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An intruder who was stabbed to death early Monday at a North Bend home is apparently the same man who robbed a woman in the house Sunday, but King County sheriff's investigators don't know who he is, why the house was targeted or why he came back.
"This is a weird deal, just a bizarre case," said sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West. "I know some people said there's no such thing as a random home invasion, but this does appear to be that at this time, and why if this is the same suspect that he came back, we don't know yet."
The King County sheriff's office says the residents were awakened about 2 a.m. Monday by a barking dog. A man and wife, baby, and mother-in-law were inside the home. The man who got up to tend to the dogs found the intruder in the home and got into a struggle with the suspect.
"Apparently he got into quite a physical struggle with the subject and at some point the wife got involved to help," says King County Sheriff Sgt. Cindi West.
Authorities believe the wife fatally stabbed the intruder. West says the family is upset after the struggle.
The intruder is probably the same person who entered the house through an unlocked door Sunday afternoon, just about 12 hours earlier, when the wife was home with her daughter and mother. The robber assaulted her and got away with cash.
She didn't get a good look at him because her hair was grabbed from behind, West said.
Deputies searched the area with a tracking dog but were unable to find the suspect Sunday. Authorities are trying to determine for sure if it was the same person.
Investigators don't believe the residents know the intruder and there's nothing to indicate why the house was attacked. There's no marijuana growing in the home, for example, West said.
"We have not seen anything that would explain why this house was targeted," she said.
The dead intruder was not immediately identified. Deputies who work in the area don't recognize him, West said. There was no vehicle found associated with the man.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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In my last post (my review of Nathan Crockett's presentation at a recent BJU Pastors/Wives Fellowship), I mentioned five things that Nathan listed as perceived weaknesses of the older generation of Fundamentalist by some of those in the younger generation of Fundamentalism.
Those five perceived weaknesses were:
1. Lack of mentoring
2. The rut of tradition
3. Unfair evaluation of certain evangelical ministries
4. Preaching concerns
* issue-oriented (rather than theologically-driven) preaching
* lack of expositional preaching
5. Unnecessary divisions
I appreciate the comments of Don Johnson and Andy Efting on that post and I am hoping that we can generate some continued discussion about all five of these areas.
I was originally going to take them in the order they were presented, but with Don's comments (which addressed all five) and with Andy's comments, which focused on the fourth point, I think I will start there and work my way to the other points.
The younger fundies apparently believe that one of the weaknesses of the older fundies is in the preaching of the older generation.
As is the case of most of these things, I believe that there are definitely some for whom the shoe fits and some for whom this accusation is very unfair.
As I would like to do with each one of these points, I wish to consider two things - 1) is the criticism legitimate and 2) what can/should be done in response.
Is this criticism legitimate?
As with most of these criticisms, the reality is that in many cases, the criticism are both true and false. And no, I am not being some type of post-modernist who believes in a lack of absolute truths. What I mean by this is that for some older fundamentalists, surely this is a legitimate criticism - and for some older fundamentalists, this is far from a legitimate criticism.
Have I heard some bad examples of preaching among Fundamentalists? Yes. Even at chapel at BJU - gasp, did I say that? However, I have also heard some pretty bad (even worse) examples of preaching from without the camp, so to speak. Have I heard some very good examples of preaching from Fundamentalists? Yes - and not just in Greenville at some "leading light" churches like Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. I had the privilege of serving at Hardingville Bible Church in New Jersey with one of the men who I feel is one of the best expositors in the country (I have repeatedly tried to encourage him or some folks around him to put his series on 2 Peter into print somewhere.) Are there good examples of preaching from non-Fundamentalists? Yes.
Here are a few things that strike me about this criticism, however.
1. It seems to me that an unfair comparison is being made in this regard between your "average" Fundamentalist pastor and the "leading lights" of the "Contemporary Evangelicalism" movement.
Is Big Mac a better preacher than little ole Frank Sansone? I am sure that he probably is. However, while I don't think we ought to necessarily be picking teams and making comparisons on things like this, I would say that I would put Minnick's series on Philippians up against even Mac's series on the same passage. Or Franklin's series on 2 Peter or Doran's message on 1 Corinthians 15 at the National Leadership Conference a couple of year's ago. It is an unwise and unfair comparison that pits the best of the one side verses the average or (even worse) a bad example of the other side.
I would contend that, on the whole, there is stronger preaching in fundamentalist churches than in non-fundamentalist churches. (Defining fundamentalism as "mainstream" fundamentalism, not IFBx types.)
***IMPORTANT: Having said that does not mean that 1. I think that we don't need to continually work on improving in this area or 2. I think the poor examples of preaching within Fundamentalism are somehow okay because a person is a Fundamentalist or because others do a poor job as well.
2. It seems that much of this criticism are centered in a unbalanced focus on expository preaching.
I will admit it is hard for me to write those words, because I am very partial to expository preaching. In fact, I was recently told by another pastor in town (who I have still not met personally, but hope to do so soon and who I don't believe would consider himself a Fundamentalist) who was at T4G recently that while he was talking to some guys at T4G he made the comment "I (meaning him) must be the only expository preacher in Salisbury" to which one of the persons he was talking to and who has heard me preach on a number of occasions, said, "No. Frank Sansone is down there as well."
I believe that a steady diet of expositional preaching is best for the believer (and the preacher). I would (in general) agree with the comments that Andy made on the previous thread that:
I think one of the most important things that pastoral ministry should do is to help their people think like God. There is no better way to do that, imo, than to work through the logic and progression of a passage within the context of a whole book. Not only do you get the point of the passage, but you get how God thinks about the whole thing and why and how things should fit together in our minds. God doesn't just give us bare lists of things to believe and do – He gives them in the context of logical thought.
And, as Nathan Crockett quoted one of his friends,
It concerns me because people in the pew learn to read and interpret their Bibles by how their preachers preach.
So, as I said, I believe that a steady diet of expositional preaching is best for the believer (and the preacher). However, even among those who agree with that statement, there are differences as to what that actually entails. Some seem to use the term "expository" to simply mean the preaching is faithful to the text and argue that therefore all preaching should be expository. To those, I say "Amen" on the conclusion, but I believe you are misusing the term expository and have simply exchanged "expository" for "Biblical" without really understanding that "expository" preaching is actually a sub-set of Biblical preaching.
Expository preaching is not just preaching that is faithful to the text, but is rather something very specific.
John A. Broadus (whose book On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons used to be the standard textbook for homiletics classes in a number of fundamental and conservative schools - including being used as our textbook for "Pulpit Speech" when I was a Bob Jones University) says this about expository sermons.
An expository sermon is one which is occupied mainly with the exposition of Scripture.
The expository sermon may be defined as a sermon that draws its divisions and the exploration of those divisions from the text.
It seems today that we have seen the pendulum in regards to preaching swing towards expository preaching - and, in doing so, it has (at least in some cases) swung too far. In an attempt to rightfully distance ourselves from a style of preaching that focuses on man's opinions in the name of topical preaching, younger fundamentalists have often embraced a mind-set that expository preaching is the ONLY Biblical preaching.
In doing so, however, they reject much preaching that is both Biblical and, at times, necessary. For instance, while I believe in a steady diet of expository preaching, the best way to faithfully handle most doctrinal matters is in a TOPICAL manner - gasp. For instance, to properly teach on the Trinity would seem to require a topical sermon. The same could be said with the hypostatic union. The reality is that to get a full Biblical picture on almost any topic would seem to require a topical sermon. (Hmm. Maybe there is a reason for the terminology :) )
3. It seems that much of this criticism is often used as an excuse.
Now, younger guys, please don't jump too hard on me because of saying this. However, I have noticed that the crowd who often decries the lack of expository preaching amongst older Fundamentalists usually reveres Charles Spurgeon. Now, I like Spurgeon a lot. One of my most valued possessions is a set of Spurgeon's sermons that I received from my wife's grandfather before he died. (Don Marken was a former church planter and missionary in Ohio with the American Sunday School Union for years.) However, it would not be unfair to say that many (most?) of the sermons from the "Prince of Preachers" would not qualify as expository sermons. In fact, I agree with some comments Nathan Crockett made in this area in his presentation - if an older pastor were to memorize one of Spurgeon's sermons and preach it as his own, many of these critics would likely criticize the sermon - until they found out it was one of Spurgeon's sermons.
I am not finished with my thoughts on this, but this is at least some initial thoughts on this matter and I thought I would at least get these up since I indicated in the comments of the last post that I would be responding today.
Just my (unfinished) thoughts,


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There's no secret why Rupert Murdoch is breaking News Corp into two pieces. Amy Chozick explains:
News Corporation had evolved into a successful entertainment company with a newspaper problem, several people close to the company have said.
"The idea this was this integrated media company isn't true," said one of those people, who was briefed on News Corporation's strategy but could not discuss its internal dynamics for attribution. "Everything else managed to do well, and the newspapers had become difficult and even toxic."
It's worth underscoring the fact, here, that Fox News, Sky News, and Fox Business are going to end up on the entertainment, rather than the news, side of the divide, while The Daily and HarperCollins join what News Corp describes as "some of the world's most successful print, digital and information services brands".
What does this mean for the much-vaunted Digital Convergence? It's certainly happening in the narrow sense that we will all ultimately get our news and entertainment from things called "screens", whether they're phones or tablets or TVs or something as-yet uninvented. But the whole point about screens is that you don't really look at the screen, rather than through it — to the content being displayed. And nothing shows the power of different types of news than what happened this morning, when the news broke that the Supreme Court had upheld Obama's healthcare law.
As a rule, everything on the news side of Murdoch's news/entertainment divide got it right, and everything on the entertainment side got it wrong. If you were watching ScotusBlog, or following the updates from Reuters, or even just trying to keep up with the flood of information on Twitter, the nuances of the decision came out quickly and accurately. If you were watching Fox News, on the other hand, or CNN, you would have been very confused by downright inaccurate reporting.
This is because TV news is ultimately much more an arm of the entertainment industry than it is of the news industry. Its star anchors get paid millions of dollars because they're popular on TV, not because of their reporting skills; and while the occasional news magazine program will sometimes break news, newspapers and websites have always been the undisputed leaders on that front.
TV is still the leader in one area of news, however, and that's live events. Which is why the CNN error caused such a big stir: because the timing of the Supreme Court decision was known in advance, there was a lot of anticipation about what the ruling might be, and Americans are hard-wired in such situations to turn to CNN, their trusted source for live, breaking, non-exclusive news. Liveblogs are all well and good, but live video by its nature is just a much more powerful medium for such events than anything text-based.
As we saw with CNN this morning, however, it also has serious reliability problems. And if we fast-forward to how the bipartite News Corp will look in a couple of years, I suspect that the WSJ's live video feed covering the Supreme Court will be a much more reliable and intelligent guide to what's going on than anything on Fox or even on CNN.
In other words, print media is converging on TV news, and will ultimately become the kind of trusted source of live-breaking news that CNN used to be. Meanwhile, TV news is never going to converge on the rest of the news industry; instead, it will drift further and further into the realm of entertainment.
All of which is to say that if you want to be a journalist, don't work in TV. The pay might be better there, but if there's any real journalism going on there right now, there probably won't be in a few years' time.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara men's and women's swimming head coach Gregg Wilson is please to announce the spring signings of three future Gaucho greats.
Two of UCSB's recruits are females from Northern California. Walnut Creek's Kaitlin Freeman (Carondelet H.S./Walnut Creek Aquabears) was the 2005 North Coast Section girl's champion in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her time of 1:03.06 was fast enough to qualify her for the US Senior National Championships held in Irvine, Calif., this summer. Freeman had verbally committed to the UCSB in November of 2004, but because of her outstanding swims the Gauchos inked her to a National Letter of Intent.
"Katy's humble demeanor and outstanding ability to race in any situation is not only going to help win meets this year, but also up the ante of our training environment," Wilson said.
The second future Gaucho female swimmer is Sacramento native Elizabeth Wagner (Del Oro H.S./Sierra Marlins Swim Team).
"Liz adds depth in just about any freestyle event. As well as being an outstanding middle distance freestyler, she is an exceptional competitor in the individually medley events," Wilson explained. "However her true talent shines in the backstroke events where she also made a new U.S. Senior National qualifying event in the 200 back."
Santa Barbara assistant coach Jeremy Kipp will be responsible for much of Wagner's training.
"Not only am I looking forward to working with a student athlete like Liz, but I am also dedicated to taking her to the next level of her swimming career," he said.
The Gaucho men inked one additional swimmer for next year's roster. Cerritos college transfer Robert Garcia (Cerritos, Calif.) will add depth to an already outstanding middle distance freestyle group.
"Of all of our men's groups, middle distance freestyle is probably our strongest as far as depth goes on the team. Even though Robert is very quick coming in out of the JC ranks, he should truly blossom in the presence and atmosphere that our national-level freestylers create," Wilson stated.
Because of the efforts of the UCSB swimming staff and team, the program enjoyed one of the best recruiting classes in Wilson's tenure. Because of this it was decided to challenge the teams with a tougher schedule next season. Highlights include showdowns with both Arizona State and Arizona on the road, programs that annually finish among the top-10 nationally on both the men's and women's side.
"Both of the Arizona schools are coached by close friends of mine and quite frankly we have not had the talent to compete with them over the years," Wilson said. "As a coach, you want your team to be competitive against other top programs, and we feel that as a staff we have one of the best swim teams in the country."
Other notable competitions for the Gauchos are Pac-10 powers USC and UCLA, while the women have also scheduled Big Ten powerhouse Penn State.
"Last year we were a few places shy of being ranked top-25 on both sides and we did not win the conference title. So our goal for this season is to win the Big West Championship for both the men and the women as well as crack the top-25 list on both sides."


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April 29, 2005
by Matt Schwab
San Francisco Chronicle
Brian Brogan is more than just one of the country's top teenage tennis players, he's also a team player to the core. And that makes Los Gatos High coach Todd Dissly smile.
For Dissly knows, in a sport where individuality is often king, if a guy like Brogan puts the team first and acts as if he has something to prove in each match, it's the stuff from which notable programs are built.
So, not surprisingly, Brogan, a Los Gatos senior, has led the Wildcats to back-to-back Central Coast Section team titles and a USTA California Interscholastic Federation Northern California crown last season. This season, the Wildcats have set the bar even higher with a runner-up finish in a national tournament.
"When the team match is on the line, he digs in a little bit deeper," Dissly said of Brogan, who is ranked 30th nationally in the boys 18s division. "He really plays for the team, and that's kind of rare this day and age, but it's becoming kind of a staple of Los Gatos tennis."
Bound for Santa Clara University on a tennis scholarship, Brogan has a combination on the court of power, quickness, creativity and versatility. A former varsity soccer player and a three-time high school tennis All-American, Brogan is also a hammer at the net.
Brogan said he doesn't really pattern his game after one player, but does like the style of Roger Federer.
"I kind of just work hard," Brogan said. "You can't really expect to win if you don't work hard."
That hard work is what makes Brogan money in the tight matches, capable of lifting his level or varying his style against the best of opponents.
"He's tough to play, he's like a chameleon," Dissly said. "He's the No. 1 guy in terms of who you want out there if the match is on the line. He's always going to pull it out no matter what the score is."
Brogan--who suffered a three-set loss to Kevin Kaiser of Saratoga last Thursday when the Wildcats fell 4-3 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League DeAnza Division thriller--may be even better in doubles because of his net work. He was once ranked No. 1 in the country in 16s doubles.
But the Wildcats are far from a one-man gang. The team's depth and uncanny knack for delivering under pressure has lifted the program to new heights. Plus, the team is tightly bonded. Brogan said he and the Wildcats' No. 2 man, sophomore Stephen Stege, have been friends since Brogan was 5.
"We've all been growing up together, and we're all best friends, most of all the top guys on our team," Brogan said.
The players believe in one another and try not to let the group down, he said.
"The last couple of years -- they just believe in themselves so much it's tough to overcome -- I've seen them come back from so many deficits," Dissly said.
Brogan, whose private coach is John Ryan at Courtside Club, said his chief goal this spring is to win a CCS singles title. He advanced to the quarterfinals two years ago.
Even with its prowess in the CCS, Los Gatos still can sneak up on people at the highest levels. Earlier this season, the unseeded Wildcats notched a surprising runner-up finish at the Corona del Mar/National High School All- American Invitational in Newport Beach (Orange County). Los Gatos also topped a 72-team field at the Central California Tennis Championships in Fresno.
In Newport Beach, the Wildcats toppled Harvard-Westlake, the nation's top- ranked team, 5-4 in the second round before ultimately losing 5-4 to No. 2 seed Santa Barbara in the final. Los Gatos beat Woodbridge of Irvine in the semifinals.
Brogan's younger brother, Patrick, is a junior mainstay on the Wildcats' young squad, along with other stars such as two-time CCS doubles champ Chase Huebner, Jon Teel, Greg Thaler, Tim Switzer and James Lok, the Wildcats' only other senior.
Los Gatos' tennis graduates are also thriving. Will McAllister is competing at UC Davis, and Lee Gerston is the team captain at UC San Diego, Dissly said.
Of course, none of this is happening by chance. Dissly has built a program from the ground up in the past four years. He currently coaches a bunch of good-quality players in the Fisher Middle School program, among them seventh-graders Trevor Unger and Antonio Garcia.
Additionally, Dissly, who also heads the Los Gatos Recreation Department tennis program and the Los Gatos Tennis Academy, said the Los Gatos High girls varsity team, which competes in the fall, is also on the rise.
Still, his overall program emphasizes more than just rankings and victories.
"Our philosophy is not about winning at all costs," Dissly said, "It's about sportsmanship and life skills for on and off the court. We like to have a lot of fun. We teach modern tennis."
Brogan said he grew up playing a variety of sports -- basketball, soccer, baseball and swimming, but his natural tennis ability had him advancing so rapidly it became his top sport.
He said he picked Santa Clara University over USC, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara because he liked the Broncos' coach, plus SCU made him the best scholarship offer.
Brogan said his mom, Pat, also a tennis player, has worked with him on his game.
"Everything (in tennis) really came natural to me," he said. "I think that was more because I played all the other sports, and they just kind of went in with each other."
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- Leadership takes many different forms, and not all of them are readily apparent.
- Leadership spans many skill sets and personality types.
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We can hone leadership skills without winning a war or finding a cure for disease. Leadership includes these skills and more:
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As much as we're talking here about career potential, other goals are valuable too: earning money to pay the bills, developing yourself personally, supporting your family, and having fun. It's OK if your summer isn't directly about building your future career. It's worth thinking about it through that lens, however, because you might find that your role has some career relevance that you hadn't spotted initially. For example, working retail or in the food industry can build customer service and communication skills.
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What if you're part of a community that has historically been overlooked or undervalued? Identify your learning style and share it with peers and supervisors, says Jodie Collins, supervisor of Multicultural and Student Programs at Olympic College, Washington: "Don't be afraid to share some of the barriers with [your] peers and supervisor if the environment allows for it. Open communication will assist in positive navigation with most situations."
If you have a condition that may be relevant to your presentation or performance, it can be useful to address it (without necessarily disclosing a diagnosis). For example:
- "Verbal instructions can be harder for me to remember. It would be helpful if you could give me written notes or emails about my assignments to make sure I have what I need to do my best."
- "This is my first time working in an office of this type—I hope to learn a lot this summer. It would be great if you could point out to me how things work, even if you think it might seem obvious, so I can learn even more."
Put this into practice: How to make it work in person and on paper
Almost any work placement can provide opportunities to develop leadership skills. Here, students identify what they learned from short-term roles in four different fields. Jeff Onore, a career coach based in Massachusetts, discusses how they can present that experience to employers—in person or on paper. These strategies are relevant to a wide range of career interests, skills, and experiences.
Student perspective
How to talk about it
Store manager
|"I was a manager for a major big-box store prior to entering college and briefly while in college. I had seven employees in my department who reported to me, and other employees in the store also sought me out for help and leadership related to their job. People knew that I was available and willing to help, and that I wanted them to succeed."
—First-year graduate student, Ashford University (online)
|"It's important this student comes up with a certain amount of specificity. Employers want to hear the candidate talk about things in a way that the candidate's past can illuminate their future. Use the phrase, 'For instance…' So when you say that people knew you were readily available—is that because you were only given six hours to do inventory? Or when you found out last minute you had to open at midnight? Go into the interview with five to six 'best moments at work' ready to go. Know them and prepare them."
|"I gained a lot of leadership skills in a job in a daycare. Working with children aged six weeks to five years presents a new challenge every day, sometimes basic and other times very complicated. It requires making a lot of judgment calls on your feet and then communicating about your decisions to parents and supervisors later."
—First-year graduate student, University of Delaware
|"Own this; confidently say [you] gained leadership skills working in a daycare, a role that some people would play down. You can say, for example, 'One thing I've learned about leadership: You need to stay calm.'"
Student perspective
How to talk about it
Program coordinator
|"I just received a promotion so I'm an administrator of an adult learning program. I'm going to help create new programs, organize program development for other adult learning facilitators, as well as work with local organizations."
—Second-year online student, Indiana Institute of Technology
|"If you've been promoted, it's important that the promotion is obvious on your résumé. Employers want to know that someone else bet on you—it puts them at ease. Make it clear on your résumé by adding dates alongside your old and new title. Or you can highlight your current role with a note at the bottom stating, 'Began as this title, promoted to this title in this year…'"
Summer camp
|"I was a camp counselor, which makes it easy to gain authority over the group, but more difficult to have a common communication basis where they feel comfortable talking to you about what they need [while also respecting] rules you set into place."
—Third-year student, University of Central Arkansas
|Include the metrics, and put some meat on the role:
Presenting the tough stuff: How 5 students can address workplace obstacles
The workplace brings frustrations and constraints, as well as opportunities. Here, students describe five barriers that may make it harder for them to transfer certain skills and experiences into jobs after graduation. Jeff Onore, a career coach based in Massachusetts, looks at ways to approach it. These strategies are relevant to a wide range of career interests, skills, and experiences.
Student perspective
Expert perspective
1. Gender/sexuality bias
|"I am unsure if I can give my most valuable leadership positions—as president and vice president of finance of the Queer Student Alliance—on my résumé, for fear of discrimination or implicit bias against me."
—Second-year student, Tulane University, Louisiana
|"There may be room to say you effected social change as president of a student alliance. Be prepared at your interview to be asked the name of the organization. If you're applying to pretty liberal employers—universities, arts, etc.—this may not be an issue. In more conservative fields, the reality is that this can be trickier to navigate."
2. Sexual harassment
|"Sexual harassment has caused me to leave an internship at a law firm."
—Second year graduate student, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
|"No one will ask why you left an internship the way they might ask why you left a job. In this case, focus on what you learned in the internship."
3. Economic hardship
|"It's very difficult to participate in unpaid internships, offered by many nonprofits, when the cost of higher education is so debilitating."
—Fourth-year graduate student, Emory University, Georgia
|"Employers understand that financing college imposes more constraints on some students than others. If you don't have much internship experience in your field, go right to this framing: It was important for you to work, and this is what you accomplished in the jobs you held (your good work ethic, your time management, and so on)."
4. Deafness and disability discrimination
|"[It was problematic that I had] no access to communication: American Sign Language, transcripts, closed captioning, etc."
—First-year graduate student, California State University, Northridge
|"If your college has connections with companies that do a good job accommodating deaf and disabled employees, start there. Some employers can be identified through the Lime Connect Network for the STEM fields or through chapters of the US Business Leadership Network in all fields. Disclosing deafness or a disability is unpredictable—some employers will be much more receptive than others. In the US, your right to reasonable accommodations on the job is protected by federal law. You can encourage an employer to contact the Job Accommodation Network for free expert help in figuring out accommodations. Or you might decide an employer isn't worth the struggle."
—Lucy Berrington, former editor of Student Health 101
5. Age and gender discrimination
|"Discrimination based on age and gender is something that I have been faced with, as I am a young female in the engineering field, which is predominately male. I know I am sometimes underestimated and pushed aside by peers because of this, but it only fuels my fire to be stronger and show them my leadership skills."
—First-year graduate student, Villanova University, Pennsylvania
|"The STEM fields are looking to recruit more women. Recognize your value to them. There may be a certain amount of age and gender discrimination, so it's important to determine what the company culture is like. The first thing to do is to network through the engineering department at your school. People are often kind to those who have had a similar experience. Look at Glassdoor.com for information about the culture at corporate engineering departments, and use internships to take the temperature of different work environments. A large company may prioritize discrimination training; a small company may give you a chance to get certain kinds of experience more quickly."
Comprehensive guide to an internship [pdf]: Grinnell College
Tips for transitioning from graduate student to new professional: NASPA
How to make the most of your summer job [pdf]: Harvard Law School
Sample résumés for graduate students and postdocs: University of Pennsylvania
Writing camp jobs on a résumé [pdf]: CampBusiness
12 surprising interview tips: Forbes
Jodie Collins, supervisor, Multicultural and Student Programs, Olympic College, Washington.
Jeff Onore, career coach, Waltham, Massachusetts.
National Association of Colleges and Employers. (2017). Job outlook 2016: Attributes employers want to see on new college graduates' résumés. Retrieved from https://www.naceweb.org/s11182015/employers-look-for-in-new-hires.aspx
Student Health 101 survey, February 2017.


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Sen. Susan Collins is not a big fan of President Trump, but it's doubtful the Maine Republican would have said "I'm worried" about his administration if she had known the comments would be broadcast to the world.
That's what happened Tuesday when she and Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, were caught in a candid conversation on a hot microphone, after an appropriations subcommittee session.
The two were overheard expressing concern with Trump's grasp of reality and policy while Collins was heard disparaging the appearance of a Republican House member who had publicly chastised her and other "female senators from the Northeast" who opposed Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare.
On the day that changed his life, Gregory Cheadle almost stayed in bed.
He was tired — he traveled a lot in his long-shot bid for Congress — but asked himself: How often does a candidate for president come to the far reaches of Northern California? And why pass up a crowd and the chance to hand out more fliers?
So Cheadle roused himself that June 2016 morning and secured a spot up close when Donald Trump swooped in for a rally at Redding's municipal airport.
President Trump quietly signed legislation Wednesday that imposes new sanctions on Russia and limits his ability to remove them, according to two White House aides.
Trump signed the bill without cameras or an immediate press release. He had opposed imposing new sanctions on Moscow but had little choice after a nearly unanimous Congress approved the bill, guaranteeing they would override a veto.
The bill, which also imposes new sanctions on Iran and North Korea, prevents American companies from investing in many energy projects that are funded by Russian government interests.
Trump administration officials continue to push the Senate to take another run at healthcare legislation, but on Monday senior Republican senators pushed back, making clear that they're done with the topic for now.
"There's just too much animosity and we're too divided on healthcare," Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), the head of the Senate Finance Committee, said in an interview with Reuters.
"I think we ought to acknowledge that we can come back to healthcare afterward, but we need to move ahead on tax reform," Hatch said.
President Trump has called Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions "beleaguered" and even "VERY weak," but Sessions seemed to get good news from the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, on Monday.
Trump has "100% confidence" in all of his Cabinet secretaries, Sanders said in response to a question about Sessions' job status during the daily White House briefing.
Last week, when speculation about Sessions was rife, Sanders repeatedly declined opportunities to provide assurances that the attorney general enjoyed the president's full confidence. Trump himself said "time will tell" when he was asked last week about Sessions.
Reeling from the failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump now threatens to block federal funding that lawmakers and their staff rely on to help buy health insurance.
Trump's threats are not empty. The administration could simply stop the payments -- which are provided to Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff much the way many employers help pay employees' monthly insurance premiums -- by dashing off new federal regulation.
But the easy attack on lawmakers skims over what many say was a complicated, but fair-minded, compromise made during the Obamacare debates several years ago.
The Trump administration has hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with financial sanctions.
The move comes after Venezuela held a weekend election that will give Maduro's ruling party virtually unlimited power in the South American country.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions against Maduro in a brief statement on Monday, a day after the Venezuelan vote to elect a constituent assembly that will rewrite the constitution. A longer explanation from the White House was also expected.
Anthony Scaramucci, the brash New Yorker who was announced little more than a week ago as President Trump's White House communications director, was ousted Monday before he had even officially taken the job.
John F. Kelly, the newly sworn-in White House chief of staff, told Scaramucci around 9:30 a.m. EDT that he was going to be replaced, according to a person close to White House.
In a statement officially announcing the move, the White House said Scaramucci "felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team."
President Trump swore in his new chief of staff, John F. Kelly, on Monday morning, formalizing a shake-up in his top ranks that was announced Friday evening with word of the resignation of Reince Priebus.
"We look forward to - if it's possible - an even better job as chief of staff," Trump said to Kelly, formerly the secretary of homeland security.
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Peter Gabriel wrote farewell notes during scary flight
PETER GABRIEL developed a crippling fear of flying after he was involved in a series of terrifying mid-air incidents.
The former Genesis star admits he has been through "periods" of being scared to board jets after one frightening flight during which he penned farewell notes to his family as he was so convinced the plane would crash.
He also endured several similar near-misses and admits the scary moments took their toll on his nerves.
Gabriel tells Mojo magazine, "Pan Am (defunct airline Pan American World Airways) had started doing mileage programmes. I got up to 100,000 miles from touring, so I booked a free flight from L.A. to Rio... After we took off, the plane developed a fault - something with the landing gear - and the pilot told us we had to fly over the Pacific and dump some fuel. That's when everyone became very scared, writing farewell letters. I even scribbled some notes... The pilot got us down, thank God...
"No (it didn't put me off flying). I got on another plane the next day. But I've been in about four situations like that, and I did go through periods of being scared of flying."


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sábado, 5 de junio de 2010
This girls.
sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010
Last Year :D
lunes, 17 de mayo de 2010
Hi guyss! how are you?
Well, today i have something to tell you.. NEWS.
As you know guys.. sari and me have been separate because of the situation here in mexico, specially in our city, one of the most affected. So, we decided to make a separate blog each one, because we cannot post as much as we like.. but dont worry, this DOESN'T mean that two friends two styles is over, we're gonna keep posting and we're gonna be here and with our independent blog too.
Well, this photos are from one day few weeks ago, when sari and me has nothing to do so we play with our camera with lady gaga's lips and then we play with the webcam with red lips.
I really love this girl, and i don't wanna be apart from her, so i dont wanna finish this blog because this is one things that unites us. We have the same love for fashion, and we have a very special friendship: she alwas is there for me, she always hear when i feel bad, she always laugh with me and of me! haha, she has taught me lots of things, and i think that when im by her side, im a better person. i love you sari :D you're my bestfriend.
Well! lots of drama here! hahaha'
You can visit me (yary) at http://www.myhouseisanorange.blogspot.com
and you can visit sari at http://www.mygreenroses.blogspot.com
and we're gonna be here anyways! we love you guys! thanks to you we started to be who we are and thanks to you we are so united.
lunes, 10 de mayo de 2010
messy day.
and then i have problems posting the photos.. this was so slow! aghh
lunes, 3 de mayo de 2010
Normal Days.
Well.. this is our todays look... sarii and I will be separate for a few weeks.. cause we're not gonna go to the store so we cannot see each other as much as we like.. but anyways we're gonna be posting(: even if we are not together.
I miss her pretty bad.. and i think she's missing me too! or what sarii? hehe
Well.. today my photographer was my little brother! can you believe that? haha he's only 9 years old.. so the photos maybe arent a wow thing but he does his best hehe.
Follow us please guys? if you want(:
we love you! very very much...
byye byee!