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Confession: we don't pay a ton of attention to cricket here at The Province, outside of the recent Cricket World Cup.
The truth is, our readers want to see hockey. Our research has shown that. It's not surprising.
But I do love cricket. I may be a mediocre athlete, in general, but I was certainly keenly mediocre as a cricket player for my alma mater, Haverford College, back in the late 1980s. I once struck for 14 not out. Don't laugh. I was 12th man. Half the time I didn't even get into the match.
So it is with somewhat keen interest that we observe Cricket Canada's hiring of Tasmania's Michael Dighton as the new national team head coach. And there is a lot of interest in this area, both because of the local cricket played in the Lower Mainland, and the number of national team players who come from this area.
Cricket Canada did their own Q&A with Dighton. Here it is …
Q. Good Evening Michael, thank you for taking the time to sit down with us. A lot of folks in Canada will be wondering exactly who is Michael Dighton. Can you tell us a bit about your cricketing background?
A. I would describe myself as a cricketing gypsy and the trend continues in this exciting opportunity as Canada's National Coach. I grew up in Perth, Western Australia and made my first class debut for WA aged 21 in the 97/98 season as a top order right handed batsman. Teammates included Tom Moody, Justin Langer (who played for the same club side, Scarborough CC), Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist and Brendan Julian. I played 12 first class games and 8 list A games from the 97/98 season through to the 2000/2001 season. I struggled to play regularly due to the fact that many of the above were still playing for WA at that time.
In 2001 I was approached to play for Tasmania where I would play until the end of the 2009/2010 season, playing 50 first class games, 90 list A games and 16 t20 matches. My career highlight was playing in the first Tasmanian side to win the Sheffield Shield.
I also had stints with Hampshire, Derbyshire and the Netherlands (as overseas player in the English Pro40 competition). I played club cricket for Scarborough in WA, North Hobart in Tasmania as well as for clubs in England, Scotland and the Netherlands.
My coaching experiences include;
- Assistant coach (batting) for the Netherlands at the 2011 WC
- Head coach of the Cricket Australia National Emerging Talent Rookie Squad
- Batting coach of the Tasmanian u23s team
- Captain/Coach of various club teams at home and abroad
Q. Canada is a long way from Australia and despite our long association with John Davison, many Aussies may not have heard of Canada playing cricket?
A. I know that cricket is a popular sport throughout the country and that there is an abundance of young talent that I am very much looking forward to seeing in action and working with! I know that there is also a rich history and tradition of cricket in Canada
Q. What do you see as the biggest challenge facing you as you take over this team?
A. The logistical issue springs to mind. Canada is a big country; much like Australia and my initial time will be spent getting a feel for how the players train without having a central training base as such.
Q. What are you most looking forward to about living in Canada?
A. A big traditional Canadian breakfast with plenty of Maple Syrup! I also can't wait to go to an Ice hockey game as I am told that the atmosphere is electric! I would also love to spend some time in the Canadian wilderness when time permits and I love my fishing, so trying to land a big Atlantic Salmon or ice fishing will be high on my to do list! I have never been skiing either and I am looking forward to having a crack at it.
Q. Obviously being a new coach, you will want to quickly put your unique stamp on the team. What is that going to look like?
A. My focus will be on continual improvement. It provides a fantastic theme and environment in which to work if everyone is looking to become the best cricketer they can possibly be for the good of the team. The players need to be honest with themselves and with one another in an appropriate way and respect what each individual brings to the team. I want the team to be more consistent on a day to day basis which is a challenge at associate level due to varying circumstances but cannot be used an excuse. I will place a big emphasis on physical preparation and fielding, the two areas that we can control and always improve on. I will encourage an attacking and dynamic brand of cricket combined with smart decision making, because at the end of the day we are in the entertainment business.
Q. Finally, the thing that vexes everyone who moves here…are you looking forward to the Canadian Winter
A. Scares the living daylights out of me! My wife grew up 2 hours north of Chicago and has given me some ideas on what to expect and it sounds interesting. I am very much looking forward to my first white Christmas and the distinct changes to the seasons, something we don't really get here in Australia.


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You can use these either to check several features simultaneously or to capture AOIs in a sequence of exposures using a wide range of different parameters. Detailed information on the e2v CMOS sensors EV76C560/EV76C661 is available here.
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text: WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy announced today that this week's update to My Navy Portal (MNP) includes a low bandwidth version that can be accessed afloat, or ashore in areas with limited bandwidth. This latest updated version gives users the option to choose the low bandwidth upon login, or from any page within the portal. By removing all photos, graphics, and formatting found on the standard version, the low bandwidth option is designed to load faster, perform smoother, and enables users to quickly complete Navy career tasks within the portal.Launched earlier this year in beta, MNP is a Web portal designed to aggregate several personnel, training, and education websites for Sailors into one location. The goal of MNP is to provide Sailors a single portal with which they can manage their careers from the day they join to the day they separate. MNP will consolidate access to personnel databases, training and education systems, and supporting websites into one easy-to-use system. Sailors will see continued improvement and added functionality with each quarterly software update to MNP.More information can be found in the Support/MNP Help section in the portal's main menu. http://my.navy.mil For more information, visit www.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.For more news from PEO for Enterprise Information Systems Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/peoeis/.


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Address: 2700 County Road 85 Brighton, NY 14623
College leaders at Monroe Community College tossed the "first disc" at the opening of MCC's new disc golf course on All College Day, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 on the east side of the Brighton Campus. Faculty, staff and students attended the opening and learned more about the sport through a demonstration hosted by MCC's Health and Physical Education Department.
The course maximizes the campus' beautiful landscape — including the pond, field and back woods —making it enjoyable for players. It's a great place to experience the sport for the first time, and it offers significant challenges for seasoned players.
In the Fall of 2013 a second set of 18 baskets were added.
Gold Course
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Black Course
- longer basket placements using the new black-colored Innova DisCatcher baskets
NOTE: The same tee pad is used for both sets of baskets.
Link to course map can be found below. (updated map coming soon)
Course Information:
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Game's 8 p.m., Versus, in Boston, with the Canucks holding a 2-1 series lead.
The Bruins kind of showed up the Canucks on Monday night, and maybe they deserved that — after all, the Burrows bite and the Rome hit were no fun for the Bru Crew. So you might find yourself on Boston's side.
But as Puck Daddy points out, Tim Thomas broke the rules by checking Henrik Sedin, and the Canucks were not cool with that. Two wrongs, etc.
Stay tuned for chaos, and talk about it here. Rene Rancourt busts out the pipes right about now.


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ITC's new luxury hotel in Bengaluru, the ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia was conferred the highest rating for green buildings in the world - the LEED India Platinum Rating. This recognition makes it the world's largest platinum rated hotel and is yet another manifestation of ITC's leadership in Sustainability Practices. ITC is the only company in the world to be carbon positive, water positive and solid waste recycling positive.
The LEED Platinum Rating for the ITC Hotel is one more green milestone close on the heels of the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon which was the world's first largest green building. This Centre was chosen by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to announce her vision on Indo-US collaboration on Climate Change during her last visit to India. After a tour of the building she called it the "Monument to the Future". ITC's exemplary commitment to green practices have also enabled its hotel in Kolkata - the ITC Hotel Sonar - to be the only hotel in the world to earn carbon credits. In keeping with the ITC Commitment to the "Triple Bottomline" philosophy, ITC Hotels has aspired to be an 'exemplar' in the service sector and truly provides leadership to positive environmental action in a sustainable manner.
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The hotel has utilised innovation, cutting edge technology and design integration to earn new benchmarks in energy efficiency, water efficiency and low carbon techniques, and is a model of environmental stewardship.
The LEED-India Rating System encourages and facilitates the development of more sustainable buildings for innovation in design and environment practices.
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I recently came across a post over at GNXP on the rise and crash of civilizations. It's a really interesting discussion on a new paper by Currie et al. (2010), Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific. Here is the abstract:
There is disagreement about whether human political evolution has proceeded through a sequence of incremental increases in complexity, or whether larger, non-sequential increases have occurred. The extent to which societies have decreased in complexity is also unclear. These debates have continued largely in the absence of rigorous, quantitative tests. We evaluated six competing models of political evolution in Austronesian-speaking societies using phylogenetic methods. Here we show that in the best-fitting model political complexity rises and falls in a sequence of small steps. This is closely followed by another model in which increases are sequential but decreases can be either sequential or in bigger drops. The results indicate that large, non-sequential jumps in political complexity have not occurred during the evolutionary history of these societies. This suggests that, despite the numerous contingent pathways of human history, there are regularities in cultural evolution that can be detected using computational phylogenetic methods. [My emphasis].
I don't have much to add on the subject as I think Razib covered most of the relevant points, plus I haven't even finished reading the paper yet (I'm hoping to get back into research blogging later this week). I will, however, post one of their figures that shows the dynamic between the rise and fall of political complexity, and how it shows regularity (btw, RJMCMC means Bayesian reversible-jump Markov chain Monte Carlo… if that helps you in any way):


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Bullying is an issue that schools around the country are paying attention to. It's one that is leaving many seats in the classrooms empty each day. In fact, it's estimated that, around the country, roughly 160,000 students stay home each day because they fear bullying. Fortunately, there are plenty of things that schools can do in order to help successfully prevent and address the issue on their campus.
- Focus on prevention. When you begin working on bullying as a school-wide issue, place the emphasis more on preventing it so that it is not as big of a problem to begin with.
- Establish a committee. Create a task force at the school to focus on bullying. That committee should include members from staff, teachers, parents, and students. Together, they can work together and have their input considered.
- Create a plan. Within the committee, work together to create a bully-prevention plan for the school. Include what the consequences will be if people are found to be bullying others.
- Start early. It is never too early to start working with children about treating others with kindness, respect, and acceptance. Start at the earliest grade that the school has, leaving no children out of the plan.
- Keep it going. As children work their way through the school, advancing to the next grade, reinforce the bully-prevention message. They need to hear the message every year, as opposed to it being given to them only once.
- Think multiple methods. Children learn in different manners. Some learn by listening, others learn by hands-on projects, and still others learn by watching. Try to incorporate multiple ways to get the bully-prevention message across to students. Include things like books, plays, games, movies, and more.
- Encourage peer advocacy. When students go from being bystanders to being "upstanders," attempts to address bullying will be more successful. Students should be taught to stand up for other students.
- Teach what to do. Even though the focus should mainly be on bullying prevention, students still need to know what to do if it happens to them. Teach them acceptable ways to handle bullying if they do encounter it.
- Work with parents. Parents want a bully-free school as much as teachers, staff, and students do. Nobody wants their child to come home in tears after a day of being bullied. Get the parents involved in the bully prevention effort in order to make it more successful.
- Evaluate and adjust. Once or twice per year, give the students an anonymous survey to fill out, where they can answer questions about bullying on the school campus. This will provide a look at how the students feel about the school atmosphere, and will give staff the chance to see if the bully-free plans need to be re-evaluated.
"Schools want those children in their seats every day, rather than avoiding school out of fear," explains Karen Goldberg, a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with parents and families. "When schools make bullying a priority and take real steps to help prevent and address bullying, everyone is better off. It takes some dedication and focus, but a successful program can be created and implemented."
See also: Linda Mintle's response to parents of children who are being bullied.


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EEOC regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 1640 (issued jointly with the Department of Justice, 28 C.F.R. Part 37) address how EEOC will handle charges/complaints of disability discrimination that also may be covered under Section 504; 29 C.F.R. Part 1691 (also issued jointly with Justice, 28 C.F.R. Part 42) addresses Titles VI and IX. In addition, EEOC Management Directive 1002 addresses coordination of complaints/charges against recipients of Federal financial assistance. DOJ's Coordination and Review Section, Civil Rights Division, works with EEOC to coordinate enforcement of these laws.
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OPM and the EEOC evaluate and recommend improvement in an agency's EEO program as well as provide feedback on the effectiveness of an agency's compliance with various employment plans. OPM is responsible for an annual FEORP report and an Executive Order No. 13171 Report.
The Department of Justice, Coordination and Review Section (CORS) coordinates the implementation and enforcement by Executive agencies of other nondiscrimination provisions of: Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 not involving employment. These provisions may cover discriminatory practices resulting in any difference in quality, quantity, or manner in which a service is provided, or different standards or requirements for participation or entry in a program.
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BF4 Second Assault Trailer
You have to hand it to DICE, they know how to make trailers. This is for the second expansion pack, which is coming for those with the Digital Deluxe, or the Premium edition of Battlefield 4.
This is a collection of four maps from previous Battlefield series games. To list them, that means you will have:
- Gulf of Oman
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Denver's George Washington High School will have an interim principal when school starts in less than a month.
Current principal, Micheal Johnson, announced Wednesday in a letter to parents that he was leaving the post for a "leadership position" with Denver Public School's office of post-secondary readiness.
Susana Cordova, the district's chief of schools, said that in his new position as a principal on special assignment, Johnson may oversee another high school or work on a project in support of another high school, and continue to earn the same salary.
In another letter that went out to parents Wednesday afternoon, Fred McDowell, the district's instructional superintendent, announced the district hired Jose Martinez to become the interim principal for the school.
Martinez will take the position on Aug. 6.
Martinez worked as a high school principal and supervisor of principals with Jefferson County Public Schools. Cordova said that as a retired principal, Martinez is interested in serving in the interim capacity, to allow the school community to participate in the process to hire a new leader.
Controversy has surrounded George Washington High School recently around some changes Johnson was implementing to create more access to the school's International Baccalaureate program. Both Johnson and McDowell's letters said the changes would continue.
"We strongly believe in this work and will be continuing these efforts during the coming school year, with changes beginning for 9th grade students in the fall of 2015," McDowell wrote.
Cordova said the district is continually looking at the skills of each principal, "and the needs we have throughout the district and making sure we're matching that."
McDowell also promised more updates soon about the process for finding a long-term replacement for Johnson.
Johnson served as leader of the Denver high school for about two years.
The previous principal, Loan Maas, also lasted two years. Maas resigned in 2012 citing health issues after the school teachers and union representatives asked the district for her removal.


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I recently did a Windows 10 update to my Lenovo Yoge Ideapad 11 S on July 16th and now my touch screen does not work. When I check the drivers for my monitor and touch screen I noticed the driver was missing. I cannot get Lenovo or Microsoft to fix this. What else can I do to get that driver back ?
I recommend downloading and running DAP. It can help sort out any driver and firmware related issues on your system
It's worked out well for many of us in the past.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloaddap.org. (This link will open the download page of DAP so you can save a copy to your computer.)
Hello Dws520Thanks for using the Lenovo forums.Was this the creators update?
If so, have a look on the following post, this should show if your device has been tested with the update yet:
From what I can see, your unit does not seems to have made the list, which leads me to believe that this will be the cause of the issue, I would recommend that you revert back to the previous version of Windows, and observe if the fault still occurs or not.
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Hi I have bought Lenovo Yoga 500 14 i3 six months ago. Several months ago on the left side of the screen appeared ghost touches. This ghosts touches were exactly on one line of the screen, it is about 6 centimetres from right edge. I went to warranty center and they changed the screen. Two months has passed. And exactly in the same screen line touch screen stoped to work. If to put laptop in 360degree mode - everything works ok.Here is the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnz_L_11f8Actually I am begining to want my money back.Read other answers
I've got this problem with my Lenovo Yoga 500 14 ACL: When I start it (Windows 10), the touch screen doesn't work and I have to restart the device to get the touch screen working.I've uninstalled the touch screen drivers, but after a restart the problem stays the same (no new drivers found or installed?).Where can I find the right and latest drivers suiting to this touch screen (Lenovo or Microsoft)?Has anybody an other suggestion what I can try to get the touch screen working from the first Windows-start?Read other answers
ISSUEThe 720 touchpad and touchscreen are the worst. This issue started out of the box before I had even gone on line. When the touchpad does work, the right click/left click distinction doesn't work and I have to use the screen, when it's working, for the long hold until the right click options appear. When the screen is working, the ability to close a window and touching it just the right way is dubious at best. I've tried modifying sensitivity, etc, in the control panel, but there is no difference. When both window and touchpad stop functioning, I plug in an old HP mouse I have, but when I'm mobile, this means running the mouse down my leg if I don't have a surface to place my laptop upon. And it also means carrying a mouse with me everywhere I go. My line of work is often standing and walking with clients so not really possible in my line of work. RETURN/REPAIR OPTIONS AREN'T OFFERED OR ARE NOT PRACTICALTo back up a bit, I attempted to return this to BestBuy, but was four days beyond the allowable return date. I contacted Lenovo, but it's all about mailing it in or turning the laptop over and being without anything for a few days. Hard to find those few days. I've tried to live it, but it's been an enormous killer of productivity, not to mention incredible frustration and some embarrsassing typos. PAST YOGA BUILD WAS GREAT - WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE 720?My last Yoga 710 wa... Read moreRead other answers
Hey everybody, I just received my P40 last week as a replacement for another Lenovo device. So far, everything seems to work fine with one exception: When I turn the screen over to the "tablet position", the touch screen and the touch pen show erroneous behaviour.a) As soon as I make the first input with the touch pen, I cannot make any further input with my finger, so the touch input is simply turned off. The Windows setting to ignore touch input when the stylus is used is not active.b) When I try to tap buttons at certain areas of the screen, especially at the upper edge, the cursor of the stylus starts jumping around and shows up at the lower edge of the screen. That means that when I for example tap on the "X" symbol in the upper right corner to close a window, I actually click on some of the symbols in the system tray in the lower right corner. This problem stops occuring as soon as the angle between the two case parts (screen and keyboard) reaches/exceeds approx. 40°. It does not matter if Windows is in "Tablet" or "Desktop" Mode. I already tried to manually install another Wacom driver mentioned at https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-S-Series-ThinkPad-Yoga/Wacom-Tablet-Service-for-ISD-Driver-Win... and https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-P-and-W-Series-Mobile/P40-Yoga-issues/td-p/3293985. I had no luck trying driver versions 22.214.171.124, 184.108.40.206 and 18.104.22.168. I would really appreciate your help since this issue makes working in the tablet position... Read moreRead other answers
Hi all, I have recently purchased the yoga 720 13" and an active pen 1 from amazon. While using the pen, I would usually rest my hand on the screen whilst writing. Occasionally, I would encouter times when the pen strokes would not register and the cursor for the pen would lag. I would have to lift up my hand from the screen to be able to write again. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.Read other answers
I have a Yoga 11s Laptop (ideapad) with windows 8.1, bought it 3 years ago, and the touch screen hasn't workedfor about two week. I've installed touchpad drivers, and refreshed the computer. Installing the drivers did nothing, and the touch screen worked after the refresh until I flipped the screen to use it in stand mode. Thoughts? Will a factory reset make a difference? I really need the touch screen for the work I do, and I can't send it out for repairs.Read other answers
Hello. I have a Lenovo Yoga 720 i5-8250U laptop. I am having issue with the touch screen. The touch screen only works sometimes. One time I turn it on, it will work fine, another time, it won't work at all. It seems to not work more often than it works. I have restarted, opened and closed the laptop, and made sure I have all the latest drivers and updates, but nothing seems to work. What can I do?Read other answers
For the most part, the touch screen works amazing. However, it is way too sensative, and sometimes when I don't pull my finger off fast enough it will click twice. Another problem is on the edges of the screen, if I put my finger there and hold it, sometimes it will register tons of clicks right where I put my finger (sometimes closing more windows then I meant to close). This doesn't seem to be a hardware problem. Is there any way to turn up the minimum time between taps?Read other answers
Hi. Touch screen on my device is working from time to time. Mostly not working at all. It stops working after suspend/reboot. I can't understand what makes it work again. Sometimes you suspend/reboot again and it starts working, sometimes its not. The reason of this is I2C HID Device with status "This device cannot start. (Code 10) A request for the HID descriptor failed." which is shown in Device Manager. When it doesn't have yellow warning icon - touch is working. What I tried: Windows Troubleshooter. It reinstalls driver. Doesn't help.Remove driver in Device Manager. Doesn't help. It restores automatically.Disable/Enable device. No luck.Install latest Lenovo updates (including BIOS, V.2JCN36WW) via Lenovo Companion. No luck.Install Windows updates. No luck. BTW, Creators update installed.Suspend/Restart. Helps in very rare cases around 1 of 10.
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I'm having an issue with my laptop. Pen input is working fine. it lets me use the digitazer but when i use my fingers it doesn't work. I need help fixing this issue because having a touch screen laptop that doesn't work is such a bummer. Please help!Read other answers
My touchscreen cracked- but I bought a $200 insurence policy from Staples, which is where I purchase my computer (and I will NEVER do that again and I don't recommend it). The policy covered accidental damages, such as a cracked screen, but after jumping through hoop after hoop to file a claim, Staples called me saying that they won't fix it becuase it's too expensive, even though I bought insurence. They offered a refund for my computer, but I refused because I adore my Yoga. I'm really hoping someone can point me in the direction of a third party repairer, or even somewhere where I can buy a replacement touchscreen and have someone like Geek Squad install it. Any suggestions?
Get the refund for the computer and buy yourself another yoga. I would even request for the old machine back, make a OKR image. Then nuck reformat the hdd and give it back to staples for a full refund. Once done, restore the new yoga with the image you made.Read other 2 answers
Hello,I have problems with the touch screen of my yoga 500.It works for couple of days and then the touch stops responding.After i run troubleshoot it solves the problem BUT couple of days later the same problem again. please help!!!Read other answers
I have ben dealing with problems with this touch screen since I got the laptop. It has been continuously ghosting, while it got better after the June update, it still ghosts without touches, until you start using the touch screen. When using the touch screen it starts drawing gray lines in between the point im touching and the point its ghosting to (the lines arent always direct). I recently wiped my the drive, reimaged to a backup from april and tried reupdating it. When I got to the touch screen drivers, I got through the initial setup and told it to open the update when finished but the machine froze. Now when I try to reinstall, I get to the finish page on the update tools install, have it open the updater, but the program immediately closes.Any help would be much appreciated.Read other answers
I bought my Yoga 530 less than a year ago.It used to work fine but every now and then a wild windows update appears and I lose the touch screen function. I have to go to a previous update every time to recover it, I've found no other way to solve it.This morning another update came in and as usual, I lost the touch screen. I tried to recover it, but it failed in the process so I've been forced to do a full recovery. After that, the touch screen is still not working. I tried to disable/enable the driver. There is no driver. I tried to update the laptop and the drivers via lenovo vantage, apparently it's perfectly updated. I tried with the web and the LSB. Nothing. I tried to reboot in safe mode. More nothing. After all my struggle I tried a factory reset. And still nothing. Basically it says that the screen is incompatible with the touch mode and the stylo which obviously isn't true.I've quite literaly tried every single solution I've found in the forums and I still have no real answer. The only thing remaining is to ask for a replacement.Read other answers
Hi,So, this just started happening on my 3 month old YOGA 500 - The touch screen stops working every couple of hours.Each time it stops i go to the Device Manager, and under Human Interface Devices i can't find either HID-compliant touch screen or USB input device.The problem resolves each time after a hard reset (and the devices appear in the device manager), then reappears after 2-3 hours.The system is: Lenovo Yoga 500 14ISK, Windows 10 1511 build 10586.164Any idea what's going on?Thanks,Vlad.
Hey there, I have a 2 month old Yoga 500-14ISK and I had the same issue. The temporary wokaround for me was to search in device manager under "USB controllers" and when the touchscreen died there would be a USB device with "Device Descriptor Failed" next to it in the USB section. Disabling that device and then re-enabling it would make the touchscreen work again. To completely fix the issue, I had to use a factory reset with the Novo button (pinhole next to the power button) and since then despite wiping the OS of my settings and apps, now I've updated all drivers and such again and I've had no further problems with the touchscreen.Read other 2 answers
A while ago, i disabled the touch screen but i didnt need it, and now that i want to enable it again i can't find the HID-compliant touch screen. What should i do?Read other answers
Hi, can anyone help? I cant let my touchscreen work. IT says on the pen and touch "No pen or touch input is available for this display" Please can someone offer a solution. I have tried different workarounds already but nothing works
Welcome to Lenovo Community.
In order for the volunteers to help you better and save time, can you add which workarounds you have already tried? That will enable helpers to suggest anything else that you might need to do.
Thank you.
Last night my touch sceen was working like normal. Today I open up my laptop and my touch screen is not working. I have tried disabling it and enabling it and nothing is working. Any ideas?Read other answers
HiI bought my machine a few days ago, the touch screen worked fine than out of no where it stopet responding.The Pen does stiil work. Did I turned it off somehow by mistake? Thank you!Read other answers
please i need some help when i update drivers on my laptop touch screen is disable and i get back to restore point after that i upgrade windows from 8.1 to 10 touch screen is disable and i get back to win 8.1 now windows update make in update to windows its still 8.1 put the stupid driver touch screen is disable plaese help me i cant make any update or upgrade to win 10 becouse the stupid driver will go to hidden drivers in device manager all please help me the driver is hidden i cant enable itRead other answers
Hi Everyone! I would like to know where I could download the touch screen driver for my Lenovo Yoga 2 Thanks!Read other answers
After turning on my 910 and useing the touch screen for awhile it usually always stops working on me. Say I want to pause a YouTube video or click an Internet link, when I touch the screen it only registers that touch as the right click of the mouse. Hopefully that makes sense, when I try to touch what I want on the screen it brings up the right click options menu. When I restart my computer it stops this problem but it eventually comes back again.Read other answers
hello thanks for your time two days ago touch screeensays no pen or touch for this deviceit gives yellow mark on device manager on usp devices, failed to describe itselffailed to work with system restoreupdated and reinstalled drive many timesetcany advice pleasethanks in advanceRead other answers
Sometimes when I login to my computer, the touch screen will not work at all. Even when I search for touch screen calibration, it does not show up. But if I close the laptop and reset it, it'll work fine. It's incredibly annoying to have to reset it everytime and it can't be good for the computer, right? How do I fix this?Read other answers
After a launch of updates including the BIOS update from Lenovo Vantage, my touch screen stopping working all of a sudden, as the screen does not react to the pen. When going in tablet mode, the mouse cursor does not dissapear and the screen still does not work. I restarted the laptop a few times but the problem continues to persist. When I went to touch screen & pen info, it said that "no pen or touch screen display is available for this display." It never said this before and I still have Windows Ink available. This is the best laptop that I got for college until this happened, and I am hoping that Lenovo and/or Microsoft comes up with a fix quickly as possible. I really need help with this becuase I just got this laptop and I don't wanna think that $1099 was a waste of money. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.Read other answers
It was working totally fine for one and a half year, and for the last few days, it stopped working. I reinstalled the OS, tried in safe mode also. But nothing works. But the device manager is suggesting that the device is working properly. what should I do now?Read other answers
Hi Team 2 mouths ago I have a failure in my HDD, so I remplaced that and I reinstall OS, but now the touch screen not working, can anybody help me please. thxsRead other answers
Hello, This is my first time posting, so please bear with me. A few days ago, the touch screen completely stopped working. I am also unable to rotate the screen. Navigating to the Device Manager, I see three I2C HID Device drivers, but one of them has a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it. When I click on it, I see the error: "This device cannot start. (Code 10) A request for the HID descriptor failed." Disabling it does nothing, neither does uninstalling it - when they are reenabled or reinstalled, the error persists. There are no drivers that can be updated, and there is no way to roll back to a previous driver as I never updated these due to there being no problems. I assume this is a hardware issue, but I am not sure how to verify this or if there is anything else that can be done. I have had quite a few problems with this machine, sending it out twice for the same problem and having the same problem occur for the third time (the power button does not work), but I am hoping this is something that is fixable. Thanks!Read other answers
Can anyone please help me, my lenovo yoga 500 laptop touch not working in some areas. I have also tried disabling & then eabling the touch screen driver & I also tried updating the driver. But still the problem not solved!!! I have attached a screenshot of the screen also. Please help me to solve this problem!!Read other answers
Can anyone please help me, my lenovo yoga 500 laptop touch not working in some areas. I have also tried disabling & then eabling the touch screen driver & I also tried updating the driver. But still the problem not solved!!! I have attached a screenshot of the screen also. Please help me to solve this problem!!Read other answers
My laptop's touchscreen suddenly stopped working after some lenovo vantage updates/windows updates. I'm on Windows 10 build 18362.My pen input was working properly until I followed the steps from this thread and after installing the indicated file, not only that my touchscreen is not working, but it also messed up my pen input. My monitor is 3840x2160 and the hardware id is AUO232B.Read other answers
ok so as the title says when i change the volume by touching the volume icon and lowering the slider up or down a sound is played on the background indicating the current volume level which i find annoying ps: this only happens if i used this particular method to change the volume.
My Yoga 900 of course has that same loud BING! when you adjust the volume using the slider, which I will admit is annoying. But then I checked and my Dell desktop does as well when adjusting the volume slider using the mouse. In both cases you get the heading "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)" when you bring up the volume slider, so it would seem to be a feature of the Realtek Audio driver. So the question is, can you find an alternate audio driver, one without the BING!?Read other 1 answers
Hello everyone, I have tried different solutions but do not work.Strangely when before making the loging to windows, the toucscreen works and allow me to write by the virtual keyboard, but after making access to windows, the touch screnn no longer works? Someone conscious solution? Thank youRead other answers
I have just reset my laptop back to factory settings due to not being able to get the touch screen to work, it didn'y succeed. I'm curious as to what to do next as the attached screenshot is baffling me due to it saying 'not connected to the computer'. I also had to get the HID compliant touchscreen to show up by View> Show hidden Devices Any advice would be very welcome as having the touch screen not working is very frustrating.Read other answers
My computer battery Got Low After Rendering A Video With Premiere ProThen My Touchscreen Stopped Working. I Checked the drivers there's No HID Touch Screen Driver But There is a Pen Driver With a Yellow Warning and error code 10 in its details. I've Tried Everything Even Factory Resetting The Only thing I haven't Done is Roll Back the Bios But I Don't Know How Or Where to get an Older Verion From. Updating the driver is useless as Well. Please Help. Its Driving Me Insane.Read other answers
I recently replaced my motherboard on my Yoga 3 14 in laptop and when I got it back the touch screen did not work. I read through other posts about similar issues with touch screens not working and updated all the drivers under device manager but I cannot find a driver for the touch screen. I updated and flashed the BIOS update that was on the support page and the touch screen worked for a few minutes but after i rebooted the computer the touch screen did not work again. Any suggestions?Read other answers
Hi all, I bought an 14" Yoga 710 and have problems with touchscreen from the first start up. After powering on, touchscreen works well for a while but after stopping to touch for just 5-6 seconds it is coming unresponsive. When it comes unresponsive i press in an area constantly right click function works and also touchscreen works well again for a while. It seems that after staying inactive for a couple of seconds it comes to an unresponsive state. I did lots of things (calling lenovo support, recovering Windows 10, HID driver deleting, updating, disabling, turning power management off HID items, turning to default bios setting) but nothing changed. Does anyone have any ideas? Lenovo could you please provide a solution for this? Best regardsRead other answers
Hi guys, So I have had a yoga 13 for about a year now (love it), however I have come across a minor issue that started occuring about 3-5 months ago. When I open up my yoga from sleep mode, hibernation, turn it on, or restart my everything works for a couple of seconds and then randomly bubbles with about a half inch diameter start popping up, usually in a horizontal fashion across my screen from about an inch down from the top of the display. These are the bubbles I am referering to are the visual effect when a finger touches the screen and expand into boxes when the touch is held for roughly a second or longer. However these rogue bubbles seem to spawn without cause or warning, and resultingly keep me from controlling my cursor with my track pad, touch screen, or an external mouse once they appear. It is also worth noting that when I made my yoga 13 purchase I also 2 more for family members, neither of their yogas share this complication. Though this case might seem drastic, however in reality it is small and somewhat trivial as I have found a trick that by rubbing my finger around on the touch screen eradically the bubbles dissapear and release my cursor from the binds of their possession. The problem is solved until the lid closes, sleep, hibernate, shut down, or restart, at which I am required to rinse and repeat this pesky process. With that in mind, I am seeking help, suggestions, solutions, and possibly an exorcist for my problem. I have a i... Read more
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. It's getting fake touch signals probably.Read other 9 answers
I bought recently lenovo yoga 720, the touchscreen was working using my finger but it stopped and now its only responding to my active pen only. I tried to reset my computer settings and still it didn't work. can someone help me to fix this issue? thank youRead other answers
Hello,Yesterday my touch screen in my Lenovo Yoga 720 stopped working with finger touch. It, however, still works with pen.I've tried to disable/uninstall HID driver, updating Windows, updating Lenovo with Service Brigde, safe boating, normal booting Windows nothing helped.Could you please provide me some sort of advice how to turn on my touch screen again? It is a laptop I've bought 3 months ago and I need to rely on it.Many thanksRead other answers
Hi there! Need help. Obviously. Hope people still look at this fourm... I have a Lenovo Yoga 3 1470 Laptop. Its...a few years old AND it is out of warrenty (so please no recommendations for sending it into Lenovo Repair Service). It is running the Windows 10 update, though it initally came with Windows 8.1 A few days ago I factory reset the computer to wipe it of all files and such. When the reset was finished it updated and reloaded itself with Windows 10. Everything seemed fine at first... HOWEVER, the touch screen is not responding to anything. I can fold the laptop into tablet mode, the physical keyboard will shut off but it will not respond to touches by any means. The Pen & Touch information in windows settings says that Pen & Touch are not available for this device. I have checked the drivers and the HID-Compliant Driver is NOT THERE (it was at first but it was greyed out and gave me a code 45). Tent mode also doesn't work. I can flip the computer over, and Auto -Rotate will appear on the screen but the screen never flips. I have searched high and low on Google and Lenovo but perhaps I am missing something, a driver update or ...anything. Help would be great great greatly appreciated. Just to recap:-Lenovo Yoga 3 1470-Fresh Factory Reset-Windows 10 64-bit-Touch Screen Not responding-Tent Mode Screen Not Rotating-HID Touch Screen Driver Missing *EDIT: Just realized I made a similar post like 2 months ago...wow. I do... Read moreRead other answers
I dropped my computer and cracked the corner of the screen. It is shattered into little bits and is currently being held together with a lot of tape. I would like to know if I can replace the broken LCD with a one that doesn't have touch screen capabilities because it's an expensive part that I rarely use. If I can, what kind do I need? Thanks in advance.Read other answers
Hello, So I?ve had a Lenovo Yoga 720-15IKB Laptop for about a year now with no problems until now. Yesterday the touchscreen worked fine and today it does not work. I have tried the following:1) shutting down the computer both through the start menu as well as by holding down the power button.2) going to safe mode in which the touchscreen is still unresponsive 3) checked for update on the HIM touch screen driver. It states I have the most up to date driver and that the driver is working properly.4) I disabled and then reenabled the driver and nothing.5) I installed ?driver easy? and scanned drivers. It states I have the most updated driver and that it is working fine. Touchscreen still not working. Everything else seems to be functioning fine. ie keyboard, keypad etc.Read other answers
Hey there, Just had an cracked screen on my Yoga 2 Pro and paid for a replacement. As the screen was cracked, I had to disable the HID-compliant touch screen in my device manager because otherwise I couldn't use the Yoga 2 Pro at all - because of the crack it was like touches like everywhere on the screen at the same time, but I was able to disable it in "device manager". Yesterday, my screen has been changed and everything works fine - except the "touch function"! If I rotate my Yoga 2 Pro nothing happens, too. If I open the device manager, my HID-compliant touch screen is not visibile. If I press "show hidden devices" and select the HID-compliant touch screen (it is shown then), it is listed as "not connectet" - error code 45. But the screen itself is working. If I search for drivers, it says everything is fine. But the HID-compliant touch screen is not connected...?! How in the world I can tell my Yoga 2 Pro that there is a touch function in my new screen?! So, I am a little confused about what to do with it! How I can start my HID-compliant touch screen again? Thanks for every hint!! And excuse me for my bad English!!Read other answers


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Hugh Jackman wants to be the next James Bond.
The Australian actor regrets not taking the part when he was originally approached to play secret agent 007 in the in 2006 film 'Casino Royale' and is now waiting in the wings for his good friend Daniel Craig to give up the coveted role.
Hugh - who is 44 like Daniel - joked to The Sun newspaper: "I will just wait. The good thing about Daniel is he's, what, 62 now, isn't he? He's falling apart at the seams. So I just keep telling him, 'I'm ready, whenever you want to let him go, I'm ready'. The good thing is I have also got a British passport."
The 'Les Miserables' actor has no hard feelings towards Daniel - who he met while co-starring in Broadway show 'A Steady Rain' in 2009 - since he had to prioritise his commitment to playing Wolverine in the 'X-Men' franchise, and was quick to praise his close friend's stellar portrayal of Bond.
He explained: "At the time it was wrong for me, but when I saw Daniel in the movie I thought maybe I should have been more interested, because it was great.
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Six to be inducted into Salem State hall
Salem State University was not able to offer Eddie Bynum a home track facility.
But in return, the Lynn native delivered, supplying some of the finest moments — and perhaps the most storied career — in program history.
The Lynn English graduate arrived on campus in the fall of 2004 and accepted a harsh reality: He could practice, but he would not have the luxury of getting comfortable. His intense preparation took him across Eastern Massachusetts, whether that was at Roxbury's Reggie Lewis Center, Bishop Fenwick, Gordon College, Salem High, or others facilities.
The dedication paid off.
A member of Salem State's class of 2008, Bynum was a two-time indoor NCAA Division 3 national champion in the 55-meter sprint.
He will now join five other inductees in the university's athletic hall of fame. The hall's class of 2014 also includes Stanley Cahill , executive vice president of administration and risk management (1986-2014); Kie Tanaka , women's tennis (2003-2007); Fabian Mejia-Villa , cross-country and track and field (2002-2006); Mike Chizauskas , golf (1991-1995); and Eric Downie , basketball (2005-2007). In addition, Salem State will retire the No. 4 jersey of women's basketball player Mary Dolores Brown Sokol ('87), a four-year starter and cocaptain of the 1986 national championship team. The ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 28.
"It was more about making do with what you have," said the 28-year-old Bynum, who currently works as a financial analyst at Raytheon. "I didn't have a track, but that didn't stop me from loving the sport that I love. I just loved going out there and competing."
Bynum's personal success came just in time. In 2010, Salem State eliminated its men's and women's track-and-field programs due to budget cuts on campus and the low numbers of participation on both teams.
Bynum came to Salem State without a long history in track. He only joined the outdoor program at English as a junior before competing both indoors and outdoors as a senior.
At Salem State, he blossomed into a regionally and nationally ranked sprinter, earning six All-American honors, and also representing Salem State at the 2008 NCAA outdoor championships in both the 100 and 200 meters.
The local athlete competing for a small state school left his mark.
"For a lot of those teams at the national level, you could tell they had [15, 20 kids], and I just thought, 'Here I am, just the lonely one,' " Bynum said, laughing. "But I knew I wanted to win, and cement my place at Salem State."
Downie, a Brighton native who attended North Cambridge Catholic, also cemented his legacy.
Also recruited by Northeastern, Downie starred at Salem State for two seasons after his transfer from Bunker Hill Community College. He was the MASCAC's Player of the Year twice and earned Division 3 All-American honors as a senior after powering the Vikings to a 24-3 mark and the second round of the NCAA tournament. He averaged 20.6 points per game in two seasons.
Division 1 or Division 3, Downie was not going to take his role on a college basketball program for granted.
"I worked harder than the 12th guy on the bench," said Downie, who is currently a program assistant for Boston Scholar Athletes, after a semipro career with the Manchester Millrats and Boston Blizzard. "I was in the gym every day lifting and shooting, and making sure everything was taken care of."
Jesse Haynes-Lewis was a four-year lineman on the football team at Swampscott High. He also played baseball for two years.
But last week, the Nahant teen returned from Colorado Springs with a national championship in tow after capturing a Junior Olympic title in double trap. An Olympic sport since 1996, the double trap involves shooting at two clay targets simultaneously.
The 18-year-old Haynes-Lewis edged Logan Mountain of Palmdale, Calif., 8-7, in a shootoff.
"I've been shooting competitively for four years — and the double trap for two," Haynes-Lewis said, in response to his ability to compete under pressure. "So I've done a lot of mental training. I think the majority of sports is mental — and [it's] even more [important] in shooting."
With the win, Haynes-Lewis earned a spot on the junior national team, which is the next step in the progression to the national team and a possible run at Olympic qualification.
Haynes-Lewis is headed to the University of Massachusetts Lowell this fall.
Odds and ends
Shawn Thornton , formerly the athletic director at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, has accepted the same position at Greater Lawrence Tech. The Bridgewater State College graduate received his master's degree from Northeastern University and has worked as athletic director and girls' basketball coach at Saint Clement and Pope John. . . . Seabrook, N.H.'s Ashante Little , a recent graduate of Wheaton College, has been offered a semipro membership by the World Athletics Center in Phoenix for the 2014-2015 season. The center is a training organization that features coaching, support, and education for elite track-and-field participants. At Wheaton, Little was a two-time NCAA national champion, a 16-time NCAA All-American, and the NCAA 400-meter outdoor national champion in 2013, as well as the NCAA 400-meter indoor national champion in 2014.
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RICHMOND, Va. – VCU's late signing of top-100 guard Melvin Johnson was the Rams' first since joining the Atlantic 10 on July 1. The evidence suggests it won't be the last big splash for Shaka Smart and his staff.
The Rams will welcome a pair of four-star recruits this year in Johnson and swingman Jordan Burgess, as well as highly-regarded forwards Justin Tuoyo and Mo-Alie Cox to complete a recruiting class that has earned much praise.
It's been a long time since VCU landed a four-star or top-100 recruit that wasn't a transfer. Now the Rams will have two joining the program in the same year. But it's not just significant locally. VCU is turning heads nationally.
"This is the first year I can remember where a [non-power six conference] program not named Gonzaga has had two top 100 players," said Dave Telep, recruiting guru and ESPN senior national basketball analyst.
VCU has undoubtedly benefited in recruiting circles from its Final Four appearance in 2011, as well as its move from the CAA to the A10, but the biggest factor in the amount of talent the Rams are able to put out on the floor stalks the sidelines of the Verizon Wireless Arena.
"I think the personality and real charisma and star power Shaka Smart has really keeps [VCU] alive in a lot of instances," Telep said.
ESPN Director of Recruiting Paul Biancardi also believes in Smart's growing prominence on the recruiting trail.
"I see it as the culmination of all the ingredients," he said. "Kids want to be somewhere where there has been success and they look at the coach. Kids, at the end of the day, look to who is coaching the team. Shaka will have that [Final Four] on his resume forever."
As much as Smart's presence matters when courting recruits, there is a real "A-10 effect", some say.
"I do see it as significant," Telep said. "When you're sitting in the living room of a kid, you're now selling a multi-bid league. It does raise the profile of the school to a degree. Changing leagues, having multiple bids, being on TV and being able to sell that."
But recruiting isn't simply about assembling the most talent. There are a lot of guys that can play basketball. What Smart and his staff have been able to do so far, says Biancardi, is find the right guys.
"If you look at Shaka's recruiting and look at the players on the court…they fit the character and traits that he's looking for," Biancardi, a former head coach at Wright State, said. "He's not afraid to say no to guys that don't fit and that his staff believes won't help VCU on the court, in the classroom and in the community."
"They're not going out and taking top 100 lists and just picking guys," Telep added. "They're still recruiting their system and paying attention to their markers of kids. They're getting involved with better players who fit their system."
With the exception of senior David Hinton, next year's VCU squad will be comprised entirely of Smart's recruits as it heads into its inaugural season in the highly-competitive A-10. Some will be stars. Some will be role players. Others may play sparingly. But teams generally need all types of players to be successful.
When you look at Smart's recruiting classes since his arrival four years ago, you find that each player has at least one exceptional talent on the floor, if not several.
"You need a player like Johnson or Burgess when you're in the A-10 or CAA to win that league," Biancardi said. "But they also have a guy like the [Briante] Weber kid. These kids are very good players that fit with what VCU is doing."
As a freshman, Weber was an occasional offensive contributor, but really excelled as an elite disruptor in Smart's "Havoc" system of full court presses and traps. Weber recorded 77 steals in 2011-12 despite playing 18.7 minutes per game.
What the future of VCU recruiting holds remains to be seen, but if you follow trends – and VCU has seen four straight quality classes – there's reason for optimism. Smart is a restless spirit and relentless recruiter with a permanent underdog's mentality.
"[VCU] is not a novelty item," Telep said. "It's an established brand. They're hanging banners, playing on TV and have a coach that is respected in the community."


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Is UNE at Armidale, Australia a good school? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Is UNE at Armidale, Australia a good school? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand View previous topic :: View next topic Is UNE a good school? YES 71% [ 5 ] NO 28% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 7 Author Message cleonar3Joined: 03 May 2010Posts: 7 Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:28 am Post subject: Is UNE at Armidale, Australia a good school? I was just accepted into the distance program at the University of New England, MA in Linguistics, and would like to know if this is a good school. Also, if the MA is recognized in the United States, as I would like to teach at the University level in the U.S. Back to top timothypfoxJoined: 20 Feb 2008Posts: 492 Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: Why not a distance education course from a recognized US university such as University of Phoenix or New School (New York City)? Unfortunately, most distance MAs still have a stigma attached to them right now in the US. I don't know how the UNE program is regarded. Just a caution. Back to top marguerite wildJoined: 10 Jun 2010Posts: 10 Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:42 am Post subject: UNE is a top notch school Hi, just saw your post. I have three degrees through UNE and can tell you you won't be disappointed. I did all my degrees via distance education, they are excellent and very well-received in Australia, and I presume overseas. Regards, Marguerite Back to top NoelleJoined: 26 Mar 2005Posts: 361Location: USA Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:34 am Post subject: UNE They sound like an excellent school with a very strong program in Linguistics. I had the privilege of meeting one of the program coordinators (or possibly the director) at TESOL where I first learned about UNE. I was VERY impressed. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11531Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:05 am Post subject: I think that the U of Phoenix has an uneven rep- as an employer I'd be more impressed by a degree from a reputable Australian programme. New School is a very different proposition- they are eminently credible in the field of ESL/EFL. Back to top AGoodStoryJoined: 26 Feb 2010Posts: 738 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: I second what Spiral said. The hiring committee at my school does not consider a degree from U of Phoenix to be an acceptable qualification. A colleague on the committee put it this way: "I wouldn't say that a degree from the University of Phoenix is actually a disqualification. But if we had two applicants for a particular job, there's a good chance that we would not offer it to the candidate with the U of Phoenix degree." ETA: My uni (in US) would definitely consider a candidate with an MA from UNE in Australia. (However, as timothypfox mentioned, a distance degree is not as well-received as the on-site variety.) The New School, also mentioned above, is highly regarded here--other things being equal, a degree from The New School would place you in the running. Given your goal, I would apply to MA programs in the US that offer teaching assistant positions. You'd receive a stipend, pay no tuition, and get university teaching experience. . 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WASHINGTON, April 13 - The widening circle of retired generals who have stepped forward to call for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation is shaping up as an unusual outcry that could pose a significant challenge to Mr. Rumsfeld's leadership, current and former generals said on Thursday.
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., who led troops on the ground in Iraq as recently as 2004 as the commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, on Thursday became the fifth retired senior general in recent days to call publicly for Mr. Rumsfeld's ouster. Also Thursday, another retired Army general, Maj. Gen. John Riggs, joined in the fray.
"We need to continue to fight the global war on terror and keep it off our shores," General Swannack said in a telephone interview. "But I do not believe Secretary Rumsfeld is the right person to fight that war based on his absolute failures in managing the war against Saddam in Iraq."
Another former Army commander in Iraq, Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the First Infantry Division, publicly broke ranks with Mr. Rumsfeld on Wednesday. Mr. Rumsfeld long ago became a magnet for political attacks. But the current uproar is significant because Mr. Rumsfeld's critics include generals who were involved in the invasion and occupation of Iraq under the defense secretary's leadership.
There were indications on Thursday that the concern about Mr. Rumsfeld, rooted in years of pent-up anger about his handling of the war, was sweeping aside the reticence of retired generals who took part in the Iraq war to criticize an enterprise in which they participated. Current and former officers said they were unaware of any organized campaign to seek Mr. Rumsfeld's ouster, but they described a blizzard of telephone calls and e-mail messages as retired generals critical of Mr. Rumsfeld weighed the pros and cons of joining in the condemnation.
Even as some of their retired colleagues spoke out publicly about Mr. Rumsfeld, other senior officers, retired and active alike, had to be promised anonymity before they would discuss their own views of why the criticism of him was mounting. Some were concerned about what would happen to them if they spoke openly, others about damage to the military that might result from amplifying the debate, and some about talking outside of channels, which in military circles is often viewed as inappropriate.
The White House has dismissed the criticism, saying it merely reflects tensions over the war in Iraq. There was no indication that Mr. Rumsfeld was considering resigning.
"The president believes Secretary Rumsfeld is doing a very fine job during a challenging period in our nation's history," the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, told reporters on Thursday.
Among the retired generals who have called for Mr. Rumsfeld's ouster, some have emphasized that they still believe it was right for the United States to invade Iraq. But a common thread in their complaints has been an assertion that Mr. Rumsfeld and his aides too often inserted themselves unnecessarily into military decisionmaking, often disregarding advice from military commanders.
The outcry also appears based in part on a coalescing of concern about the toll that the war is taking on American armed forces, with little sign, three years after the invasion, that United States troops will be able to withdraw in large numbers anytime soon.
Pentagon officials, while acknowledging that Mr. Rumsfeld's forceful style has sometimes ruffled his military subordinates, played down the idea that he was overriding the advice of his military commanders or ignoring their views.
His interaction with military commanders has "been frequent," said Lawrence Di Rita, a top aide to Mr. Rumsfeld.
"It's been intense," Mr. Di Rita said, "but always there's been ample opportunity for military judgment to be applied against the policies of the United States."
Some retired officers, however, said they believed the momentum was turning against Mr. Rumsfeld.
"Are the floodgates opening?" asked one retired Army general, who drew a connection between the complaints and the fact that President Bush's second term ends in less than three years. "The tide is changing, and folks are seeing the end of this administration."
No active duty officers have joined the call for Mr. Rumsfeld's resignation. In interviews, some currently serving general officers expressed discomfort with the campaign against Mr. Rumsfeld, which has been spearheaded by, among others, Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, who headed the United States Central Command in the late 1990's before retiring from the Marine Corps. Some of the currently serving officers said they feared the debate risked politicizing the military and undercutting its professional ethos.
Some say privately they disagree with aspects of the Bush administration's handling of the war. But many currently serving officers, regardless of their views, say respect for civilian control of the military requires that they air differences of opinion in private and stay silent in public.
"I support my secretary of defense," Lt. General John Vines, who commands the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, said when questioned after a speech in Washington on Thursday about the calls for Mr. Rumsfeld to step down. "If I publicly disagree with my civilian leadership, I think I've got to resign. My advice should be private."
Some of the tensions between Mr. Rumsfeld and the uniformed military services date back to his arrival at the Pentagon in early 2001. Mr. Rumsfeld's assertion of greater civilian control over the military and his calls for a slimmer, faster force were viewed with mistrust by many senior officers, while his aggressive, sometimes abrasive style also earned him enmity.
Mr. Rumsfeld's critics often point to his treatment of Gen. Eric Shinseki, then the Army chief of staff, who told Congress a month before the 2003 invasion of Iraq that occupying the country could require "several hundred thousand troops," rather than the smaller force that was later provided. General Shinseki's estimate was publicly dismissed by Pentagon officials.
"Rumsfeld has been contemptuous of the views of senior military officers since the day he walked in as secretary of defense. It's about time they got sick and tired," Thomas E. White, the former Army secretary, said in a telephone interview on Thursday. Mr. White was forced out of his job by Mr. Rumsfeld in April of 2003.
Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold of the Marine Corps, who retired in late 2002, has said he regarded the American invasion of Iraq unnecessary. He issued his call for replacing Mr. Rumsfeld in an essay in the current edition of Time magazine. General Newbold said he regretted not opposing the invasion of Iraq more vigorously, and called the invasion peripheral to the job of defeating Al Qaeda.
General Swannack, by contrast, continues to support the invasion but said that Mr. Rumsfeld had micromanaged the war in Iraq, rather than leaving it to senior commanders there, including Gen. George W. Casey Jr. of the Army, the top American officer in Iraq, and Gen. John P. Abizaid of the Army, the top officer in the Middle East. "My belief is Rumsfeld does not really understand the dynamic of counterinsurgency warfare," General Swannack said.
The string of retired generals calling for Rumsfeld's removal has touched off a vigorous debate within the ranks of both active-duty and retired generals and admirals.
Some officers who have worked closely with Mr. Rumsfeld reject the idea that he is primarily to blame for the inability of American forces to defeat the insurgency in Iraq. One active-duty, four-star Army officer said he had not heard among his peers widespread criticism of Mr. Rumsfeld, and said he thought the criticism from his retired colleagues was off base. "They are entitled to their views, but I believe them to be wrong. And it is unfortunate they have allowed themselves to become in some respects, politicized."
Gen. Jack Keane, who was Army vice chief of staff in 2003 before retiring, said in the planning of the Iraq invasion, senior officers as much as the Pentagon's civilian leadership underestimated the threat of a long-term insurgency.
"There's shared responsibility here. I don't think you can blame the civilian leadership alone," he said.
Maj. Gen. Paul D. Eaton, a retired Army general, called for Mr. Rumsfeld's resignation in March.
The criticism of Mr. Rumsfeld may spring from multiple motives. General Zinni, for example, is in the middle of a tour promoting a new book critical of the Bush administration.
General Riggs, who called for Mr. Rumsfeld's resignation in an interview on Thursday with National Public Radio, left the Pentagon in 2004 after clashing with civilian leaders and then being investigated for potential misuse of contractor personnel.
But there were also signs that the spate of retired generals calling for Mr. Rumsfeld's departure was not finished. Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper, who is retired from the Marine Corps, said in an interview Thursday he had received a telephone call from another retired general who was weighing whether to publicly join the calls for Mr. Rumsfeld's dismissal.
"He was conflicted, and when I hung up I didn't know which way he was going to go," General Van Riper said.


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On May 24th, the "Purses from the Heart" Red Carpet Charity Event and Auction of Designer Purses took place at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. According to Haute Living, the celebrity-filled event held a Live Auction which included gently used designer handbags from Chanel, Fendi, Gucci, Marc Jacobs and more. All proceeds from the event went to "Guard A Heart", a non-profit organization that brings awareness to heart disease and prevention. Representing Dancing With The Stars at the benefit in their finest were troupe members Sasha Farber and Sharna Burgess. You can view pictures of them as well as other celebs at PR Photos.
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