000 employees worldwide are in Paris -- maintains its European headquarters in Ireland. From there, it sells advertising across the region, including in France, which has some of Europe's highest corporate and VAT rates. Ireland's corporate tax of 12.5 percent, for instance, is less than half France's 33.3 percent.
"Europe has a serious problem with fiscal competition, even unfair competition," said Mathieu Plane, an economist at researcher OFCE in Paris. "We have yet to solve this major problem and the topic isn't being negotiated enough."
Touchy Issue
French officials say Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are able to sell to French consumers while not paying the 19.6 percent French VAT. Instead, they pay lower rates in Luxembourg or Ireland, where their EU headquarters are.
A French Senate report cited a study showing that Google pays an effective tax rate of 2 percent to 3 percent.
"There's a more general problem that applies to all multinationals, not just Internet companies, which is figuring out where margins and added value come from, and how they are created in a company's commercial cycle," said Sebastien de Mones, a tax lawyer at Bredin Prat in Paris. "That question becomes even touchier in the case of immaterial sales."
That Google has more taxable commercial activity in France than it claims is "incontestable," Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac told reporters last week in Nanterre, outside Paris. Google, which doesn't break down sales except to say it gets $16.3 billion -- or 43 percent of total revenue -- outside the U.S. and the U.K., says it is well within the law.
Full Compliance
"We fully comply with tax laws in every country in which we operate and make significant contributions to the ecosystem through local payroll and corporate taxes," a Google Paris official said in an e-mailed statement.
A Paris-based representative for Apple, which has its European headquarters in Cork, Ireland, declined to comment on its French taxes and revenue. The company sells most of the applications for its products through its online App Store.
Europe brings in $36.3 billion, or 23 percent of Apple's sales. It accounts for 24 percent of Apple's operating income.
Amazon, which has its European headquarters in Luxembourg, says it pays all applicable European taxes. Facebook, whose European base is in Dublin, said in a statement that it "takes its tax obligations very seriously," adding that it ensures compliance with local laws.
Still, French tax authorities are stepping up raids on companies such as Google to more aggressively review operations.
'Fiscal Dumping'
Squeezing more out of Internet companies is a recurring theme in France. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy created the National Digital Council last year for matters including taxes, after accusing the companies of "fiscal dumping."
The debate has become more heated under Hollande as the Socialist president, elected in May, seeks to reconcile stalled economic growth with a promise to cut the budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product next year. Hollande's 2013 blueprint relies on 20 billion euros in increased tax receipts.
Budgetary pressure increased after the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said on Nov. 7 that it's afraid France won't meet its 2013 target, forecasting a 3.5 percent deficit.
Phone companies, which invest in infrastructure needed to enable online sales, have asked the government to tax the Internet-linked groups to level the playing field.
"We're surrounded by companies that barely create jobs in France, barely pay taxes and invest nothing on infrastructure," said Pierre Louette, president of the French Telecommunications Federation and secretary-general of France Telecom.
United Europe
Other digital industry players concur.
French companies "need a European market in which fiscal dumping does not go unpunished," Jacques Antoine Granjon, founder of online retailer Vente-Privee, said today during a visit of the company's headquarters with digital economy delegate minister Fleur Pellerin. "We need political conviction to make Europe more united, and that includes taxation."
French phone companies have paid 23 billion euros in licences, state dividends and taxes -- excluding VAT -- between 2006 and 2011, according to the Federation.
"It may be tempting to hike taxes on companies that can't take their business out of the country," Stephane Richard, chief executive officer of France Telecom SA, said in an interview. "It would be healthier to target the companies that make money here but pay no taxes on it."
Companies such as Google and Amazon are trying to show they want to give back more. Amazon yesterday said it plans to open a new distribution center in northern France, its fourth in the country, in the second half of next year, creating 2,500 jobs over three years. Late last year, Google opened a 107,000 square-feet sales and research space in the French capital.
Draft Proposal
Hollande, who last month hosted Google Chairman Eric Schmidt for a sit-down about taxes, jobs and investments, is planning a tax overhaul to address issues around so-called European tax evasion, according to a Finance Ministry official.
The plans stem from a report commissioned by Hollande's government, to be unveiled next month, and will seek European and international coordination, the official said.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a group of 34 nations, is also weighing options after finance ministers at G-20 talks on Nov. 5 asked it to look at whether tax standards can be improved to prevent large global corporations from dodging tax obligations, albeit legally.
"We have huge pressure from states to move quickly -- the current rules are no longer adapted and countries need resources," Pascal Saint-Amans, Paris-based director of the OECD, said in an interview. "We hope to see a change, not just proposals for a change, in the next 12 to 18 months."
The OECD will hand draft proposals out to member states in January, with the goal of opening discussions at the February Moscow meeting of the G-20, Saint-Amans said.
"Governments are finally beginning to take note of the weight of the industry," said the Telecommunication Federation's Louette. "There are good reasons to take charge because unlike steelmaking or textiles, demand in our industry is actually growing."
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S2 E5)" The end of the war is in sight and Downton's aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. Mary and Sir Richard go estate hunting. A recuperating Canadian officer imparts things to Lady Edith that could cause problems for the Crawley family. Part 5 of 7G
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Outdoor Idaho "Jewel of the North" The water is so clear and the colors so intense that people sometimes mistake photographs of Priest Lake for Hawaii! In the 1920's silent-movie star Nell Shipman came to the most northern of Idaho's big lakes to produce her silent films. Today the area is a magnet for campers, fishermen, rock climbers, skiers and anyone who loves magical settings.G
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Dialogue "Miss Representation" Filmmaker Jennifer Seibel Newsom talks with host Marcia Franklin about making the documentary, Miss Representation, which explores how inaccurate portrayals of women by the media are connected to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence.G
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Sesame Street "The Good Sport" Elmo and Abby are playing a game of hot potato together. Elmo keeps losing the game and starts to feel frustrated. He thinks that something must be wrong with the potato, and tries using another one, but he still loses. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Be A Vegetable Taster!/Daniel Tries A New Food" Be a Vegetable Taster! - Teacher Harriet introduces Daniel and his friends to the school's vegetable garden and convinces them to pick out some healthy veggies for their snack. They explore the garden, picking and trying different vegetables.with mixed results! Daniel Tries a New Food - Miss Elaina is having dinner with the Tiger family and she encourages Daniel to try some new food: Veggie Spaghetti and Banana Swirl. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha And The Canine Caper/Perfectly Martha" Martha and the Canine Caper - Martha inadvertently helps some stray dogs rob Karl the butcher. Perfectly Martha - Martha thinks there's something fishy about the Perfect Pup Institute.G
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NOVA "Riddles of the Sphinx" A team of archeologists, including the director of the Ancient Egypt Resource Associates, peel back 45 centuries of mysteries to reveal the techniques and labor invested in the giant sculpture. The team unearths new discoveries about the people who built this half-human, half-lion image that is nearly the length of a football field and as tall as the White House. And, why they created such a haunting and stupendous image.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Athens and Side Trips" Rick tours the must-sees of ancient Athens, then takes the fast-paced pulse of the modern city. On side trips, he visits the ruins of the mystical oracle at Delphi and takes a fast boat to the traffic-free island of Hydra.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Alpine Christmas" Hot-spiced cider and strains of "O Tannenbaum" warm our hearts as we head to Europe for Christmas. Switzerland has a special glow this time of year and we find plenty of good cheer in the bright Christmas markets and toasty ski lodges. We begin in the magical atmosphere of Zurich, with its glittering trees and festive music. D
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The Desert Speaks "Ancient Peoples of the High Desert" High in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes in the historic village of Santiago de K, life continues nearly the same as it has for centuries. An archeological site nearby reveals, through ancient ruins, just how little life has changed over the centuries. Here at over 12,600 feet above sea level, in the highest desert in the world, residents harvest the endemic potatoes and quinoa to use to barter for outside goods. D
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Ciao Italia "Mushroom Fantasy/Una Fantasia Dei Funghi" Mary Ann visits the magical world of David Connor, AKA "Mister Tomato" who grows the most fantastic mushrooms you've ever seen in a energy-efficient greenhouse. He gives her a basket full to take nella cucina to create a hearty Pasta with Mushroom Sauce, a wintertime treat of White Polenta with Mushrooms and Peppers, and finishes it off with a Baked Mushroom Frittata. How about them tomatoes?. D
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Taste of History "Weekend Warriors" Reenactment brings history to life, preserving it for future generations. In this episode, we visit the battlefields, mess tents and riverside encampments for first-hand accounts by reenactors. Chef Walter is busy keeping the fire going in John and William Bartram's kitchen as he prepares Mushroom Toast, Venison Stew, Bread Dumplings and Fried Celery. D
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Simply Ming "Thickening with Guest Susur Lee" In this episode of Simply Ming - the key to making sauces - thickening. Ming demonstrates how to make a reduction and a roux. And joining him in the kitchen is Top Chef Masters culinary sensation, Susur Lee. D
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Christina "Your Holiday Survival" Baking cookies for Santa, the cookie swap, the holiday feast; parties, tree trimming, candle-lit feasts celebrating light.and the New Year. How do we celebrate and not lose our health or gain ten pounds? Stick with me. D
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Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Frying" The best fried foods are golden brown on the outside and deliciously tender within - never greasy or soggy. Yet frying is a technique that can elude even the most ambitious home cook. In this episode, Martha offers lessons in how to deep-fry and pan-fry to perfection in your own kitchen. D
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Austin City Limits "Monsters of Folk" The five musical monsters - each a songwriter and each an acclaimed musician in his own right - pack the set with Americana-infused folk ballads and raucous Southern rock romps. Much of it is from the collaborative songs of their debut self-titled release.G
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Sesame Street "Squirmadega Car Race" Slimey is practicing for the Squirmadega Car Race. He zooms forward, backward, and around and around on the counter of Mr. Hopper's store. Elmo excitedly gets ready to watch Slimey in the worm car race. D
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Dinosaur Train "Don's Winter Wish/Festival of Lights" When the Pteranodon family travels back to the North Pole, Don declares that it's his "winter wish" to see snow fall again. When a big blizzard comes, and even the Dinosaur Train gets snowed in, Don worries that his wish brought the blizzard. He's especially worried for his new friend, Soren Sauronitholestes, who is sitting on a nest of her eggs, out in the blizzard. D
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Super Why! "Tom Thumb" Littlest Pig is ready for an adventure.but his brothers tell him he's too young! The Super Readers jump straight into the story of Tom Thumb, a guy who knows what it feels like to be little.really little! Tom Thumb is about to set off on his own adventure, and lucky for him the Super Readers are there to get him out of a few scrapes. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Manatees and Mermaids/The Last Chocolate" Manatees and Mermaids - Sally and Nick are pretending to swim, but why not go for a real swim asks the Cat! Off to the Glippydrippy Gulf to meet Matilda the Manatee and her son Marlin. Matilda and Marlon teach their guests how to swim slowly and gracefully. Until they hear the sound of a boat motor! Those can be dangerous for manatees, but luckily the Cat, Nick and Sally help their new friends to stay safe. D
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Wild Kratts "Googly-Eye: The Night Guru" The Kratt brothers secretly "borrow" Aviva's half finished night vision goggles to go in search of a mysterious nocturnal creature. But when the unstable goggles stop working, the brothers find themselves taken in by the nocturnal society of the tarsier. As they investigate, the Wild Kratts team discovers that nocturnal creatures only come out at night and learn that eyes help a creature see by collecting the light that comes from objects all around. D
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Dialogue for Kids "Nervous System" It's the complex network of nerves and cells that carries messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. It coordinates our movements and controls our thoughts. It's called the nervous system. Joan Cartan-Hansen is joined by Dr. Mary River, a neurologist at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, to answer students' questions.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Croatia: Adriatic Delights" Rick explores the fabled Dalmatian Coast from dramatic Dubrovnik to crusty Adriatic island ports. Heading inland, he hikes through Plitvice Lakes National Park and enjoys the thriving capital city of Zagreb.G
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My Hero "Guess Who's Coming to Lunch?" George Sunday has moved in with his new girlfriend, nurse Janet Dawkins. He tries to act normal when they dine with Janet's parents but he cannot resist helping to cook the chicken and heat soup with his breath.G
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Are You Being Served? "Christmas 1981" Staff members of Grace Brothers decide that the 90th birthday of old Mr. Grace calls for a special celebration. Their idea that a search of the Grace family tree to create a special coat of arms for the old gentleman produces astonishing results!G
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Candles & Carols For nearly 50 years, Anderson University's annual "Candles & Carols" event has ushered in the Christmas season at the Indiana liberal arts institution. Audience members return year after year to hear the familiar strains of "Silent Night" and other traditional Christmas hymns echo through the campus auditorium amid the glow of candlelight. The 2011 edition of CANDLES & CAROLS spotlights the professional-caliber talents of the more than 250 students from AU's School of Music, including the Chamber Orchestra and Chorale, the Men's Choir, the Women's Chorus, the Wind Ensemble and the Dance Ensemble. D
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Candles & Carols For nearly 50 years, Anderson University's annual "Candles & Carols" event has ushered in the Christmas season at the Indiana liberal arts institution. Audience members return year after year to hear the familiar strains of "Silent Night" and other traditional Christmas hymns echo through the campus auditorium amid the glow of candlelight. The 2011 edition of CANDLES & CAROLS spotlights the professional-caliber talents of the more than 250 students from AU's School of Music, including the Chamber Orchestra and Chorale, the Men's Choir, the Women's Chorus, the Wind Ensemble and the Dance Ensemble. D


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First very nice gift from my supplier Very old White 1 steel Kiridashi
That one is probably hardest steel i ever handled very crisp and hard take super sharp edge !
My own 2 Gennos Japanese Hammers special edition golden flower from Master Baba Masayuki.
I made the handle on big one from some wood from my garden :) Small one is from rosewood perfect for pinning razors
Here is one that is very rare !!!
15 years old Shigefusa 130mm hunting knife, steel is very clouded like on damaskus you can not see it on the picture.
From the looks it did not look as much, but in use that is truly amazing hunting knife !!
Grind is like on the sword very convex and can take a lot of beating. It holds forever sins i got it 3 month ago i still did not touch it up or sharpen it at all and stil it is razor sharp !
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Here's another quokka for you. They are only found on Rottenest Island near Perth. They are super friendly and super fat. But very cute and hoppy. Sort of like a cross between a rat and a bunny. AND you can pet them because they are so tame. It was too exciting, really!
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Spain: Migrants make violent border crossing bid
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants armed with sticks and stones stormed the six-meter (20-foot) high double barbed wire border fence on Monday in a bid to enter Spain's northwest African enclave of Melilla from Morocco, with about 100 of them making it across, Spanish and Moroccan officials said.
The spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry's office in Melilla said Moroccan guards trying to halt the migrants were attacked during the melee and had to take shelter. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of ministry regulations.
Moroccan forces arrested 96 of the migrants, 14 of whom were hospitalized in the nearby city of Nador, according to a Moroccan Interior Ministry statement. It said 13 security force members were injured by the stone-throwing migrants.
Spain said 500 migrants were involved in the assault while Morocco put the figure at 300.
Melilla is surrounded by Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. Migrants hoping to get to Europe camp on the Moroccan side, and several thousand try each year to enter the city and Spain's other coastal enclave of Ceuta.
In recent months Moroccan authorities have been trying to clear forest areas around the enclaves, moving the migrants to cities far from the border.
Monday's attempt came a week after 200 migrants tried to scale the Melilla fences, with some 50 managing to get across.
Those that make it are normally placed in temporary accommodation while authorities try to repatriate them.
On Feb. 6, at least 15 migrants drowned in Moroccan waters while trying to enter Ceuta by sea after several hundred tried to storm the enclave's border by land.
There are an estimated 25,000 sub-Saharan Africans living illegally in Morocco, most hoping to make their way to Europe.
Associated Press writer Paul Schemm contributed to this report from Rabat, Morocco.


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BOSTON, Mass. - The Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation will honor MIT head coach Dwight Smith and Foxboro High School head coach and athletic director Jack Martinelli, as well as 22 high school scholar-athletes at its annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner on Monday, May 14, 2007, at Lombardo's Restaurant in Randolph, Mass.
Smith will be this year's recipient of the Ron Burton Distinguished American Award. He has been head coach of the MIT football team for all of its 19 years as a varsity program, and had previously led the club team for nine seasons. He played and later coached football at Bates, and also coached at Williams College before moving on to MIT. He previously received the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Coach of the Year award in 1997, and earned New England Football Conference (NEFC) Coach of the Year honors in 1983 and 1999.


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The objective of this study was to estimate leg soundness and body conformation trait variance using 1,449 gilts in a commercial sow unit. The gilts were from two commercial lines, the progeny of 58 sires and 836 dams. Sire information was not available for 52 animals.
Gilts ranged in weight from 249 to 297 lb. (273-lb. average) and in age from 183 to 197 days old (190-day average) when trait evaluation occurred.
Two experienced scorers, using a 9-point scale, independently evaluated all traits. Structural traits included six body traits – body size (length, depth, width) and body shape (rump shape, rib shape, top line) – and five leg traits per leg pair and leg action.
The degree in which the trait is controlled by the genetics of the animal (heritability) was estimated individually using available genetic software.
The model used to obtain the heritability estimates included (fixed effects):
- Genetic line of the gilt (two genetic lines studied);
- Evaluation day (to account for differences in the 14 individual groups of gilts delivered to the farm);
- Scorer (to account for differences between the two scorers that evaluated all of the gilts).
The model also used "animal" as a random effect because each animal has a random sample of genes from each of its parents that contributes to its genetic make up.
All values were adjusted to a common weight.
Body size traits heritability estimates landed in the moderate range, between 0.20 and 0.32. Estimates for body shape traits were lower, ranging from 0.16 to 0.21.
Evaluation of leg traits – turned front legs, buck knees, foot size and uneven toes – had relatively low heritabilities (0.06-0.13). Turned rear legs, weak rear legs and both front and rear pastern postures had moderate heritabilities, ranging between 0.20-0.30. Leg action heritability was 0.10.
The relatively low heritabilities of some leg traits indicate that the proportion of additive genetic variance was small and genetic improvement through selection would likely be slow. The low heritability of leg action might be explained by the environmental factors contributing impaired movements, as well as the genetic influences. Some traits were considered moderately heritable.
Much as with many reproductive traits, genetic improvement through selection can still be made for traits with lower heritability estimates if sufficient genetic variance exists for the traits under selection.
Despite the relatively low heritability, further investigations regarding associations of soundness traits with reproductive performance and sow productive lifetime are warranted.
Researchers: M. Nikkilae, Kenneth Stalder, B. Mote, Max Rothschild, Anna Johnson, and Locke Karriker, DVM, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Timo Serenius, Finnish Animal Breeding Association, Vantaa, Finland; Jay Lampe, Swine Graphics Enterprises, Webster City, IA; B. Thorn, Newsham Genetics, West Des Moines, IA. Contact Stalder by phone at 515-294-4683 or by e-mail: email@example.com.


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How Unlocking Your Phone May Now Be A Crime: $500,000 Fines And 5 Years In Prison For First Offense
from the broken-copyright-laws dept
However, given how we've seen prosecutorial overreach on a variety of cases lately, including in the copyright realm, Khanna presents compelling evidence that unlocking a phone could trigger criminal charges. Specifically, he points to 17 USC 1204, which establishes what qualifies for criminal offenses for circumventing technical protection measures:
Any person who violates section 1201 or 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain...In case you don't know, 1201 is the anti-circumvention part of the DMCA/Copyright Act.
Now, I can already hear people complaining that unlocking your phone for personal use isn't "willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain." Except, well, it is. Khanna explains how easy it would be for a prosecutor on a mission to "send a message" to make this argument:
Given copyright laws broad interpretation by the courts, it could be argued that merely unlocking your own smartphone takes a device of one value and converts it into a device of double that value (the resale market for unlocked phones is significantly higher) and therefore unlocking is inherently providing a commercial advantage or a private financial gain - even if the gain hasn't been realized. In other words, unlocking doubles or triples the resale value of your own device and replaces the need to procure the unlocked device from the carrier at steep costs, which may be by definition a private financial gain. Alternatively, one can argue that a customer buying a cheaper version of a product, the locked version vs. the unlocked version, and then unlocking it themselves in violation of the DMCA, is denying the provider of revenue which also qualifies. There are several cases that have established similar precedents where stealing coaxial cable for personal use has been held to be for "purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain." (See Cablevision Sys. New York City Corp. v. Lokshin, 980 F. Supp. 107, 109 (E.D.N.Y. 1997)); (Cablevision Sys. Dev. Co. v. Cherrywood Pizza, 133 Misc. 2d 879, 881, 508 N.Y.S.2d 382, 383 (Sup. Ct. 1986)).Oh, so given all that, what kind of punishment could you get? It's a lot worse than the statutory maximum of $150,000 for willful infringement of a copyright work. No, now that we're talking circumvention and criminal penalties, a single offense can basically destroy your life:
(1) shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense; andKhanna is right that it's unlikely that a prosecutor would choose to go this far, but just the fact that it's possible is absurd:
(2) shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, for any subsequent offense.
If people see this and respond, well no one is really going to get those types of penalties, my response is: Why is that acceptable? While people's worst fears may be a bit unfounded, why do we accept a system where we allow such discretionary authority? If you or your child were arrested for this, would it comfort you to know that the prosecutor and judge could technically throw the book at you? Would you relax assuming that they probably wouldn't make an example out of you or your kid? When as a society did we learn to accept the federal government having such Orwellian power?And, while I doubt that prosecutors would straight up charge someone for merely unlocking their phone, if they're looking to pile on (or threaten to pile on) more charges against some "hacker" for a variety of other actions, it's not hard to see scenarios where this would be lumped in with other threats or charges.


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> A neighbor often stops to say hi and chat — then makes offensive off-color remarks and adds that he is only joking. The last time I ran into him, he made a rude remark about my daughter. Now with the good weather coming, it is just a matter of time before we bump into him again. My husband plans to insult his kids. I also feel like giving him a zing back. However, the adult side of me says not to stoop to his level. Please tell me what you think is the best way to deal with this. D.V. / Watertown
There's a part of me that frankly delights in the prospect of suburban fathers getting into an ever-escalating game of the dozens using each other's children. "Your kid's quantitative SAT score is so low I thought it was your credit rating." That part of me, however, would be more properly employed directing an improv comedy troupe than writing an etiquette column.
I can't condone your husband's decision. Returning an insult in kind is one thing, but dragging innocents — children, yet! — into the rhetorical battle is really a bit much. No one, I hope, has ever felt better about themselves on account of having insulted a child.
Let's start spring with a clean slate. You're optimistic enough to anticipate good weather coming to Boston in late April — let's apply some of that good cheer to your neighbor. Greet him as if spring rains have washed winter's grime off your hearts, as though you expect nothing from him or, for that matter, from life itself except kind reason and courtesy.
Then, when Mr. Justkidding makes his usual crass comment, crack down on him hard and fast like a spring-loaded bear trap.
People seem to think that this is a social juncture where having a witty comeback would do them no end of good. Perhaps it would, in a placebo confidence-boosting sort of way; some people might only feel comfortable speaking up if they believed their words to be unimpeachable. But you don't need a witty comeback when a dog decides to hump your leg. All you need is a command voice and the will to use it.
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However, a variety of groups representing the tech industry -- including CCIA, NetCoalition and CEA -- pointed out a few weeks ago that they had not been consulted at all. This was problematic, since it was the entertainment industry driving PROTECT IP almost entirely, with almost no recognition of the serious problems it would cause for innovation and job growth. Just last Friday, members of the House working on PROTECT IP finally agreed to meet with these groups representing the tech industry, to hear their concerns. But rather than listening to those concerns and working together to fix the myriad problems with the bill, the latest report is that these Reps are about to release the bill they had been working on anyway, which retains basically all of the problems of the Senate bill... and that they're then planning an accelerated push to get it approved.
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As noted below, CCIA, NetCoalition and CEA have all asked members of the House of Representatives to slow down and let them actually be a part of the process. Let the tech industry be heard, and make sure that the problems with PROTECT IP aren't put into law, where those who support it will end up regretting it. Hopefully some folks in the House are willing to listen.


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BU.....worth it??? or wait for NYU???
April 14, 2004, 08:29:25 AM »
I'm in at BU, and waitlisted at NYU and trying to decide my next move.
I'm currently in Boston but I'm from NY where my mom still is and she thinks I should live with her send in a deposit to Rutgers while waiting for NYU, but if I don't end up getting in I'll be pretty pissed to have given up BU for Rutgers,
But, I have to say that I haven't really enjoyed my dealings with BU to this point. Everyone who I've talked to has been rude to me, minus the director of ad and finaid who graciously granted my depoisit extension. And I took my Lsats there and wasn't terribly impressed with the building, it looked pretty drab. And then people have told me that BU students in general are snobby and rude as well, but people said that about my undergrad so I don't believe everything I hear, but can anyone shed any light?
Re: BU.....worth it??? or wait for NYU???
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April 14, 2004, 09:48:40 AM »
DO what you feel is right.
However, if you love your mother, at least give yourself the chance to please her
and give yourslef the chance to go to a top ten school by waiting for NYU. Boston is beautiful though.
By the way, do you mind telling me your stats?
I was waitlisted to Columbia and I'm dying to get into NYU...I'm sure to hear from them by the end of april. Waiting for my letter is agonizing.
I,too , am from New York, Manhattan in fact. I was pretty set on going to UVA, which I've already been accepted to, until I visited it and realized that New York is my home becuase of my friends and family and that despite how crappy the smog and weather are compared to Virginia, I belong at home.
Now I am dying to get into NYU!
I got a 177/3.33(SUNY stonybrook b.s. math) and I had a pretty mediocre resume.
Lastly, IWaitlists are very tough to get off of, but living in New York gives you a big advantage if you tell NYU that you are dying to get in and will accept any last minute decision to accept you off their waiting list.
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April 14, 2004, 10:23:40 AM »
My stats are pretty bad 156/3.1 (Trinity,ba polisci) but suprisingly my gpa is just about the average for my school. But I have 3 years WE with a homeless NP, a pretty disadvantages background, and URM. I should happy to even be wlisted at NYU.
I did think about doing the begging thing with them but honestly, I'm moving into a new apt in boston in a few weeks and really don't feel like dropping everything to move home if I don't hear until August, but on the other hand, would I rather be at the #5 school over the #23? Of course!!
The last thing that would play into it is that I am still waiting on my final decision, HLS, which I'm almost positive I won't get in, but if NYU could wl me then there is a chance? a miracle, something....plus I heard from somewhere that if you haven'theard yet that might mean that they are waiting for the april 15th deposits to come in before they make more decisions which would mean that I least I wasn't an auto reject???
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May 07, 2004, 09:52:56 AM »
how did you get into bu with those stats? are you a URM?
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May 08, 2004, 04:47:47 AM »
One thing you haven't mentioned is what you want to do after you graduate. Do you want to go into public interest law? Or are you considering BIGLAW?
I'm a student at BUSL and if you can get over the fact that the building absolutely sucks, BUSL is terrific. The faculty are top-notch, and the students are generally collegial and friendly. I can't explain the rudeness, which I haven't personally experienced, but if you've met rude students and were visiting recently, it may have been because of final exam angst. I don't know.
From your stats, I think you are a longshot for Harvard (of course, still a chance, albeit small) and a longshot to get in off the waitlist at NYU. The conventional wisdom for giving yourself the most opportunities is to attend the highest-ranked school that you've gotten into. Although some people think going to a lower-ranked school and doing very well there (e.g., top 10, law review) would be better than going to the higher-ranked school and being in the middle of the pack. The big problem with this strategy is that it's IMPOSSIBLE to predict where you will end up on the curve. I mean, who doesn't work hard in law school? Every one does. About 90% of law school students who really, really wanted to be in the top 10% did not make it into the top 10%.
That said, family is important and law school isn't cheap. Rutgers might make sense for you, unless you absolutely do not want to go there.
Good luck to you.
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May 11, 2004, 02:10:53 PM »
I am a URM and I didn't get into HLS and still haven't heard from NYU, which probably isn't a good sign and since they were taking so long I sent my deposit to BU, especially since they offered me a $20,000 scholarship. Plus I really didn't feel like moving right now and wasn't very excited about going to Rutgers, and doubt they could match BU's offer anyway. It doesn't hurt that BU's average starting salary coming out is $125,000 which is the same as most of the top tens.
In terms of work I really do want to practice Public Interest law, since I really do love what I'm doing now. But before this job, when I was in school I really wanted to practice entertainment or sports law and once I'm in school that desire might come back.
jd2b, I have a question for you since you are at BU. Do they give any kind of computer loan? The salary I make now will not afford me that luxury and my current laptop is so old I know it will not support BU's software. I have already applied for my stafford max and private loan and know they limit what you can borrow to what the school says. Any thoughts?
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May 11, 2004, 03:06:56 PM »
Hi mamamia,
I am also going to BU in the fall, coming from the public sector. I've heard the same things about the student body, but it's all been hearsay. Everyone I have talked to you, students or alumni, has LOVED it. I think teh rumors about BU may stem back to the days when each class was ~425 instead of ~270 as it is now. A friend of mine is a visiting faculty member there. He took me around the school and introduced me to a few professors and students. The faculty were great, and the students loved it, especially the clinics.
I'm a bit put off by the building myself, having seen some other schools with beautiful, new facilities. In fact, I had a very tough decision between BU and Cardozo, which had both given me equal-sized scholarships. Ultimately, I went with name recognition (and the I-don't-have-to-move factor).
Finally, I also asked about the computer loans. The law school will increase your student budget by $2500 only once in your three years to accomodate the purchase of a laptop/desktop. You have to buy it first and then submit the receipt. They will then deposit the funds from your loan balance. I think you have to make a special request to increase your budget, and for some reason, they recommend that you wait until after July 1 to purchase the computer. Anyway, just give Financial Aid a call!
Hope to see you in the fall!
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May 12, 2004, 06:16:19 AM »
Thanks Timothy, that eases my mind a bit that I'll be able to get a new computer afterall, though if I really don't have the moeny how they expect me to buy it first is beyond me???
Also, since you said a friend took you around, did they show the gym? I heard from a former BU student who was there a few years ago that it sucked but the pictures online looks okay and I'm trying to decide whether to make it easier on myself financially by ending my Boston Sports Club membership in favor of their gym (since we're paying for it in feel anyway) but I don't want to do that if it's as crappy as I've heard.
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May 12, 2004, 11:40:02 AM »
The gym is actually on Babcock Street, close to the Shaw's at Packard's Corner. I saw it once a few years ago and was not impressed. I have heard from others that it's no great shakes. They are building a new one, though, that should be ready for fall '05. My understanding from admissions people is that there is an extra fee to use the gym. I'll probably keep my BSC membership for the first year unless there is significant cost savings. The BSC on Newbury Street is on my way to and from school, anyway.
If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me! I'd like to meet some future classmates before school starts.
Cheers, Tim
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