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American Association for Higher Education
before the FIPSE Project Directors' Meeting
Mayflower Hotel
October 26, 1990
It was 1970, a year of change, turmoil, and uncertainty on American campuses; people in policy circles were thrashing about for a federal response. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was pushing a National Foundation for Higher Education, aimed at shoring up educational quality in ways proposed by the colleges themselves (not by the government); Clark Kerr's Carnegie Commission had also recommended a new federal foundation, but saw its task as that of actively promoting reform and innovation on campus. Late that year, HEW appointed a task force to take these and other arguments and fashion an action agenda; it was chaired by Stanford's Frank Newman and staffed by two of the Department's ablest, young aides, Russ Edgerton and Martin Framer. The three worked as a team, pulled no punches, and came up with a document -- the celebrated "Newman Report" -- that proved full of ideas and long in influence. Much of the present outline of federal legislation related to higher education (especially in the area of student aid) traces to the Newman Report and the subsequent Education Amendments of 1972.
A key recommendation of the Newman group was that there be a small federal agency whose grants would spur innovation in the conception and delivery of services to learners, especially new and nontraditional learners. HEW secretary Elliot Richardson got behind the idea, it was enacted with the 1972 Amendments, and in 1973 a "Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education" was set up. FIPSE, as it was soon dubbed, proclaimed that its grants would be field-responsive, learner-centered, and risk-taking, all this via a grant process built around peer-review and open to all comers.
The new agency was an immediate hit. In 1973, the first year of its operation, an initial call for proposals brought over 1,400 applications....the stacks and stacks of which made a telling picture on the front page of The Chronicle. The agency quickly attracted a brilliant, creative staff -- first Russ Edgerton, then Virginia Smith as the first director, followed by program officers Allison Bernstein, Chuck Bunting, Carol Stoel, Rene Cardenas, Felicia Lynch, Dave Justice, Ray Lewis, Manuel Gomez, Rich Hendrix Steve Ehrmann, Lynn DeMeester, Bob Fullilove, Rusty Garth -- people who made it work.
One of the earliest and wisest decisions that FIPSE made was to fund a once-a-year meeting of all its project directors. I remember those first meetings fondly -- a hundred or more people, bristling with ideas, passionate in their pursuit of institutional change....retreats that seemed in equal parts seminar, encounter group, and revival meeting....it was hard to tell the new FIPSE staff from the new grantees, joined as they were in search of better things for learners....what lively, yeasty meetings they were, the cutting edge. Almost overnight, a FIPSE grant became THE badge of recognition, THE prestigious grant if you thought of yourself -- many people did then -- as a change agent in American higher education.
Was there a certain hubris and naivete also? Yes, you could say so. But it is also true that FIPSE grants collectively made a significant, positive difference to the course of higher education. Many of the early grants had to do with access to higher education -- minority outreach programs, adult reentry, education for the displaced, the migrant, the illiterate, the jailed... not all these efforts survived, but the great presence of adult learners in higher education today -- they are now over 40% of all enrollees -- and of the countless programs to serve them is a lasting consequence of that work. FIPSE also funded important early work on the educational uses of technology; experiential forms of education; partnerships between education and the workplace; a host of new approaches to the teaching of math and writing, including the now-familiar writing across the curriculum; the development of new curricular content, in Black, Hispanic and Native American studies, plus important early work in women's studies; innovations in governance and finance; fresh work in the teaching of science and in teacher education; and so on. And this tradition continues today: a huge chunk of what we now know about assessment, for example, comes from FIPSE grants of the past five years.
If I may reminisce for one more moment, FIPSE project directors' meetings have always been a favorite occasion of mine -- if this be the 17th, I believe I've been to eight or nine now. They' ve changed, at least in the externals. Frugality and informality were the norm in the 197Os, and FIPSE would always find some low-bid venue -- a state park in Illinois, a tatty conference center in Wisconsin -- at which everybody could wear jeans. Now, since the Republicans took over, we meet in fancy hotels in Washington; all the men have neckties on! At the 1975 meeting at Illinois Beach State Park, the keynote was followed by an ice cream social; now we have a cocktail hour. These are changes I haven't fully assimilated.
What hasn't changed, though, is the calibre and determination, the good spirit of the people who direct FIPSE projects. This annual project directors' meeting, with its proud history, remains rich in ideas and people. One of the things I hope you'll feel by Sunday is a sense of colleagueship and common endeavor with many other people here. Know that FIPSE is stronger than ever -- in its staff, in the quality of ideas behind its projects, and in the vitality of its most important people, its project directors. So enjoy this meeting!
Let me turn now to my substantive remarks, which I want to tell you I don't think of as a keynote. A keynote connotes to me something grand and stirring (like Lee Knefelkamp's speech last year); perhaps Jim Atlas will fill that need tomorrow. But there's little that's lofty in what I'm about to say. What the designers of this conference have done this time, in effect, is to ask a person in the audience to stand up and take the microphone first .... maybe not quite any person, since I've been involved with five FIPSE grants over the years ... but a battle-scarred veteran, then, picked from the ranks to share with newcomers some of the lessons about project direction learned by your predecessors. The beauty of the situation from your standpoint (the scary part for me) is that half the people here are also experienced project directors . . . they can and will, at my risk but your benefit, amend and correct over the next two days the advice I'm about to give.
I'm acutely aware, too, of the great variety of FIPSE projects represented in this room, and of how unlike so many of your institutional situations may be. I necessarily generalize but know you'll listen selectively. My goal is to mention two or three things this evening that you haven't had a chance, up to now, fully to think through.
In preparation, I've consulted my own experience and the relevant muse; talked with a half-dozen project directors and with two former project officers; and had a long lunch last week with six current FIPSE project officers. Of course, all errors in what I'm about to say are mine -- or those of the people I spoke with.
I've tried to organize my remarks around five questions that new project directors should be asking at this point:
- What is it that your project is about?
- Why are you doing it and should anyone else care?
- What constitutes a successful project?
- How will you or anyone else know that? and
- What about your relations now with FIPSE staff?
What Is It That Your Project Is About?
1. The first point is this: that one of your first tasks as a project director is to find appropriate, plain-English ways of describing for others what your project is about. The insight driving the injunction is this: the words you used in your proposal to get your FIPSE grant all too often will have little meaning to the people you have to work with every day in the doing of your project.
Each of us in this room, I say by virtue of our being here, is an expert at grantsmanship -- we've mastered the jargon, we know the code words. When I skimmed the "project titles and summaries" in the FIPSE directory, I found them full of bureaucratic lingo and insider talk; even I, equally a grant-getter and long in experience, couldn't understand what half your projects are about. But that language did work, it landed a grant.
Now your task is different: it's not that of winning a grant from the feds, it's that of running a project in a real world at home, a world that can be skeptical of innovation and money from Washington, and that awaits your words of explanation -- which you now need to find.
Let me illustrate with an example. I visited a college in New Jersey last week that is deep into implementation of into a 25-part, multi-year, several-million-dollar program of curricular change and identity transformation; the magic words in its grant proposal were "collaboration, leadership, and social responsibility." But what do they mean? On my visit, I found they meant some quite particular things to the insiders running the grant, things they could readily explain in 5,000 words or more. Nobody, however, could tell me in a sentence or two what the project was about. I tried some versions on them, like, "We're trying to see if we can get students to take more responsibility for their education, with an eye to helping them do better in their work and community lives after college."
None of my suggestions flew, let me confess; but that college does need to find those words, words, for example, that its admission counselors can use at a college night, or that project leaders can use with skeptical faculty, or that a president can use at legislative hearings or with donors. In much the same way, what is it that your project is really trying to do? You'll need those words, in dozens of situations to come, and finding them (if you haven't already) ought to be a first order of business for you.
Why Are You Doing It and Should Anyone Else Care?
2. My second point is twin to the first -- conceptually, it's not really different but I've made it a second point here for emphasis -- and that is, Why are you doing this project? Why should anyone care about it? Here again, you're looking for 25 words or less -- the words you'll use with a faculty or administrative colleague in that brief hallway conversation that can mean so much later -- words that help those persons not only understand your "it" but that do so in terms your listener can relate to. Again I hasten to examples:
I think of a complicated, technology-based writing project I knew, about which doubts might well have been raised, and of the explanation the project director eventually came up with for concerned colleagues: "It's important that we find ways to get students to write better. We're trying to see if computers can help." Here the PD has stated a problem -- an easily acknowledged one -- and set forth not a solution but a search for answers.
At Barat College, where I directed a "Better Information for Student Choice" FIPSE project, there were many apprehensions about "going for candor" in our admissions materials and about the departmental-level data we proposed to provide prospective students. Our dean of students helped me find an explanation: "We're trying to see if there's a way to get more students here who can benefit from a Barat education." The statement, with its implicit flattery of faculty efforts and stated goal of enhancing enrollment, worked. Beyond cleverness, it was also truthful, and became a continuing, good reminder to us of the project's ultimate purposes as we labored with its details.
At the University of Connecticut, a recent FIPSE project entailed elaborate processes of defining and assessing general-education outcomes, this in the face of Gen-Ed's orphan status on campus and the looming threat of a state mandate. Barbara Wright, the PD, came to say this to skeptics: "We're trying to see if students are learning what we're teaching, and if we can improve that in General Education." It is a masterful statement in the circumstances . . . and a truthful one.
I could go on with such examples, and point out that the words I'm urging you to find may differ by audience (students, community groups, busy faculty or administrators, each may require its own explanation), and also to say that these words need to be found early in your project's life because first explanations form impressions that last and the really good explanation you come up with a year from now may never be heard. But let me conclude this point by repeating, find those words; I've seen a lot of projects flounder when people thought (often wrongly) that the effort was too exotic, or far out, or dangerous. The world isn't waiting for your better mousetrap .... you have to convince people that you have one and that they should want it.
What Constitutes a Successful Project?
3. Which brings me to my third point, namely, what constitutes a successful project? What is "a better mousetrap?" There are many possible cuts at this question; I could argue that a successful project is one that, come what may, tries to do a right thing. But there are always many potential right things; in the real world of FIPSE projects and of improvement processes in postsecondary education, a criterion that matters is project continuation. That is, to a significant extent the worth of your project will be judged, by FIPSE and by others, on the basis of whether your idea, your project, is able to sustain itself after the one-time grant money from Washington runs out.
FIPSE itself cares deeply about continuation as an issue, not least because the Fund itself is judged significantly on the basis of how many of the projects it funds prove self-sustaining. The record here looks right to me: a big study ten years ago found that 80 percent of all FIPSE projects continued after grant support; current inquiries by Dora Marcus of the staff show that figure to have been maintained with more recent grants. I say "looks right" because if the figure were higher than 80 then I'd argue that FIPSE wasn't being risk-taking with its grants in ways that it should. Indeed, every FIPSE project is an experiment of sorts -- if we knew how it would come out there'd be no point of funding it. If your project doesn't work out, let me add, you should have no compunction or apology about bringing it to an end, so long as you fulfill your obligation to provide learning from the project by telling FIPSE how and why things didn't work out.
Nevertheless, the full and fair trial your idea deserves has to begin with a presumption of continuance, indeed with that as an aim. One reason, beyond FIPSE's needs, lies with the credibility of your idea before larger audiences. That is, if your idea won't play at home, it isn't going to have much travel elsewhere. Is your idea viable? How can colleagues elsewhere believe that when, by appearances, your own institution didn't? "Continuation" isn't entirely fair as a criterion, I agree -- a purely local circumstance can subvert even the best idea -- but it is part of the mindset people bring to their judgment of innovations.
Beyond FIPSE's needs or the judgments of others, at bottom you come back to why you are doing your project. You're not (I hope) just doing an experiment for your own or local amusement, ending on some date; you believe you have an idea that can help learners. A project helps learners as it unfolds, learns from experience, takes root in place, then extends to additional settings. All of which means that, from day one, your aim is continuation, and project management proceeds with that as goal.
Well, what do we know about projects that continue? One thing already: that they develop compelling ways of explaining themselves. Another is that they develop credible evidence about their effectiveness (more about that in a moment). A third -- this third point overall -- is that they are managed with an eye on continuation. What does that mean? Many small things; let me mention ten:
Successful projects often have a patron in high places; cultivate one. A president, a provost, the dean -- get that key person (or two) involved. Be sure they know how your project relates to a problem on their desk. When you have good news, let them know -- administrators always need things to brag about.
Successful (enduring) projects also in time have many people who feel ownership in them. A good device for building a broader set of owners can be a project advisory committee, a board as it were .... a familiar, proven way to involve and educate key constituents and gather political support for down the line.
Rather them emphasizing the uniqueness or specialness of your work, emphasize its connections with your institution's on-going traditions, with the real problems it knows it has and wants to solve, and its deeper fit with institutional mission.
You can't run an educational-change project like a research project, and run off into a lab for two years by yourself .... you've got to be out and around, an ambassador for the effort. Good communication through the life of the project with key parties of interest is a must.
How it all starts is important; first acts leave lasting impressions. What you initially call the thing, where you locate your office, how you furnish it, the people you bring on board to help -- all these first decisions count a lot. Every project begins in newness but eventually settles into a pattern; think hard now about the project's longer course and character, and how others will relate to it, as you get going in these first weeks.
Learn the necessary federal and local rules cold, and make them work for you. There's EDGAR, FIPSE requirements, your own campus's rules, there are disbursement protocols to follow and reports to be done in certain fashion. Learn the dreary business first, so you don't get tripped up by it. Clever PD' s also know that a good knowledge of the actual rules can pay off in the inevitable dealing you'll have with the folks in green eyeshades.
There are no incentives in federal grants to do it cheaper, to not spend the full sum of your grant. But a good project with an eye on continuation is always asking, how can we get the same effect for less? Especially after the federal money is gone, is there a way we could keep alive a thing of value with 70 percent, or even just half, the initial funding? Is there a cost-benefit argument I can develop (and gather evidence for) for later use before my university budget committee? Is there a way my project could generate income? This is all part of planning, during the project, for continuation afterward.
An external support network -- which you could start to form at this meeting -- comprised of people doing similar work at other institutions can be helpful. Informal linkages with colleagues elsewhere can be a vehicle for advice in times of need and provide a measure of internal credibility, too. At Barat, my ability to say that the College was doing the project in conjunction with parallel efforts at UC-Irvine, Michigan, and Oberlin made people think, Hmm . . . good company, this project must be important. Even Harvard's Assessment Seminars took strength from the inclusion of peers from MIT, Dartmouth, Yale, UMass, and so on . . . and so might yours.
- Don't act like you have the answers before in fact you do. A bit of modesty and spirit of inquiry can go a long way to winning the support, or at least forbearance, of doubters. Resist, too, the temptation to hit the lecture circuit before your idea proves itself at home.
Think hard, now, about how you'll communicate the results of your work . . . think about what you'll want to be able to say later to what specific audiences and work like the devil toward that reporting. Harvard's Dick Light knew a year in advance what kind of report he wanted from the assessment seminars he led, steered project work in those directions, put great energies into the resulting report (it went through nine drafts), and made sure it got in the hands of the people he wanted to read it.
Further points could be heaped up here, but the sum of any number of them is the same: you want to THINK continuation and institutionalization from the start .... think like an educator, but like an economist and politician, too. You want to take all the steps that may be necessary in your environment for your project to have a full and fair trial -- and a life, if deserved, beyond.
How Will You or Anyone Else Know That?
4. My fourth point has to do with evaluation, or, How will we know your "it" is working? And my briefer task here is not to rehearse all that is known about project evaluation, but to warm you up for the task and the sessions on the topic led by Dora Marcus that follow in this meeting. Three things bear mention tonight.
B. The field of evaluation practice abounds with fresh thought; spend a bit of time with evaluation's new literatures before you go off collecting the usual data. Years ago I took coursework in evaluation methods in graduate school, and thought I knew the topic; my mind jumps easily to brilliant, controlled, cross-sectional designs executed by third parties in white coats. What I've come to learn from more recent reading is that my 1960s version represents evaluation as it was thought of (figuratively) three generations ago. Today, evaluation practitioners are leaner on the theoretical, blue-sky side, and deep into the practicalities of getting information at least cost that responds to client questions in ways that bring greatest benefit to a project and its participants; today's literatures talk of stakeholders, naturalistic inquiry, and negotiated outcomes. I say these things mostly to loosen up your mind and whet appetites for your further thinking about evaluation .... if you think of it merely as an end-of-project task or chore, you don't understand it, and will let slip by a great set of concepts and tools that, incorporated now (at the design stage), can help you get what you want . . . a credible project that works.
C. What to read? I have two recommendations, both of them on the bibliography Dora Marcus will hand out tomorrow. One of the recent book by Dick Light and colleagues at Harvard, By Design; the other is any of the recent books by Michael Quinn Patton of the University of Minnesota, which emphasize the usability of information.
What About Your Relations Now With FIPSE Staff?
5. My final point has to do with your relations with FIPSE itself .... now that you have the grant, how do you relate to these people? And the answer is, once chosen, you're family. Once they've made that commitment of funding to you, you're no longer one more supplicant to be kept at bay, you're a FIPSE project director, and FIPSE wants you to succeed . . . when you succeed, FIPSE succeeds. So the relationship moves to new ground, with the emphasis now on mutual candor and cooperative endeavor.
So I return to advice: one of the relationships you want to nurture is that with your FIPSE project officer. You want to share equally project accomplishments and set-backs -- the Fund needs knowledge of the former, it can often help with the latter. Be candid with your project officer, keep her or him informed of events .... "no surprises" is a good policy. You want that officer, in fact, to know and like your project so well that she or he becomes an in-house advocate for your project -- with the Department's grants-management office, for example, or within the FIPSE staff at times of grant renewal or rebudgeting. I'd make a point here at this meeting to get to know my "PO" well; I'd invite that officer to visit my project in year one of the grant. I'd turn to my project officer for help when trouble loomed at home . . . a call from Washington can remind a busy, budget-trimming president of institutional obligations undertaken with the grant . . . a "PO's" intervention has literally saved more than one project. Again, FIPSE is on your side, it wants you to succeed, it's in FIPSE's interest to intervene if necessary, so don't be hesitant about asking if push comes to shove.
Finally, loyalty should be returned, and FIPSE's support for you should be matched by your own regard for it. Credit FIPSE in all of your documents, articles, speeches, and especially in any contacts you have that are political. The great danger to FIPSE lies always in its small size, its lack of visibility in a town where "anything under a billion is too small to be noticed" .... it would be all too easy to "zero out" FIPSE when nobody is looking. In my view, all of us in this room need to think of ourselves not necessarily as lobbyists, but at least as a public constituency in support of the Fund. So: give credit, talk it up, let your senators and congressman know.
This not being a keynote, I have no stirring ending. Let me wish you -- project director to project director -- the courage, the wisdom, and the shrewdness to see a good idea through.
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This is yet another installment about my search for Ragland ancestors, and unfortunately, I still have not determined the names of Winiford Ragland's parents.
Since I have been unable to locate Arthur C. Ragland on a census record in Mississippi between 1820 and 1880, I can only assume that he was counted under another name that I would not recognize, possibly one that began with his middle initial of "C." Another possibility, of course, is that he died sometime after 1841, the date he was issued patents for land in Attala County.
Yesterday, I decided to review again Edward Branch's War of 1812 records that I obtained from the National Archives. Although I had some information about Edward Branch to begin with, photocopies of the documents in his war and pension file have given me data and insight into his life that, otherwise, I would not have.
Included in the pension file was a copy of the Application for Widow's Pension filed by Winiford Ragland Branch after Edward's death on October 28, 1874. It appears from the documents, that when the pension office in Washington, D.C. requested proof of her marriage to Edward, Winiford was unable to provide a copy of the document. Apparently, the record of her marriage to Edward was either lost or destroyed during the Civil War, and all that remained at the Hinds County Courthouse in Raymond, Mississippi, was a copy of a marriage bond that was posted.
Edward's file documents show that Bryan Tyson, Esq., representing the pension office in Washington, wrote to Winiford's attorneys in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Butts & Scarborough, requesting a signed affidavit from two individuals who could attest to the fact that the marriage had actually occurred. A copy of the affidavit submitted, signed by Robert W. Ragland and Sarah Haxall, who stated they were each present and saw the couple married, is among the pension file documents. Now I have another Ragland name to include in my search. In addition, other members of the community who had known the couple for many years submitted separate affidavits attesting to the public's knowledge of the existence of the Ragland-Branch marriage. Two such individuals were Charles R. McNeal and Thomas W Evans.
Here is a look at the affidavit, signed by Robert W. Ragland and Sarah Haxall, that bears the seal of an Attala County Justice of the Peace, R. N. Ousley:
So now it's back to census searching, this time for Robert W. Ragland. Apart from the affidavit, one othe item of interest I found yesterday was that a member of the Ragland family in Hanover County, Virginia, Evan Ragland, alledgedly married Susannah Pettus. If you have been following this blog, you may recall that my maternal line includes the Pettus family, who lived in Kent County, Virginia before migrating south. Possibly, a connection between these two families existed in Mississippi, as well, since I have now found a Pettus family and a Ragland family living in 1860 near Paris, a community in Lafayette County, Mississippi. I am anxious to see where this research leads me.
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CBN News Medical Reporter Lorie Johnson shares new hope in the battle against Alzheimer's and other diseases. Airdate 1-7-2013.
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How much Coconut Oil do you need to ingest to see benefits? Also, would taking the Coconut Oil capsules be just as good? If so, how many should you take?
lharrisn Sep 11, 2015 at 1:03 pm Flag as inappropriate
Spectrum organic expeller pressed coconut oil can be found at Stop and Shop, Whole Foods or any health food store....
It's a medium heat oil so I wouldn't use in the micro wave. Micro waving removes nutrients of foods.
elli sharpe Aug 20, 2015 at 11:22 am Flag as inappropriate
thank you for the information cbn,god bless you all
paddy68 Feb 18, 2014 at 1:13 pm Flag as inappropriate
Thank you CBN for this information. I will be passing this on to my Dad. Please keep things like this coming to your partners and viewers. We need all the help we can get.
Sara Nov 25, 2013 at 3:06 am Flag as inappropriate
Is coconut oil good for heart problems or any other problems in general thank you and God bless
pam wilkison May 29, 2013 at 1:44 pm Flag as inappropriate
Is coconut oil good for heart problems or any other problems in general thank you and God bless
pam wilkison May 29, 2013 at 1:44 pm Flag as inappropriate
This is SO cool! Dr. Mercola (Mercola.com) has been talking about the benefits of coconut oils for a LONG time.:)
AdrianneTx Jan 8, 2013 at 2:08 am Flag as inappropriate
Tropical Traditions is an excellent source for coconut oil, and the Christian owner also has his testimony and ministry on the website. Many other testimonials about their products can also be found on their website. Just go to Tropical Traditions.com
Hiswitness Jan 7, 2013 at 4:47 pm Flag as inappropriate
I moisturize my face with coconut oil every night. It is silky soft and goes smoothly on my skin. Also good on the hands, elbows, and feet. I read on the jar it also is good for the hair, but have not tried that.
Joy Kusek Jan 7, 2013 at 4:13 pm Flag as inappropriate
@ annie: Regarding Blood Sugar and Coconut oil, below is an excerpt from Dr. Mary Newport's website, http://www.coconutketones.com/.
"WHO SHOULD TRY THIS? People who have a neurodegenerative disease that involves decreased glucose uptake in neurons could benefit from taking higher amounts of coconut and/or MCT oil to produce ketones which may be used by brain cells as energy. These diseases include Alzheimer's and other dementias, Parkinson's, ALS (Lou Gehrig's), multiple sclerosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, autism, Down's syndrome, and Huntington's chorea. Ketones can also serve as an alternative fuel for other cells in the body that are insulin resistant or cannot transport glucose, and could potentially lessen the effects of diabetes I or II on the brain and other organs. If you are at risk due to family history, you consider making this dietary change as well. If your loved one is in assisted living, the doctor may be willing to prescribe coconut oil to be given at each meal, increasing gradually."
Please download CBN's fact sheet and visit Dr Newport's website.
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@jac: According to CBN's Fact Sheet: "Coconut milk is a combination of the oil and the water from the coconut and most of the calories are from
the oil. Look for brands with 10 to 13 grams of fat in 2 ounces. Look in the grocery store's Asian section. Some brands are less expensive but are diluted with water."
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@Cjrmay20 and Janet0605: Please download our Fact Sheet for more information and visit this informative link: http://www.coconutketones.com/
"Dr. Newport adds, 'Using coconut oil capsules is not an efficient way to give the oil since the capsules are relatively expensive and contain only 1 gram of oil per capsule, whereas the oil is 14 grams per tablespoon.' "
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Thanks for your posts.
Our CBN medical reporter, Lorie Johnson, suggests starting off with about 2 tablespoons a day and increase gradually to 6 tablespoons a day. It's a great idea to REPLACE ALL OILS in regular cooking and baking (just melt it in the microwave if it needs to be liquid) with the tasteless, odorless kind of coconut oil, such as LouAna, which you can purchase from the oil section of the grocery store and costs about four dollars. Please visit Dr. Newport's website and/or read her book. Both very informative and easy to understand. Dr. Newport's website: http://www.coconutketones.com/
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The coconut oil, Louanna brand in the video, is available at my Walmart. I use that when cooking savory foods as it has no smell or taste. I buy an expensive brand at the health food store that smells and tastes like coconut from my health food store. I use that with recipes that have fruit in them, like a dressing with basalmic vinegar over a tossed salad with strawberries or apples or oranges and walnuts, or baked apples, or brown rice destined for rice pudding.
BraveLute Oct 30, 2012 at 10:15 pm Flag as inappropriate
Another good resource regarding this information is www.knowthecause.com Check out the article's on the product called Prevagen to help mental decline.
John Oct 24, 2012 at 8:04 pm Flag as inappropriate
Pure coconut oil can be purchased at your local health food store. Organic is best. I've cooked with it & what is interesting about that is that it doesn't cause the food such as stir fry veggies to taste like coconut. I've also eaten spoonfuls of it right out of the jar. It is delicious & I could taste a coconut flavor. I knew it was healthy, but I didn't know about all of these wonderful benefits. Thanks, CBN.
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I would like to purchase a coconut oil , how i can order
kamla Sep 4, 2012 at 3:30 pm Flag as inappropriate
Thank you CBN for this wonderful information. I shall pass it on to my father who suffers from Alzheimer's. I will buy high quality coconut oil for him to take. Thanks also to the posters on this forum who have contributed with their thoughts and observations. Much appreciated! :-)
Eric Aug 2, 2012 at 7:37 am Flag as inappropriate
I am from the tropics and for years, our coconut oil exports have been affected by socalled studies conducted by the West. Today, you have come one big circle to appreciate what our forefathers have been using for centuries without any ill effects - coconut oil.
My suggestion is to make your own coconut oil. It is best. You can find many videos on Youtube on how to make it - by boiling coconut milk and turning it into oil. This is best coconut oil as this is what we in the Tropics have done.
I am sharing this because there is the Internet this day. Take coconut oil and you will be amazed in three weeks when your life turns around.
If you are in the West, you have been unfairly informed by your own industries and people with their own interests. Today you have been blessed with the Internet. Hope you will now see Coconut oil in different light.
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In a Jun 4, 2012 at 9:17 pm post "Nonnie" said, "I am one of two Distributors in the US. I will ship anywhere." How do I contact "Nonnie" about ordering?
Tim Ault Jun 20, 2012 at 9:39 pm Flag as inappropriate
I am one of two Distributors in the US. I will ship anywhere. My line is from the Philippines, and it is not only cold pressed, it is Cold Processed. This is why it is better. My brand is 100% Virgin Coconut Oil. Santa Maria is the name and the company is one of 4 that are still using the cold processs. All the others went to the heat process, which kills the antioxidants, that are good for your body. You only need 1 tsp twice a day. I also massage it on my face and neck and arms. It is also a natural sun blocker. It is amazing. Coconut oil if processed correctly is the best way to go. You will be amazed at how much better you are going to feel, even your mind will see the difference.. Leona
Nonnie Jun 4, 2012 at 9:17 pm Flag as inappropriate
Fish oil, and purple grapes will also prevent strokes, are good for your skin, and the fish oil is good for arthritis.
7obmar May 8, 2012 at 9:40 pm Flag as inappropriate
I read and saw the video on coconut oil. I am using all natural, non-hydrogenated coconut oil from www.nutritionexpress.com, which is run by Judy Lindberg McFarland, a Born Again nutritionist. I also read that high doses of fish oil will prevent Alzheimer's or improve your memory.
7obmar May 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm Flag as inappropriate
I treated Alzheimer's patients for many years before my retirement, and came to believe that the current scientific orthodoxy on the cause of Alzheimer's may not be correct. I was very interested several years ago when the "diabetes of the brain" hypothesis emerged, but had my doubts for the reasons very clearly and ably described by Nutritionist. I believe that it is possible, even likely, that ketones might be able to optimize the functionality of remaining neurons in Alzheimer's patients, but doubt that they can do anything to arrest the underlying progression of the disease. Over the years I came to believe that Alzheimer's has a viral origin, and following my retirement I published a brief paper describing an alternative approach to the prevention (and possibly the treatment) of the disease. Anyone interested can obtain a free download of the paper at http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=5555.
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The NetWare Link-Services Protocol (NLSP) is a link-state routing protocol from Novell designed to overcome some of the limitations associated with the IPX Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and its companion protocol, the Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP). NLSP is based on the OSI Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol and was designed to replace RIP and SAP, Novell's original routing protocols that were designed when internetworks were local and relatively small. As such, RIP and SAP are not well suited for today's large, global internetworks. This chapter summarizes the routing processes and protocol components of NLSP.
Compared to RIP and SAP, NLSP provides improved routing, better efficiency, and scalability. In addition, NLSP-based routers are backward compatible with RIP-based routers. NLSP-based routers use a reliable delivery protocol, so delivery is guaranteed. Furthermore, NLSP facilitates improved routing decisions because NLSP-based routers store a complete map of the network, not just next-hop information such as RIP-based routers use. Routing information is transmitted only when the topology has changed, not every 60 seconds as RIP-based routers do, regardless of whether the topology has changed. Additionally, NLSP-based routers send service-information updates only when services change, not every 60 seconds as SAP does.
NLSP is efficient in several ways. It is particularly useful over a WAN link because its support of IPX header compression makes it possible to reduce the size of packets. NLSP also supports multicast addressing so that routing information is sent only to other NLSP routers, not to all devices, as RIP does.
In addition, NLSP supports load balancing across parallel paths and improves link integrity. It periodically checks links for connectivity and for the data integrity of routing information. If a link fails, NLSP switches to an alternate link and updates the network topology databases stored in each node when connectivity changes occur anywhere in the routing area.
In terms of scalability, NLSP can support up to 127 hops (RIP supports only 15 hops) and permits hierarchical addressing of network nodes, which allows networks to contain thousands of LANs and servers.
NLSP Hierarchical Routing
NLSP supports hierarchical routing with area, domain, and global internetwork components. An area is a collection of connected networks that all have the same area address. A domain is a collection of areas that belong to the same organization. A global internetwork is a collection of domains that usually belong to different organizations, but with an arms-length relationship. Areas can be linked to create routing domains, and domains can be linked to create a global internetwork.
NLSP supports three levels of hierarchical routing: Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 routing. A Level 1 router connects network segments within a given routing area. A Level 2 router connects areas and also acts as a Level 1 router within its own area. A Level 3 router connects domains and also acts as a Level 2 router within its own domain.
Figure: NLSP Defines Three Routing Levels illustrates the three routing levels NLSP defines.
Figure: NLSP Defines Three Routing Levels
Hierarchical Routing Efficiencies
Hierarchical routing simplifies the process of enlarging a network by reducing the amount of information that every router must store and process to route packets within a domain. A Level 1 router is required to keep detailed information only about its own area instead of storing link-state information for every router and network segment in its domain. To exchange traffic with other areas, a Level 1 router must find only the nearest Level 2 router. Between areas, Level 2 routers advertise the area address(es) only for their respective areas, not their entire link-state databases. Level 3 routers perform similarly between domains.
NLSP Adjacencies
By exchanging hello packets, a router determines the reachability of its neighbors and uses this information to establish adjacency. Adjacency is a record that a router keeps about the state of its connectivity with a neighbor and the attributes of the neighboring router. The router stores these records in its adjacency database.
Adjacency-establishment procedures vary depending upon whether the router is establishing and maintaining adjacencies over a WAN or a LAN.
Establishing router adjacency over a WAN involves first establishing the underlying data-link connection (details depend upon the medium). The routers then exchange identities by using the IPX WAN Version 2 protocol and determine certain operational characteristics of the link. Hello packets are exchanged, and the routers update their adjacency databases. The routers then exchange both link-state packets (LSPs) describing the state of their links and IPX data packets over the link. To maintain a WAN link, the router maintains a state variable indicating whether the link is up, down, or initializing for each adjacency. If the router does not hear from a neighbor within the time specified in a holding timer, the router generates a message indicating that the link is down and deletes the adjacency.
WAN hello packets enable routers to discover each other's identity, to decide whether they are in the same routing area, and to determine whether other routers and links are operational. A router sends hello packets when the circuit is first established, when a timer expires, or when the contents of the next hello to be transmitted are different than the contents of the previous hello transmitted by this system (and one or more seconds have elapsed since the previous hello). Hello packets are sent as long as the circuit exists.
Establishing a New WAN Adjacency
A typical startup procedure between two routers (A and B) on a WAN link begins with the link in the down state. Router A sends a WAN hello indicating the down state to Router B, which changes its state for the link to initializing. Router B sends a WAN hello with a field indicating its initializing state to Router A. Router A then changes its state for the link to initializing and sends a WAN hello with a field indicating this to Router B. Router B changes its state for the link to the up state and sends a WAN hello with a field indicating its new state. Finally, Router A changes its state for the link to up.
Maintaining Adjacencies over LANs
When a broadcast circuit, such as an 802.3 Ethernet and 802.5 Token Ring, is enabled on a router, the router begins sending and accepting hello packets from other routers on the LAN and starts the designated router election process.
The designated router represents the LAN as a whole in the link-state database, makes routing decisions on behalf of the whole, and originates LSPs on behalf of the LAN. This ensures that the size of the link-state databases that each router must construct and manage stay within reasonable limits.
Periodically, every router sends a multicast hello packet on the LAN. The router with the highest priority (a configurable parameter) becomes the Level 1 designated router on the LAN. In case of a tie, the router with the higher MAC address wins.
Sending LAN Hello Packets
Hello packets enable routers on the broadcast circuit to discover the identity of the other Level 1 routers in the same routing area on that circuit. The packets are sent immediately when any circuit has been enabled to a special multicast destination address. Routers listen on this address for arriving hello packets.
NLSP Operation
An NLSP router extracts certain information from the adjacency database and adds locally derived information. Using this information, the router constructs a link-state packet (LSP) that describes its immediate neighbors. All LSPs constructed by all routers in the routing area make up the link-state database for the area.
The NLSP specification intends for each router to maintain a copy of the link-state database and to keep these copies synchronized with each other. The link-state database is synchronized by reliably propagating LSPs throughout the routing area when a router observes a topology change. Two methods ensure that accurate topology-change information is propagated: flooding and receipt confirmation.
Flooding is instigated when a router detects a topology change. When such a change is detected, the router constructs a new LSP and transmits it to each of its neighbors. Such LSPs are directed packets on a WAN and multicast packets on a LAN. Upon receiving an LSP, the router uses the sequence number in the packet to decide whether the packet is newer than the current copy stored in its database. If it is a newer LSP, the router retransmits it to all its neighbors (except on the circuit over which the LSP was received).
The receipt-confirmation process is different for LANs and WANs. On WANs, a router receiving an LSP replies with an acknowledgment. On LANs, no explicit acknowledgment occurs, but the designated router periodically multicasts a packet called a complete sequence number packet (CSNP) that contains all the LSP identifiers and sequence numbers that it has in its database for the entire area. This ensures that other routers can detect whether they are out of synchronization with the designated router.
NLSP Hierarchical Addressing
NLSP supports a hierarchical addressing scheme. Each routing area is identified by two 32-bit quantities: a network address and a mask. This pair of numbers is called an area address. Expressed in hexadecimal, an example of an area address follows:
- 01234500 - This number is the network address for this routing area. Every network number within that area starts with the identification code 012345.
- FFFFFF00 - This number is the mask that identifies how much of the network address refers to the area itself and how much refers to individual networks within the area.
In this example area address, the first 24 bits (012345) identify the routing area. The remaining 8 bits are used to identify individual network numbers within the routing area (for example, 012345AB, 012345C1, 01234511).
Figure: NLSP Addresses Consist of a Network Address and a Mask highlights these addressing concepts with three different networks in a single area.
Figure: NLSP Addresses Consist of a Network Address and a Mask
A routing area can have as many as three different area addresses, each with a different mask. Having more than one area address allows the routing area to be reorganized without interrupting operations. Any combination of area addresses can be used within a domain.
NLSP Hello Packets
Two types of NLSP hello packets exist: WAN hello and Level 1 LAN hello packets.
WAN Hello Packet
Figure: Fourteen Fields Make Up a WAN Hello Packet illustrates the fields of a WAN hello packet.
Figure: Fourteen Fields Make Up a WAN Hello Packet
WAN Hello Packet Fields
The following WAN hello packet field descriptions summarize each field illustrated in the above figure:
- Protocol ID - Identifies the NLSP routing layer with the 0x83 hex number.
- Length indicator - Determines the number of bytes in the fixed portion of the header.
- Minor version - Contains one possible decimal value and is ignored on receipt.
- Reserved - Contains no decimal values and is ignored on receipt.
- Packet type (5 bits) - Contains 17 possible decimal values.
- Major version - Contains one possible decimal value.
- Reserved - Contains no decimal values and is ignored on receipt.
- State (2 bits) - Sends the router's state associated with the link (0 = up, 1 = initializing, 2 = down).
- Circuit type (Cct type) - Consists of 2 bits. This field can have one of the following values:
- 0 - Reserved value; ignore entire packet.
- 1 - Level 1 routing only.
- 2 - Level 2 routing only. (The sender uses this link for Level 2 routing.)
- 3 - Both Level 1 and Level 2. (The sender is a Level 2 router and uses this link for Level 1 and Level 2 traffic.)
- Source ID - Serves as the system identifier of the sending router.
- Holding time - Contains the holding timer, in seconds, to be used for the sending router.
- Packet length - Determines the entire length of the packet, in bytes, including the NLSP header.
- Local WAN circuit ID - Acts as a unique identifier assigned to this circuit when it is created by the router.
- Variable length field - Consists of a series of optional fields.
NLSP LAN Hello Packets
Figure: A LAN Level 1 Hello Packet Consists of 16 Fields illustrates the fields of a LAN Level 1 hello packet.
Figure: A LAN Level 1 Hello Packet Consists of 16 Fields
Level 1 LAN Hello Packet Fields
The following Level 1 LAN Hello packet field descriptions summarize each field illustrated in the above figure:
- Protocol ID - Identifies the NLSP routing layer with the 0x83 hex number.
- Length indicator - Determines the number of bytes in the fixed portion of the header (up to and including the LAN ID field).
- Minor version - Contains one possible decimal value and is ignored on receipt.
- Reserved - Contains no possible decimal values and is ignored on receipt.
- Packet type (5 bits) - Contains 15 possible decimal values.
- Major version - Contains one possible decimal value.
- Reserved - Contains no possible decimal values and is ignored on receipt.
- No multicast (NM) (1 bit) - Indicates, when set to 1, that the packet sender cannot receive traffic addressed to a multicast address. (Future packets on this LAN must be sent to the broadcast address.)
- Circuit type (Cct Type) (2 bits) - Can have one of the following values:
- 0 - Reserved value; ignore entire packet.
- 1 - Level 1 routing only.
- 2 - Level 2 routing only. (The sender uses this link for Level 2 routing.)
- 3 - Both Level 1 and Level 2. (The sender is a Level 2 router and uses this link for Level 1 and Level 2 traffic.)
- Source ID - Contains the system ID of the sending router.
- Holding time - Contains the holding timer, in seconds, to be used for the sending router.
- Packet length - Determines the entire length of the packet, in bytes, including the NLSP header.
- R - Contains no possible decimal values and is ignored on receipt.
- Priority (7 bits) - Serves as the priority associated with being the LAN Level 1 designated router. (Higher numbers have higher priority.)
- LAN ID - Contains the system ID (6 bytes) of the LAN Level 1 designated router, followed by a field assigned by that designated router.
- Variable length fields - Consists of a series of optional fields.
Review Questions
Q - What is the purpose of a Layer 2 router within the NLSP hierarchical routing scheme?
A - The Layer 2 router connects network segments within a given routing area. A Level 2 router connects areas and also acts as a Level 1 router within its own area.
Q - How long are hello packets sent after a router is initialized and reaches a fully functional state?
A - Hello packets are continuously sent out an active interface. This allows the adjacent router to know that the interface or connection is still active and usable. If a router does not receive a hello packet from a neighbor after a set period of time, it assumes that the interface or connection is no longer available and deletes it from its database.
Q - What type of LSPs are sent over a WAN-directed or multicast?
A - When LSPs are sent via a WAN link, they are sent as directed packets, meaning that they contain the IP address of the neighbor. On a LAN, a multicast packet is sent.


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Version 4.0 was unveiled last week. ECMAScript is the official standard underlying JavaScript. JetBrains is citing a roster of Harmony features it now supports, including classes, traits, for-of loops, spread operator, object initializer shorthand and property method assignment, said Alexey Korsun, JetBrains product marketing manager. WebStorm, JetBrains said, is known for anticipating a developer's next step.
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Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has congratulated South Australia's Yalumba Wine Company on taking out the Environment, Energy and Climate Action in Agribusiness Award at the NAB Agribusiness Awards for Excellence 2012, held last night.
The Award, sponsored by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, recognises excellence in researching and developing new ways of managing and conserving the environment and energy reserves and responding to the risks and opportunities posed by a changing climate.
Minister Ludwig said the Yalumba Wine Company was a worthy winner, having worked closely with the former Australian Greenhouse Office to develop an integrated emissions management program that spans the lifecycle of winemaking, including a lifecycle 'carbon' analysis tool.
"Yalumba Wine Company developed and implemented an innovative, eco-efficient winery and invested in the purchase of land specifically for the purpose of revegetation, carbon sequestration and conservation," Minister Ludwig said.
"They are a recognised and influential leader in the agribusiness sector, boasting a well established history of active engagement with the wider community."
The Award supports the priorities and objectives of the department's climate change programs and initiatives that are addressing climate variability, adaptation and lowering land sector greenhouse gas emissions.
Minister Ludwig said finalists for the award looked to the low carbon future by planning and implementing processes to decrease their carbon footprint and demonstrated an awareness of the environment and the impact of their business upon it.
"Award finalist, Jaques Australian Coffee, established a large solar farm in North Queensland and is working towards making their business carbon positive by offsetting all of the power for their plantation cafe and houses, factories, irrigation and fertigation systems," Minister Ludwig said.
"South Australia's St Hallet Wines has focused on projects and initiatives to improve the energy efficiency of their business and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including improving the efficiency of refrigeration and lighting."
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I was introduced to smoked salmon, in particular cold-smoked salmon, when I was stationed in Scotland in the early 70s. I'm quite fond of it but don't purchase it often because it is so expensive. I've always wanted to try to make my own, and bought an inexpensive smoker with that at least partly in mind. I do like hot-smoked salmon, but it just isn't the same stuff.
It works well for low and slow BBQ and also for smoking, but it is far too warm for cold smoking anything. The blistering cold weather we've been having inspired me to have another look at cold smoking. I bought half a salmon, Atlantic and farm raised, perhaps the worst possible choice but as I am unfamiliar with what is available near my new home I got what I knew was available.
I brined it in a fairly simple brine, salt/sugar/maple syrup/garlic/black pepper for about 10 hours, dried it in the refrigerator for about 12 hours, then slapped it on the grill.
At 8:00 a.m. when I started the ambient temperature was +4F. I smoked it for about 12 hours. The high ambient during the day was +16F, and the smoker high was maybe 76-77F and smoker low maybe 72F. I paid close attention. This is the result. It tastes pretty good. Not Scottish smoked salmon, of course, but it's not too salty, not too sweet, not too fishy, heavily smoked with a mix of apple and white oak and with a mild and pleasant flavor. Worth doing again, if the weather cooperates.


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Today, Aston Martin confirmed that, effective immediately, the Virage will no long exist in the company's line up. It will, however, carry over its progressive design language and interior hallmarks in the new DB9.
Perhaps the Virage looked too good for its price bracket, but whatever the reason, Aston has decided to continue its legacy into the DB9 – so rumors about the DB9's demise can stop.
Incorporating many new design features and a host of engineering feats, the new DB9 aims to give Aston Martin customers what they demand from a luxury GT.
Sitting low and wide, the DB9 retains the Aston GT silhouette, integrating an exaggerated rear spoiler for enhanced aerodynamics.
The new DB9 tones its body lines while refining its sculpted light-catching flanks. Presenting a mature, contemporary look, the car also receives a five-vane horizontal airfoil grille inspired by the sold-out One-77 hypercar.
Aston Martin also introduces its latest version of the V12 engine. The AM11 V12 incorporates technology and performance gains developed for the Vanquish. While the motor has been tuned to meet the needs of a DB9 experience, the output comes in at 510hp (40hp more than last year) and 457 lb-ft (14 more than last year). Enhancements include a revised block, new heads, dual variable valve timing, enlarged throttle bodies, upgraded fuel pump, revised intake manifold and machined combustion chambers.
Other performance features standard on the new DB9 include Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) disc brakes (398mm front, 360mm rear) as well as six-piston front, four-piston rear calipers supplied by Brembo.
The standard wheels are 20x8.5" front and 20x11" rear wheels. It also gets the three-stage Adaptive Damping System (ADS) that can select "Normal" mode for exceptional comfort, "Sport" mode focuses on a sharper turn-in grip, while "Track" mode goes for a stiffer GT experience.
The interior carries on the tradition of Aston Martin craftsmanship and detail. Leather welting (first seen on the Virage), jewel-like glass switchgear plus optional leather headlining with detail stitching are just a few of the new features.
Items like a trunk-mounted reversing camera, rain-sensitive wipers and automatic headlights are controlled by a new panel and are standard on the DB9.
Two carbon fiber packages have been developed as well. One for the exterior; consisting of carbon fiber front splitter, rear diffuser, mirror arms, caps and tailpipes with a graphite finish. The interior package offers a carbon fiber upper fascia, gear selector paddles and door pulls.
While the appearance of an Aston Martin can distract onlookers, the engineering changes incorporate pedestrian-impact zones for the new hood and front bumper. Lowering the engine has also helped, as has a new grille construction technique that allows it to move backward on impact. As a result, the car keeps its character while preserving its chiseled appearance.
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Wheelbase: 2740mm
Width: 2061mm (inc. mirrors)
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Front: ventilated carbon ceramic discs, 398mm diameter with six-piston monobloc calipers, Rear: ventilated carbon ceramic discs, 360mm diameter with four-piston monobloc calipers, Grey painted brake calipers, Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) with track mode, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Emergency Brake Assist (EBA), Traction control (TC)
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Not sure if this is a big deal to anyone, but here is the lowdown from LSAC's website:
Letter of Recommendation Options Expanding in September
The LSAC letter of recommendation (LOR) service is offered as a convenience to LSDAS registrants, recommendation-letter writers, and law schools. Starting in late-September 2004, law school candidates will be able to use their LSAC online accounts to direct letters of recommendation to specific law schools based on each schools requirements or preferences. Different letters can also be directed to different schools based on the intended use of the letter; for example:
1. A student who interned for the Department of Environmental Protection might ask a professor to write a specific letter, including information about the internship, to a law school that offers an environmental law specialty. The description of the letter would be: For Smith School of Law's Environmental Law Program.
2. A professor might be a law school graduate and want to recommend the applicant to her alma mater. The description of this letter might be: For Smith School of Law.
Previously, LSAC would accept only one letter per recommender--up to three letters totalwhich were sent to law schools based on the order they were received. Now, a candidate may have up to four general letters on file in addition to numerous directed letters. Multiple LORs from a single recommender will be accepted. This provides the opportunity to request both general and targeted letters from each recommender.
In the absence of any specific designations, LSAC will send general letters in the order they are received, up to the number of letters each school will accept. Letters received prior to September 28 (the projected start date for the new service), will be used as general letters (up to a total of four, in the order they are received) for any law school report requests that come in before that date. Then, once the new service starts, candidates can designate those letters as targeted letters for subsequent use according to each law schools preference. Each law schools LOR preferences will be indicated to the candidate onscreen during the process.
Letters must be received by LSAC at least two weeks prior to a schools application deadline in order for LSAC to ensure that the letters will be sent to the school before its deadline.
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The Patriots take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon and it is a pivotal game for the both teams, this is a game the Patriots feel they should win. The Bucs coming in at a surprising 0-2, need the win to keep from going 0-3 where in the stacked NFC would slash thoughts of a playoff berth already.
In the "Razor's Edge" column we put down tight end Zach Sudfeld as one of the players to watch in this game. On the flip side, for the defense another player to watch from a Patriots perspective will be defensive tackle Tommy Kelly.
Kelly the big (6'6, 310) body in the interior of the line lines up next to Vince Wilfork and the two of them have already teamed up to make a dynamic pair for the Patriots.
This week they'll be needed to slow down the running game of the Bucs, most notably the 'Muscle Hamster', Doug Martin who gashed the Saints to the tune of 144 yards on Sunday. But perhaps more importantly, Kelly will be an important cog in pushing the pocket back in Quarterback Josh Freeman and not allowing him to step up to throw.
Freeman is known as someone who can hold the ball too long and an interior pocket push would allow the edge rushers, Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich and rookie subrusher Michael Buchanan to force Freeman and the Bucs into making mistakes.
As for the 0-2 Bucs, Kelly isn't taking them lightly, "I mean, you know they're desperate, but you also know they're a good team," Kelly said. "In another circumstance, they could easily be 2-0, so you can't take this team lightly at all."
Kelly will be a key contributor especially on early downs to help keep Martin in check but also keep Freeman from looking deep with Vincent Jackson. Watching the NFL Rewind tape of the Bucs – Saints game, something that stood out was that Freeman used play-action to take deep shots downfield to Jackson and that when given time, was very accurate with those throws.
"He's a beast," Kelly said earlier this week. "I just remember from playing against him when he was in San Diego, he's a big-time player down the field." The Patriots front seven will be responsible for giving Freeman a lot of different looks and bringing the pressure and Kelly will be a big part of that plan.
One key matchup to watch will be Kelly against G Carl Nicks who may return for this game after suffering a MRSA staph infection in August. Nicks was a much sought after free agent in 2012 and signed a $47.5 million contract with Tampa Bay after coming over from the Saints.
One of the things Bill Belichick stresses about defense is that playing in a successful one is where all the pieces work in concert. When looking at the stat sheets on Sunday night, Kelly's numbers might not jump off the page at you, but he may be a valuable piece in being able to limit the yards and points of a potentially explosive Bucs offense.
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Garza, big eighth give Cubs crosstown sweep
CHICAGO -- If this was Matt Garza's last start with the Cubs, he gave some teams plenty to think about.
Alfonso Soriano hit a solo home run, a double and stole two bases, and Luis Valbuena drove in three runs to back Garza and lift the Cubs to an 8-2 Interleague victory Monday night over the White Sox to complete a sweep of the rain-delayed intracity series.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- If this was Matt Garza's last start with the Cubs, he gave some teams plenty to think about.
Alfonso Soriano hit a solo home run, a double and stole two bases, and Luis Valbuena drove in three runs to back Garza and lift the Cubs to an 8-2 Interleague victory Monday night over the White Sox to complete a sweep of the rain-delayed intracity series.View Full Game Coverage
The Cubs had already won the first three games of this crosstown series, and this was a makeup game of the May 28 rained-out contest. They posted their first winning season series over the White Sox since going 5-1 in 2007. It's the first sweep by either the Cubs or White Sox since the teams began a home-and-away format in 1999.
Garza, the subject of trade rumors since Spring Training, scattered five hits over seven innings while striking out six.
"He was outstanding again," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said of Garza, who has given up just four earned runs over 37 innings in his last five starts.
"I think it's picking up where I left off last year," Garza said. "I just needed a couple starts under my belt and I'll be right back in this thing, and I fully believed that."
He's dealt with trade rumors since his first year, and has learned to shrug them off.
"At least you're wanted," he said. "It could be the other way, where they're like, 'This guy, I don't want him.' It's a compliment. If it happens, my phone will ring and that'll be it. It hasn't rung, and I'm happy to be a Cub."
Garza made a grand entrance, delaying the game briefly in the first as he walked from the bullpen to the dugout.
"They gave me 20 minutes to get loose," Garza said. "If anything, that's their fault. They ran in at 7:15 to tell us they're starting at 7:30. We had to argue to say, 'That's not enough time to get loose.' I'm not going to mess up my system because they want to rush me to the mound in a makeup game. It's not like it was Game 7 and we'd been delayed three or four times."
There were reports Monday that the Cubs were talking to Garza about a possible long-term contract, but it's more likely that the right-hander will be dealt by the July 31 Trade Deadline. The key will be whether the Cubs get the top prospects they want in return. The Cubs have already been busy, trading Scott Feldman, Carlos Marmol, Steve Clevenger and Scott Hairston.
"[An extension] is always on the table," Garza said. "I voiced my opinion about how I love it here. My family loves it here. It's always something you think about. I don't know which route they're going to go."
How real is an extension?
"As real as a trade," Garza said. "Trades are just rumors like everything else. An extension talk, I'm part of, I know for a fact where it's at. It's always a possibility, man, 50-50.
"At the end of the day, it comes down to my decision if I want an extension, and a trade, it's obviously [the Cubs'] decision," he said. "I like being a Cub, I want to get this team to October and win it here. Like I've said before, it'd be one [heck] of a party. I'm just going to get ready for every five days."
So, what uniform is he wearing on Aug. 1?
"I'm hoping the Cubs, but I don't even look that far," Garza said. "What's today, the 8th? Probably the 13th will be the next day I look at."
There were at least eight scouts who waited out the 29-minute rain delay to see Garza. If nothing happens by Saturday, they'll probably be back at Wrigley Field to watch the right-hander's next start. Earlier in the day, the Cubs dealt Hairston to the Nationals, who were in need of a right-handed bat.
Who's next?
"You can't really worry about that," Anthony Rizzo said. "I'm sure it's in guys' heads. Whoever is here, whoever is in the lineup has to play that day. We have to continue to grow and get better and win."
Back to the game. Soriano doubled to lead off the second, stole third, and scored one batter later on Valbuena's sacrifice fly. Valbuena started as the designated hitter after Welington Castillo was scratched because he was ill. But Josh Phegley tied the game with his second big league home run with one out in the third.
Valbuena doesn't get many starts against a left-handed pitcher.
"It worked out," Sveum said. "I was battling over where I'm going to put him and I was like, 'I don't want to deal with the paperwork, so I'm going to leave him in the sixth spot.'"
Soriano led off the sixth with his 13th home run, marking the first time since 2006 he has homered and swiped two bases in one game. He's batting .381 in his last 10 games.
"It's been the Sori show the last 10 days or so," Sveum said. "We're playing real well without [Starlin] Castro and Rizzo doing a whole lot. Hopefully, they can get going real quick."
Gordon Beckham was on third and Alex Rios on first with two outs in the White Sox sixth, when Rios took off during Jeff Keppinger's at-bat. Dioner Navarro threw to second, but he one-hopped the throw, and Beckham safely stole home to tie the game at 2.
The Cubs scored five runs in the eighth on Valbuena's two-run double, Dave Sappelt's RBI single and Cody Ransom's two-run single. Sappelt added another RBI single in the ninth for a career-high four hits.
"In the eighth, it just got away," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "It's just one of those that you are kind of grinding on Garza. He pitched well."
The Cubs outscored the White Sox, 32-8, in the four games, and improved to 12-6 in Interleague play. They've won 10 of their last 16 games, yet also have been overhauling the roster with the early trades. The Cubs traded one starter when they sent Feldman to the Orioles. Garza could be next.
"That's why we went out and got the [Carlos] Villanuevas for the depth in case something like this happened, and [Scott] Baker is a few weeks away, as well as [Chris] Rusin and [Brooks] Raley waiting in the wings," Sveum said about the depth of starting pitchers on the 40-man roster. "Unfortunately, it's a business and we're in that part of our organization right now where things can happen."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.