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Employee Tenure
From the March 2003 Notes article, "Employee Tenure."
- The data for 2002 show that the median tenure of workers with their current employer is only slightly shorter than it was in 1983: 4.7 years in 2002, compared with 5.0 years in 1983.
- Even among older male workers (ages 55-64), who experienced the most job change, the median tenure fell from a level that would not be considered a lifetime, 14.7 years in 1963, to a roughly comparable level of 10.2 years in 2002.
- The median tenure for male workers declined from 5.9 years in 1983 to 4.9 years in 2002. In contrast, the median tenure for female workers increased slightly from 4.2 years in 1983 to 4.4 year in 2002.
- Private-sector workers' median tenure held steady from 1983 (3.6 years) to 2002 (3.6 years). By contrast, the median tenure for public-sector workers increased from 1983 (6.0 years) to 1998 (7.5 years) before declining to 6.9 years in 2002.
- The distribution of all wage and salary workers age 20 or older across various levels of tenure was quite stable from 1983 to 2002. The small changes that appeared to be consistent over the period were a slight increase in the percentage of workers with 20 or more years of tenure, from 8.9 percent to 10.3 percent, and a decrease in the percentage with one year or less of tenure, from 25.7 percent to 22.1 percent.
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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita's office enters into election integrity grant with the Ball
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(Indianapolis) - Today, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, joined by Ball State University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Terry S. King, announced a grant agreement between the two organizations under which Ball State will administer the Voting Systems Technical Oversight Program (VSTOP) created under Ind. Code 3-11-17-6.
Between 2003 and 2006, the State of Indiana and Indiana counties invested over 40 million dollars of federal and state matching Help America Vote Act funds in new electronic voting systems that were based on computer technology. Ensuring that these new systems comply with changes in Federal and State election law while continuing to maintain the publics trust in the voting process is a complex undertaking that demands a great amount of resources.
In 2005, The Indiana Legislature responded to these needs and gave the Secretary of State authorization to implement VSTOP via a grant, which would provide funding for research that would assist the Indiana Election Commission and Indiana counties with technology issues related to electronic voting systems. The Secretary of State's office issued a request for proposals (RFP) in 2006 to which public and private Indiana colleges and universities were invited to respond.
"After careful consideration, my office selected Ball State University's Bowen Center for Public Affairs to receive the first VSTOP grant," said Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita. "Under Ball State's proposal, "The Office of Indiana Voting Systems" will be established, bringing together a team with expertise in elections, computing systems, and training."
In April of this year, Secretary Rokita was notified that sufficient funds were available in order to begin the purposes of VSTOP. The funds were made available through the Indiana legislature as well as the proceeds of penalties and settlements resulting from the Secretary of State's office voting systems enforcement activities.
"I am excited to present this grant in the amount of $162,097.00 to Provost King and Ball State University," said Rokita. "The Indiana Election Commission, State and County Election officials, and all the citizens in Indiana will benefit from ongoing services provided by this program."
"Ball State is committed to this project," said Jo Ann M. Gora, President of Ball State University. "We will look forward to the opportunity to work with the Secretary of State and the county clerks across the state in implementing this project."
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It is proving to be a restless fall at the University of Memphis as interim President Brad Martin pulls into focus several short-term goals that will have a long-term impact on the future of the city's largest institution of higher learning.
Martin has said his goal is to grow a campus whose enrollment has dropped in recent years as its completion rate, the gauge by which state funding is determined, is about 10 percentage points below the national average. And an increase in tuition could have an impact on both of those goals.
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"We are operating with a great deal of intensity," Martin said last month as he spoke at the Memphis Rotary Club. "The world in which the University of Memphis operates today is highly, highly competitive. … Our financial viability at the university really relies upon our ability to attract students. We get paid based on tuition – that's the biggest revenue source – and the number of students that we serve who graduate."
But the Tennessee Board of Regents, which governs the system of state schools that included the university, is considering a tuition increase for the coming year.
Martin reacted quickly to word of the tuition hike with a press release saying the school will hold tuition flat for the 2014-2015 academic year.
"Effective allocation of available resources and improved efficiencies at the university will permit this to occur while we focus on serving more students and improving graduation rates," Martin said Nov. 19 in a written statement.
A tuition increase, however, is set by the Regents and Martin conceded that saying he hoped they would not increase tuition.
Regents Chancellor John Morgan and University of Tennessee President Joseph DiPietro said this month that the two systems are each likely to see tuition increases for the next academic year but that they expect the increases to be lower – at 4 percent or less. But that estimate comes with the administration of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreeing to spend $41 million more on higher education in that academic year.
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which oversees both systems, is recommending a 2- to 4-percent tuition increase combined with the $41 million in new state spending, with $30 million of the new state spending for operations.
The University of Memphis has 21,000 students enrolled as of this fall, fewer than the school had in 2009. Martin has set a target of 2,000 more students over several years.
Tuition at the university has increased every year for each of the last 22 years. For the last decade, that has averaged out to a 7.3 percent increase a year.
The 6 percent increase for the current academic year brought the tuition per semester for in-state undergraduates taking a full course load to $4,151. It comes to $11,507 per semester for out-of-state undergraduates.
In-state graduate students pay $5,242 per semester with out-of-state graduate students paying $11,452.
Meanwhile, the long-delayed Highland Row development that developers and the university hoped to begin work on this fall suffered another serious setback this month.
In July, the university formally asked the Tennessee Building Commission to approve its alliance with Collegiate Housing Foundation to help with the financing of Highland Row, the $65 million project announced just before the national recession hit and stalled since then.
The university plans to have students housing on the upper stories of the multiuse structure with retail on the ground floor. Highland Row is also a key part of the university's long-term plan to push the borders and entrance of the campus westward to Highland Avenue.
Morgan requested the legal opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper.
And Cooper's office concluded "neither the TBR nor the university has statutory authority to execute the agreement."
"Furthermore the Tennessee State Building Commission would have to approve any such agreement," continues the legal opinion released Nov. 20 by Cooper's office.
The legal opinion holds that those kind of obligations are not even implied in state statutes that give "limited authority" for the Regents and the university on its own "to purchase and convey property and erect buildings."
"The agreement in various respects goes beyond these limited statutory authorizations by obligating the university to collaborate in several ways with the LLC and its sole membership nonprofit corporation to acquire property and erect a building on that property to be used in part for university housing."
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KBC Advanced Technologies has signed a contract for a large optimization and efficiency project in China, the global software and consulting solutions provider said on Thursday.The project is with Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Corp. (FREP), a joint venture comprised of of Fujian Petrochemical Co., ExxonMobil, China Petroleum & Petrochemical Co. and Saudi Aramco.Under the multi-million US dollar contract, KBC will provide a 5-year Petro-SIM and ProSteam software license, build a refinery and petrochemical integrated flowsheet model, online utility optimizer and complex-wide LP model, and train Fujian personnel on software model building and applications.
"Implementation of the project can effectively improve the production and operation conditions of FREP and provide strong technical support and a vast application platform for FREP's optimization and profit improvement work," said Brian Ablett, vice president for FREP.
"We are delighted that this prestigious Sinopec/ExxonMobil/Aramco JV facility has selected KBC software applications and consulting services after a thorough evaluation and we look forward to being able to add significant value to this large refining and petrochemical complex as a result," added Ian Godden, KBC executive chairman.


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Real Madrid youngster Raphael Varane has hailed Jose Mourinho as the best coach in the world, and has insisted that the Portuguese trainer still has the backing of his players.
The Portuguese has come under scrutiny thanks to los Blancos' disappointing form in La Liga this term, and a report in Marca earlier this week claimed that he has lost the support of key players such as Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos.
Madrid president Florentino Perez also dismissed rumours that Mourinho could be on his way out, and Varane has now offered the beleaguered coach his support, too.
"Mourinho is the best coach in the world and we are all behind him. The press has been very harsh on him," the Frenchman said at a press conference.
"We are all rowing in the same direction. We gave him a signed picture of last year's championship winning game for his 50th birthday.
"He has been doing a good job at Madrid and he deserves more credit for what he does."
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Aurora: There Will Be More (Unfortunately)
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...and there isn't much you can do about it. That's more than upsetting. It is horrible. But this is one of the aberrations of our society, the "democracy" we love, the American history, and human nature. The link on Huffingtonpost is to an article by… more »


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After being discharged from the London Clinic yesterday after 11 days in hospital, undergoing exploratory surgery early on in his stay, the Duke of Edinburgh will now spend his recuperation time at Windsor Castle, the usual weekend home of Her Majesty The Queen.
The Duke, who turned 92 last Monday, is expected to take two months away from Royal engagements to recover from the surgery that took place a few weeks ago.
CNN reports that Buckingham Palace said this recuperation will take place at Windsor Castle.
Prince Philip, who is currently the oldest living member of the Royal Family, was discharged from hospital yesterday. He walked out of the London Clinic unaided and looked well, walking to a waiting Range Rover which then drove him to Windsor Castle where he began resting. He did not attend the lunch for the knights of the Garter which was held at the same time he was there.
In a few days time, The Queen will present new colours to Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards and inspect The Queen's Company, of which she is personally Company Commander. She will do this without her husband the Duke of Edinburgh who is Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
The Royal Diary on the royal.gov.uk website lists no upcoming engagements for the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Grampa Celtic Talks Gender, UConn, UCLA, and Bill Walton
Sometimes it's very embarrassing to be a male.
The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is in the midst of an extraordinary run that should be celebrated in song and story, with no qualifiers whatsoever. Yet we have been sidetracked into a male-generated debate, the purpose of which is to diminish the accomplishment.
OK, do you want to hear it? The Connecticut women, winners of 89 straight games, could not have defeated the UCLA men of 1971-74, winners of 88 in a row. Maya Moore is not better than Keith (later Jamaal) Wilkes. Stefanie Dolson is not better than Bill Walton. Not only that, but there are no women who are going to become hard-throwing major league pitchers, playmaking NFL linebackers, athletic NBA small forwards, or puck-carrying NHL defensemen in the near future, either.
That's not the point.
The women's basketball game is not the men's game, and for that some of us might say, "Thank God." It's entirely accurate to say that it isn't played, as we like to say, "above the rim," and perhaps that's not such a bad thing. Dunking is overrated. Always was, always will be. True, clev er dunkers occasionally can score baskets that would not otherwise have been scored, but in the end 2 points is 2 points. The general reverence for dunking eludes me. Why, for example, should Dwight Howard even be entered in a dunk contest? He's a superb, 7-foot-tall athlete. He'd damn well better be able to dunk. Nate Robinson, well, that's another matter.
The women's game isn't as fast or powerful or as airborne as the men's game. It's closer in spirit and execution to the men's game of the '40s and '50s. It's not about alley-oops and such. It's just pure basketball. What a concept.
The point is that each level of basketball should be appreciated on its own merits. When I go to a high school game, I calibrate my sensibility to high school. If I go to Division 3, then it's set at Division 3. If I go to Division 2, then it's set at Division 2. If I go to Division 1, then I set it at Division 1. If I go to an NBA game, then it's set at NBA.
And if I go to a women's game, then it's set at a women's game. In each case, I know what the physical possibilities are, and I adjust. I can enjoy each of them on their own merits. Within each context, there are great players, teams, and games. Fifty years after the fact, I still rhapsodize about the thrill of watching a 6-1 kid from Hillside (N.J.) High School named Bill Schutsky play the pivot position as it was meant to be played. I later saw him at West Point and he was still doing it. Even if he weren't going into the Army, he was never going to play in the NBA. But only Bill Walton and Arvydas Sabonis ever have matched the pure pivot artistry I saw that long ago night in New Jersey.
Similarly, I saw a great basketball player two nights ago. Her name is Maya Moore, and she won't be playing in the NBA. But I'd go watch her play her dunkless game any ol' time, because she is a pure basketball player. She can shoot, pass, rebound, defend, and, finally, lead. It was an under-the-microscope performance before what will be the best audience for women's basketball until the NCAA championship game several months hence, and she personally made sure UConn would get that record. The final scoring total was a career-high 41, but that didn't matter. Twenty-one, 31, 41 . . . she put on a show. She's not Kemba Walker physically, but she's as good a basketball player, and I bet the standout UConn point guard would love to play with her.
Critics say the UCLA streak had to be better, well, just because. They assume the competition was better. The fact that UConn has beaten 87 of those 89 by double figures has to mean the competition is inferior. Fine, but when UCLA was in the midst of winning 10 championships in 11 seasons I don't recall there being any such concerns. But where was its competition? How come everyone else wasn't, ahem, manning up?
Connecticut can only play what's out there, and the fact is that during this streak it has ducked no one and has beaten 30 ranked teams - that's a shade under one out of three! - by an average of 25 points a game. A hallmark of Geno Auriemma's tenure has been his willingness to subject his players to the toughest conditions possible. He gets his share of the great players and more than his share of the good ones. Is he supposed to under-recruit just to guarantee there will be stronger foes? It doesn't work that way.
Yes, I will concede that I'm disappointed that in women's basketball the gap between the great and the good, and more importantly, the great and the not very good is as large as it is. There should be more strong teams in women's basketball than there are. At the same time, I know how far this sport has come since the days of those UCLA teams. Those Walton-Wilkes UCLA teams could beat anyone out there today; I'm sure of that. But an All-Star team culled from the top 10 women's teams of 1974 would not come within 10 points of this UConn team; I'm equally sure of that.
What UCLA did in its world, in its time, was great. What UConn is doing in its world, in its time, is great. I don't know why that is so hard for all males to accept.
3 comments:
- FLCeltsFan said...
Yep, I admit to watching WNBA from time to time. Pure basketball, what a concept. Grampa Celtic knows how to put everything in perspective. As with Jackie Mac, I feel honored to be able to read his thoughts.
- Lex said...
Two of the best. Dan S. isn't too shabby either.
- FLCeltsFan said...
Yep. His book Evergreen is one of my favorites. I've read it through about 3 times now but always enjoy it every time.
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In Europe, we had a great time tasting and trying out different kinds of food.
First stop- Illum ( a big shopping centre) on Stöget, Copehengan. We are not sure what it is called but it has mazapan at the bottom, soft meringue on the top and then covered with dark chocolate. Our friend told us that is a popular chocolate snack during Christmas time.
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EDMONTON - It was all in the delivery of the joke. Even as seven-year-olds, we knew this. We'd press our cheeks together with the heels of our hands, squishing up our faces to better look the part.
"Hi, my name's Chubby," we'd say to one another on the school field, putting on some vague southern-hillbilly accent, spitting through our temporary jowls and fish lips. "My daddy's chubby, my momma's chubby, even my dog's chubby!"
Remember it? Perhaps, like me, you cringe in hindsight. Chubby's dad takes her on a motorbike ride, and they go so fast the wind nearly blows Chubby's fat face off. At the punch line, we'd stretch our cheeks back fast and tight, our eyes bulging from their sockets, then shout: "Slow down, Daddy!"
There was a time when fat jokes were funny, acceptable, possibly even cool. Will Smith was constantly making fun of his rich uncle's girth on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and how can anyone forget the tedious stream of "yo mama so fat" knee-slappers?
My childhood was before the anti-bullying campaigns; kids got "picked on" but sucked it up because it put hair on their chests. It was a time when being overweight was the exception in schools and god help the playground "fatso" or "lardball." Many of the slurs were worse.
Fat jokes, thankfully, are no longer PC (with the rather cruel exception of Toronto's mayor). We're a hypersensitive society when it comes to body size, thanks no doubt to mounting obesity rates. But fat scorn is alive and well, and not just among children on playgrounds. It's moved up a cruel rung on the generation ladder. with parents of overweight children getting judged for "failing" to keep their child's weight in check.
I recently spoke to Dara-Lynn Weiss, author of The Heavy (2013, Ballantine Books), about the weight-related judgment parents face. Weiss knows all about fat scorn, though in her case it was more the reverse. The Manhattan mom's little girl packed on a whopping 23 pounds between the ages of six and seven and was pronounced obese by a doctor. So Weiss put the girl on a diet and wrote a controversial story about it in Vogue (this was the basis for The Heavy).
Worst mom in New York, worst mom in America, worst mom in the world; Weiss heard no end of insults. Critics ripped her to shreds, arguing she'd used shame as a tactic to deal with her daughter's weight issues, that she'd transferring her own body images issues to her child, that she'd taught Bea to believe she'd only be loved if she was thin.
The reaction, says Weiss, is partly because the topics addressed in The Heavy are contentious ones, personal ones, emotional ones. "We're talking about parenting, we're talking about motherhood, we're talking about dieting and weight and body image and food and little girls and their relationships to their bodies," Weiss says.
Still, she was shocked at the extreme reaction, mainly because she was honestly trying to help her daughter be healthy. "Who wouldn't want to help an obese child lose weight? Why would anyone question this decision?"
Since The Heavy was published in January, Weiss has mainly heard empathy and gratitude, from parents who feel "heaped with scorn" because their child is obese. "You're damned if you do, damned if you don't," she says.
And doubly damned if you put it in the public sphere for everyone else to pick apart. Some would argue Weiss was asking for trouble by writing about it (and she was, "on some unconscious level," trying to provocative with the Vogue article, she tells me).
But I admire her for putting her story out there, for sparking a debate, even if she made herself the tennis ball getting whacked around the court. She is honest, the first to point to her own imperfections. For example, until Bea had a weight problem, Weiss admits she looked down on the parents of fat kids. "A lack of discipline or a failure to set limits was at play," is, in the book, how she describes her old way of thinking.
"These people were either actively feeding their children badly, or passively letting their children feed themselves badly … Logic told me they were to blame."
But as Bea's weight ballooned to the upper extreme of the growth charts, Weiss began to worry. Mostly, it was about her daughter's health and future. (One kid in the school had already taken to calling the six-year-old child "Fatty Patty.")
But Weiss worried, too, as the parent of the heaviest kid in the class, about judgment. "Sure, I wondered what other moms thought about me, and how they might judge my actions or inaction," she writes.
That she owns up to that is refreshing. Because surely every parent has enjoyed some secret moment of superciliousness — on the bus, at the playground, from the comfort of the armchair reading something on the Internet. We all think we know the best way. Which is good. Because parenting demands confidence.
At the same time, no matter how hard we try to rise above the stinkeye, to tune out the whispers, it seems others' views (nice, not so nice) seep their way into the fabric of how we parent.
And this annoys me. Parenting is hard enough without trying to please the whole planet, which by the way isn't even possible.
Weiss has shed her judgments of other fat kids' parents and has done her very best not to let other people's opinions dent her confidence.
"People feel adamantly about their point of view, whatever it is, and react very strongly when they see a parent, however well meaning, doing something they think is absolutely the wrong way to go about it," she says of the extreme reaction she faced.
By the way, it worked. The diet. Bea shed the excess pounds and continues to maintain a healthy body weight. Weiss stands by her decision. "Part of being a parent is being the nagging, annoying force for good in your child."
And part of being a parent, unfortunately, is living with critics, and tuning it out if need be. Easier said, written, than done.


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Arguably, St. Maarten is one of the Caribbean's most popular ports of call. There's a pretty good chance your first Caribbean cruise called here. After a couple of return visits, you probably started looking hard for the offbeat, the unusual. Two more visits and you figured you could conduct a ship's port lecture singled-handedly. So, the next time a St. Maarten port call shows up on your itinerary you're thinking you may just stay onboard.
But wait ... here's an idea you might not have thought of: a great thing to do in St. Maarten is to escape from St. Maarten. Why? Besides being a popular destination for cruisers, St. Maarten is popular with yachters, sailors and other island-hopping vagabonds. That's because being one of those islands positioned in a clump of nearby islands -- many very different in ambience, resources and personality -- it makes a great jumping-off point for a daytrip.
Since many voyages arrive in St. Maarten early and depart late, ranging far afield is both easy and economical. Next time, consider using St. Maarten as a departure point from which to venture to other islands that you have either never visited or only been to once or twice. All you need is access to your passport (for those destinations that require it), and to do a bit of homework. (And even that may be unnecessary as some of these island hops may be doable through your ship's shore excursion department.)
What's There: A short distance from frenetic St. Maarten is diametrically opposite, peaceful, laid-back, tiny Anguilla. The character of Anguilla's tourist population runs the gamut as well, from the perfectly coiffed and pedicured, two-swimsuits-a-day-with-no-repeats types ensconced at five-star resort Cap Juluca (888-858-5822), to the funky, barefoot, beach bar, drink-with-the-locals-and-dance-till-dawn-to-a-Reggae band set. Interestingly enough, at either end of the spectrum, you are equally likely to sight celebrities vacationing far from the madding crowd. Anguilla is the island for uncrowded beaches, great waterfront bars and grills, a fantastic local music scene, and some of the Caribbean's finest restaurants.
Most of the action takes place at the island's west end; handy, since that includes Blowing Point, the terminus of the ferry that runs from St. Martin. Taxis are always available here to take you to one of the nearby local beaches. Closest is Rendezvous Bay, with sparkling white sand, as well as rocky sections better for snorkeling. A mile or so to the west is Cove Bay, where you can talk to the dive shop about dive or snorkel trips, or simply kick back on the beach (there's a stand that rents mats, floats and beach umbrellas). Cove Bay is the home of Smokey's, a quintessential island beach barbecue. Or, you can walk from Cove Bay to Maunday's Bay, home of the Cap Juluca Resort, perennially at the top of annual "best of the best" articles in travel magazines. It's worth a visit if only to see what all the hoopla is about. Cap Juluca has three restaurants, but not all are open year-round, and it's best to check with the resort before leaving the states for reservations, dress codes and the like. Near the westernmost tip of the island is Shoal Bay West, another glittering white sand beach perhaps best known for Trattoria Tramonto, a seaside Italian restaurant, which offers its lunch guests free use of lounge chairs on its beach.
On the north shore of the island -- directly opposite Blowing Point -- is Sandy Ground, a less than charming beach, but notable for other assets. First is Johnno's Beach Stop -- another legendary beach bar and grill -- known not only for it's grilled lobster and other West Indian fare, but for its music scene. Live music, alas, mostly happens after dark, except for Sundays when a world-class jazz combo performs. But, perhaps the best thing that Sandy Ground has to offer is regular ferry service to Sandy Island. Located a couple of miles offshore, this authentic gem is for those who crave a real, off-the-beaten-track beach experience. Sandy Island, true to its name, is a speck of land that is mostly beach with a few palm trees and a lagoon, surrounded by pristine coral reefs. Small as it is, it still sports a boutique, bar and restaurant. Use of snorkeling gear and underwater cameras is offered free of charge.
Getting There: Take a taxi to the ferry dock at Marigot in French St. Martin (about $5.00 - $10.00 per person each way. Note: you must bring your passport!) The ferry to Blowing Point, Anguilla runs approximately semi-hourly from early morning until about 7:00 p.m. ($10 - $12 each way, plus a nominal departure tax of about $3 each way.). Taxis are available at Anguilla's ferry terminal.
St. Barthelemy
What's There: Whether you know it by its full name, or by one of its shortened nicknames -- St. Barth's, or St. Barts -- it's pretty certain that you know that this is one of the top Caribbean playgrounds of the rich and famous. It's not difficult to see why. St. Barth's is the clone of the French Riviera, packing everything that an upscale European vacation haven has to offer into a mere eight square miles -- all the French culture, cuisine and couture -- with warmer water and sandier beaches to boot. But lest you think this is all a bit snooty for your tastes, remember that all beaches in St. Barth's are open to the public; and be aware that in recent years, like French St. Martin, the number of locals who speak English has grown exponentially.
Ground zero for visitors to St. Barths is the harbor town of Gustavia, a horseshoe-shaped marina that is the terminus of ferries calling from St. Martin. Though from Gustavia you can catch a taxi or even walk to innumerable beaches and other points of interest, there is enough right in the harbor to comfortably fill an entire day. First and foremost there's people-watching and yacht-ogling. You never know what superstar, supermodel or supermogul may be hanging out at one of Gustavia's brasseries or sipping a cappuccino on the deck of their megayacht. Just taking a gander at some of the world's most fabulous yachts lined up side-by-side all along the quay is worth a stroll around Gustavia.
But during that stroll you're likely to notice Gustavia's shopping opportunities, which include everything from nautical gizmos to France's latest haute couture to tropical togs to art and antiques. If there's any room left on your credit card after perusing Gustavia's boutiques, don't miss sampling what has been called by many the finest food in all the Caribbean. There are more than 20 restaurants fronting the harbor at Gustavia, and you would be hard pressed to find a bad meal at any of them. Our favorite is Le Repaire, a bistro with a lovely open-air terrace overlooking all the action on the waterfront: It is the perfect spot to enjoy a deliciously grilled langouste (local lobster), crisp salad or nicely chilled gazpacho. If you crave something a bit funkier, with music to accompany your lunch, take a walk over to Le Select at the far end of the harbor. This is the spot for burgers, fish and chips, and other pub fare, and is reputed to be the subject of Jimmy Buffett's "Cheeseburger in Paradise."
If beaching is on your to-do list, your closest opportunity is Shell Beach (Petite Anse de Galet), about a quarter-mile south of Gustavia. But there are better choices. Our two favorites are Baie de St.-Jean and Anse de Grande Saline. St.-Jean will make you think you really are on the Cote d'Azur with its quaint B&Bs, beachside bistros and beautiful scantily clad (or unclad) bronzing bodies who seem not to have gotten the "wear your sunblock" memo. St.-Jean is about a mile north of Gustavia Harbor, and for those who feel like tackling the steep rocky road over the hills, it's doable, but a very long hike. Otherwise, negotiate with a taxi driver in Gustavia. Grande Saline, delightfully secluded about two miles from Gustavia, is the island's top-rated, all-around beach destination. The ocean bottom here is soft and sandy, and the ocean swimmable and development nonexistent. To get here from the road requires a ten-minute walk on a steep rocky trail, so bring appropriate shoes. Be aware: Due to this beach's seclusion -- though full nudity is officially prohibited -- nudity is commonplace.
Getting There: The best way to get to St. Barths is via the new, super-high-speed catamaran Rapid Explorer, which departs from Dock Maarten Marina, about a five-minute walk from St. Maarten's new A. C. Wathey Cruise Terminal. Rapid Explorer makes the trip in about 45 minutes and costs approximately $100 per roundtrip (price may vary due to currency fluctuations). On the way over they provide a discussion of what to do in St. Barths, and will conduct personalized tours for an additional fee. Reservations are required, so contact Rapid Explorer before leaving home; but, before booking, make certain that you can't get a better rate through your ship's shore excursion department (email@example.com or 599-542-9762). This is one of those strange cases where the ship's price may actually be lower than you can get directly.
What's There: If you are looking for an unspoiled spot in the Caribbean, Saba should be on your short list. Don't waste time and effort wending your way here from St. Maarten if shopping or urban amenities are on your to-do list; there's precious little of either. Here you'll find an island where you can hike from the sea through a pristine rainforest to the island's highest peak -- the highest peak in the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands for that matter -- and back again, with enough time for a dockside lunch and be able to ferry back to St. Maarten to catch your ship.
Tiny Saba, measuring only about five square miles, is actually the peak of a submerged volcano, whose steep flanks plunge precipitously to sea level and continue down to the abyss. The steep terrain provides numerous cliffs and rocky shores, so if kicking back on a sandy beach has appeal, forget it; Saba has none. What Saba does have is some of the Caribbean's lushest, most pristine reefs, due in part to the relatively low volume of tourist traffic, and in part to the protection of sea life by the Saba National Marine Park, which completely surrounds the island. Those attributes and the legendary clarity of the water make Saba a diving and snorkeling mecca. Though much of the underwater terrain is at depths of 60 ft. or more, there are still a number of well-marked shallow snorkeling reefs. For scuba or snorkeling maps, guidance or information on organized trips, contact National Marine Park headquarters in Fort Bay (Saba Conservation Foundation/Marine Park Visitors Center, 599-416-3295). You can also contact local dive shops directly. Two operators are located in Windwardside just a taxi ride from the ferry dock in Fort Bay -- the island's second largest community -- Saba Divers (599-416-2740) and Sea Saba (599-416-2246). There is also Saba Deep, a dive shop in Fort Bay, which may be more convenient for day visitors from cruise ships (599-416-3347). Saba Deep also operates "In Two Deep" -- a lively harborside bar and grill, which features excellent sandwiches at affordable prices.
Taxi drivers are easily found near the ferry dock, and will provide island tours for about $40 for up to four passengers, as well as make reservations for lunch to be enjoyed either during or following the tours. For those who prefer to tour on foot, hiking the aptly named Mt. Scenery -- with 1,064 stone and concrete steps leading to its 2,855-ft. summit -- is a must-do. On the way back, stop at the Rainforest Restaurant. It's a 10-minute hike down the Crispeen Track from the Mt. Scenery Trail, which transits the middle of the rainforest. Contact them in advance to make sure they are open for lunch on the day you will be visiting (Ecolodge Rendez-Vous, Crispeen Track, Windwardside, 599-416-3888).
For a complete rundown on all 18 of Saba's botanical hikes, contact the Saba Conservation Foundation either at the National Marine Park headquarters in Fort Bay or at their Trail Shop in Windwardside (599-416-2630). You can also book guided hikes through the Foundation.
Getting There: Two ferry companies run service between St. Maarten and Saba. The Edge, a high-speed ferry, makes one round trip per day between Pelican Marina in Simpson Bay on the Dutch side and Fort Bay, Saba; The ferry operates five days a week, costs $60 roundtrip, and takes a bit over an hour each way. Check with them for current days and hours (599-544-2640). Voyager I and Voyager II run twice weekly between either Philipsburg or Marigot and Fort Bay for about the same price. Again, check with them for schedules (599-542-4096).
Photo on homepage and top photo appear courtesy of geographia.com.


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July 09. 2014 8:28PM
Firefighters rescue five 'lucky ducks' in Londonderry
By APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
Londonderry Firefighter Phillip LeBlanc, left, and Fire Lt. Gary Dion, right, used a pool-cleaning net to remove a family of ducklings from a storm drain in the Nevins Active Adult Community Wednesday morning. The animals appeared unharmed and were promptly returned to their mother. (COURTESY)
— A family of ducks was reunited in Londonderry Wednesday morning, thanks to the efforts of local firefighters.
Moments into his Wednesday morning shift, Fire Lt. Gary Dion received a call from the town's highway department, informing him that a group of ducklings appeared to be trapped inside a storm drain in the Nevins Active Adult Community.
Battalion Chief Douglas Cardwell promptly dispatched Rescue Company 1 to the storm drain near 12 Morrison Drive.
Upon their arrival, the crew discovered five of the baby birds at the bottom of an eight-foot storm water catch basin.
"This definitely presented an unusual scenario," Cardwell said.
With the mother duck pacing nervously nearby, Dion thought fast as he made his way to the nearby Aquatic Adventures Scuba Shop.
Returning with a long-handled pool net, Dion and fellow firefighters removed the drain grate and used the net to gently lift each of the five ducklings to safety.
"The mother had scooted off into the woods when we got there, but we could see her watching us," Dion said.
Released from the net, the lucky ducklings flocked to their mother's side.
Cardwell said the animals appeared no worse for the wear, despite their experience.
"The family of them left the scene under their own power and without any apparent injuries," he said.
Dion said the department receives animal and wildlife-related calls on a relatively regular basis and firefighters try to help them whenever they can.
"This was actually the second duck call I'd gotten in about a month," Dion said with a laugh.
"As things go, people know they can call the fire department when things like this happen, because we'll know what to do."


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LONDON (AP) — An elite British sniper jailed for illegally possessing a gun and ammunition won an appeal Thursday to suspend his sentence, after pleading that he forgot about having the gun as a result of a brain injury.
Sgt. Danny Nightingale of the Special Air Service admitted illegal possession of the 9mm Glock pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition at a court martial earlier this month. He was sentenced to 18 months military detention on Nov. 7.
Lawyers for the 37-year-old, who has served in Afghanistan and Bosnia, had said that he was given the gun as a present by soldiers he helped train in Iraq and that he had forgotten about it because of a brain injury.
It was not immediately clear what caused the soldier's memory problems.
Nightingale's lawyers said the SAS soldier had no intention to use the ammunition, which was discovered along with the gun in his army quarters. They also pleaded with the Court of Appeal to show mercy to a man who had risked his life serving the country.
More than 100,000 people signed a petition in support of Nightingale after his family launched a campaign to free him.
Three appeal judges ruled Thursday that Nightingale's sentence was too harsh, and that the offenses were committed in "exceptional circumstances by an exceptional soldier."
The 18-month sentence was to be reduced to 12 months and be suspended, they said.
Nightingale was released immediately. The defense ministry said Nightingale is still on active service.


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Sarah Michelle Gellar is Pregnant -- FIRST PICS
Pregnant Sarah Michelle Gellar gets her eyebrows done at Anastasia salon on Thursday (April 9) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 31-year-old actress and 33-year-old husband Freddie Prinze Jr. have been married for six years and are expecting their first child this fall.
"They're very excited," a source close to the couple tells People.
SMG, who turns 32 on Tuesday, will next serve as executive producer for the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladays. Prinze recently shot the ABC comedy pilot No Heroics.
Congrats to the happy couple!!!


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When I started cob-logging here a couple months ago I made a stray reference to conflicts I've experienced in having been a skeptically oriented person in the environmental activist sphere. A few of you suggested you'd like to hear more about that. I found an example today, one of probably several hundred of this particular phenomenon I've seen in the last 20 years or so.
This morning (local time) Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Jennifer Robison had the dubious privilege of covering a hearing held by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) regarding allowing customers to opt out of having smart meters in their homes and businesses. Smart meters, which are intended to allow finer-grained monitoring of energy use, are controversial in part because they have a reputation of being cheaply built fire hazards installed in a hurry by insufficiently trained utility employees. Some of that reputation may well be deserved. A few fires have been linked to the things, and I've seen some electricians complain about improper installation to increased fire hazard.
I don't really blame people for being upset about that sort of thing, even if the statistical incidence of smart meter fires turns out to be as low as the utilities say it is. I mean, fire's a real thing. People die from fires every day and they're frightening.
But that's not the criticism of the things that gets the air play. Especially among the environmentally concerned folks in Northern California, where the smart meter resistance originated, the main fear that seems to be driving opposition is that some smart meters which communicate with their utilities wirelessly are bathing us all in deadly electromagnetic radiation.
Never mind that the effect of RF energy of that kind on biological organisms is essentially nil. Smart meters with RF transmitters generally use the 902 MHz and 2.4 GHz bands at powers of less than a watt, and generally only in a few short bursts a day. Other common household items emit frequencies in the same bands, which have been specifically set aside for their use. Like your WiFi setup. And your cordless phone. and your garage door opener, and your Blueteeth. Those appliances routinely expose you to orders of magnitude more RF radiation than a smart meter, in part because you generally don't spend hours a day with your smart meter pushed up against the side of your head. And at RF levels weaker than those requires to cook you from the inside out like a microwave oven would, the World Health Organization makes the case against RF health effects about as unequivocally as a body like the WHO ever gets:
Human and animal studies examining brain wave patterns, cognition and behaviour after exposure to RF fields, such as those generated by mobile phones, have not identified adverse effects. RF exposures used in these studies were about 1000 times higher than those associated with general public exposure from base stations or wireless networks. No consistent evidence of altered sleep or cardiovascular function has been reported.
They continue:
From all evidence accumulated so far, no adverse short- or long-term health effects have been shown to occur from the RF signals produced by base stations. Since wireless networks produce generally lower RF signals than base stations, no adverse health effects are expected from exposure to them.
Despite the lack of science behind health fears (other than those involving burns and smoke inhalation), utilities in the US are so beset by opposition to smart meters that they're starting to back off on their "upgrade all the things" policy, offering concerned customers the option of keeping their old analog meters, usually at a cost significant enough to act as a deterrent. That's what PUCN did today: they decided to let people opt out of their smart meters for a one-time fee around $90 and a monthly charge of a few bucks.
In the meantime the meeting was a public hearing, and so PUCN had to hear the public. And Jennifer Robison did a bit of live-tweeting of the public comment:
Ratepayer testifies that her "death" meter "electrocuted" her and her pets for six days straight. Miraculously, all survived.
— Jennifer Robison (@J_Robison1) November 27, 2012
Another ratepayer worries NV Energy will see she's awake at night and sell her information to drug companies that peddle sleep aids. — Jennifer Robison (@J_Robison1) November 27, 2012
Ratepayer blames neighbor's stroke on #smartmeters; another testifies NV Energy must prepare for wave of medical lawsuits from the meters. — Jennifer Robison (@J_Robison1) November 27, 2012
Ratepayer wants to know if this is a "Stalinist show trial." Reminds me of Hitler, Satan references from prior hearings.
— Jennifer Robison (@J_Robison1) November 27, 2012
This one was my favorite:
Ratepayer: Smart meter made her phone get hot as she talked, made her chest grow 10% in less than a week. "This can all be documented."
— Jennifer Robison (@J_Robison1) November 27, 2012
I wrote about the fires issue for KCET a few weeks back, and got a few tinfoil-bedecked responses. Fewer than I thought I might, actually. The opposition to smart meters doesn't map precisely to environmental activists: there's a healthy Tea Party contingent represented there too, just as there is in the "chemtrails" scare, which similarly depends on people being unfamiliar with the basic laws of the universe. But Northern California is where I've spent most of my life, and up there the EMF-phobes map to enviros about 90% of the time, and it just makes me tired.
On the other hand, my chest actually is 10% bigger than when I started. So there's that.


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BOSTON — The news was mostly positive about the Bruins two ailing defenseman after an optional practice today at the TD Garden.
Dennis Seidenberg, who missed his first game of the season last night, said he's feeling fine and could be cleared to return to the lineup over the weekend when the Bruins play a back-to-back against the two New York teams.
Seidenberg was cut by Tim Thomas' skate last Saturday night and the cut became infected over the course of playing in the Bruins' next two games. He said it wasn't painful, but it swelled up to pique his and the doctor's concerns.
Adam McQuaid, who left Thursday night's shootout loss to Washington in the first period after a hit from behind by Jason Chimera, will not make the trip to New York. McQuaid's eye is swollen shut, according to head coach Claude Julien, and it will require a couple days to heal. But according to the coach, McQuaid did not suffer a concussion.
If the Bruins are missing both Seidenberg and McQuaid, you can expect Mike Mottau to join Joe Corvo as a top-six fill-in, although rookie Torey Krug is available.
•Two games in a row now, Julien has switched Tyler Seguin to Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand's line and Rich Peverley to David Krejci and Milan Lucic's line during the third period. With that the type of success those combinations have had late in games, one might expect the coach to go to those lines at the start of games. Julien explained his reasoning for having those units start the games the other way around:
"Probably if I did that, I'd have to do the same thing and reverse them at the end. So, it just seems that somehow making that change, twice it's happened where we scored, but it's just one of those situations where I think it's more about sometimes you're looking for a little bit of a change here. And we've seen Tyler play with [Bergeron] before and that line not doing much either. So it's something that I keep in mind when I start the game and know that we can move them around.
"Yesterday with Peverley with [Bergeron], I wanted him to play against Washington's top line. And then when they lost Chimera, [Alexander] Ovechkin almost started double shifting, so eventually it didn't really matter if I switched those two guys."
Prior to Peverley's return from injury, Julien had been starting Jordan Caron on Krejci's line and often switching him with Seguin late in games.
•Julien expressed more positivity about Tuukka Rask's path to returning from his abdominal/groin injury.
"He's working out off the ice and he's working out pretty hard," said the coach, "and he's doing very well, actually. So he's certainly a guy who's recovering very well."
•Nathan Horton continues work out off ice but isn't cleared to skate.
•Julien would not reveal his goaltending plans for his team's games this weekend.
•The Bruins can clinch a playoff berth with a Buffalo regulation loss tonight against Pittsburgh. Should Buffalo win, Boston would still need at least one point against the New York Islanders Saturday.


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BEIJING (AP) — Six people died in explosions and another six were shot dead by police in fresh violence in China's restive western region of Xinjiang, home to the ethnic minority of Turkish Muslim Uighurs, state media reported.
China's state-run media called the violence an act of terrorism, but a spokesman of an advocacy group for the Uighurs said it was the latest example of brutal suppression by Chinese authorities.
Assailants threw explosives at police in Xinhe county in the Aksu prefecture on Friday during a clash in which police killed six of the attackers, according to the Tianshan news portal, which is run by the regional Communist Party.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the clash followed a pair of explosions in Xinhe town as police were attempting to make arrests.
An earlier Xinhua report said the blasts hit a hair salon and a produce market in Xinhe. Later, a vehicle exploded after it was surrounded by police.
Both Xinhua and the regional news portal said that another six people died in self-ignited blasts but did not provide details.
Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, said the clashes started when angry Uighurs protested the sale of whole pigs in the market on Friday, a Muslim holy day, and that the hair salon was a brothel in disguise.
"The Chinese vendors used to sell pork by jin (pound), but now they are hanging up the entire carcasses," Dilxat Raxit said. Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims and they are forbidden from eating pork.
He said police opened fire on the crowds and on a vehicle that was leaving, causing its fuel tank to explode.
"It is not possible for the Uighurs to have weapons, given the tight controls by the authorities," Dilxat Raxit said.
Chinese state media said the case was under investigation.
Xinjiang is home to low-intensity insurgency by the native Uighurs against what they see as discrimination and religious suppression by China's majority Han people. The government has responded with a crackdown on what it calls terrorism incited by separatists who are influenced by radical Islam.
Last year, clashes between authorities and members of the minority group left scores dead, including 40 police officers.
The violence also included an unprecedented attack on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing that killed three Uighur assailants and two tourists last year.
Dilxat Raxit said that China should rethink its ethnic policies in the Xinjiang region. "If they do not cease, chaos will continue," he said.


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This Week In Island History
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Nov. 29, 1912
Not for years has so much interest been taken in the monthly meeting of the Town Council as was shown at Monday afternoon's session. This was caused by the presentation of two propositions, with accompanying petitions, for the granting of a 25-year electric lighting franchise, and for more than an hour the meeting more closely resembled a public hearing than a session of the board. The propositions were by the Bay State Company, with petitions signed by about 250 residents, and by a Mr. Anderson. After a vote receiving the two petitions, the question of granting the lighting franchise was referred to a special meeting to be held Dec. 9.
A number of young women connected with the Sunday school of the Chapel of the Transfiguration gave a salad supper and social at the guild hall on North Main Road Monday evening, to raise funds for the school's Christmas tree. There was a good attendance.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 26, 1937
In order to regulate the use of .22 caliber rifles, the James- town Town Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of "rifled firearms" for hunting purposes within the town. It was explained today that the state law takes care of rifles over .22 caliber, but does not include the smaller rifl e, which, it was said, has been the cause of complaint in that town. From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 29, 1937
Effective Dec. 1, the state board of milk control has created a subdivision of the Newport milk area to include only the island of Jamestown. A scale of minimum prices has been fixed somewhat lower than that of Newport, and virtually the same as the Providence area scale.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 27, 1962
Malcolm Anderson, Jamestown highway superintendent, is dreading the winter snows, with the town's inadequate snow equipment, he told last night's Town Council meeting. He said that the newest heavy truck for plowing that the town owns is at least 10 years old. (It was suggested that bids be received and then the town could decide on whether or not to purchase one.) From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 30, 1962
Francis R. Costa, Democrat, defeated Sen. Chester J. Greene, Republican, 666-571, reversing the result when Greene won over Costa by 11 votes. Costa received 600 machine votes and added 66 on paper ballots. Greene received 519 on the machines and 52 paper ballots.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 28, 1987
Sturdy book bags will be on sale at the Jamestown Philomenian Library in December. These bags, offered by the Friends of the Library, are intended to increase visibility of the library and to aid the organization in its fundraising activities.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 26, 1997
Town Administrator Frances Shockett has tendered her resignation effective Friday, Dec. 12.
The Planning Commission last week stood by its controversial proposed zoning amendment requiring any ferry service in Jamestown to provide satellite parking and shuttle bus service for its passengers. The Planning Commission wanted one parking space for every three passengers.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 27, 2002
The Jamestown School Committee appeared before the North Kingstown School Committee Nov. 20 to discuss the cost of sending island teenagers to the town's high school of record. Last year the tuition figure was $8,712 per pupil and the proposed hike would raise the per-pupil tuition for next year to $9, 576.25 for the approximately 193 students attending North Kingstown High School.
(Photo caption) Volunteer elves hoist up the 30-foot spruce that will serve as Jamestowner's Christmas tree this year. The tree started out as a seedling, planted some 35 years ago by Patty Vandal's mother, Edith Miller, at the Vandals' Hamilton Avenue home.


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Errant followers of this blog may recall that this summer I went with a couple of friends to Iceland where we gallivanted around, interviewed the mayor of Reykjavik, and stayed in the band Of Monsters and Men's old apartment.
My friend Trin went on to travel around Europe for several months and managed to land back in Chicago just in time for us to get tickets to see the Icelandic folk rock group play at the Riviera Theater in Uptown. Here are some things I noticed and/or happened:
1) Of Monsters and Men generates a kind of rabid following you wouldn't expect for a band with one album out. A girl we stood next to at the concert (Her name? What am I a f***ing journalist?) told me that she really couldn't name a band she liked more at the moment, and my friend, Trin—Jesus Christ—I thought this kid was going to throw his panties on the stage. I certainly enjoy the album, particularly the single "Little Talks," but I also want to maintain my dignity and stay in front of any backlash. Like I tell all the impressionable young people: there is no greater currency than being cool, so be prepared to throw everything and everyone you once loved under the bus should conventional wisdom suddenly deem them to suck.
2) If I'm ever elected mayor, my first order of business will be to sign an ordinance prohibiting concert and sport venues from charging $6 for any beer below the standards of a Budweiser. Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Light, Miller High Life, Pabst—these beers have a $4 ceiling and everyone who sells them for higher should be ashamed of themselves and shunned by society (Trin and I voiced our discontent by only buying 10 of them).
3) I was making great jokes to these two girls we were standing next to. I was right in my five-beer money range when everything I say (I think) sounds charming (to me) and plus I was wearing my most rugged trucker's hat to denote vast capital accumulations of authenticity. Trin was trying to figure out how to get his panties on the stage without unbuttoning his jeans.
4) A singer named Elle King opened, backed by only a drummer. Elle had clearly had a few, and was letting the F-bombs fly in her between-songs patter (is it possible that Riviera was paying her in beer? If so, those High Lifes don't fetch the same value on the street, Elle). Nevertheless, she made for a good twangy opening, singing a few originals, and a rousing country rendition of some hip-hop tune where a lady talks about her vagina.
5) Of Monsters and Men have two lead singers. Nanna (pictured above) looks like an incarnation of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl and has a mellifluous voice that coats each of the band's songs and makes you think of marrying the right girl outdoors while it's snowing. Trin once exchanged tweets with her to explain that we'd stayed in the old apartment, so I'm sure security was watching us. Raggi, the male lead vocalist, is the perfect example of why portly young children have nothing to fear. Just have incredible vocal abilities, a knack for combining the traditions of American folk with a Euro sensibility, throw on a pork pie hat, grow a beard, and you'll be golden.
6) My obsession turned out to be with a blonde keyboardist and trumpet player, who also picked up an accordion a few times. After reviewing the Of Monsters and Men website and Wikipedia page, I'm still not sure who this woman is, but I do now at least know that I have thing for women who play the trumpet. As I explained to Trin, "She's multi-talented. Swiss Army Knife of OMAM, dude. Let's get her out front with that trumpet a little more."
7) Let's all just adopt the condom catheter. This is the idea where you put the condom catheter on your penis and then have a little bag attached to your thigh, so you can pee into it without missing the game or concert. I'm ready to start normalizing this. I'm so sick of having to go to the bathroom at events, fighting your way over seats and through crowds and up stairs and down ramps—let's just please say f*** it and all start peeing into bags on our legs. I spent the last three songs on the verge of a full-blown meltdown because I had to pee so badly. It was one of those pees that when you finally reach a urinal, you can't even go because your bladder is like a deranged WWII-era Japanese soldier still alive on some remote island, who doesn't realize the war is over.
8) The concert was great. Great rendition of "Little Talks" with grade-A trumpet solo. Great new song debut. Just great.
9) What was not great was that after the concert Trin convinced me to go "full Biebs" with him and camp out by the band's tour bus in order to get a picture with Nanna and possibly explain once more how much we liked their apartment in Reykjavik. We haggled about how long we'd actually wait it out. "Thirty minutes? No more than half an hour," I absolutely insisted. We stood by the bus in the relative cold while others lined up by the Riviera's back entrance where we'd been told to assemble.
To give you an idea of how crazy Trin was getting, at one point he saw a roadie get onto the bus, and he said to me, "Wait, do they just leave that door unlocked?" But he said it in such a way that it could only be interpreted as, "Should we break into Of Monsters and Men's bus?"
When I pointed this out to him, he said, "Well, I'll just lie on the couch in my underwear. They'll get it." Eventually, this twerpy British roadie came over to shoo us away from the bus, so we had to go wait in line with a bunch sixteen-year-old girls with braces. Standing at the ass end of a line of sixteen-year-old girls in the cold to meet a band is a truly humbling experience. These girls were asking to get their pictures taken with the twerpy British roadie in lieu of the actual band, who remained inside. "Want me to get one of you and that cute British roadie?" I asked Trin, who'd dragged me to this subterranean portion of the rock bottom.
10) And the worst part? After waiting an hour with him, I didn't even stick it out. You know how it is when the longer you wait for something the less capable you are of giving up on it? The way you're better off hanging up rather than being on hold for five minutes because after five minutes you feel compelled to wait five hours? That's what happened. I left Trin there with the 16-year-old girls with braces, got on the Red Line, and went to the bar. He got a picture with Nanna and presumably she signed his cleavage. Meanwhile, stupid me--I missed my chance to tell that lovely blonde trumpet player that her show had compelled me to embrace the condom catheter from here on out.


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Halo: Reach is kind of a hit. Sure, it made $200 million in its first day, but that doesn't mean Bungie is resting on its laurels. Although the developer is heading off to continue its plans of world domination by taking their next project cross-platform, Bungie will continue to support the game via online patches that will add certain features. The first such patch is due in October.
Once the patch is downloaded, the most noticeable change will be campaign matchmaking online. Currently, you can play through the campaign with friends, but you must invite them to a party. Bungie has stated that the reason for this was simply to avoid players spoiling the story by jumping into a level they may not have completed yet. Once the patch is live, gamers will be able to join any public campaign match and play through the levels.
The update will also patch a few bugs, and introduce new modes. The Bungie did not state what the new modes would specifically be, but did say that a few we will eventually see are, "Stuff like Rocket Race, Firefight Versus, and more, are all in the plan and will be deployed sometime down the road."
"The first matchmaking update for Reach will occur in early October and consist primarily of fixes for bugs and balance issues. We're not done testing them all yet, but when they're ready we'll fill you in on all of the little details. We'll also be adding some game types and Forge maps. Co-op campaign will be going live in October as well."
"Campaign matchmaking will not take into account what your current progress is, so if you're worried about spoilers make sure you finish campaign before jumping into this playlist!"
Bungie also released stats from the first week, confirming that people, do in fact, like Halo: Reach:
31,000,000 Games have been played since launch
98,000,000 Player-games have been recorded
8,214,338 Daily Challenges have been completed
255,996 Weekly Challenges have been completed
78,499,560,895 Total Credits have been earned
953 Man-years have been spent in matchmade games
1365 Man-years have been spent in campaign
854,107 files have been uploaded
577,804 recommendations have been sent to friends
4,619,455 files have been downloaded


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Francis Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago is alleged to have predicted that for upholding the teachings of Christ he will die in his bed, his successor will die in a prison cell, and his successor will be executed in a public square in Chicago. Therefore, I am unsurprised that he has written an open letter exploring the "Chicago Values" cited by Mayor Emanuel when he decided to attack the free speech rights of Chick-Fil-A:
Recent comments by those who administer our city seem to assume that the city government can decide for everyone what are the "values" that must be held by citizens of Chicago. I was born and raised here, and my understanding of being a Chicagoan never included submitting my value system to the government for approval. Must those whose personal values do not conform to those of the government of the day move from the city? Is the City Council going to set up a "Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities" and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it? I would have argued a few days ago that I believe such a move is, if I can borrow a phrase, "un-Chicagoan."
The value in question is espousal of "gender-free marriage." Approval of state-sponsored homosexual unions has very quickly become a litmus test for bigotry; and espousing the understanding of marriage that has prevailed among all peoples throughout human history is now, supposedly, outside the American consensus. Are Americans so exceptional that we are free to define "marriage" (or other institutions we did not invent) at will? What are we re-defining?
It might be good to put aside any religious teaching and any state laws and start from scratch, from nature itself, when talking about marriage. Marriage existed before Christ called together his first disciples two thousand years ago and well before the United States of America was formed two hundred and thirty six years ago. Neither Church nor state invented marriage, and neither can change its nature.
Marriage exists because human nature comes in two complementary sexes: male and female. The sexual union of a man and woman is called the marital act because the two become physically one in a way that is impossible between two men or two women. Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. Gender is inextricably bound up with physical sexual identity; and "gender-free marriage" is a contradiction in terms, like a square circle. Continue Reading


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"There may be some hope … in the military's approaching anthropology for guidance in the morass that is the 'war on terror.' One can see it as an encouraging sign for the future that more soldiers and policy makers want to think anthropologically, to see and understand the world from the perspective of others. If only military and government officials had come to anthropologists and other social scientists for insight about Iraqi culture, society, and history before the invasion of Iraq, perhaps we could have avoided this tragic war." READ MORE >
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Drew's heroics deliver Red Sox win in 11The Sports Xchange
May 07. 2013 12:18AM
BOSTON - Stephen Drew's fourth hit of the game, a double with two outs in the 11th inning, gave the Red Sox a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins as Boston ended a three-game losing streak.
After Chris Parmelee made a diving catch in right-center field for the second out, Jarrod Saltalamacchia reached on an infield hit and took second on Will Middlebrooks' single. Drew then ended the 4-hour, 44-minute game with his third RBI of the game, making a loser of reliever Jared Burton (0-1) and dropping the Twins to 13-15.
Clayton Mortensen (1-2) worked 2 1/3 innings to get the win. He lost in relief Sunday in Texas.
Brian Dozier tied the game with a solo homer off Joel Hanrahan with one out in the top of the ninth, Hanrahan blowing his second save in three home chances. After issuing a walk and throwing ball one to the next hitter, Hanrahan, already on the disabled list once this season, left with right forearm tightness. He will be evaluated today.
All this on the day the Red Sox (21-11) had to put reliever Andrew Bailey, the team's other closer, on the disabled list.
Boston had completed a rally from a 4-1 deficit when Dustin Pedroia, who had gone 185 at-bats without a home run, hit his first homer of the season leading off the eighth for a 5-4 lead.
Clay Buchholz failed in his bid to become the first seven-game winner in the major leagues and was on the hook for his first loss before his mates came back.
Drew, incorrectly called out at home in the fifth inning, hit a solo homer (his second RBI) when he connected off Casey Fien in the seventh. Pedroia, who last homered Sept. 11, then hit a 3-2 pitch to put Boston in front.
David Ortiz, who went 1-for-4 and grounded into two of Boston's four double plays, followed the Pedroia homer, Boston's third solo shot of the night, with a double, extending his 2012 hitting streak to his first 14 games. He has hit safely in 26 in a row dating back to last July 2.
Buchholz, who came in 6-0 with a 1.01 ERA, gave up four runs and was taken off the hook when Boston rallied with runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh. Buchholz finished with a 1.60 ERA, yielding more than two runs for the first time in seven starts.
After Mike Napoli's 32nd RBI of the season made it 4-3 in the sixth, Drew, who drove in a fifth-inning run before the missed call by plate umpire Cory Blaser, homered off Fien.
Vance Worley, who came in 0-4 with a 7.72 ERA as a Twin, worked five innings and left with a 4-2 lead the bullpen couldn't hold.
Shane Victorino hit his first Red Sox homer leading off the fourth.
NOTES: After serving as the designated hitter in Cleveland on Sunday to rest his sore body, Minnesota's Justin Morneau was back at first base Monday night. He went 1-for-5 with two RBIs. ... According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Buchholz's microscopic ERA coming in was the lowest by a Boston pitcher through six starts since Roger Clemens posted a 0.73 ERA in 1991. The two first-inning runs matched the high Buchholz allowed in any game over the first seven starts. ... The Red Sox placed oft-injured Bailey on the disabled list (retroactive to April 29) with right biceps inflammation after an MRI showed no structural damage. The Sox activated LHP Craig Breslow, fresh off a rehab stint (five games) after missing the first month with a sore shoulder. Breslow worked a perfect eighth and was in line for the win before Hanrahan blew the save. ... On Tuesday, Boston RHP Ryan Dempster, who has won his last two starts (allowing four hits in both), faces Minnesota LHP Scott Diamond, who has had three straight quality starts.


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As the November 7 election approached, Jon Tester was getting hit with the full force of Karl Rove's still considerable arsenal. The White House political czar had decided that the way to maintain Republican control of the Senate was to concentrate GOP resources on traditionally "red" states like Montana, where Tester, an organic farmer and state senator, was mounting a populist campaign against scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Conrad Burns. The airwaves filled with attack ads that savaged the Democrat for criticizing the Patriot Act and declared, "Tester is backed by radicals." Former Department of Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge described Tester's championship of civil liberties as "unfathomable, almost inexplicable." Vice President Cheney arrived to paint the Burns-Tester race as a test of "whether this government will remain strong and resolute on the war on terror or falls into confusion, doubts and indecision." President Bush, who carried Montana by twenty points in 2004, showed up to close the deal, as some pundits began to predict a Burns comeback.
Tester, a darling of liberal bloggers, was not going to be saved by flaming posts now. He needed a trusted Montana voice, or better yet a chorus of voices, to come to his defense. As election day approached, he got it. The daily newspapers of the Big Sky State came out, one after another, with endorsements of the challenger. Conrad Burns may have had the President and the Vice President singing his praises, but the Helena Independent Record, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the Great Falls Tribune, the Montana Standard and the Billings Gazette were telling Montana voters that Jon Tester was one of their own, and that he belonged in the Senate. The Tester camp scrambled on the last Sunday of the campaign to get the word out, sending e-mails that urged supporters to print out a hastily assembled leaflet highlighting the endorsements to pass along to friends, slip under doors and post on grocery store bulletin boards.
Two days later, Tester bested Burns by about 2,800 votes. How did Tester beat back the full-court press of the Bush White House? Before the election, a local conservative commentator had tried to argue that the newspaper endorsements were no more influential than "visits of luminaries or stars or political mucky-mucks coming in from the national scene," while a prince of the blogosphere, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas, had posted his prediction that the hometown endorsements would still carry weight in Montana. Daily Kos was right. When the votes were counted, it could fairly be argued–and indeed it was–that endorsements from local papers had tipped the seat to Tester and the Senate to the Democrats.
Newspapers may be the dinosaurs of America's new-media age, hulking behemoths that cost too much to prepare and distribute and that cannot seem to attract young–or even middle-aged–readers in the numbers needed to survive. They may well have entered the death spiral that Philip Meyer, in his recent book The Vanishing Newspaper, predicts will conclude one day in 2043 as the last reader throws aside the final copy of a newspaper. But, as the Tester win illustrates, the dinosaurs still have enough life in them to guide–and perhaps even define–our politics.
Especially at the local and state levels, where the fundamental fights for control of a nation less red and blue than complexly purple play out, daily newspapers remain essential arbiters of what passes for news and what Americans think about it. For all the talk about television's dominant role in campaigns (less and less because of its importance as a source of news for most Americans, more and more because of campaign commercials) and all the new attention to the Internet, newspapers for the most part continue to establish the parameters of what gets covered and how. Moreover, neither broadcast nor digital media have developed the reporting infrastructure or the level of credibility that newspapers enjoy. So candidates for the House, the Senate and even the White House still troop into old gray buildings in Denver and Omaha, Louisville and Boston, Concord and Des Moines in search of a forum where they can talk with reporters and editors about issues and where those conversations will, they hope, be distilled into articles and editorials that set so much of the agenda for the political debate at the local, state and national levels.


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Brett Favre completed 32 of 48 passes for a season-high 392 yards and three touchdowns, and the Vikings intercepted Jay Cutler twice in a 36-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
Minnesota's recruiting pitch to Brett Favre was heavy on the no-pressure part: just steady the offense, let the running game and defense do most of the work, and join in the fun.
The Vikings are enjoying themselves, but Favre's surgically repaired right arm is doing a whole lot of work.
Favre completed 32 of 48 passes for a season-high 392 yards and three touchdowns, and the Vikings intercepted Jay Cutler twice in a 36-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
"I figured we'd have to throw it some," Favre said. "I didn't come just to hand it off. I love to play."
But the 40-year-old has been surprised by how much he's been heaving the ball. The Bears were blitzing and playing a soft zone coverage a lot in the first half to bottle up Adrian Peterson, so coach Brad Childress ordered offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to keep calling for passes.
Fine by Favre, even if it's more than he expected. Left guard Steve Hutchinson, one of several players who tried to sell Favre on coming to Minnesota, teased him on the sideline about his you-won't-have-to-do-too-much pitch.
"It's not like I wake up in the morning and don't have any aches and pains, because I do," said Favre, who matched former Vikings defensive lineman Jim Marshall for the NFL non-kicker record of 282 straight games played. "I'm sure when it's all said and done, I'm going to be like, 'What did I do all this for?' But my arm feels great."
The Vikings (10-1) outgained the Bears by a whopping 537 yards to 169 and breezed to their fifth straight win, despite two more fumbles and a pedestrian 85 yards on 25 carries by Peterson, whose short, late touchdown run put Minnesota over 32 points for the sixth time this season. The Vikings had 31 first downs, the Bears just eight.
"I think pride is going to become an issue here," Bears defensive end Alex Brown said. "It's going to be heart, pride and who really enjoys playing the game of football."
In the second half, the Bears ran 12 plays — and netted 2 yards.
"It's a tough one," said Cutler, who completed 18 of 23 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown. "I didn't expect this. We had a good week."
He added: "With as good a football team that I think we have in here, to go out week after week and not live up to our own expectations, that's the tough part."
Cutler was precise in the short passing game and effective in the no-huddle, keeping the Bears (4-7) in it until late in the second quarter. He was picked off by a diving Cedric Griffin in the end zone. Then on the next possession, E.J. Henderson got his hand on a ball over the middle that Jared Allen jumped up and caught with 57 seconds left in the half.
Favre drove the Vikings 70 yards for a 24-7 advantage, and Ryan Longwell kicked two of his three field goals after halftime to further stretch the lead.
Cutler came to Chicago as the long-sought strong-armed quarterback that has been missing there for decades, but the Bears don't have nearly as talented of a supporting cast as Favre does in Minnesota. Cutler reached his career high with 20 interceptions, 15 of those coming in the last seven games, with the Bears losing six.
"I'll be honest. That was the most poised I've ever seen him playing against him," said Allen, who had two of the four second-half sacks of Cutler. "Sometimes he can get frustrated, but like I said they had a couple drives where they ... were making a few plays."
When the Vikings finally persuaded Favre to keep playing and join his former NFC North rivals, they added what was widely viewed as their missing piece for championship contention. That's exactly the way it has been working out for them.
"We want to be ascending and continue to climb," Childress said.
Five players caught five passes or more for the Vikings, with rookie Percy Harvin totaling 101 yards, plus 45 yards rushing on two end-arounds. Favre keeps putting needle-eye passes in traffic to Harvin, tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and wide receivers Sidney Rice and Bernard Berrian, and they keep coming down with the ball.
"I think people are starting to look at our receivers like they do at Adrian Peterson as a force to be reckoned with," Favre said.
Hunter Hillenmeyer forced both of Peterson's fumbles. He has lost five this year, and in 41 career games he has fumbled 19 times and lost 12. A replay review overturned Chicago's recovery of the second fumble, when officials ruled Hillenmeyer was out of bounds.


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Disney Decides To Stop Selling "Dive In" Panties For Young Girls
Gee, someone wasn't thinking too clearly when they were designing High School Musical 2 themed panties for Disney. Sold in the UK, one pair of panties in a package of 5 read "Dive In" — a reference to a scene from the popular musical.
From the Daily Mail:
Mrs Ralph, 57, a civil servant, said: 'I bought the packet of five multi-coloured knickers. Because they are in a packet, you can't see the writing "Dive In" on them.
'I was extremely shocked when I saw what was on them and I don't believe Disney or anyone else is so stupid not to realise the implications of the wording they chose.
'You let your children watch all these programmes, which are innocent and nice.
'But the merchandising that runs alongside them is the complete opposite. It's sexually suggestive, inappropriate and wholeheartedly wrong in some cases.
Disney has issued the following statement:
"Unfortunately, an oversight was made and the text on the underwear was used out context," Disney said in a statement. "This product will not be part of any forthcoming collections and the remaining product has been removed from shelves."
That's probably for the best.
Outrage at High School Musical knickers for young girls emblazoned with the words 'Dive In' [Daily Mail]
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Hilarious Dancing Chihuahua
Just when you thought Chihuahua's couldn't get any cuter, they go and do something like this! Even though this video was posted back in July, we can't get enough of this dancing pup!
Standing on its little hind legs, this pup sways back and forth as it moves its arms around to the beat. Some humans can't even dance like that — we have to give the pup credit! Watch the hilariously adorable video for yourself above!


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Undergraduate Catalog
WIU Home > Catalog > 2017 - 2018 > Programs
Interim Chairperson: Dr. Samuel Thompson
Office: Tillman Hall 115
Telephone: (309) 298-1151; Fax: (309) 298-3399
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: wiu.edu/geology
Program Offerings and Locations:
- Bachelor of Science in Geology: Macomb
- Minor in Geology: Macomb
Faculty: S. W. Bennett, Calengas, Hegna, Johnson, Mayborn, Melim.
Adjunct Instructor: S. C. Bennett
The Department of Geology offers courses leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. Graduates enter industrial or governmental jobs in environment and engineering, oil, mining, or enroll in graduate programs at other universities. In addition to the fundamental courses, the department offers a selection of advanced electives in mineral and water resources, geophysics, geomorphology, tectonics, and applied geology. Majors must also take related courses in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, or Biology.
GradTrac is available to Geology—General majors. See more information about GradTrac.
Honors Curriculum—Academically qualified students in this department are encouraged to complete an honors curriculum in University Honors, Departmental Honors, or General Honors. All Honors students must complete the one-hour honors colloquium (G H 299). General Honors includes General Honors coursework. Departmental Honors includes honors work in the major. University Honors combines Departmental and General Honors. For more information about honors curricula see the Centennial Honors College page of the catalog or visit the Centennial Honors College website at wiu.edu/Honors.
Degree Programs
Bachelor of Science—Geology
All students seeking the Bachelor of Science in Geology must complete I, II, and III.A or III.B below, and the foreign language/global issues requirement for the major#. The minimum semester hour requirement for the baccalaureate degree is 120 s.h.
- University General Education and College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Requirements (p. 85): 55 s.h.
- Core Courses: 35 s.h.
- Options of Study (select A or B)
- Geology
- Departmental Electives: 1–3 s.h.
- Any Minor: 16–20 s.h.
- Other
- CHEM 201* and 202*: 8 s.h.
- Math 133* and one of these choices:
- MATH 134*; or
- CS 114; or
- STAT 171*: 7–8 s.h.
- One of these choices:
- BOT 200* and ZOOL 200*; or
- PHYS 124 and 125; or
- PHYS 211* and 212: 8–10 s.h.
- Foreign language and computer programming are strongly recommended. For students interested in pursuing a career in the field of environmental/hydrogeology, the following elective course is strongly recommended:
Other recommended courses are: GEOL 375 and 421.
- Paleontology
- Directed Electives: BOT 200* or ZOOL 200*: 4 s.h.
- Minor in Botany or Zoology: 17 s.h.
- Open Electives: 0–2 s.h.
Suggested courses: BIOL 312, 459; ZOOL 321, 325; ANTH 310, 417; GEOL 420
- Other: 23–26 s.h.
- STAT 171* or MATH 134*
- PHYS 124 or PHYS 211*
- PHYS 125 or PHYS 212
- Geology
# The foreign language/global issues graduation requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing one of the following: 1) a designated foreign language requirement [see Foreign Language/Global Issues Requirement) a General Education global issues course; 3) any major's discipline-specific global issues course; or 4) an approved Study Abroad program.
* 10–19 s.h. may count toward the University General Education requirement for the Geology option and 16 s.h. for the Paleontology option.
† GEOL 320 and GEOL 340 fulfill the Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) graduation requirement.
Minor in Geology: 18 s.h.
- GEOL 110, 112: 8 s.h.
- Departmental Electives chosen from among: 10 s.h.
Course Descriptions
110 Introduction to the Earth. (4) (General Education/Natural Sciences) The study of the earth, its composition, structure, landscape development, internal processes, origin, and evolution. Laboratory includes introduction to minerals, rocks, and maps. No prerequisites. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab. IAI: P1 907L.
112 History of the Earth. (4) (General Education/ Natural Sciences) Physical and biological history of the earth (North America emphasis). Origin of continents, mountains, oceans, etc.; evolution of plants and animals. No prerequisites. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab. IAI: P1 907L.
113 Energy and Earth Resources. (3) (General Education/Natural Sciences) Introduction to energy, water, soil, and mineral resources and the impact of their use on the environment. Does not count toward major or minor in Geology. No prerequisite.
115 Oceanography. (3) (General Education/Natural Sciences) History of ocean exploration, origin and nature of ocean basins, composition and circulation of ocean water, modern developments in oceanography, man and the oceans. Does not count toward major or minor in Geology. No prerequisite.
181 (Cross-listed with BIOL 181) Integrated Science I. (4) (General Education/Natural Sciences) A laboratory course in interdisciplinary science with an emphasis on the nature and evolution of life and Earth. Topics include ecology, natural resources, formation of Earth materials, Earth processes, nutrient cycling, cell biology, genetics, and evolution. (Integrated Science II is PHYS/GEOG 182) Not open to students with credit in BIOL 181. Prerequisite: MATH 099N.
200 Mineralogy. (4) Introduction to crystallography, origin, classification, identification, and occurrence of common minerals. Prerequisite: GEOL 110 or GEOG 121. Student should have basic knowledge of high school or introductory college chemistry. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
301 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. (3) Origin, texture, mineralogy, mode of emplacement, and alteration of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Phase rule and phase diagrams. Prerequisite: GEOL 200. 2 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
310 Geologic Field Methods. (2) Topographic and geologic mapping methods; measurement and description of stratigraphic sections; field identification of rocks and soils; use of Brunton compass, laser transit, GPS, and GIS software. Prerequisite: GEOL 110 or 112. 1 hr. lect.; 4 hrs. lab. First 10 weeks.
320 Structural Geology. (4) Physical properties of rocks, theories of flow and fracture, description of structural features, and origin of rock deformation. Geometric and stereographic diagrams. Interpretation of patterns. Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) course. Prerequisites: GEOL 110 and high school or college trigonometry; ENG 280. Possible field trip. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
330 Paleontology. (4) Survey of major groups of fossil-forming organisms, emphasizing invertebrates, their preservation, morphology, ecology, taxonomy, and methods used in their study. Prerequisite: GEOL 112 or a course in basic Biology or consent of instructor. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
340 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. (4) Origin and identification of sedimentary rocks, depositional environments, sedimentary processes, principles of stratigraphy. Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) course. Prerequisites: GEOL 110, GEOL 112, and ENG 280, or permission of instructor. Required field trip. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
361, 362 Summer Field Camp. (3–6 each, not repeatable) Measurement of stratigraphic and structural sections, geological field mapping, and preparation of reports. Prerequisites: GEOL 200, 301, 310, 320, 340, or consent of instructor. At field station in South Dakota.
375 Environmental Geology. (3) Application of geology to environmental problems. Land resource planning, solid and liquid waste disposal, mining, foundations structures, geologic hazards, mineral and energy resources. Prerequisite: GEOL 110.
380 Hydrogeology. (4) Study of water's interaction with geologic materials; principles of groundwater flow; aquifer testing; groundwater flow modeling programs; water chemistry and pollutants. Many labs are conducted in the field. Prerequisite: GEOL 110 or GEOG 121. 3 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
420 Geomorphology. (3) Advanced study of the landscape involving processes, geologic structure, and time. Map and air photo interpretation. Prerequisite: GEOL 110 or GEOG 121. Field trips. 2 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
421 Glacial Geology. (3) Origin and classification of glacial sediments and land forms, periglacial features; Pleistocene soils; stratigraphy and sedimentology of Pleistocene deposits. Prerequisite: GEOL 110. Field trip. 2 hrs. lect.; 2 hrs. lab.
450 Geology of National Parks and Monuments. (1–3, repeatable to 3) Basic geologic processes and principles are used to explain the geological history and features of selected national parks and monuments. Lecture course supplemented with slides, maps, and specimens from areas to be studied. No prerequisite.
460 Special Problems in Geology and Geophysics. (1–5, repeatable to 5) Research problems. Does not count toward minor in Geology. Prerequisite: consent of instructor prior to registration.
461 Geologic Field Trips. (1–4, repeatable to 4) Field trips in geology or geophysics. Does not fulfill requirement for a minor in Geology. Prerequisite: GEOL 110, or GEOL 112, or concurrent registration in these courses and consent of instructor.
462 Honors Research Thesis. (2–3, repeatable to 3 to complete project) Research problems by agreement of student and advisory committee. Required: written proposal, final written report, and oral report. Prerequisites: GPA of 3.40 overall and 3.20 in Geology, completed 26 s.h. in Geology, junior or senior standing, and approval of advisory committee.
495 Geology Internship. (1–6, repeatable to 6) Credit for geologic work experience in a business, governmental, or research organization. Internship project report required. Prerequisites: 20 s.h. of Geology courses, junior or senior standing in Geology, and approval of department chairperson. Graded S/U only.


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David Greising is business columnist and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. In September, 2008, he resumed writing a column that first ran in the Tribune from 1998 to 2003. As chief business correspondent, Greising is the newspaper's lead writer on globalization and the intersection of politics, business and economics.
Greising's opinion column features analysis of business and economic news and their impact on readers. Re-launched as the 2008 financial crisis was first exploding, his column has offered incisive and timely analysis of events. In its first iteration beginning in 1998, Greising's column offered comment on the Enron debacle, strategic challenges at McDonald's, Sears, United Airlines and Motorola, and unethical conduct at Florsheim Shoe Co. Greising traveled to New York following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to write columns about the impact on the country and its economy.
As chief business correspondent, Greising has traveled to China to write about counterfeit drugs, preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, and the growth of Chinese multinationals. He has written about climate change from the Amazonian rainforest, and WTO talks from the scene of the Seattle riots. Greising has authored in-depth series about the responses to climate change, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, challenges to Google's business strategy, and BP's response to major environmental accidents in the U.S.
Greising previously worked for BusinessWeek, both as its Atlanta bureau chief and in the Chicago bureau. He was a business reporter and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of two business books: "I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke: The Life and Leadership of Robert Goizueta" and "Brokers, Bagmen and Moles: Fraud and Corruption in the Chicago Futures Market," co-authored by Laurie Morse.
In broadcast journalism, Greising is a contributor to "848," a news magazine program on WBEZ-FM, National Public Radio's Chicago affiliate. He appears frequently on WTTW, the Chicago affiliate of the Public Broadcasting Service, as well as WGN radio and television.
Born in Chicago, Greising is a graduate of DePauw University. He and his wife, Cynthia Hedges Greising, are co-authors of the children's book "Toys Everywhere!"