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Employ the hottest hotkeys we know
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In these key combinations, hold down the Windows key (normally located between Alt and Ctrl) and another key, as described on this list.
Press the Windows key to enter the tiled Start screen. Press it again to go back to the desktop, if you were originally in the desktop. It may take 2 "Esc" – escape key presses to get back to the desktop from some of the Modern UI (Start Screen) functions that these keys pop you into.
The Windows key + A – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + B – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + C – opens up the CLOCK / DAY/DATE in the lower left and the SEARCH, SHARE, START, DEVICES, SETTINGS panel to the right (similar to a mouse movement to the upper right or lower right would. The lower right mouse movement seeming to be more stubborn than the upper right one.)
On the Start screen, press the Windows key + D to instantly get to the desktop. (Also note: The Windows key seems to toggle between the Desktop and the Tiled Start Screen quite nicely once you have been to the Desktop once.) * Actually you are toggling back and forth between the START screen and whatever "app" (of the new style) that you last opened, I guess Desktop is an App. Let's say you opened the WEATHER app … now Windows key toggles between START screen and WEATHER app.
The Windows + D changes this behavior back to Desktop and lands you in the Desktop.
The Windows key + E opens Explorer for quick access to folders. Multiple presses opens multiple "My Computer" windows – in case you want to explore (or copy files) from more than one location at a time. This is the My Computer of old … If you have the desktop icons turned back on "Computer" does this also … but only 1 Explorer window can be opened.
ESCAPE key (or repeated hotkey press) closes some pop up things that these hot key combinations open.The Windows key + F opens a file and folder search. (Takes 2 "ESCAPE" key presses to totally exit this to the Desktop.)
The Windows key + G – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + H opens a right side panel "Share" – mine says "Nothing can be shared from the desktop".
The Windows key + I opens the settings menu, giving you quick access to the Control Panel, Personalization, and your Power button, among other features.
The Windows key + J, or K – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + L – seems to go to a LOCK SCREEN – since I have not password, it passes by the Login icon screen and directly back in. If you had a password set you would have to log back in.
The Windows key + M minimizes everything that's showing on the desktop. (repeated presses, however, do not un-minimize anything.)
The Windows key + N – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + O locks orientation on devices with an accelerometer.
The Windows key + P pops up a right side bar for "Second Screen" – Project to a connected screen.The Windows key + Pause opens the system properties page to show you a quick rundown of your specs.
The Windows key + Q opens a global search menu. Type what you're looking for and where you would like to look. This screen is actually titled "Apps" and shows tiled new style apps as well as many important Desktop applications and utilities … along with the right side bar "Search Apps". [Edit – it starts on APPS but the right search sidebar has many other categories you can click on to choose WHAT context you want to search – including Maps, Bing Search engine, as well as local things on your computer.] Shameless plug – Do this Windows + Q and click on Bing – type in "Marine Telecom" and find my web site, my LinkedIn, My blog, my Marine Telecom (Communications) LinkedIn Group … among other related things to "Marine Telecom".
The Windows key + R prompts the Run commanduseful for quickly launching apps and other routines with a command prompt.
The Windows key + S, T – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + U opens "Ease of Access" window in the Desktop
The Windows key + W opens a search in your system settings to quickly locate and change system properties.
The Windows key + X opens the Quick Access Menu, exposing system functionality such as the Command Prompt, Disk Management, File Explorer, Run, and more. Alternatively, you can right-click on the bottom right corner of the screen to spawn the Quick Access Menu.
The Windows key + Y,Z – DOES NOTHING
The Windows key + 1 opens Internet Explorer – after than it minimizes and restores it. It won't open any more copies of IE, which neither will the bottom left "E" icon. Use Windows +R and type "iexplore" can open as many as you want … if you happen to not like TABBED browsing.
The Windows key + 2 opens Libraries in the Desktop – after that it minimizes and restores it.
The Windows key + "," (that's the comma sign!) makes all current windows transparent, giving you a peek at the desktop as long as you hold down the Windows key.
The Windows key + "." (the period) snaps a window to the right or left side (toggling each time you press ".").
The Windows key + Tab opens a list of currently running programs.
The Windows key + Print Screen takes a screenshot and saves it in a Screenshots folder nested in your Pictures folder.To take a screenshot on a Windows 8 tablet, simultaneously press the Windows button and the volume-down button on the tablet chassis.
* I thought "apps" was the name of that woman in the movie Ghost Ship … but it was "Epps". "Epps … get off my damn tugboat. We don't have much time."
How to get an Epps off your tugboat? Or … I mean how to get a APP closed on your computer, this was on page 2 of the link (very top) above. With an APP full screen move your mouse to the top of the screen until it turns into a hand. Click and drag down to the bottom of the screen. The app will minimize (?) then disappear back into its icon. It's now closed. Alt key + F4 also works to close APPS.While you are dragging and before kill the poor APP … you could drag it to the right or the left and make it a sidebar. Then you could open one more APP which is sort of FULL SCREEN minus the sidebar area. So now you have 2 APPS. But I don't think you can get 3 or 4. So much for Windows. I like the old desktop applications being able to resize and run as many applications as you want to. You can open multiple APPS and switch between them with that Windows Key + Tab thing. Alt + Tab also works. You can change the APP in Sidebar mode to bigger and what ever other APP was bigger will now be the sidebard, even the Windows desktop. You seem to be able to do certain things in the APPS such as in Weather APP you can scroll up and down. But the Windows Desktop as an APP doesn't seem to let you do anything while it is a sidebar … it comes back to full screen, well except for keeping the other APP now in sidebar. I guess that's kind of nice … you could have the WEATHER APP as a sidebar to the Desktop. Not quite as nice as Windows Desktop Gadgets in Windows 7 though. I have 7 analog clocks for different world time zones on my Windows 7 desktop, Weather, CPU, Disk Space, Battery Back (UPS), and a lot more as Gadgets on my desktop in Windows 7.
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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) is a procedure that removes excess tissue in the throat to make the airway wider. This sometimes can allow air to move through the throat more easily when you breathe, reducing the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The tissues that are removed may include:
If an enlarged tongue is a factor in your sleep apnea, the surgeon may remove a small part of the tongue. This is called an uvulopalatopharyngoglossoplasty.
You may need continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) therapy after surgery. CPAP therapy uses a breathing device that you wear at night that helps you breathe more easily and prevents your airway from closing during sleep.
Some pain medicines can relax the throat muscles. You may have to avoid these medicines after surgery to make it less likely that your airways will narrow and cause apnea episodes.
Your doctor may suggest UPPP if you:
Children usually do not have UPPP. For them, removing the tonsils and adenoids usually cures sleep apnea.
UPPP may reduce sleep apnea in some people, but results are mixed.footnote 1, footnote 2
UPPP may stop snoring, but apnea episodes may continue.
Even if surgery successfully removes the blockage, you may still need CPAP after surgery.
Complications during surgery include accidental damage to surrounding blood vessels or tissues.
Complications after surgery may include:
Before considering surgery, you should try CPAP.
You will need a sleep study after UPPP surgery to find out if your sleep apnea has improved. If you still stop breathing at night, you may still need CPAP.
Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty is sometimes used to treat mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea, although not all people benefit. This procedure is not recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to treat sleep apnea.footnote 3
People who are obese or who have some other illnesses are more likely to have complications after UPPP.footnote 4
Sundaram S, et al. (2005). Surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4).
Caples SM, et al. (2010). Surgical modifications of the upper airway for obstructive sleep apnea in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 33(10): 1396–1407.
Aurora RN, et al. (2010). Practice parameters for the surgical modifications of the upper airway for obstructive sleep apnea in adults. Sleep, 33(10): 1408–1413.
Kezirian EJ, et al. (2006). Risk factors for serious complication after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Archives of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, 132(10): 1091–1098.
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"For those wondering, we count each device only once (ie, we don't count re-sold devices), and 'activations' means you go into a store, buy a device, put it on the network by subscribing to a wireless service," Rubin said in a followup post on Google+.
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Saturday, Aug. 10
Biophilia Center
Gulfarium brings their flightless birds for a Penguin Party at noon at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. Admission is $8/adults over 13 and $5/children 3-12. Call 835-1824.
Book signing
Meet and greet Olympian Jeff Galloway from 5-6 p.m. at Premier Property Group�s Grand Boulevard office. Have your photo taken with Jeff, the Run Disney Expert and creator of the Run/Walk/Run method of training, and author of more than 30 running books.
Cooking class
Learn to make three bistro favorites when Chef Dan Pettis hosts a cooking class from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at One 20 a Modern Bistro, 120 Partin Drive N in Niceville to benefit Shelter House. In addition to the class and food tasting, attendees will be treated to a glass of wine, recipes to take home and a chance to win prizes. To register, call 243-1201.
Topsail tour
Join the Rangers for breakfast at 9 a.m. at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach and learn about the park. To cover the cost of food, please bring $5, which goes to Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park to enhance the park or bring your own breakfast. Call 267-8330.
Seaside Farmers Market
Get your pick of fresh produce, baked goods, dairy products, native plants and other unique offerings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Amphitheatre behind Raw & Juicy. Enjoy special cooking demos and activities.
Blue Ribbon Healers
Enjoy the music of the Blue Ribbon Healers from 10 a.m. to noon at the Seaside Farmers Market in the Seaside Amphitheater.
YOLO Board races
The third annual YOLO Board Mileage Series continues at 8 a.m. at Baytowne Marina with a four-mile race. Call 622-5760 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gulf Place Farmer�s Market
Pick up fresh produce from The Produce Gal from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Gulf Place Farmer�s Market, in Gulf Place Town Center by Restaurant Fire.
Rosalina plays classic standards and show tunes on keyboard from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Christiano's Ristorante in Santa Rosa Beach. Call 267-2185.
Gigi�s Lemonade Stand
Children volunteer at Gigi�s Lemonade Stand from 3-5 p.m. to raise money for the Alaqua Animal Refuge at Gigi's Fabulous Kids' Fashions & Toys, 62 Main Street in Rosemary Street.
Sunday, Aug. 11
Artist reception
Meet V Seagrove�s featured artist Susan Lucas during a special gathering from 4-5 p.m. at 2743 Scenic Hwy. 30A in Seagrove Beach. Hear her describe the inspiration for her canvas paintings and enjoy the signature V Seagrove cheese board and selected wines.
Sunday Brunch
Enjoy brunch and the music of The Steenos from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stinky�s Fish Camp, 5994 County Road 30A in Santa Rosa Beach.
Hope In A Box
Last day for IHOP�s �Sneakers For Students� to collect new/unused sneakers for children in time for back to school. Bring in a pair of new/unused sneakers to IHOP and receive a short stack of buttermilk pancakes. Boys & Girls Club of Florida will distribute collected shoes to needy students ranging between the ages of 5 and 16.
Monday, Aug. 12
Baytowne Block Party
Shake a leg with DJ Glen as he spins tunes for kids to dance to from 7-9 p.m. at the Baytowne Live Stage on Cannery Row. Enjoy some cotton candy or popcorn, create your piece of the puzzle for the Baytowne Mural Project and be on the look-out for Captain Davy as he searches for pirates to join his crew.
Groovin� On The Green
Cabo Rock performs a free concert, sponsored by The Carillon Beach Institute, from 7-9 p.m. in Carillon Beach.
Butler Back-to-School
Butler Elementary School welcomes students back with Pre-Kindergarten Orientation at 5 p.m. Pre-K classes begin Aug. 13.
Apres Beach
Gather for beer, wine and live music with Chris Taylor and Gileah Taylor from 4-6 p.m. at Fonville Press, 147 N. Charles St. in Alys Beach.
Stories By the Sea
Join the Seaside Rep as they present a one-of-a-kind storytelling experience for children of all ages at 4 p.m. at Scenic Hwy. 30A in Seaside.
Redd sings
Redd the Singing Bartender, who slings and sings from a song list of more than 400 songs, performs from 5-10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at Redd's Fueling Station, 2320 W. County Hwy. 30A in Santa Rosa Beach. Southern style food with a few twists is featured.
Tuesday, Aug. 13
The South Walton High School Cheerleaders will have a FUNdraiser Aug. 13 at Pizza By the Sea on 305 in WaterColor. Twenty percent of proceeds from customers who say they are there to support the SWHS Cheerleaders will be donated to the team. The cheerleaders will be available for a meet and greet at 6 p.m.
Family, Fun, and Fireworks
Challenge friends to a variety of lawn games, corn hole, ladder ball and even a giant, inflatable Twister game, from 7-9:15 p.m. at Baytowne Wharf. Visit the Baytowne Live Stage for face painting and for a nominal charge enjoy kid's crafts with Club KZ. Fireworks light up the sky at 9:15 p.m.
Movies at Marina Park
Bring a chair or blanket for a free movie, "Brave," beginning at sunset and "Wreck-it-Ralph" Aug. 15 at Marina Park in WaterColor in Santa Rosa Beach.
Cinema Under the Stars
Grab blankets and low back chairs to enjoy a free movie, "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," under the stars from 8-9:30 p.m. in the Alys Beach Amphitheatre. Piper's will offer food and drink.
Dannica Lowery
Dannica Lowery performs live from 6-9 p.m. at Shorty�s Surfside Bar, 63 Hotz Ave. in Grayton Beach. Call 468-0417.
Ike�s Fun Tuesday
An evening of sax and keyboard with food and dancing from 7-10 p.m. at Marie�s Bistro, 2260 W. Hwy. 30A in Blue Mountain Beach.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
Wednesday Night Concert Series
The Village of Baytowne Wharf presents Ocean Street from 7-9 p.m. in the Events Plaza. Call 267-8186.
Seaside Summer Concert Series
Celebrate summer with a free concert with Reed Waddle at 7 p.m. in the Seaside Amphitheater.
Concerts in Marina Park
Enjoy live music with Britt Landrum from 6:30-8 p.m. at Marina Park in WaterColor in Santa Rosa Beach. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. Admission is free and open to the public.
Summer Concert Series
Bring blankets and chair to enjoy live music with Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes from 7-9 p.m. in the Amphitheatre at Alys Beach. Piper's will offer food and beverages.
Thursday, Aug. 15
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Andy and Clyde have been long time partners until their friendship is tested with the competition for the title of "The Best Fisherman of the Emerald Coast" at 7 and 8 p.m. at Baytowne Wharf. They recruit their crew from the audience and challenge each other at different spots around the Village.
Luminary Connection
The Luminary Connection will meet at noon at the Life Enrichment Senior Center, 312 College Ave. in DeFuniak Springs. Mary Burns will speak on �On Time or Timed Out � Your Decision.� Bring brown bag lunch, join in a time of networking and return to work within a one hour lunch period. Call 635-1801, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.facebook.com/TheLuminaryConnectionTLC.
30A Farmers Market
The 30A Farmers Market takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday and Sunday in Barrett Square at Rosemary Beach. Community event features fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, honey, cheese, preserves, sauces, bread, sweets, prepared foods to go and more.
Third Thursday Wine Walkabout
Walk about the shops and restaurants of Gulf Place and taste wines from around the world from 5-7 p.m. at Town Loop Center in Santa Rosa Beach. Cost is $15 with lite hors d�oeuvres and live music included.
Moonlight & Movies
Bring a blanket and enjoy the family movie "Oz The Great And Powerful (PG)" under the stars at 8:15 p.m. on the Western Green in Rosemary Beach (Town Hall if raining).
Americana Under the Stars
Open mic showcase of local musicians begins at 6 p.m. at Topsail Hill Preserve State with a free concert by Matthew Cochran at 7 p.m. A suggested donation of $5 per vehicle will go to the Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. Bring a chair and beverage. This is family/pet friendly.
Friday, Aug. 16
Biophilia Center
Go Green with recycling activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. Create an edible landfill, play games and make crafts with reused materials. Admission is $8/adults over 13 and $5/children 3-12. Call 835-1824.
Topsail tours
Learn about the Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse that lives in the dunes near the beach from 2-3 p.m. at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach. Entry fee into park required. Call 267-8330.
Rosalina plays classic standards and show tunes on keyboard from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Christiano's Ristorante in Santa Rosa Beach. Call 267-2185.
Wine tasting
Taste three white and three red wines plus a gourmet tapas plate from 4-6 p.m. at Wild Olives, 104 N. Barrett Square in Rosemary Beach. Cost is $25/person.
Saturday, Aug. 17
Neigh and Bray
Young children will enjoy stick races and lead line while more seasoned riders will compete in pole bending, barrel racing, Western and English pleasure and more at the Neigh and Bray. Show begins at 4 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Arena, 1917 Pleasant Ridge Road in DeFuniak Springs. Call 892-5398. Free for spectators.
Biophilia Center
Meet and Green many of Florida�s sea creatures during Under the Sea with Marine Touch Tanks from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. Admission is $8/adults over 13 and $5/children 3-12. Call 835-1824.
Funky Blues Shack
Enjoy the music of Col. Bruce Hampton at 9:30 p.m. at The Funky Blues Shack, 109 Cannery Lane in Baytowne Wharf.


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On Thursday, the brand new Robertson County School opened its doors for the very first time.
"It's amazing and a whole new atmosphere. You can tell the teachers have pride in the new building and the students are in awe, it's just an amazing feeling," said Jamey Johnson, principal.
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Monthly markets review - August 2015
A review of markets in August 2015, when worries over a Chinese economic slowdown sparked significant volatility.
Global equities experienced sharp declines in August as worries over slowing Chinese growth sparked significant volatility across markets.
- In the US, the S&P 500 fell by 6.0% with the decline led by some of the year's hitherto best performers. The sell-off came despite continued strong macroeconomic data, most notably for the US consumer.
- Eurozone and UK equities also delivered negative returns. Amid the global growth worries, declining energy and metals prices weighed on the resources sectors.
- Emerging markets also registered steep negative returns, underperforming their developed market counterparts amid the volatility in China and ongoing economic weakness in Brazil.
- In fixed income markets gilt, Treasury and Bund yields rose over the month. Riskier fixed income assets, such as high yield bonds, underperformed.
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10 Best Work Out Songs for the Black Widow Mud Run Aug. 2 [VIDEOS]
The Black Widow Mud Run is Aug. 2 with 5.5 miles (not kilometers) with over a dozen obstacles and lots and lots of mud! You're allowed to take your time, so anybody can run this course, but if you want to keep up with the yoga pants ahead of you, consider working out now to get ready. Here's a recommended playlist for your workout:


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Well, that's not entirely true. But if they pull it off, they'll be my ex-countrymen. And I don't mean that in a bad way, I just mean that I will still be stuck here in the good ole US of A. But then, I always considered each state to be its own country, albeit a member state of a treaty known as the United States Constitution.
Unfortunately, I just don't think that (secession) is going to happen. Just a feeling. I just don't think that anybody in the upper levels of Texas government, not even the rash worded Rick Perry (Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme and Ben Bernanke is a Traitor, neither of which I disagree with), will let it go through. They have a lot of leverage, but I still doubt they will want to alienate the White House, their non-seceding neighbors, "patriotic" Americans, or "their" own citizens. 90,000 signatures is not a majority of Texans. There are probably just as many, and they aren't all Democrats, that don't want to secede, as there are that do. Maybe even more.
This petition will be addressed, as per the fact that it has near four times as many signatures as required by law (25,000). And it will probably be laughed off. By everyone but the signers themselves. I'm not mocking them. I'm just saying that its going to take a lot more than Obama's re-election before secession is really viable. Remember, the South seceded when Lincoln won with less than 40% of the vote. Obama at least has the advantage of winning with more than 50% (it was, in fact, the perfect example of the 51% rule, which I abhor).
For the time being, my money is on nullification. Odds are if your state is scared to do even this, no amount of petitioning will get them to go one step further and actually renounce membership in the Union. So far, my home state, Montana, is sort of on the right track, though it will be saddled with a sleazy Democratic Governor for the next four to eight years. And he just so happens to be one of the twenty-two State Attorney Generals who refused to fight ObamaCare. Good thing the people of Montana were crazy enough to circumvent him and good thing the only non-county/district level Republican I voted for will be there to take Bullock's old job and enforce the will of the people of Montana (because 65% is better than 51%).
Now, I hope to see much more of this rebellious behavior. With any luck it will come from state legislatures and not just once-every-two-years ballot referendums.
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee! (Well, not really.)


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I like to upload my music to my Google account and I use Google Music Manager to do this.
When I downloaded the music manager the first time, I wanted to actually download all the music I purchased from Google onto my Ubuntu 12.04 Dell Latitude E6400 32-bit. It worked fine and all the music downloaded.
Now I have ripped some of my old cds and want to upload that content to Google. When I chose Google Music Manager from my applications, it pops up in my tray as running but nothing actually happens. When I click on it and chose options which used to open up the interface to chose which folders you wanted to upload and so forth, nothing happens.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and it still does the same thing. I ran it from command line and I see I am getting the errors below.
I intend on asking this same question in a Google forum but I wanted to ask here since I usually get better answers from the Ubuntu community.
t:~$ google-musicmanager
log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (root).
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Timisoara, located in the western part of the country, close to the border to Serbia, is today most famous for two things: being at the origins of the Romanian revolution and becoming an economic success story since then.
Timisoara was where the Romanian revolution began in 1989. It all started with Laszlo Tökes, a pastor of the reformed Hungarian Church, who used his sermons to encourage resistance to a government programme that consisted of razing entire villages and resettling their populations in newly created socialist towns.
In December 1989, on the instigation of the Securitate, Tökes' bishop ordered him to move to a small parish in northern Transylvania. Tökes refused, and civil proceedings to evict him from his apartment were launched. His parishioners rallied around him. Their protest quickly attracted people of different faiths and ethnicities, and rapidly grew into a mass rally involving all segments of Timisoara's society. Tökes recalls:
"A demonstration of solidarity became a revolt in solidarity. I could not have imagined this. Hungarians and Romanians had always been opposed to each other. The regime had fostered real hatred between the two peoples. The support I received from the ethnic Romanians during those days was an overwhelming experience. How moving to see the Romanian crowd under my windows chanting their national hymn. Until that day, the hymn had separated us. From that day on, it united us."
The demonstrations grew so big that on 17 December 1989 tanks had to be deployed to Timisoara. Security forces opened fire on the demonstrators. The protests immediately spread to Bucharest and other cities. Ceausescu had lost control. Attempting to flee the country, he was arrested and turned over to the army. He was executed on Christmas Day 1989.
More recently, Timisoara has become famous for a different reason: motored by strong FDI inflows and domestic entrepreneurship, the city has emerged as one of Romania's first thriving business centres. Timis County, an area inhabited by some 680,000 people, is now home to international companies such as Alcatel, Continental, Siemens, Procter & Gamble, Flextronics, Linde Gas, as well as more than 2,500 Italian and 1,500 German SMEs.
Timisoara's dramatic economic and social progress is an example of Romania's overall development. Over the past few years salaries in the region have been rising, as have people's living standards. In 2007/8 unemployment in Timis County was under 2 percent.
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Papers (1943-1956) including correspondence, reports programs, professional in Social Security, minutes, membership records, clippings, pamphlets etc.
The Pitt County (N.C.) Bar Association papers offer insight into the functions of a local bar association, and the demands made on it by the state and national associations, through correspondence, minutes, membership records, and miscellaneous items. Although most of the correspondence deals with routine matters such as membership requests and expressions of concern over a member's illness, there are several important topics discussed.
The Junior Bar Conference of the American Bar Association is for young lawyers who are ABA members. Correspondence concerning the Junior Bar Conference includes letters (1945) from Kerr Craige Ramsay, North Carolina chairman, and Thomas F. Healy, national director of its Public Information program detailing objectives of that program and plans for its implementation. Among topics under discussion for the Public Information program are the dissemination of information regarding the G.I. Bill to returning soldiers (1945) and regarding improving traffic safety through better law enforcement in the traffic courts (1945). Correspondence from the 1950 Junior Bar Conference discusses the work of the Committee on Justice of the Peace and Similar Courts chaired by Philip E. Lucas. Also found with the correspondence is an issue of The Young Lawyer (February 1946), the publication of the Junior Bar Conference, and a list of North Carolina members (1945).
According to 1952 correspondence, Charlotte attorney Shearon Harris spearheaded a N.C. Bar Association project to obtain 100 percent membership of N.C. lawyers. A September 1952 letter reveals that only white lawyers could join, and two black attorneys are mentioned by name in order to avoid unwarranted solicitation for membership.
Correspondence (June 1955) from Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren describes an American Bar Association project, the two hundredth anniversary celebration of the birth of John Marshall (1955), and includes a handbook containing suggested programs as well as biographical data on Chief Justice Marshall.
Other topics discussed in the correspondence are participation of lawyers and other professionals in Social Security (1954); the redistricting of N.C. judicial districts (February 1955); the Pitt Co. Bar Association endorsement of William J. Bundy for resident judge of the new Third Judicial District which elicited letters from N.C. Governor Luther H. Hodges and N.C. Senator Paul E. Jones (March 1955); lawyer referral services (1955); fees for lawyers' services suggested by the Pitt County Bar Association (1955); and a resolution endorsing raising the salaries of lawyers in the armed forces (1957). Also discussed are opposition from U.S. Representative Herbert C. Bonner (1950) to socialized medicine and compulsory health insurance; an American Bar Association resolution (1951) to encourage international exchange programs of judges, lawyers, professors, and law students to aid their counterparts in foreign countries in becoming familiar with the democratic laws and institutions of the U.S.; and concern over laymen appearing before the Utilities Commission in a representative capacity instead of attorneys (1952).
Minutes of the Association, from November 1943 to October 10, 1956, include lists of members and committees; the constitution and by-laws of the association (1945); information on annual dues and the setting of court calendars; a suggested fee list (1950) for lawyers; and some financial reports. Also included are several resolutions opposing compulsory health insurance (1950); recommending an increase in Superior and Supreme Court judicial salaries (1950); condemning an editorial appearing in the issue of the Greenville Daily Reflector (October 5, 1950) which criticized the Superior Court for the manner in which certain cases were disposed; and endorsing a proposed 4-H Club Summer Camp for black boys (June 1955).
Miscellaneous items include an undated resolution of appreciation of William J. Bundy as solicitor of the Fifth Judicial District; printed copies of bills to provide additional judges in five judicial districts (1950) and to provide additional judicial districts (1955); undated recommendations for rules in setting the civil calendar for Pitt County; a program for the 1954 N.C. Bar Association annual meeting; course listings for a summer session at the Practicing Law Institute in New York City (1954); the quarterly American Bar Association publication Bar Activities Recorder (July 1955); a 1960 publication reporting on the ABA's Special Committee on World Peace Through Law concerning whether the ABA should favor elimination of the Connally Amendment by Congress in relation to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice over the U.S.; a 1941 photograph of the U.S. Supreme Court; and a Farmville Rotary Club Golden Anniversary program (1955).
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Its been a month since graduation day. Its time to check in with them to see what they are up to:
Tori Tyner and Malcolm Roan are both employed by the St. Louis Rams as Seasonal Ticket Sales Representatives. Rob Maruska is the new Assistant Course Manager at Pheasant Run Golf Course. Sean Wollenberg is now employed by Learfield Sports Properties. Zach Payne and Josh Weinrich followed their passion for cars. Zach is working for Auto Trim Restyling and Josh is employed by Knight Motorsports. Brittany Bommarito is staying busy. She is working at the Scottrade Center, Busch Stadium, and the Edward Jones Dome. She is also launching her own photography business. Brian Wilga is at Citi Bank and Matt Schwartz is in the summer program at Southwestern Advantage. Erik Carretro is now an Assistant Soccer Coach for the Maryville men's soccer team as well as a Campus Visit Coordinator for the Maryville Admissions Office. Congratulations to all of our new graduates. We are very proud of each of you!


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New Haven, my home!
by Danielle Curtis
in Admissions
It is no secret that I'm New Haven's biggest fan. There is so much delicious food, art, beauty, and fun packed in this small city that I think it is truly such a wonderful place to be a grad student and live. We may not have sunny California's steady weather, but we do have incredible seasons and get to experience the best of each. A little snow just makes us tougher, you know?
Anyway, before the offices closes for the holiday season, I just wanted to share this really cute video that some Yale undergrads made. I think it is pretty clever, but it also goes to show you how fond other people are of this place, besides me!
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F&ES Class Helps Get New Haven Green Infrastructure Project 'In the Ground'
by Kevin Dennehy
in The School
Earlier this year, a group of F&ES students traveled down the I-95 corridor, from New York to Washington, to explore how four major cities are using "green infrastructure" to handle storm water runoff. In each city they received an important piece of advice: Just get projects built.
"What all these cities helped us understand was the importance of getting projects in the ground, just to see how they function in your own city," said Caitlin Feehan M.E.M. '14, who helped organize the research trip.
This week, the students can say they've helped New Haven put its own project in the ground. The research they conducted as part of their class, F&ES 963: Payments for Ecosystem Services, helped inspire plans for new green projects in the Elm…
Agricultural Emissions and Global Food Waste
Leading up to and at COP 19, I worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists, helping them to develop policy positions related to climate change adaptation and mitigation in global agriculture. Agriculture is a nascent subject within the UNFCCC, but by 2020, global emissions targets relating to both forests and agriculture will be incorporated under a single heading of "land use." Addressing agricultural emissions will be a significant step for the UNFCCC. The following statistics convey why:
- According to a recent report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists, demand for food is predicted to increase by at least 60% by 2050 – not simply because of population growth, but because of changing consumption patterns, referred to as the "nutrition transition." Developing countries are rapidly adopting a
Twitter Campaign Helps Yale Project
Spread Important Climate Message
by Kevin Dennehy
in The School
During the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) found an effective way to generate a buzz in the global climate debate: Add a hashtag.
More than 2,600 Twitter users responded to the YPCCC's challenge to give "#ClimateThanks" on the popular social media site, posting nearly 8,000 tweets about individuals and groups making a difference in the climate fight. Those tweets generated more than 25 million timeline deliveries, and reached more than 7.2 million unique followers.
Participants included high-profile climate scientists, U.S. lawmakers, journalists, non-governmental organizations and thousands of individuals who simply care about climate issues.
"All in all, the campaign far exceeded our expectations," said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. "I was…
by Vanessa Lamers
in Admissions, The School
Our application deadline is quickly approaching! Only a few days left until December 15th and we can feel the nerves pouring through.
1) Proof read! This is my number 1 tidbit for applicants. It doesn't matter how last minute your application is, take the time to proofread it and have someone else proofread it. It doesn't particularly matter who other proofreaders are – your personal statement should be pretty readable by anyone. It's about you, your goals, your career ambitions, and why you want to come to F&ES. It shouldn't be overly technical, or, conversely, overly vague. My friend, Amy "the grammar queen" proofread my application and helped me take out unnecessary portions, showcase my writing skills, and clarify unclear sections. I can't stress this enough: your personal statement…
The Reality of Grad School
Hello Prospective Foresters,
It's exam period here, so I thought I would use my perspective as a beleaguered first year masters student to offer you (what I hope is) some cogent advice on your grad school plans. At exactly this time last year (literally to the day) I was in the exact same position that you probably currently find yourself in. I was working a full time and on weekends and evenings I was crafting application essays, trying to pull myself out my workload far enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. When I was about halfway through the application process, I called home to vent about my essays. During this conversation my mom pointed out that what I was working on was not 1…
Knowledge Crosses Oceans at the Third International Marine Protected Areas Congress
I traveled to the port city of Marseille, France, to attend the Third International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3), expecting to be immersed for several days in formulating policy recommendations that would have little practical impact on marine management. Ocean acidification, coral bleaching, and plummeting fish stocks were all familiar topics from my years working in Hawai'i with a climate change research program, and I anticipated spending hours rehashing these issues with conservation professionals who daily fight an uphill battle, rather than forging meaningful solutions. On all counts, I could not have been more wrong.
My journey to IMPAC3 began months before I set foot in Marseille when I applied to work with the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) as part of the International Organizations and…
Interview with our Sustainability Cup Winner and Joint Degree MBA, Rachel Mak!
by Vanessa Lamers
in Admissions, The School
Vanessa: Hey Rachel! Thanks for sitting down with me and telling all these prospective students about your experience before and after F&ES. How about you tell us what you did before F&ES and how you chose to come here?
Rachel: Sure! I graduated from Harvard in 2010 and was an environmental science and public policy major. I knew when I graduated I wanted to go into the sustainability field, but as I was interviewing for jobs, it became really apparent I didn't have the skillset I needed to get my dream job. So, I decided I wanted to go to grad school, but I wanted a bit of life experience first. I always wanted to go abroad, so after I graduated, I moved to Shanghai and worked in mergers…
Grassroots Organizing in a #FlatWorld: Technology Lessons from a Slum in Nairobi
by Bessie Schwarz
in The School
If you live in one of the world's poorest places, you probably do not have running water, raw sewage might flow past your door, and doubtlessly your government ignores you. Yet, you get the same 140 characters on Twitter as Barack Obama.
Last week I drove north from the upscale city center of Nairobi, veered right off the Thika Superhighway onto a dirt road, and suddenly found myself crowded in by shoddy metal shacks, people, and piles of trash. This is Mathare, Nairobi's second-largest slum, where approximately 1/2 million (the more exact number is uncertain) live in extreme poverty in the middle of one of Africa's biggest cities. Electricity, garbage pick-up, newspaper delivery, and running water do not reach many of the houses or storefronts in Mathare, but the…
Learning by Doing: Lessons From the UN Climate Negotiations and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
by Verner Wilson
in UNFCCC, COP 19 – Warsaw
Back at Yale after attending my first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, I had a week to reflect on the final deliberations. I ended up at the Convention while taking a project-based course called "International Organizations and Conferences" that paired me up with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre to help with their annual "Development and Climate Days" side event. The D&C Days as they are called, were held during the weekend of November 16 and 17 between the two weeks of the 19th UN Conference of Parties (COP).
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Hanley Ramirez proved it again Thursday as the Dodgers clinched the National League West title in Arizona: when he's healthy, the National League has produced no equal.
Ramirez's performance in the clincher serves as an exclamation point: 4-for-5, his 19th and 20th home runs, 2 runs scored and 4 RBI in the 7-6 victory. Ramirez is hitting .350/.402/.653 through 323 plate appearances. His 1.056 OPS leads the National League by 94 points over Paul Goldschmidt -- whose .962 mark is itself 84 points better than Bryce Harper and 101 points over Matt Holiday, 14th and 15th in the league, respectively. Ramirez's bat is on another level, even as he fills the most difficult non-catcher position on the field.
Ramirez, however, has no shot at the National League MVP. He played just his 82nd game in Sunday's contest against San Diego, and he is expected to play just three or four of the Dodgers' final seven games. The MVP award is designed to award a full body of work. Although "strength of offense and defense," the MVP's first criterion, favors Ramirez, the award's second criterion is, verbatim, "Number of games played." Andrew McCutchen, Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Carpenter and Joey Votto have all played at least 150 games at an exceedingly high level, and those four -- at least -- must therefore come above Ramirez in the MVP voting, purely by the nature of the award.
In American sports, postseason awards (or midseason honors like All-Star appearances) hold great historical clout. These awards dominate cultural consciousness and hold massive historical influence, to the point where the number of MVP awards has for years colored a candidate's Hall of Fame viability. Getting shut out of the awards discussion, as Ramirez is likely to this season -- except the shortstop Silver Slugger, which not even a 39-game difference should swing in Troy Tulowitzki's favor -- means getting buried historically.
So here's the question: how do we remember Ramirez's season? Its historic nature is undeniable. No shortstop with even 300 plate appearances has matched Ramirez's 194 OPS+ in over a century -- Honus Wagner's 1908, when his .354/.415/.542 line in the dead ball era earned a 205 OPS+, is the only superior season. Until Ramirez, Arky Vaughn was the only shortstop to post a raw OPS over 1.000 with an OPS+ of 190 (1.098 in 1935).
Even though plenty of stars have been limited to half-seasons by injury throughout the years, Ramirez's season lacks obvious comparisons. According to Baseball-Reference.com, Ramirez is just one of three players to post five Wins Above Replacement in under 100 games in a non-strike season. The other two are Ramirez's teammate Yasiel Puig -- a major contender for Rookie of the Year -- and Ted Williams.
In 1955, Williams hit .356/.496/.703 with 28 home runs in just 98 games. He missed most of the first two months of the season over a divorce settlement, not playing until May 28, and he dealt with minor injuries that year as well. Williams, like Ramirez, led his league by miles in OPS -- 1.200 to Mickey Mantle's 1.042 -- and would have won the batting title if not for the at-bat requirement (Al Kaline won it at .340).
Williams still made the All-Star Game and he finished fourth in the MVP voting. Yogi Berra won the award despite just a .819 OPS; Mantle likely deserved it, and Kaline had a tremendous case as well. Williams, of course, was already an 11-time All-Star at this point in his career and had clout no player in today's game could even dream of -- the Red Sox offered Williams their managerial post prior to the 1955 season.
But Williams's effort came on a 4th-place Red Sox club. Ramirez was a catalyst -- arguably the most important catalyst -- on a team that went from 7.5 games back on June 19 to clinching the division with ease in mid-September. The club has gone 53-28 in his appearances and 36-38 without him. The difference between Ramirez and the likes of Justin Sellers (.510 OPS) and Luis Cruz (.344 OPS) is the difference between an easy National League West title and a dogfight with the Diamondbacks to the end.
Between the outstanding nature of his performance and its place in the Dodgers' dramatic season, Ramirez is an integral part of the story of the 2013 season as a whole. You can't tell the story of baseball in 2013 without Hanley Ramirez, and we shouldn't forget that just because his season falls outside the scope of the MVP award.


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A version of this article appears in the March/April 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
March 01, 2005
Energy gains and losses through windows are a strong function of a particular window's U-factor and solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), of course, but orientation plays a critical role as well. Far too often, for my taste, I've observed that the facade with the greatest number of windows on a production built home tends to face the backyard, whatever its orientation. To get a feel for just how much of an effect a window's orientation can have, I modeled the energy impacts of placing three different types of windows in four separate locations on both a summer and a winter day. All six of the bar charts shown in Figures 1–6 depict solar gains and conductive losses in Btu/ft2 for a single 24-hour day with clear skies at 40º north latitude (approximately the latitude of Denver, Reno, and Salt Lake City). Figures 1–3 depict conditions for January 21, with an average temperature of 20ºF. Figures 4–6 depict conditions for July 21, with an average temperature of 85ºF.Net gains help in the winter and hurt in the summer. &...
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What is it exactly that makes modern humans modern? We are subject to jet lag? We can walk and text at the same time (some of us, kind of?) Our minds and bodies bear the brunt of all the junk we've been spewing into the earth's air, water, and soil since the Industrial Revolution?
Chris Stringer, a research leader in human origins at the Natural History Museum London, recently wrote a Comment in Nature speculating on what the precise features might be that define us as modern. Recent DNA evidence has shown that after modern humans left Africa around 60,000 years ago, they interbred with different groups of archaic humans—Neanderthals and Denisovans. As a result, different populations walking around today have varying amounts of this archaic DNA in their genomes.
Stringer is aware that this information could lead to the very dangerous assertion that all humans are modern, but some are more modern than others. So he writes, "All living humans are members of the extant species H. sapiens and, by definition, all must equally be modern humans."
There is currently a big debate raging among paleontologists about the origin of modern humans. Stringer is in the camp that thinks that we all derive from humans that evolved in Africa by 100,000 years ago and then left from there. This explains the common physical traits we share. In this view, regional or racial differences that exist between modern humans were grafted onto these common features through processes like natural selection, founder effects, and genetic drift as groups of humans became geographically separate in the last 60,000 years.
Some of the regional difference may also be explained by interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
The multiregional hypothesis, in contrast, contends that humans left Africa much earlier—closer to two million years ago—and that regional variations can be explained by parallel evolutionary paths in different locations around the globe. The debate between these two models has gone on for decades, and Stringer is definitely a proponent of the out-of-Africa view.
This isn't the only area of controversy when it comes to human origins. Stringer's Comment is accompanied by two Features: one on the academic debate about why, when, and how humans got from Africa to Asia; the other on how and when humans first got to the Americas. In both cases, some claim that the evidence indicates an arrival over land by foot, and others read it as demonstrating an arrival by sea in boats.
The presence of archaic DNA in modern genomes is certainly intriguing, regardless of which evolutionary scenario you think it suggests. But Stringer concludes by noting that whatever our genetic makeup, wherever we came from, and no matter what new discoveries lay in store, "we will have learnt nothing in the past 50 years if we let small segments of distinct DNA govern the way we regard regional variation today."
Nature, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/485033a, 10.1038/485024a , 10.1038/485033a (About DOIs).


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"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational." — Hugh Mackay
Remember the feature in Reader's Digest called "My Most Unforgettable Character?" These stories usually described people both heroic and saintly. The "characters" oozed inspiration from every pore.
My Most Unforgettable Character never climbed Mt. Everest or cured cancer or was even particularly nice. But she showed me, as no one had done before, how complex people could be. Before her, I thought of my fellow humans in simple black and white terms —the good guys and the bad guys. Since knowing her, I've learned to see gray everywhere — the basically good guys and the somewhat bad and every nuance in between. Am I glad I knew her? Beyond a doubt. Did I love her? I'm still not sure. For your consideration: My Great-Aunt Rose.
She was born Rose Morris on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century, and lived there all her life. She was the pampered baby of a family that included her big sister Florence (my wonderful, maddeningly self-deprecating Nana) and the middle child, Harold. Harold died long before I was born, but I heard a lot about the hapless child who became the disaster-prone young man. Indeed, until I was about 10, I thought his name was "Poorharold" because that was the only way his sisters referred to him.
Like Florrie and so many other young women of the day, Rose decided to be a school teacher. Unlike Florrie, Rose really didn't care much for children, which made her decades-long stint in P.S. 20 pretty painful. Over the years, Nana would often learn glad tidings about her former students; this one was a concert pianist, that one won a Pulitzer. Rose would note with amusement that HER past pupils seemed to all find their way onto Death Row. From Aunt Rose I learned the regret of the wrong path taken, and the gift of laughing through disappointment.
Rose married late, and for money more than love. Uncle Ernest was a rich widower, and she dreamed of a very comfortable lifestyle. Alas, Ernest soon became an invalid, and his care drained their funds and her spirits. The experience made her bitter, and she started obsessively hoarding her every dime. In the end, she left a sizable sum to her only nephew, my Dad (who soon blew it all, but that's another story). From Aunt Rose I learned the poisonous side of money.
Summer afternoons at the Jersey Shore, Aunt Rose would stretch out in a beach chair, ever-present cigarette in hand, and tell stories, some of them pretty far-fetched but always supremely entertaining. Nana would chuckle and urge her to go on. We would sit near them, playing in the sand, feeling the special comfort of children listening to the grownups chat. From Aunt Rose I learned to tell stories well and truthfully, save the occasional embellishment that added spice to the telling.
Rose was a hypochondriac who went on "vacation" every spring, checking into the hospital to have tests run for various phantom aches and pains. She had doctors who specialized in body parts I didn't even know existed. I can still see the cracked maroon teacup that held her rainbow of daily pills. She walked miles every day, and ate such exotic delicacies as grapefruit and yogurt and fish. When Rose died, it was a lingering death from a stroke. From Aunt Rose I learned the difference between maintaining and worshipping the body, and came to understand that all bodies will fail us eventually.
Rose played favorites among us, regularly doting on one as she threatened to cut another out of her will. We all took turns being in her good graces and on the hot seat, a bizarre kind of "fairness." But she never ignored us or acted less than really interested in our lives. From Aunt Rose I learned that we all play favorites sometimes, for better or worse. I also learned never to cut anyone out of my will — not that there was ever anything in my will anyway.
Rose always wanted to be in control, from insisting that Nana leave my abusive grandfather (Nana never did) to walking in front of a taxicab, holding up her hand and declaring "Stop! I'm a retired school teacher of the City of New York. Let me cross!" (She got hit by the cab.) From Aunt Rose I learned that there are some situations you just can't fix — and to wait for the green light.
Sometimes, when I look in the mirror, I see traces of Aunt Rose — my dark hair, my hot temper — and recall my very mixed emotions. But as I write about her now, I realize that I DID love her, warts and all. Rose died August 16, 1977, at the age of 77. (Elvis Presley died the exact same day, and his death got a lot more coverage in the press than hers.)
And so I paint a portrait of My Most Unforgettable Character, using a palette with every shade of gray. The same gray that colors us all. And I remember that even gray can be beautiful.
Elise Seyfried is Director of Spiritual Formation at Christ's Lutheran Church in Oreland. She is also an actress, wife, mother of five and co-author (with husband, Steve) of 15 plays for children. This piece is taken, with permission, from her recently self-published book, "Unhaling: On God, Grace and a Perfectly Imperfect Life," a collection of essays, humorous but with a spiritual focus. The book can be purchased for $15 plus shipping through www.eliseseyfried.com. (Also from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble bn.com, although they add an extra charge.)


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By Tom Rochon
One of my father's favorite expressions is, "Fix the roof while the sun is shining."
I thought often about that advice during the past year as IC faculty, staff, and students worked together to create the strategic vision we call IC 20/20. After all, the sun has long been shining on our roof. IC's academic programs enjoy strong reputations. Graduates of our professional schools are successful in their chosen fields. The four highest new student application totals in IC history were received over the last four years.
But the world is changing and so are the demands on our students. The flood of information made available by digital technology threatens to drown those whose education does not prepare them with analytical skills and a firm grasp of conceptual frameworks. With the rapidity of change in the world, one must be adept at applying knowledge to complex situations to arrive at answers in real time. And the competition to do this is now global.
It is astonishing and humbling to realize that our students today will reach the peaks of their professional careers shortly after the year 2050. Who can imagine the world as it will be then? How can we best prepare our students not only to survive in that world, not only to thrive in that world, but also to be leaders in shaping that world? Aware that the ingredients for past success would not necessarily create a recipe for a successful future, we put everything on the table in planning the IC 20/20 vision.
One of the key principles we incorporated into that vision is a commitment to making the college experience less about teaching specific information — which students can find on their own and which is likely to be outdated quickly anyway — and more about giving them opportunities to solve real-world problems. We also recognized that students must be hands on from day one — already a tradition at IC and so a part of the roof that does not need fixing. They must work on projects individually and in teams, just as they will throughout their careers and in all the endeavors of their lives. They must become adept at pulling together multiple perspectives and skills.
A student's involvement in clubs, organizations, and sports teams also provides valuable learning experiences, and we should help students capture and build upon what they learn in those settings. We must cultivate character and commitment by creating opportunities for students to apply their skills for the good of the community — with community defined as being everywhere from Ithaca to Indonesia.
Above all, students must see the results of their work reflected in problems solved and projects completed, and they must be effective in communicating to others what they have learned.
The most dramatic innovation in the IC 20/20 vision is the introduction of a more problem-centered approach to the general education program, which occupies a large part of every student's first two years. We will focus the IC general education on major issues and topics rather than on a smattering of introductory courses in various departments. By taking courses in a variety of departments that are connected to a single overarching topic, students will learn to "connect the dots" across different areas of specialized knowledge. This creates an educational experience that will already in the first year be centered on how to accomplish things — just as we have always done with upper class education in the majors and professional schools.
Alumni have a substantial role in helping our current and future students connect the dots. One of the boldest elements of the IC 20/20 vision is to create a mentor network among alumni who work in a given field and students preparing to enter that field. Students would become part of this network in their freshman year, and mentorship would begin with alumni/professionals helping students understand how to take best advantage of their IC experience. We want to create an ongoing dialog in which alumni help students develop a professional outlook long before their junior year search for an internship or senior year search for a job. For alumni, we believe these mentoring conversations will be professionally and personally rewarding.
In any endeavor like this one, it is important to define in advance how we will measure success. We expect future IC students to be ready to take on the range of professional and life challenges that exist in the world but that are too seldom examined in a traditional college education. A commitment to preparing students for success has long defined the IC approach to education, but we are changing the means by which we reach that goal in recognition of the dramatic changes ongoing in the world today.
Having once tried to fix a leaky roof in the middle of a downpour, I learned by hard experience the wisdom of my father's advice to plan ahead. The IC 20/20 vision offers a road map for Ithaca College to move from a position of strength to even greater strength as a center for excellence in student learning. We are now hard at work turning the IC 20/20 vision into reality.


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The band blends Jazz, Latin, and Celtic music for a truly distinctive sound.
Take a pair of siblings of Scottish descent, one a pianist who studied jazz at Columbia, the other a fiddler with a love for traditional Celtic music. Then, mix in a bassist with a funk background, and a drummer immersed in Latin rhythms.
What could possibly go wrong? Or more precisely, what the heck is the end result?
Alba's Edge is the quartet that includes all that and more, and what they produce is something loosely defined as progressive Celtic music. Alba's Edge will be performing Sunday night at Club Passim in Cambridge, and to make the night even more eclectic their openers will be Ezekiel's Wheel, a Boston klezmer quintet that got its start busking in Beantown subway stations.
In March this year, Alba's Edge performed on a tour of Mexico, sponsored by the State Dept., which sought to present the American approach to Celtic music. The idea was to show music fans in Mexico some American music that was not mainstream, and it all was capped off with a St. Patrick's Day show in Mexico City.
Neil Pearlman is the leader of Alba's Edge. Born in Boston, his family moved to Portland, Maine soon after, and he and his younger sister Lily Pearlman grew up with sounds of music, particularly Scottish music, suffusing their daily life. Their mother was a traditional Scottish dancer in fact, but Neil felt the pull of modern jazz, and so left for the Ivy League school in New York City.
"I had played all the various Scottish and Celtic music growing up, but I really liked jazz," said Neil from a weekend stop at his parents' home in Maine. "I wanted to be in New York City for the jazz scene, and the opportunities to play out, and also because Columbia has a small but very good jazz department. I liked the dense chordings, and rhythmic variety of jazz, but I had always loved the beautiful melodies of Scottish music. I wanted to write music that encompassed all of that."
Lily took up the fiddle and immersed herself in traditional Celtic music, but she also pursued her dancing ambitions too, graduating with a degree in Modern Dance. Through her study of dance, Lily ended up spending a semester in Brazil studying that nation's dances, but also falling in love with Brazilian music, Afro-Cuban, and other Latin rhythms.
As the guy with the Scottish traditional background in a class full of jazz aficionados, Neil was in a unique position. Gradually he began to yearn for more chances to incorporate the trad sounds into jazz. One of his schoolmates at Columbia was bassist Doug Berns, who came out of a funk background but grew to love the Celtic stuff. At some point, Neil realized he needed to recruit Lily to help him seek out the blend of old trad/new jazz he was exploring.
"I got to play a lot in traditional settings, as a sideman," Neil recalled. "I think I was usually hired because my take on that music brings in other influences, like the jazz feel for improvisation. I've played in a lot of styles, but Alba's Edge is the clearest representation of what I want to do. The addition of the bass and drums, to Lily and I, really fleshes it out."
The final piece in the puzzle was a drummer, and Jacob Cole, a Californian who'd just graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music, was the perfect choice. Cole played jazz, but really specialized in Latin rhythms, and his work really gives the band a potent kick.
"Jacob really brings in a depth of experience in Latin rhythms and Latin jazz," said Neil. "Jacob spent a year in a music conservatory in Puerto Rico, before he came to the New England Conservatory."
"Doug, of course, is a funk guy, and one of his other projects is a band called MSA, an Afro-beat band from New York City that often works with Antibalas, the well-known worldbeat group," Neil added. "In fact Doug is in Europe with them right now, so we have a substitute bassist this week, Charles Derthoud, an Englishman with a great funk feel."
It sounds like a fascinating mixmaster of styles new and old. But does it work? The tunes from the new Alba's Edge EP certainly give traditional music a contemporary kick, without sacrificing those hypnotically lovely melodies. But it remains a tough sale for prospective venues.
"Our major hurdle is getting people to listen," Neil admitted. "The music and the show makes a lot more sense when you hear it. It does sound like a crazy mix of ideas, but we like to think it's a new perspective and it works. We have an eclectic group of fans, for sure, a number of Celtic and folk fans who like to sit and listen, although it is predominantly dance music. But jazz fans can appreciate the improv elements, and rock fans will find plenty of energy in it. If you want to listen or dance, we think our music will be appealing."
While their EP is their entree to bigger and better gigs for now, Alba's Edge is aiming to record a full-length album this year. The Pearlmans and their band are more devoted than ever to forging their own musical path, and also convinced Boston is the home base that can embrace them.
"There is such a wonderful community of Celtic music and Celtic musicians in Boston, that was the primary reason I moved there after college," said Neil Pearlman. "Our music can work in different contexts and venues, and Boston has been very welcoming."
The connection between Alba's Edge and Ezekiel's Wheel is a simple one: one of the klezmer band's fiddlers, Jonathan Cannon, was Neil Pearlman's first roommate in Boston, and they remain friends. "We've done a double-bill before with them, at the Lily Pad in Cambridge," Neil noted. "many people are familiar with klezmer music, but they bring a particular intensity to their approach that really resonates with contemporary fans."
QUINCY HOMELESS BENEFIT: Braintree blues fan JoAnne Cullen has organized a grassroots kind of benefit concert to help the homeless. Sunday afternoon from 3-7 p.m. at South Shore Music Hall in Quincy, big-voiced blues singer Brian Templeton brings his Big Blue band to town, with numerous guests, including New England stars like Quincy's own Johnny "Bluehorn" Moriconi on trumpet and vocals, guitarist Monster Mike Welch, bassist Mudcat Ward, keyboardist Bruce Bears, and saxman Scott Shetler among others. Should be a fabulous show, tickets are a mere $10, and all funds raised go to local homeless programs.
TATTOO CLUES: Allow us to dip into sports and news, as we were initially dubious when reports surfaced that investigators were seeking tattoo artists to see if accused ex-Patriot Aaron Hernandez might have marked his alleged crimes with new ink. Coincidentally, we were reading Martin Cruz Smith's 2010 novel "Three Stations," one of his fine series of mysteries featuring a Russian detective. Consider this character's statement, as he examines a corpse for tattoos (page 158): "You can trust a criminal's hide more than a banker's business card. The (banker's) card says he has offices in Moscow, London, and Hong Kong, even though he's never been further than Minsk. But when a convict wears a tattoo for a crime he hasn't honestly committed, other cons will tattoo 'Liar' right across his face.."