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The cover story of the March issue of Research magazine, "Breaking Ranks," focuses on Joshua Brown, iconoclastic advisor and author of the contentious blog The Reformed Broker. Journalist Gerald Burstyn has a freewheeling discussion with Brown, whose new book Backstage Wall Street is likely to spark fresh controversy. Financial institutions, according to the outspoken Brown, must embrace substantial changes, including a uniform fiduciary standard, in order to earn clients' trust.
Also featured in the issue is an article delving into what has become a pressing question for the industry: "Where Are the New Advisors?" Contributing Editor Jane Wollman Rusoff looks at how financial firms are scrambling to address a shortage of newcomers to the financial advisory field, including by looking for career-changers who already have made a mark in other industries.
Among other offerings in the new issue, Bill Good's Sales Seminar column offers advice on "Bullet Proofing" an advisory practice against litigation-minded clients, and Contributing Editor Ellen Uzelac reports on the distinctive opportunities and challenges in "Advising the Entrepreneur."
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"Joshua Brown is one angry former broker." So begins Gerald Burstyn's cover story about the 35-year-old financial advisor, whose Reformed Broker blog has gained wide notice.
Brown's new book Backstage Wall Street is, Burstyn writes, "part plea, part mea culpa, part screed." Brown criticizes various sales tactics and business practices of the investment industry, seeing conflicts of interest as rife. He also points to what he considers a better set of practices, and makes wide-ranging predictions of change in the financial sector.
"I think in 10 years the wirehouse disappears," Brown says. "I think eventually the SEC will adopt a fiduciary standard for brokers. It will be impossible for them to justify the commission model. I also think the mutual fund industry goes away. The independent advisories — some of them will get really big and they will look like the wirehouses of today, but that's going to be fee-based, people selling advice as opposed to commission-based people selling products."
Firms are looking for talented newcomers to the financial business from a wide range of sources, including the pharmaceutical industry, the shipping industry, the garment industry and more.
"Career-changers with proven track records are financial services firms' most sought-after FA candidates," writes Contributing Editor Jane Wollman Rusoff. "And they are sorely needed."
According to a study by Cerulli Associates, the number of FAs industry-wide dropped from 334,919 in 2004 to 320,378 in 2010. At wirehouses, the total fell from 60,960 to 50,742. Exacerbating the problem of short supply, the average FA's age last year was 49.6; at wirehouses, 50.6.
Rusoff spotlights the techniques that wirehouses and other firms are employing to find the talent they need. This includes steped-up use of social media, and looking for people in post-graduate programs in a variety of fields who may be dissatisfied with their current career outlooks.
Entrepreneurs can be a tricky bunch to have as clients. For one thing, they tend to have a distinctive view of risk, one that may be more suitable for their business ventures than for their portfolios. For another, being do-it-yourself types, they may only seek financial counsel after a problem has already become pressing.
Ellen Uzelac taps the experience of advisors focused on entrepreneurial clients, as well as entrepreneurs themselves, to seek out the practices that work best in dealing with this market segment. One tip: give preference to on-site meetings that are short and to the point. Busy business owners have little patience for "death by a thousand PowerPoints," notes former financial advisor Herb Sih, who heads an early business incubator in Kansas City, Mo.
Another tip: create a lasting engagement. "Many entrepreneurs are looking for someone who can be a sounding board — who can ask the right questions, almost like a personal board member," says Ray Padrón, president of Brightworth, an advisory firm in Atlanta. "You become their trusted counselor."
Sales Seminar columnist Bill Good offers suggestions on protecting an advisory practice against litigation by disgruntled clients.
The first line of defense, Good notes, is ethical behavior, so as to avoid giving clients any legitimate reasons to sue. "But sadly, today, that's not enough," he writes. "You can do the right thing and still lose everything."
The second line of defense is being able to prove you did the right thing. Thus, Good spells out the requirements of careful document management, to ensure that communications are recorded carefully and available for ready retrieval.
He also discusses how a lack of communication — such as a client not responding to repeated attempts at contact — must be documented, in case the advisor later receives a letter from the client's lawyer stating that "failure to communicate changed risk factors in that investment has caused our client a substantial loss." Writes Good: "Without documentation that you made every reasonable effort to advise your client of the issue, you are heading down a two-year path to substantial legal bills or, worse, an abrupt change in career path."
Profiled in the March issue is Peter Cocolaras, a consulting group senior vice president in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's midtown Park Avenue office in New York City. He manages about $65 million in assets and focuses his practice on a compact 100 households, enabling him to keep business personal.
"I very much bond with my clients. When you've forged a special type of relationship, 80% of the conversation has nothing to do with stocks and bonds," says Cocolaras. "It has everything to do with what's happening in each other's lives."
Gregarious Cocolaras concentrates on two niches: small business owners and retirees at least 65 years of age. He speaks with clients frequently to be sure he's on top of every significant event in their lives. "There are trigger moments — a marriage, arrival of a child, retirement. It's imperative for advisors to recognize these and plan [for clients] accordingly," he says. He also developed some notable expertise at time management during five years in which he owned a Greek restaurant while working as a financial advisor.
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(New York, N.Y.) In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, reduce diesel emissions and protect human health and the environment for people of New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.2 million to replace 51 older delivery trucks with diesel-electric hybrid trucks certified to EPA's 2007 diesel standards. Under an application by the not for profit organization, CALSTART, the trucks, which belong to three previously identified truck fleets operating within New York and New Jersey and will improve regional air quality.
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A St. Lawrence County doctor and his wife will be receiving an award for their philanthropy and civic involvement from the SUNY Canton College Council.
Dr. G. Michael and Barbara Maresca will jointly receive the Distinguished Citizen Award at the 103rd Commencement Ceremony to be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, in SUNY Canton's new athletic center, nicknamed Roos House.
"The Marescas care deeply about their community and believe passionately that it is a privilege to be successful," said Chloe Ann O'Neil, a SUNY Canton College Council board member and a retired New York State Assembly member. "They believe and inspire others with their responsibility to make opportunities to share that privilege. They are the kind of people who make our area a truly unique and wonderful place to live."
In 2007, the Marescas issued a challenge to SUNY Canton's alumni and friends to raise $100,000 to bolster the educational needs of the nursing program and its students and pledged matching donations to help continue the support. "Their efforts have led to nearly $500,000 in additional scholarship or program support benefiting the nursing program," former College Council Chairman Wesley L. Stitt said.
Dr. Maresca is the chief of medical staff and chief of radiology at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, and the president and founder of St. Lawrence Radiology Associates. He is a champion of pioneering imaging technology, according to David B. Acker, president and CEO of Canton-Potsdam Hospital.
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Beyond their support for the health of North Country residents, the Marescas are avid motocross enthusiasts. This year they've sponsored a round of the American Motorcycle Association's National Hare Scrambles series in Pavilion, and sponsored AMA rider Nathan A. Kanney. Both sponsorships were created in collaboration with SUNY Canton's powersports performance and repair program and have led to high levels of visibility for the College.
"This is an experience we have wanted to put in place for our graduates for quite a while," Mark Hill, director of the powersports program said. "The Marescas have helped create an opportunity for our students to see what goes into a national competition from a business standpoint. I think it will open their eyes to the many different opportunities that exist in the powersports industry."
Dr. Michael and Barbara Maresca moved to the area in 1991. They have two children, Margaret and Michael. Dr. Maresca is a graduate of West Virginia University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
Barbara graduated from the University of Maryland.
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Angela Merkel's challenger, Peer Steinbrück of Germany's center-left Social Democrats, is so far behind the chancellor in opinion polls that he has little realistic chance of ousting her in Sunday's elections. To find out why, WSJ visited his home district.
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During autumn in New England Arlyne and I often drove by the pumpkin patches and cranberry bogs or took friends to Plymouth Rock, which is small enough to strike most visitors as, well, much ado about nothing.
By the way, I very much enjoyed Mitchell Thomas's inventive staging of Shakespeare's play (including Randy VanderMey as Leonato, Duke of Messina) during Westmont's 75th anniversary events. In this report I have highlighted some of the creative work done for the show and other events related to the anniversary. There are also some excerpts from the faculty panel held during the Provost's Installation in early October. Rereading those excerpts—and the accomplishments in the column on the right—reminds me how grateful I am for my new colleagues this Thankgiving.
For the first few days of November I will be in Texas for the Christian College Consortium meeting and then on a project for the CCCU in Oxford. I will save one day to meet up with Westmont's England Semester. I'll catch them in Norwich, home to the Pilgrims' beloved pastor John Robinson. Although Robinson never boarded the Mayflower, he did send letters of spiritual counsel to those who stepped on Plymouth Rock. Or did they? The Rock and its quirky history are a prompt for some reflections on gratitude below.
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The Batter Who Ran To Third
This morning I got a fun tweet from a reader:
Reading @KeithOlbermann's BBNerd Blog, remembered a dream I had where I was @ a ball game and the batter broke and ran 4 3rd.
That was no dream! It was a past life experience!
Baseball historians have never been entirely comfortable with saying with absolute certainty that this happened, but the anecdotal and circumstantial evidence suggests that on April 27, 1902, Chicago pitcher Jimmy St. Vrain – the youngest player in the majors – grounded to Pirates' immortal shortstop Honus Wagner and as the astonished Wagner threw to first, St. Vrain ran to third.
Davy Jones of the 1902 Cubs told the late historian (and top economist) Larry Ritter the story and Ritter put it in his seminal book The Glory Of Their Times (which you must buy now if you have not already done so):
He was a left-handed pitcher and a right-handed batter. But an absolutely terrible hitter — never even got a loud foul off anybody.
Well, one day we were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates and Jimmy was pitching for us. The first two times he went up to bat that day he looked simply awful. So when he came back after striking out the second time Frank Selee, our manager, said, "Jimmy, you're a left-handed pitcher, why don't you turn around and bat from the left side, too? Why not try it?"
Actually, Frank was half-kidding, but Jimmy took him seriously. So the next time he went up he batted left-handed. Turned around and stood on the opposite side of the plate from where he was used to, you know. And darned if he didn't actually hit the ball. He tapped a slow roller down to Honus Wagner at shortstop and took off as fast as he could go … but instead of running to first base, he headed for third!
Oh, my God! What bedlam! Everybody yelling and screaming at poor Jimmy as he raced to third base, head down, spikes flying, determined to get there ahead of the throw. Later on, Honus told us that as a matter of fact, he almost did throw the ball to third.
"I'm standing there with the ball in my hand," Honus said, looking at this guy running from home to third, and for an instant there I swear I didn't know where to throw the damn ball. And when I finally did throw to first, I wasn't at all sure it was the right thing to do!"
The story sounds great, it has a quote from Wagner, and Jones's eyewitness account. The only problem is, as noted here, while Jimmy St. Vrain pitched against the Pirates on April 27, but witness Jones didn't join Chicago until May 13. St. Vrain was only in the bigs for 12 games, so there isn't a lot of wiggle room. He did start again against the Pirates in Pittsburgh on May 30 before returning to the bushes, but as most historians note, you would think something as bizarre as a batter trying to run the wrong way around the diamond would've been mentioned in the usually labyrinthine newspaper articles of the time – but the Jones story is the only contemporary account.
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As someone who, for reasons unknown, always threw left and batted right and could not reverse either and enjoy any success whatsoever I can sympathize.
What was the line from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"?
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Didn't Gary Cooper run to third base when he was playing the left-handed Lou Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees"? As for real baseball (and not the movies) I will sometimes see the reflection of my TV in the mirror while a game is on and it looks like the runner is running to third. Posada was the worst baserunner I've ever seen and even he didn't do that.
My dad mentioned an anecdote on a couple of occasions, that when Frank Howard was with the Dodgers back in the early 60's, one time he made contact and headed for third.
Until today I took it for granted that it actually happened, but just this minute it's starting to look like the sort of story prankster Robin Ventura would make up, like he did with Rickey Henderson and John Olerud.
Waddaya say, Keith? Frank Howard: fact or fiction? Maybe you could ask Vin Scully next time your paths cross, he would know!
Dad had a wonderful Manny Mota story. We live in Mexico, but dad was in LA, waiting for a friend in a bar, when Mr Mota came in and sat nearby. So dad says in Spanish "Howdy Manuel". Manny replied "Howdy". Dad asked "Are we gonna win this year?", and Manny answered "God willing".
My personal Dodgers story was at the 1981 Dodgers-Expos playoffs, Game Two at Dodger Stadium. Pre-game, Valenzuela in the bullpen, a bunch of us were on top of the Dodger bullpen watching Fernando warm up. Everyone shouted "El toro!", or "Olé!", stuff like that, Fernando ignored them all. Then there was me, a thirteen year old blond Mexican kid, waiting for the right moment to shout "ETCHOHUAQUILA!", and I did, and I swear to God, Fernando was NOT expecting to hear the name of his hometown.
Anyway, Fernie gave up three runs (maybe I jinxed it), but Burris pitched a shutout (so it didn't make any difference).
Last season, for fun, my son's little league coach had the boys practice playing "backwards". They all had to hit from the opposite side and run the bases from third around to home. God as my witness, one of the boys actually ran to third in the next game. These weren't T-ballers. It was a group of kids that have all been playing for years.
Good story!
I used to umpire little league baseball. One night, I was working a girls tee ball game in which one of the teams was known for their aggressive base running. One of their rules was that anytime their only base runner was on first, that girl was supposed to run to second base on contact, and without slowing down or looking at the third base coach, continue onto third.
It was early in the season, and one of the girls batting at the bottom of the order led off with her first little league single. She was excited and nervous at the same time. Positioning myself between first and second, I could hear the first base coach having a hard time getting her to understand the rule. He was really emphasizing she needed to end up on third.
The next batter ripped a single to right…and to everyone's amazement…this girl made a beeline from first to third! The pitcher had to jump out of the way because of the determination this girl had to get to third.
I felt like an ogre when I had to call her out and she was practically in tears because she felt she did exactly what the coach wanted!
As an umpire, I worked games of kids aged 6 to 17. I would venture to guess that MLB umps more consistently make the right calls. But, you'll never convince me they know the rule book any better than the guy or gal who umps six and seven year olds. Once a month, I would encounter situations that to this day I've never seen happen in a major league game.
I love it! There should be a baseball card of St. Vrain with a ONE WAY sign over his shoulder…if this is true. If it is not, it damn sure should be! Reminds me of the time I put the cereal in the freezer and the ice cream on top of the fridge. Easy to get mixed up, especially when excited. What larks!
It must be one of those "leftie" things. I have two southpaw siblings. My sister bats and bowls with her left hand, but uses scissors and can even manage a passable signature with her right hand (she has a disc problem in her cervical spine which has decreased functioning of her left arm over the years). My brother, on the other hand, shows no ambidexterity. Sounds like leftie St. Vrain swung the bat and his body naturally wanted to go in the direction his front was facing. If it really happened, I'm sure he never lived it down!
Sounds true. I noticed last night on The Grammys that Sir Paul McCartney was playing left while Springsteen and all the others were playing right. Surely he has always been a leftie, but it really showed with all the other axes pointed the other way. heehee
Another winner. This would make a nice Thurber-esque short story.
Great post as usual Mr Olbermann! Your acumen as a political reporter is only exceeded by your depth of baseball trivia knowledge. I am eternally in you intellectual debt!
I'm a big topps unissued card collector. Love to see you do another story on unissued stuff. You never got to finish the articles for Sports Collectors Digest on unissued cards. I have some cool stuff but missed a bunch a long the way! Take care! Melz


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Tim Cook: Cheaper iPhone? Maybe...2/13/2013
Is a cheaper iPhone 5 necessary when the iPhone 4 is free on a contract? Is an entirely new product on the horizon, and it's not an iPhone? When Apple wants to introduce a more affordable product, it's not always exactly what we expect.
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Lot of big companies around the world leverage Indian IT expertise to give their businesses a lead over others. UK-based mobile operator Vodafone is now planning to set up a global applications research and development (R & D) centre in India in order to leverage on the expertise in India.
Mr Marten Pieters, the Managing Director of Vodafone Essar said that Vodafone is already in the process of setting up an application centre in India. India being such a big centre for IT, technology and application development, Vodafone is looking forward to leverage this not only for their Indian operations, but also for the rest of the world.
Opening this R&D Center in India will open new opportunities for development firms and generate more jobs. Also experienced programmers from different avenues will have a good chance to change their service line and do something new.


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Were you pondering purchasing contraband pyrotechnics this Fourth of July? Are you a child actor who can't act? If you answered "Yes!" and "Wurgh?" — don't even think about it, scum.
Should you even consider detonating an illegally acquired bottle rocket, Preventor — a fireworks-hating Darth Vader invented by the Office of the California Fire Marshal in the 1990s — will teleport down to Earth and crush your brainpan with dropped knowledge.
Here's the best scene from Preventor's anti-patriotic-explosions PSA, Dangerous Games. Please note the intricate world-building. Preventor is basically the Batman of Roman candles. Or is he the Judge Dredd of cherry bombs?
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On January 3rd I saw a post on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, challenging the followers to create a layout and be a part of the first blog hop of the year.
The challenge was to create a project using the following ONLY (not including cardstock / pictures / adhesives):
3 patterned papers
3 embellishments
& 3-word title
Here's my take of the challenge:
I feel I repeat myself when I say it again and again but it's a great feeling to utilize the papers I chose - it's the 7th layout using the same papers - and there are still some scraps. Unbelievable!
Other layouts from the same kit: Nice To Meet, Kite, Twist Car Ready, Set, Go! Corn, 2 Years.
And now for the Blog Hop:
If you came from Lucinda Messman's blog - you're in the right place :-)
If you came here and want to start the blog hop from the start - go to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog
Anyway - the next blog you should "hop" to is Leslie Smith's
Hope you have fun - and I'll be glad if you leave tracks and write a comment :-)
Friday, January 25, 2013
New Layout & Blog Hop
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Such a sweet page and great photo :)
Sweet photo - love the lace and crochet. Well done for stretching your kit so far!
Wonderful job! Love how you did the element in the top corner.
I love the blue and cream colors! Lovely page!
What a cute picture! I love the crochet embellies and ribbon!
ooo lace! (another idea saved for a rainy day!) and what gorgeous colours. This is such a lovely calm layout - so appealing! :-)
love the trims! and it's amazing how much stash we can use when we focus on it!
Great job, love the mix of blues all together!
הצבעים נהדרים, התמונה משגעת
הצבעים נהדרים, התמונה משגעת
So pretty! Loooooove all the blues on this page!!!
Love the crochet trim. And such an adorable baby. The clean layout is perfect!
what a little cutie! and the blues are so restful.
This is SO sweet - lovely selection of papers & I adore lace & crochet!
חמוד מאוד.
What a cute photo. I like your three embellishments. I think that must be the hardest bit - just sticking to three!
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Lovely page.The crochet embellishments and lace are just perfect.
I am loving my kit this month too and I amazed at how far it has stretched. I love kits!!!
I am loving my kit this month too and I amazed at how far it has stretched. I love kits!!!
Cute photo and the crochet is ideal.
What a sweet eye-catching layout. Lovely.
that's beautiful, like the mix of the white lace and the blue papers - very special.
what sweet sweet photo,
love the little love heart and the crochet flower
love the little love heart and the crochet flower
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake forwards Alvaro Saborio and Robbie Findley, defender Nat Borchers and midfielder Cole Grossman all returned to practice on Wednesday, with Borchers, Findley and Grossman participating fully and Saborio training as a neutral.
All four players have missed time due to injury or illness. Borchers missed RSL's last two matches due to the flu; Findley and Saborio were out for the last four games due to a left knee hyperextension and a right quad tear, respectively; and Grossman has been out since suffering a concussion against FC Dallas on March 23.
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis told reporters after Wednesday's practice that he's hopeful that all four players would be available for this Sunday's match road match against Western Conference foe Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Sunday's game will kickoff at 8:30 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN 700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM.


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In late April of this year, the award-winning Broadway musical Fela! was staged in Lagos, Nigeria. I traveled there, at the invitation of the organizers, to watch the show. From the moment Sahr Ngaujah, the actor who portrays Fela Anikulapo Kuti, took to the stage, he channeled the late musician, and I was immediately transported back to the 1970s.
What made the experience all the more poignant was the fact that the performance was set against the backdrop of what was being labeled the freest and fairest elections Nigeria has ever had, with the victory of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan ushering in a much needed belief in the possibility of change — not only for Nigeria but for the entire West African subregion. As I sat spellbound in the audience, I couldn't help wondering what Fela would think of his country, and of our continent, if he were alive to see it now.
During the 1970s, I was in my teenage and early-adult years. It was a time when my political consciousness and sense of cultural identity were just forming, and as with so many of the people who came of age back then, the music of Fela Kuti played an instrumental role in that process.
Because of the rise of television and FM radio, and the increasing accessibility of air travel, the influence of Western culture was strong in both Ghana and Nigeria. Though we wore bell-bottoms and platform shoes, listened to James Brown and used American slang, Fela and his Afrobeat rooted us firmly in the pride of our African selves. The lyrics "I no be gentleman at all, I be Africa man original," from "Gentleman," were practically an anthem.
Although we felt that we knew who we were, nobody could say for sure anymore what Africa was. The fervor of the postcolonial independence period had died down, and Africa's future, which everyone had assumed would be bright, was now hanging in the balance. Fledgling democracies gave way to dictatorships as country after country experienced military coup after military coup.
Fela's music addressed issues of corruption, military brutality, and social as well as economic justice and gave us an outlet for our outrage and frustrations. He sang about what so many people felt but were not able to express for fear of the consequences.
His music turned him into an enemy of the state in Nigeria. He was harassed by the government and even jailed. For a period, Fela fled the country and sought refuge in Ghana, until the government here, which was growing increasingly uneasy with the rebellious nature of his music, ordered him to return to Nigeria.
That stretch of time from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, which the entire body of Fela's music documents and critiques, is often referred to as Africa's "lost decades." During those years, the continent experienced absolutely no discernible growth in any arena. Whereas once blacks in the Diaspora were clamoring to come to Africa, there was now a mass exodus, one that crippled the continent by claiming many of its most promising minds.
And then came the HIV/AIDS epidemic that further ravaged its people and, with the fear and stigma that accompanied the illness, cast a shadow on Africa's image and reputation. An unfathomable number of lives were lost to AIDS and AIDS-related complications, including the life of the man we affectionately referred to as the Black President, Fela Kuti.
Throughout history, Africa's strength has always been its ability to recover and prove to the rest of the international community that it cannot be counted out. That's precisely what is happening now. A number of the situations against which Fela raged no longer exist. Coups and military dictatorships anchored by the sort of henchmen whom Fela famously called zombies are becoming a thing of the past.
Democracy and the rule of law have taken hold. In the past year alone, at least a dozen African countries have held elections. Ghana held its last presidential election in 2008. Our economies are becoming more stable.
As a result of all of these improvements, large numbers of Africans who had fled to seek political and economic shelter in foreign lands are repatriating. This influx of educated professionals and skilled laborers is hastening the pace of development on the continent.
Nigeria, in particular, appears to be in the midst of a significant rebound. With approximately 154,729,000 residents, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and, therefore, one of its most important. It is also one of the top 10 oil-producing nations in the world and one of Africa's largest economic hubs.
Because of corruption, poor governance and ethnic and religious tensions, Nigeria has also been one of Africa's most troubled nations. However, for a little over a decade, Nigeria's political progress was steady. When Gen. Sani Abacha, its last military ruler, died suddenly in 1998, the country slowly found its way back to democracy. An interim government was put in place, elections were held and power was handed over to the winner, Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo.
A former soldier, Obasanjo had previously been head of state. This time, however, he served not as a military ruler but as a popularly elected president. He served two terms and then handed over power to Mr. Umaru Yar'Adua, who won in an election that was widely criticized by independent observers and political opponents, who alleged voter irregularities.
In 2010, when health problems led to Yar'Adua's death, with a year of his term in office remaining, his vice president, Goodluck Jonathan, had to step into the role of president. It was an unforeseen occurrence, and there was speculation as to what might happen next. There was a lot of uncertainty.
Everybody wondered what the next election might bring and whether Jonathan could truly stand — and win — on the weight of his own strength and leadership. The fact that he did, with nearly 60 percent of the vote, was a sign of hope. Nigeria was indeed moving forward.
One of the biggest challenges to recovery that Nigeria and most other African nations have had to face has been the battle with HIV/AIDS. But even there, statistics show that Africans are winning. Jonathan and I are both in the United States this week, as are more than a dozen other African heads of state, to attend sessions at the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS to figure out what additional steps we can take to further reduce the prevalence of the disease in our respective countries. The incidence of the disease and its related illnesses is relatively low in both Ghana and Nigeria, at less than 4 percent of their populations. But we can do better, and I believe that we will.
As I watched the immense talent that Sahr Ngaujah and the other cast members of Fela! displayed that evening in Lagos and was reminded of Fela's outspokenness, I had to concede that if he were alive, he would still find plenty to sing about.
One of my favorite songs in Fela's repertoire is "No Agreement." It is about the importance of speaking up in the face of injustice, something that all Africans have been doing of late, without the fear of consequence, by raising our voices and by casting our votes. And this, I am sure, would surely have made the Black President proud! "No agreement today, no agreement tomorrow/I no go agree make my brother hungry/Make I no talk."
John Dramani Mahama, the vice president of the Republic of Ghana, is writing a nonfiction book about Africa.
In a previous version of this article the year of Ghana's last presidential election was misstated, due to an editor's error.


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Both speed monitors can also be used for the operating mode "reduced speed" e.g. on machine tools.
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Alappuzha, better known as the Venice of the East is an important tourist location in India; in fact a pearl in India's tourist map. Rich in cultural history, Alappuzha even had trade relations with Greece and Rome in BC and in the Middle Ages. A land that veins itself with stretches of backwaters fringed by coconut palms; labyrinth of lakes, lagoons and freshwater rivers makes it an exotic tourist location.
The most delightful experience at Alappuzha is of course it houseboat cruises. The houseboats moving silent, un-disturbing the waters are the ones that evolved from the Kettuvallams of the olden times. The Kettuvallams (boats with knots) are nothing but boats held together with coir knots, they were used as rice barges capable to carry tonnes of rice or spices.
But now, these traditional barges have transformed to peaceful water-habitats with all the creature comforts of a nature inspired hotel that floats on water with facilities including furnished bedrooms, modern toilets, cozy living rooms, kitchen and balcony for angling.
Boating on these houseboats, one can enjoy a peaceful voyage along Kerala's famed palm-lined backwaters through the quiet, water-bound villages and the state's lush rice bowl, Kuttanad, is a peaceful dip along the simple lifestyle of the people here which is far cry away the busy crowds of the people in the cities of India. Top tourist attraction is the annual boat race, Nehru Trophy Boat Race featuring snake boats racing each other in the Punnamada lake. Read the rest of this entry »


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It's a family vacation first.
No, I'm not talking about how you can feel the dragon's breath as you soar over Hogsmeade with Harry Potter on his forbidden journey, eat exploding candy, ride on a dragon, drink frozen butter beer (tastes like cream soda with a shot of caramel) or have a Wandkeeper in his dusty shop direct you to just the right wand to perfect your wizarding skills.
"Very good for charming work," he tells one young would-be wizard.
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I'm talking about the thousands of vacationing tweens, teens and young adults who, in an effort to beat the crowds, have rousted their parents out of bed before 7 a.m. since "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" opened with much fanfare June 18 at Universal Orlando Resort (www.universalorlando.com).
"They never get up this early without a lot of prodding," laughed Cherie Schiano of Connecticut, who's here with her 14-year-old daughter Emily and another mom-daughter duo. "Today, they were out of bed by 6 a.m. They've been talking about this and planning for six months." Schiano acknowledges that she is not nearly as big a Harry Potter fan as her daughter but says, "It's fun to see it with her."
Thanks, Harry. Suddenly, young people, who wouldn't spend much vacation time with their folks, much less get out of bed this early if they didn't have to, think family vacations are fun again, especially when mom and dad or grandpa pay for the trip and pop for $100 wizarding robes (yes, despite the 90-degree Florida heat, fans traipsed around the park in the floor-length robes, wearing Hogwarts ties as belts) or $30 wands.
"I about fainted when I went into the castle. It was so cool," said 20-year-old Rachel Mastalski, who arrived before 7 a.m. the other day — her second early morning (early admission is gratis with vacation packages at the three Universal resorts) with her family that includes two older siblings. And she thought it was worth every minute of lost sleep.
This is the generation, of course, that grew up with Harry Potter. They read the J.K. Rowling books with their parents, who were so excited they were reading that they waited in late-night lines for the latest release and then shepherded them and their friends to see the movies. (Some of the scenes from the two latest Harry Potter films were actually filmed here.) Gradually, parents became fans too.
For that reason, says Thierry Coup, the Universal executive who helped oversee "Wizarding World" and himself the dad of a 16-year-old, the World has evoked as much passion amongst the team as with the fans. "There was more passion about this than anything we've ever done," he said. "We've all shared Harry Potter with our own children too."
"I've read all the books twice," said Earl Ward, retired after more than 30 years in the Army. He stood on line here at 7:30 a.m. with his two granddaughters after an 18-hour road trip from Dallas. "This is something we can all do together."
That is as long as you can navigate the biggest theme park crowds I've ever seen. Gary Sain, president of the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau, reports that already, "many of our global travel partners have shared double-digit increases in Orlando vacation inquiries and bookings." (Check out www.visitorlando.com/deals for the latest discounts.)
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Stay at a Universal Orlando Resort and you get early admission and the perk of using your room key to bypass the lines at the Dragon Challenge and Flight of the Hippogriff family coaster, or any of the shops where the lines could stretch well over an hour, as well as to other parks attractions. (Check expedia.com for discounted packages that can save even more when you book flights and theme park tickets altogether.)
If money isn't a concern, opt for a VIP tour (http://bit.ly/bbdqHW) at $150 a person, plus park admission, that will get you into the castle without waiting two hours, but it won't get you into Ollivander's Wand Shop, Honeydukes, the candy shop, the Owl Post or Dervish and Banges, the "magical supplies and equipment" shop, with its copy of the Monster Book of Monsters in a cage.
Throughout the day, people wait on line simply to get into the 20-acre Wizarding World area of the park and then wait additionally for everything else — from butter beer to the chance to pose with the conductor of the Hogwarts Express or to get into Three Broomsticks restaurant. "It's exhausting," acknowledged Sue Gauta, here with her kids from Naples, Fla. "We waited an hour to get into a shop to spend $150. It felt kind of dumb." Of course, her 9-year-old nephew, Jake Waleri, thought the waits were worth it — especially for the butter beer. "It's my new favorite drink," he declared. "And you can't get a wand like this other places!"
Some, though, simply gave up. "The kids didn't want to wait that long so we haven't done anything here," said a dejected Melissa Branch, here with her family from Winston Salem, N.C. "I'm disappointed."
Universal Spokesman Tom Schroeder suggests you see the rest of the park (Islands of Adventure) first and head to Hogsmeade later in the day when the crowds have thinned out. The park stays open until 10 p.m. throughout July.
After waiting an hour and being chosen from 25 people by the Wandkeeper to get fitted for her perfect wand (yes, music sounded, lights dimmed and wind rustled), 23-year-old Meghan Pahel said she didn't have enough money to buy it. But that didn't dim her enthusiasm a bit. "How can you not love this," she said. "It's like stepping into your childhood."
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VIDEO DOWNLOAD - Jeff Hardy Shoot Interview
Jeff Hardy is best known as one of the most enigmatic and exciting wrestlers going today. His TLC matches in WWE and daredevil antics will always be remembered. Hardygave a revealing and candid shoot interview about his in ring heroics and outside the ring problems. Hardy talks about it all from wrestling in his backyard with his brother as a kid to his most famous WWE matches to losing his passion for wrestling to drugs. This is a must for any Hardy Boyz fan or someone who wants a better understanding of life inside WWE. Here is a list of topics discussed in the interview:
- Getting into the wrestling business
- Wrestling in the TWF (Trampoline Wresting Federation)
- Thoughts on backyard wrestling
- Early promotions he worked for
- How did OMEGA start
- Booking for OMEGA
- Goals for the promotion
- How he came up with the gimmick of Will 'o'the Wisp
- Wrestling his brother in OMEGA
- Favorite OMEGA matches
- Talks about Shane Helms (Hurricane) and Shannon Moore in OMEGA
- Memories of working for Music City Wrestling in Nashville
- How he ended up working for Victor Quiones in IWA Puerto Rico
- Memories of the tag match with The Hardys vs. RVD & Sabu
- Working the 1999 Super 8 tournament
- Were there even any discussions about going to ECW
- Getting booked to do squash matches in WWE
- Which WWE stars worked stiff
- Did they ever talk to anybody in WCW
- Memories of wrestling Rob Van Dam on Raw when WWE allowed ECW wrestlers on the show
- What Van Dam was like back then
- Memories of training with Dory Funk Jr. at the Funkin Dojo
- What he learned at the dojo
- Memories of signing the WWE contract
- Thoughts of the initial gimmick for The Hardy Boyz
- Thoughts on being managed by Michael Hayes
- Memories of winning the WWE Tag Titles for the first time
- Early matches with Edge & Christian including the Terri Invitational Tournament
- Memories of the tables match against The Dudleys at Royal Rumble 2000
- Did anybody encourage him to do crazy moves
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- Thoughts going into the match
- Memories of the TLC match at SummerSlam 2000
- Thoughts on taking all the crazy bumps in the match
- Thoughts on WWE putting Lita with The Hardy Boyz
- Memories of the cage match against Edge & Christian in Philly
- Initial impression when you were told about the TLC rematch at Wrestlemania 17
- Was there a lot of pressure put on everybody to top the previous TLC match
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The Occupy Movement, Modified Consensus vs Simple Majority Democracy
The decision making method chosen by Occupy Wall Street, and later adapted by all Occupy groups in one manner or another, is the General assembly run by modified consensus. All decisions are made by the General Assembly. Some people claim this is too time consuming and "undemocratic", since an idea supported by a majority may not be enacted because of minority opposition. Much of this complaint is "sour grapes" from people unhappy their positions have not been adopted. True, some Occupy groups do consensus better than others. Full consensus is unworkable, but "modified consensus" makes time consuming obstruction more difficult. "Blocking" can only be used very rarely and the blocker has to come up with an alternative solution to achieve consensus. Furthermore, positions are not just reduced to "yes" or "no" . Opponents are asked "can you live with the (majority) decision, even if not in favour?" If most do, then the position is adopted.
We understand the drawbacks of simple consensus, but what about those associated with simple majority democracy (SMD) ? We don't hear about those. Yet, consensus arose precisely to overcome the severe problems with SMD.
In a voluntary organization a vote of 51 to 49 percent is a disaster in waiting if the minority is deeply opposed and the majority determined to get its way. A state can always used its armed wing to terrorize the minority into obedience, but with a free association, a split will occur, or people will leave en-mass. It is much better to leave such a decision until the time comes when the overwhelming majority agrees rather than pushing ahead, consequences be damned. It is far better to remain united over what you do agree on, than dividing over one issue, an issue that may not seem so important in the future anyway.
For a mass organization, the worst problem with SMD is the ease with which a small disciplined sectarian group can take over and destroy it. ( During the initial planning meetings back in August, political groups tried to impose their views on OWS, but were unable to do so.) A mass of diverse and otherwise unconnected individuals can be swayed by a seemingly coherent, disciplined and highly ideological group. The take over techniques are simple and are not limited to sectarian groups but are also used by right-wing social democrats.
You make sure all your members show up, and can "stack" the meeting with people brought in from wherever. Then through endless procedural wrangling you drag the meeting out so most of the unaffiliated start leaving. When you think you can win, you call the question, and even if victory is by one vote you have captured the organization. With modified consensus or super majority democracy, such take overs would be very unlikely, if not impossible.
Simple Majority Democracy can work without fear of such colonization within a very specific situation. That is an organization that is both highly decentralized and has a constitution that prevents changes hostile to the intent of the organization. This is the case with the IWW. In 106 years no sect has been able to penetrate it to any extent. A hostile group might take over a branch, but in order to stay within the union, they would in practice, have to act like any other branch. If they decided to act in a manner contrary to the constitution, say give union funds to a political party, they would be expelled immediately.
Mass organizations like Occupy are neither membership organizations, nor do they have constitutions protecting them. They are essentially open, mass assemblies and thus open to colonization. Modified consensus or super majority democracy prevent this occurring.
Finally, it should be noted that the critique of SMD is part of the whole new extension of democracy and democratic values that began in the 1960s with the rather vague concept of "participatory democracy." It is part of a whole package which includes self-management, the assembly, and the subsidiary concept. For most of today's activists SMD is seen as outdated and authoritarian.


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Blake, William
Blake, William, 1757–1827, English poet and artist, b. London. Although he exerted a great influence on English romanticism, Blake defies characterization by school, movement, or even period. At the same time no poet has been more sensitive or responsive to the realities of the human condition and of his time.
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The brand named We Love Small Hotels says it all. We have selected the most inspiring charming hotels, countryside retreats, historical manor houses and beach hotels to enhance your experience in Portugal. Portugal is the European country with oldest borders. With 900 year of history to share, with charming myths, enchanted romances, beautiful episodes, typical old wisdom, an unmatched natural and historical heritage, making this country of a special charisma.
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O2 has been rated Britain's best broadband provider, but the scores tell a different story.
Between September 2009 and February 2010, just over 100,000 visitors to broadband comparison site Broadband Expert were asked to rate their providers. According to the site, O2 was top, with an average satisfaction rating of 77 per cent.
AOL came last, scoring just 56 per cent, well below the average rating of 64 per cent.
Satisfaction (%, vertical axis) vs User Base Share (%, horizontal)
Source: Broadband Expert
But plaudits for quality don't directly correlate to the votes consumers give to providers by electing to take up their services.
O2 was the provider of just 6.4 per cent of respondents, while AOL accounted for only eight per cent of the 104,109 surveyed broadband users.
Virgin Media's cable broadband service scored 68 per cent in the ratings, putting it in third place, but it garnered 28.5 per cent of the votes.
So while it's not as highly rated as O2, rather a lot more paying punters have voted with their feet by selecting it as their provider.
Virgin's nearest rival, BT, which was the broadband provider of 21.8 per cent of the 104,109 respondents, was rated on satisfaction at 60 per cent.
Of the providers with comparable user bases - at least as far as Broadband Expert's survey goes - Virgin's ADSL scored rather less well on satisfaction that the cable service did, leaving it behind O2, Sky and TalkTalk but ahead of Orange and AOL.
The two least used providers in the list were Be and PlusNet. The former was rated more highly for customer satisfaction: 73 per cent to PlusNet's 68 per cent.
Broadband Expert Commercial Director Rob Webber noted that the average satisfaction score - 64 per cent - was up seven percentage points on last year's survey, so the providers must be doing something right.
We look forward to seeing how well this year's satisfaction ratings change the various providers' market share figures in next year's survey. ®


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Summary Report for:
19-4041.01 - Geophysical Data Technicians
Measure, record, or evaluate geological data, using sonic, electronic, electrical, seismic, or gravity-measuring instruments to prospect for oil or gas. May collect or evaluate core samples or cuttings.
Sample of reported job titles: Exploration Manager, Field Engineer, Geological E-Logger, Geological Technician, Geoscience Technician, Geoscientist, Geotechnician, Observer, Soils Technician, Technical Assistant
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Prepare notes, sketches, geological maps, or cross-sections.
- Read and study reports in order to compile information and data for geological and geophysical prospecting.
- Interview individuals, and research public databases in order to obtain information.
- Assemble, maintain, or distribute information for library or record systems.
- Operate or adjust equipment or apparatus used to obtain geological data.
- Plan and direct activities of workers who operate equipment to collect data.
- Set up or direct set-up of instruments used to collect geological data.
- Record readings in order to compile data used in prospecting for oil or gas.
- Supervise oil, water, or gas well-drilling activities.
- Collect samples or cuttings, using equipment or hand tools.
- Create photographic recordings of information, using equipment.
- Measure geological characteristics used in prospecting for oil or gas, using measuring instruments.
- Evaluate and interpret core samples and cuttings, and other geological data used in prospecting for oil or gas.
- Diagnose or repair malfunctioning instruments or equipment, using manufacturers' manuals and hand tools.
- Prepare and attach packing instructions to shipping containers.
- Apply new technologies, such as improved seismic imaging techniques, to locate untapped oil or natural gas deposits.
- Collect data on underground areas, such as reservoirs, that could be used in carbon sequestration operations.
- Collect geological data from potential geothermal energy plant sites.
- Compile data used to address environmental issues, such as the suitability of potential landfill sites.
- Conduct geophysical surveys of potential sites for wind farms or solar installations to determine their suitability.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — IHS PETRA; Landmark GeoGraphix; Schlumberger GeoFrame; Techsia Techlog (see all 10 examples)
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Dynamic Graphics EarthVision; Midland Valley 2DMove
- Data base reporting software — SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — Database software; Microsoft Access
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator ; Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Map creation software — Clark Labs IDRISI Andes; ESRI ArcGIS software ; Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE; Surface III (see all 7 examples)
- Mobile location based services software — Juniper Systems LandMark Mobile
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Augers — Hand augers
- Binoculars — Surveillance binoculars
- Calorimeters
- Clinometers
- Conductivity meters — Terrain conductivity meters
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Distance meters — Electronic distance meters
- Drying cabinets or ovens — Laboratory drying ovens
- Geological compasses — Directional compasses; Pocket transits
- Global positioning system GPS receiver — Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Gravimeters — Gravitational field indicators
- Hammers — Geological hammers
- Height gauges — Abney levels; Survey altimeters
- Hydrometers — Digital hydrometers
- Infrared spectrometers — Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Jaw crushers
- Laboratory bailers — Water sampling bailers
- Laboratory crushers or pulverizers — Laboratory pulverizers
- Laboratory sifting equipment — Sieve shakers
- Levels — Electronic digital levels; Hand levels
- Magnetometer geophysical instruments — Magnetometers; Proton magnetometers
- Magnifiers — Hand lenses
- Map measurers — Planimeters
- Measuring rods — Stadia rods
- Multi gas monitors — Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Peristaltic pumps — Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
- Personal computers
- Picks — Rock picks
- Pneumatic rock drills — Power rock coring drills
- Portable data input terminals — Portable dataloggers
- Radarbased surveillance systems — Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
- Rangefinders — Laser rangefinders
- Rock cutters — Rock saws
- Scientific calculator — Scientific calculators
- Seismic recorders or seismographs — Digital seismographs
- Soil core sampling apparatus — Earth drills; Hydraulic vibracorers; Soil augers; Soil core samplers (see all 5 examples)
- Still cameras — 35 millimeter cameras
- Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors — Total sulfur analyzers
- Test sieves — Laboratory sieves
- Theodolites — Electronic digital theodolites; Total stations
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Work Activities
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Detailed Work Activities
- Prepare maps.
- Operate laboratory or field equipment.
- Supervise scientific or technical personnel.
- Direct technical activities or operations.
- Set up laboratory or field equipment.
- Record research or operational data.
- Direct natural resources extraction projects.
- Collect archival data.
- Collect geographical or geological field data.
- Document events or evidence, using photographic or audiovisual equipment.
- Locate natural resources using geospatial or other environmental data.
- Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys.
- Compile geographic or related data.
- Analyze geological samples.
- Maintain laboratory or technical equipment.
- Collect environmental data or samples.
- Compile environmental or climatological data.
- Survey land or properties.
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Work Context
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 87% responded "Every day."
- Electronic Mail — 73% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 57% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 51% responded "Some freedom."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 50% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 50% responded "Some freedom."
- Contact With Others — 57% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 65% responded "Extremely important."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 56% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 50% responded "40 hours."
- Spend Time Sitting — 35% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 42% responded "Very important results."
- Time Pressure — 51% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 42% responded "Extremely important."
- Letters and Memos — 36% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 28% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 30% responded "Extremely important."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 32% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Level of Competition — 39% responded "Highly competitive."
- Deal With External Customers — 30% responded "Not important at all."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Master's degree
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- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Geological and Hydrologic Technicians.
Employment data for Geological and Petroleum Technicians.
Industry data for Geological and Petroleum Technicians.
|Median wages (2019)
|$24.58 hourly, $51,130 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|16,300 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Faster than average (7% to 10%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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Ian McConnell (pictured) and Mathieu Fenasse currently share 14th place with a three-over par 147 after two rounds of play at the 2013 Rees Jones Invitational.
Tougher playing conditions early during Monday's round led to higher scores, dropping Liberty to seventh place following two rounds of action at the Rees Jones Invitational.
None of the dozen teams in the field managed to break par at the at the Haig Point Golf Course (par 72, 7,380 yards) and five teams posted higher totals today than their opening rounds on Sunday.
Liberty was one of those five programs, with the Flames carding a 17-over par 305, which was 14 strokes higher than the team's opening round score of three-over par 291. The Flames enter tomorrow's final round in seventh place with an overall 20-over par 596.
The 305 was Liberty's highest regular season round of golf since matching the same score during the middle round of the 2012 Northern Intercollegiate, the Flames' opening event of the 2012-13 season.
USF was able to hold onto its overall lead despite the Bulls carding a nine-over par 297. USF currently leads the South Carolina-hosted event by four strokes, having posted a two-day aggregate total of seven-over par 583 (286-297).
Kennesaw State is in second place with an 11-over par 587 (290-297), followed by South Carolina's 12-over par 588 (298-290).
UNCW is in fourth place with a 13-over par 589 (296-293), while East Carolina is in fifth place with a 14-over par 590 (298-292) and Troy is in sixth place with a 17-over par 593 (291-305).
USF's Chase Koepka continued to find the Rees Jones signature design course to his liking, as he was one of eight players in the 69-man field to break par on Monday. The Bulls' top golfer enters tomorrow's final round with a six-under par 138 two-day total (68-70) to lead by three strokes.
UNCW's Payne McLeod is in second place with a three-under par 141 (71-70), followed by Jimmy Beck's one-under par 143 (73-70).
Liberty's top golfer in the field remains Michael Hocker, who is competing as an individual and his scores does not count toward the Flames' team total.
Hocker is tied for 10th place with a two-over par 145 (71-75). The sophomore was able to erase an early double bogey with three birdies before he made the turn, but he gave the strokes back with three backside bogeys.
Liberty's top two golfers who count toward the Flames' team total are Mathieu Fenasse (72-75) and Ian McConnell (74-73), both of whom share 14th place with a three-over par 147.
After four front side bogeys, Fenasse was able to settle down on his closing nine holes to keep from giving any additional strokes back.
McConnell birdied three out of five holes during the midpoint of his second round to get back to level par, but gave one shot back during a bogey-birdie-par-bogey run late in the round.
Niklas Lindstrom dropped from ninth place to a share of 32nd place (eight-over par 152) following an eight-over par 80 during the second round. The senior had six bogeys and a double bogey before finishing off his second round with a birdie on his last hole.
Chase Marinell is one shot back of Lindstrom and shares 37th place with a nine-over par 153 (73-80). The early blustery conditions caused Liberty's top golfer to be six-over par after five holes of play and he was never able to recover.
Liberty's final golfer in the field is Harrison Winger, who bettered his first round total and shares 52nd place with a 12-over par 156 (79-77). The sophomore was one-over par through 13 holes of play, but two bogeys and a double bogey during his closing holes caused him to drop four additional shots.
The Flames will return to the Haig Point Golf Course tomorrow morning to compete alongside golfers from Charlotte and Middle Tennessee State during the final round of the 2013 Rees Jones Invitational. The Flames' tee times start at 8:50 a.m. and full live stats will once again be available via Golfstat.